GT: Well...After that last chapter full of twists and turns...I think we need to go to a more humorous anecdote, don't you think?
SZ: Indeed we do
GT: Alrighty, we don't own Sonic the Hedgehog. The franchise is owned by SEGA. We only own our OCs.
"Mmm...just about…" Tails mummered, currently installing a pair of speakers underneath one of the wings of his plane.
"Hey Tails. Whatcha up to?" sonic asked as he and the others approached.
"Hmm?" Tails blinked as he turned to notice them, "Oh! I'm currently installing an awesome speaker system into my baby."
"Your...baby?" Zane raised a brow.
"My plane."
"...I think you're spending way too much time with that plane," Amy sweatdropped.
"I know. Its like he loves it~" Knuckles added in a teasing yet mocking tone, "Do you love your plane tails~? Do you loooooove i-" he tensed when Ellie jammed her thumb on his neck, "...PFFT! Hahahahahahaha!"
"Yeah, that? Welcome to my normal day, Knuckles," Zane deadpanned before Ellie's thumb jammed into his neck, "PFFFFFT! BWAHAHAHAHA!"
"...To answer; I do," Tails replied, ignoring Knuckles and Zane's laughter, "Now if you guys will excuse me, I need to give her a propeller and fuselage massage."
"...Ooookay, now that's just nuts," Sticks deadpanned, "We're getting you out of here."
"Nope. Not until she's spic and span."
"...MIYUKI! TAILS IS OVER DOING IT AGAIN!" Sticks exclaimed.
"?!" Tails' namesakes shot up, "I AM NOT! SHE'S LYING!"
"Tails, are you about to give your plane a propeller and fuselage massage?" Miyuki asked from the house.
"...Maybe…"
"Everyone, please take Tails out," Miyuki called, "Tails, you know that when you get to that point, you can't work on any full-sized planes for the rest of the day, kyu."
"Aw man…" Tails whined, looking all the eight years he was.
"I'll make sure to park it in your workshop while you're out and I'm putting the alarm on so I'll know if you try to work on it today," Miyuki added.
"But Sis~!"
"No. Go outside and play or you are grounded with no workshop for a week!"
"?! ...Yes ma'am," Tails meeped.
"Father can relate to you on that," Roll noted to Tails as they walked off, Sonic and Ellie dragging the still-downed echidna and Hedgewolf by their legs, "Mother has to do the same threat when Father spends a little too much time in his labs."
"Oh...I see. Well...maybe this c-"
"And no buying anything for your planes or the workshop, either, kyu!" Miyuki called.
"Shoot…" Tails snapped his fingers.
"...Hmm...She said you can't work on any life-size planes," Roll noted.
"Do you have an idea?" Amy asked.
"Yep!" Roll beamed, "Father bought Meh Burger's property. I think Tails will like what's in it."
"Huh?"
"Is this a robot shop?" Tails asked with wide eyes on the multitude of boxes lining the walls.
=Well, it's run by two robots= Decoe noted at the register with Bocoe.
=These are model kits imported from Neighpon= Bocoe explained =Mr. Sakurai hired us to run the store and explain about the series they come from when asked=
"And you're sure this isn't a plot by Eggman?" Sonic asked.
=We were made for business operations, not for his Villain career= Decoe replied.
=Besides, the doctor is busy with something at the moment= Bocoe added.
"Fair enough," Amy noted as she looked at a display showing bear-like models, "Oh! These are adorable!"
Roughly an hour passed before the group left the shop, Tails' namesakes wagging a bit as he carried the biggest bags of the group.
"Are you sure that they don't come to life when no one's looking at them or when they're not around them?" Sticks asked, looking at the bags most of them had.
"Sticks, it was just a set of four movies," Amy noted.
"Don't blame me wh-"
"Free Samples! Get your free samples here!" the group turned to see a crowd standing before Eggman, who was standing behind a counter as he was serving them something from a pot, "Step right up and try teh zestiest, smackingness flavor extravaganza ever to hit your taste buds! Eggman's Tomahto Sauce! ...made with real tomatoes of course."
"Oh lord, what's he doing now?" Zane muttered.
"Oh, now I see why he was talking with mother last week," Roll blinked twice.
"The only question is if this is for his villain job or for his industry," Ellie noted.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna knock those bowls away before anyone drinks it," Sonic noted before he began to try to run...only to realize he was being held back by Roll, "...Roll, let me go."
"You really think he'd mess with food for an evil plan after the Cookie Incident?" Roll asked.
"Cookie Incident?" Zane, Ellie, and Clover repeated, raising a brow.
"Even if it made us evil, he does know how to make a good chocolate chunk cookie," Tails admitted.
"True…" Roll nodded, "...And no Amy. He wouldn't try to poison the villagers."
"How did you know that I was going to suggest that?" Amy asked.
"Just a hunch," Roll replied as she pulled out her copy of the rules and regulations for the Hero and Villain jobs, "Plus, the intent to poison that is either lethal or results in an extended stay in a hospital is a direct violation of the rules and regulations for villains and would result in his immediate termination and fines up to one million Rings per violation."
"She's right," Clover nodded, "I read the rules myself."
