Chapter 23: Day 22: The Lost Plush: Part 2.
Back at the Innovation Centre, Sonic rushed past Batman and Gandalf in a frenzy.
He looked under a bench before he asked, "Where is it?!"
"Sonic, don't worry. We're gonna find it." Sam said, trying to cheer up his blue brother.
"I don't see what the big deal is. It's just some dumb little stuffed toy." X-PO said. That caused something in Sonic to snap, triggering a transformation into Dark Sonic. Everyone else backed away from him in caution. X-PO just stood there, but wished he had ran when Sonic grabbed him and said in a very scary tone.
"You listen here, X-PO. To you, it's just a stuffed toy. But to me and my siblings, it's so much more. It's our keepsakes. We all carry them with us, not just because Mom made them for us. But also because, even when she's not by us, or we're fighting alone and losing, all we have to do is take one look at it and our confidence boosts and we come out on top, because just having it helps us feel like she's right there, supporting us, giving us confidence and cheering us on. I don't care what people say about the great Sonic the Hedgehog carrying around a plush that looks like his mother. If someone said, "Oh, look at Sonic the Babyhog carrying around his little plushie." I couldn't give a rat's rear-end! My mom's honor is more important than being made fun of by a bunch of losers! That's why the plush means so much to me and my siblings. That's how much my mom means to me and my siblings. We'll honor her in anyway, even if it means getting made fun of!" Sonic said as he turned back to normal, his anger becoming confidence. Everyone was silent before Zach and Gray's Aunt Claire started to slowly clap before she did it faster, with everyone else joining in. Aleena was touched that her children cared for her that much as her eyes got misty.
"Thank you, my children." Aleena said before she hugged them and they resumed their search, X-PO being sure to keep his non-existent mouth shut. Meanwhile, the boy was outside talking to other visitors.
"Excuse me." he said before he walked up to a little girl and her mother. He pulled the plush out of his pocket and showed it to them.
"Have either of you seen this? I'm looking for who it belongs to." he said.
The little girl shook her head, "It's not mine." she said before she and her mom walked off. The boy then went to talk to more families, all of whom didn't own the plush or know who it belonged to. The boy walked back to the field and sighed.
"Man." he said before he picked up a rock and tossed it, hitting something that didn't sound like grass, but rather like something hard and scaly.
"What did I just hit?" the boy asked himself before he saw an angry velociraptor poke its head through the grass, a bump on top of it.
The boy looked scared before he said quickly, "Hey, sorry. I didn't mean to hit you." and chuckled nervously.
The dinosaur snarled angrily, leading the boy to say, "Aw, rats!" before making a break for it, with the velociraptor hot on his tail. Meanwhile, the heroes had given up searching in the Innovation Centre and decided to search outside. Sonic and his family were searching the park while the other heroes searched the outskirts and arena, but ended up having no luck.
However, at one point, they talked to a family whose son said to Aleena, "Miss, we were asked the same thing by a boy carrying around a toy that looks like you."
"LIke me? Are you sure?" Aleena asked. The boy nodded.
Sonic instantly brightened up, "Where did this boy go?" he asked.
"We think he went to the plains." said the mother before Sonic and his family signed their autographs and gave them to the family as a thank you. They then went back to the plains and searched around for the boy or Sonic's plush, but neither was anywhere to be seen, making Sonic sink back down.
"Sonic?" Aleena asked before he rushed back to the Innovation Centre and she followed him. At the same time, the boy was still on the run from the velociraptor and was running out of breath before he saw a narrow cave opening.
"Here goes!" he said before he jumped into the opening and ran further back into the cave, eventually coming to the laboratory Sonic wound up in after his Homing Attack. He collapsed to the floor and started panting. Back at the Innovation Centre, Sonic was sitting on a chair. Aleena walked up to him and sat beside him with her hand on his shoulder.
"Sonic." Aleena said. Sonic looked at his mom before he looked back at the floor.
"Honey, it's okay. I'll just sew you another one." Aleena said with a smile. Sonic still didn't respond.
"Why are you so down about it?" Aleena asked.
"Because you made it for me and I vowed to myself to always take good care of it and treasure it." Sonic said.
"Sonic, sweetie, it's okay. I'll just make you a new one." Aleena said.
"I don't want a new one." Sonic said. Aleena sighed before she hugged her son and he hugged her back. In the lab, the boy walked around before he bumped into a console that had a screen above it. He backed away as the screen showed Sonic and Aleena hugging.
"Woah." he said before he saw a button that said, "Comm Channel" He pressed it. At the Centre, Sonic and Aleena saw a screen lower.
"What's that?" Sonic asked.
Static came on before they heard someone saying, "Hello? Hello?" That's when the picture became clear and they saw the boy.
"Hey, is this thing on? Can you two hear me?" he said. Sonic and Aleena nodded. The boy then caught sight of Aleena and gasped.
"Hey, you look just like the plush I found!" he said, catching their full attention.
"What plush?" Sonic asked. The boy then held up the Aleena plush he found, making them both gasp. Sonic recognized the lab after seeing the walls and quickly ran there, grabbing the plush and stuffing it in his quills. He then shook the boy's hand furiously.
"Thank you so much!" he said.
"You're welcome. Name's Eric, by the way." the boy said as they left the lab. After making introductions at the Innovation Centre, Eric explained to the hedgehogs how he showed up in the park and also fascinated them with the fact that he was huge fans of them all. Then, when he noticed Sonic's mom was with him, his face brightened.
"Ah, no way!" he said.
"What is it?" Manic asked.
"You found your mom! AWESOME!" Eric said.
"How did you know about us trying to find her?" Sonia asked.
"I've seen Sonic Underground. I was real disappointed when I found out it was cancelled." Eric explained.
Once the LEGO Force arrived, Eric got acquainted with them before he looked at his watch and said, "Uh-oh, I gotta scram!" Suddenly, Owen tossed something at him. It looked like a red and white walkie talkie.
"This is our communicator. If you ever have time to drop by, consider it." Owen said. Eric gave a thumbs-up before he left. After a while, Sonic and his family bid the LEGO Force goodbye and returned home.
As the Hedgehog family walked into the castle, Sonic pulled out his Aleena plush and smiled at it, "I'm never letting you out of my sight again." he said before he stuffed it back in his quills and he and his mom smiled at each other.