Authors Note: Do I really need to put a disclaimer at this point? Characters are not mine, and nor are any bands or companies or anything like that that I may mention in this or future chapters. Thanks to everyone who has read the story and big thanks goes out to liunt and DJ Bleach for their reviews. Also, as promised, liunt gets a kudos for remembering his Sonic the Hedgehog stages. He was able to tell me that Lava Reef Zone was from Sonic 3 (even though it was technically part of Sonic & Knuckles. The two games were originally supposed to be one) and Aquatic Ruins was from Sonic 2. BUT there are still 5 (if I can count) more stage references in the fic! Can you tell me where they came from?

OK, back to the fic…

When last we left Sonic and the others Sonic and Tails found out that Knuckles is a big techno freak, they stopped at Wal-Mart to get snacks, and quite possibly got Mike the Wal-Mart cashier inadvertently fired. What will happen next…read on and find out!

The trio walked out of Wal-Mart with their snacks in hand. As they searched for Knuckles' jeep in the seemingly infinite parking lot, the red echidna started to wonder aloud what would happen to the young guy who probably just lost his job:

"Hey guys," he began, "what do you think will happen to that dude who just went psycho on that self-checkout machine?"

"Ah don't worry about that guy," Sonic said, "he'll be fine,".

"Sonic, do we have to remind you that he literally ripped that machine apart with his bare hands?", Tails asked with a hint of shock in his voice.

"Yeah man," continued Knuckles, "I know I wouldn't want to be the guy that fires him for it," he laughed.

"Yeah maybe you're right," Sonic said after a moment of thought, "well maybe they won't do anything to him. I mean, he did the right thing by destroying that hellish hunk of scrap metal; it's not like anyone knows how to properly work one anyway,". I once watched Robotnik try to use one and even with his 300 plus IQ he couldn't," he finished after another moment.

They had been walking aimlessly now for the length of their conversation, and still had not found Knuckles' jeep. It was only a few minutes later that suddenly Tails remembered he could fly.

"Dude!," began Sonic, "you really are a dumbass,". Tails just shook his head.

So after Tails found it on the other side of the lot he flew back and proceeded to show the other two over to it…

\\\ One Hour Later ///

Knuckles fidgeted around in the pockets of his jeans for his keys. When he finally found them he unlocked all the doors and started the jeeps' engine. The echidna took a brief look at his clock: it was already a quarter after five. He punched the gas and sped out of the lot causing an old man to swerve into another car.

As they sped off towards Knuckles' house, Knux and Sonic both lit up another cigarette and put Tails' new Stardust Speedway Orchestra CD into the stereo. The first song that started playing was a tune that was very familiar to all of them: It was Avenged Sevenfolds' "Bat Country".

"Wow, Tails," Sonic began in awe, "you and Knux weren't kidding about these guys. They kick ass!"

"You see," began Tails, "I told you I listen to good, heavy sounding music,".

"Dude, the Backstreet Boys are NOT considered heavy music at all," stated Knuckles. "They aren't even very good. You could argue that with Van Halen, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, or any band like that, but NOT the Backstreet Boys," Sonic finished coldly.

Tails just sighed. He knew he was going to lose this argument if it turned into one. Sonic and Knuckles were both right…yet again.

The group sat in silence for the rest of the trip with the occasional "Awesome," or "Cool," coming from Sonic whenever he heard something he really liked on the CD. When they finally did arrive at Knuckles' house they all got out, started unloading their things, and went inside.

Knuckles' house was bigger compared to Sonics' or Tails'. It was three stories tall, and had four and a half bathrooms, five bedrooms, two separate game rooms, a large kitchen and dining area, and a spacious living area all on the main three floors. In his basement Knuckles had what he called his "party room". The party room was basically the entire basement with a small area just under the stairs which contained another small bathroom which also held a secret passage to the Master Emeralds' "Emerald Chamber". The party room was very well taken care of. Knux had taken the liberty of carpeting it and installing some drywall himself. Along the walls were many different designs and symbols painted in fluorescent paint. He had lighted the room with regular fluorescent bulbs as well as black lights and a disco ball, and furnished it with a black leather loveseat and couch combo.

