Author's Note: Merry Christmas. Sorry I haven't uploaded this earlier. When I remembered how close we were to the holidays, I thought it was best if I waited until today. Think of it as an early Christmas present.

Anyway, the song featured here is clearly the Newton Wolves Rap. Obviously, I couldn't include the whole song, just the parts that were in the show.

Merry Christmas. Any and all comments are welcome.

"So what do you think is going on up that observatory?" Sonic asked as he walked up the hill with his team.

"Maybe the Newton Wolves are creating a scary monster made of dead body parts." Dave said. "Or perhaps Scarlemagne is using them to make an army of super-mutes with superpowers. Also, on an unrelated note, can I be one of them."

"Dave, you're immortal. That should be enough." Benson said before his belly began to growl.

"You okay, Benson?" Tails asked.

"Not really." Benson said. "I haven't had anything to eat since the flapjacks at Timbercat Village. I'm just about hangry."

"That's when you're so hungry, you're angry." Sonic explained.

"Right." Sonia said. "Well, if the Newton Wolves believe we're a pack, maybe they'll treat us to dinner."

"They'll just make us hunt down our dinner." Wolf said. "All wolves do that."

"Which reminds me," Kipo said, "We can't call you Wolf in front of them. So perhaps you can tell us your real name?"

"Uh… It's Bone Ripper." Wolf said.

"Oh, that is so stu… Actually, that's the coolest name I've ever heard." Dave said.

"Come on. We're a pack now." Kipo said. "We should be honest with each other."

Wolf sighed heavily. "Why don't you just pick one out for me?"

"Why?" Sonic asked. "You got a problem with your real name?"

"Just pick one."

"Fine." Kipo said. "We'll call you… Jolene."

"Never mind."

"Too late, Jolene!" Dave laughed.

Kipo Underground climbed their way up until they reached the summit, where they spotted the observatory that Team Chaotix sent them to. When they noticed the wolves in turtlenecks locking their eyes on them, they quickly went into pack formation. Sure they stumbled a bit on their way to the front door, but the wolves didn't attack. Though, they did growl with ferocious hunger.

The front door opened up and two wolves came out. One wore a black turtleneck and the other had a white one with a white lab coat and glasses.

"What do we have here?" the wolf in the black turtleneck asked.

"I think they're… a pack?" the wolf with the glasses said. "I mean, a very weird pack, but still a pack."

"They're trespassers. And we should be hunting trespassers."

"Now, brother, let's not get mixed with our base instincts. Remember, we're evolved. Let knowledge be our prey."

"Let knowledge be our prey." All the other wolves repeated.

"Um… Hi." Kipo greeted. "Nice to meet you."

"Do you speak for your pack, human?" the wolf in glasses asked.

"Yeah. I'm their alpha." Kipo said.

"Shoot." Benson grumbled under his breath. "I wanted to be the alpha."

"Well, it is a pleasure for you to be here for whatever reason." The polite wolf said. "I am Billions."

"And I am Billions." The black-clothed wolf said.

"Billions."

"And Billions."

Sonic shared a confused look with Tails. "Not very creative with names, are they?"

"And who might you be?" Good Billions asked.

"Well, I'm Kipo. This is Jolene, Benson, Dave, Sonic, his sister Sonia, Mandu, and Tails."

The wolves gasped at the sight of Tails.

"Sweet falling apple!" Bad Billion gasped. "That fox has two tails!"

"That's quite a genetic abnormality." Good Billions commented.

"That's rude, that's what it is." Tails said.

"So can we come in?" Sonic asked. "We're quite the scholars and we're here to share knowledge and stuff."

"Well, we're the most learned scholars on Earth." Good Billions said.

"What could you possibly share that we don't already know?" Bad Billions asked.

"There are one-thousand trillion billion stars in the night sky…" Kipo said.

"Kid stuff. Everyone knows that." Good Billions said.

"…Which is ten times more than grains of sand in all the world's deserts and beaches. But there are even more ways to shuffle a simple deck of cards. How many, you ask? Eighty unvigintillion combinations. That's eight with 67 zeros."

Everyone stared dumbfounded. The wolves certainly looked impressed.

"Did you follow any of that?" Sonia asked her brother.

"I don't think I can even spell univi… Something or other." Sonic replied.

"Well, if your pack really is avid on learning, then you're more than welcome to join us tonight." Good Billions said parting the way with his brother who pulled him aside for a whisper.

"Billions, are you sure about this? You do realize we have a special mission from Scarlemagne, right?"

