Roleplay:New Year Madness

My first roleplay: New Year Madness (Free to join)
Welcome to a roleplay I made (no duh). It's my first so please have faith. My goal is to get a lot of people to know me and to see how this roleplaying thing works. Happy holidays to everyone, though they ended, but I digress. Try to be nice and follow my policies, OR ELSE YOU WILL DIE, if you know what I mean. Please join and help a newcomer out.

Premise
Sparky the Hedgehog is getting ready for a New Years celebration. He is inviting everyone he can to join the insanity. This roleplay doesn't have a set plot, but has several mis-advantures going on, such as Tails having to buy all of the supplies at the mall (which, mind you, is not a good experience at this time of year), and insane snowball fights among fan-characters. Even though this roleplay wasn't complete by New Years, this year is still a big one (even though I don't believe in the end-of-the-world stuff), so please join either way.

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Leader/Creator: SuperSonic096: Online and Ready

Second in Command: Maryxgil: Back

Basic Talk
If you want to talk to other users normally, such as discussing Sonic related stuff, use this section. You can also discuss how the story should go and so on and so forth.

Rules
This is set to be like a fan-fiction, having well written descriptions like a story that can be easily read. If you don't know what I mean, look at [http://sonicfanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Smash_The_Echidna/A_guide_to_Fan_Characters_and_Roleplaying. Smash the Echidna's Guide to Fan-Characters and Roleplaying]. No swearing, no sexuality, no god-modding, all of the basic rules (again, look at Smash's roleplaying guide for help). I'd like to thank Smash for the guide and for his kindness to help us. Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year!! YEAH!!!!!!!! Sorry. Couldn't resist. Moving on.... this story won't be completed anytime soon. It'll take awhile, but as long as we're having a nice time, I don't care. This is a big year, so please join and have fun!

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Sparky the Hedgehog (SuperSonic096)



Sonic the Hedgehog (SuperSonic096)

Tails (SuperSonic096)

Knuckles the Echidna (SuperSonic096)

Dr. Eggman (SuperSonic096)

Klinx the Weasel (Maryxgil)

Slash the Cat (Maryxgil)

Macro the Giant Hedgehog (Maryxgil)

Chapter 1: 8 days left
It's a calm winter's night, and Sparky was paying a visit to Sonic's house. Snow was lightly falling, but the air was dry and frigid. Sparky was wearing his scarf, a hand-knitted one at that. Sparky made small sparks that kept his energy going. Knocking on the door, Sparky hoped to get Sonic's attention. In no time, Sonic rushed to the door.

"Sparky? What's going on?", Sonic said, looking a bit annoyed. "Why are you so mad?", Sparky quickly replied. "I was having a nice time playing 'Sonic 3 and Knuckles' with Tails!", Sonic snapped. Sparky smirked and made a facepalm. "Haven't you beaten that game, say, 600 times already?" "Yeah, so?", Sonic glanced. "Ah, forget it. I'm here to invite you, Tails, and Knuckles to my week long New Years party!", Sparky quickly said. "That sounds great! Tails can do some shopping for us!", said Sonic. "Huh? Oh, no! You know what happened last time!", Tails blurted from the living room. "Don't worry, I'm sure someone can help you. Besides, you can go to the mall. That has lots of flying space.", Sonic assured. Tails let out a big sigh and reluctantly said "Fine, but if I get mauled by crazy shoppers, I'm blaming you!". "Hey, where do I get in the action?", Knuckles implied. Sparky said "Simple, you get at my house early in the morning and help me make the food and decorate the place." "Sounds good!", Knuckles said with a thumbs-up. "Thank you, see you tomorrow, guys!", Sparky said as he close the door and walked back to his house.

Chapter 2: 7 days left
Later the next morning, Knuckles has already showed up and Sparky was already setting up decorations, hoping someone found the flyers he put up across town.

A black weasel holding a flyer approached Sparky. With him was an annoyed looking red cat and a twenty foot tall green hedgehog. "Excuse me sir, we found your flyer." said the weasel in a gentlemanly tone.

Sparky's jaw quickly dropped at the sight of the green giant. "Er..., I did expect guests, but not ones who had a giant hedgehog for a friend. I mean, my God, why is he so huge?!?"

Macro, the hedgehog, shuffled his foot nervously. "Well.. you see.." he started, then the weasel, Klinx broke in, "Let's just say he's not from around here. Another zone to be precise."

"Ah. Something tells me that it's a long story. Anyway, thanks for showing up", Sparky said, still having his mouth wide open. "I'm Sparky the Hedgehog. I'd normally say 'come in' but how is this guy going to get in", Sparky said as he nervously pointed at Macro.

"My name is Klinx the Weasel, this is Slash the Cat, and this is Macro" said Klinx, gesturing towards both Slash and Macro as he introduced them. Macro smiled. "Nice to meet you. I can probably just crawl in, that usually works." He said, still sounding a little nervous.

Knuckles walked toward Sparky. "Hey, who are these....WHOA!!!!", Knuckles yelled as he saw Marco. Sparky quickly said "It's okay, they're here for the party." He asked the three "So.....wanna help us out?".

"Sure!" Macro said. "We would love to, right?" Klinx said, then elbowed Slash. "Fine." Was her simple response.

"Thank you. I hope you guys are good cooks, because we have some breakfast to prepare!", Sparky said cheerfully. Knuckles was still in slight shock after seeing Marco. Sparky glanced at Knuckles. "Okay, You can stop that now." Knuckles shook his head and said "I must be going crazy....."

"We can certainly try." said Klinx, walking towards the house. "What are we making?" asked Macro, who was finally sounding more comfortable.

"Well, because we have a big day ahead of us, we can make some bacon, eggs, maybe some waffles while we're at it." Sparky said, somewhat regretting asking them. Knuckles bumped in. "This party is also a half-Christmas party, so we can celebrate Christmas today and tomorrow as well as the New Year."

Klinx smiled, "Excellent. Eggs are my favorite. Christmas is tomorrow, so we best get going!" he said as he walked into the house. Slash followed him with her arms crossed, she said nothing. Macro waited for everyone else to go in before crawling through the door.

Sparky let the trio through. Marco had a hard time squeezing through, but he managed. As they walked in, Sparky noticed Slash's angry expression. He whispered to Klinx "What's with her?"

Klinx glanced at Slash. "She's just serious all the time. She comes off as cold, but she really does care." he whispered back to Sparky, reassuringly.

Sparky nodded and led them to the kitchen. Knuckles has already set up the supplies to make breakfast. Sparky heard knocking on the door and went to see who it was. He opened the door, and Tails came in, looking both angry and scared at the same time. "Did you get anyone to help me go shopping?" Tails asked, looking as if he was scared for life by something crazy. Sparky scratched his head, he quickly asked Klinx and the others "Does anyone want to help my friend Tails go shopping at the Station Square Mall?".

The three of them all look at each other. "I'll go." Slash said definitively, then walked over to Tails.

Tails shook when he saw Slash's menacing appearance, but it also assured him he would be safe. He nervously asked "So.....are you ready to go?".

"Yes." she said simply with no apparent display of emotion.

Tails and Slash walked out the door, leaving Sparky wondering what will happen.

Chapter 2.5: Tails and the shopping mall madness
Tails and Slash went through the door leading to the mall. The glass glistened and large crowds gathered around the various stores. Tails looked at the list. "Okay, so we need some flour and frosting for the cake, some party poppers, among other things. Lets look around."

Slash had a determined look on her face as she walked through the mall. They had a mission, and she was determined to carry it out. "We'll look at the directory." she said then proceeded to shove her way through a crowd to get to it.

Many people got angry, but the guards ensured nothing got out of control. Tails walked up the the directory man, who looked very nervous after looking at Slash. He gulped and said "How can I help you two." "We need to know were the party store is.", Tails answered. The man, still looking nervous, quickly answered "You need to ride the elevator to the 5th floor. The store is the 3rd to the right. Though plenty of people are already there, I'm sure you'll manage." Tails nodded and thanked the man. The two walked into to the elevator, being forced to squish in with the other people.

