The scene started out with Amy, Knuckles, and Sticks running in the valley of a large canyon.

Knuckles sighed. Here we go again.

Amy shouted to the echidna, "Knuckles, flank left!"

Knuckles frowned. "I don't take orders from you! You flank left!"

"Why do we have to have this discussion every single time?" Amy asked, exasperated.

"It's reassuring that his friends are fed up with him too." Knuckles grumbled, hoping that his twin would go away like in the last episode, preferably forever. And he'd be happier if his double took Sticks with him also.

"Well, from what we've seen, it doesn't take much to annoy Amy..." Tails stated.

Knuckles resisted the urge to ask, 'Which one?' because he'd rather not have a hammer hurled his way.

There was then a loud crash to the side, and the trio paused to see a huge octopus robot emerge from the canyon wall. "Behold!" Eggman was inside manning the machine, grinning arrogantly. "The awesome power of Octopus Bot!"

"Yeah...I get the feeling that he's exaggerating," Sonic commented absently.

Eggman rolled his eyes and folded his arms over his bare chest, desiring for someone to put his twin in a coma or something so they wouldn't have to endure him again. "You have a feeling, pincushion? It's a fact that he is exaggerating."

The robot menacingly raised its tentacles while Sonic ran out of the formed hole. He sprinted to the front of the mech and shook one of its large appendages. "Nice to meet you," he greeted cordially before quickly running around two of the tentacles, tangling them.

As Eggman struggled to loosen them, Amy swiftly approached with her hammer at the ready. She easily dodged jabbing tentacles before taking a swing at one, causing it to fly off in sparks.

Charmy beamed. "Nice! Show him who's boss!"

"It's not hard," Vector added. "They do it every episode!"

Eggman blinked in surprise for a moment and then growled. He opted to chase after Sticks, who outran the attacking tentacles by hopping up the canyon wall. When she backflipped over the robot, the octopus stabbed its head with its own appendage. Eggman eventually managed to pull it out.

Sonic was the man's next target, but no hits landed because of how the hedgehog nimbly ran circles around him.

Sonic gave a pleased smile, proud of his twin, though it was true that fighting that Eggman would be easier than opening a jar of pickles.

"You know, this would be easier if you'd all stop moving around," Eggman complained.

Funny, Amy could say the same thing about getting Sonic to realize his true feelings for her.

She innocently waved at Sonic when he glimpsed at her.

Yeah, tough love was in order.

Sonic continued to duck and dodge. "Sorry, I can't hear you." He slid to a stop, and he still managed to avoid getting attacked. "Too busy running circles around your Squid Bot!"

"It's not a squid, it's an octopus!" Eggman heatedly argued. "Can't you tell by the size of the tentacles in relation to the head?"

"It's..." Mila furrowed her brow, recounting to make sure she wasn't the one wrong here. "It's neither because the robot has ten legs.

"Ten legs?" Tails questioned.

Mila nodded. "Yeah. You guys see that?"

Tails looked closely towards to screen and it was confirmed at Mila was right.

"My twin's IQ has dropped to the level of that red imbecile's...I can't say that I'm surprised."

Knuckles shook his head at the doctor. "Not yet. You can't say that until he forgets how to count to three."

"And uses cooked birds as puppets," Sonic piped up.

The echidna groaned, the memory resurfacing. "That too."

"Sonic!" Tails was talking into his headset, flying overhead in his plane. "My laser-guided Unbolterizer is ready to go! I've got a clean shot at Spider Bot!"

It wasn't a question whether Eggman was irritated or not. "It's an octopus! An octopus! "

Sonic chuckled. "Your twins seriously need some help, Eggface."

Eggman couldn't help but agree with the blue hedgehog. But he wouldn't dare say it out loud.

Sonic responded with his communicator. "Tails, have you even tested it yet?"

"Don't worry!" The kit reassured. "It'll work!"

"Famous last words," Knuckles said. The other Tails was his favorite character, but he knew how this show worked by now. What could go wrong, would go wrong.

Tails' confidence wasn't shaken. "Have faith, Knuckles!"

Tails locked onto the robot and fired a yellow beam. The laser missed the bot and bounced crazily around the canyon until it hit one of the mech's detached limbs. The tentacle exploded, and flying debris loosened rocks held high on the cliff face, causing them to fall.

