When Sonic got back to the Anderson Household that evening with Cody and
Tails, the 'black outs' were all but gone. Knuckles was in the family room,
waiting for them and entertaining Carl by playing one of the more recent
Sonic the Hedgehog games.
"Yo," Sonic said in his usual cocky way, "'Fast and Furious' is back! With my humble sidekicks, Tails the Terrible and Commander Cody!"
Knuckles laughed as Cody tugged Sonic's sleeve and asked, "For real?"
Sonic laughed to himself as he said, "Nah, just kiddin' bud. However, you can be my sidekick's sidekick if he doesn't mind." Sonic nodded towards the ever proud young Tails right next to him.
"Can I can I can I please?" Cody blurted, running over to Tails, who was currently feeling quite 'high and mighty' for his size.
"I don't know." Tails teased, "it's kind of a dangerous job, bein' a sidekick."
"Pleeeaaaasssseeee?" Cody begged.
Tails looked up at Sonic, and, after receiving a nod, said, "Sure. You can be my sidekick!"
"Yay!" Cody called with joy. "When do we fly the Tornado?"
"As soon as you learn how. Com' on!" Tails called, running into the kitchen for crayons and construction paper. Of course, Cody followed.
Knuckles had paused his game long enough to get over his giggling fit, but currently had resumed the play. "So," Sonic asked, even though Knuckles looked like the blue-haired teen was talking to deaf ears, "What'd ya find out about the psychiatrist ward?"
"Just what we hoped to learn. Dr. Robotnik is a specialist there in 'unruly teens'. I've heard that a few of his 'patients' are currently 'missing in action' and a few have even been turned up as if they were completely brain- dead. However, none of these cases were connected back to the good ol' doctor!"
"No surprise." Sonic mumbled, watching the game Knuckles was currently playing. "I look like a spiked mouse." Sonic complained.
"Whatever," Knuckles mumbled. "By the way, doesn't this sound familiar to the robotisizing Dr. Robotnik used to do on Mobius?"
"Exactly similar," Sonic agreed. "He used to hypnotize them before he really turned them into robots. Apparently, when he's on a new world, he has to start all over."
"Too bad you don't have any rings here," Knuckles said as he watched his character (currently his old Knuckles self) fall of the edge of the playing field and die below.
"Yeah." Sonic whispered to himself. There has been barely any good news today.
"Anything else?"
"Yeah," Knuckles said while using his last continue, to the happy giggling behind them from Carl. Sonic jumped because he had completely forgotten the little tot was there. "Mrs. Anderson doesn't feel like cooking tonight, so we're ordering out for pizza. Any preferences?"
"Nah. I'll try whatever she gets." Sonic sat on the floor next to Knuckles and hugged his knees. "I miss Sally, I miss Bunny Rabbot's cooking, I miss Antoine's ramblings, I miss Rotor's crazy ideas.Heck! I miss home altogether!"
Knuckles didn't comment on the 'missing home' feeling. "Hey, we can go home as soon as we destroy the Bi-Dimensional Barrier. Plus, I just remembered something!"
"What?"
"I know where Sally is!"
"Yo," Sonic said in his usual cocky way, "'Fast and Furious' is back! With my humble sidekicks, Tails the Terrible and Commander Cody!"
Knuckles laughed as Cody tugged Sonic's sleeve and asked, "For real?"
Sonic laughed to himself as he said, "Nah, just kiddin' bud. However, you can be my sidekick's sidekick if he doesn't mind." Sonic nodded towards the ever proud young Tails right next to him.
"Can I can I can I please?" Cody blurted, running over to Tails, who was currently feeling quite 'high and mighty' for his size.
"I don't know." Tails teased, "it's kind of a dangerous job, bein' a sidekick."
"Pleeeaaaasssseeee?" Cody begged.
Tails looked up at Sonic, and, after receiving a nod, said, "Sure. You can be my sidekick!"
"Yay!" Cody called with joy. "When do we fly the Tornado?"
"As soon as you learn how. Com' on!" Tails called, running into the kitchen for crayons and construction paper. Of course, Cody followed.
Knuckles had paused his game long enough to get over his giggling fit, but currently had resumed the play. "So," Sonic asked, even though Knuckles looked like the blue-haired teen was talking to deaf ears, "What'd ya find out about the psychiatrist ward?"
"Just what we hoped to learn. Dr. Robotnik is a specialist there in 'unruly teens'. I've heard that a few of his 'patients' are currently 'missing in action' and a few have even been turned up as if they were completely brain- dead. However, none of these cases were connected back to the good ol' doctor!"
"No surprise." Sonic mumbled, watching the game Knuckles was currently playing. "I look like a spiked mouse." Sonic complained.
"Whatever," Knuckles mumbled. "By the way, doesn't this sound familiar to the robotisizing Dr. Robotnik used to do on Mobius?"
"Exactly similar," Sonic agreed. "He used to hypnotize them before he really turned them into robots. Apparently, when he's on a new world, he has to start all over."
"Too bad you don't have any rings here," Knuckles said as he watched his character (currently his old Knuckles self) fall of the edge of the playing field and die below.
"Yeah." Sonic whispered to himself. There has been barely any good news today.
"Anything else?"
"Yeah," Knuckles said while using his last continue, to the happy giggling behind them from Carl. Sonic jumped because he had completely forgotten the little tot was there. "Mrs. Anderson doesn't feel like cooking tonight, so we're ordering out for pizza. Any preferences?"
"Nah. I'll try whatever she gets." Sonic sat on the floor next to Knuckles and hugged his knees. "I miss Sally, I miss Bunny Rabbot's cooking, I miss Antoine's ramblings, I miss Rotor's crazy ideas.Heck! I miss home altogether!"
Knuckles didn't comment on the 'missing home' feeling. "Hey, we can go home as soon as we destroy the Bi-Dimensional Barrier. Plus, I just remembered something!"
"What?"
"I know where Sally is!"