The scene opened up in a village where a few villagers were strolling to their destinations. An ox-like character bought an ice cream cone, about to enjoy his delicious treat.

The ox didn't get to chow down, for a burst of flame melted his ice cream. The man in charge of the dessert cart ran away. Sonic popped up from behind the stand and pulled the ox behind it for protection. The blue hedgehog then hopped into the open in a ready stance.

It was shown that Sonic's opponent was a fireman robot armed with a flamethrower. Fire burst out of its hose, but Sonic dodged it, spinning into the mech twice before bouncing away.

"Dr. Eggman's evil fireman robot is running loose!" Sonic called out to whoever was listening.

Said human, who was sitting on a bench and reading a book, looked up. "Why does everyone assume every evil robot is mine?"

The blue hero hit the robot another time before responding, "I dunno. Experience?"

"Well you're the only evil doctor in this universe." Tails points out. "Not to mention you're sitting right there." Knuckles added.

"It's safe to say that this version of Egghead isn't the most intelligent than the one we know exists." Sonic stated. "You don't need to point out the obvious, hedgehog." Eggman grumbled.

Sonic jumped up to avoid another ribbon of flame. Knuckles and Amy stepped up to fight, armed with a giant stick and a piko-piko hammer respectively.

"You're fired, pal!" Knuckles chuckled as he readied his stick. "Ha ha ha! Get it?" Incoming flames burned the piece of wood into a crisp, disintegrating in his grasp. "Ah, I guess not."

Knuckles held his head in his hands. This was painful. "Someone put me out of my misery. Amy looked confused, "Which one?" "Anyone! Or at least give my other self some IQ points, for crying out loud!"

Amy tapped her chin. "Shouldn't firemen put out fires?"

"Ah, hello?" Eggman drawled out. "That's the irony! It's the evil opposite of a fireman." Sonic glared at him and he stuttered. "Uh...I assume..."

Lilac, "He's really sticking to his horrible schtick."

"Sonic!" Sticks was pointing at a house on fire, the pyro-robot using a ladder to carry a baby to it. "The evil anti-fire bot is putting a baby walrus into a burning house!"

Gong cocked his head. "Why is she not going after the machine herself?" Cory nodded, "Hey. She's a hero too. Don't just stand there." Spade scoffed, "Some heroes they are."

Sonic sped over and yanked the baby out of the robot's grip before returning him to his walrus mother.

"Sonic!" Now Tails was calling him as the metallic fiend climbed a tree. "Evil anti-fire bot is putting a kitten in a tree!"

Tails puffed out his cheeks a bit. Why were they depending on Sonic so much? The other him had legs! And tails! He could've used either!

"Go, evil fireman!" Eggman cheered before seeing Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Sticks deadpan at him. He gave up the act. "Okay, I admit it. It's mine. Evil robots are what I do. Why stop if you're good at it?"

"He is not proficient at it, and neither are you, doctor." Shadow said.

"Just hush and watch the dreaded show!" Eggman commanded.

The fireman robot was now shooting fire at random citizens.

"This has gone on long enough," Sonic uttered before racing over, running circles around the robot and causing its hose to wrap around it. The flamethrower explodes, destroying the machine.

Noticing that he had lost, Eggman stood up. "I, um...left the oven on." He promptly fled.

Sonic put a hand on his hip and smirked. "Heh. Looks like that robot is fired!"

Lilac wasn't impressed, "Really?" Even Sonic knew that was bad, "My jokes aren't that bad, right guys?"

Silence. If there were crickets, they would be chirping.

Sonic slumped in his seat, heartbroken.

Sticks, Tails, and Amy laughed while Knuckles huffed indignantly. "Hey! No one laughed when I said it..." he mumbled.

Still stuck in the tree was the kitten, and it let out a pitiful meow.

Once they calmed down, Sonic asked, "Sticks, can you get the kitten out of the tree?"

"Is there somethin' wrong with your leg, faker?" Shadow complained, "It's right there!"

"Maybe Mr. Sonic is tired." Cream suggested. Sonic nodded, "Yes, that's right. Thank you, Cream." "All of them have lower intelligence levels." Eggman stated. Cream looked at the Ultimate Lifeform, "Mr. Shadow. When will you appear?"

