Third Person's POV

We start in a field today "Yeah!" Knuckles said placing a gofaball on a tee "Who's gonna take it downtown? Knuckles, that's who! Gonna pour Sonic a hurt-tonic! And the pain is gonna be chronic!" Knuckles said "Okay, we get it" Sonic said and flips a coin "Tails!" Knuckles said looking at Tails "Tails, you flip it" Knuckles said and Sonic gives the coin to Tails who flips it in the air "Heads!" Knuckles said and the coin lands on Tails' wrist and he flips it over to reveal it as tails "Lucky..." Knuckles grumbles and Sonic tosses his gofaball into the air and hits it with his club. The gofaball then flies right into the hole and rolls back down the mountain where it pops up from a hole and Sonic catches it "Don't give me that look!" Knuckles said and heads over to swing his gofaball and the gofaball rolls toward the hole but a leaf lands on it causing it to move the other way "One nothing, Sonic!" Tails said "Oh, come on! You saw the wind blew that, right?" Knuckles asks and swings another gofaball but it hits some birds "What?!" Knuckles asks "You gotta factor in bird migration. That's Gofaball 101" Sonic said and Knuckles growls and goes to swing another ball. However, it ends up going past the hole and Knuckles tries again. He tries again over and over until he tires out "That's totally unfair!" Knuckles said "Maybe you need to work on your swing" Tails said "You kidding me?! It has nothing to with my swing! It has everything to do with luck!" Knuckles said and Sonic and Tails just stare at him and Knuckles takes another swing where the ball actually stops in midair before landing. A frustrated Knuckles throws his club which actually lands in the hole and Knuckles screams loudly.

*Later at Amy's house in the garden*

Knuckles is seen pacing around with Amy and Sticks watching him "Knuckles, I see you're upset but-" Amy said "Don't bother trying to get me to talk about my feelings" Knuckles said "Actually, I was gonna try to get you to stop killing my grass" Amy said "Sonic the Luck Monkey beat me in Gofaball by getting totally lucky!" Knuckles said "I thought you didn't want to talk about your feelings?" Amy asks "I don't! I just wanna yell!" Knuckles said "We all get into a slump now and then..." Amy said "I'm not in a slump" Knuckles said "Oh, really? How many times have you lost to Sonic this week?" Amy asks "I don't want to talk about this!" Knuckles said "Maybe, there is a disturbance in the luck balance of the universe" Sticks said "What???" Knuckles asks "What you need to do is burn through the rest of this losing streak by bringing yourself as much bad luck as you can as fast as you can to speed up shifting the luck balance of the universe back the way it was before this all happened!" Sticks said and Amy and Knuckles stare at each other "Yeah, that's right! You heard me!" Sticks said "Shift the luck balance of the universe? Really?" Amy asks ".......It's worth a shot!" Knuckles said.

*Later at a canyon*

"I can't believe I'm actually doing this..." Knuckles said and punches a large rock formation causing a larger rock to land on him. Knuckles then perches himself over a crater and sighs and jumps into a crater and lands on the ground and gets out to walk over into a cannon "This better work..." Knuckles said and gets launched from a cannon and hit a tree and falls to the ground and a beehive falls on him and the bees start stinging him.

*Later at Sonic and Brody's shack*

Sonic is reading a book before noticing Knuckles "Oh man, Knuckles. You okay?" Sonic asks as Knuckles is covered in bruises "Am I okay? Are you okay you mean?" Knuckles asks and flicks Sonic's nose "Or are you getting too nervous the Gofaball beatdown heading your--" Knuckles said and coughs and wheezes "Give me a minute. It's hard to trash talk with a punctured lung..." Knuckles said "Looks to me like you're not in much condition to play anything" Sonic said "Hah! You only think I'm not in much condition to... whatever you said! But, in fact, I finally tipped the luck balance of the universe back in my favor! Your lucky streak is over, Sonic! Brace yourself, my friend, 'cause there's nothing but sunny skies ahead for this-" Knuckles said and is suddenly crushed by a refrigerator.

