Angel: I have training for my new job at Chick-Fil-a for the next four days, all of it starting in the afternoon, so I'll be updating fairly early, or late at night depending if I remember lol. So if it's the case where you don't see an update until like 8 pm for the rest of the week for any of my stories, you'll know why.

Tom enters the bar called the Piston Pit. He looks around for the duo as people are drinking, watching someone ride a bull. He finally lays eyes on the two at a table. Sonic is wearing a cowboy hat, sunglasses, and a red shirt. Sophia is just wearing sunglasses. He taps the hedgehog, who turns around to him. Sophia looks up and her smile drops.

"Uh oh."

"Howdy, partner!" Sonic tips his hat to Tom.

"I'm not your partner. Come on. We're leaving. Soph, you were supposed to watch him."

"I got tempted!" She defends sheepishly.

"But there's a ZZ Top cover band," Sonic gestures to the stage. "You gotta see their beards!"

"You're gonna have to catch 'em some other time. Let's go! Get up!"

"If we stay, I promise I won't say another word for the rest of the trip," Sonic holds up a hand, putting the other to his heart. "Starting...now." Tom just gives him a small glare and Sophia leans in towards Sonic.

"I don't think that's enough..." She whispers to him as the waitress walks over.

"Welcome to the Piston Pit. What can I get you folks?"

"Ooh! I want nachos and buffalo wings," Sonic speaks up eagerly, already forgetting his promise. "Oh, and guac. Funny word, isn't it? Guac, guac! Guuaaaac!"

Sophia sighs a bit as the waitress turns to Tom. "Hey, no kids allowed in here. What's he got on, some kind of mask?"

Before she could take off the sunglasses, Tom pulls her away. "Oh, he...he's actually 43 years old and suffers from a very rare skin disease that stunts his growth and makes him look...uh...like-like that. And she's 21, she just...looks younger than she actually is."

"The face, I was born with. The confidence, I picked up along the way," Sonic brags to her, the waitress smiling.

"Make his a Mello Yello, please. And she'll have a tea. Iced tea," Tom gives Sophia a look that says 'no way you're drinking anything alcoholic.'

"Okay," The woman walks away and Tom sits next to his daughter.

"You two owe me one."

"I never sat on a barstool before!" Sonic exclaims happily, bouncing up and down. "So squishy! Oh, look at this, it spins!" He spins around so fast that it might make Tom sick. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"Yes, that's nice."

"Lighten up, Dad. Look at how much fun he's having just being in a normal bar," Sophia gestures to the hedgehog. She didn't know what it was, but Sonic just helps her forget about her own problems.

He stops spinning, his eyes rolling around and his sunglasses gone. "I feel sick."

"Are you having fun? Gonna check this off the ol' bucket list, huh? Big night for you."

"What's a bucket list?" Sonic asks curiously, earning a sigh from Tom.

"A bucket list is, uh, it's a list of things you want to do in your life before you, well, kick the bucket."

"I've never kicked a bucket either! Oh, I gotta make my list!" Sophia giggles at him and he speeds off. He grabs the pen and pad from the waitress and comes back to the table, writing things down. "Uh huh. Mm-hmm! Oh, Sonic! Ha ha! Uh huh!" He then stops, sitting up slowly with a frown.

The two notice, glancing at each other before looking at him. "What? What's the matter?"

"There's so much stuff I've never done," He confesses to the two. "And now that I'm leaving Earth forever...I guess I missed my chance."

Sophia's eyes soften at his sad look. Tom couldn't help but feel bad for him as well. He glances around the bar. "Well, I guess this is the kind of place you could get a lot of living done in a short period of time. I suppose we can spare an hour."

The girl beams at him. "What? You're gonna bucket-list with me?!" Sonic looks happy too.

"Sure, why not?"

"And I'm always happy to lend a hand," Sophia adds in.

"You won't regret this!"

"Oh, I'm pretty sure I will," Tom remarks, earning a playful smirk from Sophia.

"We'll see about that, Dad."

The three dance together in the bar before playing darts. Tom throws his and gets a bullseye. Sophia throws hers, and gets the black circle just outside the bullseye. "Oh!" She complains at this before gesturing to the dartboard. Sonic takes several darts and aims for it...then he throws all of them rapidly to the point he gets the wood around the board...while also hitting the cans that the waitress was holding, beer squirting from her tray.

