The scene started off at Tails' workshop, which had black smoke pouring out of it. Tails ran into the building, confused, only to see Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, and one of the twin bandicoot covered in ash staring back at him with wide eyes.

"What happened here?!" Tails exclaimed.

Sonic crossed his arms, calmer than he should've been. "Can you be more specific?"

"Uhhh, my twin's workshop in black smoke isn't specific enough as it is?" Tails questioned.

A charred wooden plank fell behind Sonic. That seemed to push the blue blur in the right direction. "Oh, the mess! Funny story. It all began at Meh Burger..."

"I bet it's going to be my twin's fault, whatever happened," Knuckles said before retracting his statement. "You know what? No, I changed it to Sonic. He's been sinking down to his level lately."

Tails cradled his chin. "It makes sense. Your twin is most likely a red herring, and Sonic – all versions of him – are prone to making things blow up. On purpose or otherwise."

Both Sonic and Eggman could attest to that.

In the past now, Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy were eating lunch at a table. Sonic swallowed a bite of his burger and hummed, "Adequate burgers today."

Knuckles nodded. "Yeah, you can barely taste the shredded newspaper."

Knuckles ignored that statement

In contrast, Amy groaned as she glared at her burger. "Ugh!" She took the bun off, revealing a large glob of mayo. "I said no mayonnaise!" She stood out of her chair and flipped the table with an enraged yell, pulling out her hammer to smash another one. Innocent bystanders fled in fear.

Amy couldn't be mad. "I don't blame her. It was drowned in the stuff."

"You would probably do the same thing if Sonic skipped out of your date."

"Hush, Knuckles."

"Oh, come on." Back to the present, the ash-covered Amy was frowning. "I don't act like that!"

Tails looked pensive and Knuckles simply shrugged.

Sonic cleared his throat. "Hey, who's telling this story?"

"So, this story is fabricated by him. It is not completely truthful." Anti-Tails stated.

"Seems like it..." Fiona said in agreement. "Then it's probably going to be Sonic's fault, especially if he spins the story in his favor."

He tapped his chin. "So, where was I? Oh, yeah. We were so embarrassed by Amy's uncouth behavior that we left Meh Burger."

Scourge grinned. "Yeesh. Sounds like their relationship is getting a little rocky. Wonder what their couple's quarrel was about?"

"None of your business." Amy scolded.

In the past again, Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy were walking, the pinkette still scowling at her experience at the restaurant.

Then, Sonic spotted someone in the distance. "Oh?" It was one of the twin bandicootes. She was sitting on a rock, cradling an injured arm. Propped up on another rock was a wrecked bike, it broken in two.

Milla flinched. "That must've hurt..."

"How did she do that in the first place?" Carol asked. "She snapped the bicycle in two. She was not going on a leisurely ride."

"Maybe Eggy is involved somehow? He hasn't shown up yet."

Eggman glared at the blue hero, his happiness momentarily forgotten. "Don't say his name. You might summon him if you do."

Sonic sped over to her with a smile. "Everything okay, Miss?"

She blinked up at him, awed. "Are you-?"

The speedster put a hand on his hip, smirking. "Yep, I'm Sonic the hedgehog, fastest hero in the world, purveyor of justice, righter of wrongs, eater of chili dogs."

Sonic groaned, seeing where this was going and really hoped he was wrong.

Knuckles shared his thoughts. "Is this another relationship episode? Please don't let it be."

"Did you not see the way she was acting?" Shadow questioned. "Get ready for another trainwreck."

Silver flinched. "This dimension doesn't handle romance well."

The bandicoot squealed before turning around, getting a hold of herself. "Calm down, Perci. It's just all your dreams coming true!" Perci glanced back at Sonic, somewhat calmer now. "I'm so sorry..."

Sonic was radiating smugness. "Don't worry. I'm used to it." His smirk widened. "Just breathe slowly and tell Uncle Sonic what happened."

Sonic flinched like he'd been slapped.

Lilac blinked, dumbfounded. "This story has to be biased, right? There's no way he'd actually say that."

"There's a way," Knuckles muttered. He was sure this wasn't true word-for-word, but he wouldn't be surprised if the hero said something similar.

Amy was torn between swooning and telling that bandicoot to step away from her twin's man.