"I don't know, Cream." Shadow said. He was somewhat relieved that his counterpart hadn't shown up yet. If he appeared during the last episode. It'd be his damned luck.

Sticks nodded. "Sure thing, Sonic!" She ran over and started shaking the tree back and forth, scaring the cat.

Carol blinked. "Wow. Either the ground is really soft, or she is really strong."

Sonic whistled lowly. "She might be crazy, but she's strong." Kinda like Amy

"Um, Sticks?" Sonic called as he ran over, now concerned. He continued when she didn't notice him. "Sticks? Sticks!" The kitten then fell out from the branch, bouncing against the blue blur's head and landing in his arms.

Sticks finally stopped shaking the tree. "What?"

The scene changed, and now they all were sitting in a house.

"Sticks, we want to talk about how you treat animals," Sonic started.

Amy's expression was worried. "It's not a good idea to shake kittens out of trees."

"Yeah, Sticks doing that was kinda surprising, but the pet's safe." Carol defended. "Aren't cats always supposed to land on their feet?" Vector asked.

"Of course they do, Vector" Silver confirmed. "And Blaze could vouch for that! I haven't seen her fall once." Blaze blushed, "Thank you for the compliment, Silver.:

"I know the law of the jungle!" Sticks exclaimed. "Trees are 'no-kitten zones'."

"That's a real law?" Knuckles pondered aloud, and Tails facepalmed.

Knuckles wasn't having it. "He just needs to stop talking, forever."

Sticks looked confused, so Amy stood up. "You should get a pet. It would help you learn to love animals!" She glanced back at the azure speedster. "Don't you think, Sonic?"

"Yes, absolutely." He concurred.

"Or...she just needs to talk to Cream." Sonic recommended. "Is Cream in this episode?" Tails asked. "Oh. Sorry, Tails. She isn't." Lucy said. Cream looked down, "Aww." Theo gave her an assuring look, "Don't feel bad, Cream. At least you get to watch your friends, right?" Cream gave a sad smile, "I guess that would be ok."

Amy jabbed a thumb over to the badger. "Then you can take Sticks pet shopping right now!"

Sonic held up his hands. "No. Absolutely not."

A pet store was now shown with Sticks and Sonic entering it.

Knuckles grinned, "Looks like Amy has the other you whipped, Sonic." His grin widened at the glare he received.

Amy shook her head, hearts in her eyes. "I think that it's just he wants to do anything for his love!"

Sticks approached the pens. "I hate cute, fuzzy, and adorable! See?" She pointed to a pair of baby squirrels. "Too cute!" Then to a bunny chopping on a carrot. "Too fuzzy." And then to a trio of big-eyed monkeys. "So...adorable!"

The pair of friends walked away, Sonic yawning out of boredom.

"I wonder exactly what Amy did to convince you, Sonic. Must've been something special."

"Shut up, Knucklehead." The blue blur snuck a glance over to Amy, and she was daydreaming with a pleasant smile on her muzzle. Sonic felt his end drawing near.

A trashcan they strolled by suddenly shook, catching Sticks' attention. She peered into the can and pulled out a robotic dog.

"A robot placed in the middle of nowhere? This has Eggman written all over it!" Mila pieced together.

Eggman wondered what genius scheme it was this time.

Torque focused on the green slime around the dog's mouth. "It has not performed any duties yet and it is already malfunctioning. Sticks gazed on in awe as she held it up. "It's...oh, it's..."

Sonic scrunched his nose in revulsion. "Disgusting?"

"The least objectionable option!" The badger smiled as the screen became tinted pink, hearts floating around the slimed pup with cartoonish cupids flying around.

Carol stuck her tongue out, completely repulsed. "Why in the heck would she take home something like that?" That slime looked like it took forever to get out of clothes! "A pet rock would've been better!"

"She's crazy." Neera frowned. "It's impossible to explain her actions."

"Aww, who's a little cluster-wuster?" Sticks cooed and the dog barked in response. She hugged him close. "I'm gonna name him Buster!"

Sonic was nowhere near entertained. "Buster the...cluster?" A spray of green goo splattered against the hedgehog's face. Sticks cuddled her new pet even more and Sonic was unamused.

