Back at Earth...
Danny, Francis, and Helen stood next to each other as they tried to figure out Chris and Kat's machine. Helen frowned as she leaned over the computer to the transporter, typing furiously. "We have to figure out how Chris's transporter works," she told her friends.
"Try typing in a different password!" Danny said.
"I know!" Francis suggested. "Maybe the password Chris used was Sonic!"
"Let's see..." Helen muttered, using Francis's password idea.
"Please work..." Danny pleaded, pumping his arms.
Everyone's face fell.
Helen sighed. "I think we'd better face the facts." She said. "We'll never log into Chris's system."
"Man!" Danny said. "Chris and Kat made it impossible for anybody to follow them into Sonic's world!"
Helen smiled at Danny. "Maybe he didn't want us to take the risk." She suggested.
Francis sighed. "It'd be worth the risk to see Penny, Sonic, and the others again." She said.
"I wish Chris and Kat talked to us before they left so we could decide for ourselves..." Danny muttered. They turned to Chris's picture of himself, Kat, Penny, and everyone else. "I'm sure Chris, Kat, and Penny are having a blast in Sonic's world right now."
"I wonder why Chris, Kat, or Penny haven't tried to contact us yet," Danny said. Francis looked at him. "I bet they're having so much fun together that they just forgot," she suggested.
"Probably..." Helen muttered.
After parting with her friends, Helen wheeled away in her wheelchair, her thoughts drifting to Chris, Penny, and Kat. "Chris, Penny, Kat, I hope you're all right. I miss you," she said aloud.
...
At the Blue Typhoon...
Everyone stared at the scanner, trying to pick up any Chaos Emeralds. So far, there had been none.
"It doesn't look like there aren't any Chaos Emeralds around here..." Cosmo said. Amy glanced at Chris. "Chris, are you sure the scanner is working okay?" She asked him. Chris nodded. "Yeah, I am." He said. "But there's a lot of interference in this part of the galaxy."
Confused, Penny asked, "Why is that, Chris?"
Chris looked at his friend. "It looks like this entire region of space has been warped by some kind of bizarre gravitational force!" He typed on the scanner's computer.
"Do you think the Metarex are responsible for this?" Cream asked nervously. Chris looked at her. "They probably are." The eighteen-year-old said. "If the warping continues at this rate, it will soon spread out across the whole galaxy and beyond!"
"First the Metarex go around stealing Planet Eggs, and now they're bending Outter Space all out of shape," Amy said angrily. "THOSE CREEPS!"
Noticing something from Amy's scanner, Cream pointed to it. "Look, there's..."
But Amy was on a role. "Those Metarexes have to be stopped once and for all!" She vowed. When she stopped for a moment, the pink hedgehog finally noticed the beeping and glanced down at her scanner. Her eyes widened. "I think we found a Chaos Emerald!" She glanced at Tails. "Hey, Tails!" She called.
"I see it!" Tails said. "Ready to intercept!"
"Hey, look!" Blaze said, pointing ahead. "Something's approaching us!"
"It's a small asteroid!" Chris said.
"The Chaos Emerald's inside the asteroid!" Amy said.
"I'll pull it in!" Tails said. He pressed a button on the dashboard and two claws emerged from the deck of the Blue Typhoon. Tails grabbed the asteroid, but once he did, it started wiggling.
"Weird looking asteroid," Chris muttered. Penny nodded in agreement.
"Hey!" Cream gasped in shock. "It's trying to move away!"
"That's no asteroid, you guys!" Tails said. "It's a spaceship!"
...
Once they pulled the ship inside, three strange creatures that Penny never saw before stood in front of her group. "We were afraid you were going to crush our ship!" The first one spoke. Tails raised his arms apologetically. "I'm really sorry," he said. "But we thought your ship was an asteroid!"
The blue creature with fluffy pink fur on her head put her hands to her hips. "Our ship is a highly advanced space vehicle with iron propulsion engines and a hyperdrive." Her other alien friends nodded in agreement. Chris kneeled in front of them. "So what bought you to this part of the galaxy?" He asked curiously.
