Eggman and Infinite's Treachery/Chuck and Longclaw Captured

*(Later that same night, in an empty cavern a bit close by the Fairy Clan Village, Merlock’s gang is hanging around, talking to each other)*

Dijon: Ya know, McLeach and Vicious really threw us that hard earlier.

Negaduck: (Rubbing his rear in pain and annoyance) I mean, that stupid bee had the audacity to sting my rear while I was spying with Hunch and Pitch's NightMares here, so I might not be able to sit on my rear for the whole night until the pain goes away.

Pitch: Lucky for you, you're not allergic to bee stings.

Negaduck: Well, duh!

*(Hunch then started to laugh a bit at Negaduck)*

Hunch: (Stifling some laughs) But you shoulda seen Negaduckie's face when the bee stung him!

Grand Duke of Owls: (Flalty) It’s not funny, Hunch.

Negaduck: (Angrily) And it's not "Negaduckie," it's "Negaduck!"

*(But Hunch bursted out laughing loudly)*

Negaduck: Pipe down!

*(Hunch ignored him, continuing to laugh, angering Negaduck even more. Finally, Negaduck lunged at Hunch, getting into a scuffle. Annoyed, Poison Ivy shouted to them, making them stop)*

Poison Ivy: Would you both knock it off?!

*(The fighting stopped, with Hunch all dizzied while Negaduck glared at him)*

Negaduck: (Points at the dizzy Hunch accusingly) Well, he started it!

Hunch: (Recovering, then angrily) Did not!

*(Then Merlock’s gang resumed their conversation)*

Merlock: Well, it’s no wonder we’re dangling in rock bottom underneath the Merry Team.

Puppetmon: (Pouting) I definitely hate dangling under them!

Hydro Man: And if it weren’t for them, we would’ve made our next step with our plot with Eggman’s group easily.

Pitch: I’ll say.

Thief 2: I especially hate those Merry Team meddlers!

Brer Fox: They are annoying.

Brer Bear: Pushy.

Baron: Made Eggman’s group, Fat Tony’s gang, and the Badnik Thieves agree with them.

Puppetmon: And boy, are they…?

Puppetmon, Baron, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear: Stuuupid?!

*(They laugh a bit with Merlock’s group, until they stopped upon hearing Eggman’s group and the Badnik Thieves come in, with Eggman’s group speaking up, and Inifnite's carrying his helmet-like mask and Phantom Ruby brooch)*

Infinite: (Sarcastically) Really? And I thought you trusted us?

Eggman: (Sarcastically agreeing) And I’m pretty sure you didn’t mean it when you called us “Stupid,” right?

*(Realizing sheepishly, Merlock’s gang chuckled a bit in embarrassment)*

Merlock: Oh, no, you’re not stupid.

Pitch: You guys are an exception.

*(They dagger glare at their henchmen for support)*

Merlock’s group: (Dagger glaring) Right?

Henchmen: (Nervously agreeing) Oh, yeah. Sure.

Dijon: (Nervously agreeing) Never doubted ya!

*(They chuckled nervously a bit as well)*

Eggman’s group and Badnik Thieves: (Nonchalantly) Good.

Infinite: But let us recap from today’s events in our meeting, shall we?

Dirty male Badnik 1: (Picking his nose and drooling a bit) Like he said.

*(He finished picking his nose and drooling and sniffed powerfully)*

Poison Ivy: (Aghast) Gah, don't you seriously regard getting a bath and makeover?

Pitch: (Agreeing) Especially knowing good manners?

*(A short pause, then the dirty male Badnik burped, much to Pitch and Poison Ivy's disgust. Then the meeting continued, while Eggman’s group gave smug smiles)*

Infinite: (Smugly) Anyway, you recall how we nearly rid us of those boys and their friends, right?

Eggman: (Smugly) Do you remember?

Merlock’s gang and Badnik Thieves: (All agreeing with a shrug) Oh, yeah.

Warren: Definitely.

Dijon: (Confused) But, uh, didn’t your old friends, who happened to be those boys’ parents, intervene?

Eggman: (Smugly, stroking his left side mustache for a bit) Why, yes.

Infinite: (Smugly) And technically, they’re *formally* our old *acquaintances*, not old friends.

