The catch
To the station...
Boomer: Alright. listen up and grab your pens because I'm not repeating it. Last night, Shadow's son, Ray the Hedgebat collapsed on the airport suffering gunshot wound to the stomach. ballistics shown that he was shot at the same gun as Daniel the Wolf, but get this, this is the icing, before Ray collapsed, he made a call to a land-line in Valeway, Robotropolis. right now a MSF unit has been sent there, and they have been instructed to shoot to disable, right now they have 22 hours to make it 221 meters outside on Tinkelsis.
While Boomer talks...
Sonic: It won't work.
Amy: Why?
After their conversation.
Boomer: Sonic! Something you wanna add?
Amy: It won't work.
Boomer: What do you will work Amy?
Amy: Well Boomer, you gotta hold off, wait, and take him when at least he's expecting it.
Boomer: And I do tell them to hold off, then we find out that he's gotten away, again. Who's in charge of that?
Sonic: You had no right taking that on me.
Boomer: You disobeyed orders, you paid the price. If you're such an expert Sonic, why is he at large and is it you not standing there?
Sonic: I don't give a f*** on any of that stuff. ( while walking to Boomer ) Do you know what? It's your call. ( while walking away)
Boomer: Yes, and it's done.
Meanwhile...
A MSF team then approaches slowly to Shadow's cabin, Shadow then turns on the gas, places the money in his bag, then places a stick-like lighter in the door. When the gas scatters around his cabin, Shadow goes upstairs, vaults over his balcony, then knocks out a MSF member guarding his truck then drives away, only for the team to shoot the truck until 2 SUV s drive after the truck then shoot it down but Shadow does not appear to drive the truck, while the MSF team talk to each other about the decoy, one of the members opens the door. causing the lighter placed there to ignite the gas which destroys the cabin and kills the team outside the door. Shadow then looks back in the fires destroying the cabin then walks with his whereabouts remain unknown, in which a plane then flies back to Knothole with Shadow sitting on one of the seats inside the plane. Then Shadow is seen driving to the streets, looking to one of his friends.
Back to Sonic...
While Sonic and Amy are walking to a conference.
Amy: Sonic, this is gonna be hard, try not to act too smug.
Sonic: Innocent people were killed last night, I'm not smug about anything.
Amy: You know what I mean.
While on the way, Sally Acorn, then says to the guard, that she is the campaign manager of the shadow home secretary, Snively Robotnik. She then asks Sonic to tell the guard who she is, but Sonic lies to the guard by telling him that he doesn't know her.
Sonic and Amy then hears the confrence, which Thomas is speaking for the campaign, one of the press asks him a question about the gun crime, then Thomas answers that his police division will solve the crime, then another of the press asks him that how will the people live through the gun crimes twice as committed in Station Square, Thomas answers that the policemen assigned to will get the proper arms that they need.
While the conference
Sally: You think what happened to Shadow's son will draw him out?
Sonic: I was shot at the leg, Sally, not at the head.
Sally: Don't I know it.
After the conference...
Sally: Tough questions.
Thomas: I heard worse.
Sally: You ducked them like a pro.
Thomas: I'll take that as a compliment, if you weren't the shadow home secretary's campaign manager.
Sally: We win this election, and you get the backing you need, right now the questions are gonna get tougher.
Thomas: Well I'm sure you'll spend it in your agenda.
Sally: The kid at the airport, any truth that he's Shadow's son.
Thomas: Where did you get that?
Sally: Come on. I ran your press for 5 years. Could be useful.
Thomas: If it's handled well.
Sally: Yeah.
Thomas then walks away, leaving Sally behind. with Sonic and Amy following him, after Sonic says goodbye to Sally.
Sonic and Amy then walk up to Thomas and Boomer.
Thomas: I've got a meeting w/ the anti-gun lobby. I've got 2 minutes.
Amy: Sonic and I were discussing the Daniel case and we thought there may be way through Ray the Hedgebat, didn't we Sonic?
Sonic: Yeah. Look I don't know about the Daniel case but if it was me , it was not me, but if it was, I'd put Ray in a hospital, man the clock, dangle the hooks, sees that Shadow bites, that's it.
Thomas: You think you 2 are up to it?
Amy: Yeah, of course we are. don't we?
Sonic: (nods head lightly)
Thomas: Sonic?
Boomer: He was reeling from last time?
