Super Sonic Squad

Season Four, Episode Nine

The Amazing Switch

By Cole Bezotte

Of course, as always, a note to the howling fans:

Let's hope you do not get confused when we say "This story plot crosses over with the PlayStation All-Stars series!" Believe it, mate! The events in this episode will also take place alternatively in PlayStation All-Stars, Volume Two, Season Three, Episode Five.

Enjoy!

Where we last saw Dr. Eggman, he had taken his PINGAS Mk 2 to the magical Mushroom Land in hopes of hunting down Princess Peach and taking the throne by force. But, as usual, there was always one of the two helpful plumbers that would come and save the damsel in distress.

This time, Eggman was surprised to see an orange hedgehog speeding through the plains of the beautiful land. He did not recognize him at first, but he was taking no chances of keeping him alive. "I have no clue whether or not he is related to Sonic," the madman thought as he activated his machine's reticule missiles. "But in my opinion, I think ALL hedgehogs shall die!"

The hedgehog chuckled as he quickly dropped to the ground and slid out of the way of the incoming missiles. Every one of them hit the ground with a small explosion, leaving the creature harmless. "Woo-hoo!" the hedgehog exclaimed excitedly. "Now to kick some REAL Egg-butt!"

"Wait a minute!" Eggman thought aloud. "I know that voice! But I can't be! It just CAN'T!"

"But I AM Luigi… Luigi the HEDGEHOG!" A quick spin-dash knocked the scientist to the ground and rendered him helpless against Luigi's new power.

"I still don't understand any of this!" Eggman continued. "How did you do it?!"

"It wasn't easy, really…" Luigi replied. "After Agape used that portal of yours to free the king, your former mentor escaped too and used his transformation power on me. I told him I wanted to be a hedgehog, so I got my wish! Now it will be easier to defeat you, just like with Sonic! But I can't be an animal ALL the time; I still have to be my good self."

Eggman suddenly saw a bright yellow light engulf Luigi entirely and watched him transform back to his normal human self. From behind, the wizard known as Ixis Naugus came, bearing a smirk upon his old face. "It looks like I'm declared the winner!" Ixis teased as he approached. "And now, Julian, it's about time the authorities took you back!"

"No!" Eggman protested in reply. "I won't be locked up again! I've already experienced the pain for the hundredth time! Please, Ixis! I'll prove to you that I won't be so power-hungry again! If you would, please transform me into a soft dove."

"Fine…" Ixis replied. "But don't say that I didn't warn you. You're still coming with us…"

"Not today, pal!" With his new bird form, Eggman flew away from the Mushroom Land and made his way back to Brooklyn in secret. His trick worked, which made him believe that he still had time to start a new attack against the man who began to haunt him ever since he turned evil.

Later, at the peaceful Knothole Village, a new uproar had been brought up by the young and energetic Tails the fox. Sonic immediately rushed to the scene to watch his little friend give his new portal gun a test run to see if it is perfected.

"This thing looks awfully familiar!" Sonic said as he examined the new invention. "I hope you didn't rip this off of something else."

"I didn't, Sonic," Tails replied. "I'm being very honest about it; this is my OWN model! Thanks to the information that Ixis Naugus gave about the Zone of Silence, plus Chris' special portal that leads from here to Earth and vice versa, WE CAN GO ANYWHERE WITH THIS!"

"Slow down, little buddy! That was way too big of a sentence. Try explaining it all in a nice and easy manner."

"Sorry… Watch and see…!"

With a heart pounding with excitement, Tails pulled the trigger of his new portal gun and created a hole in midair, which led to the busy city of Los Angeles.

"Wow!" Sonic exclaimed, flabbergasted at the real results. "This is incredible! You my friend are a total genius! I never thought that this could be real!"

"I've got to get closer!" Tails thought as he slowly stepped through the warp zone. Sonic paid no attention to what Tails was doing; all he did was think about all the possibilities of exploring many different cities with the new invention. By then, Tails fully made his way to Los Angeles, replaced by a familiar subject.

"Whoa!" Sonic exclaimed right when he came to his senses. "I should have my head adjusted! I lost track of thought for a moment! But… wait a minute! Where's Tails?"

He did not see anything at first, but his heart leaped when he was surprised to see Pupuru standing right in front of him. "Pupuru!" he exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"That's what I want to know!" Pupuru replied, confused. "At first, I saw Tails coming right into the city. But things began to look hazy for me as I felt myself being transported here. And now the portal is gone!"

"That's strange… I should have kept my eye on him… But we'll get out of this situation…eventually…"

At that same time, at the evil Dr. Eggman's abandoned laboratory, Ixis found one of the scientist's recliners and began to lull himself to a peaceful sleep. But he was only able to rest for about thirty minutes before he was suddenly interrupted by tapping sounds on the door.

He almost did not want to open the door and see who it was. Instead, he stayed where he was, controlling all security mechanisms with his incredible powers. All the outside cameras shot burning lasers at where the intruder would have stood. After a minute had gone by, everything suddenly stopped. Ixis thought that the intruder was taken care of, so he felt himself to be at ease. But he was wrong when he felt someone grab at the back of his neck.

"You don't know…" a slim man spoke to him, "…I too am a master at magic! Now that I have you with me, I'll use your precious powers to do only MY bidding… so speaks Needles!"

Indeed it was the nasty magic clown known as Needles, who had come to not only take revenge on Ratchet, but also on Sonic as well. He held Ixis' hands very tightly, combining his power with his own, making them perhaps unstoppable in the face of anything. Needles forced Ixis' right claw-hand to unleash a bolt of cosmic energy into the air, which traveled to both realms of Mobius and Earth.

The bolt unleashed its fury upon both victims of Sonic and Ratchet, causing them to glow very brightly and feel a change coming on. After thirty seconds, the light died down, but it seemed like nothing changed at all. But one look at their hands made them see a huge difference.

"What is it, Ratchet?" Tails said, lugging at Ratchet's shirt while at Los Angeles.

"I'm not Ratchet…" the Lombax replied nervously, realizing what went wrong. "But somehow, I've been given his body!"

"Wait a minute! Is that you, Sonic?"

"It is me! But I'm different now! I've been transformed into Ratchet!"

WHAT A MESS OUR HEROES ARE IN! NOT ONLY DID SONIC AND RATCHET SWITCH SIDEKICKS, BUT THEY SWITCHED BRAINS AS WELL! JUST WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME AND HOPE FOR A MIRACLE TO CHANGE THEM BACK TO NORMAL! SEE YOU THEN!

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And now a letter to ChristianWolf:

It's nice how you are practically my number one fan and reader. I don't necessarily ask for credit or thanks, but the way you do it is nice. I like it. Your original character ideas inspire me to put more "juice" into what I write, making it more attractive than ever! It just comes naturally to me: someone gives a request, and I fulfill it. That's how I ended up stuck with Pupuru; I never played her game, but I just love writing stories about her. Anyway, head to the PSASBR chapter that I mentioned earlier for how RATCHET got in the mess. See you soon!