Episode 1/Script

INT. EGGMAN’S FLEET - NIGHT

We fade into view looking at an unsuspecting city. Suddenly, the silence is broken by a piercing laser destroying the center of the city to bits. We hear maniacal laughter coming from off-screen, but soon it will be revealed where it is coming from. We cut to our antagonist, EGGMAN, who is reveling in his destructive plans.

EGGMAN

BWAH HA HA HA HA!! I’ve done it! Nothing can stop my new satellite! Soon, I’ll rule the planet! Just you wait, King Shadow! (turns to camera) And you too, Princess Elise!

We now see the back-up generators kick on. Small, but deadly robots begin pouring out of the ship, ready to lay waste to everything.

EGGMAN

(mockingly) Oh dear. I’m too late to stop the destruction of the planet. (turns away) Bah, who am I kidding? No one can stop me now! BWAHAHAHA!

The camera slowly zooms in on his face, before cutting to black.

TITLE CARD: “SONIC DESTRUCTION”

INT. SONIC’S HOTEL - MORNING

A rooster’s crow is heard as we open up to see the world-famous hedgehog standing in front of a bathroom mirror, with toothbrush in hand. He spits out a bit of foam, and stares at himself in the mirror.

Sonic’s mind quickly begins to wander to the past, to a time he would rather forget.

Sonic closes his eyes and shakes his head, trying to forget the painful memories. He opens his eyes once more, staring at his clean teeth. He remembers his promise to Princess Elise, and the vow he made with her. He had failed, and the planet was dying as a result.

SONIC

Ugh… maybe a nice jog to clear my head will help.

He spits out the foam in his mouth, and tosses the toothbrush in a nearby bin. He steps outside of his bathroom and promptly shuts the door.

He walks into the outer room and sees Tails already up and watching TV. The fox is dressed and ready for the day. Tails notices his friend’s melancholy mood, but doesn’t say anything about it.

TAILS

Morning, Sonic. You’re up early today.

Sonic jumps a little at the sound of Tails’ voice.

SONIC

(nervously) Well, uh, yeah. Gotta get that morning jog in to clear my head!

TAILS

(nods) Sure thing, Sonic.

The blue hedgehog quickly opens up the hotel door and dashes out of the room, shutting the door behind him. Tails squints at the door, before shaking his head. He grabs the remote and turns the TV off, getting ready to start his day.

Pan to a full shot of the hotel. Cut to black.

CUT TO:

EXT. CITY HILLTOP - DAY

A fully garbed trio of Freedom Fighters are looking at a large billboard. The Earth has a giant hole in it, with smoke billowing out of it. A caption at the bottom reads, “The End of the World?”.

The camera pans to the right to see Sonic, Tails and Knuckles.

SONIC

You guys hear about this?

KNUCKLES

Yeah, it was all over the news. Didn’t you see it?

TAILS

(shakes head) Nope, all I saw was you in the paper this morning.

Sonc chuckles.

SONIC

Yeah, my face on the front page! They named me the city’s greatest hero!

Tails looks at him in disbelief.

TAILS

(skeptically) Really?

SONIC

Nah, that was just the headline. They still called me a hero in the article, though!

Knuckles rolls his eyes. He stands between the trio and the billboard.

KNUCKLES

We’re not here to discuss who the media praises, we’re here to help these people.

Tails looks at the billboard once more, before turning his attention to Knuckles.

TAILS

What do you need us to do?

CUT TO:

INT. EGGMAN’S SHIP - DAY

We fade in to see a rather large room. The walls are metal, cold to the touch. There are large fans in the corner of the room, working tirelessly to keep the air flowing. Banks of computers are in the middle of the room, LCD screens displaying readouts of systems that are likely very important. In the middle of it all is a large, robotic suit standing at attention.

A door opens off to the side of the room, and in steps Dr. Eggman. The suit’s head turns to look at him, while its arm unfolds and raises to salute.

EGGMAN

At ease, 042.

The robot’s arm returns to its side.

EGGMAN

(continues) We need to pick up the pace. We have three more robots ready to go, and another twelve under construction.

