THE CHAOTIX CAPER, Part 2: A TENUOUS GRIP ON REALITY!
Writer: Ken Penders
Penciler: Manny Galan
Inker: Andrew Pepoy
Colorist: Barry Grossman
Letterer: Vickie Williams
Editor: Justin Freddy Gabrie

A male bee, who's dressed like a king, puts a crown on Charmy's head and refers to Charmy as the "future king." To the surprise of the King, his wife, and their younger daughter, Charmy takes off the crown, throws it to the ground, and runs out the room yelling that he "never wanted to be a prince." While running, Charmy runs into the butler and then hears voices shouting "You want to run don't you?" which is driving him crazy. Then we see Charmy is being examined by Dr. Loony, who tells the nurse that Charmy is fighting off the antibiotics and is going to need a transfusion. The rest of the Chaotix are sleeping and, as Dr. Loony leaves, he tells the nurse to notify him when anyone wakes up. Dr. Loony sees Julie-Su and Remington in the waiting room and Dr. Loony tells them that the Chaotix will recover since Julie-Su called for help in time. Julie-Su and Remington leave the hospital and head for Happyland because they know now that something is definitely up at that amusement park.

Meanwhile in Renfield's office, Ebony Hare is telling Renfield that he's using too much sauce on the chilli dogs. Renfield disagrees and summons his muscle-bound rat named "Ripper" to convince Ebony to back off. Ebony snaps his fingers and Blackjack knocks out Ripper with one punch. That means that Ebony is now running the show.

Back in Charmy's head, Charmy is running away, while a girl named "Safron" tries to get him to stop and talk to her. Charmy flies off and Mello lands on top of him, but Charmy still continues flying. Charmy tells Mello that he needs to get away from home for awhile and decides to check out the Floating Island. As Charmy flies around, he meets, by a waterfall, an armadillo named "Mighty." Back in the hospital room, Mighty wakes up and the nurse pages the doctor. When Dr. Loony reaches the intensive care unit (where the Chaotix are), he finds Mighty holding up his bed, which the nurse is on, with one hand.

At Happyland, Renfield is being signaled by Cecil the Weasel, who's running a food stand, since Remington and Julie-Su are asking Cecil questions. Ebony tells Renfield to deal with it and Renfield leaves to talk to them. He gets them away from Cecil, but lets them look around the park. Meanwhile, Ebony tells Blackjack to get rid of Renfield after some tests are finished.

In Haven, Locke and Sabre watch as a bunch of bears on motorcycles surround Knuckles. Knuckles spins around and creates mini-tornado to clear out all the bears from the canyon. Sabre can't believe the power Knuckles has, while Locke says that he forsaw it. Sabre says someone will have to teach Knuckles how to use it and tells Locke that Locke should be the one, not Archimedes.

Back in the hospital, Vector wakes up and is hungry. The nurse is afraid that Vector might want to eat her and runs out. Suddenly, the life monitors for Charmy go off and Dr. Loony and other doctors rush in to save Charmy.

In Harry's cab, Harry is greeted by Stryker who tells Harry that he must "go along with the program or else it's your funeral" and then Stryker leaves. Moments later, Remington and Julie-Su find Harry's cab and confront Harry. Remington asks Harry if he has some information that could possibly help the investigation. Remington says that he'll do something for Harry for the info, and Harry tells them that he might know who they're looking for and lets them in the cab and drives off.

In Ebony's limo, he gets a call from one of his henchmen named "Bee-Jay McThing" that there's a lady "lookin' to deal." Moments later, Ebony, Blackjack, and the female fox get out their limo and enter a rundown building. Unknown to them, Remington is watching them from Harry's cab and Harry reminds Remington that the parking tickets need to be taken care of, which will be done in the morning according to Remington.

In the rundown building, Julie-Su is blind-folded and mentions that "this isn't any way to conduct business" as Ebony walks in. Unfortunately for Julie-Su, Ebony remembers her from Happyland and, in Harry's cab, Remington announces that the receiver Julie-Su had went dead. Harry tells Remington not to worry because Julie-Su can take care of herself. At the rundown building, Blackjack flings Julie-Su off the roof.

To Be Continued in KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA #15