The scene opened up with a sunny beachfront with Knuckles busy stretching his arms.

Knuckles groaned. He had to deal with this already.

Tails then popped into view with a pinecone in hand, pretending to use it as a microphone.

The fox's voice was calm and quiet like a professional announcer. "It all comes down to this final toss for the young echidna from Angel Island. He'll need a score of four to take the championship."

"Ooo! They're playin' a game?" Cream was interested. "Wonder what it is!"

Knuckles promptly picked up Sonic, having a good grip on the hedgehog's back. The echidna started to spin around, Sonic folding his hanging arms close to his body.

Lilac raised a brow at this. What kind of game were they playing?

Sonic's eyes glinted in excitement. "Knuck-"

"No."

Tails commentated, "Can he do it? Can he score a four? The crowd is on their feet!"

Amy was shown with her hands on her hips, her foot tapping the ground, and not looking amused at all. "Can you get on with it already?"

Sonic tilted his head a bit. "Jeez. Can't they just have a little fun?"

Knuckles decided to tease Sonic a bit. "Maybe she's upset that her Sonic would rather play some games with his friends instead of going on a date with Amy."

Sonic choked on his drink. "A date?!"

Amy gasped. "How could he?! He should know how lonely his girlfriend could be right now!"

Cream slightly glared at Sonic. "Shame on you, Mr. Sonic."

Knuckles grinned. "Yeah. Shame on you."

Sonic really wanted to run away right now.

Knuckles finally tossed Sonic. The hedgehog careened into a nearby palm tree before bouncing off the trunk and landing in the sand, seemingly unhurt.

"You're hurt just the slightest??" Carol asked.

Cory snickered. "He's an hard-headed idiot like Knucklehead.."

"HEY!"

Three coconuts then fell out of the tree.

"Denied!" Tails exclaimed, "Three coconuts is not quite four."

"Look!" Sticks pointed up at the palm leaves overhead. One coconut was shaking until it crashed down on a yawning Amy's head.

The pinkette cried out in surprise, falling down. She growled as she rubbed her sore head.

Amy winced. "Ouch."

Lilac agreed. "Yeah...that's a bruise..."

Tails shook his head. "She was kinda being a buzzkill..."

The pinkette puffed out her cheeks. "Because she's upset that Sonic cancelled out their date!"

Knuckles and Sonic laughed, chest bumping each other. Tails was just as excited. "They've done it! They've achieved the impossible! The team of Knuckles and Sonic has bested the team of Sonic and Knuckles!"

"Wait a minute..." Amy had a dubious expression on her face, frowning. "You are playing against yourselves?"

"It...kinda makes sense?" Sonic defended. "I mean, there's a difference in Knuckles throwing me and me throwing Knuckles."

The guardian scoffed. "A big difference."

"That wasn't necessary, and you know that."

"A lot of the things you do aren't necessary, Sonic."

"...You got me there."

Knuckles shook his head. "No, were you listening? We beat Sonic and Knuckles ." The echidna barked out a laugh before pointing to himself. "In your face, Sonic and Knuckles!"

Knuckles released a long-winded sigh. Please end my torture and take him off the screen.

"The game making sense doesn't justify that."

A dark cloud suddenly floated overhead, partially blocking out the sun. The group of friends glanced up just in time to see Eggman fly out of the fluff in his hoverboard.

Eggman was torn. Half of him was disappointed that his twin had made his appearance, and the other half was silently screaming because why had he shown up so early. Why couldn't it be like the last episode?

"No no!" Amy crossed her arms, irked. "They'll never get to their date now!"

"How did he get his hoverboard back?" Mila asked.

Tails chuckled. "He's a villain, Mila. He probably stole."

"Yeah. Maybe you're right."

Eggman grinned evilly above them. "Behold, rodents!"

Eggman sighed. "Here it comes."

"Prepare to face the most fearsome destructive force ever to grace this, or any other world!" Eggman hovered a bit to the side and gestured behind him at the ominous black cloud.

Team Sonic expectantly stared up at the cloud for a few seconds, but nothing happened. Crickets were chirping in the background.

"Umm. Is something suppose to happen or what??" Carol asked.

"Maybe he forgot to switch it on?" Charmy guessed.

"It wouldn't be the first. Coming from this Eggman." Espio stated.

Eggman glanced between them and the cloud before saying, "It'll be just a minute. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves."

