Sonic Boom!

Curse of the Buddy Buddy Temple

It was another battle against Eggman. Sonic zoomed across the woods, dodging Eggman's laser. Eggman even sang as he fought. "Jungle laser, jungle laser, fry you with my laser!"

"Really?" Penny rolled her eyes.

Sonic looks ahead and sees a tree; in the tree is a bird's nest with birds inside it. Sonic smirked, turning towards Eggman. "Hey, Egghead! Smile for the birdie!"

Sonic quickly jumped up the tree and flings the bird's nest at Eggman, who immediately starts yelling in pain, due to the birds pecking his face. "Ow, ow, they're pecking my eyes! Why would I ever smile at this?!"

Sonic pursues Eggman, while Knuckles, Penny, Sticks, Amy, and Tails pursue Orbot and Cubot. Dr. Eggman comes up to a cliff wall, and part of it opens, revealing a cave inside. He zoomed into the cave, followed by Sonic. The wall closed, this time revealing some sort of a temple door. Knuckles skidded to a stop outside the door, trying to break it with his fists.

Nothing.

Knuckles snarled angrily at the door. "STOP SMILING!"

"There's no other way in!" Tails cried. "Sonic's trapped!"

"Oh, no!" Penny whimpered, wringing her hands. Tails patted her back reassuringly. "Don't worry, we'll get him out!"

"That means Dr. Eggman is trapped, too!" Orbot said. Cubot smiled. "We're free! Free I tell ya!" Both robots throw confetti in the air, spinning around happily. "I could buy a houseboat, and live on it, even though it's a boat!" Cubot said.

"And I can finally finish my memoirs," Orbot told them. "I've been told I'm a natural recontour!"

"And I've been told I'm a neutral raccoon!" Cubot said, and Orbot and Cubot ran away.

"Well, we're sticking around to free Sonic," Penny said. "But until then, one of us needs to be in charge."

"Good thinking, Penny." Knuckles smiled at the human girl. "I'll be in charge!"

"You? I'm in charge!" Amy snapped at Knuckles.

"I don't trust anyone in charge," Sticks muttered, glancing away from the group.

"I know," Tails said. "Why don't we all be in charge?"

"NO!" Everyone yelled at Tails.

Penny soon found herself trying to calm things down between her friends as they fought. Amy glared at Knuckles. "Fine, if we can't decide who's in charge, we'll split up. Who wants to be on Team Amy?"

Tails raised his hand.

"Great!" Knuckles said. "And who wants Knuckles to lead Team Amy?"

"Amy leads Team Amy; Knuckles leads Team Knuckles." Amy corrected him.

"Wait, there's a Team Knuckles now?" Knuckles asked.

"Can I be on both teams?" Tails asked.

"NO!"

"Come on, guys!" Penny said. "Stop fighting--"

"We all have to pick a side, Tails," Amy said, ignoring Penny. "Now, who's it gonna be: Amy..."

"Or Amy?" Knuckles asked, and Penny and Amy both groaned, facepalming themselves. "I still don't get how this works."

"HELP!" Orbot cried, flying up to them. Cubot joined. "We can't be on our own!" Cubot said.

Orbot shuddered. "All of that freedom, too many choices!"

Penny raised her eyebrows at them. "Isn't that the point of freedom?"