Knuckles and Crunch: Chaotix Warriors

Knuckles and Crunch: Chaotix Warriors is a crossover fanfiction short written by MarioFan65. This story is a crossover spin-off with Sonic the Hedgehog and Crash Bandicoot. The short is about Knuckles training Crunch to become an "echidna warrior" as they hang out with Team Chaotix on a quest for what it's like to become a true warrior. It was released on April 26, 2024.

Characters[]

Knuckles the Echidna
Crunch Bandicoot
Vector the Crocodile
Espio the Chameleon
Charmy the Bee
Mighty the Armadillo
Sonic the Hedgehog
Crash Bandicoot
Miles "Tails" Prower
Coco Bandicoot
Amy Rose
Tawna Bandicoot
Aku Aku
Polar
Pura
Dr. Eggman
Dr. Neo Cortex
Uka Uka
Catbat (minor)

Transcript[]

(On a far view of Angel Island, it was a stormy day and Knuckles was standing in the Altar while guarding the Master Emerald)

Knuckles: *narrate* Hi. My name is Knuckles the Echidna and I have a story to make. I live in Angel Island. A land of miracles. Of mysteries. My home. I am its guardian. I watch over the Master Emerald and every living thing here. That is to say, all plants and animals. Any other kind of civilization is long since disappeared from the island. I do things on my own and that's just how I like it. I don't need anyone else to get by. But sometimes... I wonder how things would be if I hadn't been given this responsibility. Why was I chosen for this duty? Perhaps it's karma...

(Flashback shows Pachacamac leading the Knuckles Clan on war over the Master Emerald as they fight against echidna clans and fought the Nocturnus Clan in the temple as well Pachacamac battling Ix as well facing the lizard warriors with Rava spying on them as Pachacamac protect Tikal on slashing an echidna as the giant owl warriors show up to kill most of the Nocturnus Clan as the rise of Chaos wipe the existence of echidnas out of the way.)

Knuckles: *narrate* Thousands of years ago, my ancestors attempted to steal a power that wasn't theirs. We fought on war when our enemies strike into our territory. We faced powerful warriors from the village and one of our guardians came to participate in the war. And suddenly. We lost. *look around in the Altar* The question is, whose power was it originally? Who built this shrine to the Emeralds, and where did they go?

(The background song "Our House" by Madness plays as we head through flashbacks of Knuckles meeting Sonic and Tails and fighting them in Angel Island before their team up to fight Dr. Eggman in the sky)

Knuckles: *narrate* Years later, I was born. I fought some strangers striking into my island until we make amends and became friends as well stopping Dr. Robotnik.

(Later on, Knuckles, Sonic and Tails run through loops and collect some rings in Green Hill Zone as well meeting Crash Bandicoot and his friends as well stopping Metallix in California, the Deadly Six in the Lost World and the Nocturnus Clan at the Twilight Zone)

Knuckles: *narrate* After beating the Eggman, we started getting along with activities and run all over the loops. Years later, we met Crash Bandicoot and his friends. Teaming up with said quests and beating all of our enemies from destroying the world and trying to conquer the lands as usual for what a villain always do.

(More flashback scenes show Sonic and Crash's team saving a city in Texas by punching some weasels as well Knuckles throwing swords at the coyotes in the walls of Pittsburg and fighting off some hyenas in a lab in Africa as well fighting some manta rays in the docks of Hawaii and saving a community full of sharks and dolphins. A scene shows the gang at the Bandicoots' house with Sonic rocking some music with headphones, Tails working on some gadgets, Knuckles doing push-ups, Amy fixing her hammer, Crash spinning on a yo-yo, Coco working on her laptop, Crunch lifting weights and Tawna looking in the mirror as Aku Aku watches them peacefully as Polar and Pura sleep on their beds.)

Knuckles: *narrate* For a year, we worked together on protecting the world from evil forces and bounty hunters. Every place we been to has been fought with danger and we stop the danger from being spread all over the world. After all the battles worldwide, we had our free time in the bandicoots' house! Now, with all the hero stuff out of the way, my only mission is to relax and enjoy Earth, which might be harder than it sounds.

(The background song switches to "The Warrior" by Scandal as Knuckles and Crunch run through a jungle in the training field as the training field has a layout similar to what one would see in a classic Sonic game. Knuckles and Crunch passes the Start sign and dodges several obstacles. Knuckles grabs a log and blocks several arrows from shooting him with it as Crunch punch some logs and smash some wood while jumping on the logs. Knuckles runs across a tightrope and throws the log away. Knuckles then picks up a boulder, and speeds past a wooden Goal Plate, showing a drawing of him smiling while raising his fist, same with Crunch by passing a Goal Plate with his face on it. Knuckles and Crunch runs to the edge of the mountain, where they begins punching the boulders, ending their training montage.)

Knuckles: *narrate* The other day, me and Crunch build a obstacle course in the jungle in form of a training field and run through it. It took us minutes to pass a course and dodge through logs, spikes and other obstacles you seen in a video game level. After all the running and punching, a hit high on a brand new record and made a goal in our resume. This is how warriors should train and how they grow their strength to acheive to the next level. *use Chaos Energy to destroy a rock* Yes! A new record!
Crunch: *smash a rock* Pam! My skills truly paid the bills for a new course.
Knuckles: Beats me. It took us days to build a obstacle course and worked out as a challenge.
Crunch: It is a challenge after all.
Knuckles: *see some smoke at the bandicoots' house* Hey, I smell and heard a barbeque going on at your place.
Crunch: Ooh. Does it has hot dogs and hamburgers?
Knuckles: Everything! Grapes too. Let's go!
Crunch: *he and Knuckles climb down the mountain* Don't forget the chips.

(The background song ends as Knuckles and Crunch run all the way down to the mountain and head back to the jungle as they arrive at the bandicoots' house for a barbeque as Sonic prepare the food on the grill and Tails and company set up the table with sauces, forks and knives as the two warriors show up on time for lunch)

Sonic: Hey guys, you came on time.
Knuckles: A barbeque never stops an warrior to have a break full of delicious meals.
Crunch: Glad you all prepared these while we were training.
Aku Aku: Feast on my friends. Enjoy life while you can.
Knuckles: Let's dig in the choice.
Crunch: Happy BBQ Day! *he and Knuckles grab some food*
Sonic: *eat a chili dog* We're really cooking the meals like goats.
Tails: *eat a hot dog* We cook so well to prepare all of this.
Amy: *eat a burger* It feel like summer all over again.
Crash: *eat a wumpa fruit* Ooh wee.
Coco: *eat some fruit salad* Wumpa fruit goes well with fruit salad.
Tawna: *eat some French fries* Our hard work here is paid off.
Aku Aku: Your skills have level up on the charts. I'm impressed.
Knuckles: *eat some burgers and eat some Doritos* Victory is mine, and never has it tasted so sweet. One day, I hope to visit this Cool Ranch of Doritos and bask in all of its splendor.
Crunch: *eat some Lay's potato chips* The boys are back in town and gave us all of this. I got Lay's potato chips!
Knuckles: *eat some grapes* Yummy tummy in my grape tummy. You always needed a healthy snack to begin with.
Crunch: *eat some raisins* Is it me or raisins are like dried grapes like Sun-Maid?
Knuckles: Hey! Don't you dare diss on grapes like that, boogie woogie!
Crunch: I'm sorry! I was making an opinion. You know, people don't like ketchup on hot dogs and prefer mustard for example?
Knuckles: I don't take your words of advices seriously. Last time I ate a cotton candy grape, it was too sweet.
Crunch: And I thought Skittles are sweet as Starburst.
Knuckles: Mob the Rainbow. Taste the Rainbow my friend. You can only eat dessert after dinner.
Crunch: I really wanna make myself at home and do some weights.
Knuckles: Oh, I heeded your advice and took your words of wisdom to make something at your house.
Crunch: *shocked* What?!
Sonic: *confused* Huh?
Crash: *shocked* Whoa!
Coco: *annoyed* What the?
Aku Aku: *upset* What did you say?
Knuckles: Allow me to introduce to something I did in your house while you guys were cooking before the training.
Tawna: Say who?