The heroes continued to stare silently, waiting.

"Your doom in coming, I assure you." The human sounded a little unsure himself. He kept on gesturing to the dark fluff.

"Even he knows that something could go wrong with his own robot." Neera frowned.

"That's just sad." Amy said.

Sonic hummed to himself as he crossed his arms. Knuckles seemed bored.

A mechanical sound emitted from the cloud, and Eggman perked up. "Ah! Here it is now! This is...cowbot!"

Tails didn't know if he heard him right. "Cowbot??"

Sonic nodded. "I'm right there with you bud."

As soon as the man's introduction finished, a large white and black robot shaped like a cow hovered out of the cloud, mooing loudly with half-lidded eyes. It landed right in front of the group of heroes.

Amy wasn't impressed. "It's a cow."

"It's a cowbot," Eggman corrected with a smirk. The team collectively blinked before bursting out in laughter. Eggman held out a fist. "What? What's so funny?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Vector questioned mid-chuckle. "He made a freakin' cow! What's next? A goat? A chicken? The whole farm? Craft some robotic crops while he's at it?"

Knuckles pictured Farmer Eggman, and he didn't know whether to be amused or severely concerned. "I honestly wouldn't be surprised."

The doctor was clearly offended. "Do you really think that I would resort to something as stupid as mechanical carrots?" There was silence for a beat before he added, "Don't answer that."

"Cowbot?" Sonic snorted. "That has to be the lamest thing you've come up with."

Eggman had his hands on his hips. "Not true!" He began to list off. "There was spoonbot, crybot, mathbot...oh! And who could forget lamebot!" Eggman reined himself back in. "Wait, what am I saying?"

Spade rolled his eyes. "That you're a complete idiot and you don't know how to scheme."

Shadow mid-chuckle. "Nice name for your robots, doctor."

Eggman glared at both of them. "Silence."

Sonic grinned. "Yeah."

"Forgot about that one," Amy commented.

"My breakfast is plotting to kill me."

Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, and Tails glanced over at Sticks, and she innocently looked back at them.

"Freak." Was all Gong said.

"I'm seriously concerned for her..." Amy furrowed her brow.

"She probably has paranoia or hallucinations." Tails suggested.

"There seriously could be anything wrong with her that can't be healthy." Mila pointed out.

"Is she ever going to be kay?" Cory asked.

Torque rubbed his chin. "Apparently not, because the others don't seem too alarmed about what she said..."

Spade scoffed. "She needs to get help, preferably somewhere off-screen."

Beeping then filled the air. Eggman focused on the timer on his wrist. "Oh, time to move my laundry to the dryer. I'll leave you in cowbot's capable hooves." The doctor turned around in his hovercraft and flew away.

Eggman nearly groaned. "Would it kill him to stay quiet?"

Sonic deadpanned. "Okay guys, let's just destroy this thing so we can get back to coconut hurl."

"Knux, that game really looked fun and-"

"No-" The echidna thought for a moment. "Actually, fine. But I'm always the thrower."

"But that's no fun!"

"For you."

Eggman paused in his flight, peering over his shoulder. "Oh, did I mention that cowbot is filled with mootonium, a pun-based radioactive compound? If you destroy him, he'll vaporize everything in a twenty-mile radius." He haughtily waved goodbye. "Toodles!"

There were too many things Eggman needed to rant about that his mind became a fierce whirlwind, preventing him from saying anything.

Torque was the first to ask. "Why put the radioactive substance in the unsightly robot? It would be much simpler to build a bomb."

Mila hummed. "Well, maybe that's because he knew that they would be able to defuse it?"

"That is no excuse." Neera tapped her finger. "He could have just hidden the bomb until it went off."

Eggman wished that he had a notepad.

Cowbot loudly mooed again before opening its mouth and shooting out missiles.

"He's firin' cart missiles!" Sticks yelled as they all ran from the bot, wanting to find some cover.

They duck behind some bushes just as a projectile knocked loose four coconuts from a palm tree. Knuckles was devastated. He covered his head with his hands and sobbed. "My record!"

Knuckles clenched his jaw, figuring that the others wouldn't appreciate a second agonized yell from him.

Amy ignored him in favor of coming up with a plan. "If we can't smash that thing, what can we do?"

Tails pointed at the robot's back. "It looks like there's an access panel on top. If I can get to it, maybe I can reprogram cowbot!"