"Relax, brother. There's no way they could possibly know what we're up to. Besides, we can't just turn away from weary scholars. We'll just explain to them that there are some places in this observatory that they are not allowed in."

"Fine." Bad Billions turned to Kipo Underground. "Come right in."

As soon as the team went inside, they were suddenly surrounded by a holographic planetarium. Projections of stars and planets were seen everywhere they turned.

"No way!" Kipo cried out. "Hi, Orion! What's up, Big Dipper? Li'l Dip, I see you there. Oh, and there's my sign, Aries!"

"Right. The sheep, right?" Sonic asked. "I remember you spent a lot of the night talking about it."

"It's actually a ram, but close enough." Kipo said.

"Everyone, dinner is all set to begin." Good Billion cried out.

Just as the Billions made their announcement, the other wolves sat and prepared for their meal in perfect synchronization. Kipo Underground on the other hand just raced for their seats and started fighting over them. Still, they managed to keep up their act. Suddenly, the lights went dark and two spotlights shined on the Billions brothers on the main stage. Good Billions spoke first.

"Tonight, we are joined by a pack that shares our love of the cosmos."

"And if they can illuminate us with some knowledge of their own, perhaps they'll be invited to our dessert hunt at moonrise." The other wolves howled.

Wolf heard one of the other wolves whisper to his friend, "Yeah, and if they can't, maybe they'll be our dessert hunt." That rightly earned a mean look from her.

"Hey, I think now's a good time for us to investigate what these guys are up to." Sonic whispered.

"Good idea." Kipo said. "Hey, Billions! I don't mean to interrupt, but Sonic here's gotta go to the little hedgehog's room. As his alpha, I'm allowing him to go. Any chance you tell us where it is?"

"Oh, sure." Good Billions said. "Just head to the hallway on the east side of the room and it'll be on the first door on your right. But first, a rule. Don't go any further than that. We have some rooms that we can't just allow guests into."

"No problem, your braininess." Sonic said. "Be back in a flash." He ran off in his usual sonic speed spooking the wolves.

"Whoa. Fast hedgehog." Bad Billions said.

"We'll question that later." Good Billions said. "Right now, everyone, please enjoy our nightly ritual. A brief presentation on absolutely everything we've learned about the known universe."

Suddenly, rap music began to fill up the room. The Billions brothers began their song while presenting themselves in different science costumes.

Bad Billions:

All life started with the Big Bang

Good Billions:

An explosion so great from which we all sprang

Bad Billions:

The universe dispersed mass

Traversing space, time passed

Space expanding mad fast

Stars made of light and gas

Cosmos with billions of stars gleaming

Good Billions:

These are the events that brought us wolves into being

Newton Wolves:

Newton. Newton

Bad Billions:

Now, you know our name

And you know we trained

To wax poetic and wane

With superior brains

Evolution's tamed

Out instincts re-aimed

To wax poetic and wane

With our superior brains

All right

Now, it's time to break it down

With every kind of star that has ever been classified

We're talking giants

Subgiants

Red giants

Blue giants

Good and Bad Billions:

Luminous giants

Very luminous supergiants

And less luminous supergiants

While the other wolves were busy with their rap, Sonic went right past the restroom and checked every room beyond. He found what he was looking for, which was at the very end of the hall. The room he entered had a large telescope gazing out in the horizon. And manning the telescope were two wolves giving a scroll to a large, two-headed flamingo that flew off.

"Still nothing." One wolf said to his partner.

"This is ridiculous. That red brute out there hasn't made one move. Do you think he knows we're watching?"

"Unlikely. But we gotta keep an eye on that place until something comes up. Scarlemagne's orders."

"Well, I'm starving. Let's head to dinner."

"Man, I hope I didn't miss the rap."

Sonic stayed hidden until the wolves walked past. He came out of hiding to get a closer look at the telescope.

"Scarlemagne's orders? What does Scarlemagne need this old telescope for?"

Suddenly, Sonic heard a weak laughter behind him. He jumped in surprise, but he dropped his guard when he saw a familiar mute tied to a post.

"Jamack?" Sonic asked.

"Well, isn't this hilarious." The Mod Frog said. "Another cruel joke from the universe."

"Sheesh, what happened to you?"

"What happened to me? YOU HAPPENED TO ME! You and your siblings and that burrow girl got away and my gang's hideout got trashed. And guess who got fired because of it."

Sonic widened his eyes when he noticed the tip of Jamack's tie was cut off. "What? Why? We were the ones to do that damage."

"Well, they needed someone to blame, and who better than the guy who brought you to them in the first place?" Jamack asked. "I barely escaped that mega bunny the burrow girl fed me to only to get fired by Ms. Sartori. After that, it's been one disaster after another until these wolves found me and started preparing me for their dessert hunt. And now, you show up! This is the worst last day anyone could ever have!"

