Friend Like Me/Vanitas, Steelbeak, Don Karnage, and their Goons' New Plan

*(Back at the palace that same night, Sally, Cosmo, and Amy are in their room, on their own beds and in their pajamas, crying silently. Sally is now wearing a light blue cotton sleeveless nightgown with spaghetti straps. Cosmo is now wearing a fuchsia long-sleeved pajama jacket with buttons and fuchsia long pajama pants. And Amy is now wearing light green pajamas that consists a short-sleeved shirt and long pants. Vanilla, Jenna, and Balto were nearby, looking sad. Cloud and Aerith came in to check on them and saw what happened)*

Cloud: (Concerned) Sally, Cosmo, Amy?

Aerith: (Concerned) Oh, girls. What's wrong?

Sally: (Tearfully, sniffles) Vanitas and his men have, done something terrible.

*(Aerith sighed as she and Cloud came over to the girls and held Sally, Cosmo, and Amy's hands respectively)*

Cloud: There, there. We can make things right. Now, tell us everything.

Aerith: What happened?

*(Back at the underground of the desert where the Cave of Wonders once stood, Sonic is still unconscious while Tails, Knuckles, Chip, and Marahute are trying to wake him)*

Tails, Knuckles, and Chip: Sonic?

*(Marahute chirped in concern)*

Tails: Hey Sonic, if you're alive, start moaning, buddy.

*(Knuckles, thinking quickly, poked Sonic with his spiked knuckle, and Sonic woke up slowly from the pain of the poke)*

Chip: Sonic, you're okay!

Tails: Thank goodness.

Sonic: Man, my head. Is everyone alright?

Knuckles: Yeah, we're okay.

Tails: Though you may want to think of setting up home here.

Knuckles: Yep.

*(Sonic looked up and sees that the entrance has been sealed in)*

Sonic: We're trapped. That two-faced son of a jackal!

Knuckles: You said it!

Tails: (Sighs) Well, it doesn't matter. Whoever he is, he got away with the lamp.

*(Chip gave a smug smile, much to their confusion)*

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles: What?

Chip: (Smugly) Oh, really?

*(Chip holds up the lamp, the same lamp that Vanitas just lost and the one Sonic just found)*

Sonic: Heh. You crazy thief.

Chip: (Shrugs) What can I say? I try.

*(Sonic takes the lamp from Chip and looks it over)*

Sonic: I wonder what's so important about this that the guy wanted it so badly.

Knuckles: It looks like a worthless piece of junk to me.

*(Then Sonic spotted something on the lamp)*

Sonic: Hey, I see some writing on it. But it's hard to read.

*(Sonic rubs the lamp to clean the writing. But then the lamp begins to shine and everyone jumped back. Suddenly, something appeared out of nowhere, roaring. When all is clear, the group sees a figure. He is a male crocodile with green scales, a green and light yellow crocodile beak, light yellow underbelly, orange eyes, red block-like spikes on his back and tail, light green arms, and wearing black and yellow headphones on his head, a gold chain necklace, black shoulder rims, white gloves with black rims with a yellow lining and buckle, and black shoes with white and yellow linings. As he appears, he held his neck in pain)*

Mobian crocodile: (Groans in pain) Ten thousand years will give ya such a crick in the neck. Hang on, will ya?

*(The Mobian crocodile magically hangs Sonic on a nearby rock. To everyone's surprise, the Mobian crocodile takes his head off and spins it around while yelling. Then he puts his head back down. Tails, Knuckles, and Chip then helped a confused Sonic down while Marahute, who helped as well, got calmly happy, as if she knew the Mobian crocodile)*

Mobian crocodile: Does it feel to be out of there?!

*(Suddenly the Mobian crocodile makes a microphone appear, and the cave turned into some sort of talk show)*

Mobian crocodile: (To the group) Hi, folks! Great to be back at last! *(To Sonic)* Hey, kid. Where ya from? What's your name?

