"For God sakes, why won't you ever just leave Knuckles alone? He doesn't like Julie-Su! What part of that don't you get?! She's creepy, annoying, clingy, scary, pink, half robot, stupid...let him have some God darn freaking free will, you idiots! I'm really starting to feel bad for him! Thank God I'm only eight years old!" Tails screamed in both Googoo and Julie-Su's faces.
Knuckles was surprised. Never had he actually been backed-up by someone in his life.
Googoo sighed. "There's a lot you need to learn, Tails. Come with me."
"Huh?" Tails murmured as Googoo motioned him up the stairs.
"You're not going to..." Knuckles began. "He's eight!"
"Don't you worry about Tails, Knuckles." Googoo said as they disappeared up the stairs.
Upstairs, Googoo lead Tails into his bedroom. There he sat Tails on the bed.
"You do know the main reason why we wanted Knuckles to come down here eventually anyway, eh?" Googoo asked. "It is unfortunate that we now have this whole cave-in thing happening…we wanted Knuckles to meet his soulmate eventually, and now he can at least meet her before we all die."
Tails stared at Googoo blankly. "You mean...we are all going to die now and you just wanted your daughter to meet my friend?!" Tails cried. "I...I don't even..."
"You know young Tails, that each echidna has the soultouch ability. It helps us find our perfect soulmate. Julie-Su practically soultouched with Knuckles only from seeing pictures of him! I'm not sure what's taking him so long..." Googoo explained.
"How did she get pictures of him?" Tails wondered.
"Uh, his mom gave them to her or something..." Googoo replied.
"Is this what Knuckles was worried about you telling me?" Tails asked.
"I don't think so...okay let's go back down stairs now!" Googoo exclaimed, and rushed Tails back down the stairs. When they entered the foyer, they saw Julie-Su tackling Knuckles.
"What the heck is going on?!" Tails screeched.
"Go away!" Knuckles growled. He tried to push Julie-Su away from him but she kept grabbing him randomly. "I already ache enough! Seriously!"
"Leave Knuckles alone!" Tails yelled.
"Now now, Tails, what did we just talk about?" Googoo said.
"Yeah, what did you just talk about?" Knuckles asked.
"Soultouch and your reason for being here...and how we're basically on our death beds." Tails sighed. "Now you get to die here with Julie-Su."
"WHAT?!" Knuckles yelled. Julie-Su ran into him and he fell on the floor. "OW! GET OFF OF ME!" Knuckles screamed, and shoved her into the wall.
"You kids play nice, now. We planned something nice for Knuckles and Julie-Su tonight." Googoo declared as he walked into the kitchen.
"T...tonight...?" Knuckles mumbled.
"Like for dinner." Googoo replied.
"OH! Oh! ...Oh." Knuckles shouted.
"Oh?" Julie-Su screamed randomly in his face.
"I just...never mind..." Knuckles muttered.
"You get to sleep on my twin-sized bed tonight so we will have to sleep very close together!" Julie-Su screamed across the house.
"WHAT?!" Knuckles screamed back.
"Don't tell me you'd rather sleep on the floor." Julie-Su mumbled.
"Actually, I WOULD!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"Am I still sleeping in the basement?" Tails asked.
"Yeah." Julie-Su replied.
"Can't I sleep in the basement, too?" Knuckles asked.
"No, obviously! Plus the basement is creepy. There are ghosts down there!" Julie-Su remarked.
"Ghosts...?" Knuckles and Tails said in unison.
"Just kidding!" Julie-Su exclaimed. "I guess I have to get changed again. I'll be back in a moment."
"You know Knuckles, they basically wanted you down here so Julie-Su could meet you before we all died..." Tails whispered.
"What?!" Knuckles yelled. "So basically we're going to die to fulfill some fangirl's happiness? Of all the.."
"Knuckles, you need to get ready too. I got this suit out for you." Momma-Su exclaimed. She walked over to Knuckles holding some weird tuxedo thing.
"What? I don't want to wear that!" Knuckles cried.
"You have to. Put it on." Momma-Su demanded, and put the jacket on Knuckles's head. "Also, have a shower. You smell."
"Thanks..." Knuckles grumbled and took the jacket off his face. "How is having a shower in mud going to help anything?"
"Oh, it's not that bad. There's shampoo there. And the water gets less muddy if you let it run. But it's cold though." Momma-Su replied.
"Oh, that's great..." Knuckles muttered and walked into the bathroom, leaving Tails behind.
"What am I going to do?" he asked.
"Oh, you're not going with them to dinner. Knuckles needs to be away from you as much as possible and be near Julie-Su as much as possible. You can stay here and eat ant stroganoff with us old people." Momma-Su replied.