"Wow." Sonic said. "Sorry, man. I didn't mean for you to suffer like that. I just wanted you to leave us alone. Look, since it is kinda my fault you're like this, I'll help you escape." He proceeded to untie Jamack.

"What? Hold on. Aren't you afraid I might try and catch you?"

"Yeah, I don't think you're that much of a threat to us."

"Well, what about the Newton Wolves? As soon as they realize you let me go, they'll start hunting you instead."

"I have a feeling they're gonna hunt us down anyway." Sonic said. "The truth is, we were sent to find out the deal they made with Scarlemagne and I think that telescope might explain something."

Jamack sighed. He was about to leave, but he decided on something. "This doesn't make us even. In fact, for you letting me go, I'll give you some insight on what the Newton Wolves are doing."

"Really? Why?"

"I hate being in debt." Jamack said. "Now, I've only been here for about half a day, but based on what I heard, the Newton Wolves were hired by Scarlemagne to keep an eye out for something with that telescope. Just some time before I got fired, I heard rumors that Scarlemagne lent one of his Chaos Emeralds to them to boost the telescope's power."

"Wait. One of his Chaos Emeralds?" Sonic asked. "Like the purple one that we have? Scarlemagne's got one?"

"He's got two, and he lent one to the wolves for keep watch over something. I don't know what, but that's all I'm gonna give you."

Jamack turned to leap out the window. He missed the first time, and the second time, so he just climbed out semi-gracefully. He left Sonic to feel nervous.

Bad Billions:

And that's everything we've learned about the known universe

Good and Bad Billions:

THE END

The rap ended and the Billions brothers gained howls of applause. Suddenly, all the lights went out causing a great deal of confusion among the wolves.

"What was that?" Sonia asked.

"I don't know." Benson said.

Suddenly, Sonic dashed in back to the crowd with a blue, glowing object in his hand. Everyone gasped at the big gemstone he was carrying.

"Is that a Chaos Emerald?" Kipo asked.

"Yeah. Turned out these mutts had one too." Sonic said. "But right now, we gotta get out of here!"

"You're stealing from us?" Good Billions growled along with his fellow wolves. "What kind of pack are you?"

Wolf glared with great intensity before swiping the Chaos Emerald from Sonic's hands. She stood up to the top of the table in front of everyone.

"They're not like you. They're slow. They're dumb. They're not a pack. So if you want your precious gem back… Come and get it."

Wolf quickly burst out the room and right through the front door. The wolves charged out after her while Kipo Underground watched.

"Where's she taking them?" Sonia asked.

"Probably back to the tree." Tails said. "That's where her Deathstalker tail is."

"And Manic and the Chaotix." Benson said.

"We gotta catch up to her!" Kipo called out.

Manic demonstrated a very catchy rhythm as he beat on his drum set. He was clearly in the zone about it. Once he was done, he received claps from Vector, Espio, and Charmy.

"Nice beat." Vector said. "You know, we're a bit of a band."

"You are?" Manic asked.

"No." Espio said slapping his face. "We had one gig and we weren't in sync at all. We basically made the whole audience bleed from their ears."

"I think we rock." Charmy said.

"You also think there's a little elf in the fridge who turns the light on and off when the door's opened."

"One day, I'll catch him."

Their conversation was interrupted by Wolf who landed right in front of them. Without giving them much chance to speak, she went behind the tree digging into the hole on the side. While that happened, the Newton Wolves gathered around the tree.

"Well, look who we got here." Bad Billion growled. "It's those meddling detectives who can't keep their noses out of our business."

"I see." Good Billions said. "So you set those kids up."

"You bozos only just figured that out?" Manic asked. "You really are geniuses."

"Enough jokes." Good Billion said. "Where's the girl?"

As if on cue, Wolf walked out with the Deathstalker staff in her hand and wearing her robe. Once she put her hood on, all the wolves gasped in shock and disgust.

"Is that.. .skin?" Good Billions asked.

"I'm gonna be sick." Bad Billions said.

Wolf stared at the Newton Wolves with eyes full of anger, spite, and prejudice. "I… hate… wolves." She then leaped immediately to engage with the wolves. They pounced on her, but so far, she could hold her own.

"She's not gonna last long." Espio said. "Let's help her."

"On it, dudes!" Manic said. "Just gotta get in the groove!" He began beating rapidly on his drumset to hype himself up. He was starting to get really into it. Suddenly, a green light flashed from it and one last beat somehow managed to shake the entire ground tripping everyone around him over, including the wolves.

