After that crazy Metarex battle, the Blue Typhoon and its passengers seemed to be having a resting moment. Cosmo stood in the control room, watching the stars twinkling around her with a worried expression on her face. Sonic suddenly zoomed up to her, holding packages. "Oh! This isn't the cargo hull!" He said in realization.

Cosmo smiled at him. "Hi, Sonic!"

Sonic smiled back. "How's it going, Cosmo?" He asked, before darting off again. He darted over to another room where Penny was sitting on her knees, looking a bit stunned from Rouge and Shadow's betrayal from the last battle. Sonic stopped running and frowned worriedly at her.

"Penny?" He asked her, setting the boxes down. The hedgehog kneeled in front of the human girl, putting a hand on her shoulder. "You okay?"

Penny finally snapped out of it and smiled at him. "Y-yes..." She said, but Sonic knew when she was hiding something. Penny dropped away from his worried gaze and looked over at the boxes. "Are... Are Shadow and Rouge okay?" She asked him, looking up a little.

Sonic frowned, not sure how to comfort her. How could he reassure her about Shadow or Rouge after they betrayed her? Still, Sonic had to try to comfort her. "Shadow's okay. He's always making a comeback!"

She smiled faintly at him. "And Rouge?" She asked.

"I'm sure Rouge is okay too, Pen." Sonic said, giving her a small smile and a hug. "Take it easy for a bit, okay?" He told her. "Watch this stuff for me!" He smirked then darted off.

"Wait, Sonic!" Penny yelled, standing up. But he was gone. Penny looked at the boxes, and then back at where Sonic once was. "What should I do with this stuff?" She questioned.

...

The Blue Typhoon's alarm was beeping.

"What's going on?!" Tangle asked.

"Is it a Metarex?!" Whisper questioned as well.

"There's an unidentified spacecraft directly in front of us!" Cloud said.

"Have you picked up their ID code?!" Tails called.

Blaze shook her head. "They aren't sending any." She announced.

"Put a visual on the main monitor now to maximum zoom!" Tails announced.

"Roger!" Kat called, typing a few buttons.

"Is it a Metarex?" Cream asked. The scanner popped up and showed a familiar red ship with a house attached to it.

"It's Vector!" Sonic and Penny said together.

...

"We're not sure how it happened, exactly." Espio said, explaining the situation in the plane room. "But we got lost in space."

Vector laughed nervously. "There was no place to stop and ask directions!"

"You mean you've been lost since you sent those packages to me, Chris, and Penny?!" Kat asked, surprised. "But that was weeks ago!"

"Well, outer space is a big place!" Vector said. "Plus our warp engine gave out, and we didn't have any jumper cables to restart it!"

Silver frowned. "You should've sent out an SOS!"

"Yeah." Hiro nodded. "We would've picked you up sooner!"

"Our transmitter got broke thanks to a certain bumbling bee!" Vector complained, and Charmy sent him a glare. "It wasn't MY fault!"

Tails sighed. "I can probably repair your ship, but it may take some time. Until I'm done you'll have to wait on board the Blue Typhoon." He glanced at Vector, Espio, and Charmy. "While you're staying here, I don't want any trouble! Okay? Captain's Orders!"

Espio nodded. "No problem."

"Eh?!" Charmy said. "Forget it! I'm not going to let you boss me around!"

"Fine!" Tails said. "Then I won't fix your ship!"

Vector put a hand on Tails' shoulder. "Don't listen to him! I give you my word we'll be on our bestest behavior! And since you're making repairs anyway, why don't you install a multifunctional auto navigational system? That way we can get home!"

Everyone except Tails and Vector sweat drops. Tails scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "No problem..." He sighed.

...

Penny smiled as she rolled a plate of food that she and Cosmo worked for Tails. She had finally snapped out of her shock and decided to give Tails his lunch with Cosmo. "Lunch is ready!" Cosmo called. Penny looked around. "Hey, where did Kat and Chris go?" She asked.

