Bajy: Great job here! Another favorite episode of mine. Looking forward to reading more soon! Sorry for the short review, I got things to do today.
Angel: That's okay, I've been pretty busy myself.
CJ: Hey, didn't you say you'd be doing stories in the future someday along?
Angel: Yes, on my profile. But it's not summer yet, so there's no new stories right now. I think I'm gonna cancel the Hey Arnold one, though...
Dream lightning: Keep it going love this story keep it up please
Angel: You got it! It's juice and jam time!
Guest: Aww that was so sweet and Amy really cares for Sonic and Sophia really has good leadership skills to be a princess and future ruler to the throne.
Sophia: Thank you. However, the only circumstances in which I can be queen is if my parents step down or if they happen to...pass. I do not like thinking about that outcome. And I would also have to be married to royalty.
Ichabod: The point is, I talk like Meowth from Pokémon, or Rattrap from Beast Wars! There's plenty of video clips online you can watch to hear examples of it! I hope that cleared things up, alright?
Angel: *murmurs* Well that was a little rude...
Ichabod: ...Sorry about dat...
Angel: It's fine...personally, there are enough characters in the Sonic X universe. I don't need to add any more OCs.
Jake: Cool story I can't wait to see my favorite chapter/episode baseball I wonder if Sophia will play in the game.
Sophia: It would be unfair if I did not, hopefully that answer suffices.
Light Seeker 001: Say, are you going to use the Japanese uncensored version?
Angel: Um, no...I don't speak Japanese, so there is really no need to ask that. Especially since I watch the English version already. Plus, there's less effort on language that way.
Anna: Cool story can't wait for the baseball game
Angel: Even though Eggman cheated...
Emma: I can't wait for the baseball chapter it's my favorite sports game
Angel: Imagine if they played something else like hockey or soccer.
GreenD109: Oh it's okay, I don't mind. You can take your time, I can wait patiently for the next chapter.
Angel: Thank you for understand. Sometimes work just gets in the way...
Jake: I understand I'll wait patiently no matter what
Angel: I think next Tuesday I have to work again, so another slight hiatus, yaaaay...hopefully I don't have to work Thursday.
Bajy: I understand, no worries
Angel: *sighs a little* Especially since there'll be another hiatus.
Light Seeker 101: I know how you feel. I hate school sometimes as well. By the way, I did find YouTube playlists for the Japanese version of Sonic X. Let's face it, the dubbed version ruined Cosmo's death.
Angel: I have no plans to use the Japanese version, okay? You could've waited until today for my answer from before. I'm not using the Japanese version and I don't need to. I don't like it when some people keep talking to about doing certain franchises or dubs even after I say no, it's happened before like twice. Besides, I missed the one with Cosmo's death anyway, so it's not like I have an actual opinion on her death. All I know is that she sacrificed herself.
In the night sky, Tails flies the X Tornado above Station Square for a test. The full moon sits there above. "The X Tornado seems to be running really great since we installed the Chaos Emerald. This has to be just about the smoothest one I've ever been on. Huh?"
He looks down in confusion to see the green Chaos Emerald glowing. He sweats a little. "I think it's picked up something." The plane starts rocking to the side.
"I can't control it!" The plane suddenly dives uncontrollably in the air. "Something's pulling us off course!" He cringes as he sees a baseball stadium up ahead. "Maybe it's another Chaos Emerald!"
He gasps in surprise to see someone on the field waving to him. "Stop! Stop!" Tails is able to regain control of the plane, soaring upwards.
"Better go down there."
The man looks up at the plane, blinking slowly.
Tails lands the plane outside of the stadium, walking inside slowly. He looks a little nervously since he's never seen one before. The two-tailed fox sees the open door, met with blinding lights. He looks in amazement at the views. His mouth opens in awe and he spins his tails around, using those to fly down into the field. He explores his surroundings before stopping in his tracks. Up ahead is the man who was waving to him from before.
"Excuse me, sir!" Tails calls out over the noise. The man was working on his lawnmower. "Hello! YO!"
The man looks down to see a smiling Tails, hands behind his back. The man hides behind the lawnmower in fear. "Keep away!"
"Huh? I'm sorry, it's just-I was in my plane and the Chaos Emerald started glowing and-don't worry mister, I won't hurt ya," Tails stammers, the man staring at him.