This news seems to please the doctor. He smiles wickedly.

EGGMAN

(continues) The first one, 046, is ready to be deployed. I think it’s time we see if your training was a success.

The gunmetal grey robot nods once more, then turns and out the door.

CUT TO:

INT. GUNHOLD - DAY

We see a massive room, filled with rows upon rows of robots. Some are bipedal, some are robotic arms with grippers for hands, some are large and tank-like, some are spider-like, and some are tiny. They are all inactive, however.

The camera pans to the right to see a robot similar to 042 from the previous scene working on a console nearby. It finishes its work, then walks over to the robot it’s working on, pushing a button on the panel. The panel lights up green with an audible click.

The robot then begins to power up, its eyes flashing blue. This process continues down the line, with each row of robots powering up in sequence.

Once the last row has powered up, all one-thousand-and-eight robots flash blue eyes and turn to look at the camera simultaneously.

CUT TO:

EXT. HILLTOP - DAY

Sonic and Tails are staring at the robot horde warily. They turn to look at each other.

SONIC

You think we should run?

Tails considers this for a moment, then grabs Sonic by the arm.

TAILS

No, they haven’t seen us yet. (nods towards the robots) I’ve never seen this model before.

Sonic looks at him, puzzled.

TAILS

We need to check it out. Maybe there’s a way to stop them!

The two heroes jog over to the robots, who continue to mill about the hilltop.

CUT TO:

INT. GUNHOLD

The camera pans over to a large glass window in the wall, where we see a close up of a man with a grey military haircut and a clean-shaven face looing out over the room. He smiles.

MAN

(offscreen) Beautiful, isn’t it?

The camera then pans over to see the man is Dr. Gerald Robotnik. He stands, arms crossed, staring at row upon row of tubes filled with a clear, viscous liquid. Inside each one, a particular creation of his swims around.

This creation is a black creature, vaguely humanoid in its shape. It has small legs, two short arms with claw-like fingers, and a long snake-like neck. A single, large eye sits in the middle of its head. A single, toothy mouth fills its entire underside, with three nostrils by its side. At the base of its throat sits a gem: a blue, translucent gem.

These are the specimens of the beast now known as "the horde."

EGGMAN

(nods) Indeed they are, Dad. With this, the military will have the last word in any war.

We see a close up of a single tube, containing a slightly different creature. This one looks very similar to Sonic, but colored black and red. There are a few notable differences, however: its arms and legs are longer, its eyes are larger, and it has a long, lizard-like tail instead of a second head. In addition, this beast as a gem located in its stomach, rather than its throat.

EGGMAN

How is the Ultimate Lifeform faring?

The camera pans up to Dr. Eggman’s face.

GERALD

It seems to be developing well. Its strength, speed, and resilience are far beyond that of any creature.

The camera pans back over to the tube.

GERALD

If it continues developing at this rate, it should be able to survive outside the tank in three more months.

EGGMAN

I have an important mission for you.

The camera switches to an outside view of the entire room, where we see that it seems to be located at the bottom of a large, underground complex. Large, metal hallways twist and wind their way several hundred yards in any direction. Military soldiers stand ready at various intervals, all equipped with the latest weapons and armor. Large, heavily-armored war machines are parked in the center of the halls. Large, metal elevators connect to floors above and below this one, where more soldiers prepare for battle.

The camera slowly zooms in on a large metal door at the end of the hallway. The door has a large, transparent window, where we see Dr. Robotnik and Gerald standing. Dr. Robotnik is wearing a military uniform, and Gerald is wearing a less decorative version of the armor worn by the soldiers.

GERALD

What is it?

The door opens, and the camera focuses on Gerald and Dr. Robotnik.

GERALD

Yes, Dad?

We slowly zoom in on Dr. Robotnik’s face.

GERALD

(anxiously) What is it, Dad?

We continue to part ways with Gerald and Dr. Robotnik as the tension builds and the music swells.

We see a close-up of Dr. Robotnik’s face as he begins to speak.

GERALD

Yes, Dad.

