Sonic Boom!

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Worse-Er

It was another battle against Eggman. AGAIN. Penny rode in Tails' Mobile with Tails while Sonic ran aside them. Eggman's new robot chased them around. Its vacuum-like hose rose up to them, trying to suck them up. Penny squeezed her eyes shut and clung to the mobile. She could hear Eggman laughing behind them.

"You can't escape Vacuum Bot!" Eggman snickered. "He's gonna get you out of my hair once and for all!"

"What hair?" Sonic asked. "Your head is as bald as an egg, Egghead!" He hummed in realization of what the doctor was saying. "Oh. Now I understand."

He leaped from his friend's side and tried to attack the robot, but to Penny's horror, the robot sucked him up.

"NOOO!" She and Tails screamed.

Eggman laughed evilly. "Yeah! Oh, victory, you taste so sweet! Like candy! Evil candy! You know, the kind that has raisins hidden in the chocolate and you don't know it, so you think you bit into a fly." He frowned when he realized what he was saying. "Where was I going with this?"

Hearing loud clanging, Penny and Tails turned around towards the robot to see it getting knocked around. Then Sonic burst out, causing the robot to destroy itself. Eggman sighed in disappointment.

"Tadah!" Sonic grinned. Penny ran up to him, catching him in a fierce hug. Tails grinned at Sonic. "Penny and I never should have doubted you!"

"I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up," Eggman grumbled.

Tails frowned at Eggman. "Did you really think you could capture Sonic in that poorly-designed tin can?"

"What would you know? You've never tried to capture Sonic! It's not as easy as it looks, you know!" He grumbled in annoyance as he flew off, and Tails, Sonic, and Penny shared a laugh.

Sonic grinned at Tails. "Well, he was right about one thing."

"Raisins are too much like flies to be used in food?" Tails asked.

"What is he right about, Sonic?" Penny asked curiously. Sonic grinned at her. "Okay, two things. The other is that it's impossible to catch me."

"Actually, he never said "impossible." He said, "it's not easy." For him."

"Are you saying you think you could catch me?"

"Oh, I know I can catch you."

"Impossible!"

"You seem pretty confident." Tails said. "What say we make it interesting?"

Sonic nodded in agreement. "I think the audience will appreciate that."

"The loser has to sing a romantic song at Meh Burger Karaoke night." The kitsune smirked, holding out his hand. Penny nodded. "Rules for the song: It has to be a super cheese love song."

"Sounds good." Sonic nodded in agreement, shaking Tails' hand. "It's a bet!"

At Meh Burger...

"What kind of crazy bet is that?" Amy frowned at Tails, Sonic, and Penny.

"We're just doing it to brush away the cobwebs," Sonic said.

" I have no idea what that archaic expression means, but we're just doing it for fun!" Tails said.

Penny nodded. "Right. It's' for fun." She shot Sonic a warning look.

"What?!" Sonic asked.

"This is gonna end badly," Amy answered for Penny.