We'll be together again someday

An Enemy in Need

At the city Secco inhabitants were thronging the streets of the once-flooded city. Chris, Sonic, Tails, and Amy stood before the Secco Elder.

"We are grateful for your heroism. You saved our Planet Egg and our planet. We shall do our best to bestow upon you the thanks that you deserve by holding a festival today in your honor! A parade, music, dancing, and a feast to show our thanks!" Secco Elder said and Sonic whistled.

"Sounds good to me!" he said.

"Me too! Specially the feast part!" Amy said.

"Sounds like fun, Tails." Chris said.

"I'm not so sure I'm gonna like this..." Tails said.

When festival started there was much dancing.

The festival involved a parade of giant wooden ships, one of which was carrying them.

"They go all out." Chris said.

"Yeah." Sonic said.

The elder was dancing upon a high platform.

"One... Two... Three! Hahaha!" Secco Inhabitant said.

One of the Secco Inhabitants tossed Sonic into the air in celebration.

"That's it! Now everybody!" Secco Elder said and Tails was tossed into the air next, then Amy.

"Oh, I just can't get enough!" the inhabitants said and threw everyone into the air.

"Why are they throwing us?" Chris asked.

"Don't knoooww!" Sonic said to see that they're bouncing on a giant trampoline.

"Haha! This is how we honor heroes!" Secco Elder said.

"There they are!" someone said.

Knuckles, Cosmo, Cream, and Cheese joined them soon.

"Wow, that looks like fun!" Cream said.

"Chao chao!" Cheese said.

"Yeah, if you wanna feel like a yo-yo..." Knuckles said.

"Why are they bouncing you like that?" Cosmo asked.

"It's for getting their Planet Egg back!" Chris said.

"It's a token of their appreciation." Sonic said.

"I'm appreciated enough!" Tails said.

"I can't take much more!" Amy said.

"This is so wonderful." Cosmo said.

Then the Secco Elder overheard them.

"You down there, friends of the heroes! Let us honor you too! Throw them here!" he said.

Soon Cream and Cosmo were also bouncing on the giant trampoline.

"Come defy the forces of gravity!" Secco Elder said.

"I'm actually a big fan of gravity." Knuckles said waving a hand.

"I'm actually a big fan of gravity." Knuckles said waving a hand then looked at Sonic and he looked back.

'Especially if you have to worry about falling into the water.' he thought.

Little did they know that they were being watched by a spy drone.

At the Crimson Egg Eggman was watching the festival on a screen.

"So nice of Sonic and his friends to keep the Chaos Emeralds for me! Let's see... What sort of strategic strategy should I come up with to get one of them from them?" Eggman said and laughed.