EGGMAN

Gerald, I have a special mission for you.

GERALD

What is it, Dad?

We see a close up of Dr. Robotnik’s face as he begins to speak.

EGGMAN

Gerald, the Ultimate Lifeform is nearly ready.

We part ways with Dr. Robotnik and Gerald as the tension boils.

CUT TO:

CITY - EVENING

We see the city of Station Square at night.

CUT TO:

INT. CASINO - EVENING

Sonic the Hedgehog, with his spikes gelled down and wearing a leather jacket, walks into a casino. A large crowd of people can be seen through the entrance.

On his heels is Tails, with his two tails curled up in an unsuccessful attempt to make them look like a single tail. He wears a leather jacket as well.

Tails stops walking.

TAILS

This is an awful plan, the robots will recognize us right away.

SONIC

No, they won’t. I fixed their recognition scanners.

Knuckles walks up to the pair of them, wearing a red leather jacket.

KNUCKLES

What are you guys doing here? Weren’t you two supposed to be in the city with the others?

SONIC

Uh, yeah. We’re just gonna go do that now.

Sonic takes off his jacket and hands it to Tails.

SONIC

Here, wear this.

Tails begins putting on the jacket.

ROUGE

Hey, guys!

The trio turns around to see Rouge the Bat walk towards them. She is wearing a long, sparkly black dress that goes down to her ankles. On her back are a pair of bat-like wings.

ROUGE

Fancy meeting you here!

KNUCKLES

Hey, what are you doing here? I thought you’d be in the city helping the others.

ROUGE

They don’t my help.

KNUCKLES

Is ANYONE in the city helping the others?

ROUGE

Knuckles, relax. They’ve got it under control.

CUT TO:

EXT. CITY - EVENING

We see Shadow and Silver walking down the street. Shadow wears a red t-shirt with a black jacket over it. On his wrists are a pair of black gauntlets with gold wrist guards. Silver has his hoodie on.

SHADOW

This place is a dump.

SILVER

Shut up, it’s not that bad.

SHADOW

Tell me, when were you planning on telling me that you’re moving here?

SILVER

I’m not, I just came to visit my friend.

SHADOW

Friend? What friend? You’ve never mentioned a friend before.

SILVER

Yeah, well I made one.

Shadow doesn’t look amused.

SHADOW

Is it a girl?

Silver looks at Shadow with a mix of repulsion and confusion.

SILVER

No! It’s a robot!

SHADOW

A robot? Seriously?

SILVER

Yeah! His name’s Q-B. He’s cool.

SHADOW

I don’t know why you’re friends with me.

Suddenly, a black and red hovercar appears from around a corner with flashing blue and red lights on the top. It stops in front of Shadow and Silver.

A voice projects from a speaker on the car. It is Eggman.

EGGMAN

Shadow, you’ve committed the most heinous of crimes. You have stolen my doctor’s research. Return it at once or face the consequences.

Shadow looks at Silver.

SILVER

Did you?

EGGMAN

Of course he did. The evidence is right there!

ELISE

Shadow, is it true? Did you do this?

Silver turns to look at the speaker below the car.

SILVER

The screen says he did it.

ELISE

Shadow?

SHADOW

Don’t look at me. I’ve never been here before in my life.

EGGMAN

Don’t play dumb, Shadow. It’s embarrassing.

Suddenly the blue hedgehog puts his arm through the car window and fires a laser from his wrist.

SONIC

Watch out!

Sonic speeds forward and smashes Shadow and Silver away from the car. As he does this, The Doctor fires missiles from the bottom of his car, creating a smokescreen.

The car speeds away.

Sonic, Shadow, and Silver get up from the ground.

Sonic dashes forward, jumping into the air with a spin attack. As he lands, the car bursts into flames and spins out of control. It crashes into a nearby tree.

The three run forward to where the car landed. However, when they get there, it appears empty. Shadow sniffles, but then stops.

Sonic looks around.

SONIC

It’s no use. He could be anywhere.

From off-screen, a piercing cry is heard.