Slash grumbled a little at having to be crammed in the elevator with so many people. She tried to just ignore it though and reached over to press the 5 on the elevator.

It was painful for the both of them, but they managed to get out. Tails took in a big sigh of relief. "There it is!", Tails yelled as he pointed towards the store. The store was crammed and had big signs that said "CRA-Z New Years sale! Everything must go! 50% off!!!". Tails heard a familiar voice that said "What do you mean that you're sold out! Do you know who I am?!?" coming from the store. Tails and Slash ran to the store.

The entrance to the store was completely packed with people. "We're going in" Slash said, then she grabbed Tails' wrist and began plowing shoulder first through all of the people.

Tails couldn't believe it. Dr. Eggman was the one arguing. Eggman pounded on the cashier's desk. "I wait in line for about an hour, hoping to give my minions a small party at my base, and your saying your all out of party hats?!?!?", the scientist screamed at the clerk. The clerk didn't look fazed, simply replying "I'm sorry sir, but a new shipment should be here in two weeks." Eggman's face boiled with rage. "That's during the middle of January! How can I celebrate New Years if it's already the new year?!?"

The sight of Eggman automatically made Slash growl. She still hated him for tricking her. But then she realized he was there shopping just like they were and her expression softened from a snarl to just annoyance. "I didn't think that man would throw a party." she said, still showing a trace of disgust.

"Well, if he didn't learn his lesson from last time, I'm going to jump off a cliff.", Tails added, wondering how in God's name he got out of the White World from last time. Eggman swung around, looking very shocked. "Tails, how did you..... and Slash too?!? What's going on here?!?"

Slash took a step forward. "We should be asking you that! We're just here shopping!" She said defensively, almost as if she expected some sort of fight.

Eggman looked nervous, but he pointed at Slash. "For your information, you foolish feline, I found a door leading out of the White World I was stuck in. After talking to my former self, I figured if I'm going to get my butt kicked by Sonic day in and day out, I should just stop." Eggman stroked his mustache, but he looked earnest. "I figured I'd live a life of privacy and content, without the worry of attempting to crush you or Sonic." Tails raised his eyebrow, looking very suspicious. "How do we know your not lying?" Eggman laughed his usual laugh and emptied his pockets. "No radios. No switches. No weapons. No evil." The clerk looked at Eggman, still not looking worried. "Sir, your holding up the line."

Slash crossed her arms, her defensive posture was relaxed somewhat but now she looked suspicious. "I'll believe that when I see it." she said bluntly. "However, we have work to do here so finish your business and leave, Eggman."

Eggman glared at Slash. "Fine then, I already have the other things I need." He walked away with a huge garbage bag full of party supplies. Tails glanced at Slash. "That was pretty weird. I just hope he was saying the truth or else..." Suddenly, a large voice boomed from the loudspeakers. It was Eggman who was talking. "Attention everyone! A special sale is happening at all of the stores right now! Everything is 99.9% off!!!" Tails' eye twitched, remembering the last time something like this happened. Large amounts of yelling came from everywhere, and people were punching and fighting over the items there were.

"If he thinks that's gonna stop us..." Slash muttered. "Get ready, Tails. We're getting that stuff." She grabbed Tails' wrist and once again began shoving through people. It was more difficult this time since the crowds were getting violent. Slash began actually having to punch and kick people who were trying to mob them. As they went she caught a bag of party poppers that had been thrown up into the air. She handed it to Tails. "What else?"

Tails flew above the crowd and yelled down below "We need some confetti, ribbons, and balloons! And we need to get some flour and frosting from the bakery to make the cake!".

Slash nodded. She began grabbing packages and running, carrying them as if she had a football. After she had gathered all of the supplies she charged for the check out counter and actually jumped on top of it and gave the stuff to the cashier. Some indignant cries came up from the people in line but Slash ignored them.

The cashier waved at them as they dashed out the store. "Have a nice day. WAGH!!!!", he shouted as mobs of people ran him over. The two dashed out the mall, as they saw police coming into the mall, hoping to stop the madness. Tails shook his head. "Man, was that a close one. I knew Eggman wouldn't give up, even if he attempted to get revenge without using his robots. I wonder what the others are up to..."

Chapter 2.7: Setting things up
It was already noon, and Sparky and company was decorating the place for the party. Sparky looked at Marco and said "It's a good thing you're so tall, or else we would never be able to put up the ornaments on the tree."

"I'm just glad I could help." said Macro as he put the last ornaments up. Klinx was over at the fire place pinning up stockings. "I do believe we've made good progress." he commented.

"I just hope Slash and Tails get back soon.", Sparky sighed. "They've been gone for a while." Sparky also hoped that other people have found the flyers he posted.

"Yeah, hopefully they didn't get into any trouble." Macro said. Klinx snickered. "You know Slash, I'm sure they're fine."

"Yeah, I guess so." Sparky felt happy that he had some friends to keep him company, as it's very rare for something like this to happen. Just then Tails bursted through the door as Klinx put up the last stocking. "You. Won't. Believe. What. I've. Been Through!", Tails panted as Slash walked in with him.

"We got the stuff." Slash said flatly. "How'd it go?" asked Macro. "No worse than you'd expect." Slash said in a tone that implied she didn't want to go into it.

Tails was grinding his teeth with annoyance quietly saying to himself "I can't believe after all of that, he had to go and stop us. That lousy...." Sparky looked at Tails. "You're not usually like this, Tails." Tails looked up. "Sorry. Holiday stress." Sparky looked at Slash. "So, what do you think of the decorations?", he asked as he gestured to the tree, wreaths, and other decorations around the house.

Slash looked around at all the various holiday decorations throughout the house. "They're fine."

"I think they're great!", Tails exclaimed. Sparky took the supplies from Slash and starting putting them up. Marco put up the banners, Klinx blew the balloons and tied them up, while Slash set the party poppers on the table for people to get. By the end, the house looked, indeed, like a party.

Klinx looked over the house proudly. "Well gentlemen... and lady," he began, earning a look from Slash. "This may be the best decorated New Years party around."

Sparky smiled at the group. Knuckles remembered that smile. "I know what you're thinking.", Knuckles said. "Yes you do...", Sparky smirked crazily. "I say we actually PARTY LIKE NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", Sparky yelled as he grabbed one of the poppers and made it spray confetti all over the place. "Let's have some fun!"

"Yeah!" Macro shouted excitedly. Klinx grinned and Slash actually looked happier for once. Klinx then walked over and turned on some peppy music.

Sparky laughed like a total nut-job, doing crazy back-flips and break-dancing moves that would give Sonic a run for his money. Just then, Sonic came in, seeing all of the decorations and hearing the music. He spotted the gang dancing, and he wasn't even being shocked by Marco's height. Sonic dashed in, break-dancing with Sparky. "I hope you don't mind I join the party!", Sonic said over the music. "Go ahead! I don't care!", Sparky yelled back. Soon, the two were in deep competition, dancing so much their faces became blue. When the song ended, Sparky laughed and feel on his butt from being too dizzy.

Klinx was dancing during the song, although nothing like Sonic and Sparky were. Macro was dancing too, but he was trying to be careful so he wouldn't accidently break any of Sparky's stuff. Slash was tapping her foot to the music. After Sparky and Sonic finished dancing all three of them applauded them. "That was awesome" said Macro, laughing.

Sonic got up and bowed. Sparky was very dizzy, spinning and walking around mindlessly. He said in a weird tone "Thank you, you're too kind. I will be here next thursday. Good morning!" Sparky landed on the couch, still laughing.

Klinx watched Sparky and laughed. "Somehow I have a feeling Sparky can't do anymore dancing just yet." he teased.

"Yeah, you think?", Sonic added while giggling at Sparky's expression. Sparky got himself together and said "Lets just have some food and relax right now, please?". Knuckles had already set up the food and drinks, which consisted of chili dogs, cheeseburgers, potato chips, soda, and various other foods. "Don't worry about that, Sparky.", Knuckles said.