"Sure is some story, little fella," the man says after Tails has finished explaining himself. They're sitting under the scoreboard. "Never would've guessed that was you flying that plane up there."
"I'm sorry if I frightened you just now, sir," Tails apologizes, turning to him. "I've never seen a stadium as pretty as this before. You know, the grass is practically glowing!"
"Thanks for the compliment," the man smiles. "Lots of folks say the turf here at Diamond Stadium is the best in the world! Which makes me happy, because I've been the groundskeeper here at Diamond for 30 years."
"30 years?" Tails asks in perplexment.
"You bet," the man confirms. "Only I'm afraid today's my last day here at the old place. You see, the Diamond's manager wants to build an indoor stadium with artificial turf, so this place is gonna be demolished. I tell you, leaving this place behind feels like the end of an era. By the way little fella, did you mention something about an emerald?"
"Yeah..." Tails remembers saying that earlier, digging in his tails. He pulls out the green Chaos Emerald from the plane. "See, I'm looking for an emerald just like this one. It's called a Chaos Emerald."
"A wha?" The man looks in surprise, digging in his pocket. "Would this be what you're looking for?" He reveals a cyan colored Chaos Emerald. Tails' eyes widen in surprise.
"Ah, a Chaos Emerald!"
The man brings it up to the green one. "I saw it laying next to the dumpster a couple of nights ago. Wasn't sure what it was," he explains before the two emeralds start glowing. The two gasp in shock, and a bright light shoots into the sky. All around Station Square, people notice the light from the two emeralds, wondering what it is. Scarlet Garcia and her cameraman notice it, stopping their eating. Knuckles sees it too from a mountain.
"I know that light."
Decoe looks up, pointing to the light from their window. "Dr. Eggman, Dr. Eggman, you might want to take a look at this, sir."
Eggman walks up to the window and is taken aback. "What is that light?"
"It appears to be coming from the baseball stadium."
"Hmm, a stadium, you say?" Eggman gives a look of thought. "Fascinating." He pulls out baseball items, snickering. "I have a feeling there's an emerald out of that Diamond."
"Let's start with our first course," silverware and an appetizer sits on the table. Ella is teaching Sonic, Amy, and Cream proper dining manners. "Which knife and fork should we use?"
"Uh...these!" Amy picks up the right ones, Cream holding the same ones.
"I agree!" Cheese agrees with her too.
"Right. You're such smart children," Ella tells them. "And what good manners!" Mr. Tanaka and Sophia are standing nearby, Sonic eating an apple while sitting next to Chris.
"I don't see why we have to learn all this etiquette baloney in the first place," Sonic comments, hearing a low growl. He sweats nervously as he turns around to see an angry Sophia. He could tell because of her frown and narrowed eyes. "I-I mean, etiquette is a great thing to have! Heh heh..."
"My mom says it's important to learn good manners so we can eat properly," Chris explains, "And you shouldn't say things like that in front of Sophia..."
"Well, I never learned anything about manners and I've been eating my whole life," Sonic takes another bite of his apple.
"You never inquired a desire to learn," Sophia points out, crossing her arms. Mr. Tanaka leans towards Sonic.
"Sonic, time to use your fruit knife," he reminds him.
"I wonder what's keeping Tails, he should be back by now," Chuck says, hearing a laugh. They look up to see Bokkun flying above them.
"Sorry, I didn't know it was meal time!" He starts, Sophia huffing.
"Have you not seen outside? You never seem to care what time of day you show up," she says, Sonic laughing slightly. Bokkun blows a raspberry at her.
"But Dr. Eggman's got a real important message for ya!"
Sonic stands up, gritting his teeth. "Not again!"
"How dare you barge in on us like this?" Mr. Tanaka points an accusing finger at him. "You need to learn some manners!"
"Eh, that's what you say," Bokkun dismisses it, the TV turning on to reveal Eggman.
"Good evening, Sonic and Sophia. I suggest you take a look out your window," he starts off.
"Window?" Sonic turns to it in confusion. Sophia and Sonic push the window panes open, seeing the light from the stadium.
"What is it?" Chuck asks, as he hasn't seen what two emeralds can do.
"That light's coming from a Chaos Emerald," Cream says with narrowed eyes.
"Is she right?" Chris looks down at Sonic.
"You're half-right, Cream," Sonic corrects them. "But that's not just one Chaos Emerald."
