The scene started with meteors raining out of the sky, sending the villagers into a panic. Sonic and crew were standing by some steps, watching with mouths agape.

Amy was the only one smiling. "Meteors are shooting stars. We shouldn't be running." She did a little dance. "We should be making wishes! I wish for a pony!"

Cream smiled, "I wish for a pony too!" "Chao, chao!" "Not that kind of wish, Cream." Shadow told her, "People could get hurt, buildings might be destroyed." Cream frowned a bit, "Oh." He looked at Amy, "Your other self needs to learn how to prioritize. Peoples' safety, then a perfect romantic relationship with Sonic, and then a pony." "First off, my romantic relationship with Sonic is perfect." She looked at Sonic, "Isn't that right, Sonic?" Sonic smiled hesitantly, "S-sure, Amy." Amy smiled and continued, "And secondly, I do care for the safety of others." "Tell that to your other self." Knuckles scoffed. "Quiet, Knuckles. "Whatever."

Sonic gave her a side-glance. "And I wish you'd take cover." He grabbed the pinkette's wrist and ran off, Tails, Knuckles, and Sticks following after them.

Now under the shelter of a building, Amy frowned at Sonic with her arms crossed. "How come your wish came true?"

Sonic just smirked to himself.

Lilac furrowed her brow, "His wish came true because...I don't know...he didn't want to be flattened by a meteor and just moved?"

"This other Amy is weird." Carol observed, "One day she's reasonable, another day she's as crazy as a singing juggler, and now..."

Mila agreed, "We can see that the other Sonic is inexperienced perfection, the other Tails is smart like the one here, the other Knuckles is dumb, and Sticks is a paranoid mess. The other Amy is all over the place!"

Neera snorted. "Well, from what I've seen so far, she surely isn't a crazed fangirl."

Amy materialized her hammer. "What was that?"

Neera readied her staff. "I said-" "Nothing." Sonic said as he and Lilac pulled them back.

"Should I use my meteor defense system?" Sticks suggested.

Tails rose a brow. "You have a meteor defense system?"

Spade sighed. "Of course she does."

The badger confidently nodded. "I have defense systems for all sorts of junk!" She tapped levers that were suddenly nearby. "Wildfires, floods, people trying to read my thoughts..."

Vector blinked. "Wow. She's flyin' circles over the cuckoo's nest."

Sonic decided to ignore that last part. "Yeah, start with the meteor one!"

Sticks aimed at an incoming meteor before pulling a lever. Multiple large paddles were released, and they swatted the rocks, sending them away.

"That's not...how science works," Tails stated. Mila nodded, "Because of the velocity of the meteors, their heavy masses, and the gravitational pull, those 'defense mechanisms' should have been destroyed!" Tails was impressed, "Nice analysis." Mila smiled, "Why thank you." "This outcome is improbable." Eggman examined the situation. "The chances of meteors being perfectly lined up to those immobile mechanisms were slim to none. The more possible outcome is the meteors crashing into the earth below, creating massive craters, and killing all who is in the vicinity with their rotting remains littered around."

"Thanks for that imagery, Egghead. Really appreciate it."

"I don't need your sarcasm you blue cactus."

"The 'people trying to read my thoughts' one is exactly the same, but with tinfoil trim." Sticks explained.

Most of the group were lounging around Tails' house now.

Sticks strolled in through the front door, carrying a letter. She held it up. "Someone left this at my house."

Sonic paused sipping on his juice and said dryly, "Yeah, the mailman. It's a letter?"

"Letter, huh?" The badger sniffed the envelope. "I don't know. Paper folded over itself? What's it hiding? What's it hiding?"

Knuckles deadpanned. "Another piece of paper." "Someone please help this girl." Gong said.

Cory frowned at the screen. "Was that...her first time getting mail?"

"It has to be." Carol said, "There's no other reason why she doesn't know how an envelope works."

Amy went over and grabbed the letter from her. The pinkette opened it and gasped in surprise. "Sticks, you've been nominated for an Awardy Award!"