"Hmm?" Eggman blinked before he noticed Sonic and co, "Oh! If it isn't Sonic and friends...care for a sample?"
"...Not at the moment," Sonic answered with a skeptical look.
"Oh? Can it be…? Eggman began with a grin, "Hey everyone! I found Sonic's weakness...he's scared of tomato sauce!" he laughed as the villagers began to point and laugh at Sonic.
"Grr…" Sonic's eye twitched before he blurred up to the counter, taking one of the opened cans before taking a sip of it, "...oh no...my worst fears have come true."
"What's wrong?" Tails asked.
"It's...delicious!" Sonic declared, "It's like my tastebuds are swimming in a sea of mouthwarming tomato goodness! Heck...it's even better than Roll's!"
"Wait, what?" Roll blinked at that before walking over, taking the can from Sonic and taking a drink herself, "..." she blinked a few times before taking another sip, "...Oh dear…"
"Now what?" Amy pondered.
"It really is better than my recipe for tomato sauce," Roll admitted.
"The spices are all organic and lair-grown," Eggman chimed in.
"...Hmm…" Tails frowned a bit, "I better buy a few cans just in case…"
"Why?" Zane asked.
"Just...something's not sitting right with me."
"...What's happening, kyu?" Miyuki asked, blinking a bit as she saw her little brother and friends in the hanger garage...with Sonic and Roll riding makeshift bikes attached to a machine.
"Eggman was selling some really good tomato sauce," Ellie explained.
"And so far I'm doing fine," Sonic added, "What about you, Roll? Tails?"
"Doing well," Roll replied.
"Hmm...I've tested for acidity, radioactivity, arsenic, old lace, and mind control serum...it comes up clean every time," Tails answered.
"What about Brainitis?" Knuckles asked
"Brain..itis?" Clover raised a brow.
"Knuckles, what are the symptoms of having it?" Zane asked.
"Your head gets really swelled up and you talk big words that make my head hurt," Knuckles replied.
"..." Tails poked a few buttons, "Yeah, that's a negative."
"Drat."
"Maybe he is just doing this for his other business," Amy noted, "Plus, like Roll said earlier, after the last time he used food for an evil plot, it backfired big time."
"Eh? When was that?"
"Oh! Um...last year at the chili cook-off," Amy replied quickly.
"..." Zane opened his mouth before Sonic's hand covered it while the other held up a quickly written sticky note reading 'We lied to her about the Cookie Incident since she was really depressed and was on the verge of just having a crying breakdown since the plan was meant for me and not Tails, Amy, and White. Do not bring it up,' "..." he nodded and Sonic was back on the bike before he could blink.
"Hmm…" Miyuki picked up the tested can and sipped it, "?! Oh my! This is delicious, kyu! I may need to use this for some spaghetti tonight." she patted Tails' head, "I'll get started on dinner, so don't be long out here. And keep away from the plane and plane parts."
"Aw…" Tails pouted.
"At least you have those model kits," Amy offered.
"...There is that," Tails agreed.
"...I'm telling ya, Roll, Eggman's planning something," Sonic muttered as he and Roll were running through the village, "I don't know what...but I know he's up to something."
"You know he wouldn't try anything evil involving cooking," Roll argued a bit, "Not after last time…"
"...True. Still h-" Sonic began before he skidded to a halt...seeing a large billboard with an image of Eggman and some tomatoes on it, "What the…?!"
"This isn't that surprising," Roll noted, "...Sonic…"
"I am not being paranoid and waiting for an attack," Sonic argued, "We already had that fight this morning, so I'm good."
"...y-"
"Hey! Hey mister! You're my hero!" the two turned to see one of the walrus kids running up to them, "Can I have your autograph!?"
"Heh...sure kid. Anything for a…" Sonic began before the kid ran past the two...and up to Eggman.
"Heh...sure kid. Anything for a fan," Eggman smirked, signing one of his cans before giving it to the kid.
"When I grow up, I wanna be just like you."
"Oh ho! Don't set the bar too high!" Eggman laughed, "Just look at that Sonic the Hedgehog guy. Whatever happened to him? Is he still a thing? I heard most of his games have flopped."
"..." Sonic shot Roll a look while motioning his arms at Eggman, as if saying 'see?!'.
"That's your ego taking a hit," Roll explained, patting his shoulder, "Though, this could also be a psychological attack like that time with him staying with us for those few days to tire you and Tails to the point of exhaustion."
"I still owe you for the horn," Sonic frowned, making her sheepishly laugh and look away from him with a blush, "...Way as well contact Tails to see what's up with him," he muttered as he turned his communicator on, only for it to spark and fritz out a bit, "What the?! Seriously?! What is up with today?!"
"Eh? Nande wa Sonnik-" Roll began before covering her mouth, "?!"
"...Now your translator, too?" Sonic asked, earning a small nod, "...Okay. This can't be a coincidence…"
"Hai," Roll agreed, "Tails-chan?"
"If you're asking we go talk to Tails, then yeah," Sonic replied, "Probably get your dad, too, for a second opinion."
"Hai."
"Hey Tails. Something's up with my communicator and Roll's translator," Sonic spoke as the two and Skye walked into Tails workshop...and saw most of the group inside, "...you guys, too?"
