Chapter 4
The Good, The Bad, And The Disaster
All I Ask of You
The play was set up tonight, everybody was in the building. Decoe and Bocoe was in there sitting down in a room in a wall. So was Sonic, he sat across from them. As the play started, the curtains pulled away and three people came out with Cream, all dressed up. Back stage one of the helpers put mouth spray on the table for Blaze for later.
Woman: They say that this youth has set my lady's heart aflame.
Man #1: His Lordship, sure would die of shock.
Man #2: His lordship is a laughingstock.
Back stage a hand wearing a black glove swap the mouth spray with an identical one, Knuckles saw what Shadow did from above.
Woman: Should he suspect her, God protect her shame, shame, shame.
All: This faithless lady's bound for Hades, shame, shame, shame.
Another curtain pulled out and Blaze and Amy was was on the bed, Blaze had a fan on her hand hiding there faces as they pretend to kiss. Blaze was the main character and Amy was playing as the Pageboy. While Knuckles was on back stage he was searching for Shadow.
Blaze: Serafimo, your disguise is perfect.
BONK! BONK! BONK!
A robot played his instrument pretending there was a door upstage.
Blaze: Why, who can this be?
Silver: Gentle wife admit your loving husband.
Silver came out all dressed up.
"That's exactly the sort of thing the public loves," Bocoe said. On back stage Knuckle saw a shadow and follows it.
Silver: My love, I'm called to England on affairs of state,
And must leave you with your new maid.
"Though I would happily take the maid with me," Silver said.
"The old fool is leaving," Blaze said.
The audience laughs at them as they are enjoying the play.
"It's the Countess de Charbourg," Bocoe points to a women in the audience. "She's invited us to her salon, you know."
"Nothing like that ever happened in the junk business," Decoe said.
"Scrap metal," Bocoe corrected him.
Backstage Shadow was peeking down at the play, Vanilla saw him up there. Shadow was disappointed to see Blaze as the main actor instead of Amy, so he left to fix things.
Blaze: Serafimo, away with this pretense,
You cannot speak but kiss me in my husband's absence.
Amy pretended to kiss Blaze. While the plat continued, Shadow got to the chandelier control room. Shadow peeks through a small window seeing Blaze singing, He went through a door leading him to the balcony by the chandelier.
Blaze: Poor fool, he makes me laugh,
Time I tried to get a better better half.
All: Poor fool, he doesn't know,
If he knew the truth he'd never ever go.
"Did I not instructed the box five was to be kept empty?!" Shadow cried out. Everyone in the room gasp and saw The Phantom before their very own eye's. Knuckles saw him as well and knew how to get up where Shadow is, so he went after him.
"He's here," Cream spoke. "the Phantom of the Opera.
"It'shim," Amy spoke while smiling.
"Your part is silent, little toad," Blaze said as she smiles at the audience and went back stage.
"A toad, madame?" Shadow said quietly. "Perhaps it is you who are the toad."
Backstage the helper grabs the mouth spray that Shadow swap and took it to Blaze. Blaze open her mouth as the helper sprays the stuff in her mouth, Blaze tested her voice.
"Why you spray on my chin all the time, huh?" Blaze ask as the helper sprays her mouth one last time. Blaze went back on stage as Shadow left. The music began to play and Blaze started to sing.
Blaze: Serafimo, away with this pretense,
You cannot speak but kiss me in mYyYY-
The audience gasp, as did the actors backstage as well. Blaze voice cracked in an awful tune. Eggman drops his jaws but continued with the music.
"Gentle, please, please," Eggman said to the orchestra.
While the audience laughs, Knuckles went through the door that Shadow exited. As for Blaze she continued to sing.
Blaze: Poor fool, he makes me laugh,
Ha ha HaAAaAa, hAaaAa.
"She's lost her voice," One of the people backstage said. every time Blaze sing herr voice gets worse.
"Mother!" Blaze cried out as Decoe and Bocoe went down to the stage.
"Bring the curtain in, please, will you?" Bocoe said as he rushes on stage. The curtain closes leaving the man on the other side of the curtain, he trie to search for a crack of the curtain.
"Get off," Eggman ordered him. The Man went to the side of the curtain.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Decoe said. "We apologize. The performance will continue in 10 minutes' time..." Decoe reach in the curtain to grab Amy's arm and pulls her out. "When the role of the countess will be played by Miss Rose. Thank You." The audience claps as the three of them goes through the curtains. "Go, go, hurry up," Decoe commanded Amy. "Hurry up." Decoe went through the curtain again and faces the audience. "Until then, we would crave your indulgence for a few moments."
As for Sonic, he was surprised what happened.
"Meanwhile," Bocoe spoke. "We'd like to give you the ballet from Act 3 of tonight's opera."
"What?" Eggman said.
"Maestro the ballet, bring it forward, please."
"The ballet," Eggman said to his orchestra as they flip pages rapidly.
"The ballet, now, please," Bocoe hustled him.
"Thank you," Decoe said as the two of them went through the curtain. As they did the man reappears on stage dancing like an idiot.
"You're fired," Eggman said to him quietly.
