Chapter 4: Sonic's got a Ticket to Ride

Sonic and Yoshi had just arrived in Toad Town. They began asking if they saw anything suspicious, but so far they had no luck. Sonic and Yoshi took a seat near the fountain.

Sonic- I can't believe no one here has seen where that dino-brain went.

Yoshi- Yoshi starting to get hungry.

Sonic- I feel my stomach rumbling too. I don't think I've had anything to eat since I first came to the Mushroom Kingdom. Any place in the Mushroom Kingdom that sells chilidogs?

Yoshi- What chilidog?

Sonic- You're joking, right?!

Toad- Yoshi, there you are!

Then Toad rushed up to them.

Yoshi- Toad! Yoshi happy to see you.

Toad- I'm happy to see you too, Yoshi. So this is the blue hedgehog who switched places with Mario. I'm Toad, a close friend of the Mario Brothers.

Sonic and Toad shook hands.

Sonic- I'm Sonic the Hedgehog.

Toad- Nice to meet you, Sonic. Anyway, I heard you were looking for Bowser.

Sonic- You know where Bowser is?!

Toad- Not 100% sure, but I heard some of Bowser's minions were over at the train yard in Toad Town.

Sonic- Fitting place, because I'm giving Bowser a one-way ticket to pain city for all the times he's called me a mother****ing rat! Come on, Yoshi. Finding a place to get a chilidog can wait until we kick Bowser's ass.

Shortly after Sonic and Yoshi left for the train yard, Toad made an evil grin and turned into a Magikoopa. It was really a Magikoopa in disguise.

Magikoopa- And now you'll both fall right into King Bowser's little trap!

*Over at the Toad Town train yard*

Sonic and Yoshi had just arrived, searching for Bowser and his goons.

Sonic- This seems strange. It's pretty empty for a train yard.

Yoshi- Yeah. Where workers?

Sonic- Yoshi, look out!

Sonic pushed Yoshi out of the way before a little creature called a Spiny from falling on Yoshi.

Sonic- Yoshi, what is that?

Yoshi- That Spiny. But usually Lakitu drop them.

Sonic looks up and sees a creature riding a cloud with a face on the cloud.

Sonic- Is that a Lakitu?

Yoshi- Yes it is.

The Lakitu threw more and more Spiny's at them. Yoshi could eat the Spiny's, but Sonic was wondering how to hit the Lakitu hovering above them. Then Sonic saw the saddle on Yoshi's back and Sonic got an idea. Sonic jumped on Yoshi's back like how Mario and Luigi get on Yoshi's back.

Yoshi- What Sonic doing?

Sonic- Yoshi, jump as high as you can. Maybe if I jump off after that, I might be able to hit him with my homing shot.

So Yoshi did what Sonic said. Yoshi jumped as high as he could. Then Sonic quickly jumped off of Yoshi's back and he performed his homing attack and it knocked the Lakitu out of its cloud. Suddenly, a shadow appeared behind Sonic and Yoshi. When they turned around, they saw Bowser flying his flying clown car.

Bowser- Look who finally caught up. Dino-dweeb and the filthy blue rat!

Sonic- I swear, if you call me a rat one more time, I'll break your jaw and crack that shell of yours wide open!

Yoshi- And give Yoshi's friends back!

Bowser- If you want them back, try and take them back from me! Hahaha!

Bowser began flying backwards and moving away from Sonic and Yoshi. Sonic dashed after Bowser, but before Yoshi could, he was suddenly attacked by a group of Magikoopa's.

*Deeper in the train yard*

Sonic dashed after Bowser and his flying clown car. The mouth of the flying clown car opened and a cannon was coming out of it. It shot multiple cannonballs, but Sonic was too fast for them to hit. As Sonic continued to run after Bowser, like in one of the bosses in some of the more modern Sonic games, Sonic saw a piece of plywood that he could use as a ramp and that gave him an idea. Sonic performed his speed boost and was launched into the air after using that plywood as a ramp. Now Sonic was just above Bowser.

Sonic- And this is for calling me a rat!

Then Sonic used his homing attack and hit Bowser in the face, knocking him and his flying clown car to the ground. Sonic landed back on the ground, but to his disappointment, the Bowser he thought he was fighting, was nothing more than a robotic decoy. Its robotic parts were showing after it crashed to the ground.

Sonic- Shit! Fooled by a robot! Man! It really is just like fighting Eggman in my world.

Then Yoshi rushed in and Sonic turned around to face Yoshi.

Sonic- Yoshi, where have you been?

Yoshi- Yoshi attack by Magikoopa's, but Yoshi take care of them.

Then Yoshi burped and out of his mouth was a Magikoopa's wand. Yoshi wrapped his tongue around the wand and swallowed it again. Sonic looked a bit disturbed when he saw that.

Sonic- On second thought, I don't think I want to know.

Then Sonic and Yoshi heard Bowser's voice coming from the robot Sonic just smashed.

Bowser- Looks like I underestimated you again. For a rat, you are a worthy adversary. But you might want to start running. 10…9…8…7…

Sonic and Yoshi realized the robot was about to explode, so Sonic grabbed Yoshi and dashed away before the explosion happened. Sonic and Yoshi got away just in time and watch the explosion from a safe distance.

Sonic- I think Toad Town needs a new train yard.

Yoshi- Yoshi and Sonic fall into Bowser trap. We dooped.

Sonic- Hate the fact I agree with you on that. Now how are we going to find our friends?

Yoshi- Yoshi have idea, but Yoshi no like so much. Mario Brothers know mad scientist in spooky forest. Luigi always carries ghost vacuum scientist made. Scientist maybe track ghost vacuum?

Sonic- That's a pretty good idea. Sounds like something my buddy Tails would suggest. Take me to this scientist.