Sonic, Shadow, and Silver returned to Vector's shop via the transporter, having made it to the entrance to the Ocean Palace.
"Did we miss anything?" Silver asked as he placed his hands on his hips.
Vector chuckled, placing down the broom as he pointed at Amy. "Not really. Amy here managed to make up her dues."
Amy sighed as she tossed away the mop, shaking her hands in disgust. "It was... bleh, I don't wanna talk about it..." She stuck out her tongue, showing her discomfort.
Shadow smirked as he approached Amy, alongside Sonic and Silver. "Looks like you learned your lesson."
Amy nodded, feeling exhausted as she rubbed the back of her head. "I did, I did. Ourgh..."
"So anyway, do you need anything else, boys?" Vector asked as he pulled out a cool soda, drinking it up via a straw.
Sonic wagged his right index finger. "Not really. We did, however, find the entrance to the Ocean Palace!"
Vector laughed as he tossed the now empty glass cup away, clapping. "Oh, good good! That should be able to progress you guys forward!"
Shadow turned to the transporter, then back to Vector, opening his arms. "I'm taking a guess and asking if you have teleporters there, too."
Vector posed heroically, chuckling as he remarked, "Well of course! Gotta capitalize as much as possible! I am a business man... errr, croc!" He returned to his heroic pose.
Silver smiled, his right hand on his hip. "No doubt about it. It's great that we can warp back too."
Amy continued to whine and moan. "Can we get going? I'm tired of doing all this cleaning up!" She placed her hands on her stomach. "And on top of that, I'm hungry again!"
Vector chuckled as he placed his left arm around Amy. "I could offer you some food Ms. Rose, provided that you either give me your rings or work for me again!"
Sonic, Shadow, and Silver all chuckled. Amy growled as she pushed Vector off of him.
"I'm willing to pass, thank you very much," Amy stated, heading towards the second transporter and waiting impatiently.
Sonic scratched his head, tilting to the right. "That Amy... she's as loony as a toon..."
Shadow scoffed as he opened his arms. "You realize that technically all of us are toons, right Sonic?"
Sonic gawked, taking a step back. "Now hold on there, Shadow..."
Silver nodded in agreement, moving closer to Sonic. "He's right. After all, we can do this..." Silver then pulled Sonic's nose, stretching it out by moving three feet away.
Sonic screamed in pain, wailing his arms crazily. Shadow and Vector laughed their heads off as Silver let go, the impact causing Sonic to crash into the wall behind him.
Amy shook her arms angrily. "Hey! Leave Sonic alone! What did he do to you?"
Silver waved his hands at Amy in defense. "We were just proving a point, Amy!" He wiped his forehead as he approached Vector, shaking his hands. "Thanks again for everything, Vex."
Vector smiled as he shook back. "No problem, Silver! I contacted Charmy and Espio. They'll be able to help you to get through the Ocean Palace!" He then placed his arms behind his back. "I'll stay here and run the shop. Gotta maintain business!"
Shadow smiled as he nodded. "You keep up the good work, Vector." He turned to Silver, pointing at the transporter. "Let's go. We can't let Eggman have a spare moment."
Silver shrugged as he followed Shadow and Amy into the transporter. "I would think the doc has plenty of time to spare..."
Sonic pulled himself off the wall, shaking his head. "Well, that's the last time I question logic," Sonic muttered, waving goodbye to Vector as he zipped into the transporter.
Cream trembled with delight as she was caught in ropes, struggling to get out.
The purple Egg pawn stepped it, pointing at Cream, the yellow Egg pawn to his left and the green Egg pawn to his right.
"All right goily, you're gonna give us answers, and pronto!" The purple Egg pawn exclaimed as he continued, "We don't like being tricked, do we boys?"
Both the yellow and green Egg pawns shook their heads in agreement. "Yeah, we no like getting tricked, boss!"
Cream started to cry as tears came down from her eyes. "Oh Mr. Sonic, wherever you are, please help..."
The purple Egg pawn slapped Cream across the face. "Speak up, doll face! Moe doesn't like to be ignored!" He cracked his fists. "Or Larry and Curly here will do you good!"
Dr. Eggman finally finished up his latest creation, laughing his head off as he jumped up, standing proud and tall. "I did it! I finished my latest creation!"
Orbot and Cubot were both playing cards, turning their heads to see a large, red colored metallic cobra with yellow and white stripes all over it.
"That's it? That's your latest creation?" Orbot asked as he oddly looked at it.
Eggman growled as he angrily shook his left fist at Orbot. "Shut your trap! My Egg Cobra is a metallic masterpiece!"
Cubot chuckled as he covered his mouth with his left hand. "Yeah. You'll be the master of it when it's in pieces."
Eggman grabbed a wrench and tossed it at Cubot, knocking him out. Orbot shrunk as he backed away, with Eggman tossing his arms into the air.
"I know I'll likely get my butt handed to me yet again for who knows what time," Eggman started as he continued boasting regardless, "But I'll prove them that I'm no slouch in the battlefield! HO HO HO HO HO HO!"