"They really need a better name for that thing," Tails muttered to himself.

"Ooo, lemme see!" Knuckles snatched the paper, donned reading glasses, and looked closely. "Oh wait. I can't read."

Knuckles sunk low on the couch, ignoring Sonic's chuckles. "Of course this imbecile can't read. Shadow frowned, "Why would he? It's icing on top of the big stupid cake." He was calling it. Knuckles was going to lose his mind before this marathon was over.

Now Sonic had possession of the paper. "Gimme that." He then read off what it said. "'In honor of saving our village, the Mayor cordially invites you to the Awardies.' Huh." He smiled. "Conveniently, you can also bring your four closest pals."

Everyone looked at Sticks, excited, including Comedy Chimp, who showed up out of nowhere.

Carol scrunched up her nose. "That bad comedian. Why is he here? They're not seriously friends with him?"

Gong shook his head. "How could they be friends with someone who tells those awful jokes all the time?"

"Like wildcat over here?" Neera pointed at Carol. "Hey!"

Sonic looked at the odd-one-out. "Sorry, Comedy Chimp."

The ape sighed and left.

"Now where was I?" The speedster cleared his throat and continued, "'The Awardies will be at the Mayor's Mansion. You'll dine on-' Oh." Sonic was pleasantly surprised. "'-elegant food and mingle with elegant guests. After which the Awardy Award will be awarded to the winner. Which could be you!'"

"A fancy dinner at a mayor's mansion?" Espio questioned. "That doesn't seem like an Eggman scheme..."

A spark of hope fluttered in the doctor's chest. "I would be immensely relieved if the other me isn't in this episode. I'm sick of seeing his failures."

"Your life is a failure, doctor." Rouge smirked at him. "You should be used to it by now." Knuckles snickered, "Used to it? He was born to be a failure."

Eggman was seeing red. "I was not asking you two freaks!" He then rubbed his temples, his headache coming back. What had his life become?

Sticks was dejected. "I...can't make it."

"What?" Amy questioned. "Why not?"

"Well, you know... I'm slammed this week!" Sticks opened a datebook. "'Tuesday: Rummage through garbage. Wednesday: Rummage through garbage. Thursday: Get tetanus shot. Friday: Rummage through garbage.'" She shut the book. "I'm booked solid!"

"Ew." Amy fanned her nose, just thinking of the smell was making her queasy. "How can she – and they – stand the smell?"

"I'm sure she takes showers..." Tails guessed. "Shower in what?? Garbage??" Neera questioned, "It's no wonder she lives in a forest."

"This is the honor of a lifetime!" Amy tried to convince her.

Tails decided to help Rose out. "You might even win a shiny trophy! You love shiny things..."

Sticks clasped her hands together. "I do love shiny things..." She then shook her head vehemently. "But no. No! Nuh-uh! Nah!"

Sonic snickered and looked at Rouge. "She has a bit of you in her too, huh?"

The bat smirked. "Sure does!"

Knuckles grumbled. One Rouge is bad enough already. And now two??

Amy understood what was happening here. "Sticks...are you afraid to go?"

"Afraid? No! Of course not! No way. Nuh-uh. Nope." She was suddenly bashful. "...A little."

Amy's voice was comforting. "Sticks, there's nothing to fear."

"Look at me! I'm a feral badger!" Sticks gestured to herself. "I'll embarrass myself!"

"I feel bad for her." Cream commented. "She looks nervous."

"She even called herself a feral..." Shadow mumbled. "How far away does she live from the village? It can't be that far."

"It doesn't matter how far it is!" Amy argued. "She still lives in a jungle, which is the complete opposite of a fancy-smancy gathering!" Tails sighed, "Sticks is gonna need a lot of work..."

"Who cares what people think?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah! Everyone at these parties is a windbag anyway." Knuckles turned to Sonic and acquired a snobbish tone. "What a robust mustache you have, Colonel Grumpkin."

Sonic mimicked his voice, bowing. "Why thank you, Madame Stinkbottom." They both laughed at their joke.

