Standing Until Proven Guilty: Part 3
"I can't believe. I just can't believe it." Silver moaned, pacing back and forth in the hotel room. "On top of all my other problems and my identity crisis. Now, I've got an attempted murder and terrorism wraps placed on my head."
"Would you please calm down, Silver?" Blaze asked, sitting at the desk in the room. "We need to stay here and lay low until we figure out a plan." The two mobians were staying at the Last Resort Resort, after their encounter with three of the Chaotix Team. Although the dingy flea trap was the most unpopular hotel in Port Mobius, it was the perfect place for anyone who wanted to keep a low profile.
"So, who do you think could have framed me?" Silver asked, walking over to the closet and pulling the door open to throw his luggage in. "I mean, I don't even know that many people and..." CRACK! "Oh, great the door just came off its hinge when I tried to open it."
"Well, that's what you get for picking a motel that hasn't had any repairs since Amunrapi was on the throne." Blaze replied, turning back to the file she was looking at. "Well, if it wasn't someone trying to get at you, it must be someone trying to get at Sonic. This isn't Eggman's style nor do I think it's that nut-job who can use Chaos Control. So, it obviously must be an enemy of South Island's king who both hates and resembles him."
"I know. It's gotta be Sanic." Silver replied, holding his finger in the air. "He's the only one screwy enough to come up with a plot like this."
"No, you moron." Blaze answered, facepalming. "It's obviously the work of Scourge the Porcupine."
"Wait, you mean that crazy Sonic impersonator. The one who tried to blow up the Sky Patrol?" Silver looked confused. "But I thought he was dead."
"And how many other people who were supposed to be dead have popped up in the last few years?" Blaze asked. "Come on, I think that pissed off porcupine is behind all this and all we have to do is find him."
"Oh yeah, well how are we going to do that? It's not like he's just going to pop up on the news or something." Silver held up the remote pushing the power button which turned the TV on... And immediately made the remote fall to pieces in his hand. "Aw, come on, doesn't anything work in this dump?" Just then, the news report came on.
"This just in. Silver the Hedgehog has been spotted in downtown Port Mobius." Collie Chang exclaimed on the TV. "He was last seen defacing and beheading the city's statue of Queen Aleema in the town square."
"What!? They cut off my wife's head!?" Silver growled in anger. "That's going too far!"
"Wow, it's incredibly convinient that our fake Silver just happened to show up in the same town we're in." Blaze replied, getting up and going over to open the door to the room. "There's just something about this whole thing that really really bugs me."
"Oh, sorry about that." As she opened the door, the two mobians saw a large disgusting centipede standing outside their room holding a bottle of booze and wearing a shabby coat. "Hey pal, do you think you can spare a few rings for an ice cold bottle of Jackie Daniel's?"
"Eww, go away." Blaze shrieked, slamming the door in his face. At that moment, the vibration from the slam, caused a wall in the hotel room to collapse revealing the bathroom next door.
"Hey, haven't you heard of a thing called privacy?" An angry purple hedgehog in a bathrobe with a royal mongram yelled. "I come all this way every weekend for business and I don't intend to let the paparazzi to find out."
"Hey babe," A guy's voice said from the other side of the door. "Are you done in there? I'm still in the mood."
"I'll be right there." The female hedgehog said, walking through the door.
The two embrassed mobians quickly exited through the now opened fourth wall, leaving the scene behind them.
"Was that who I think it is?" Silver asked.
"No, it's probably just another look-a-like." Blaze hissed.
"Are you sure?" The albino asked her.
"Who doesn't have one?" She replied.
After leaving the Last Resort, Silver and Blaze headed over towards the town square. When they arrived, they found a crowd gathered around the statue and several police patrolling the perimeter.
"Great, this place is crawling with cops." Blaze growled, looking for an opening in the crowd. "Silver, you stay here while I go and look for clues." The feline pushed her way to the front of the crowd and began searching the ground for anything the vandal had left behind. Out of the corner of her eye, Blaze spotted a used matchbook and she quickly shoved it into her pocket as one of the police officers came up to her.
"Excuse me, miss. No sight-seers beyond the yellow tape." A gruff echidna stated. "Please move back with the other onlookers."
"Why I don't believe it?" Blaze replied in fake astonishment. "Constable Remington. Is that you? What are you doing here?"
"Why Queen Blaze, as I live and breath." The surprised Remington bowed. "I've been sent to Port Mobius as part of a law enforcement exchange program. But what about you? I haven't seen your highness since the Mobian ruler's peace summit."
"Well, I kind of decided to come here for a vacation. You know, pressure of royalty and all that." She lied. "Anyway, I'll let you go back to your duty."
"Nice seeing you again, your highness." Remington smiled, tipping his bobby to her. "By the way, you might want to come up with a better excuse next time. A pyrokinetic cat has no use for a matchbook." He smiled as he walked away. "Give my regards to King Silver."
