A bright canyon faded into view, the screen showing off the bright blue sky before dipping down between the towering cliffs. Eggman in his hovercraft then sped into view, avoiding the shear walls.

"Didn't we see this?" Tails asked.

"Yeah, it was just a short version of the episode." Theo said, nodding to the kit.

Sonic appeared as well, feet thudding against the rocky ground as he gave chase. "You can't lose me Egghead!"

Eggman punched his dashboard in frustration. "Eggman! You know my name is Dr. Eggman! You do that on purpose."

Sonic had a cheeky grin on his face. "Do what, Egghead?"

Amy laughed, "That's a new one!"

Eggman's expression darkened further, "Even in a different universe you never ceased to annoy me you blue rodent."

"Some things never change, Egghead." Sonic smirked, nudging the doctor with his elbow making him more annoyed, "For example, you're still as bald as ever!"

Eggman's twitch, "I. Hate you. So much right now."

Sonic continued to run after the human through the canyon up until the point the hedgehog had to slide to a stop to avoid tumbling off an unexpected cliff. "Who-o-a!" he shouted as his arms waved about; he took a step back after regaining his balance, looking relieved.

Eggman imagined him taking a dive, and his mood temporarily rose.

The screen zoomed out to show a huge hole with lava at the bottom before focusing on a floating Eggman. "It all ends here...old friend. Prepare to be destroyed...by Burnbot!" He gestured over to a red and clawed robot standing at the lip of the cliff.

Knuckles furrowed his brow. Didn't they know the end of this already? Sonic was spin dashing this bot at the end of the trailer. Why in the hell were they watching this episode then? He decided to ignore it and just watched the episode.

"So what..." Sonic smirked. "He's gonna burn me with flamethrowers or something?"

Eggman scratched his head, a bit flustered. "Flamethrower? Well...no..."

"Oh uh acid?" The hero began throwing out guesses. "Incendiary grenades!"

"No no no! The – claws!" The doctor gestured at Burnbot, who pinched its 'fingers' together. "He has claws! Very painful claws!"

"Then why call him Burnbot instead of Clawbot?" Carol asked. "Maybe he's bad at name calling." Spade suggested. "I heard that!" Eggman called out, frustrated. Sonic clearly was entertained by this. "Then you should have called him Clawbot or The Lacerator or Pinch-a-tron 9000. But Burnbot? I mean, that's just false advertising!"

"I totally agree with him!" Sonic's brow furrowed. "Er...me?" This was confusing. "What's with the name, Eggy?" Rouge teased. "Yeah! It doesn't make sense!" Charmy points out.

"Don't ask me." Eggman's mustache flared. "Ask the other me that apparently has lost one too many brain cells!"

"Maybe you need a better name for your robot, Eggface." Cory suggested.

Eggman was certainly not amused. "I name the robots, Sonic!" he growled, "Burnbot attack!"

Burnbot jumped down to a lower ledge and sped towards Sonic. Said hedgehog – not intimidated in the slightest – ran in the opposite direction, keeping directly across from Burnbot as they slowly spiraled deeper into the crater. Tails flew over the scene in his blue plane.

Tails frowned a bit. Wasn't this the little fight he and Sonic had in this episode? If so, oh boy...

"Blue Leader, this is Yellow Sky," the kit spoke into his headset, "I have eyes on Burnbot. He's on the move, over!"

"Blue Leader?" Tails said. "Yellow Sky?" Sonic added. "You guys use code names in battle?" Blake questioned. "No. This is actually the first time we've heard of this." Sonic said. "At any rate, it's kinda cool." Tails said, smiling.

"Thanks, Tails!" Sonic said into a communicator on his wrist. "Initiate speeding swing surprise!"

"What?" Neera asked, confused. The pilot immediately dove into the canyon, passing Eggman and making him spin. Tails activated his energy beam – a certain kit on a couch was enraptured again by the sight of the new tool – as Sonic and Burnbot leap at each other. Time slowed down as the plane ducked lower, the hedgehog catching the glowing rope. Sonic swung around behind the robot and kicked it into the far wall, Burnbot falling to the ground afterwards.

"All in a day's work." Sonic smugly thought.

Eggman lowered himself and yelled at his creation. "Get up get up get UP!"