"Quick thinking!" Mila smiled, glad that the other Tails' intelligence balanced out.

Knuckles bumped his namesakes together. "Time to tip this cow!"

"I'll distract him," Sonic said before sprinting back into the fray. Cowbot started to target him, missing completely.

Knuckles, Tails, Sticks, and Amy were next to the cow, pushing on it. "One!" they shouted.

Sonic hopped over a projectile that landed too close to his feet. "Any day now, guys!"

Knuckles frowned. "I could've pushed that thing over myself in one go!"

"Maybe he wanted to be careful and not let any of the radioactive stuff out...?" Amy suggested.

The echidna deadpanned at her. "You're giving him way too much credit."

"Two!" the pushing group yelled a second time.

A missile blew up the space in front of Sonic, tripping him up. He landed hard on his chest, getting a small taste of sand as he did so.

"Three-"

"Four!" Knuckles said confidently before becoming flustered. "Uh, I mean three!"

"He can't count?" Carol questioned.

Knuckles threw his hands in the air. "Of course he can't count! He can't read, can't count, what next? He needs help going to the bathroom?"

Amy shuddered. "Hopefully there won't be an episode about that."

Shadow shuddered. "Don't put that image in my head."

Spade refused to be put through that torture. "I would destroy the TV before that could happen."

With a grunt, they all shoved the bot, and the cow crashed onto its side with a thud, puffing up a cloud of sand.

Tails whirled his namesakes and flew up to the panel he had mentioned before. He opened it and messed with the wires inside. Cowbot twitched and mooed, shooting out milk from its mechanical utter. The heroes barely dodged the unexpected streams.

Gong stressfully rubbed his forehead. "Why is he wasting time programming it?"

"Because he has nothing better to do?" Sonic shrugged.

Neera raised a brow. "Like what?"

". . .I. . .got nothing."

The kit leaned out of the now smoking hole. "That should do it!"

Cowbot twitched some more, and its eyes changed from blue to red.

When it made a move to get back up, Tails frowned. "Or not..." The fox got off the rising cow, opting to rather be beside Knuckles. Cowbot eventually got to its feet. The robot mooed at the heroes before activating its jet hooves and flying away.

Mila clapped her hands happily. "He did it!"

Carol wasn't so relieved. "Hopefully it's not going to the village or something!"

Mila's good mood was gone. "Oh no..."

The group simply watched the retreat until Sonic asked, "Uh, Tails? What's going on?"

The fox faced him. "Not sure... Its original programming was to destroy Sonic. So...since I reversed it..."

"It's...going after Eggman!" Sonic's expression brightened, entertained by this turn of events. "Classic!"

Tails perked up, glad that his twin wouldn't be responsible for a mass panic.

Sonic barked out a laugh. "Talk about karma! What goes around, comes back around!"

Amy giggled. "I can't wait to see his face!"

Eggman snorted, wanting to see this blow up in his twin's face as well.

Cream frowned. "Isn't that a bit... mean?"

The doctor shook his head. "No."

"No," Amy opposed. "It's not classic, it's awful! That thing's a killing machine and if it explodes, no more Eggman!"

Amy gaped. "What? Why in the world is she feeling sorry for him? He almost killed them!"

Tails furrowed his brow. "And it's not like Eggman would actually die... He built it, so he should know how to shut it down, right?"

"We are talking about the other Eggman here." Knuckles sighed out. "The double would probably just cower in a corner or something. And I would love to see that, but it seems like the girlfriend is going to talk the boyfriend out of it."

Sonic held up a finger. "First off, until I see solid proof that they are t-together-" His face twisted up like he was sucking on a lemon saying that word. "-they aren't a couple!"

"Not yet."

"Quiet, Knucklehead." Conic continued. "Second, seeing Eggy do that would seriously make my day and hopefully they argue with her."

"And on laundry day?" Knuckles added. "Not cool, Sonic."

"Is there any duct tape." Knuckles breathed out.

Sonic groaned in defeat. "Fine. I'll go warn him."

"That's a great compromise!" Tails remarked. "He pleases his friends while not actually taking cowbot out!"

He glanced at his brother. "Tails, you come with me, and bring your...science stuff."

Tails nodded. "You got it, Sonic!"

"And while you're there, ask him how he gets out grass stains." Knuckles focused on his gloves. "His whites are always so...white!"

