Secrets: Part 1/ Transcript

NAME: SECRETS: PART 1
[Scene: Jungle, Evening.]
Sonic: Tails, I got your message. What’s-
Sonic notices Tails is unharmed, and is smiling happily.
Sonic: Tails, you know I don’t do leisurely walks.
Tails: I actually wanted you to meet someone.
A purple hedgehog wearing a beige explorer’s shirt, a beige jacket tied around her waist, beige short shorts and matching boots suddenly dropped down from a tree. She straightened her circular glasses and tossed her ponytail back over her shoulder.
Sonic: I knew Sticks talked about tree people, but I never knew they were real.
???: Tree people? Definitely not. I’m Victoria. Aren’t you Sonic the Hedgehog?
Sonic: [Same attitude as in Don’t Judge Me] You a fan?
Victoria: You wish. I’m just here to join your gang. 
Sonic: If you want to join our team, you need to race me. To Meh Burger and ba-
He notices that Victoria is gone. He is tapped on the shoulder and he turns around to see her offering him a chilli dog from a Meh Burger takeaway bag.
Victoria: You were saying?
Sonic: You...how…?
Victoria: Will you take the chilli dog or not?
Sonic takes the chilli dog and watches as she walks away.
Tails: She’s perfect, isn’t she? After all, she did beat you.
Sonic: She didn’t beat me in a race. I just gave her a head start.
Tails: Keep telling yourself that.
Victoria had snuck over to the other side of the jungle. She tapped her watch and she turned to something.
Victoria: My plan worked. I’m in. 
In Eggman’s lair, Eggman was spying on Sonic with his Spy Bot.
Eggman: That girl. She seems familiar. Oh well, what am I going to do about it? 
Orbot: If I may, sir, that girl seems to be a threat. My scanners picked up profound physical strength, and she seems to have a great number of gadgets, including her glasses, which seem to be an AI operative of some sort. 
Eggman: [getting up, threatened]  AI? Orbot, get the Mega ready. We need to terminate that hedgehog. 
In Village Centre, Sonic and Victoria are having lunch.
Sonic: What did you do before you came here?
Victoria: I was a part of the army. I left, but I couldn’t get away from the fight, so I went looking for somewhere else where there weren’t such heavy losses.
Her ponytail came loose, and Sonic stared as her hair fell over her face.
Sonic: Victoria?
Victoria: Yeah? 
Sonic: You should keep your hair down. 
A rumble shook the ground, and the Mega came into view, Eggman beside it. Victoria tapped the side of her glasses.
SARAH: Welcome, Victoria. 
Violetta then took out a crossbow, firing at the Mega, but it didn’t work. 
Sonic: You know how to fight?
Victoria: Wouldn’t be here if I didn’t.
She took knives out of her ankle holster and threw them at the Mega, who swatted them away.
Victoria: What’s the weakness to this thing?
SARAH: The eye seems to hold the core.
She nudged Sonic and pointed to the eye.
Victoria: You thinking what I’m thinking?
Sonic: Definitely.
Both Homing Attacked the Mega’s eye, destroying it. The Mega fell to the floor, and Sonic landed, catching Victoria.
Sonic: That was some great work!
Victoria: Thanks.
She turned to leave when Sonic cleared his throat.
Victoria: You want something?
Sonic: Are you free, at, say, same time, same place next week?
Victoria: Yeah. I’ll see you then. 
She rolled her eyes as she walked away, then detoured to the woods behind Amy’s house. Tapping her watch, she again turned to something unseen.
Victoria: I’ve fully gained the leader’s trust. One fight with him and it worked like a charm. It’s not long before I’ve got the rest of them wrapped around my little finger.
???: Just trust is not enough. You shall act within this week. Kill him.
Victoria: Yes, officer. 
Amy: Victoria?
Victoria turns to see Amy looking hurt and angry. She swiftly dashes up to Amy and pins her against the wall of her house. 
Victoria: I know you’re not going to tell anyone. Because you don’t know what I can do. Now, I can let you go, or tie you up…. I’ll tie you up.
She took out a yo-yo and spun it round Amy with one swing, then clasped it to the thread.
Victoria: Have fun.
Amy: You’ll never get away with this. Sonic will find out who you are sooner or later.
Victoria crouched down in front of Amy, smirking.
