Started a new story! Like the summary says, this is re-writing the Boom Episodes, sticking mostly to what's given to us, but with a few added pieces to make it make sense in my head and universe.

Anyway, Enjoy!

Disclaimer: if I owned this show, Sonic would actually be extremely hydrophobic.

Episode 1: The Sidekick

"You can't loose me, Egghead!" The loud call echoed through the dusty canyons, as the pair raced rapidly through the deeper canyons, rushing in a never-ending race.

"Eggman! You know my name is Dr. Eggman! You do that on purpose!" The larger of the two combatants cried, glaring back at his blue follower.

Said hedgehog cocked his head and looked at the man innocently. "Do what, Egghead?" He smiled, blinking smartly.

The man growled, and rounded another bend in the turns, the blue blur following only a second behind.

The hedgehog's emerald eyes widened when he grew closer, and quickly pulled the breaks, forcing his legs to stop moving. He slipped over the smooth rock, before coming to a lucky stop on the edge of a massive crater in front of him. He teetered on the edge of it, flailing wildly in an attempt to get back to safe, solid ground. He finally tottered backwards, and sighed in relief.

"It all ends here, old friend." Sonic looked up as Eggman's voice sounded sneeringly above him.

Right. Forgot about the flying thing. He mentally reminded himself as the man floated easily above the crater he had nearly fallen into.

"Prepare to be destroyed by BurnBot!" The man proclaimed loudly, and gestured to the rim of the cliff.

Sonic's gaze followed his hands, and he raised an eyebrow as a large robot appeared on the edge of the cliff, spikes gleaming menacingly as it balanced on two wheels. The entire thing was painted red for the most part, with turquoise slitted eyes. It was also highlighted in black. Looks like Shadow. Sonic smiled at the thought, before crossing his arms. "So, what? He's gonna burn me with flamethrowers or something?"

The man's triumphant smile vanished into confusion, and he frowned. "Flamethrowe-ah wha-wha-no." He stammered, scratching his head.

Sonic-thoroughly enjoying the discomfort the man seemed to be feeling, continued critically with half-folded arms, the other gesturing vaguely. "Oh, ah, Acid? Incendiary grenades."

Eggman quickly tried to recover. "N-nonononNO. CLAWS. He has claws! Very painful claws!" He snarled, gesturing to the robot again. It raised its arms and brought the two claws on each hand clashing together viciously.

The blue hedgehog-completely unfazed-continued with a smile. "Well then you shoulda called him ClawBot, or he Lacerator, or Pinchatron 9000. But BurnBot? I mean, that's just false advertis-"

Eggman's face had been slowly growing redder by the word, and he finally exploded, cutting the hedgehog off. He-in turn-only raised an eyebrow. "I name the robot, Sonic! BurnBot, ATTAAAACK!" He screeched, pointing irritably at the smiling hedgehog.

The robot immediately obeyed and lunged forward off the cliff. It landed heavily on its flimsy wheels, and raced towards the blue hedgehog, who only smirked pityingly. Really? He thought, before sprinting away, in the same direction the robot was going so he was constantly directly across the crater from it. The two exchanged glances over the cliff as the blue ran, the red powered by wheels and rockets. Down, down, down they raced into the spiraling crater and down the paths. Sonic yelped and ducked to the side as a shower of bullets suddenly rained down around him, and he glared at the man in the sky, before speeding up, now trying to keep ahead of the robot, and dodging the deadly projectiles. Unfortunately-given the little space he had on the thin path-that was difficult, and he wasn't surprised when a bullet grazed his arm. He hissed and put one hand over it, still running and dodging. A loud roar suddenly sounded above him, and he chanced a quick glance up, at the same time his wrist communicator buzzed on.

"Blue Leader, this is Yellow Sky. I have eyes on BurnBot. He's on the move. Over."

"Thanks, Tails." Sonic said into the speaker, then winced as it buzzed loudly again.

"Sooooonic! You're supposed to use the code name!"

The hedgehog smiled at the winy voice, and obliged the fox. "Alright. Yellow Sky. Mind taking Eggman off my back? Hard dodging bullets and robots on a path this small. Over."

"Sure thing, Blue Leader. Over." There was quick round of gunshots from above him, and a few curses, then the gunfire around him stopped.

"Thanks, Yellow Sky. Initiate Speeding Swing Surprise. Over." He said, smiling. Been wanting to try this one for a while.

