Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus : It has been officially three years since this wonderful fanfic has sprouted. And appropriately enough, it reached five hundred and fifty five chapters. I honestly never thought I could get this high, but sometimes I surprise even myself… and that's on top of the fact that other one hundred people liked this enough to have it as their favorite, let alone forty of them having it on alert! But that is enough gloating, so anyway, onto the point, enough yapping, enjoy what could possibly be the best chapter in this whole fanfic!
With the sunset shifting over to the night, after the nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred nine ninety nine hundred, and nine hundred and ninety ninth customer ordered the nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred nine ninety nine hundred, and nine hundredth order of pizza, in turn giving the Sonic Universe Station Square's Pizza Hut exactly nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred nine ninety nine hundred, and nine hundred dollars in revenue, the one billionth number for all three factors was upon all the employees.
Vector was writing down some odd words on a piece of paper as he looked up, his face filled with determination as he clenched his right fist.
He knew what must be done.
"It's time."
Silver The Hedgehog was at his apartment, getting ready to head into Pizza Hut as he was in the living room with Blaze The Cat, having had a nice breakfast with her.
"Well, it's time for me to go help craft that special pizza at Pizza Hut, Blaze." Silver stated as he stretched his arms, folding them as he tapped his left foot. "Hopefully you can wait long."
"Special pizza?" Blaze gawked as she folded her arms together, tilting her head to the left. "What's so special about it?"
Silver nervously touched his fingertips together as he gulped. "Well, we're having the one billionth customer today… and this will be the one billionth pizza made…" He admitted, being somewhat flustered.
Blaze The Cat farted loudly in shock as she dropped her jaw in disbelief, her gas lifting her purple tail up as she was speechless. Silver felt rather awkward, due to Blaze's loud fart.
"W-well, I best be going now. C-catch you l-later, B-blaze…" Silver stated while stuttering as he waved goodbye to Blaze, accidentally bumping into the wall as he headed through the doorway.
Blaze shook her head as she placed her right hand on her face, still stunned. "Wow… that Pizza Hut made a billion pizzas, and is having its billion customer…" She glanced down at the white carpet as she shook her head, feeling something gross on her butt. "Now's a perfect time to clean these panties… yuck…"
Toadette hummed merrily as she placed her hands behind her back, seeing Silver stumble out of the apartment. She smiled broadly as she waved at Silver with her right hand.
"Hiya, Silver! Are you ready for the big day today?" Toadette squealed joyfully as she spun around, placing her hands behind her back.
Silver groaned as he shrugged, his arms apart as he looked down, shaking his head as he had his eyes closed. "Well, that's the thing, Toadette. I don't think I can handle such an awesome task for an awesome event."
Toadette held Silver's hands together as she nodded her head. "Oh come on, don't let that get you down. Why, remember what Dry Bowser said to us that one time we were trapped in the Mystic Cave Zone?" She pinpointed, stimulating a brief flashback.
"Never give up. Don't let the situation get to you." Dry Bowser stated, his left skeletal hand on his skeletal hip as he shook his right skeletal hand, moving his skeletal head up and down.
Toadette moved her hips from side to side as she pumped her arms, insisting another brief flashback. "And remember what Petey Piranha told us when we were forced to make our way down the giant mountain near the Moonview Highway?"
"Just keep on moving ahead. No time for guesses, follow my lead instead!" Petey Piranha stated in Gilbert Gottfried's voice as he then started to mumble and roar again, moving his leaves about.
Silver eyed Toadette oddly as he rubbed the back of his head with his right hand. "What… the honest, actual hell was that about?" He asked, feeling confused.
Toadette pumped her arms about as she shook her head. "Silver! You're missing the points made by Dry Bowser and Petey entirely!" She then slapped Silver across the face as she spread her arms across. "We just have to live each day to its fullest, do our duties the very best we can! Do you get it now?"
Silver rubbed his sore cheek with his right hand as he nodded his head. "Well, that slap was harsh, but it sparked some sense into me." He pumped his left arm into the air. "Let's go! Now I'm in the mood to make some pizzas!"
"Yay!" Toadette squealed joyfully as she hugged Silver tightly, with the two dashing to the eastern direction towards the Pizza Hut.
Charmy Bee and Espio The Chameleon were heading towards the Pizza Hut after having gotten some rest at their home, with Vector already waiting for them at the Pizza Hut.
