Now it's time for the third and final chapter of this story. Let's see what will get in the way of Sonic's new job. Enjoy. :)
Sonic spent the next few months working at Pizza's Pizzas. As he was the one delivering the pizzas around Mobius, all of his fans kept wanted to buy pizzas, so that their hero would deliver it straight to their door and they would finally get a chance to meet him. However, Sonic could never stay around to chat, for he had to go straight back to work, even if the customers offered him chili dogs for his troubles (Sonic would just grab them, along with the money, then run).
Mr. Pizza was making a much bigger profit than before, due to his famous pizza delivery hedgehog. He still had no idea why Sonic was famous, as he had been too busy counting the money he was earning. He was very glad, however, to have employed him. The orders for pizza to be delivered kept coming in, his piles of cash kept getting bigger and the people Mobius were becoming more hungry (that is, hungry to have Sonic come to their house). While Mr. Pizza was becoming more rich, Sonic was becoming more smug, due to the fact that he was now a famous pizza delivery hedgehog, as well as a hero. He was being paid lots of money for doing his new job, but he would not use it to pay the bills.
It all stopped when Eggman, who had been spending the months trying to think of ways to get rid of Sonic (all of which were rubbish and useless), was finally aware of what his enemy had been up to, which was not saving Mobius or coming to jeer at him for being a failure.
On the twenty-fifth of June, Eggman was in his base, just picking up the Mobius Gazette, trying to catch up on the sport he had missed when thinking of his useless plans. He expected the front page to be about how Mobius was celebrating over not being bothered by him for months. To his surprise, he spotted a picture of Sonic at the front.
At first, Eggman thought it was just an article to say about how everyone loved Sonic. He was about to tear the newspaper up when he spotted the headline.
FAMOUS PIZZA DELIVERY HEDGEHOG
Surprised and wondering what Sonic had to do with Pizza (which Eggman loved), he read the article.
Sonic the Hedgehog, Mobius' much-loved hero, who has saved us all from Doctor Eggman countless times, is enjoying a new phase of life as a pizza delivery hedgehog, which has made him even more famous.
For three months, Sonic has been working at Pizza's Pizzas, which had once been Mobius' worst restaurant. He delivers pizzas around the planet at - you guessed it - his top speed. Mobians have been so thrilled to have the planet's hero come to the door with a pizza in hand, that Sonic has been busy every hour of the day, since many fans wish for him to come to their house to bring a pizza for them.
Sonic said, "I love my new job. It's great that so many fans want me to come to their house. I've always known that everybody loves me, but I just love to be reminded of that whenever I deliver a pizza to a fan. It makes me feel so cool - which I am, as you should know."
When asked if he missed his old job of saving the planet, Sonic replied (in a bit of a smug tone, but he's aloud to feel smug, because he's Sonic), "While I love getting admired by hundreds and getting paid hundreds for this job, I wouldn't mind doing my old job again. We haven't heard from Eggman in a while, but I doubt he's given up and taken on a new job. So if I should hear from him again, I can make time in between delivering pizzas and eating chili dogs to kick his butt."
Peter Pizza, the manager of Pizzas Pizza's (and a bit of an idiot, since he doesn't know why Sonic is so famous), stated, "I'm very proud to have Sonic working for me. I have no idea why he is even famous, but I haven't had time to find out why, as I have been too busy counting my mon - er, I mean, making pizzas for him to deliver. But I'm very glad to have him working for me, because it brings me lots of - I mean, it makes my customers happy. So I have no intention of sacking Sonic."
He had better not, or it will be his life on the line. Well, I'd better finish writing this article, because I gotta get home for tea. I'm having pizza from Pizza's Pizzas - and you-know-who is delivering it.
"You wouldn't mind going back to your old job, would you, Sonic?" Eggman sneered, tearing the front page off of the newspaper. He stuffed it into his mouth.
"I bet you're sick of the taste of pizza," mumbled Eggman, chewing, his mouth full of paper. "I think it's time we gave you a taste of the power of Eggman."
Eggman swallowed, somehow enjoying the taste of paper, then stood up and walked to his workshop. "First, I shall create a new robot, then I shall order some pizza. Tonight, I'm going enjoy having some...hedgehog pizza."
