Chapter 39: Elwood City
Portal Between worlds:
Takuya: Tyranno! I feel as if something's trying to rip me apart!
Joey: It's never been THIS rocky, even when Sonic joined us!
Cheetor: It's like the Quantum Surge all over again!
Tyranno: Well, Inez DID say that this world was half destroyed! What did you expect?! A little walk through the park?!
Sonic: Hold on a little longer, guys! We're almost there…
The group finally burst into the middle of a town.
Takuya: OW! Hey? What're these things on the top of my head?
Takuya saw a window and found that he had bear ears and he found that his human nose had turned into an animal's nose.
Takuya: WHOA! When did THAT happen?!
Joey: Yeah, and I've turned into a television!
Takuya got the pun because Joey had grown rabbit ears. Sonic and Cheetor didn't change, but Tyranno turned into an alligator.
Tyranno: Talk about a freaky mutation…
The group then saw two police officers dragging someone wearing glasses, jeans, and a yellow sweater away.
Sonic: Where do you think that those guys are going?
Takuya: There's only one way to find out…
After the group finished chasing the soldiers with the person, they were in a courtroom. The person was an aardvark, no older than eight.
Person: The honorable judge and Soul Mistress Muffy Crosswire presiding.
Takuya: Did he just say Soul Mistress?
Tyranno: I guess so.
Joey: But how could she have been awakened? We haven't arrived until recently.
Tyranno: And I think that if those Society of Shadow bums got here, she'd have her soul in their diabolical hands!
Takuya: You sure have a flare for the dramatic, but there ARE other Soul Cubes, remember? We'll just wait and find out.
Muffy Crosswire, wearing beautiful clothes, walked in and sat down at the judge's table.
Person: The accused, Arthur Read.
Muffy Crosswire: This boy is GUILTY! He's the one who put those 'Faker' adds into the newspapers! And the evidence…BECAUSE your Soul Mistress says so.
Jury: Oh yeah, yeah, guilty…
Arthur: Hey! This isn't fair! Muffy, you know me, why are you doing this?
Muffy: My reasons are none of your concern. And has the jury made up it's mind?
Jury: We, the jury find the accused…not guilty.
Muffy: WHAT?! I AM YOUR SOUL MISTRESS AND I SAY THAT HE'S GUILTY!
Jury: Uh…on second thought, we find the accused guilty as charged.
Takuya: We can't just let this unfair trial go on! We've gotta save this kid from this fate!
Tyranno: But we're outsiders and that would be considered meddling.
Joey: No, we've gotta help out that kid.
Tyranno: I thought that you were enforcing the world order back at Station Square.
Joey: That was then and now I agree with Yug. The World Order is obsolete and NOW IS THE TIME FOR INTERVENTION!
Sonic: NOW you're talkin'!
The five then sprung into the courtroom.
Muffy: Who are you five?
Takuya: I'm Takuya and you're a pretender!
Tyranno: I'm Captain Hassleberry, you faker!
Joey: I'm Sir Joey and you are an unfair judge!
Sonic: I'm Sonic the hedgehog and Arthur is innocent!
Cheetor: I'm Cheetor of the Maximals and you are going DOWN!
Muffy: And I am Muffy Crosswire, Soul Mistress in this world of Elwood City.
Takuya: Are you kidding?! My Soul Cube isn't reacting at all! And I know from the Master Emerald that the Soul Cube reacts when in the presence of the Soul Mistress, awakened or NOT!
Muffy: Well, whatever that Master Emerald is, (Sounds like a good accessory. I should order it here sometime.) It has obviously misled you. I am the Soul Mistress of Elwood City and the daughter of Ed Crosswire of Crosswire Motors.
Joey: Hey, didn't that guy sell King Yugi that half-busted beetle when he said it was a Ferrari?
Muffy: Uh…If the king wants a refund, tell him he can just give Crosswire Motors another call and…
Joey: HA! That shows how much YOU know, Muffy. King Yugi's off to destroy Dark Souls, PLUS he said that he wouldn't trust your dad again, he's going with the usual Vehicroids. And for another thing, I don't think that Knuckles would ACTUALLY let you BUY the Master Emerald!
Muffy: Everyone's got their price.
Takuya: Actually Knuckles' has a DUTY to guard the Master Emerald. And you ARE an idiot, saying that you're a Soul Mistress. Do you have ANY idea on what you're messing with?!
Suddenly, Boris Badenov and Emerald Empress burst through the courtroom door.
Emerald Empress: Apparently not. We thought that we should check out the rumors of the Soul Mistress.