CHAPTER 1: THINKING BACK
INT-A LARGE ROOM
We open up to a large room the size of a football field. In the middle, a large bipedal robot is collapsed, smoke pouring out of every armor plate. On the top sits a figure. This figure is a kitsune, and wears a blue denim vest, a white T-shirt, and black jeans, gloves, and boots. His fur is a light gray, and his eyes are blue...except for his right eye, which is red with a black cornea. He is AENIMA.
We zoom up on AENIMA until we see that he is injured—his right arm is taped up, and various cuts and scratches litter his face and chest. He grips a shotgun tightly, then lets it drop. We pan in on AENIMA'S face, until we hear his voiceover, which is moody and smooth.
AENIMA (V.O) It was over. He was dead...and all of his army was gone with him...But I had a problem...
A loud explosion makes the ground shake. It sounds not too far away.
AENIMA suddenly clutches his stomach, and collapses to the ground, gritting his teeth.
AENIMA (V.O) I could feel the poison eating at me like a vicious parasite. The icy-cold hand I had feared for so long was hungering for my soul.
AENIMA'S body relaxes. He has passed out.
AENIMA (V.O) When I blanked out, I could've sworn I saw her looking down at me, smiling...then she faded away, leaving me to deal with my nightmares. Everything that happened to me came rushing back faster then Sonic could've ever ran.
FADE TO-BLACK
AENIMA (V.O) It all started 3 years ago...the day Sonic died.
FLASHBACK
We see the same room that AENIMA resides in, although he is noticibly absent. On the ground sits a blue hedgehog. He has intense green eyes, and wears red shoes. He is SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. He appears injured, and he clutches at his right arm, which is bleeding. He looks up and stares in horror. A shadow quickly descends upon him, and he raises his hands. We cut to a large metallic foot—about 10 x 10—fall down. When it hits the ground, we fade to black amidst maniacal laughter.
AENIMA (V.O) After he died, hope faded. Robotnik's forces took over Mobius quickly, killing everyone that opposed them.
We cut to a city street. Dozens of Mobians flee from a group of robots. The robots have conical heads, black humanoid bodies, and carry laser rifles. The SWATBOTS fire at the off screen Mobians, and we hear screaming.
FADE TO-BLACK
AENIMA (V.O) The planet Mobius fell to Robotnik's Swatbots. Princess Sally Acorn was hopeless to defend us, and she was captured. Everyone else was captured by the Swatbots and brought to prisons, where we were to remain for the rest of our lives. I was confined for 3 years. Until something happened...something that was pure luck.
With those words, white letters burn onto the screen. They read "One week earlier". The black on the screen is broken up by spots of white that eventually swallow up the screen.
INT-A LARGE ROOM
We open up to a large room the size of a football field. In the middle, a large bipedal robot is collapsed, smoke pouring out of every armor plate. On the top sits a figure. This figure is a kitsune, and wears a blue denim vest, a white T-shirt, and black jeans, gloves, and boots. His fur is a light gray, and his eyes are blue...except for his right eye, which is red with a black cornea. He is AENIMA.
We zoom up on AENIMA until we see that he is injured—his right arm is taped up, and various cuts and scratches litter his face and chest. He grips a shotgun tightly, then lets it drop. We pan in on AENIMA'S face, until we hear his voiceover, which is moody and smooth.
AENIMA (V.O) It was over. He was dead...and all of his army was gone with him...But I had a problem...
A loud explosion makes the ground shake. It sounds not too far away.
AENIMA suddenly clutches his stomach, and collapses to the ground, gritting his teeth.
AENIMA (V.O) I could feel the poison eating at me like a vicious parasite. The icy-cold hand I had feared for so long was hungering for my soul.
AENIMA'S body relaxes. He has passed out.
AENIMA (V.O) When I blanked out, I could've sworn I saw her looking down at me, smiling...then she faded away, leaving me to deal with my nightmares. Everything that happened to me came rushing back faster then Sonic could've ever ran.
FADE TO-BLACK
AENIMA (V.O) It all started 3 years ago...the day Sonic died.
FLASHBACK
We see the same room that AENIMA resides in, although he is noticibly absent. On the ground sits a blue hedgehog. He has intense green eyes, and wears red shoes. He is SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. He appears injured, and he clutches at his right arm, which is bleeding. He looks up and stares in horror. A shadow quickly descends upon him, and he raises his hands. We cut to a large metallic foot—about 10 x 10—fall down. When it hits the ground, we fade to black amidst maniacal laughter.
AENIMA (V.O) After he died, hope faded. Robotnik's forces took over Mobius quickly, killing everyone that opposed them.
We cut to a city street. Dozens of Mobians flee from a group of robots. The robots have conical heads, black humanoid bodies, and carry laser rifles. The SWATBOTS fire at the off screen Mobians, and we hear screaming.
FADE TO-BLACK
AENIMA (V.O) The planet Mobius fell to Robotnik's Swatbots. Princess Sally Acorn was hopeless to defend us, and she was captured. Everyone else was captured by the Swatbots and brought to prisons, where we were to remain for the rest of our lives. I was confined for 3 years. Until something happened...something that was pure luck.
With those words, white letters burn onto the screen. They read "One week earlier". The black on the screen is broken up by spots of white that eventually swallow up the screen.