The scene started with an on-going battle. Sonic was running away from Eggman, who was shooting at him in his hovercraft. Amy and Tails were also sprinting along, dodging attack from robots at their heels.

Eggman fired at a tree Sonic was approaching, and the speedster had to spin over it in order to keep from being crushed. Amy and Tails, now joined by Knuckles and Sticks, were now chasing the robots down, attacking the annoyances.

"So this is just an early routine beat-em-up?" Lilac asked.

Milla nodded. "Looks like it.

Carol hummed. "Maybe this will lead up to that temple the title mentioned."

"Jungle laser, jungle laser, fry you with my laser!" Eggman sang boisterously as he continuously shot at Sonic.

Shadow signed. "And already this episode is automatically worse than the one before."

Sonic snickered. "Nice singing voice, Eggster."

Eggman inwardly groaned. But then grinned. "Well, at least I have a wonderful singing voice, unlike a certain pink hedgehog I know."

"Hey!"

The blue hero frowned back at the human before gazing ahead at a tree housing an occupied bird's nest. Sonic smirked. "Hey, Eggman, smile for the birdie!" Sonic hopped into the tree, causing its trunk to bend, and promptly dropped out of it, flinging the birds right into Eggman's face.

The doctor swatted them away with a yell. "Ow, ow! They're pecking my eyes! Why would I ever smile at this?"

"I would definitely smile if it happened." Rouge giggled.

"I would as well," Sonic commented.

Eggman flew away, and now Sonic chasing him. Meanwhile, the rest of the hero crew were running after a panicking Orbot and Cubot. Eggman hovered close to a cliff wall, and a section of the rock slid open. After he entered – Sonic following after him – a door with two smiling anthros on it slammed behind them.

"Wait, did he know that the temple was there?" Torque furrowed his brow. "Because he just waltzed in without knowing what's going to happen."

"That's, Sonic for ya. He always gets himself into trouble without knowing the consequences." Knuckles stated.

"No I-"

"Yes, you do."

Knuckles ran up to the barrier and punched it. When it didn't open up, he growled, "Stop smiling!" as the remainder of the two groups crowded the doorway.

Knuckles had to remember about his happy place. He was going to need it again.

Sonic was oblivious to what was going on behind him as he chased Eggman down a long hallway, more and more doors slamming behind the duo.

Sonic dash attacked the doctor only for Eggman to dodge, and now the speedster was the one getting followed, lasers being shot at him.

There was a fork in the road ahead, and Sonic turned to go down the left path. However, Eggman paused the chase, pointing in the other way. "What are you doing? We should fight this way."

Milla was starting to understand where Torque was coming from. "It looks like Eggman knows about the temple beforehand!"

Tails thought for a moment. "Perhaps he's trying to lure, Eggman into a trap by going into the opposite direction

"If that's the case, shouldn't he be less obvious about it?" Vector questioned.

Eggman couldn't help but agree with the crocodile, wanting his twin to revert to how he was acting in the last episode.

Spade lowly scoffed. "I doubt he could if he tried."

Sonic shook his head in opposition, gesturing to the left. "No, this way. The natural direction of the fight is taking us left."

Cory slowly blinked. "The natural direction of the...what?"

"What is he talking about?" Carol asked.

Sonic waved them off. "It's just a hedgehog thing, then!"

Amy, Shadow and Silver raised a dubious brow at him. "Not to us."

Sonic pursed his lips. "It's just a me thing? Really?"

"Yes."

Sonic looked at Blaze. "Hey, Blaze you're fast. Maybe you-"

"No. I don't understand what you're saying."

Sonic groaned. "Seriously?"

Lilac gave the blue blur a pointed look. "Sonic, just because you assume that someone's fast like you, that doesn't mean they'll understand you're... actions."

The speedster sighed. "Yeah... you're probably right, Lilac."

"Yes, we should go left," Eggman seemed to agree. "My left!"

Sonic wasn't budging. "No, my left."

"My left!" Eggman gestured at the speedster. "Your right!"

"I know I'm right! We should go left. That's the right left."

Gong sighed in exasperation. "Does it really matter which direction they fight as long as they fight?!"

"Of course it does. It's-"

"I wasn't asking you hedgehog, so be silent."