*(He holds the microphone to Sonic)*

Sonic: Uh.... Sonic.

Mobian crocodile: Sonic!

*(A neon light appears above with Sonic's name lighting up with chase lights. Even the sign changed to reflect the Mobian crocodile's next line)*

Mobian crocodile: Sonic! Welcome to the show! Shall we call you Son? Or maybe just Nic? Or how about Laddie?

*(The Mobian crocodile suddenly turns into a green dog wearing a kilt)*

Mobian crocodile: Like "Here boy. Come on Laddie!"

*(Sonic's group got confused even more)*

Sonic: I must have hit my head harder than I thought.

Knuckles: I didn't, and I still don't believe this.

Mobian crocodile: Don't mind if I smoke, right?

*(The Mobian crocodile then explodes into smoke and then reappeared, giggling, making Chip jump back)*

Chip: You nearly gave me a heart attack!

Mobian crocodile: Sorry about that. Hope I didn't mess the fur.

*(The Mobian crocodile noticed Marahute, and they happily greeted each other)*

Mobian crocodile: Hey, Marahute!

*(They hug each other for a bit)*

Mobian crocodile: Great to see you again! How's everything?

*(Marahute looks at Sonic's group, and the Mobian crocodile understood)*

Mobian crocodile: Ah, okay. I know Sonic's name already. What about the rest?

Tails: My name is Miles Prower, but you can call me Tails.

Knuckles: And I'm Knuckles the Echidna.

*(Then the Mobian crocodile noticed how small Sonic is)*

Mobian crocodile: Say, you look smaller than my last master. Or maybe because I'm bigger. *(Looks at himself)* Am I getting really, really fat to you?

Knuckles: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. You said "Master?"

Sonic: I'm your master?

*(The Mobian crocodile slaps a diploma in Sonic's hand and a mortarboard on his head)*

Mobian crocodile: That's right! You graduated! So what do you want from me?

*(The Mobian crocodile transforms into Arnold Scwharzenneger)*

Mobian crocodile: (Imitating Arnold Schwarzenegger) The ever impressive....

*(The Mobian crocodile puts himself in a cube)*

Mobian crocodile: (Straining in normal voice) The long contained....

*(The Mobian crocodile now has a puppet version of himself on his hand)*

Mobian crocodile: (Mouthing the puppet) Often imitated....

*(The Mobian crocodile ditches the puppet)*

Mobian crocodile: But never duplicated...

*(The group watches as the Mobian crocodile makes clones of himself while spinning around, repeating "Duplicated" until it ended. The Mobian crocodile then makes an announcement like a ring announcer)*

Mobian crocodile: Vector the Crocodile of the lamp!

*(The Mobian crocodile, now revealed to be Vector, transforms into Ed Sullivan as his clones applauded for him)*

Vector: (Imitating Ed Sullivan) Right here direct from the lamp, right here for your enjoyment wish fulfillment. Thank youuuuu!

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles: Wait. Wait.

Sonic: "Wish fulfillment?"

*(Vector changes back to normal and his clones vanished)*

Vector: (Normal voice) That's right! I can grant you three wishes. And you cannot wish for any more wishes.

*(Vector then turns into a slot machine, pulls his arm down like a lever, and three mini Vectors appeared in the windows)*

Mini Vectors: Three!

*(The mini Vectors came out of the slot wearing sombreros speaking Spanish)*

Mini Vectors: *Uno*, *dos*, *tres*.

*(Vector then turns into Groucho Marx and walked by the group)*

Vector: (Imitating Groucho Marx) No copies, exchanges, or refunds.

*(Then Vector appeared hanging on a rope as a duck holding the sign "Refunds")*

Knuckles: (Chuckling a bit) Are you sure that I am not the one dreaming, guys?

Sonic and Tails: I guess.

Vector: Master, I think you should realize what I got for you here. So why don't you just ruminate, whilst I illuminate the possibilities.

