Later, Tom had gotten Sonic out of the garage and onto a counter. He grabs the quill and compared it to Sonic, realizing that the quill was Sonic's.

"Huh...The Blue Devil." Tom said as he set the quill down on a small side table

Tom sighed as he had his back turned, not noticing Sonic getting up. When Tom did turn around, he dropped his phone out of surprise which he planned to use to call Crazy Carl and tell him about this whole situation.

"Doughnut Lord?" Sonic asked, having his hand on his head

"You can talk?" Tom questioned as his Mightyena growled a little. "You...you aren't here to abduct me are you?"

"You abducted ME!" Sonic responds

"Okay, that's a fair point." Tom comments. "Who are you? Why were you hiding out in my garage?"

"I-I-I needed somewhere safe, and you were the first person I could think of, Doughnut Lord." Sonic answers

"Why do you keep calling me 'Doughnut Lord'?" Tom asks

"Because you talk to doughnuts, and then eat them if they get out of line." Sonic answered

"Again, fair." Tom said

"Wait, wait, wait, where are all the mushrooms? Why am I still on this world?" Sonic asked until remembering what happened in the garage. "Oh no! I lost my rings!"

"What?" Tom questioned

Mightyena's ears perked up when a loud rumbling was heard outside. Tom looked out to see the large 18-wheel black truck that belongs to Robotnik pulling up.

"What the?" Tom mutters

Sonic jumped a little and quickly looked at Tom.

"They're coming for me!" Sonic exclaimed

"Who's coming for you? What's this got to do with me?" Tom asked

"I don't have time to explain, but you HAVE to help me!" Sonic responded

"No I don't!" Tom quickly states. "Why?"

"Well, my legs, which NORMALLY would be classified as lethal weapons, feel like spaghetti." Sonic answers. "You have to help me, please...it's life or death."

After some silence, Tom decided to actually help Sonic.

"Fine, come with me." To said, heading for the attic

When Sonic went to follow Tom, he simply fell right on his face.

"Uh...a little help?" Sonic called out

Outside, Robotnik got out of his vehicle and kneeled down to what looked like another footprint. He held a hand over it, scanning the footprint and revealing by effect that that specific glove had some enhancements. He then looked at the screen that was on his other arm and wirelessly connected to his glove.

The screen displayed some data, confirming this footprint was made by the same creature that made the one he found earlier.

Tom then walked out onto the porch, saw Robotnik, not knowing who he is, and asked, "May I help you?"

Robotnik looked over and walked over, holding up a hand, seeming as innocent as possible at first as he walked over and says, "Good morning, my rural chum. I'm from the power company, investigating the blackout."

Robotnik then lowered his hand as he said, "If you don't mind, I would like to take a few readings inside your house."

"Oh, you're from the power company? You must know my buddy Spencer, we played softball together." Tom said, not buying Robotnik's act for one second

"Ah, Spence...he's a good man." Robotnik responded rather quickly

Tom then walked up to the door as he said, "Come in and take all the readings you need..."

However, before Robotnik actually could get into Tom and Maddie's house, Tom stood in the way.

"Except, doesn't the company usually take the readings from outside the house of their customers so they can check if there's a chance the customer isn't home?" Tom asked. "Also, my buddy Spencer works or the gas compan and he was always more of an ultimate frisbee type so you wanna tell me why you think I am dumb enough to let you in my house?"

Robotnik put an arm behind his back and started pushing the buttons on the glove in a specific sequence.

"I'm sorry, Mr..." Robotnik starts

"Wachowski. But everybody calls me Tom." Tom states. "Except my dentist, he calls me Tim. But it's gone on for so long, well, it would just be weird if I corrected him."

"Well, Tom, who's dentist calls him Tim," Robotnik starts. "You may have noticed this entire town has been experiencing a power outage."

"Yep, no lights, picked up on that." Tom says

"20 minutes ago, I tracked an energy pulse with a signature similar to the one that caused that disruption." Robotnik states

A few drones come out of Robotnik's truck and enter Tom's house from several ways, Sonic now having to hide behind a shelf in the attic. Back on the porch, Tom was still trying to get Robotnik to leave.

"Listen, uh, Mr...?" Tom starts, wanting Robotnik's name

"Dr. Dr. Robotnik. But my dentist calls me Rob." Robotnik states

"Look, uh, Dr. Robotskies, i'm sure what you're here for is very serious, but it's got nothing to do with me, you can ask anyone in town." Tom states. "Everyone knows me."

"I bet they do." Robotnik responds in an instant. "I'm sure you're hella popular with the Jebs and Murels and Billy-Bobs of this glorified gas station rest stop."

That alone got Tom to tilt his head, not noticing his Mightyena coming into view and growling quietly.

"I bet you go way back to the days of tipping Miltanks and playing in a jugband." Robotnik adds as he does something rather odd for someone with his occupation, this action even confusing Mightyena. "And maybe some day, you'll achieve your dreams of getting a Costco Card, or encountering Ho-Oh."

Robotnik got closer, almost invading Tom's personal space.

"But the reality is, I surpassed EVERYTHING YOU'RE EVER GOING TO DO!" Robotnik adds, getting in Tom's face. "Before I was a toddler."

Tom pushed Robotnik back a little and said, "Ever heard of personal space?"

Ignoring Tom's request for personal space, Robotnik continued on with his tirade with, "I was spitting out formulas while you were still spitting up formula."

"I was breastfed, actually." Tom comments

"Nice. Rub that in my orphan face." Robotnik responds. "Mr. Wachowski, are you familiar with Law Enforcement Code 904 Title 10 Article 104?"