"Excellent." Klinx said, licking his lips as he looked at all the food. He got a plate and put a chili dog and some chips on it. Slash and Macro both got burgers, Macro getting more than one. All three of them got their favorite drink, Dr. Pepper.

Sparky talked to the group, explaining where he was from and how he got his powers. He even showed them his lucky Time Stone, which shone brighter than ever. Soon, the night ended. "Thanks for showing up. I don't think we've had this much fun in a while!", Sparky said to Klinx and the others.

"I definately agree," said Klinx. "And we certainly appreciate you having us." Macro chimed in, "Yeah, that party was great!" Slash nodded. "By the way, Tails, you are an effecient shopper." she said.

Tails scratched his head and sheepishly said "Ah...it was nothing." Sparky thanked them, as they all left the house. Sparky hoped the next day would be like this. Maybe even better.

As the trio began the walk back to their apartment they were talking about the party along with the rest of the day. "No way, Eggman?" Macro was saying. Slash nodded in response. "Wow. Well I can't wait for tomorrow." Macro said.

Chapter 3: Christmas Day; 6 Days Left; The Snowball Fight to End All Snowball Fights
It snowed heavily that night. The next morning when Sparky went to get the mail, he saw about two feet of snow on the ground. Sparky knew the others would show up for the next part of the party, and he knew what to do.

Klinx, Slash, and Macro were walking back to Sparky's hosue, all bundled up in coats and scarves. Klinx was riding on top of Macro's head to keep himself out of the deep snow that probably would've gone up to his neck. Slash was still trudging through in her boots.

"Hello, guys. Merry Christmas!", Sparky said as he greeted them. He was bundled in his snow boots and his scarf. Sparky looked cold, but he didn't mind. "I bet you guys are wondering what we're going to be doing today", he said as he smiled similarly to the previous night, but with more control.

Klinx grinned. "Indeed! We're anxious to see how you'll top last night." he said as Macro took him off his head and gentlely set him down on the ground.

Sparky saw that Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails were walking toward his house. Sparky thought fast and and started making a snowball. Sonic saw Sparky. "Hey, dude! What are you doing?", Sonic asked. Sparky smirked his trademark smirk, and answered calmly "Oh, nothing, I was wondering if we could, you know, because of the snow, have a snowball fight." Tails chimed in. "That sounds pretty cool! We can join." Sparky got his snowball and put it behind his back. "Oh, okay. Just wanted to know if you would say yes....THINK FAST!", Sparky yelled as he launched a snowball at Tails. It missed and slammed into Knuckles' face. Knuckles got up, looking very crazy. "Oh you asked for it." "Yes, I did!", Sparky said proudly. Just then another snowball flew, this time into Sparky. Sonic laughed as he saw his snowball hit Sparky.

Klinx and Macro started laughing a little, and as they watched the situation their laughter continued to build until it was hysterical. Then Klinx felt a cold wet splat on top of his head. He looked up to see Macro grinning at him. "Oh I see how it is." said Klinx as he quickly put together a snowball and threw it. It went right between Macro's legs and hit Slash in the back. She whirled around with a look of anger that looked like it could melt the snow. Macro quickly pointed at Klinx who grinned sheepishly. "You're in trouble now." she said. Macro and Klinx imediately dashed off with Slash in hot pursuit.

"It's ON!!!!!!!", Sparky yelled. He reved up his feet and preformed the first move Sonic taught him: the Super-Peel-Out. The movement made the snow fly and build up into a small wall. Sonic quickly joined Sparky as they made a snow fort. Tails looked at Team Weasel as they ran from Slash. He made a snowball and threw it with great accuracy as it landed on Slash's head. Knuckles looked at Slash. Knowing what was to happen, he quickly made snowballs as Sparky and Sonic built the wall.

Slash turned again, she instantly forgot about Klinx and Macro as she aquired a new target. She put made a bunch of snowballs and started flinging them wildly at Tails. Taking the opportunity of Slash being distracted, Macro raked together a large pile of snow as a fort and both him and Klinx started building up a supply of snowballs.

"DUCK!", Knuckles yelled as the snowballs flew. Sonic got out some snowballs and ran around Slash, tossing snowballs as fast as bullets at her. Sparky cheered Sonic on. "Go, Sonic! GO!" Tails flew above Klinx and Marco and bombarded them with snowballs. Sparky was laughing like a lunatic. He felt a snowball get shoved in his face. Knuckles smiled, whistling like nothing happened. "TRAITOR!", Sparky yelled as he made a Super Peel-Out that caused a mountain of snow slam into Knuckles.

Slash groweled as Sonic bombarded her with snowballs, all she could see was a faint blue blur and a flurry of snow. She was trying to shield herself against the onslaught, and eventually extended her blade-like claws and began slicing through the snowballs to lessen the impact. "Aerial assault!" yelled Macro as he and Klinx were hit by Tails. They tried throwing snowballs back up at him but the problem was any that missed fell right back down around them.

One of the snowballs hit Tails, and he fell back into his fort. Sparky was chasing Knuckles like a madman. Knuckles dug into the snow and into the ground. Sparky figured what he would do. A moment later, Knuckles pooped out and snow plowed into Sparky. "I see you use that skill for once.", Sparky said. Knuckles grinned. "Better now than never." Tails had an idea. He packed and rolled a large snowball, but it was still small enough for him to carry. Sonic stopped and saw Slash, who looked very furious, covered with snow. Sonic shrugged and said "What? Am I too fast for you?" with more confidence than you can think of.

"I think Tails is coming back." said Macro when he saw him putting together his snowball. He looked down at Klinx and then looked bewildered as he saw Klinx casually walk around the fort and walk right up to Tails. He had his hands open to show that he was unarmed. Slash was pratically steaming by this point. As Sonic gloated she picked up some snow, packed it very tight, and threw it right at Sonic as hard as she could, which was pretty hard.

The snowball hit Sonic's face and he fell to the ground. "I guess I'm not...", he said. Tails was ready for his master plan to start. Step 1: Build a large snowball. Step 2: Fly over Marco. Step 3: Drop it on his head (which shouldn't cause to much pain, as he was very large). Tails noticed Klinx as he walked up to him. "I thought I was fighting against you.", Tails said in confusion, noticing Klinx was unarmed.

Slash said nothing but simply walked away. "I have come to help you." Klinx said to Tails. "Clearly your tactics are superior to ours, how can I compete with that? And I have an idea for a very good use of that snowball you have there..."

Tails felt a bit calmer, but he was still suspicious. "What are you saying?", Tails said as he raised his eyebrow. Sparky stopped dead in his tracks. Knuckles stopped with him. Both were staring at Klinx.

Noticing Tails' suspicion Klinx tried to appear as amiable as possible. "All I'm saying is, if you let me help you, you can be sure the work you've put into that snowball doesn't go to waste." While he was talking he glanced at Sparky and Knuckles.

Sparky noticed that Klinx was looking at him. He looked at Tails. Suspecting something to happen, Sparky packed a snowball. Tails glanced at Klinx. "What's your 'plan'?", he asked. Noticing this question, Sparky panicked and was ready to toss his snowball.

Klinx glanced at Sparky again. "Ok I'll explain my plan. First, stand right here." Klinx said as he pulled Tails over so he was between him and Sparky. "Now you see here we have a good shot of Macro's fort. We'll move in closer, then you act like you're going to throw the ball but instead you pass it to me and I'll surprise him from behind."

Noticing Tails was between him and Klinx, he revved up a Super Peel-Out, ready to charge at any moment. Tails, not noticing Sparky, looked at his snow-bolder and Klinx. "You sure you can toss this at Marco. It's pretty big."

"Sure I can! I assure you, this plan is fool proof." he said, still periodically glancing at Sparky.

