Hey, guys. :) Good to see that some of you like this fic. Now we're going to find out if Sonic will get the job or not. Enjoy. :)

Later that afternoon, Sonic was speeding through town, trying to find the pizza house. He found it very weird that despite the fact he had lived near this town his whole life, he had never seen the pizza house, nor could he find it now.

Sonic was getting very annoyed at not being able to find the place he was looking for. He needed a chili dog to calm his nerves, but he had no money to buy one. He spotted a male rat, munching on one. Sonic stopped by the rat and insisted that he should give him the chili dog. As the rat was a big fan of Sonic, he agreed and handed over his half-eaten chili dog.

As Sonic munched on the chili dog, he suddenly heard screaming from nearby. Alarmed, he turned to where it had come from, thinking someone was in danger - only to discover that it was a female mouse, who was only screaming, because she had spotted him. "Oh my! It's Sonic the Hedgehog!"

She ran over to Sonic and grabbed his hand. She began saying things that Sonic couldn't understand, for the mouse was speaking almost as fast as Sonic could run (maybe even faster, but probably not).

In an effort to shut her up, Sonic shoved the remains of the chili dog into the mouse's mouth. She mumbled with the chili dog stuck in her mouth for a bit, then finally calmed down. Sonic then pulled the chili dog out of the mouse's mouth and ate it (despite the fact it had been in the mouse's mouth). Trying to remain calm, he asked the mouse if she knew where the pizza house was.

The mouse grinned widely. "I'll only tell you if you give me a kiss."

As soon as she said this, Sonic almost threw up (it could have been from the chili dog, rather than what the mouse wanted him to do, because deep down inside, he thought she was cute).

"Will you?" asked the mouse, smiling sweetly.

Managing to control himself, Sonic sighed and leaned towards the mouse. She leaned towards Sonic and they shared a kiss. Although Sonic thought she was cute, for some reason, he thought she was a rubbish kisser. The mouse, however, loved every moment of the kiss. It was lucky for her that Amy wasn't there, otherwise the mouse would have had her face smashed to pieces by Amy's hammer.

After Sonic broke the kiss, the mouse went into a crazy sceaming fit, yelling in excitement about how she had been kissed by Sonic the Hedgehog, before calming down, taking deep breaths - and then going into another screaming fit. She repeated this about three times before pointing Sonic in the direction of the pizza house. Sonic ran off, relieved to see that the mouse was not chasing him. He decided he would have to put her down on the top of the list of his most annoying fans.

Sonic soon arrived at the pizza house. It was a small building with dirty windows, covered in mud, grime and some strangely-coloured messy stuff (Sonic had no idea what it was, but didn't wanna touch it). Above the entrance doors was a logo in the shape of a pizza, which had black writing on it, reading 'Pizza's Pizzas'.

This must be it, thought Sonic, putting a finger to his pursed lips. Why did they called it 'Pizza's Pizzas'? Bit of a strange name. But then again, the name 'Eggman' is even stranger.

Sonic walked through the double doors, which, thankfully, were not coated in the dirty stuff that the windows were covered in. He looked around, finding the tiled floor littered with bits of old pizza and drink cups. Moldy pizzas lay on the tables, which were stained from drinks. There was not a person in sight. I hope the manager doesn't expect me to clean this place, thought Sonic. I'll be sick after I've cleaned everything up, then I'll have to spend ages cleaning up my own puke.

At that moment, a large grey hippo appeared from behind the counter at the far end of the room. He was chubby and dressed in a white suit with blue jeans (both of which were stained in tomato sauce) and a red tie.

Sonic spotted him, smiled cheerily and raised a hand. "Hey!"

"How can I help you?" replied the hippo.

"I'm here for a job."

"Oh, good," grinned the hippo. "I've been so low on staff. Are you here to clean this place? It's been like this for weeks."

Sonic rubbed the back of his head, smiling nervously. "Um, what other jobs do you have? I'd hate to puke on your floor."

"You'd better not!" yelled the hippo angrily.

Sonic jumped with fright. "Um, I'd best not go for that job."

"That's a shame." The hippo's shoulders sagged, then he looked at Sonic and smiled. "You can be the pizza delivery boy."

Sonic sniffed. "I think a better term for me would be pizza delivery hedgehog. After all, I am Sonic the Hedgehog."

Sonic looked at the hippo, expecting him to go wild and excited about the fact that Sonic the Hedgehog had walked into his pizza house and was asking for a job. To his surprise and annoyance, the hippo just stared at him.

Sonic frowned. "Haven't you heard of me?"

The hippo shook his head. "Can't say I have, kid."

Sonic gritted his teeth and walked up to the counter, looking angrily up at the manager. "Well, who might you be?"

"I'm Peter Pizza."