Shadow didn't find that funny. "Could you two have delivered that a different way because that was bad. What accents were those anyway?"

"Who knows?" Knuckles muttered distastefully.

The blue blur gestured at the TV. "My jokes can't be worse than that, can they?"

There was silence, and Sonic knew he just needed to stop asking.

"Don't worry. You'll be fine." Amy put her hands on her hips, radiating confidence. "I'll teach you to be a lady."

"A...lady? That's the thing that holds garbage, right?" Sticks guessed.

"No." The pinkette corrected. "A lady is a polite, sophisticated member of society, and you can be that!" She put up a finger. "Lesson one: Don't discuss garbage."

"A lady defined as a polite, sophisticated member of society?" Eggman peered back at Amy. "Then you cannot possibly be one, so are you a male?"

Sonic held Amy back before she jumped out of her seat and pounded the doctor into the floor with her hammer. "Ames, calm down! "If you don't sit down, you'll be proving him right!"

That seemed to work as Amy took a deep breath and audibly exhaled before taking her seat. "I am a lady." She snapped at the evil genius. "And don't you forget it!"

"I'm not so sure-"

"Shut up!"

Sticks deadpanned. "I'm out."

"Come on!" Amy encouraged. "You can do this!"

The badger eventually caved, sighing. "Okay... I'll try."

Amy cheered. "Great! A proper lady requires an escort for the gala."

Comedy Chimp suddenly reappeared at the doorway with a hopeful grin. Everyone silently stared at him. The grin faded away. "Why do I even bother with you guys?" He left again.

"...He's totally desperate, isn't he?" Sonic questioned, and the room agreed with him.

Amy then turned to Sonic, and the blue hedgehog flatly denied. "No."

"Please?" Sticks pleaded. "I don't wanna embarrass myself in front of fancy folk!"

"Eh..." Sonic gave in. "Fine. But I'm not wearing pants!"

Amy glared at the screen. "Did the other me just suggest that Sticks and Sonic be partners!? Why couldn't she ask Knuckles to? Or Tails! Why would she let Sticks get close like that? Sonic is her man!"

"Maybe it's because she's good friends with Sticks and she trusts her?" Sonic brought up in a small voice, not wanting to set the girl off. He wasn't agreeing with what the pinkette was saying – no one belonged to anybody. He was a free spirit, dang it – but a heated Amy wasn't a fun Amy to be around.

Amy narrowed her eyes at him and hummed, reining herself back in and smothering her judgement. For now.

The badger ran over and hugged him – a particular pinkette restrained a growl building up in her throat – "Thank you! Thank you!" She chirped excitedly, while Sonic seemed to be missing that level of energy.

Amy was ready to get started. "If you want to be a lady, you'll have to train hard. You up for it?"

"Yes!" Sticks faced her. "I only have one question." She held out a snail. "Can I take this snail with me?"

"What?" Tails asked.

Knuckles rubbed his forehead. "I'm seriously giving up on her."

The two girls were now in Amy's home.

"When meeting someone new, start with a compliment," Amy said. "Try saying something nice about their perfume."

Sticks began sniffing the other all over, not noticing how uncomfortable Amy was. "You don't stink," the badger declared when she was done.

Amy hesitantly smiled.

Sonic allowed a small smirk. "To be fair...she did what Amy said."

They were now outside the house. Sonic had joined them.

Sticks was holding onto the blue blur's arm, preparing themselves to practice an elegant entrance.

Amy may or may not be frothing at the mouth.

Amy was standing to the side, watching. She held up a stopwatch. "And...go!" She began the timer.

Sonic and Sticks shared a brief look before strolling forward. When a cardboard cutout of a 'fancy' person popped up, Sticks gestured to Sonic. "This is my male consort." The standee didn't respond, staring blankly. The badger put up her fists. "And if you don't like him, I'll knock you out!"

Amy shook her head in disappointment. "No, Sticks. Ladies don't fight."