Sparky had enough at this point. "DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!", Sparky screamed as he used his Super Peel-Out to dash into Klinx. Tails gasped and flew out of the way, carrying his snowball with him. Sparky had a look that said "insane" on his face as he broke through the fort and slammed Klinx with a flurry of snow.

Klinx's calm demeanor instantly shattered the second Tails moved and left him in Sparky's path. He took on a deer-in-the-headlights look as Sparky dashed for him. Then to top it off the crazed look on Sparky's face after the attack had him genuinely scared so that he was shaking as much from the cold as he was from fear.

Sparky, still looking crazy, was breathing heavily from his attack. He had never done such a powerful Peel-Out in his life under normal circumstances. "Did...I...just.....do..that?!?", Sparky asked himself. Knuckles' jaw hit the ground. Sonic got up and saw the damage. He was shocked more than the time the chili dog stand down the road almost closed. Tails' eyes were wide open. "Yes. I think you just did.", he answered for him. Sparky looked up at Tails. "Note to self: Do not go this crazy in a snowball fight.", he said. Tails looked down at Klinx, who was still shaking. He felt sorry for him. He dropped his snowball and flew down to help Klinx up. "Um....sorry about that. I'm not that good of a sport, you see. I could do anything just to win.", Sparky said as he helped brush the snow off of Klinx.

Klinx shook his head to reorient himself. "It's q-quite alright. I certainly know what you mean by doing anything to win." he said, holding onto Tails as he got up. Macro was over to them in an instant, his eyes wide. "Oh good Klinx you're ok!"

Sparky felt very stupid as he said "I can't say sorry enough. Let's just go inside and, you know, have lunch?" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles looked at Sparky. "It's okay. And I thought I was reckless.", Knuckles said. Sparky let out a big sigh. "Yeah. I've certainly changed.", he said in a sad tone. Sonic patted Sparky on the back. "Don't sweat it. We can go in and watch TV or something, or at least do something in the snow that isn't as crazy as this."

"Yeah, you just got caught up in the game is all." said Macro, not wanting Sparky to feel so bad. Then he stopped and thought for a minute. "I have an idea! Why don't we get some hot chocolate, that'll make everyone feel better."

Sparky sniffled and cried a little bit. "Thank you guys. Merry Christmas." Sparky got up and led the others into his house, where they made some hot chocolate and sat by the fire trying to dry off from all of the snow. Sparky sipped his hot chocolate and looked at the others. "So, anything in particular you want to do inside?", he asked.

Klinx was sitting on the couch, wrapped in a warm towel, and feeling much better. "That, my friend, is a good question." Slash was standing by the fire, periodically kindling it to keep it going.

Sparky paced around the room, thinking of what to do. He scratched his head and thought. Sparky snapped his fingers and said "I got it!". He opened the cabinet under the TV and dug through a pile of DVDs and video games. "We could play a video game, maybe watch a movie. Anything you guys want? I might have it.", Sparky said with his head inside the cabinet.

"Video games, awesome!" said Macro. "Do you have Mario and Sonic at the Olympics? That's a good party game." He bent down and trying to look in the cabinet.

"I have all three of them.", Sparky said. "Which one do you want? The Winter Olympics? 2012?"

"I'd say the winter one seems the most appropriate, don't you think?" commented Klinx.

"Heh. You're right.", Sparky said. He looked through his games and found the box. He took it out, put it in his Nintendo Wii and turned on the TV.

Klinx counted everyone in the room. "There are seven of us, and four Wii controllers. I propose that first four of us play, and the winner will play the remaining three."

"Good thinking, Klinx.", Sparky said as he tossed a controller to Slash, Marco, and Klinx. "Don't even think of beating me in figure skating, snowboarding, and ice hockey.", Sparky said with confidence.

"We'll see about that." Macro said and smirked playfully. "Well none of you will be beating my timing on the ski jump," said Klinx as he put the wrist strap on.

Sparky turned on the Wii and they started playing. The events Sparky chose were the snowboard cross, ice hockey, ski jump, and figure skating.

"Just nobody throw the remote through the TV." Klinx said as they started playing. While Klinx and Macro got a little more in to actually playing, tilting their bodies with the remote, Slash played with no more movement than was strictly necessary. Little more than her wrist actually moved.

Durring the ice hockey match, Sparky knew they had to be put in teams. He picked Klinx to join him, while Slash and Marco where on the other team. The match was fast and furious, with great passes made by Sparky and Klinx.

"Pass it to me!" Slash barked. "Ok ok." responded Macro, he lined up the shot and attempted to pass it but Klinx intercepted it. "Thank you very much." he said. Macro looked disappointed. "Aw man." Klinx then passed the puck to Sparky.

Sparky then made a quick shot, scoring them the point to win the game. Team Sonic watched on the other couch, as if it was a real sport they were watching. "Yeah! Sometimes working together is better than going against each other.", he said to Klinx. "High Five!"

Klinx high fived Sparky. "Excellent work." Slash crossed her arms. "Hmph, I'll get you next time."

"Ah, it's just a game.", Sparky said to Slash. The day went on as they played some more. They even watched a few Christmas movies. By the end of the last movie. Sparky fell on the couch and let out a big sigh. "Ah...now what?", he asked. Sonic shrugged. "No clue." The rest of Team Sonic shrugged too.

"Hmm," said Macro who was sitting Indian style on the floor. "Maybe we should get something to eat."

Sparky thought for a moment. "Good idea", he said as his stomach growled. "But where should we go?"

"Do you know of any good places nearby?" asked Macro. Klinx and Slash were already getting up, ready to go.

"Hey, I was asking you.", Sparky said, still thinking of what to do. Tails bumped in and said "Well, it depends on what you want. We could go someplace fancy, fast-food, chinese-" Sparky quickly got up to Tails. "You're a genius, Tails! We can get chinese food!"

"Works for me!" said Macro, he looked over at Klinx and Slash who both nodded in agreement.

"What are we waiting for? Lets go!", Sonic said. Sparky led them out the house and went to the nearest chinese restaurant. When they got there, the cashier looked scared (mainly because of Marco's height), but they ordered their food. Sparky got fortune cookies, bread, teriyaki sticks, and lots of ramen noodles and rice. Team Sonic got the same.

Klinx, Slash, and Macro got pork and chicken fried rice. After they had all sat down to eat Macro said "I wonder what my fortune says." "It's just a piece of paper, it doesn't mean anything." said Slash. Macro looked down at his food. "I know, but it's still fun." he said. Klinx was struggling with a package of soy sauce. Slash grabbed it from him and sliced it open with her claws.

Taking advantage of the peacefulness, Sparky, who's mouth was shoved with rice, asked Team Weasel "So, what do you guys do as a Team? Any crazy adventures you want to talk about?".

Klinx swallowed a mouthful of rice before saying "Ah yes, we originally formed with the intent of taking down Eggman, but as of late we've been more occupied with another group called "The Cat Squad". Slash's face turned to a scowl at the mention of her most hated enemies.

Knuckles looked at Slash and noticed her anger. "Something tells me Slash hates them.", he said with some teriyaki in his mouth. Sonic looked interested. "I had a similar problem. These extreme gear riders, Team Babylon, caused us trouble when we were trying to stop Eggman. Trust me, it's not easy hoverboarding and fighting at the same time." Sparky swallowed his rice. "Who's the Cat Squad?", he asked.

"Nerin, Slish, and X-Nad. X-Nad was roboticized and decided he liked it, while Nerin and Slish are both from the Anti-Mobius. Lots of evil that place is. Slish is the anti counterpart to Slash, as a matter of fact." Klinx explained. Slash banged her fist on the table. "Slish is nothing but a touchy-feely ninny! She knows nothing of real fighting!"

Sonic spoke up. "I have a counterpart on Anti-Mobius too! His name is Scourge. Man, it's a good thing he's in the Zone Jail." Sparky thought for a second. "Because everything is reversed in that Zone, that means Slish must be, as Slash said, the total opposite of her. I hope there's no evil clone of me.", he said in a worried voice. "Who's Nerin a counterpart of?", Tails asked. "Is there an Anti-Klinx and Macro, too? What are they like?", Knuckles asked.