*(Then Vector began singing)*

Vector: **Well Ali-Baba had them forty thieves**

*(The forty thieves appeared with swords and surrounded Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles)*

Vector: **Scheherazade had a thousand tales**

*(Suddenly, Vector appeared next to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles)*

Vector: **But Master, you in luck because up your sleeve**

**You got a brand of magic that never fails**

*(Vector then sticks his arms out and punches the thieves away. Next, Sonic is in a boxing ring, being massaged by Vector)*

Vector: **You got some power in your corner now**

**Some heavy ammunition in your camp**

*(Vector turned into fireworks and exploded like crazy)*

Vector: **You got some punch, pizzazz**

**See all you gotta do is rub that lamp**

*(Vector appears from the lamp, grabs Sonic's hand, and made him rub the lamp)*

Vector: **And I'll say**

**"Mister Sonic, Sir**

**What will your pleasure be?"**

*(Sonic's group then find themselves at a table and chairs that appeared out of thin air, with Vector writing things on a notepad like a waiter)*

Vector: **Let me take your order, jot it down**

**You ain't never had a friend like me**

**No no no**

**Life is your restaurant**

**And I'm your maitre' d**

*(Vector gives a dish to Sonic. When Sonic removes the lid, he jumps back as he sees Vector turning into chicken. Vector then turns back to normal but blows his body up)*

Vector: **C'mon, whisper what it is you want**

**You ain't never had a friend like me**

*(Vector now became four Vectors giving Sonic a shave, haircut, and manicure)*

Vector: **Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service**

**You're the boss, the king, the shah**

*(Sonic's group is now in big chairs, surrounded by treasure and women fanning them as Marahute sat nearby, smiling softly)*

Vector: **Say what you wish**

**It's yours, true dish**

**How about a little more Baklava?**

*(Vector now dumps a bunch of baklava all over everyone. Sonic's group is now seen jumping from column A to column B)*

Vector: **Try some of column A**

**Try all of column B**

*(Sonic's group fell but luckily they fell on a custom, courtesy of a big Vector)*

Vector: **I'm in the mood to help you dude**

*(Vector opens his mouth and his tongue turns into stairs. A mini Vector came out dressed like a magician)*

Vector: **You ain't never had a friend like me**

*(The little Vector then begins to dance with the big Vector's hands, scatting a bit. They are soon done and squashed the little Vector into nothing. Then he reappeared next to Sonic's group)*

Vector: **Can your friends do this?**

*(Vector takes his head off, makes copies of it, and spins them around)*

Vector: **Can your friends do that?**

*(Vector tosses the heads to Sonic who juggles them with a light smirk on his face. He spins them like a basketball before giving them back to Vector. Vector then tries to pull himself out of a hat)*

Vector: **Can your friends pull this**

**Out their little hat?**

*(Vector then turns into a green rabbit, then a giant green dragon)*

Vector: **Can your friends go poof**

*(Vector spits out flames which then turned into three cute girls dancing around Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, much to their delight)*

Vector: **Well looky here**

*(He chuckles a bit)*

Vector: **Can your friends go "Abracadabra," "Let 'er rip"**

**And then make the sucker disappear?**

*(Sonic's group's delight turned into annoyance as the girls disappeared after dancing around. Vector then imitated Sonic's group, so to speak)*

Vector: **So don't you sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed**

**I'm here to answer all your midday prayers**

*(Vector turns into a certificate and rolls up, surrounding Sonic)*

Vector: **You got me bonafide, certified**

**You got a genie for a charge d'affairs**

**I got a powerful urge to help you out**

**So what you wish I really want to know**

*(Vector removes a list of different languages out of Sonic's ear and uses it to dry himself off like he just stepped out of the shower)*