The blue plane suddenly dove into a steep curve, down, down, down into the crater, past the robot. The fox piloting it twisted button on his belt, and one glove began to glow an electric orange, as still went deep and deeper into the canyon. He finally leveled out as Sonic an the robot both launched off jumps, and headed straight for each other. The fox reached out with his glowing glove as he passed over the two, and an electric current flew down. Sonic in turn grabbed it, and swung around, smirking. The robot twisted to keep the hedgehog in view, in time for a foot to smack it squarely in the head, and go flying. One of its flailing arms opened the claws, and Sonic yelped and dropped to the ground as it cut into his arm, and he skidded to a stop. The fox looked over the edge of his plane to see Sonic stand and quickly wrap one of the pieces of sports tape around the cut, and then both turned to look at the robot as Eggman howled at it to get up.

The robot obeyed and looked around for a moment. The Tornado passed over its head, and it drew back one arm, and threw it forward. The hand shot forward on a long cable, and ripped a deep gash into one of the plane's wings. The fox's look of triumph turned into horror in a single second, Sonic's as well.

Sonic raced forward and called frantically into his wrist watch as the plane began to spiral rapidly out of control. "Bail, Tails, Bail!"

The fox pulled the lever. And it came out of the plane.

Sonic, noticing this, started forward, to see if he could maybe get Tails out of there somehow before the plane hit.

BurnBot landed in front of him, and another hand lunged at the hedgehog. Sonic dodged it and snarled. "I don't have time for this!" A boulder above the robot caught his attention, and he smiled. He lunged over the robot, twisting to avoid the claws, and smacked into the boulder with a powerful spindash. The rock creaked and rolled sideways onto the robot, who couldn't move fast enough, and it was flattened to the ground. The lights shut off, and the robot was still.

Sonic's spindash carried him back to the surface, and he was just in time to see the plane go up in flames as it hit the ground. "Tails! No!" Sonic screeched, and froze, his green eyes massive with fear. He came back to his sense, and raced forward. I wasn't fast enough. Tails, you have to be alright. I'll never forgive myself if you're not. C'mon buddy.

I wasn't fast enough. This sentence wouldn't stop running through his mind, no matter how much he wished it would, as he kept getting closer and closer to the burning plane.

He even ignored Eggman as he howled loudly. "We'll be back, Sonic!" And the sound as the man carried his broken robot away.

When he reached the plane, Sonic swallowed, before rooting through the wreckage and pulling the twisted metal out of the way. He finally uncovered yellow fur, and kept clearing the space, until he was able to pull the soot-stained fox from the wreckage. After seen a serious lack of movement, the hedgehog bent down and put one ear on the fox's chest, and sighed in relief when he found a heartbeat. He pulled back, and hefted the fox into the air. "Keep resting, pal. I'll get you home. Promise. I'll never let anything like this happen to you again." He said, before walking back to their house.

XXX

The fox opened his eyes blurily and sat up, groaning at his pounding head. He put one hand to it and looked around. "Sonic?"

The blue hedgehog immediately slid into view. "Hey buddy! How ya feeling?"

"I'm great! Ready to get back in action."

Sonic smiled awkwardly and scratched his head. "Yea...uh...about that..." He sudenly perked up. "Uh-I've got some great news! You my friend are taking early retirement!"

The fox gave him a look. "Early retirement?"

"Yea! You're gonna be able to play lots of golf, And spend time with the grandkids!"

"I don't have grandkids! Or kids, for that matter." Tails said indignantly.

"Well, now's your chance to get some!" After seeing Tail's horrified face, Sonic realized what he had said, and flushed. "Let's forget that I said that. Anyways, trust me! I-It's for the best." Sonic said, before hugging the fox and speaking a slightly sadder tone. "I-I'll see you around, pal." then he shot off and out of the house.

Tails looked after him with a very confused expression. "Wait, what just happened?" Aside from Sonic scarring me for life.

Sonic opened the door again for long enough to say: "I fired you."

He slammed the door again, and Tails nodded. "OK. Just checking."

XXX

The blue hedgehog sadly looked down at the piece of paper he held in his hands. "Don's look at me like that. I did what I had to do." He grumbled, glaring at the smiling picture of himself. "And now we're gonna make sure Tails stays retired." He muttered, pinning the paper to a tree.