Sonic and Shadow run to the source of the noise. They see a black hedgehog with green eyes on his hands and knees, sobbing. It is Shadow.

Shadow looks up at Shadow.

SHADOW

I’m sorry, brother. I have failed you again.

Sonic takes a step back in shock. Shadow looks up at him.

SHADOW

I have failed the whole world. And worst of all, I have failed our promise to her.

Sonic sits down next to him. He faces Shadow.

SONIC

Listen, Shadow. It’s OK.

Shadow punches him in the face.

SHADOW

No! It’s not OK. She’s dead because of me.

Sonic uses his tail to grab a rock. He throws it into the woods.

SONIC

Shadow, listen.

SHADOW

What?

SONIC

Let’s get back to what’s important.

SHADOW

What do you mean?

Sonic points at Shadow.

Sonic points to the woods.

Sonic points to himself.

From beyond the woods, AMY is heard crying out.

AMY

OH SONIC! PLEASE!

Sonic runs past Shadow. He looks back at him.

Sonic runs into the woods.

INT. WOODS - NIGHT

Shadow looks at his hand, in awe.

Shadow looks around, but sees nothing. He instead puts his hands in his pockets and begins walking away.

INT. WOODS - NIGHT

Suddenly, a hand grabs Shadow’s shoulder.

He turns around to see... Princess Elise. Except, it isn’t her. Her eyes are red, and she looks deranged.

ELISE

Do you like it?

Shadow, in shock, can do nothing but nod.

ELISE

I’m glad. Nobody else understands my fashion sense.

Shadow takes a step back.

ELISE

Except you, Shadow. You understand me.

Shadow can’t find any words to say. He looks at her with a mix of confusion and intrigue.

ELISE

We’re going to do something amazing together. Just you and me.

SHADOW

What is it?

ELISE

You’ll see soon. But first, we need to prepare. We’ve got to get you a disguise, for a few reasons.

Shadow looks at her oddly.

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Sonic runs up to Amy, who is yelling and frantically running around the woods.

AMY

Where were you? You just left without me! You can’t leave me behind like that, Sonic!

SONIC

What are you talking about?

AMY

I woke up, and you were gone. I looked all over the city for you.

SONIC

I’ve been here the whole time.

AMY

No, you haven’t! I would’ve seen you!

SONIC

You do realize we can run faster than sound, right?

Sonic smirks. Tails walks up to the two of them.

TAILS

What’s going on?

AMY

(facing away from Tails)

Sonic’s a liar. He says he wasn’t gone in the night, but he was.

Sonic covers his face in his hands.

SONIC

(mumbling)

I can’t handle this right now.

Tails pushes Amy.

TAILS

Stop messing with him, let’s all sit down and listen to his story.

They all sit down on logs around a campfire.

Sonic sighs and begins telling his story.

SONIC

Last night, I saved the city from Dr. Eggman and his minions.

KNUCKLES

I’m going to guess that’s the same doctor that made that fake princess, then.

SONIC

That’s right. I defeated him with Shadow’s help, but in doing so I caused a lot of collateral damage.

KNUCKLES

So you saved the city, but you broke it?

SONIC

Pretty much. I came back to the hotel to get some sleep. The next thing I know, Princess Elise is screaming at me for breaking my promise to not leave the hotel room.

KNUCKLES

Wait, she woke you up in the middle of the night to yell at you?

SONIC

Pretty much. She’s not a morning person.

KNUCKLES

So what are you going to do now?

Sonic glares at Knuckles.

Knuckles raises his hands in defense.

SONIC

I’m going to go back to bed.

INT. HOTEL - NIGHT

Sonic enters his hotel room and sees Shadow standing in the middle of the room.

SONIC

Oh, hey Shadow. I didn’t expect to see you here.

SHADOW

I need to talk to you about something really important. It’s about the Princess.

SONIC

All right. Well, take a seat.

Shadow sits down on the bed.

SHADOW

Sonic, why don’t you sit over there?

Shadow points at the bathtub.

Sonic walks over to the bathtub and sits down.

SHADOW

I am going to tell you something about the Princess that you might not know.

