Author Note: Characters are not my creations, and nor is Megadeth or Jeep.
Well when last we left off Sonic had been invited to a party at Knuckles' place, we discovered that Sonic is a lazy ass, and found out that Tails had never been drunk in his life. Things are about to get interesting…
It was a beautiful day on the Floating Island. The sun was bright, the Flicky birds were chirping merrily, and all was peaceful. Suddenly, a red blur ran through the nearby forest; zipping through the trees, dashing over the shallow creeks, and crunching twigs and dead leaves under its' feet.
Knuckles the Echidna stopped just a few feet away from a half mile long paved runway. Out in the distance he spotted a red biplane coming towards the island. As it got nearer he could make out a small blue figure standing on top of the wings and a little orange pilot. He also noted that the blue one was having a very hard time keeping his balance due to the fact that the little plane kept making erratic dives and rises as well as weaving back and forth.
When Tails finally landed the plane, Sonic looked like he was ready to have a heart attack:
"GOD DAMMIT TAILS!" Sonic shouted at the little fox. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU TRYING TO DO ASSHOLE, KILL ME!"
"Hey we made it here in one piece," Tails retorted. "Besides, you're the dumbass that wanted to stand on the wing."
"Well if you hadn't been listening to Megadeth while you were flying I wouldn't have nearly died."
"Yeah well…," Tails started, but he was cut off by Knuckles.
"Hey, if you little butt pirates are like, going to have another one of your "couples arguments", could you at least wait till after tonight? I mean we have a lot of shit to do to get ready for this shindig."
"Yeah, whatever," Sonic answered him. "By the way I talked Tails into actually staying for this one."
"Awesome! So Tails, dude, are you going to get drun…oof," Sonic hit him hard in the ribs with his elbow.
After he caught his breath he continued, "er, I mean, so you're going to help set up and stuff?"
"Yeah. Sonic says that you always throw good parties, so I figured I'd stick around."
"Cool," was all Knuckles had to say after that.
The trio then moved the plane over into the nearby hangar that Knuckles had built. It was twice as big as the one Tails had, and held some of Knuckles most prized possessions. As the three walked back out into the sunlight Sonic found something new to bitch about:
"Hey Knux," Sonic began to whine, "don't tell me we've got to walk all the way back to your place from here, do we?"
"Dammit," Knuckles sighed, "you're still a whiny little bitch, aren't you?"
"N-N-No…," Sonic started, but was stopped yet again by Knuckles.
"Hey don't worry dude," Knuckles chuckled, "I always keep my Jeep around the back of the hangar in the shed."
Knuckles walked around the back and opened the sheds' doors. Sonic and Tails both stood outside and waited for their friend. Knuckles pulled the Jeep out of the shed and the others jumped in. The red echidna reached inside his Jeeps' glove box and removed a pack of cigarettes. After carefully choosing one from the slightly damaged pack and lighting up he offered one to Sonic, who eagerly took it like a kid who was offered candy, and Tails, who politely declined him. After taking a long drag from his cig Knuckles spoke:
"So where to first: my place to set up or the local distributor to get the booze?"
"Well," started Sonic removing his cigarette from his mouth, "let's go get the keg first since the distributor is closer."
"Yeah that's a good idea," agreed Knuckles, "so how much money do you have?" he took another drag from his cig.
"Uhm…I've got enough to foot half the bill of a keg of that Marble Garden brand."
"Yuck, dude that shit is nasty," Knuckles started, "what about you give me all of that and I can foot the rest and we can get Ice Cap brand. That stuff is amazing."
"Awesome," Sonic sang to himself. He took a final puff of his cigarette and put it out in the ashtray.
On their way to the distributors the three discussed the various aspects of the party that night: Sonic used his cell phone to call up some more people that Knuckles had forgotten, and Tails and Knux threw around ideas as to where to position the DJ equipment. The three had just finished what they were doing when they reached their destination: The HydroCity Zone Beer Distributor. Knuckles pulled the Jeep up and went up to the clerk to make the purchase, and that was when he got an unexpected surprise:
"May I help you?" said the crocodile behind the counter. He wore a pair of black shades and had a DJ headset wrapped around his head.
"Dude…Vector, how have you been man?", Knuckles asked in a slightly bewildered tone. "I thought you and the rest of the Chaotix were working undercover on some big case?"
Vector just shook his head. "Nah man," he started with a sigh, "we dropped the detective work over a month ago. It just wasn't going anywhere,".
"So lemme get this straight," Knuckles began, "the detective work wasn't getting you guys anywhere. So instead of that now you're working here?"
"Uh, well, that's part of it," Vector explained. "See, we made enough money doing detective work that we, well put simply, we bought this place out," he paused a moment to look at the stunned face the echidna gave him. "Then we realized we were making more of a profit selling booze so we stopped doing detective work."
"Sweet," Knuckles said amazed after a moment, "so does that mean you guys get free booze?"
"Yeah, pretty much," replied the alligator
"Dude, there's a big party goin down over at my place tonight. You should definitely hook us up and come over after you guys close," Knuckles said excitedly.
"Yeah man, hey, anytime you need liquor come find me. I can hook you up. So, what you need for tonight?
"Well," Knux had to think for a minute. Finally he answered, "two kegs of Ice Cap and a case of Marble Garden," then he noticed a cigarette wall behind Vector. "You guys sellin tobacco too?"
"Yep,".
"Gimme a pack of Angel Island lights then dude,".
"Alright man," Vector said as he walked over and pulled a carton off the shelf, "here dude."
"I just wanted one pack, not a whole box dude,".
"Don't worry about it," the alligator assured him.
"You get these free too?" Knux inquired.
"No, but I take them all the time and blame it on the janitor we hired. So basically he's working for cigs that he never gets. What time do you want us there?"
"Well Sonic, Tails, and I have to go set up all my DJ shit and Sonic has been telling everyone to be there at seven-thirtyish,".
"Alright I'll bring Espio and the rest of the gang by then with the booze. Two kegs of Ice Cap and one case of Marble Garden right?"
"Hell yeah!" responded the echidna.
"Ok, we'll see you later then dude," Vector responded.
"Yep, later,".
Ah, chapter two is done. What did you think? Did anyone catch the Sonic 3 references scattered around the chapter? What's gonna happen next? You'll just have to wait and find out. Reviews and criticisms are welcome.
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