XXX

"Sidekick tryouts. All qualified candidates welcome." Eggman muttered, looking over the paper that had blow to his island fortress. "Best candidate gets the job. Resume and references required. Can you believe this?" He suddenly snapped at the two robots in front of him.

The red one that seemed to largely resemble a pokeball answered calmly. "A resume and references is not unreasonable, sir."

"Especially in this job market!" The yellow square one butted in unhelpfully.

Eggman slammed a fist onto the piece of paper, and the two robots scrambled uncertainly around in circles. Tiring of that, the man then threw a bolt at them, and they froze. "What fool would wanna be Sonic's sidekick?" He grumbled, standing. "Spending every day with him, enjoying his friendship and respect." He said, smiling. Then turned to the robots behind him, who were giving him horrified looks. Then he glared at them with a darker tone. "Not me, that's for sure." Then he raised one eyebrow. "Unless..." He then froze as the camera in front of him tipped forward. "Errr, lousy security camera!" He grumbled, glaring at it. "How much did I pay for this?!"

"None, Sir, you built it."

"I wasn't asking for your opinion, Orbot!"

XXX

The line outside Sonic's house was about six people long. Amy Rose, a Beaver, a bull, Knuckles, the mail guy, and a strange hooded figure.

Not surprisingly, Amy was first. Sonic lounged on his chair with his feet up and clipboard in front of him as Amy spoke. "I'm Amy Rose, and I'll be auditioning for the part of sidekick." She said, smiling brightly.

Sonic sighed and tapped his clipboard. "Amy, I know who you are."

"Great, because I am fine with nepotism." She said.

What does that even mean? Sonic wondered.

He didn't have much to time to think on it, as Amy had already started talking again. "Oh! And under special skills, you can add juggling and singing." She smiled, pulling out three juggling balls and starting to sing.

Sonic winced at the voice, and loudly called over her: "NEXT!"

The beaver. "My biggest weakness, actually it's my incredible cowardliness."

"NEXT!"

The bull must've left, because Amy was back in line."Improv! I love improv!" She giggled. And launched again into the juggling, and singing this time in an Italian accent. Sonic didn't give her the chance, and turned her around, and pushed her out the door.

"NEXT!"

Knuckles. "I think, you would be great sidekick for me."

"No, Knuckles." Sonic sighed, then looked at the echidna's hands. "And how did you get my clipboard? Give me that!" He snatched said item from the echidna's hands, who couldn't take a hint. "Besides, I'm looking for someone to be my sidekick."

"We'd have to change your name though. I'm thinking...Knuckles Junior."

The hedgehog glared at the clipboard and scratched out the echidna's name. "NEXT!"

The hooded figure. "Ok, Last question. What would you do, in a no-win situation?"

"If I'm with you, there's no such thing as a no-win situation!" The figure answered promptly.

Sonic grinned. "Huh, you really get it, new guy."

"I do get it, but I'm not a new guy." The figure said, a smirk creeping into its voice. "In reality, I am none other than..." It reached up and started to pull the hood off, though it was firmly stuck on the ears, and it fell sideways in the attempts to get it off.

Sonic straightened and looked over the desk. "Tails?!" He walked around the desk, glaring slightly at the fox. "You cannot be my sidekick."

"All qualified candidates welcome." Tails answered, pointing at the poster he had brought with him. "Best candidate gets the job. I'm a lock! Unless there's something you're not telling me." He finished, giving the hedgehog an annoyed glance.

"Fine!" Sonic snapped, putting his hands on his hips. "But get ready for the tryout of your life." He said warningly.

"Hello."

"Eggman!" Both hedgehog and fox got into battle-ready stances as the man walked into the room.

"What're you doing here?" Sonic snapped, glaring at him.

The man unfolded his arms, and held up a piece of paper. "My name is Dr. Eggman, and I'm here about the sidekick position!" He said, smiling.

"Whu-uh. But you're my arch-nemesis." Sonic said, thoroughly confused.

"That's true! But I could be a valuable asset to your organization!" He said happily. "Uh, for example, I'm a doctor! Not a real doctor, a Ph.D, but still!"

Sonic glared at him. "You can't be my sidekick."

The hedgehog jumped back as his own poster was flung into his face. "All qualified candidates welcome." Eggman grinned.

Sonic glared at him. "OK, fine. You both can move on to round two." Sonic snapped, glaring at them both. "But neither one of you is gonna be my sidekick." He finished, heading for the door.

"Who else is there?" Tails asked.

