Secrets: Part 2 / Transcript

The screen resumes to Sonic and Violetta facing each other, Sonic in shock, Violetta in rage. 
Victoria: Don’t call me Victoria. It’s Violetta. I hate Victoria.
Sonic: I trusted you!
Violetta: You were idiotic to trust me. Did it not occur to you for a second that a girl you just met couldn’t be trusted?
Sonic: Well… no?
The rest of Team Sonic, who have now recovered, advanced, but Violetta instantly held her sword to Sonic’s throat.
Violetta: Move and he dies. 
She tied the downed Shadow up and slapped him on the head, making him jerk awake. 
Violetta: Teleport us. Now.
Shadow: I don’t take orders from anyone.
Violetta: Nice to know, but you don’t have much choice, do you?
Sonic: It’s not too late to stop.
Violetta: I’m afraid it is.
They vanished. Tails turned to Sticks with a shocked look.
Knuckles: Is it safe to move now?
Tails: Seems like it.
Sticks: I told you tree people were evil. Has anyone seen Amy?
Tails: She must have been captured by Violetta! 
They ran off, arriving at Amy’s house.
Amy: Hello? Anyone?
Sticks: Amy!
They untied her, handing her her hammer. 
Amy: [bitterly] It was Victoria. She was reporting to someone who ordered her to kill Sonic. Have you captured her?
Tails: She got away. We have to find her!
Amy: But how? She’s untraceable. 
Tails: Maybe I could trace her energy signature. By the looks of what that energy blast did to Sonic, it's powerful, and should emit a strong signature. 
Amy: Well, what are we waiting for?
Over with Eggman, he was working on the same thing.
Eggman: I knew it! That girl is definitely a threat. She’s the renowned Black Assassin. She killed my grandfather, and they covered it up as a military operation. Orbot, prepare the robots. All we have! We’ll need all our firepower to take on this one. 
Orbot: In all due respect, sir, shouldn’t we be shielding ourselves from this foe? There has been word that she will take on one hundred armed soldiers to get to her target. And not fail.
Cubot: Yeah, and she won’t give up either!
Eggman: Nonsense! That blue rodent and his friends will not be enough. Neither will Shadow. We’ll need all we have! 
With Violetta and Sonic, he was tied up while Violetta was casually sitting down, staring into the distance. 
Sonic: Why didn’t you kill me already?
Violetta: I’m waiting for the right moment. Let your friends come. I’ll fight them, torture them, kill them, and then kill you, with you knowing they died first.
Sonic: Don’t do this. I know I reminded you of your past earlier. It hurt you. You hate your past. This isn’t you talking. Being the Black Assassin isn’t who you really are, and you’re so much more than this.
Violetta crouched down in front of him, smirking slightly.
Violetta: All the sarcasm and snarky remarks and now you’re trying to act like the wisest guy in the world? This is who I really am. And there’s no escaping it. There’s no escaping the Black Assassin, whether you are her or you’re a victim. The Black Assassin is who I am, and it’s all I will be. 
Sonic: That’s not true. 
Violetta scoffed, laughing a little.
Violetta: You don’t get it, do you? Let me give you an idea.
She put her hand on his forehead, and the screen flashed, then both of them were in a stone room, where a younger Violetta was about to shoot someone. 
Violetta: I was born into an association dedicated to raising female assassins, namely the Assassin Raising Corporation, or A.R.C.. No way out or in, the most secure facility in the universe. And I was a part of it.
The younger Violetta pulled the trigger, and the camera zoomed in on the blast as it happened. They were now in a room of girls, who were all standing in a line, the younger Violetta visible in the middle. The younger version of her bent down and picked up a metal pole, which was attached to a tyre with two chains. She started running slowly, pulling the tyre along, getting faster as she ran. 
Violetta: I tried to act like I was the worst, but after a while I realised that there’s no going back. If you’re the worst, they don’t keep you. You die. 
Sonic: So why did you become the Black Assassin?
Violetta: I saw it as a way out. An escape hatch that could lead me away from all this mess. But there isn’t any escape hatch. So I became who they wanted me to be. And guess what?
She turned to Sonic, her arms folded.
Violetta: It felt good. 
Then it shows them both standing beside Eggman’s grandfather, a slightly older version of Violetta raising a sword.
Violetta: So, since the day I killed my first victim, I learnt that there’s no such thing as being the worst. You either be the best…
The camera zoomed in on Violetta’s sword. 
Violetta: … or you’re nothing. 
We see the sword plunge downwards, Violetta’s determined face reflected in it. They flashed back to the present, Sonic gasping in pain from how she had forced her memories into his mind. Violetta took her hand off his forehead, smirking.
Violetta: You get the idea now? This is me. A much better one. Rather than that bundle of shyness that you called Victoria. So tell me, Sonic, King of Egos, the so called fastest hedgehog in the universe, what do you think of me now?
Sonic: [struggling against his bonds] I’d say you’re really pretty, but now’s not the time.
He flicked his eyes over to her sword. Violetta noticed, and laughed contemptuously.
Violetta: Oh my god. You’re scared. Of death. 
Sonic: You got that wrong. I’ve faced death defying situations, so they’re kind of a daily thing.