Eggman blinked at him. "That doesn't even make any-" The ground suddenly collapsed under them, crashing the duo down a level. "I'm okay!" Eggman's voice shouted in relief.

In the room below, the doctor was catching his breath in his hovercraft while Sonic was on the floor writing in pain. "Ah!" the speedster hissed. "I twisted my ankle!"

Sonic couldn't hide his flinch. Twisted ankles were not his thing. He would sit around doing nothing. Which was boring. That's why he's always careful around Eggman during their battle. ...Well, not nearly as careful as Knuckles once said, but careful motherless.

Eggman panted as he grinned. "I finally have you!" He pressed a button in his vehicle and a weak laser blasted out of it. Sonic barely had to shift his feet to the side to dodge. The doctor leaned over the hovercraft, sighing.

"I mean... at least he tried?" Torque shrugged.

"Don't encourage him." Espio said.

Sonic took this chance. "Tuckered out, Eggman?" he asked with a smirk as he carefully got to his feet, most of his weight on his healthy leg. "Have a taste of my spin dash!" Sonic launched at the human, spinning in the air, but he quickly lost balance because of his injury. He completely missed his target and landed hard on his back. "You just got spin dashed..."

Eggman didn't hide his smirked. "You're just embarrassing yourself, rodent."

Sonic gave him a glare. "You tried to shoot me with your laser and missed. Pathetically. I say you've embarrassed yourself as well."

"True, but I didn't hurt myself in the process."

Sonic cursed softly. "Fair point..."

The evil doctor smirked in victory. "Exactly."

Outside of the temple, Tails was pounding on the locked doors. "There's no other way in! Sonic's trapped!"

When those words sunk in, Orbot turned to Cubot, delighted. "That means Dr. Eggman's trapped too!"

The two helper bots hugged each other and spun around as Cubot cheered, "We're free! Free I tells ya!" The duo then held up confetti sticks, the colorful paper twirling around them. "I could buy a houseboat and live on it, even though it's a boat!"

Torque looked unsure. "That doesn't sound like a good idea."

"That's because they aren't going to stay by themselves for long." Spade stated.

"Well, duh. That's because my twin isn't going to stay trapped in that temple." Eggman

Shadow rolled his eyes. "What the panda is trying to say-" He ignored Spade's glare. "-is that those two bolt bags won't last one day without their 'precious' doctor. Without him, they'll be lost."

"Oh, just like that episode-"

"Don't bring back annoying memories, rodent."

Sonic smirked at the human. "Well, at least be grateful that your twin wasn't there until the ending. That way, you don't have to be annoyed by him."

"Tch."

Orbot pleasantly sighed. "And I can finally finish my memoirs. I've been told I'm a natural recontour," he told the observing heroes.

"And I've been told I'm a neutral raccoon!" Cubot added before the robotic pair left the site.

Amy cocked his head. "A neutral...raccoon?"

"What does that even mean?" Charmy asked.

"Ignore them. They're just spouting out nonsense." Neera uttered.

"Well, we're sticking around to free Sonic," Amy said, regarding her friends. She put her hands on her hips. "But until then, one of us needs to be in charge."

Knuckles smiled. "Good thinking, Amy! I'll be in charge!"

Amy raised her brow in disbelief. "You? I'm in charge!"

"I agree with her on this one." Knuckles propped his chin in his palm. "If my twin was in charge, he'd just say something that's obviously idiotic. But then again, putting Amy in charge, it would just turn the group into a Sonic fan club."

Amy looked offended. "What's wrong with having a Sonic fan club?"

"You being weird and creepy."

Amy growled.

Cream smiled. "I think having a club about Mr. Sonic sounds wonderful, Amy."

Amy gave Cream a pleased look. "Aww, thank you, Cream! At least somebody is supporting my ideas."

Milla thought for a moment before an idea came to her. "Why don't Tails lead the group? He seems to be the right person."

Sonic nodded.. "He'd be a great leader!"

Tails didn't look convinced. "I don't know. Amy and Knuckles look like they want to be in charge."

Blaze nodded. "Indeed. I doubt they would give him the opportunity."

Silver frowned. "If that's true, then that would be disrespectful."

Amy pouted. "I would never disagree with a good idea with Tails being the leader."

Knuckles couldn't help but grin. "I would say he be a better leader than Sonic."

Sonic was offended. "Hey, I'm a great leader!"

