Angel Island was still on the water and not in the air as Locke whistled quietly to himself, going back and forth between the Master Emerald and the weird hole in the ground, with Knuckles noticing as he turned to Rouge and E-123 Omega, who were present at the scene. The three of them were hiding in the tropical foliage of the Sky Sanctuary.

"Just what is he up to this time?" Knuckles asked as he had his arms crossed, the Bulk and Skull theme playing in the background.

Rouge was polishing her nails as she blew on her right hand, glancing up at Knuckles. "He's probably doing something with the Master Emerald. Keeping it in check for me to rub my hands on..."

Rouge then felt awkward as Knuckles and Omega stared blankly at her, with Omega moving his mechanical arms slowly.

"I will go check on your father, Knuckles," Omega stated as he approached Locke, watching him emerge out of the hole with a package of food. Omega pointed at Locke with his right hand, asking, "What are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm just microwaving the baby." Locke laughed as he waved at Omega with his right hand, heading to the Master Emerald. "I had another bad dream about this weird purple gorilla that stole a yo-yo from my son."

Omega stood there, genuinely confused as Locke placed the package, which was a red bag of popcorn, into the microwave, activating the Master Emerald as it began glowing, with its energy of chaos being used on the microwave to pop the popcorn. Knuckles ran out of the foliage in an attempt to stop his dad, with Rouge hiding back as she didn't want to do anything risky. As Knuckles jumped on Locke, the microwave began popping the popcorn too much, and eventually a huge explosion of popcorn shook the entire island as the Master Emerald stopped charging up, with Omega completely covered in the popcorn's hot, sticky butter.

"This does not go with my protocol," Omega commented as he attempted to move, but was stuck.

Locke and Knuckles popped out of the batch of popcorn, with Knuckles growling in annoyance as Locke sheepishly chuckled, a typical laugh track being played in the background.

"Dad!" Knuckles growled in annoyance as he gritted his teeth.

Locke simply chuckled, shrugging in response. "Oh, hey son. At least I wasn't microwaving you."

Cue laugh track.

That's Our Locke!