On the highway, Tom had now left Green Hills and was heading somewhere else, mainly to get away from Robotnik.
"Okay, you three, I want answers." Tom said, demanding answers from the Faunus. "What the hell are you three????"
"We're hedgehogs, I feel like that's obvious." Sonic comments. "And now we're in more trouble than ever."
"Oh, you think you're in trouble??? You aren't the one who hit some crazed government roboticist." Tom stated
"You think you're worried about this whole thing??? I lost our rings!!!" Sonic snaps
"Ring?? What are you talking about???" Tom asked
"Okay, okay, rings, these specific ones I had, are how all advanced cultures and cultures travel between worlds." Sonic explained. "And now, OURS are stuck on top of a pointy building i've only ever seen on your tee-shirt."
Tom looked at Sonic a bit before resuming to watch the road.
"So I want you to take us to San Francisco so I can get the rings back and use them to travel to the mushroom planet." Sonic states
"Mushroom planet???" Tom questioned
"Yes!!!" The three hedgehogs confirmed
Tom pulled the truck to the side of the road and opened the passenger door and said, "Okay, out you go."
"I'm sorry, what??" Sonic questioned
"Look, this is quite literally the WORST possible time for me to get into trouble. Now, please, go find your rings and your mushroom land." Tom stated. "Hopefully i'm gonna wake up in a bed and this whole incident was all jut a dream."
Sonic sighed and got out of the truck but looked around and wasn't leaving.
"Why aren't you leaving?" Tom asked
"I don't have any idea where San Francisco is." Sonic answers
"It's west." Tom stated
"West?" Sonic asked
"Straight shot. Can't miss it." Tom adds
"Alright, that's cool. I'm TOTALLY fine with saying goodbye now." Sonic replies before rushing off
Tom went to start the truck as the other two hedgehogs went to get out, that is, until Sonic came back, practically soaking wet from the chest and upwards.
"I think you might have gone too far, pal..." Tom whispered
"S, as I crashed into the cold, dark waters of the Pacific, I realized a few things." Sonic says. "A, have no idea where i'm going, B, Salt water stings like hell when hitting it at high speeds, C, we shouldn't even be on this planet anymore but we are. Why?? Because you shot me."
"I know..." Tom stated
"YOU SHOT ME!!!!" Sonic repeated
"I heard you the first time, you don't have to.....pile it on." Tom says. "Good grief."
"I'm wet, i'm COLD, THERE IS A FISH ON MY HEAD, and clearly, i'm not gonna be able to do this on my own." Sonic quickly responded
Tom sighed and said, "Okay, get back in the truck."
"Really? You're gonna help us??" Sonic asked, shaking himself dry and his quills and hair poofing out like an afro
"I guess it is a little my fault all this is happening to you." Tom stated
"Not a little bit, it is entirely your fault." Sonic intercepted
"Okay, it's entirely my fault. You coming???" Tom asked
"Yes." Sonic replied, shaking again and drying off and getting back in the passenger seat, putting the seatbelt on. "Road trip?? Whoop-whoop!!!"
"What am I doing?" Tom quietly muttered to himself
Later, on the drive, Tom had to set down some ground rules for the trip. After fully deciding that they were gonna be, he had to bring them up to Sonic and his two siblings.
"Okay, on this trip, there's gonna be a couple of rules, alright?" Tom starts. "Rule 1, do exactly as I say the entire time."
"Got it, Doughnut Lord." Sonic said
"Would you please stop with that?? I have a name." Tom states. "It's Tom."
"Well, i'm Sonic." Sonic replies. "The two in the back are my brother and sister, Sonia and Manic."
"Sonic....Sonic...Sonic....." Tom ,utters to himself. "So you've been spying on all of us for years??"
"I wouldn't really call it spying. Just making sure that you don't deal with things you can't/" Manic comments
"I can't believe Crazy Carl was right all this time for 10 years." Tom comments
"Yeah, you should call him Super Observant Carl instead." Manic comments
Later, at a gas station, it had gone dark and Tom parked outside and got out, putting on a cap and looked back at Sonic.
"Okay, I want you to stay in the truck for now, when I get bac, we're gonna take a stop in that diner and get a meal." Tom stated before gesturing to a phone booth. "I'm gonna go check in with Wade, see what's going on."
"You're gonna see Wade in that glass thing? What is it, a teleportation box??" Sonic asked in a joking manner, knowing it wasn't a teleporting box but didn't know it was a payphone booth
"It's a payphone, mostly for drug dealers and fugitives from the law, which we happen to be." Tom replied, walking over to the payphone booth
Tom pulled out some spare Lien, put it into the payphone, adn called up the Green Hills Police Department. Nor answering after a few seconds.
"Hi, Green Hills Police Department." Wade said on the other end of the line
"Hey, Wade, it's me, Tom." Tom started
"Hi, Tom, i'm so glad that you called." Wade started, seeming nervous. "So, some guys from Atlas came in asking some questions."
"What kind of questions?" Tom asked
"I don't know, something about arson and terrorism." Wade states in response. "I instantly told them that I have gone camping with you before. The most fire you can light is a small campfire."
Tom rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, listen, this is VERY. IMPORTANT. Do not tell them we talked, okay?"
After some silence, Wade spoke again.
"I think they already know." Wade responded
After some short muffling, Robotnik's voice came over the phone.
"Mr. Wachowski...." Robotnik said
"It's Tom.....for the love of the gods, call me Tom." Tom stated
"I'll have you know the only other person to punch me in the face was a school bully. He hit me in the cafeteria causing a blood-forced contusion surrounding my orbital bone." Robotnik stated. "And you know what I did in response?"
"I assume you reported him to the person running the school cause you know, that kind of behavior is really unacceptable." Tom responds
"Wrong!! I examined a deficiency in a world where braune trumped brain and used technology to resolve that deficiency. In fact, it's how I have a robotic arm." Robotnik said. "The teen ate his meals through a straw, for a year!!! And I never lost a fight again, until today."
"Well, hooray for me then." Tom said, secretly smirking
"No, because you're about to become the bully with the straw!!" Robotnik snapped in response
Tom got a bit of a concerned look on his face.
"I'm coming for you, Mr. Wachowski....and when I find you, i'll-" Robotnik started
At this exact moment, Tom immediately hung up and pressed the refund button, getting a few bucks back before he went back to the truck to get Sonic.
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Sonic Underground: Reimagined
AdventureSonic, Manic, and Sonia must flee from Mobius to Earth when their home on the planet of Mobius is attacked by a tribe of echidnas. On Earth, they must hide and all they have left of their life on Mobius are three medallions and a few pictures. But...