Vector: **You got a wish that's three miles long, no doubt**

**So all you gotta do is rub like so**

**And oh**

**Mister Sonic, Sir, have a wish or two or three**

*(A bunch of guys appeared and bowed to Sonic's group before disappearing. The same three dancing girls appeared and smiled softly. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles smiled softly and leaned to kiss each girl, but the girls turned into Vector, who giggles, much to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles' alarm)*

Vector: **I'm on the job, you big nabob**

**You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend**

*(Vector then made four dancing elephants appear)*

Vector: **You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend**

*(Four dancing camels then appeared as the big finale begins)*

Vector: **You ain't never**

**Had a**

**Friend**

**Like**

**Me**

*(Soon the big finale is about to end. Chip grabs a few treasure)*

Vector: **You ain't never had a friend like me**

*(Vector turns into a cyclone to wrap the song up and everything disappeared. Even the treasure Chip has been collecting. The cave is once again empty except for everyone and a neon "Applause" sign Vector put on the wall, making Tails applaud a bit)*

Tails: Bravo, Vector!

*(Chip noticed the treasure he collected is gone and then pouted a bit)*

Chip: (Pouting) Great.

Vector: (To Sonic) So, what'll it be, Master?

Sonic: So, Vector, I get any wishes I want?

Vector: (Imitating William Buckley) Well, not really. There are some provisos, a couple of quid pro quos. *(In normal voice)* In other words, limitations. There are some wishes I cannot grant no matter how much you want them.

Sonic's group: Like what?

Vector: There are three rules on the wish granting.

Sonic's group: Three rules?

*(Vector sat next to them)*

Vector: Rule number one; I can't kill anyone.

*(Vector "Cuts" his head off and holds it in one hand)*

Vector: So don't ask. Rule number two...!

*(Vector puts his head back on as he continued)*

Vector: I can't make someone fall in love with someone else.

*(Vector's head turns into a pair of lips which kissed Sonic sweetly before turning back to normal)*

Vector: (Cooing) You are so cute.

*(Then he fell flat on his back)*

Vector: Rule number three...!

*(Next, Vector turns into a sickly green ghostly figure, which got up and freaked out Sonic's group a bit)*

Vector: (Imitating Peter Lorre) I cannot bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture! *(Grabs and shakes Tails)* I don't like doing it!

*(Vector turns back to normal and smiles softly)*

Vector: Other than that, you got it.

*(He bows to Sonic, covering his face with his hands. Sonic's group paused to think, then they smirked playfully, having an idea)*

Knuckles: Provisos?

Tails: Like limits on stuff including wishes?

Chip: (Scoffs) He's a faker!

Sonic: Some all-powerful genie he is!

*(Vector frowns at this as Sonic's group began to walk away)*

Knuckles: Can't even bring people back from the dead.

Tails: I guess he can't get us out of here either.

Sonic: Well, I guess we should go find another way out.

*(Before Sonic's group could get further, Vector puts his foot out, a literally giant one, that is, blocking the way, ticked off)*

Vector: (Imitating Robert de Niro) Excuse me? Did you rub my lamp, did you bring me here, and all of a sudden, you're gonna walk out on me?!

*(Sonic's group looked amused as Vector continues to get ticked off)*

Vector: I don't think so! Not when I'm around! You're getting your wishes, so sit down!

*(Then as everyone seated on Marahute's back, Vector landed next to them, happy again, and acted like a steward of a plane)*

Vector: (Imitating a steward) In case of emergencies, the exit is here, here, here, here, here, everywhere!

*(Vector points out a bunch of exits with a bunch of arms then reverted to normal)*

Vector: (Normal voice) So folks, keep your arms, legs, and everything inside the flight at all times! We're outta here!

*(Then Marahute flew up to the ceiling very fast and managed to explode out right back into the desert, flying off while escaping. Back at the palace, Vanitas' group, with Vanitas back in his main attire, is in the throne room, getting scolded by an upset Cloud and Aerith with Sally, Cosmo, and Amy, back in their daytime clothes, next to Cloud and Aerith)*

Cloud: Vanitas' group, of all the things you have done, this is the lowest you have ever done!