"Yeah...My headphones have been wonky," Knuckles replied, wearing a pair of headphones.
"And my ancient artifact analyzer," Amy added.
"And our phones," Ellie added with Zane and Clover holding theirs up.
"And my magic lighttube," Sticks added as she held up a flashlight.
"Sorry, guys, I'm having problems of my own," Tails noted as he walked over, "I just spent all morning fixing all the electronics in the house after Miyuki had an incident with her fur-dryer...Please don't laugh if you see her today, please?"
"Hai," Roll nodded.
"Thanks...and my plane has been acting weird as well…" Tails added as he motioned to his plane, "I checked and nothing seems wrong."
"...Maybe you just need a break," Amy chimed in before grabbing a can of Eggman's tomato soup, "Why not have some lunch?"
"?" Skye raised a brow as he took the can, "Hmm...This is the product he's been selling?"
"You didn't know?" Amy asked.
"No. I've been busy with several meetings over Skype," Skye replied, "Did you check for any form of additives in the mixture?"
"Yep," Tails replied, walking over to a stack of papers, "I printed them all out, too."
"Good job keeping a paper trail," Skye complimented as he looked at them before hearing Tails' stomach growl, "Hmm...Alright. I'll take care of the broken devices and the...magic light tube…"
"Thanks. In the mood for something at Animal Hearts Cafe anyway," Sonic admitted as the group began to leave, "Getting tired of Eggman's sauce anyway."
"Don't buy the normal pasta products then," Skye advised, "Just need to tell the misses I'll be a bit busy," Skye muttered as he walked out of the workshop...unaware of the can coming to life as robotic legs and a red optic popped out before it began to tinker with the devices.
"...Yeesh. You weren't kidding, Tails," Sonic muttered as he and the others were eating at Animal Hearts...and seeing Miyuki with her hair a mess and missing the hairband.
"Yeah," Tails nodded.
"Konnichiwa, Haseo-chan," Roll greeted as her little brother walked over.
"Eh? Onee-chan, did you lose your translator?"
"Iie," Roll shook her head.
"It shorted out, so Mr. Sakurai's fixing it," Amy explained.
"Seems you haven't bonded enough yet, you two," Aphrodite noted as she walked over and handed them menus.
"Huh?" Sonic asked.
"Well, when your Bond is strong enough, no matter what language either of you use, you'll be able to understand it," Aphrodite explained, "Though there are cases of it happening immediately after forming the Bond."
"Huh...neat," Knuckles noted before a TV within the restaurant turned on.
=Welcome to a special broadcast of the Comedy Chimp show...live from Dr. Eggman's Evil Lair= Comedy Chimp greeted as he was in fact outside of Eggman's lair with said doctor sitting across from him.
=Thanks for having me, CC= Eggman smiled.
"Oh you gotta be kidding me," Zane deadpanned.
=So Eggman, you're a professional…= he paused to look at his card =...supervillain. Why the sudden switch to celebrity chef?=
=Well honestly, CC? I just needed a change= Eggman admitted =Facing Sonic and his friends weekend and week out have become...tedious at best. It was time for a real challenge=
"Okay, that's enough…" Sonic deadpanned as he walked over to turn the TV off...only for it to stay on, "..."
=And what's the deal with his haircut?! I feel like I'm getting attacked by a blue pineapple!= Eggman laughed as Sonic kept trying to turn the TV off, only for it to remain on.
"Burn!" Knuckles laughed as Zane chuckled.
"I'll give him that. Your hair does make you look like that from a certain angle," Zane noted before Ellie's thumbs met their necks, making the two fall over laughing.
"...Still, something's up…" Clover frowned, "Miyuki, have you and Aphrodite been having trouble in the kitchen?"
"Honestly...hai, kyu," Miyuki admitted, "The mixer for the smoothies has been on the fritz and Aphrodite can't get the oven to work properly."
"I called the doctor and he'll be sending replacements tomorrow," Aphrodite noted.
"...Okay. Now this seems way to coinci-"
=Now, I'm told you have a special announcement for our viewers at home=Comedy Chimp spoke
=That's right, CC. As of today, I've sold a can of my special tomato sauce to every business and home on the island= Eggman answered =But Sonic and his friends are thinking I've done something fishy to it. Can you believe that?=
=Aye. That's just..bananas!=
=I know, right?! My sauce was never tainted…= Eggman began before grinning =It was the cans they should've been looking out for!=
=That's gr-wait, what?=
=While you people had your backs turned…= Eggman began as he pulled out a remote, pressing a button on it as the piles of cans next to him came to life =My Can-Bots have taken control of all your electrical devices!=
"Wait, what!?" Amy exclaimed.
=Oh, and my apologies to Animal Hearts Cafe if they bought any of the red cans. The silver ones were the ones without the Can-Bots. If there's any damages, I'll gladly pay for them=
"...Oops…" Haseo whispered before yelping when the cash register started attacking him, "AHH! T-tatsukete~!"
The register was quickly bound in chains and pinned to the wall with several thick metal needles while Aphrodite lowered her free hand with Haseo in the other arm, "Well, I'll make sure to collect all the needed information and forward the damage bills to him. And who ordered the red cans for the business?"
