The Blueprints

"COME BACK HERE, VERMIN!" shouted an angry Crunch, chasing after Sonic, "I WANT MY WUMPAS!"

"I told you, I didn't take your fruits!" replied Sonic, trying to keep ahead of the raging marsupial.

Back at the house, Aku-Aku and Coco were watching the chase. "Oh, this isn't good." said the mask.

Coco replied, "I know. If Crunch murders him, I lose my future husband."

"No" rebuddled Aku-Aku, "I mean that this popcorn is out of butter."

Coco rolled her eyes, and continued watching the tireless chase.

Meanwhile, in Cortex's Laboratory, he and Eggman were in his main meeting room with N. Gin, N. Brio, N. Tropy, Tiny, and Dingo-Dile. "Welcome friends, I would like to introduce you to Dr. Eggman." greeted Cortex.

N. Tropy then cut in and said, "Uh… 'Egg Man' you said?"

"Tiny no think eggs so scary." Said the Tiger.

"Heh heh heh… eggs." snickered Dingo-Dile.

Eggman gained an expression of both mad and confused. He then said, "I used to be called Robotnik, but then my enemy, Sonic made a remark about my weight, calling me the 'Egg Man', so I decided to try and use that remark against him by naming my greatest creations after eggs, you know, like 'Death Egg Robot' or 'Egg-Viper.'"

"And how exactly is that working out for you?" asked N. Tropy with a grin.

Eggman then replied, "Err… so, our plan involves these, 'Power Crystals' I've been hearing about, the ones that are apparently scattered all over this island. They apparently hold the exact same amount of energy as these!" Eggman pulled out three chaos emeralds from his pocket.

"So shiny!" said N. Gin.

"How much are yeh willin' to bounty on those butes?" said Dingo-Dile.

"Tiny want touch!" said Tiny.

Eggman pulled back the emeralds into his pocket, with a grin on his face.

"So, what exactly do you have in mind with those jewels and our power crystals?" asked N. Brio.

"Quite simple, really, you see, this bandicoot you've been having trouble with is used to working with these crystals, right? My enemy back in my dimension is used to fighting with the jewels I have just shown you. If we swap your crystals for my jewels, then they'll be up against something brand new." explained Eggman.

"Brilliant of a plan, courtesy of him and yours truly." Said Cortex.

"I call dibs on the copyrights!" exclaimed N. Brio.

"I don't think so!" shouted Eggman, he then pressed a button labeled 'Brio', and N. Brio's chair swung backwards, and sent him down a pit, leaving behind an ear-piercing, little girl scream. "Any other objections, hmm?" asked Eggman. Everyone, with worried looks on their faces, began shaking their heads no. "Excellent, let the project begin!" proclaimed Cortex. Then he and Eggman laid out the blueprints of their greatest creations, and the team of now six began the project.

Meanwhile, back in front of the house, Sonic had pinned Crunch to the ground. "I just… just wanted my… my Wumpa… Fruits…" said Crunch, Crash walking back to the house. Aku-Aku floated up to Sonic and said, "I guess brain beats brawn, once again."

Sonic shot his thumb up in the air, then said, "Anyways, as I was saying, I followed this guy called, 'Eggman' here. Then I ended up on this island, and then I…" While Sonic was telling his story, Coco had her hands folded to her cheek, day-dreaming about a hedgehog/bandicoot family, on the beach, making sand-castles and getting tans. "… and then I beat up fruit-basket here, and here I am now." Sonic said as he finished his story.

"I see, if Cortex and Eggman have teamed up, then this must be trouble. We'll have to wake Crunch up and take him with us." Aku-Aku zapped Crunch with a small dose of lightning, making him leap and say, "LOOK AT THE MONKEY! OH, RIGHT IN HIS OWN MOUTH!"

"Come on you four, we have a few doctors to visit." said Aku-Aku.

Crash, remembering his fear of getting shots, hid behind a tree, hoping not to get noticed. Crunch then man-handled Crash, and dragged him on the ground as he tried to escape.