"Gee, Vector must really be proud of this achievement if he decided to stay at the Pizza Hut instead of coming home with us!" Charmy exclaimed as he raised his arms in the air.
Espio scoffed as he folded his purple arms, closing his eyes. "Humph. He's probably counting all the money, knowing him."
"And that's a bad thing, because...?" Charmy asked, being curious as he placed his hands behind his back innocently.
Espio eyed Charmy as he rolled his eyes. "You know what? Maybe it's a good thing that Vector decided to stay there. I don't know if I could bear having both of you drive me insane..." He muttered as he sighed, closing his eyes as he continued walking, with Charmy buzzing behind him.
Space Ghost and Moltar were riding in Space Ghost's orange colored Phantom Cruiser, heading right to the Pizza Hut after having taken a little brief vacation to the Empire City located many miles north of Station Square.
"So, we reached the billionth accomplishment, huh?" Space Ghost stated as he turned his head to Moltar, driving his vehicle.
Moltar nodded his head as he held onto an empty cup. "Yes. Quite a feat, if I have to admit. It really is something that we helped contribute to something so astonishingly big."
Space Ghost chuckled as he nodded his head. "Yes, well, at least it gives us something to be proud of after all these years of being treated like jokes by Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. Especially the latter." He shuddered.
Moltar pointed at the window with his right hand. "Err, Tad, you might want to focus, we're going to-"
Suddenly, the Phantom Cruiser crashed into the rooftop of the Pizza Hut, with the flying vehicle exploding into flames as Space Ghost and Moltar crawled out, both being caught on fire. Luckily, it very briefly rained, getting rid of the red hot flames immediately, which was good news as it returned to being a bright, sunny day. Space Ghost and Moltar rolled off the roof, groaning in pain as they tried standing up, but couldn't, needing help from the others.
Rotor The Walrus was riding on top of Sonic The Hedgehog, who was carrying him as they were on their way to the Pizza Hut, the two having been fully prepped up to make pizza.
"Oh gosh, to think that we all came this far!" Rotor exclaimed as he glanced down at Sonic. "It surprises even me that we were even able to do this feat!"
Sonic smiled as he gave Rotor a thumbs up with his right hand. "Well, don't forget, we did this together! It was all of our good team work that allowed the Station Square Pizza Hut to make it up to this point!"
Finally, everyone was summoned, with Vector being ever so proud as he nodded his head, having spotted the coworkers with a security camera. "Good. They got here just in time." He stated to himself as his eyes began shining.
Silver The Hedgehog, Toadette, Space Ghost, Moltar, Rotor The Walrus, Sonic The Hedgehog, Espio The Chameleon, Charmy Bee, and the R.O.B. unit were all chatting it up with each other in the second floor dining area as Vector came busting out of the office, heading downstairs to place a closed sign on the Pizza Hut before close the front doors as he came back up to the second floor, placing his hands on his scaly green hips as he faced all of the employees.
"Rev up those fryers, everyone, because we're all going to make the greatest pizza ever!" Vector exclaimed, posing a different pose every time he said a word, being the large ham that he oh so especially was.
"We are!?" All of the coworkers exclaimed in shock, with R.O.B. exclaiming in a monotonic robot voice.
Vector chuckled as he closed his eyes, nodding his head as he proudly boasted. "Yes. We are. Myself included."
Sonic shrugged as he shook his head, frowning. "But Vex… I don't think we have enough space to make such a pizza…" He retorted.
"Then I'll force the author to make it so!" Vector exclaimed as he clapped his hands, causing Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus to suddenly drop down from the ceiling.
(Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus will be portrayed as another Vector The Crocodile, only yellow colored instead of green. Originality.)
"Agh! Why did you drag me into this!?" Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus exclaimed as he shook his head, grumbling as he rubbed the back of his reptilian head with his right hand.
Vector slapped Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus across the face. "Just shut up and give us room to make this!" He growled in annoyance.
Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus sighed as he shrugged, narrowing his eyes as he shook his head. "Well, if I must…"
With a clap of his hands, Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus had it that the Pizza Hut's secondary kitchen was heavily expanded for this special occasion. Everyone except Vector and Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus gasped in shock as they noticed how big the kitchen was, with Vector folding his lanky arms together.
