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"Well, I wonder where we should start looking?" asks Mighty.

"I dunno." says Ray, "But we gotta look somewhere.

"Hmmmmmm. . . ."

Mighty stops walking down the busy street closes his eyes.

"If I were a mercenary. . . then where would I hide. . . ?" He says quietly.

"Ooh! Ooh! I know!" answer's Ray excitedly. "Maybe they'd go to a bar!"

"Hmm, that's not a bad idea." says Mighty. But there are a lot of bars to check around here.

"Oh yeah." says Ray calming down. His ears dropped, and his face tilted toward the ground. Dissapointment was the embodiment of this position.

"Don't worry lil' bro. we'll get 'im!" Mighty gave Ray a thumbs up and smiled with eyes closed.

"Maybe we should check out the park." Says Ray getting excited again.

"Sounds good bro! We can check out the newspaper there!"

Ohhh! could we get one of the really big ones?!"

"Sure thing! Then we can both look for em at the same time."

"Yipeee!" exclaimed Ray at these last words. "I've always wanted to sit down and read a big news paper that covers you up so that no one can see!"

"Hm hmm!" Mighty smiled, closing his eyes and kept walking.

Ray smiled. But his pace began to fall behind Mighty's. His eyes started to sink and he slowly came to a stop. His eyes staring off into empty space and ears drooping. A frown embodying all of his internal thoughts began to well on the surface.

. . .

*Gasp!* Ray looked up, his ears also rising back up. The realization that he was lagging behind sent him out of the twilight zone. Ray quickly picked up the pace and caught up. He passed by Amy as he walked on. Amy was dealing with her own problems.



* * * * *

Upon entering the park, Mighty briskly walked up to the park Tourist Informer

"Hey, do you think that I could buy a big newspaper to read?" Mighty asks.

"I'm afraid that we're all out." States the Park Informer. "But you could get one from one of those guys if they're done using one."

"Okay, thanks man!" says mighty giving the guy a thumbs up and walking off.

"Yeah thanks!" Inputs Ray.

"So, who do we ask?" question's Ray.

"Hmmmmm. . . . ." Mighty looks at around. He sees a few different people sitting down at chairs with giant newspapers.

"I really want to get this for Ray. . . " Mighty thinks to himself.

"Excuse me!" Mighty walks up to one man sitting at a bench. "Could we have that newspaper when you're done?"

no reply

"Uuuhh excuse me!" says Ray.

no reply

"hey! come on guy don't-"

A big, strong bald guy sets the newspaper down and stares at Mighty and Ray.

"grumble. . . ."

"Oh, okay, heh heh! don't worry, we get it! Sorry to bother you!"

"grumble. . . ." The man's anger subsides, and he get's back to reading the paper. Mighty and Ray move on.

"I don't know Ray. Maybe this isn't a good idea.

"Hey, I know, let's try those guys over there!" says Ray pointing at an odd group of three sitting at a bench.


"Okay" Mighty shrugs and walks off in that direction.

"So. . . what're you guys doing?" asks Mighty trying to start up a conversation.

"Go away." said a more Australian-western sounding voice.

"Okay-"

"Oh hiya!" exclaimed a more energetic voice from behind the paper.

"Uh, excuse me?" Mighty replies.

"Oh, you must be here because you want something, right?"

"Uh. . . yeah. . . "

"Well ya can't have it, til you give us lot's of rings!" The hyperactive head of a familiar green duck pops out the side of the paper.

"Uummmmmm" Mighty gives an odd expression trying to make out what's goin on.

"Uh, how many rings?" Mighty turns around and begins checking his "hammer space" to see how many rings he has.

"GREAT GADZOOKS IT'S A CLIENT IF I EVER SAW ONE! BOSS HE'S HERE!"

"Shut it Bean!" Says Fang more forcefully then not. "I'm trying to find a job."

"Well, if you'll excuse me, I'd like that newspaper when you're done. . . they all sold out and I need to find someone. . . He's a crook, and he's bound to be in the paper for stealing something if he came here. . . "

"I don't know how." Fang states from behind the paper. "There ain't advertisements for any real skills at all here! Puh! Can't get nothin done, that's fer sure!"

"So I see." Said Mighty calmly.

"Here, just take it, I gotta find a better place to advertise. and this ain't it!" Fang give's Mighty the newspaper and walks off.

"Oh, thank you!" Says Mighty happily as he takes it with a satisfied look on his face. "I really appreciate it!"

"Think notin of it. says Fang as he walks off. "Tink notin of it. . . "

Ray peers out from behind the paper to say something to the Purple Wealse, but when He sees who it is, he freaks out.

"MIGHTY!" Ray yells.

"Huh?" says Mighty concerned.

"IT'S HIM! THE WEASEL!"

"HUUUUUUHHHHHH!?!" Mighty exclaims setting down the paper. He sees Fang and two other guys that he had never seen before all getting on the same bike and riding off.

