-The Next Day-
Sonic was walking down the street and saw that everyone was staring at him and whispering things to each other.
("I hope they don't know about my Athlete's foot,") thought Sonic.
The answer was yes.
-- What Knuckles was doing at the time
-At McDonald's-
"Uh..." said Knuckles, trying to figure out the menu.
"Sir, you've been staring at the menu for days!" screamed the worker.
"McFish?" said Knuckles.
"So you want a McFish?"
"Are you the Master Emerald too?" questioned Knuckles.
The worker called the manager over, "Chuck, I think this animal needs to be put to sleep."
--
"It's time," said Goldine.
"Oh no!" screamed Eggman. "You're going to turn the whole world into a fishstick, aren't you!?"
Goldine absorbed so much gossip that she now powers up. She suddenly grew legs, feet, and monstrous arms. She also grew to the size of a skyscraper, and her body was covered with people's gossip for all eyes to see.
Rachel looked at Goldine's monstrous arm and saw the writing of 'Rachel: the true predator of Cats.'
"Goldine, I worked for you so you wouldn't tell others my secret!" Rachel yelled at the humongous Goldine.
Goldine looked down. "Your secrets, as well as everyone else's in the world, will be revealed to everyone. Nobody can stop the gossip!" bellowed Goldine.
-- What Sonic Team was doing at the time
-At Sonic Team Headquarters-
Crew Member B busted into the meeting room. "Head Director, sir, I have just videotaped a goldfish turning into a giant gossip thingy."
"Brilliant!" said the Head Director. "We won't have to hire CGI artists for the final boss transformation cutscene this time then."
"But what if our next Sonic game doesn't feature a goldfish monster as a villain?" said Crew Member A, "then we wouldn't need that footage."
The Head Director frowned.
"Wait wait wait!" said Crew Member C. "What if we make that footage the next Sonic game completely?"
"Won't people be mad if they buy a Sonic game expecting a Sonic-filled blast but instead get a monstrous fish transformation scene?" asked Crew Member D.
"Won't people be mad if we hype up a Sonic game and then don't really finish it and rush it out," said Crew Member E, "so it's glitchy, slow, rewards nothing for getting all S ranks and is just plain boring to play besides the fact that 'sonic's in it'...but Sonic Next-Gen got through." He smiled.
"You're right, Crew Member E!" declared the Head Director. "Laziness and conceitedness always wins! Put that footage in the video room, Crew Member B. ...Now all we have to do now is think of a name for this new Sonic game."
"How about 'Fishocolypse'?" suggested Crew Member F.
"Sure!" said the Head Director.
And so kids would open their presents on Christmas day to see 'Sonic Fishocolypse' awaiting them. The poor kids would be expecting a fun-filled Sonic game but would only see a fish gossip thing transforming.
Merry Christmas.
--
As Sonic walked down the street, he noticed that people everywhere were screaming, crying, and laughing at each other. The volume of this noise increased as Sonic neared the heart of the city. There Sonic heard shouts of
"Look at the fish's chest: You did cheat!"
"I pretend I'm a dog for cosplay fun only, seriously...Believe me!"
"I told you Betty was anorexic."
Sonic scratched his head and did nothing.
-Back to Goldine-
"The gossip is making me invincible!" said Goldine.
Eggman frowned. "Whenever I would be powered up, Sonic would quickly come and beat me up. What makes you so special? Hmph."
-Back to Sonic-
"I wonder if something bad is going on," said Sonic.
Sonic doesn't realize bad things are happening. Goldine's body could be seen around the entire world, and her body could also be read by those who didn't know English as well.
-In France-
"Ah ha! I knew you stole my recipe, Pierre."
-In Soviet Russia-
"So you don't really like Tetris, Lavotiski?"
-In McDonald's-
"So your twin brother was working your shift in November, eh, Ronald?!" yelled the angry manager.
Ronald made a sad clown face.
-- WORLD CHAOS
"This is Goldine speaking." Goldine's voice could be heard across the world. "I now know every gossip-worthy piece of information in the world...so I'm bored. I have decided to destroy the world and go to another planet where there's uncharted gossip." The voice faded.
"Something is definitely going on," said Sonic. He rushed to the direction of the voice.
--
"You're going to destroy the world?" said Eggman, still trapped in a cage.
"Yes," Goldine laughed. "And no one can stop me."
"I told you, Sonic might."
"He might not," said Goldine.
"I will," Sonic said with a smirk.
"Sonic!" said Goldine. "How's the Athlete's foot?"
"Oh, I feel the need for speed." Sonic ran far away.
Eggman gasped disappointingly. "I never thought Sonic could be defeated so easily."
"Now do you understand the power of gossip?!" bellowed Goldine.
Sonic ran back with 7 Chaos Emeralds in his arms. "What were you saying?"