"Oh great." Blaze replied, shaking her head. "I don't think we're going to fool anyone as long as people recognize Silver." She rushed back over to the albino hedgehog who was staring off into space as if something were distracting him. "Hey Silver, are you alright?" She asked.
"Huh? Oh sorry, Blaze. "He replied, shaking his head. "It's just something about this port city brought back some hazy memories."
"Do you think you're remembering your time as Sylvanus?" Blaze asked hopefully.
"No, not exactly." He put his hand to his forehead. "I'm getting visions of Sonic and Amy and you and Princess Elise something really horrible happend but I can only remember fragments of it as if it had been erased." For a moment, Blaze caught an image in her mind of the monster Iblis, then she shuttered with horror.
"Come on, Silver. Let's get out of here. We don't need to be remembering nightmarish mistakes that never happened." She stated. Looking at the matchbook she pulled out of her pocket, Blaze noticed some writing and a picture on the back. "Hmm, looks like this thing came from a movie cinema. It says 'Sonic Popcorn Theatre'."
"Huh, you think that's the last place he was at?" Silver asked. "Maybe we should go and check it out."
"Sounds like a plan to me?" Blaze replied. "But first, we've got to get disguises for the both of us."
"Disguises? What do you mean?" The albino asked. Just then, he noticed Blaze pulling him over towards a salon and clothing store. "Oh no, you are not giving me a makeover." He resisted digging his heels into the road.
"Now listen, I'm sticking out my neck her and putting my crown on the line for you." Blaze hissed, her eyes burning with real fire. "We almost got caught back there. So, if you don't let me get you a disguise. I'll go home and you can have your spiky albino behind thrown into prison for the rest of your life. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, mam." Silver replied, timidly, letting her drag him along." The two came out of the salon hours later. Blaze, now sporting, a blonde curly wig, a quiapo dress, and a pair of red high heels. When she looked back, she noticed Silver wouldn't come out of the store.
"Oh, come on you big dummy." Blaze shook her head. "We need to get to that theatre before the matinee starts."
"No, I'm not going out in public like this." Silver growled. "I'll never be able to show my face in polite society again."
"Oh come, it's not that bad." Blaze replied. "Now, be a man and get on out here." Silver emerged from the doorway to reveal a pink male hedgehog dressed in shorts, a sailor shirt, and straw hat. "I look completely ridiculous." He groaned. "People will think I'm Queen Rose's long-lost brother."
"Okay, so you're a little pink. Who cares?" Blaze shrugged. "At least, nobody will recognize you."
The two headed over to the Sonic Popcorn Theatre which was on the more uppercrust side of town. As they approached, the cinema the two noticed there was something very blue about the place.
"Wow, I don't think I've seen this many pictures and statues of Sonic in one place." Silver stated. "Even the drinking fountains are giant Sonic heads."
"What can I say Silver? It's merchandising." Blaze shivered. "You should see what some companies have done with me and Amy when it comes to pin-ups and body pillows." As they walked up to the entrance, Silver spoke to the ticket taker behind the glass window.
"Two for the show please. One gentleman and one lady." The ticket taker stared down at the pnk hedgehog and Blaze.
"But which one of you is the lady?" He asked.
"Haha, very funny." Silver growled. "Would you give me my tickets already?" Silver took the tickets and followed the usher into the lobby. As they walked into the oversized room filled with over a thousand images of the blue blur, Blaze noticed a strange figure in a trench coat and fidora walk by.
"Hey Silver," she whispered pointing over to the mysterious figure. "Get a load of him." The weird mobian in a trench coat walked towards the stairs leading up to the balacony as he passed a peacock mother and child. The little boy pointed and said...
"Mommy, what is that man doing?" The mother immediately grabbed her child and ran into the screening room. The figure in the trench coat quickly ascended the stairs followed by Blaze and Silver.
"It's him. I knew it." Blaze grinned, motioning for Silver to follow her. "Come on, let's go." The two ran upstair where they found the mobian in a trench coat on the roof. "All right, Scourge." Blaze demanded. "The jig is up. Take off that disguise immediately." The figure in the coat turned and threw aside his hat and coat. What stood before Blaze and Silver was entirely NOT what they had expected.
"Who the...?!" Silver asked in shock, his jaw nearly hitting the floor. "What in the world is that?!"
"It can't be. He was destroyed." Blaze uttered in shock. "It's Metal Sonic?" The shining silver figure raised his metallic hand to his optics and shook his cybernetic head.
"Identification false. Not Metal Sonic." he replied, in a robotic voice. "Designation: Silver Sonic."
"I'm not going to let you falsely accuse me for your actions." Silver stated.
"I will turn myself in if you can solve this riddle." The robot stated. "How is a raven like a writing desk?"
"What!?" Blaze asked as Silver thought for a moment.
"It is impossible to solve the riddle." The robot stated. "Hahaha." The robot stated. "It is time to terminate the two of you." The robot fired his back rockets racing towards the two stunned mobians as his claws opened into pincers of death.