"There's supposed to be a counterpart to everyone there, so there may very well be an Anti-Sparky. As for Nerin... her counterpart here's name is Teneko, I believe." Klinx explained. "We've never actually been to that zone so we've never seen the Anti Klinx or Marco. But I shudder to think what they're like." Macro said.

"Brrr.... I don't want to find out how crazy my counterpart might be. And something tells me the Anti-Marco is violent, unlike the kind and cautious Marco we have here, but he might as well be very tiny.", Sparky said. Tails nodded and said "Trust me. My anti-counterpart is not a nice guy either." Sonic looked even more interested than before. "What does the Cat Squad do to you guys, anyway?", he asked.

"Oh man, all kinds of crazy things. This one time, they used a bunch of holographic technology to make us believe we were actually in 19th century Oregon so that Nerin could continue her plans and we'd have no idea about it." said Macro between bites of rice.

"Geez. I wonder how they got THAT to happen.", Sparky said in astonishment, almost spitting out his ramen. "What are their plans anyway? We can help you guys.", Sonic said as he finished eating his rice.

"When Slish and Nerin got stuck here from their zone, Nerin decided she wanted to dominate it. She wants to be mistress of the world or something." Macro said. "Not on my watch..." Slash mumbled.

"Heck, Sonic and us beat Eggman and other things all the time! We can help the next time they show up! I'll give Slish a zap to the butt if I have to!", Sparky said while making small sparks from his hand to show off his powers. Knuckles pounded his fists together and said "I can smack those guys right in the face for you guys!" proudly.

Macro smiled, "Thanks guys!" "Indeed, it's certainly nice to have friends you can count on." said Klinx. "I propose a toast." he said as he held up his glass.

"A merry Christmas to everyone!", Tails said as he held up his glass. Sonic and Knuckles did the same. "God bless us, except Eggman and every other bad-guy out there!", Sparky said as he held up his glass.

Macro laughed, and he and Slash both held up their glasses as well. Everyone lightly touched their glasses together making a tink sound.

They eventually finished eating. Marco had to eat about three servings of everything, but it was fine by Sparky. They left the restaurant and said goodbye. Sparky walked back to his house and said to himself "Boy, I can't wait to see what happens on New Years!" Indeed, God bless us, except the villains.

Chapter 4: 5 Days Left: Road Trip Insanity!
Sparky woke up happy and content. He saw that the snow was still outside. He didn't really know what to do. Whatever the case, he went downstairs and hoped for the best.

Team Weasel arrived at Sparky's house nice and early. They approached the house and Klinx stepped up and rang the door bell.

Sparky was in his pajamas and socks, so he slipped and fell on the floor. He shook his head and dashed to the door. When he opened it, he saw Team Weasel. "Well, this is a bit weird.", Sparky said cautiously.

Klinx held back a snicker at Sparky's confused state. "I apologize if this is a bad time." he said. "We simply couldn't wait to get over here."

"Well, I like it how you guys are so excited to see me. It's alright.", Sparky said. "To be very honest, I don't have a clue what we should do today. We had an insane snowball fight (I'm still sorry, Klinx), had a Christmas party, and got chinese food.", he said with worry.

"There's endless possibilties!" Klinx said positively. "All that's required is to think outside the box a little." Macro put his hand on his chin, thinking.

Sparky tapped his foot and thought. "Well, around this time it's called Christmas vacation. And when I hear the word vacation, I think of the times my Uncle Hoot made small road trips and we saw the sights during the holidays."

"Interesting you should mention that." said Klinx. "I was just thinking about the fact that we didn't necessarily have to do things at your house."

"Why not we go and take a trip across some areas around here and see what people are doing for New Years. No harm done if we do some good deeds!", Sparky said.

Macro nodded. "That sounds like a great idea! And it does fit with the holiday season."

"I have just the idea to get around!", Sparky said. He dashed into the house. A minute later, the garage door opened and out came a large van. It had Tails' invention symbol on it (a picture of his tails) and had plenty of space for Macro to fit in. "Say hello to the M.I.N.I (MOTOR-VEHICLE that IS NORMAL looking but is INDESCRIBABLY big) van! Tails made it for me!"

Team Weasel watched in awe as the van came out of the garage. After it had, Klinx went over to it and ran his hand down the side. "Isn't that something." he said.

"Yep. It's custom made for me. Electric powered so I can recharge it anytime I want, High Quality SurroundSound Audio, can pick up radio transmissions either from us or elsewhere, MP3 player plug-in, electronic device recharging system, HD DVD player, GPS System, and cooling and heating. Tails said he wanted it to be like his Tornado Biplane, but it's a car. I helped make it, so he gave it to me on my 13th birthday! I still help him with other things to this day trying to repay him for his work. It's almost TO perfect.", Sparky said as he smiled at the van.

"Well it certainly is a beaute'" Klinx said, still admiring it. Slash tapped her foot, she was starting to get impatient with just looking at the van. "If it runs, let's get going!" she said.

"Sure thing! Hop in and lets pick up Sonic and the others!", Sparky said as he jumped in the driver's seat and started the engine. "This thing is an eight seater, not counting the two seats up front. Jump in and lets go! It's ROAD TRIP TIME!!!"

Klinx got into the front seat, while Slash took the one closest to the door. She liked to be able to get out quickly, ready for action. The van shifted a little when Macro got in, but he made it and sat in some clear space in the back. "Let's go get Team Sonic!" he said.

Sparky stepped on the gas and the van started moving. Within a minute they got to Sonic's house. Sparky honked the horn, which made the "SEGA!" logo chime from the old Sonic games. In no time flat, Team Sonic bursted out the door and saw the van. Tails smiled. "You're finally using that thing?", he asked. Sparky opened the window. "Yep. Hop in! We're going on a small road trip!" The Team quickly got in the van and sat in the seats next to Slash. "Let's hit the road!", Sparky said. The van started again and they were off. "Where do you want to go, guys?", he asked Team Weasel.

Slash was silently staring out the window, seemingly deep in thought. Klinx had been messing with all the various electronics that were loaded on the van. "Maybe we should just drive and see what happens." suggested Macro.

"Alright.", Sparky said. Sonic looked at Slash. "You okay there, Slash?"

"I'm fine." Slash said roughly, not taking her eyes off of the window. Klinx turned around in his chair and looked at her. "Surely we won't have to take this whole trip with that attitude." he said. Slash simply responded, "Hmph."

"She'll cheer up somehow.", Sparky said with hope. Sonic's stomach growled. "I didn't even have breakfast. Any place we can go in order to get some chow?", he asked. Sparky looked at Team Weasel. "You're our guests of honor. You decide where to go."

Klinx laughed. "I feel special now." "As long as we go somewhere with meat." Slash spoke up. "Well how about Cracker Barrel?" Klinx said.

"Got it.", Sparky said as he drove off to Station Square. They stopped at the nearest Cracker Barrel. Some people looked shocked looking at them, but Sparky just smiled and waved. Tails turned to Klinx and asked "What is the Cracker Barrel anyway?".

"It's an old timey style restaurant. They've got country ham, chicken, anything you can think of really. There's also breakfast all day long." Klinx explained.

"I hope they have pancakes.", Sparky said as they walked inside.

"Not to worry, they do." Klinx said. He walked to the server and said "Table for seven, my good man." The server then led them to a table and gave them some menus.

Sparky ordered some pancakes, eggs, and bacon in no time flat, and Team Sonic got the same. While eating, Sparky asked "Do you have any ideas where we should go?".

Klinx was eating eggs, Slash was eating bacon, and Macro was eating a country ham sandwhich. "Where do people usually go on these kinds of trips?" asked Macro.

"On road trips, people usually have a place to go to, but they can go to other areas on the way. For example, you might want to go to a park, but you can see other places such as a large mall on your way there.", Tails said in between bites of bacon. "My problem is I don't really have any plans at all.", Sparky said with eggs in his mouth.