The orange alien with red hair looked at them. "Our world is sick," He said. "We must find someone who could heal it. I'm Lou, the ship's captain!"
The green alien spoke next. "My name is Leam!"
The blue alien smiled. "And I am Momo."
Penny smiled at them. "It's a pleasure to meet you guys!" She said. Chris smiled at them. "You didn't happen to find a Chaos Emerald during your trip, did you?"
"What's a Chaos Emerald?" Lou asked curiously.
Tails smiled, cupping his hands. "It's a really beautiful gem about this size and it glows sometimes!"
Lou, Leam, and Momo glanced at one another until Lou finally smiled. "Are you talking about this?" He asked, holding up a blue Chaos Emerald. Cream gasped excitedly. "It's the Chaos Emerald!" She cried. Cosmo smiled. "They did find it!"
Tails looked really excited. "Thanks a lot!" He said, but to Penny's surprise, Lou swiped his hand away, keeping a tight grip on the Chaos Emerald. Tails looked confused on why Lou didn't hand him the Emerald. "What's the matter?" Tails asked. Lou glared at him. "We didn't say that you could have it!" He said.
Penny and the others looked stunned for a moment.
Leam motioned his hand towards the Emerald. "We spotted this gem during our trip and we thought it looked beautiful!"
Momo raised her hands. "So we picked it up and decided to keep it!"
"THAT'S OUR EMERALD!" Knuckles said, running into the room and chasing the alien trio who held the Emerald. "We found it!" Momo cried as Knuckles chased them. "It belongs to us!"
Sonic and Penny looked at each other, shrugging.
"I WANT THAT CHAOS EMERALD!" Knuckles yelled. Almost immediately, Penny and Tails grabbed Knuckles to try to calm him down and to keep him from attacking the aliens, whichever one was necessary. "Whoa!" Tails said. "Knuckles!"
"Please, Knuckles!" Penny said, holding him down. "Don't make this worse!"
"Let's try to work it out!" Cream said, her expression looking worried.
"Some of us are civilized around here," Amy said, her arms crossed and glaring at Knuckles.
"FINE!" Knuckles yelled. "THEN YOU GET THE EMERALD!"
Sonic walked up to the three aliens. "That Emerald's important, we really need it to save the galaxy,"
The aliens glanced at one another. "I'm sorry," Lou finally said. "But we like this gem!"
"We don't want to share it!" Leam said.
Sonic held out his hand, smiling softly. "Please?"
The three finally nodded, and Penny sighed with relief. However, the three quickly caught themselves. "Finders keepers!" They said in sync. In response, Sonic fell flat on his stomach.
"This gem is more beautiful than everything we ever have seen before!" Leam said, pointing to the Emerald. Momo smiled. Momo nodded. "We're going to take it home!"
Lou nodded. "We can't wait to show it to our friends!"
Sonic grumbled, tapping the floor in annoyance. Penny looked down at him. "What do we do now?" She asked.
He grumbled in response.
...
"I don't see why we're taking these pipsqueaks home when they won't give us the Chaos Emerald," Amy grumbled as she typed on the ship's computer. Silver glanced at her. "We have to find out why their planet is sick, and see what we could do to help," the ivory hedgehog told her.
Momo walked up to Amy. "Planet Marmolim is such a magical place, that once you visit, you'll never wanna leave! We have fortune tellers, magic charms, and even love spells!"
And right at the word love spells, Amy looked like someone had just given her a birthday present of something special that she really wanted all these years. "You have love spells?!" Amy gasped excitedly. Momo smiled at Amy. "Yes, and they're extremely powerful!"
That's all it took to get Amy to set directions to Planet Marmolim. "What are we waiting for?!" She demanded excitedly. "Let's go full speed ahead to Planet Marmolim!"
"Uh..." Tails said. "Sure, Amy."
...
When they finally arrived at Planet Marmolim, Penny stayed close to Sonic as they exited the ship. At once, a few other Marmoliams surrounded them. Lou handed the Emerald (much to Penny's surprise) to Sonic. "We're giving this to thank you for the ride." He said, and Silver happily took it and handed it to Sonic.