The kit bit the inside of his cheek. "That's not good."

Tails was in shock. "That's not good."

Tails felt the amused gazes on his back as he coughed to cover his embarrassment.

"It's nothin' major though!" Carol waved off the situation. "It's just rocks!"

Knuckles scoffed. "For us maybe."

"Don't be so down, Knuckles." Lilac assured. "You gotta put at least some faith in their ability."

Sonic smiled. "I agree with, Lilac. Never lose faith."

Amy felt her heart just shattered.

Sticks was closest to the crashing rocks. She dodged them with a yell before jumping on a larger one, running on it and trying to keep her balance. "Whoa!" She panted. "I should have taken that log-rolling class."

Lilac send Sticks a confused look. "Log rolling?"

"Given her appearance, it is not that farfetched," Torque said.

Knuckles was punching and kicking the smaller rocks coming his way. "Keep 'em coming!" He laughed. "I could do this all day!" He was about to punch a larger bolder, but it easily ran him over, flattening him into the dirt. "...I could use a breather."

Knuckles clapped.

Tails dived down, aiming at Octopus Bot, but the mech smacked the aircraft away, sending it spiraling.

Eggman laughed triumphally. "How the tide has turned. That's a nautical reference, cause it's a squid...I-I mean, octopus!" He growled, angered by his mistake. "Great! Now you've got me doing it!"

Eggman just wanted the heroes to defeat his double to get him off-screen. Every second was torture, and he doubt that he was going to be saved anytime soon.

Charmy snickered. "He's confused about his own robot. That's a new low!"

Sonic jumped on the back of the mech and opened a panel. He yanked out a bunch of wires, making the robot short-circuit. Eggman lost control, and the robot crashed into the ground. Ink formed a puddle under it.

Amy eyed the dark goo warily. "Gross!"

The pinkette agreed with her twin.

Eggman's hovercraft disconnected from the head of the mech. The doctor glared at the heroes. "Next time, study your cephalopods before we do battle!" He yelled before retreating to the skies.

Tails, having landed his plane, walked up to his friends. "Guys, I don't know what happened!"

Not happy, Amy put her hands on her hips. "I'll tell you what happened. Your laser almost turned us into robo-fish-food!"

Carol frowned, not appreciating the girl's attitude. "...No it didn't. It almost turned Sticks and Knuckles into robo-fish-food.

"Not to mention that they could've easily gotten out of the way." Cory added.

"And why is she that mad anyway?" Mila questioned, "They still won and no one got hurt."

"Yeah!" Knuckles piped up. "And not the delicious flaky kind!"

The echidna explosively sighed.

Tails slumped. "I'm sorry... It malfunctioned!"

"There's a difference between malfunctioning and simply missing..." Mila mumbled, wanting to defend Tails' twin.

"Maybe it didn't malfunction. Maybe..." Sticks jabbed a finger in the kit's direction. "This isn't even Tails! What if he's one of those sleeper agents? A mole, pretending to be a fox. A fox mole!" She ran up to the kid and tried to take off a mask he clearly wasn't wearing.

"She's. . . clinically insane." Torque observed, flinching.

"Ow!" Tails whined. "Quit it!"

Sonic hurriedly came up and pushed Sticks away.

"About time..." Sonic and Tails echoed each other.

"Yeah. Leave him alone, he's just a kid." Lilac retorted.

"Hey, leave him alone! He just-"

"No, Sonic." Tails sadly cut him off. "They're right! Well, except for Sticks and that whole 'fox mole' thing. I put all of you in danger. I need to go..." He turned and jogged back to his plane.

Sonic held out a hand. "Tails, wait!" The kit ignored him and took off, leaving the others. The azure speedster then talked into his communicator. "Tails? You okay, buddy? Tails?"

The fox removed his headset, expression growing determined. "I'm not coming back until I fix my Unbolterizer."

Spade couldn't help but feel bad for the kit. Just a little.

Shadow scoffed. "Some friends they are."

Gong crossed his arms, angrily. "I understand they're angry with him. . . but do they have to take it that far??"

Neera signed. "They need to work out their issues."

"Sonic had his back, but I guess that wasn't enough..." Mila trailed off, feeling sorry for Tails' double. Sticks was a wild card, but at least Amy and Knuckles shouldn't have been so harsh to him.