Amy: He was banging about Robotropolis, wasn't he?
Sonic: Look, I'm up to it, all right?
Thomas: You leave the Daniel case to Boomer, and you stay out of his way, you understand? You take your point. you take the hospital but that's it.
Boomer: Tom, he's too close to it.
Sonic: Boomer, f*** off. I'm not too close, I'm just over it.
Thomas leaves then Boomer slightly follows him.
To Shadow...
Shadow then stops in a auto shop where he goes in a car that has his long time friend, Knuckles the Echindia.
Knuckles: Jesus Shadow, why don't we let on some fireworks while we're at it.
Shadow: I wouldn't be here if it was a thousand percent, you know that.
Knuckles and Shadow hug friendly.
Knuckles: Car was run of the mill?
Shadow: It was perfect.
Knuckles: Took a few knocks?
Shadow: I heard worse.
Knuckles: So why you level the house?
Shadow: Because another place to hide, I'd rather see it burn.
Knuckles: If there was any consolation, you're looking good.
Shadow: Great out doors. What's that? ( referring to the white suit Knuckles wears now )
Knuckles: Julie-Su said I carried it off.
Shadow: Oh, does she, well you look like Kenny Rogers.
Knuckles: I can shave and you look like a box of smashed crabs.
Shadow: How is he?
Knuckles: They taken him to St. Moreno.
Shadow: And?
Knuckles: Apparently, Ray was involved in some low-level stuff, nothing serious. But he started hanging out with a kid named Daniel the Wolf, all mouth no muscle, Ray raised the cash, used the family's name as leverage. Daniel did the deals, and that's where it gets complicated. Four days ago. Daniel is found floating in the canals with a bullet in his head, the next day, they pick up Ray in the airport suffering from a gunshot wound. They know who he is, Shadow. They're gonna make a example of him because of us, because of you.
Back to Sonic...
While Ray is being hospitalized...
While Sonic and Tails are talking to each other. Shadow comes in the hospital wearing a baseball cap and a faculty ID he picked up on a reception desk. He then sees his son being hospitalized. after that, a visitor comes to him and asks directions of room 45. Shadow tricks the visitor by telling him that Ray's room is room 45. the visitor comes in Ray's room, only to be taken down and interrogated by Sonic with a group of heavily armed policemen behind him.
Sonic then asks the visitor who sent him, but the visitor insists that no one sent him, but is later dismissed by Tails, Sonic then asked the visitor who told him that Ray's room was room 45, the visitor explains that it was Shadow ( the visitor did not give Shadow's name ) leading to Sonic to grab a sidearm from a policeman, then runs for Shadow, with Amy running behind him. Sonic then runs outside, then pins another visitor in gunpoint, but the visitor does not appear to be Shadow, just another visitor that Sonic pinned, then Amy calls him out.
To Shadow...
Shadow appears in the back of Knuckles' car.
Knuckles: How is he?
Shadow: We're not gonna walk him out of there. Sonic's all over him.
Knuckles: I told you, you should have killed that prick when you have the chance.
Shadow: Do you know the Greigo Mar?
Knuckles: Yeah it's a hotel.
Shadow: Ray mentioned it the night he called. It was the last thing he said. Take me there.
To Sonic...
Ray then appears to flat-line. The nurses attempt to restart his heart pump, then keep Sonic and Amy out, they end up looking at the window. The doctor and nurse then try to electrically pump his heart, sedate him with morphine, but failed. Ray the Hedgebat is dead.
Sonic: No, if you let this out, he'll disappear.
Thomas: Hey, you just stuck a gun in a visitor's face. They're trying to kick us outta here.
Sonic: All right, look just, you released that Ray's improved and that's gonna keep Shadow in play, see if he's gonna walk his son out, he's gonna check the angles.
Thomas chuckles at the idea.
Sonic: Tom, look at the very least, it's gonna keep the press off your back for a few more days.
Thomas: All right, you stay here, got it all figured out, haven't you?
Then Thomas walks away, leaving Amy frustrated at Sonic's plan.
To Shadow...
Shadow and Knuckles arrive at the Greigo Mar, which Shadow comments that his son would have registered under his mother's name. Then they walk in Ray's hotel room, with Shadow sitting in a coffee table after touching a racket of clothes, only to grab a pen knife. Knuckles then finds out a air vent holding a mysterious object, where Shadow joins him and asks him to bring him the pen knife. Knuckles does him give the pen knife then Shadow pries the air vent then pulls out the object. which is revealed to be a bag. Shadow opens the bag which is revealed inside to contain a load of rings.