"It's about time..." Knuckles grumbled. Kat sweatdropped.
"Thanks, we really appreciate it," Chris said.
Amy zoomed over at sonic speed and glanced at Momo with sparkling eyes. "So where can you find this love spell you told me about?!" She asked, her green eyes sparkling. Momo motioned her hands. "Right this way, please!"
"Okay!" Amy said. She pushed Penny away from Sonic and grabbed his arm, and took off. "COME ON, SONIC!" Amy cheered.
"AMY! WAIT!" Cream cried.
"Boy, is she hopeless..." Chris shook his head.
Silver looked at Penny. "You okay?"
Penny nodded, looking annoyed and upset. "Yes, I just can't wait to get off this planet..."
Silver grabbed her hand and squeezed it reassuringly.
...
"Before we try that love spell, let's visit a fortune teller!" Amy cried, pulling Sonic into a fortune teller building. Soon, Amy smiled hopefully. "Well?" She asked the fortune teller. "Do we have a future together?!"
Sonic yawned in boredom. He hoped that Penny was doing okay.
...
While that was happening, Chris, Silver, and Knuckles walked around with Leam. Knuckles frowned as they walked. "They sell magic here?" He asked.
Leam turned to him. "Visitors used to come here from all over the galaxy to find out their fortunes, to buy magic charms until our planet started getting sick."
"Huh." Silver said.
"That makes sense," Kat said.
Chris looked up. "What do they cell at that stall?" He asked.
"We have charms and potions that could carry anything! You can find a headache amulet. hiccup remedies, and even spells to fight athletes' foot!" Leam said proudly. Kat grinned. "Cool!"
Both Knuckles and Kat looked at Chris, who seemed to be interested in a foot-shaped charm. "Chris?" Knuckles asked. "You have a problem with Athlete's foot?"
Immediately, Chris jumped back, flailing his arms around. "NO!" He yelled, his blue eyes wide. Kat laughed as Silver chuckled a little. "I wonder what the other girls are up to..." The ivory hedgehog wondered curiously.
...
Penny, Cream, Blaze, Tails, and Cosmo smiled together as they walked with Lou. "I'm not sure about this," Tails said.
Cream looked excited. "I never had anybody tell my fortune before!" She said.
Penny smiled at Cream. "Me neither!" She said.
Lou smiled at them. "You can ask him any questions you want about your future!"
"How exciting!" Cream smiled. She turned to Cheese. "What should we ask him, Cheese?"
Blaze looked at Penny. "I have a feeling there's a reason why you wanted your fortune..."
Penny blushed fiercely. "N-no!" She said. "Stop what you're thinking!"
Blaze laughed. "No, don't worry. I won't say a word."
"That's not what I meant!" Penny yelped.
Cosmo frowned, looking around the planet. "Something's wrong." She muttered. "Their planet is sick, but they don't seem to care..." She sighed as she followed her friends to the fortune teller.
...
Penny frowned as she sat next to Cosmo, feeling uncomfortable about this fortune-telling thing. The fortune-teller clinked through some coins and looked at Lou. "The coins are clear." He said. "They predict that you will soon part with a large sum of money."
Lou looked curious. "Do the coins tell how much?"
"Yes," The fortune teller said. "Ten free blows... which is exactly what you owe me for this prediction."
"That's the same prediction as last time I came here!" Lou said, and the aliens burst out laughing. Cosmo abruptly stood up, much to Penny's surprise. "This is no time for jokes!" Cosmo said.
"We have the power to look into the future, but we cannot change it." The fortune-teller said seriously. "Our fate is already decided."
"But.." Cosmo began, but the fortune teller interrupted her. "I see you are always rushing into action, but your haste is going to cause great sorrow to those who are closest to you. These magic coins predict it," He said, turning a coin over and showing Cosmo a death skull.
Cosmo's eyes shrunk in fear. Penny gasped in shock. She slowly turned to look at Cosmo to try to reassure her, but Cosmo was already gone.
"Wait, Cosmo!" Tails yelled, running after her. When he was gone, Penny, Blaze, and Cheese turned to the fortune teller. "Will she be okay?" Cream asked.