"That is a problem." said Macro as he took a drink of his water. "What we need, is a destination that really accomplishes something." Klinx said, holding a forkful of eggs.

"Yeah, but where?", Sparky said as he scratched his head, thinking of someplace special they could go to.

"Unfortunately I just don't know." said Klinx. Macro was messing with his food trying to think.

"Hmm.....look! Brochures!", Sparky said as he got up and picked one up in a rack full of them. "Huh. Let's see....New Years celebration in New Station City. West of Station Square. Parties, food, rides, and fun for the whole family. What do you say, guys?"

Klinx looked over Sparky's shoulder at the brochure. "Now that sounds like an idea!" he said.

"All right, then. Lets go!", Sparky said as he finished eating. Knuckles gulped down his last blueberry pancake, Tails finished his last strip of bacon, and Sonic wiped his mouth with his napkin. Sparky and Team Sonic walked out the restaurant and got back in the van.

Team Weasel followed them back out, after Klinx grabbed a few mints from the check out counter. Then they all piled back into the van and into their respective seats. "Alright let's go!" said Macro.

Sparky stepped on the gas and they were off. Sparky turned on the GPS system. "Okay, it should take us an hour to get there if we take the road on Route 999.", Sparky said. "Anything you want to do until then?"

"It wouldn't be a road trip if we didn't make a few stops." Klinx said, fumbling around with a rather large road map.

"Well, yeah. Any ideas?", Sparky asked Klinx. Sonic spoke up and said "How about until we find a place to see we listen to some tunes?". "Okay. Anything you want in particular?", Sparky asked.

"Well let's see what's on." Klinx started flipping through the radio. It scrolled past all kinds of stations including Mexican music and talk shows. Eventually he settled on a station playing 'Life is a Highway'. "This seems appropriate." he commented.

Sparky laughed at the joke Klinx made. They drove across the highway with the music playing across the van. Sparky turned to Klinx. "Anywhere you want to stop at? Your the one looking at the GPS map."

Klinx scanned through the map. "Well, assuming Tails isn't still traumatized by the party shopping, there's a very nice mall coming up."

Tails shook in fear and pulled out a slingshot. "Why bring that?", Sonic asked. "In case something happens.", Tails said with fear in his voice. Knuckles turned to Tails. "Trust me. We've got a 20 foot tall giant, a slick weasel, a warrior cat, and us by your side. What could go wrong?" "That's what I'm worrying about.", Tails said. Sparky took a turn and they parked near the mall. "Everyone out. Let's see if there's anything we can find.", Sparky said.

Klinx, Slash, and Macro all climbed out of the van. "There are supposed to be very good deals after Christmas." Klinx said as they went in.

They all walked inside the mall. Tails was shaking and was ready to fire his slingshot at any moment. "Any stores you want to go to?", Sparky asked.

"Perhaps we should check a department store. The snow has made it rather cold." Klinx suggested. Macro looked at Tails, "Uh, Tails, do they even allow weapons in here?" he asked, concerned.

"All I want to do is live!", Tails said. The group walked into the department store, and Sparky 'wow'ed as they saw the various items across the store.

Macro stopped. "That is a lot of stuff." he said. Klinx leaned against Macro's leg, "Indeed it is. Where to start?" Slash let out an exasperated sigh, "This is what I hate about shopping. You have to look through all this pointless stuff to get to what you need."

"That's kinda the fun in shopping. You never know if you'll come across something good!", Sparky said cheerfully. "I feel like looking in the clothes section for some reason.", Sonic said. "I might as well wear something aside from these shoes."

Macro laughed, "Wow, Sonic wearing clothes. Who'd of thought?" "Oh you're one to talk." Klinx teased. Macro looked at himself, "I wear a vest, that's gotta count for something." Slash started walking away. "I could use some new boots." she said.

"Alright then. Lets split up. Sonic, Slash, and I will go to the clothing section. Klinx, Macro, Knuckles, and Tails will go wherever else they want.", Sparky said. "Lets move out!" Sonic, Sparky, and Slash walked to the clothing section, leaving the others to decide where to go.

"So where should we go?" asked Macro as the four of them were left standing there near the store entrance. People around were taking the long way to get out of the store giving sideways glances to the very tall hedgehog and the crazy, sling-shot wielding fox.

"Any place that doesn't have too many people.", Tails said, still having his slingshot ready.

"The cookware section...?" Macro said, trying hard to come up with the part of the store people would be the least interested in.

"Yes. That's a good idea. You never know if we can get a nice pan, or something like that.", Knuckles said. The group headed to the cookware section.

Meanwhile, with Sparky and co....
Sparky was already trying on some shirts. One of them was orange had a thunderbolt picture on it. "How do I look?", Sparky asked Slash.

Slash was standing there with her arms crossed. "Fine." she said, the same response she had given to the last several shirts he had tried on.

"Ah. Lighten up, Slash.", Sonic said. He found a blue shirt with, what else, him on it. The words on it said "Either I'm too fast or you're too slow". Sparky looked at Sonic. "That's perfect! That totally suits you." "Thanks.", Sonic said as he put his shirt in his shopping bag. Sparky saw that Slash was simply looking at the boots. "Ever thought of finding other clothes?", Sparky asked.

"What for?" she said, still focused on the boots. She opened a box and pulled out a high heeled boot, then grimaced and put it back.

"Well, sometimes it's not about having a mission or doing jobs all the time. You've got to open your heart to other things and have time to enjoy things, not just do them. Lighten up. Have fun. Look cool. I'm sure you'd look nice in some normal clothing instead of that black jumpsuit of yours.", Sparky said as he smiled at her.

Slash looked at Sparky, but it wasn't with a look of anger or annoyance. It was softer than that, although it still wasn't a smile. "What exactly are you thinking of?"

"Well, I figured you need to have fun in you're life for once. Try new things, and stop being so serious over everything. If this was a huge mission, fine. Be serious. But this is a VACATION. It's a time when others get to relax and just have fun with what they have. You didn't see me being serious over that hockey match when we played 'Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics' yesterday, right?", Sparky said.

Slash sighed and looked up at the ceiling for a minute. "Fine." she said finally. "Whatever you have in mind for me... let's try it."

"You're the one who should learn to have fun, so you should be the one to find some nice clothes for yourself.", Sparky said to Slash, being thankful Slash didn't attack him.

"Alright, fine." Slash said, slightly annoyed. She then trudged over to the women's section.

Sparky didn't want to follow her into that section, as he knew it would be a bit rude. He smiled as he saw Slash walk away. "Man. I'd never thought she would listen to that.", Sonic said in awe. Sparky grinned. "Don't worry. She might have a change of heart because of me. Who knows?"

Slash spent several minutes browsing through the clothes. Most of it she rejected as too frilly or otherwise. Eventually she settled on something and came back over to where Sparky and Sonic were. She was wearing black pants, a white shirt with a vine-like design on it, and a new belt. "Well?"

Sparky thought for a moment. "Perfect. I love it! It shows that you have some hope left in you!", Sparky said. Sonic nodded.

"Thanks, I suppose." Slash said as she went to change back into her normal clothes so they could pay for the new ones.

Sparky suddenly had an idea. He grinned a crazy grin. "Uh...what are you thinking?", Sonic said with worry. "Don't you get it?!? If we can get Slash to put on normal clothes, we can actually teach her to have fun! What can possibly go wrong?", Sparky said to Sonic. Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Okay. What's your plan?", he asked. "Here's the plan.", Sparky said to Sonic. He then whispered his plan to Sonic. Sonic got worried. "Are you sure?" "Yes, I am!", Sparky said proudly.

After changing Slash came back to where Sonic and Sparky were, holding the new clothes on hangers. She looked suspiciously at the excited look on Sparky's face. "What?"

Sparky got nervous. "NOTHING! Nothing is wrong. Absolutely nothing!", Sparky said while Sonic was whistling.

