Sonic Boom!

Strike!

Penny scanned the battle from her spot in Tails' plane, watching their every move. Eggman's mobile shot a grenade at Amy, who quickly hammered it away with a "FORE!"

Penny let out a startled yelp as Tails quickly rolled the plane away. "WHOA! A LITTLE WARNING NEXT TIME, TAILS!"

Tails quickly straightened himself and turned to Penny. "Sorry, Penny." He turned to Amy and yelled down at her. "Hey, watch it, Amy! Geez, try aiming for the bad guy!"

"Sorry..." Amy winced. She quickly saw another grenade coming for her, and once again she swatted it at Tails' plane, which he quickly dodged. Penny let out a yelp, clinging to the plane.

"Oh, come on!" Tails grumbled in annoyance. Hearing whimpering, he turned his attention to the human girl. "Just hang in there, Penny!"

"I'm trying." Penny moaned, clinging to the seat.

In the mobile, Eggman growled at Orbot and Cubot. "Faster, you bumbling bolt buckets! What are you waiting for?"

"You didn't say the magic word?" Cubot asked nervously.

Eggman stared at them. "Pawnshop."

Orbot sighed. "We were thinking "please", but pawnshop gets the job done!" He placed another grenade in the canon, and fired it at the gang. Sonic quickly grabbed it and tossed it at the Egg Tank, destroying it with a single kick and a smash. One of the debris nearly knocked Tails and Penny out of the sky, and Tails quickly straightened his plane while Penny nearly threw up over the side of the ship.

Tails glared down at the gang. " Seriously?"

Sonic grinned. "Booyah! And Sonic takes the Egg Tank."

Orbot glanced at Eggman. "Perhaps you should consider grenades that explode on impact instead of ones that can be thrown back before they blow up."

Eggman glared at Orbot. "You're saying this is MY fault?!"

Orbot quickly shook his head. "No, no. I would never say that. Regardless of how true it is."

Eggman glared at the robots. "You imcompetent ingrates! You can find your own way back to the lair."

Eggman hopped into his mobile and flew off, leaving Orbot and Cubot behind.

Penny sighed, shaking her head at both Orbot and Cubot, feeling sorry for them. A while later, when Penny was shopping for art supplies, the human girl noticed that Orbot and Cubot were still here, hijacking in a corner of the open market, their thumbs raised. She quickly hid behind some crates, waiting to see when she could pop in and help if necessary.

She watched as a Gogoba leader peddling a cart on a bike rolled up, and Orbot glanced at him hopefully. "Might we grab a ride to our evil employer's lair?"

The Gogoba leader smiled at them. "Of course, but this wagon isn't exactly water-resistant. It'll probably just sink to the bottom of the ocean and me along with it."

"On second thought, we'll find another ride." Orbot said, quickly waving the Gogoba off, who peddled away.

Penny continued to quietly watch as Soar flew up, and Cubot grinned at him. "Hey, Soar the Eagle. Any chance you could fly us over to Eggman?"

Soar grinned at them. "I could give you a ride... Or I could give you something even more valuable: The motivation to do it yourself." He closed his eyes and acted like he was meditating. "Close your eyes, and imagine you're back at the lair and a ride will manifest itself."

Penny let out a moan of annoyance, slapping her head as she watched both Orbot and Cubot meditate like the lying Eagle, and Soar quickly turned on his jet pack and flew off, leaving them behind. A second later, Leroy rolled up in his cart and right through a mud puddle, splashing mud on them.