Amy watched as Burnbot got to its feet. It kinda looked familiar. "Shadow...doesn't that look like Omeg-"

"No." Shadow said quickly.

Cream jumped in, "But doesn't he look a little like him, Mr. Shadow?" Shadow sighed and looked closely at the robot, "...Maybe." Amy puffed her cheeks. So she can't talk to Shadow but Cream can?!

Burnbot looked up, seeing Tails fly by. It raised an arm and shot it right at the plane's wing, severely damaging it. The aircraft corkscrewed as a concerned Sonic watched on. He shouted into his communicator, "Bail, Tails! Bail!" The kit pulled the eject lever, but it broke off in his hand. Sonic stepped forwards to help, but Burnbot stood in his way.

"Outta the way, chrome dome!" Sonic yelled, angrily. His little buddy was about to crash and that hunk of junk had the nerve to just-!

"It can't hear you. Idiot." Spade said, rolling his eyes.

"Hush it, panda boy!" Amy shouted. Spade snarled but decided not to cause a fuse. Sonic sidestepped an attack before spin dashing a large loose rock on a cliff above Burnbot. It crashed down on the bot, keeping it from moving. Sonic jumped up high out of the crater just in time to see Tails crash in the distance. "Tails! No!" He gazed on in horror before racing over.

"Oh no. Tails." Cream was worried. "Is he okay?" Lilac asked, worriedly. Tails didn't know what to say. He possibly got injured in what...within three minutes of starting the episode? Would this happen often?

Amy was concerned. There was no way that Tails could walk away from that. "You show up later though, remember? So...you can't be that hurt, right?"

"I don't think anyone could-" Silver slowly started.

"No!" Sonic pipped up with a determined look on his face. "Tails'll make it through! He's been through worse! It'll take more than a plane crash to take him out!"

Tails smiled at Sonic's words. "Yeah! I've been through worse, and I'm still here!"

Knuckles grinned. "You gotta be tough if you hang around Sonic all day. Wherever he goes, danger follows."

"We'll be back, Sonic!" Eggman activated a magnet in his hovercraft. He lifted Burnbot out from under the massive rock, grunting, "Oof, you are heavy. Seriously, Burnbot, you could stand to burn a few calories."

Carol scoffed at that pun. "You tried but... lame."

Mila wasn't so positive. "He's basically just going to go, after potentially injuring or killing Tails?" She asked incredulously.

"Never expect a villain to care about the things their robots destroy, Mila." Lilac said.

Sonic pulled a wounded Tails out of the wreckage and laid him gently on the ground. He rested his ear against the kit's chest and sighed in relief at sound of the other's heartbeat.

Cream smiled sadly, "He's alive." Vector scratched his head, "Dang, the kid's tough as nails." "Just be glad that he's okay." Espio said. "Keep resting, pal. I'll get you home." Sonic stood back up with Tails in his arms. "I promise I'll never let anything like this happen to you again." The hedgehog walked off-screen.

Shadow crossed his arms, "That is the most serious I've ever seen you, hedgehog. It's a nice change from how you are now."

Sonic frowned, "Well yeah! Tails isn't in the best shape...but I wonder what I mean by that?"

Tails thought about the name of the episode, and widened his eyes in realization, "Sonic... you're not... replacing me are you?"

"'Course not! No one can replace my baby brother!"

Tails grumbled about not being a baby anymore.

The scene changed, and a couple of hanging pictures were shown. One was the two brothers fishing, and the other was them playing video games.

A bandaged Tails was laying on a green couch. After a second, he blinked his eyes open and sat up, rubbing his wrappings. "Sonic?" His voice was raspy.

The azure hedgehog stepped closer to him. "Hey, buddy! How ya feelin'?"

"I'm great." Tails stood up. "Ready to get back into action!"

"Kid you just got injured in a battle and now you want to jump back in?" Gong questioned. Sonic suddenly looked uncomfortable. "Yeah, uh...about that." He meekly scratched his head. "Um...I've got some great news! You my friend, are taking early retirement!"

Tails slouched, feeling betrayed. "Yeah...I'm totally being replaced..."

Sonic frowned at the kit. "I would never do that! We stick by each other through thick and thin!" The hero then pursed his lips, staring at the screen. "What in the heck am I thinking?"

"You're not. You're acting on impulse, which wouldn't be the first time..." Knuckles said.