"Just like...smash it on accident or somethin'!" Sonic yelled at the screen.

"It's no use, Sonic." Tails sighed, "Let them learn from their mistakes..."

"If they learn." Knuckles grumped.

Now, they were situated in a home/burrow in the middle of a forest.

Cory pursed her lips. "That has to be her house, right"

"If it is, it's no wonder why she likes that robot so much." Carol said, "She's used to slime and guck."

"So she lives outside, just like Knuck-"

"One more word out of you and I'm gonna sock you in the jaw."

Buster was trotting around, slime dripping everywhere, until Sticks offered him a bone.

The crew, sans the badger, was sitting around a table made out of a tree trunk. As Buster took the bone, Amy began, "Sticks, when I said get a pet, I didn't think you'd come back with something so-"

"Wonderful?" The badger interrupted cheerfully.

Buster dropped the bone, another stream of slime splashing out of his mouth.

Amy seemed a bit green in the face. "I think I'm about to throw up!"

Lucy points to the other side of her. "There's a bathroom over there."

Knuckles flinched backwards. "Ucky."

"Sticks, are you sure you want to keep this..." Sonic scratched his head. "...Cluster?"

"Ahem. It's Buster." The badger corrected before picking her pet up. "Finally, I have an adorable little pet that doesn't disgust me!"

Sonic groaned in frustration. "What does she have against actual pets? Yeah, they might pee everywhere but that's not green and thick and constantly spewing!"

"Biological pets require attention, nourishment, and water." Torque opposed. "Machines do not require any of those, so it would facilitate the caretaking process."

Vector looked at the tortoise. "So what, you're defending her now?"

"No. Like I mentioned before, that robot is subpar and should be destroyed for its inadequacies."

Buster burped loudly, slinging goo onto Tails.

"Ew..." The fox rose his hands in anger. "Buster got slime in my fur!"

"That just means he woves you." Sticks kissed the robotic pup, getting slime around her mouth.

Everyone was disgusted at the sight.

A montage started. Amy was buying ice cream from the vendor. Buster leapt by and devoured it. Amy growled in agitation as Buster settled on Sticks' lap, who was sitting on a bench.

"He ate her ice cream?" Charmy gasped. "That's the lowest of the low." That delicious frozen treat was sacred and that pet deserved to be punished, not petted!

Now Sonic was running through the jungle. He noticed Buster and managed to dodge a gooey spray in time, but he slipped on a puddle of slime and fell anyway. Buster gave him some licks that he clearly didn't appreciate.

Knuckles was on the beach lifting weights on a bench. The dog suddenly showed up and drooled in the echidna's face. Knuckles lost control of the bar and wriggled uncomfortably underneath it.

Tails was working in his workshop, but a ball falling from above distracted him. Buster jumped from the rafters after the ball, causing it to bounce into the air. Buster caught and ate the ball, spraying Tails once he was finished. The kit looked more than irritated.

While Eggman still hated the little pet, he had acquired some respect for it. The dog managed to annoy the crap out of Team Sonic, and the doctor did feel infinitesimally better after watching that.

The crew were now sitting at a table at an outdoor restaurant with food in front of them. Everyone was irked and slimed except Sticks, who was as happy as can be.

"Who's a hungry little Cluster?" The badger baby-talked her pet. "Who's a hungry-wungry Cluster-Wuster, huh?"

"Would Buster like a french fry?" Tails held up a thinly slice potato covered with goo. "I don't want any. They've got slime on 'em!"

Sticks waved him off. "Ah-na-na-na! We only eat organic garbage now." She held the dog up. "Don't we, Buster?"

"Can someone take that thing away from her and throw it in the trash?" Spade snarled. "That stupid voice she makes is ticking me off."

For once, Lilac had to agree with him.

"Help!" The group of friends looked in the direction of a worker sprinting out of a nearby warehouse. "Someone is robbing the DangerCo Deadly Equipment Warehouse! Seriously, help!"

An explosion came from the building, and Orbot and Cubot exit out of it. They were wearing crude masks of Sonic and Tails.

Eggman facepalmed. He forgotten how idiotic those two were.

