In Efrika, "Antoine" offers King Max an evening drink while apologizing for his failure to convince King Leonus to join the fight against Dr. Eggman. Feeling ill, Max lies down to sleep while "Antoine", actually Patch, gleefully watches his poison take effect and eagerly awaits his chance to usurp the Kingdom of Acorn. In Knothole, Tails happens across Sonic making out with Fiona Fox. Tails is taken aback and explains to Fiona that, long ago, he fell in love with a robotic copy of her and hoped that he could date the real deal. Fiona breaks his heart, explaining that she isn't interested in boys his age. Tails screams at Sonic and storms off, sobbing. Sonic starts to head after him, hoping to comfort his friend, but Fiona convinces him that he can't help Tails work through his heartache.