"That was me, kyu. Gomen nassai," Miyuki apologized before holding her hand up, causing the cooking devices that tried to leap at her to flash freeze, "...I'll be sure to have Tails fix those once they thaw, kyu."
"...ugh…" Clover sighed as she pulled her walkie-talkie out, "Leon, tell the chief to mobilize the SWAT team. We got a device rebellion on our hands thanks to Eggman."
=About that...we got problems on our own here at the station!= Leon exclaimed.
"Wh…Who bought some cans of Eggman's sauce?"
=Pawhouser=
"Of course," Clover sighed before yelping when her walkie-talkie hopped out of her hands while deploying small sharp legs and a red optic before Zane punted it out the open window.
"A robot uprising! I knew it'd happen one day!" Sticks exclaimed, "Quick! We have ta blow up all the computers before they make a shape shifting metal robot that looks like people! I knew devices were gonna turn against us, but no one believed me! Well who's laughing now~?!"
"You?" Sonic countered.
"...Why would I be laughing? This isn't funny," Sticks frowned, "You got a sick sense of humor, Sonic."
"...Oh shoot," Aphrodite whispered, her eyes widening as she pulled out her phone, "Darling?"
=Dear, the house is alright= Skye informed =The EMP field was deployed and any devices without the chip to shield them from it are fried. This was a good idea of his. Both psychological in making the others paranoid but also direct their attention away from the real issue=
"...Wait. Didn't you say your plane was acting up, Tails?" Ellie asked.
"Yeah. Wh-" Tails began before tensing...as he quickly bolted out of there, "MY BABY!"
"...Did he just call his plane…?" one of the female chinchilla workers began to ask.
"He did," Aphrodite replied, "Now hurry and help evacuate people, Cyri."
"Yes, ma'am!" she replied as she went off.
"Hard to believe she was a Gogoba, ne?" Aphrodite asked.
"Hai, kyu," Miyuki nodded.
"Evil, vile, nasty metal things!" Sticks shouted between whacks with her boomerang on various appliances that had grown spikey legs and a red optic that were trying to attack them, "Take that, you robo-trash!"
"I was expecting today to be normal...and I woke up to a robot rebellion," Mamoru muttered, sitting on top of a rooftop to keep away from the chaos below, "...is normalcy too much to ask for?"
"Hey, there was normal stuff for a few weeks," Knuckles argued as he punched a panini press away before sniffing, "Hey, something smells good."
"You have a sandwich maker on your tail," Mamoru deadpanned.
"Huh?" Knuckles looked at his tail to see it was stuck in a sandwich maker, "GAH! HOT! HOT! HOT! WHY DO I SMELL SO GOOD COOKED?!"
"Ha!" Clover shouted, slamming her opened palm into a large fridge as it fell on top of some devices that tried to leap at her, "I am seriously considering arresting Eggman for both destruction and manipulation of public property."
"Would he even comply?" Zane asked as he zoomed by a few large devices, sheathing his sword as they fell to the ground in pieces.
"Ano…" Roll held up the book.
"...He gets a bonus, doesn't he?" Clover asked, earning a nod, "...Of course he does…"
"Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!" Ellie yeleped, dodging a record fired at her from a jukebox, "I like music and dancing, but not when they're trying to hurt me!"
"Ellie!" Mamoru called, earning her attention, "Donuts."
"?!" Ellie's ears and tail shot up before her top grew tighter on her as she spun and tackled the jukebox over, "OH YEAH! WHO WANTS SOME?!"
"Keep forgetting she can do that…" Amy muttered, batting away some balls fired at her from a machine before leaping up and slamming her hammer on it.
"I knew Eggman was up to something, but you guys didn't wanna believe me!" Sonic shouted as he zipped by,crashing through a few of the rogue machines.
"Sonic, now is not the t-" Amy began.
"I've earned this right!" Sonic argued.
"Hai," Roll sighed, kitchen knife out as she sliced through several electronics before a strawberry hit her in the face, splattering it, "..." her eyes narrowed at the fruit vending machine that had shot the strawberry...that was now backing away from her before she pounced, "...SHINEI, AIBOU NO BUSTER!"
"...Yeah. I think I'm gonna avoid that," Sticks muttered, catching her boomerang as more of the machines were destroyed, "...And what's keeping Tails?!"
"GUYS! RUN!" Tails' voice shouted, making them turn to see the twin-tailed fox running from his plane...with Skye bound up in the pilot's seat by their own devices, "GYAH! I made a big mistake! A very big mistake!"
"Hmm...I must say...Did you incorporate some ideas from those models I saw in your workshop?" Skye asked.
"How can you be calm in a situation like this?!" Mamoru called.
"With how fast my brain works, I've already gone through the panic stage," Skye replied before the wings folded into the plane as the back half shifted into a pair of legs, "...Tails, I am quite impressed. And you said you were only eight?"
"Yes...and I'm so sorry for you getting captured, Skye!"
"It's fine…" the older hedgehog assured.
"...Tails, w-" Sonic began.
"NO! I AM NOT DESTROYING MY PLANE!"