SONIC

OK.

SHADOW

She’s evil.

SONIC

What?

SHADOW

I’m telling you, she’s evil. You know how we always talk about things and analyze them to find the truth about them?

SONIC

No?

SHADOW

Yeah, you know what I mean.

SONIC

No. What’re you even talking about?

SHADOW

We dig deeper than what’s on the surface.

SONIC

You lost me.

SHADOW

I’m saying... The princess is controlling you. She’s making you do things against your own will.

SONIC

That’s ridiculous.

SHADOW

It is? When was the last time you got a haircut?

SONIC

I’m a hedgehog. That’s just how we look.

SHADOW

Do you have a favorite food?

SONIC

Yes. Chili Dogs.

SHADOW

Have you ever had one?

SONIC

Shadow, get the fuck out of my room.

Shadow stands up from the bed and glares at Sonic.

Suddenly, a knock is heard on the door.

KNUCKLES

Hello? Is this where the meeting is? This says “meeting” on the door.

SONIC

Yeah, come in.

Knuckles enters.

Shadow turns to face him.

SONIC

Sorry for the mess. Shadow was just leaving. Are Rouge and Silver gonna be able to make it?

KNUCKLES

No, they said something came up.

SONIC

OK, can you give them a call to let them know the meeting time? We gotta get this taken care of as soon as possible. Everyone who is here has been briefed on the situation.

KNUCKLES

Actually, I wanted to speak to you about that.

Knuckles takes a piece of paper out of his pocket and hands it to Sonic.

KNUCKLES

This is a list of people who can help us. Some of them might be a little... unusual, but they all have the skill to help us.

Sonic looks at the names on the list.

*Espio the Chameleon*

*Big the Cat*

*Captain William Buckaneer*

*Chip*

*Sergeant "O"*

*Ivor the Engine*

*Professor Uma “Moebius” Fargod*

*Lucas the Flaming Centipede*

*Espio the Chameleon is a character from the Sonic comics.*

*Big the Cat is a character from the Sonic Adventure games.*

Sonic folds up the list and stuffs it in his leather jacket.

SONIC

Thanks, Knux. Now what’s the situation looking like with the robots outside? Is the city safe?

KNUCKLES

Yeah, the military has everything under control.

SONIC

OK. Let’s get going, boys and girls! It’s time to save the world!

INT. EGGMAN CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Eggman is sitting in his control room, looking at a screen showing various areas of the city.

Robots are patrolling the streets.

ROBOT 1

What is our next order, Sir?

EGGMAN

Continue patrolling.

SONIC

How’s it going, Eggman?

EGGMAN

Not great. You made a lot of trouble for me.

SONIC

That’s because you’re a madman bent on ruling the world.

EGGMAN

I’m a scientist. A scientist with a vision.

SONIC

Yeah, you’re a madman with a vision.

EGGMAN

Why are you here, Sonic? Do you intend to stop me from conquering the world?

SONIC

Actually, I came here to stop you from destroying it.

EGGMAN

It’s too late for that. The planet’s life-force has already been depleted. It has no chance of recovery.

SONIC

I have the planet’s survival in my hands. Maybe I should destroy it.

EGGMAN

So, you’re here to stop me from taking over the world…and you’re threatening to destroy the planet?

SONIC

You see how unreasonable you’re being?

EGGMAN

I see someone who’s lost his way.

SONIC

Look at you. You’ve got me in your clutches, but you’re not gonna finish me off. You’re not gonna take over the world. Why?

EGGMAN

Because I’ve lost, that’s why.

SONIC

No you haven’t. You just don’t realize it yet.

EGGMAN

Oh, but I have. You see, you’ve won your little battle. You’ve stopped my plans of world domination.

SONIC

True, but that’s not why I’m here. I came to offer you a chance at real victory.

EGGMAN

Really? It seems to me that you’re the one who’s lost. You’ve lost your way, Sonic.

SONIC

I’m here, aren’t I? I’m trying to help you.

EGGMAN

Help me? Hah! That’s a good one.