(Knuckles has transformed the Bandicoots' house into a fighting pit, standing on top of a makeshift skull with several makeshift spears and assorted weaponry on the walls of the room. Polar and Pura are also inside the living room, dressed in a Viking helmet as a apprehensive Team Sonic and Crash shows up by looking into the fighting pit.)

Knuckles: Say hello to your new house! *stand next to a gong*
Amy: Oh, my god!
Crash: Whoa!
Coco: What did you do to the house?!
Crunch: What happen to our living room?!
Knuckles: While you were building the course, I made myself at home and turned this place into a battle station!
Aku Aku: Knuckles!
Sonic: Wow. Love what you've done with the place, Knucks. It's very, um, Conan-chic. *touches one of the spears and it makes a shinging sound on touch*
Tawna: Nope! This is not happening. We are not turning our house into some kind of gladiator fighting pit.
Knuckles: Warrior fighting pit.
Tails: What kind of warrior fighting pit?
Knuckles: A challenge where warriors fight in battle and claim the token of being a guardian. If you wanna overthrown me, you must simply defeat me in a ritual battle of trial by combat.
Sonic: Trial by combat? What is this again, a sumo?
Aku Aku: You, sir. Clean this mess right now!
Knuckles: You do not disobey an echidna warrior in the middle of a gladiator. You're not entertained!
Coco: Also, what did you do to Polar and Pura?!
Knuckles: They have become vikings in terms of fighting in their biggest destiny yet!
Polar: Rawr!
Pura: Ah!
Coco: No. Not my Pura.
Knuckles: Behold some enemies. *show a baby mommy crawling, a crab pinching and a monkey slamming some bananas*
Crunch: What the heck is that?
Tawna: Is it me or did we order some pets to take care?
Knuckles: Polar and Pura has bravely volunteered for the first match by challenging his greatest enemy.
Coco: Enemy? What enemy?
Knuckles: Behold! *bangs the gong as a gate slowly opens, revealing Polar and Pura's "greatest enemy" is Farmer Ernest in the bathroom*
Farmer Ernest: *armed with a baseball bat covered in spikes and is just as uncomfortable about the fight as Polar and Pura are* Uh...
Coco: Is that Farmer Ernest?!
Farmer Ernest: *nervous* I don't know what to say. I have some crops to peel!
Knuckles: And meet the sidekick. *hit the gong and open the cage with King Chicken making sounds*
King Chicken: *make chicken sounds* Ba-caw!
Crunch: King Chicken from the Neon Circus?!
Tawna: What is going on today?
Knuckles: Think you can challenge me? Now it is your chance to show if you are worthy or not!
Sonic: Knuckles, please. Come on. I think you had enough of this Barbarian warrior fighting stuff for a day.
Knuckles: Not without my credit for granted. *hear a door bell* Who is disturbing my throne room?
Coco: I'll go get it. *open the door* Ebenezer Von Clutch?
Ebenezer: Crikey! One of you guys stole my King Chicken and we have a show to prepare at my park!
Tawna: *hold King Chicken* I'm very sorry. Our friend is a bit of a warrior freak nature right now. I believe this pet belong to you. *give King Chicken to Ebenezer*
King Chicken: *make chicken sounds* Ba!
Ebenezer: Thanks a lot! You be telling to mother nature to not steal my performers! Also, no more tickets for you. *leave the house*
Knuckles: Hey, you can't steal my enemies from me! I am a actor you wumpa freak!
Farmer Ernest: Mind as well go as well to plant some carrots! *run away*
Tawna: That's it. Get down right now. You are grounded!
Knuckles: *get down the gong, confused* I have no idea what that means.
Sonic: You don't know what being grounded means? Were you ever grounded before during detention in high school?
Knuckles: A warthog bullied me over gummy worms and I bully him back.
Coco: Being grounded means, no going to quests.
Tails: No hanging out with friends.
Crunch: And no video games and movies!
Knuckles: Friends, how dare you disobey me in the name of Great Chief Pachacamac, I swear you will regret the day you–
Amy: Excuse me?
Knuckles: You will regret–
Coco: Uh!
Knuckles: The day you–
Tawna: Uh!
Sonic: Knuckles, word of advice - do not mess with your friends when they're this mad.
Knuckles: Very well, blue hedgehog. I will accept my grounding... with honor.
Crunch: Accept your grounding with honor?
Aku Aku: You learned your lesson.
Knuckles: From this day, I will stay inside when I'm grounded. Sitting on this floor and rug! *lay on the floor*
Sonic: Huh?
Tails: How long you are going to lay down for?
Crunch: Get up Knucks.
Knuckles: I'm sorry. I have nothing to do, but laying down on the floor of shame while plotting my revenge on you guys.
Sonic: Lighten up, big guy. Being grounded isn't that bad. I've been in my room for few days. You can survive a few days in a friend's house. Look at all these great options you have. Like... *read comic books* comic books! *play a blaster video game on TV* Video games! *get on the soundboard* Music! *act like a DJ, playing "Belly Dancer" by Imanbek and BYOR as well watching TV of a nature view of the beach* Watching TV!
Crash: Ooh la la.
Sonic: *playing basketball* Sports! *throw a hoop on the basket* Slam dunk! *hold a VR* I don't know what this is, but video games have come a long way since the '90s. Now try this! *put an VR on Knuckles*
Knuckles: *shocked* Ah! Where have you sent me?!
Sonic: *whoosh with a video set* And viral dance videos! *dance to "Keep Movin' On" by MYLK playing* See what I mean? Use this time to relax. You'll be out there warrior-ing before you know it.
Crunch: As long you're me, you'll be just like a guardian at Miami, Florida who fought a griffin in the skies.
Aku Aku: Sonic, thanks for your options. Crunch, please have a word with Knuckles.
Crunch: I'm on it.
Knuckles: *take off the VR headset* Where are we going?
Aku Aku: Young echidna, you are going with Crunch for life lessons on how to not screw up as a wimp.
Knuckles: I am not a wimp. I am a ninja.
Crunch: Come on Knuckles. It's you and me now. Let's spend some time in the jungle while we discuss about life.
Knuckles: *get up* Ugh, fine. Let's just have a little word, face to face between the point of views.
Coco: Good luck out there boys.
Tawna: Hope you stay safe from the booby traps.
Crunch: That's what a man always do.
Crash: *wave* Ah ha.
Sonic: See ya Knuckles. Enjoy life while you can.
Tails: You guys are going to walk?
Knuckles: I don't know where.
Crunch: You know Knuckles. Come on. *leave*
Knuckles: Wait up. I'll be back before I break one of your cages! *follow Crunch*
Aku Aku: So long boys. Stay out of trouble and behave yourselves! Guys, let's go clean up the mess and put everything back the way they were.

(Knuckles and Crunch left the bandicoots' house as they head over to the jungle to hike while making their way to the cave)

Knuckles: I don't believe all of this. Am I not suppose to go out when grounded?
Crunch: We're going somewhere. Also, we're going to a cave to exercise.
Knuckles: An echidna warrior doesn't leave home and stay back to fight the assassins like when they steal the Master Emerald.
Crunch: You're being so silly. Hike with me. It's good for you.
Knuckles: Why are we hiking for?
Crunch: It's good for your bones. We'll reach to the training cave once we get through a few blocks.
Knuckles: I wish I was home and sat in the floor of shame.
Crunch: Whoops! Then you should be sitting in the box of shame instead. No time for time-out and we got some workout to do on the way to the cave gym.
Knuckles: A cave gym. Really? Don't you have a fitness center to go to?
Crunch: We usually don't have a fitness center on the island. At least, we can go to one on a cave.
Knuckles: How far is it?
Crunch: Far from home.
Knuckles: I wish I was back at the Altar to protect the Master Emerald.
Crunch: Training first. Fun later.
Knuckles: I'll rather paint a fence and watch the paint dry for hours.
Crunch: Knucks. Can I call you Knucks?
Knuckles: No.
Crunch: How about Knucky?
Knuckles: No.
Crunch: Knuckington Bear? Sir Knucksalot?
Knuckles: No.
Crunch: Knuck, knuck.
Knuckles: Knuck, knuck.
Crunch: You gotta say, "Who's there?"
Knuckles: Who's there?
Crunch: Knuckolas Cage. *laugh*
Knuckles: Please stop.
Crunch: Alright! Let's get on with the show.