*Meanwhile at Eggman's Lair*

Eggman is preparing for a game of laser tag "Even with a mind as powerful as mine, it's important to keep the reflexes honed" Eggman said and turns to Orbot, Cubot, and some other robots "That's why you robots will serve as my opponents in this training exercise" Eggman said and gives Orbot and Cubot some Disintegrator Rays on low setting "On your marks, get set, go!" Eggman said and he and his robots start to fire at each other and Eggman finds himself cornered "Ow! Someone's stepping on my mustache!" Eggman said and the robots look around to see who is stepping on it "Wait, no one's stepping on your-" Orbot said and Eggman runs past the robots where they start to shoot at him. However, Eggman trips but his laser manages to hit all of the robots' targets "If I didn't know better, I'd say there was a shift in the luck balance of the universe" Orbot said "Hmm..." Eggman said and grins evilly.

*Later at the crater*

Meteors are raining down with Knuckles at the bottom trying to get hit by one of them "Come on, meteors! Take your best shot!" Knuckles said "If he gets hurt so help me" Ralph said growling and glaring at Amy, Tails, Sonic and Brody "We've got to do something! He's going to hurt himself!" Amy said "What do you suggest we do?" Sonic asks "What do you suggest we do?" Tails asks "What else ya got?" Sonic asks but Tails, Brody, Amy and Ralph have no other ideas. Sonic sighs "I'll talk some sense into him. Leave it to me" Sonic said and jumps down and runs to Knuckles "Knux, you're wasting your time with this luck stuff. I've been beating you lately entirely due to skill" Sonic said "Luck!" Knuckles said "Skill" Sonic said "Luck!" Knuckles said "Skill. Like the way I just beat you in this argument just now" Sonic said "You didn't win yet because I'm still saying the word "luck!" LUUUUCK!!!" Knuckles said and gets crushed by a meteor while Amy facepalms at this "Can we discuss this somewhere else?" Sonic asks.

*Later at Eggman's Lair*

"Sonic, Brody and their friends always defeat me by the slimmest of margins, but with the luck balance of the universe shifted entirely in my favor, there's never been a better time to attack!" Eggman said and Orbot and Cubot look at each other confusingly "So, let us attack this instant! With everything we got! Bring the Mega..." Eggman said.

*Meanwhile at Sticks' Burrow*

"Sticks, you gotta help us make Knuckles stop right away! He's gonna get hurt!" Ralph said "Not if he shifts the luck balance of the universe in time" Sticks said "And what if he doesn't?" Tails asks "I guess he'll probably be eaten by a carnivorous plant and slowly digested over a period of weeks or months" Sticks said "And we agree that's not good right?" Amy asks "OF COURSE!" Ralph said "I could think of worse but I have confidence in him" Sticks said "Confidence in a guy who believes your crazy theory?" Tails asks "Did you just call my theory "crazy"?" Sticks asks and growls.

*Meanwhile at the crater*

Sonic helps Knuckles from under the meteor "So Knux, I was kinda hoping we could get you to stop this nonsense before an asteroid pulverizes you into baby food. Any suggestions?" Sonic asks "Admit that luck is the only reason you've been beating me all this time!" Knuckles said "How about we have a rematch right now? Skill vs. Skill!" Sonic said and Knuckles smiles agreeing to the idea.

*Later at the plains*

Sonic and Knuckles are about to play another game of Gofaball "Go ahead. Take your shot" Sonic said "Don't you feel the ground rumbling?" Knuckles asks "Nice try, Lucky" Sonic said and Knuckles swings and the ball ends up hitting Eggman's Eggmobile when he was passing by "Okay, that there was a little weird. I'll give you that" Sonic said "A little?! Are you kidding me?!" Knuckles asks.

*At the village*

Eggman starts attacking the village and attacks a hut where the roof flies off into the air. Sonic and Brody run off "Magnificent!" Eggman said and he, Orbot and Cubot laugh "The invasion is going swimmingly! And me, without my floaties on!" Eggman said and laughs evilly again but notices that Orbot and Cubot didn't laugh with him "Note to self: Leave hyper-diabolical banter" Eggman said.