"Excuse me?" Neera looked offended as well as the other females. "Umm, ladies do fight." Lilac points out. "Especially the girl hanging off her boyfriend!" Amy retorted.

The females were now sitting on the pinkette's soft couch. They were both holding tea cups.

"When in doubt, pinkies out," Amy recited, raising said finger as she took a sip.

Sticks extended her pinky, and the hedgehog nodded proudly. However, then Sticks started lapping up the tea like a dog.

Charmy couldn't help but chuckle. "The other Amy's trying so hard, and yet..."

"Sonic will never choose her if she drinks out of a cup like that," Amy said smugly.

Tails was confused. "Weren't you defending her earlier?"

"She and I have a complicated relationship."

The scene changed to Tails' home. Knuckles was playing a piano peacefully, Tails was in charge of the drums, and Amy was directing Sticks and Sonic through a dance.

Tails and Knuckles shared a confused look, for neither of them had touched those instruments once in their entire lives.

"One, two, step. One, two, turn." Amy gestured with her hands, the dancing duo following her steps perfectly. "One, two, step. One, two, dip."

"Mr. Sonic? Can you dance like that?" Cream asked the blue hedgehog.

Breakdance. Yes. Whatever that fancy crap was. No. "Uh...No, Cream."

Sticks, staring up at Sonic, asked, "Why is the music controlling us? I'm not your puppet, music master." She struggled in the hero's grip. "I'm not your puppet!" She freaked out, causing them both to launch into and knock down the fancy backdrop.

Sonic groaned. "Yeah, I think she's ready."

Knuckles scoffed at the screen. "Doubt it."

The sun had set, and many people were now entering the Mayor's Mansion for the award ceremony.

Inside the large building, Sonic and Sticks were waiting to be introduced at the top of a staircase. The badger was in an elegant black dress, and the hedgehog was wearing a brown cardigan.

Even though he wasn't wearing pants – the evilest of clothes – the thought of wearing a shirt made Sonic cringe. It wasn't very aerodynamic, and the prospect of sweat accumulating underneath made Sonic want to take a shower.

Unsurprisingly, Amy was thinking the complete opposite, going through ways she could possibly persuade Sonic to dress up sometime.

Amy, standing at the bottom of the stairs, spread her arms out wide and mimicked the fancy tone of the other guests. "It's my pleasure to introduce the Lady Sticks, and her escort, Sir Sonic of Hedgehog."

"Her dress is to die for!" The pinkette commented on the other Amy's dress. Maybe if she wore something showier – definitely not the pajamas she had been dumped in here in – then she would catch Sonic's eye? She should ask. "Hey Sonic, would I be more attractive to you if I wore that dress?"

The speedster didn't know what to say. "Uhhhh..." She puffed out her cheeks. "Sonic!"

Sonic held out his arm, and Sticks took it with a nervous smile. They descended the stairs with confidence.

"Go ahead," Amy whispered to her once they reached the bottom. "You can do it. Start with a compliment."

Sticks steeled herself before approaching a mustached ox in a top hat. She sniffed him, gaining his attention. "Such an elegant scent." The badger continued to sniff with the occasional snort. The ox looked highly uncomfortable and disturbed. Amy was severely concerned.

"She should be..." Torque had a pensive expression on his face. "I wonder if Sticks has gotten any restraining orders?"

"If she doesn't, she'll be getting some tonight." Spade drawled.

On the other side of the room, Knuckles and Sonic approached the serving table. "Finally, some chow!" The speedster exclaimed before eying the options. He wasn't too impressed. "Asparagus crustini? Hempseed quiche? Goat cheese with red ridicio spread?"

"I know uh...some of those words?" Sonic scratched his head. Food that hard to pronounce couldn't be good.

Knuckles scoffed. "The hoity-toity stiffs love these tiny nibbles."

There was then a sneeze and a yell. The boys whipped their heads in that direction only to see Sticks covering her mouth in guilt and the beaver with a bow tie covered in juice. Amy was facepalming.

Most of the room laughed.