(Knuckles and Crunch arrive at a cave up the mountains where a bunch of weights and exercise tools are seen for the boys to use and workout)

Knuckles: What is this place?
Crunch: Here we are. Welcome... to our training cave! This is where we do exercise like lifting weights, do cardio and mediate like a spider.
Knuckles: This look like a poor man's cave and only a bear would sleep in it like an average bear.
Crunch: Our bear neighbors used to live here until they moved to the coast of Africa like five years ago. They retooled the place into an exercise cave for us to train. Our favorite pals like Catbat and Hasty visited there most often to lose some weight, am I right?
Knuckles: This should have been reverted into a caveman's place instead.
Crunch: Don't be silly Knuckles. This is our workout zone now. Let's get our bodies working and start the exercise.
Knuckles: You trained me like a warrior. *hold a weight and bend it down.
Crunch: What? That's not how you use weights right.
Knuckles: Is this a joke? I do not make jokes. I make warriors.
Crunch: This is how you do weights. *do weights* One, two, three, four, five. See?
Knuckles: You used me as an example! Where are your manners?
Crunch: I have manners and I'm teaching you to workout.
Knuckles: No way. A true warrior can conquer any stronghold. Not even the strongest barrier can contain his might.
Crunch: That's what your ancestors taught you about the warrior way?
Knuckles: I can train you in ways of the Echidna. Teach you every form of lethal combat. Show you the secrets to all my strength.
Crunch: You want me to become an echidna warrior? Ha! I am more than a bandicoot warrior by facing the form of lethal combat and take down the fools that stand through my back.
Knuckles: Something my Ma and Pa did for me when I was a kid before the rest of the echidnas were wiped out. Are you ready to work out like a man?
Crunch: Yes. The warrior training program is official. We should begin our training right now.
Knuckles: Alright! Time to work out like champs!
Crunch: Baba bing, baba boom!

(Knuckles and Crunch work out in the cave as Knuckles lift some weights and Crunch hold some big weights while stretching his arms. Knuckles punch some rocks while Crunch smash some cardboard of bears and leopards as Knuckles run on the treadmill and blast through treadmills, shocking Crunch. Knuckles do some push-ups while Crunch do some jumping jacks as both hold the balls together and run through the pile of rocks while holding logs and punching some boxes while smashing the stones together. As Crunch hold some big boxes, Knuckles sit down on a cave and mediate as time passes 'til night time as he open his eyes.)

Knuckles: Ah yeah. Inner peace. I make myself at home.
Crunch: *drop the boxes* Yeah! Ten boxes! A new record!
Knuckles: Today we did good. I lifted weights, run on treadmills and break a bunch of gongs and boxes.
Crunch: Heck, you destroyed all of them! How is everyone gonna run now without running out of the island?
Knuckles: They'll just stand here and do some cardio.
Crunch: Not just that. We have Zumba like dancing!
Knuckles: Zumba?! Not-uh! I do not do dancing. Warriors do not dance in samba. We warriors fight for our pride. Do we have a alliance Crunch?
Crunch: What?
Knuckles: We're going on a adventure for what it takes to become an true warrior.
Crunch: Wait a minute. Didn't I hear you were grounded? There's no way you're allowed to leave home, right?
Knuckles: One cannot ground an Echidna warrior... *creaks a weight* For an Echidna warrior has no home.
Crunch: I thought you live with Sonic and Tails.
Knuckles: Do you not get my words? An echidna warrior act brave to protect their tribe from intruders!
Crunch: Alright, it's cool! That checks out the receipt.
Knuckles: Okay! Our destiny awaits in the galaxy! Let's go!
Crunch: Here we go!
Knuckles: But first, we're gonna invite some friends over for a field trip.
Crunch: Who?

(Meanwhile at Mobius at Team Chaotix's place, Vector and his colleagues are working in the break room while the others are doing some paper work while putting up the flyers on the wall)

Vector: Another day in the world of work. Who knew we got a lot of events to catch up in the next Spring.
Espio: All of our benefits is going to our stocks.
Charmy: Making lot of money!
Mighty: Our business deals are going up! The charts are making lot of views and money as usual.
Vector: Ho ho ho. I love being a financial for money.
Ray: It's cool when you're rich as an billionaire.
Bark: Make sure you help the poor without being homeless.
Bean: Customer service is sure a lot of work than working in a pharmacy.
Fang: Hope you don't scam the customers while getting their requests.
Vector: I know my business needs and how I set up the day by making sure everything is right. *see a ring portal open up* Huh?
Espio: Did somebody call in a patrol to fix what's broken?
Knuckles: *he and Crunch emerge from a ring portal* Hey there, Team Chaotix!
Vector: Whoa! Knuckles and Crunch! I didn't see you guys there. What's up?
Crunch: Sharp and steady! Are you guys at work? Sorry to disturb while on the clock.
Vector: I'm the manager and I do whatever I want! What brings you here?
Knuckles: Team Chaotix, I believe we have a new adventure to go to and travel what it's like to become a warrior.
Espio: Like a ninja?
Charmy: You aren't taking any risks, are you?
Crunch: Nope. Not at all.
Bark: You aren't facing some predator threats, are you?
Fang: You either face a outlaw and face charges for your crimes, ya know?
Mighty How mighty the adventure will be?
Knuckles: You'll never know as long you wanna come with us.
Mighty: I'll come!
Vector: Team Chaotix, we got a quest to compete and Mighty, you're coming along!
Mighty: That's what I heard.
Bean: What about us?
Vector: You guys stay and run the place while me and my colleagues are off to explore the galaxy.
Bark: Meh. We could have gone to Angel Island or any sort of zone like Emerald Hill.
Crunch: Anyone forgot something before we depart to the galaxy?
Knuckles: We have the rings.
Crunch: And power crystals, check.
Vector: Alright boys! It is time to rock and roll and blast off through the cosmos!
Knuckles: Eureka! First place on the block is the Mushroom Planet.
Charmy: You mean the Mushroom Hill Zone?
Knuckles: No. The Mushroom Planet. *throw a ring to open up a portal to the Mushroom Kingdom* Let's bounce!
Mighty: It's Chaotix time! *he and his team jump to the Mushroom Planet*
Ray: Enjoy the fresh view of shiitake in the sunset!

(Knuckles and Crunch's team arrive at the Mushroom Kingdom via a ring portal as the planet has a muggy brown sky with a piercing sun, and it seems to possess at least two moons. The planet also has a breathable atmosphere but is otherwise uninhabited by animal lifeforms. The planet mostly houses a vast variety of mushroom plants, big and small as some are on the ground and on the caves. Knuckles and Crunch's gang walk through the planet while standing into the edge.)

Knuckles: Here we are. The Mushroom Planet.
Crunch: It does look like the Mushroom Hill Zone, right?
Knuckles: It does, more detailed with scales and big top mushrooms. Also have resources, supplies and an apparent way to get to the paths and mountains.
Crunch: The world seem to be set on sunset as the end of the day. What are we suppose to do here?
Knuckles: Despite a smelly planet, we are suppose to explore and collect some treasure.
Vector: Ho ho ho. I'd love to collect a sphere gem.
Espio: Bring me home a ruby.
Charmy: Even the Pink Panther diamond, like in the cartoon from the 60s.
Mighty: What's so special about the planet.
Knuckles: This planet has so many details and is full of big mushrooms. It used to remind me of the Mushroom Kingdom from another world, ruled by a princess in pink while her people is full of citizens wearing mushrooms on their heads.
Crunch: Ooh. Do you think the Mushroom Planet has people as well?
Knuckles: No. They are not the same world despite having mushrooms.
Vector: I wonder what this planet has in mind in store.
Espio: Let's find out and check it out ourselves.
Charmy: Let's go.
Mighty: We'll be going.
Knuckles: A warrior's quest is never done.

