Episode 25: Meteor Madness
On a sunny day, Sonic, Eve, and the Freedom Fighters are visiting Rachel and Ramond in Station Square. In fact, they're having a BBQ. Sonic and Ramond are at the grill while Rachel and Cream and Cheese, and Emerl set up the table for lunch. Sally, Bunnie, Antoine, Cosmo, Galaxina, Fiona, Nic, Amy, and Manic are playing ball Eve is with little Shun and her Chao Jazz. Big is also here and it relaxing under a tree with Froggy and Sonia lays them down next to him. Along with their friend, Tommy Turtle.
"I'm glad you all decided to come visit, it's been a long time," Rachel says.
"I agree. It's about time we start kicking back and have some fun," Sonic says.
"Yes. It sure has been a long time. It's about time to relax and catch some rays," Sonia replies.
Manic hits the ball, "And play a game of ball."
The ball ends up hitting Antoine on the stomach and he falls to the ground.
Antoine, "Oh, my aching belly."
"Oops. Sorry Ant," Manic says.
Ramond asks, "So what do you been doing? Having exciting adventures?"
"You don't know the half of it," Sonic says.
"Yeah. We've been traveling all over Mobius stopping Dr. Eggman and his robots, not to mention other bad guys who are starting to become a problem," Eve says.
"You mean like that Mammoth Mogul and the Dark Legion you told us about?" Rachel asks.
"The very same," Manic says.
"It's too bad Knuckles and the others aren't able to come," Bunnie says.
"Knuckles had to guard the Master Emerald and the Chaotix are keeping an eye out in case the Dark Legion comes back," Eve says.
"Well yesterday, Eve and I stopped a plane from crashing, we beat a group of robotic racers Eggman created. Not to mention another one of his crazy schemes to conquer Mobius," Sonic says.
Then flips a hamburger, "It was a slow day and such."
"I find it impressive," Amy says and passes the ball to Sally.
Then Sally says, "Only Sonic thinks all of this stuff is simple."
Cream says, "I wish we could have a lot more exciting adventures."
"Chao Chao," Cheese replies.
"Same here. Your line of work makes mine look simple," Rachel says.
Then Ramond asks, "Besides where Tails and Rotor?"
Suddenly, Tails calls out, "Hey everyone! Come up over here!"
Everyone turns their heads to see Tails and Rotor with a large telescope. Curious, everyone hurry over to see what's going on.
"Yo Tails, what are you and Rotor doing?" Sonic asks.
Rotor says, "We were looking at our new telescope and we found a meteor heading straight towards Mobius."
"Really?" Eve asks.
Cream asks, "I wanna see."
"Go ahead," Tails says.
Cream tries to look through the telescope, but she can't quite reach.
Cream sadly sighs, "I can't reach."
Nic picks Cream here, "Here you are."
"Thank you, Nic," Cream says.
"No problem," Nic says.
Cream looks at the telescope to see the large meter flying down from the stratosphere.
"Wow! He's right! I can see it!" Cream happily says.
Fiona asks, "Can I see?"
"Okay," Cream says.
Fiona takes the telescope and looks to see the meteor herself.
"That's it? A flaming hunk of stone is hurtling towards Mobius? How can that be exciting?" Fiona asks, slightly disappointed.
"It won't hurt anyone will it?" Sally asks.
"According to my readings, it's going to lend harmlessly…" Rotor says.
"It's going to land somewhere in the Arctic Tundra," Tails adds.
"That's a relief. I would hate it if it hurts someone," Cosmo says.
Sonic asks, "So what's the big deal?"
"Well, my readings show that some strange energy is emitting from the Meteor. There might be a Power Gem inside," Tails says.
Sonic takes the telescope and says, "Well, this afternoon just got a lot more interesting."
"We got to get to it before that rotten Eggman does!" Amy says.
"Who knows what evil use he'd put it to," Tails says.
