"Now that Robotnik had identified my children, he would not rest until he found them." Aleena said.
"Find those hedgehogs, or you'll get to inspect my prison personally!" Robotnik said.
"Three little hedgehogs? I still don't understand, sir. What harm could they possibly-" Sleet said.
"Queen Aleena's brats could destroy everything! Find them!"
"Yes, your Grace. Leave it to us, sir!" Sleet said and Dingo stared at Sonia's face. "What are you doing, you oaf?"
"She's pretty!" Dingo said.
"And you're ugly. Now let's get to work."
"Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!" Sonia said.
"Huh?" Sonic and Manic said.
"Oh, get it away from me!"
"What, what is it?" Sonic asked.
"Under the bed! Get it out! Get it out!"
"Get what?" Manic asked.
"A mouse? Every force in Robotropolis is on our butts, and you're wiggin' out over a mouse?" Sonic asked.
"We're in trouble." Sonic and Manic said.
"Wait! Oh, where's the maid? I'd like my breakfast now." Sonia said.
"Definitely trouble."
"Ooh, we've got him now!" Sleet said.
"So now do we call Robotnik?" Dingo asked.
"To catch three little hedgehogs?"
"North through the Marsh of Melador and into the Badlands. Oh, gross!" Sonia said.
"So where do we wind up?" Sonic asked.
"Right here in Waslaw."
"Well wherever it is, we gotta get outta here, and fast!"
"Ugh!" Manic said.
"Now? But I can't leave! Not without my matched luggage and some new clothes and-" Sonia said but was cut off.
"Sorry, this is what you get!" Sonic said.
"Does it come in purple?"
"Hey man, why the speed?" Manic asked.
They gasped.
"Priority one: hedgehogs." a Swatbot said and they gasped again.
"Aaaahhh!" Sonia said.
"Get in the basement, middle of hall! I'll hold him off." Sonic said and the Swatbot smacked her away. "Whooooaaa! she said and hit the wall. "Oof! Phew, this is not a good start!"
"You go ahead. I'll get the bot's attention." Manic said and confronted the Swatbot. "Hey, bolthead!" he said, got grabbed and gulped. "Aaahh!"
"Oh, nice diversion, bro!" she said and he was strained.
"This is taking too long. Go in and help the metalhead! Go!" Sleet said.
"Y-you mean through the door there?" Dingo asked.
"No, through the wall, genius!"
"Okie-dokie!"
"Ahhh!" Sonia said.
Dingo growled and chuckled.
Manic strained.
"Not so fast, not so fast, metal-mouth!" Sonic said and he strained again. "Whoa, Manic, control panel in arm! Shut it off!" she said and he strained.
"Come on, come on!" he said and freed his arm. "There!"
"Ahhhhh..." she said and the Swatbot's head stopped spinning. "ohhhh... Huh?"
"Phew! Thanks, dude!"
"No problemo! Let's grab Sonia and blast outta here!"
"Oh, I'd love to go with you and visit Doctor Robotnik! Would you be a sweetheart and get my coat for me?" Sonia said.
"Oh yeah, sure, sure!" Dingo said.
"It's right in there."
"Whoooaaa!" he said and fell down the stairs. "Oof! Ooh!"
"Sonia, you okay?" Sonic said.
"Not just okay! Thanks to me, a bad guy's out of commission. Down there. Isn't that great?" Sonia said.
"Well that was our escape route!"
"Oh."
"But luckily, the bad guys gave us another one." Sonic said and gasped.
"Which, unfortunately, you won't be able to use! Move back. Move back, please. I'm afraid you will have to come along with me." Sleet said and the door opened on him. "Oof!"
"I couldn't find your coat, Sonia." Dingo said and saw the hedgehogs. "Huh?!"
"Time for Plan B!" Sonic said.
"What's that?" Manic asked.
"Same as Plan A. The basement!" she said and Dingo growled.
"Bye, Sonia..." Dingo said.
"I am never stepping foot in a sewer again! It's dirty, it's smelly, and it's disgusting!" Sonia said.
"Hey, that's my home you're talkin' about, princess!" Manic said.
"Oh sorry, your ladyship. Next time we'll get you a carriage. Now where's the scroll?" Sonic said.
"You... actually live... in a sewer?" Sonia asked.
"I'm waitiiing!"
"Yeah, so?" Manic said.
"It's just that it's so yucky!" Sonia said and Sonic cleared her throat.
"The scroll?" she said.
"Problem - it got torched. What's left is back at the safe house." Manic said.
"Well then we've gotta go back!"