Dijon: (Realizing) Oh, yeah, that’s right.

Komodo Joe: They pretended to join, right?

Komodo Moe: Yeah, didn't they?

Eggman: (Smugly enunciating) Correct.

Infinite: (Smugly agreeing) And the fact that none of you realized that Meowzie is the daughter of Thumbelina and Cornelius?

Eggman: (Smugly) And the Tamer of Elements, who is attracted by a voice calling out to her.

Infinite: (Smugly, while looking at Pitch's NightMares) Which Pitch's three NightMares informed us from what they saw and heard while secretly spying on them.

*(Negaduck and Hunch rudely cleared their throats, annoyed by the fact that Infinite purposely forgot to include them since they, themselves, were with Pitch's three NightMares spying on the heroes secretly, and Negaduck getting his rear stung by a bee in the process)*

Infinite: (Nonchalantly while giving a flat look) Along with Negaduck and Hunch, of course.

Eggman: (Nonchalantly agreeing) With Negaduck getting his rear stung by a bee during it.

*(Negaduck and Hunch then gave a haughty “Thank you” gesture. Eggman’s group then resumed their smug smiles)*

Eggman: (Smugly) But Meowzie’s path is nothing to be concerned of for us.

Infinite: (Smugly) Because her quest has nothing to do with our plot.

Davy Sprocket: Because it’s the Golden Hand of Midas we need, and both Chuck and Longclaw have something to do with our plot instead.

Spike the Badnik: Exactly, because what’s so sensible about a magical girl scratching cat Pokemon’s quest to find a mysterious voice anyway?

Skweel: Nothing, because Chuck and Longclaw’s involvement is the only thing that’s sensible to our plan.

Merlock’s gang and Badnik Thieves: (Agreeing) That’s true.

Brer Bear: (Confused) But, uh, why are you, Eggman’s group, so smug suddenly?

Electro: (Agreeing in confusion) Didn’t it occur to you that we might not be able to get the Golden Hand of Midas behind their backs as planned right now?

*(Eggman’s group pretended to ponder a bit)*

Eggman: (To Electro, smugly and sarcastically) Gee, I wonder why?

Infinite: (Smugly agreeing in sarcasm) Yes….

Dijon: Didn’t it also occur to you that it’s those meddling boys who are to blame that we can’t take one step closer to our goal?

Infinite: (Smugly at first) Good question.

Eggman: (Smugly at first) That is, indeed, a good question, Dijon. *(Slowly starting to get angry along with Infinite)* And did it also occur to you that you almost let those meddlers *(Screaming at him, scaring him and making him fall on his back by attempting to hit him)* EXPOSE US AS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH OUR MISSION FOR CONQUEST?!

Infinite: (Angrily agreeing, about to hit Dijon) ALMOST RUINING THEIR TRUST TOWARDS US?!

*(Recovering, Dijon calmed his scared reaction down and got annoyed while getting up)*

Dijon: How were we supposed to know that was gonna happen, O Great Doctor and Virtual Creator with Outdoor Voices?!

Dimwitted male Badnik 1: (Cluelessly and happily) That’s me!

Dijon: (Confidently) I, the great thief Dijon, am certain we can do it right next time.

*(Suddenly, on "Time," Dijon accidentally snagged his belt and his pants fell down, revealing his boxers again, much to Merlock's gang's calm annoyance and Dijon's embarrassment)*

Pitch: (Groans a bit, then annoyed) Again, you had to drop your pants?

*(Then Eggman’s group calmed down in anger while Dijon pulled up and secured his pants again)*

Infinite: And to make matters worse, Pitch's three NightMares *(Eyes Negaduck and Hunch briefly)* *and* even Negaduck and Hunch saw some of our accomplices hanging out with the meddlers.

Eggman: Along with Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts.

Negaduck: That’s right.

Hunch: If they are betraying us, they will soon face the death in...!

Pitch: (Nonchalantly) "Annihilation?"

Hunch: (Chuckles crazily a bit) Yes! (Smiles cluelessly at Pitch) You're smart, Pitch.

*(While Hunch finished his above line while Pitch rolled his eyes in annoyance, Fat Tony’s gang came into the cave, and some of the villains saw them come in while the other villains heard them come in with their backs turned)*

Eggman: (To Fat Tony’s gang, his back turned at first) And about this hanging around with the meddlers, isn’t that right…?

