[Mika, Sonic and Tom are now riding on the open road in Tom's truck]

Tom: All right, pal, you need to start talking right now. Who are you? WHAT are you?

Sonic: I'm a hedgehog! I feel like that's obvious. And I'm in big trouble.

Mika: Yeah Dad he is an hedgehog.

Tom: Oh, you're in big trouble? You're not the one who punched some government weirdo back there.

Sonic: You think you have problems? I lost my Rings!

Mika: Rings?

Tom: Rings? What are you talking about?

Sonic: Okay, Rings are how all advanced cultures travel between worlds. And now mine are on top of a pointy building I've only ever seen on your skintight T-shirt.

Tom: [Sounds offended] Hey.

Mika: Oooh he got you dad!

Sonic: So, I'd like you to take me to San Francisco so I can get back my Rings and use them to go to the Mushroom Planet.

Tom: Mushroom Planet.

Sonic: Yes!

Mika: Yuck I hate mushrooom.

Sonic: Ha, well we got something common!

Tom: Right. [Pulls over to the side of the road] Okay, pal, [Opens the passenger side door] out you go.

Sonic + Mika: I'm sorry, what?

Tom: Look, this is the worst possible time for me to get myself into trouble, okay? You asked me to save your life, I saved your life. Now, please, go find your Rings and your mushroom land. Hopefully I'm gonna wake up in a hospital bed and the doctor's gonna tell me that my colonoscopy was a big success. Okay? So, goodbye.

Sonic: Okay. Goodbye. [Steps out of the truck]

Tom: Goodbye. [Notices Sonic is still standing next to the truck] Why aren't you leaving?

Sonic: I don't know where San Francisco is.

Mika: It's west.

Sonic: West?

Tom: Straight shot, can't miss it.

Sonic: Fine. That's cool. I'm totally cool saying goodbye now.

[Sonic speeds off in the direction Tom gave him as Mika looked down and she looked at her crystal, but he comes back to the truck, now soaking wet and covered in seaweed with a fish on his head]

Mika: Oh he's back!

Sonic: So, as I crashed into the cold, dark water of the Pacific, I realized a few things. A, I have no idea where I'm going. B, saltwater stings. C, I shouldn't even be on this planet right now, but I am! Why?! Because you shot me!

Tom: I know.

Sonic: You shot me!

Tom: All right, I heard you the first time. You don't have to... pile it on. Good grief.

Sonic: [Extends his thumb] I'm wet, [Extends his finger] I'm cold, [Opens his hands] there's a fish on my head! And clearly, I'm not going to be able to do this on my own.

[Tom looks at Sonic as the fish falls off his head]

Tom: [Sighs] All right, get in the truck.

Sonic: Really? [Shakes himself off really quickly, puffing up his fur] You're gonna help me?!

Mika: Oh my goodness fluffy headgehog!

Tom: I guess it is a little bit my fault that all this is happening to you.

Sonic: Not a little bit, entirely. It is ENTIRELY your fault.

Mika: Okay, it's entirely my dad's fault. Are you coming?

Sonic: Yes.

[Sonic shakes himself off again, his fur going back to normal and he climbs back into the truck and closes the door]

Sonic: Road trip! Whoop, whoop!

Tom: [Sighs] What am I doing?

Mika: Well it's ROAD TRIP TIME!

[Sonic and Mika both laughed]

[Sonic, Mika and Tom are driving through the foothills, continuing their journey]

Tom: All right, there's gonna be rules on this trip. Number one, do exactly as I say all the time. Got it?

Sonic: [Gives Tom a little salute with his fingers] Got it, Donut Lord.

[Mika chuckled from Sonic calling Tom 'Donut Lord']

Tom: Would you stop with the "Donut Lord"?! I have a name. It's Tom and my daughter is Mika.

Sonic: I'm Sonic.

Mika: Sonic, has a nice kick, 'Sonic The Headgehog'!

Sonic: Yeah It really does.

Tom: Sonic. Sonic. So you've been spying on us all these years?

Sonic: I mean, I wouldn't call it "spying." We were all just hanging out, only I wasn't invited and no one knew I was there.

Tom: I can't believe Crazy Carl was right all this time!

Sonic: Yeah, you should call him Super Observant Carl instead.

Tom: Uh-huh.

Mika: Yeah.

Sonic: Oh, my God, stop the car right now! [Gets up and leans out the open window]

Tom: What, what?! What?

[They pass a billboard advertising the World's Largest Rubber Band Ball]

Sonic: "The World's Largest Rubber Band Ball"? We gotta see it!

Tom: No, no. No, this is not some fun family road trip, okay? The government wants to dissect you and arrest me. This is serious.

Mika: Dad, he's gone.

[Sonic gives Tom a bored frown, speeds out of the truck and comes back in the blink of an eye with souvenirs like a baseball cap and some small rubber band balls]

Sonic: Eh, you're right. It was lame. Gift shop was cool, though!

[Sonic shows a mouse pad that reads "I ❤️ Rubber Band Balls" to Tom]

Sonic: I got you a mouse pad. And I got Mika a rabbit plush I didn't know they had one! When are we gonna get here?

[Sonic holds up a paddle ball and plays with it at a very fast speed while looking at Tom with a playful smile]

Tom: We will get here when we get here!

[Sonic continues playing with the paddle ball as Mika covered her ears]

Mika: Sonic, stop it!

Sonic: Okay I'll stop.

[Mika yawned]

Tom: Sleepy kid?

Mika: Yeah..

[Sonic jumpped onto the back seat and jumpped into Mika's arms]

Mika: Wow Sonic what are you doing?

Sonic: Well, I gonna keep you warm just in case if you fell asleep.

Tom: Hey, better not do anything to my daughter!

[Mika and Sonic looked at each other and the two chuckled before Mika yawned again and fell asleep as Sonic was still in Mika arms as Tom was watching the road]

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CHAPTER 5 ENDED

NEXT CHAPTER- Chapter 6- Flowers

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