"Cybernetic tentacles? Check!" Cubot shouted. "Deadly nanobots? Check! Evil spare parts? Check!"

A swarm of Bee Bots hovered out of the building, carrying a net holding the mentioned parts.

Cubot was impressed. "Ah, these people have everything."

Sonic ran over to them, gaining their attention. Orbot pointed. "Look, it's Sonic. Let's grab the boxes and go."

"Henchbots! You take care of them!" Cubot ordered before fleeing.

"I bet Buster is going to make things ten times harder for us," Sonic stated.

Tails nodded in agreement. "You don't have to bet anything, Sonic, because it's definitely going to happen."

The flying robots zoomed at Sonic, and he attempted to swat them away. When Tails, Knuckles, and Amy joined him, he told them, "They've gone 'round back. Someone stop them!"

"I've got 'em!" Knuckles jogged in that direction, but was stopped by more Bee Bots. Amy and Tails were in the same position, swatting away at the metallic insects.

Watching this was almost painful for Amy. "They need to stop swatting and start attacking! Where's my twin's hammer? Bring out the hammer!"

Sticks walked over, carrying Buster.

Sonic noticed her. "Quick, Sticks, run around back and head 'em off."

"I don't want to put Buster in danger!" She argued. "Besides, it's his walk time."

The badger leashed Buster while Sonic looked on in disbelief. He then spin dashed into two of the bees. After landing, he spotted Orbot and Cubot leaving with more boxes. Sonic rushed over to the pair, but the robotic pup escaped from Sticks and ran that way as well. The blue hero tripped over Buster and had a good taste of dirt. To his disgust, Buster came and licked his cheek.

Despite how funny it was to watch, Spade was highly impatient and needed this to end. "Theo. Lucy, how long until this episode is over?"

"Five minutes and thirty seconds left."

"We basically still got half of this episode to go?" Neera asked incredulously. She seriously wished the phrase 'time flies' applied here. She wanted this one to be over with already. Unlike the ones before that were somewhat interesting this one was just annoying. And gross.

"Five minutes isn't that long. We can do this!" Amy encouraged them, even though she desired to be done with this episode as well. That dog was totally sickening and she never wanted to see it again.

They were back in Tails' house.

"We have to talk," Amy said sternly, hands on her hips.

Sticks, sitting on a chair holding Buster, was severely concerned. "Oh no..."

Sonic nodded solemnly. "I'm afraid so, Sticks..."

Carol perked up. "Are they going to finally tell her to let that disgusting bot go?"

"Yeah." Cory sighed. "But the more important question is whether she's going to do it." "From the way things had been going...probably not." Espio said.

Sticks pointed at them. "You brought him a Cluster sock for our one week anniversary, but you didn't know I already made him one." She held up a sock with a bone stitched into it.

"No!" Amy exclaimed, temper rising. "Buster's getting in the way of everything!"

"He ruined our chance to stop those robots." Knuckles chimed in.

"Ugh, he got slime all over my equipment!" Tails complained before looking down where Buster was drooling all over his feet.

Sticks was growing angry as well. "First you say you want me to have a pet, then you say you don't want me to have a pet. I know what's going on here." She waved her hands in the air. "A massive government mind-control experiment!"

The room collectively groaned.

"I dislike her. Hate her, even." Spade spat.

"Right there with you." Shadow bobbed his head over at him.

Sonic frowned at them. "C'mon guys, don't be so harsh. We haven't gotten time to get used to her! Yeah, she's...unique. "What's unique about a grossed out robot dog?"

Amy blinked before recovering. "That's...one theory. The other is we just want you to discipline him. Show some-" The pinkette shrieked when she realized that Buster somehow got on top of her head, his goo dripping right in her face. She frantically shook the pup and the slime off. " Forget it! Either Buster goes, or we do!"

"Yes!" Amy cheered. "Put your foot down! Fur products are expensive!"

Sticks huffed and picked up her pet. "Well, if Buster goes, I go! And I'm not going!"

"Oh," Sonic said flatly, "I guess that means we go."

Him, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy begin to leave, but then Tails paused when he opened the front door. "Wait." The fox turned around, realization hitting him. "This is my house."