*(He then turns around to look at Fat Tony’s gang with a flat stern look with the other villains who just heard them come in)*

Eggman: (Looking at Fat Tony’s gang with a flat stern glare) Fat Tony, men?

*(Fat Tony’s gang got confused)*

Louie: What’re ya talkin’ about?

Legs: All we heard you talk about is regarding your plot for the Golden Hand of Midas, which we already know about.

McLeach: (Nods) Yes, of course.

Infinite: But isn’t there something else you did while we waited for you to come meet us here?

Johnny: (Confused) What do you mean?

Fat Tony: (Agreeing in confusion) What is going on?

Eggman: Talking denial, eh?

Infinite: We might know otherwise.

Fat Tony: (Confused and suspiciously) What is it you got to say about us?

Infinite: It’s those boys, along with the princesses and their parents and friends.

Eggman: Mine and Infinite’s army and I, along with Merlock’s group and their army, think you four have gotten soft towards those brats ever since Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts grew soft to them.

Villains: Yeah.

*(Calmly realizing that’s what this is about, Fat Tony’s gang glared bitterly)*

Fat Tony: (Enunciating bitterly) That, is not, true.

Johnny: (Bitterly) We would never make friends with a bunch of wimpy children and their wimpy friends like them.

*(Negaduck, Hunch, and Pitch went up to Fat Tony’s gang, taking a few steps forward)*

Pitch: (Crossing his wings sternly, mockingly) Then what about this?

Negaduck: (Mockingly) From what the princesses were confided by from you?

Hunch: (To Negaduck) Tell them.

Negaduck: (Mockingly imitating Fat Tony’s gang, while Hunch and Pitch smirked evilly in agreement) Oh, you got the makings of greatness in ya, along with your family and friends. Just show everyone what you’re made of from the ashes of different tragedies. *(In his normal voice, sneeringly)* Weren’t those your *exact* words to the princesses *and* their friends, when you comforted them over their old lady grandma’s sudden death by natural causes?

Pitch: (Sneeringly in agreement) That's what Hunch, three of my NightMares, and Negaduck even heard *and* saw.

Hunch: (Sneeringly) So what do you think of *that*?

*(Fat Tony’s gang exhaled through their noses sharply in calm anger, and then they retorted that claim away)*

Fat Tony: (Pointing at them in a calm stern angry way) You listen to us, and you listen to us good!

Legs: (In calm anger) There is a logical reason and one logical reason only on why we said that to them!

Louie: (In calm anger) We only said those words to make them stop being mushy on us!

Johnny: (In calm anger) So, to recap what we said…!

Fat Tony’s gang: (In calm anger) We *ain’t* gone soft!

*(A short pause, then the villains gave in to their claims with a shrug)*

Merlock’s gang: Very well.

Badnik Thieves: We believe ya.

Eggman’s group: Just so long as you made sure you don’t make them suspicious.

*(With that said and done, they resumed their discussion)*

Fat Tony: Now, what’ll we do to get the Golden Hand of Midas easily?

Hunch: (Determinedly at first) We…! *(Calms down in an unsure way)* Don’t really know yet.

Merlock’s gang except Merlock: (Agreeing) Yeah.

Dijon: (Agreeing) We do not know.

*(Aghast at Merlock’s gang actually not sure on how to accomplish this, Eggman’s group and the Badnik Thieves gave flat annoyed looks with Fat Tony’s gang)*

Fat Tony: (Flatly) Really?

*(Then Eggman’s group and the Badnik Thieves got determined in anger)*

Eggman: Use your brains!