Vector had a doubtful expression. "Since when does a great leader name his team by his name?"

"Team Sonic is a good name."

"A name that everyone agreed on." Espio said.

"Of course Tails and Knuckles agreed on the name I gave us." He looked at the duo. "Isn't that right, guys?"

They both look unsure. "Ehhhhh."

"Guys!"

Tails shrugged. "No offense, Sonic, but that name didn't sit right well with us."

The blue speedster looked at Knuckles.

The echidna just shrugged, not saying anything.

Lilac raised a brow. "You named your team by your own name?"

"Isn't that kinda... selfish?" Milla asked.

Sonic could only groan.

Sticks crossed her arms with a frown. "I don't trust anyone in charge."

"It's not like anyone wants you to be in charge." Carol said.

Silver shivered. "If they did put her in charge, the whole society could be broken down."

Blaze glanced at him. "I don't think it would come to that, Silver."

Tails lifted a finger. "I know! Why don't we all be in charge?"

Sticks, Knuckles, and Amy yelled, " No! " startling the kit.

Milla glared. "He's just trying to help!"

Knuckles shook his head. "Looks like Tails' theory is correct. They really are selfish."

"If I was in there I would give them a piece of my mind!" Amy growled.

Inside, Sonic shook off the impact before standing up. "Oh perfect! We're stuck here."

"Correction-" Eggman grinned maliciously at the blue hero. "-you're stuck here." He started up his hovercraft. It slowly ascended toward the open ceiling, but then it began to sputter. Eggman promptly crashed back to the ground, shaking the floor.

Sonic grinned, turning his attention to Eggman. "What were you saying about me embarrassing myself, and hurting myself in the process, Eggy?"

Eggman scoffed. "Kill-joy."

Sonic looked down at the doctor, who has laying prone out of the hovercraft. He smirked and waved. "Catch ya later, Eggface!" He zoomed off before making a U-turn, gaining enough speed to jump up into the hole above. However, he pushed off with his hurt ankle, causing him not to get enough height and plummet back down.

Everyone winced at the crunching sound.

Eggman got to his feet, dusting himself off and mocking, "'Catch ya later, Eggface!' That's you. That's what you sound like."

Eggman wanted to bang his head against the nearby wall. "It's like he picks the perfect time to taunt, but his mind is just-"

Torque shrugged. "Well, at least he's tryin'?"

Sonic snickered. "Tryin' to make a fool of himself even more. First, the laser scene was lame and now the dumbest insult?" He glanced at the doctor. "You must feel proud, Eggface."

Eggman tried his hardest to give the blue hedgehog the most deadliest glare he could. "There's not enough words to describe how much I despise you, blue cactus."

He pointed at the recovering hedgehog before noticing a handle on the ground connected to the same round picture as outside. The human futilely pulled at it, the circle unmoving. Eggman sighed before perking up, an idea coming to him. "Wait! I can hook the Eggmobile's tow cable to this floor tile! But, it doesn't have enough power to pull it open..."

Sonic crossed his arms, pointedly glancing away. "I can pull your dumb Eggmobile across the room, if that's our only option."

Knuckles chuckled. "It looks like you and Eggman are going to work together."

Sonic slumped in his seat. "Do we have a choice?"

"Nope."

Eggman, in the hovercraft, pulled out a harness. "Get in the hedgehog harness."

"He just...has that laying around?" Eggman asked.

Milla herself was befuddled. "Since when were there hedgehog harnesses?"

"A better question is why were there hedgehog harnesses?" Tails asked.

"It's best not to think about it." Shadow said, blocking those thought to protect whatever sanity he had left.

Sonic blinked, shocked. "What? No way!" He turned away again before glancing back at the item. The speedster took it out of the other's hand, scowling. "If you tell anyone about this..."

Spade produced a scoff. "The whole village will know within the hour."

The next shot showed one end of a tow cable tied to the handle and attached to the hovercraft. There was another cable connecting the vehicle and Sonic's worn harness.

Eggman raised a fist and chanted, "Mush! Mush!"

"I'm mushing, I'm mushing!" Sonic grumbled as he ran forward, dragging Eggman long.

"Mush?" Lilac repeated, feeling insulted for Sonic's twin. "He's not a sled dog!"

"Yeah, that's just rude!" Amy added.