Knuckles wouldn't mind seeing that beaver on-screen if it meant that he was being sneezed on. "Serves him right for being so annoying."

"Why is seeing that semiaquatic rodent doused with a fruity beverage so entertaining?" Eggman questioned, lost.

"It's because of the first episode, Egghead." Sonic waved him off.

"He was just irritating as he corrected peoples' grammar." Tails provided.

"Uh oh." Sonic sighed. "Gotta go."

After he ran off, Knuckles took a bite of the appetizers and immediately spat it back out in disgust. "Ugh... More like goat cheese and red crud icio spread."

"Ugh." Knuckles unintentionally mimicked his double, his good mood dissipated.

There was laughter behind him. The echidna turned around to find two noblemen chuckling. One was an undefinable rodent with a monocle, and the other was a beaver with a sailor hat.

"My dear chap, what a marvelously comical witticism." The rodent complimented.

"They really don't get out much if they thought that was funny," Cory said.

"Uh..." Knuckles was clueless. "Red crudicio spread?"

The two men laugh again.

Knuckles wanted this to end. "They're just hyping him up now! He needs to stop, not to keep going!"

"Sir," the monocled rodent began, "you have the audacity to say what we're all thinking."

"You simply must join us." The beaver suggested.

Knuckles approached them with an incredulous expression. "Me? Okay! Red crudicio spread!" He repeated with a smirk, causing the other two to laugh once more. The echidna joined in with them this time.

The guardian held his head in his hands, and Rouge sympathetically patted his shoulder. Knuckles was going through a really tough time.

The focus was now on Sticks, who was in the process of complimenting a walrus. "Now you seem prepared for winter!" She rubbed the woman's stomach. "That's one healthy layer of blubber."

Amy gasped. "She didn't just say that...!"

Tails sighed. "She did."

The lady was instantly offended. "Well, I never!" She angrily walked off.

"Sticks!" Sonic chastised.

"What?" She shrugged. "It was a compliment! It's not like I said she wasn't prepared for winter!"

"She just should forget about going back out in public," Amy uttered, embarrassed for her. "She's too far gone."

The dinging of a glass filled the air, gaining the attention of everyone.

It was the Mayor. He had a broad smile on his face. "Welcome to the Awardy Awards, where we award an Awardy Award for award-winning service! Tonight, one of you nominees will be awarded your very own Awardy Award!" The crowd threw him unimpressed looks. The Mayor frowned. "That's it. I'm firing my speech writer." He then stormed off.

"He should get an award for the most alliteration used in a single speech..." Vector murmured.

Charmy snickered. "It has to be illegal to say 'award' that many times."

The screen cut back to Knuckles.

"Check out that ridiculous hat." He gestured to the nearby wall, where a hat with antlers was mounted.

"That, sir, is the official hat of the Jackalope Lodge, of which I am president," the beaver informed. Knuckles looked eminently worried. The beaver thought for a bit before saying, "But upon closer inspection, it does look asinine!" He and the echidna chuckled and fist-bumped.

Knuckles slid his hands down his face. "What exactly is going on anymore?"

"It looks like you're making friends!" Amy chirped positively, no matter how strange the process was. "The other you is going much better than Sticks, by the way."

"I see that." The echidna grumbled. It didn't change the fact that the Knuckles in the TV was somehow providing entertainment for the rich duo. He wanted this episode to be over soon, and he had a feeling in his gut that he would be saying that a lot over these nine hours.

Sticks was anxiously sitting at a table with a few other people. Sonic and Amy were observing her from afar. She glanced uncertainly at the silverware. The badger picked up a fork. "What is this?"

A green turtle answered her. "It's your pre-salad, post-soup, mid-appetizer, post-post-cocktail tertiary thimble fork."

Sonic had a sneaking suspicion that those words meant absolutely nothing. "That's not a real thing. That can't be a real thing. Tails, is that a real thing?"

"No. It is not. It is a regular fork."

Sonic pursed his lips. "What kind of party makes up a name for a plain-ol' fork?"

