Aim for it! The Sunken Ship in the Southern Sea/Depths of Danger

**Aim for it! The Sunken Ship in the Southern Sea** (or, **Depths of Danger**) is the sixteenth episode that happens in Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters:

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Knuckles the Echidna (Mentioned)
* Amy Rose
* Cream the Rabbit
* Cheese the Chao
* Sally Acorn
* Sonia the Hedgehog
* Manic the Hedgehog
* Rotor Walrus
* Bunnie D'Coolette
* Antoine D'Coolette
* Mighty the Armadillo
* Ray the Flying Squirrel
* Vector the Crocodile
* Espio the Chameleon
* Charmy Bee
* Sir Charles Hedgehog
* Jules Hedgehog (Mentioned)
* Queen Aleena Hedgehog/Bernadette Hedgehog
* Aurora (First almost mention)
* Hope Kintobor
* Christopher Thorndyke
* Chuck Thorndyke
* Ella
* Mr. Tanaka
* President
* President's third assistant
* Doctor Eggman
* Snively Robotnik
* E-57 Clurken (Only appearance)
* Decoe
* Bocoe
* Bokkun
* Grounder
* Scratch
* Frankly (First appearance)

## Plot

The episode starts with the President demanding the search of the notorious Doctor Eggman who is hiding underwater inside the damaged Egg Fort. Down there, Eggman is seen holding onto Grounder trying not to make a single sound, warning him that if they are heard, they are done for. After the search, Eggman orders Scratch and Grounder to repair the Egg Fort. They protest about short circuiting and drowning, but, Eggman reminds them they are waterproof and have no *need* for air. Eggman wonders why he's with such incompetent robots, but Snively reminds him that *he* programmed them, much to Eggman's chagrin.

At the Thorndyke mansion, Sally is trying to get Sonic to join the others for lunch, but, he's insistent on stretching so as not to let his guard down. Sonic says he'll be back later as Sally leaves the sandwich she and Ella made for him on the table. Manic comments that Sonic used to goof around all the time until danger shows up, but, Sonia guesses that the possibility of losing those dear to him may be a factor into why he became more serious. It's also revealed here that Mighty and Ray stayed in Station Square to help the Chaotix with the cleanup. Just then, Chuck and Mr. Tanaka hand out passports and other official documents issued by the government to Sonic and his friends, including the fact that Tails, Manic, Hope, and Rotor receive multiple licenses just so they could fly anywhere on their aircrafts. They are a bit confused, but, Hope figures it'd be best to play by Earth's rules as they are there for the foreseeable future. Amy also doesn't find her passport favorable and almost becomes angry, but, she takes a quick breather and explains she hasn't had her boxercise sessions with Mighty lately. Sonic then enters after coming back from stretching and he smiles as he's handed his own passport.

Later, Sonic and company flew over to the Southern Sapphire Sea for a well-deserved vacation in the Y Tornado, and Manic shows his own passport to Amy, which also wasn't very favorable. Sally wonders just where everyone is on Earth and Amy says she's read about the place: America, or the USA or the US, though, she pronounces them wrong. Chris quickly corrects the Mobians and gives them and Hope a history lesson of how America and the United States came to be and tells them they are in Maryland. When flying over the Blue Sapphire Sea, Amy and Cream get excited and wish to go water-skiing, swimming, and sailing, but, Sonia quickly points out that Sonic may not like that. Cream apologizes and Hope admits to Sonic that she can't swim, either. Suddenly, the yellow Chaos Emerald that Sally is holding goes haywire and Tails finds out that another Chaos Emerald is near them, but, it is located underwater. When they landed, they discover more civilians. Despite trying to keep their cool, the crowd chases them again (a reminiscent of the previous episode) to another location again.

After losing the crowd, the Mobians are tired from having to run away from crowds, saying that being famous is not fun and that Hope has it easier as she looks more like a human, while Cream says the rest of them stick out too much. Sir Charles also reveals that Jules had been helping bystanders at Station Square, which is a shame because he would have been a massive help with finding the emerald and Cream realises Sonic's not with them. Tails also realizes Sonic would stay as far away from the water as possible and Hope hands Sally a Aqua Shield capsule. After Sally leaves, Hope reveals she can't swim due to being in suspended animation for 12 years. Cream offers that the group help Hope learn to swim.

Sally gives Sonic the Aqua Shield while Sonia, Amy, and Cream teach Hope to swim, Tails and Cheese are chilling out on a rock while Rotor is making calculations in the sand, Bunnie is waterproofing her robotic parts, Antoine is putting on sunscreen, Manic is surfing the air, and Sir Charles is keeping watch. Sally too is in the water with Sonic using the Aqua Shield and he says he likes viewing the ocean because it's the second most beautiful thing in nature. As for what was first in Sonic's book, it's Sally, causing her to blush. Sonic then lets Sally into the Aqua Shield as they dive underwater to view things and they spot a crab with a resemblance to the Crabmeat Badnik robots that Eggman makes. They quickly resurface before the shield is popped, then ask Hope if she's made more, to which she replies no. After remembering they passed a diving shop on the way to the beach, the gang heads towards a shop to purchase equipment necessary for diving. The owner of the shop says that the items are for free due to the government paying tax for Sonic and his friends' official residence and Hope asks for a few more on top of that. When asked about what they are doing, Hope says they are on a marine biology project before the shopkeeper tells them a legend that a ship sank along with treasure a long time ago.