"Please tell me that fortune's a fake!" Penny said, her voice itching with anxiety. "I already lost a friend. I can't lose another!"
"Her future is too cloudy to predict with any certainty." The fortune-teller said. "But I do see romance in her future. Strange, plants and animals usually don't get along,"
Cream, Cheese, Blaze, and Penny looked at each other.
...
"This is called Romance Rock," Momo told Sonic and Amy. Amy squealed excitedly. "Oh, I love this place!"
Momo continued."If you want the love spell to join you both forever, first you have to break this rock!"
"Joined forever!" Amy cried happily. "Oh, Sonic!" She yelped, hugging him, and shaking him. "I know I can break it, I know it!" She took out her hammer. "Sonic and I will never be apart again!" She vowed. And she smashed the first rock. As soon as she did, Sonic darted off.
"Where's he going?!" Amy asked frowning.
...
Knuckles looked curiously through a crystal ball. The fortune-teller looked at him. "Well. According to this crystal ball, you are about to do something very foolish."
Knuckles looked concerned about that. "Something foolish?!" He asked. "Is there anything I could do to stop myself?!"
"There's only one thing." The teller said. He held up a cloth. "Put this magic cloth on your head and run through town clucking like a chicken."
"I'll try it!" Knuckles said. He shook the fortune teller's hand. "Thanks. I hate making a fool out of myself."
"That sounds pretty foolish to me," Kat muttered.
"You have no idea," Chris shook his head. Silver sighed. "He's just too gullible..."
"Once again, Donna's prediction will come true!" Leam said, clasping his hands.
Sonic zoomed past them. Chris, Kat, Knuckles, and Silver watched curiously. "That was Sonic!" Chris said.
"COME BACK, SONIC!" Amy yelled not too far behind.
Knuckles, Kat, Chris, and Silver turned to them. Amy was running at nearly Sonic's match of speed. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! WE BROKE ROMANCE ROCK, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GO VISIT THE LAKE OF LOVE AND MATCHMAKER MOUNTAIN!"
"Amy would probably have better luck if she didn't push so hard." Chris sighed.
"Yeah," Kat said. "Though I think Sonic may have an eye for someone else."
Chris nodded, thinking about his sister. He really hoped she was doing okay.
Leam looked at Chris. "It's a pity you don't have anybody to break Romance Rock with."
Chris blushed fiercely.
"He does!" Kat smirked. "Sadly, she's back at home."
"K-Kat!" Chris said. "Stop embarrassing me!"
"Hah!" Silver laughed. "Chris is in love!"
"S-Silver!" Chris cried, shocked.
Leam smiled. "It looks like you like her a lot!" He told Chris. Chris blushed even more.
"Hey, Chris! Kat!" Penny called, running up to them. Beside her was Cream, Cheese, Tails, and Blaze.
"Hey!" Chris smiled. "What happened to Cosmo? I thought she went with you!"
Penny and the others glanced at each other and looked down sadly.
"Is something wrong?" Cloud asked, walking up with Tangle, Whisper, and Hiro. Hiro looked at them. "From the looks of your faces, I could tell something happened."
"Is Cosmo okay?" Whisper asked. "I saw her run past us. We called out to her, but she didn't come to us."
Penny looked at the rest of the team, nodding a tiny bit. She sighed. "I'd better go and make sure she's okay."
Tangle grinned. "You do that! Turn that frown on Cosmo upside down!"
Penny smiled back and darted off.
"Wait, Penny!" Cream called, running after the human girl.
...
Cosmo stood alone on the cliff, deep in thought. "I want to save the galaxy from the Metarex. And help my new friends. But it seems that I'm only going to make things worse for everybody."
She glanced around at the sick planet. The sky soon turned dark, indicating nighttime.
"There you are, Cosmo!" Cream cried, running up. Penny rushed up to the Seedrian girl and gave Cosmo a comforting hug. "You had all of us worrying!" Penny said, and Cosmo returned the hug. When they let go, Cheese flew up to give the Seedrian a hug as well.