Big asks, "Uh… is there good fishing at the Arctic Tundra?" Bug asks.
"Unless you want to go ice fishing," Nic replies with her arms crossed.
"What's ice fishing?" Big asks.
"Ice fishing is when someone will go fishing through an opening in the ice over the frozen water. It's actually kind of popular in the frozen parts of the word," Eve says.
"Not me. I hate the cold," Fiona says.
Suddenly, Eve has an idea, "I just got a great idea, guys!"
"What is it?" Sally asks.
"Maybe we can split into teams. The team that gets to the Meteor with the Power Gem and brings it back here first will be the winner," Eve says.
"That sounds like fun!" Cosmo says.
"And we can name sure that ze evil Dr. Eggman does not ruin ze our fun," Antoine says.
"And we can make sure the Power Gem doesn't fall into Eggman's greasy hands," Tails asks.
Amy turns to Sonic, "What do you think, Sonic? You and I will make a perfect team!"
"With my speed. I could go to the south pole and bring it back here before the rest of you finish choosing teams," Sonic says.
"What's the matter Sonic? Are you afraid of a little friendly competition?" Sally asks with a smirk.
"I'm not afraid of anything! Let's do this!" Sonic says, determined.
"Great! I call being team captain. Sonic and Sally can be captains too," Eve says.
"Sounds good to me," Sonic says.
"Sure," Sally says.
Amy turns to Eve, "What about Shun?"
"I can watch over him if you like," Rachel replies.
"Sure," Eve says.
Eve then passes Rachel baby Shun. Little Shun looks at Rachel with a confused look, but becomes comfortable with her.
Ramond holds out three straws, "Alright, we'll draw straws. The one with the largest straw can pick first."
Sonic, Sally, and Eve pick the straws. Sonic has the largest straw. Sally has the medium straw, and Eve has the shortest straw.
"Alright Sonic, you got the longest straw, so you get to go first," Eve says.
Sonic, Eve, Sally
"Fine. I'll go with Tails," Sonic says.
Sally says, "I'll pick Manic."
"I'll pick Cream," Eve says.
Sonic then calls out, "Amy."
"Rotor," Sally says.
Eve then says, "Cosmo."
Sonic says, "Big."
"Bunnie," Sally says.
"Fiona," Eve says.
Sonic calls out, "Nic."
"Emerl," Sally says.
"Antoine," Eve says.
Sonic then says, "Sonia."
"Galaxina," Sally says.
"Then I get Tommy," Eve says.
Soon, the three group fathered together and are ready to race.
"Alright everyone… get ready… get set," Ramond says.
Everyone stands together and ready to race.
Ramond then shouts, "GO!"
With that, everyone race off, who will win the Power Gem, no one knows.
As Sonic is the first to leave the others in the dust, the meteor heads for the Arctic Tundra. Who will be the first to get to the Meteor? No one knows at this point. Sonic of course, is the first one to reach the icy Arctic Tundra. He sees the Meteor coming down from the planet and heads down to the icea.
Suddenly, Sonic begins to slip on the ice and snow and falls on his feet. The slides on the ice on his bottom. Being kind as usual, Eve uses her Chaos Bubble to help get her team across the sea and to the ice at top speed.
"Wow Eve, Chaos Bubble is definitely the way to travel," Fiona says.
"Glad you zink so," Antoine says, nervously.
Tommy Turtle nervously asks, "Are you sure it's safe?"
"Don't worry, Eve has good control of using her Chaos Bubble," Cosmo says.
Flying over the water and dragging a boat, Emerl is flying Sally and her team to where the Meteor is.
"Tarnation Emerl, you sure are one strong little robot," Bunnie says.
"I hope Emerl is able to handle the cold," Galaxina says in concern.
"He'll do fine," Rotor says.
Sometime later, the teams are able to reach where the meteor is most likely to crash.
Manic says, "Alright, get ready to catch it."