Sonic froze, and opened his mouth to bluster an excuse, when the beaver peered through the door again. "Actually, do you validate parking?"

Sonic grinned and pointed at him. "Congratulations! You're the third candidate!"

"Actually-"

XXX

The three candidates looked over the edge of the steep cliff as Sonic spoke. "Alright, being my sidekick is no easy task." He said professionally. "This competition will test your strength, stamina, and endurance." He paused for effect. "The winner, will be whoever makes it to th-"

"Actually, it's whomever." The beaver interrupted.

Sonic looked ready to strangle him. "The winner will be whomever makes it through all of the unimaginable hardships and brings me the red flag," he pointed to the it, "I planted atop the incredibly dangerous, but inaccurately named, Mt. safety."

He surveyed the competitors one last time, and the beaver began again. "Actually-" His sentence was cut off as Eggman slapped him on the back and sent him down the steep slope screaming.

Sonic looked at the man. "Thank you."

Eggman grinned, and he and Tails started down the slope as well. Sonic watched them go from that vantage point for a while, and surveyed the competition as Eggman and Tails raced over the vines he had placed. He then shot down the slope to another vantage point he had planned.

Eggman watched as the fox shot up the vines on his hover board, and his eyes narrowed. He pressed a button and the two rockets on his own hover board detached and flew towards the fox, spikes coming from the middle.

Tails ducked and dodged the blades, and flew down to the vine the beaver was on. Seeing he was about to collide, the fox attempted to warn him a few seconds too late, and the beaver went flying into the cushy leaves below. "Actually, I'm OK!"

Tails then went back to evading the projectiles, and allowed them to collide in front of him before continuing. Eggman's eyes narrowed. the fox came to a stop by Sonic's next vantage and check point, and the hedgehog looked at him curiously. "What's going on here?"

"Nothing I can't handle." The fox answered vaguely, jumping into the Tornado to begin the next part of the race. Eggman followed in his hovercraft.

Sonic's eyes narrowed, and he followed the two on foot.

"Give up, Eggman! This job is rightfully mine!" Tails snapped over the rush of air.

"I'm not here to be Sonic's sidekick, you nincompoop!" The man snapped back. "I'm here to get rid of you both once an for all!" He said, pushing a button. To Tails's shock and confusion, a magnet came down from the bottom of his hovercraft, and a clank sounded as it attached to something. It came back up with a repaired BurnBot attached to the end.

Sonic saw all this from below, and his eyes narrowed. I swear, Eggman, if you do the same thing as last time, You won't make it to the ground in one piece. He snarled to himself, speeding up again.

Tails's eyes widened, and he pulled back as the robot lashed out with a claw. The plane was doing frantic spins and barrel rols to avoid being cut again, and Sonic pushed himself further to keep up. His eyes widened as the robot made contact with the plane, and a horrified noise escaped him as he sped harder, not wanting to relive the desert incident as the plane went down smoking. His eyes widened with terror as the plane slammed into the ice, and he froze on the edge of the lake, hydrophobia battling with the need to save his friend.

"Tails!" He called worriedly. He nearly fainted with relief when he got a response, though it wasn't a good one.

"Sonic! I'm stuck!"

Brotherly instinct beat hydrophobia into submission, and he lunged forward, racing over the slick ice, before sliding to a stop and nearly falling into the water when the ice broke around the plane. He froze again, eyes widening as he stared at the liquid. "Sonic!" Tails called again, as the plane sunk lower into the water.

The hedgehog was finally jolted out of it when a claw came crashing down behind him, making his small ice platform rock crazily, then again when it was cut nearly in half when the claw came down again. Sonic finally turned and looked at the fox and his eyes narrowed. He lunged and landed solidly on the plane-though it sunk another few inches further into the water, and started tugging on the fox's arms, trying to free him. The fox came free, and both of them tumbled forward onto the ice, sliding over the ice. The force of their pushoff sent the plane into the water, and it sunk. Sonic pushed himself up on shaky arms and looked at the hole, breathing rapidly. He then turned his attention to the fox. "You alright?" He managed shakily.

The fox nodded. "Fine. Thank you, Sonic."

The hedgehog smiled and nodded. "Just don't ever get that close to open water next time, got it?"

Tails laughed slightly. "I'll try."

Sonic then straightened shakily. "Look, I didn't really want to fire you. I was just trying to protect you."

"How, by putting me in more danger?" The fox asked, smiling slightly, but it was obvious he was still upset.