*(Then Eggman’s group started singing, encouraging Merlock and Fat Tony’s gangs, and the Badnik Thieves)*

Eggman: **I remember a time**

**When crime was sublime**

**There was plenty of loot in our hands**

Infinite: **We’d plundered and pillaged**

**And ransacked a village**

**With nary a worry or care**

Eggman’s group: **Then along came those two traitors**

**With their soft-hearted brats and friends**

**And they turned three of our allies against us**

**So, rally it out**

**We’re going with Plan B**

**And go get what we want again**

Infinite: **Are you in or out?**

**Got to know without a doubt**

Eggman: **We’re the ones you need**

**For a dirty deed**

Eggman’s group: **We’re the best, success is guaranteed**

Eggman: **Are you men or mice?**

Infinite: **Take a slice of our advice**

**You want some fearless leaders?**

Eggman: **Those who are strong and stout?**

Eggman’s group: **Better vote for us**

**Are you in or out?**

*(Determined by this speech, Merlock and Fat Tony’s gangs, and the Badnik Thieves joined in the song)*

Villains except Eggman’s group: **We are definitely smart, yes**

**Horrendously heartless**

**In ravaging raids, we are rough**

**We knew that we have**

**To be blissfully bad**

**Then those meddlers brought their sensitive stuff**

**And they strayed our three allies’ path**

**Of our rigorous wrath**

**Now we’re taking a bath in the dust**

**But we’ll reclaim our winnings**

**Our humble beginnings**

**In turmoil and torture, we trust**

**Are you in or out?**

Infinite: **Double-crossers or devout?**

Eggman: **Put your faith in us**

**Pretty soon you’ll see**

Eggman’s group: **We’re the princes of generosity**

Merlock’s gang and Badnik Thieves: **Are you foe or friend?**

Eggman’s group: **Here’s the path we recommend**

**You want a ride to fame?**

**We’ve got the fastest route**

**What’s it gonna be?**

**Are you in or out?**

Badnik Thieves: **We’ll go robbing in all the right places**

Merlock’s group: **From Agrabah dunes to Bali**

Komodo Joe: **Imagine the fear on their faces**

Dijon, Komodo Moe, and Puppetmon: **When we drop by for cookies and tea**

Eggman’s group: (With Infinite putting his helmet-like mask and Phantom Ruby brooch back on) Come along, men, follow us!

Villains: **Are you in or out?**

Eggman’s group: **If you’re with us, give a shout**

Villains except Eggman’s group: Yeah!

Eggman: **We’ll lead you all the way**

Infinite: **Towards our glory days**

Fat Tony: **We’ll begin a life of crime that pays**

Electro: **Are you out or in?**

Poison Ivy: **Make your choice now**

Hydro Man: **Sink or swim**

Eggman’s group: **You can stick with us**

Pitch: **Or stay behind and pout**

*(On “Pout,” Puppetmon pretends to pout like a 3 year old child before resuming the song)*

Villains except Eggman’s group: **What’s it gonna be?**

Eggman’s group: **Consider carefully**

Villains: **Are you in or out?**

*(The song over, they posed with their weapons as we fade to black. Then we cut to the next morning in Shirabad in the Fairy Clan Village, and everyone is awake and dressed in their daytime clothes already. And Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Cosmo’s own safari shirt’s sleeves are still rolled up, Sally, Cosmo, Amy, Minerva, Morgana, and Vanilla’s own safari shirts are still opened and unbuttoned, exposing their tanktops, Minerva having her bonnet-like hat back on, and Amy and Vanilla having their own safari hats back on. Anyway, upon meeting up with each other, the expedition, Chuck’s group’s friends, Thumbelina’s group, Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts began speaking to each other happily, waiting for Chuck, Longclaw, and even Doom, the Toon Patrol, and Oberon, to come meet up with them)*

Megavolt: Ya know, eating those dry meat chunks have gotten easier now.

Quackerjack: I’ll say.

*(Then Chuck, Longclaw, Doom, and the Toon Patrol met up with them. Then everyone got confused on why Oberon is not there)*

Terrence: Hey, fellas!

Chuck, Longclaw, Doom, and Toon Patrol: Hey! (Hey.)

Cornelius: Where’s Father, isn’t he meeting us?

Sonia: Where is he?

Chuck: (Shrugs) Oh, you know the king.

Longclaw: He wished us luck and that we’ll need it to find Aztlán.

Tails: (Confused) But, uh, did you ask him if we can borrow the map?

Zarina: You know Oberon would never let us go to Aztlán without his *exact* permission, to be exact.

Crysta: We’ll go ask him.

*(Just when the group were gonna go look for Oberon, Chuck and Longclaw stopped them immediately and started to usher them towards the village’s exit)*

Longclaw: We got the permission already.

Chuck: So, let’s get going now.