"Thanks, Mr. Author." Vector commented as he tapped his right hand on the left shoulder of Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus. "You're not that bad of an author, if I do say so myself."
Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus chuckled as he wrapped his arms around the back of his head. "Oh, well, you know…"
"He's still a crappy author." Espio mumbled as he pointed at Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus with his right hand, glaring right at the yellow colored croc. "He barely writes about any of us outside of this crappy brown stain of a fanfic."
Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus then growled as he glared at Espio. "Look, chameleon boy, I can write you however I want. Don't make yourself regret what will come to you."
Espio scoffed as he folded his arms, shaking his head. "Pfft, I'm not afraid of you."
Suddenly, Espio was then stretched out, screaming in pain as everyone looked in shock, except Vector who rolled his eyes and Charmy, who was gleefully giggling. Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus chuckled as he snapped his fingers, making Espio return to normal, who was shaking as his eyes were widened.
"Horrible…" Espio mumbled as he started to pant, not feeling good anymore.
Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus stretched his lanky arms as he folded them again. "Right, that's enough of me writing myself into the story. Back to the unseen world of reality!" He then snapped his fingers, disappearing in a poof of smoke.
Silver shook his head as he moved his arms about. "Talk about an abrupt exit." He commented, blinking.
Vector moved his hands downward as he scoffed. "Oh, he's just showing off. But seriously, enough of that, time to make the greatest pizza ever created!" Vector boasted as he went to get the pizza dough, with Espio breathing into a brown bag, feeling nervous that Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus might strike him again.
Everyone was in the kitchen, all of them forming the pizza dough together as Vector surprisingly was the best one, spinning the combined pizza dough up and down and all around as he spun it around town, allowing it to flatten on the wooden board as he placed his hands on his hips, with him and everyone wearing plastic gloves.
"Get as many toppings as you can, everyone! Squid Ink! Esoteric Marshmallow! Bacon! Anchovies! Lobster! Crayfish! Pecans! Almonds! Pecans! Basil! Chives! Black olives! Cardamon! Colby! Manchego! Romano! Roasted Garlic! Roasted eggplant! Cherry tomatoes…!" Vector shouted loudly as he clapped his hands several times in a rapid matter, with all of the coworkers tossing on as many toppings as possible, Vector himself intriguingly contributing the most. "Come on, you call this topping a pizza? Top it for your life!"
The night seemed to last forever as time continued ticking, with everyone praying to get the pizza done right as they were placing every single possible topping on it, making sure that each topping was equal to the others and not overbearing the other toppings. Finally, after what seemed like hours, the team put the large, completely topped pizza into the oven all together, setting the heat to max as they all congratulated each other, cleaning off as they then headed downstairs to the first floor, to wait for the one billionth guest.
The time was right. Midnight had struck, and not a single soul was on the street.
"So… when will the billionth customer get here?" Charmy asked as he buzzed in the air.
Sonic wagged his right index finger at Charmy. "Just be patient, dude! The billionth customer will show his or her face in a matter of time!"
"The question that remains…" Silver stated as he placed his right hand on his chin. "Who is the billionth customer?"
Lume The Lumineon and Mothew The Mothim were both coincidentally walking towards the southern direction, in which they were heading straight towards the Sonic Universe's Station Square Pizza Hut.
"You know, this city is much better than I thought," Lume stated as she floated slightly above the ground, ignoring the laws of physics. "I thought we were going to run into rampant crime and annoying crowds, but things here have just been pleasant!"
Mothew chuckled as he nodded in agreement, flapping his moth wings together. "Yeah. It's certainly better than that last place we've been to."
Lume shuddered as she closed her eyes, getting bad memories as she stuck her tongue out in disgust. "Ugh, I agree. Grunty Industries was not a good alternative…"
Mothew sighed as he opened his eyes, the two turning around the block as they headed westward. "Well, at least it got us in the mood for food. That's kind of good, right?"
Lume smiled, glancing back up at Mothew. "I wouldn't really say it like that, but…" She sniffed the air, smelling an extremely good pizza. "I know where we can get a great meal!"
Mothew shook his head as he flapped his wings. "Err, on second thought, I'll pass. I can hold back my appetite, I'm not really a pizza person."
Lume shrugged as she continued moving on. "Suit yourself, mate."