Later that evening, Sonic was at his house, sitting on the couch, watching a movie on his new flat screen television, which he had bought from his wages. Amy was sitting next to him. The movie was a rubbish horror movie. Due to the awful special effects and unconvincing ghouls and ghosts, Sonic thought that the movie was worse than the pre-school show about the father and son (although he would have been scared if the father turned up on his doorstep).
As a ghost appeared on the television screen, Amy jumped and clutched onto Sonic, making him jump (and actually scaring him).
"Amy!" Sonic huffed in an annoyed tone. "That ghost wasn't scary. None of the things in this movie is scary. This is a terrible excuse for a scary movie."
Amy looked up at Sonic and smirked. "I know, Sonic. I just wanted to hold onto you."
Sonic groaned, then his ears perked up as he heard the phone ring. He stood up (and since Amy was still holding onto him, she fell to the floor), walked to the phone, picked up the receiver and held it to his ear. "Hello? This is Sonic, the most awesome hero and most famous pizza delivery hedgehog, who is better than anyone else."
"Sonic!" came Mr. Pizza's voice. "I need you to come in. We have a large order to deliver."
"Sure, Mr. Pizza."
Sonic put the phone down and raced out of the house, leaving Amy to pick herself up and realize that her 'boyfriend' was neglecting her again.
Sonic arrived at Pizza's Pizzas in seven seconds (which was strange, since it had taken him ten seconds to run from Pizza's Pizza's to Amy's house on his first day on the job). He ran into the garage and quickly put on his uniform.
Mr. Pizza came in, carrying ten pizza boxes, all piled up. He placed them in Sonic's hands. "Here are the pizzas, Sonic. They aren't too heavy for you, are they?"
The pizza boxes were rather heavy, but Sonic, while struggling to hold onto them all, grinned. "No problem. I'll be able to carry them all - and at top speed."
"Good. And make sure you get all the money." Mr. Pizza then told Sonic the address he had to run to.
"Don't worry. I get them there on time."
Mr. Pizza grinned. "Tell you what, Sonic, you've worked so well for me, that if you do a good job, tonight, I shall promote you to manager."
"Really?" Sonic's eyes widened, as though Mr. Pizza was showing him a giant chili dog. "That's great. I can call this business, 'Hedgehog's Pizzas'."
"No," remarked Mr. Pizza, holding a hand up, shaking his head. "You cannot change the name of the business. I started it. It must still be 'Pizza's Pizzas'."
Sonic gave Mr. Pizza a frown, as if he was just showing him a giant chili dog, not letting him have it. "But I won't be working for you anymore."
"Yeah, but I still get to boss you around. And you must still call me Mr. Pizza. If it weren't for me, you would be getting the money that I pay you."
If it weren't for me, you ungrateful idiot, Sonic thought grudgingly, you wouldn't be sitting your enormous butt on the fortune I have brought in for you.
"Well, go on, Sonic. Get on your way." Mr. Pizza then turned and walked through the corridor and back to the main room.
Sonic stuck his tongue out at Mr. Pizza while his back was turned to him. Carrying the ten pizza boxes with difficulty, he then ran out of the garage to find the customer's house.
If Sonic had just been delivering one pizza, he would have arrived at his destination in fifteen seconds. Carrying ten boxes slowed him down, and he arrived in forty-five seconds. He stood outside the house, holding the boxes, gasping for breath. "Strange how I am strong enough to destroy Eggman's robots, but I'm not strong enough to carry ten pizza boxes without difficulty. I'm gonna have to ask Knuckles if he'll let me borrow his weights - provided I'm able to even lift them off the ground."
Regaining his breath, which took about two minutes (longer than it had taken for him to arrive at his destination), Sonic looked at the house - and was surprised to see it was a burnt-out building. The front door was ripped off its hinges, the windows were smashed and the brickwork was crumbling.
"Who lives here?" wondered Sonic, gazing with surprise at the house. "Maybe it's a tramp, who either managed to find that the phones still work here - or he managed to steal a cell phone from somebody. Or maybe it's the ghost of somebody who died when this building was on fire. If it is, he won't be able to enjoy these pizzas, because he wouldn't be able to pick them up. But then again, how did he manage to pick up the phone to order?"
Shrugging, Sonic walked towards the doorway, carrying the pizzas. "Well, whether it's a tramp or a ghost, he'd better have seventy Mobians to pay for these pizzas."
Sonic walked through the doorway and into the house. A horrible smell was in the air. At first, he thought it was the smell of the burnt-out building, but then, he sniffed his own armpits and realized it was himself.