"Ant stroganoff? But I don't eat ants!" Tails cried.
"Well, you should try them. They're pretty good." Momma-Su remarked.
Well, Knuckles hates ants and he's an anteater! I'm not even an anteater... Tails thought. He walked into the kitchen and sat at the table. He stared at the pot of mashed grossness. He did not even know what it was, and there were termites in it. It looked like puke to him.
"Ew..." Tails mumbled and got back up off the chair. "I'm bored."
"Then you shouldn't have came along, little boy. Nowhere in the note did it say we needed the assistance of a little fox...or anyone in general besides Knuckles." Grandpop remarked.
"But I'm Knuckles's friend! I was there when he got the letter. You know he seemed to debate on coming. If it wasn't for me, he might not have even came here. Now I've probably just lead Knuckles to his doom!" Tails screamed. He ran out the kitchen and upstairs, crying. He ran into Julie-Su's room without thinking. He fell down on the floor at the sight of all the Knuckles pictures. "KNUCKLES! I'm sorry! You should have trusted yourself..."
Tails cried into the floor for a good long five minutes. After he looked up and saw that scary handmade Knuckles plush with that had his mouth on one side of his face and was looking in different directions that Knuckles threw at the wall earlier. Tails grabbed it and stared at it.
"This thing is scarier than the Tails Doll..." he mumbled. He tossed it at Julie-Su's bed. She had a crocheted blanket with a really bad picture of Knuckles crocheted into the pattern. Tails picked it up and wrapped it around his body. He sat there and stared at the floor for a while, silent.
Eventually, Julie-Su walked into the bedroom, wearing an even more obnoxious dress than before. Since she obviously could not wear earrings, she put a bunch of obnoxious accessories in her spines. She had so much make-up on she looked like a clown. And she was wearing high heels which she could barely walk in.
"What are you doing in here? Get off my bed!" she screeched.
"Julie-Su?" Tails exclaimed, not even realising it was her at first. "You look like a clown, no offense."
"No I don't!" Julie-Su argued.
"Ask Knuckles then..." Tails mumbled. He got up, still with the blanket and walked down the stairs. Knuckles was just coming out of the bathroom down there. He was wearing the weird tuxedo thing.
"I don't like this..." he muttered.
"What the heck?" Tails exclaimed.
"Tails, what's with the blanket of me?" Knuckles asked.
"Oh, um..." Tails mumbled. "I don't know, it's Julie-Su's..."
Suddenly Momma-Su walked right in front of Knuckles and started spraying him to death with something.
"Ow my eyes! What the heck!" Knuckles yelled. "My nose hurts now too!"
"There. You look delectable." Momma-Su remarked.
"What the..." Knuckles muttered. Julie-Su came running down the stairs. She nearly died at the site of Knuckles.
"WHAT THE HECK!" Knuckles screamed.
"Oh Knuckles! You look MARVELOUS!" Julie-Su yelled.
"Really? Because I sure don't feel that way." Knuckles replied. "And also, you look like a clown."
"You think so?" Julie-Su sighed. "Well what should I do?"
"Leave me alone." Knuckles said.
"No, really. So I don't look like a clown." Julie-Su cried.
"Go wash off your face..." Knuckles suggested.
"And go with no make-up?"
"I guess..."
"Oh, how sweet of you! You think I look better just how I am!" Julie-Su exclaimed, and ran back up the stairs.
"No I didn't mean...ugh." Knuckles sighed. "Tails, what are you doing? Do you have to stay?"
"Yeah...and eat ant stroganoff..." Tails mumbled.
"That sounds disgusting." Knuckles remarked. "Let's go now!" He darted two steps over to the door and opened it.
"UH-UH!" yelled Googoo from behind Knuckles. He grabbed the back of his jacket. "You're not going ANYWHERE."
"Oh..." Knuckles sighed.
"Ready to go, Julie?" Googoo hollered. Julie-Su sprung out the door past them. She grabbed Knuckles from Googoo.
"Now how do I look?" she exclaimed.
"Not like a clown..." Knuckles replied.
"Oh!" Julie-Su exclaimed randomly, and kissed Knuckles's snout.
"Ew!" Knuckles yelled, shoving her away.
"Have fun, kiddies! Don't be back too late!" Googoo yelled out the door.
"B-" Tails began, but the door slammed.
"Tails..." Knuckles sighed.
"Forget about him, Knux! The only one you should be thinking about is me!" Julie-Su screeched.
"I think not!" Knuckles yelled, and sprinted off.
"KNUCKLES!" Julie-Su screamed. "GET BACK HERE!" However, Knuckles was already too far away to hear her anymore.