Finally, after several more blocks, Lume and Mothew arrived at the Pizza Hut, both of them enterting as rainbow streamers were launched, with all of the coworkers cheering as Lume and Mothew were lead to the second floor by Knuckles, with Silver The Hedgehog and Vector The Crocodile both behind the green counter as Shadow stood to the side, his arms crossed.
"Wow… this place has class!" Lume exclaimed as her eyes widened. "It's certainly bigger and better than I expected!"
Vector laughed as he widened his arms. "Wahaha! Welcome to the Sonic Universe's Station Square Pizza Hut, where the pizza's so good it makes your mouth shut!"
Everyone looked at Vector awkwardly as Vector coughed, rubbing the back of his head as the other coworkers came upstairs.
"All right, I worded that wrong." Vector admitted as he cleared his throat, placing his hands behind his back. "Anyway, congratulations! You are officially the one billionth customer here!"
"Oh… am I!?" Lume exclaimed as she got excited, bouncing about as she gleefully laughed. "Ohohoho! I've never been so fortunate to have something so lucky happen to me!"
Mothew also laughed as he closed his eyes, flapping his wings faster in happiness. "Well, isn't this a great coincidence! A great tour across this great city, and you're the one billionth fan!?"
"That's right, and for just one measly dollar…" Vector stated as he rubbed his hands together, yellow dollar signs appearing in his eyes. "…That will give us our one billionth dollar…" He shook his head as he snapped his fingertips together. "You will be awarded with the one billionth pizza, the best pizza ever crafted in all the universe!"
Lume gasped as Shadow and Knuckles widened their eyes, with Mothew being so overwhelmed that he fainted, falling right to the floor. Lume pulled out a bright, sparkly green colored dollar bill as she handed it to Vector, who then placed it on a picture frame as he held it high above his head, with the words 'One Billionth Dollar Earned' printed on underneath the dollar bill in yellow.
"Well, now that we have the one billionth customer, and the one billionth dollar…" Vector proudly stated as he zipped into his office, coming back right out as he raised his left hand in the air. "COMMENCE THE ONE BILLIONTH PIZZA!"
All of the coworkers entered the kitchen as they helped pull out the huge, severely topped pizza, all of them slowly walking to the dining area as Shadow and Knuckles combined the green tables into one giant table, with the coworkers placing the giant pizza down as everyone then sat down, with Vector on Lume's right while Silver was on Lume's left, with Lume being right in the center on the western side.
"Go ahead, Ms. Lumineon." Silver stated as he rolled his right hand. "Have the pizza. It's full of goodness."
"Say, what is your name, anyway?" Vector asked as he held a notepad, holding a yellow pencil. "We're going to record you in Pizza Hut history."
Lume chuckled as she slightly blushed. "Oh, I'm Lume. I come all the way from Seaside Hill." She shook her head as she closed her eyes. "But enough chatter. It's time to chow down!"
Lume took the very first slice of the one billionth pizza, holding it with her gigantic butterfly wings as she munched on the very tip of the pizza, munching on it slowly as everyone gasped. Lume's eyes then widened, with her proceeding to eat the entire pizza as she gulped it down, letting out a quick belch as she sighed heavenly.
"That was…" Lume stated as she licked her lips together, her eyes closed as she smiled greatly. "The absolute best slice of pizza I've ever had in my life. Nay, it was one of the tastiest things I have ever had."
"She likes it!" Silver exclaimed as he started to dance joyfully, laughing as he moved his hips around. "She really likes it!"
"She doesn't like it, she LOVES it!" Vector exaggerated as he wrapped his right arm around Lume, pointing at her. "And now, with that said, let the celebrations begin!"
Everyone cheered loudly as they danced and partied, with everyone having a slice of the one billionth pizza as they all partied all night, ignoring the complains from the other buildings as Space Ghost zoned out the outer space surrounding the Pizza Hut, allowing them to party on with no problems as they celebrated.
The Sonic Universe's Station Square Pizza Hut was officially made a historic landmark by the Station Square Department on account of its legendary status. Though there wouldn't be such an amazing celebration like tonight for an extremely long time, no one complained, as the moment was now, appreciating every single second as it was the best night they ever had.
One billion customers. One billion dollars. One billion pizzas. And despite such an astonishingly spectacular extravaganza, it was only the beginning…
Happy 3rd Anniversary, Life At Pizza Hut!