The four glanced at the sky together. "Thanks for checking up on me, Cream and Penny," Cosmo said finally. "You, Cream, and Cheese are good friends."
"You know, Cosmo," Penny told the Seedrian. "That teller said that most animals and plants don't get along as well as we do. I wonder why they find it hard to make friends!"
Cosmo looked up. "I guess because we're so different from each other," she smiled. "In all the galaxy, it's hard to find different kinds of beings to get along together. That's why Sonic and the rest of you are special because you can make friends with almost everybody!"
"If a friendship like ours is real, then it makes it extra special!" Cream said with a smile.
"Yes!" Penny smiled.
"I feel the same way, too!" Cosmo smiled happily.
...
The next day...
"Amy?" Cream asked as she walked up to Amy and Momo. Amy smiled at Cosmo, Penny, and Cream. "Cosmo, Penny, aren't you curious if there's romance in your future?"
Cosmo smiled. "I guess so..."
"What are you girls waiting for?!" Amy smiled. "Let's go!" She grabbed Cosmo and Cream's hand. Thankfully, Cosmo grabbed Penny along with her before she got left behind. Penny, Cosmo, and Cream looked at each other and just smiled and laughed.
"This should be interesting..." Penny thought to herself as they ran. "I wonder how Sonic's doing..."
After a few visits to some fortunes, Penny soon found herself walking with Amy, Cosmo, and Cream.
"Cosmo, what's going on with you and Tails?" Amy asked the Seedrian curiously. Cosmo looked at Amy. "I don't know what you mean!" She said innocently. Amy smiled knowingly. "Well, it's obvious that you and Tails really like each other!"
Cosmo blushed. "Really, Amy, I don't know what you're talking about!"
"You're lying!" Amy said, frowning.
"T-that isn't true, Amy!" Cosmo said. "I'm sure that Tails couldn't possibly be interested in me. I have a feeling he finds me annoying."
Cream looked at Cosmo curiously. "If Tails doesn't like you, then how come you two are always together?"
"Forget about Tails, Amy," Cosmo said. The Seedrian turned to Penny. "Penny, how are things going with you and Sonic?"
"Really great, actually!" Penny began. "We..." Noticing Amy's downcast expression, Penny quickly put her hands over her mouth. She really had to keep her and Sonic's hangouts a secret around Amy. If she wanted to last another day. She watched as Amy fell to her knees.
"What's wrong, Amy?!" Cream asked.
"I'm sorry," Cosmo said. "I shouldn't have bought it up."
Amy chuckled wickedly, and Penny gulped nervously.
Amy smirked, a dark aurora around her. "Everything will turn out okay because Momo gave me a magical spell so I can make Sonic mine forever!"
Penny's mouth dropped open. How could she do that to her?!
"I'll catch Sonic in a trap and his heart will burn with love and he'll forget Penny and she'll be forced to move to someone else!" She laughed wickedly.
Penny gulped nervously.
...
Penny sat next to Sonic as he hoovered over a huge pile of magical charms. "What's all of that stuff, Sonic?" She asked curiously.
Sonic glanced at Penny. "The Marmolims gave me these charms to protect me when I try to save their world!"
Penny giggled. "I guess it wouldn't hurt. I would like a magical charm to protect me from Amy's anger."
Sonic frowned gently at her. "She won't leave you alone either, huh?"
Penny nodded, kicking a charm away in annoyance.
Chris looked at his screen. "There's some kind of disease growing underground where the Planet Egg was," Chris told Sonic and Penny. "You have to destroy it. The only problem is there's a lot of water in that area."
"Water?!" Sonic yelped. "Are you kidding?!" He fumbled through the charms before picking up a gold bracelet with blue gems. "Let's see. The Marmolim who gave me this charm told me it works against water."
Chris and Penny chuckled.
...
"Grab all energy to the Sonic Power Cannon!" Tails ordered. "Load the cannon and get ready to fire at my command! Proceed with takeoff!" Tails announced, raising the Blue Typhoon in the air.
Sonic smirked as he hopped into the Sonic Power Cannon. Tails adjusted the cannon angle so he could shoot Sonic right at his destination.
