Tails went to get Sonic while Amy and Sticks try to lift Knuckles off the ground. As soon as they do so, they follow Tails back to the house and places both of them on some beds.
Amy and Sticks gasp for air after carrying Knuckles; Tails bring out some machines to check on Sonic and Knuckles' readouts.
"How are they doing," asked Amy.
"They appear to be stable, but we should give them some space to rest up," said Tails.
Amy and Sticks nodded in agreement and walked out of the house. Amy began to speak once they got outside.
"That dirty rotten Eggman, how dare he turned Knuckles into that mindless monster. I swear, the next time I see him, I really am gonna crack him open like the dirty rotten egg he is," said Amy.
After that statement, Amy expects a reply from Sticks, but all she could hear from her was crying. She turns to see Sticks doing just that, crying.
"Sticks, are you okay?"
Sticks turns to face Amy, her eyes filled with tears. She then hugged onto her and cries into her chest. Amy tries to comforts her.
"Sticks, it's going to okay. They're going to be fine, you'll see."
"It's Knuckles."
"What?"
Sticks pulled away from Amy.
"It's Knuckles... he's the person that I like."
"What," said Amy surprised.
"I don't know why, but whenever we got out on missions to stop Eggman, I always like the the way Knuckles beats up on those soulless beasts. The way he wrecks them apart, he reminds me of me whenever I against robots. I just knew that he might be the person that I want to be with, but I was too afraid to say it to him. And now, after what just happened to him, I don't think I could ever have courage to tell him anymore."
Sticks then begins to cry again; Amy grabs her hands and looks her right in the eyes.
"No, don't think that way. You do have courage Sticks, you had it when you saved Knuckles from Eggman's control, and you still have it when you'll tell him what you feel about him."
Sticks looks at Amy with great admiration. She then hugs her again and they soon went to their homes.
A couple days passed by and Tails continued monitoring Sonic and Knuckles. It wasn't until he hears a few moaning and looks to see them both about to wake up.
Tails then calls Amy and Sticks over, and the girls soon came in to see them awake and well.
"Man, I feel like I've been hit by a boulder," said Sonic.
"Me too, but with an avalanche of boulders," said Knuckles.
"Well, you were brainwashed by Eggman with some sort of mind-manipulating helmet Knuckles. And through that, you knocked out Sonic," explained Tails.
"Really? Wow, sorry about that Sonic."
"Don't worry about it Knucklehead. Say, what were you doing before you got brainwashed?"
"Well, I was just working out at my very own custom built gym, when I got knocked out by something. Must've been a coconut or something, because I never once felt anything that hard hit me before."
"I don't think coconuts have the hardness to knock anybody out," said Tails.
"Well whatever it was, it was the last thing I remember until now," said Knuckles.
Tails begins pondering about this, while Sonic got out of bed and starts stretching. Amy then looks at Sticks, who looks both relieved for Knuckles being okay, but still nervous about telling her feelings to him.
"You want to wait a little till he's a better," asked Amy.
"No, I'm not waiting any longer," said Sticks. And with that, she started marching towards Knuckles.
Knuckles, meanwhile, was also stretching when he sees Sticks approaching him. He stops stretching.
"Hey Sticks, I heard you destroyed the helmet that was controlling me. Thanks."
Sticks didn't answer. Instead, she grabbed Knuckles, dragged him to one of the couches, threw him on said couch, jumped on top of him, and starts kissing him.
Sonic, Tails and Amy all froze at what just happened. Knuckles was also frozen over what's happening, but soon relaxed and kissed Sticks back. The two continued kissing each other until they both stopped.
"Uhm... thank you," said Knuckles.
Sticks then hugs him a little bit and then got off. She made her way out the door, but not before tapping Amy on her shoulder. Tails was the first to speak after the silence.
"What just happened?"
"Don't know, but looks like she's got a thing for you Knuckles," said Sonic.
Knuckles didn't say anything after the kiss, instead he gets up and heads out as well. Amy snaps out of it and Sonic asks what's up.
"Sonic, Sticks has a crush on Knuckles. And now, it looks like they're going to be together as well."
Outside, Knuckles finds Sticks sitting on the same bench she was sitting on before the attack. He walks over and sits next to her, surprising her.
"So... you like me," asked Knuckles nervously.
"Yeah, and I've kept it to myself for a long time," said Sticks.
"I'm glad you let it out, because there's something I want to tell you."
"Really? What?"
"I like you too."
Sticks looked surprised, but then spoke with calmness.
"My crazy matches your crazy huh," asked Sticks.
"And much more," said Knuckles.
And with that, they both started kissing again, and soon admired the sunset together in peace. Sticks finally got what she wanted, to be someone that she wanted to be with in the first place.