"They're finishing repairs on the Blue Typhoon for me!" Tails answered. "I've got my hands pretty full fixing Vector's ship."

Cosmo smiled at him. "We sure keep you busy, huh?"

Tails smiled at them. "Aww. It's not that I can't handle. And besides, I like making repairs!" Cosmo and Penny smiled back at him as Tails walked down to eat his lunch. Outside, Vector watched with a curious expression. "Well, what do you know!" The croc said.

"What's going on?" Espio asked, walking up to join his partner.

"Now I see why Tails doesn't want us around when he fixed our ship! That little fox sure is foxy!" Vector said.

"Huh?!" Charmy asked, a little confused about the situation.

"Tails has a crush on that human girl and green girl! He got rid of us so he can spend time together and I'll bet he's gonna ask them for a date or invite them to take a spacewalk so they can gaze at the stars!"

Penny looked at Tails with worry. "Are we pushing you too hard?" She asked. "Cosmo here was worried and she wanted to come and check up on you to make sure you were okay."

"I'm okay." Tails said, sipping his tea. "We get to take it easy, at least."

"Yes." Penny nodded. "Fighting the Metarex could be hard work."

Cosmo suddenly walked up to Tails with a smile. "That's right!" She said. "Maybe it would be a great time for me and Penny to spring our surprise!"

Penny giggled and winked at Cosmo.

"What kind of surprise are you girls planning?" Tails asked. Cosmo giggled and turned around. "I'm not going to tell you!"

"That's right, it's a secret, Tails!" Penny smirked, ruffling his head fur. Tails laughed, smoothing out his fur.

"Look at them!" Vector said, his eyes brimming with tears. "There seems to be a love triangle! Tails can't decide if he loves the human girl or the green girl! He's too shy to tell either one of those girls how much he cares about one of them! I know exactly how it feels like to be in a love triangle!" And with that, he started sobbing.

Charmy frowned at him. "I think you drank too much swamp water when you were a baby." The bee said, shaking his head.

...

"Tails says he doesn't need help fixing up our ship!" Vector said as he walked down the halls of the Blue Typhoon with Espio and Charmy. "But wandering around doing nothing while he sweats away makes me feel like a freeloader! I've been thinking that since Tails is scratching our backs, maybe we oughta scratch his!"

"It's itchy?" Charmy asked.

"IT'S JUST AN EXPRESSION!" Vector roared. Charmy frowned at Vector. "Sorry!"

Vector looked up as he walked. "We'll repay Tails for what he's doing by winning at least one of those girl's hearts!"

Espio frowned at Vector. "We're detectives, Vector. Not matchmakers."

"I've come up with a scheme I call, 'Project Dame in Distress!" Vector smirked as he huddled Espio and Charmy in a corner. "Here, let me tell you how it will work!"

...

Knuckles smiled to himself as he wiped the Master Emerald's resting place. Hearing laughing, Knuckles got into a fighting stance. "Who's there?!"

Charmy flew over, a smirk on his face. "It's me!" He announced. "I'm getting bored of waiting for my ship to get fixed. Do you want to play tag with me?" He asked Knuckles with a pleading look on his face.

Knuckles sweatdropped and went back to what he was doing. "I've got more important things to do." He mumbled.

Charmy wasn't having that. He blew a raspberry at Knuckles and started dancing in the air. "Knuckles can't catch me, Knuckles can't catch me, Knuckles can't catch me, nah nah, nah nah!" He chanted while he danced.

Knuckles chuckled. "You're going to be sorry you said that, buzz boy!" He roared. He lunged to tag Charmy, but Charmy pulled out some sort of spray bottle and sprayed Knuckles right in the eyes. Knuckles fell on his face in front of the kid Chaotix with a grunt.

Charmy's next move was to bring Knuckles to Vector. The little bee grunted as he carried the passed out Echidna over to the older Chaotix members. "Ooof!" Charmy grunted as he layed Knuckles on the ground. "He's tough!"