"I mean, he did get hurt pretty bad. Maybe you really don't want to see Tails in pain again?" Amy questioned, rubbing her arm. Blaze nodded, "It makes sense."

It didn't matter if it did, Sonic and Tails weren't happy about this development.

"Early retirement?" Tails repeated, confused.

"Yeah! You're gonna be able to play lots of golf and spend time with the grandkids!"

"Grandkids??" Everyone said in unison. Tails was nowhere near that old to have a grandchild. "I don't have grandkids!" The fox argued.

Sonic pointed at him. "Well, now's your chance to get some!"

"WHAT?!?!" Everyone was completely taken back by this. Lilac blushed deep red, "He did not just..." "Dude gross." Carol said, disgusted. Knuckles stared at Sonic in disbelief. "Wow Sonic...did you just..."

"Sonic!" Amy cried out, cheeks aflame. "He's just eight!" Sure, she didn't know a lot about that, but she knew enough!

Sonic's face was flushed as well. He had just told his brother to make kids so they could make kids.

"What is everyone talking about?" Cream asked innocently

"..." No one was willing to answer until:

"The birds and the bees." Everyone turned their heads in Shadow's direction, flabbergasted.

Cream tilted her head, not understanding it, "The birds and the bees?"

"You'll understand when you're older." Shadow said. "Trust me, it's for the best." Sonic hugged the younger boy for a second before letting go. "I'll see ya around, pal." He then ran off.

"Wait..." Tails blinked. "What just happened?"

Sonic opened the door he had closed behind him and said, "I fired you." He disappeared again.

"Okay, just checking," Tails quietly muttered.

"That was really rude, Sonic." Amy said. Tails nodded. "You can say that again..."

Sonic was now walking on a sandy beach, somber. "Don't look at me like that. I did what I had to do." He was talking to a stack of flyers advertising the need for a new sidekick. "And now we're going to make sure Tails stays retired." He hung on paper on a nearby tree.

Eggman scoffed at that. "So you're basically replacing your fox friend so another person could get hurt instead of him? And you call me the bad guy."

"Shut it, Egghead." Sonic grumbled.

An island was now shown with a white structure standing tall and proud in the middle of it. "Sidekick tryouts." Eggman was sitting inside the shiny building. "All qualified candidates welcome. Best candidate gets the job. Resume and references required." He set the paper down and pointed to it. "Can you believe this?"

Orbot held up a finger. "A resume and references aren't unreasonable, sir."

"Especially in this job market!" Cubot chirped.

Orbot and Cubot? He didn't know those two were in this universe.

Eggman slammed his fist down and threw the crumpled-up flyer at the frightened bots. "What fool would want to be Sonic's sidekick? Spending every day with him...enjoying his friendship and respect..."

Tails frowned up at that. "I...don't know if you're insulting me or just being weirdly jealous..."

"I'm insulting you!" Eggman yelled indignantly while Sonic chuckled at the same time. "Totally jealous."

"Not me, that's for sure!" The doctor stroked his chin. "Unless..." There was a zoom in on his face before it panned down. Eggman fixed it, growling, "Lousy security camera!"

This scene switched to the shack from earlier. There was a line forming in front of it, containing several people including Amy and Knuckles.

Amy wiggled happily in her seat at her appearance, loving the new outfit she had adorned.

"You sure it's not steroids?" Sonic asked his echidna neighbor.

"No!" Knuckles adamantly opposed, fists clenching. "I told you, it's because I'm probably working out! Or had a growth spurt or-"

"Or had one too many protein shakes with a little special ingredient?" The hedgehog finished haughtily. He almost regretted his words when the guardian punched him in the arm.

Sonic was sitting at a desk with a clipboard and a pencil. Amy was standing in front of him, smiling. "I'm Amy Rose, and I'll be auditioning for the job of sidekick."

Amy looked a little sad, "Wait, do we..."

Sonic sighed. "Amy, I know who you are."

The pink hedgehog sighed in relief. Amy perked up. "Great! Because I'm fine with nepotism." "What? What does that mean?" Sonic wondered. "Basically, it means someone's trying to use their 'special power' to impress someone." Theo explained. "What special power." Tails asked. "Oh, and under special skills, you can add juggling and singing." Amy began juggling three colorful balls. "Oh when the Saints, go marching in! Ba ba da da ba ba!"

