…This is the last chapter. That means I'm going to have to make that audiobook soon after along with the epilogue or something. Anyway, have fun reading.
Chapter 9
…he fired the gun.
Arthur's eyes widened as he stared with a glazed look towards the still standing Shadow. Sonic woke up and next to Tails, and he stared at what had happened. Arthur looked down, hoping not to find what he thought was there. A warm red fluid was leaking out. So it had finally happened. Everyone in the room could tell by the eerie glow on Arthur's face, the weird nonsense that had been happening was finally over.
Arthur choked a bit when he saw it. The machine had no more coolant. He had gotten the blue screen of death.
The blue screen stayed there and in the dark room, emitting a constant glow.
Mr. Wood then stood up and snatched the laser cannon machine away from his shocked cousin. He then fumbled around a bit, and as everyone stared at the strange transformed Mr. Wood, he took out a small little piece from the machine.
The first to cheer was the robotics team and Mr. Dix, as he held up the fusein victory and proceeded to put it in the microwave.
Sonic was the next to cheer, applauding Mr. Wood's seemingly impossible usage of a mechanized weapon.
Shadow was next, as now he would not die, and he had offered to step in front of the cannon and die for Tails, so it all worked out and he had finally finished the book.
Then the crowd still in the benches started thinking rationally again and they started to cheer.
And Tails simply smiled at Mr. Wood, for he had done the right thing.
Arthur slowly turned to his cousin who for once in his life, was being praised…more than him?
"Y-you! I thought I taught you long ago—"
"You did. Mostly, all you taught me was what kind of person you really were. Funny, that's the closest my only relative had ever gotten to revealing anything personal." Mr. Wood then gave his own piercing glare. Arthur doubled back.
"S-so I killed her, and all you do is shoot my gun? What good does that do you? You should've shot me."
"Ah, but you see Arthur," Mr. Wood started walking towards Arthur as he recoiled. "that's where the most important lesson you taught me comes in."
Arthur looked at Mr. Wood in confusion and fear. "W-what do you m-mean?"
Tails then spoke up. "Because Mr. Wood may have been scared all these times in court for some reason."
"It was because of your ability to dodge spit takes, but I get what you're getting at kid." Mr. Wood turned back to Arthur. "Killing you would have been more cowardly than any other thing I've ever done."
*Ding!* The microwave finished with the pie.
"Well Mr. Wood, I'm glad you're not scared of me anymore. I really would have liked to talk to you more." Tails said excitedly.
"Yeah, and I'm sorry about that whole incident in the diner with the spaghetti." Mr. Wood rubbed the back of his head.
"Well, I'm sorry too for using that umbrella to splash the judge's spit take on you." Tails did the same with his hand.
"And I'm sorry for jumping on your back and making you think I was the boogie man." Shadow said to Tails.
Silence…
"Anyway!" everyone turned towards the judge. "I declare another 60 minute recess to celebrate this day with a lot of pie and my fixed up microwave. Now where's that bulky bailiff guy in his boots or something? He's got to take the real criminal in here to jail!"
"Actually, I was thinking we could dismiss the case." Mr. Wood declared.
"Actually! We were thinking of a settlement just now." Tails and Sonic looked towards the judge and Mr. Wood.
Mr. Wood raised his eyebrow. "But we all know you're innocent now! I even found out it was my cousin who did it. Oh and by the way Your Honor, you revealed your bias towards Sonic to the jury."
"And you just revealed you knew who did the deed."
"Oh! Right…hehe."
"Well Mr. Wood, we have time to discuss this over some Shpeherd's Pie…and chili dogs."
"I'll go get them now!" and Sonic tore off with some money.
Shadow then gave Tails another hug for some reason, and Mr. Dix took out 100 more microwavable Shepherd's Pie and another microwave.
"Hey! You had a spare microwave this whole time!" the author yelled out jokingly to the judge.
"Well, yeah, but I didn't want to use it or else it would ruin some of the humor from the story, like my microwave being fixed by getting a fuse from Arthur's gun."
"Aha, right. Well thanks for making the story more exciting Mr. Dix!"
"Hey, I'm just a dead character who has been used in a story, you're the author."
"But does that mean you have no free will as a character, even though I know everything that is going to happen in the story?"