"...Sonikku, Otou-san," Roll reminded.
"I know your dad's in there. I meant destroy the legs," Sonic argued.
"NO!" Tails argued as he flew by with the walker still chasing him, "IT'S NOT CYCLONE'S FAULT!"
"...I thought it was called the Tornado," Knuckles noted, scratching his head.
"I counted three planes including this one. Though the third seemed to be only in the beginning stages of assembly," Skye noted, "And based on the progress so far, it's going to be rather large."
"...n-no it's not…" Tails denied, "...AND I'M GONNA KILL EGGMAN FOR TOUCHING MY BABY!"
"...Do we need to take you to your sister, Tails?" Amy asked.
"NO!" Tails argued as red dots appeared on the group, "Uh-oh."
"Tails, what's 'uh-oh?'" Amy asked.
"I put homing missiles into Cyclone," Tails explained before said missiles launched and shot out at everyone.
"...Okay, intervention after we're all done with this," Sonic frowned before he and Roll ran away from the two chasing them.
"AGREED!" Zane snapped.
"...psst. If you let me out, I'll set ya up with a nice can of rigatoni," Comedy Chimp whispered to one of the Can-Bots, only for it to turn away, "Mmm…"
"Aww, this is just great…" Eggman grinned as he watched the chaos happening right now, "I don't even have to lift a finger and I'm already beating Sonic and his goody goody group~!"
"Wow, that's a neat looking robot," Grounder noted, looking at the Cyclone as it launched the homing missiles at the group.
"I'll say," Scratch agreed.
"...What are you gonna say?" Grounder asked after a moment.
"What do you mean?"
"You just said 'I'll say' and didn't finish what you were gonna say."
"He's got ya there," Cubot noted, "Orbot does that all the time, too. I think they've got some circuits crossed."
"Oh, shut up, you dunce buckets!" Scratch snapped, "Besides, Sonic and his friends can't do anything to stop Dr. Eggman! So we win! Haha! Ha HAAAA!"
"...You sure you won't let me out? I'll sweeten it with this box of spaghetti," Comedy Chimp whispered to the same Can-Bot...who once more turned away, "...I gotta get a new agent."
"Okay, missiles and lasers...What else did you add, Tails?" Sonic asked, sliding under a laser that blew up the homing missile that had been following him.
"Apparently, a prototype ice cream maker," Skye noted, his head covered in vanilla ice cream.
"That's supposed to be a milkshake maker," Tails corrected.
"Oh…Good recipe for the vanilla, though. You may have a future in making ice cream."
"Otou-san!" Roll exclaimed.
"Oh, right. In peril at the moment," Skye recalled.
"Ah geez...what am I gonna do?" Tails whispered
"Your dad is strange," Mamoru sighed from his hiding spot on the roof.
"Mmmm…" Roll pouted.
"Tails, I know that it's probably a good plane when it's not being evil, but how do we stop it?" Amy asked.
"If I could get into the pilots seat, I could probably shut it off...but Skye's in the pilot's seat…" Tails answered, "...I gotta try and get through to her."
"Seriously?" Zane deadpanned, blocking a laser with the flat side of his katana, "It's a plane..you c-"
"No! I can reason with her!" Tails argued as he ran forward, "Hey!" he shouted, getting his plane's attention, "Hey baby...it's me Tails. Please...don't do this. Come on. Remember all the good times we had together!"
Sonic grabbed Tails before the laser and missiles could hit where he had been, "Yeah, I don't think that worked, Tails."
"Hmm…" Skye looked at the reprogrammed and modified appliances holding him, "...Ahem. This sentence is false." several of them began to spark and fall off him, "Ah, so that's it. While they were made to make an army out of various devices…"
"Their new AI is too simple to handle paradoxes!" Tails realized.
"Really? Well let's go get some ducks!" Knuckles beamed.
"No, Knuckles. Not pair of ducks; paradox," Amy corrected as she turned to several smaller appliances approaching, "Hey! In marriage, two people become one yet remain two." the appliances sparked before collapsing, "See?"
"Huh? But if they're supposed to become one, then why are they still two?" Knuckles asked, scratching the top of his head.
"Oh, I get it!" Sticks beamed.
"Tails, I could use a little assistance since I'm still blinded by the vanilla," Skye noted, hands patting around, "And excellent AI for this plane since it can handle paradoxes."
"On it!" Tails shouted as he flew up.
"Okay, while that's going on, Roll, Knux, and I will go see Eggman," Sonic ordered, "Everyone else, start talking those paradox thingies."
"Got it!" everyone replied.
"Ooh...Why do I have to be stuck on guard duty?" Coconuts grumbled, sitting in a toll booth with some pillars set up that connected to one another by red plasma-made walls, "What's wrong with wanting to get Comedy Chimp's autograph? The guy's hilarious!"
"Oh I know, right? Such comedy genius."
"EXACTLY! Dose nooks wouldn't know good comedy if it but dem on d…" Coconuts began before blinking, slowly turning to see a grinning Sonic, "..."
"Hello~"
"HEDGEH…" Coconut began to scream when Knuckles whacked him on the head with a punch, "GUH! Ugh…" he fell over in his booth, ending up with his tail and legs being the only visible things in the booth's window.
