Chapter 3- Time For A Hedgie Hunt

"Alright, go ahead and spit, Mr. Hedgehog."

While Sonic's appointment was obviously going horribly, Shadow's appointment was going off without a hitch. He of course had to get a VERY tedious, day-long tartar scraping, but he didn't care. The sooner he could get outside and away from the island of idiots and mental cases, the better, and his appointment had just about finished when Tails and Amy came in.

Shadow grumbled to himself when he saw them and let out a harsh, "What?"

"Shadow, we need your help…" Tails pleaded.

"No."

"Please? Sonic's delirious from the anesthesia and he escaped. We can't get him without someone else who's quick."

"Do I look like I have the smallest ounce of caring?"

"Please…?" Tails needed Shadow to come and he wasn't taking no for an answer.

"Don't make me get a restraining order."

"Pleeeeeeease?"

"No…"

Amy joining in with the begging made it almost unbearable. "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-"

"Alright, ALRIGHT! I'll help… just please stop." Shadow gave in and agreed to help, but he wasn't sure how much of his sanity he would have left due to the circumstances. He had to catch his ultimate rival AND he wasn't even coherent?! AND he had to work with two of his annoying friends. Shadow thought this would literally kill him by the end of it. "Let's get this over with…"

Meanwhile the village was about to be attacked by Eggman's most "ULTIMAST WEAPON EVAR!"

"You're getting too excited, boss."

"Be quiet Orbot…"

So what was Sonic's first uninfluenced action now that he was free from the grip of the evil dentists' office? Why licking the library of course, did you expect anything lesser?!

"OOH, it tastes like peppermint!"

"No, stop!" Eggman suddenly shouted. "The library is made of black licorice snakes!"

"NOT BLACK LICORICE SNAKES!" With uncoordinated movements, Sonic eventually rubbed the taste of the building off of his tongue."

"The black licorice snakes are calling you names! Don't you hear them?!"

"NOBODY CALLS ME NON-SEXY!" Sonic smashed the licorice snakes into tiny little pieces, catching the attention of Fastidious Beaver.

"If you didn't like reading, why didn't you just say so…?"

This course of action went on for QUITE some time. Maybe things were destroyed, whether it was the fall of the town hall because Eggman told Sonic the aliens were turning puppies into milkshakes there, or the warehouse being wrecked because Eggman made Sonic think the mechanical whirring was due to radioactive mutation and that he needed to save the unicorn in there., even ruining the archaeologist site for the worst crime possible: There. Were. Bendy Straws… and bendy straws are the most EVIL thing in the entire world…

"This is going rather swimmingly, wouldn't you say, guys?"

"Oh, yes DEFINITELY…" Orbot muttered, "...I'm actually shocked."

"Now what should I make him do now…? … OH, I KNOW! I'll make him attack his friends so they'll be out of the picture!"

"But won't he be too uncoordinated to fight?"

It was almost as if Eggman couldn't hear Orbot, but the robot was all too right. Sonic was already stumbling like a fool, far too uncoordinated to do the intricate fighting moves he usually pulls off. Now allied with Shadow, Tails and Amy would have no trouble incapacitating and stopping the furball. Eventually Eggman HAD to realize this, right?

"Nope. Don't see any problem with my current plan. Why do you have so many ridiculous suggestions for ideas today, Orbot?!"

… … ...

Oh dear.