"Well, Peter-"

"Uh, excuse me?" The hippo raised a hand, looking scornfully down at Sonic. "I will be your manager. I will be the one who will pay you for your work. I will be the one who will kill you if you puke on my floor. I don't care who you are, but while you're working for me, you must call me, 'Mr. Pizza'.

Sonic sighed huffily. "Mr. Pizza."

"That's better."

"I am more famous for being who I am than you shall be for running a pizza house."

"Yeah, yeah. In your dreams, kid." Mr. Pizza pointed to a door beside the counter. "Go through that door, Sonic, and walk down the corridor. I will meet you in the room at the back."

"Sure."

To Mr. Pizza's surprise, Sonic zipped through the door before he could blink. As he had no idea who Sonic was, Mr. Pizza stared at the door in amazement, wondering how Sonic could move so fast.

Shrugging, he walked through the doorway behind the counter and walked down a short corridor, to find himself inside a large garage. Sonic was standing there, grinning. "What took you so long?"

Mr. Pizza ignored him and pointed to a rusty old scooter, which was sitting in the corner of the shop. Its red paint was peeling off and the front tyre was punctured. "Here's your vehicle, which you will be using to deliver the pizzas."

Sonic looked at the old vehicle and frowned. "Is that what the last pizza delivery guy had to travel on?"

"Yes."

"Was it in the exact same condition then as it always has been now?"

"It's been like that ever since I got it. I bought it cheaply from a scrap yard."

"What happened to the last pizza delivery guy?"

"He was always late, so I fired him."

No wonder he was always late, thought Sonic.

Mr. Pizza reached up and pulled some green overalls and a cap from a shelf on the wall. Both of them had the Pizza's Pizzas logo on the front. He tossed them to Sonic. "Your uniform. Put it on."

As Sonic examined his uniform with a disgusted look, a telephone rang from inside the main room. Mr. Pizza left Sonic to answer it.

He came back, carrying a pizza box, to find Sonic dressed in his uniform. "You have your first delivery to make, Sonic. I would like you to deliver this pizza. It costs seven Mobians. In fact, all pizzas from here cost seven Mobians each."

When Mr. Pizza told him the address, Sonic grinned. "That's Amy's house."

"A friend of yours?"

"Yeah. She's a friend of the great Sonic the Hedgehog." Sonic looked down at the overalls he was wearing, then looked up at the cap that was sitting on his head. He didn't like having to wear them. "I just hope she won't laugh at me for being dressed like this."

Mr. Pizza handed Sonic the pizza box, then walked over to the large garage door and pressed a button on the wall. The large door began to slowly open. It stopped half way, then moved again until it was open all the way.

Mr. Pizza turned to Sonic. "Okay, get on your scoo-" Before he could finish, Sonic sped out of the garage, carrying the pizza box, and disappeared out of sight.

Mr. Pizza stared in the direction Sonic went, looking as if someone had thrown on of his pizzas in his face. "Something tells me I'd better learn about this Sonic guy."

Sonic arrived at Amy's house in ten seconds. He rang the doorbell and, in eleven seconds, Amy opened it.

"Hey, Amy," grinned Sonic.

"Sonic?" Amy exclaimed with surprise, taking in Sonic's uniform. "Why are you dressed like that?"

Sonic held out the pizza box. "I'm bringing your pizza."

Amy took the pizza box from Sonic and smiled at him. "You're working for Pizza's Pizzas now, are you?"

"Yeah, I need the money to pay some bills someone has sent me." Sonic clenched his teeth in anger. "Who on Earth sent me those bills?"

"I don't know, Sonic," smiled Amy, shaking her head, trying without success to impress Sonic. "But they shouldn't send you, the awesome Sonic the Hedgehog, bills."

"Uh, yeah," replied Sonic nervously, feeling uncomfortable with Amy trying to flatter him. "Well, uh, that'll be seven Mobians, Amy."

Amy took out a pink purse (which had a picture of Sonic's head on the front), took out seven Mobians and handed them to Sonic. "Would you like to come in and have some of this pizza? Cream and Cheese are here."

"No, thanks." Sonic waved to her. "I gotta get back to work." He didn't dare tell her he was really trying to get away from her.

Amy watched and sighed happily as Sonic raced away. "There goes the most romantic hero and pizza delivery hedgehog."

Closing the door behind her, Amy carried the pizza box into the kitchen and placed it on a wooden table, where Cream and Cheese were sitting. Amy took a chair for herself and sat at the table with them. "Sonic just brought this pizza for us."

"Really?" Cream asked with wide eyes.

"Yeah," replied Amy, opening the box and looking at the pepperoni pizza inside. "That makes this pizza special. I don't think we can eat it."

Cream's face fell, but Cheese, who was sitting on the table, planted her face down into the pizza and began eating.

"Cheese!" Amy cried in horror. Cheese looked up and chirped happily, tomato sauce all over her face.

