Notes: I wrote these two scenes months ago based on requests I got on tumblr, and I liked them enough that I figured I should post them here! Enjoy!

"Tails, you got that camera ready?" Sonic asked, stretching out his legs and tapping his toes on the colorful dance pad.

"Ready and rolling," the fox replied, holding his Miles Electric up to face the backs of the two hedgehogs, both warming up on their respective Dance Renaissance machines.

"Good," Scourge said, pulling his jacket off and tossing it onto the ground next to him so it was out of the way. "Make sure you get my good side when I kick Sonic's ass at this."

"Oh, you wish," the blue one laughed. "I've been dominating at these things for years. Just because your reflexes are as fast as mine doesn't change the fact that I have pretty much all of these levels memorized."

Tails rolled his eyes. "So pick a level you haven't memorized and get going. This video's not going viral all by itself, y'know."

"Okay, fine," Sonic mumbled as he started scrolling through the available songs. "Know it, know it, know it, know it, that one sucks, know it, know it… Okay, this one I don't know that well. Max difficulty?"

Scourge nodded. "Punch it."

Sonic hit the button with his foot, and the screen went black. Everything lit back up again after a moment, and the loud dance music started to play over the speakers. As soon as arrows started flying up the screen, the legs of the two hedgehogs had become nothing but blue and green blurs. The arrows were going so fast Tails could barely see them, but given the amount of times the word 'perfect!' appeared on-screen, Sonic and Scourge apparently had no trouble making them out. The two's movements were identical, completely in sync with one another, as was to be expected. They were both the same person, for crying out loud. As long as neither of them made a major mistake, they would probably stay in sync until the end.

Tails looked down at the Miles Electric in his hands, making sure its camera app stayed focused on the action. It was a shame it couldn't record at a higher fps, because he would have loved to see this in slow motion. Their feet looked like red and black tornadoes, and they were both staring, unblinking, at the screens in front of them.

When they were about halfway through the song, things got a little… concerning. Sonic and Scourge were still neck and neck and deadly focused, but Tails was distracted by the smell of smoke. He looked up from the Miles Electric to see thick black smoke pouring out the backs of the machines. The buttons on the dance pads were flickering wildly, and the images on the screen were shaking. "Um, guys?" the fox said, slowly taking a step back. "I think you might be too good at this."

"No time for compliments bud!" Sonic yelled at him over the music.

"No, seriously, you're going too fast! The machines, they–"

Burst into flames. Both games burst into flames, and the two hedgehogs abruptly stopped as all the lights petered out. They quickly stumbled off of the dance pads and zipped to Tails's side, all three of them staring at the machines.

"Well, that was fun while it lasted," Sonic cringed, not knowing what to do other than watch the smoke pour out of his favorite game.

"Think we should run?" Scourge asked, not looking forward to receiving the blame for this.

Tails nodded. "Yeah, we should… probably go."

"It's not a big fire, someone else can handle it, come on!" Sonic yelped, leading them out and away from the arcade in a flash.

The worst part about the whole situation? Upon revealing Tails's footage, they discovered the game ended in a tie.

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"Ow."

"I can't believe this. Tails told you to wait."

"And I ignored him. Pass me the aspirin."

Sonic groaned melodramatically as he passed the bottle of painkillers over to Scourge, who sat next to him on the couch. Both hedgehogs were covered in bandages almost from head to toe. Fur was singed, limbs were bruised and battered, and they both ached all over. Taking down Eggman's latest batch of robots didn't go quite as well as they had planned. They may or may not have been directly on top of the biggest robot when it exploded, and they may or may not have caught fire a little bit. All in all, their injuries weren't hospital-bad, but they were definitely lie-on-the-couch-and-watch-tv-all-day-bad. And of course, with two stubborn, aching hedgehogs in such close proximity, they were bound to pick on each other.

"This is all your fault," Sonic grumbled as Scourge took some of the pills. "I'm beginning to think you enjoy looking like burnt grass."

"Hey, yer the one with all the practice bein' a hero," Scourge scoffed. "Thought you were all about savin' the day."

"I did save the day. The city's still standing and no one else got hurt. You were the one who had to jump in and be all flashy about it."

"You're flashy too, dickwad."

"Yeah, but… Shut up!"

"Haaaa, you don't have a good comeback–"

"Yeah, sorry I'm not on my a-game right now, I'm just concussed."

"Oh, cry me a river."

"Hope you drown in it."

That caught Scourge off guard, and he actually let out a laugh. "Woah, captain edgy over here! Talk about savage." Sonic merely glared at him in response. "Had no idea you got so pissy when you're hurt."

"I don't like bein' stuck in one place. Can't move a lot if I'm hurt."

The green hedgehog sighed. "Yeah. I'm used to spendin' a lotta my time bein' hurt an' stuck in one place so… I get that."

"Oh yeah, that's basically what Zone Jail was like for you, right?"

"Yeeeep," he groaned, tilting his head back so it bumped against the back of the couch. "I shouldn't've gone overboard on that last robot. Fucked both of us over."

"Yeah, but you also haven't had a ton of practice fighting Eggman's bots," Sonic said. He attempted to shrug, but even that slight movement shot pain all through his arms and chest. "Besides, I've been burned worse."

Scourge raised an eyeridge. "Chaos, really? 'Cause right now, you're more black than blue. You practically got grill marks on yer ass."

"I've been in this business for a loooong time," Sonic chuckled. "Let's just say there was an unfortunate amount of lava involved, and leave it at that."

"Fine. If you don't wanna talk, I'll ask Tails about it. Yo, T!" the green one shouted, struggling to lean forward and inch out of the couch. He hurt too much to make it very far, but he still made a show of it.

"Noooo!" Sonic wailed, refusing to follow him. His injured brain was currently protesting any and all movement, so he responsibly stayed put.

Scourge, meanwhile, had managed to push himself up out of the sofa, every movement painful. He took a few slow steps forward, calling Tails's name out again as he cleared the coffee table.

And then he fell flat on his face.

He moaned loudly as Sonic tried not to howl too much, laughs exploding through his body. "Oh Chaos!" Sonic gasped for air, his chest immediately beginning to hurt from the strain of laughing. "Tails! Cleanup on aisle three!"

Scourge clenched his fists, still lying prone on the floor. "I hate you."

"Haha, yeah, I hate you too."

Notes: If you want to see more of my writing (and art!) please check out Sylvania School Of Magic . tumblr. com (remove spaces)! It's a story I'm writing with Hikareh and Yamiii where Sonic's world is filled with magic, and he and his friends go to not-Hogwarts and try to deal with magic, Chaos, and being lonely orphans in need of some friends. We're on hiatus for April (finals month, kill us) so it's the perfect time to read and catch up!

If you enjoyed this mini-chapter, please leave a review! It would really put a smile on my face. Hope you all had a happy Easter (or just a good Sunday, if you don't celebrate)! Cya!