Welcome back, well, we've finally reached Sonic's fall from grace. It's a shame really but, we'll see what happens.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
July 18th 1996. Midnight.
As Mobians all across the world turned on their televisions, they were greeted to several reports.
They were in for an experience as the stations played the emergency call.
"What is your emergency?" The receptionist asked.
"Yes, hello, my name is Amy Rose, my boyfriend, he's collapsed on the floor, he's convulsing, his mouth is foaming, I don't know what to do!" Amy shouted through her sobbing.
"Alright ma'am, were gonna need you to calm down." The receptionist told her.
"Calm down!" Amy shouted, the panic getting to her.
"Has the person in question taken any substances?" The receptionist asked.
Amy hesitated before answering yes.
The audience continued to watch and listen in horror as the recording continued to play.
"Ma'am what is your location?" The receptionist asked.
Amy proceeded to cry, giving her the address as she did.
"Alright miss, an ambulance is on it's way." The receptionist informed her.
The call was ended, footage of the ambulance rushing through the street coming in as the anchors appeared on screen beside it.
"Yes, those recordings were not false, you heard correctly, just a few hours ago actor Sonic The Hedgehog was found in his home, collapsed on the floor due to poisoning from excessive drinking and substance abuse." Sasha Cat reported.
As if all at once, everyone's jaws dropped.
They knew he had been struggling, but they never though it would ever reach this point.
"An emergency vehicle was dispatched, but due to complications was not able to arrive at the scene until moments ago, the condition of Mr. Hedgehog at this time is unknown." Sasha continued.
"We will keep you up to speed with new developments as they come." Sasha told the public.
It was if in just a few moments, everything changed.
The once great idol, now hung low, scarred in front of a media circus and a seemingly unforgiving world.
July 19th 1996.
Ken barged into the office of the execs.
For once, Ken seemed unfazed as he slammed his fist on the table.
"I told you this would happen, I told all of you that this kid was gonna take this company right into the gutter!" Ken shouted.
"We are aware of the situation, Mr. Khan." One of them said.
"I recommend you calm yourself Mr. Khan, that is if you wish to keep your job." Another one threatened.
Ken took a breath and proceeded to speak.
"So, what are we going to do about it?" Ken asked.
"We already have the situation under control, Mr. Khan." Someone said as they enter red the room.
Ken turned around, shuddering as he looked at the head of the studio.
"M-Ms. Rabbot." He stuttered.
"We are to going give Mr. Hedgehog this check for his services." Bunnie states.
"Are you kidding me?" Ken says in disbelief.
"Problem, Mr. Khan?" Bunnie asks.
"This kid has trashed our reputation and lost us up to millions and you're giving him a check?!" Ken points out.
"It's his severance pay, we are releasing him from his contract." Bunnie informs him.
"Finally, music to my ears, when are we filing suits?" Ken asks.
"We're not." Bunnie says.
"But he clearly-." Ken started, only to be interrupted.
"The contract states that he must appear in projects, however under termination of contract, that agreement becomes null and void, this check will be for the remainder of projects he has filmed which will be released and we will be cutting ties, end of story." Bunnie tells him, as a matter of fact.
Ken's look of anger stays but is replaced by a smirk soon after.
"Fine, as long as he's out of the picture, still, what are we gonna tell the public?" Ken asked.
"We'll be holding a press conference in a few days, we'll tell them the truth, we'll inform them of the cancellation of X-Treme, what we'll be releasing and Sonic's status with the studio as a whole." Bunnie told him.
Ken nodded and exited the room.
As he did, Bunnie slumped into her chair, a frown on her face from the actions they had unfortunately had to take.
Meanwhile.
Sonic slowly woke up, his head aching harder than ever.
He realized he was no longer in his own home.
He was in a hospital bed, tubes running into his arms and nose.
He struggled to breath as he became fully aware, the stress building.
As his breathing grew heavier, the beeping of the monitor increased, his heart racing.
The doctors and nurses quickly rushed in to help him.
The next thing he knew, he was slowly falling back to sleep.
As his eyelids grew heavier, his vision going dark, he saw the image of himself on the television screen with a caption below.
"Another star falls." He silently read.
As sleep overtook him, tears fell from his eyes.
It was all over.