Chapter 42
Thrown In The Dungeon
Sonic and Julie-Su walked through the gates of new Mobotropolis. Sonic had stayed on Angel Island for the night to get some sleep for that mission. They were already putting the first phase of their plan into action. It was to get caught by some werewolf guards and get taken to Castle Acorn. As they reached the beginning to where the crumbling houses were, they heard a howl. Sonic and Julie-Su turned around and saw Knuckles-wolf and Tails-wolf coming straight at them. Sonic stepped in front of Julie-Su.
"'Su, stay behind me, okay," Sonic said.
"Okay, but why?" Julie-Su asked.
"Because if they bite you, you'll become like them, right," Sonic said.
Julie-Su shook her head. Sonic tilted his head in confusion.
"But … I thought…" Sonic was cut off by Julie-Su. "Yes, but it's only King Sonic and Queen Sally that can spread the curse because they were the first werewolves."
Sonic nodded and looked back at the werewolves. Knuckles-wolf and Tails-wolf snarled and growled at them.
"You again!" Tails-wolf exclaimed.
"Yeah, it's me," Sonic said.
"Julie-Su," Knuckles-wolf said, quietly.
"You two are trespassing on our territory!" Tails-wolf exclaimed.
Tails-wolf lunged at Sonic and pushed him down onto the ground. Sonic tried to get Tails-wolf off of him, but it only made Tails-wolf bite him.
"YOW! How Many Times Do You Guys Have To Bite Me?" Sonic shouted.
"Bring him, Tails, we must take them to the King," Knuckles-wolf said.
Tails-wolf nodded and tugged on Sonic's arm.
"Okay, okay, I get it, sheesh, I'll follow you, just let go of my arm!" Sonic snarled at Tails-wolf.
Tails-wolf let go immediately. Sonic stood up and followed Knuckles-wolf and Tails-wolf as they led him and Julie-Su to the castle. As they walked Sonic looked at Julie-Su.
"Did ya hear what Knuckles said?" Sonic asked, cheekily.
Julie-Su looked at him in confusion and shook her head.
"No," she said.
Sonic's eyes widened.
"How come? Are you deaf?" Sonic asked.
"No. Only, you can understand them because you're one of them," Julie-Su explained.
"Please, 'Su, do not remind me," Sonic said.
They entered Castle Acorn and walked into the throne room. King Sonic and Queen Sally sat in their thrones and looked down at Julie-Su and Sonic.
"So, you returned to work for me. How nice of you Sonic Prime," Sonic-wolf said in delight.
Tails-wolf and Knuckles-wolf pushed Sonic and Julie-Su onto their knees to look like their begging.
"I would never do anything for you," Sonic snarled at Sonic-wolf.
Sonic-wolf laughed at Sonic and glared down at him and Julie-Su.
"Put them in the dungeon!" Sonic-wolf barked. "Maybe a day in there will make them want this!"
Sonic glared back at Sonic-wolf as Knuckles-wolf and Tails-wolf dragged him and Julie-Su to the dungeon. They dragged them along the slimy stone floor and once they arrived at a cell, they threw the hedgehog and echidna into the cell. Julie-Su landed on her stomach and Sonic landed face first in the stone. Sonic quickly got onto his feet and ran at the cell door, but didn't make it in time for it to be closed. Sonic clasped the metal bars and growled.
"LET US OUTTA HERE!" Sonic shouted.
"Ha! We don't listen to you because your not from our zone or the first infected," Knuckles-wolf teased.
Sonic growled as he glared at Knuckles-wolf. Sonic, then, spat in his face and Knuckles-wolf growled and lunged at the bars. Julie-Su brought Sonic back as Knuckles-wolf attacked the bars where Sonic once was.
"Looks like the curse has made his anger worse," Sonic chuckled.
"Yes, but don't do that again," Julie-Su said.
"Whatever," Sonic sighed as he got out of her grasp and watched as Tails-wolf led Knuckles-wolf away from the dungeon.
Sonic looked around the huge cell they were in and realised it had claw marks on the walls.
"What kind of cell is this?" Sonic asked.
"It's a cell only used for werewolves that don't want to obey King Sonic. If they don't do as he says, they get sent down here and don't get any food or water for as long as the punishment is," Julie-Su explained.
Sonic looked at how large the cell was compared to the others and gasped.
"This cell is the largest out of all the others," Sonic said.
Julie-Su nodded.
"It's because tonight is a full moon and you will transform, and if we were in a small cell you would most likely break it," Julie-Su told him.
"Heh, yeah, I most likely would," Sonic said, wiping his nose as a habit.
"And there are also worse punishments that I heard King Sonic does," Julie-Su said.
"What kind of worse punishments?" Sonic asked.
"When I was patrolling Angel Islands' perimeter before Robotnik created those security drones I heard some werewolves talk about how King Sonic actually kept slashing Someone with the sword of Acorns until they obeyed him," Julie-Su explained.
"But I thought you said you couldn't understand the werewolves," Sonic said.
"I can't understand them in their werewolf form, yes, but they still had Mobian forms during the day then," Julie-Su said.
Sonic nodded and looked toward the cell door.
"We have to get out of here and find that sword," Sonic said, determined.