Yay! Another subscriber to this story! It makes me happy even if it is only one extra person. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But aside from that, Tails is going to totally treat Mr. Wood's life in this chapter (I hope, but I am doubting my abilities at the moment to make tension). Anyway, let us ride! (TO CAMELOT! Another Monty Python reference for fun…and sorry this took so long to upload…)

Chapter 3

After the author came back from his agent, he continued the story.

Everyone had a brain wipe of what happened after the voir dire antics, and no it will not be named here. After that, court was back in session. But by then 1 hour had passed and no one knew about it due to the brain wipe. It was time for lunch.

"Recess! Back in 90 minutes!" said the judge, who then went on to eat a microwavable dinner.

Until Tails made ANOTHER request.

"Your honor, if it please the court, may Sonic be put under guard as he comes out to eat with me? He IS a non-violent first-time offender, and he hasn't even been proved guilty yet so—"

"Objection!" interrupted Mr. Wood.

The judge rolled his eyes. "Overruled." he said distantly as he stared at his microwave dinner.

Mr. Wood then stormed out and went off to the nearest diner.

"Just don't start any fires…" the judge said trailing off.

"May it be noted in the record that the judge let Sonic go out to eat." Tails yelled to the court reporter as he raced out the door with Sonic.

Sonic and Tails then decided to go to the nearest diner…DUN DUN DUN!

Meanwhile in the rafters…

"Mmm…baloney with mustard, pickles, onion, relish, tomato, mayonnaise, butter, toaster crumbs, anchovies, jelly beans, bacon, eggs, and best of all…SPAM! Time to eat…" Shadow said as he looked at his delectable sandwich and drooled with delight. He was about to take a big bite when…

"THERE'S A GUY IN THE RAFTERS!" cried the weasel on the jury.

Luckily for Shadow, no one noticed because everyone else had gone out to eat and the judge was mesmerized by his rotating microwave dinner.

"Mmm…Shepherd's Pie."

The hedgehog was taken aback that someone had looked up, but he quickly flipped down and grabbed the weasel by his fur.

The weasel was slightly surprised, but was still smiling adamantly at Shadow.

"You don't tell anyone about me up there or I'll make sure you regret it!"

"Well fiiiinnnneee if you're going to be that way because you know I wasn't really going to say anything you know because I just thought it was interesting that you were up there in the rafters and all. Hey! You're like the rival of Sonic aren't you? OOOHHH!!! What's it like to fight him and is Sonic really as fast as they say he is and have you ever beaten him…"

Shadow groaned. He made a huge mistake coming down…

Meanwhile, at the diner where Mr. Wood, Sonic, and Tails were…

"Man I'm going to need a LOT of chili dogs." Sonic said as he looked down at his grumbling stomach.

Tails reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. He pulled out a coupon.

90% off of all chili dogs when you buy OVER 9000!!!

"Waaaay past cool little bro'!" Sonic exclaimed as he gave Tails a high five.

As the two friends waited for their feast to arrive at the very reasonable price of 100 Mobians, they stared out the window and looked outside at the once again bright sunshine reflecting off of the puddles. There was a cool breeze and some of the wet leaves were blown around in small little whirlwinds. It was a cheerful time for Sonic and Tails. They then talked of their plans for tomorrow, where the two would have a run all around Mobius to celebrate Sonic's freedom. And to make sure that Amy didn't try to give a congratulatory hug...or worse…

Outside of Mr. Wood's window was a downpour of golf ball sized hail. The weather hated Mr. Wood apparently…

"I need to win this case." Mr. Wood thought to himself. "This case is pivotal to my career. If I can beat Sonic the Hedgehog and his little…genius friend or something, I'll finally be able to get the respect that I deserve." Mr. Wood looked forlornly out the window. If he was beaten, then he'd also be embarrassed to no end…because he would have been beaten by a little kid.

The situation was driving Mr. Wood crazy. He was immersed in his thoughts when suddenly…the WAITER CAME.

"How anticlimactic…I was hoping someone would come and offer me some random deal to help me win this case…I would have taken ANY deal…"

"Hello, and what would you like today?" the waiter asked politely.

"Well what have you got?"

"You mean you didn't even look at the menu?"

In front of Mr. Wood was a menu. He didn't even realize it was there.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was there. I'll just—"

"Not NOTICE? It's HUGE and has lots of purple ribbon on it! How would you not notice?"

"I—"

"Don't interrupt! Do you know how rude it is to interrupt for no reason?"

"Umm, no, I mean—"

"NO?!?!!? Just who do you think you are?" There was no trace of the waiter's politeness anymore…

"A…lawyer?" Mr. Wood said hesitantly.

"Oh I SEE…You're a lawyer and that gives you the right to spill ketchup everywhere?"

"Well, no but—wait, spill ketchup whe—?"

"Oh, now you're trying to play innocent with me?"

"What?"

"What seems to be the problem?" the manager grumbled as he walked over to the table.

"This man said he wanted to rob us!"

"WHAT?!?!?!?!"

"Why you despicable little man."

"What did you call me?!?!?!"

"He's also going to burn the place down!"

The two men looked at Mr. Wood with a cold stare. That was enough to make Mr. Wood snap. He then made a vehement, heated accusation against the two.

"B-b-but…but…but…"

"OUT OF HERE YOU!" the two shouted imperiously.

Mr. Wood stumbled out of his chair, but was surprised to bump into someone behind him. It was Sonic.

"I don't think Mr. Wood was trying to burn down the place or rob anything or spill ketchup anywhere." Sonic said impatiently while tapping his foot. He and Tails were now giving the cold stares. The waiter and manager then ran away for absolutely no reason except that they were afraid that Sonic and Tails would…do…something…

Mr. Wood sat there astounded. As the duo walked away, Sonic gave Mr. Wood a small smile and what he swore was a small wink.

