Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Shade, Sonar and Sigma.
How the Eggman stole ChristmasRING! RING!
"Hello?" Knuckles asked as he answered the phone,
"Is your refrigerator running?" Eggman said on the other side of the phone,
"Why yes it is," Knuckles said, not recognising the voice,
"Well you better go catch it" Eggman yelled, slamming the phone down as he exited the payphone. After he stopped laughing, Eggman looked up to see Metal Sonic looking at him with a "Are you finished?" look on his face,
"Oh that's a good one, that's rich" Eggman said to himself, a moment later he then added, "Let's go home".
The two villains then headed towards a pipe (kind of like the ones you see in the Mario games) just as Metal is about get in, Eggman stops him, said, "Age before rivets" and climbed in shortly followed by Metal.
As the two travelled through the pipe Eggman said, "There's got to better way to travel"After getting bounced around the pipe as it travelled up Mt Egg, Eggman and Metal landed in a pile of garbage,
"A car would have paid for itself by now" Eggman said as he brushed the trash off him. Then the sound of more garbage going through the pipe came and Eggman picked up one of the orange bags with the words HAZARDOUS WASTE written on them.
"Brilliant," Eggman said as he read the writing, "Metal, grab a bag and we'll come back for the rest. Of course when I say "we" I mean you"
"Wonderful" Metal replied in a sarcastic manner,
"It's amazing what these fool throw away," Eggman continued, "Oh well. One man's toxic sludge is another man's potpourri"
"What's that?"
"I don't know, some kind of soup I think".
Back in Station Square, Cindy kept thinking about why Eggman hates Christmas so much, after all if he's as bad as people say; then he wouldn't have helped her. So she decided that tomorrow, she was going to find out.
Meanwhile, Eggman entered his lair and put the hazardous waste into the power converter he built and, as the lights turned on, Eggman said, "Be it ever so heinous, there's no place like home".
"I tell you Metal, those fools where hard to frazzle, but we did our best." Eggman said as he put on a house rode, "At lest I scared the willies out of that girl down at the post office, she'll be scared for life if we lucky. Funny how she didn't rat us out," Eggman said to himself and then shrugged, "probably afraid of reprisals".
Eggman then stepped behind an x-ray and turned it on. Seeing the tiny hart on the screen, Eggman said, "Yes! Down a size and a half… and this time, I'll keep it off"
"I'll believe that when pigs fly" Metal replied to Eggman's comment.
After pushing Metal over the edge of the platform they were standing on, Eggman asked to himself, "Any message?" as he pressed a button on his answer machine,
"You have no message" the machine beeped,
"Odd, better check the out going," Eggman said to himself as he pressed another button to hear recording on the machine,
"Utter one syllable and I'll HUNT YOU DOWN AND GUT YOU LIKE A FISH! If you like to fax me, press the star key beep ",
"Oh well," Eggman said with a shrug as he jumped into a nearby recliner, "You know, Metal, I don't know why I ever bother leaving this place. I've got all the company I need right here." Eggman then began to talk with his echo to prove his point,
"Hello",
Hello…Hello,
"How are you?"
How are you? You?
"I asked you first," Eggman said,
I asked you first…first,
"Oh that's really mature," Eggman growled, his temper raising, "repeating exactly what I say",
Mature…exactly…I say,
Eggman then decide to out smart the echo (Don't asked me why), "I'm a idiot!"
You're an idiot!
"Alright, fine," Eggman, Surprised at the echo's unexpected replay, snapped, "I'm not talking to you. In fact, I'm just going to whisper so that when the sound reverberates off the walls and back to me, I won't be able to her it."
…
You're an idiot!
Defeated, Eggman grabbed something to eat and then, after a moment of feeling insecure, fell asleep.
Station Square, the next day,
Cindy took a recording device, witch she borrowed form Tails, with her as she went to see the three people who could tell her why Eggman hates Christmas.
Knocking on the door, Cindy is greeted by a robotic chicken answering the door.
"Yes, how can I help you?" the robot chicken asks,
"Hi, I'm here to ask you about Eggman." Cindy replied.
After pouring some drinks, Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts began to answer Cindy questions,
"Well, you see, back when we use to work for him" Coconuts said, as we go into a flashback
"Coconuts, Scratch, Grounder. Today is the day we will rule the world," Eggman said to the three robots,
"But it Christmas. Can't it wait till after the holidays?" Grounder asked,
"Yeah boss, there's a party or something happening in the city tonight," Scratch added, "Why not go there and have a good time?"
Eggman paused to think and finally said, "Ok, I think I will go this party, but maybe I should tidy my appearance first"
"Here's a razor you can use" Coconuts said handing the razor to the doctor.
Later,
In Station Square, Eggman arrives at the party with a paper bag over his head.
