It's a rare occasion that the team find themselves able to relax and soak up the warm rays of the sun in the peace and quiet they deserve. They had spent the past few weeks fighting off both Eggman and his inventions as well as keeping the Anti-Mobians out of their world, leaving them all undeniably exhausted. It was finally their first day to take even five minutes to themselves.

To no surprise, Tails still hadn't gotten as much rest as he probably needed, wanting to get straight to work repairing damage on the X-Tornado in the garage while Sonic lay in the lush grass just outside, slowly dozing off to sleep as he propped his head up with his hands. Both Silver and Blaze had made a trip back to their own world for the day, more than likely due back in the next few hours if not sooner.

Shadow and Rouge were called into G.U.N that morning, much to their dismay, but lucky for them it was merely for a briefing and they wouldn't have to be there for too long. Knuckles was snoozing in front of the Master Emerald, calming his nerves knowing he's back to guarding it and expecting Tikal to drop by sometime soon to check up on the grand jewel. Cosmo and Cream were taking their relaxing day to wander around the fields by their home, picking flowers for Vanilla before she arrived home that evening.

Manic was roaming around the city, clearing out all of the best food stalls and checking out all of the attractive city chicks like the rascal he was. As for his older sister, Sonia was cozied up inside her home, cleaning and blaring her favourite tunes, lapping up her alone time. Amy on the other hand, was also at home, listening to her own music from inside her living room as she lay outside in her garden and got to reading, soaking up the warmth as it radiated through her fur.

'Sonic? Can you pass me the spanner?' Tails called out from under the Tornado, only to get no response.

'Sonic? Sonic!' Tails called out again.

'Whaaaaat?' Sonic groaned as he lazily opened his eyes.

'Didn't you hear me?' The kitsune questioned as he slid out from underneath the Tornado and made his way out to his brotherly figure.

'Sleeping time.' Sonic insisted as he curled up into the grass.

'Dude, it's one o'clock in the afternoon? How much-'

Tails cut himself off when he heard the garage base communicator sound, causing both him and Sonic to make their way over to the screen to answer. Tails sat down in his chair and wheeled over to his keyboard before keying in a few commands, only for a screen to open up. A fresh, undeniably beautiful, smiling face appeared on the screen, recognised as the city's mayor.

'What the…?' Tails trailed off.

'What on Mobius is the Mayor messaging us for?' Sonic arched a brow before Tails hit play.

'Greetings, Sonic Team, I would like to begin by extending my warmest wishes to you all.' The feminine feline began. 'I understand it has been quite some time since we have all been in contact, but I am glad that hopefully that will come to an end.'

'What do you think that means?' Tails looked at the blue hero only for him to shrug.

'The cities of Mobius are coming together to hold an Olympic Games, and due to them being held so close to your home of Knothole, the citizens are insistent on seeing your team compete in an array of events. I have had my assistant take the liberty of sending you all through the events we would like to see you in. The Games will kick off a week from tomorrow, and we would like to hear from you soon beforehand. We look forward to your reply!' The beautiful mayor smiled before the connection cut off.

'I guess we should get the others over here?' Tails shrugged.

'Yeah, let's do it.' Sonic smiled.

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Later that afternoon, the rest of the gang made their way to the garage to discuss the message from the mayor that, as it turns out, they all received. Tails still tinkered away at the side of the Tornado as everyone slowly arrived and made themselves comfortable. Blaze and Silver made a grand entrance through a chaos portal while the girls walked in together, the rest of the guys not far behind.

'So, I guess everyone got a call from Mayor Rosetta?' Manic smiled as he made himself comfortable on a beanbag.

'Cream and I were out when we received ours. To be honest, we thought it was some sort of joke?' Cosmo admitted.

'I have to admit, I was pretty surprised too. I mean, an Olympics? How on Mobius did that come about?' Knuckles chuckled to himself.

'Silver and I have only just seen ours, having been away all day. Are we really going to do it?' Blaze cocked a brow.

'Don't see why not.' Sonia shrugged.

'Has anyone looked to see what they've been entered in?' Rouge questioned only for everyone to answer no.

'Can you get up the list, Tails?' Shadow asked.

'Just a second…' The kitsune trailed off as he set down his tools and made his way to the computer.

As the two-tailed fox typed away on his computer, sifting through his computer in order to find the document that the mayor had sent him holding their events list, Sonic watched on over his shoulder while the others looked up at the projection screen waiting for it to come up. Tails brought it up quickly, causing everyone to find their own name and look at what event they had been asked, and already entered, in.

'Well, I guess that makes sense.' Silver smiled, already getting excited.

'This should be fun!' Tikal exclaimed.

'Wait, some of us are entered twice?' Amy tilted her head to the side in thought.

To no surprise, Sonic, Shadow and Silver had been entered in all the running races, which made sense considering the city's citizens loved seeing the trio test their skills against one another in friendly competition. Tails, Rouge and Cream had been entered in a new event, Flight Obstruction. Like hurdles, only in the air and there would be a whole lots more than mere hurdles.

Amy, Manic and Knuckles had been entered in all the strength events, such as hammer throw, shot put and javelin. Sonia and Blaze had been entered in mobility and agility events such as gymnastic, acrobatics and dance, while Tikal, Cosmo and again Blaze had been entered in something new: Battle of the Abilities, where they would use their powers against one another.

That left one last event, both Sonic and Amy had another set of events they'd been entered in. They looked at their names – written side by side – causing the whole room to fall silent in shock and excitement. Ice skating duets. A sport involving skill, ability and chemistry, and clearly Mobius thought the two had it. Sonic felt his stomach turn over and it was evident on his face.

'Come on, Sonic. It looks like fun!' Sonia nudged her little brother.

'This should be fun.' Manic mumbled, causing Knuckles and Silver to chuckle.

'You do it then?' He huffed.

As Sonia got to scolding her brother, the girls trying to convince him it would be fun and the boys picking on the cobalt hero, Amy drowned out the conversation as she sat on the couch, trying not to get too worked up about the fact Sonic so clearly didn't want to do this with her. Clearly it hadn't occurred to anyone to ask her on her opinion, not that she cared right now she supposed. Sonic was just being a baby!

'So? Are we going to do this?' Tikal questioned hopefully…