SONIC

But you’re right. Maybe I’m not here to help you. Maybe I’m here to help the humans. Or even the planet itself.

EGGMAN

HAHAHAHA!

Sonic

I want you to let everyone go.

EGGMAN

Ohhh yeah? And what are you going to do about it?

SONIC

I challenge you. A race. If I win, you have to promise to never bother these people again.

EGGMAN

Heh. You know I’ve been planning this for years.

Eggman presses a button on his control panel, opening a large metal door to the right. Beyond the door stands Gerald and the Ultimate Lifeform from the Gunhold.

SONIC

So, you’re entering your super weapon in this race?

EGGMAN

I’m not entering anything. The Ultimate Lifeform is autonomous. It’s own being. It’s the first of its kind.

SONIC

What? You’re just letting it loose? Aren’t you worried it’ll kill everyone?

EGGMAN

It can do whatever it wants.

GERALD

(panicked)

Doctor! What are you doing?!

EGGMAN

(ignores Gerald, addresses everyone)

I don’t expect you’ll be able to beat him. He’s the future.

ULTIMATE LIFEFORM

(roars)

EGGMAN

(ignores the Ultimate Lifeform, continues addressing everyone)

He will restore this planet to its former glory. A new era. A new beginning.

SONIC

But a race first, yeah? One last race. Me and the Ultimate Lifeform. If I win, you agree to never bother these people again. If the Ultimate Lifeform wins, well…I guess you can do whatever you want.

Sonic turns from the screen and looks at the Ultimate Lifeform.

SONIC

You ready?

The Ultimate Lifeform lets out a loud, guttural roar, turning to the exit.

SONIC

(to everyone)

Remember, we’re doing this so you don’t have to put up with this madman anymore.

Silently, the Ultimate Lifeform marches forward towards the door.

SONIC

What are you doing? You scared?

The Ultimate Lifeform turns to Sonic, roaring. It seems angry. Very angry.

SONIC

That’s it! Come get me, you stupid hunk of junk!

The Ultimate Lifeform advances towards Sonic. It’s not very fast, but its angry presence is certainly commanding.

Sonic speeds off to the left.

EXT. CITY - NIGHT

The entire city is in flames. Buildings are crumbling, fires are burning, and the streets are littered with bodies.

The city’s people try to escape, but there is nowhere to run.

Shadow, Silver, Rouge, and Amy stand looking at the chaos. The streets are filled with escapees running from the carnage.

SHADOW

Why is this happening?

SILVER

It’s the end---the world’s going to end. We need to get off the planet.

ROUGE

What are you talking about? We need to find out what’s happening.

SHADOW

(ignores Silver and Rouge, turns to Knuckles)

We need to find the others…

KNUCKLES

They’re dead. You didn’t see what I saw. Everyone’s dead. All of them.

The screen goes black.

SHADOW

(voice over)

This is how it always happens. Why does everyone give up so easily? We’re never going to survive if we just accept death.

The screen fades back in to the city streets.

Shadows run across the streets, screams and roars fill the air.

A rotten fish-like smell wafts through the air.

SILVER

(voice over)

It’s no use.

A large beast is in the center of the city. It looks like something straight out of hell. The beast is covered in burnt orange scales.

On its shoulders stands Princess Elise. She raises her hand, and the beast lets out a mighty roar.

ROUGE

Why are you putting us through this?

ELISE

(through the speakers on the mechanical dragon)

Kill him! Kill them all!

The Dragon lets out a roar, and advances towards the helpless citizens.

SHADOW

(to Silver and Rouge)

Go! Find something to help us fight this monster!

Rouge nods, and sprints off into one of the charred streets of the city.

Silver hesitates, looking back at the monstrosity. He closes his eyes, and takes a deep breath.

SILVER

I’m staying with you guys. If we’re all going to die, I’m going to die fighting by your side.

Silver stands next to Shadow.

SHADOW

Stay close, then.

ELISE

Steroids, steroids, does whatever a spider can!

Elise makes a fist, and the dragon bursts forward. It flies straight into Shadow, sending him to the ground.

