I Do NOT Own Powerpuff Girls, the Sonic Franchise, or any songs what so ever

It was night time in Station Square. There's still some lights here and there, but not that much. In an unnamed street however, Knuckles was already feeling home sick. He was sitting on top of a bucket when a newspaper flew by, and caught onto his leg. He looked at it, and saw a monotone picture of Sonic and the Powerpuff Girls fighting against Eggman, with the title of:

Blue Hedgehog and Bug eyed freaks stops mysterious scientist, Dr. Eggman

Knuckles sighs, frustrated, and lets the newspaper fly off in the distance. He remembers back on his home, he was entrusted with a very important job. On a floating island, known as Angel Island, there was ruins on top of it. These open ruins hold what is most important of all to Knuckles...

The Master Emerald.

From looking at it, it has the appearance of a Green Chaos Emerald, albeit, it has more ridges on the top, and its size was extremely bigger than a regular Chaos Emerald. All Knuckles can think about is guarding that important emerald, as its told to hold unmeasurable amounts of energy than a Chaos Emerald. It's also what keeps his island, Angel Island, afloat above the planet.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps walk up to him. Knuckles was on his guard, and he saw who he was. It was Dr. Eggman.

"What do you want, Eggman?" He asked. A moment later, Eggman grew worry some, and went on his knees.

"Please, Knuckles! I'm begging you!" Eggman exclaimed, begging for Knuckle's help apparently. Knuckles wonders and gasps as Eggman grabs onto the echidna's hands. "If we don't do something fast, Sonic could make us prisoners on this planet forever! If we could gather all the Seven Chaos Emeralds, there's a fighting chance that we can somehow return to where we came from! Sonic knew he could use the Chaos Emeralds to warp himself to time and space. That's the reason why he attacked my base! He found out I collected all the Chaos Emeralds to keep them out of his grasp! You know how reckless Sonic is! I was afraid of what he might do if he got a hold of the emeralds, so I set up defenses, but there was no stopping Sonic! He was determined to push his selfish search for thrills all the way this time, no matter who got hurt! Finally, Sonic invaded my heavily guarded base, and to my horror, he finally achieved his goal! Sonic destroyed the base, and sent us all here, just for the fun of it!"

"Sonic...He's crazy!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"I've changed my ways, and want to live in peace, but Sonic won't let me!" Eggman then blows into his nose with a handkerchief, and sniffs for a bit. Knuckles smiled a bit, thinking that Eggman's turned over a new leaf. Secretly, Eggman smirked evilly, then went back to looking like he's sobbing. "What can I do!? He won't even give me a chance to fix things! I want to get us back but when I found with the Chaos Emeralds, do you know what happened? Sonic snatched it from me, and said he's going to stay here for as long as he pleases!"

"That selfish hog!"

"And worst of all! He even found out about the Powerpuff Girl's dimension, and got them here, just so they can have fun, when really, he just wants more weapons to use against me!"

"He's using them!"

"Indeed he is! Sonic thinks this world is more fun than that of ours, so he won't let the Chaos Emeralds go, and let ANYONE go home! Even the Powerpuff Girls! In reality, not only he's using them, he's also keeping them captive!" Knuckles was getting more and more angry, clenching his fists. "You'd think he'd be more concerned about his buddy?"

"Sonic isn't my buddy!" Knuckles yelled. "I'm sick and tired of Sonic turning everything into a game! Either Sonic gives us that Emerald, or I'm going to take it from him, and release those poor Powerpuff Girls from his hands!"

"Be careful! Sonic says he'll crush anybody who tries to get it back!"

"So then, a battle to the bitter end!"

"Thank you..." Eggman then turns over to blow his nose more, and then, he smirked, evilly.

(My chronic Sonic problems are over!)

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
Gotta go fast,
Gotta go fast,
Gotta go faster, faster, faster-faster-faster
Movin' at speed of sound (make tracks)
Quickest hedgehog around
Got ourselves a situation, stuck in a new location,
Without any explanation, no time for relaxation!
Don't, don't, don't don't don't blink, don't think,
Just go, go, go, go, g-g-g-g-go, go!
N-n-n-n-n-n-na
N-n-n-n-n-n-na
Sonic, he's on the run!
Sonic, he's number one!
Sonic, he's comin' next, so watch out...
For Sonic X!
Gotta go fast (Sonic!),
Gotta go fast (Sonic!),
Gotta go faster, faster, faster-faster-faster!
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
So- (Sonic) nic- (Sonic) X- (Gotta go faster!),
Gotta go fast!
Gotta go faster, faster, faster, faster,
Sonic X!