"Hmm, well if you two are done here, maybe we should find the others." Slash said.

Sparky was ready for phase one. "I was wondering if we could get some ice cream at the food court if you want to, later. After we get the others.", Sparky said in a nervous tone. Sonic was getting very shaky just thinking of the results.

"Fine." said Slash, then she started walking off to find the others.

Meanwhile, with Tails and the others.....
Tails was feeling calmer inside the cookware section. He looked at the various pots and pans on sale. Knuckles started scratching his head. "This is getting us nowhere. I think we should convince Tails to go to another section. This is even more boring than my job guarding the Master Emerald.", Knuckles said to Klinx.

Klinx nodded. "Yes, I have a feeling Tails isn't all that interested in pans either." he commented. Macro was trying to fix a pot display he had bumped into earlier. "But what would get him out of here? He's pretty shook up over the Christmas stuff." he said.

"That's what I was asking you.", Knuckles said. He paced back and forth while Tails mindlessly stared at the forks. Knuckles thought "What is something Tails is very interested in?". He found the answer: Machines. Tails would never fail to go see some mechanical things. "I think I've got it! We need to go someplace that has lots of machines!", Knuckles said to the others.

"Sears or maybe the Apple Store." Macro suggested. He looked over at Tails, "And we better hurry, I think he's brain washing himself with forks." Distracted by Tails, Macro accidently knocked down the pots again. One of the sales clerks rushed over and said, "Don't worry about it. Please."

Tails was now drooling looking at the spoons. Knuckles was getting worried and clapped his hands in front of Tails. "Huzza, what?", Tails said oddly. "We're going to find the others and go to the Apple store.", Knuckles said quickly. Tails snapped out of his trance faster than you can say 'Sonic'. "Oh boy! I love that store! I always love trying out those new Mac computers!", Tails said happily. "It's settled. We'll go to the entrance and find the others.", Knuckles said.

"Great." said Klinx and he wrapped his arm Tails' shoulders and led him to the entrance. It was partially to make sure he wouldn't change his mind. Macro got up and carefully manuevered past all the displays, the sales clerk watching nervously and cringing anytime he came near one.

Eventually, everyone found each other at the entrance to the store. Sparky was looking anxious. "Good. Everyone is here. Why not we get some ice cream, yes?", he said in a crazy tone. Sonic's eye twitched and Tails took notice of it. "Sonic? You okay there?" Sonic whispered what the plan Sparky had to Tails. "Man! Are you sure this is going to work?" Sonic shook his head. "That's what I'm wondering.", he said nervously.

"Awesome! Ice cream! Okay. After that, Tails wants to go to the Apple Store." said Macro. Klinx gave a weird look to Sparky, "It doesn't appear that shopping brings out the best in Sparky here." he said.

"Whatareyousaying?", Sparky asked crazily to Klinx. Sonic attempted to act casual.

"Nevermind, but I'm not so sure you need any ice cream..." Klinx said, a little freaked out.

"Ishallexplainlaterfornowweneedicecream!!!!", Sparky said like a total lunatic. He dashed up to Klinx and whispered "It's because I want to teach Slash how to be happy." Sparky jumped back and looked at the group. "Are we ready?"

Klinx looked at Sparky like he was even crazier than he had when he was talking strange. But then Klinx decided he would play along anyway to see what would happen. "Yes we are." Then the group headed off in the direction of the food court.

As they walked to the 'Ben and Jerry's' ice cream stand, Sparky was twitching his head; he was that crazy. Tails didn't know what to think of it as he got a headache thinking about what chaos would happen. Sonic looked at Klinx. "I don't know if this will work.", he said to Klinx.

"Can't say as we've gotten it to work. Well, with the exception of the fact that Slash would never play video games before she met Macro and I." Klinx said. When they went to order the ice cream, Klinx got chocolate, Macro got mint, and Slash got vanilla.

Sparky got soft serve vanilla while Sonic got chocolate, Tails got mint, and Knuckles got strawberry. They all sat down and ate their ice cream. "You enjoying the ice cream, Slash?", Sparky asked her.

Slash simply nodded. Klinx was eating his ice cream then stopped. "Agh, that's some brain freeze" he said, wrinkling his nose. Slash snorted at his predicament.

Sparky turned over to Klinx. "Any ideas on how to get on Slash's good side?", he whispered.

After ridding himself of his brain freeze, Klinx turned to Sparky. "Ah, she's a tough nut to crack. I can tell you plenty of things not to do. But you should know you're doing pretty well already. She hated me when we first met."

"Okay. So what shouldn't I do?", Sparky asked as he finished his ice cream.

"Well, don't try to hard to be funny, don't act like a mime, don't suggest we play truth or dare, and no matter what you do don't ever, ever sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat." Klinx explained.

"What's wrong with 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat'? I know it's a stupid song but she must HATE it if that's the case. And also, I don't like mimes either, but why should she despise them?", Sparky asked, now getting cautious.

Klinx looked up remembering quite a few messes they'd been in over that stuff. "I don't know why, but she hates that song with a passion. Last person to sing it almost got strangled. And the mimes just bug her on many levels including the fact that they're not accomplishing anything."

"Geez. I will attempt to avoid those things at any cost.", Sparky said to Klinx. He turned to Slash again. "Is there anything you're interested in?", he asked her.

"Sparring. My bounty hunting." Slash said, still eating her ice cream. "And target practice."

"Sparring? As in fighting for the heck of it?", Sparky asked, getting a bit worried.

Slash nodded. "But it is controlled with no intent to actually hurt your opponent."

"Is that the cause of your scar?", Sparky said pointing at Slash's scar.

Slash looked away when he said that. "No." she said. She hesitated for a minute before explaining. "This scar came from when I was a kitten and my father was training me. It only happened once, because it taught me to never let my guard down."

Sparky felt a bit sorry for her. "I'm sure you've learned your lesson that time. Besides. Even though it must be a bit painful, it makes you look pretty cool. It looks like you can survive anything.", Sparky said, trying to make her feel better.

Slash actually smiled a little at that. After she had thrown away her ice cream cup she asked, "So where did you say we were going next?"

"The Apple electronics store. We're trying to get Tails to stop acting so crazy.", Sparky explained.

"Yep, he loves electronics so if we show him something good about the mall, he should like it better." said Macro. "Good luck with that." said Slash. "He saw things when we were party shopping."

"That's why we're trying.", Sparky said. They all finished their ice cream and headed for the Apple store.

They got to the store and it does have quite a few people looking at all the sales, although they're not acting crazy. "Let's hope this works." said Macro.

Tails looked at several iPads and Mac laptops. "Cool! This one is running on a 50 Gigabyte engine!", he said as he examined a Mac computer. Sonic looked at Macro. "Yep. It's working." Tails went on to babble to the cashier about what Apple should do in order to make the iPad 3 prototype have better functions. "Look, kid. I don't make these things.", the cashier said in anger. Tails walked away and said "Sheesh. I was attempting to make conversation."

Klinx chuckled, "I'd say he's much more comfortable." He then decided to go around and look at some of the devices himself.

Tails pointed at a MacBook Pro. "I designed your laptop off of this.", he said to Sparky. Sparky looked impressed as he looked though the similar features that it had compared to his laptop. He looked at Slash. "Do you want any of these. You might as well get an iPhone to keep track of everything you do, like missions.", he suggested.

"Hmm." Slash considered the idea. She went over to the iPhones and began critically inspecting them.

"You can also keep in contact with us; it IS a phone, after all.", Sparky said to Slash.

Slash wasn't exactly sure about the idea. "It seems like a liability. What if someone takes it and then sees everywhere I'm going to be..."

"You can lock those things with passwords. No one is going to be able to get in thanks to passwords.", Sparky said hopefully.

Slash said nothing but looked back down at the iPhone. She touched it again and it started playing music. "How do you make this stop?" she groweled, rapidly pressing the screen.