"Good work, Charmy!" Vector said. "Now I'll take over!" He took out a marker set and chose a black marker. He took the cap off and scribbled all over Knuckles's face. "When I'm through, his own mom won't even recognize him!" When he was finished, he turned to Espio. "You take it from here, Espio!"

"Right!" Espio nodded, and he turned invisible. After doing so, he picked up Knuckles and headed into the hall to wait for either Cosmo or Penny to enter. Both girls entered the room. "Penny, I hope everyone enjoys our surprise." She said.

Penny smiled at Cosmo. "I think that they'll enjoy it very much."

They continued walking when Knuckles suddenly popped right in front of them, and the girls yelped in surprise and clung to each other.

"Cosmo. Penny." Knuckles (actually Espio) began. And at once he spoke Penny knew something was wrong with Knuckles. Knuckles never really approached the human girl unless she thought about talking to him. This was new. Then there was...makeup? She never knew Knuckles wore makeup. He was always proud of his looks. Penny also noticed his standing was a bit... off. Like someone was holding him in the air. Now, who did she know turned invisible?

"I switched sides! I'm fighting with the Metarex now!" Knuckles said.

Cosmo and Penny looked at each other. "Uh..." Both girls said.

"I am going to take you prisoner..." Knuckles raised his hand, but his body dropped. Then someone picked him up again and started speaking. "Resistance is useless! May the Metarex rule!"

Watching from above, Vector whispered to Espio. "Growl or something!" And at that, Vector and Charmy started imitating growling.

Espio sighed to himself in annoyance. "This is ridiculous..." He grumbled. He lifted Knuckles and started having him growl. At that moment, a nearby door opened, and Tails walked out. Vector smiled. "All right! Tails to the rescue!" He whispered.

Tails looked at Knuckles in confusion. "What are you doing Knuckles?" The fox asked. He turned to Cosmo and Penny. "Cosmo? Penny?"

"Don't ask us," Cosmo said. "He jumped out and said some crazy things and started dancing!"

Tails turned to Knuckles. "Knuckles, why do you have makeup all over your face?"

"Espio, is that you..." Penny thought, frowning. And at her hard stare Espio knew right away that this human girl knew what was going on, and he sweatdropped and started flinging Knuckles around again. Cosmo frowned. "Is that ballet?"

"I don't know..." Tails said, and he and Penny walked closer to Espio. Vector knew he had to get Espio out of there, so he crossed his arms at Espio and whisper-yelled at him. "Forget it, Espio!" He called. "Run for it!"

Espio darted off, with Knuckles in tow, yelling, "This isn't over, Cosmo and Penny!"

Cosmo walked up, her face showing hints of giggling. "I thought Knuckles was always serious," she said. "I didn't realize he was secretly a practical joker!"

And she started giggling, and all Penny could do was smile at her.

Charmy frowned. "Unfortunately I think Knuckles came out of hand in this round."

Vector nodded. "Yeah, if this keeps up, he's going to give Tails some sort of competition!"

The two started laughing.

...

"That gravity field we fell into really bent me out of shape!" Decoe complained as he and Bocoe struck each other with hammers.

"What about me?" Bocoe asked. "Are my dents almost gone?"

"You never had any damage!" Decoe said. "I just enjoy striking you with this!"

"Hey, look at me!" Bokkun suddenly cried excitedly. Decoe and Bocoe stopped hitting each other and turned to face the Messanger bot. He surprisingly wasn't a pipsqueak anymore...he was now a tall shot! "You fellas better stay out of my way!" He cried, smiling happily.

"How did you turn into a tall shot?" Bocoe asked.

"The gravity field must've stretched him out! We can fix that!" Decoe said, and both robots pulled out their hammers. "We'll pound you down to size!" And at that, they started chasing Bokkun around the control room. "No!" He cried as Decoe and Bocoe chased him. "I like being tall!" He cried. "Can't we settle this on a basketball court?!"