"Oh, I am gonna enjoy messing with him and his robo buddies~" Sonic grinned.
"Same here. They're a tough challenge in the brains department," Knuckles agreed.
"Hai, hai," Roll patted Knuckles' upper arm in an assuring manner before digging into her tail and pulled out three grappling hooks.
"Good thinking, Roll. Haven't done a sneak in through the roof," Sonic grinned, "Ol' Eggy won't know what hit him."
"Hmm...Should I send these out overseas or no?" Eggman pondered to himself, "This is so good, I might have to expand...I can fully realize my dream of opening Eggman Land! NO WAIT! ...Eggman World. Ohh, it will be glorious! Hmm...I wonder if I could make it an interstellar amusement park...Going to need a tall elevator if I do that. Maybe bribe Sticks for one of the Chaos Crystals for a power source since those traps she's got around them hurt."
"Eggman World, huh? Lemme guess...you'll have your robots be the mascots and try and milk them for cartoons and movies."
"Maybe. I could always rebuild Swifty. Then again, I'd be worried if he glitched and flirted with a married or engaged woman. Maybe make something adorable, like a robot cat."
"Kawaii."
"Well, yes, cats are cute. After petsitting Tango for Roll, I have been considering either buying or building one of my o…" Eggman paused as he looked to see Sonic, Roll, and Knuckles, "GAH! How did…?! When did…?! Rrrr!" he turned to Scratch, Grounder, Orbot, and Cutbot, "Why didn't you tell me they got away from the invasion?!"
"You told us to zip it after we gave you a headache from our arguing," Grounder answered, unzipping his zipped up mouth.
"NOT LITERALLY, you bolts for brains!" Eggman exclaimed before turning to the trio, "This is a closed set!" he then looked at Comedy Chimp, still tied up, "Really, sorry for the lack of professionalism around here."
"Show's over, Egghead!" Sonic declared.
"So, you think the show's over, huh? Well I beg to differ!" Eggman declared as he pulled out a remote and pushed the biggest button on it.
The Can-Bots all over the roof activated before moving towards one another with several modified appliances. Jumping up, they began to attach to one another until forming a large bulky robot with a three-headed vacuum cleaner for an arm, an exercise bike for a leg, a jukebox abdomen with a domed torso littered in spikes, and a bulky robot crab arm. Its head sported a lone red optic glaring at the trio.
"Oh, that's not good," Sonic noted.
"Oh, and before I forget," Eggman noted before tossing Roll a new translator, "I knew I forgot to add something to the list of things to not mess with. So sorry about that."
"Arigatou," Roll thanked as she replaced it, "Testing. Testing." she looked at Knuckles and Sonic, who gave thumbs up, "...Phew. Much better."
"We good?"
"...You're still in trouble for using cooking for evil again and for trying to harm my family with your manipulated machines."
"I said sorry if that happened if they bought the red cans!" Eggman replied, "On live TV even!"
"NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" Roll barked.
"Okay, we can discuss it later. But for now, Scrapheap Bot, ATTACK!" Eggman shouted as the makeshift robot assumed a fighting stance before charging at them.
"Whoa! Yipe! Gyah!" Tails and Skye yelped as Cyclone ran, jumped, and bucked all over, trying to get Tails off.
"Easy girl! Easy!" Tails shouted.
"Tails, what now?" Skye asked.
"Connect the plug on your left to the socket on your right!" Tails called.
"Right!" Skye grunted, feeling around before grabbing the two cables and, with a few grunts of effort, managed to plug them together, making the Cyclone stop before shifting back into plane mode, "Is it over?"
"I think so," Tails replied, opening the glovebox and pulling out some tissues for Skye to clean his face with.
"Good," Skye nodded, taking said tissues as he began to clean his face, "And once again, I'm impressed with your inventions. I may have to ask your sister if I can take you on as an apprentice like Nicole."
"Nicole?"
"She's a pretty nice gal that my son's smitten with," Skye chuckled as he got out, "Hopefully, she'll be here soon since she had to take care of a few things back in Neighpon."
"Oh," Tails nodded, "Gotcha...well now that I have my plane back…" he paused as he gripped the steering wheel, "Time for me to go help Sonic and the others cancel Eggman's show...and then bonk Eggman for messing with my baby!"
"Fair enough," Skye shrugged before Tails flew off, "You can come down now."
"Why did I agree to ever come to this island?" Mamoru questioned as he climbed down.
"Because you love Ellie and she wanted to live here."
"True," Mamoru sighed.
"WHOO!" Ellie whooped as she body slammed a fridge, "OAKY! WHO WANTS SOME!? COME ON! I CAN…"
"Bagels."
"Bagels?! Who…?!" Ellie began before blinking, her chest swelling back down a bit, "...What happened?"
"You need to say a paradox to the machines to short them out," Skye informed.
"Oh...okay."
"I swear she goes up a cup size after each time the word donuts is said by that guy…" Zane muttered to himself.
"It's not that. Her muscles just shift in a way that makes her chest seem larger," Skye explained, "My sister-in-law Jem can shift her muscles around since she enjoys performing MMA, so this is something I'm used to."