"Forget about that," Knuckles began, narrowing his eyes. "Isn't his ankle twisted?"

Some gazes shifted over to Theo or Lucy for an explanation, and the hedgehog and cat tentatively shrugged.

As he built up speed running in a circle, the Eggmobile lifted off the ground and so did the heavy tile. Eggman laughed when the tile fully opened, but then he yelled in surprise when it fell through the floor, yanking the two down with it.

Sonic and Eggman were now on the level below. The hedgehog was laying on his back with a pensive expression on his face. "Did we just...cooperate?"

Eggman chuckled. "Yup! And I've got great photos!" A picture appeared on the screen. It was a still frame of Eggman smiling and Sonic panicking as they fell through the floor.

Amy squealed. "Oh my gosh! The art style is so cute! Sonic is just too adorable flailing for his life like that!"

Most of the audience gave the pinkette a weird look.

With the remaining heroes, the atmosphere was becoming strained. Sticks was grumpily sitting on a rock by herself, Amy and Knuckles were arguing, and Tails was stuck in the middle.

Tails sighed. "This won't end well."

"Fine," Amy began, clearly exasperated. "If we can't decide who's in charge, we'll split up. Who wants to be on Team Amy?" Tails energetically raised his hand.

"Team Amy?" Lilac repeated. She glanced at Sonic and Amy. "It seems to me that you two selfishness."

"Great!" Knuckles gestured to himself. "And who wants Knuckles to lead Team Amy?"

"Correction; selfishness shares between all three of you."

Knuckles massaged his temples, ignoring Lilac. "I just want to know what happened to him? Can we get some sort of backstory?"

"And give him more screen time?" Sonic gave the echidna a cheeky smile.

Knuckles realized what he said and facepalmed. "Ya know what? Forget it. I would rather be left in the dark than to ever look at him."

The pinkette groaned. " Amy leads Team Amy! Knuckles leads Team Knuckles. "

"Wait, there's a Team Knuckles now?" The echidna asked, lost.

Espio furrowed his eyebrows. "I hope they realize that their friend is trap in that temple, along with Eggman."

"They do, they're just too selfish over how they could name a team after themselves." Vector stated.

Tails glanced between them. "Can I be on both teams?"

"No!" Amy and Knuckles shouted in tandem.

Amy frowned. "They are. The worst friends. Ever!"

The pinkette's gaze was stern. "We all have to pick a side, Tails. Now, who's it gonna be: Amy..."

"Or Amy?" Knuckles finished. Amy facepalmed, and the echidna muttered, "I still don't get how this works."

"And you'll never will, 'cause you're a brain-dead idiot." Knuckles groused.

"Help!" The heroes shifted their attention to Cubot, who quickly approached them with Orbot tagging behind. Sticks approached curiously as Cubot continued, "We can't be on our own!"

Orbot looked overwhelmed. "All that freedom! Too many choices!"

Shadow scoffed. "Looks like me and the panda were right."

Spade glared at him. "My name is Spade. Get it right."

"I don't care."

Within the temple, Eggman was working on his hovercraft while Sonic was peering at the scribblings on the nearby wall.

The speedster peered over his shoulder at the human. "This looks like a message written in the temple's lost language."

"Ha!" Eggman barked out a laugh as he ducked into his vehicle. He stood back up with a scanner, pushing a button on it.

Cory blinked. "He's got a lot of convenient items with him."

"It's common sense to be ready for anything when you're up against a hedgehog who can run faster than the speed of sound and his equally as annoying friends," Eggman grumbled, crossing his arms.

A red light shot out and scanned the perimeter around them. Eggman read the screen. "Congratulations. You are in the bowels of Buddy Buddy Temple. Enter as strangers, leave as best pals forever."

Sonic walked up the took the device, reading the rest. "Follow the example of the Buddy Buddy Beavers to become true bosom buddy amigos?"

Sonic shuddered. "Me? And Eggman? Friends?! No way!"

Eggman agreed, disgust etched in his features. "If they actually become friends after this, then that whole dimension officially needs psychiatric help."

"Pfft." Eggman scoffed. "I ain't interested in your bosom, buddy."

"I feel the same way, Egghead."

"The feeling's mutual, rodent."

He went to lean on his Eggmobile, and that caused a switch to be pressed underneath the vehicle.