"Correct," They turn around to the TV. "We both want those emeralds, but why not be good sports about it? That's why I suggest you suit up, and meet me over..." He ducks himself down before revealing himself in a baseball uniform. "At the Diamond Stadium."
"Diamond Stadium?" Mr. Tanaka questions.
"What for?" Chuck demands.
"I challenge you and your friends to a game of winner-take-all baseball!" Eggman shows his baseball, laughing evilly. Sonic's eyes twitch as he growls.
"You arrived here to have Eggman challenge us...to a baseball game?" Sophia asks, utterly confused. "I am starting to begin to wonder of plans absurd as these."
"You guys might be a little rusty, so how about some batting practice?" Bokkun giggles as he pulls out a baseball bat. Sonic's eyes widen as he sweats.
"Uh oh."
Bokkun starts batting balls at them, laughing in amusement as they struggle to avoid them. Sophia's eyes glow red before she fires a laser at the bat, melting it. "Huh?!" Ella then grabs him by the hat.
"You've got a decent swing, but you keep hitting a foul!"
Bokkun gives a nervous look before the maid kicks him out of the house.
"What kind of pitch was that?" Chris asks nervously.
"I think it was a screwball," Chuck answers for him.
"We have to get to that stadium!" Sonic declares, not wanting to lose the emeralds.
Chuck starts the car and takes off with everyone except Sophia and Sonic as they travel by ground. Chuck chuckles to himself as he tips his hat.
The light stops glowing after a while. "What just happened there, little fella?" The man asks, wanting an explanation.
"That always happens when Chaos Emeralds come together," Tails states, "I just hope the wrong person didn't see it."
He hears evil laughter and looks up to see Eggman in his Egg Mobile. "Well, if it isn't my foxy high-flying friend."
"Dr. Eggman!" Tails exclaims in surprise. Eggman snickers as he's in his uniform. He looks around as he was expecting more people.
"Where's the rest of your team? It's almost game time!"
"Forget it!" Tails denies determinedly. "You want the Chaos Emeralds, but I won't give 'em to ya!"
"Could it be Sonic and his pals are choosing to forfeit?" Eggman ignores Tails' warning as he thinks to himself. "I must say that's very unsportsmanlike of them. If there's one thing I hate more than a meddling hedgehog and royal brat, it's a quitter!"
Tails has no idea what he's talking about, since he hasn't been informed of the challenge. "I don't get it. What are you talking about?"
"If they won't play ball with me, I still win!" Eggman laughs, a mechanical hand appearing from the Egg Mobile. It reaches out towards Tails and he shouts nervously, jumping out of the way. The hand turns its attention on the man.
"W-What's going on here, anyway?" He struggles to keep the emerald in his hand, but the hand snatches it.
"Oh no! He's got the emerald!" Tails shouts in disbelief. Eggman is handed the cyan emerald, snickering.
"One down, one to go. Hand it over. I won it fair and square, now give me that second emerald or I'll have to use a force play!" Eggman calls out.
"I'd like to see you try it!" Tails eggs on, running. The hand reaches out to him, Knuckles coming out of nowhere and smashing the hand. Tails sees him, shocked.
"That was close. You alright?"
"Knuckles!" Tails says in relief. "Am I glad to see you!"
Knuckles lands safely, turning around with a sly smile. "Well, look who it is. I like your costume."
Eggman narrows his eyes. "You again. And what brings you here?" Tails joins Knuckles. "Doing Sonic and Sophia's dirty work?"
"You leave the princess out of this," Knuckles threatens, narrowing his eyes. He turns to Tails. "Let's get out of here, Tails."
"Okay!" Tails agrees, hearing a whoosh sound. They turn to see Sonic and Sophia speeding around before stopping in front of the two.
"Hey. How's it going, Knuckles?" Sonic greets, Knuckles giving a small smile. He stammers as he sees Sophia.
"P-Princess!" He bows respectfully and she chuckles lightly.
"It is alright, Knuckles. No need to bow."
"Well, if it isn't Sonic and her royal highness," Eggman clenches his fist. "I thought you weren't going to show up, so I took one of the emeralds and I was just collecting the second." He chuckles as the others from the car appear from behind. Mr. Tanaka is suited up. "But now that you're here, maybe we can play ball!"
"Alright, just give us back that Chaos Emerald," Sonic demands.