Torque looked confused, "That's her special power? Juggling balls?" "Weirdo." Spade said.

"Hey leave her alone! She's just trying her best." Sonic said, glaring at Spade. "Though I don't want her as my sidekick."

Amy looked offended, "What?! Am I not good enough for you, Sonic?!"

The hero did a calm down motion with his hand, "What? No! It's just that me and Tails have been partners forever... and I don't want to change that." Tails smiled happily, "Aww, thanks, Sonic." The blue hero ruffled the kit's hair, "No problem little buddy." "I think I'm about to throw up." Shadow said.

Sonic was not entertained. "Next!"

A beaver with a red bow tie stood in front of the hero now. "My greatest weakness? Actually, it is my incredible cowardice."

"Why? Because you're a coward?" Cory teased, snickering. Carol joined her sister, "Hehe, nice one sister."

Amy was back on screen.

"Amy... you already went." Blaze said, deadpanned.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she did, given who she's trying to impress..."

Knuckles hastily ducked the hammer hurled at him.

Sonic was on his feet beside her as she gushed. "Oh improv? I love improv!" Her accent drastically changed. "I'm a crazy pizza man! Who juggles and sings!" She juggled again, singing, "Oh when the Saints go marching in!" Sonic exasperatedly turned her around and pushed her out.

Knuckles was leaning against the desk with the clipboard and pencil in his hands. "I think...that you'd be a great sidekick for me."

"No, Knuckles." Sonic deadpanned. "I'm looking for someone to be my sidekick."

"We'd have to change your name, though," The echidna continued as if the hedgehog hadn't spoken, "I'm thinking...Knuckles Junior." Sonic grabbed the clipboard and pencil, crossing something out on the paper.

"Knuckles...Junior?" Knuckles repeated it like it was foreign language. The guardian crossed his arms and frowned. "Alright, maybe it's not steroids." Sonic said. Lucy giggled, "Actually, in this universe, Knuckles isn't really that smart." "So what you're saying is that, Knuckles is 'brawns over brains', right?" Tails suggested. "Yep." "Isn't he always like that?" Charmy wondered. "Shut it, Charmy."

A hooded figure stepped up to the desk – like it wasn't obvious who was under there – and Sonic regarded the mystery person. "Okay...last question. What would you do in a no-win situation?"

In a fake deep voice, the figure responded, "If I'm with you, there's no such thing as a 'no-win situation.'"

Sonic smirked over at Tails. "Nice buddy!"

Tails chuckled, content now that it seemed that this version of Sonic would choose him. "I learned from the best!"

"Huh." Sonic looked impressed. "You really get it, new guy."

The person nodded. "I do get it. But I'm not a new guy. In reality, I am none other than..." They attempted to pull the hood off, but it somehow got stuck, them falling down in the process.

Sonic stood up and frowned at who was eventually revealed. "Tails? You cannot be my sidekick!"

And...Tails' prediction was wrong.

The fox held up the flyer from before. "All qualified candidates welcome. Best candidate gets the job." Tails gestured to himself. "I'm a lock! Unless there's something you're not telling me..."

"Fine!" Sonic put a hand on his hip. "But get ready for the tryout of your life!"

Sonic explosively sighed. "Am I always this stubborn?"

"Yes," Shadow answered.

"Absolutely," Eggman added.

The speedster rolled his eyes. He knew better than to ask that question with those two in the room. "Yeah, like you two have any room to complain about my stubbornness."

Shadow smirked, "You asked, faker." Carlo looked at Lilac, "He reminds me of you." Lilac raised an eyebrow, "How so?" "Well, you never back down from a fight, you put others before yourself, and basically whenever there's trouble, you run towards it. You're the same old, Miss Hero Pants." Carol explained. Lilac frowned a bit, "Um, thanks." "Hello," a new yet familiar voice greeted.

Sonic and Tails whirled around. "Eggman!" the latter shouted out in surprise.

"What are you doing here?" The hedgehog got into a fighting stance.

"What am I doing there?" Eggman was lost as he gazed at the screen, but then all the pieces came together. He facepalmed himself, frustrated beyond belief. Out all of the possible schemes-!

"My name is Dr. Eggman, and I'm here about the sidekick position." He held up a resume.