"It's called using a washing machine..." Knuckles mumbled.

The scene changed to Tails and Sonic coming to a landing on Eggman's island.

"Is it going to be just them from now on? Please tell me that it's just going to be them." Knuckles nearly begged.

"And the doctor, don't forget echidna." Shadow reminded, knowing not to get hopeful. "So this is still going to be awful."

When pilot parked the plane, Sonic advised, "Tails, stay here. Who knows what kind of crazy defenses Eggman has."

The hedgehog hopped out of the aircraft. He quietly zipped from rock to rock to stealthily make his approach to the front door. He even crawled and tip-toed to be extra safe.

Sonic scoffed. "That's the total opposite of me! I would've been torn that door down! He really needs some lessons on how to be me."

At the door, Sonic rose a fist and knocked. There was no answer.

"Huh, nothing," Sonic muttered with a small smirk. "You think you know a villain." The moment he walked off, the doors slid open.

Eggman, clad in his pink onesie pajamas, was shocked to see Sonic there. "Oh! I wasn't expecting company."

Amy squeaked in horror. "Not again!"

Shadow wanted to tear his eyes out. "I need some bleach..."

"I want to hop in the TV and burn the onesie for him because I know he isn't going to do it anytime soon." Spade struggled to keep his gaze on the monitor.

"If I don't do it first," Eggman grumbled. Did it have to be pink?

Sonic looked disgusted. "Yeah...I figured that out..." He pointed to the perimeter of the lair. "Don't you have some kind of defense system?" His frown deepened. "And pants?"

"Yes! Put some pants on now!" Amy begged.

"Funny story! I used parts from my defense system to make the cowbot I sent to destroy you. How did that work out, by the way?" Eggman asked as an afterthought.

Cory rolled her eyes. "He and Tails are standing unhurt, how do you think?"

"Tails reprogramed it, and it's coming here to destroy you instead." Sonic replied cockily. "So, good luck with all that." He then copied Eggman's goodbye from earlier. "Toodles!"

Sonic felt eyes on him as he pursed his lips. "My twin was teasing him, so it's alright if he says it!"

"No it isn't," Shadow instantly opposed.

"But you can't just leave me here without my defenses!" Eggman reasoned. "I'd be...eh...what's the word?"

Sonic turned to look at him, exasperated. "Defenseless."

Amy blinked slowly. "Did he really...not know the word for it?"

"And had to ask Sonic for the right one?" Tails was just as confused.

Sonic let out a single chuckle. "Maybe you're right, Knux! Your double has to be contagious or somethin'."

"He just needs to stop. Talking." Eggman complained. "Is that too much to ask?"

Tails walked over. "Do you need us to bring your defense systems back online?"

Silver looked confused. "Okay, Tails...you're being a little too nice now..."

Eggman waved his hands. "Nah, I'm good. Unless you activated cowbot's stage two directive, then my defenses will be useless."

Sonic tilted his head. "That's not that whole...red eyes thingy, is it?"

The man nodded. "Yeah, how'd you know?"

The speedster marginally shrugged. "Lucky guess."

They were inside now. Tails was sitting at Eggman's desk, fiddling with the touchscreen.

"Why hasn't he changed out of his pajamas yet?" Blaze complained. It took less than a minute to throw on something else!

"The only way to stop cowbot is to upgrade Eggman's defense system," Tails explained.

"You'd...do that for me?" Eggman sounded equally parts shocked and flattered. "After all the terrible – yet totally justified – things I've tried to do to you?"

Sonic snorted. "He must have a whole different definition for 'justified' than we do. Tryin' to take over the world isn't exactly a 'justified' reason."

Eggman would like to disagree, but he knew that his words would somehow get twisted and he wasn't in the mood for that. It had happened too many times already.

Sonic didn't answer him. He instead regarded the kit. "Good thing I told you to bring your science stuff, huh Tails? You start working on Eggman's defenses, I'll gather up parts." Sonic then sighed. "And Eggman...put on some pants."

"Please listen to him." Blaze mumbled.

Eggman – in his regular clothes now-

The purple cat sighed in relief.

-was plugging in some cords, Tails was messing with a circuit board, and Sonic – after hearing a ding – pulled a steaming chili dog out of a microwave.

"Of course," Tails said jovially, snickering.

Sonic was nearly drooling. "That looks amazing!"

