"..Sonic...from the past? Hmm.." A woman eyed the large screen in front of her, watching thoughtfully at the secret video feed that captured everything that happened in Skyler's garage. She tapped the her desk with her pointed fingers, deep in thought. Her eyes looked tired, as if she were up for days at a time. From the looks of her, she didn't get very much sunlight. Her skin was as pale as snow, heavily contrasted by her rust colored freckles and hair. Her cold, hard blue eyes were almost glowing as the light emitting from the screen shone down upon her face.

A sly smirk grew on her face as the wheels in her head began to turn. She was getting an idea. In the midst of her thoughts, however, a knock on her office door interrupted her. The woman felt her heart skip a beat, and quickly pulled up a new tab onto her computer screen. Clenching her teeth in annoyance, she slowly looked behind her, glaring at the floor.

"Who is it?" she asked in a passive aggressive tone, wanting very much to be alone.

"Ma'am, may I?" said a male voice from behind the door. Relieved, the woman let out a sigh and went back to sitting in her desk. She reached into a drawer and pulled out a stack of paperwork. "Come in, ROB.." she said dully. Almost immediately, her office door swung open to reveal a humble looking robot. It's body was the shape of a cylinder with a dome-like top for the "face". It was red with a yellow stripe painted vertically up the center, and one horizontally across the top. It stood with it's metallic arms promptly held behind it's back, looking more like a butler. "I would like to inform you that the production of the Spotbots is rapidly improving. We are now able to create one thousand Spotbots an hour! Also, we are currently waiting for your permission to put Seekers into production as well." it said in an automated British accent.

The women boredly started to sign paperwork, nodding her head as the robot went on. "Yes, yes..that's good." she said in a business-like voice. ROB looked around her dark office. "Um, Miss, it is very dark in here, you also seem to be tired. Would you like for me to open the blinds and provide you with a cup of coffee?" it asked. The woman made an inaudible sound and waved her hands at the robot, still looking concentrated on her paperwork.

"No, no, there's no need, just go back to your job and watch over the workers.." she ordered, signing yet another packet. ROB obeyed immediately and bowed. "Yes, Ma'am, right away!" said ROB as it stepped out and closed the door. The woman waited a moment, listening for any other sign of disturbance, and once the coast was clear, she pulled up the video feed again and shoved every piece of paperwork back into her desk.

~~~

"Hmmm...nuegh..." Primrose and Skyler watched quietly as the blue hedgehog squirmed around in his sleep. Primrose scooted over to Skyler on the table they were sitting on, and whispered into her ear. "What do you think he's dreaming about?" she asked. Skyler shrugged her shoulders, shaking her head. The two girls continued to stare, holding back their giggles as Sonic rolled around, snoring rather loudly. The blue hedgehog began to kick his legs, looking as if he was running after something. Skyler leaned over to Primrose. "He's a pretty active sleeper, isn't he?" she said in awe. Primrose let out a nervous sigh. "Yeah..no wonder my mom wakes up all sore, I always thought it was because they-"

"AHHH!" Sonic yawned loudly as he finally awoke. He slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes and smacking his lips. He looked over to the girls, who were watching curiously. "Ahhh...good morning, ladies.." he mumbled. Primrose smiled, hopping down from the table and sitting on the end of Sonic's mattress. "So, did you have a good sleep?" she asked, her emerald eyes sparkling in interest. Sonic looked at her, being vaguely reminded of Amy's smile. He slightly shrugged his shoulders. "Eh, nothing special.." he replied. The conversation was interrupted by a low growl from Sonic's stomach. He awkwardly smiled, shyly placing his hand on his peach tummy.

"Uh..sorry..heh.." he said. Skyler and Primrose giggled, rubbing their own abdomens. "I think all of us could use some breakfast.." said Skyler, hopping down from the metal table and making her way over to the garage door. Primrose and Sonic followed. Skyler wearily looked around the outside, searching for a sign of another person. "O-okay, my dad just left for work..we should be safe for now.." she concluded. Quickly and quietly, the three hurried over to the giant mansion. Skyler opened the front door, and rushed them inside. She shut the door, locking it and placing her hands on her hips. Sonic looked up, and his eyed widened in disbelief at the interior of the house.

"Sonic, welcome to my home!" said Skyler. The blue hedgehog felt as if he needed something to lean on, he couldn't believe that only two people could live in such a house. The first thing he saw was a giant spiral staircase that led to the upper floors. The room he was standing in was large, spotless, and besides a few fancy looking pieces of furniture, empty. He walked over to the spiral staircase, looking up towards the high ceiling, which turned out to be entirely made of glass. "Whoa.." he said breathlessly. Skyler giggled.

"I know it seems a little much, but this room is mainly for parties and social gatherings, the REAL house is this way." she said, taking Sonic's hand and leading him away from the room and down a hallway to tour the wonders of the mansion. They walked through another entrance and found themselves inside of a more humble and welcoming living room. Sonic walked over to one of the curved couches, and plopped down upon it. He took it upon himself to lie down and prop his legs up. "Wow, Skyler, I gotta hand it to ya, this is awesome.." he chuckled.

Skyler giggled and skipped over to the kitchen behind them. "Yeah, well, if I were you, I'd keep my dirty sneakers OFF the furniture~" she warned playfully. Sonic pursed his lips, and made a whiny noise as he dropped his feet over the side of the couch. Primrose promptly sat down next to the hedgehog's head, smiling down dreamily at him. He glanced up at her, perplexed. "...What?" he asked awkwardly. Primrose's smile fell, she leaned away, rubbing her arm in embarrassment.

"I-I'm sorry, it's just...it's so weird.." she giggled. Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Weird? What do you mean...weird?" The two hedgehogs were interrupted by Primrose's cousin, Skyler, who set down three plates of waffles for them.

"So," Skyler started. "I was thinking that after breakfast, we could get to finding those blueprints!" she said, cutting another piece of waffle. Sonic stabbed his waffle with his fork and tore a piece off with his teeth, messily munching on the delicious food. "Okeh, bu' where are teh blueprin's?" he asked with his mouth full. Skyler and Primrose shared an unsurprised look at Sonic's manners. Primrose thought for a moment.

"Hey, doesn't your dad keep his blueprints inside of his main lab?" she asked. Skyler's eyes opened in realization. "You're right! But...how are we gonna get in there? My dad would KILL me if he found out I've been snooping around in his lab!" she exclaimed in fear. Primrose rolled her eyes in annoyance. She crossed her arms, chuckling.

"Oh, come on, Sky, when has your dad ever caught you and me in his lab without permission?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. Sonic butted into the conversation, already done with eating his waffles.

"Who cares about getting caught or not? Surely your dad will understand." he explained, not really worrying about the consequences. Primrose nodded her head at Sonic's logic. Skyler stared at them as if they were idiots. The two had the same expression, in fact, it scared her how alike they appeared to be. She looked to Primrose.

"Gee..no wonder your mom says that you're just like was, you guys are like twins.." she muttered. Sonic's ear twitched, catching a bit of her phrase. "Wh-what? What was that?"

Skyler jolted, glancing away and fumbling for a replacement sentence.

"U-uh, you see, Sonic..Prim can't get caught for this...her parents are already very close to grounding her and she made a promise that she'd never touch the time machine, so..." her words trails off as she awkwardly scratched the back of her head. She slightly nodded her head towards Primrose, giving her a "help me out!" look. Primrose caught onto her message, and placed her hands on Sonic's shoulder. He looked at her with a confused expression.

"Y-yeah! Also, if they find out that I brought you with me...well..." she rubbed her chin, trying to find a word to finish her sentence.

"They'll ground her until she dies, bring her back to life, and then ground her again..." said Skyler, crossing her arms. Primrose immediately agreed, pointing at Skyler and nodding her head. Sonic thought for a moment, and shrugged his shoulders. He figured to not argue with the girls.

"Okay...well...what's the plan?" he asked.

