The Man From H.E.D.G.E.H.O.G.

"How? HOW? HOW does Sonic and his friends do it? They're always one step ahead of me! We've got to track down the head of their secret intelligence division, Junior!" Robotnik growled as he slammed his fists on his desk. "And I don't just mean that traitor, Snively! I mean, we need to get our hands on The Man From H.E.D.G.E.H.O.G.!"

Junior just sighed as he picked up the cans of oil that littered the office. "Why's that, Pops?"

"Because my best laid plans have crashed and burned once too often! Which means, the Freedom Fighters have an inside man!" Robotnik grabbed a shovel and shoved it at Junior and Crabmeat. "Obviously there's a mole in our organization! NOW, take this, and see what you two can dig up!"

"Sure… because I'm going to find a literal mole in the yard." Junior grumbled as he took the shovel.

Much digging later…

"I still can't believe it." Junior grumbled. He had indeed found a mole in their organization… a literal Mole that was hiding underground just a few feet, and was currently strapped to a table with a lot of sun lamps pointed at it. "I found a literal mole in our backyard!"

"Well done, gentlemen!" Robotnik praised, surprisingly. "Your labors have paid off handsomely…" He looked at the mole with disgust. "…So to speak. Now, turn up the heat, and we'll see what our nocturnal friend has to say!" He glared at the mole who just looked tired. "WHO is the head of the secret intelligence?"

"That's Right!" The mole sounded a little surprised.

Robotnik was just confused. "WHAT?!"

"No, not 'What'… 'WHO'!"

"Hmmm, obviously the mole knows less than I do!" Robotnik grumbled. "And that gives me an idea! Take him away!" He said suddenly. Two swat bots grabbed the poor overheated mole and started to carry him off towards the Robotosizer. Robotnik then turned his attention towards the window just outside, unaware that a shadowy figure had snuck in and out with the Mole all without tripping any alarms, and successfully destroying the two swat bots without leaving a trace of them. "Wheel it in boys! Hehehee!" Robotnik laughed at his new toy that was delivered by a robotocized owl and a few others robotocized creatures. The creatures set up the crate in front of Robotnik and handed him the crowbar before leaving. "Every evil scheme, no matter how brilliant, contains an element of risk!" He pulled open the crate and pulled out a giant spinning wheel with different evil deeds on it. "And with the help of my brand spanking new Wheel of Misfortune, we shall capitalize on that fact!" He started spinning the wheel. "After all, if I don't know what I'm going to do next, neither will Sonic… until it's too late!"

Undersea Bank Heist…

Jaws and Coconuts were drilling into a bank vault under the ocean. When they finally opened it, there was a note with a fish hook that said "Psst! Look Behind You!"

The Freedom Fighters were there and ready to stop the duo. Robotnik found out later when he was sent the pieces of Coconuts and Jaws in the mail. There was a yellow silly ol' bear who didn't look to happy, that was for sure. (Winnie the Pooh is in that scene, look for him! In the Comics!) The owl that was with him looked a little cocky even though he was far out of his element, and wearing a green sun hat.

Daring Daylight Art Robbery…

Scratch and Grounder were attempting to steal a piece of art from the Mobius Museum of Art that was just outside the city of Robotropolis, and had yet to be cleaned out by Collin and his team who tried to restore things to some normality. A donkey that looked quite glum was watching with a purple bear and a brown owl in a green sun hat as the duo raced off in a hovercraft. (Eeyore shows up in that picture! TRUTH LOOK FOR IT!)

Halfway to Robotropolis, Sonic caught up to them. "What's your hurry, fellas?"

Scratch gulped. "Sonic!"

"Say, nice painting! I'll flip you for it!" The hovercraft flipped easily. It was sent spiraling into a toxic waste dump nearby. "And you guys can take the fall!" Sonic chuckled as he ran off.

Suddenly, a note appears from a mysterious stranger! WHO is this stranger?!

"WHO knows what evil lurks in the heart of Robotnik?!" was what the paper said as Scratch found it. Scrawled on the back was a small note saying that Robotnik didn't have a heart, but it was written out in different writing.

Robotnik became infuriated at this when Scratch reported in. "Grrr! Once is an accident… twice is a coincidence… but the third time's the charm!"

Mindless act of terrorism…

Robotnik sent out two robots with a powerful explosive device. The bots only got a little bit away when the bomb was set off with them holding it. When they fixed themselves, they found another note. "The OWLS are not what they seem! XOXOXO"

Robotnik was losing his temper again.

"This Wheel of Misfortune isn't working!" He groaned as he kicked it. "There's a spy in my organization, and he's taunting me with his notes! I'll have to take care of Sonic myself!"