(Knuckles and Crunch's gang explore the Mushroom Planet as they pass by a river and walk through a path full of mushrooms as well walking into a cave)

Knuckles: Can't you believe how smooth these mushrooms are.
Crunch: Gross, smelly, and poison. Mind as well not step on a rotten one.
Vector: They're just mushrooms you know. You seen these in a store, right?
Knuckles: They also grow like flowers. *see a mushroom growing*
Espio: Very picky mushrooms. You know how many plants are there to rise and get some fresh air from the sun.
Charmy: Look at the planet. There are like two Moons next to the Sun.
Mighty: Never seen a detail up in the sky before.
Knuckles: You just have to justified it to know what's going on, do you?
Crunch: Nope. I brought my music playlist on my phone just in case if you guys want any music to play.
Vector: I could go for some 90s mix.
Espio: Play it cool with the 80s.
Crunch: Behold, I present you all, *show his Discman* The "Crunchjammerz 99!"
Charmy: The "Crunchjammerz 99?"
Crunch: When I first joined Crash and Coco back at the Wumpa Islands, they gave me a Discman and add in some songs for me to listen when I workout while listening to some tunes. This mix is front-to-back bangers that never miss and you cannot sleep on those songs. Watch this. *play "All the Small Things" by Blink-182 on his discman* Hey, it still works.
Mighty: We don't get quality like this from the streamers anymore.
Knuckles: You know what? Never mind. No music for us.
Crunch: What? *turn off the music from his discman* I thought you wanted some.
Knuckles: We just wanna focus on the quest and no distractions.
Crunch: Okay! Let's get back to work and go overflow with the flow.
Vector: Uh, you go with the flow on the waves, not on the land.
Crunch: *see some big mushrooms* Ah, look at these mushrooms. They're so cute.
Vector: They look like in the size of a pillow.
Crunch: *hold a mushroom* Who's a big baby? Who's a big baby?
Knuckles: Crunch, no. Don't touch it!
Crunch: *confused* What? They're healthy and good for our bodies. What are you talking about? *a mushroom bite his hand* Ah! It bit me! Get it off!
Knuckles: I told you they're poison! A warrior's know their wisdoms are always fake!
Crunch: *smash a mushroom and kick a mushroom* What the what is that?!
Vector: *see some mushrooms popping out of the ground and act rabid* Ah! Rabid mushrooms!
Knuckles: *glare* Alien mushrooms.
Crunch: *punch some mushrooms* Fake mushrooms. They do have teeth!
Vector: Not real mushrooms. *spin at the mushrooms* Out of the way!
Espio: *throw some razors at the mushrooms* Don't let them bite through your arms!
Charmy: *a mushroom on top roar at him* Aah! They're all scary!
Mighty: *break some mushrooms* I thought this planet has no creatures at all! You're lying Knuckles!
Knuckles: What did I do to deserve this?!
Vector: *get the mushrooms off his body* Get those mushroom heads away from me!
Charmy: *see some mushrooms flying with their vines* They can even float! Why?
Mighty: I don't get it at all.
Crunch: The easy way to beat them is to smash them!
Knuckles: Like stepping on a Goomba from the Mushroom Kingdom! *smash a mushroom* Yeah! Take that, angry mushroom.
Vector: *punch some crawling mushrooms* I hate those mushrooms! I'll rather face off a flower with teeth!
Knuckles: You mean a piranha?
Vector: Even worse!
Crunch: *see a spider mushroom as the beast roar into him and his group* Oh cans. They have legs! And they can crawl like a spider!
Knuckles: Attack the beast! *run and fight the spider mushroom*
Crunch: *glow his fist and punch the spider mushroom* Go back where you came from, predator!
Vector: *take out some long mushrooms* Eat that! *throw the long mushrooms at the spider mushrooms* Yeah bang!
Espio: *jump and roll to bounce at the spider mushroom* It's like fighting a moving bounce house in a party.
Charmy: Take that! *hold a gun to shoot at a small mushroom* Whoops!
Mighty: *roll at all the small mushrooms* Last one there is a belly of a beast! *dig in and power blast out to kill the spider mushroom* Hit plate!
Knuckles: Dis is how I roll! *roll into the ground and kill the spider mushroom* Yeah! This is how I act like a king!
Crunch: Burn baby burn! *stomp on a small mushroom and see a army of mushrooms going after his team* Yikes! Knuckles, they're gaining on us!
Knuckles: We have to go. There is no time to sit and recover!
Vector: There's nowhere to go, Knucks! We're stranded!
Knuckles: Not anymore. *throw a ring and open a portal* This way!
Crunch: Evacuate to safety! *he and everyone jump to the ring portal*

(Knuckles and Crunch's gang emerge out of the Mushroom Planet and arrive at a sand planet full of sharp rocks and hot deserts as the gang recover from the attack while some are overheating from the hot sun on this planet)

Knuckles: Thank goodness we got away with the creeps.
Crunch: Shoot. It's hot out there. We could have gotten killed with the alien mushrooms back there. It's dangerous in the galaxy where you expect to see some little things and turn out to be real creatures like grasshoppers.
Vector: We took advantage to get out of here as soon as possible!
Knuckles: Yeah. Glad we dodged a bullet on that.
Crunch: We could have been eaten in the first place.
Espio: Where in the world are we now?
Charmy: We're in a sand planet and it got sharp rocks and deserts.
Mighty: What are we suppose to do in the sand planet.
Knuckles: I don't know. It's starting to get hot in here and we must find some shade to cool off our skins, come on.
Crunch: I'm getting some heat waves here! *he and everyone head out*

(As Knuckles and Crunch's gang head down the hill on the sand planet, the alien scavengers, shown wearing robes and bird-related cowls on their faces are seen spying on the team by using binoculars to track down the team as they come up with a plan to kidnap the echidna warrior)

Scavenger #1: *speak in a alien language along with his team* We found him, sir. The echidna warrior.
Scavenger #2: He's right. The noble warrior has been found. The last of the echidnas.
Scavenger Leader: The last of the echidnas? Isn't he no longer the only echidna in the world since the Nocturnus Clan invasion?
Scavenger #3: Rumors are saying that the surviving echidnas are found all over the world and not limited to the red warrior since the clan's disband.
Scavenger Leader: The echidna's powers will be ours and he won't get away with this along with his Mobian friends. Let's go.
Scavenger #4: *he and his friends hold some weapons* Time to hunt down some meat.

(As the scavengers head down the hill to go after the gang, Knuckles and Crunch's gang are walking in a desert while feeling hot from the heat waves due to the pressure of the planet's sun)