EPISODE 4:
Duel at the top

Another day at the Thorndyke Mansion. Above the garage, in Professor Thorndyke's lab, Chris and Tails was admiring the Green Chaos Emerald. Blossom was also there, though she was on the beanbags reading.

"A Chaos Emerald. Does anybody know where they came from, or how they work?" Chris asked.

"Nobody knows much, except that they're real powerful." Tails replied.

"I hope my analysis reveals something about its makeup." Chuck said. He then noticed what Blossom was reading. "Uh, Blossom, aren't those books from the study?"

"Yeah." She replied. "A big smart brain like mine has to keep getting taught. If I'm not allowed to go to your school, then how else am I supposed to learn?"

"Can you even read those books?" Chris said. "I tried reading them, but I understood nothing."

"I can understand it just fine. After all, I am the smartest person in my city."

Suddenly, there was knocking at the hatch, covering the doorway to the lab.

"I know you're in there." Someone said below the door. "You haven't let me clean your room in so long, I'm issuing dirt alert."

"Oh no! It's Ella! Quick! Hide!" Chris exclaimed.

"But there's nowhere to hide!" Tails exclaimed. Ella was about to open the hatch.

"Uh, q-quick, Tails! Act like a toy!" Blossom exclaimed. Tails then got onto the bean bag chair, and went perfectly still, acting like a doll...A giant one. Blossom just went with the routine of, act like a little girl. Chris quickly went to Blossom, and took the bow off her head, as Ella walks in. "Hey! Gimme back my-"

"I'd thought I find you up here, Christopher." Ella said. She was the Thorndyke's housekeeper, and entrusted to also take care of Chris.

"Oh, hello Ella." Chris said, hiding the Bow behind his back, while Blossom started acting natural, with reading her books.

"Oh, do you have guests?"

"Uh yeah. Ella, this is a new student at my school, named Blossom."

"Hi!" Blossom said, acting sweet and innocent.

"I'm just tutoring Blossom on some history lessons."

"I don't need- Uh, I mean, yeah! Yeah! Gosh darn, social studies is hard work." Ella then took a peak at the book she was reading.

"With a French Revolution history book?"

"Whoops! I guess I grabbed the wrong book!" Chris exclaimed. Ella then took notice of Tails, who's still acting still.

"Ah! Is this your toy? He looks so precious!"

"Oh, uh, thank you! My dad bought it for me on my birthday. I turned 5 this year!" Blossom said.

"Good for you, dearie." When Ella took a stronger look on Blossom, she grew suspicious. "Hmm, for some reason, you remind me of that alien girl on the news a few nights ago."

Everyone got nervous.

"Uhh..." Blossom stuttered. Then she quickly thought of something. She then started to cry and sob. "Waaaaah! Why Does the Mean Lady think I'm an alien!?"

"Oh no no no no, dear! I didn't mean to make you cry!" Ella exclaimed.

"Uh, sorry." Chris said. "She gets mistaken for the alien girl a lot at school."

"Oh, you poor thing. Here." Ella then handed Tails to Blossom. "There, feel better dearie?" She sniffed and nodded. "Good. I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Blossom said.

"Uh, well, I think it's time that she went home right now." Chris said, as he was leaving with Blossom, and the books she had.

"I'll go drive him." Chuck said, as he also left in a hurry. Ella blinked in confusion to why they were acting strange all of a sudden.

"Wow Blossom! That was great acting you did back there!" Chris complemented as they were quickly moving in the backyard.

"Yup! All in the mind of a Powerpuff Girl!" Blossom said. "Now can I have my bow back?"

Sonic was up on the balcony, napping, when he was wakened by their talking.

"Can't I nap in peace?" Sonic said, annoyed.

They didn't look to where they were going, and they all ran into the mansion's butler, Mr. Tanaka.