Violetta: [frowning slightly but grinning contemptuously] Don’t give me that excuse. Your expression, slight jerks of your hand, I know the signs. You’ve faced those types of situations but you have never come so close to actual death. It’s hilarious! 
Sonic: Well, it’s not something I’ve come so close to. Water, however, is one of them.
Violetta’s expression changes, as she perked up.
Violetta: You’re stalling. You’re waiting for your friends to come. Reality check, you blue bozo. They don’t stand a chance against me.
Eggman: [off camera] How about this?
Crab Bots, Mantis Bots, Beetle Bots, Obliterator Bot, the Mega stormed out of the trees, Eggman at the front with Octopus Bot.
Eggman: I’m taking you down, you lilac pipsqueak! 
Violetta turns to Sonic with a smirk on her face.
Violetta: This is what you were stalling for?
Sonic: I don’t even know how Egghead found us.
Violetta: Shoot. He must’ve traced my energy signature. Well, one more person to eliminate.
The camera shows Eggman inside the Octopus Bot.
Eggman: Fire on my signal. 
There is a slight pause as Octopus Bot’s windscreen shows Violetta picking up her sword. The camera zooms in on her eyes, which glow, and the focus shifts to her sword, which bursts into flames. The camera returns to Eggman. 
Eggman: FIRE!
Missiles are fired from the robots and they converge on Violetta, who fired energy blasts at each missile, destroying them.
Eggman: Is that all you’ve got?
Violetta narrows her eyes and a purple energy ball forms in between her hands, getting larger and larger by the second. Cyan-green glowing lines spread along the seams of her suit, and the energy ball became so large that it crackled with electricity.
Eggman: Uh oh.
She slammed the ball on the ground, sending a wave of energy towards the horde of robots. 
Eggman: BREAK FORMATION!
The robots scattered, most of the robots getting caught in the blast, getting blown to pieces. 
Violetta: That’s what I’ve got. Do you want some more? 
Sonic: Gang, where are you?
Shadow: [off screen] Violetta! 
Violetta turned, rolling her eyes as she saw Shadow, who had teleported out of his bonds.
Violetta: You just don’t give up, do you? 
Shadow: I never give up. I brought some backup, too. 
The rest of Team Sonic converged behind him, Tails having released Sonic. 
Amy: Let’s get her!
They ran at her, and she did the same. Sliding beneath Knuckles, she tripped him up.
Violetta: Easier than I thought. And I thought it would be a pushover.
Amy tried to hammer the ground, but Violetta caught it and hammered the floor, sending Amy flying. Breaking and chucking the weapon aside, she turned to Sticks, grabbing her arm, twisting and slamming her onto the ground. Shadow came after her, but she jumped on his shoulder and leaned forward, hurling him over her head and slamming him on the floor. She was punched in the face by Sonic, who was bruised slightly. 
Sonic: Not today.
Violetta: Then when? Next week? 
She jumped, twisting in the air and kicking Sonic in the face. He slammed into a tree. Violetta picked him up by his neck, slamming him against the tree again, making him grunt in pain.
Sonic: Argh!
Violetta: Time to finish my job, isn’t it?
Sonic: What happened to the whole maniacal plan of yours?
Violetta: Change of plan. You’ll die first.
The camera switches to her perspective, and as she looked into his eyes, she saw her previous scared self reflected in his eyes. The camera comes out of her perspective, and her expression falls slightly.
???: [echoing slightly] Listen, Victoria. I left you here to prepare yourself for what’s to come. No matter what they tell you to do, it’s up to you to choose who you really want to be. Do the right thing at all cost. No matter where I am, you’ll always be my daughter. Be strong. Always be strong.
She looked at Sonic, who now had his eyes closed, facing away from her, but the camera zoomed in on the ground as in slow motion, her sword clattered to the floor. It cuts back to Violetta, who is breathing heavily. Dropping Sonic, she walks away from the sword.
Violetta: I can’t do it. I just can’t.
Falling onto her knees, she looked down. Sonic looked at her in pity. The rest of Team Sonic and Shadow carefully approached, and so did Sonic. 
Sonic: I told you it wasn’t too late. You can join us. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Violetta: It’s a bit too late to join you. I don’t deserve it. 
Sonic: You do. You saved my life, and in my opinion, if someone spares another’s life, they definitely deserve a chance.
Violetta looks up slightly, smiling. She stands up with the help of Amy, and they walk off. Later, they’re in Amy’s house and Violetta walks in, now wearing a green crop top with green short shorts, with sports tape going halfway up her arms and legs, a hip holster instead of a belt and green and purple sneakers with sports tape wound round them too. 
Violetta: How do I look?
Shadow: I guess you look ok.
Tails: Ok? She looks amazing!
Sonic: You’re missing something.
Amy: I know!
She walked up to Violetta, doing something, and drew back, revealing that she is wearing a green scarf tied in a knot. Everyone cheered.
Sonic: That’s perfect!
Everyone, Shadow included, sat down and they started playing a game. The scene switches to two silhouettes standing in the same stone room in Violetta’s memories. 
???: Victoria Iris has gone rogue. Your objective is to attack and destroy. All of them.
???: Yes, officer.
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