"All is fair in the game of baseball...even though I have no idea how to play," Sophia murmurs that last part.
"All in good time, my speedy little opponents, but first, let me introduce you to my fellow teammates." The two give a look of confusion before a large shadow looms over them. They turn around to see a flying saucer.
"Ah!" Chris' mouth opens in shock. The hatch opens and an army of E-21 Ballios appear.
"They're scary, Amy," Cream whimpers, Amy protecting her.
"It's okay," the hedgehog assures her friend. Eggman jumps down and lands in front of his team.
"Not too shabby, eh? Now why don't we knock out the pregame ceremonies and get to the reason we're all here. It's now game time."
"Let's play ball!" Decoe and Bocoe appear in front of them.
"You can't have your game here!" Tails yells at them.
"Wait," Chuck interrupts, stepping in front of Tails. "It just so happens old Grandpa Chuck here is a big baseball fan from way back." Tails just stares at him. "A nice friendly game of baseball sounds like a great idea to me."
"I beg your pardon?" Sophia asks in shock.
"But...but Chuck," Tails protests, Eggman chuckling.
"Ah, so you're Chuck, are you? Well, it's a great pleasure to finally meet you. A ballgame sounds most exciting after being cooped up in that laboratory of yours day after day," Eggman replies with a sly smile.
"I wonder why that sounds so familiar," Sophia smirks at Eggman, who growls.
"HEY! If you wanna have a ball game, then you have to have it someplace else!" Tails shouts to get his attention. "Isn't anybody listening to me?!"
"Well, Eggman. If the others are up for it, I would be more than happy to accept your challenge," Chuck ignores Tails as well.
"But you can't have your game here, you're gonna ruin all of the beautiful turf!" Tails protests. Sophia bends down to him, placing her hands on his shoulders.
"Tails, calm down," she soothes him. "Why are you so defensive over this particular stadium?"
"Sophia, just listen. My friend..." He starts explaining to her, the robots annoyed.
"What's that loudmouth fox getting so bent out of shape for?" Decoe wonders.
"Who knows?" Bocoe asks, shrinking under Sophia's glare.
"Hey!" They give a shout of surprise as Tails suddenly appears in front of them. "You know, this stadium means a lot to my friend!"
"It's okay, Tails," he turns to his friend. "Only a matter of time before it's demolished, anyway." Chuck and Chris turn to him.
"Have I seen you somewhere?"
"Maybe during the seventh inning stretch. My name's Albert Butler, I'm the head groundskeeper here," the man explains, Chuck giving a look of realization.
"Ah, I thought you looked familiar, I've seen you on television. You were good friends with the owner of the Diamonds. Elmer Johnson, right?"
"Wow, you know him?" Chris asks in awe.
Albert looks away slightly, a look of slight dismay on his face. "Elmer and I don't talk much anymore." He hears bawling and looks up at Chuck.
"This is such an honor to think that I get to play baseball in the world-famous Diamond Stadium!" He weeps, Sophia stepping over to him.
"I am certain that it is, Chuck, but please refrain yourself," she assures him.
"Shut your blubbering and let's play baseball!" Eggman shouts impatiently.
"Okay," Amy says slowly.
"How do we play?" Cream asks curiously.
"Alright, everybody!" Chuck shouts as no one answers Cream's question. "Time for the Chaos Emerald Baseball Playoff!"
Eggman pushes him away. "It's the First Annual Eggman Intergalactic Baseball Challenge!" He declares, Sophia, Chris, and Knuckles sweating at his antics.
"Oh dear," Sophia murmurs, walking away.
"This is sad," Knuckles deadpans.
"And totally embarrassing," Chris agrees with him. Mr. Tanaka is stretching his legs.
"Does he have to be on our team?" Sonic asks in annoyance, sitting on one of the robots.
"Sonic," Sophia warns him. "Mr. Tanaka is much as valuable to us as everyone else." Cream and Amy glance at each other.
"Amy, do we get to play too?" Cream wonders, since she was ignored.
"Don't see why not," Amy answers doubtfully. Mr. Tanaka continues stretching with a baseball bat between his arms. Eggman practices his swings.
"Hey Grandpa, I'm not so sure this baseball game's such a good idea. What if Eggman's got something up his sleeve?" Chris points out worriedly.
"Chris, you may be right. For all we know, that guy could be using a corked bat," Chuck answers, watching Eggman intensely.
