Yuki was just about to run back home for safety when several of robots that looked like evil ladybugs surrounded her.

"Well, well, well. It seems we have a new girl in the village. Allow me to introduce myself, lovely lady. My name is Dr. Eggman, and I'm a superior villain eager to take control of this village. Now that you know who I am, I expect you to bow down to me."

Yuki was frightened and couldn't move. She sensed his seriousness and didn't know what to do. Suddenly she saw a flash of blue destroy the robots surrounding her.

"Leave her alone, Eggface!" Sonic shouted.

Yuki was stunned after seeing Sonic moves as such great speed and destroy robots without any effort. She had never seen anybody do something like that before.

"Wow! That was amazing!"

"Run!" Sonic shouted, snapping Yuki back to reality.

Yuki ran as fast as she could towards her house, but Eggman noticed her running away. He also noticed that the scanner in his Eggmobile was picking something strange but focused more on Yuki running away.

"I'm not done with that girl yet! Robots, get her!" He yelled.

Suddenly, Bee Bots and Moto-Bugs chased after Yuki and a Bee-Bot blasted her by her feet and caused her to trip. Yuki screams in pain and feels a sharp sensation near her ankle. The robots then circled around her again as she tried to get back up from the ground. Yuki thought she was done for, but she saw Knuckles destroy the rest of the robots. He then carefully picked her up from the ground and carried her bridal style.

"You alright?" Knuckles asks with sincere concern in his voice.

"I'm fine, but I think I twisted my ankle when I fell."

"Don't worry. I'll get you home safe. Where do you live?"

"In the woods on the edge of town. It's hard to miss."

Knuckles ran past the fight towards the woods with Yuki tightly in his arms, and they ended up at Yuki's home in eight minutes.

"This is your home?" Knuckles asked while putting her back down on the ground.

"Yeah. Thanks for taking me home and rescuing me back there."

"No problem. It's kinda my job."

Yuki just smiled and tried her best to head to her front door without showing she was in any pain. In the end, she couldn't take it and fell to her knees. Knuckles ran to her side and lifted her back up to her feet.

"Here. Let me help you get back inside your house."

"Thank you."

Knuckles helps her get to the door and they let themselves in. Knuckles settles Yuki on her couch and heads to her kitchen to get an ice pack. He walks back in the main room and wraps the ice on her ankle with sports tape.

"Thanks. That feels better."

"You're welcome. So, you live on your own way out here?"

"Yeah. I like seclusion and being by myself where I won't bother anybody."

Yuki was feeling so nervous. She was never alone with a guy in her house before. She didn't know what to do, and it suddenly became awkward.

Knuckles sensed the awkwardness in the room and saw how nervous Yuki was. He began looking around her house and noticed that she had a violin, a harp, and a piano in the main room.

"Do you play all of those?"

"Mmhmm. I love to play music, and it keeps me busy. I also garden, cook, and love to write my own stories."

"Wow. You do love keeping busy. Do you have time to spend with friends?"

"Well... I don't have friends. Here or where I'm from."

"Where did you move from anyway?"

Yuki began to internally panic after hearing the question. She didn't know what to say to answer that question. But she began to calm down slowly and thought about what she would say for her answer.

"I... come from a small and somewhat boring town far away from here. Very far away from this village."

"Well, hopefully you'll feel at home now that you're here. The village is pretty boring aside from Egg-loser terrorizing it at least once a week."

"Is he pretty bad and scary?"

"Not really. He's just annoying and a bother. But beating up his robots helps me keep up my strength."

Yuki wasn't so sure. Her senses told her that he indeed wasn't very sharp and very arrogant, but he was still pretty creepy and a little fearful. His robots were pretty dangerous so she knew he should be taken a little seriously.

"Well, since you've saved me twice since I've been here, let me give you a reward. I always bake, and I have some left over eclairs in my fridge."

"Really?"

"Sure. If I give my dad anymore of my leftover food, he'll surely explode."

Knuckles just laughed at the little joke while Yuki grabbed the plasticware of eclairs from her fridge. She placed the container on the counter and showed off her exquisite chocolate eclairs. Knuckles could tell that she was very talented at cooking and baking. He grabbed one and shoved it in his mouth quickly.

"This tastes amazing!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"I'm glad you like it."

He grabbed more eclairs, shoving them in his mouth, but he had trouble trying to swallow them and couldn't breathe. Yuki saw he was struggling, grabbed some milk from the fridge and poured a glass of it into his mouth.

"You okay?" she asked while patting his back.

Knuckles swallows the remnants in his mouth and breathes normally again.

"Yeah. Sorry I ate too much and got you scared."

"It's okay. My dad does the same things sometimes when he eats a lot of cookies. It's nice to know you like my cooking." she said smiling.

Knuckles saw in her smile that she does love making people happy with her homemade food. She really was a sweet girl; shy, but very sweet.

"I'm glad you love my cooking, and thank you for saving me earlier today and back at the post office."

"You're welcome, Yuki. Thanks for the food. I'm going to see if my friends are doing okay. Make sure you stay off that ankle until it feels better."

"Don't worry. I'll be fine. I'll see you around."

Knuckles leaves her home and heads back to the village to see if the team took care of Dr. Eggman.