Eggman frowned as he stared at Shadow's capsule, where the dark hedgehog slept, his hands folded across his chest. The wires were attached to his head again.

Rouge stood beside Eggman as the two stared at Shadow. "Well, Rouge," Eggman said. "You've got more than you bargained for stowawaying on my ship!"

"That's an understatement," Rouge said, frowning at Eggman. "All I wanted was the Chaos Emeralds!"

Eggman just shook his head. "I suspected it all along."

Rouge glanced at him. "What happened to us, anyway?" She asked.

Eggman frowned. "It would appear we were swallowed up by some sort of gravity field, and spit back out into an unknown part of the galaxy."

Rouge frowned. "You're joking, right?"

"It may take us a little while to get our bearings. With luck, we'll be able to return to our own region of space without too much difficulty."

"I hope so," Rouge said. She turned to Shadow. "What do we do about sleepyhead?"

"Shadow needs some time to recover," Eggman said. "He's still knocked out because he released all of his energy before he transformed into Super Shadow. And now he's completely run down!" Eggman frowned. "I just hope he hadn't had any other interesting effects on him,"

Rouge glanced at him. "Could he get his memory back?" She asked curiously.

Eggman shrugged. "Maybe."

Shadow opened his eyes. "What happened to me, doctor?" He asked.

"You passed out, but you're fine," Eggman told him. Shadow glanced at Eggman. "Did everyone else make it out safely?" He asked.

Eggman grinned. "You saved us all! Thanks to that ring on your wrist, you were able to overpower our enemies."

Shadow glanced down at one of the rings that Penny gave him. "Really..." He muttered.

...

Tails walked down the halls of the Blue Typhoon, holding a pile of packages in his arms. Cosmo seemed to be in the same state. The two bonked into each other and fell to the ground, boxes falling around them.

"Sorry..." Tails said apologetically.

Cosmo gasped and started collecting her boxes. "It was my fault!" She said. "I should've looked where I was going!"

Tails walked up and placed the last box on her stack. "Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yes," Cosmo said. "But I'm in a bit of a hurry. I'd promised Penny I'd help with her on something, I'll talk to you later, okay?" She told him, walking off.

Tails noticed a small lavender box on the ground. "Cosmo must've dropped this when I bumped into her..." the fox said, opening it up. Inside the box was a flower pin.

...

"Guys, my new plan's sure to do the trick!" Vector said.

"I'm afraid to ask what your plan entails." Espio said as they walked up to the door. Vector looked at him. "Well, it's still a work in progress!" He told him. He opened the door, and Tails darted past them a second later.

"Where is he going?" Vector asked curiously.

...

Tails continued to run down the hall when another door opened and something inside it caught his eye. Curious, Tails glanced in to see Cosmo and Penny decorating the dining room together. There was a stage on one corner, with a huge banner with lights all around it. The words on the banner read, "Thank You, Everybody!"

Tails walked in. "Cosmo! Penny!"

Both girls turned to him, and Cosmo showed a look of disappointment. "Now it won't be a surprise..." She muttered.

"It's okay, Cosmo," Penny said as she taped a streamer to the wall.

Tails walked up to Cosmo. "Why did you girls decide to throw a party for everybody?"

"It was Cosmo's idea!" Penny said, walking up to him. "She told me she wanted to thank you all for helping her!"

Cosmo smiled. "Yes. I know fighting the Metarex can be exhausting, so I thought you all deserved to have a little bit of fun!"

"It's not easy to put a party together by yourself!" Tails said. "Why don't you let me give you a hand?"

"But you have to repair Vector's ship!" Cosmo protested.

Tails smiled. "It wasn't in bad shape, I'm already done!" Tails smiled at her. "I'm all yours now!"

Cosmo smiled happily. "What do you think, Penny?" She asked.

Penny giggled and shot Cosmo a thumbs up. Cosmo turned to Tails. "Then I'll take you up on your offer!"

