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Tails gathered Amy, Knuckles, and Sticks into Sonic's shack and had them all sit at the table.



"Okay, I have finally come up with a plan to stop Eggman from horrifying us." Tails said, steepling his fingers. "I will pay him to do his laundry and I've asked Cyborg Sonic to come over and keep him busy."



Amy clapped her hands. "That's a great plan."



Knuckles and Sticks nodded in agreement.



Cyborg Sonic walked in and looked around. "I thought you said there would be chili dogs."



"I said I was paying you in chili dogs." Tails replied. "Not that they would be served at the meeting."



"We're supposed to have pizza." Knuckles said. "Now where is my pizza?"



Sticks set her phone on the table. "I'm on it."



"Well, what about Sonic?" Amy asked. "He has been driving us crazy too."



Tails shrugged. "Any suggestions?"



Knuckles stood up and leaned over the table. "You're supposed to be so smart, why can't you come up with a plan?" Knuckles asked.



"I have tried to get him to take up a hobby or read." Tails replied. "He speed reads books and he refuses to take up a hobby. I'm out of ideas."





Amy pulled out her hammer and grinned. "I think I can persuade him."





"I've been meaning to ask you something. You didn't have that thing when you came in, how do you do that?" Tails asked.



Amy glanced at her hammer. "You know, I haven't really thought about it before."



"They do stuff like that all the time in cartoons." Sticks said. "Maybe we're all cartoons and we're stuck in a cartoon world matrix!"



Amy slapped her hand over her face.



"I'll admit some of your theories have been surprisingly right, Sticks." Tails replied. "However, this one is just too ridiculous for me to accept."



Knuckles threw his hands up. "Where is my pizza?" He asked. "I was promised pizza and pizza I shall have."



"Oh, sorry, Knuckles." Sticks replied. She started dialing her phone. "I got distracted."
**
Amy arrived at Tails' workshop.



Sonic woke up from his nap and saw Amy standing over him with her hammer. "A- Amy? What are-"



"You either take up a hobby or that other leg will be in a cast." Amy said, lightly tapping her hammer into her free hand.



Sonic sat up and held his hands up defensively. "Okay. S- so what kind of hobby should I try?"



Amy helped Sonic into his wheelchair. "We'll try painting."
**
Tails knocked on Eggman's door.



Cyborg Sonic tapped his foot as they waited for Eggman to open the door. "I'm waiting."



Tails flinched back and looked at him.



"Man, that was annoying." Cyborg Sonic said, rubbing the back of his head. "Sorry about that. It sounded a lot cooler in my head."



Eggman, wearing a toga made out of a bedsheet, opened the door. "Oh. It's you. I thought it was the pizza I ordered."



"I hope you're having a toga party, but I doubt it." Tails replied. He pulled some money out of his wallet. "Anyway, here's fifty dollars. I'll pay you to do your laundry."



Eggman took the money. "Why should I do my laundry?"



"Because you need to wear pants if you're gonna battle Cyborg Sonic." Tails said, stepping aside to allow Cyborg Sonic to step over.



"Yeah, please do laundry." Cyborg Sonic said, looking away. "I am not fighting you if you're wearing a sheet."



"Be prepared for your swift destruction." Eggman said, striking a triumphant pose. "After I do my laundry."



Tails and Cyborg Sonic fist bumped each other as Eggman shut the door to his base.

**

Tails and Cyborg Sonic made their way back to Tails' workshop.



A bunch of little pigs made out of empty bleach bottles were sitting in the window sills of Tails' workshop. One little pig was sitting in the cockpit of the Tornado and wearing little aviator goggles, an old fashioned flight helmet, and a scarf.



Tails and Cyborg Sonic glanced at each other.



Tails sighed. "This has Sticks written all over it."



They went inside to find Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy sitting on the couch and decorating another bunch of bleach bottle pigs while Sticks carried in a crate of bottles.



"What's all of this about?" Tails asked.



"I found a hobby for Sonic." Amy replied. "Well, we all got into it."



"So this is the only hobby he was interested in?" Tails asked.



"We tried painting." Sonic replied. "It was too messy."



"Knitting was a bad idea." Amy said.



"He threw a knitting needle at me." Knuckles added. "That answered my 'how's it going' question. Building birdhouses are out. Oh, and he should never be allowed around a table saw again."



"I'm sorry about that." Sonic said, setting down a little pig with a bowler hat. "I lost patience with knitting. Also, I'm sorry about breaking your table saw, Knuckles."



"So we saw this thing on TV about making these cute little pigs, so we decided to give it a try." Amy said, holding up a pig in a ballerina outfit.



Tails shrugged. "Well, at least it'll keep him occupied for a while."



"You owe me a pizza, Sonic." Knuckles said.



"I owe you a table saw." Sonic replied.



"No, just get me my pizza and we'll call it even." Knuckles said, setting a pig dressed in a jester costume aside.



"The saw costs more than a pizza." Sonic replied.



"Fine. Then make it two pizzas." Knuckles said.



Sonic gave an exasperated sigh. "Alright, I'll get you a pizza and a new table saw. That's my final offer."



"It's a great deal, Knux." Cyborg Sonic said.



"I'll take it." Knuckles replied.