A/N: Ok, the only reason I'm breaking my "review for a chapter" deal is because I felt that I owe it to Star the Hedgecat. So for her, I'll write the second chapter.

Sword: Yeah, but after this, it's back to a review for a chapter deal!

Disclaimer: I don't own any Sonic characters. They belong to Sega. I only own Gauge.

A Mix-up

"Tails!" The shouting and banging on the door shook the twin-tailed kitsune out of his thoughts as he jumped off the couch. He opened the door and was greeted by a rush of wind as Sonic raced inside.

"Hey Sonic," Tails greeted.

"Quick Tails, close the door!" Sonic told him. Tails obeyed and shut the door. He walked over to his couch and offered Sonic a seat in a chair next to him.

"What's going on Sonic?" he asked.

"That's what I wanna know!" Sonic exclaimed. He looked out the window next to the door before he took a seat next to Tails. "All morning and everywhere I go, there's cops chasing me!"

"I think I know why that is," Tails said. He picked up the remote and turned on the television. The news story that Tails had been watching was still playing, as was the footage from the thefts.

Sonic studied the television for a few seconds before he yelled, "What?! That's not me!"

Tails mentally breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, who is it?" he questioned.

Sonic shook his head. "I don't know, but I'm gonna find out."

-----

Amy stood outside of a television store as she watched the same news story that had confused Tails that morning. She could only stare in disbelief as the reporter said that the hedgehog shown was Sonic.

"Sonic?" she muttered. She was still staring at the television as someone rushed past her. The wind blew her hair into her face as she turned in it's direction.

Then she heard a familiar voice call, "Wait, please!" She turned to see Cheese carrying Cream in her arms. She stopped in front of Amy as she caught her breath.

"Hello Ms. Amy," Cream said in between breaths.

"Hey Cream," Amy replied. "Who are you chasing? Is it Sonic?"

Cream shook her head. "N-no. I don't know who it is, but he just saved us from-"

She was cut off as several of the robots from earlier landed around Amy and her.

"Eggman!" Cream cried.

"Ho, ho, ho!" Eggman laughed through the robots. "Finally, both of you alone without any of the others around!"

"I wouldn't say that," the gray hedgehog from before said as he now stood next to Amy and Cream.

Amy summoned her Piko Piko Hammer and took her battle stance. She glanced at the hedgehog while keeping her eyes on the robots. The hedgehog was about Sonic's height, with his spines styled in what could be called a mohawk. The only clothing he wore was black shoes and white gloves. However, she noticed how his orange eyes burned with determination.

"Who are you?" Amy asked.

"Just call me Gauge," the hedgehog answered. He looked around for something to use and found another lead pipe. "Wow, these things are everywhere." He picked it up and spun it around before getting ready as well.

"Cream, find somewhere to hide as soon as you can, alright?" Amy told her. Cream nodded and squeezed Cheese closer to her.

"Enough! Destroy the gray one and take Amy and Cream hostage!" Eggman's voice shouted. At this, the robots started to move in.

Gauge jumped at one of the robots and swung his pipe at it's head. The robot flew to its right and smacked into another one, sending them both to the ground.

Amy swung her hammer and managed to trip one, then she brought her hammer down on its chest to finish it. "Take that," she cried.

Cream had snuck behind some trashcans in a nearby alley and was trying her best to hide herself and Cheese. But she suddenly felt a metallic hand wrap around her. "No!" she cried, as she was forced to drop Cheese.

However, Gauge noticed her and hit the robot's arm with his pipe, denting it and forcing it to let go of Cream. She back to the cans and scooped up Cheese. Gauge meanwhile, wagged his finger at the robot. "Not today," he taunted.

The robot rushed him, but he jumped into the air and threw his pipe into its back. Electricity sputtered from its puncture and the robot fell lifeless. Gauge grabbed his pipe and ran back to join Amy, who was holding off the last two on her own.

"Back off!" she cried as she pounded away at one of them. Unfortunately, the lack of attention she paid to the other ended up with her getting knocked unconcious by it.

Before it could grab Amy and run off,Gauge charged it and hit every spot on it that he could find. He paused to admire his work of the now useless machine. "Only one more," he said. He turned around to find that the last robot was flying off in the sky, most likely back to Eggman's base. Gauge threw the pipe down on the ground in anger.

"Ms. Amy," Cream cried. She was now holding Amy's head in her lap, trying to wake her up. Cheese was just barely hovering nearby, which wasn't any surprise. After having to carry Gauge up that building and Cream down from it, not to mention getting tossed around by the robots, it was amazing he was still alive.

Gauge walked over to Cream and checked Amy's pulse. "Don't worry. She's not dead," he told her. "Just knocked out."

"What do we do then Mr. Gauge?" Cream asked.

Gauge was taken aback by the Mr. , but he recovered. "Well, we should probably take her home. Do you know where she lives?"

Cream nodded excitedly. "Yes, I do. Follow me." Gauge hoisted Amy up into his arms and ran after Cream and Cheese, who led the way to Amy's house.

-----

"So Sonic, how do we know what he looks like?" Tails asked as they walked around the city. They had decided to check out all the places that had been robbed to see if they could get any clues.

"Well, we could get a newspaper," Sonic said. "But one thing."

"What?"

"Do I have ta wear all this?" he cried. Tails glanced back. He had decided it would be too risky for Sonic to walk around as normal so he had made him wear a fake mustache, a large fedora hat, and a long, dirty trenchcoat.

Tails chuckled. "C'mon, its not that bad."

"Oh yeah, you don't keep tri-woah!" Sonic yelled as he tripped on the trenchcoat and fell face-first to the ground. He groaned as Tails erupted into laughter.

When he raised his head, he noticed he was staring at one of the newspapers that told about the robberies, However, this picture had a zoomed in photo of the hedgehog on the cover.

Sonic dug into one of the trenchcoat's pockets and pulled out some money. Thanks Tails, he thought as he paid the man at the newspaper stand and grabbed the newspaper.

"Hey Tails, stop laughing for a sec and check this out," Sonic waved the newspaper in front of Tails. Tails wiped a tear from his eye and studied the paper. "Can you see anything that we could use?"

"Hm, well from what I can tell, the only thing that I can see different from you is that this guy had a mohawk." Tails said. "But we could get it back to my lab and I could enhance the photo. C'mon let's go."

A/N: Oooooh, suspense. Anyway, now for the next chapter, I'm going to need at least one reviews. Even if it's telling me just how OOC the characters might be.

Sword: Yeah, so review!

...Um, where's the other one?

Sword: Oh, I don't know. I haven't seen him all day.

Well find him. My name doesn't make sense without him!

Will Sonic and Tails find the mysterious thief? Will Amy be ok? Just who is this Gauge character? What exactly is Eggman up to? And just where the hell is Pen?

Sword: Where the hell is that coming from?

Find out next tim on "Sonic the Thief?"