The floor split apart, revealing lava below. Eggman and Sonic split to opposite sides of the room as the hovercraft fell into the red-hot pit.

Sonic – pressed up against the wall to keep from meeting the same fate – looked behind him and saw the beaver tile. "Follow the Buddy Beavers..." Sonic mumbled before noticing a lever at his side. He pulled it, causing a platform to jut out of the wall on the other side. "Pull your lever, Eggman!"

The human hopped onto the new platform and did what he was told, creating a way for Sonic to escape the rising lava. Sonic jumped onto the part of the wall sticking out and the duo continued this pattern until they reached a door with two levers.

They tried to activate them separately until Sonic paused. "Let's do it together." The pair pulled at the same time, and the door opened.

Shadow was tired of watching this episode already. "If Faker could do all of that, then why in the hell isn't he attacking the ceiling to escape?"

"His ankle is fixed, but not that fixed," Amy retorted.

They ran through it, but Eggman looked back to watch his hovercraft slowly sink and burn.

Devastation was etched into his features. "You were too beautiful to live..." he said as it was completely engulfed.

"He cares more about his tools than his actual sentient machines?" Torque pursed her lips. "Isn't that kinda backwards?"

Eggman glanced over at the alien. "It's because tools don't talk back to you."

Sonic inwardly scoffed. It was clear that Eggman had never met Caliburn.

The rest of the heroes, along with Orbot and Cubot, were sitting in a partial circle, unsure on what to do.

Orbot spoke up. "Let's go over it one more time; who's leading us right now?"

"Me!" Both Amy and Knuckles answered.

Tails wasn't amused. "We're not getting anywhere like this. Maybe I should be in charge."

"No!" everyone else loudly opposed.

Milla didn't understand. "What's so bad about him being in charge?"

Carol shook his head. "It's not about him bein' in charge, it's about them potentially losing an argument."

Shadow snorted. "They're just as stubborn as, faker."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

Sonic and Eggman were now in a strange room with numerous holes in the walls.

"Why would there be little holes in this wall?" the doctor asked while he was inspecting the indentions. "Maybe people put pennies in them."

Eggman glared, pulling on his mustache. He just wants this to be over already.

Sonic didn't respond to him, investigating as well...until he jumped back in shock, pointing and shouting. "Darts!"

Said projectiles were shot out of the holes, and in slow motion, Sonic tackled Eggman to the ground so they would avoid getting hit.

"Get off me!" Eggman groused, knocking the hero off of him.

Sonic landed on his side, sarcasm dripping in his tone. "You're welcome. "

Lilac furrowed her eyebrows. "He saved your life. At least show some gratitude."

Knuckles smirked. "His pride would hurt more if Eggman was grateful for Sonic."

Sonic stuck his tongue out. "Bleh, I would rather be shot at by Eggman."

"If only I had my gun, I would make your wish come true."

The human was hopping on one foot now, face twisted up in pain. "Agh, my ankle! I think it's sprained! Nope, it's definitely sprained!" He lifted up his leg and held it. "Oh, it's twisted something fierce!"

Shadow dubiously. "Faker."

Sonic glanced at Shadow. "What?"

"Not you. I'm talking about Eggman faking his injuries."

"Oh."

Sonic ignored him, walking further into the room, eyes widening when he stepped on a hidden button. Large spikes popped out of the walls, and both sides of the room began moving slowly together.

Sonic quickly ran to Eggman's side, helping him in the direction of a way out. "About this morning..." the doctor started, "I'm sorry for, you know, blasting you with all those lasers. I need to learn not to try to incinerate you all the time."

"Thanks..." Sonic reluctantly uttered. "I guess."

The duo approached a portcullis with two buttons on opposite sides. "We gotta hit these at the same time," Sonic informed as he left Eggman to man his switch.

They synchronized their presses, and the heavy gate slid opened. Eggman was the first to jog through-

Amy pouted. "Faker."

Sonic glanced at her.

Amy noticed Sonic looking at her and raised a brow. "What's wrong. Is there something on my face?"

Sonic quickly turned around. "U-uh, no! Not at all, Ames!" Wait, why would Amy call him faker? That's Shadow's thing. Sonic grabbed his. "I guess getting called 'faker' by Shadow must've been a nickname for me."