*At a cliff overlooking the village*

Sonic and Brody skid to a stop right in front of Eggman. Amy, Sticks, Turbo, Ralph and Tails arrive just after "So Eggman, what makes you think this stunt will go any better than the last dozen or so you've pulled?" Brody asks "The luck balance of the universe: that's what!" Eggman said "What? You believe that stuff, too?" Turbo asks and Knuckles runs up behind them "Sorry I'm late. What can I do to..." Knuckles said and the roof falls down from the sky and lands on the ground "I'm unscathed; I'm a little schmitzy, but no matter. It's also laundry day!" Eggman said and turns around, Orbot and Cubot follow "Today is my lucky day!" Eggman sings and Knuckles walks up, holding his head "You guys okay? Wow, that was nuts. I can't believe that" Knuckles said "We had him cornered! What are you doing here?" Sonic asks "Helping?" Knuckles asks "You're not helping; you're just bad luck! I have an idea: since you and your bad luck just hurt our side, why don't you just join Eggman and make it official" Sonic said "Fine! If that's how you're going to be about it, I'm gonna work with someone who appreciates me!" Knuckles said and runs off angrily "Sonic!" Ralph said angry "Wait! Let's let this play out" Sonic said.

*Later at the village*

Eggman is floating in the Eggmobile above the destroyed building. The villagers, frightened, look up at him "Attention, village: your panicked screaming and fear-addled hysteria have so charmed and delighted me these past few moments that I wish to extend my appreciation by debuting for you my most extravagant ode to destruction yet. Behold... the Mega!" Eggman said and Eggman's giant robot appears in front of the villagers, and the villagers gasp in horror "I call him that because he's seven percent bigger than my other robots" Eggman said and he, Orbot, and Cubot turn to see Knuckles walking up to them "Eggman, I'm through with Sonic. I'm joining your side" Knuckles said and Eggman, amused, flies in a circle around Knuckles "Ah, a defector has come to join the winning team. More good luck!" Eggman said "Pretty cool robot" Knuckles said and approaches the enormous robot "New?" He asks "Yeah, nice, right? Safe to say my best ever" Eggman said and pushes a button on his wrist control. The robot starts moving, but suddenly, due to Knuckles' bad luck, its head explodes. The crowd gasps while Knuckles looks at the robot, puzzled "Though it's basically a prototype" Eggman said and the robot places its hand in the hole where its head exploded and pulls out a bomb "Never really tested it in the field before, but the designs looked really sound" Eggman said and the bomb starts beeping, and the robot places it back into its body "So I figured with this string of good luck I've been having..." Eggman said and the bomb in the robot detonates, causing the body to rocket into the sky and completely explode. Parts rain down across the village, yet interestingly, Eggman chuckles happily "Hey, now it's tested, and I don't have to clean up the mess" Eggman said and looks at Knuckles "Good luck with that, suckers" Eggman said and leaves with Orbot and Cubot "Wow, my bad luck follows me wherever I go" Knuckles said sad and Sonic, Brody, Amy, Sticks, Ralph, Turbo and Tails walk up to Knuckles "Or, is it good luck? After all, our side won" Ralph said "I was on the other side" Knuckles said "No you weren't; I sent you on a secret mission for us" Sonic said "Oh?" Knuckles asks "You see, you switched sides and your bad luck overpowered Eggman's good luck, but you were really on our side. So by losing, you won" Sonic said "Wow... yeah!" Knuckles said and everyone starts leaving the village together "You know what I've been wondering, though?" Knuckles asks "Where crazy luck theories come from?" Tails asks "When the bad luck leaves me, where does it go?" Knuckles asks and a large piece of the smashed robot lands right on top of Tails. Everyone turns around and sees him lying underneath the heavy metal "There's a perfectly good... explanation for this..." Tails said and the equipment falls onto his head again as this chapter comes to an end.