Knuckles: What are you thinking?
Shadow: I'm thinking, you pull it out of there. Ray the Hedge-bat staying at the Greigor Mar Hotel. And let's see what comes crawling in.
Knuckles: OK.
Shadow: Can you hide that somewhere safe?
Knuckles: Yeah. ( closes the bag )
Shadow: And when you done that, go home, kiss your wife. Don't get involved in this mess.
Knuckles: I was involved the 2nd time they pulled the trigger. ( leaves with the bag )
To Sonic...
Amy: I take it, we're not staying here.
Sonic: You are. I'm gonna check on the security guard, see that he's been squared off by Shadow.
Amy: What, you think he shot his own son?
Sonic: No, I think he's planning something, if f****** up then he's covering his tracks.
Amy: Can you just take a step back?
Sonic: What's that supposed to mean?
Amy: Maybe it's not all about Shadow.
Sonic: What else is it about?
Amy: Scourge for a start, and a dead 22- year old.
Sonic: Yeah, which all lead back to Shadow, I've got to figure it out.
Amy: You? Right. You know what, catching Shadow is not gonna change the past.
Sonic: It has to! Or I'm always be that nobody that got shot in the tunnel and let him get away with it.
Which leads to a long romantic moment.
Sonic: You're still staying here.
Amy: Did anything I said made sense to you?
Sonic: I understood it. Just don't agree with it.
Amy: I'm coming with you.
Sonic: Amy, I am not f******* asking! You're staying here.
Amy: (angrily) F*** off. ( walks away )
Sorry, I'll skip to the Knuckles funny moment, cause it's boring.
To Shadow...
Shadow then grabs a fire extinguisher then places it on a wall corner beside the closet, then prepares a gun then goes to the bathroom, waiting.
To Amy...
Amy then looks at Scourge's military registration form. then looks at the writings in her hand. Following this. Amy then spies on Scourge, who then drives after saying good bye to his grandmother, leading to Amy following him.
To Sonic...
After interrogating the security guard involved in the 7th night. Sonic then receives a call from Tails...
Tails: This may be nothing. All the informants ringed up in this base half a hour, all of then were talking the same thing.
Sonic: What sort of thing? ( grabs a flyer )
Tails: They all heard that Ray the Hedgebat is staying at the Greigor Mar Hotel, room 1308.
At this, Sonic then runs out to the construction building.
To Shadow...
Shadow then hears foot steps then moves closer to a bathroom wall as two cops from separate divisions, one takes cover in the wall, one then searches the room for the money
The 2nd cop reveals to be a golden-furred fox wearing a gray suit, gray suit pants and black shoes. His name was Crown the Fox.
Crown: Money's not here.
1st cop: Keep looking.
Crown: F*** you Walrus. What do you think I'm doing?
As Crown gets more closer. Shadow then jumps out and shoots at Crown, who then takes cover while running.
Crown: Walrus!
Walrus then pulls out a gun then loads the gun, with Crown doing the same and lets Walrus shoot first, though he does with Crown following him in shooting but none of their shots hit Shadow, who then takes cover down in the wall being suppressed.
Walrus: Crown, go! Get out of there!
Sonic arrives in the hotel then runs from his car then to Ray's hotel room.
Crown then shoots while walking in the bathroom, with Walrus covering him, but Shadow dives right then shoots at the extinguisher. knocking off Crown and Walrus. Shadow moves out and shoots down Crown, killing him, then Walrus runs away.
Sonic becomes too late to the hotel room, but finds Crown dead ( Sonic doesn't recognize the deceased Crown ) then finds Shadow in through the barium mist. Attempting to chase him in the stairway, Sonic's attempt to catch Shadow fails while he chases him, Sonic ends up tripping on his knee, feeling the pain in his leg, while Shadow gets away again.
To Amy...
Amy then drives to follow Scourge, suspicious to what Scourge is up to.
To Sonic...
While placing ice on his knee, Sonic then limps to the other side of the hotel finding eyeglasses that belong to Boomer, implying that Walrus is Boomer.
Stop by for Chapter 3
Ray the Hedge-bat, Crown the Fox, and Thomas the Cat belongs to me.
Sonic and others belong to Sega and Archie Comics.