Sonic barked out a laugh. "You can't be serious, Eggy!" "Yeah, imagine a villain wanting to be the sidekick of a hero." Knuckles said. "Ridiculous." Gong snorted.

"I wish I wasn't." Eggman groaned. He didn't think it was possible to despise his future self this much.

"Whatever you're trying to do won't work though!" Amy shook her head. "Yeah, Sonic'll never work with you, fatso!" Charmy retorted, sticking his tongue out.

"You think that I want to work with this blue freak?!" Eggman scrunched his nose in distaste. "I wouldn't willingly spend more time with the furball than I have to!"

"The show says otherwise!" Tails jeered, and Eggman counted down from thirty in his mind to keep his anger in check. "But I agree with what Amy and Charmy said, it'll never work!"

Sonic was more than a little confused. "Wha...but you're my arch-nemesis!"

"See?"

"That's true," Eggman concurred, "But I could be a valuable asset to your organization. For example, I'm a doctor. Not a real doctor, a PhD, but still!"

Sonic wasn't budging. "You can't be my sidekick."

The human thrusted the flyer into his face. "All qualified candidates welcome?"

"Okay...fine." Sonic glanced between the man and fox. "You both can move on to Round Two, but neither one of you is going to be my sidekick."

Sonic's lips curved downwards as he tapped his foot. "Why am I even givin' him a chance? I would've just kicked 'im out and called it a day!"

"Granted, you'd never try to replace me in the first place..." Tails uttered.

"Like, have we all gone crazy or somethin'?"

The fox shook his head. Shadow was marginally glad that he hadn't shown up yet. If the different version of himself turns out to be outrageous, he was going to do something he'd regret. Especially if he found out the cause was someone in this room.

"There's no way of knowing now..." Amy fingered, "I say that the show will clue us in! You know, eventually..."

"I don't want to watch any more of this!" Eggman complained, "Alternate universe or not, this is borderline torture!"

"Who else is there?" Tails inquired.

The beaver's head popped up in the doorway, holding up a card. "Actually, do you validate parking?"

"Congratulations!" Sonic pointed at him. "You're the third candidate!"

The beaver didn't look too ecstatic. "Actually..."

The scene changed to a jungle setting, and the small group was standing on the edge of a cliff.

"Alright, being my sidekick is no easy task," Sonic began to explain, "This competition will test your strength, stamina, and endurance." The screen panned to show Tails, Eggman, and the beaver on hoverboards.

"Whoa, is that extreme gear?" Sonic asked.

"Maybe?" Knuckles squinted, noting some differences. "They're more crude models, if anything."

"The winner will be whoever makes it-"

"Actually." The beaver interjected, gazing at him. "It's 'whomever'."

"Okay..." Tails breathed out. "Who else is tired of him?"

Everyone raised their hands.

Sonic shook the interruption off before gesturing at another cliff in the distance with a red flag on top. "The winner will be whomever makes it through all the unimaginable hardships and brings me the red flag I planted atop the incredibly dangerous, but inaccurately named, Mount Safety."

"Actually-" Eggman pushed the beaver off the cliff.

Even Shadow and Spade couldn't hold in their amused snort.

He screamed on the way down, flailing his arms. Tails and Eggman followed a moment later, beginning their race through the jungle. Sonic ran off to watch from a distance.

Racing on trunks and vines, the decorations on the sides of the doctor's board detached, blades popping out of them and spinning. They headed right for Tails.

"There's the doctor we know." Rouge observed as the kit crashed into the beaver, the buck-toothed racer falling into the jungle below. "Always throwing in something out of left field." Vector added.

"Yeah." Sonic patted the man on his shoulder, the latter shrugging him off, "I was scared for a second there! That you actually wanted my friendship and respect."

"In your dreams, rodent."

"Dream? More like a nightmare."

"Actually!" The beaver called beneath tree leaves. "I'm okay!"

The two bladed spheres of death continued their chase until Tails put on his brakes, causing them to slam into each other get off his trail. Tails then slid to a stop in a small clearing, where Sonic and his plane were waiting.

The hedgehog folded his arms. "What's going on here?"

"Nothing I can't handle!" Tails replied cockily.

Tails jumped into his plane and took off. Eggman was right on his tail in his circular hovercraft. Sonic watched them go with a subtle frown before giving chase.

The beaver was left by himself. "Actually, I'm just going to lie down in the fetal position and weep." He did just that while sucking his thumb.