"Hey! I'm going to make sure Sonic win this game!" Amy says.
"Uh guys, you didn't tell us that ze meteor is this big," Antoine nervously says.
"It's bigger than me, Froggy," Big says, looking at his frog friend.
Sally screams, "Everyone run!"
Everyone runs out of the way as the meteor crash through the ice and into the sea. Everyone looks around the ice hole where the meteor crash into.
"Wow! The Meteor hit the ice rally hard," Cosmo says.
"Yes. And it's sinking into the sea," Galaxina says.
Nic places her foot in the water and begins to shiver, "That water is darn freezing. I think my tail will be frozen if I dive in there."
"I hate water!" Sonic panics.
"How are we going to get the meteor now? Tommy asks.
Sonic then sits down and holds out his fishing rod, "Don't worry, Sonic! I have a plan!"
Big then puts his fishing rod into the water and it's sinking inside.
"Uh Big, what are you doing?" Eve asks.
"Fishing for the rock," Big says.
Sonia sighs, "That might take too long."
Rotor steps forward, "I can go into the water and find it."
"I can use my Chaos Energy to protect myself from the cold, so I can get it too," Eve says.
Sonic mutters, "Good for you two."
Before Rotor and Eve can dive into the one, they hear someone says, "You are all such wimps!"
Then something swift right past them and dives into the water.
Sonic and the others are shocked to see someone dives into the water in seconds.
"What was that?" Sonic asks.
"Who was that?" Amy adds.
Tails notices, "Hold on, someone's coming out."
Everyone steps back and see the mysterious figure flying out of the water and has the meteor over her head.
"Rouge!" Fiona exclaims in anger.
"We should have known she'd showed up!" Nic angrily says.
Then Tails flies up, "Give me that meteor, you thief!"
Rouge dives down past Tails, "Is that any way to speak to a lady?"
Amy then slams her hammer to the ground, but Rouge dodge out of the way.
"We found it first!... It's ours!" Amy angrily says.
"Possession is nine tenths of the law," Rouge says.
Nic then brings out her blaster and fires at Rouge, "Since when do you follow the rules?!"
Rouge dodges the bullets before any can strike at her.
Bunnie flies up, "How did you find out about the meteor?"
"Being a spy for the Guardian Unit of the Nation has its advantages," Rouge says, flying past Rabbot.
"I'm surprised Rouge was able to get here so fast," Cream says.
"Do you really think we can get the meteor away from her and the others? They're bigger, older, and faster than all of us," Tommy asks, unsure.
"Maybe so, but we can also be smarter too," Eve says.
Eve then calls out, "Thanks for getting the meteor out of the water Rouge!"
"Now we'll just take it back," Sonic says.
"You can try, but you have to catch me first," Rouge says.
Tails then passes Sonic a power ring, "Catch Sonic!"
"Thanks Tails!" Sonic says, and catches the Power Ring.
Sonic then gains power from his power ring, "Let's do it too it!"
Sonic then spin dashes up in the air and knock the meteor from her hands. Everyone looks up at the sky to see the meteor flying in the air.
"There it goes," Tommy says.
"This is our chance! Follow it!" Fiona says.
Everyone hurries to see the meteor crashing into the snow.
"How are we going to get the meteor out of there?" Cream asks.
"Chao Chao," Cheese replies.
"It's too big for us to dig out," Cosmo replies.
"Don't worry, I got this handled," Eve says.
Eve then super speed through the snow as she's digging it out.
Finally, Eve pops out with the meteor in her hand.
"That took a little longer than I thought," Eve says.
Suddenly, someone swift right past her and the meteor was gone. Eve and her friends become confused and turn to see Emerl speeding flying away with the meteor.
Sonic shouts, "Get him!"
Elsewhere, in a far warmer part of Mobius, a tropical jungle of the Great Rainforest… Dr. Eggman is enjoying a much needed vacation from taking over the world. He is relaxing in a natural hot spring pool. He has cucumber over his eyes and is having a relaxing time. Eggman even begins to sing a tune.