-and Sonic went to follow, but the doctor shoved him back as the portcullis dropped, trapping the hedgehog inside.

"That is such a low blow!" Amy cried out.

Eggman scoffed. "Normally I wouldn't care what happens to pinball pincushion, but because they are still in the temple that ran on being partners with someone. If he killed Sonic, then he'd be stuck in there forever." Eggman blinked. "Frantically, I wouldn't mind seeing that..."

Lilac frowned at the human. "You're dark."

Eggman could only shrug with a smile on his face.

Eggman laughed victoriously from the other side. "I can't believe you fell for the old 'sprained ankle' act. I stole the idea from you!" He imitated the speedster, hopping up and down. "'Ow, my ankle! I think it's sprained!' Man, those improv classes are really paying off."

"Two things." Sonic held up two fingers. "One, they really aren't. And two, imitation is the best form of flattery! He respects the other me a whole lot, huh? I don't blame him!"

Shadow rolled his eyes. "Yeah, he respects your twin so much that he is willing to crush him with spikes."

Sonic knocked on the metal in frustration. "You Eggs-Benedict-Arnold!"

Eggman haughtily waved. "So long, hedgehog! Hope you don't find this turn of events crushing! Get it, 'cause you'll be crushed by the walls? They'll crush you."

Spade almost face-palmed. "Why can't he just walk away?"

"Uh, maybe it's because he-"

"I know the reason for it, Lilac, I was being sarcastic."

Sonic simply stared angrily at him. Eggman waved him off. "I'll explain it after you're crushed." The doctor strolled away whistling a tune while Sonic faced the increasingly narrowing room.

Eggman was happy until he came across another Buddy Beaver door. "Come on, why would there be another door? I just opened one! Who even designed this temple?"

Knuckles couldn't help but agree with the last question. If this temple wasn't created, he wouldn't have wasted his time with this nonsense.

He took a deep breath. "It's okay, Eggman. You got this. Just pull both levers."

He ran to one on one side of the room, pulled it down, and then sprinted to the other side to flip the second one. However, as soon as he did so, the first popped back up on its own.

Eggman, seeing this, continued to try. "Stay down, levers!" He flipped one and yelled, "Stay down!" as the other stood up. Eggman slumped in defeat. "I was so close..."

Gong was doubtful. "Was he really?"

Neera inwardly sighed. "He was so close to being trapped forever, which is a letdown."

He glanced over and noticed Sonic attempting to stop a wall by pushing against it. It wasn't working.

"Hedgehog, hit your button!" Eggman yelled as he ran back. "Let's go, giddy-up!" The doctor pressed a button on his side of the wall while Sonic heeded his words. The gate slid open, and Sonic rolled through just in time to keep from getting crushed.

Eggman ambled over to the hero, who was getting to his feet. The man immediately went to fix his wrongs. "Okay, I understand why you might be upset with me." Sonic glared up at him. "We're bosom buddy amigos now! Gimme a big smile!"

Sonic scoffed. "If their situation was switched, would Eggman even give him a big smile?"

"Probably," Knuckles responded.

Standing up now, Sonic deadpanned at him until the temple started to quake. "Let's just get out of here before the roof caves in!" The pair jumped to the side to avoid an enormous boulder falling from the ceiling.

Outside, Sticks was back on her rock, and Amy and Knuckles were still arguing.

"If I was in charge-" Amy jabbed a thumb over her shoulder, pointing at the locked doors. "-we'd be in the temple already."

"They're still arguing about who gets to be the leader?!" Amy wished she was there to put an end to all the bickering.

Of course, Knuckles had a counterargument. "And if you were in charge, I'd be in the temple already."

Amy could do nothing but stare.

"Honestly? He's not wrong." Milla said, giggling.

Tails couldn't help but to chuckle. "Yeah. They could've been in there if they stopped arguing."

Suddenly, the ground nearby started to break, leaving Orbot and Cubot worried.

Cubot rose a finger. "Hello? Uh, fellas?"

They were ignored, Amy raising her voice at the echidna. "You're so incompetent, you don't even know how to argue!"

"You're right!" Knuckles shouted back. "Most of the time, I'm very confused and just yell back things!"

Sonic snickered. "Sound familiar, Knux?"

"I do not-" Knuckles lowered his voice with a glare. "I'm not confused when I yell! I know exactly what I'm yelling about. Most of the time, it's you."