Longclaw: Yeah.

Chuck and Longclaw: Come on.

*(Just before they ushered them to leave, Sonic’s group suddenly remembered something and rushed back to Oberon’s house, much to Chuck and Longclaw’s confused surprise)*

Chuck and Longclaw: Boys?

Chuck: Why are you going to the king's house?

Longclaw: Come on, Aztlán awaits!

*(Sonic’s group turned to them while entering the house, with Chuck, Longclaw, and the others following)*

Sonic: We forgot our two copies of our picture you gave us last night, Dad!

Knuckles: One for you and one for us!

*(Realizing in shock that they did, indeed, forgot these two copies of this picture, Chuck and Longclaw rushed into the house with Thumbelina and Cornelius entering with them and the others, including Chuck’s group, watching at the curtained doorway)*

Longclaw: Look, sons.

Chuck: Um, we can come back for the picture afterwards.

*(Sonic’s group got confused after Sonic grabbed the two copies of this picture, which is of him, Tails, Knuckles, Chuck, and Longclaw spending quality time at the oasis-like spring last night)*

Tails: What do you mean “Afterwards?”

Sonic: (Playfully) Are you hiding something from us?

*(Chuck and Longclaw, hearing Sonic’s playful tone, got a bit nervous and played along in agreement)*

Chuck and Longclaw: (Nervously) Oh, yeah….

*(They chuckled nervously a bit)*

Chuck: (Nervously) You know how silly parents can be when it comes, to….

*(Then he slowly stopped speaking when he and the others see Sonic and Tails, who noticed this behavior from Chuck and Longclaw just now, suspiciously turned to Oberon’s table nearby. Suspicious as well, Knuckles approached with Sonic and Tails)*

Chuck: Uh, Sonic, guys…?

Longclaw: We should go now.

*(Knuckles then noticed something odd about a big piece of paper laying on the table)*

Knuckles: Wait a minute….

*(He carefully pulled the paper out)*

Chuck and Longclaw: (Quickly trying to interject while Knuckles did this) Wait!

*(Sonic’s group looked at the paper with Thumbelina and Cornelius and got calmly shocked. It is a crudely drawn map)*

Thumbelina: The real map of Aztlán….

Cornelius: It’s….

*(Thumbelina and Cornelius turned to Chuck and Longclaw in confusion)*

Thumbelina and Cornelius: Chuck, Longclaw…?

*(With their backs turned still, Sonic’s group asked away in suspicion)*

Sonic’s group: Did you take the real map?

Chuck and Longclaw: Guys…?

*(Sonic’s group turned to Chuck and Longclaw in confusion, with Knuckles showing the fake map to them and everyone else, with the two getting calmly and silently shocked and surprised)*

Sonic’s group: Did you *take* the real map or not?

*(Their nervousness melting away now that it’s out with the rest of the group watching in calm silent shock still along with even Thumbelina and Cornelius, Chuck and Longclaw came clean, showing the real map to Aztlán after Chuck pulled it out of his bag)*

Chuck and Longclaw: Yes.

Chuck: But you don’t underst….

Sonic: (Calmly shocked) But why?

Tails: (Calmly shocked) King Oberon and his people trusted you both.

Knuckles: (Calmly shocked) And then you….

*(Then Sonic’s group’s calm shock slowly turned into calm anger in realization)*

Knuckles: (Slowly becoming calmly angry with Sonic and Tails) You robbed them blind.

Longclaw: Boys….

Tails: (Feeling calmly betrayed with Sonic and Knuckles) You said you would never steal anything at all!

Sonic: (Agreeing in calm anger and betrayal) But you’re almost as bad as *we* formally were!

Knuckles: (Agreeing in calm anger and betrayal) Lying to us! And that must be why you abandoned us, isn’t it?!

Chuck and Longclaw: (Shocked) What?!

Longclaw: That’s not tr…!

Sonic: (In calm anger and betrayal) Then it’s no wonder my brothers and I became street rats!

Tails: (In calm anger and betrayal) And it’s no wonder you never came back to us in the first place!

Knuckles: (In calm anger and betrayal) All because you wanted the treasures of Aztlán for yourselves instead of for yourselves *and* the Badnik Thieves!

Chuck: It’s not what you think!