Tails looked at the blue hedgehog. "Uncle Sonic??"

"Don't. Say. Anything."

Amy wasn't amused. " Clearly , she fell off her bike and hurt her arm."

"Oh, Amy." Sonic grinned as he held his hands up innocently. "Don't be jealous because I'm paying attention to another."

Amy's jaw dropped. "Oh no he didn't!"

Sonic wanted to disappear. The secondhand embarrassment was too much. "Th-This is just getting worse."

Scourge snorted. "Well. R.I.P Sonic The Hedgehog."

Amy growled.

Sonic stepped beside Perci, whispering, "Don't mind her. She kinda has a thing for me."

"Who wouldn't?" Perci slyly responded.

Sonic liked what he was hearing. "Exactly."

Blaze deadpanned. "Is he seriously that full of himself?"

"He is!" Amy shouted in agreement. "Doesn't he realize his girlfriend is standing right in front of him?!"

Spade rubbed his temples. "I think I'm gonna throw up."

"Now, let's see what we can do about that bicycle." He pointed over to Knuckles. "Knuckles, bring it over here." The echidna nodded before promptly picking up a large rock. Sonic deadpanned. "That's a boulder. I said bicycle." His expression relaxed a bit. "But I'm not angry because I know that you're a simpleton."

Silver frowned. "That was rude."

"But accurate." Most of the room chorused.

"Thank you, Mr. Sonic." Knuckles smiled and threw the bolder away.

Knuckles scoffed.

Amy approached Perci, examining her. "Oh my, Perci, you've been injured. I know what to do about that." She suddenly grew serious, tone sharpening, while Perci looked on in confusion. "Lecture you on bicycle safety. First, never ride a bike-"

"So, he pictures that Amy is intense and overbearing?" Cory questioned.

"It's no surprise that she's easily like that throughout the episode." Shadow answered.

Amy wanted to say that her twin wasn't like that at all, but that was a blatant lie. She agreed with Shadow. This time.

"-Amy!" Sonic interrupted her, shaking his head. "What Perci really needs is a splint for her arm."

Perci's eyes were half-lidded, a captivated glint in them. "Wow...you sure know how to take charge of every situation."

Sonic winked.

Amy frowned. "He's seriously out of control! It's all going to his head!"

Neera glimpsed at Amy. "You can either be enamored or enraged. You cannot be both."

"Says who?"

"And...voila!" Amy finished putting Perci's arm in a mechanical sling made from gears from the bike. It didn't look practical at all.

Torque was highly concerned. "That looks like a torture device."

"Don't be surprised." Gong grunted. "She's competition."

Sonic shook his head in disappointment while Knuckles walked up to him and said, "I couldn't find a bicycle, but maybe one of us could ride this to get one." He held up the two pieces of bicycle before accidentally dropping them into a mud puddle, splashing Perci. Her scarf was now stained.

Knuckles looked on guiltily. "Sorry about your scarf! I should've known I'd mess it up. I always do when I'm not under Sonic's direct supervision..."

Manic raised a brow. "How are they all still friends at this point?"

Sonic grinned. "Don't sweat it, little bro. I had people try to kill me to become my friends."

Shadow humped.

Sonic didn't argue, bending down to inspect the bike. "Hmm...as a man I could fix this with my bare hands ; however, it would be quicker with the proper tools." He stood back up. "To Tails' workshop!"

They all walked off. Perci was holding onto Sonic's arm at the front while Knuckles was lugging the broken bike in the rear. The group had to pause in their stride when Sticks came out of nowhere and ran up to them.

Spade really hates that badger.

Her expression was wild. "Hey, watch out for that robot! I bet she's a spy! Broadcasting our secrets to her mechanical overlords! You know, the ones that make the microwaves blink twelve o'clock, even though you just set it yesterday! " She then ran away, screaming.

Sonic glanced at Perci. "Don't pay attention to her. She's actually very nice."

"In a paranoid way."

Everyone agreed with Spade.

At the workshop, Sonic didn't hesitate in flinging the door open. "Tails?" he called, only to get no answer. Sonic completely entered the building and leaned on a workbench. "I guess he isn't here. No matter! I'll heroically repair this bike with only my bare hands! And a welding laser."

