Sonic Boom!

It Takes A Village To Catch A Hedgehog

"Thanks for helping me put together my Björnvaalden bookcase. I got it from that foreign build-your-own furniture store!" Amy grinned at the group.

"You're welcome, Amy!" Penny grinned back.

Tails frowned, glancing at the small box. "That's it?"

"Ah, you'd be surprised at how much they can fit in one little box!" Amy grinned.

Sonic walked up and opened it, and boards of all shapes and sizes shot out from it, and Penny popped out of the pile along with Tails, Knuckles, and Sonic.

Tails frowned as he studied the instructions. "There are no words, just pictures!"

"Just like the novel I'm writing!" Knuckles grinned, grabbing the paper. He frowned. "Hmm... the plot's there, but the characters are all over the place."

Amy glanced up from her pile of wood. "How do we tell the difference between Side A and Side C?"

"Good question," Penny said. "I was wondering the same thing myself."

"Side A should have one more L-Bracket." Tails explained.

"You mean T-Bracket, right?"

Tails gulped nervously. "Uuhh..."

Sonic growled in annoyance. "Tails, so help me, if you've been confusing L-Brackets and T-Brackets this whole time...!"

"Who used all the D-Screws?!" Sticks asked. "All I have left are J-Knobs, which are worthless! And has anyone seen Back Panel G?"

"Sorry, Sticks." Penny shook her head. "I don't see it."

"Uhh...I think I found it." Knuckles announced. The echidna raised his arm, sowing the Back Panel G stuck to his arm. Knuckles grumbled as he tried to pull it off, but it seemed glued shut. Knuckles even ended up snapping the board in half.

Sonic groaned in annoyance. "Great! Now we have to go back to the store and exchange the whole thing! Come on, let's pack it up."

The gang tried to place all the boards back in, but there was no room in that tiny box. Penny shook her head. "If someone's playing a joke on us, I'm not laughing."

Sonic nodded in agreement. He sighed and picked up the instructions. "We got a brand new Blork...splargin. Let's just build it right here."

"And when we mess up, we can get yet another one!" Tails grinned. "Great idea, Sonic!"

"That's why I'm the leader." Sonic grinned. "Now let's dominate this cheap piece of furniture! ...To the best of our limited ability."

Soon, Penny helped the others the best she could with the bookshelf. In the end, their result was...well...let's just say it was barely a bookshelf.

"Welp, we're out of parts and instructions. I think we're done." Sonic said.

"Great work, team," Amy said.

"That's one interesting bookshelf." Penny hummed nervously.

At that right moment, Eggman's robots appeared. Eggman smirked down at them. "Did somebody call for a dramatic entrance?"

"Tails, get us an aerial survey! We'll take him out from down here. Penny, stay here." Sonic ordered. She nodded, standing by the bookcase as everyone else ran to fight the robots and Eggman's new team.

"He stole my purse!" Lady Walrus cried, pointing to one of the goons who snatched away her purse. "My baby! Pictures."

Sticks and Amy ran after them. Penny heard Sticks yell a second later, "AMBUSH!"