Vector frowned. "He's just a kid. They didn't have to treat him like dirt."

"You treat me like dirt."

"Quiet, Charmy."

Cream looked at Shadow, who was still frowning. She tapped his arms gaining his attention. "Is Tails going to be okay. Mr. Shadow?"

Shadow sighed. "I don't know. But for now we'll just have to wait."

". . .Okay."

"Hey Tails." The kit peered back at a smiling Sonic. "You don't have to worry about us treating you like that! We're your friends through thick and thin!"

"Speak for yourself." Eggman grunted.

Tails ignored him, returning the smile. "You don't have to remind me! I already know you guys are the best friends ever!" His friends brightened up a bit at that. Then, Tails turned to his neighbor. "Even you, Shadow!" Shadow may a little...out there, but Tails considered him a friend too.

Shadow stared at him for a second before focusing back on the television.

Sonic watched the plane disappear before turning to the rest of the group. "Hey guys, do easy on Tails. So he made a mistake! I mean, haven't you ever-"

"Exactly!" Sonic backed his double up. "They're actin' like they haven't done anything bad ever!"

"Yep, everyone makes mistakes in their lives!" Amy added.

Before he could finish, the sound of a horn caught their attentions. A colorful truck sped towards the crew and stopped right before it ran them over.

The driver door opened, and Barker revealed himself. "Oh, sorry if I scared you folks! Please...accept my humble apologies!"

Tails furrowed his brow. "Barker? He's back?" To be honest, he didn't think the other would ever show up again.

Eggman was glad the dog was back, because it could possibly mean that Barker was the main villain in this episode. That way, he would get a break from his insufferable twin...until the next one.

Sonic glared at him. "You almost made us roadkill, pal!"

"Oh, a thousand pardons! Allow me to introduce myself." Barker removed his top hand and bowed. "T.W. Barker." He straightened up and put it back on. "Entrepreneur, owner and ringmaster of T.W. Barker's Circus of Wonders!" He gestured to his decorated truck.

Amy couldn't believe this. "He owns...a circus?"

"Well, his top hat really gives him the look for it," Tails replied.

Knuckles tilted his head, smiling in excitement. "A circus, huh? Like, with clowns?"

"And elephants?" Amy asked.

"And art made from corn husks?" Sticks added unsurely. "I have no idea what a circus is."

"...who makes art out of cornhusks?" Torque asked.

"Apparently, she does." Carol answered.

Barker sighed. "Alas, I have none of those. For you see, my performers ate some bad sushi in the last town and have fallen gravely ill. All I have are my two stunt bears."

Two depressed bears – one brown and one grey – roller skated into view, clad in colorful suits.

Knuckles knew exactly where this was going. "It's pretty convenient that he ran into the heroes when he needs people to perform."

Amy pursed her lips. "I mean, if the ringmaster was anyone but Barker, I'd say it'll be fun being in a circus!"

"Being told what to do all day and possibly whipped by a crazy man? No thanks."

Amy looked just as sad. "So, how will you put on a show?"

Barker shook his head. "I won't be able to. The children will be ever so disappointed!"

The pinkette gasped. "Not the children!"

Eggman wished that winning against those rodents was as easy as mentioning some charity or some group of slightly disappointed people.

"It's obvious that he's up to nothing good, though!" Sonic gestured at the screen. "Are they seriously about to go along with it?"

Tails was afraid that they were. "The answer's in her expression, Sonic..."

"Yes, the children!" The dog echoed somberly. "If only I could find some kind-hearted souls to help me keep the magic of the circus alive!"

Amy clasped her hands together. "Mr. Barker, you're in luck! We'd be proud to volunteer in your circus!" Beside her, Knuckles and Sticks nodded.

Sonic wasn't buying it. "Speak for yourself, Amy. What makes you think that I'd want to perform like some kind of trained animal?" He glanced over at the bears. "No offense." They dismissively shrugged.

Sonic threw his hands in the air in relief. "Yes! The voice of reason!"

"Yes, yes, I understand. The training is quite rigorous. I-I-" Barker held up a finger. "It's okay if you're not capable!"

"Oh great." Knuckles let out a disappointed drawl. "That Sonic's going to give in because I know this one would too."

Sonic slumped before giving him a pointed look. "Would not!"