"Great!" Tails smiled. "What would you girls like for me to do?"

"Well..." Cosmo hummed thoughtfully.

"Tails is doing pretty good on his own!" Vector said.

"Then there's no need for us to get involved." Espio said, turning around. "Let's go,"

Vector grabbed Espio's arm. "We can't leave yet!" The croc protested. "You're completely clueless when it comes to this stuff, Espio. This romance still needs a little push! And since I'm naturally pushy, I'm just the one to make sure Tails gets one of those girls game set and match!" He cleared his throat and walked into the party room. "Well, hello!"

Tails, Penny, and Cosmo turned around. "Oh, Vector!" Cosmo said. Penny frowned suspiciously at Espio, and he sweatdropped again, feeling guilty about trying to scare her earlier.

"We were passing by when we heard you talking about the surprise party! If you don't mind, we'd like to help out too!"

Cosmo looked surprised at Vector's offer. "Thanks a lot!"

"I don't think so..." Tails said. "I'm not so sure this is a good idea." Vector wrapped his arm around Tails and smiled at the fox. "We're repaying ya for fixing our ship, foxy woxy! All we ask is that you and the missus remember to invite us to the wedding!"

"What?!" Penny and Tails asked in confusion.

"Oh... never mind..." Vector grumbled and immediately went into planning mode. "See how Tails is so shy, I've got a hunch that he won't stay anywhere near Cosmo or Penny when he's helping them! So we're gonna stage a bogus blackout! That's when me and Espio make our move and give love a helping hand! After we bring one of those girls to Tails and they stand close to each other for a few seconds, I guarantee that sparks will really start flying! We'll call it... Project Date in the Dark!"

Penny frowned at Vector, who seemed to be chuckling at something. Tails glanced at him. "Okay, you can help, if you promise to back off!"

Soon, they were all decorating the room together. Vector decided that Espio would grab Cosmo, and he would grab Tails. If that didn't work, then it would be Penny. Vector smiled proudly to himself. "It's just as I suspected!" He said. He waved to Charmy, who turned off the lights.

Charmy switched off the lights, and Vector yelled, "GO!"

It was so dark, that Vector and Espio didn't see what they were doing. In the end, they collided with each other. Penny immediately switched the lights back on and hurried over to Espio with a worried look on her face. "Are you okay?!" She and Cosmo asked.

"Don't you know it's dangerous to run in the dark?" Tails questioned.

"Even the best plan could blow up on ya!" Vector said.

Since Vector and Espio were part of that plan, Penny had them sit on one of the dining tables so they wouldn't cause any more trouble. Espio agreed, but Vector still wanted to get Tails to be in love with one of the girls. Espio frowned at Vector. "Are you ready to give up now?" He asked.

"I'm just getting warmed up, old buddy! No matter what it takes, I'm gonna make sure that true love triumphs!"

"You should let Penny choose for herself," Espio said. "And if it's Tails and Cosmo who are in love, you should let their relationship develop naturally."

"My next game's so perfectly funded it can't fail!" Vector promised. "All I need for you to do is DISAPPEAR!"

"All right, Vector." Espio sighed. "I'll do it,"

"Cosmo," Tails asked the Seedrian as she stood on a step ladder. "Do you have any more streamers for me to put up?"

Vector mouthed a go to Espio, who stood invisible by the ladder. Espio dropped the hankie in response. Tails noticed, and he picked it up. "You dropped your hankie, Cosmo." He said.

"That's not mine..." Cosmo said.

Penny took it from Tails, her face holding a look of disgust. "Well, whoever this belongs to really needs to drop it in the wash," she said, holding it with two fingers and gagging at how disgusting it was.

"Hey, look, there's something inscribed in it!" Cosmo said, pointing to the side of it. Penny read it aloud. "V-E-C-T-O-R."

Espio fell flat on his back hearing that.

Tails turned to Vector. "Vector, I think you've got to get this thing disinfected."