Ignoring the smell he was giving off, Sonic stood in the hallway and called out. "Hello? Pizza delivery! Delivered by the one and only Sonic the Hedgehog, your favourite hero and pizza delivery hedgehog!"
When nobody answered, Sonic wanted to scratch his head with confusion. He could not, as he was trying not to drop the pizza boxes, which annoyed him, because he had a huge itch on the top of his head. He walked through the door to living room - and gasped in horror, dropping the pizza boxes, when he saw what greeted him. He then gave his head a long scratch, which helped to relax him, then gasped in horror again at the sight of what was in the room with him.
A silver android was looking at him with a painted angry expression. It was wearing a yellow jersey with a picture of a pizza that had a red cross on it. Above the picture were thin black words, reading 'I HATE PIZZA'.
Sonic stared at the jersey, then looked up at the robot's painted expression. He grinned uneasily and rubbed the back of his head. "Er, if you hate pizza, why did you order it?"
"To destroy you, of course, Sonic!" boomed a voice, coming from the corner of the room.
Sonic's ears perked up, recognising the voice immediately. He looked into the corner of the room and snarled angrily. "Eggman!"
"I've missed you, Sonic, while you've been out delivering pizzas to all your fans."
"I've missed you too, Eggman," Sonic replied with a smirk.
"Really?" Eggman blushed hard. "Aww, I'm flattered."
"Yeah, I've missed kicking your egg-shaped butt."
"Well, Sonic, if you wanna do that, you'll first have to try to avoid Anti-Pizza kicking your blue butt." Eggman gestured to the robot. "That'll be impossible. He will destroy you - and I shall make you into hedgehog pizza. Don't worry, though. I'm sure everyone in Mobius will remember you as the worst pizza delivery hedgehog."
"The best, you mean."
"Worst!"
"Best!"
"Worst!"
"Best!"
"Worst!"
"BEST!"
"WORST!"
Sonic and Eggman argued for about fifteen minutes. They would have continued, but Eggman then suddenly pointed to Sonic and yelled to the robot, in the style of a Pokémon Trainer that was ordering their Pokémon to attack, "Anti-Pizza! Use your handgun attack!"
Anti-Pizza approached Sonic with his hands out. As Sonic watched, the hands disappeared up the robot's arms and two guns came out. Without warning, the robot fired at Sonic.
Jumping with fright, Sonic picked up the pizza boxes and leaped out of the way as two green laser balls flew at him - and missed, hitting the wall, instead.
Sonic landed on his butt. He rubbed the pizza boxes gently. "Can't let these pizzas get hit. If I survive, I might get a chance to enjoy them, along with some chili dogs."
"I'm afraid you won't, Sonic," sneered Eggman. "Anti-Pizza! Destroy!"
Sonic quickly stood up and grabbed the pizza boxes, then quickly jumped out of the way of Anti-Pizza's attack. He ran into the hallway and out of the house, proceeding to race down the street. However, carrying the pizza boxes slowed him down, but he refused to throw them away, in hopes of eating the pizza, later.
Anti-Pizza raced out of the burnt-out house and chased Sonic down the street, firing his handguns. Sonic managed to dodge the green laser balls that were fired at him, but he was unable to outrun Anti-Pizza.
As Sonic continued to run, Anti-Pizza continued to fire at him. On the right side of the road was a green field, with some apple trees growing. As Anti-Pizza fired again at Sonic, one of the green laser balls hit a tree that was in the field, right next to the road. Sonic screeched to a halt as the tree fell onto its side with a crash, blocking the road in front of him. Apples flew into the air and came falling back down, three of them landing inside Sonic's mouth.
Jumping over the fallen tree and continuing to run down the street, Sonic chewed on the three apples that were in his mouth and swallowed. "Mm, I wonder why people leave out the cores of apples? They taste very nice, especially with lots of seeds in them. Why wait for the seeds to grow into apples?"
Anti-Pizza came to the fallen tree and stopped in his tracks. For some reason, instead of using his handguns to blast the tree, he tried climbing over it, which was hard for him, since he was a robot. He kept falling backwards and having to get up and try again. He eventually managed to get over, and once he did, he spotted Sonic up ahead, turning to his left and disappearing down an alleyway. Anti-Pizza proceeded to go after him.
When Anti-Pizza reached the alleyway and sprinted down it, he found that he had Sonic trapped at a dead end. The hedgehog was still carrying the pizzas and looking at the wall which was stopping him from going any further. He then turned around and jumped with fright to see Anti-Pizza standing there.