"Master Chris. May I ask to what is it that you're doing?" He asked.

"Uh, we were playing capture the stuffed animal." Chris said.

"It's super fun!" Blossom exclaimed, going back to the little girl act. "Do you wanna play?" Mr. Tanaka gave her an expressionless stare he does all the time. "Uh ha ha ha, ha..." Chris and Blossom all laughed awkwardly, then went around Mr. Tanaka, with Tails still acting like a doll. "Bye."

"I think I'll-" Chuck started.

"Sir." Mr. Tanaka stopped him. "While I commend your desire to stay fit, I would stick to adult sports like bowling."

"You can't tell me what to do! I'll play Ring Around the Rosy if I-" Mr. Tanaka then gave Professor Thorndyke an intimidating stare.

"Perhaps you should slow down. Rest is important, and I believe it is time for your nap." He then was pushing the professor back to the mansion while they were arguing. The three were looking at this awkwardly.

Amy then accidentally ran into them from behind, and they all fell, thankfully after Mr. Tanaka left.

"Huh? Amy! What're you doing out?" Chris said. "You know it's dangerous to wander off by yourself!"

"I just saw a news report!" She exclaimed, getting up. "It looks like they found another Chaos Emerald!"

"Another one?" Blossom said.

They have the TV on in the family room, watching the report.

[The strange energy spikes, which seems to be coming from the Silver Valley area, have played with machinery and electronics from all over the region.] A news station reported.

"That has to be another Chaos Emerald." Blossom said.

"Silver Valley isn't very far from here." Chris said.

"If there wasn't any problem with my flying, I'd get you guys there no problem. So far, I think I can only fly for a set amount of time before I lose the power to fly. After that, it's all the matter of recharging my energy."

"Okay. Well, other than that, I guess we're settled to go to Silver Valley."

"Yup." Everyone said.

They then left the mansion to go find the Chaos Emerald. Though they did call out to Sonic.

"Hey, Sonic!" Amy called, waking Sonic up. "You heard the news? We're going to Silver Valley. Come along, and we'll have a nice romantic picnic."

"Amy. We're looking for the Chaos Emerald." Tails started.

"Nah, I've been there before." Sonic said. Amy gasped.

"You mean without me!?" She exclaimed. "Oh, so you went out there on one of your runs."

"Yep. You guessed it."

"Fine, Sonic! Come on! We can have more fun without him."

"How can we get over there without a car? My grandpa's resting, and I can't ask Mr. Tanaka to drive us." Chris said.

"If I drive, I'm going to get spotted." Tails said.

"What can we do?"

"Well, we can take a train. How's that?" Blossom said.

Later, they were on a train, headed for Silver Valley. Inside the train, however, everyone was staring at the group. Tails and Amy were acting like Blossom's toys, and Blossom once again has her Bow off, to not seem noticeable to anyone. Though it's not helping much that everyone is staring.

"Those stuffed animals are really cute." One person said.

"I know, and that boy has the most adorable looking sister." Another said.

"Uh...They're all staring..." Chris whispered uncomfortably.

"It's alright Chris. We'll be there soon." Tails whispered.

"Don't talk Tails." Blossom whispered. "They'll hear you."

"Hey Blossom." Amy whispered. "I need to blink, what do I do?"

Suddenly, a little girl started to grab and pull on Amy's ear.

"Hey mom, can I have one of these?" She said. "Wake up, mommy! Look it!" She continued to talk, trying to wake her mom up, while Amy was getting more and more agitated. Eventually, she couldn't take it anymore, and kicked the girl out of her seat and at the door. Obviously, she started crying loudly.

(Ah...Now if only I could blink, everything would be perfect... Amy thought in her head.)

The Train continued towards its destination.

Back at home, Sonic was done taking his nap, and Buttercup and Bubbles walked over to him.

"Hey Sonic, where'd Blossom and the others go?" Buttercup asked.

"I think something about Silver Valley, or something." He said.

"Why would they go there without us?" Bubbles said.

"They did seem like they were in a hurry." He then sees something flying in the sky. It was little, and it has horns, like a devil would, and was flying via a jetpack. It also has a shoulder bag, with something in it. It then was landing towards them.

"What the heck is that thing?" Buttercup said, as it lands.

