Sonic watched Silver wake his way up to the building. He took out his smartphone and punched the address of the mechanic's shop into the GPS app.

"Making route to Angel Island Mechanics. You're estimated time of arrival is in 15 minutes."

"Way past cool! I might even have time to grab a chilidog on the way over," Sonic said as he pulled out onto the city streets.

The drive to the shop was not particularly confusing for Sonic since he usually ran all over the city becoming familiar with the roadways. The GPS was more of a way for him not to get distracted and miss a turn. His mind had a tendency to wonder and Silver would always complain about how short his attention span was whenever they would talk. It had become one of Silver's pet peeves with his roommate.

A few more turns and a short drive led Sonic to the place he needed to be. He parked Silver's car and went inside to talk to the mechanic. When he got inside, there was no one manning the front desk. He waited for a short while before he noticed a bell and decided to give it a few rings. He heard some noise come from a closed door behind him. It sounded like plastic jugs being kicked around or dropped or both. Within a few seconds, the door opened and out stepped a tall, red figure wearing a green polo with a name written in cursive embroidered on the left chest plate.

"Oh, hey! Sorry to have bothered you. I'm here for an appointment," Sonic said to the employee.

Sonic noticed that the worker's clothes and gloves were covered in oil and grease, probably stained from years of work.

"Name?" the worker was behind the counter looking at his computer screen.

"I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog. But, I am here in place of Silver the Hedgehog. He had to go to work early so I drove him there today. Boy, his car really is messed up! Like, this morning I was-"

"Where is the car?" the red echidna silenced Sonic.

"Oh right! I have it parked outside. Do you want me to drive it into the shop?"

"Pull it through garage three. I will be out there to help guide you."

"No problemo!" Sonic cheerfully walked out of the shop's exit and got to Silver's car. He had a little trouble getting it to start, but he was finally able to get it on the fourth try without flooding the engine. He pulled the car around the back of the shop and saw garage three on the far right. The stoic echidna was standing in the middle of the space, waiting for Sonic to pull the car forward. The echidna gestured for Sonic to slowly drive the car inside and waved a bit to the left so he was on the car raisers correctly. The echidna held up an open palm signaling Sonic to stop. Sonic put the car in park, turned off the engine, and stepped out to talk to the echidna.

"Silver sent me an e-mail explaining what was wrong with the car. I should be able to fix it pretty quickly if the problem is what I think it is," the echidna said as Sonic walked closer to him.

"Do you have a general idea of how long? I was thinking about going for a run while I wait. It is never the wrong time to exercise, you know?"

"I expect one or two hours. I can send you a text when it is finished if you give me your cell phone number," the echidna pulled out a small flip phone and looked to Sonic to list off his phone number's digits.

"That would be great! My number is 312-555-5012. Oh, by the way, Silver wanted me to tell you that this guy named Tails told him that he should tell you that he told him to send him here."

The echidna finished dialing in the number into his contacts and shut the device. "Tails sent you? I'll be sure to give you a discount. It is one of the programs I offer here."

"You offer? Are you the owner?"

"Yes. I was going to call it Knuckles' Workshop, but I did not want to be labeled so strongly with the shop."

"So you're Knuckles, huh? I've been trying to read the cursive on your shirt, but I could only make out the letter K. Haha!"

"Sorry for not properly introducing myself earlier. I was cleaning up some oil jugs in the back and I think the fumes got to me a bit. The fresh air out here helps it," the echidna stuck out his hand," It is nice to meet you, Sonic."

Sonic shook the mechanic's hand strongly, "Nice to meet you too!"

Sonic was enjoying his run around the city, but he tried to stay pretty close to the shop so he could get there quickly if he received a text from Knuckles. The cool air was refreshing to feel as Sonic ran through the sidewalks of the residential part of the city. He would occasionally hear the crunch of leaves if he was running nearby the yellow, red, and orange trees, but he mostly heard the sound of his rock music through his headphones. Sonic ran by many outdoor restaurants as he was on his ran, smelling the delicious food and the overabundance of pumpkin spice lattés near the coffee shop.

The hedgehog managed to break a sweat even though he was in the cooler air. His sport jacket had managed to keep him warm enough to not be affected by the sometimes frigid air, but also increased his likelihood to start sweating. He stopped into a convenience store to get some sports drink so he would not get too dehydrated on his run. He picked out his favorite flavor (the blue one), and drank most of it before he got to the checkout. As he was stepping outside after paying, he felt his phone buzz in his pocket. Like he expected, the text was from Knuckles.

"I'll be finished up in about 20 minutes. You might want to start making your way back." Read 10:55.

"Awesome! I am making my way back now."

Sonic switched to his music player and picked some more hard rock for the run back to the shop. He was about a 30 minute run away, but he had confidence in his running ability. The music was just to add some flourish to his trip.

What started out as a slow, peaceful jog turned into Sonic sprinting at high speeds through the sidewalks, avoiding the pedestrians in his path. He was going faster than some bicycle riders, and he waved to them as he passed them by, with his trademark smile on his face. Leaves would start to fly up in the air as he ran through the tree covered areas, going so high up from the wind that they almost reached up to the points they fell from. He powered through the entire run and started to slow himself down as he approached the street corner where Angel Island Mechanics stood. He hit the crosswalk button and waited and watched until the red hand turned into a white stickman walking.

"Glad to see you back so soon. I just finished up fixing your friend's ca," the mechanic said while pushing himself out from under the car.

"Looks like I made it just in time! So what do I owe you?"

"It was an easy fix, and I did not have to exchange any parts, so I guess that would put it around $130 with the discount added. I can check you out at the front desk."

"You don't really have to be at the front desk to check me out!" Sonic said chuckling and flexing his muscles.

The echidna blushed, half embarrassed and half angry, "You know what I meant, hedgehog."

"Haha! I'm just playing with you, bud! C'mon, let's seal the deal with this car business." Sonic turned around and walked toward the office section of the building, strutting his stuff as the echidna followed.

Sonic handed Knuckles Silver's credit card. Selecting the debit option from the card scanner, he paid for the repairs.

Knuckles looked at his wrist watch, "Well, that last repair lead me into lunch time."

Sonic's stomach growled at the mention of lunch. "Oh yeah, I could go for some chilidogs right about now!" Sonic thought for a moment, "Hey, you seem like a cool guy, want to grab lunch together?"

The echidna's eyes widened from behind his desk at the request from the blue blur. "Uh, yeah, I wouldn't mind. Have any place in mind?"

"I know a great place. Just follow my- well, Silver's- car and we will get there in no time!"