And as another theological conversation arose, everyone ate a feast of chili dogs, Shepherd's Pie, and some spam (besides one particularly picky person who did not like the spam, everyone was happy). Shadow revealed to Tails that he was his new best friend and Sonic and Shadow has a small argument via a race, Tails and Mr. Wood agreed to a settlement for Sonic to rebuild the collapsed building, which he did as he raced with Shadow. Cream got to do more fish slapping to the "big bully" aka Arthur before he was dragged down to the dungeo—I mean jail cell. Amy clipped her ragged nails and proceeded to chase after Sonic, and the robotics team used their robots to serve all the food and even get the cooking done faster.
The case ended and everyone went home, including Amy, as Tails gave Knuckles a little money to "escort" Amy home. The judge then went back up to heaven because he would not be needed in the story really anymore and Shadow, after surprise hugging Tails again, ran off before Tails could say anything.
Mr. Wood shook hands with Tails and said goodbye.
And Sonic and Tails were in the courtroom, eating up the last two chili dogs. After they finished eating, they talked about the day they had and everything that happened. They surely would never forget this experience together, as the trials they had faced together never compared to what they had experienced in the past 4 days. (Get it? Trials? Yeah not funny I know…)
As they finished up talking, they checked the time. 8:00 PM.
"Hey Sonic?"
"Yeah Tails?"
"…We still need to do that victory lap before bedtime."
Sonic bolted up, overturning the whole bench he was sitting on. "Well then what are we waiting for? Let's motor out of this drab old place!"
And as Sonic and Tails were about to speed off to finish their victory lap, a brooding Mr. Wood in a cramped little dungeon--*smack* jail cell smiled to himself for a portion of a second.
"Hehe, I may be here, but Tails's plane has a bomb rigged to it. All by me, ME! HAHA! I will still have my revenge, even if I'm not a hero…"
A resurrected Dr. Robotnik then came and looked up at the author. He was creepy and smelly, because he was a zombie.
"A plane! Now I can go attack the author by flying high enough to reach him."
As the author rolled his eyes, Robotnik started the ignition and…
*BOOM!!!*
"MWAHAHAHAAA!!! They're dead!"
"Actually," the author replied. "I made a zombified Robotnik die from using the plane."
"WHAT?!?!?! Gahhh!!!"
And as Arthur started foaming at the mouth from having his plot foiled by the author, Sonic and Tails looked back briefly at the scene.
"What was that?" Sonic asked.
"It might have been my plane." Tails said. "Maybe someone saw it there and tried to fly it but crashed…either way, Shadow gave that kit of tools, so I can just make a better plane, jet, or maybe even an airship..."
"Right then! Well, let's finish that victory lap!"
And they ran off into the night together, as friends…with Shadow tagging along at the last minute and the author having ruined the ending with that.
But the thing was, Sonic, Tails, and Shadow didn't mind. Not one bit.
Fin? (Or epilogue coming?)
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Important notice below, please read.
Holy carp! Yes carp! That fish did not nom-nom up Shadow (remember that?). Ermm…yeah so that is the conclusion to my weird little story. It was short, but I like it so you can't say anything! :(. Just kidding dudes, you can always tell me you hated the ending. Politely of course.
I want to thank anyone who reviewed and subscribed, as the really brightened my day when I was feeling slow at writing. Ok maybe Lord Kelvin is a different story, but meh.
I am planning on writing an epilogue, and if anyone wants to help me make this an audiobook, it would be greatly appreciated if you auditioned. Just send me a media file of some acting, preferably from some of the scenes in this story. Trust me, I could tell the whole story myself, but I cannot really act out multiple voices accurately, even if it is in my own style. Probably because I'd have to read by chapter and stop and start, and that's no good. The finished audiobook will hopefully have sound effects (like one of those old radio drama story tellings), and all that good stuff.
If you want to audition for the audiobook, please PM me or mail me at with the heading "Audiobook", and we can talk and you can give a sample. Or you can contact me via Skype, as then I could actually hear you live and talk and stuff. In fact, if all the auditioners had Skype, we could just record the whole story via group calling. Or something. I'm a bit new to Skype.
And remember! Guitar Hero and Rock Band microphones work for recording your voice, as they have USB ports. That's what I use, and it's good because those mics have noise cancelling for the game, so it's useful for blocking out excess noise.
Please please please audition, because I will be happy, and I hope to make this little dream of mine a reality. It is voluntary of course, but you will get credit at the end when I release this. Thank you, have a good day, and of course thanks for reading!!! :-)