Sonic managed a shaky: "The plan had holes!"

After a moment, Tails smiled and accepted his helping hand, and immediately hugged the still-shaking hedgehog. He frowned and pulled back. "You really don't like water."

"I can't swim worth crap." Sonic said, grinning and flushing with embarrassment.

Their attention was taken again when Eggman butted in. "Oh Sonic!" He said sweetly. "I have one last surprise for you. I took your advice! BurnBot can burn things!"

He gestured to the robot next to him, and the two fan-like pieces on the front folded in, and two fireballs shot towards the pair. It only took a moment, and the ice around them melted.

Sonic's eyes widened and ears flattened. "Oh no." He whimpered. The ice around and under them shattered and split. The piece and Tails were standing split in two and tipped. Tails took off, but before he could grab Sonic, the ice the hedgehog was standing on twisted, and he fell into the water. He came up spluttering a moment later and grabbed onto the nearest block of ice to try and stop himself from sinking, and hauled himself partway on, coughing and shaking. His eyes widened when Eggman grinned, and the robot next to him fired a claw at the hedgehog's head. Sonic swallowed and ducked under the missile, but lost his grip on the ice in the process, and it floated away from him.

Before he went under two hands grabbed his wrist, and held him above. Sonic looked up and found Tails struggling to hold him above the water and pull him free. "You're waterlogged!" the fox said, straining his twin tails. "I can't lift you!"

Sonic looked back at the water, then back at the fox, torn. After a moment, his eyes hardened. "Don't worry about me." He said, and let go. I'm not taking you with me.

Tail's eyes widened, and he latched onto the hedgehog's hand again. "Get out of here!" Sonic snapped through shaky teeth.

"That's not how sidekicks do!" The fox snapped back. Sonic smiled slightly, and then his eyes widened as he sank further, and took a quick breath, before they both went under.

Saying it was cold was an understatement. It was freezing.

The hedgehog immediately froze, the cold water about as terrifying as it could get for a severe hydrophobe.

Tails looked over, and then started twisting his Tails, using them as propellers. He shoved Sonic in the back, and the two shot back to the surface. Tails immediately dropped Sonic to the ice ,who coughed and shook uncontrollably. Tails landed next to him, worry clear in his eyes. "Sonic? You alright?"

The hedgehog coughed again, before turning a thankful gaze to the fox. "S-sorta." He chattered, before turning and glaring at the man. "Let's finish this." He said, launching into a spindash. BurnBot reacted quickly with another blast of fire, and Sonic quickly swerved. He jumped into the air and slammed into the robot, making it teeter backwards. "That's for making me fire Tails." He hissed. Another spindash. "That's for almost drowning me." He yelled, then pounded on the robot once more, and it fell backwards, the ice breaking around it. Just before it sank into the water, Sonic jumped into the air, and pushed the rest of the way through. "And That's for shooting Tails down." He said, uncurling to watch it sink.

Tails caught him midair, and the two flew off to Eggman's enraged yells. "I'll be back! With a new robot! One that has an accurate name! And super laser eyes! And he'll feed me ham! Eeevil ham..."

The two sat a good distance way from the water's shore-for Sonic's peace of mind-and watched the sun set over the mountains. "About this job..." Tails started, grinning. "What're the hours like?"

Sonic returned the grin, and answered-still slightly shaky. "Well, It's seven days a week. But you get your own plane."

Tails smiled, and the two huddled closer to each other.

XXX

Back at Sonic's house, things were not nearly as peaceful. Amy slammed the bell around, yelling loudly. "Let me in! I demand a call back!" She froze as a certain echidna trudged by, and turned her green gaze to him. "Knuckles? What's wrong?"

The echidna sighed and tossed a forlorn look at the pink hedgehog. "My Knuckles Jr. Isn't working out." He answered.

Amy looked at him strangely, before realizing another meaning to what he said. "Aww...So, you're saying you need a..." Her eyes lit up and she raced after him. "Imma crazy pizza man! Who juggles and sings!"

Welp. I made Sonic Hydrophobic again. Thank chaos. That drove me nuts when I saw the episode.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed! I'm seriously behind on these, and they take a surprising amount of time to do, so...sorry. ^^' For the sake of wanting semi-regular updates, I won't put the other few I have done up yet, and I hope I can get somewhat back on track wit these.

Hope you enjoyed, and-if you did-please review!