"Sonic, get set for launch!" Tails ordered. Sonic started spinning.
"Sonic Power Cannon... FIRE!" Tails yelled, firing Sonic high in the air. Sonic spun as fast as he could through the air and landed right at the disease, using all of his powers and strength to get rid of the disease and get the planet back to normal. Water spilled out of the walls and into the cave tunnel and soon Sonic floated out.
Sonic grumbled as he held the water charm. "I thought this charm was gonna keep me dry, but if you ask me, it's all wet!" He yelled as the water sprouted into a water column, forcing him to be at the top. "SOMEONE SHUT OFF THE FAUCET!" He yelled.
...
"Cosmo?" Tails asked the Seedrian. "Why are you here by yourself?"
Cosmo turned to him. "Hi, Tails." She smiled. "The Marmolims are really happy their planet was saved. You must be pleased, too,"
Tails smiled as he stood beside her on the cliff, looking out. "I feel lucky to be working with such terrific teammates! Especially you, Cosmo."
Cosmo blushed. "I-I didn't do anything," she protested with a smile. Tails grinned at her. "You're wrong, Cosmo. You found us to help stop the Metarex! Don't ever forget that! You're not sorry you found us, aren't you?"
Cosmo gasped. "Of course I'm sorry! Why would you think that?!" She realized what she just said and blushed even deeper. "I-I meant to say, I'm not sorry I met you!"
Tails laughed. "Don't worry, I see what you meant. " Tails waved at her. "I'll see you later!"
"H-hold on, Tails!" Cosmo yelped, running to him. However, she tripped on a trip rope that somehow ended up there on the ground, and she let out a yell and fell into Tails' arms. When he caught her, a spring shot them high into the air, and for a moment, none of them spoke. They just stared at each other, their blue eyes twinkling in shock. After being launched, they both fell into a pool of water.
"Are you okay?" Tails asked.
"Yes," Cosmo said. "I wonder what that was..." The two turned around and saw the full moon shining down at them. They stayed in each other's arms as they stared at the moon in awe.
...
"You gave Amy a matchmaking spell?" Cloud asked, surprised.
"It's the strongest one we have!" Momo said. "The couple dives into the Lake of Love, and afterward look at the full moon, and then they'll be joined forever!"
"It sounds like Amy is finally going to see her dream come true!" Cream smiled.
"She can't fail!" Momo said. "She even set up a trap so that she and Sonic could fall into the river the same time the moon rose!"
Everyone except Blaze, Silver, Kat, Chris, Cloud, Tangle, Whisper, and Hiro laughed excitedly. Blaze, Silver, Kat, Chris, Cloud, Tangle, Whisper, and Hiro looked at each other... how was Penny going to react to all of this? Not well, they knew that to be true.
"So they must be together right now..." Chris said, feeling a little awkward about this. He looked around, and something caught his eyes.
Sonic and Penny. They were together by the food stand, buying something to eat. Penny smiled as she paid the customer. She seemed happy.
"You want anything else, Sonic?" She asked him. Sonic smiled at her and shook his head. "I don't think so, I've eaten enough at the party."
Penny giggled as he stuffed the food in his mouth. She was so happy that she got Sonic before Amy could use her love trap on him. And she knew that it was already being used already... Cosmo and Tails weren't there. Amy was going to be furious.
"Sonic? Penny?"
Hearing Kat and Chris call out to them, Sonic and Penny turned around curiously.
"Is something wrong?" Sonic asked, food half in his mouth.
...
Amy stared angrily at Cosmo and Tails. "EVERY TIME I COME UP WITH A WAY TO CAPTURE SONIC'S HEART HE MAKES A LAST MINUTE GETAWAY WITH THAT GIRL! THIS IS TOTALLY UNFAIR!" She bit back a scream as she continued. "I WANTED TO GET MY ROMANCE GROWING, AND NOW I HAVE TO WATCH YOU TWO AND SONIC AND PENNY GROW OVER EACH OTHER! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! GO FIND YOUR OWN PLANET TO FALL IN LOVE ON!" Amy screamed at them angrily.
