On Angel Island…
Everything was dark that night, Knuckles was sleeping next to the master emerald, he was always on watch duty, he kept in eye on it for days, making sure that no one took it. The island would fall into the water if the master emerald was taken from its place. Locke was the leader of the echidna clan; he was inside with the others discussing a security plan to keep enemies out of the island.
A shadow peeked from behind the corner of the hall where Knuckles was sleeping peacefully. It chuckled at the scene as it was sneaking towards the master emerald. As he got closer, Knuckles jerked up and looked around causing the figure to hide quickly. He noticed that the echidna fell asleep again; he thought that he was hearing things. The evil figure walked up to the master emerald and picked it up, he quickly tip towed away before the strong echidna noticed him. The island started to fall slowly. Knuckles woke up and quickly looked around.
"The emerald! It's gone!" Knuckles panicked as he ran out of the small room and went inside of the building to talk to Locke.
"Knuckles is coming!" A pink echidna reported.
"What does he want?" Locke asked.
"Sir!" Knuckles bursts into the room, panic in his eyes.
"What is it Knuckles?" Locke was concerned.
"The master emerald is gone! I was next to it and the next thing I know, it's missing! The island is in danger!" Knuckles explained.
"Do you know who took it?" Locke asked.
"I woke up and noticed a figure running for a little bit, I thought I was seeing things. It looked like a hedgehog." Knuckles explained.
"A hedgehog?" The old echidna was surprised.
"I'm going to stop him! I think I have a clue who it is!" Knuckles ran off.
"Knuckles wait!" Locke shouted after him, but it was too late…
BlackLouie Presents:
Freedom Escape!
Sonic woke up and jumped out of bed, he saw that Tails was in the other room working again as always. He was coming up with another new invention.
"Good morning Tails. Working again?" Sonic gave him a warm greeting and a smile.
"Yeah, I'm working on my new invention, a robot that makes breakfast, does the house cleaning, and makes beds." Tails replied.
"Oh, but I can make my own breakfast." Sonic protested.
"Nonsense Sonic, just relax. Everything will be fine." Tails reassured him.
There was a knock on the door…
"I'll get it." Sonic walked over to the door and looked through the peak hole, it was Knuckles and he looked as if he was panicking. Sonic opened the door but only to be pinned down by his red friend.
"YOU!" Knuckles was angry.
"What did I do?" Sonic breathed.
"YOU STOLE THER MASTER EMERALD!" Knuckles shouted.
"No I didn't! I didn't even go to Angel Island!" Sonic protested against his friend.
"I'm going to search your house!" Knuckles just ran into the house and started searching through Sonic's stuff. He was acting strange through Tails's eyes. He threw all of Sonic's nice things on the floor, he checked drawers and cabinets. "I have to find it!" Knuckles finally gave up, but he wasn't done with Sonic yet.
"Knuckles, are you nuts!?" Sonic was furious.
"I'm calling the police." Knuckles grabbed the phone and dialed 911.
"Hello, this is Locke." The old echidna answered the phone.
"Yeah Locke, it's me. I know who took the master emerald, it was Sonic!" Knuckles explained.
"So that shadow figure that you saw was Sonic! What a traitor! I'm coming to get him!" Locke replied as he hung up the phone.
"Knuckles! Give me the phone! Hello? Hello?" Sonic realized that Locke hung up.
"Locke is going to put you under treason!" Knuckles snickered.
"That's not funny! Are you out of your mind! Sonic is going to prison for nothing and all you can do is laugh?" Tails stormed out of the room, his mind filled with anger.
"Knuckles, you really think I'm the shadow figure that stole your emerald?" Sonic wanted a direct answer from all of this confusion.
"Yes Sonic, who else could have done it?" Knuckles asked.
"Scourge could have!" Sonic fought back.
"But he's in prison!" Knuckles protested.
"How do you know? He might have escaped!" Sonic tensed up, he really didn't want to throw the blame on his old enemy, but now his new friend.
Another knock on the door sounded as Tails opened it. It was Scourge.
"Yo Sonic!" He walked into the house.
"Scourge, I thought they took you to prison for 8 years." Sonic was surprised to see him.
"Yeah, I stole more jewels, I just need that emerald." Scourge grinned.
"Scourge, that emerald belongs to Knuckles." Sonic replied.
"Oh really? Angel Island people are selfish!" He growled.
"Shut up!" Knuckles wanted to punch him.
"Hey don't knock Scourge out! Scourge, you need to quit all of this stealing, it's wrong." Sonic warned him.
"Hey for once, I'm a friend to you instead of a foe." Scourge smiled.
"If I can only believe that…" Tails muttered.
Then the door slammed opened as Locke and his police crew came into the house and hand cuffed Sonic and Scourge.
"You both are under arrest for treason on our island! It's mostly you, Sonic! Scourge you are in trouble as well!" Locke announced as they were slammed into the police car. "Take them away!" Locke ordered as the car drove off with Sonic and Scourge inside.
"Locke this is a misunderstanding! Sonic and Scourge are innocent, they didn't take the master emerald!" Tails protested.
"You better keep out of this or you will go right along with them!" Locke snapped as he walked out of the house and flew back to the island to send others on a search.
"So Tails, do you want to help me?" Knuckles asked, he was calm now.
"No! You have already caused trouble for Sonic!" Tails ran into his room.
"I guess it's just me." Knuckles closed the door and walked into the city to find the master emerald.
In court…
The judge was looking at Sonic and his friend, he was waiting for the paper with the charges printed on it. The lawyer finally handed it to him.
"Alright! Order! Order!" The judge elephant called out.
"This is so stupid!" Scourge whispered.
"Shhh!" Sonic hushed him.
"You two are put under treason and stealing. Do you protest against that?" The judge elephant asked.