Dr Eggman:
Keep your brain
Keep your brain
Keep your brain in the Game!
While Dr. Eggman is relaxing, in the Egg Carrier, Dr. Eggman's henchmen are on monitor duty. They soon notice a strange reading on the monitor.
"Do you think we should tell the boss about the meteor and the Power Gem, Decoe?" Bocoe asks.
"Dr. Eggman told us we were not to interrupt his relaxing bath under any circumstances," Decoe says.
"Maybe we should go after the Power em ourselves and show the boss how valuable we are," Bokkun suggests.
Decoe simply lays back and says, "It's our day off."
"We can take over the world tomorrow, Bokkun…" Bocoe says.
Then passes him a candy cane, "Here you go."
"Yum! Peppermint!" Bokkun cheers, and takes the treat.
Meanwhile, the Freedom Fighters are pursuing Emerl over the ocean and through the land to get the meteor back. Each team wants to be the first to bring it back to Rachel's house.
In a town outside of the Great Rainforest, Sonic is the one who has the meteor. Sonic turns his head to see Emerl, Tails, Bunnie, Manic riding on his hoverboard.
"Face it, guys! I'll always be faster than you!" Sonic says.
"It's not always about speed, sugar-hog," Bunnie says.
She then kicks the meteor from Sonic's hand, "Sometimes, it's better to use strategy!"
The meteor falls out of Sonic's hand and crashes to the ground. Bunny and the other lands on the ground.
"You think I don't think fast?" Sonic asks.
Manic takes the meteor and flies off with meteor, "Not fast enough, cuz!"
With that, Sonic and the others are chasing after Manic with the meteor. Soon, Eve's Team see the others fighting.
Antoine sighs, "We'll never gonna keep up with zem." Antoine says.
"Especially with Rouge bugging us," Fiona says, annoyed.
Eve then notices, "Maybe not."
Eve then picks up something much to the others surprise.
Eve turns to Tommy, "Tommy, can we keep this in your shell for you?"
"Of course," Tommy says.
"I see. We'll keep it hidden and chase the others like we're supposed to," Fiona says.
"Right. Then let's head back to Rachel's house," Eve says.
With that, Eve and her team hurry to go after Sonic and the others to continue their competition.
The race continues with Manic taking the lead. How long will it last? In the jungle of the Great Rainforest, Manic flies on his hoverboard and holds the meteor in his hands. He notices Rouge is flying after him.
"You'll never get the meteor out of my hands, Rouge," Manic ays.
"I won't have to! You've just going to drop it for me," Rouge says.
Rouge then kicks the hoverboard causing Manic to fall off. Rouge catches the Meteor and flies off.
"Never try to come between a lady and her jewels," Rouge says as she runs off with the meteor.
The next moment, Nic grabs the meteor from the top of the tree.
Nic smirks, "Then it's a good thing you're not a lady and this Power Gem isn't yours!"
"Wha?!" Rouge soon stops in her tracks.
She then turns her head to see Nic having the gem. The next moment, Bunnie then takes the meteor and sees Rotor up ahead.
"Catch!" Bunnie says, throwing it to Rotor.
"Thanks Bunnie," Rotor says and runs with the meteor.
Unknown to Rotor, Big is in the hot spring with Dr. Eggman. He continues to sing his song.
Dr. Eggman:
If you wanna be cool
Follow this easy rule…
The next moment, Big throws is fishing pole and the string gets stuck to the tree. He then falls and drops the meteor. He then falls into the water and slashes Eggman with it. Sonic sees the meteor bounces from the and falls so he can catch it.
"Great job, Big," Sonic says.
The monkeys who are living in the tree are not pleased with the meteor hitting their tree. They soon begins to throw coconuts at Sonic by the head.
