Chapter 6:

Why Sonic Hates Water

Everyone arrived at the beach to realize none of them were in their bathing suits. Everyone blamed Sonic and headed back to the hotel to change real quickly. Sonic scowled and followed.

Shadow, Tails and Knuckles were the first ones changed- probably because all they had to do was slip shorts on. Shadow's bathing suit was pure black with flames up the sides. Knuckles' was red and had his name all over them in green. Tails' were yellow with wrenches on them.

Rouge and Amy were done next. You could guess what color their suits were. Sonic came out last with khaki shorts on.

"That's not a bathing suit. You can't get in the water with those on." Amy pointed out.

"Who said I was getting in the water?" Sonic asked.

"Why do you hate the water so much?" Knuckles asked.

"One… I can't swim. And two… my pet hamster, Charlie, was eaten by jellyfish." Sonic explained.

"Your hamster was eaten by jellyfish?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah. I s that such a crime?" Sonic defended.

"Sorry I asked." Knuckles muttered.

They all arrived at the beach to see it packed (it's South Beach what do you expect?). There was a sign that said 'Jellyfish season'. Sonic had a spasm once he saw the sign which turned into a seizure and he was carried off to the hospital.

Amy, Tails and Shadow ran into the water. Rouge lied down to get a tan and Knuckles began to make a sand castle. Shadow came out of the water and over to Knuckles.

"You're building a sand castle?" Shadow asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Yep." Knuckles replied throwing sand in Shadow's face.

"For who?" Shadow asked.

Knuckles turned around with a blank look on his face.

"The queen of England." Knuckles sighed with added sarcasm.

"Really?" Shadow asked.

Knuckles slapped Shadow in the face. Shadow got the point and ran back in the water. Seconds later, Sonic came up to Knuckles.

"Hi, Knux." Sonic said.

"I thought you were in the hospital." Knuckles muttered.

"They let me out. And look what they gave me!" Sonic yelled.

Knuckles looked in Sonic's hands to see a ball of fluff. It was moving too.

"A ball of fluff?" Knuckles guessed.

"It's a hamster!" Sonic answered. "And his name is Scotty."

"Scotty the hamster. What a name." Knuckles sighed. "Make sure you don't take him in the water so the jellyfish don't get him."

But, Sonic was already in the water. Minutes later he screamed and ran out of the water.

"Jellyfish eat Scotty!" Sonic yelled.

"Sonic go to school to get proper grammar!" Knuckles mocked. "I told you not to take him in the water."

Shadow walked up to them. He looked at Knuckles' 50ft sand castle and then to the wailing blue hedgehog rolling in the sand. He picked up Sonic and folded him to look like a surfboard. He ran into the water holding Sonic above his head.

"Cowabunga!" Shadow yelled standing on Sonic surfing.

Knuckles turned around to watch Shadow pull some "righteous" moves on Sonic. Amy and Tails were having a splashing fight and didn't want to watch. Rouge looked up and watched too. In fact, the whole beach was watching Shadow. Then, sadly, a tidal wave hit and Shadow fell underwater and Sonic went flying into oblivion.

Shadow came out of the water up to Knuckles who was now standing next to Rouge. He had a coughing fit and then cleared his throat. He then began to talk like a surfer until Knuckles punched him and Rouge kicked him.

"Okay, I learned my lesson guys! I won't talk like that anymore!" Shadow yelled being tackled.

After being at the beach all day the gang went back to the hotel. They decided they'd leave Miami. They began to pack. For some reason they were all in Tails and Sonic's room.

"I don't want to sit in between two fat people again." Sonic said reappearing from oblivion (if that's even possible).

"I can take care of that." Shadow said.

He folded Sonic so he fit into Shadow's suitcase.

"There." Shadow smiled dusting his hands off.

"But… I'm… claustrophobic…" Sonic wheezed.

"Live with it. Besides, the trip is only 18 hours… See you in Utah!" Shadow waved shutting the suitcase.

"SHADOOOOOOOW!" Sonic yelled from inside the suitcase.

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