"No we don't!" Sonia said and Sonic pulled her into the sewage. "Hey! Hey, let me go!" she said strained.
"Sorry, we gotta have the scroll!"
"What's the matter? Is the Duchess afraid to get her feet dirty?" Manic asked.
"If you would let me finish! We've got the scroll. Right here!" Sonia said.
"Huh?" Sonic said.
"I have a photographic memory."
"Photographic memory?"
"Ooooh!" Manic said.
"Oh, give me a break!" Sonia said.
"CHEESE!" Sonic and Manic said
Then Manic laughed.
"The... the hedgehogs got away, sir." Sleet said.
"You call yourselves bounty hunters?! You couldn't catch fish in a bowl!" Robotnik said.
"Aw, I think we could, if the bowl was-" Dingo said and Sleet hit him. "Oof!" he said and growled.
"Um, sir, we found this." Sleet said.
"What is it?" Robotnik asked.
"A map, sir. I think I know where they're going."
Manic gasped.
"Yo, what was that?" he asked.
"It's a bird. Just like the bird yesterday, and the bird the day before! Sheesh!" Sonic said.
"Hey, I'm a city boy, okay?"
"More bread? How gourmet(!) So what did you do in the city, Manic?" Sonia asked.
"I was, uh, in the family business. We, uh... moved things!"
"Like, import/export?"
"No!" Sonic said and Manic gasped. "Like a thief!" she said and Sonia gasped.
"A thief! Oh..." Sonia said.
"How'd you know?" Manic asked.
"Resistance! We gotta know about everybody." Sonic said and he chuckled.
"Hey, don't worry, princess! I don't steal from family."
"Oh, I-I-I-I didn't mean-" Sonia said.
"We were all born with silver spoons in our mouths, Sonia. You just got to keep yours." Sonic said.
"Yeah, I had to steal mine!" Manic said and he and Sonic laughed.
"Come on, guys. We've got a long way to go."
"Huh?"
"Not all that far!" Gondarr said.
"Huh? Wh-who are you?" Sonic asked.
"I am Gondarr, sent by the Oracle of Delphius. I am here to train you!"
"Whoa, that's perfect, 'cos we're here to be trained!" she said and he laughed heartily.
"Left! Right! Left! Right!" he said and she sighed.
"Couldn't training start at a more reasonable hour?"
"You got that right. I'm used to comin' home around now." Manic said.
"Here you will develop your natural abilities and find talents hidden within you." Gondarr said.
"Could you get this show on the road while I'm still young?" Sonic asked.
"Wow! Wouldn't it be ironic if your hidden talent was patience?" Sonia said.
"What makes you say that?"
"Huh?" they said.
"I think NOW is a good time to start." Gondarr said.
Later.
"Once more, Sonic." Gondarr said and Sonic spun around. "Focus. Concentrate. Now, a little faster. Good, good! Now, faster! Balance, Sonic, balance."
"I'm tryin', I'm tryin'! Whoa!" Sonic said and crashed. "Oof! Heh."
"You see how important it is to keep your balance, Sonia?"
"Absolutely! Otherwise you get really dirty. Ugh!" Sonia said.
"Ah, yes. Well, let's get started. First: speed. Sonic! See the tallest tree on the mountain over there?"
"Yeah, and...?" Sonic said.
"Go to that tree. When I drop this rock, catch it before it hits the ground."
"No problemo!" Sonic said and ran to the tree. "Ready!" she said and zoomed into another tree. "Ugh! Next time, I'll get it next time..."
"Whoa!" Sonic and Sonia said.
"Oof! Huh?"
"Whoa, oof!" Sonia said.
"Ugh!" Manic said and drumstick hit him. "Egh! Huh?"
"Oh, boy..." Gondarr said.
"Hi-yah! Hiii-yah! Heeeee-yah!" Sonia said.
"Happenin'!" Manic said.
"Yes!" she said and giggled.
"Go, sis!" Sonic said.
"Well done!" Manic said.
"If this location is anywhere on the planet, it will show up here." Robotnik said and the location was found. "Excellent! Let's see what kind of bounty hunters you really are. Take my command ship and a full detachment. Get me those hedgehogs!"
"Now you, Sonia." Gondarr said.
"Back in a few!" Sonia said.
"Manic."
"I've been thinking maybe they could do better without me. I mean my talents just... don't exactly measure up." Manic said.
"Leaving would be a mistake, young friend. Soon you will find a talent that has been hidden. Use it to help your cause."
"Really? What is it?"
"When the time comes, you will know."
"So, what now, Gondarr?" Sonic asked.
"More Super Spins?" Sonia said.