"That's not exactly what I meant," Chris replies sheepishly.
"Chris, I regret to say that this is Eggman we are speaking of. I am afraid that he is not capable of playing this game fairly. That is how vile he is," Sophia narrows her eyes at him. "But we must be prepared for anything."
"Let's decide which team will be first to bat," Eggman holds up a fist in the air. "Rock, paper-"
"You can't be serious!" Chuck and Eggman turn to Knuckles. "You do know what will happen if Dr. Eggman wins, don't you? He won't just be winning the game, but the Chaos Emeralds too. If Eggman wins this game, it'll mean nothing but catastrophe for all of us."
"I'd say that's nothing but stinking thinking," Eggman disagrees, though he did have something up his sleeve...
"Why ruin everyone's fun, huh?" Chuck teases.
"Erm, I do not believe that you should speak to Knuckles that way," Sophia calls out nervously.
"Come on Knuckles, don't you wanna play?" Amy steps in front of him with an amused look. Cream has the same look on her face.
"Don't be chicken," she teases playfully.
"Cream," Sophia sweats anxiously.
"Me, chicken?!" Knuckles demands, his pride feeling threatened. If there was anything Knuckles wasn't, it was a chicken.
"Perhaps Mr. Knuckles is simply afraid to play a game of baseball, hmm?" Mr. Tanaka gives Knuckles an amused smirk.
"Afraid? I'm not afraid of anything!" Knuckles looks at the surrounding crowd in anger, Sonic speeding over to him.
"Great, then you'll play, huh?" Sonic nudges him, Knuckles growling to himself. He hangs his head before clenching his fists.
"Alright, you asked for it! You want a team player, I'll give you a team player! Let's get this game on!" Knuckles shouts, a vein near his eye.
"Al...right then. Not the method I would have used, but I am glad you decided to play," Sophia murmurs, slightly worried about Knuckles. She didn't know the full extent of his anger, as she's never experienced it, but all she knew was that she didn't want to see Knuckles that way.
Decoe holds up a hand as he's the umpire. "Let's play ball!" Chris is pitching first for his team, wearing a blue and orange uniform.
"Bring it on!" One of the robots is the pitcher, throwing a superfast fastball that Chris has no time to react for.
"Strike one!"
Chris gives a scared look, glancing at Sonic, who just whistles. "Strike two. Strike three. One out."
"How could anybody hit a ball that fast?" Chris laments as he walks away from the base. Eggman just chuckles, acting innocent.
"Loser. Okay boys, send in the next sucker!" Eggman calls out. Tails is up next. He's wearing the same uniform as Chris, but with no pants.
"It'll probably be a fastball," he deduces, as Chris had the same. However, he receives an unusual pitch that involves the pitcher stretching its arm across a long distance and flicking it to the catcher.
"Strike one." Decoe declares to Tails' confusion.
"Hey umpire! That's not fair!" Tails shouts angrily.
"What do you want? It's not my fault he's got long arms," Decoe dismisses without a care.
Amy is next, instead using her Piko Piko Hammer to bat. "Give me your best pitch, ball boy," she challenges. The ball is thrown to her. "I've got it!" She hits a powerful shot, her team cheering.
"We might not lose after all," Knuckles says cheerfully. A Ballios fielder throws his robot pal across a long distance, who catches the ball.
"She's out," Decoe declares, Amy stopping in her tracks. She hadn't even reached the base.
"But I thought..."
"Ha ha!" Eggman laughs boastfully, as the inning ends with Sonic's team having no runs.
Now it is Sonic's team to field, with Amy as the field pitcher. "Now I'll show 'im what I can do. I'm a much better pitcher, anyway," Amy says to herself. Mr. Tanaka is the catcher and when Amy throws the ball, it directly hits the Ballios pitcher, smashing it into pieces.
"Uh, sorry 'bout that," Amy calls out sheepishly as the robot player is taken away.
Just when Amy is about to pitch, a Ballios player near Cream takes off while the robot pitcher receives a strike. "Strike." Mr. Tanaka throws the ball, Amy ducking. Tails catches it, but the robot's legs extend. They leap over a large distance to the base.
"Safe," Decoe declares to Tails' dismay.
"Losing isn't fun," is all he says.
The next pitch is an out-of-the-park. "And it's out of the park!" Eggman declares, pumping his fist. Sonic catches it from the scoreboard.