Tom crosses off 'compete in a sport' for Sonic's list, who for some reason won't let Sophia read it.

Then they play a hoop shot game. Tom throws several basketballs, eventually throwing Sonic along with them, surprising them both.

"You okay, Sonic?" Sophia calls out, but he just sits down and runs his feet through the hoop, getting a bunch of points.

"Ha ha! New high score!"

The girl laughs at him.

Doing a slam dunk is crossed off.

They go back to dancing as Tom seems to get the hang of it. "Yippee-ki-yay! Ah ha!" He reaches out and grabs Sophia's hand. They spin around together and they both seem to enjoy it as they laugh.

Then Sonic is riding the electric bull. "Wait a second. Is this bull missing a head or does it have two butts?"

"You know, I've never understood that," Sophia rubs her chin as she thinks about it while watching him. Tom just lets out a yawn at how easy it is for Sonic. He grabs the front and continues riding it.

"Ha ha! This is easy!"

"Okay," Tom steps up to the controls, holding up a coin.

"Yeehaw!"

Tom then increases the level of speed. Sonic starts to sway, flying up. "Oh ho ho, I'm a cowboy, baby!"

Tom and Sophia laugh at him out loud before Sonic flies off the thing, concerning them both. But then he gets back on top of it and he gives two thumbs up. "I'm okay!"

Sophia laughs again, holding her stomach.

Tame a wild animal is crossed off.

Then it's back to the dance floor, Sonic's cowboy hat falling off while dancing with Sophia. He smiles at her as she looks so happy having fun, his heart fluttering. Then he bumps into a woman's butt and she flinches. She turns around to the unaware Tom, who hollers.

She throws a drink in his face, shocking Sophia.

She and Sonic laugh at him while sitting at their table. Tom wipes himself off with a towel. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up," He replies sarcastically.

"Nice work, Romeo," Sonic jokes at him.

"I wonder if Mom needs to know," Sophia smirks up at her father.

Tom gives a sarcastic laugh, grabbing his drink. "Glad you two are having a good time." He takes a sip.

"I am having a good time! I'm having the best time. I mean, what could go wrong? Thanks, both of you. I'm having...so much fun with you specifically, Sophia," He smiles bashfully at her and she smiles, moving a bang behind her ear.

"Aw, that's so sweet. I'm having a great time too, Sonic."

Tom glances between them and is about to say something when three burly men approach them. His smile drops and Sophia narrows her eyes at them in annoyance. Sonic looks up at them.

"Uh...can we help you?" Tom wonders cluelessly.

"We don't like your kind around here," The one in the middle speaks up.

"Excuse me?" Sophia asks defensively.

"Our kind? What kind is that?" Sonic wonders just as defensive as her.

"...Hipsters," He leans in towards Sonic a little, who gasps.

"How dare you," The hedgehog glares up at him.

"Y-You know what? We were just leaving anyway, weren't we? There's not a problem here."

"No, no, no," Sonic interjects before they could leave. "It's okay."

"No, no, no, we're leaving," Tom argues back.

"I know exactly how to handle this situation," Sonic assures them. He grabs a beer bottle and stands up on the stool, clearing his throat. "Pop quiz, hotshot. You just picked a fight with a poorly disguised hedgehog who's seen way too many action movies. What do you do? What do you do?"

He jumps up and knocks the bottle against the thug's head. "Huh." He looks at the bottle as it didn't do anything. "Am I crazy? It's supposed to break, right?" He tries again multiple times, but it does nothing. "Dink! Dink, dink! Break, please. Break, please."

Sophia just winces as she and her father watch with impending doom in their eyes.

"Break this bottle, please. Please, please, please."

Tom walks up to him cautiously. "Uh, Sonic?"

"I think we should really leave," Sophia adds in and then the thug pulls his arm back.

"Uh oh!" Sonic ducks his head and Tom takes the punch instead. He knocks into someone and Sophia bends down to him.

"Dad!"

She growls up at the thug and punches him back hard, knocking him onto the floor. A fight starts in the bar and Tom punches someone else. Sophia spins her leg above his head and he ducks as she kicks a man onto the ground.