Knuckles scoffed. "It's good to know that your addition transcends dimensions."

"It is good! I'd relieved to know that my double has great taste!"

To test out a part of the defense system, a robot came rolling down the hallway and was immediately frozen by a laser beam. Sonic and Tails shared a proud look.

Sonic was pushing a satellite-looking machine outside. Eggman, who had goggles one, pushed a button on a remote he had. Small robots hovered well above the base and produced a forcefield that surrounded the whole lair.

"If that doesn't keep out cowbot, I don't know what will." Mila was just as proud as Tail's double.

The azure speedster tapped the human's wrist and pointed to the side. A lone chili dog was sitting on a rock just outside the range of the field. Eggman reluctantly disactivated the shield for a few seconds so Sonic could get his food.

Lilac furrowed her brow. "That was...generous of him?"

"Even Eggy knows the importance of chili dog consumption!" Sonic smiled, happy to know that no food went to waste.

The trio observed as cowbot appeared in the far distance.

"Okay," Sonic started, Tails and Eggman listening. "When cowbot comes in range, Eggman will lower the forcefield, I'll zap cowbot with the freeze-ray, and Tails, you fly over and disarm it." Sonic held out his hand palm-down. Tails and Eggman put theirs on top of his. "Alright, let's rock!" Sonic cheered and they threw their hands in the air.

Silver cocked his head. "They have a severely... complicated relationship."

"Never in a million years would I do that." Eggman scrunched his nose up in distaste.

Sonic smirked. "Ditto! Who knows where your gloves have been?"

The human gritted his teeth so hard that he was surprised they didn't shatter.

The azure speedster laughed, pumped for what's to come, and they all were ready to go. It was too bad that cowbot was taking its sweet time.

"Let's butcher this bovine!" Tails added, and they waited some more.

Those words didn't make the robot arrive any quicker.

They all slumped. "I...think we have some time," Sonic said.

"Why can't they just leave him now?" Knuckles would've been left the doctor high and dry. "Eggman should be able to man-"

"With how the doctor has been acting, I doubt it"

"You're right, Torque. You're right."

"Do you wanna go inside?" Eggman suggested. "I got cocoa!"

Eggman ran a hand down his face. "Because why wouldn't he, right? Why wouldn't he have hot cocoa?!"

"That Eggman is acting weirdly positive and I don't know how to feel about it." Charmy vocalized his uneasiness. "One second he's planning murder, and the next he's offering hot beverages."

"Maybe he put poison in them."

Everyone glanced over to Spade, whose expression was blank.

Tails bit the inside of his cheek. "Yeah, I'm worried about that."

The trio were now sitting on a white couch in a spacious room. Tails sipped his cocoa and subtly winced. The smile on his muzzle was forced. "That is some... interesting cocoa."

Eggman was holding a mug himself. "Wanna guess my secret ingredient?"

Rat poison, Spade's mind supplied. Arsenic. Cyanide.

Sonic frowned as he addressed Tails. "If he says love, I'm outta here."

"I would actually slap him, other me."

"And I'll slap you right back, rodent."

The kit hummed thoughtfully. "...Is it nutmeg?"

"Close! It's actually a tablespoon of garlic powder."

Tails slowly blinked, smile twitching from the strain. "Well, that explains the texture..."

Amy covered her mouth, imagining the disgusting taste and the feel and- "I'm actually going to throw up..."

Theo was quick to put a bucket beside her, just in case.

Tails attempted to find the silver lining. "At least it's not poison...?"

Sonic opted to place his mug on the table. However, before he could do that, Eggman slipped a coaster under it. "Whoa whoa whoa! Coaster! What, were you raised in a barn?"

"A shack, actually." Sonic chortled. "There's a difference."

"Except for the fact that it's filthy."

"Nobody asked you, Knuckles."

The hero disregarded him in favor of picking up a cookie from the plate in front of him. After he took a bite, Eggman instantly had a handheld vacuum and was sucking the crumbs from the hedgehog's neckerchief.

"Why even give them stuff to eat in the first place?" Cory questioned, with a raised brow.

"I doubt he knows why." Carol answered.

Eggman had lost all faith in his twin. Not that he had a lot to begin with.

After swallowing the treat, Sonic groaned in revulsion.

"Wanna guess the secret ingredient?" Eggman asked again.

"Garlic?"

"Nope! Love!" Eggman chuckled. "Just kidding. It's garlic."