"Yeah, it-" Tom starts

"ANYONE, who attempts to aid an enemy of any of the regions governments shall suffer DEATH." Robotnik said, holding up a finger. "And if i'm the one that catches you, it'll be even worse."

"Worse than death?" Tom quietly questioned, sarcasm and doubt present in his voice

In the attic, Sonic was now hiding as a ball to hide from the drones.

"Okay, i'm a ball. Just a normal ball. Be quiet Sonic. No you be quiet Sonic!" Sonic said to himself

The drones were still scanning around the attic.

"I hope they aren't scanning me for X-rays. I have kind of an embarrassing lunge." Sonic said

The drones scanning ranges were getting closer to him.

"Don't freak out. Don't freak out. Don't freak out.' Sonic said

The scanning ranges for the drones were almost to Sonic.

"I'm freaking out!" Sonic screamed

Sonic then rolled out of the pile of balls he was hiding in and knocked the entryway stairs to the attic down and bounced down them and rolled into the kitchen.

"Why don't you have your staircase carpeted?!" Sonic said as he hit the counter in the kitchen knocking a few pans around

Back on the porch, Robotnik stopped his tirade and looked at what little of the kitchen he could see.

"Old pipes." Tom said, trying to cover up what is actually there

"Yeah, probably just the house settling." Robotnik comments before turning to his truck. "NOTHING TO SEE HERE!"

Robotnik then shoves Tom and Mightyena out of the way and stormed into Tom's house only to see a Zigagoon was eating the cake Tom had left out.

"Here's the thing...i'm never wrong." Robotnik said, holding up a finger

"Welp, first time for everything, I guess." Tom said, patting Robotnik's shoulder before walking over to the cake as the Zigzagoon run off. "Would you like some cake? I heard Zigzagoons have the cleanest mouth of any Pokemon that routinely eats random things"

Robotnik went to leave until he saw something. He kneeled down and grabbed Sonic's loose quill off of a side table as he turned back to Tom.

"Look at that, I was right." Robotnik said, having no trace of surprise on his face. "Note the lack of surprise. Shall we try this again?"

Robotnik then began whistling in a ominous manner as an egg drone came down from the attic and aimed at Tom and Mightyena.

"I'm going to give you FIVE SECONDS...to tell me where it is." Robotnik states. "5..."

"I-I-I don't know what you're talking about." Tom said with a stutter

"4..." Robotnik added

"Hey tough guy, you're threatening an officer." Tom said as he held up a badge

"How can you threaten somebody who never existed? 3..." Robotnik responded

Tom and Mightyena looked at the drone and then Robotnik again, this whole time Sonic was secretly hiding under a counter.

""COME ON! RUN YOUR BRAINS! You might be able to come up with some lame excuse to keep on living. In 2..." Robotnik shouted

Tom then quickly looked around.

"1..." Robotnik added

Sonic, the moment Robotnik reached 1, he ran out from under he table holding his hands up and said, "Wait, don't hurt them!"

When seeing Sonic, Robotnik screamed like a banshee practically. Tom then punched Robotnik in the face and grabbed Sonic, ducking behind a counter with Sonic and Mightyena as the drone then shot at them, but missing.

"This feels excessive!" Sonic comments

The drone eventually goes into a reload mode.

Tom looked at the drone and said, "Stay behind me."

Tom and Mightyena looked back and saw Sonic was gone. When looking back at the drone, To shook his head, seeing Sonic about to jump off a shelf and onto the drone. However, Tom's efforts didn't stop Sonic from jumping onto the drone and it spun around and began shooting, Tom ducking back behind the counter.

"Don't worry, I got it right where I want it!" Sonic called out. "Cn you believe Amazon is gonna deliver packages with these things?!"

As the drone went into another reload mode, Mightyena hopped onto the counter.

"This was a horrible plan, what was I thinking?!" Sonic questioned as the drone kept spinning around. "I'm gonna puke!"

Mightyena then used Tackle and destroyed the drone, Mightyena landing safely. Tom runs over and picks up Sonic.

"We gotta get out of here!" Tom said as him and Mightyena ran out of the house and got into Tom's truck

Tom then speeds off in his truck. The S.U.V. Agent Stone was in had arrived just as Tom's truck took off driving and Agent Stone got out and rushed inside Tom's house and saw Robotnik on the floor.

"Doctor." Agent Stone said as he rushed over and helped Robotnik up. "I just saw some people race out of here and thought that I-" Stone started

"That you should have stopped them?" Robotnik interrupted. "Open your mouth...and say that you thought you should have stopped them."

"No I thought that I should come and see if you were okay. cause they kind of were in a hu-" Agent Stone started to clarify until Robotnik grabbed him by the tongue and pulled him close

"You wanna know the problem with being the smartest person in the world?" Robotnik asked

"Everyone else is stupid." The two said at the same time

"That's right, way to go, you got it." Robotnik said as he let go of Agent Stone's tongue and rubbed his hand on Agent Stone's suit to dry off the saliva from touching his tongue.

"Whatever this creature is, our job is to SECURE it, neutralize it, UNCOVER THE SOURCE OF IT'S POWER." Robotnik started, getting a smirk on his face. "And if it resists, we take it apart...piece by piece..."

Robotnik then put on his shades, not realizing they were crooked at first.

"...and see what makes it tick." Robotnik added, realizing his shades were broken. "Stone?"

"Yes, doctor?" Agent Stone replied

"Call Optical Illusions. Tell them I need new frames. They know what kind I like." Robotnik said as he took off his glasses and tossed them to the side and walked to the door. "Oh, and bring that quill." he added as he pointed at the quill from Sonic he had dropped

"Yes, doctor." Stone replies as he kneels down to pick up the quill