The echidna looked at him right in the eyes. "So you're telling me that if I said that you weren't capable of...I don't know...mowing your entire lawn in under a minute, you wouldn't prove me wrong?"

The hero hesitated.

"My point."

Sonic ran tight circles around a surprised Barker before coming to a stop in front of his friends. He was smirking. "'Capable' is my middle name!"

Knuckles blinked. "I thought your middle name was 'The'?"

Disregarding that question, Tails looked around at the group with a thoughtful frown on his muzzle. He had never thought about this before, but- "Does anyone here have a middle name?"

Spade shrugged his shoulders. "You, Me, Amy, Lilac, Carol, Milla, Neera, Gong, Cory and Eggman are the only ones here with proper last names."

The kit could follow that logic. "I don't...Amy?"

She shook her head. "Nope." Amy turned towards the water dragon. "Lilac?'

"Nope."

"Carol?"

"Nuh-Uh."

"Mila?"

"I don't think so."

"Neera?"

"No, I don't."

"Gong?"

"No."

"Cory?"

"Nope."

"What about you, Eggman?"

Sonic allowed a grin to grow. "I bet it's something embarrassing stupid like omelet."

Eggman growled. "I do not have a middle name."

Carol snorted. "I think he does. He's probably just embarrassed to say it out loud. Is it scrambled?"

"Sunny-side?" Amy guessed.

"Hard boiled?" Tails chirped.

Eggman started to count to thirty.

Spade grinned. "Rotten."

"Cracked." Shadow taunted.

Thirty wasn't high enough.

Sonic paid him to mind. The hedgehog addressed the dog. "Look, I just hope your circus can keep up with me. I'm in."

"Wonderful!" Barker cheered. He then pulled out a remote from his back pocket. After pressing a red button, the third car of his truck opened up and unfolded a circus tent behind the truck. Barker beamed at the heroes. "I'm delighted to have all of you!"

"Oh, wait." Sonic suddenly remembered. "There's one more."

"Don't bring Tails into this!" Amy cried out, wanting him to stay away from the shady dog.

"He's going to save the day. I'm calling it right now." Knuckles predicted.

Milla smiled. "It would make sense for the only one not there to swoop in like a knight in shining armor."

Tails blushed. Knight and shining armor??

"Even after most of his friends yelled at him for no reason." Carol pointed out.

The hedgehog activated his communicator. "Tails, come in. We're joining the circus!" There was no response, to Sonic's bewilderment. He tried again. "Tails? Tails?"

The fox was in his workshop, tinkering with his tools. He was working on his invention. After twisting a bolt, he nodded. "That should do it!" He aimed the Unbolterizer at an alarm clock and shot a yellow beam. The laser bounced off the clock and out of an open window.

In the evil lair, Eggman was relaxing on his sofa with his TV remote in his hand. The yellow beam struck the device, and it exploded into pieces. Eggman groaned. "Oh, come on! Stupid piece of junk!"

Chuckles bounced around the room, and even Eggman enjoyed his double's misfortune.

Tails sighed in disappointment before getting back to work.

Back with the other heroes, they were in the circus tent while Barker spoke. "Welcome to the circus! Where your unique abilities will be put on display for the children of the world!" He put a hand on the azure hedgehog's shoulder. "Sonic, there's only one creature fast enough to master..."

Barker trailed off as he walked up to a purple tarp covering something big. He yanked the covering off, revealing a spherical cage.

"The Sphere of Fear!" Barker announced, gesturing to it. "A circulous cage with no beginning or end, allowing you to reach unparalleled speeds, all without leaving the center ring!"

"This doesn't add up though..." Amy pondered aloud. "Only Sonic is fast enough, but Barker couldn't have known that he was going to run into Sonic in the first place!"

"He had to know." Tails responded to her. "Because Barker wouldn't drive his huge truck in the middle of a canyon for no reason."

Cream pouted. "He's mean."

"Chao. Chao."

Sonic grinned. "Wicked!" He entered the sphere and spin dashed all around the inside.

Barker then approached Knuckles, who was punching a sandbag. "You, my muscular friend, are formidable with your fists." He leaned closer. "But, have you ever thought about using your head? "

Eggman inwardly scoffed at that.