Sonic mumbled to himself, somewhat irritated. "And I thought he was annoying when he was just trying to destroy us."

"Who would've thought that domestic Eggman is worse than homicidal Eggman?" Amy asked.

Lilac looked at her weirdly. "That sounded out of context."

Sonic shrugged. "You learn new things every day!" He grinned at the doctor. "Just don't ever take up baking, 'kay?"

"If you catch me doing so, I give you full permission to put me out of my misery."

Later on, the three were watching a horror movie on a TV.

Eggman suddenly shot his hand out. "Don't go in there! It's a trap!" However, the girl onscreen understandably didn't hear him and screamed in terror. Eggman leaned back. "Can you believe that she went in there?"

Sonic had his hands linked behind his head. "Yeah," he replied in monotone. "And after you warned her and everything."

"Sonic would be teasing and joking non-stop in this position, while that one is just...irritated." Tails pointed out.

Sonic saw where his bro was coming from. This twin surely lacked his world-famous one-liners, that's for sure. "Just another difference between me and him, I guess."

Amy hummed to herself. "It's like he has a bit of Knuckles in him, or even Shadow."

"Don't." The two mentioned nearly growled, and she innocently held her hands up.

They were back outside, and cowbot was still way far off.

Eggman deeply sighed before regarding the two. "What do you guys do for fun?"

Tails had that pinecone again. "Here we are, the coconut hurl grand championship. Sonic the hedgehog will be tossing his arch-rival Dr. Eggman. Let's join the game already in progress."

Sonic was struggling to pick the rotund man up by his back. He soon gave up.

Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Why did they try in the first place?"

"They are desperate to pass the time..." Amy answered, wondering if the robot was made out of lead or something. Because it sure wasn't in a hurry to destroy Eggman.

"Ooo, that's going to be a penalty," Tails announced.

The small group were now sitting on the ground, waiting on the robot as said bot mooed in the distance.

Eggman was twiddling his thumbs. Then he smiled. "Hey, I've got an idea!"

The next scene was Sonic using a catapult to fling Eggman through the air. The man hit a potted palm tree, knocking down a multitude of coconuts.

Sonic chuckled to himself. "Hey Eggy-"

"Absolutely not."

"They've done it!" Tails cried out into his pinecone. "A new record!"

Eggman sat up – coconuts rolling off of him – in time to high-five Sonic.

Eggman wondered if this was just some messed up fever dream, that he was going to wake up in a couple of minutes covered in a cold sweat and promising himself to never eat sweets before bed again.

The trio were then sitting, and the sun was going down. Even more time passed, and eventually it was completely night. Sonic's impatience was showing. "We've been up forever. When is cowbot gonna get here?"

"Never," echoed around the room.

"You're so impatient, Sonic." Eggman admonished, roasting marshmallows over a small fire. "Sometimes you gotta slow down and enjoy life! Here!" He held out his stick. "Have a roasted marshmallow."

Sonic took it and bit into the mush. "Mm...sticky, but good."

Sonic tapped his foot on the floor. "He's so quick to take it! Hasn't he learned from the garlic incident?"

Tails understood the double's decision. "But come on, Sonic...it's marshmallows. Would you have pushed them away?"

"...No, but that's not my point!"

Tails had finished his already. " Really good."

Tails wouldn't mind some roasted 'mallows right now.

Lucy seems to have taken a peak at this and clapped her hands. Tails was gifted with some marshmallows. Tails looked at Lucy and she smiled.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Sonic pouted. "He what about me?"

Lucy giggled you still haven't finished you chilly dog, Sonic."

"Dang it."

Eggman got comfortable, laying down. "I never get to do stuff like this with Orbot and Cubot. Marshmallows always gunk up their circuitry."

Sonic glanced at him. "Yeah, that's the problem with having no real friends."

"Ooo..." A lopsided grin grew on Sonic's muzzle. "I hope he has an ice pack ready."

"Or aloe," Tails continued.

Knuckles snorted. "Or a corner to cry in."

"Yeah..." Eggman breathily agreed.

Torque turned towards the evil doctor, who braced himself. "Why do you never own up to your numerous faults, doctor?"

"Yeah!" Amy jumped on the bandwagon. "That's probably why you lose all the time, you know."

"Self-esteem issues is not why I lose!" Eggman growled.