"No, your time here is over. Now I send you to your next teacher in Tralacet - the land of the clouds!" Gondarr said.
"Who?" Sonic asked.
"Where?" Sonia asked.
"When?" Manic asked.
"Shh!" Gondarr said.
"I don't hear anything." Sonic said.
"Ships, approaching fast!"
"Approaching destination, ETA 1 minute." a Swatbo said.
"Say goodbye, hedgehog brats. You're about to take a one-way ride on the Sleet Express!" Sleet said.
"Robuttnik's ships!" Sonic said.
"Huh?" Manic said.
"Surrender, hedgehogs! You have ten seconds!" Sleet said and Manic gasped. "Five seconds, hedgehogs!"'he said and Manic and Sonia gasped.
"I'll show him five seconds." Sonic said and some trees were blasted. "Robuttnik's ships are gonna destroy your forest!"
"Obviously you haven't heard about our trees." Gondarr said.
"Well, they can run, but they can't hide!" Sleet said.
"Yeah!" Dingo said.
"All ships, destroy this place! I'll snatch the hedgehogs..."
"He's going to get us!" Sonia said.
"Watch." Gondarr said.
"I can't see! Pull up! Pull up!" Sleet said.
"Amazing!" Sonia said.
"Time for you to go. Use the scroll." Gondarr said.
"Is it a map?"
"In a manner of speaking..."
"Oh my gosh!"
"Ahh!" Sonic and Manic said.
"Whoooaa! Oof!" Sonic, Sonia and Manic said.
"Hi, guy!" Sonic said.
"Should we follow him?" Sonia asked.
"Huh?" Sonic said and walked up the invisible steps. "Way past cool!"
"Impressive."
They gasped.
"How... uncluttered!" Sonia said.
"Easy to clean! So, do you talk or what?" Sonic said.
"Sonic!"
"Huh?"
"He's a monk!"
"I do indeed speak." Thelonious said.
"Whoa! Thought we were gonna have to become mimes." Manic said.
"Your medallions. They are a source of great power."
"Huh?" Sonic, Sonia and Manic said.
"Just like the night we met at the club!" Sonia said.
"But to use the power, you must find harmony among yourselves." Thelonious said.
"Hmm, you wanna get to the point, bud? What kind of power?" Sonic said.
"Chill, Sonic! Listen to him." Manic said.
"The first power is simple. The power of music!" Thelonious said.
"Hey!" Sonia said.
"Whoa!" Sonic said and Manic gasped.
"What was that?" he asked.
"Touch your medallions." Thelonious said and pointed at Sonic. "You first."
"No problemo!" Sonic said and created a guitar from the medallion. "Ooh!"
"It's beautiful!" Sonia said.
"Crashin'!" Manic said.
"They have other uses as well. But only if you work together in harmony. Your first test begins now." Thelonious said.
"Huh?" Sonic, Sonia and Manic said and a monster arrived and they gasped. Aaaahhhh!"
"Former boyfriend?" Sonic said.
"Cute(!) Okay, what should we do?" Sonia said.
"I'll knock him out with a Super Spin! Spin and win time!"
"Hey, I know this lock!" Manic said.
"Wait, Sonic!" Sonia said.
"Ahhh, arrrgh! Aargh!" Sonic said.
"Noooo!"
"Aaaarrgh!"
"Aaaaarrgh!" Sonic and Sonia said.
"You have failed your first test. There will be no more training! Your heart was good, but you used poor judgement. Your actions were correct. Had you all worked together, your escape would have been a simple one." Thelonious said.
"Oh, it was me! I got us killed." Sonic said.
"Yes! Your impulsiveness. Your rash actions. Your inability to work as a team! These will be your undoing, and may perhaps cause the end of your siblings!"
"Just a minute, buster! Sonic may be impatient and impulsive, but he's braver than anyone I've ever met!" Sonia said.
"It is not about bravery."
"Hey! You're talkin' about one of the best Freedom Fighters there is. He saved my butt a couple of times. If you ask me, we don't need your stupid training!" Manic said.
"Ah, you defend your brother! Now, that is harmony. Strive to find this in your training, which will continue tomorrow morning. Or perhaps, before."
"Wow, you guys really stood up for me!" Sonic said.
"Well, you saved me more than once and besides, you are my brother." Sonia said and kissed.
"You're not gonna kiss me, are ya?"
"No way! But you are kinda cute." Manic said.
"Hey! We gonna let these cool instruments go to waste?" Sonia said.
["Working Together In Harmony"]
"Group hug!" Sonia said.
"I think this is the start of something way past cool!" Sonic said.