"Aww! It looks so cute!" Bubbles exclaimed. It then reached in the bag, and pulls out a miniature TV set, which he put down for everyone to see. "Aw, he even has a little TV for us."

"Message for you!" The thing said. He turned on the TV. "Here ya go!"

[Sonic, I'm sick of all your selfish acts! I'm challenging you to a showdown!] Knuckles was actually on the TV set. Sonic looked annoyed that Knuckles is even bothering to challenge him. [Meet me in Silver Valley in 1 hour. Don't be late.]

"A showdown?" Bubbles said.

[This message was brought to you by the Eggman Empire.] Eggman's voice said on the TV.

"Eggman?" Buttercup said.

[The Eggman Empire is not responsible for its content. Except this part.] The TV then sparked electricity, and everybody was caught off guard. The TV then suddenly blew up, and the messager flew off into the sky, laughing deviously, as if it's a prank he just did.

After the smoke cleared up, Sonic, Buttercup, and Bubbles were wide eyed, and burnt and charred, and they coughed out smoke from the explosion.

"Grr, Knuckles is going to pay for that!" Sonic said.

Silver Valley is covered with greens, as well as having a huge lake, and waterfalls. The cliffs were pretty high as well, making it a pretty scenic tourist place. The four were having a picnic there, as there seems to be no Chaos Emeralds there.

"This Picnic was a super great idea, Amy!" Tails complemented, with them all on a blanket, eating what Amy packed. Where they were sitting, they were near the lake.

"I think this trip is definitely worth it, even if there is no Emerald." Chris said.

"Speaking of, shouldn't there be a lot of people here if there was a Chaos Emerald?" Blossom pointed out. "I mean, with that huge electric spike it can give, there has to be people trying to see it."

"Maybe something else caused the energy spikes." Tails said.

"I guess it musta been a mistake." Chris said.

"You know what I think?" Blossom started. "I think Sonic didn't want to come here, because he knew that there were no Chaos Emeralds here. But sheesh, he didn't have to tell us so indirectly."

"But that still doesn't change the facts that he didn't want to go out on a picnic with me!" Amy exclaimed.

"Don't you mean, us?"

"Sorry. Amy can get a little aggressive when she gets turned down by Sonic." Tails said.

"What was that?" Amy said, staring at him.

"Uhh...N-Nothing! Nothing at all!"

"I do feel a bit bad though." Blossom said. "I didn't ask Buttercup or Bubbles if they wanted to come along. I guess we were in such a hurry to get to that Chaos Emerald first, I forgot about them."

"They'll understand, right?" Chris said.

"Oh no. You have no idea how mad Buttercup or Bubbles can get. Sorta like Knuckles or Amy."

"Oh! I don't get THAT mad." Amy said. Blossom then saw something strange in the water.

"What's the matter, Blossom?" Chris asked.

"What's with that bubbling?" Blossom pointed towards the bubbles in the lake.

"I dunno. Perhaps there could be a geyser around here."

"Hmm...I don't think I told you guys all of my powers yet."

"You still have more powers?" Tails asked.

"Yep. I can see through things with X-Ray vision."

"You have X-Ray vision?" Amy asked. "Wow, that's pretty neat."

Blossom then started to see down in the water, investigating what could be down there. Her Danger Sense is reacting here, so something must be coming up. She then finally sees what's down in the lake.

"Run!" Blossom then started to fly up, as something huge came out of the lake. Everyone got frightened at what was coming out. It was another giant robot, with digging claws for hands and feet, and a big glass encasing center. It then suddenly dug into the dirt, and scooped up Chris, Tails and Amy. The glass then opened up, and the three were thrown into it, and the glass closed, trapping them in it. Eggman then floated down with his Egg Mobile.

"Eggman?" Chris said.

"There was four of you here, just now. Where's that blasted girl?" Eggman said.

"Over here, Egghead!" Blossom then descended behind Eggman, to be eye level with the evil doctor. He then turned around to face her. "I saw your robot coming from above the water."

"Yeah she did!" Amy said. "She's got X-Ray vision!"

"A minor miscalculation, I believe." Eggman said.

"So, it was you all along, huh?" Blossom said. "You tricked them into sending out a news broadcast story."