"Relax, Slash.", Tails said. "When playing music, there's a pause button on the application. Here it is.", he said as he managed to stop the music from playing. Sparky turned to Klinx. "Does she hate music in general, or something?"

"No, she doesn't hate music. If I had to guess I'd say it's simply more a matter of the iPhone doing something she didn't want it too." Klinx said. Slash cut her eyes over at him.

"Any music she likes? She can download it and stuff.", Sparky asked Klinx.

"It all really depends on how much patience it takes to use it. She's also not wild about spending too much money what with how much we paid for our rather over-sized apartment." Klinx said. "Hey! I can't help it." Macro said defensively.

"Heh. Don't worry about it, Macro. You need the space, anyway. Where else would you live; the streets?", Sparky said to Macro. Tails came back after showing Slash how to use the iPhone and all of its functions. "I think we should go somewhere else. We need to see some other sights around the city.", he said. "Then let's go! I can't wait to see what else there is!", Knuckles said excitedly. Sparky turned to Team Weasel. "You ready to leave?"

All three of them nodded. Then they all walked out of the store, Slash carrying a bag with the clothes she had bought.

They all got back in the van. Sparky started the car while Macro squished in the back. "Where, else should we go?", Sparky asked as the got on the road.

"We're near Station Square, correct? One of the main attractions there is the Twinkle Park amusement park." said Klinx as he was buckling his seatbelt.

Sonic was about to scream "No!", but Tails covered his mouth and said "The robots and traps Eggman placed were removed when we defeated him and Chaos, remember?". Sonic sighed with relief. "Whew. Thank goodness." "Okay! Next stop: Twinkle Park!", Sparky said as he made a turn down the road.

After they had been driving for a few minutes Macro said, "So you guys have actually been here before. Could you tell how it was? Or did Eggman mess it up too much."

"Yeah. Eggman highjacked the park at one point. He made the roller coasters incomplete, made the race track have bottomless pits, and spread the place with spikes and badniks.", Tails explained. "It wasn't very fun for any of us when we got there. But once it got fixed, it's pretty cool."

"Cool, sounds like it'll be fun then. Since I doubt Eggman will be doing anything now." said Macro. "Hmph, especially if he was telling the truth when we saw him shopping." muttered Slash.

"I hope he meant to do that just to bother us.", Tails replied. The van eventually stopped in the parking lot near the entrance to Twinkle Park. "Let's go.", Sparky said as he hopped out of the van. Team Sonic went up and saw the sign. "Cute Couples get in free. Brrr.....I remember when Amy dragged me in there just because of that deal.", Sonic said in slight fear.

Klinx chuckled. "You don't have to worry, Sonic. We won't be getting that deal. We only have one girl with us and she isn't exactly cute." he said. At that Slash punched him in the arm. "My point." Klinx squeaked in pain.

"I bet she doesn't care if she's cute; she must care about looking tough.", Sparky said. They all went inside the entrance. There were doors leading to different areas: the Raceway, the Roller-coasters, the House of Mirrors, and the Sparkle Castle.

"So where do we go first?" asked Macro. Klinx looked over at Sonic and Tails. "You two have been here, what would you suggest?"

"Well, I think we should save the exciting stuff for last. Let's go to the House of Mirrors, then the Castle, then the Roller-Coasters, then the Raceway.", Tails said. Sonic didn't know what the House of Mirrors had, but he looked like he wanted to find out. Sparky looked excited and paid for the tickets as soon as he could. He gave the group the tickets and went through the hall to the House of Mirrors. The House had mirrors all over the place. Some were bended and some were long and large. One section had mirrors on both sides, giving refections of the reflections, making a very confusing scene.

Macro looked at the reflections going every which way. "Whoa. I'm everywhere!" Klinx walked down a row of distorted mirrors, the shape of his reflection changing as he went. He couldn't help but chuckle at some of the absurd images. Slash wasn't all that thrilled, she just stood there with her arms crossed, glancing around.

"Blegh. This is making me dizzy.", Knuckles said as he saw an infinite amount of reflections of himself. Tails held back a giggle as he saw Slash in front of a mirror that made her look fat. Sonic was looking at the same mirror, checking to see if he was that fat again. Sparky looked at a mirror that made him look like he had huge muscles. "To be honest, I prefer being thin.", he said as he looked at the mirror.

"Hopefully we won't get lost in here. Mirror houses are infamous for that." Macro said, now looking at a mirror that made his head look really small.

Sparky nodded as he laughed at Macro's reflection. Sonic looked at Klinx, who was in front of a mirror that made his body looked bended and crazy. "Pfft.", Sonic said as he attempted to hold back some laughter.

Klinx looked over at Sonic with a mock-serious look that dared him to laugh. Then he saw the mirror Sonic was in front of that made the top half of his head look huge like some kind of alien and he burst out laughing.

Sonic looked back and started laughing at himself. Sparky couldn't help but laugh as well. Tails was getting dizzy from all of the reflections. "Let's go to the castle, okay?", he said while mindlessly walking in all directions.

"Sounds good, let's go." said Macro. He then started walking, intending to head for the exit, but ended up face to face with a mirror. "Wait..."

Sparky started walking slowly through the room and found the exit, which had a mirror on it. "What is it?", he asked Macro.

Macro walked over to Sparky. "Oh I thought I was lost for a second." Klinx walked to the exit. "Not to worry, that just happens on TV."

Sparky and the others managed to get out, and Knuckles made a great sigh of relief. "That was confusing and cool at the same time.", he said. Sparky nodded as they went toward the entrance to the Castle. "You're the one that's telling me." When they got in, the Castle had sections that were connected to the Roller Coasters. The lights shined bright, and despite being inside, the place had a natural feeling and look of nighttime.

Klinx looked around. "They really went all out with this place." he said. "It's big too, I can stand straight up in here." Macro commented. "It's ok." was all Slash had to say about it.

Sparky sighed at the calm atmosphere, looking at the beautiful lights and decorations.

Slash crossed her arms. "So what exactly do we do here?"

"Well, this is an attraction that's meant to be admired an looked at. We might as well look around.", Tails said as he flew around the 'courtyard'.

Macro looked genuinely interested as they walked around. Slash on the other hand, didn't. "This is pointless." she muttered.

Sparky walked towards the actual castle and a robotic princess appeared out of nowhere. "WAGH!", Sparky yelled in shock as he fell over. "Hel*bzt*lo good person. Do you want to take tour of the magical Sparkle *creak* Castle?", the robot asked Sparky. Shaking his head form the shock, he simply said "No." "Good!", the robot said with a few 'bzt's and 'clinks'. "Lets go in!", the robot said as it wheeled off into the castle. Sparky, now very curious, followed it to investigate.

Macro, Klinx, and Slash all followed Sparky in. Slash was muttering incoherently.

Sparky followed the robot in as it went into the direction of the throne room. He skidded to a halt as he saw the others follow him. "It's okay. You don't have to follow me.", he said.

Klinx shrugged. "What else do we have to do?"

"That is a very good point.", Sparky said. Hearing the robot's automated voice, he rushed to the throne room. "As you see here, the throne is where the princess sits to rule the magical land.", the robot said as Sparky groaned at the stupidity. At the same time, he giggled at how dumb it was. Team Sonic caught up with Sparky. "How is it?", Sonic asked. "So bad it's admirable.", Sparky said with his hand on his face.

"Pfft. Princess." said Slash, actually almost enjoying the stupidity of the tour, despite the fact that it was pointless.

Sparky actually began to notice the nice work put into the castle itself. Knuckles was gawking over the stained glass. "Let us *bzt* conTINue.", the robot said as it skidded off to the next room. Tails was scratching his head. "I think that thing has a few bugs and glitches."

"You know I kinda get the impression that no one's been in this castle lately." said Macro, noticing some dust as well as the unkempt state of the robot.

"Meh.", Sparky shrugged as they went to the next part. It was the ball room, and it was massive and pretty beautiful. Huge lights were hanged up on the celling.