Eggman's head suddenly popped out from behind the doorframe. "Oh hello!" He waved. "I was just stopping by with a present for your little cluster." The human held out a giftwrapped box.

Sonic's lips twitched downwards. "So Eggy knew that Sticks had the robot? Oh yeah, this was all him! Now if I was in that situation, I would've trashed the bot as soon as he had shown his ugly bald head." The glare from Eggman didn't faze him one bit. "But I highly doubt that's going to happen."

Lilac couldn't help but to agree, but, "I have hope for them! Maybe they'll throw Eggman's gift right back in his face!"

Most of Team Sonic blinked in surprise while Sticks beamed. "A present? For Buster?"

Eggman stepped inside the house. "Since little Buster here was created in my lab, I still feel like a father to him."

Sonic pointed at the man. " You created Buster?"

Shadow rolled his eyes, "Who else would've?"

"Maybe there's another evil genius in proximity to their village who makes robots for the sole reason to build an empire, stopping anyone who gets in his way...?" Espio prompted.

Blaze looked at the chameleon a look. "I doubt that."

"I did!" Eggman confirmed. "And now I want to give him this little present!" He opened the box, revealing a white metallic bone.

The blue hedgehog creased his brow. "Wait a minute. Are you sure this Cluster isn't just another evil robot built to destroy-"

Buster then jumped out of Sticks' arms and chomped down on the bone.

"The fact that they fell for this my double's scheme is astounding." Eggman was almost awed at how slow the 'fastest thing alive' was in the other reality. He had become suspicious way too late. He wanted to rightfully earn his victory.

"Maybe he isn't dumb after all?" Cory suggested. Amy couldn't believe she was saying that.

"No!"

Eggman followed Buster outside, where he was sitting and enjoying his toy. "No, it's not an evil robot! It's an evil Slime bot!" He pointedly gestured to the small mech. "It's a totally different thing. A Slime bot is a robot covered in disgusting goo."

Buster ate the bone whole, and he grew to a monstrous size, many tentacles wiggling out of his sides. His eyes were a dangerous red now.

Sonic batted away a tentacle when it got too close. "Is that the tentacle you stole from the warehouse?"

Spade rolled his eyes. "No, it came from the tentacle store."

Eggman scoffed. "Oh please. I used that tentacle as a backscratcher. When I was done scratching, I used it to build him."

Buster suddenly attacked the azure speedster, and Sonic managed to dodge all of the dog-hybrid's swings before rejoining his group. "Hey guys, I think I'm gonna need a little help with the Cluster here."

Sticks gasped. "No! Don't make me hurt my beloved Buster!"

Knuckles folded his arms. "Saw that coming."

"I sorta understand her though... She had bonded with him – the disgusting death machine that he is – so of course she'd be like that." Amy mused. "

Knuckles stepped up. "Well, I never liked him much." The echidna bravely charged the monstrous dog, punching the ground and creating a shock wave. Buster wasn't effected; he approached the red one menacingly. Knuckles backed away warily. "Did I say 'never liked'? I meant 'never got to know'." He gasped when a tentacle yanked him off the ground.

Amy pulled out her hammer. "All right, Buster! The hammer's coming down!" She ran forward but was seized as well.

"Or up, as the case may-" Tails couldn't finish, for he was snatched too.

"I kinda deserve that." Tails admitted.

Knuckles shook his head in exasperation. "It's just sad. We've fought monstrosities a hundred times more intimidating and dangerous than that glorified pet!"

"Experience, Knux!" Sonic reminded, wagging a finger. "They lack it!"

As Eggman laughed victoriously, Sonic raced around Buster before leaping and landing on the edge of a nearby table. It flipped through the air and completely severed one of the dog's tentacles.

The blue blur stood proudly. "Ah ha!" But then all confidence drained out of him when the limb suddenly grew back, causing him to duck. "Uh oh..." He tried to put distance between himself and the pup, but he was grabbed.

"Good boy, Clusterbot!" Eggman praised before gesturing to Sticks. "Now...Get her!"

Buster snarled at the badger as he closed in.

"Okay..." Vector began. "Either she's going to be the one who destroys him, or he's not going to attack her at all."