Victoria: Your precious Sonic is never going to know. Because he trusts me a lot. He won’t suspect anything. 
She strutted off, taking out a handle and revealing it is a sword.
Victoria: They’ll never know.
Shadow is shown to be watching from afar.
Shadow: It’s her. 
He runs in front of her.
Shadow: Whatever you’re doing, it’s wrong.
Victoria: Since when do you get a sense of what’s right and what’s wrong, Shadow? You just harm people for fun.
Shadow: Killing that blue boy won’t do anything. I’ve tried. 
Victoria: Get out of my way, Shadow. 
She tried to shove Shadow aside, but he blocked her.
Shadow: Listen to me. You’ve killed enough people already. Let this one go. 
Victoria: And why exactly are you telling me this?
Shadow: Because I owe you a favour. You saved my life.
Victoria scoffed.
Victoria: I didn’t do that for you.
She managed to push Shadow out of the way, throwing a gadget of hers onto the floor, engulfing the screen with smoke.
In Village Centre, Sonic and Knuckles are on a walk.
Knuckles: So, the horse walks into a bar. The bartender says: “Hey! No animals in here!”
Sonic: Knux, but haven’t you already told me that joke fifty seven times this we-
Sonic is thrown into a wall.
Knuckles: What happened?
Sonic: By the looks of it, thrown into a wall. 
Victoria: Correction: Pummelled into a wall.
She walks towards them, having just entered in a way similar to Shadow in Eggman: The Video Game. She is wearing a black jumpsuit with navy boots and a hood is drawn up over her head. She takes out her sword and twirls it.
Sonic: Who are you?
Victoria: Your worst nightmare. 
She picked him up by his neckerchief and hurled him five feet away from her, hurting his back.
Sonic: What’s your problem?
Victoria puts her foot on his chest, pinning him down.
Victoria: My only problem is you.
She raised her sword when she was thrown aside by a red streak, which is revealed to be Shadow. 
Victoria: I’ll have to kill you too now, won’t I?
Shadow: Try it.
She threw Shadow off her and proceeded to stab Sonic, but Sonic caught her arm and tried to force the sword upward, but failed. A boomerang knocked the sword out of her hand, revealing Sticks, who caught it. 
Victoria: Where do all of you keep coming from?
Knuckles tried to punch her, but she caught his hand without looking, before turning round and punching him in the face, sending him crashing into a well, knocking him out. Tails aims a gadget at her, but she focuses a blast of purple energy at him, and Sonic notices. 
Sonic: TAILS! WATCH OUT!
He jumped in front of Tails, getting hit and damaged further.
Victoria: Killing him will be easier than I thought. 
Shadow comes back for another attack, but Victoria grabbed him and threw him roughly onto the floor, also knocking him out. 
Sonic: [wheezing] Why are you doing this?
Victoria crouched down in front of him, her sword held at his throat.
Victoria: Listen here. It’s my job. Your job is to stop things like this. It failed, didn’t it?
Sonic: Listen. You’ve got me cornered, I know. But it’s not too late to stop this. Think. 
Victoria clutches her head, and we enter a flashback of her past. It shows Victoria in a navy prisoner-like uniform slowly walking up stone steps, her head bowed. She knelt in front of someone, who placed a sword in her hand. 
???: [in the background, whilst this is happening] You have given your allegiance to the Assassin Raising Corporation, and shall serve as the next Black Assassin. Remember, you have been chosen because you are the best of the best, and to carry on A.R.C’s legacy. You shall not fail your job. You shall never slack. You shall kill without mercy. Do you comply?
Victoria: I comply.
???: Then rise, Victoria Iris Hedgehog, the new Black Assassin. 
As Victoria stood up, her clothes changed to the ones she is wearing in the present. Taking off her hood, we see that she is clearly sad. As the flashback ends, screams of her victims echo in her head, and she screams herself, clutching her head even tighter. Sonic takes this chance, and kicks her away, scrambling to stand beside Shadow.
Sonic: Who is this person?
Shadow: The Black Assassin. The best warrior in the world. She was sent here to kill you. 
Sonic: WHAT?!
Victoria has recovered, now standing up, evident she is breathing heavily. She takes off her hood, and Sonic is shocked. 
Sonic: Victoria?!
The screen fades to black.
Knuckles: [groaning] Is it a cliffhanger? I hate those.