Tails tensed. "Never give Sonic a welding laser." Only bad things happened afterwards.

He picked said tool up. "Amy, you tend to poor Perci's injury."

Amy straightened and enthusiastically nodded.

"Whipped." Amy shook her head in disappointment.

"Knuckles." Sonic flipped his hand in a shooing motion. "You clean the scarf that you carelessly ruined."

While the speedster got to working on the bike, Amy covered Perci's arm with a heating pad, and Knuckles took the scarf across the room. He stopped, looking from a clothing wire, to a hand dryer, a clothes dryer, and then a kiln.

Knuckles grinned. "Tails' industrial strength lab kiln seems like the perfect place to dry a frilly delicate scarf." He placed the cloth inside and turned the heater on.

"Yep, the perfect place." Knuckles' voice was dripping with sarcasm. "Not a clothesline or even a regular drier."

"That is too much common sense for him in the real world, echidna." Gong mentioned. "There is no chance for intelligence in this story."

Amy, still by Perci, was frowning at the remote to the heating pad she held in her hand. "This heating pad isn't enough. Knuckles, get Perci a pillow."

"You're not the boss of me!" He retorted, facing her. "Sonic is!"

"This is just pathetic." Eggman shook his head. "Even my ego isn't as huge as his."

Sonic could see that. "It comes close, though. It comes close."

Amy snapped back, "But I'm bossy and overbearing and I need everyone to do what I say to compensate for my own insecurities!"

Amy and Knuckles couldn't believe what they were hearing.

Knuckles hurled a pillow he had grabbed at Amy, and she caught it. Her frown deepened. "Don't throw it at me! Hand it to me nicely! " she ordered, launching it back.

Knuckles aimed for her face this time, hitting his target, only for the pillow hit him square in the nose also. Amy ducked the next throw, Perci's face taking the brunt of the attack.

"She's lucky that it was just a pillow." Carol said.

Sonic pushed up his welding mask. "Kids! Behave yourselves! This is why we can't have nice things!"

"He thinks that he's the adult?" Scourge barked out a laugh. "Seriously? They're literally a group of preschoolers."

Anti-Tails hummed. "Elementary at worst."

A second after that, he paused, nose twitching. It didn't take long for thick smoke to fill the air, fire spreading along the floor from an unknown source.

Amy and Knuckles didn't care about it, continuing to fight over the pillow.

"I know this isn't real, but come on." Silver was itching for them to put it out. "It's fire."

Blaze sighed. "It shows that the other Sonic thinks he's more important than their health."

Sonic wouldn't take it that far. "That's pushin' it, Blaze. He's just a little more selfish than most. Nothing really wrong with that."

"You would know." Shadow grunted.

Taking charge, Sonic sped around with a bucket of water, dousing as many flames as he could until all of it was put out.

"So, I stepped into action, Sonic Style, and put out the fire," the Sonic in the present said, his story finished. He crossed his arms. "Which must've been caused by Knuckles putting the scarf in the kiln."

Sonic wanted to believe his twin, but, "Eh...there's some room for error there." Despite what he said earlier, him and welding lasers did make a pretty bad combo.

Knuckles glared. "That's not what happened! I'll tell you the real story..."

Knuckles braced himself. "Oh boy. Here we go."

Amy was almost excited to hear this. "What's the chance that Knuckles' story will be the true one?"

"In the negatives." Spade groused.

The scene cut to Knuckles steering a ship, dressed in a blue sailor outfit. "It had been days since I've laid me eyes on the elusive white whale-"

Cory chuckled. "That didn't last long, did it?"

Present-Tails was not impressed. "Knuckles, we're talking about what happened to my workshop."

"I'm gettin' there!" Knuckles reassured before continuing, "So, the white whale had just trashed Meh Burger..."

"Wait." Amy held up a hand. "I'm the white whale?"

"Shush!" Knuckles quieted her, not answering the question.

Amy's feelings were hurt. "I get it if he was calling Eggman that, but my twin?"

Eggman didn't bother responding.

"What's this, a giant roast session? Or did they all have some huge fight beforehand that led to this?" Neera questioned.

Tails nodded. "Yeah, they are being kinda harsh with this one."