Anti-Pizza put out his arms. The guns disappeared up his arms and were replaced by his robotic hands. Not knowing why the robot was putting away his weapons, but knew that it was a good chance to attack, Sonic sneered at Anti-Pizza and placed the pile of pizza boxes onto the ground. "Time for you to learn that you're dealing with the greatest hero of all, as well as the greatest pizza delivery hedgehog."
Sonic began to spin into a ball, preparing to use his famous Spin Dash attack. Spinning as fast he could run, he charged at Anti-Pizza - only to hit his head on the robot's metal body and be knocked backwards onto his butt. "Ow! It seems like Eggman finally had the sense to build a Spin Dash proof robot."
Rubbing his head and standing up, Sonic looked up to see Anti-Pizza walking slowly towards. Fearing that he was going to attack him, Sonic suddenly became scared (nearly as scared as whenever he went near water). He stood behind the pizza boxes and cowered behind them in fear. "Guess I'll never get a chance to enjoy these pizzas!"
Anti-Pizza stood in front of the pile of pizza boxes. Sonic waited for his death, feeling scared - and also humiliated, that he was going to get killed by a robot with a painted expression and bad taste in clothing.
Suddenly, Anti-Pizza picked up one of the pizza boxes. He opened it and looked at the pizza inside. If he could change his expression, he would have looked even more angry. He threw the pizza onto the floor and stomped on it in frustration.
Sonic stood up from his hiding place and looked on in surprise. Anti-Pizza ignored him and continued to stomp on the pizza, squashing it flat, thus wasting a good bit of food.
Sonic chuckled. "Guess it was just the pizza he wanted to destroy, not me."
"NOOO!" screamed Eggman, who came running into the alleyway, watching in horror as Anti-Pizza continued to attempt to murder the pizza. "You were supposed to destroy Sonic, Anti-Pizza, not the pizzas!"
Eggman fell to his knees. "Oh, why did this have to happen? Why?"
"Because your ideas are not meant to work, Eggman." Sonic picked up one of the pizza boxes and walked over to Eggman. "Because then, you'd take over Mobius. And that's what nobody wants."
Sonic opened the pizza box, broke off a bit of pizza and shoved it into Eggman's mouth. "Now, why don't enjoy some pizza?" He placed the box he was holding onto the ground, walked back to the rest of the boxes and picked them up. "I gotta get back to work."
Eggman watched with the bit of pizza in his mouth as Sonic raced out of the alleyway and out of sight. He chewed on the pizza and swallowed. "Hmm, this is nice, but it could do with something extra."
He spotted a piece of old paper that was lying on the ground. He picked it up and tore it into little pieces, which he scattered over the pizza. Using his hands, Eggman broke the pizza into slices, picked one up, bit on it and chewed. "Mm, my favourite! Paper pizza!"
Sonic arrived back at Pizza's Pizzas in fifty seconds (which was weird, because he had less pizzas to carry and it had taken him forty-five seconds to go from Pizza's Pizzas to the burnt-out house). He arrived at the garage, expecting to find Mr. Pizza there.
When he saw that his boss wasn't there, Sonic walked through the corridor and into the main part of the restaurant - to find an angry Mr. Pizza waiting for him. "Sonic! Where are you been? Why haven't you delivered those pizzas? We've had hundreds of customers calling to order pizzas! And you haven't been here to deliver them! The customers have all been calling again - to complain and cancel their orders!"
"Oh," replied Sonic bluntly.
"Did you get the money for those pizzas, which you have not delivered?"
"Oh...no, I haven't."
"YOU HAVEN'T?"
"No." Sonic looked up and grinned. "Am I still gonna be promoted to manager?"
"NO!" yelled Mr. Pizza angrily, his face red. "YOU'RE FIRED!"
"Fired?" Sonic remarked with surprise.
"YES! FIRED!"
Sonic looked up at Mr. Pizza in silence with a fake hurt expression. He then smirked, placed the pizza boxes on the messy floor and took off his cap and overalls, throwing them to the floor. "Oh well. At least I've still got plenty of cash from working here. And I'll still be known as the hero of Mobius, which I've always been famous for."
Sonic picked up the pizza boxes and headed towards the double doors.
"Where are you going?" yelled Mr. Pizza, annoyed.
