Chapter Eleven: Outfox the Sheldon

Hi guys! Like I said, I won't be updating as often because of school, but I'll try as hard as I can to get these up here every Friday or Saturday! And all of this stuff I make Sheldon say I barely even understand myself, so prepare to be thoroughly confused XD! Enjoy!

"I fail to see how someone cannot see how string theory in quantum physics is obviously the way the universe is!" Sheldon complained to Penny who was barely even listening.

"Yeah, I zoned out after the words 'I fail'," Penny responded as they walked through the woods. "Hey do you see that?" Penny asked. She pointed to something on the ground. It was Tails, still unconscious. "Isn't that one of the other tributes?" she asked Sheldon.

"Yes," Sheldon said. "Now let's turn around and pretend we never saw anything," he turned to walk away.

"Wait," Penny said, grabbing his arm. "He might not be dead. We should help him."

Sheldon looked at her. "Penny, so far we've been attacked by Bidoof and what may have been a rabid squirrel. Now please explain to me how having a hungry fox on our side will help us in our situation."

"He'll shut you up," Penny said bluntly. She walked over to Tails, then she heard something.

"AAAAAH!"

"What the-" Penny was tackled to the ground by a pink blur.

"What did you do to Tails?!" Amy screamed. "Why is he lying on the ground?! TELL ME!" Amy yelled, raising her Piko Piko hammer over her head, ready to crush Penny.

"We didn't do it!" Penny said quickly. "We found him like this, we were going to help him! Sheldon do something!"

"I'm sorry I don't like to get in other people's business," Sheldon said.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Penny yelled at Sheldon as she pushed Amy off her. "You've gotten in to EVERYONE'S business! How can you stand there and say that-"

"I'm just gonna go…" Amy said while backing away from the two.

"Oh no, you're staying here," Penny said. She turned back to Sheldon. "Are you totally clueless as to what you've done to us in the past?"

Sheldon twitched. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Penny growled angrily, then sighed. "Do you want to come with us, Amy?"

"…Okay," Amy said cautiously.

"Sheldon, get Tails," Penny ordered.

Sheldon flinched, then started to protest.

"Do it, Sheldon."

Sheldon hesitantly picked up Tails, somewhat disgusted.

"Come on," Penny said to Amy. "I'll show you where we've been staying."

Tails woke up to the sound of talking. His head hurt like crazy, every movement making him flinch in pain. He forced himself to sit up and look around. It was late morning. He was under a large shady tree on the grass. He looked at his leg, which had a large bruise. What happened? All I remember is… oh yeah, he thought, remembering what had happened. But how did I get here? He groaned as he stood up. He walked toward the voices that he had heard earlier. He saw two figures sitting around the remains of a campfire.

"Oh, hi Tails," Amy said looking at him.

"Hi," Tails said, still a little confused. "What happened?"

"We found you lying on the ground unconscious," Penny explained. "So we brought you to our camp."

"Oh. So how long was I out?" Tails inquired as he sat down.

"About three days," Amy replied.

A few minutes later, Sheldon appeared. He looked down at Penny. "You're sitting in my spot," he said.

Penny groaned and moved over.

"Why do you let him do that to you?" Amy asked Penny.

"Because if I didn't let him, I'd be arguing with a crazy person."

Sheldon gritted his teeth. "I told you, I'm not crazy. My mother had me tested."

Penny ignored him. "So I'm Penny, and you've met crazy Sheldon," she explained to Tails.

Sheldon glared at her. "Says the former member of the Corn Queen's Court."

"Says the guy who got chased up a tree by a chicken when he was twelve!" Penny yelled, standing up. The two started to bicker at each other.

"Are they always like this?" Tails whispered to Amy. She didn't respond. "Will you guys stop fighting? Isn't it a bit ridiculous to start fighting over who gets to sit where?"

Sheldon stopped talking and turned to Tails. "I'll have you know that I have a PhD in theoretical physics and I will not take the time to argue with a small eight year old fox child!" he said angrily.

"Then why are you arguing with me now?" Tails said smartly. He had learned how to aggravate someone very easily just by watching Angel torment Knuckles every day.

Sheldon twitched, then turned to Penny. "Must we really bring them along? I don't see how having them in our presence solves anything."

"Sheldon, if it wasn't for them, I would have killed you by now." Penny replied. She turned to Tails and Amy while she took a map out of her pocket. "Okay. So our plan has been to keep moving around the arena and avoiding the other tributes. So we should start moving east by noon time," she explained. "Are you ready to go Sheldon?"

"Fine. But I'm not talking to him," Sheldon said as he pointed to Tails.

"That's fine by me," Tails said.

The alliance then picked up their gear and started heading east.

"This is absurd," Sheldon said. "I have an IQ of 187, higher than any other tribu-"

"Are you sure about that?" Tails asked.

"Well surely yours isn't-"

"It's 225." Tails said as he walked ahead of Sheldon.

"You're lying," Sheldon said quickly. "Foxes lie. He's lying."

Tails turned around. "If I'm lying, then tell me how you open a tool box."

Sheldon was silent for a minute. "I have a PhD in theoretical physics."

"I built a plane," Tails said coolly. He ran ahead to join Amy and Penny.

"Curse you, Miles Prower," Sheldon mumbled under his breath.

"I think you made him mad," Amy said to Tails as she looked back at Sheldon.

"He'll be fine," Penny said. "You know, as long as he doesn't explode, then we're fine."

Tails turned around to look at Sheldon, who was staring at him intensely. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"Trying to blow up your mind," Sheldon replied, still staring.

"And he calls himself a genius," Tails mumbled.

"I heard that," Sheldon said.

And with that, the four of the tributes kept walking, unaware of the dangers that lied ahead.

And that wraps up chapter eleven! Not much action in this one, but I wanted a chance to add some humor in this, and there's no better opportunity than Sheldon Cooper! But give me your opinion on how the story is going! Thanks!