"Hey! What is it with monkeys? What do they have against me?" Sonic complains.
Rouge then swoops in and takes the rock, "Looks like someone made a monkey out of you!"
"Come on, Rotor, Rouge got the meteor!" Sally says.
"Okay," Rotor says.
Rotor comes out of the water and hurry after the others. Unknown to the Freedom Fighters, Eggman comes out of the water covered in mud, and is anything but please. Yet, he is also confused about what happened.
In the Egg Carrier, the henchmen are playing cards until Eggman screams in anger, "Decoe! Bocoe! Bokkun! Get out of here!"
They drop their cards and hurry over to Eggman to see him covered in mud from head to toe.
Eggman demands, "What just happened here?!"
"Eep!" Bokkun reacts.
"We didn't do it!" Decoe panics.
Bocoe says, frightened, "I thought he liked being covered with mud…"
Meanwhile, Rouge is getting away with the meteor. Just then, Tails flies over to stop her.
Rouge smirks, "You don't think a nice boy like you can stop li'l ol' me, do you?"
"I don't have to. You have a run in your stocking!" Tails replies.
"Huh?" Rouge says, confused and looking down.
The next moment, Tails snags the rock and flies up in the air. Just then, Amy comes out from the top of the tree.
Amy says, "Tails, move out of the way if you know what's good."
"But we're on the same team," Tails says.
"We are. Rouge is not," Amy says.
Rouge flies up, "I don't wear stocking, you sneaky little fox!"
Suddenly, the three crash into each other and fall down to the ground.
Sonic catch the meteor and says, "Thank you!"
With that, Sonic uses his super speed to race through the forest and over the ocean. Soon, Sonic is the first to reach Rachel's house. Ramond and Rachel are the first to see him.
Sonic says, "We're back!"
"We noticed. I can see that you brought the meteor back," Ramond says.
"Was there ever any doubt?" Sonic says with a smirk.
"I guess not," Rachel says.
"I'll get the Power Gem out and then," Sonic says, opening the meteor and unaware that Roue is flying over them.
However, when Sonic opens it, he can see the meteor is hollow.
"Huh? Where is it? It should have been here!" Sonic says, shocked.
Sally and the others hurrying to see that the meteor is empty.
Rouge rolls her eyes, "Well, that was a big waste of time. I'm out of here."
Then Rouge flies off.
Tails looks inside, "looks like our equipment was wrong, Rotor."
"That doesn't make any sense. The readings were off the charts," Rotor says.
"And if there wasn't a Power Gem, then why did Rouge come after it?" Sally questions.
Nic looks around, "But the way, where's Eve and the others?"
"They're in the house having lunch," Ramond says.
"Huh?! Everyone replies confused.
Everyone walks inside to see Eve and the others are eating in the living room having lunch. Eve is feeding Shun with his bottle.
Galaxina walks to Cosmo, "Cosmo, when did you and the others got here?"
"Five minutes ago. We were getting hungry so Eve brought us back," Cosmo says.
"Well, glad to see you all are having a meal, this race was a bust," Sonic says.
Eve giggles, "I wouldn't say that."
"What do you mean?" Sonia asks.
"Tommy, can you be a dear and get the you know what?" Fiona asks.
"Sure," Tommy says.
Tommy places himself in his shell. The next moment he pops out with the glowing green crystal shaped Power Gem in his hand, much to everyone's shock.
"My team win! We brought back the Power Gem," Eve says with glee.
"But bow did you get the Gem?" Sonic asks.
"Well, while you, Bunnie, and Manic fought over the meteor in the village, the Power Gem fell out. We picked it up and Tommy kept it in his shell until we got back. Before anyone can notice," Eve explains.
Sally laughs, "The that means, Team Eve wins the contest!"
Everyone cheers and claps happily.
Sonic gives Eve a thumbs up, "Great job, sis!"
"Thanks Sonic," Eve says.