Crunch: It's getting hot around here. Maybe we'll find some shade to cool off the burn.
Knuckles: Let's just wait 'til we find a cave to chill our toes.
Vector: I'm burning my shoes! Aw darn. I'll rather be sea sick on a ship than being sand sick on a desert.
Espio: Deserts are something Fang would investigate to shoot some outlaws in wild wests.
Charmy: *fly weak* Not my wings. I can't lose my colors.
Mighty: *spot a moving island* Uh, is it me or the small island is moving by itself.
Vector: *encounter some giant rock-like lizards on the way* Whoa! Beasts!
Charmy: Aah! Alien dinosaurs!
Crunch: What kind of sharp creatures are those in the sand?
Knuckles: *move back from the rock lizard* Back away! They'll sting you with a bite!
Mighty: The best way to avoid getting eaten is to fight those guys! *fight the rock lizards*
Knuckles: *roll and smash the rock lizards* Get out!
Crunch: *punch some rock lizards and slam their backs* Eat some rocks, will ya?!
Vector: *pull a rock lizard's tail and throw it against another* Move out of the way!
Espio: *throw a razor at the rock lizard as the beast bite it* They're not effective to hit!
Charmy: *dodge the rock lizards biting him* Look out!
Mighty: *power punch at the rock lizards* Those predators. They won't shut up!
Knuckles: *glow with Chaos Energy and blast at the rock lizards* Ah ha! How do you like me now?
Crunch: Is that all you got, rock lizards?! *thunder blast at the rock lizards* Crunch rules!
Scavenger Leader: *show up with his tribe and use their staffs to shoot at the rock lizards* Get outta the way!
Knuckles: What the?
Crunch: Everybody get down! *he and his team get down as the scavengers kill all the rock lizards*
Scavenger Leader: Yes. That should have done it. We got them out of the way.
Knuckles: We're saved! The saviors!
Crunch: More warriors?
Scavenger Leader: At last! It is a honor to see Knuckles the Echidna! My name is Dorius and it is a pleasure to see you all in our territory. What brings you here?
Knuckles: How did you know my name?
Dorius: Long story short. We know everything about you. We weren't expecting to see you here and thought you were the last echidna of this universe.
Crunch: What are you talking about? His species isn't extinct anymore.
Dorius: So, you're all followers of the echidna, are you? Well, we are here to take his powers for our glorious tribe of ours.
Vector: What?!
Knuckles: You cannot do that. This is my power! If you wanna get my energy, you have to get through me first.
Crunch: They're not very nice people to me. They're scavengers!
Dorius: Scavengers, huh? Arrest them all!
Vector: That's it. I had enough of your scams! *fight the scavengers*
Espio: *beat up some scavengers* Don't touch me!
Charmy: *bump some scavengers* Ooh wee!
Mighty: *break some scavenger weapons* Today is not your day!
Knuckles: *thunder smash at the scavengers* You think you can take my power? Not!
Crunch: *punch and beat up the scavengers* Go away!
Dorius: No. But thank you for asking. Scavengers, taser them! *send his tribe to taser at the heroes*
Knuckles: Ugh! Scums!
Crunch: Where are you taking us?
Dorius: Handcuff them all! *send his tribe to handcuff the heroes and trap Knuckles on a stick* At glory at last, I got the echidna warrior.
Knuckles: You're gonna be paying for this you son of a lunkhead!
Dorius: What make you think of a curmudgeon when your ancestors were responsible for unleashing a water monster inside of a giant diamond in the past.
Knuckles: That was Chaos you tweep! No one in this desert can survive here. Not hunters... and not the scavenger scum that give my kind a bad name.
Crunch: Please! I just wanna go home and see my family.
Dorius: Let's go. We're selling you somewhere.
Vector: What is wrong with you?
Espio: You can't do that to us. We are not toys to begin with!
Charmy: I don't like this place.
Mighty: They treat us so dirty.
Knuckles: You cannot escape me. An Echidna warrior never gives up! *get tasered along with his friends*
Dorius: Good. Move along.
Crunch: *sleepy* What... have you done?

(Far away from space, we see the Death Egg where the Eggpawns are working in the factory as well building some weapons and creating Badniks. At the lab, Eggman and Cortex's party are seen, chilling, fighting and chatting while Eggman and Cortex track down Knuckles and Crunch on the computer with the Lab Assistants joining in for help by making some beakers. "E.G.G.M.A.N." by Paul Shortino plays in the background when the Eggman Empire are on a meeting and discussing about their next attack on Mobius.)

Eggman: Ho ho ho! Look like we've got a runner in the atmosphere!
Cortex: We're in code red. We're not expecting to track down some Smashers on the way in these said planets.
Orbot: Actually, Knuckles and his party are in some desert planet, fighting against these space lizards.
Cubot: Oh, they just have been kidnapped by those tribesmen wearing these robes and cowls on their faces.
Eggman: Oh really. Why am I not aware of the situation?
Uka Uka: The fools took our enemies first. Why weren't we invited in the first place?!
Metal Sonic: We weren't there for them.
N. Tropy: We could have ambush them first before they steal our token and prize.
Cortex: Someone need to address what's going on. *point at the lab assistant* Hey Dale! Come here!
Dale: Yes Dr. Neo Cortex?
Cortex: Dale do you know where Knuckles and his party could be?
Dale: Um, I thought they are hanging out with the bandicoot, or the red plumber's world or some purple dragon from the Dragon World. I don't know.
Cortex: You don't know where the red echidna is? Oh you should be ashamed of yourself! This is the first and last time we spoke about your errands, but sadly, I have to fire you and banish you somewhere around the end of the universe.
Dale: No Cortex. But... they're at the Bahamas with the coconuts!
Cortex: No buts! Your excuses are invalid. Eggman, take him away!
Eggman: You're being exiled to a planet no other that Arkon! Ping! *throw a ring to open up a portal to Arkon, a rocky deadly planet full of alien dogs with holes on their mouths*
Dale: *shriek* Eek!
Cortex: Thank you for your work Dale, you are dismissed. Take him away N. Gin.
N. Gin: Bon voyage! *push Dale into the ring portal*
Dale: *scream and fall into Arkon* Aah!
N. Gin: I hear Arkon is beautiful this time of year, my friend! Enjoy! *blow a kiss*
N. Brio: *see a alien dog on the ring by roaring* Aah! Alien dog! Close it down!
N. Tropy: Just wait for it! *see the ring portal close down* Good. Every power is automatic these days.
N. Brio: You're pretty proud of yourself for someone who just kicked an unsuspecting man in the chest.
N. Gin: Yeah, I am.
N. Tropy: I should have stabbed him in the chest like a vampire.
Eggman: Friends we got a unique opportunity to open up a evil petting zoo and kidnap all the Mobians and animals in the universe! Who's with me?
Dingodile: Yeah heah!
Nina: Sound like a lot of poisoning to do.
N. Tropy: The one we've been trying to capture the most is Knuckles. The muscle. His powers are exceptional. But, without his little friends, he's vulnerable.
Uka Uka: You need to be more specific than arrogance, space man!
N. Tropy: Evil mask, I know my tasks and chores.
N. Brio: Not even the evens and odds can go after the powers.
Uka Uka: To anyone who is going against Knuckles and his friends will be ready to fight for their lives!
Cortex: I think we're ready to go now. Pack up!
Dingodile: Let's get it on!
Pinstripe: My bullets will be ready to shoot!
N. Gin: Don't forget the beakers.
Orbot: Just a reminder that the fugitives are headed to the Casino Night Zone.
Cubot: Best known for party games and winning tickets to win million of dollars.
Eggman: Ho ho ho ho ho. Casino Night Zone. My favorite place to invade.
Cortex: We'll be invading.
N. Gin: Let's go and raid the casino!
N. Brio: Bingo time!
Uka Uka: This time, it's Uka Uka's time to shine. *evil laugh*

(Back at the alien planet set on a desert, Knuckles and Crunch's gang are stranded as they are tied on a rope, held captive by the scavengers, lead by Dorius as they continue walking on the desert as they head into their tribe to pick up some various weapons including the rings)

Dorius: *hold a spear* Hello baby. I waited so long to use you.
Knuckles: *sleepy* Where... are... we...?
Crunch: *sleepy* Is... this... home?
Dorius: Friends, we are about to departure to another planet and sell these pets somewhere. How about we transfer them to a planet full of games, full of arcade machines and full of poker cards for adults?
Scavenger #1: Yeah Dorius!
Scavenger #2: You know the answer.
Scavenger #3: Take them away!
Dorius: Yes. With the last echidna warrior found, we're gonna put him in a show that the world will be eager to see. *hold a ring* Take me to Casino Night Zone! *throw a ring to open a portal to Casino Night Zone* Like a bing, like a boom. Get in!

(Meanwhile at Casino Night Zone, many Mobians are seen playing some games such as playing poker, playing cards, hitting switches to win rings and spinning the wheel to win a lot of rings. "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams play on the radio as the customers enter the zone to play some games.)