Sonic was smiling as if he forgotten what happened tonight. The curtain opens as the actors put up their props on stage. Amy was getting dress for her part. And Knuckles was searching for Shadow on the platforms above the stage, but he didn't know that Shadow was watching him. The ballet started to dance. Knuckles kept searching for Shadow as Shadow watches him looking for him. Cream was on stage dancing, Amy gotten a rose with a black ribbon with it. Knuckles panics for he knew he was being watch from the Phantom, he turns and Shadow was standing in front of him face to face. Knuckles gasp and runs away from him. He climbs on the rope to get to the other platform, but Shadow was faster than he was. Knuckles saw Shadow across from him, he tries to trick him but Shadow was smarter than him. The ballet continued to dance and the audience was enjoying it. Knuckles rushes across the platform as Shadow grabs it and shakes it making Knuckles trip, Shadow slowly walks up to him as he grabs a hanging rope in his cape. He grabs Knuckles and wraps it around his neck choking him to death, Knuckles began to lose his strength for he couldn't breath. Shadow pushes him off the platform making Knuckles to hang him from his neck. As Knuckles reaches to the stage the rope grips his neck causing it to snap his neck. The actors and the audience gasp, screams, and panics at them same time. Shadow cuts the rope making Knuckles drop to the floor dead, he smiled then left. Sonic rushes backstage searching for Amy, he found her wearing a red hooded cape.
"Are you all right?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic," Amy spoke. "We're not safe here." Amy leads Sonic away from the scene.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Decoe cried out. "Please remain in your seats. Do not panic. It's simply an accident. An accident."
Sonic and Amy rushes through backstage.
Sonic: Why have you brought me here?
Amy: We can't go back there.
Sonic: We must return.
Amy: He'll kill you , his eyes will find us there.
Sonic: Amy, don't say that.
Amy: Those eyes that burn.
Sonic: Don't even think it.
Amy: If he has to kill a thousand men.
Sonic: Forget this waking nightmare.
Amy: The Phantom of the Opera will kill.
Sonic: Belive me, There is no Phantom of the Opera.
My God, who is this man who hunt to kill.
This mask of death.
Amy: I can't escape from him.
Sonic: Whose is this voice you hear.
Amy: I never will.
Sonic: With every breath?
The two of them went upstairs leading to the roof.
Sonic & Amy: And in this labyrinth, where night is blind,
Amy:The Phantom of the Opera is here, inside my mind.
Sonic:The Phantom of the Oper is there, inside your mind.
They went through the door leading them outside on the roof, it was snowing outside. It was a beautiful night - besides the accident Shadow just caused.
Sonic: There is no Phantom of the Opera.
Amy: Sonic, I've been there, to his world of unending night,
To a world where the daylight dissolves into darkness, darkness.
Sonic, I've seen him, can I ever forget that sight?
Can I ever escape from that face? So distorted, deformed it was hardly a face in that darkness, darkness.
Amy held a rose with a black ribbon she gotten from Shadow, she walks away slowly and looks out in the opening as Sonic just looks at her.
Amy: But his voice filled my spirit with a strange, sweet sound, in that night there music in my mind,
And through music my soul began to soar,
And I heard, as I'd never heard before.
Sonic: What you heard was a dream and nothing more.
Sonic walks up to Amy.
Amy: Yet in his eyes, all the sadness of the world,
Those pleading eyes, that both threaten and adore.
Shadow was standing behind a statue unotice listen to Amy's words.
Sonic: Amy, Amy.
Shadow: Amy.
Shadow whispered, Amy heard his voice as Sonic came up to her to comfort her. He wraps his arms around Amy and lead her away from the opening sky, Amy drops the Rose and looks at Sonic's eyes.
Sonic: No more talk of darkness, forget wide-eyed fears,
I'm here nothing can harm you, my words will warm and calm you.
let me be your freedom, let daylight dry you tears,
I'm here with you, beside you, to guard you and to guide you.
Amy: Say you love me every waking moment,
Turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always,
Promise me that all you say is true,
That's all I ask of you.
Shadow watches her with Sonic in his hands.
Sonic: Let me be your shelter, let me be your light,
You're safe, no one will find you, your fears are far behind you.
Amy let's go of Sonic's hands and walks off.
Amy: All I want is freedom, a world with no more night,
And you always beside me, to hold me and to hide me.
Sonic grabs her hands and pulls her away.
Sonic: Then say you'll share with me one love, on lifetime,
Let me lead you from your solitude.
Say you need me with you here beside you,
anywhere you go let me go too.
Amy, that's all I ask of you.
Amy: Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime,
Say the word and I will follow you.
Sonic & Amy: Share each day with me each night, each morning.
Amy: Say you love me.
Sonic: You know I do.
Sonic & Amy: Love me, that' all I ask of you.
They kiss each other romantically as Shadow watches them, his heart was broken after what he just saw. Sonic picks Amy up while kissing and spins around, As they stop kissing they look into each others eyes.
Sonic & Amy: Anywhere you go, let me go too,
Love me, that's all I ask of you.
They kiss again but Amy breaks the kiss.
Amy: I must go. They'll wonder where I am.
Come with me, Sonic.
Sonic: Amy, I love you.
They kissed again and headed too the door.
Amy: Order your fine horses, be with at the door.
Sonic: And soon you'll be beside me.
Amy: You'll guard me and you'll guide me.
As the two of them went back inside the building, Shadow walks up to the rose Amy dropped. He kneeled down and picks it up, he stared at it for a while. A shed of tear rolled down on his face.
Shadow: I gave you my music, made your song take wing,
And now how you've repaid me, denied me, and betrayed me.
He was bound to love you, when he heard you sing,
Amy.
He held the rose close to his face and cried while smelling the rose. As he did he heard the two love birds echoing in his mind.
Sonic & Amy: Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime,
Say the word and I will follow you.
Share each day with me each night, each morning,
Shadow crumples the rose till all the pedals came off, he was looks up to the sky and build his rage up. He than rushes to the gargoyle near the corner of the balcony and climbs on top of it.
Shadow: You will curse the day you did not do,
All that the Phantom Asked of you!
What will happen next?
Will the Phantom gets his revenge?
Will the play go on?
Who will win Amy's heart?
Sonic or Shadow?