"Uh-uh-uh." Eggman said, moving his finger, signifying that's not completely true. "I merely generated artificial spikes, just like the ones made by Chaos Emeralds. It's not my fault that those news dogs barked up the wrong tree."

"Yeah, well the cat was swift enough to avoid your trap."

"Not for long."

"Looks like we're stuck here until Blossom can get us out of here." Tails said.

"Not for long!" Amy exclaimed, taking out her trusty hammer she keeps everywhere she goes. She named it her Piko Piko Hammer, and it has yellow on both ends of the hammer, as well as on the handle, and in the middle of the head is red. It looks like it's a toy hammer, but it isn't. She can easily give someone a concussion if she needed to with that. She kept bashing it on the glass interior, however, it didn't do anything.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha! You can't leave!" Eggman said. "I need you here, just in case my first plan to beat Sonic fails."

"Sonic isn't here, you know?" Blossom said. Eggman laughs once again.

"He'll be here any second now." He then peers towards the top of a nearby cliff, and Knuckles was waiting on top of it.

"Knuckles?"

(Where is he? He should be here by now.) Knuckles thought. Out of nowhere, Sonic sped up to him, looking like a blue blur for a second, smirking.

"Hey, Knuckles." Sonic said, in a mocking tone.

"You're late, slow poke."

"Yeah, well, I stopped to enjoy the scenery." Sonic pulled up a flower to his nose, and sniffed it. "This world isn't all that bad. You'd like it too if you weren't such a party pooper."

"Enough talk. Let's fight."

"Relax, would ya? We have all afternoon to duke it out, buddy boy."

"I'm not your buddy, and don't forget it, smart aleck! Now put em up! I didn't come all this way to sniff flowers!"

"That's your loss. You don't know what you're missing. But if you're in such a hurry to get a clobbering, that's-"

"SHUT UP! Let's end this now!"

"Ooh. I gotta say, I like that edge you showed off there."

"Give me the Emerald you stole here, now!"

"Hmm? Your brain run as slow as your running." The two stared each other down, as Sonic threw the flower he was holding, up high. Then Knuckles dashes forward, and tried punching Sonic, but he simply jumped out of the way. He kept on dashing and jabbing, but Sonic kept backing up. Up on a higher rock, Sonic looked down on Knuckles, and frowned, unimpressed. Knuckles once again dashed forward, attempting to hit Sonic, but once again, Sonic jumped high, and attempted to kick Knuckles, but he dodged that one.

"Sonic! Knuckles! Why are they fighting!?" Blossom exclaimed.

"Hahaha! Everything is going according to plan." Eggman said.

"I gotta stop them!" Blossom then tried flying as fast as she can towards the two fighting animals, but Eggman's robot, E-47 Pumpty, put its claw right in front of her path.

"Not so fast! You have to either get past Pumpty, or sit tight like a good girl."

"I am a good girl! And I won't let your robot stop me from reaching my friends!"

"Blossom! Aren't you forgetting someone!?" Amy shouted. "Like your friends trapped in the dome of a robot!?"

"Oh...Uh, right, okay. First I'll free my friends, then I'll stop Sonic and Knuckles."

"Get her, Pumpty!" Eggman exclaimed. E-47 kept swinging its claws at Blossom, trying to hit her, while she flies around the robot.

"Grr. The one time I wish for a portable Powerpuff Hotline to get the other girls here."

Meanwhile, Sonic and Knuckles continues fighting. They hop on rocks in the river, attempting to get each other. Sonic hops off one, and heads into bushes, while Knuckles follows closely behind him. A moment later, they were climbing up on a cliff, with Knuckles trying to get Sonic. Sonic however, wasn't actually climbing, he was running. He ran up on the cliffside, not giving Knuckles a break in chasing him, and finally, runs up on the closest tree towards the cliff, until he stops at the very top of it.

"Huh. Not a bad view." Sonic said, looking off into the distance. He then sees Buttercup and Bubbles flying towards him. "Hey, it's about time you girls got here!" Suddenly, Knuckles actually picked up the tree, right from its roots buried deep in the ground, with Sonic still on it, by the way, and threw the tree, making Sonic go flying. He landed on his feet fine, but as for Knuckles, he kept on punching trees, knocking them down, trying to crush Sonic with them. Sonic continue to ran, taunting Knuckles while he's at it. Knuckles got even more angry, and started knocking trees down faster. Like dominoes, the forest trees fell on top of each other. The two Powerpuff Girls was watching closely.