SHADOW

(gets up, spits out blood) Damn it.

ELISE

It’s payback time for what you did to me, Shadow!

The dragon flies towards Shadow for a second attack.

Shadow dodges out of the way.

SHADOW

What are you talking about, Elise? I would never hurt you.

ELISE

Liar! I saw What you did! You burned my city to the ground!

SHADOW

(confused)

No… your mind is just playing tricks on you. I’ve never even been to…

ELISE

(interrupts)

You invaded my city and slaughtered my people!

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INT. CITY HALL - NIGHT

The Mayor of the City, JASON KING, a balding fat man in a cheap suit, sits in his chair. In front of him are five masked figures.

Two of them are KNUCKLES and TAILS. One is a man who is obviously EGGMAN.

JASON

I don’t understand. How did you guys do it?

EGGMAN

That’s not important, Mayor King. What is important is that we did it. We saved your city.

JASON

I don’t understand.

EGGMAN

We had a problem. A big problem. A demon from another dimension was going to destroy this city. But we found a way to stop it.

JASON

So why is there still a large dragon outside terrorizing everyone? And who is that princess next to it?

KNUCKLES

(steps forwards)

Because someone pulled at the wrong thread and unraveled our timeline. There was once a hero who saved this city… but now he’s gone.

JASON

(furious)

You’ve made a mess of things, little one.

TAILS

(sarcastic)

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

JASON

(ignores Tails, to Eggman)

This is all your fault. You were supposed to save the city, not destroy it.

EGGMAN

Don’t you think I know that, you fuck?

The mayor’s eyes dart from each of the masked figures to the next. He looks confused.

JASON

(confused)

What the hell’s going on? Who are all you people?

INT. EGGMAN CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Sonic and the Ultimate Lifeform are locked in an incredible battle.

They fly in quick circles around each other, trading blows with their claws.

The Ultimate Lifeform lands a heavy punch to the side of the hedgehog’s head.

The hedgehog, however, quickly recovers and elbows the monster in the face.

The monster stumbles backwards, but then leaps forward with a heavy punch of his own.

The hedgehog rolls out of the way, and onto his feet, as the monster fall forwards. The hedgehogs quickly leaps up to meet him, bringing both sets of claws down onto the monster’s head.

SONIC

You ready to give up yet? I have to save the world, you know. Can’t be wasting time with you.

The Monster doesn’t respond.

Instead, he whips Sonic off of his body, and onto the floor.

The hedgehog quickly skids along the floor, but is quick to leap back up.

The monster slowly approaches him, and Sonic backs away slowly.

SONIC

(quietly)

Come on, you fucker.

The monster lashes out at the hedgehog, striking him in the chest.

Sonic is sent hurtling through the air, and slams into a computer screen.

The monster walks slowly towards him.

Sonic gets up slowly, with a hand pressed against his chest.

SONIC

N-no…

He looks up at his opponent.

The monster lets out a terrible growl, and speeds towards the hedgehog.

Sonic doesn’t have enough time to dodge.

The monster slams into him, the weight of his body crushing the life out of him.

Sonic the Hedgehog reaches a hand out to the control console above him as he lets out his final breath, desperately pushing the big red button that says “RELEASE LOCK”.

The button clicks, and a loud screeching sound is hard as the wall that stood behind the monstrosity for so long falls to the ground.

The Ultimate Lifeform is flung from the ship, crashing down to the city below.

Sonic’s body lies there on the floor.

The ship, without a pilot, is quickly takes over by computerized controls. It turns, and flied away from Earth.

EXT. CITY - NIGHT

The city continues to burn as Shadow, Elise, and the Dragon are locked in battle.

Elise looks up as the flying fortress soars overhead.

The dragon lets out a mighty roar as he realized what’s happened.

Shadow turns to see the ship flying off into the distance.

SHADOW

Shit!

The dragon chases after the ship, as the heroes from below watch it fly away from over the trees.

Suddenly, the dragon is intercepted by the Ultimate Lifeform’s body crashing into the ground.