Announcer: *voice* Welcome, players, to your Casino Night where everyone is in the lucky zone!
Casino Clerk #1: Step right up and get your rings!
Casino Clerk #2: Open all night long. Free refunds!
Casino Clerk #3: If you need anything, just give us a call! *see a ring portal open up* Hey hey hey! Look like we have a special guest coming in tonight!
Casino Clerk #1: *see the scavengers emerge from the ring portal as they invade the casino by shooting and scaring people* Invaders! Everyone step aside!
Dorius: Well, well, well. What is this wonderful place and why is everyone running in circles when we just showed up?
Casino Manager: Stand back, trooper! You have no right to loot our biggest night in all the galaxies in the cosmos!
Dorius: We have a offer to make. I have some fugitive for you to held captive and put up a show for your audience to see!
Knuckles: We are not slaves! *get hit by a bat from a scavenger*
Casino Manager: Please. We don't want any trouble for you. But rules are rules. You cannot trade your people while submitting a request.
Dorius: Do it or we're burning down the place.
Crunch: Don't listen to him! *get hit by a bat by a scavenger*
Casino Manager: Okay okay! We have a deal. But please do not hurt any of my employees!
Darius: Fine. We also got a show to make.
Casino Manager: What show?

(Suddenly, Knuckles is chained up on a platform where his friends are locked in cages as a show is about to be put up in the Casino Night)

Knuckles: Ah! Where have you lock me?
Crunch: Knuckles, look up!
Knuckles: *hear sounds of a beast* Oh brother. Pachacamac will not like this.
Announcer: *voice* What a game we have for you to wager on this evening! The main event is about to proceed in the arena!
Knuckles: No! Cancel it! I am not a seal or any sort of animal! The scavengers are using you to scam for money!
Dorius: Go on! Make the show a worthy effort of a lifetime.
Announcer: *voice* Our challenger is a rare breed indeed none other than the last of the Echidnas!
Vector: If Knuckles' the challenger, then who's the champion?
Announcer: *voice* Place your bets! We are about to introduce the one and only and most dangerous creature in the universe. The Beast!
Knuckles: *see a lobster-like alien crawl into the ring with a roar* Holy mother of grains. You want a piece of me? Then open wide! *glow and break out of the chains*
Crunch: Whoa!
Announcer: *voice* Unbelievable! The challenger have broke of the chains and ready for a fierce fight.
Dorius: What the?
Knuckles: *run and fight the beast by blasting Chaos Energy at him* You want a Knuckle Sandwich? Here's one for you! *punch the beast*
Crunch: Yeah Knuckles! That's the warrior way!
Vector: Go go go! Left! Right! Left! Right! Turn left! Turn right!

(Suddenly, a ring portal open up as Eggman and Cortex's gang arrive at the Casino Night Zone by scaring all the people as the villains hold their guns by surrendering the people in much of the scavengers and employees' aware)

Casino Clerk #1: Emergency! Dr. Eggman and Dr. Cortex have arrive at the arcade!
Casino Clerk #2: Evacuate all the guests ASAP!
Cortex: *ride on his hoverboard* Well well well, what do we have here?
Eggman: Have anyone seen an echidna and bandicoot around here.
Casino Manager: Don't even think about robbing us for money!
Cortex: Not today! We are only asking if you store any Chaos Emeralds, power gems or power crystals in the lost and found room?
Casino Manager: I hate to say this. We clean the rooms every Thursday night by sending all belongings by mail in said addresses. You do not have the rights to own these items or the rings.
Eggman: Excuse us? They belong to us now! We're gonna have to take all away your belongings for world domination.
Dorius: Stop right there! We have the echidna and his friends for you.
Eggman: Really? Bring them to us!
Dorius: Too bad! You have to get through us first before you can get the pets!
Cortex: Space pirates! They always have to ruin the scene like spoiling the surprise for a movie!
Uka Uka: This means war. GO! *he and his army attack the scavengers*
Dorius: Don't let them get to the echidna!
Casino Manager: Everyone hide with me to the table while we call emergency!

(Back at the ring, Knuckles was still fighting the beast as the beast hit Knuckles on the wall as the beast crawls slowly to Knuckles for a kill)

Knuckles: Aye yai yai.
Crunch: Knuckles, free us!
Knuckles: You need to learn how to be yourself.
Vector: You're crazy! You're gonna get yourself killed!
Knuckles: Fine! Then it is a warrior's destiny to help trainees who can't help themselves on fighting. *break the cages to free his friends*
Espio: Freedom!
Charmy: Yay!
Mighty: Let's go take down that lobster! *he and his friends fight the beast by punching, kicking, slamming, throwing rocks and using their powers to kill the beast*
Knuckles: Bingo la Dingo! *swirl and destroy the beast by smashing the monster to the ground* I am having the fun!
Announcer: *voice* Look like the beast has been crushed and slaughtered! The winner is... Knuckles the Echidna!
Crunch: Woo hoo! We won!
Vector: Slow no more.
Espio: Get up the floor.
Charmy: Down low, too slow.
Mighty: Up on the hill and down with the gold!
Knuckles: Guys, the Casino is under attack! Dorius and his pirates have already started looting the casino with their weapons. We must act now and stop them!
Crunch: Yeah! Let's go put them all in the trash!

(Knuckles and Crunch's gang climb up the ring and head back to the main area of the Casino Night Zone as they are gasped by the arrival of the Eggman Empire while clashing with the scavengers)