"Buster's definitely going to leave her alone!" Charmy said confidently, "That's how it always goes!"

Shadow frowned, "Did you forget that it is Eggman's robot? They don't feel."

"What about, Metal Sonic?" Sonic said. "He don't count." "How about Omeg-" "Don't bring him into this." Rouge interrupted.

"Sticks!" Sonic called. "Buster won't attack you!"

Sticks cooed. "Aw, that's sweet!"

The blue blur shook his head. "No! I mean if there is any way you can stop him, now's the time!" He winced when the tentacle squeezed tighter around him.

"Buster, don't do this." Sticks commanded gingerly. "You're good inside! Remember all the times we had!"

There was a flashback. Sticks and Buster were running on a beach, then they were dancing together, then the badger was teaching the pup to hop through a hoop, and finally they were exploring ancient ruins.

In the present, Buster shook his head before resuming to growl.

"Yeah..." Sticks admitted. "I don't remember any of that either."

"Whoa whoa wait!" Vector waved his hands in the air. "That doesn't make any sense! They both saw flashbacks that weren't actually real? What just happened?"

"Good question." Knuckles mumbled. "Too bad we won't get any answers."

Sonic was worried about something else. He wished that those memories had been true! Then it would be more likely that Buster wouldn't attack.

"And now my clustery friend, finish them!" A smug Eggman ordered.

Buster brought Tails closer to his mouth. "Uh oh..." The kit whined.

Sticks gritted her teeth and shouted. "Buster! No!" The dog looked at her in surprise. "No eat friends! Bad Cluster! Bad Cluster!" Buster seemed guilty, wilting under her harsh words.

Eggman didn't expect this. "What? No! Good Cluster! Eat friends!"

Sticks held up a finger. "Buster...sit!"

"No! Stand!" The human opposed. "Be evil!"

The badger glared at the pup, who eventually sat down.

"This is why you don't program robots with feelings!" Eggman grumbled even though the other couldn't hear him. "So they won't betray you!"

Buster's eyes were green once more, and he gently placed the rest of Team Sonic on the ground. Sticks smirked as she looked at Eggman. "Buster? Take out the trash!"

The giant dog rushed the human. Eggman attempted to run away, but he was caught and slung around.

"No!" Eggman cried out as he was flung far far away. "I'm never making one of these agaiiiinnnn!" He disappeared into the distance.

"You shouldn't be making them in the first place!" Sticks held her hand out. "Now give the bone back."

Buster spat out the metallic bone and reverted back to his old tiny self.

The badger patted him with a smile. "Good Cluster!" She then got slimed in the face. The rest of her friends recoil before laughing. Sticks smiled sheepishly.

Amy and Lilac shuddered. That seriously can't smell good.

They were on the beach now.

Sticks was scratching under the pup's chin. "Buster...it turns out you were an evil robot, so...maybe you're not pet material. I guess this is goodbye." She placed a hobo pack on Buster, who started to trot off.

"She's letting him go?" Mila was shocked. Even Tails was shocked, "After all that? Plot twist."

The badger waved sadly. "Have fun out there in the big world." Buster simply barked in response.

"Hey guys!" The friends turned to see Tails patting an octopus. "I found a giant octopus! Think I can keep him?"

Carol slowly blinked. "Wait... Did he find a stray octopus...on land?"

"It's best not to question it," Knuckles advised.

The sea creature then swallowed the fox whole, burping back up the kit's goggles. His friends all gape until a hand stuck out of the octopus' mouth. "Changed my mind. Help!"

Eggman narrowed his eyes. "I'm surprised he isn't dead." "I'm surprised he thought his friends would even think about keeping a stray octopus."

"I'm glad he's not dead." Mila said, relieved but became worried for the kit, "But I hope he's okay."

"I'm sure he's fine, Mila." Amy watched as the screen faded black. "Thank you." Spade groaned. "Finally." Shadow grumbled.

"About time," Knuckles groused.

Vector realized that something was missing from the show. "I was surprised that the few of us didn't make an appearance."

"Welcome to my world." Shadow mumbled.

"Ready for the next episode everyone?" Lucy asked.

"Yes/Whatever."

"Okay let's begin."

Theo pressed the button to the next episode.