"We were heading back home when we came across Perci." Knuckles smirked. "As usual, Sonic made a fool of himself..."

Sonic rose a brow. "They basically think the same about each other?"

Knuckles scoffed. "Why am I not surprised?"

The flashback began with Sonic stepping in front of Perci. He awkwardly greeted her, bowing. "Hi! I'm Sonic the hedgehog!"

"Never heard of ya."

Sonic felt a knife plunged into his stomach.

Carol laughed. "Now that's a pride stomper right there."

Amy almost got insulted that Perci didn't know who Sonic was, but then she remembered that it was Knuckles' story. "Hold on, so he thinks that no one knows who Sonic is?"

"I want to say no, that he can't be that delusional, but we are." Knuckles motioned to the screen.

Perci's attention snapped to Knuckles, who was still wearing the sailor hat. Wind dramatically swept his dreads backwards. Perci smiled. "But who's your friend?"

"If anything, his imagination is amazing." Espio said.

"I'm just a humble echidna," Knuckles gestured to himself, and Perci pushed Sonic out of the way to get closer to him. "Which is why I won't brag about my boyish charm, unimaginable strength, and the ability to think real good. Y'know, smartness wise."

Perci simply smiled.

Amy blinked in disbelief. "Yeah, I wouldn't have a response to that either."

Over by the bike, Sonic was struggling to pick it up. He strained until Knuckles walked over and lifted both him and the bicycle.

"Wow!" Perci gushed. "Muscles and brain smartness."

"Oh Chaos, not her too."

"It's spreading, Knux. Luckily we didn't catch his brain smartness while he was here."

"I know." Knuckles grinned while Sonic tumbled to the ground below. The echidna disregarded him, instead calling, "Medic! Splint up this pretty lady's arm."

Amy saluted him. "I know that I can live up to expectations, Captain Knuckles." She then went over to Perci and started to wrap her leg.

Amy felt a chill run down her spine. "I have a bad feeling about this."

Knuckles chuckled. "Oh Amy...you've forgotten what an arm is." He flexed his left bicep. " This is an arm."

"Wow..." Perci breathed, both her and Amy being impressed. "You are the whole package."

Amy was going to have a stroke. "D-Don't tell me that he has a crush on my twin too!"

Vector chuckled at her reaction. "Or it could be that he likes impressing girls in general."

"I know, but it feels...icky."

"Same, but times a hundred," Knuckles drawled, wanting his double to stop talking.

"And here's the gift wrapping." Knuckles began to flex both of his arms to show off, causing the girls to pleasantly sigh. Sonic attempted do the same as well with his nonexistent muscles only to accidentally knock the bike over into a mud puddle. Once again, Perci's scarf got stained.

Cory chuckled. "At least Sonic's twin let Knuckles keep his strength. This is amusing."

Sonic loudly gasped, and Knuckles got in his face. "Sonic, you clumsy oaf! Perpetual second banana! Look what you've done!"

Silver laughed, hard.

Everyone watched him devolve into uncontrolled snickers, Blaze eventually spoke up, "That one really got you, didn't it?"

"H-He said perpetual second banana! That's probably the best insult-" Silver couldn't finish his statement, holding his head in his hands as he laughed.

"I cannot...disagree with him," Gong spoke up, doing his best to control himself.

Neera frowned at him. "General Gong."

"I-I'm trying... my... best..."

Sonic, Tails, Amy, Lilac, Carol, Milla, Cosmo, and Charmy soon joined in as well, as they couldn't hold it in either. The insult was so stupid, and laughter was way too contagious. Even Scourge, Fiona and Rosy joined in as well.

Blaze, Knuckles, Shadow, Spade, Neera, Anti-Tails and Eggman looked at them like they'd all gone crazy. Honestly, they could have.

Knuckles picked up the bicycle pieces before holding out a hand for Perci to take. "Come, my lady. We must go to casa de Tails to repair your bicicleta before Sonic does any further damage."

Perci took Knuckles' arm, and they walked off. Amy glared in jealousy as she followed while Sonic nasally whined, "Come on, guys, wait for me!"

Like before, Sticks ran up to them. "Hey! Be careful of that alien! She'll abduct our livestock, phone home from our houses, and turn us all into pie people! It's a cookbook! A cookbook!" She ran off screaming.

