Super Sonic Squad

Season Five, Episode Three

Psycho Brothers

By Cole Bezotte

In the corrupt realm known as Straggo, King Plague and the giant Master Hand finally put a new plan into action. They knew that the insane clown known as Needles had broken the invisible barrier that William Sparks trapped them; only now was their chance to strike again.

(Note: Remember the end of "The Key to Freedom"? That was a big story, but it never got much credit.)

"So my eldest son has failed to destroy the new Cosmo!" Plague exclaimed in anger. "Even I never knew that primate was part of a whole other species! Two cannot go together! It is scientifically impossible!"

"But your majesty…" Master Hand replied, "...Your realm relies upon magic, as well as I do. Now that the forcefield has been broken, we can easily return to the universe and strike again. And we have no one else but Needles to thank for the doing."

"But the fool and that mad scientist are currently floating in the boundless reaches of outer space! They had paid dire consequences for their failure."

"Not for long… I shall bring them back to the universe, where they shall carry on our new plan!"

As he called upon his powers, Master Hand snatched Needles and Dr. Eggman out from space and held them tight in his strong grip. Then, with one more command, he placed them in the Great Forest of Mobius, leaving excitement growing in the heart of the wicked king.

But something was wrong: Needles and Eggman were in space for a very long time without any food or water, causing their sanity to fail and fall apart. Once they were placed in this planet, they immediately became very hungry for revenge upon King Maximilian Acorn for sending them into space with the special scepter.

"This tears it!" Needles exclaimed, clutching his fists tightly. "I'm not going back into action until I have some food!"

"And I know the first thing that's on the menu..." Eggman replied. "HEDGEHOG!"

Meanwhile, very far in the distance, Tails was still engulfed in his raging grief, confused about what he was to do next. Now that he had both Cosmo and Courtney on his hands, it became very difficult for him to decide who was to be his true love.

"I can't take one and leave the other," Tails thought deeply, lying on the soggy ground. "And yet, if I take NONE of them, they'll pin the blame on each other. I don't know what to do now! I must get help... SONIC!"

The young fox immediately got back up to his feet and dashed towards Sonic's house for help and advice. Sonic was given a false call from Rech saying that Princess Sally Acorn was in danger, but the hedgehog soon found out the Straggo's ruse and immediately returned home.

"You look way past stressed out," Sonic spoke up to Tails when he saw him run through the doorway. "Is there something I can help you with?"

"Why did you do it?" Tails exclaimed in reply. "Why did you have to bring that plant home?!"

"What plant?"

"The new Cosmo! She now lives! And now she's taking me as a true love! Whenever we see each other, it breaks Courtney's heart now!"

"Uh-oh! You'll have to pick only ONE of them if you want to feel more satisfied. I can't tell you how hard it was for me and Sally to get back together, especially when we have a 'love square' on our hands."

"But isn't it usually 'love triangle'?"

"This time, it's with FOUR people: me, Sally, Amy, and Antoine. If you ask me, Antoine and Amy deserve each other; they're both annoying."

"You're missing the point! I can't reject both Cosmo and Courtney, or else they'll kill each other! But I can't leave either of them empty-handed! I don't know what to do!"

"Tails..." Sonic replied, tuning his guitar, "...you deserve advice, but not from me. I'm stuck in the same situation, loving Sally and leaving Amy behind. But the truth is, Amy always had a crush on me, but not vice versa. I just stick around and call her a friend, but not my true love. Why don't you do the same thing and tell one of them that you can always be friends."

"That will be difficult...! Especially when I don't want to break either one's heart."

"Hmmm... You're actually on to something... I think I know what you mean. Love is hard, but we have to keep on trying... You're too afraid to face your decisions. You're giving up too easily; that's only what cowards do. And you're not a coward, Tails; you're my friend, and I am trusting you to make good decisions. I love you, buddy... Don't give up now..."

Tails received an embrace from his blue hedgehog friend, knowing that perhaps there was a chance to fix everything and put it all back to normal again. "No matter how hard this will be..." Tails thought, "...I will do my best to make things right."

Little did anyone ever dream about the new scheme that Dr. Eggman and Needles had ever planned to put into effect. They set off eagerly and impatiently to find their first victim: Cosmo.

TAILS IS IN A BIG FIX HERE! HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO SAVE COSMO NOW WHILE COURTNEY IS STILL DOUBTING HIS LOYALTY?