Knuckles: What in the world are we seeing?
Crunch: How did the Eggman Empire get here without any notice?
Eggman: Huh?
Cortex: It's them! They just came out of the shower!
Dorius: Welcome back, Team Knuckles. How was your challenge with the beast?
Knuckles: We just kill it to pieces like a shrimp!
Crunch: You're gonna lose!
Eggman: First of all, we were here first to kill you.
Cortex: No! I had the blaster in my hands before I point it at the animals.
Dorius: What are you talking about? We were there the first time before you all came late to the party!
Vector: Bounty hunters.
Espio: These looters sound like bad news to me.
Dorius: In the heart of the casino, this means for a fair fight!
Eggman: You are going to lose now, pirates.
Cortex: Prepare for a headshot.
Knuckles: You think you can underestimate my power? Not today! *glow*
Crunch: You came to the wrong place.
Knuckles: In other words, I am ready! *power up*
Dorius: The Chaos Energy! It glows!
Uka Uka: What are you waiting for? Play time is on!
Dorius: It's Casino battle prime time! *he and his tribe hold their weapons for attack*
Knuckles: Time for a Knuckle Burger! *run and fight the scavengers*
Crunch: *punch and kick Eggman* Come on!
Eggman: You can't push me!
Orbot: Go Eggman, go!
Cubot: Knock them as hard as you can!
Espio: *punch Cortex* You think you can take my power?
Cortex: You can take my power away from me?
Espio: Why are you repeating yourself?
Cortex: Why you repeat yourself?
Espio: Stop copying me! *power punch at Cortex*
Cortex: *crash on the cabinets* Ooh! Copycats!
Vector: *beat up the scavengers* Get lost!
Charmy: *fight Uka Uka* What are you?
Uka Uka: I am a MASK!
Charmy: You're so mad.
Uka Uka: What's your problem?
Mighty: *punch and kick some scavengers* Never more the pirates come!
Dingodile: *use a flamethrower to burn some cabinets* Ah ha ha ha ha ha! Die you mother pingas! Feel the wrath of my flamethrower!
Vector: Dude, you're gonna be paying for those.
Dingodile: What is your problem, skinny-so?
Vector: Excuse me? What are you calling?
Dingodile: You piece of croc. I'll show you some manners. *fight Vector*
Vector: *punch and kick Dingodile* Come on!
Dingodile: Oof! Son of a teeth.
Crunch: *punch and kick N. Brio* Ah ha!
N. Brio: Ooh! My tenders!
N. Gin: *throw some beakers at the scavengers* Yeah! Eat some potions!
Crunch: Hey, you missed one. *throw a beaker at N. Gin*
N. Gin: *crash on the floor* Ooh.
Crunch: That's more like it. *laugh* Ah ha ha.
Eggman: I need some assistance here!
Cortex: Friends, get that echidna!
Nina: His powers are so mine!
Knuckles: Not today youngin! *glow and fight Nina*
Nina: You're terrible at punching.
Knuckles: No. You suck at fighting then. *punch Nina*
Nina: Idiot!
Tiny: Over here. *try to scratch Knuckles*
Knuckles: You can't take my quill away!
Tiny: You're mean!
Knuckles: So does you! *power punch at Tiny*
Tiny: *crash at the garbage cans* Ow! I'm hurt!
Cortex: Boy, these beasts are as fierce as Gnasty Gnorc from the Gnorc Gnexus!
Crunch: *sing while throwing some coins out of his pockets* I got one hand in my pocket, the other hand holding me. *throw a razor at Ripper Roo*
Ripper Roo: Ooooooh. *collapse on the ground*
Crunch: Ah ha. *fight Fake Crash*
Fake Crash: Ooh hoo hoo!
Crunch: You're not Crash Bandicoot.
Fake Crash: Grr!
Crunch: Take this! *punch Fake Crash to the wall*
Pinstripe: *shoot everywhere* Take some bullets with you!
Espio: Not today! *dash and punch Pinstripe*
Pinstripe: Ooh. This stinks.
Koala Kong: You, are toast!
Vector: Not today! *run and fight Koala Kong*
Koala Kong: *roar and smash the chairs* Puny.
Vector: Watch out! *spin kick at Koala Kong*
Koala Kong: *crash on the service desk* Ouch!
Komodo Joe: Sssssssurender to the Komodo Brothers! *fight Espio*
Espio: *jump sideways and punch Komodo Joe* Come on.
Komodo Joe: You are missssing something. *throw a sword at Espio*
Espio: *hold a sword* No. But thank you for asking. *slash Komodo Joe*
Komodo Moe: How dare you slash my brother like that?
Espio: Hey big guy, wanna piece of me? *fight Komodo Moe*
Komodo Moe: Stop it!
Espio: Nah, you like it. *punch and kick Komodo Moe*
Komodo Moe: *crash on the screen* My back!
N. Tropy: *punch and kick Mighty* You're not fast as a Badnik.
Mighty: Up low, too slow! *curl as a ball and blast at N. Tropy*
N. Tropy: *crash on the seats* You got to be kidding with that ball thing.
Metal Sonic: *land down* Mighty!
Mighty: Oh, it's that Metal Sonic robot again. Time to take out the trash.
Metal Sonic: You're gonna lose.
Mighty: Let's go. *fight Metal Sonic*
Metal Sonic: *dash and punch Mighty* Ha!
Mighty: Stop cheating. *jump and bump at Metal Sonic*
Metal Sonic: You're messing with the program.
Mighty: You tend to mess it back for yourself. *spin kick at Metal Sonic*
Mighty: *knock some scavengers and make one hit on the jukebox by playing "Hava Nagila" by Barry and Batya Segal* Hava Nagila, baby!
Eggman: Oh, it's on the game, now!
Cortex: Time to hit on the big league!
Dorius: I'm not gonna lose any effort on this battle!

(Knuckles and Crunch's gang continue fighting the Eggman Empire and scavengers as Knuckles knock out one of the scavengers as well Crunch beating up members of the Eggman Empire with Vector punching and kicking some scavengers with chains, swords, knives, sticks and guns and Charmy bumping on Uka Uka in the air. Espio as well throw some razors at the scavengers as Mighty defeat Metal Sonic in the ticket stand.)

Orbot: Yeah! Go go go! Beat them up! Show them who you are!
Cubot: Watch out below! *he and Orbot get crashed by a scavenger*
Knuckles: Morons.
Eggman: Your fate is mine Knuckles.
Cortex: Give it up all you got.
Dorius: Give me your powers.
Knuckles: You can't take my powers away from me. *run and beat up Dorius*
Crunch: Go Knuckles go!
Vector: Beat him up all you got.
Knuckles: I'll give you a Knuckles footlong sandwich! *power smash at Dorius*
Dorius: *crash on the wall as his mask broke and reveal himself to be a alien with three eyes* The light. I can't believe.
Knuckles: An alien scum! How depressing.
Mighty: Boy, he look scary as a cockroach.
Dorius: *get up* You want a piece of my cowl? Say hello to the new me! *look at Uka Uka fighting Charmy*
Uka Uka: Why are you so scared of the dark? *get dragged by Dorius* Hey!
Cortex: Let go of Uka Uka you twig!
Dorius: A floating mask. This look like a great use for my powers. *put on Uka Uka on his face and get possessed to power up* Aahhh!!!
Knuckles: What the?
Crunch: Oh, no!
Uka Uka: *control Dorius* Yes! I now have a body of a hunter!
Knuckles: We cannot let the triple threat take over my world! We must stop them immediately!
Crunch: What are you waiting for? Let's go get the work done!
Vector: Team Chaotix, go! *he and his team fight Uka Uka-possessed Dorius*
Uka Uka: *shoot dark beams at the team* Purple beams for everyone!
Knuckles: Not this time! *glow and beat up Uka Uka*
Crunch: *power bump at Uka Uka* Power bump!
Vector: *bite and slam Uka Uka* Slam dunk!
Uka Uka: Crocodile!
Espio: *throw razors at Uka Uka and knock out the other scavengers* You scums are outta here!
Charmy: *shoot at Uka Uka* Jeepers, these bad people need to go.
Mighty: *curl as a ball to blast at Uka Uka* You're toast!
Uka Uka: Darn it!
Knuckles: *punch and smash Uka Uka* You heard me. I've been waiting my whole entire life to finish this. I am... a king! *his hands glow on fire with the Flames of Disaster as a banner saying "Flames of Disaster" fall off the casino*
Crunch: Bro, you're hands on fire!
Knuckles: The fire in the flames compels you! *run and fight Uka Uka as he shoot fireballs at Uka Uka and run in circles to fire blast at Uka Uka*
Uka Uka: My robe! It's burning!
Knuckles: *swirl in flames* Aahhh!
Uka Uka: Watch out!
Knuckles: *glow in flames* This is for my ancestors. For Pachacamac. For Tikal. My friends! *fire blast at Uka Uka and Dorius with Chaos Energy coming out as the powerful wave blast all over Casino Night Zone*
Crunch: Watch out! *float from the wave as his discman plays "I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole with Team Chaotix floating as the Eggman Empire and scavengers blast out of the way as everyone crash together through the whole destroyed casino*
Dorius: *crash on the money cabinet and spit money out of his mouth* I... win... *pass out*
Knuckles: *get up* One, two, three. You're out!
Crunch: *grab his discman* Yahoo! We did it. We won the fight.
Uka Uka: *crash on the floor* My face! I'm out of the body. I'm burned!
Mighty: That was totally nuts!
Charmy: My wings are winged like kites.
Vector: Yeah! Take that you invaders!
Eggman: Huh? Did we just lost?
Cortex: I don't hardly understand what you're saying.
Uka Uka: *float* Screw you all! Let's retreat back to the base!
Nina: I hate bad people so much! *throw a ring to open a portal to the Death Egg*
Knuckles: Say the one who was a bad person at the Academy of Evil!
Eggman: *hold Orbot and Cubot* We'll be back!
Cortex: *hold Metal Sonic* You will be sorry for your schemes!
Uka Uka: Team Chaotix, we will return to plot our revenge. *evil laugh as his team retreat to the Death Egg by a ring portal*
Knuckles: *see the ring portal close down* And the Eggman Empire is out.
Scavenger #1: Ah! Our master! What do we do?
Knuckles: Go.
Scavenger #2: Echidna warrior is mad! Run for our lives!
Scavenger #3: *throw a ring to open a portal back home* Everyone retreat! Go go go!
Knuckles: *see the scavengers escape through a ring portal* See ya later, ninjas. *see the employees return* Huh?
Casino Employee #1: You did it! You saved the casino!
Casino Employee #2: You guys are savior!
Casino Employee #3: You're the echidna that killed that 50-foot beast!
Casino Manager: You saved us all! How should we thank you?
Knuckles: By a lot of rings.
Crunch: All the Wumpa fruits you can eat.
Casino Manager: *shake hands with the heroes* Thank you very much for saving our casino. You guys really hook up the charts and paid all the prices for keeping our game room going.
Vector: Hey Knucks, how did your hands caught on fire like that when you were fighting a alien?
Knuckles: The power I use was a mystical power that lies within which will engulf the user's fists with fire once they unlock their true strength. The echidnas traveled for centuries to find their true power and fought many greatest warriors that strive for power. But it doesn't stop through our feet while fighting one of the deadliest monsters in the universe and learned a new ability that increase into our fists. We call it the Flames of Disaster.
Espio: That's so amazing. It's like you're jumping through the rings of fire and learned such ability to shoot fire right at your hands.
Charmy: You rocked the flames.
Mighty: You never fail to impress me, Knucks.
Casino Manager: You know off? Blow off the track and keep saving the world.
Knuckles: Will do.
Crunch: Did we past the test?
Knuckles: My warriors. You have completed the quest and passed the journey. You guys done well and deserve a golden medal!
Crunch: Yeah! We rocked like true warriors!
Vector: Team Chaotix for the win!
Mighty: We hit hard on the casino.
Casino Employee #1: Take these rings as you reward.
Casino Employee #2: You all deserve it.
Casino Employee #3: The casino hasn't been robbed like this since the Babylon Rogues robbed us multiple times for coins.
Knuckles: Never forget the mess these scavenger scums made.
Casino Manager: In the meantime, we'll be cleaning up the mess while you guys take care and ride like the wind.
Crunch: Alright. Let's go home.