"You bet I will!" Vector said, blushing.

"I'm not going to get involved in any more of your hankie pankie!" Espio grumbled, turning his back towards Vector. "It's rude to Penny and I won't force this onto her anymore!"

"I can't believe how Tails keeps blowing the opportunities I've given him!" Vector said, shaking his head.

"For a detective, you certainly are clueless. And I don't think Penny has an interest in Tails." Espio said, glaring at Vector.

"It looks great, Cosmo and Penny!" Tails smiled as he looked around the now decorated room. Cosmo smiled at him. "Penny and I never would've finished without your help, Tails. We really owe you!"

"You don't have to thank me, Cosmo." Tails said with a smile. "I like being with you!"

"You do?!" Cosmo said. She sounded so happy. "Me too, Tails," she said. "It's been fun to work together. You, me, and Penny make a pretty good team, don't you think so?"

"I agree!" Tails said.

Penny smiled at them as she put away the rest of the decorations.

"Well, Vector, I'd say there's no need for you to turn up the heat." Espio said, smiling at Tails and Cosmo. "Unless you wanna get burned again."

"I guess it's true being a love detective ain't exactly my specialty," Vector said.

"So our matchmaking mission is finally over, Vector?" Charmy asked. Vector stood up and turned to him. "Not yet, Charmy. Those two squares still need to learn how to have a ball!" He yelled, turning around to kick the disco ball that was lying on the ground. It bounced up in the air and sailed down directly at Cosmo.

"COSMO!" Tails yelled. He ran over and pushed her away from the ball. When he opened his eyes, Tails found himself staring into Cosmo's blue eyes. "You weren't hurt, were you, Cosmo?" He asked.

Cosmo looked at him, blushing. "I'm fine, Tails!" She said. "Thanks to you!"

Tails too seemed to be blushing, and he quickly got off her. "Sorry..."

"Oh, that's okay!" Cosmo said, sitting up. Penny walked over and glared at Espio, Vector, and Charmy, who were smiling at Tails and Cosmo, sitting on the ground a few feet behind them. "Don't you guys have something better to do?!" Penny snapped at them.

"No, not really." The Chaotix said at once.

The last thing to hang up was the disco ball that had nearly bumped into Cosmo earlier. Cosmo looked at where it was supposed to be hanging, wondering how she was going to get it up there. Tails thought of that, and he walked over and flew her up in the air.

"You look like you could use a lift!" Tails said with a smile.

Cosmo smiled as she attached the ball, then at Tails. "It's lucky for me you know how to fly!" Cosmo smiled.

"I've been thinking." Tails said.

"What?" Cosmo asked.

"Maybe... we can do this more often." Tails said.

"Their relationship's taking off!" Vector said with a smile.

"Time to party!" Penny smiled, flipping on the switch to the disco ball. Everyone gasped in excitement at the room around them.

"Wait till the others see this!" Tails smiled happily.

"It's amazing!" Cosmo said happily. "Now we've got to find a way to get everyone in here!"

Vector, Espio, and Charmy stood in front of them. "We'll bring all of your guests to the surprise party curtesy of the Chaotix Detective Agency!" Vector said. The three Chaotix pumped their chest and grunted.

"Okay..." Penny said, raising her eyebrows at them.

...

"Let me see..." Vector thought aloud as they tried to think of how to get everyone to Penny and Cosmo's surprise party. "How do we get the crew to the party?"

"For starters, we could promise you won't be there." Espio told Vector.

The three stopped to hear angry yelling.

Knuckles.

"If I ever run into those clowns again!..." Knuckles growled angrily, stomping down the hall. He paused at the sight of them, and Vector, Espio, and Charmy knew at once they made a mistake on tinkering with Knuckles. Knuckles glared at them, the marker work of Vector still on his face. "You messed up my face!" The echidna growled, unleashing his shovel claws. "Now I'm going to return the favor!"