"Hey Eggman," Knuckles said when he saw Eggman arriving, "What's with the bag?"
"No reason" Eggman said, but Knuckles quickly pulled the bag off.
Eggman, having not used a razor a lot, was cover in cuts and he barely had any of his moustache left.
Laughter filled the air as people started to notice the sate of doctor's face; Eggman then began to go red in the face with embarrassment and anger.
"This is a stupid holiday," Eggman said, "I HATE CHRISTMAS!"
Eggman then runs out of the city and begins to climb Mt Egg, muttering under his breath on how stupid Christmas was.
The flashback ends to show Eggman standing outside his door glaring down at Station Square, hating the citizens,
"Alphabetically," Eggman added as he pulled out a phone book and begins to read the lists of names, "Aardvarkian Abekenezer, I hate you. I hate you, hate, hate, hate, really hate… Loathe entirely" Eggman said as he threw the book away.
As music from the city reaches his ears, Eggman sneered, "Them and their stupid city celebration," a panicked look then crossed his face, "That means Christmas is almost here, the flashbacks. METAL! Fetch me my sedatives!"
Eggman hurried back in to his lair as took the large mallet that Metal Sonic brought him.
"This will get rid of those pesky memories." Eggman said before hitting himself on the head and fell unconscious onto his bed with a smile on his face.
Meanwhile in Station Square, the citizens were preparing to pick the person who would be Holiday Cheermeister.
"Does anyone have any suggestions?" the Mayor asked when a voice said, "What about the Eggman?"
At this, everyone in the crowd turned to see who had nominated Eggman, they saw that it was Cindy that had said it,
"Little girl, do you know what your saying?" the Mayor asked Cindy,
"People say that Christmas is about good will towards other people, and that includes Dr. Eggman" Cindy replied,
"Yes, I suppose your right," the Mayor said, "But if he doesn't show, we'll have to pick a new Cheermeister"
The citizens soon resume their singing witch once again reached Eggman's lair.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock. Counting down the Christmas clock" Eggman sang in his sleep,
"Old, young, big, small aaaaaaaaggh!" Eggman woke up screaming as he realises what he's doing.
"Damn that Christmas music. It joyful and trumpet" Eggman said as he quickly got out of bed and began to turn on various machines to try and drown out the music.
At the same time, Cindy is climbing up Mt. Egg to invite Eggman to the party herself. As Cindy enters the lair, she finds Eggman standing in front of a giant robot monkey banging to cymbals together around Eggman's head as he continued to try and block out the music,
"Excuse me, Dr Eggman" Cindy asked, causing Eggman to take his head out of the path of the cymbals and switched everything off, filling the lair with silence.
Eggman turned quickly to face Cindy, "Hello…little girl," Eggman said, "How dare you enter…The Eggman's Lair? The impudence! The audacity! The unmitigated gall! You called down the thunder, now, get ready for the BOOM!"
Eggman then made a scary face while yelling, "Boogaga!"
"Dr Eggman… My name's Cindy Rose" Cindy replied, unaffected by Eggman's attempt to scare her,
"You see?" Eggman said, "Already the terror is welling up inside you"
"I'm not scared",
"Denial is to be expected in the face of pure evil",
"I don't think so",
"Doubt! Another unmistakeable sign of the heebie jeebies! Now you're doomed"
Eggman quickly jumped out of sight and then reappeared, wearing a t-shirt. He then starts to shake as he slowly rips the t-shit of as if he was turning into a were-wolf, "Run your life before I kill again. Ahooooooooooo!" Eggman then quickly puts his normal jacket on again.
After a moment of silence Cindy said, "Maybe you need a time-out" and began to giggle.
Eggman then turns to the reader and says. "Kids today. So desensitised by movies and television", he then turn back to Cindy and yelled, "What do you want?"
"Dr Eggman, I invite you to be Holiday Cheermeister" Cindy answered,
"Holiday whobie-whatie?"
"Cheermeister" Cindy replied, handing Eggman the invitation. After quickly reading the invite Eggman tossed it away and began to walk away, "Like I would go",
"Please Dr Eggman, I know you hate Christmas, but what if it's just a misunderstanding," Cindy said following Eggman,
"Don't care"
"Please you have to accept the award"
"Award?" Eggman said. He then went face to face with Cindy, "You never said there was an award",
"Yeah, with a trophy and everything"
"And I won?"
"Yes"
"Then that means there were losers," Eggman said with a grin,
"I guess" Cindy replied,
"A city full of losers, I like"
"So you'll come?"
"I suppose so," Eggman said, "You kid, you remind me of a younger, less hairier me. Who knows, this might change my whole outlook on life,"
"Really?" Cindy asked,
"No" Eggman said as he pulled a lever and watch Cindy fall down a trap door. After sliding down a pipe, Cindy landed on a snowdrift in Station Square.
To be concluded.