Captain James T. Kirk and Sonic the Hedgehog now stood on the planet's surface, reveling in the prideful atmosphere that accompanied their victory. The Egg Destroyer had been reduced to a floating mass of rubble slowly orbiting the planet, and the Doctor himself had been sent packing with the destruction of his Egg Enterprise. Knuckles and Shadow had since tied up loose ends at Dr. Eggman's base and gone their separate ways. Now that all was said and done, the two revered heroes, joined by Miles "Tails" Prower and the Away Team from the USS Enterprise, took a moment to bask in their sense of accomplishment before parting ways themselves.
"And you're sure he won't just build another one?" Kirk asked.
"Nah," Sonic replied, "Even if Tails hadn't used your admittedly awesome computers to hack Egghead's systems and delete all the data for it, even he isn't dumb enough to try the same stupid plan twice."
Kirk couldn't help smile at the hedgehog's confident demeanor. It struck a chord with him.
As he stepped away to join his crew, he remarked, "Well then, Mr. The Hedgehog, I'd say it's safe to assume that you have things handled from here. I suppose it's high time we took our leave." He took a moment to look at the world around him, before finally saying to the hedgehog, "It's been… an experience."
Sonic smirked and flashed a thumbs-up to the captain, "You ain't too boring, yourself, Cap."
Kirk chuckled and raised a palm in a final farewell.
Before he could lower his hand, Spock quickly leaned in next to him and noted quietly, "Captain, I am concerned for what will become of this planet once Starfleet becomes aware of its existence."
Kirk responded, "What existence? Our computers say this planet doesn't exist. I don't see any reason to report a planet that's not really there."
Spock, satisfied by this answer, stepped back into his original position.
Kirk looked at the blue hedgehog and his two-tailed companion before raising his communicator and saying into it, "Mr. Scott, we've completed our exploration on the non-existent planet's surface, and report," he flashed a cheeky grin to the aliens, "there's no intelligent life here. Beam us up."
And with that, the Away Team was enveloped in an otherworldly aura, which faded away along with them.
Sonic smiled at the spot where the Captain had stood, remaining silent until Tails stepped up beside him, saying, "Well, I guess that's that."
Sonic turned to his friend and replied, "Yeah. Guess so."
"They were certainly interesting, weren't they?"
"Yeah, they weren't so bad. In fact, I'd say they were outta this world."
And while the Sonic the Hedgehog laughed by himself at his terrible joke, Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise continued to go where no man had gone before…
THE END