"Oh, those poor trees." Bubbles said.

"Forget those! Look how powerful Knuckles is! He must be powerful if he can knock down trees with just a couple punches like that!"

"Say, what was Blossom and the others doing around here anyway? Or, where are they even?"

"Uh, maybe..." Then, the duo saw a picnic basket near the lake, all set up. "Maybe having a picnic without us!"

"What? Why would they not invite us!?"

"Oh, when I get to Blossom, I'm going to give her a piece of my mind for making us miss out on this!"

Knuckles continued bringing trees down, and Sonic leapt on one, performing his signature Spin Dash move, and ramming into Knuckles, but he grabbed right onto Sonic, trying to hold him back. It failed however, as Sonic managed to push Knuckles off a cliff, and the two were struggling on top of each other, while they fell down the cliffside. However, they fell right into the river. Sonic, not one for being an excellent swimmer, thought he was sinking.

"HEY! HELP ME!" Sonic yelled, while trying to keep himself afloat above the water. However, he noticed that the river was shallow, approximately ankle deep. The two Powerpuff Girls looked at him awkwardly.

"Geez, what a crybaby." Buttercup mumbled.

"Uh...It's a good thing I landed in the kiddie pool." Sonic then jumped out of the river, and onto land. "Get ready! You're going down!"

"Let's finish this!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"Shouldn't we do something to help?" Bubbles asked.

"Nah! I wanna see who can knock out whom, even if we are supposed to be friends." Buttercup said, enjoying the fight.

Back to the other group.

"Go Knuckles! Show Sonic that he can't keep us here forever! Our only hope is for you to triumph over that tyrant!" Eggman shouted, as Blossom continued to fight Pumpty. She kept on flying around, looking for some weak point, while dodging its bullets that comes shooting out, and its claws that comes swinging at her.

"If only Buttercup and Bubbles were here." Blossom said. "If we can shatter that glass, it can probably shut this thing down." She attempted to break the glass to free the captives inside, but she just bounced off of it. "Just one Powerpuff Girl isn't enough. I need either Sonic or Knuckles to stop fighting, and come and help me, or for the other girls to get over here." More of the turrets on the robot tried to shoot her down, but she used her laser eyes, and broke those. Suddenly, her flying pattern was getting wobbly. "Huh? Oh no, I'm running out of flight power! I gotta land!"

Quickly, she landed at the nearest patch of land, before she drops in the lake. Suddenly, Pumpty dug its claw into the ground, right behind Blossom, and moved it forward, trying to catch her. "Uh oh!" With speed, she took off running, with the claw chasing her.

"Blossom can't outrun this thing forever." Chris said.

"Why can't Sonic and Knuckles settle their little feud later?" Amy said, agitated. Tails, meanwhile, got a control hatch in the robot opened.

"There." Tails then put the hatch down.

"Great work." Chris said. "How'd you do it?"

"I always have my tools with me. Just in case something ever happens to the Tornado."

"You're really handy!"

"Aw, it was nothing. Now I just have to figure out how this thing is wired." While running, Blossom suddenly tripped on a foot sized pebble, and Pumpty's claw actually caught her.

"We don't have time for this, Tails! Blossom's in trouble!" Amy exclaimed, getting her hammer out, and walking up to the control panel. "Step aside! I'll fix this robot!"

"Amy no!" Chris yelled.

"AH! AMY!" Tails yelled as well. Amy then slammed her hammer into the control panel, and it was sparking for a little bit, until exploding on all of their faces. Luckily though, it stopped the robot, momentarily. Long enough so Blossom can jump out of the claw, and back onto the ground.

"Hey guys! Are you okay?!" She yelled towards the trapped three. The explosion inside even broke some of the glass, letting out smoke.

Out far, the two Powerpuff Girls noticed it.

"Hey, what's that over there?" Bubbles pointed to the smoke.