"You have self-esteem issues?" Blaze questioned.

"That's why he's constantly a disappointment." Sonic smirked.

See? Eggman didn't want his words to get twisted like that.

Shadow released an amused snort, and the scientist wasn't having it. "You have no room to say anything, Shadow. Exactly how many times have you been confused on who the hell you are?"

Eggman realized that he had made a big mistake when a glare with the heat of a thousand suns was aimed at him.

And then there was a fist aimed at his face. Oh joy.

Shadow was about to break the man's nose. . .

. . .until he stopped.

"Huh??" Why did he stopped. A coughed caught his attention and he looked to see Lucy looking at him like a mother would scold her child.

"No hitting people in the theater."

Shadow grumbled while Eggman sighed in relief.

Knuckles however was furious. "Why didn't you stop Amy from hitting me?!"

Lucy scratched her head, sheepishly. "Umm. . .I forgot?"

Bullshit.

He quickly got over it. "Hey, do you know what I hate? That Dave the intern, am I right eh?"

"You know, I never gave him that much thought," Sonic uttered, dismissing the topic.

"Let's not bring him up ever again," Spade ordered.

Tails was trying to get as much as he could from his cleaned stick. "Are there any more marshmallows?"

Eggman was eager to continue some sort of conversation. "Hey Sonic, bro to bro, what's up with you and Amy?"

Sonic froze like a deer in headlights.

Amy perked up, and Sonic spit out his drink, looking like he wanted to curl into a ball.

Tails usually backed up his bro, but this... "If Eggman thinks something's going on, Sonic, then..."

"They're dating! They like each other!" Amy squealed before standing up and practically launching herself at the speedster. The pinkette crashed into him, taking all of the air out of his lungs. She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and settled into his lap. She nuzzled his cheek, and he felt his soul leave his body.

"Amy, p-please g-get...off. You're ch-choking...me." Sonic begged.

Tails wisely went to take the pinkette's former seat, feeling bad for Sonic right now.

Amy relaxed her grip, but only a little bit. She remained where she was. "Can't you see that we're made for each other?" She ignored his plea, giggling. "If they can do it in their weird world, we can make it work too!"

Sonic went to gently push her off, but she held on tight. He wondered why she wasn't leashed as well, since she was practically smothering him.

Sonic wracked his brain for something, anything, while disregarding Knuckles' laughs in the background. His mouth moved on its own. "Hey Ames, if you give off me now, I'll give you a date later."

Her eyes sparkled at the word 'date'. "You mean it this time?" Her grip became tighter again. "Promise me!"

"Promise!" Sonic gave a shaky smile that somehow won her over. She slid off him and sat to his side, her happiness palpable.

The scene cut to the morning, where the three were sleeping by the remains of a fire.

Eggman was then woken out of his sleep by the sound of something hitting the forcefield. Yawning, he sat up to see cowbot firing missiles at the shield.

"It's about time..." Shadow complained.

Sonic had to agree. If only cowbot would've shown up before the other Eggman had blabbered his mouth. He had no idea how to get out of that date.

"Wake up, wake up!" he shouted in panic, rousing the heroes, who snapped to attention.

They all hopped to their feet. "Engage all defense systems!" Tails yelled before he and Sonic ran to their stations.

Eggman palmed a remote. "Turning off the forcefield!" He pressed the button, but the remote short circuited because of the leftover marshmallow on his hand. The field took its time in deactivating. "Uh, I'm having some trouble here!"

Tails frowned. "The marshmallows shouldn't still be sticky like that. They've had all night to dry!"

"They have eaten copious amounts, Tails." Mila corrected him.

Sonic was with the laser. He tried to activate it, but he had the sweet treat on his fingers too. "This thing's all gunked up. My hands are sticky from the marshmallows!"

"Why don't you just...take your gloves off?" Lilac suggested.

Amy nodded. "Yeah! That'll solve all your problems!"

"It's game over man! Game over!" Eggman accepted his defeat.

Knuckles rose a brow at that. "He might still cower in fear."

Tails stared at him before focusing on his own sticky hands. "Marshmallow! If they gunk up our machinery, they'll gunk up cowbot's too!"

Tails brightened, loving how his twin got to redeem himself, and Knuckles felt robbed.

"How are we gonna reach the access panel?" Sonic asked.