Orbot sighed as he placed his right hand on his head. "This won't end well..."
Sonic, Shadow, Silver, and Amy were at the entrance to the Ocean Palace, looking eastward from the steep grassy cliff, seeing nothing but the salty sea green water below. Amy trembled with fright as she grabbed Sonic, whi gawked.
"It's so high up here!" Silver exclaimed as he looked around, his jaw dropped.
Shadow had his arms folded, closing his eyes as he shrugged. "Yeah. But being afraid of heights isn't so much a problem."
"It is for me!" Amy trembled as she whimpered, clutching onto Sonic tighter.
Sonic tried to pull away from Amy, but her grip on him was too strong. "Amy, I can understand you being frightened, but... can you please let me go?"
Amy looked up at Sonic, then closed her eyes and continued clutching. Sonic sighed as he rolled his eyes, shaking his head.
Silver placed both of his hands behind the back of his head. "Well, this is rather inconvienent. How are we gonna get across?"
Shadow continued to have his arms folded. "Beats me. I could use Chaos Control, but I don't have the Chaos Emeralds on me."
Silver eyed Shadow, looking down at his arms. "Is there any reason why you always fold your arms, Shadow?"
Shadow stuck his tongue out at Silver. "Look, I always like doing this. Besides, it gives me good promotional art."
Sonic and Amy also eyed Sonic strangely. "Good promotional art?"
Shadow broke his arms apart, shaking them as he explained clearly, "You know, when they put pictures of you for the games and the manuals." He narrowed his eyes as his arms dropped by his sides. "This isn't working as I hoped it would."
Sonic scoffed as he shook his head again. "Well duh, Shadow. This is a fanfic."
Silver rubbed his right arm. "Honestly, I could say that this fanfic would pass off as an actual story for the games, considering how accurate we are."
Amy nodded in agreement, her grip on Sonic loosening. "Yeah. Most of the time, we would be completely out of character for no reason. And sometimes we would do things we would never do in the games."
Silver raised both of his eyes. "Like what?"
Amy giggled as she let go of Sonic, her hands behind her back. "Like this!" Taking in a deep breath of air, Amy burped loudly, blowing back the quills on Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. Amy giggled as she winked.
Silver was shocked, rubbing his quills back to normal. "Amy, do you do nothing but burp and fart all day when you're not chasing Sonic?"
Amy shrugged as she smiled. "Well, being very gassy is better then being every female stereotype ever."
Sonic chuckled as he lowered his eyes, pointing at Amy. "Well, you have a crush on me, and you love pink. I think that's a pretty obvious start."
Amy shook her arms angrily. "Oooh, Sonic! If I didn't love you so much, I could beat you up for that!"
Shadow couldn't help but laugh. "Getting beaten up by a girl... still comedy."
Silver ribbed Shadow, snickering. "Don't forget, you got beaten up by Amy earlier, remember?"
Shadow stopped, prompting to growl as Silver and Sonic both laughed, with Amy still feeling insulted. After several seconds, the four hedgehogs were still stumped.
"Well, there's no way we're gonna progress just by standing here." Shadow stated as he glanced back down at the water separating the hill from the temples.
Amy nodded her head in agreement, still holding her hands together. "Yeah. But it sure is scary to see all this water from this height."
Silver scratched behind his right ear. "Maybe there will be something that halts us from going, to let us catch out breath or something..."
"What are the chances of something that cliche to happen?" Shadow retorted as he glanced at Silver.
Suddenly, as if on cue, Dr. Eggman arrived in his Egg Carrier, still laughing his head off.
"Well well well well, if it isn't my four favorite pests!" Dr. Eggman teased as he pointed at Sonic.
Sonic placed his left hand on his hips. "Still going at it, eh Ivo?"
Eggman waved his right hand. "Ohohoho! But this time, it'll be different!"
Silver waved his arms at Eggman. "Different? You always lose to Sonic, even when you seem to be close!"
Eggman shook his hand furiously. "But this isn't a main game! I clearly have the advantage!"
Shadow folded his arms. "Even in a fanfic, I doubt you're compitent enough to beat us..."
Eggman shook with rage. "Oooh, I'll show you!" He posed. "Reveal yourself, Egg Cobra!"
As if on cue, the Egg Cobra emerged from the thick foliage, a mechanical hiss being heard. Sonic, Silver, Shadow, and Amy all gasped as Amy jumped into Silver's arms, with Silver gawking as he glanced between Amy and the Egg Cobra.
Eggman rubbed his hands together with glee. "This time, I included some nice venom to go with its blasters! Have fun!" He literally tilted backwards, laughing his head off.
The Egg Cobra's eyes flashed a bright red. Amy farted loudly in fright, much to Silver's disgust.
"I think I need new panties again..." Amy muttered as she clenched harder to Silver.
Silver dropped Amy on the grass, rubbing his hands on his chests as he stuck out his tongue in disgust.
Sonic got into a fighting pose. "Forget about using the bathroom, Gassy Rosie! We got a badnik to beat!"