In the next shot, Knuckles was being fired out of a cannon. He hit his high target with his head before falling to the ground below. The echidna sat up, somewhat cross-eyed. "Using my head! I get it!" He held up a finger, and the target promptly smacked him in the head, causing him to fall over.

Knuckles applauded.

Amy was giddy she regarded Barker. "Oh! Me! What am I gonna be? An acrobat? A lion tamer? A magician performing illusions the likes of nobody has ever seen?"

"Hopefully she won't be a sing-"

Sonic was cut off as Tails covered his mouth. Sonic was confused. Tails pointed at Amy.

Oh.

It's best not to fuel Amy.

"You'll be a sad clown." Barker placed a large purple hat on the girl's head.

"Sad clown?!" Amy repeated, offended. "I see what's going on here. You're giving me the lame job because I'm a girl!"

Knuckles shook his head. "Nah, he probably heard her announcing to everyone that she was a crazy pizza man who also juggles and sings."

Sticks appeared in front of them performing backflips. She stuck the landing in the center of the ring and saluted the ringmaster. "I'm ready for my trapeze act, boss!"

Amy lowly growled.

"She should've seen that coming."

It was night now, and Tails was still in his workshop. "That's it!" he exclaimed. "I didn't use a counter-weight to compensate for changes in velocity! Plus..." He reached inside the Unbolterizer and pulled out a wiggling fish. "This was inside." He threw it away.

Tails slowly blinked. "Well, there's your problem..." Despite the weird fish appearance, he was glad that his twin fixed his invention.

Milla beamed. "Now he can prove to the others that he wasn't worthless."

"Though, he shouldn't have to in the first place."

"Quiet, Egghead." Sonic told him.

Back at the circus tent, an audience cheered as Barker introduced his show. "Welcome to T.W. Barker's Circus of Wonders! Tonight, we bring you feats of strength, speed, and agility! The likes of which you have never seen before! Unless you've been to any other circuses. Enjoy!"

"Don't people see the heroes in action often enough though?" Lilac scratched her cheek.

"Everyone is dumb in this dimension, Lilac." Spade reminded her. "We've been over this already."

The crowd applauded. The first act was Knuckles being fired out of a cannon, hitting his head on the target above. The villagers cheered, and then Sticks flipped through the air using a trapeze, landing on a platform. Amy on the ground dressed like a clown, walking backwards and juggling bowling pins. After taking a couple of steps, she tripped, causing some pins to hit her on her head. The audience laughed at her.

She focused on them, annoyed. "It's not funny, it's sad! You're supposed to sympathize with the sad clown!" Another pin landed on her, and the laugher grew.

Amy frowned up. "I kinda feel bad for her..."

Barker announced the next act. "Behold, the Sphere of Fear!"

The crowd cheered as Sonic waved his hand inside of the cage. After a second, he spin-dashed along the inside, to the amazement of the spectators.

Tails was currently in his plane now. "One final test..." He was flying near Eggman's base, locking onto it.

In the lair, Eggman was fixing his remote with a screwdriver. When he was done, he hopped back on his couch and turned on his TV. "Sweet! Just in time for Dancing with the Robots!" A yellow beam then struck the remote a second time, making it fall apart. He was visually distressed. "No! It's the season finale!"

Sonic chortled. "That never gets old!"

"It already has," Eggman grumbled. "I've seen his face far too many times this episode."

"You must hate looking in a mirror then," Espio said.

Eggman had reached a minute now.

Back at the tent, Sonic was stretching in the spherical cage, and Knuckles had a big lump on his head. "What time does the show start?" he asked, eyes spinning and unfocused.

Amy, still in her clown get-up, praised, "Great job, everybody!"

"That was a blast!" Sonic agreed, looking at Barker. "We should do it again sometime!"

"Yes, you should!" A smirk grew on the dog's muzzle. "And you will!" He suddenly slammed the door to the cage shut, locking it.

"And...there it is!" Knuckles announced. "I knew it was getting close to the reveal."

"And this meant that the episode was close to being over." Espio stated.

"Hopefully."

Sonic wasn't worried in the slightest. "He's nowhere near a threat! My twin should be able to bust right through that!"

Rouge wasn't so enthusiastic. "Keyword: should."

Sonic was less than happy. "Hey, what's the big idea?"