The dragon has been completely smashed in the head.

Shadow runs over to it, and puts two bullets straight through its head, putting it out of its misery.

The building rumbles slightly.

Shadow turns to Elise, who lays on the ground in shock at what has happened to her beloved dragon. Shadow runs over to her, and gently picks her head up off the ground.

SHADOW

(gentle)

Come on. Let’s get out of here.

ELISE

He’s gone, Shadow.

SHADOW

I know he’s gone. I’m not an idiot. But the fight’s not over. We need to get out of here. There’s no way of knowing how much damage that ship did as it was flying overhead. The city could be leveled by an explosion any moment.

ELISE

Shadow, I don’t want to run anymore.

SHADOW

Don’t say that. We have to keep going.

ELISE

No, It’s done for me, Shadow. I want you to take me home.

SHADOW

But… this city was our home.

ELISE

No… it was never my home. And I don’t think it was ever yours either. It was a place we passed the time. But the Earth is our home. It’s where we belong. It’s where we should be laid to rest when we die.

SHADOW

Do you really believe that?

ELISE

I do. Please… take me home. Take me… home to Earth.

Shadow nods. He picks her up, cradling her in his arms.

SHADOW

Let’s go home.

He walks out into the horizon.

INT. CITY HALL - NIGHT

Jason witnesses the aftermath of the city’s destruction on his computer screens. He turns back to the masked figures in front of him and sighs.

JASON

As much as it would be in the government’s best interest to keep this organization alive, I’m sorry. We can’t afford to keep supporting this group when so much is at stake.

KNUCKLES

You can’t be serious.

JASON

I’m afraid I am. We tried to save it, we failed, and now we gotta clean up this mess.

TAILS

This is bullshit!

JASON

This organization has caused more harm to this world than any other thing in existence.

EGGMAN

You can’t seriously believe that.

JASON

I absolutely do. And I’m going to prove it.

The group begins to argue among themselves as they try to come to grips with their situation.

JASON

Silence! I know this comes as a shock, but it’s for the greater good of the world.

Suddenly, AMY and ROUGE enter the room.

AMY

It’s about time you got here. We’ve been waiting forever.

The group turns towards the newcomers, all of them sharing confused glances.

JASON

Alright, what’s going on?

AMY

You tell us. You sent us a message saying we were all needed here.

JASON

I most certainly did not send any such message.

ROUGE

Well, someone did.

TAILS

This is ridiculous. If no one sent a message, how did all of us end up here?

JASON

I don’t know. I’m as confounded by all of this as you are.

SILVER

We’re in grave danger. The killer is among us!

ROUGE

That’s ridiculous. Why would any of us kill the group? We’re all rich and famous because of it.

EGGMAN

Yeah, this is just some sort of sick joke. I think we should all leave if this is going to turn into a massacre.

SILVER

I agree. Let’s just all leave now.

A voice cries out from off screen. It’s the voice of GERALD ROBOTNIK. He’s just as confused as others are.

GERALD

Wait! Stop! What’s going on?

The group turns to look at him.

JASON

The city is destroyed because of your insolence.

GERALD

Why would I destroy the city? I lived there.

JASON

That’s not the only thing. This book, this so-called book of prophecies from seven thousand years ago, says that the world will soon come to an end. And you’re the one who will bring about its destruction.

GERALD

I am?

JASON

Yes. The government has known about you for quite some time now. We’ve been trying to stop you for years.

GERALD

Well I have some bad news for you. Your plans have failed. Sonic the Hedgehog is dead.

The group once again begins arguing with one another. JASON tells everyone to shut up.

JASON

I don’t think that’s entirely true. I’m fairly certain that hedgehog over there is him.

Everyone looks at the mysterious figure standing in the corner.

AMY

Sonic? Is that you?

The figure doesn’t answer. Instead, he slowly and silently steps from the shadows.

This mysterious man is revealed to be none other than…

SONIC.

No longer a hedgehog, but a human being.

Everyone is shocked.

JASON

That’s him. It’s him. The prophecy has been fulfilled.

TO BE CONTINUED…