~~~

Looking very pleased with herself, the woman exited her office smiling proudly. As she strode confidently down the hallway, ROB quickly appeared by her side. "Ma'am! I didn't know you were planning on leaving your office today!" exclaimed ROB. The woman kept looking ahead with a gleam in her eye and an evil smile on her face.

"Yes, it seemed like that, didn't it.." she replied briskly, turning a corner down the long metal corridor and exiting through a giant doorway. She and ROB found themselves standing on a balcony that had a view of the entire robot assembly line. Sounds of drills and beeping rang throughout the room like a school bell. The woman dusted off her business suit and walked over to the railing, tapping her fingers on it as she stared down below. ROB watched as she giggled.

"Um, Ma'am, are you excited about the production of the Spotbots? May I get you a cup of coffee?" it asked. The woman merely shook her head, turned on her heel, and practically skipped down the same hallway, leaving her robot butler to follow. "Come, ROB! I have something very important to tell you.." she whispered with delight. She was so happy that she happened to run into one of her workers on the way to her destination. "Oof!" said the man as papers flew everywhere. He knelt down to the floor to pick up the stack of papers he was holding at the time, and once he gathered them all up, he generously helped the woman regain her balance.

"Emily! Oh, I apologize. Next time I should pay more attention to where I was going." said the fox. Emily huffed and straightened out her CEO of E-CORP badge, and stared down at the man before her. Her smile was gone. She frowned to intimidate her employee.

"Yes, Miles..you should pay a little more attention before you go skipping about!" she snapped irritably. Miles rolled his eyes behind her back as she strode past him. "So, Boss," he said in the most sarcastic tone he could manage. "Are we going to have that meeting about the...'special project' today?" he asked, thinking of his greatest invention yet...his time machine.

Emily paused and slowly turned to face the male fox. She looked away and thought for a moment. Her icy blue eyes glanced over to ROB, and she suddenly smiled, clasped her hands together. "Actually...no." Miles' expression was one of disappointment as he perplexedly walked towards her. "But..but you said that-"

"Considering a...fortunate turn of events that has happened in the past few days, I'm actually going to have to put a hold on your presentation for a...'special project' of my own..." she explained, reaching down and petting the man's head. Miles awkwardly stepped out of the redhead's reach. Uncomfortably scratching the area she touched. Emily didn't seem to notice his action.

"..I-I don't understand.." he said, confused. Emily sighed and bent down so she was at his eye level.

"Don't worry, Miles...you will! Very soon. But, for now...why don't you...take the day off? It'll give you some more time to work on your presentation, and as soon as my plans are carried out, you will be my next top priority!" she said a little too nicely for Miles' taste. ROB tapped Emily's shoulder.

"But..Ma'am, he's your lead scientist and engineer! Don't you-"

"Enough, ROB!" said Emily through clenched teeth. Miles stared open mouthed at Emily, completely baffled at her generosity since he's so used to her ways of running the company with an iron fist. "Are you...are you sure?" he asked, just so he can confirm that he wasn't dreaming. Emily giggled and patted Miles' shoulder. "Of course I am! Go spend time with your family, you deserve it!" said Emily as she took ROB's robotic arm and dragged the robot to her office. The fox watched in disbelief as she turned the corner and shrugged his shoulders, taking his papers and turning around to pack up his things.

"Hmph.."