Chapter 4- Restoring Sanity

"Well, maybe he went this way."

"Are you crazy Tails? He went this way!"

"No, don't you see all the destruction?! He went this way!"

"Ugh…"

Shadow couldn't stand these two for much longer. He either had to try and escape and let them fend for themselves or let himself tear all of his hair out while helping them. Why was he helping them in the first place, he wondered. It's not like he cared for Sonic's safety, or the villages for that matter.

I'm only helping them because if I didn't they wouldn't have left me alone. Shadow reasoned with himself.

"SONIC?! COME ON OUT, WE HAVE MILKSHAKES MADE FROM CHILI DOGS AND YOGURT! YOUR FAVORITE!"

"He actually LIKES that disgusting sounding combination?" This made Shadow downright sick to his stomach.

"Well, yeah, he's gotta get his protein somehow."

He better hurry and show himself before these two make me sick… Shadow thought, holding back vomit.

Meanwhile, our blue friend made out of ALL the right kinds of 'potato and cuddles' was skipping around the area he just destroyed, oblivious that he really caused some major property damage. The villagers were not pleased.

"See, if you had just let me feed him cookies before…"

"For the last time, we're NOT poisoning Sonic with cookies."

"Well, it's just a suggestion, dear."

"I say we chase him out of town!"

"Alright, ALRIGHT everybody! Quiet down." Mayor Fink said to attempt to silence everyone. "I've done a lot of thinking and realized senseless blaming is why our population is on its last legs in terms of people actually living here. So what do you say we actually figure out WHY Sonic is destroying everything because we KNOW it's not something he would normally do, eh?"

"... RUN HIM OUT OF TOWN!"

The other villagers cheered and they all followed outside to find the little nuisance.

"What's wrong with these guys?" Fink glanced at the camera recording this town meeting, also breaking the fourth wall. "We're not all THAT stupid, are we?"

"This carnival is boring, Fairy!" Sonic yelled.

"Please keep it down…"

"OKAY! i'll be like a ninja…" Sonic obnoxiously whispered.

"Ugh… this is starting to get tedious…" After having the delirious hedgehog destroy everything, there was nothing left for the doctor to really have him do. He could take over the remains of the area, but that wouldn't be any fun. "Maybe we should just give up this time. There's nothing left to do."

"Look boss!" Cubot said as he pointed to the screen and saw three blips pop up nearby.

"Tails, Amy, and Shadow! That'll be entertaining enough!" The doctor cleared his throat and readied his fairy princess voice again. "Sonic! It's an emergency!"

"ARE THE BENDY STRAWS BACK?!"

"No, worse! Look to your left!"

What Sonic saw was atrocious. Whatever Eggman mixed into that gas, it started to make him hallucinate more than he already was. He didn't see his friends and Shadow, but rather a warlock dark prince with all sorts of fire and lightning and junk that had way too much tail hair and who glittered in the sunlight, a sea unicorn with bubble gum sparkles and fins dripping poison snow cone syrup, and a mouse with a bow tie and a top hat… BUT WITH RED EYE LINER!

"You aren't going to let these guys just roam free are you?! You're a hero, you need to stop them!"

"I won't show them mercy! I- aw… dancing wittle ice creams just popped on my hands and they're really friendly looking and-"

"Go already!"

"Yeppers!" Skipping along as 'normal', Sonic went straight to the unsuspecting trio. It's hard to see why they're all still unsuspecting with Sonic's booming, obnoxious screaming about a bunch of things that don't make sense, but hey it's a cartoon! Cartoon logic trumps all!

Sonic decided to open his attack with a battle cry… that sounded like a whale's song…

"I didn't know it was whale season already…" Tails pondered.

"That's no whale Tails. It's Sonic!"

"REALLY?!"

"Oh, thank goodness." Shadow said to himself. "Alright, let's get him calmed down so you can take him home and I can leave this place."

"Sonic, let's go home so you can have a snack and take a nap, okay…?" Amy said as if she was talking to a child.

"IN THE NAME OF FLUFFY ISLAND I MUST SMITE THEE!"

"Hold up, wha-" Tails said before Sonic clumsily tackled him, lightly patting him instead of punches and kicks. Tails only laughed at his assailant. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SONIC QUIT IT!""

"NEVER! YOU MUST BE SMITED!"

"A little help, guys…?!" Tails said between giggles.

"Here, Tails, let me help." Amy carefully lifted the dazed and confused hedgehog up and gently put him down.

"Thanks. I think I have a solution for the anesthesia problem. See, if he took deep breaths, the extra oxygen will go into his brain and it'll wear off faster!"

"How do we make that happen when he's THIS way?" Shadow asked.

Sonic charged in like a bull straight into Shadow, banging both of their heads in the process. The attack knocked Sonic right out and left Shadow in a very bad daze.

"NO! NO! THAT CAN'T HAPPEN! STUPID HEDGEHOG, WAKE UP!" Eggman screamed, but the yells fell on deaf ears. All Sonic could do at that point was continue his crazy actions in dreamland, not a threat to anyone, and Eggman only gave away his earphone's position. And his identity.

"Wait… Did you guys hear that…?" Amy checked in Sonic's ear and found the tiny ear phone. Carefully taking it out and giving it to Tails, he quickly realized it was Eggman's technology.

"Eggman, of course! Why didn't we figure this out sooner? He must have masqueraded this whole thing!"

"Then it's up to us to teach him a lesson! Come on Tails, let's go. Shadow, watch Sonic."

"And I thought I got the worst job… yippee…" The black hedgehog slowly picked himself up and pulled himself together while Tails and Amy went to Eggman's fortress.

"Gah! Why do all of my amazing plans fail! I BEGGED YOU TO HELP AND YOU DIDN'T DELIVER, UNIVERSE!"

"What are you gonna do now, Boss…?" Cubot asked meekly.

"*sigh* Bring out the robot army…"

"But you never rebuilt anything." Orbot said.

"Then you know what?! I'm going to fight Sonic's friends myself! Time to prove my prowess as a fighter! LET'S DO THIS, SUCKAS!"

"And, now he's snapped."

"Should I go make the popcorn?"

"No no, he'll only disassemble us if he sees us eating at his own expense. Plus, no mouths."

"Aw, shoot…"