"Well, you see, my performers aren't exactly sick, they escaped!" He explained with a cocky grin. "So when I heard about your crew, I set up this brilliant trap!" Sonic banged on the door with his fist, and Barker laughed. "And you marks walked right into it!"

"But he can't make them perform." Mila reasoned. "So he still won't have a functioning circus."

Neera scoffed. "I doubt he thought his plans through. He is no better than the doctor."

Eggman was going to pretend the panda was talking about the show's Eggman and mentally moved on.

Barker pointed at Knuckles. The two stunt bears grabbed him from behind before tossing the echidna into a nearby cage. A war cry emitted from Sticks as she charged Barker. However, he simply dodged her and caused her to run into the cage next to Knuckles.

He locked her in also. "Too late, my feral friend!"

Spade wasn't impressed. "They deserve to be caged if it was that easy to capture them."

Sonic was pulling hard on the door, kicking it too when it didn't budge.

Barker smiled at him. "But here's the real prize. It's not easy to catch lightning in a bottle, so I had to special order this bottle from a mutual friend of ours!"

A TV appeared on screen with Eggman standing in front of the Sphere of Fear. "The Sphere of Fear, from Eggman industries, is unbendable, unbreakable, unmeltable. And it's all yours for just six easy payments!" He held up a finger. "Plus shipping and handling." He leaned closer to the camera and put a hand next to his mouth, whispering. "That's how we get you."

"Huh." Amy squinted her eyes. "It is true that the camera puts on ten pounds."

"That's true..." Tails pursed his lips. "But I think it's more surprising that Eggman knows more about scamming consumers than taking down his enemies."

"Eggy knows nothing about winning battles," Sonic teased, feeling the heat of a certain human's glare. "So I'm not shocked."

Barker snickered until a voice shouted out, "You forgot one thing, Barker!" Amy was scowling at him. "Me!"

The ringmaster rose a brow. "Did I? Oh sweet, compassionate Amy Rose, think of the children!"

Her expression softened. "The children..." She then snapped out of it. "Wait! That's not gonna work on me this time!" Then, it was revealed that Amy had been stuck in a cage this whole time. She blinked. "So, is this a regional tour, or..."

Carol couldn't wrap her mind around it. "Wha – How?! That doesn't make any sense!"

Milla floundered for an explanation. "Selective blindness?"

"You're too nice for your own good, Milla." Neera muttered. "Only a complete idiot couldn't figure out that they were already trapped."

"HEY!"

Sonic held Amy back, again, so she couldn't smash Neera with her hammer.

Barker pulled out a remote control. "Oh, and in case you manage to escape, I ordered some of these as well!" He pressed a button, and five Motobugs surrounded the caged heroes.

Eggman propped his chin in his open palm, exhaling harshly. "Out of all of the robots..." Barker had to pick the ones that break apart after one hit. His expectations weren't high for this, but he couldn't help but to be disappointed.

Now the scene switched to Sonic's shack. Tails had landed his plane in front of it and was now entering the small home. "Guys, I fixed the Unbolterizer! It actually works now!" He looked around and realized that no one was there. "Where is everyone?"

In the tent, Sonic was trying and failing to find a way out of his round cage. Tails' voice then came over the communicator. "Sonic, you there? Sonic?"

Relieved, the blue hedge stood still and replied, "Tails! Man, am I glad to hear from you! That circus creep captured us! We need your help, buddy!"

Tails nodded. "Ten-four, blue leader! Help is on the way!"

"Wait, but...Tails doesn't know anything about Barker!" Mila pointed out, brow furrowed in confusion. "He knew about a circus, but nothing else. He shouldn't even know where the circus is."

Now that, Tails couldn't begin to explain.

The kit ran back to his plane. The next scene showed him approaching the tent from the sky. "I've got eyes on the big top, Sonic!" he said into his headset before lowering a grappling hook from his plane. It snatched the tent's flag and pulled the whole thing away, revealing the trapped heroes.

They were all happy to see him. "Tails!" Knuckles, Amy, and Sticks cried out.

"Get me out of this thing!" Sonic yelled.

Tails flew towards three Motobugs, dodging their incoming missiles. He then fired a yellow beam at the base of the Sphere of Fear, but it missed.

"Great!" Knuckles groaned. "That thing still doesn't work!"

"Like your brain," the echidna grunted disdainfully.