"Home run, home run," Decoe pumps his fist.
"Whatever for?!" Sophia demands, standing up in disbelief.
"You caught it, Sonic, but if it's outside the fence, it doesn't count," Chuck explains, Sophia sinking to the ground in dismay.
"Ugh, who says we gotta play by the rules, anyway? Cut me some slack," Sonic complains, since Eggman definitely was cheating. The inning ends with that.
Sonic's team is batting again, Amy hitting the pitcher into pieces again. "Sorry, that's a hit!" She waves to the pitcher, who nods nervously as he didn't want to be hit again.
The game progresses further, with Sophia batting. "Huh! This should be good," Eggman looks on, arms crossed. Sophia grips her bat and the robot throws a fastball, but Sophia hits it anyway. "WHA?!"
Sonic's team cheers for her and she waves at them as she runs. "Oh no you don't," Eggman murmurs to himself, a robot extending its arms to catch it, but Sophia speeds to home base, waving to Eggman with an amused look. He growls at her.
The game progresses further, and Knuckles hits a home run. "Sad to say, but it's a home run." Sonic's team cheers happily as Knuckles runs. The score is almost tied. Scarlet Garcia, who witnessed the bright light earlier, has followed it to the stadium and is now reporting on it.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This is Scarlet Garcia with a live report from Diamond Stadium. There appears to be a most unusual baseball game happening right this moment. The notorious Dr. Eggman and a team of robots are playing a game against Sonic and friends here at the stadium. The soon-to-be former home of the Diamonds." Everyone around a TV is watching the news at this moment. "This is certain to become sports history. This is Scarlet Garcia reporting, stay tuned to SSTV for continuing coverage of this momentous game."
"We're closing in on them," Chuck looks at the scoreboard. "Now let's give it our best shot! Tanaka!"
"Yes, sir," Tanaka answers next to him.
"I'm putting in a pitch-hitter for you."
"Huh?" Mr. Tanaka asks in perplexment, as he hasn't had a chance to bat yet.
"It's Cheese."
"Chao!" Cheese looks happy to be involved. The pitcher seems to have difficulty due to Cheese's height, sweating. He throws it above Cheese.
"Ball one. Ball two. Ball three. Ball four." Cheese doesn't even move. "Take your base." Since he has four consecutive ball pitches, Cheese can move without any interference from the other team.
"Chao!" Cheese flies happily to first base, the pitcher sweating at Eggman's growl.
"You big loser! You call yourself a pitcher!"
"Well done, Cheese!" Sophia cheers for him.
Cream is up next, taking her stance. She looks pretty determined in the game. "Play ball."
"Oh Mr. Pitcher," Cream calls out, stopping the pitcher from throwing. "Could you...maybe not throw the ball too hard? I've never played before."
Being infatuated by Cream's kindness, the pitcher simply drops the ball. "Balk! Batter takes first base."
"Thank you, Mr. Pitcher," Cream calls out cheerfully as she runs past Eggman, who looks angry.
"I oughta throw you on the scrapheap!"
Knuckles hits another home run shot. "Alright Knuckles, another home run!" Chuck cheers.
"That means we're tied!" Amy says happily.
"Excellent job, Knuckles!" Sophia cheers, waving her arms.
"That one was for you, your highness!" Knuckles waves at her.
Chris suddenly gives a surprised look as he's looking out on the field. "Look everybody!" The stands are filling up with people due to the news broadcast.
"Hey guys, hit one over this way!" Two little boys are waving with baseball mitts.
"Huh?!" Chuck asks in shock.
"Where'd all these people come from?" Albert wonders, Sonic's team score changing to 35. Sonic hits the ball, speeding to first base before the robot can even throw it. Eggman grits his teeth, livid.
"You strike out that squirt or else!"
It is Chris' turn again to bat, giving a nervous look as he knows what happened the first time. A fastball is thrown and Chris misses, shaking nervously. "Strike one."
"Oh no. What if I let the whole team down?" He laments, faced with the shame. Sonic watches this as Chris receives another strike.
"Timeout!" Sonic calls out, Chris turning to Sonic in confusion. "Hey Chris!" Chris steps up to Sonic, Sophia speeding next to Sonic. "We know you can get a hit. There's nothing to it, Chris, all you have to do is concentrate."