"Don't pay attention to her," Knuckles reassured Perci. "She's actually very nice."

Sonic, after calming down from the laughter, appreciated the consistency. "At least they all think she's nice."

In the workshop, Sonic was busy welding the bike until he burnt his own finger. He screamed and blew on the digit to ease the pain.

Accurate, Tails, Sonic and Amy thought.

Behind him, Knuckles was washing the scarf in a bucket with Perci at his side. The echidna chastised, "Sonic! Can't you do anything right?" He then smiled at the bandicoot, holding up the cloth. "Your scarf will look brand new. But it will never look as lovely as its owner."

Perci blushed.

Fiona couldn't believe she was saying this. "Knuckles' twin kinda does know how to flirt. Better than Sonic, I think."

Tails looked at her. "Which one?"

"I would say both, but I'm leaning towards our Sonic."

"Accurate."

Knuckles placed the scarf in the kiln as Amy grew frustrated with the heating pad. She was holding the remote, but it wasn't responding. "How does this heating pad work?" She growled in frustration and tossed it on a pile of newspapers behind her.

Shadow grunted. "They're all at fault, aren't they. They're all blaming each other, but they all also had the means to start a fire."

"Those three were idiots." Spade really, really wanted this to end.

Knuckles shrugged a shoulder. "Either that, or..." He glanced over at Eggman, but didn't say the name.

Eggman was mentally keeping his fingers crossed. They've made it this far without him.

Knuckles was now holding a pillow for Perci to take. "A pillow for my maiden fare?"

Amy snatched the pillow away. "Hey, I'm the medic! I'll give her the pillow!"

"I want to give her the pillow so I can be more like my hero, Knuckles!" Sonic interjected with a whine, going over and fighting Amy for the item. Smoke and fire eventually spread, and, terrified, Sonic jumped into Amy's arms.

"Isn't that the other way around, if they were scared?" Silver asked, laughter in his tone.

Knuckles put out the flickering flames by breathing out chilled air and grinned when Perci hugged him.

Tails gaped. "Since when could he do that?!"

"He can't." Shadow interrupted the kit. "This is nothing but a story, remember?"

In the present, Knuckles finished his tale, "And so I put out the fire using my ice breath. It probably started when Amy threw the heating pad on those old newspapers. She's not very brain smart."

"That's not how it went at all," Amy argued, gesturing to herself. "I'll tell you what really happened."

Amy couldn't wait for this. "This has to be what really happened!"

"We all agreed the service at Meh Burger was terrible, so we left. That's when we ran into Perci." She frowned. "With her little damsel in distress act."

Sonic snickered. "Still think so, Ames?"

The pinkette deflated. "...Guess we have to wait for Perci's."

Into another flashback, Perci was sitting on the rock, helplessly waving her scarf in the air. "I seem to have fallen from my bicycle and injure my little ole arm. If only there were some heroic gentlemen to rescue poor little me..."

"And there goes all of her credibility."

"She had lost it with that damsel in distress statement, guardian."

"I still had a little hope."

Sonic and Knuckles were suddenly in front of her with large smiles on their faces. They both giggled, Sonic commenting, "You're pretty," and Knuckles nodded in agreement.

Amy rolled her eyes. "I understand why she thinks like this, but still, why? She's stressing herself out for no reason!"

"If you don't know, there's no chance that we do." Knuckles said.

Perci placed a hand on her forehead. "Would one of you handsome young men kindly retrieve my bicycle?"

The boys wasted no time in doing so while Amy shook her head in disappointment. Sonic and Knuckles fought over the bike until it slipped out of their hands, it splashing into the mud puddle. Perci blinked in surprise when her scarf was ruined.

Present-Amy was narrating in a voiceover. "Even with my friends under the spell of a wicked siren, I selflessly administered medical care to the foul temptress."

Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Selflessly?? Yeah right."

Amy approached Perci with a bandage. "Oh, you poor sweet thing! Allow me to tend to your wounds!" She made her a sling to support her arm. Amy smiled. "Now, let's see to your bicycle. I know where to get it fixed..."