He didn't understand it at all…here Mr. Wood was out to get the two friends, but they still helped him. Why would the blue hedgehog do anything like that? Was it because they knew he was being unfairly treated? Was it because he was falsely accused of something? Was it because maybe Sonic went through a similar situation and had empathy for Mr. Wood?

Probably not. It was OBVIOUSLY something to do with that fox friend of Sonic's. Of course. THAT made sense. It had to.

Now the only question was…how to win the case and outfox the fox.

The author then popped out for the first time in the chapter and started laughing HYSTERICALLY at Mr. Wood again because he was STOOPID AND PHAILURE. Not only that, Mr. Wood made a bad pun in his mind. He then decided this to be the only time he would be popping into the chapter because he had done it so much in the last chapter.

And then suddenly a plate of spaghetti flew into Mr. Wood's face. The waiter and manager started to snicker loudly before running into the back. Raucous laughter could be heard.

Mr. Wood then wiped all the spaghetti off of his face. All except for one strand.

Tails started to laugh a little. Sonic chuckled a bit, but quickly looked away.

Mr. Wood was furious.

"What's so funny?!?!" Mr. Wood asked heatedly.

"YOUR FACE!" Tails screamed, as he couldn't hold in his laughter. Tears started to pour out of his eyes as Tails fell onto the floor while holding his stomach.

"Oh yeah? Well…your MOM."

That shut Tails up.

"My parents…are dead…"

Mr. Wood then realized he made a big mistake by saying that. He wasn't even close to making an insult OR a joke. He got OWNED just like the author said. On top of that, everyone in the diner was staring at him AGAIN.

And at that, Mr. Wood made a hasty retreat, leaving behind a slightly hurt Tails.

"I know it wasn't nice for me to laugh…but everyone knows my parents are dead…and I didn't mean to make fun of him…" Tails thought to himself.

"Hey buddy, you ok?" Sonic looked at his friend worriedly.

Tails shook off the feeling. "Yeah, I'm fine Sonic. He didn't mean it…"

The two looked at each other for a second…

And then they erupted in laughter, not able to wipe the memory of Mr. Wood's moustache.

Outside the window…

Shadow had escaped that crazy weasel by saying he had to use the bathroom. Good riddance too. But then, he saw the spaghetti incident. And Tails's reaction to Mr. Wood's insult.

"That man…he just made fun of little kid's dead parent…" Shadow thought angrily as he remembered the pain of losing Maria…

"He won't get away with that. No one deserves to have one they loved made fun of!" Shadow whispered to himself. Shadow sped off into the blizzard that was forming and hurried over to the courtroom.

Later at the courtroom…

The room was once again jam packed with spectators. You could smell the tension in the air. Actually, it smelled more like Shepherd's Pie, but no one cared because it smelled delicious. As long it wasn't dirty gym socks smell…or something…

The judge then sat up and called the court to order.

"Now, I believe that we can…"

Suddenly, the judge stopped. He saw attached to his gavel. He read it. And then he gave Mr. Wood a look.

"Oh no, now what?" Mr. Wood thought to himself.

"That's very mature of you Mr. Wood. Making fun of the counsel's parents when you think I'm not watching eh? DEAD parents too…VERY considerate of you…"

Mr. Wood was shocked. What in the world happened? Mr. Wood proceeded to calmly explain the situation.

"W-w-well…umm…he made fun of me first…and my…umm…spaghetti face."

The judge gave Mr. Wood a puzzled look.

"What?!"

"Excuse me Your Honor, I can demonstrate what he means." Tails said as he approached Mr. Wood with a long strand of spaghetti. He then put the spaghetti on his face in the shape of a stereotypical Asian moustache.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!" The judge could not stop laughing.

A non-painful 1 minute later (only Mr. Wood can make a minute painful)…

"Hmm. Well then. Your conduct was not very appropriate Mr. Wood. 5 minute recess for me to decide a suitable punishment for you."

And the gavel banged. It echoed in Mr. Wood's ears. He couldn't believe the terrible turn of events happening to him. His eyes then fell upon the bulky bailiff in burdensome brown boots. He was bellowing to his coworker and pointing at Mr. Wood. His eyes fell upon the crowd, also pointing fingers. His eyes fell upon Sonic, who was…eating a chili dog? Erm, and his eyes also fell upon Tails. Tails looked over to Mr. Wood and mouthed "I'm sorry" to him.

"Wait, what?!?!?!" Mr. Wood thought. Why is he sorry?

And it hit him.

HIS SPEED. The kid was toying with him again which was somehow related to his velocity, angular momentum and all that stuff.

This certainly was a dog day in court for Mr. Wood.

In the rafters, Shadow was looking down at Mr. Wood. "Well it certainly is a dog day in court for this dog." Shadow thought to himself as he smiled to himself and his own little pun. Shadow loved puns, because he could actually make them sound cool.

And then he thought to himself, if this was a book, this would be a perfect time for a cliffhanger. "I could pose questions like 'Can Mr. Wood be any stupider?' 'Why is Sonic eating a chili dog if he supposedly could have finished all of them at the diner?' 'Is the whole world a stage and I'm actually having my thoughts read?' 'When in the world will we get to the actual trial and witnesses and all that stuff we see in T.V. shows?'."

One thing was sure to Shadow. He'd have to wait for another 4 minutes to find out…

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I told you I wasn't going to pop in more than once. I snuck Shadow in as the narrator. Oh aren't I so clever? Well, Mr. Wood got owned by Tails AND the judge. Gotta love my random humor. I was actually thinking of doing the spam scene from Monty Python just for kicks. But no. Anyway, review this stinking chapter. It'll be fun. I promise. And I hope you had fun reading! Bye bye for now!