A.2: The Lust Inn
Sonic paces back and forth, his hand firmly gripping a half-filled Pepsi can. He looks at the unconscious girl.
"What am I going to do?" he asks himself. "I don't know where this girl came from, and I couldn't even get her into a hospital," he mutters to himself.
Sonic falls to his knees and smashes the can into the floor, causing a puddle of Pepsi to spread across the carpet.
"See what you get for trying to be the hero, Sonic? Nobody cares anymore! With Robotnik gone I'm just another juvenile Mobian. I could barely get a room in this pathetic hotel,' he complains to himself.
Sonic hears a stirring on the bed and looks up to see E1491514 coming to. He goes over to the edge of the bed and waits for her to wake completely. As soon as her eyes fall on him they fill with fear. She bolts up in bed and backs away from him.
"No, no. Don't panic," he says kindly, not moving any closer to her.
E1491514 continues to crawl backwards across the bed, eventually falling off it with a loud thud. Her head appears opposite Sonic's and her eyes lock onto him, analyzing his every move.
"Calm down. My name is Sonic. Who are you?" Sonic asks, doubting he'll get an answer.
The girl stares at him in confusion.
"Do you understand me?" he asks, doubting he'll get a response. She says nothing and he considers the possibility that maybe she speaks another language. "Me comprende?" he tries. "Wakarimasu ka?"
The violet-quilled creature continues to stare at him without an ounce of understanding, her eyes focused on Sonic's mouth. Sonic blinks and discreetly grabs the crushed Pepsi can, proceeding to roll it into the wall. E1491514 jumps, startled, and looks around in confusion.
"She-she doesn't understand what sound is," Sonic realizes. "You can't speak, can you?" he asks rhetorically. Sonic turns around and leans against the bed, his legs straight out ahead him. "How strange,' he thinks aloud. "When I first found her, she couldn't move. How on Mobius could anyone live to be her age and not know what sound is? Who the hell is she?"
Deep in thought, Sonic neglects to realize that E1491514 has climbed onto the nightstand. He turns around and spots her, automatically exclaiming, "Hey!"
E1491514 tumbles to the floor, startled, and peers at him fearfully once again. Sonic sighs in frustration.
In the room below a young woman angrily pulls herself away from her over and picks up the phone.
"That's it! I'm calling the front desk!" she exclaims and presses one.
"Hello, how may I help you?" the receptionist answers politely.
"Yes, I'd like to make a complaint. I'm in Room one-ten and there has been a great amount of disturbing noise form the room above,' the woman explains.
The receptionist checks the guest log for Room 210 and sees that it has been rented to Sonic the Hedgehog. She frowns.
"The manager is on his way to take care of it, miss. Thank you for alerting us," the receptionist says and hangs up.
"Thank goodness," the young woman grumbles and slams the phone down. She eyes her lover playfully. "Now, where were we?"
At the front desk the receptionist waits for the manager. She had not hesitated to call him after receiving the complaint from Room 110. Sonic the Hedgehog had entered with an unconscious Mobian girl and had been reluctantly rented a room. The Midnight Inn had no desire to have rapes occur on the premises. A man finally appears from the back and the receptionist stands.
"What's wrong?" he asks.
"Disturbing noise has been reported from Mr. Hedgehog's room, Manager Amyl," she reports, smoothing out the maid uniform worn by all female employees at the Midnight Inn.
"What room is he in, Elli?" he asks.
"Room two hundred-ten."
"Thanks," Amyl finishes and heads for the stairwell, up the stairs, and over to the door of Room 210. He takes out his master key and unlocks the door, pushing it open. He sees a blue male hedgehog making his way slowly across the bed toward a frightened female on the floor.
"Hey! No means no!" he yells at the hedgehog. Sonic stares at the man, surprised and confused.
"No means… What?" Sonic begins. "Wait, you think I'm-"
"You heard me!" Amyl interrupts. "I'll have no rapes on this property!" Amyl glances at the girl who stares back at him, wide-eyed and scared.
"Be quiet!" Sonic panics, "You're scaring her!"
"Oh, am I? Well we'll just see who it is she's scared of," Amyl states and makes his way toward E1491514. "Come on, miss. I'll get you to a safe place, away from him," he offers.
Much to Amyl's surprise, she backs away in fear.
"Get away from her!" Sonic positions himself between them. I only came here to make sure she was okay. Now that she's awake, we're checking out," Sonic tells the manager.
Manager Amyl frowns and exits the room. When the door closes Sonic turns and kneels down to E1491514's level.
"Are you alright?" he asks, knowing she can't understand him.
E1491514 looks at Sonic. Though the confusion remains in her eyes, he can see the animalistic fear disappear.
"Come on," he says and stands.
He grabs her hand and pulls E1491514 to her feet. Surprised, she falls forward into his arms. Sonic catches her and straightens her onto her feet.
"Careful," he warns and smiles.
He heads for the door with her close behind. Sonic helps her down the stairs and shoots a disgusted glance at the employees behind the desk as they pass through the small lobby and exit.