Aerith: If it weren't for the fact that you were loyal to us all these years.... *(Sighs a bit)* Well, from now on, talk to me and Cloud about the prisoners before they are beheaded!

Steelbeak: We apologize, you're majesties.

Vanitas: It won't happen again.

Don Karnage: We were only trying to keep the princesses safe, that's all.

Cloud: For your sake, it better not happen again.

*(Cloud and Aerith then brings an upset Sally, Cosmo, and Amy over to Vanitas' group)*

Aerith: Now then, I want this whole thing behind us.

Cloud: And we can forgive and forget.

Aerith: Please?

Steelbeak: Again, accept our humble apologizes.

*(Steelbeak takes Amy’s hand in an attempt to kiss it but Amy angrily pulled it back)*

Amy: (Bitterly) Fine, whatever.

Cosmo: (Angrily) Well, at least one good thing comes out of us finding a husband.

Sally: When Cosmo, Amy, and I are queens, we will have the power to get rid of you.

*(Sally, Cosmo, and Amy stormed out then)*

Cloud: Well, now that's settled.

Aerith: Girls, it's time go back to finding you proper suitors.

Cloud: Uh, girls?

*(Cloud and Aerith looked up and see that Sally, Cosmo, and Amy are leaving the room. They go after them)*

Cloud and Aerith: Girls!

*(When they were gone, Vanitas scowls angrily along with his group)*

Vanitas: Oh, if only I have gotten that lamp!

Megavolt: Well, you didn't!

Negaduck: All on account of you dropping it in the cave by accident.

Quackerjack: (Imitating Sally) Cosmo, Amy, and I will have the power to get rid of you. *(Normal voice, in anger)* Terrific! Now we got to continue kissing up to those fools, and their naive daughters for the rest of eternity...!

*(Vanitas' group and their henchmen head to a outside balcony to see Cloud and Aerith speaking with Sally, Cosmo, and Amy with Vanilla, Balto, and Jenna watching them, bored-like, Sally's group that is)*

Vanitas: No, Quackerjack.

Meowth: It's not until they find the naive husbands.

Don Karnage: Then they will banish us. *(Gasps)* Or behead us!

*(The bumbling villains shuddered at that idea)*

Bushroot: That is pretty gross.

James: And unpleasant.

*(Meowth brightens up suddenly)*

Meowth: Wait, wait, wait. I got an idea!

Jessie: (Flatly) Why am I not surprised.

Meowth: (Ignoring Jessie) Maybe you can be the naive husbands.

Vanitas, Steelbeak, and Don Karnage: (Confused) What?

James: He means that you marry the princesses.

Jessie: (Realizing) And then you will be the new sultans of Agrabah.

Liquidator: Indeed!

Negaduck: What do you think of that?

*(Vanitas, Steelbeak, and Don Karnage thought about this and smirked evilly at the idea)*

Steelbeak: I see where you're getting at.

*(They go to the throne and sits down)*

Don Karnage: Marry the shrews.

Vanitas: We become rulers.

Steelbeak: This idea is merit.

Megavolt: Yep! Merit.

Meowth: Then later, we can drop Mama-in-law, Papa-in-law, and the little women off a cliff.

*(He pretends to fall screaming a bit)*

Meowth: (Landing on the floor) Ker-splat!

Vanitas: (Chuckles evilly a bit) Meowth, I love how your sinister mind works.

Vanitas' group: Indeed!

*(Then the villains laughed evilly a bit as they begin their scheme)*

***Coming up: Upon arrival at an oasis, Sonic makes his first wish to Vector to make him and his brothers princes to help win Sally, Cosmo, and Amy's hearts and marry them. Then they arrive as the princes, much to the delight of Cloud and Aerith, the disgust of Sally, Cosmo, and Amy, and the suspicions of Vanitas' group and their henchmen.***