The group walked on, and Sticks stopped them. "Watch out for that government agent! It starts with jury duty and zoning ordinances! And before you know it, boom! Our tax dollars are benefiting others, and not us!"

Eggman hated to admit that she actually had a point.

This time, Amy gestured to Perci and placated Sticks, "Don't pay attention to her. She's actually very nice."

Sticks ran away screaming anyway.

Silver made a weird sound in the back of his throat, swallowing a laugh trying to force its way out. He took a steady breath. If she screamed again, he might be in trouble, though.

In the workshop, Amy told Perci, "Sweetie, you rest here. I'll get a heating pad to make you more comfortable. Knuckles."

Knuckles furrowed his brow. "Wait, does she hate her or like her?"

"Hate in disguise of like," Spade easily answered, getting confused stares. "Girls are kinda complicated."

"Don't have to tell me twice," Sonic muttered to himself.

Amy held out the dirty scarf. "Would you please clean the scarf?" He took it without arguments, and she turned to Sonic. "And Sonic-" The speedster stood at attention. "-maybe...it'll be best to just wait for Tails."

"No way! I can totally fix this!" He darted over to Perci, pointing at her. "Watch this, babe."

Sonic winced, resisting the urge to curl up again. "That felt like a punch to the gut."

Amy felt that too. "I'm apologizing on her behalf because she didn't have to make Sonic like that."

Sonic went over to the bike, donning the welding mask and groaning when he hit himself in the nose.

Perci sighed for show. "My poor little arm is achin' so. If only I had a cushion on which to rest it," she said, glancing between Knuckles and Sonic.

The boys abandoned their posts in favor of fighting over a pillow.

"Let me give it to her!" Sonic grunted.

"She wants me to give it to her!" Knuckles retorted as flames spread.

"I don't think she wants either of you to give it to her."

Lilac choked. "Wait, what-"

"Nope!" Theo interrupted before anyone could even think about questioning Shadow's words. "Pretend he didn't say anything."

Seeing the fire, they dropped the pillow and yelled in shock.

Amy was quick to grab the fire extinguisher, and the white foam subdued the fire before it could cause massive damage.

Present-Amy continued, "As the only mature one in the room, I extinguished the fire which started because Sonic forgot to turn off his welding laser."

Amy wasn't a fan of her twin targeting the other Sonic. "They all did it, and they're all going to feel guilty. Tails should make them clean up."

"Leave my twin out of it." Knuckles brought up. "Or they might have a bigger mess on their hands."

Sonic clenched his fists. "You're makin' that up!"

Amy narrowed her eyes. "You were reckless with the tools!"

"He put the scarf in the kiln!"

Knuckles stepped forward and shouted, "I can't help being attractive! It's a blessing and a curse!"

"Enough!" Perci glared at all of them, crossing her arms. "You'd think with three stories, one of you would get it right! Now, let me tell you how it really happened..."

Amy was hesitant. "The question is if we can trust her."

"Over the rest of them?" Shadow asked. "Without a doubt."

Flashback to Perci sitting on the rock, and Present-Perci was narrating. "I had a minor accident with my bicycle when-"

Carol raised a brow. "Where your bike is snapped in two? I wouldn't call that minor."

Perci saw Sonic, Amy, and Knuckles approaching her. She blinked in surprise when Sonic sped over, shallowly bowing. "Hi, I'm Sonic the hedgehog! Hero extraordinaire."

"You don't happen to have a wrench or some tools I can use to fix my bike?" she asked.

Knuckles was smiling a bit too widely. "No, but maybe I could interest you in some gift wrapping?" He flexed his muscles, and Sonic deadpanned at him.

Aaaand it was getting weird.

But then Sonic remembered how Knuckles' acted in 'Tails' Crush'. "I still think this is what happened."

"Me too." Tails added. "For now. If things start getting strange-"

"If? You mean when," Knuckles corrected. "Because this is still our doubles we're talking about."

Perci was quick to decline. "That's okay."

Sonic scoffed. "Don't worry! I can fix your bike." He zipped over to the pieces.

Knuckles frowned and jogged after him. "No, I will!"

Amy wasn't impressed, addressing Perci, "You're just loving this, aren't you? Having men fight over you? A modern woman can take care of herself."

Spade sighed. "And there it is."