"Manic, what was that?" Charmy asked.

"I don't know." Manic said. "I know I have a wicked drum skill set, but…"

A wolf interrupted Manic by leaping after him. Thankfully, Sonic sped up to kick it in the face and saving him. The others weren't far behind.

"We're here, Wolf!" Kipo cried out.

"Uh, guys," Tails said pointing up at the night sky, "One problem." He was specifically pointing at the big cloud that covered them all from the moonlight. Without the light, they couldn't see.

"Oh, this can't be good." Sonia said.

Kipo stammered looking for a solution. But suddenly, without her knowing, a solution came to her. Her eyes suddenly changed into a purple feline-like look. With it, she was able to see in the dark.

"I… I can see them!" Kipo called out.

"What? How?" Tails asked.

"I don't know, but let's ask later!" Kipo called out. "Wolf and the others need our help!"

Kipo Underground charged right at them. Kipo joined up with Wolf side by side mimicking her attacks. Mandu was able to inform Dave of any incoming attacks with her squeals. Benson used his low blood sugar to hype up his attacks. Espio kept the wolves guessing with his disappearing acts. Tails and Charmy flew up from their reaches before bopping them on the heads. Vector just bopped.

"SONIA, BEHIND YOU!" Kipo warned.

Bad Billions attempted to pounce on Sonia, but the pink hedgehog managed to block him. She didn't have anything on hand, so out of instinct, she summoned out her electric keyboard which she used to keep his teeth out of reach.

"Get away from me!" Sonia warned. Her fingers began mashing on the keys as Bad Billions was making his way around the keyboard. "I SAID GET AWAY!"

After one last key, a purple light blasted right out of the keyboard hitting Bad Billions at the side of his head. Sonia was so amazed at what happened. Curious, she aimed her keyboard and pressed one more. Another purple blast shot out right in front of a Newton Wolf.

"Whoa! How'd you do that, sis?" Sonic asked.

"I don't know! I guess this keyboard ain't just for music."

"Hey, my drum set made an earthquake earlier." Manic said. "Maybe our medallions are for more then just making music."

"In that case…" Sonic summoned out his guitar and aimed it. After playing an epic chord, a blue light blasted out just like Sonia's. It hit Good Billions and it made all the Newton Wolves retreat into the woods.

Mandu looked up at Kipo just as the clouds parted off. She was spooked to see the purple feline eyes, but then became confused when they came back to normal.

"That… was… amazing!" Benson cried out.

"No kidding. How'd you get your instruments to do that?" Dave asked.

"I don't know." Sonic said. "I've heard of a beat, but this is just ridiculous."

"Questions for later." Vector said. "Did you guys find out what the Newton Wolves were doing?"

"Sort of." Sonic said. Wolf gave him back the blue Chaos Emerald which he displayed. "This is a Chaos Emerald, some kind of source of power. Scarlemagne gave this to the Newton Wolves to power their telescope and looks like their whole lab too."

"Why'd he do that?" Tails asked.

"Not sure." Sonic said. "But there's only one way to know."

"We have to make this quick." Espio said as he kept and eye outside of the observatory. All the others were busy hooking up the Chaos Emerald back into the telescope. "The Newton Wolves could decide to return any minute."

"Hmm." Tails said as he looked over the telescope. "It appears that the vision in this thing is run on power. The more it has, the closer the zoom will be. And if it's run on a Chaos Emerald, you could potentially see small craters on the moon."

"Come to think of it," Sonic said, "I remember the wolves saying they were using the telescope to keep an eye on something and report it to Scarlemagne if anything changes."

"So Scarlemagne lend one of his only two Chaos Emeralds to the Newton Wolves so they can use the telescope to get a good look at something from afar." Vector said. "The question is, what?"

That was when Sonic finished hooking up the Chaos Emerald back into the telescope and its power returned. "Well, there's only one way to find out."

"I'll take a look." Kipo said as she approached the telescope. She took a deep breath. "Don't be nervous, Kipo. You're just looking at something that Scarlemagne needs a Chaos Emerald to see. Whatever it is can't be…" She only looked into the telescope for just half a second before gasping and screaming falling backwards.

"Huh?" Wolf asked. "Kipo, are you okay?"

Kipo's eyes widened as she ran back to the telescope. What she saw through it was able to make her jaw drop. "OH, MY GOODNESS! THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!"

"What?" Vector asked. "What is it?"

Kipo raised her head with a face saying she understood the meaning of life. "Guys, you are not going to believe this! I just saw… a flying island!"