Back at Reginald Garland's house, the Chaotix were waiting for Reginald to explain himself. "Well, can you explain to us why your handwriting was on this note found in the museum?" Espio asked.
"I was at the jazz club down at Praxis Street all night when that robbery took place. At least, until I had a drink and fell asleep. I think I was out for about 8 hours before I woke up early in the morning and went back home. I swear I didn't do it! I'm being framed!" Reginald pleaded.
Espio thought it over, scratched his head and nodded. "Okay, I believe you. We're heading down to the jazz club down at Praxis Street now, since that's our next lead." He replied.
"Maybe you'll be able to find something there that can prove my innocence." Reginald replied, to which Espio nodded.
"Alright, team, let's get over to the jazz club on Praxis Street!" Vector called as him and the team ran out of Reginald's house towards the jazz club on Praxis Street.
Meanwhile, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles were on the move again. Sonic was running on the ground while Tails and Knuckles were in the Tornado flying next to him. "Alright, now that we've fended off Eggman's attack on Station Square, we gotta figure out his next step." Sonic said as he continued running.
"Yeah, we can't have Eggman causing any more trouble than neccessary." Knuckles replied as he had his feet over the side of the Tornado as he sat in the back seat while Tails was flying.
"Yeah. But what would be a good place to start...?" Tails said as he was thinking. He then got an idea. "We could try going to Chun-Nan to see if anything's going over there." He suggested.
"That sounds like a plan, Tails! Let's head on over there!" Sonic said as he boosted forward, with Tails and Knuckles following him in the Tornado.
Meanwhile, Amy was running around Emerald Coast with her new Rocky friend that she nicknamed Buck. "Come on, Buck! Let's go and save your friends from the clutches of Dr. Eggman's Badniks!" Buck smiled and nodded as the two of them continued to run around Emerald Coast, with Amy smashing any Badnik she saw to pieces with her trademark Piko Piko Hammer, freeing the Animal Buddies inside in the process.
"You're free, little critters!" Amy cheered as the Animal Buddies joyfully jumped up and down and left the scene.
Buck smiled and barked happily as he saw his fellow Animal Buddies being freed from their Badnik prison. Amy giggled at that. "I know, Buck. It's really exciting to see your fellow Animal Buddies being freed from their prison." She told the Rocky as she continued running around Emerald Coast with him.
After running around Emerald Coast for a while, Amy stopped in an open area surrounded by water. "Well, well, well. If it isn't Amy Rose." A robotic voice sounded as Amy and Buck looked up to the sky to see none other than Metal Sonic himself coming down from the sky before he began hovering in front of Amy and Buck.
Amy scowled at the hedgehog automaton. "What do you need from me, you soulless machine?" She asked Metal Sonic.
Metal Sonic laughed a cocky laugh. "Oh, nothing more than that little critter that you have on you." He replied, pointing at Buck. "The Doctor needs the little critter to power his creations. So hand it over, and I promise you won't get hurt." He continued.
Amy angrily grit her teeth. "Over my dead body!" She scoffed.
Metal Sonic laughed another cocky laugh. "Always one to do things the hard way, eh? Very well then, I'll just take the critter from you by force." He said as he prepared for battle.
"You won't take poor little Buck away from me, you creep!" Amy growled as she safely tucked Buck away and took out her Piko Piko Hammer for combat.
Metal Sonic began to fire electric balls from his arm cannon at Amy, which Amy proceeded to knock back at Metal Sonic to stun him, after which the hedgehog automaton dropped to the floor, allowing Amy to whack him with her hammer.
"Ugh! That smarts!" Metal Sonic exclaimed before he rose back into the air and slammed into the ground, creating a shockwave to stun Amy. However, Amy jumped over the shockwave, dodging it before she threw her hammer at Metal Sonic to knock him out of the sky while stunning him at the same time. She then pulled out another hammer and whacked Metal Sonic with it again.
"That'll teach you not to mess with cute girls like me!" Amy scoffed at Metal Sonic, who began smoking.
"You may have gotten me this time, Amy Rose, but I'll be back, and then I'll take your pesky Rocky from you for real!" Metal Sonic told Amy before flying up into the sky and retreating.
"Alright! I defeated him! Now time to rescue more Animal Buddies!" Amy cheered before running off again.
Meanwhile, the Chaotix had made it to the jazz club down at Praxis Street in Station Square to continue their investigation. They saw a human man inside the club, who was probably the owner and cleaning the place for it to open at night. Vector proceeded to knock on the door. The owner proceeded to notice the Chaotix and walked up to the door and opened it.
"Hello, gentlemen. Is there something I can help you with?" The owner asked the Chaotix.
Espio nodded. "Yes, there is something you can help us with. Was there a man named Reginald Garland at your jazz club last night? There was a note with his handwriting on it found at the Station Square Museum after a sapphire was stolen from it last night. Mr. Garland claimed that he was asleep at your club for 8 hours after having a drink here and proceeded to wake up early in the morning before heading home. Is there anything you can tell us about that?" He asked the owner.
The owner quietly nodded. "Yes, I can. Mr. Garland came into the club at around 10 PM, and we found him out cold around 1 AM. We tried waking him up, but he wouldn't budge. We also found this note at the bar." He told Espio before holding out the note, which Charmy proceeded to grab out of the owner's hands.
"Slip old Garland a mickey and keep him asleep." Charmy read the note out loud.
Vector, Espio and Mighty proceeded to look at the note as well and nodded. "So he was indeed framed..." Espio said.
"I wonder by who, though..." Mighty added.
"We'll have to ask around further if anyone recognizes the handwriting on this note. Thanks for your time, sir." Vector kindly told the club owner.
The club owner nodded. "Anytime, gentlemen. I was happy to help." He replied before locking the door again and going back to cleaning. Suddenly, the Chaotix heard screeching tires, then turned around to see a car taking off.
"Hey! Was that guy eavesdropping on us?!" Vector asked.
"I'll take care of this!" Charmy replied as he quickly flew after the car, and then proceeded to shoot his stinger at the car's tires, popping them and causing the car to crash into a wall. Interestingly enough, Charmy's stinger grew back after he had fired it at the car's tires a few times. How he was able to do this was mysterious.
Vector, Espio and Mighty proceeded to run over. "Well done, Charmy!" Vector praised the young bee.
Charmy giggled a little bit. "Thanks, Vector. Just doing my part in our investigations." He told the large crocodile. Vector nodded and proceeded to walk up to the car and pulled the driver out of it. The driver appeared to be a human man who dressed in mobster clothes.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A mobster, it seems." Vector remarked as he flashed a toothy grin at their newly caught suspect.
"What should we do with him, Vector?" Charmy asked Vector.
"We're taking him to the local police station for interrogation, and once we've taken care of that, we'll leave him in police custody." Vector replied.
The rest nodded. "Well, off to the local police station we go then." Mighty said as him and the others proceeded to head there.
And with that, Episode 1 comes to an end! In Episode 2, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles will start investigating Eggman's next move in Chun-nan, the Chaotix will continue their investigation of the Station Square Museum robbery, and Amy will continue her quest to free Buck's friends.