Longclaw: We were only trying to help!

Sonic: (In calm anger and betrayal) No, you only want the treasure!

Knuckles: (In calm anger and betrayal) By pretending to miss us!

Chuck: Well, what *were* we gonna do, take a foolish risk without the king’s help, just because we didn’t want to ask for *your* help because you were too young back in Agrabah?!

*(Calmly shocked at what Chuck just snapped, the group, especially Sonic’s group got calmly disappointed and calmly angry respectively while Chuck calmed his anger down upon realizing he snapped)*

Chuck: I’m sorry, I didn’t….

*(Sonic’s group calmly cuts him off in calm anger)*

Knuckles: (In calm anger) So, it’s all oozing out.

Tails: (In calm anger) Still treating us like kids.

Sonic: (In calm anger) You know what…?

*(They begin to walk out of the teepee after Knuckles discarded the fake map and then turned to their parents in calm anger and disappointment mixed together)*

Sonic’s group: (In calm anger) Doom and Smarty were right; You *are* thieves and bandits, and we wish that we’d never found you, except Manic and Sonia, ever.

*(Then with that, Sonic’s group, still feeling calmly angry and betrayed, stormed out calmly while Sonic dropped the two copies of the picture he got, not even noticing Oberon and even Doom and the Toon Patrol watching in calm shock and concern silently. Chuck and Longclaw looked at the rest of the group who saw the whole argument, and they, too, felt a hint of calm sadness and betrayal. Feeling remorseful, they then walked out of the teepee and after glancing at Sonic’s group seated nearby with their backs turned on them, they then, in calm sadness after Chuck picked up his copy of the picture, ran out into the forest in calm remorse after he dropped the map of Aztlán on the ground. Watching this, the group softened a bit and then after looking at Sonic’s group, they decided to leave Sonic's group, Chuck, and Longclaw alone for a while. Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, and even Megavolt and Quackerjack, on the other hand, were about to follow when they spot Oberon, feeling calmly concerned along with Doom and the Toon Patrol, pick up the map of Aztlán and then walking away, deciding to also leave Sonic’s groups, Chuck, and Longclaw alone for a while. Calmly realizing what was really going on, Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack then ran to the same direction Chuck and Longclaw ran. Out in the forest, after running a bit in calm remorse, Longclaw then calmly broke down crying silently as Chuck felt calmly guilty)*

Longclaw: (Crying silently) I told you we should’ve told them! We never should’ve agreed to keep that a surprise for them, and now, they’re not speaking to us anymore!

*(Watching his wife calmly sobbing quietly, Chuck silently looked at their copy of the picture and seeing his smiling self, as well as the smiling Sonic’s group, in the picture, Chuck slowly realized one thing and one thing only; Sonic’s group are his and Longclaw’s sons and Manic and Sonia's brothers, and he will do anything in his power to try and make amends. Noticing this upon finishing her silent sobbing, Longclaw then looked at her husband and then giving a silent nod in calm determination, they decided to do what’s right)*

Chuck: (Softly in calm determination) Let’s go try and apolo…!

*(Suddenly, a laser shoots out near their spot, knocking them onto their feet. As soon as it ended, Merlock’s gang, with Negaduck being the one who shot his laser gun, emerged, chuckling evilly a bit)*

Merlock: Well, well, if it isn’t the former thief and his spouse.

*(Recovering in determination, Chuck and Longclaw were about to fight when Brer Fox and Brer Bear grabbed them quickly and proceeded to tie their hands behind their backs)*

Longclaw: (Struggling in anger) Get your hands off us!

*(Then they see Eggman’s group, Fat Tony’s gang, and the Badnik Thieves emerge as well, not even realizing that they, too, are smirking evilly as well, as they spoke to them in calm desperation)*

Chuck: Guys!

Longclaw: Help us! Why…?!

*(Then they saw their evil smirks and Chuck is the first to slowly realize, turning his calm desperation to calm anger)*

Chuck: (Slowly becoming calmly angry) Wait a minute….

*(He then almost lunged at them, despite that his hands are tied behind his back, only to be held back tightly by Brer Fox)*

Chuck: YOU DOUBLE-CROSSING SONS OF…!!