After paddling out to sea, Rotor reassures Hope she'll learn how to swim fairly quickly and everyone dives into the water, Sonic using his Aqua Shield in hopes of searching for the treasure the diving shop manager speaks of as well as the Chaos Emerald they have detected earlier. Meanwhile, Meanwhile, Scratch and Grounder finally finished repairing the Egg Fort, much to their dismay that Frankly electrified the water. Eggman then gets mad at Sonic when Snively tells him and the robots that Sonic and his friends were TV and they are having a vacation. Not long though, Eggman decides to rest outside in the sun in attempt for a vacation. He orders his messenger robot, Bokkun, to deliver a message to Sonic and his friends. When the robot arrived to the heroes' boat, he doesn't see anyone there apart from Cheese sleeping on the boat. Disappointed, he flies back to the Egg Fort and tells Eggman that the only one there was Cheese, but, he shouts at Bokkun saying he could have left the message for Sonic to play later. Eggman then questions why Sonic would leave a boat without anyone besides a Chao on it and they realize there must be a Chaos Emerald underwater if Sonic is willing to go underwater at all. Eggman tells Snively and the robots to prepare to submerge, only for Scratch to say they need to go back inside to do so, much to Eggman's annoyance.

Meanwhile, the heroes had managed to find the Chaos Emerald when Sonic and Sally dug around for it and getting rid of the same crab from before. As Cream exclaims that the trip turns out to be rewarding and Bunnie agrees with her, the Egg Fort arrives, with Eggman demanding the Chaos Emerald, causing Chris to freeze up in fear. Eggman sends his robot Clurken to battle Sonic while Rotor tells the others to take Chris back to the boat and that he, Sonic, and Sally would handle it. Rotor reveals that he can swim as fast as Sonic can run and the trio dodge, but, Sonic has less mobility due to the gold sticking to the shield and Rotor gets in front to protect his friends. Rotor manages to get the upper hand until Sonic and Sally are flung out of the water. The Clurken is ordered to force Sonic back underwater and to add insult to injury, Sally's speed didn't kick in, but, Rotor manages to grab the tentacles and punch Clurken, which sent it back. Sally also explains to Sonic that Rotor had a lot of underwater training since he was gone. Tails shows up and tells Sonic to toss Sally to Rotor so he can use the Power Ring. Sonic manages to destroy Clurken, but, when he lands on the boat, he starts to act like he's been on too much caffeine. Hope realizes that the Power Ring energy amplified by the gold coins must have given him too much Chaos Energy and Sonic figures out a way to burn it off. Without another word, he races toward Station Square, exceeding his usual top speed.

At Station Square, Vector, Espio, Charmy, Mighty, and Ray are on a lunch break and Sonic surprises them by dashing in, fixing up Station Square and cleaning every single window in the area. As soon as that happens, he comes in, exhausted at the Chaotix's side. Back with the others, they are wondering just what Sonic was doing where, when Aleena shows up with Sonic barely conscious and explains what had happened and they explain their side of the story as to how Sonic became overpowered. Chris says they'd take it from there and Aleena leaves her son in their hands. While they returned to the diving shop, they told the shop manager that they discovered the sunken ship and its treasure but because of Eggman, it is now buried beneath the sea rocks. Despite this, the shop manager is glad to hear that the legend is actually true and Manic gives him a coin as a token of their thanks. As Sonic and his friends continue their vacation (Sonic asleep in Sally's arms), Chris tells the others that the shop owner's grandfather is actually the captain of the sunken ship.

Back in Station Square, the Chaotix find out they've received a letter from Knuckles from China (like with Amy pronouncing the USA before, they get it wrong) and they decide to ask around what that meant as the episode ends.

## Differences between this and the real episode:

* Decoe and Bocoe fix the Egg Fort in the real episode and they get rusted in the process. Here, it's Scratch and Grounder, who are waterproof, and Frankly helps them. Or at least tries.
* In the Japanese version of the episode, Cheese gets given a pet licence and Cream is upset because she classifies Cheese as a friend, not a pet. This is cut from both the English episode and this one.
* Amy admits she's on edge because she hasn't done boxercise with Mighty in a while. She doesn't have a good reason for this in the real episode.
* When the group are flying over the ocean, Chris is trying to get Amy's attention to look at it because she's too caught up in her own fantasies to look. Here, he merely points it out as he's giving the group a history lesson of America.
* In the original, Bokkun plays the message to Eggman, Decoe and Bocoe and the TV explodes. He doesn't play the TV here.
* Instead of the X Tornado, the Mobians, Hope and Chris take the Y Tornado. The real episode doesn't give them the luxury of a choice.
* In the real episode, a lot of silly attempts for Sonic to go diving like using a giant hose and a bell were shown. They were cut because Hope had the more sensible option of using an Aqua Shield.
* The scene of the group getting close to the emerald was cut.
* Sonic does not go hyper from too much Chaos Energy in the original.
* Chuck originally sends Mr. Tanaka to go and check on Chris. This time, he doesn't.
* Sam Speed appeared in the original on a jet ski, but, his appearance was dropped from this episode.
* The original episode ends with the group continuing their vacation, while this one ends with the Chaotix's letter from Knuckles. On top of that, Knuckles wasn't mentioned in the original episode either.