"The kind that needs to hurry up and end." Knuckles chimed in.

A distant yell and bumping was heard.

Eggman was pushing his way through the crowd. "Excuse me, pardon me. Pardon me, excuse me. Evil genius coming through." He pushed the sitting turtle over and took the seat next to Sticks. "Move it, shellboy."

Eggman released a low groan, scowling. "It was foolish to think that he would be left out. Why couldn't he just let them have their terribly boring party alone?"

"Because he's Eggman." Sonic didn't feel the need to explain more.

The human scowled deeper and cursed his omnipresent dedication.

"Eggman?" Sonic shouted from his table. "How did you-"

"Get nominated?" The doctor interjected. "Let's just say, I have a loyal base of...supporters."

There was a flashback to where a robot was stuffing the ballot with votes for Eggman, who was on top of the machine. "Finally, a use for my ballot stuffing robot!"

Back to the present, Eggman was giving Sticks a suspicious look. "You look familiar. Do I know you?"

"Umm, you've met her last episode." Tails points out.

Carol shrugged. "She probably isn't around all the time, and he doesn't care enough to remember."

Sticks recalled Amy telling her to always start with a compliment. She tentatively said, "You have...healthy hindquarters!"

Amy winced in revulsion, along with most of the others. Maybe she didn't have to worry about Sticks falling for Sonic...

"Why thank you!" Eggman relishing in his achievement. "I actually just started taking spin classes."

"Exercise?" Sonic barked out a laugh. "I'll believe it when I see it."

Sticks held and slurped out of her bowl. She paused however when she saw Amy facepalming. Sticks stuck out a pinky.

Eggman gestured to her. "See that, Shelly? That's how a lady drinks out of a bowl." The doctor copied the badger's actions.

I hate this with every fiber of my being, Eggman thought.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" The Mayor announced from a wooden podium, holding up an envelope. "We're ready to announce this year's winner!" He opened it and read the paper. "And the Awardy goes to..."

A drumroll sounded as the camera zoomed in on Sticks and Eggman. The Mayor opened his mouth. "Leroy the Turtle!"

"Yes!" The green reptile cheered. "Yahoo! Score one for Leroy!"

Eggman clearly wasn't happy. "Leroy the Turtle?! That award was mine!" He tapped his chin. "Something smells fishy here..."

"I have irritable bowl syndrome!" A fish in a tux admitted.

"Wait, what?" Lilac asked. "Don't question it." Neera said, sighing.

The doctor growled lowly. "If you won't give me the award, I'll take it!" Ballot Stuffer Bot suddenly appeared, and Eggman jumped on the back of it. "With my ballot stuffing robot! Stuffer Bot..." He pointed to the large group. "...stuff their ballots!"

The mech harmlessly shot papers everywhere.

Eggman signed. He needs to consider a change in occupation. His creations are pathetic.

"The is not quite as menacing as I hoped." Eggman deadpanned before ordering, "Minions, attack!"

A swarm of Bee Bots flew in through an open window. Everyone fled the scene except Team Sonic. Sonic spin dashed one of the metallic insects.

"Sticks, get 'em!" Sonic shouted, wanting her to help.

The badger was downtrodden. "A lady doesn't fight."

"Sticks is taking the other Amy's advice way too seriously." Knuckles said.

"Doesn't she see that the other Amy is about to fight? She's a lady!" Amy points out

"So you say."

Amy really wanted to rip Eggman's arm off.

"That's how I know you." Eggman uttered before pressing a button attached to his wrist. An energy beam shot out, trapping Sonic and Amy in a glowing bubble. He did the same to Knuckles and Tails.

"Wow..." Mila rubbed the base of her ears. "Did they even try to dodge that?"

Another detail bothered Eggman. "If it was so easy trapping four of them, why didn't he do the same for the badger as well?"

Shadow rolled his eyes. "Because this whole episode had been about her, so it would make complete sense to make everyone else helpless to let her save the day." His sarcasm was palpable.