Sonic and Sally were dressed up and going on a date to Robotnik's Robo-casino. Collin was away for the day as far as Sonic knew, probably getting supplies from deeper in the forest… he didn't need to know Sonic and Sally were going on a date to somewhere dangerous… Plus… Sonic loved taunting the fat man. "Boy, after a hard day's work, I could use a night on the town." Sonic smirked as he adjusted his tux and bowtie.

Sally was wearing a purple dress. And also seemed excited about going out for a nice night. "Want to try the one-armed bandits, Sonic?" She asked, referring to the slot machines made of broken bots that Sonic had trashed.

"Nau! They're a bit too literal for my tastes! Let's cut to the cards!" Sonic smirked as he and Sally sat down at a card table with Grounder, a chicken bot, and a robotosized owl wearing a green sun hat. "I feel lucky tonight."

Sally frowned as she noticed another player show up at the table, a robotosized green hedgehog, serving drinks and oil cans. "Funny, I feel as though we're being watched." The green hedgehog bot looked menacing, even though it was in a daze as all Robotosized were.

Meanwhile, Robotnik was watching from his security cameras. "There they are… can you pump up the volume?"

"I'm sorry, sir!" Crabmeat explained. "The new T.H.X. System hasn't been sound-checked yet."

"Drat! We'll just have to move ahead in the dark."

Back at the table…

The robotosized Owl with the green sun hat drew a card and offered it to Sonic while the Robotosized Green Hedgehog offered the princess a fruit drink rather than oil. "Card, Mister Sonic?"

"Go ahead… Make my day!" Sonic's eyes widened as the card said "DUCK!" He obliged it, just barely missing a hat that hit Grounder in the face. "Duck?! But I'm still a Hedgehog! Still…" He smirked at Rotor getting the heavy metal hat in his face. "Better safe than sorry." A swatbot in a tuxedo arrived to take him on. "Looks like Robotnik's getting his Swatbots to do his odd jobs for him these days!" The bot tried to karate chop him as though it was facing James Bond. "Hmmm! Pretty smooth moves for a foreign import! Especially on this rug!" Sonic had ducked the move and proceeded to run in circles around the bot. "Hold still, Fenderface!" He caused a large shock of static electricity! "You've heard of static cling? Well you're sure to get a charge out of this!" The bot was fried. Unfortunately, it was also shocking a dizzying to Sonic. "That was positively…" Sonic landed on his face with a plop on a circle. "Shocking…"

Later…

Sonic found himself chained to the Wheel of Misfoturne as it spun around. "Welcome back to the world of the Waking, Hedgehog!" Came the dark and sinister voice of Dr. Robotnik. "So nice of you to drop in." He chuckled as Sonic squirmed against his chains.

"Robotnik!" He growled. "You sick, twisted fiend!" He didn't see any sign of Sally, which worried him a bit.

"Ah, I see Snively has at least taught you how to properly address me…" Sonic growled more. He hadn't forgotten what the fat man had done to his own nephew, to Sonic's adopted cousin. "Now that the formal introductions have been made…" The wheel started to spin a bit. "Tell me… WHO is the head of your secret intelligence agency? Or I'll finally get that wretched wheel to pay off by eliminating you!" Several guns now pointed at Sonic as he spun.

"Now, that's what I call an unkind spin, Doctor!" Sonic gritted his teeth, prepared for the worst.

What no one expected was the lights to go out just as the lasers blasted at Sonic! "HEY! Who turned out the lights!" When the lights returned, Sonic was gone! There was just a Sonic shaped hole in the wheel, which revealed a video camera! "WHAT?! He's free! HOW?"

With a "SPROING!" the camera removed the wheel and showed a small sign that said "Smile, you're on Candid Camera!"

Robotnik proceeded to throw a temper tantrum right there on the floor. "D'OH! The wheel's been RIGGED! I've been robbed!" He slammed his fists onto the ground as he kicked. "All my plans were foiled… and I still don't know who the spy is!"

Later, at Intelligence Headquarters…

Sonic was praising two people who had ended up saving their lives that night. "Using Robotnik's wheel to spy on him was pure Genius! And you even fooled us with your disguises!" One figure merely rolled his eyes while the other looked amused. "But there's still one thing I need to know…" Sonic grinned while Sally rolled her eyes at her boyfriend's reaction to their heroes. "How many licks does it take to get to the chewy center of a lollipop, sir?"

"Pfft!" Collin Hedgehog was guffawing at his cousin's bold question for the head of secret intelligence. "Seriously, Sonic?"

"That information, my dear boy…" Harvey Who, a dark owl with a green hat on his desk, looked at the young hedgehog sternly. "Is classified!" The owl glared a bit. Sonic gulped and backed off. He'd have to learn the old fashioned way, just like anyone else. (Actually tried to figure it out myself once, got to the 200's before giving up and sucking on it. I was 12 then.)