The laser bounced around, hitting a Motobug, Knuckles', Amy's, and Sticks' cages, and finally the base of the round cage. Everything that was targeted broke apart.

Tails smiled widely. He had been scared for a bit, but his double did it! And now he pondered how the other made one of those...

Sonic started running in the cage like he was in an oversized hamster ball. "Now this is wicked!"

Barker gestured to his lackeys. "Bears, Motobugs, attack! "

Sonic ran over the small robots with ease. Knuckles, who had gotten back into the cannon, fired himself at the grey stunt bear, pushing the enemy away.

"A bit of an overkill, but I'll take it!" Carol chirped, getting into the action.

Amy was juggling with her left hand as she hammered the robots with her right.

Amy couldn't deny that she was a little impressed. "Talk about coordination!"

Sonic smiled. "Impressive, Ames."

He was greeted by a tight hug.

Sonic really, really needs to keep his mouth shut.

Using the trapeze, Sticks swung down and kicked the brown stunt bear right in the face, causing him to crash to the ground.

In the air, Tails looked over to see Barker trying to make an escape. "Sonic, he's getting away!" he yelled into his headset.

Sonic heard him. He aimed for the sprinting dog. When the time was right, he bursted out of the door of the cage. The opening turned and swallowed up Barker, trapping him inside as it slowed to a stop.

Barker was desperate. "Let me out of this infernal cage! I'm an entrepreneur!"

Knuckles frowned. "Two things. How did Sonic get out if the door's always been locked, and why can't Barker just open the unlocked door?"

"Who cares?" Sonic shrugged with a smile. "He's trapped in something he paid for himself! That's the definition of irony right there!"

"All that matters that that we're almost done with this episode." Eggman grumbled. One more down, too many more to go. He knew that he'd done many bad things in his life, but he honestly believed he didn't deserve this.

Tails landed the plane by Sonic. The speedster grinned. "That was some sweet flying, buddy!"

The kit jumped out of the aircraft as Sticks and Knuckles walked up to him. The echidna smiled. "Yeah, you did good!"

Sticks was sheepish. "Sorry for saying you were a double agent. I didn't realize that you were a..." She eyed him. "... triple agent!"

Amy, still being a clown, chirped. "Yeah, thanks Tails!"

"At least take off the rainbow wig." Amy told her other self.

Sonic nudged Tails. "Look at 'em sucking up."

The kit grinned. "I'm sure the other me doesn't mind."

"Well, I'm just happy I could help." Tails jabbed a thumb over his shoulder. "Now, let's get out of here!" Tails and the rest of the crew began to walk away, ignoring the plane for whatever reason.

"Uh..." Torque began, questioning their actions. "The plane's right there?"

"Maybe they..." Milla trailed off. "I've got nothing."

"Imbeciles." Neera shook her head.

Forget her hammer, Amy wanted to punch this bitch!

"What? No, no!" Barker shouted. "Wait!" He punched the cage to open it, but it was futile. "You can't leave me here! Come back!"

The scene switched to Eggman's lair, which showed Barker's struggles on TV. The human was fixing his remote again, and when it was working once more, he returned to his couch. "Finally, I can turn off this dreck!" He pressed a button, shutting off the screen.

Eggman released a long-winded sigh. "Those last five seconds were unnecessary." His double didn't need any more screen time.

"You can say that again," Knuckles said, folding his arms across his chest. "But at least it's over."

"And just one more episode left and we can all take a break." Shadow reminded them.

"Thank goodness."

Lucy smiled. "Before we begin, any questions."

Amy raised her hand.

"Yes, Amy?"

To her confusion, Amy turned towards Neera, making the panda look at her questionably.

"Neera I have two questions."

"Well, what is it."

The pink hedgehog smiled darkly.

For some reason, the audience felt a weird chill in the back of their spine. And scooted away, slowly.

"In the stomach? Or in the face?"

Neera was confused. And before she could answered. . .

*SMACK*

. . .she was delivered to the punch to the face, making her stumble back to the floor. She got up and glared daggers at the pinkette, who smiled. Neera threw her spear away.

She wants to throw hands. Lets throw hands.

"YOU'RE DEAD, BITCH!!!"

Neera lunged at Amy. The two ladies began to fight. Viciously.

Everyone could do nothing but watch the fight in front of them. Not wanting to get in the middle of that.