Eggman released a heavy sigh. Was the other him seriously a villain? Or was this some stupid game so that he wouldn't be bored all the time? The doctor was banking on the latter.

The kit punched the barrier to no avail. "Sticks! We could really use some help here!"

"No!" Sticks was fighting an internal war. "Must...remain...ladylike!"

Amy clicked her tongue and shook her head in disappointment.

The Ballot Stuffer Bot grew arms under Eggman's command and attempted to stab Sticks. She quickly dodged out of the way. The doctor incessantly blasted lasers at her, eventually cornering the badger.

She finally reached her limit. "That's it! I'm sick of being proper!" She yanked off her dress, revealing that her regular clothes were underneath. She crouched low, ready to fight. "It's time to get primal!"

Sticks rushed forward, sidestepping more lasers. She grasped a nearby spoon, bent it in half, and threw it at Eggman like a boomerang. The doctor ducked under it, but the weapon came back around and hit him square in his wrist, freeing Tails and Knuckles.

The echidna ran up to the badger's side to help. Eggman aimed a laser at him, but the two noblemen tackled Knuckles out of the way just in time.

The beaver snickered. "Give us a pound, dear chap." He and a grinning Knuckles fist-bump again.

Knuckles gritted his teeth. "Yeah, it's great that they're so buddy-buddy, but he could've moved those under-used legs of his and dodged himself!"

"Aren't you overreacting a bit, Knux?" Carol snickered. "It's been established that your other selves don't know how to use their legs under stress."

Sticks charged at Eggman, leapt up, and pressed the button on his wrist. Sonic and Amy were released. Sonic, having landed first, caught the pinkette. They smile at each other as the speedster set her down gently.

Amy squealed, "My hero!" Sonic groaned, "My nightmare."

Sonic then clenched his fists and approached the Ballot Bot. It shot a laser at him, but it didn't hit the fastest thing alive. Sonic went over and ran circles around the mech and Eggman, spinning them out.

Sticks hefted a large vase. "Eat garbage!" She hurled the decoration at the enemy. It hit the bot in the head, it collapsing with smoke rising from it.

Team Sonic all glare at Eggman.

"I'll be back!" The human promised. "And next time, I'll bring more ballots." He wheeled out of the room with his Bee Bots in toe. "More ballots!"

Eggman stressfully rubbed his temples again. "For everyone's sanity, please don't."

The hiding citizens walked back out into the open.

Sticks addressed the green turtle. "Leroy, you may have won the Awardy, but I think we can all agree that, today, I was the real hero!"

Leroy's smile was arrogant. "Yes." He held up his prize. "But I won the award."

Sticks grabbed the trophy and began a game of tug-of-war. "Give me the shiny!"

Rouge agreed with what Sonic said earlier. Part of her personality was definitely in the badger. She would do anything to get her hands on whatever jewel she wanted. Tug-of-war had been part of that 'anything'. She was stronger than she looked.

Knuckles gave the monocled rodent a thumbs up. "Stay cool! And keep rockin' that bowtie." They connected fists and laughed the nth time that day.

The guardian wanted to punch something. Repeatedly.

Sticks eventually snatched the Awardy away from Leroy. Amy approached her. "Thanks again for saving our skin, Sticks. I guess...it isn't always proper to be proper."

"Just following the old instincts." The badger cuddled her trophy.

"Think you can teach me how to do that?" Amy asked.

Amy cringed. This isn't going to end well.

"Sure!"

Sticks pulled Amy into the nearest trashcan, and the pinkette promptly screamed.

Called it. "Well?" Theo looked at everyone, waiting for an answer.

"The episode had ended, and I have yet to make an appearance." Shadow complained.

"That sure was interesting though at the end there." Knuckles threw his neighbor a mocking grin. "Wasn't it, Sonic?"

The hero produced a noise that sounded like a deflating tire as he slid off the couch and slumped to the ground. "End my pitiful existence! I hath seen too much!"

"Stop being a drama queen."

"I hath been slain! I cannot go on!"

Eggman scoffed. "If only, rodent. If only..."