"COME BACK HERE YOU WEASLE!" Yells Mighty as he chases after the Marvelous Queen. Fang speeds off without even realizing that Mighty has begun pursuing him. "Excuse me!" apologizes Mighty as he pushes Amy aside, who had just happened to be walking down the path.

"Sorry!" Adds Ray as he dashes by Amy spinning her around like a top.

"AAUUUUUHHHHH!" She yells at this expectant "turn" or really "twist" of events.

"HEY! you watch what you're doing when you're near a lady!" She yells with both arms straightened out and fists clenched.

"I said I'm sorrrryyy!!" Mighty's voice trailed off as he ran off into the distance, still trying to establish eye contact with Amy before zipping off.

"Wait for me Mighty!" asks Ray.


"Hmmmmph. All those boy think about is doing what they want to do. They no nothing about a lady's touch!" Amy says to herself. "huh?"

Amy looks at something white slip down an alley. She smiles as she pulls out her Piko Piko hammer and walks over too it. Upon reaching the alley she looks at one of the dumpsters. She see's a robotic arm closing the lid to the dumpster. "Hello! Who are, and what are you dooo-iiiinnngggg?" She asks with a smile and her Piko Piko hammer behind her.

"Hello Miss Amy!" Came from the sweet mouth of 6 year old Cream the Rabbit.

"Ah! Oh, it's you Cream."

"Please don't be angery misses Amy, I just wanted to see what you were looking at.

"Ohhhhh, it's okay, I'm just looking at this dumpster."

. . . .

Cream and Cheese look at one another.

"Chaaaoooo?" Says Cheese in a long, drawn out questioning tone.

"Maybe Miss Amy threw something away and now she wants it back, but forgot which dumpster she put it in?" Cream tries to explain.

"Oh no, it's nothing like that!" Exclaims Amy swiping her hand away. "It's just that I thought I saw a robot enter the dumpster.

Chao and Cheese look even more confused.

"Maybe. . . Miss Amy beat up the robot, and it threw itself away rather than fight?" Cream says hesitantly looking back up at Cheese."

Cheese finally smiles and looks at Amy.

"Chao Chao!"

"Orrrrr. . . "

Knuckles drops from a nearby building.

"Maybe she asked the Robot out on a date and it couldn't stand the thought so he decided to recycle himself again!"

"Oh yooooouuuu Knuckles! baka baka baka baka baka! Do you think that I like to date robots."

Knuckles frowns, closes his eyes and shrugs.

"I dunno, but you'd have better luck with Metal Sonic than Sonic at this point. He should just say that He doesn't care about you!"

"Sonic, Not Care about me, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Of course he cares about me. Or else he wouldn't have saved me all those times!

"Like he saved Blaze?" Asks Knuckles with his eyes still closed only now his hands are now placed on his hips.

"But I've saved him too! You should have seen me yesterday, that bad robot was going to seep him beat but I stepped in and saved his life."

"YOU SAVE SONIC'S LIFE?! HAH! THAT'LL BE THE DAY. I'LL TELL YOU THAT!" Said Knuckles letting loose in a corny laugh and slapping himself in the knee.

"Well, maybe you just need to see how powerful I really am!" replied Amy pulling out her hammer and and swinging it toyfully twice before smiling at Knuckles.

"HAH-!"

Knuckles stopped laughing for a minute. He sweated as he looked at Amy's hammer.

. . .

"Oh yeah?" He stepped forward. "Maybe you just need a Knuckles sandwich to clear your head!"

"WOW, THAT was really original" says Rouge in a thought bubble above Knuckles before Knuckles gets really angry and makes it disappear.

"No, please don't fight!" interjects Cream with her little Chao agreeing as always. "Then somebody'll just get hurt!"

"Chao choa!" agree's Cheese.

"Well, alright, but I need to find something- the Master Emerald." Says knuckles crossing his arms again. "And if anyone get's in my way, I'm not gonna let him stop me! I saw that white robot come down here and you think you saw it enter the dumpster Amy?" Knuckles asks.

"Oop! It won't open!" exclaims Amy as she tugs on the lid.

"Here, let me try- urrrrggghhhh!" Knuckles pulls as hard as he can on the lid. But nothing comes of it.

"Looks like it's specially sealed." Comments Knuckles after a few struggles and looking at the clearly exposed, "Eggman Empire" symbol on the lid. Sheesh, what a giveaway. "But not for long!" He clenches his fists and get's ready to punch.

"Let me help you too!" says Amy as she pulls out her hammer and readys a swing.

"3- 2-" They both say in unison.

"1!" Bamm! the lid pops open, a lock device with a red and green light is seen on the inside and a set of ladders taking one deep into the ground.

"Alright, let's go!" Says Knuckles with a grin.

"Right behind you! says Amy excitedly

"Me and Cheese too!" Cream states as she also walks up to the Dumpster and jumps in.