"...Nevermind. I shouldn't have said anything…" Zane sweatdropped.
The Scrapheap Bot grabbed a set of lights for the show and threw it at Sonic and Knuckles, who jumped over it. Its chest then opened up to fire a pair of Can-Bots at the duo. Knuckles quickly caught one as he jumped before the larger robot...and opened the Can-Bot to drink the tomato sauce inside.
"...dude. Seriously?" Sonic deadpanned.
"What? You should try it! Lair-grown spices really make a difference," Knuckles grinned.
"We gotcha!" Scratch shouted as he, Orbot, Cubot, and Grounder jumped at Roll, ending up in a small cloud, "I got her arm!"
"We got her legs!" Grounder called
"I think I got her tail!" Cubot called.
"Everyone pull!" Scratch called before the cloud faded and revealed the quartet had grabbed each other and pulled, sending them into a circle and into a pileup, "Oh, you dummies! I thought you said you had her!"
"No, I thought you had her," Grounder argued.
"I thought that leg felt off," Orbot sighed.
"Sorry about the tail, Scratch," Cubot apologized before looking 'up' at the floor, "Hey, Scratch. You're a rooster, right?"
"Yeah."
"Ya sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure," Scratch replied.
"Then why did ya lay a black egg?"
"I did not lay a...wait...That's not an egg! That's a…" Scratch began to panic.
*BOOM!*
"...Grenade…" he groaned as the quarter was now jumbled up with each other's parts and singed with a nice coating of soot.
"Ow…" the other three groaned before they fell over while Roll sat on the desk, giving a 'V for Victory' sign and a smile.
"Pfft! Hilarious," Sonic snickered before curling into a boll and jumped into the larger robot's arm, causing it to fall off, "Not bad for a 'blue pineapple', eh Baldy Mcnosehair?"
"Baldy Mc…?! Ohh, you pesky blue rodent!" Eggman growled before pushing the big red button again, causing the arm to reattach.
"Oh, now that's just annoying," Sonic noted.
"Says the king of annoyances," Eggman countered, "Regardless! No matter what you do to my machine, it'll always repair itself, so…" he raised the arm holding the remote up into the air, "Victory for Eggman!"
"Somebody call for backup?"
"Nope. I-wait. Who said…" Eggman began before Tails flew by in his plane, using an energy tether to grab the remote, "Hey! GIVE THAT BACK!"
"Nope!" Tails replied as he pushed another button on it, causing the Can-Bots to shut down.
"Phew, looks like they did it," Aphrodite noted, sighing in relief as she saw the modifications to the devices in the restaurant revert to their normal states...aside from the ones that were destroyed, "Ladies, start cleaning up. I need to start gathering receipts for things to have them replaced and repairs to be paid for." she held her hands out and Haseo landed in time, tangled up in a vacuum cleaner, "You were very brave today, dear. Good job spotting that vacuum before it could grab any of us."
"Heh-heh," Haseo smiled, his tails wagging a bit.
"You may have won this round, but no matter. I've got a warehouse full of thousands more of these evil robotic cans of sauce!" Eggman declared before his wrist device rang, "Oh, hold on. That's my business line." he tapped his device, "Eggman Industries. How may we help you?"
=Hello, doctor. I'd like to buy all that warehouse full of cans of your tomato sauce, please= Skye informed.
"Huh? How did you know about the warehouse?" Eggman asked.
=You're still live= Skye replied, making Eggman look to spot Roll manning a camera and waving at him =Also, I'd like to warn you in advance; Tails is not happy you messed with his planes=
"No….No, I am not," Tails said as he landed the plane and jumped out...wielding a rather large wrench in his hands.
"Isn't that the wrench you were gonna bash Swifty's head in with?" Knuckles asked.
"Yup...and now I'm gonna use it to bash Eggman's head in!" Tails answered.
"..." Eggman began to pale at that as his moustache drooped down in pure fear, "GYAH!"
"ORYA!" Tails screamed as he began leaping at him...only for Sonic to catch him and walk away, "Lemme at him! Lemme at him!"
"Yeah, it's been fun, Eggy, but we gotta take Tails for an intervention," Sonic informed, managing to get the wrench away from Tails and tossed over to Knuckles.
"No! Lemme go! He's gotta pay!" Tails argued, sounding all eight of his years once more, "I don't need an intervention! I need to hit him for messing with my babies!"
"Bye, doctor!" Roll waved, pushing Comedy Chimp away, still tied up in his chair.
=I'm serious about buying the cans, doctor= Skye noted, still on the line.
"...Dratz…" Eggman muttered, "...In hindsight, I shouldn't have blurted all that out on live tv...and made sure the camera was off."
=True. But look at it this way, you're still selling all those cans of tomato sauce for a profit= Skye noted.
"...True. Wait, why do you want them anyway?"
=Mainly the sauce. Lair-grown really makes a difference. Plus, the Can-Bots won't be able to work in our house, so I can disable them and return them after they're emptied=
"...So it's a win-lose for me..." Eggman surmised before shrugging, "Ah well. I'll deduct what I need to pay for repairing Animal Hearts Cafe from your order's total."
=That's good. Our card's on file. Thank you= Skye noted.