"W-wait!" Vector gulped nervously. "I can explain!"

But Knuckles was out of patients for explanations. He took a leap at them, and the Chaotix crew yelped, yelling as they ran through the halls down to Cosmo and Penny's surprise party. "GET BACK HERE!" Knuckles yelled.

Vector, Espio, and Charmy dashed into the surprise party room. Knuckles soon broke into the room. He was so angry at the Chaotix that he also smashed into the decorations.

The door opened again, and there stood Sonic, Silver, Blaze, Cloud, Hiro, Kat, Tangle, Whisper, Penny, Cosmo, and Tails. Their mouths dropped open at the mess in front of them. "What happened?!" Blaze asked.

"Cosmo and Penny both wanted to do something special for us, so they were gonna throw us a surprise party!" Tails said. "I guess it's off now."

"Woops..." Knuckles muttered, looking guilty for trashing the party out of his anger.

"Do you have to cancel the party?" Vector asked, glancing at Cosmo.

"Of course you don't!" Cloud smiled at Cosmo, putting a paw on the girl's shoulder. Sonic nodded in agreement. "We don't need any fancy decorations to have a good time! All that matters is we're together!"

Penny smiled at Sonic. "Right, Sonic!" She said.

"Thanks for the party, Penny and Cosmo!" Sonic smiled back.

"Great!" Vector thought. "Penny likes Sonic now! It's back to square one!"

Soon, everyone was having a great time. Kat, Hiro, Blaze, Cloud, and whoever joined them danced around together, popping noisemakers in the air. As payback, Knuckles painted both Charmy and Espio's face.

"Well, Sonic, what do you think?" Amy smiled as she walked into the party room, wearing a fancy pink princess-like dress. "Do you like my party dress?"

Sonic looked at Penny, mouthing 'help.' Penny giggled and shook her head as she sat next to Chris at the table. Cream smiled at Amy. "You look gorgeous, Amy!"

"I wore this dress just for you!" She smiled at him. "Now you can tell me how pretty you look!" She took Sonic's hand in hers. "I know." She smiled. "You're too stunned for words!"

Penny smiled softly and turned back to Vector, who was telling stories about his adventures. "So there I was, flushed down the sewer and with no hope of escape except for my superior brainpower!"

"What happened next?!" Tangle asked in excitement. At the right moment, Espio and Charmy hopped up, their face painted in Knuckles' handiwork. Everyone laughed in response. Tails turned over to Cosmo, who was staring out the window. "Cosmo?" He asked.

Cosmo turned to him. "Oh, hi, Tails!"

Tails smiled, looking out the window. "It wasn't what we expected, but the party turned out great!"

Cosmo smiled back at him. "I'm glad everyone's having a great time!"

"Oh, yeah!" Tails smiled, handing her the flower pin from before. "Here! You dropped this before. I polished it up for you. How do you like it?" He asked, smiling at Cosmo's happy face. "I hope you don't mind."

"I think it's just wonderful!" Cosmo smiled. "Thank you so much!"

"I was hoping it would make you happy," Tails said. He glanced at her. "Cosmo really is special. I only wish I could tell her how I feel."

"You're so beaut-AUGH!" Tails imediately stopped himself, blushing. Cosmo smiled at the stars. "It's true the stars are beautiful. I'm so happy right now, I feel like I can stand out here staring at them forever."

"Me, too." Tails said.

Penny smiled at Tails and Cosmo from the side. Sonic walked up to her. "Whatcha doing, Penny?" He asked cheerily.

"Just looking out at the stars," Penny said, gazing out into the world. "Hard to believe there are so many beautiful stars out there..."

"I agree," Sonic said in agreement. "Stars are beautiful, and so are you."

"Really?" Penny asked happily. Sonic smiled at her. "Sure!" He grinned, shooting her a thumbs up. "Don't you forget it!"

Penny smiled at him. "I won't." She said. Sonic placed an arm around her back as they stared at the stars together.