Amy stared angrily at the little Chao for a moment, then smiled. "Oh, it doesn't matter. It's only pizza." She grabbed a knife and began to cut it into slices, then grabbed one and stuffed it into her mouth.

Meanwhile, Sonic was arriving back at the pizza house. He ran into the garage, where Mr. Pizza was standing, holding a pizza box. "Back already, Sonic?"

"Yeah, the pizza got delivered safely." Sonic walked up to Mr. Pizza and handed him the Mobians that Amy had given him. "So now, I'm back."

"Well, get ready to go out again." Mr. Pizza handed Sonic the pizza box he was holding. "This is to go to Angel Island."

"Angel Island?" Sonic grinned widely. "There's only one knucklehead on Angel Island who must have ordered this pizza."

Before Mr. Pizza could speak, Sonic zipped out of the garage and out of sight. Mr. Pizza sighed and stared in the direction Sonic had run. "I guess any questions I wanna ask Sonic won't be answered by him."

While Mr. Pizza was talking to himself, Sonic arrived at Angel Island. He approached where the Master Emerald stood and, as he expected, found Knuckles standing there with a stubborn look - which changed to an amused grin when he saw Sonic. "Hey, Sonic. What's with the fancy dress?"

Sonic handed Knuckles the pizza box. "This morning, some idiot decided to send me some bills."

"Really?" If he had eyebrows, Knuckles would have raised them.

"Yeah, and I don't have any money to pay them. So I'm working at Pizza's Pizzas to pay these bills and make this idiot who sent me these bills get off my spiky back."

"That's good. How much for the pizza, Sonic?"

"Seven Mobians."

Knuckles took out some money. He was a bit reluctant to give it to Sonic, but eventually placed it into the hedgehog's hand, knowing he would eventually get some more.

"Well, I gotta go, Knuckles. If I deliver all these pizzas fast, I'll surely get a lot of money by the end of the day. See ya - and enjoy your pizza." With a wave, Sonic ran off into the distance.

Still smiling, Knuckles watched Sonic leave. Then he opened the pizza box and looked at the mushroom pizza inside. Knuckles put his shovel claw on his left hand and used it to cut the pizza into slices. After that, he took his shovel claw off and was about pick one of the slices up to eat, when he heard a voice calling him from up above. "Hello there."

Groaning, Knuckles looked up to see Rouge flying down from the sky. As she landed beside him, he frowned at her. "What do you want?"

"The Master Emerald."

"Oh, yeah?" Knuckles smirked. "And what makes you think you're gonna take it?"

"I've tried stealing it from you, but that never works. So I'm gonna try asking you nicely if I can have it."

"Okay then," replied Knuckles with a blunt expression. "Go ahead and try."

Rouge cleared her throat. "Can I please have the Master Emerald?"

"No."

"Aww." Rouge looked down at the ground, pouting.

Knuckles picked up a slice of pizza and held it to her. "Want some pizza?"

"Oh, okay."

Grinning, Rouge took the slice and she and Knuckles spent the rest of the afternoon actually getting along and eating pizza.

Later that night, Tails was standing outside Pizza's Pizzas, waiting for Sonic to come out, so that he could ask him if he got the job and how it went. Tails hoped Sonic would come soon, because he was feeling hungry, but for some reason, he wouldn't go into the pizza house to get a pizza.

Finally, Sonic came out, looking more smug than before and carrying a bag of money.

"Sonic!" Tails exclaimed, running over to him with a smile. "Did you get the job?"

"I sure did, buddy," grinned Sonic, walking down the street.

Tails walked at his best friend's side. "How did it go?"

"It was swell. The manager, Mr. Pizza, is pleased with me, since I deliver pizzas quickly." Sonic held up the bag of money. "So this amount of money that he gave me will be my daily pay."

"That's great!" Tails grinned.

"The only thing I don't like is the fact this manager has never heard of me."

"He hasn't?"

"No. I take it he's too busy sitting at home, stuffing his face with his own pizzas, to be aware of the dangers Eggman constantly puts this planet in, only for me to stop him." Sonic walked a little bit faster. "Well, I'm gonna go get some chili dogs. I'm sure I could get about forty for this amount of money."

"Huh?" Tails stopped in his tracks, a puzzled look on his face. "Shouldn't you use that money to pay the bills?"

"Don't worry," Sonic replied, still walking down the street, keeping his mind focused on chili dogs. "I've got until June to do that, Tails. If I keep doing my new job, I'll make plenty of money to pay the bills."

Tails sighed, then followed Sonic down the street, hoping he'd be interested in sharing his chili dogs.

There we go. Sonic got the job - and it looks like he's good at it too. :)

But what's gonna happen that will make him go back to his old job? Will he get to keep his old job? And will he ever pay the bills?

Find out in the third and final chapter. :)