Chapter 3: Day 2: At the Arcade.
Aleena was sitting in her room thinking about yesterday when Sonic saved her from drowning when the blue blur came walking into her room.
"Hi, sweetie." said Aleena while smiling at her son.
"Hi, Mom," said Sonic while smiling back "whatcha thinkin' about?"
Aleena looked away for a bit, "Oh, nothing. Just thinking about you saving me from drowning." she said.
"I've been thinking about the same thing, Mom." said Sonic, smiling back. Aleena hopped off her bed and gave her son a heart-felt hug. Sonic just smiled and hugged her back. Later, the two were out for a walk, trying to decide what they should do today when Sonic came up with an idea.
"Hey, Mom." said Sonic.
"What is it, sweetie?" asked Aleena.
"How 'bout we go to the arcade today?" suggested Sonic.
Aleena winked and gave him a thumbs up, "Heck Yeah!" she said. She and Sonic then jumped and did a high-five.
"Race ya there!" challenged Sonic as he ran off.
"Get back here." protested Aleena as she ran after him. After their little race, Sonic being the winner, they arrived at the old arcade near the beach.
Aleena sighed, "I used to come here all the time, and yet they still have some of my faves." Sonic just smiled at his mom's nostalgia.
"What do you wanna play first?" he asked her.
Aleena looked at her son and said, "That's up to you, honey." Sonic nodded and looked around the arcade, finally deciding on one he saw by the claw machines.
"How 'bout Street Fighter?" suggested Sonic.
"OK." said Aleena. They walked over to the console and started playing, Sonic being Blanka and Aleena being Chun-Li. Sonic won round 1 by shocking Chun-Li with Blanka's electric attacks. Aleena ended up winning round 2 by spamming the scissor kick. Sonic ended up being triumphant by spamming Blanka's most powerful attack and winning rounds 3 and 4. Aleena then suggested they play Sonic Battle Royale, the new Sonic game they had put in the arcade. Sonic played as himself and Aleena played as herself. Sonic won by becoming Super Sonic and charging into Aleena. The second round they played had Sonic as Manic and Aleena as Sonia. Sonic then did something Aleena never suspected he would do; lose. He actually let her get the ultra and knock him out. After that they decided to play the arcade machine version of Dead Rising 3.
One of the things that made Aleena laugh her hedgehog hide off was when she and Sonic were outside the high school and Sonic's character, who happened to be Frank West, got tackled by a football zombie and Sonic went, "OH, GOT TACKLED! THERE'S A FOOTBALL ZOMBIE! FOOTBALL ZOMBIE!" Sonic and Aleena continued to play more games until they decided to go home.
On their walk home, Aleena asked Sonic, "Sonic, why'd you lose on our second round in Sonic Battle Royale? I've never known you to lose when it comes to video games."
Sonic smiled at her and answered, "To thank you for what you're doing for me, by letting you win, you awesome mother to an awesome hero!" He then jumped on Aleena and hugged her neck.
Aleena smiled and hugged him back and said, "Yep, we're both pretty awesome." Sonic hopped on Aleena's back and she gave him a piggyback ride back to the castle.