"Lemme go! Lemme go! Lemme go!" Tails struggled as Sonic walked into the Prower house, "This isn't funny, Sonic!"
"Neither is how crazy you're being," Sonic deadpanned.
"I am not crazy!"
"Dude, you keep calling your plane your 'baby'...That is not healthy for an eight-year old even with a brain as big as yours."
"What?! Oh, that is not true!" Tails argued, "Of course Cyclone's my baby! I built her from the ground up with my own two hands!"
"Yes...and you stay up late at night to the point your sister has to pick you up and take you to your room."
"I d-"
"You do, kyu," Miyuki spoke once Sonic walked into the living room, letting the twin tailed fox see his sister and their friends.
"In just this year alone, Miyuki's had to take you to bed one hundred and twenty three times," White noted, "Sixty of those times you were sound asleep with one of the tools you were using still active nearby."
"There's also the times you got VERY defensive when I tried to dismantle your plane for spy cameras," Sticks added.
"And you literally threw me into the ocean when I dented one of the wings with one of my weights and tried to lift it," Knuckles added, "Me! ...Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm proud you did that or scared you're trying to take my role as the strong guy."
"And don't forget what happened last week with what happened when Zane was practicing with his katana and your landing spooked him," Clover noted, glancing over at Zane...who was trying very hard to not look at anyone at being reminded of what Tails did.
"You get...really defensive over your plane, Tailsu," Ellie added.
"Don't forget that Mr. Sakurai said he saw three with one being in-progress," Amy noted.
"I do not get defensive," Tails argued.
"Tails, you nearly bashed Eggman's head in with your biggest wrench after his plot was foiled and he was about to do his other work outside of being a villain," Sonic noted.
"..."
"Point is, little buddy? You need something else to focus on," Sonic added.
"I think he just needs a girl in his life like Sonic does," Knuckles suggested.
"Knuckles, he's eight," Amy pointed out.
"I thought he was eleven," Knuckles scratched his head.
"Wrong continuity," Sticks stated.
"Wait, what?" Roll raised a brow.
"Would you say he'd act like Sonic before we learned about his condition involving Eggman attacking?" Amy asked.
"A little," Roll noted.
"Condition, kyu?" Miyuki asked.
"Well...I, um, get paranoid and sleep deprived when Eggman goes too long without doing something," Sonic explained, "He was doing daily attacks for so long that when he wasn't doing anything for almost a month, Roll had to start sneaking sleeping pills into my food and drink to make me sleep because I was getting too paranoid and nearly jumped civilians thinking they were robots in disguise."
"Auto-Automatons," Sticks gasped as she looked around, "No one here is one, are they? ...Am I one?!" Amy pinched her shoulder, "Ow! ...Okay, I'm safe."
"And how are you handling it now?" Miyuki asked.
"Well, Eggman takes the weekends off now and he's called in advance if he'll be away for a long period of time and vice-versa," Sonic answered.
"Basically, we're trying to instil moderation that was missing these last few years into them both so that Eggman doesn't burn himself out with thinking of plans and so Sonic doesn't go so crazy that he makes Sticks seem sane," Amy sumarrised, "No offense, Sticks."
"None taken. He spooked me big time, too," Sticks agreed.
"I am not as bad as that," Tails argued.
"Hmm...Moderation…" Miyuki mumbled before nodding, "Tails, you're not allowed to work in your workshop on weekends."
"What?!" Tails exclaimed.
"In fact...why don't you step outside for a moment for a breath of fresh air?" she added.
"Wh?! B….d'oh fine…" Tails grumbled as he stomped out.
"I hope I'm not making a mistake doing this," Miyuki noted, her ears drooping a little.
"I think he'll thank you for this eventually," White assured, holding her hand to comfort her.
"I hope, kyu…"
"Taking away my weekends for working on my planes...Telling me I need to get some fresh air...right after getting my plane back, too…" Tails muttered as he walked through town, "And Knuckles telling me I need a girl in my life...I'm eight. Why would I need a girl to d-" he stopped when he noticed a Mobian vixen nearby attending a fruit stand.
The vixen in question had blond fur and a white muzzle with her long hair reaching down to her lower back, the lower end of her hair held together in a red hairband. She also wore a red collared dress, a pair of red bracelets over her wrists, and a pair of red and white slippers.
"..." Tails slowly blinked a bit before a blush began to form on his face...followed by a goofy yet lovestruck smile as his tails began to sway a bit, 'Who...is she?'
GT: Oh-hoh~Seems Tails found someone.
SZ: Aye...and he is lovestruck…*flinches at the pitchforks b the TailsXCream and TailsXCosmo fans*Wrong continuity! Wrong continuity people!
GT: *hiding behind a wall from the TailsxMina fans* Like he said! When we do fics involving the Archie Sonic comics (curse you, Ken Penders. May you rot in hell and your series you want to do with the characters you took never happen), it'll be that. But this is Sonic Boom universe. Meaning it's TailsxZooey because they are adorable together.
SZ: Agreed, so please calm down!*fans slowly lower pitchforks*...phew….
GT: Hope you guys enjoy the next chapter when we get to it. Until then, please Read and Review!