Amy pouted because she couldn't even say that this was too out-of-character. "She didn't ask for any of it, other me! They can communicate with other girls, it's okay!"

Knuckles grinned. "Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

"You hear that, Sonic?"

"Wait, no-"

"I can take care of myself," Perci smoothly replied, unbothered. "But like I said, I don't have any tools and I hurt my arm."

Amy's frown didn't let up. "And I suppose you need me to bandage that up for you?"

"Nah, it's just a bruise."

Amy rolled her eyes before doing it anyway.

"I feel bad for her." Blaze uttered. Heroes are supposed to help without forcing themselves onto people... or giving them attitude.

Meanwhile, Sonic and Knuckles' tug-of-war with the bike ended when it fell into the mud puddle.

Perci did her best to shield herself from the splash. "Look, I need to get moving. Do you know where I could find some tools?"

They had just begun their trek to Tails' workshop when Sticks appeared with a shrill call. Perci held up a hand in greeting. "Nice to meet you."

Sticks screamed and ran away.

Silver's laugh was loud and ugly as he doubled over. "That was it?" he howled. "Th-That's all she said?!"

Gong was trying hard to keep it under wraps, but his trembling shoulders were giving him away. "Apparently so."

Perci wasn't fazed. "She seems nice."

Silver was crying again. "Nice! Sh-She seems – ahahahahaha!"

At the workshop, Perci was about to start welding her bike when Sonic stopped her. "Allow me!" He took the tool. "You sit back and relax while Sonic saves the day!"

"And it begins," Tails said. "Huh, Eggman hasn't show up yet."

"Silence!" Eggman's heated gaze fell on him. "It's not over yet!"

She didn't argue, going to her discarded headwear. "Okay, I'll just wash my scarf."

Knuckles snatched it out of her grip. "Please, the honor is all mine!" he softly stated before dipping the scarf into a water bucket.

"Well then I'll just...rest my arm."

Amy marched up to Perci. "Alright, alright! I'll get you a heating pad." She walked away, muttering under her breath, "Talk about a drama queen."

"You're the one to talk," Amy muttered with puffed cheeks.

After placing the scarf in the kiln, Knuckles grabbed a pillow. "Would you like a pillow?"

Sonic looked up, stopping his welding. "No, I'll give Perci a pillow!" He ran off and left the tool unsupervised.

Amy, hearing this, tossed the heating pad away. It landed on newspaper. " Oh , now the princess wants a pillow."

Amy was tired of this. "She's not even that special!"

All three of them were fighting over it, tugging until the pillow began to rip and fire spread throughout the workshop.

"Hold it!" Present-Tails cut in, ending the flashback. "How did you guys get in there in the first place?"

Tails didn't expect this. "Uh oh."

"We just walked in," Perci answered.

"And there weren't lasers or cages or anything like that?"

"Nope," Sonic said. "Just a popping sound and some electrical buzzing."

Tails sighed. "I know what happened..." He pointed over to the door. "My new defense system must've short circuited. Which means I'm the one responsible for the fire."

Knuckles was slightly surprised. "Guess I was wrong."

"And my disappointment of a double didn't show up!" Eggman grinned. "This wasn't such a bad episode after all!"

"Don't jinx yourself. The next one could be all about you." Shadow pointed out.

"You can't let me have this, can you?"

"Have I ever?"

Eggman didn't answer.

"Classic Tails. So irresponsible." Knuckles grinned at Amy and Sonic. "Guess we're off the hook!"

Amy shared his positivity, forgetting all about their arguments earlier. "Who's up for Meh Burger?"

Amy frowned. "Didn't they just...huh?" She waved her arms wildly around. "They left there like twenty minutes ago! Why are they going back?"

"For dessert?" Torque randomly guessed.

"In that germ-ridden place?!"

He became silent.

The trio filtered out, and Tails shrugged at a confused Perci.

Later, Tails was shown finishing up the welding job for Perci's bicycle. Perci, watching him, smirked as he worked. "I like a guy who's handy..."

Tails lifted his mask and blushed.

Tails held his head in his hands while Amy gasped. "No! No Tails, bad! You have Zooey!"

Tails held his head in his hands. "Just play the next episode please."

Lucy giggled and played the next episode.