Chris hangs his head. "That's easy for you to say. He's pitching so fast!"
"Speed should not deter you from making a hit," Sophia places her hands on her hips. "He is only using his mechanical abilities to his advantage. But you have an advantage as well. Your determination to win the game and the Chaos Emeralds."
"So he's thrown a couple of fastballs. You can't let that get you down, pal. Just keep on trying and don't give up!" Sonic declares, Chris surprised at the pep talk. Sonic winks at him. "Now get out there and do your best!"
"Sonic is correct. Just focus on the ball and you will surely hit a fastball," Sophia nods sharply. Chris smiles slightly at them, nodding.
"Okay!"
"Play ball!" Decoe holds out a hand. Chris focuses on the ball like he's told.
Sophia and Sonic are right. I just have to keep trying!
The pitcher throws a fastball and Chris sweats nervously. Chris swings fast, but gets a strike regardless. "Strike three."
"At least I tried my best," Chris murmurs to himself.
"Chris, run!" Chuck interrupts his thoughts. Chris looks up and sees that he had hit the ball, running. Sonic speeds past, Chris sliding to the base just in time.
"Safe."
"I did it! I got to first base!" Chris looks at Sonic, who gives him a thumbs up and a wink.
Sonic's team cheers as they're in the lead by a point. "Oh yeah? Those bumbling clowns!" Eggman is more angry before. "They won't make a fool out of me." Bocoe slides up to him, holding out a button. Eggman growls slightly, pushing it. One of the robots is remotely activated, the head detaching itself and attaching onto Sonic's head.
"What's that?" He asks in confusion.
"Oh dear, my robot! It's malfunctioning! It will explode any minute now!" Eggman flails around nervously, pretending that it will explode. "Run Sonic! Hurry, run away!"
"Sonic, what are we gonna do?" Chris asks nervously, all of them distracted.
"He's trying to get us to forfeit the game!" Sonic calls out. "I gotta get rid of this thing quick!" He runs around to get it off, but it's still on him. "Hey, you're really hanging on."
"Sonic!" He turns to Sophia and Knuckles. "Jump Sonic, hurry!"
"Okay!" Sonic shouts, jumping into the air. Knuckles and Sophia fly up to him. "Hey, watch it, will ya?" The two destroy it, the three of them flying above the explosion. "Thanks! You're lifesavers!"
"No need to thank us," Sophia smiles at him, opening her wings and flying the two down. Eggman laughs as he stands on his Eggmobile.
"You may have beaten me in baseball," they land safely, glaring up at him. "But with this shiny blue Chaos Emerald snuggled ever so safely in my pocket, I'm the real winner after all, aren't I?" He laughs as he escapes.
"YOU'RE DESPICABLE!" Sophia shouts up at him, fists clenched in the air. "We won fair and square!"
"Thank you for the compliment, your highness!" He shouts back, smoke coming from Sophia's head.
"Now he has both the Chaos Emeralds," Amy says in despair, the crowd cheering for their win, as they've enjoyed the game.
"As you can see, there's been quite a turnout for this event. The game was, of course, the last to played here at the stadium." The crowd cheers louder and Scarlet gasps. "Could that be?" A man steps out into the stadium.
"Hey look! That's Elmer Johnson!" Chris recognizes him. Elmer walks up to Albert.
"I was watching at home. I must say it was quite a remarkable game. It's all thanks to you, Al, and I...Well Al, I can't help but think how much you've done for the Diamonds over the years and what a great friend you've been," Elmer explains.
"Thank you," Albert says gratefully.
"I'm thinking of moving the Diamond turf over to the new stadium intact. I sure could use your help," Elmer offers, Albert gasping.
"Sure thing!" They shake to the agreement. Chris, Sophia, Chuck, and Mr. Tanaka look on happily.
"Well, we may have lost the Chaos Emerald, but I think we've learned an important lesson about working together. And I'm sure you'll agree we'll be even stronger next time we meet Eggman," Chuck explains in hope.
"My friends, we will retrieve those Chaos Emeralds back, and hopefully stop Eggman once and for all," Sophia declares, looking up at the sky in determination.
Angel: So next week, there will be another hiatus as I have to work Tuesday until closing time. I don't know how long it'll be, as I don't have my schedule yet. But if I happen to work Thursday, then I'll update next weekend...hopefully. Bye everyone!