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𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝟧- 𝒮𝓀𝓎

[Mika, Sonic and Tom are now riding on the open road in Tom's truck]

Tom: All right, pal, you need to start talking right now. Who are you? WHAT are you?

Sonic: I'm a hedgehog! I feel like that's obvious. And I'm in big trouble.

Mika: Yeah Dad he is an hedgehog.

Tom: Oh, you're in big trouble? You're not the one who punched some government weirdo back there.

Sonic: You think you have problems? I lost my Rings!

Mika: Rings?

Tom: Rings? What are you talking about?

Sonic: Okay, Rings are how all advanced cultures travel between worlds. And now mine are on top of a pointy building I've only ever seen on your skintight T-shirt.

Tom: [Sounds offended] Hey.

Mika: Oooh he got you dad!

Sonic: So, I'd like you to take me to San Francisco so I can get back my Rings and use them to go to the Mushroom Planet.

Tom: Mushroom Planet.

Sonic: Yes!

Mika: Yuck I hate mushrooom.

Sonic: Ha, well we got something common!

Tom: Right. [Pulls over to the side of the road] Okay, pal, [Opens the passenger side door] out you go.

Sonic + Mika: I'm sorry, what?

Tom: Look, this is the worst possible time for me to get myself into trouble, okay? You asked me to save your life, I saved your life. Now, please, go find your Rings and your mushroom land. Hopefully I'm gonna wake up in a hospital bed and the doctor's gonna tell me that my colonoscopy was a big success. Okay? So, goodbye.

Sonic: Okay. Goodbye. [Steps out of the truck]

Tom: Goodbye. [Notices Sonic is still standing next to the truck] Why aren't you leaving?

Sonic: I don't know where San Francisco is.

Mika: It's west.

Sonic: West?

Tom: Straight shot, can't miss it.

Sonic: Fine. That's cool. I'm totally cool saying goodbye now.

[Sonic speeds off in the direction Tom gave him as Mika looked down and she looked at her crystal, but he comes back to the truck, now soaking wet and covered in seaweed with a fish on his head]

Mika: Oh he's back!

Sonic: So, as I crashed into the cold, dark water of the Pacific, I realized a few things. A, I have no idea where I'm going. B, saltwater stings. C, I shouldn't even be on this planet right now, but I am! Why?! Because you shot me!

Tom: I know.

Sonic: You shot me!

Tom: All right, I heard you the first time. You don't have to... pile it on. Good grief.

Sonic: [Extends his thumb] I'm wet, [Extends his finger] I'm cold, [Opens his hands] there's a fish on my head! And clearly, I'm not going to be able to do this on my own.

[Tom looks at Sonic as the fish falls off his head]

Tom: [Sighs] All right, get in the truck.