"Oh ho ho ho!" Sonic hollers from his spot.

"Nice going!" Tom calls out to him sarcastically.

"Thanks! It's awesome, right? Alright, who's next? Who wants some? Who do I get to beat up?" However, because of the fight going on, no one's really paying attention to him. Tom gets taken away and Sophia rushes over to help him in all the chaos. "Hey! Has anybody seen my waitress? Still waiting on those buffalo wings."

He looks up and narrows his eyes as he sees the big guy he hit with the bottle earlier. The man pushes Sophia onto the table and she winces in pain after crashing into it.

"Why, you!" Sonic jumps up and punches him repeatedly in slow motion, somersaults, and lands on the floor. "Ha ha!" He blows on his knuckles, but the guy turns around and growls down at him. Sophia glances up at him as Sonic turns around.

"Uh oh!"

He rushes over to tackle Sonic, but time stops and everything is frozen in place.

"Really?" Sonic asks, staring into the guy's open mouth. He gives a smirk and speeds underneath the guy's legs. He runs through the bar, looking at food and drinks being flown around. He slides onto the floor and takes a selfie with someone. He then goes past the mechanical bull before his face collides with a boot. He looks at Tom being surrounded by thugs. He gets a look of concern before jumping up and using the pool table to jump to a guy's head. He pulls his hat over his face and leaps, grabbing the other guy's underwear and jumping back, attaching the end to an ornament over the pool table. He flips and lands behind Tom, pushing him over to the bar.

He goes over to Sophia and puts her onto the end of a loose floorboard sticking out from the wood before positioning a man behind her. He runs onto the bar, grabbing several chili dogs and eating all very quickly. He lets out a burp before taking the sparklers and some sauce bottles. He quickly pours sauce over a guy's face, partying with the sparklers before putting them into the guy's ears. He speeds around and puts two guys in toilet paper entirely, giving a proud look.

He runs around legs of people while holding a banner before he jumps up to the ceiling and runs down it. He spins it like a rope and then spins it around the ceiling fan.

He leaps and runs, grabbing a bear head and jumping on other people's head to put it over the guy who wanted to tackle him. He puts the disguise back on, grabs a napkin, and waves it around.

The fan spins around, knocking people onto the floor. Two people crash into each other while one guy punches the other. The ornament breaks as the guy shouts in pain from the wedgie. Sonic then pulls the napkin away.

"Ole!"

The thug crashes into the window and lands outside. Everyone else falls down, including the guy behind Sophia, which is enough force to send her flying into the air. Tom looks around in shock, a guy barely moving thanks to all the toilet paper. He trips and falls onto the ground. Sonic rushes to the bar, holding out his arms as Sophia is flying towards him.

Sophia lands in Sonic's arms safely and she pants, looking around in confusion at what just happened. She looks into Sonic's eyes, catching her breath.

"So, should we get out of here?"

"Yeah, time to go," Tom agrees, rushing out. Sophia jumps out of Sonic's arms, looking towards the people on the ground. She jumps over them quickly as they rush out.

"Oh ho ho ho ho!" Sonic throws off his disguise while they're being chased. "That was amazing! Oh, wait a second. Did we even pay our tip? It doesn't matter! Oh, watch this! Watch this! I always wanted to do this!"

He jumps up and slides across the hood of the truck, not even noticing the fast food, and jumps into the passenger's seat. Sophia throws the door open and jumps inside.

"Get 'em!" A guy from the bar calls out.

"See ya, suckers!" Sonic salutes to them as the people from the bar run after them. "I can't say for sure, but I think they liked me!"

Tom quickly backs away and drives away from the bar. The three laugh once they're gone.

"Oh, yes!" Sonic pumps his fists.

"Yeah!"

"Yes!"

"Whoo hoo!" Sophia cheers from behind.

"Ouch!" Tom holds the side of his face that got punched.

"He got you pretty good."

"Are you okay, Dad?" Sophia asks in concern.

"I'm alright. I've been hit harder."

"Did you see how much toilet paper I used?! The next person that goes into that bathroom will have nothing to wipe with!"

Angel: Yeah, yeah, I know. I have stated before that I don't like a relationship between a human and Sonic like in 06, but I will explain it some other time...maybe.