Knuckles glared at the TV. "Why in the hell does he keep getting showed off? Isn't this supposed to be about us? What's the deal with him?"

Amy shared his sentiments. He was getting more screen time than her! "He probably becomes more important in later episodes." "Not quite." Lucy corrected, "While he will show up in the later series, he won't have much screen time." "Hmph. Good."

Up in the air, Tails shouted, "Give up Eggman! This job is rightfully mine!"

"I'm not here to be Sonic's sidekick, you nincompoop!" Eggman argued, "I'm here to get rid of you both once and for all!"

"And you couldn't do that some other way?" Carol asked, deadpanned. "Genius, doctor. Genius." Neera said, sarcastically. Eggman really wanted to reach through the screen and slap himself one good time.

The evil doctor activated the magnet he had used before, picking up Burnbot from the jungle floor. Sonic, who hadn't expected this, increased his speed hoping to catch up. Now airborne, Burnbot extended his sharp claws, wanting to hit Tails' aircraft. The kit skillfully dodged a few times, but one lucky hit sent him spiraling. Sonic sped up even more at the sight of his brother in danger again.

However, the hero almost lost control when he slid on ice covering a frozen lake.

"Ice? Oh man..." Sonic knew that if there was ice, there was water. He seriously should learn how to swim...

Eggman was stroking his 'stache, humming to himself. Maybe this plan wasn't so bad. He was using the rat's worst fear against him. True, the way his alternate self got to this point was rather unorthodox, but he didn't have the need to physically harm the human on the television anymore.

Spade was confused, "Weren't you all in a jungle? Why the hell is there a frozen lake right at the edge of it?" "First off, language. Second, it's a comedy show, Spade so don't question it." Lilac said.

At the appearance of a specific hammer, the Ultimate Lifeform went back to his stress relief.

Tails' plane was stuck halfway in the broken ice. "Tails!" Sonic called as he clumsily closed the distance between him and the fox.

The kit wiggled in his seat, turning the controls. "Sonic! I'm stuck!" Ice shattered more, and the plane sunk deeper.

From above, Burnbot morphed its claws into sawblades and launched one at the precarious surface. The aircraft was going to go under any second now. Movements quick, Sonic launched himself at the plane and grasped the kid's arms, pulling with all his might.

He freed Tails just as the ice gave way. Sonic jumped away from any cracking ice, him and his brother bouncing a bit upon landing.

Tails was relieved that they escaped, but frowned for what was about to come. This had to be the argument scene between him and Sonic.

The azure hero stood up, looking ashamed. "Tails..." He sighed. "I didn't really wanna fire you. I was just trying to protect you."

"True, Sonic is a danger magnet." Knuckles said. Sonic frowned, "How am I a danger magnet when Eggman's the one trying to take over the world?" "Have you always stopped Eggman's scheme?" "Yeah. So?" "Then there's your answer." "What? But you didn't even-" "Sonic you can worry about later. Right now, you and Tails are having a brotherly moment together." Amy interrupted him.

Tails turned his head at his brother. Sonic didn't seem too bothered by this...then he shouldn't be either. They were too close for something as small as this to torment their friendship.

"How? By putting me in more danger?"

"The plan had holes!"

"Yeah, a lot, actually." Shadow gave Sonic a pointed look. "More than usual." Carol thought to her self, "Kind reminds he of the time of when me, Lilac, Mila and Torque were in prison and then-" Carol widened her eyes remembering the past. She looked at Lilac with an apologetic look, "Uh, sorry, Lilac." "It's okay, Carol." Lilac assured, sighing. Cory looked at her sister, "You were in prison?? What happened." "Umm, I'll explain later."

Tails then smiled, not too angry after all, and Sonic helped him up.

"Oh Sonic!" Eggman was suddenly there, too close. "I have one last surprise for you. I took your advice! Burnbot can burn things!"

"See that faker?" Shadow rose an eye ridge. "This is a sign that you should keep your mouth shut or you'll make things worse."

Sonic rolled his eyes, "I'll be quiet the day you crack a smile. Deal?" Shadow glared, "Remember what I said when you should keep your mouth shut or you'll make things? Keep talking, and see what happens." Sonic smirked, "Or what?" "Mr. Sonic. Mr. Shadow. You should be ashamed of yourselves." Cream retorted angrily, which caught Sonic and Shadow off guard, "You know better than to fight each other. No say you're sorry right this instant." Both Sonic and Shadow grumbled but caved in. "I'm... sorry." Cream went back to her happy self, smiling, "Now that's very nice of you."