"Well for once we are innocent! Sonic is innocent! I am innocent! We have been framed for stealing the emerald! So guess what stupid ass judge? We are not paying some shitty ass price for treason and stealing so you can go without the charges!" Scourge smart talked him.
"Shut up! You stole more jewels, so what makes me think that you are innocent?" The elephant slammed his mallet on the tall desk.
"Sir please. We didn't do this crime. It could be another hedgehog. So we are not going to pay a fine." Sonic protested.
"Has the jury reached the verdict?" The judge asked.
"We find the two defendants guilty of treason." A red fox spoke up.
"WHAT!?" Scourge acted surprised.
"You got the wrong hedgehogs!" Sonic yelled.
"Yeah whatever! Tell that to the other prisoners!" A bear replied as he dragged them out of the court room and threw them both into a cell together.
"Oof!" Sonic and Scourge were locked up.
"I guess I'm back in prison and I'm wearing another orange jump suit!" Scourge was getting upset and angry.
"Calm down Scourge, we will escape." Sonic replied.
"How? Ever since I escaped, they made this place full of security!" Scourge argued.
"So you only did 2 years in prison?" Sonic gave him a smirk.
"I did 3 years." Scourge corrected him.
"Do you remember how to escape from here?" Sonic asked.
"Not anymore, the police has gotten really smart with this stuff!" Scourge answered.
"Hmmm… There has to be a way out of here." Sonic was looking for an escape clue.
Scourge walked over to the prison beds and sat down, he we truly unsure of what to do. Sonic was lost in deep thoughts, he wanted to know who Knuckles saw on that night. Was he bigger than him? Was the criminal tall? Were his eyes red?
"Sonic, it's getting late, I think we should start off on this escape plan tomorrow." Scourge yawned and laid down to rest. Sonic walked to the other side and jumped onto the top bunk and stared at the ceiling. Then he went to sleep.
Tails was still upset at Knuckles, he want to hurt him for what he did to his friend.
"Oh what should I do?... I know! I'll get help!" Tails thought to himself.
Locke was watching the search party. He really trusted Sonic, but now things have changed.
"Locke, we didn't find the master emerald yet." A pig affirmed.
"Hmmmm…" Locke was frustrated.
"What should we do?" Another officer asked.
"Keep looking, I'm sure that Sonic couldn't have hidden it in a hard place." Locke replied.
"Yes sir!" The officers saluted and kept on searching Sonic's house.
"Anything you that you find strange, bring it to me!" Locke ordered.
The shadow figure was becoming colorful, it was Slash! Another hedgehog who wanted to become rich.
"You might have the police here, but I'm on the run!" Slash snickered and ran into the alley with the emerald in his hands.
The next morning, Sonic woke up. He heard Scourge snoring loudly. He walked up to the cell bars and saw his enemy, Fang. Fang gave Sonic an evil stare, then he grinned.
"Well look who finally sees how it feels to be in prison, locked up!" Fang chuckled.
"Shut it!" Sonic banged on the bars which hurt his hand.
"What's going on?" Scourge was waking up.
"Nothing." Sonic replied as he paced back in forth in the cell. Scourge looked at the other cell across from them, he saw Fang.
"Who's that? Some type of wolf!" Scourge laughed.
I'm a weasel!" Fang corrected him.
"What did you do? Steal a woman's- Hmmph!" Scourge had his mouth clamped shut by Sonic's hand.
"No time for that!" Sonic finally let go.
"What do you suppose we do?" Scourge asked.
"We must escape through that air vent, nothing can stop us, but only at night. Some officers can be caught off guard." Sonic explained the plan.
"I see, it that all?" Scourge asked.
"No, this place is locked down for the nights so was have to find the keys in the judge's office." Sonic replied.
"I see, this is like one of those games called: Prison Escape." Scourge understood what Sonic was saying.
"Yes, just follow my lead. After that you can go after the key to unlock the police station doors." Sonic nodded.
"And then we are out of here!" Scourge finished the sentence.
Fang noticed their plan, he called out to them.
"Hey you two! If you escape, then I'm going with you." Fang grinned.
No, you are here for a reason." Sonic growled.
"Alright fine, break his ass out then!" Fang hissed.
"He's really desperate." Scourge teased him.
"What was that you green ass blob headed hedgehog!" Fang snapped.
"Scourge, leave Fang alone. He's none of our concern." Sonic pulled him back.
"Alright." Scourge sighed.
"Tonight is going to be like a silent escape, no talking or making loud noises, okay?" Sonic added.
"I gotcha." Scourge replied.
(Then I will find out who stole the master emerald…) Sonic finally finished his thoughts.
Tails was running to Amy.
"Hey Tails!" Amy waved.
"Hey Amy, no time to chat, but can you help me?" Tails panted.
"Sure, I can help." Amy smiled.
"Sonic has been taken to prison!" Tails told her.
"What? My Sonic is in prison!?" Amy gasped.
"Yeah, Locke came in and snatched them up!" Tails explained.
"Alright, let's go tell everyone else." Amy ran ahead with Tails following her from behind.
Knuckles watched them.
(Tails, Sonic is bad now. Nothing can change that.) Knuckles thought to himself. Then he went back to searching. Slash looked around to see if Knuckles had left, he didn't see anyone coming. He jumped into the open sewers and took the emerald with him.
"This is easy! Thanks for letting me get away Sonic!" Slash snickered.
The evil hedgehog was long gone for now, he got Sonic in prison. Angel Island was starting to sink from the air, it was getting closer to the river. Without the master emerald, things are turning out to be as bad as ever…
Looks like this chapter is over, but don't worry there will be more to this in the next chapter! Thanks for reading and please review! Question: Do you think Sonic and Scourge will escape?