"Is someone having a campfire?" Buttercup said. Sonic also noticed the smoke, long enough to get distracted, and get punched into the air by Knuckles. Up high, he was able to see who was hovering over the lake. They saw Eggman.

"Don't Break That! Stop It!" Eggman was yelling towards Amy inside the robot.

"It's Eggman!" Sonic exclaimed.

"What's he doing here?" Bubbles said.

"I don't know, but we need to check it out."

"Aw man, I want to see you and Knuckles fight some more." Buttercup said. Once Sonic landed, he and the girls took off towards the direction of the smoke.

"Get Back Here!" Knuckles yelled. He then ran after them. "You Quitter!"

"We'll settle this another time." Sonic said.

Chris, Tails, and Amy were peaking their heads out, trying to get some fresh air in them.

"Hey! Someone get us down from here!" Amy yelled.

"Hang on guys!" Blossom exclaimed.

"Look what you've done!" Eggman exclaimed, after floating down towards them. "You wrecked Pumpty! And it wasn't even insured!" Suddenly, out of nowhere, two blue and one green blur came out of nowhere, and grazed on the legs of the robot. After that, they gave off, and the robot fell down onto the ground, with everyone that's in the mech holding on. Sonic, Bubbles and Buttercup then landed in front of the three in the robot.

"Hey, what's up?" Sonic said.

"Thanks guys." Chris said.

"Hey, thank goodness you're-" Blossom started, walking up to them.

"Blossom! You went out on a picnic, and you didn't even invite us!?" Buttercup exclaimed.

"Oh, uh-"

"That was rude! I would have loved this place if there wasn't a broken heap of a robot here." Bubbles said.

"Sorry. I guess we were so much in a rush, I hadn't thought about that."

"But you always think ahead..."

"This isn't over, you pesky brats!" Eggman exclaimed.

"You know, can you stop calling us brats? We hate being called that." Blossom said.

"I don't give a drowning hedgehog for your needs and wants! My robot may be down, but it sure isn't out."

"Oh really?" Buttercup said. "How so?"

Suddenly, the robot was using its arms as replacement legs and feet, and raised itself back up, keeping Chris, Amy and Tails hostage.

"Attack!" Eggman exclaimed. The turrets on the robot started shooting at Sonic and the Powerpuff Girls, and they all took cover behind a pile of stones. However, the shots were powerful enough to destroy the pile, exposing the four.

"Huh? Uh oh." Sonic and the girls all ran to get out of harm's way. Meanwhile, Knuckles comes flying in, and destroys one of the turrets, by kicking it. Eggman was surprised with this act.

"This is a fight between Sonic and me!" Knuckles exclaimed. "I don't want anyone interfering! I'm fighting my way!" Sonic then smirks, and shrugs.

"You'll fight your way?" Eggman said, getting agitated. "If you're going to start fighting clean, then I guess I'll start to fight dirty, then!" E-47 had rockets on its makeshift feet, and it started taking off, with Chris, Tails and Amy still inside. It then rockets over to the other side of the lake. "Plan A didn't work, so I guess I'll go with Plan B. Bring me that Chaos Emerald, or you'll never see your friends ever again!"

"What is this? Eggman swore to me that he wanted peace, and wanted to get home."

"Knuckles, come on. Are you serious?" Blossom facepalmed.

"Huh?"

"Did you really think all that?" Bubbles said, also annoyed at Knuckles.

"Did Eggman walked up to you, give a whole, turning a new leaf speech, and told you bad things about Sonic?" Buttercup said.

"That Swindler...He lied!" Knuckles mumbled in his breath.

"You're catching on, pal." Sonic said, continuing to smirk.

"Oh Sonic!" Eggman called.

"Hm?"

"I put your friends all the way over there for a reason, considering that you hate water!"

"Wait, Sonic hates water?" Bubbles said.

"Oh, that's something for another time." Sonic said, shrugging it off.

"In any case, we have something else on our sleeves." Blossom said. "Bubbles?" She nodded, and stepped up close to the ledge of the lake.

"Oh? Well, what are you going to do?" Eggman taunted.

"Oh, this." Bubbles replied. She then took in a deep breath.