"Well, you just fired me. I'm going home - and I'm gonna have these pizzas for tea."
"You have to pay for them!"
Sonic looked back and Mr. Pizza and winked, smirking. "You didn't pay me, Peter, so I won't pay you."
"Sonic-" Mr. Pizza began, but Sonic walked out of the restaurant with the pizzas, not saying a word and not leaving his former boss a dime. Mr. Pizza growled with frustration and proceeded to repeatedly bang his forehead on the counter.
The following night, Sonic was sitting on his couch, stuffing his face with pizza, watching the news on his flat screen television.
"Our top story, tonight," announced the squirrel newsreader, "is the sad story of how Sonic the Hedgehog was fired from his job at Pizza's Pizzas, last night, due to not coming back to the restaurant in time. Mobians need not worry about their pizzas not getting delivered, however, for Pizza's Pizzas now has a new pizza delivery hedgehog, who is said to be as fast as Sonic."
The scene changed to the garage at Pizza's Pizzas. Sonic gasped with surprise and almost died of laughter, for on the screen, dressed in the uniform he had once worn and glaring at the camera, his arms crossed, was Shadow.
An orangutan reporter held a microphone to Shadow's mouth, smiling. "How do you feel that you're gonna replace Sonic the Hedgehog, delivering the pizzas around Mobius?"
Shadow merely grunted.
The reporter's smile faded. "Um, are you excited about your new job?"
Shadow grunted again.
"Are you gonna try and be better than Sonic?"
Shadow looked up at the reporter and shot him a nasty glare, but said nothing.
Sonic could hear Mr. Pizza, mumbling from off-screen, "This business is doomed."
As Sonic began to go into a mad laughing fit again, the doorbell run. Standing up and brushing pizza toppings off of himself, Sonic walked into the hallway and opened the front door.
Standing outside was somebody dressed in long black robes. Their head was obscured, as they wore a long black hood. Sonic couldn't see any part of their face, so he couldn't tell who it was. He smiled at the hooded person. "Sorry, my Halloween party is not for a few months."
"Are you Sonic the Hedgehog?" the person asked in a gruff voice.
Sonic's smile faded. "Yes, I am."
The hooded person stepped into the house and looked at Sonic. "I'm here to collect the money for the bills I sent you, months ago."
"My bills?" gasped Sonic.
"Yes. You've had until today to pay them. Now do you have the money? Or I am gonna have to evict you?" The hooded person turned to look at the television. "I really wouldn't mind living here and getting to watch my favourite shows on that thing. Have you wasted all your money on things like that, Sonic? Because everything nice you have will be mine now."
"No, no!" Sonic raised his hands in fear. "I've got the money. Wait here and I'll bring it to you." He then turned and hurried up the stairs.
The hooded person kept their concealed eyes fixed on the television. "Hmm, if Sonic has the money, then that means I can't chuck him out. That's a pity. Although I wonder if I could get a TV like that with the money he owes me?"
Sonic came running back down the stairs, carrying a large bag, which was full of the remaining money he had earned from working at Pizza's Pizzas and had not spent. "Here you go! Here's the money!"
The hooded person took the money from Sonic and smiled widely, although Sonic couldn't see, due to his hood. "Thank you, Sonic."
He stepped out of the house and looked over his shoulder towards Sonic. "I shall see you again."
Again? Sonic thought in horror, watching the hooded person leave with his money. He closed the door and slumped against it. That must mean he's gonna send me more bills! I should have given him a piece of my mind for sending me those bills!
Sonic sighed wearily. I guess that means I'm gonna have to get another job, he thought. And try not to get fired from it.
Outside, the hooded person was holding the bag of Mobians in one hand, looking at the money inside. He reached up with his free hand and pulled his hood down - revealing himself to be Knuckles.
"At last! Sonic has now paid me the money he has owed me for months, after borrowing it from me, just to buy chili dogs," he sneered in triumph. "But I've finally got it back and I'm gonna start spending it - by getting a pizza!"
And that, guys, is the end of 'Pizza Delivery Hedgehog'. :)
Sure hope you've enjoyed. Sorry it was so short. As I said at the start, it was meant to be a one shot. But I think everything that has gone into this story would have been too big for a one shot. So I decided to split it into chapters.
Well, I sure hope this story has managed to make you laugh - or smile, at least. If you've enjoyed, please be sure to look out for more Sonic stories by me.
Until then, goodbye. :)