(Back at the Wumpa Islands at the bandicoots' house, Sonic and Crash's gang finally cleaned the whole house as they put everything back the way it was from earlier)

Sonic: It's all organized. We finally clean the whole house.
Crash: Woo hoo!
Tails: Our work here is done.
Coco: Gosh, it took us a whole day to clean all of this.
Aku Aku: Where Knuckles and Crunch are? They should have been home by now.
Knuckles: *he and his team arrive from a ring portal* We're back!
Crunch: Home sweet wumpa home.
Sonic: Hey! You're home!
Tails: How was your trip in the gym?
Knuckles: It was tough. I've never been so better by gaining lot of muscles.
Crunch: Lifting weights is a lot harder than I thought.
Aku Aku: You guys been out for so long. The gym isn't sweating you out for a day, right?
Knuckles: A warrior never gives up on training!
Crunch: You know me, I'm a echidna warrior now.
Coco: Bro, you're a bandicoot.
Crunch: I'm more of a bandicoot warrior I say.
Tawna: Hold it! Why there's people with you?
Vector: Uh... hi. Does anyone know where the computer is?
Aku Aku: Crunch, do you know that Knuckles is not allowed to hang out with friends while grounded?
Crunch: I took Knuckles somewhere to learn a lesson on being a true warrior. I brought some of his friends to take advices on being a hero and learned his lesson on becoming one. He is one true warrior in the galaxy.
Knuckles: I passed all my courses and tests.
Aku Aku: Ah. At least you didn't set up various traps to form a so-called gladiator fighting pit, right?
Knuckles: Never trapped anyone with my skills.
Amy: I know what you mean, Knuckles.
Aku Aku: Knuckles, I could never live without a medal. You know what? You are ungrounded.
Knuckles: Thank you very much Aku Aku. I will accept my ungrounded with honor and is free to go!
Espio: We should do this again someday.
Charmy: We had so much fun in the casino.
Mighty: Work is paying off the bills.
Knuckles: Today I completed the journey and made my ancestors very proud!
Crunch: The echidna gods would be proud of you. Even the ancient spirits would accept you in the afterlife.
Knuckles: The Great Battleground in the Sky awaits you in the heavens!
Sonic: Boy, you look stuffed as a chili dog.
Tails: Wanna grab some pizza at Moe's Pizza while we order some chicken fingers and fries to go?
Knuckles: Not now. We have some friend business to take care of.
Crunch: We'll be right back after these meetings.
Vector: Time to go back to work.

(The background song "Whatta Man" by Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue plays as Knuckles and Crunch's gang head back to Mobius at Team Chaotix's place via a ring portal as they pick up some friends for a free ride)

Fang: Howdy partners. How was the trip?
Vector: We're home at last.
Knuckles: Today was a victorious shot at the warriors!
Ray: I knew what you did here.
Bark: You guys are always the best.
Bean: Way a go to win off a golden medal.
Crunch: You wouldn't like what we saw? There were scavengers.
Bean: Ouch! These scavengers are no good!
Bark: They always be robbing you and try to steal your items.
Knuckles: I'll never see these scums ever again.
Crunch: It's better best to let it go of these guys and move on.
Fang: We'll have a free ride in the wild.
Bean: Yeah. We can do that.
Charmy: Woo hoo!
Vector: Come on. We're going on a new adventure.
Crunch: Destiny will arrive for us and give us a whole bunch of gems!
Knuckles: A warrior's work is always done.

(In the epilogue, Knuckles and Crunch's gang hang out as they chill in the beach of Hawaii, fight some weasels in a forest of Nashville, fighting off Pinstripe's mafia team in the streets of New York and fighting some warthog and bull pirates in the dock ships of Califoria. Back in the present at Angel Island, Knuckles wake up from standing as he watch the Master Emerald as he encounter some friends from the ring portal.)

Knuckles: *narrate* It been a long day between worlds. We fought some scavengers at a desert planet, then face off our enemies in the Casino Night Zone and saved a planet from being robbed. We hang out everywhere on our day-offs and beat up a bunch of thieves from trying to take over the world as well facing off pirates in a ship. Back at my proper home, I continue to watch the Master Emerald every day and often until a ring behind me open up and my friends are calling me for a joyride on that day.

(Knuckles and Crunch's gang head out on a desert as they stand by on a road and wait for someone to show up and pick up)

Knuckles: It's good to be wild.
Crunch: We feel like the mild ones here.
Vector: Born to be wild.
Catbat: *arrive on a motorcycle* Hey boys. Need a ride?
Crunch: Yo Catbat! What's up? Long time no see!
Catbat: Save you some bikes for the ride.
Knuckles: Oh, it's on the road.
Vector: Let's go hit the road for some road hogs.
Espio: Straight outta the wild.
Charmy: Yee!
Mighty: Get on!
Knuckles: Showtime! *he and his friends get on the motorcycles and ride with Catbat on the road*
Catbat: Woo! I'm a wild one here!
Bark: I'm more than meet the eye here.
Bean: Don't stop dragging your feet 'til you reach the stop sign.
Ray: Hey! We need some music. Put on some music!
Fang: You know, every vehicle like bikes have radios you know.
Crunch: We need some new road trip music. Anyone agrees?
Knuckles: Yes. I call this mix, the "Knuckles and Crunch Jammerz Collection". *turn on the radio to play "The Warrior" by Scandal* What is this?
Vector: Where is that amazing song coming from?
Crunch: Could this be...?
Catbat: Scandal! My favorite band on the block!
Knuckles: This is my jam! Woo!
Crunch: Ooga booga, party animals!
Catbat: Ride like the wild!

(Knuckles and Crunch's gang continue to ride with Catbat on the road as they hang out together in the wild for the rest of the day by sunset)

THE END

Production[]

Various ideas for spin-off shorts for the characters of the Sonic and Crash series were planned as early back in 2019 and a spin-off centered on Knuckles and Crunch were one of them. The short was tentatively titled Knuckles and Crunch: Chaotix Hunters before being renamed Knuckles and Crunch: Chaotix Warriors in the final version and released to promote the Knuckles series on Paramount Plus.

Trivia[]

The short was made to accommodate the release of the Knuckles series on Paramount Plus, a spin-off to the Sonic the Hedgehog movies.