"You guys might want to cover your ears for this one." Blossom said to Sonic and Knuckles, as she covers her ears, as well as Buttercup. Bubbles let out a scream, that's piercing to the ears. It was hammering on Eggman's ears, as well as Chris, Amy and Tail's ears, as they weren't ready. This scream was so powerful, it broke the glass that was holding the three captive, freeing them. They saw the chance to escape, and jumped out, right before the robot toppled onto them. Soon after, Bubbles stopped, knowing she did her job right.

"Show off..." Eggman mumbled. Sonic and the girls sped on over to the other side of the lake, by going around it, and met up with the group.

"You okay?" Sonic said to Chris.

"I'm okay." He replied. Amy then ran up, and hugged Sonic, crying, unexpectedly, and he was feeling uncomfortable.

"Take it easy, Amy."

"I just knew you would come and save me!" Amy exclaimed, while sobbing.

"Oh sure. Like we did NOTHING to help around..." Buttercup said, offended. Suddenly, they heard some machine parts moving from the inside of Pumpty.

"What's that sound?" Bubbles asked.

"It's not a good sound." Blossom said. "Get away!" They all then started to run away from the robot, as it was still working.

"I'm not calling it quits yet, Sonic and Powerpuff Girls!" Eggman exclaimed. "You've only had a preview on this robot's firepower! Now it's getting increased by tenfold! You and your friends are done for!" The yellow hatches on the robot suddenly opened, revealing a whole load of ammunition inside. It then fired out, with missiles aiming towards the group. "I got you now!"

"Keep your heads down, I'm trying to think of something!" Blossom yelled, as they were hiding behind another pile of stones. Knuckles suddenly jumped into the action.

"Let me handle Eggman!" He said.

"Okay. Good luck." Sonic said. Knuckles then took off running towards the robot, dodging its projectiles. He may not have Sonic's super speed, but he was still able to dodge the missiles and bullets easily. He then leapt onto Pumpty, and using his fists, he starts to climb the robot, all the way to the top, where he jumps up into the air, and towards Eggman.

"You...!" Eggman started.

"You liar!" Knuckles yelled. He then punches Eggman, and his Egg Mobile very far, as he twinkled into a star in the distance. Knuckles then landed on top of Pumpty, and punches the top of it. Through the middle, it cracked, with intense force, and the robot exploded fiercely. There was a strong current of wind coming from the explosion, feeling like it can blow everyone back. Sonic jumped out of cover, and sped on over to Knuckles, as he was blown back by the explosion. He grabbed ahold of Knuckle's arm, and used his other arm to hold them steady on a tree branch, effectively saving them from the aftershock of the explosion.

After the aftershock has ended, Sonic and Knuckles dropped from the tree branch. Knuckles looked at him for a while, before smiling, as it's his way of thanking Sonic.

"Sonic!" Amy yelled, as they were running towards the two.

"You guys made it!" Blossom exclaimed, relieved, and as Amy hugs Sonic again.

"Sonic."

"Knuckles and I had it all under control." Sonic said. Knuckles then turned to leave.

"Knuckles." Chris said. Knuckles then waved at them, as he walks away. Amy then ran up to him.

"I bet that you want to apologize to Sonic for believing in all the lies that Eggman told you, right?" Amy said. "And you probably want to thank him, verbally too, right?"

"Zip it!" Knuckles exclaimed at her. He then chuckled towards the group, as they were doing it too. "Later." He then started to walk alone again, vowing to not trust another one of Eggman's lies...Even though, it will most likely happen once again.

"Hey Amy, do you still have some of that picnic?" Bubbles asked. "I want some of that."

"Oh, sure." She replied. "It's right over..." She then noticed everything was in the lake, ruined. "...Right in there..."

"Awww!"

"Hey, don't cry over spilled milk." Chris said.

"But the milk IS spilled in the lake! I would have wanted to come along for the picnic! Why wasn't I told!?"

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
Gotta go faster, faster, faster-faster-faster
Movin' at speed of sound (make tracks)
Quickest hedgehog around
Got ourselves a situation, stuck in a new location,
Sonic, he's on the run!
Sonic, he's comin' next, so watch out...
For Sonic X!
So- (Sonic) nic- (Sonic) X- (Gotta go faster!),
Gotta go fast!
Gotta go faster, faster, faster-faster
Sonic X!

TO BE CONTINUED