"And the Master Emerald?"

"Because of you."

Sticks went over to them. "It doesn't matter who's leading!"

Amy perked up. "Yes! Finally! Someone who's making sense."

Shadow scoffed. "Sense or not, she's still crazy."

"We're never getting into the-" The ground broke under their feet, and everyone fell into the resulting hole.

Below them, Eggman was standing on Sonic's shoulders, trying to reach a higher opening, but the pair froze when a nearby wall caved in, the rest of the heroes and robots making their appearance.

Amy looked over and noticed the duo. "Sonic! Are you helping Eggman ?"

"What?" Sonic hastily shoved Eggman up into the hole, leaning against the wall nonchalantly. "No."

Amy giggled. "Smooth."

The wall between him and the doctor tumbled down, and Sonic peered into the next room to see an old mine cart and a set of tracks. "There's our way out!"

Sonic leapt over the pile of rocks and stood by the cart. Orbot floated by him, hesitant. "An old mine cart? We don't even know where it goes!"

A stone pelted him in the head, and Sonic smirked. "You wanna stay here?"

Cory barked out a laugh. "Yeah, that should be enough incentive!"

Everyone then boarded the mine cart, Sonic and Eggman taking each end of the lever.

"Wouldn't it make more sense for Knuckles to do it with Sonic?" Amy asked.

"Oh definitely." Knuckles nodded. "But this is a Sonic and Eggman episode."

"Okay, ready?" Sonic asked Eggman before they began to shift the lever, yelling out 'lift' and 'pump' as they worked.

The cart accelerated quickly as it moved along the rails. The tunnel then started to collapse behind them, pushing Sonic and Eggman to work harder. Eventually, they reached the end of the cave, flying out from the side of a cliff.

They landed on the ground below, dodging a couple extra rolling rocks.

"Yes!" Eggman and Sonic shout at the same time, holding up hands to high-five each other. However, they stopped themselves after realizing what they were about to do and walked away.

Sonic and Eggman nodded, relieved. "Great decision."

Cubot hugged Eggman's leg. "We're so happy you're back, boss!"

Orbot hugged the other. "We'll never desert you again!"

Eggman's brow creased. "You'll never what?"

Orbot took back his words. "I mean, would you mind reading a draft of my memoirs?"

Spade wasn't afraid to speak his thoughts. "He needs to know that he's so incompetent that his own creations thought about abandoning him."

Sonic shrugged. "I mean, Metal Sonic did that before."

Spade raised a brow. "Who the heck is Metal Sonic?"

"He's me... but made out of metal."

"Thank goodness we've got Sonic back again!" Amy sighed in relief before turning to the red echidna. "Knuckles, I can't believe we squabbled like that."

"Yeah," Knuckles agreed. "You were out of control."

Amy's smile instantly fell. "I was out of control?! You were being totally obstinate!"

Knuckles looked down his nose at her. "I don't know what obstinate means, but I refuse to learn."

"Yep. That sums up his whole character." Knuckles stretched his arms above his head. They had to be reaching the end of this one, right? "How much longer is the episode?"

"Just a few more seconds." Lucy answered.

Knuckles was relieved.

"You know..." Sonic peeled his attention from Amy and Knuckles onto Eggman, who was talking to him. "We actually made a pretty good team. It was almost like, we were friends or something."

Sonic and Eggman both scoffed.

Sonic scoffed good-naturedly. "Yeah, like that would ever happen." The ground suddenly shook, more rocks tumbling down the cliff. The heroes ran off, Sonic calling back a, "Catch ya later, Eggface!"

"Not if I destroy you first!" Eggman retorted with a smirk, running away with Orbot and Cubot in tow.

The same picture as before floated down and landed on a rock as the episode ended.

"If it was anyone else, I would've said the ending was adorable," Amy reluctantly mumbled.

"Nothing involving Eggman will ever be adorable," Shadow opposed.

Eggman glared. "Like you're the one to talk."

"I'm the coolest."

Sonic laughed. "You? The coolest? Yeah, right."

Amy hummed. "I don't know, Sonic. Shadow does look cool."

Sonic resisted the urge to argue with Amy, so instead. "Ready for the next episode."

Lucy nodded and pressed the button to the next episode.