*(Infinite then punched Chuck in his stomach, stunning him a bit and making him stop as Brer Fox continued to hold him, much to Longclaw’s concern)*

Infinite: (Sneeringly) I’d watch your mouth if I were you.

Puppetmon: (Sneeringly, pointing at us) Especially not in front of the kids.

Longclaw: So, basically, the whole “Blackmail” story you claimed last night was a lie!

Eggman: (Shrugs) Well, we had to do something to temporally keep you off our trail.

Grand Duke of Owls: And to make sure you brats and friends won’t intervene.

Fat Tony: (To Chuck and Longclaw with a shrug, holding his cigar) Now, we just want you to help us.

Chuck: Help you with what?!

*(Then Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack arrived in confusion)*

Vidia: Chuck, Longclaw, what…?

Manic: (At the same time as Vidia’s line) Who’re y…?

*(Noticing the six, Chuck and Longclaw shouted to them in concern)*

Chuck and Longclaw: STAY AWAY!!

*(Noticing Chuck and Longclaw tied up, Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack got confused at first until they saw the villains, who noticed them as well, and gasped in calm surprise)*

Legs: (To Fat Tony and Eggman’s group) Well, looks like they might squeal on us.

Infinite: (To Legs) Yes.

Eggman: (To Legs, Louie, Johnny, Dragon Breath, Davy Sprocket, and Pitch) Seize them.

*(Then Legs, Louie, Johnny, Dragon Breath, Davy Sprocket, and Pitch approached Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack with evil smirks)*

Longclaw: Leave them alone!

*(Backing away a bit, Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack then attempted to fight Legs, Louie, Johnny, Davy Sprocket, Dragon Breath, and Pitch off with their fighting skills and Megavolt's electric powers, only for the six men to sneak attack with Pitch's help and then roughly grab them as well, pinning their hands behind their backs, while Dragon Breath roughly grabbing Megavolt and quickly tying his hands tightly behind his back in magic and escape-proof rope, so he won’t fight back with his electric powers)*

Chuck and Longclaw: Guys!

Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: (Struggling against Legs, Louie, Johnny, Davy Sprocket, Dragon Breath, and Pitch’s respective tight grips and Megavolt trying to free his tied hands) Unhand us! (Get your hands off us!) (Let go of us!)

*(After being brought up to Merlock and Eggman’s groups and Fat Tony, Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack glared savagely at them, as well as Merlock’s gang and the Badnik Thieves as they were forced to stop struggling due to Legs, Louie, Johnny, Davy Sprocket, Dragon Breath, and Pitch’s respective tight grips on their hands behind their backs, although Megavolt's hands are also tied behind his back already)*

Fat Tony: (Goes up to a livid Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist) Now, if you want to squeal on us….

Eggman: (Goes up to a livid Manic) Which you obviously will….

Eggman and Fat Tony: (Sticks each of their own left hand’s index fingers out to Manic and Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist respectively) We’ll let ya….

*(Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist and Manic savagely bites Fat Tony and Eggman’s own left hands respectively, making them retract in pain and Fat Tony dropping his cigar, making them almost lose their tempers)*

Eggman: (Angrily) WHY, YOU LITTLE…!!

Fat Tony: (Angrily, at the same time as Eggman) YOU LITTLE MOBIAN PUNK!!

Megavolt: (Angrily) We'd like to see you try and beat us!

Quackerjack: (Angrily in agreement) That'll be the day!

*(But just when Eggman and Fat Tony were gonna furiously punch Megavolt and Quackerjack, Infinite, Legs, Louie, Johnny, the Badnik Thieves, and Merlock’s gang cleared their throats, making Eggman and Fat Tony realize, ease down their tempers, and resume their speech while Fat Tony crushed his dropped cigar)*

Eggman and Fat Tony: (Calming down smugly, pointing at Megavolt, Quackerjack, Manic, and Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist again) Sorry about that.

*(Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist and Manic almost savagely bit their own left hands again, but Fat Tony and Eggman retracted smugly)*

Eggman: Watch those chompers.

Fat Tony: Do not bite.

*(Then they resumed their speech as Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack continued to glare savagely with Chuck and Longclaw)*

Fat Tony: Now, youse listen to Eggman’s group and youse listen good.

