1:00 p.m.

While Sonic is settling things with Parker, Eggman and Robot are in Emerald City finding the remaining Chaos Emeralds. They just heard on the news that the blue hedgehog found a blue one at the mall, which Eggman was sadly disappointed about, and also means that the only emeralds left are the yellow, magenta, and aquamarine ones.

The villains are out in a field, digging holes to find the emeralds. They've been searching for over an hour, but no luck. (Why am I supporting them?)"This is taking forever!" Eggman complains, "How long have we been digging here?"

"If you're talking about digging in general, it's been about an hour. But if you mean part of this forest, it's been," Robot explains as he looks at his wrist watch, "three minutes."

"ONLY THREE MINUTES?!" Eggman screams as the ground shakes, "I need the emeralds NOW!"

As Eggman keeps screaming, Robot looks around for the remaining Chaos Emeralds. He then looks at a bee hive, and in it, is a magenta purple Chaos Emerald!...which is kind of weird. If Sonic found one in a mall, then it's possible to find one in a bee hive. But since Robot can't reach it, he calls out to his boss, "Hey Doctor; I found a Chaos Emerald!"

Eggman climbs out of the hole and asks, "Really?" Then sees a magenta emerald in a bee hive, "There it is!"

As Eggman reaches out for the emerald, oblivious that he knows it's in a bee hive, Robot's eyes scream in horror, "Sir, don't! That's a bee hive your hand is in!"

"Don't call me 'sir'!" commands Eggman, "I know exactly what I'm doing!"

After Eggman grabs the emerald, a swarm of non-anthropomorphic bees come out of their hive. The two villains then scream and run away, causing the bees to chase after them.

Later, in Eggman's base...

Eggman, who's now covered in bee stings, is sitting in his computer chair staring into a mirror.

"I think I'm allergic to bees," he says.

"Don't be like that!" says Robot, "Look on the bright side: at least we found the third Chaos Emerald!"

"I know...but how are we going to beat that hedgehog?" Eggman wonders.

Robot thinks for a while and then asks, "How about we steal Sonic's emeralds, find the remaining two, and use them to create the ultimate weapon?!"

"That's actually a great idea!" Eggman agrees, "Robot, you're a genius!"

As Eggman begins working on his computer, Robot asks him, "You really think I'm a genius?"

"No, but you had a good idea," answers Eggman, "I'm thinking after we have all the emeralds, we turn Station Square into an amusement park!"

"An amusement park?" Robot questions, "What would that do?"

"It would be fun, that's what it'll do!" Eggman responds, but then has another idea, "Or we could use them to create a giant death robot!"

"Can't we create a giant death robot without the emeralds?" Robot asks.

Eggman sighs, "You're right..." then stands up with a smile and says, "To the Invention Room!" and they walk out of the room.

Back at Parker's house...

After Cassidy, Aleena, and Sonic leave, the red fox, Mr. Jones slams the door shut and walks to the refrigerator for something to eat. He makes himself a baloney and cheese sandwich, grabs a Dr. Pepper, and walks back to the living room and plops down on the couch.

While eating his lunch, he begins to think about the conversation he had with Aleena.

Flashback

As Mr. Jones lays Rebecca on their bed, a knock is heard on the door. Mr. Jones answers it, and sees that it's Aleena who knocked.

"Hello," greets the purple hedgehog, whispering, "I know your wife is asleep, but may I come in?"

"Sure," whispers Mr. Jones as he let's Aleena in his room.

"Listen, Mr. Jones-"

"You can call me 'Harold' if you want."

"Listen, Harold... I just wanted to say...is this the right way to treat your kids? Making fun of people and never get in trouble for it? What kind of parents are you?" Aleena asks.

"Really stupid parents, that's what," answers Harold.

Aleena is surprised at the red fox: he really believe he and Rebecca are bad parents? "You actually believe you're stupid?" she wonders.

"I do," says Harold, "but not my wife. She hates her sister because she and her family are unsuccessful. Rebecca taught our kids that it's okay to say harmful things about our relatives. My nephew Miles has it the worst. Just because he has two tails doesn't make him a mutant."

"Then why are they still making fun of him?" Aleena asks.

"I don't know," he says, "I just wished we could stop this once and for all. I try to tell Rebecca to stop, but she doesn't care. She even rewarded Parker with dinner at Chuck-e-Cheese's after he hurt your son!"

"I see... I have to go," Aleena starts to leave, but then asks, "I hope we meet again. May I have your phone number?"

Harold says, "Yes," and grabs a pen and writes his number on a piece of paper and gives it to Aleena.

Flashback ends

That Aleena woman was really nice. Much nicer than his own wife. And speaking of his wife, Harold gets up from the couch and begins to walk upstairs to check on her.

While walking, he bumps into his daughter Helen. She is an orange fox with a messy ponytail and bangs and lime green eyes. She is wearing pink pajamas with the Minions on the top part because she just woke up from her nap.

"Hello Helen," says Harold, "Did you have a good nap?"

"Yeah," answers Helen.

"Do you want to see Parker?"

Helen nods as she holds Harold's hand and walks upstairs. Harold knocks on Parker's door.

"Come in," Parker says from the other side. The two foxes walk inside and see Parker 'reading' a book on his bed.

"Hi Parker!" Helen greets as she sits on the bed.

"Parker, are you reading?" Harold asks his son.

Parker looks up from his book and answers, "No. I'm just looking at the pictures. What is it?"

Harold sits on the bed and starts explaining, "I talked to Sonic's mom, and I think it's time we give your cousin some respect."

"I was thinking the same thing!" Parker smiles.

"Why?" Helen asks, "What's 'respect'?"

Harold then says, "Respect is giving someone love and care. It's time we give some of that to your aunt, uncle, and cousin. We need to become a real family for once."

"But how are we going to get Mom to agree with us?" Parker says, "She hates Aunt Cassidy!"

"I know," says Harold, "but we'll do our best."

The three foxes then start talking about what they're going to do about the situation. It may take long, but they'll find a way.

And that was Chapter 10! Looks like Parker's dad feels the same way as his son. I hope Rebecca learns to appreciate Cassidy. Remember to review and I will see you in Chapter 11!Chapter 11? Man...this has got to be the longest story I've written so far!