Once they were inside, they took all of the food and other stuff down to the party room and began to set up. They put two large folding tables up along the back wall and put the food on top. That's when Sonic remembered about Knuckles' DJ equipment:

"Hey Knux where is your DJ stuff anyways?" he asked.

"Dammit," Knuckles cursed, "all of my stuff is up in one of the spare bedrooms. We'll have to bring it all down,".

"OK," said Tails, "so which one is it all in?"

"Uhm, do you really want to know?" Knuckles asked hesitantly.

"Oh no," said Sonic, "don't tell us it's all up in the guest bedroom on the third floor, is it?"

The echidna slowly nodded his head.

"You stupid son of a bitch," yelled Sonic, "who in the hell would be dumb enough to stick it up there?"

"Vec-tor," answered Knux slowly.

"Argh, DAMN THAT CROCODILE!" cursed Sonic as he kicked the couch stubbing his toes in the process.

As Sonic hopped around the room cursing God, Buddha, Allah, and Mario, Knuckles and Tails started up the stairs towards the third floor guest room.

Knuckles' third floor guest room was not so much a guest room as it was a storage closet for everything he ever owned. In short Knuckles was, is, and forever will be a packrat. When the two reached the door the echidna slowly pushed the door open, and the two stepped inside:

"Whoa," said Tails disbelief, "did a train wreck in here or something?"

"Shut up and help me find that stuff,".

Knux owned a bunch of DJ equipment. He had a workstation which wasn't too hard to find as it was just laid on the bed. The four speakers were just as easy to find, but the wires and cables which hooked everything together were a completely different story. There were five cables that they needed to find. Tails found the first one pretty easily as it was still connected to the workstation, but Knuckles did not want to look for the rest of them so he called Vector to find out where they were:

"Hello," said a voice on the other end, "Hydrocity Zone Beer Distributors how may I direct your call?"

"Uh, yes, I would like to speak with Vector please," answered Knuckles.

"One moment sir," said the voice. After a moment of silence Vector picked up the phone.

"Hello, this is Vector how can I help you?"

"Alright, listen you idiot, where the hell are the cables to my DJ equipment."

"Hey Knuckles," began Vector sounding like he was thinking hard to remember. After a moment he spoke again, "yeah remember we tried to bungee jump off the roof of the house with them the last time we all got plastered? We probably left them attached to the roof,".

"Ugh, thanks dude," sighed Knuckles as he hung up the phone.

About that time Sonic had finally managed to make it up the stairs and was just in time to help Knux carry the speakers down stairs along with the workstation.

"So we got the workstation and speakers down here no prob," started Sonic who was still hobbling a bit, "now where are the wires at?"

"Vector thought they might've still been attached to the roof from when we tried to bungee jump from the roof,".

"Oh yeah," began Sonic as he replayed that event vaguely in his head, "that was fun!"

"How would ya know? You jumped and your foot slipped out of the cable, you fell on to the trampoline, flew off and cracked your head off of the cement walkway. You wound up with a concussion and a bad case of amnesia that lasted for five days," Knux finished.

"Really," Sonic asked stupidly, "I don't remember that,".

"No shit Sherlock. Well Tails is getting them now," the red one finished.

When Tails came back in with the wires they finished up hooking everything together. It was nearly a quarter till seven so they had approximately forty-five minutes till party time. They decided to go to one of the game rooms to play some old school Sega Genesis while they waited for the first guests and the booze to arrive.

Hey everyone, sorry I didn't update sooner. I decided to go see my girlfriend the past couple nights so I haven't been able to post this. Well now that it's up what do you think? Also help me out here: should I change the rating over to M for the next chapter based on what has happened so far and the fact that they are going to be drinking?

As I mentioned at the beginning of the chapter there are still like five more stage references that no one has gotten yet. Find them and tell me what game they came from and you'll get a special kudos in my next chapter.

Anyways, hope you're enjoying this, and reviews and criticisms are always welcome. I expect to make another update in about the next two to four days.

Thanks for reading,
Sons of Ocelot