Eggman: We need you six to deliver a message, so tell this to your loved ones and buddies; If you want Chuck the Hedgehog and Longclaw the Owl back with you, alive and safe….

Infinite: (Finishing the ultimatum, which Eggman lets him) Bring us the Golden Hand of Midas in exchange for their freedom, or else we will not hesitate to make them sleep with the fishes at sundown!

Merlock: So, to recap.

Negaduck: Bring us the Golden Hand of Midas, or Chuck and Longclaw are kicking the bucket at sundown.

Merlock’s group: (To Brer Fox and Brer Bear, still holding Chuck and Longclaw) Take them away!

Eggman’s group: (To their henchmen and Pitch) You tie these six up to this tree right here.

*(Then the villains proceeded to follow those orders as Chuck, Longclaw, Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack struggled in anger and determination)*

Chuck, Longclaw, and Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist’s groups: (Struggling) Guys!

*(Then Merlock’s gang threw Chuck and Longclaw, whose hands are still tied behind their backs, into a nearby cell carrier, locking them in there)*

Chuck and Longclaw: (While being forced in the cell carrier) Let go of us! (Get off!) (Release us!) Hands off!

*(Peeking from the cell window of the cell carrier, Chuck and Longclaw noticed Legs, Louie, Johnny, Davy Sprocket, and Pitch tying Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, and Quackerjack’s hands tightly behind their backs to a nearby tree while Dragon Breath tied the still tied up Megavolt to the same tree)*

Chuck and Longclaw: Guys!

Longclaw: What’re you doing to them?!

Chuck: Stop!

Grand Duke of Owls and Negaduck: (Punches the cell carrier’s wall, quieting Chuck and Longclaw) Pipe down!

Vidia: (Struggling while being tied up, to the villains) Stop this!

Sonia: (Struggling while being tied up, agreeing) Release us!

Manic: (Struggling while being tied up, agreeing) And give Mom and Dad back right now!

Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist: (Struggling while being tied up, threatening the villains) Or so help us…!

Quackerjack: (Struggling while being tied up, finishing the threat for Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, which she lets him) Sparky will zap you in your rears good!

Megavolt: (Struggling while being tied up even more, agreeing with Quackerjack) That's right! *(To Quackerjack angrily, still struggling while being tied up even more)* And don't call me "Sparky!"

Merlock: (Smugly) Now, now, be good and deliver the message for us.

Dijon: (Agreeing smugly) Like he said.

Eggman: (Sneeringly) Bye-bye, buddies, Sparky!

Megavolt: (Angrily, still struggling while being tied up even more) Don't call me "Sparky!"

Infinite: (Ignoring Megavolt) Now, remember, before sundown, or else....

Eggman: No more Mr. Nice Guys!

*(Puppetmon sneeringly blew a rude raspberry and then laughed wickedly a bit at Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack, which Legs, Louie, Johnny, Davy Sprocket, Dragon Breath, and Pitch respectively finished tying them to the tree with one rough tug on the ropes’ knots. Then the villains prepared to leave with the cell carrier still holding Chuck and Longclaw in there, with the Komodo Brothers carrying it)*

Merlock and Eggman’s groups: (To the villains) Move out!

*(Then the villains leave with Chuck and Longclaw in the cell carrier, ignoring Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack’s shouting)*

Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack: (Struggling angrily at first) STOP!! *(Then in desperation to Chuck and Longclaw)* CHUCK!! (DAD!!) LONGCLAW!! (MOM!!)

*(But too late; The villains have left with the captive Chuck and Longclaw in tow, their ransom plan to exchange them for the Golden Hand of Midas coming to fruition)*

***Coming up: After Sonic’s group and the heroes realize the real truth behind why Chuck and Longclaw had the map to Aztlán in the first place from six certain surprising witnesses, they then send Bushroot, Liquidator, Spike, Tink, and Zarina to find Chuck and Longclaw, only for the five to find and free Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Vidia, Manic, Sonia, Megavolt, and Quackerjack, who then deliver the ransom message to the heroes back in the village. Then after learning there is a fake Golden Hand of Midas in the Golden Cavern, the heroes, including Thumbelina and Cornelius, go in there and gets it. Then after successfully tricking the villains with the fake in the ransom, Chuck and Longclaw are freed and released, as promised, and then get away.***