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Sonic had his fun in the house for becoming the temporary 'Hedgehog Of The House'. He was now on the sofa in the living room, with Ozzy beside him. 

It was now Movie Time!

Lights out? Check.

Blankets and pillows? Check.

TV at the ready? Check!

A bowl of popcorn and other snacks to feast on? Absolute check!

A dog and turtle to watch these movies and to spook them with corny horror stories? Che-- Well, check off the dog part. Sonic had a small checklist within his hands, buzzing around on the sofa with excitement, as he checked off each thing, until his stopped.

He looked up, and around to see that Spike wasn't around. Dropping the notepad and pen onto the sofa, Sonic zoomed around the house with some lettuce within his hands.

"Spike? Here, Spikey! Spike? Where are y--" The blue hedgehog came to a sudden halt, skidding down on his feet, when coming face to face with the door. He let out a small sigh, knowing now where the missing turtle was now.

...

The speedster mobian creaked the front door open, to see the turtle companion on the doorstep and faced out to the distance.

The hedgehog let out a small sigh, making his way outside and he crouched down, picking Spike up. "...Spikester, you know they aren't coming back, right?" He wavered lettuce in front of the turtle, a small frown made its way onto his lips, before sighing.

"It wouldn't hurt to stay a little bit longer out here. Y'know...in case they end up actually showing up today." The blue mobian shrugged to himself, sitting down by the doorstep of the house and set Spike down beside himself, then: the two were staring off into the distance, as Sonic lent the tortoise some lettuce, to which Spike munched on.

After a small moment of silence, Sonic laid the lettuce beside the turtle and slumped his shoulders in defeat. "Why do we keep doing this, Spike?" He expected no response from the turtle, and that is what he got. He could only frown even more, rubbing his eyes quickly to not let his emotions get the best of him again.

"I mean, they're not really coming back, are they?" The blue hedgehog's left ear twitched in motion, a sniffle leaving him. "I just, wanna know what I did wrong for them to just up and leave." The hedgehog flickered his gaze to the the turtle that already was looking at him. Silence was filled upon the two, as Sonic motioned on an embarrassed look.

"Mmh...Yeah-Yeah, they explained in the letter how the reason was to go back to their family. But, why couldn't they tell me?" Sonic placed his hands on his head, hugging his legs close to himself and Spike slowly shuffled towards the blue speedster, resting his head on the blue hedgehog's leg.

Sonic widened his eyes at this, before scooping Spike up into his arms and cradling him, as the two gazed off into the distance one last time. Sonic cooed Spike softly, exhaling through his nose.

"I miss them, Spike."

...

"Alright, Ozzie 'n Spikester! It is a Movie Night at Casa del Sonic and you're both picking this time!" Sonic, Ozzie and Spike were now on the sofa, awaiting their time to enjoy this movie night, without any missing turtles going by the front doorstep.

Unbeknownst to the three, a ring portal is opened up outside the house.

"But, I'm not watching 'Snow Dogs' again. Maybe, you can pick the movie this time, Spike. Because, that movie is the wooorst!" Sonic announced out the last word in a singsong tone, cupping his mouth to emphasise it.

Although, suddenly: the lights go out.

"Ohoho! Blackout Time, guys!" The energetic hedgehog zoomed off, and turned on his flashlight, appearing to be under the blanket. He cleared his throat and uttered out in an exaggerated 'n comical spooky voice. "Ooooohhh....Ooozzzzyyyy....Sssspppiiikkeee..."

Ozzy whimpers at this in fear, and runs off quickly. All the while, Spike quickly pops into his shell from being frightened. This caused Sonic to be quite apologetic on this situation, "Oh, sorry, buds. Everything's okay."

To make matters worse, the TV screen shows a static screen, which makes the blue mobian jump a bit and he starts to walk out from the living room. "Um, excuse me? We did not order a poltergeist..."

"What is this poltergeist you speak of hedgehog?"

Sonic's two ears twitched from hearing that, as the hedgehog stopped in his tracks and turned to face the door. His expression wore a look of utter shock, because of what he just heard.

That voice.

It had been, so long, since he had heard it.

The very voice that eased him.

The voice that disappeared off, the day they were gone, too.

And, now it was back.

They were back.

The blue hedgehog rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and he started to quickly make his way to the door. "It's you! It's really you, you're-you're h--" He paused, after he had opened the door and he saw the last person he'd ever want to see again:

"Eggman?"

The deranged scientist had long since shaved all his hair off, and his outgrowing moustache complimented his mind: both were out of control. He seemed to be holding a device in his hand, and he clicked the button on it, speaking into it:

"Hello, hedgehog. Did you miss me?"

It sounded, just like them.

The blue hedgehog held a look of horror and dismay from being put into a vulnerable state of mind, from being deceived by Dr. Robotnik. He took a few steps back in shock, his ears pinned down and his breathing quickened ever so slightly in the moment.

He wavered the calmness in himself, and tried to maintain a glare onto the vile man of a human being. The hedgehog was about to open his mouth to say something, but he saw a familiar someone this time that was making their way to him quickly.

It was the mini snowman.

It was waddling over to the hedgehog, as Sonic shook his head and gestured for it to leave quickly. But, the snowman didn't listen and only wanted to go to Sonic. Unfortunately, this caught Robotnik's attention, as his control glove brought up a taser on the tip of his finger.

Turning around to the small snowman, it stopped and stared at the doctor with an alarmed look on its face. Eggman didn't care for this expression, as he pointed his taser finger at the mini snowman and the taser started to do its work, its squeals of pain were brought to a stop, when Robotnik stomped on it.

Lifting his shoe up, there was nothing left, but a small pile of snow on the floor and underneath the scientist's shoe. He wrinkled his nose in disgust, wiping it off from his shoe and then kicked the pile of remaining snow away.

He turned to the now, revolted and furious blue hedgehog. Robotnik only sent Sonic a sinister grin in return, blowing off the taser bolts from his gloved-finger, like it was a blowtorch.

"You were going to say, hedgehog?" Eggman inquired on, only irritating the now-torn apart hedgehog even more.