The next shot showed Sonic in the catapult used earlier with the coconut game. The hedgehog braced himself. "Ready, aim, fire!" Eggman released the lever, and the speedster was airborne with a bucket of melted marshmallow in his hands.

Sonic then promptly slammed into the part of the field still intact. He landed on the ground on his back before sitting up and glaring at the doctor. "I said aim. "

Eggman was glad to know that his other self still had a hint of sadism in him. Every other trait was the equivalent of hot garbage.

The satisfaction on Eggman's face couldn't be hidden. "Oh, was that meant for me ?"

"That's...kinda more like the Egghead I know."

"Don't compare me to him, pincushion." Eggman knew that he had just done it himself, but that was fine. He just didn't like others saying it.

Sonic was back in the catapult. "Ready, aim- " He gave Eggman a pointed look. "-fire!"

He was launched again, but this time he made it through a hole in the field and landed on cowbot's back. He hastily opened the panel and poured the marshmallow into the cow's circuitry. It began to short-circuit in the air. Sonic jumped off and landed by the others as cowbot dropped to the ground, its eyes turning black and going limp.

That took much too long." Spade said.

"At least they finally did it." Knuckles then thought for a moment. "Though, the bot could've easily exploded upon impact."

"It was worth the risk!" Amy leaned closer to the blue blur, smiling. "Right, Sonic?"

Sonic leaned away nervously. "Y-Yeah! Totally, Ames!"

"It worked!" Eggman celebrated.

Tails grinned. "That's the beauty of teamwork!"

Eggman was quick to argue. "Not teamwork, my master plan! I tricked you into helping me upgrade my security system!"

"Why would he tell them that?" Eggman groaned before shaking his head. "Why am I still asking at this point?"

"That's a good question." Sonic snickered.

"Now I can use my own tech against you!"

"Oh, so that's how it's gonna be, huh?" Sonic went and poured marshmallow on every device they helped restore and fortify. The forcefield went down, and the robots maintaining it fell out of the sky.

Eggman scratched the back of his neck. "I really need to stop doing that thing where I gloat and explain exactly what you need to do to stop me."

"You think that he's going to learn from this?"

"Will Sonic ever learn how to swim?" Knuckles countered Tails' question.

"No..."

"There's your answer."

Sonic dusted his hands off as he approached his little bro. "Our work here is done. C'mon Tails." They left for the airplane.

Then, Orbot and Cubot exited the lair. "Dr. Eggman?" the former called out tentatively. "May we come out now?"

"No!" the man sharply responded.

Cubot spotted some treats on the ground. "Ooo, marshmallows!" He and Orbot both picked some up and took one bite. They immediately broke down in sparks.

Spade hummed. "Good."

"Well that was an..." Tails glanced at a love-struck Amy. "...interesting episode to say the least..."

Knuckles leaned back against the cushion, stretching his legs a bit. "The main heroes didn't do anything stupid; it was just Eggman and-" Knuckles didn't even want to say their names. "All in all, it could've been way worse." Like pounced on by a crazed fangirl or nearly attacked by a frothing weapon of mass destruction, worse.

Sonic was about to add his opinion, but. .

"Oh, Sonic~"

Uh-oh.

Sonic slowly glanced at Amy, still love struck.

"Are you ready for that date you promised me?"

Sonic had to think of something. Fast. "O-oh yeah. Sure! O-of course, Ames. I just need to get something. I'll be right back." Sonic hastily zipped away.

Amy smiled dreamily and waited. And waited.And waited. . . .And waited. Amy furrowed her brows. "Is he. . . running late?"

Tails didn't know how to say this, "Um, actually, Amy, he sort of. . . He kinda. . ."

"He ran away." Shadow simply said.

Amy blinked. "He. did. WHAT?!?!?!" A frown marred her muzzle when she quickly stood up, "Sonic. The. Hedgehog! You come back here!" A hammer materialized in her grip, and she marched after the poor soul, her heavy footfalls vibrating the floor.

Tails kept his gaze on her. "Should we help him...?"

Knuckles scoffed. "Do you want to get hammered to the face." The kit thought for a moment and slowly shook his head. "Then there's your answer."

Mila patted Tails' shoulder. "Maybe we should just let them sort it out on their own."

Tails chuckled. "Yeah."

Theo chuckled. "Lucy. You can go ahead and play the next episode. I'll go look for them."

Lucy nodded as Theo walked off. She pressed the button to the next episode.