Burnbot launched two fireballs from its body, creating a ring of fire around the duo that melted the ice. Tails flew because of his namesakes, but Sonic slid into the water and thrashed.

"I can't swim!" the hedgehog shouted in distress.

"See that, Sonic?" Amy said, pointing at the screen, "This is what happens when you take swimming classes." Sonic looked confused, "Since when did I ever take swimming classes??" "Since now." It took Sonic a second to figured out what Amy meant. She was going to teach him how to swim. In the water. His greatest fear. Oh hell no. Tails lowered himself down and grabbed the hedgehog's hand and tugged; it wasn't enough. "You're waterlogged! I can't lift you!"

"Don't worry about me!" Sonic released his hold on the kit, but Tails held on tighter. "Get out of here!"

Amy's brow furrowed in worry. She couldn't stand losing Sonic. Her one true love. She blinked when a sudden thought came to her, "Where are me and Knuckles? Shouldn't we be helping out?!"

"Your guess is as good as mine," Knuckles replied, wondering that too.

Tails shook his head. "That's not how sidekicks do!" He pulled Sonic again, but he was dragged underwater with Sonic. They were submerged for a moment, Sonic struggling all the while, until Tails twirled his namesakes and used them as propellers.

Tails flew them out of the water and into the air. He let go of Sonic, and the azure hero spun in Burnbot's direction, slamming into it. Ice cracked under the robot's feet, and it instantly sunk.

Sonic was caught by the yellow anthro after he bounced away. The flying pair smiled at each other as they headed back into the jungle.

Sonic stretched out a bit, a victorious grin splitting his face in half. "Well at least that didn't change. I can still beat you anytime, anywhere Eggman!"

"We." Tails corrected.

"We. That's what I meant."

"I'll be back!" Eggman shook a fist at their retreating backs. "With a new robot! Who has an accurate name!" He began to fly off. "And super laser eyes! And he'll feed me ham! Evil ham."

"You're... a terrible villain." Torques said. "Is he even a real villain to begin with?" Carlo asked. "Maybe he doesn't know how to become a real villain." Carol guessed. "I AM a good villain!" Eggman retorted.

There was a time skip. Sonic and Tails were sitting on a beach, gazing into the sunset.

"About this job..." Tails stated tentatively, "What are the hours like?"

Sonic pretended to think. "Well, it's seven days a week, but you get your own plane."

Tails smiled.

"Oh that's adorable!" Mila said, looking at Tails.

Tails smiled, scratching his head embarrassed. "Hehe. It was nothing..."

The scene switched to the shack from earlier, and Amy was insistently ringing a bell on the porch. "Lemme in!" she exclaimed, "I demand a call-back!"

Amy's ears drooped, "Oh no..."

Knuckles dragged his feet behind her, looking depressed. Amy saw him and asked, "Knuckles! What's wrong?"

Knuckles heavily exhaled. "Knuckles Junior isn't working out."

"Oh..." Amy's expression lit up. "So you're saying you need a..."

Amy widened her eyes, "Oh no..." Amy ran after the echidna, her accent changing. "I'm a crazy pizza man! Who juggles and sings! Oh when the Saints, go marching in!"

The pinkette hedgehog covered her face in shame.

"Knucklina!"

Knuckles growled as the T.V. turned black, "Was that even necessary?!" He looked over at Amy. "What is wrong with us?!"

"Calm down, Knux!" Sonic snickered, "Why are you so mad? "Yeah, it's just a comedy show. I think it's funny!" Espio gave the bee a deadpanned look, "With you, everything is funny." "Which is annoying." Vector added. "I don't know. It wasn't... that bad." Silver said, trying not to be rude. "I agree. It was... interesting to say the least." "It was kinda cool." Lilac said "Pretty decent." Carol added. Mile smiled, "I really liked it." Theo nodded to their words, "Before we start the next episode, does anyone have any questions for the first one? Cream raised her hand.

"Yes, Cream?" Theo said with a smiled.

"What does the 'birds and the bees' mean?" Cream asked, innocently.