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Chapter 19

"Seriously, though, what are we gonna do with him?" Knuckles asked.

Tails shrugged. "I was being serious."

Everybody saw Eggman blanch. He started shaking his head so hard he looked like he was trying to shake it off. "Y-you really don't wanna do that! I c-could be very v-valuable to you!"

Sonic snorted. "Oh yeah? In what way?"

The doctor stuttered some more. It was obvious he didn't have a good answer.

"How 'bout a chaos emerald?"

Eggman's gaze snapped to the black hedgehog.

"Nah, it would have to be more than one. Like, all of them."

Cue the glare at Sonic.

Tails got an idea. He slowly, quietly walked back from the group up the runway. Eventually he made it to a door, and headed inside.

Sonic noticed someone missing from the group. He inconspicuously counted each individual around him. One cruel doc and five mobians, including himself. Wait...

Weren't there six earlier?

The cobalt hedgehog smothered a smile. That sneaky little fox. He stole his idea! Ah, well, he got a new plan. Distract the guy before him until Tails got back.

This would be fun!

Sonic let loose his grin. "I don't know, guys. That 'pitch him off the edge' thing really caught my attention. Are we high enough?"

Rouge shook her head. "This guy's sly. He'd find some way to survive."

Sonic nodded thoughtlessly. "Yeah... I don't know. Anyone got a pit of lava handy?"

Knuckles chuckled. "If only. I would've used it years ago." He had also noticed the little fox's absence and decided to go along with Sonic. It was entertaining as all get out to say the least.

The echidna continued. "No, no. I think sharks would be better. What's more painful than being ripped apart by three rows of teeth?"

Sonic gave him a curious look. Knuckles raised his eyebrows at him in response and gave a knowing smirk. They shared a tiny nod.

"Oh, I can do better than that," the blue hedgehog returned. "Drop Fatty onto a bunch of knives."

"Uh-uh. Tank of acid."

"Nope. Pool full of jellyfish."

"Ha! Old fashioned drowning."

"Dude, if we're goin' old school, why not break out the chainsaws?"

"Nah, old is boring. Let's stick to modern. Waterboard the jerk."

"Knux, how do you even know what that is?"

"Hey! I watch movies!"

"You don't have a life. How do you watch movies?"

"Shut it, Sonic. I've got a life."

"No, you don't."

"Yes, I do!"

"Yeah right. So sitting against a big green rock is considered living? What is this world coming to?"

"I said, shut up!"

"You need to get yourself a girlfriend, buddy."

"I'm warning you..."

"Ooh, I've been warned!"

"You wanna go?!"

"Heck yeah! Better than having this boring conversation!"

"Are you calling me boring?!"

"What d'you think?!"

"ARGH!"

All Eggman, Shadow, Rouge, and Amy could see was a red blur throwing itself at Sonic, who dodged. He became a blur blur, and the two mobians began crashing into each other. They kept shouting insults and throwing punches.

Finally, about five minutes later, Knuckles appeared to get tired and slowed to a halt. He was "breathing hard" and his fur was wild.

Sonic stopped too, and looked pretty much the same. He had an amused glint in his eye that only his friends recognized.

Shadow had had a feeling that the whole one-upping each other thing was an act, and he became positive when they started arguing. The midnight hedgehog had to admit, though, that the fight looked pretty real.

Sonic shook his head and laughed. "Look, I can top any death you've got in mind."

"Oh yeah? With what?" Knuckles scoffed.

The blue hedgehog shrugged. "Nothing big, just turn him into a vampire and stake him."

"And how the heck are you gonna do that?"

Sonic gave his trademark grin. "Have Shads bite him!"

Said hedgehog looked taken aback. "What?"

If possible, Sonic's smile grew even bigger. "Duh! Isn't it obvious? Our depressed, pale friend here is a vampire!"

"Who you calling 'depressed'?!"

"Well, you are kind of."

"And a vampire? Really?"

"It totally makes sense!"

"Yeah, I know. So how'd you know?"

Eggman stared at the hedgehogs in shock. How could he have missed that?

However, Rouge and Amy saw right through the ruse. The argument, the fight, and now this? Obviously staged. Guess they now knew why the doctor's nickname is "Eggman."

Said human was still gaping at the "vampire" hedgehog. "But...but...but..."

Sonic rolled his eyes. "Shut it, Eggy. Or I'll sic Shadow on you."

Shadow grinned a demonic grin. "I've never tried human blood before," he said, licking his lips.

The blue blur put a hand on his black-furred chest to stop him. "Easy there, Shads. We need him alive...for now."

Eggman gulped. "Yes, yes, you need me alive!" Then he whimpered. "I don't wanna die..."

Seeing the pitiful look on Eggman's face was enough to make all of the mobians burst out laughing. "Jeez Eggy!" Sonic bursted. "I didn't know you were that easy to scare! Oh, man, we gotta do that again sometime!"

Amy wiped a tear from her eye. "Genius."

While the others were stalling Eggman (in a rather hilarious way, he had to admit), Tails was searching the flying ship as fast as possible. It didn't take long to find what he was looking for. He had figured Eggman would keep it near himself at all times, so the young fox checked the bridge, the doctor's quarters, and any other rooms in close proximity.

While walking through what looked like a gunnery range (why Eggman needed shooting practice, he didn't know), Tails spotted what he was looking for. He immediately raced over and grabbed it carefully. No need to accidentally shoot something.

But Tails wasn't sure why the whole place seemed deserted.

Okay, I'm getting bored with this story, so i tried humor this chapter. Let me know how I did, k? And another thing, I'm gonna try and rap this up soon, hopefully within 3 more chapters or so. I've got a lot of ideas for other stories but I'm gonna make them shorter. I didn't plan this story much at all, so if it's kinda messy, that's why.

Until next time, mis amigos!