Who Framed Sonic the Hedgehog?

Chapter 10

Doom's Plan

They ran around the corner back onto the street. "Oh no where is Sonic?" Amy cried, as they raced towards her car.

"What do you mean?" Shadow said, "I thought Doom had him. Since you weren't responsible for the murders."

"No he didn't" Amy said, blushing, "I hit him on the head with my hammer, and put him in the trunk. You know...So he wouldn't get hurt."

Shadow sighed, and rolled his eyes, "Yep, makes perfect sense."

As they hurried to the car he added, "He must have been gone before I crashed into you," he said, "Because I checked the trunk before I went looking for you."

Amy crossed her arms, "Well my car is totaled, we're not going to get anywhere in it. We might as well take yours."

"Yeah, alright, it's right," Shadow paused, and looked down; he was standing the spot where his car should have been, "Here..." He looked down the street and saw a smashed fire hydrant, "Looks like someone already took it. Sonic maybe?"

"He couldn't have," Amy said, "He's not a bad driver. But then again," She thought, "I might have given him a concussion."

"Well it looks to me like he makes a better lover than a driver," Shadow snorted.

Amy poked him hard in the chest, "Oh you better believe it mister."

Sirens wailed in the distance, and the Toon Patrol car swerved around the corner. The lights were flashing brightly in the night, "The Weasels!" Amy gasped. "Quick, this way, we'll take Gingerbread Lane."

Shadow quickly grabbed her arm, pulling her back. "No, no, no!" Shadow jabbed his thumb out, "Gingerbread Lane is that way!" Suddenly with a roar and a mighty thud, Dulcy appeared before them.

"You called?" She grinned.

Shadow looked at his thumb then back at her, grinning, "You're a lifesaver."

"You called a cab or what," Dulcy said, "Hurry up and get in!"

As Shadow hopped up onto her back, Dulcy helped Amy on, "Never thought I'd be driving a movie star around."

"She's a dragon!" Amy gasped.

"Yeah you get used to that," Shadow said.

Then with a mighty whoop, just as the Toon Patrol closed in, Dulcy took to the skies and the Weasels soon feel far behind.

As they raced through the tunnel, Shadow looked at Amy, "How long have you known it was Doom?"

"Before Snively Acme was killed," Amy explained, have to raise her voice over the rush of the wind, "He came to me, he claimed Doom wanted to get his hands on the Will. He wanted Toon Town, and nothing would stand in his way."

"So he gave you the Will for safe keeping," Shadow finished.

"Yes," she replied, "That's what he told me, but when I looked inside the envelope there was only a blank piece of paper."

Shadow snorted, "A joker to the end."

Dulcy piped in, "So where are we going? My meter is running,"

"We have to find my husband!" Amy cried, "I'm so worried about him!"

"You really care for him don't you?" Shadow said, "What makes him so special?"

Amy turned to him, "He makes me laugh."

Dulcy picked up speed as she zipped towards the tunnel exit, and from the corner of his eye, Shadow saw a flash of green liquid. "Dulcy! Wait!" he cried.

But it was too late, a vat of Dip tipped over from the bridge above, and Judge Doom crackled as the lethal concoction fell down upon them.

The Dip splashed at the very edge of Dulcy's wings. But it was enough, Dulcy screamed in pain and quickly veered out of control. The dragon and her passengers screamed as they flew, till Dulcy made contact; head first, with one of the street lights.

Shadow and Amy were flung from their ride, landing hard in the dirt. They skinned their knees and elbow, dress hems were torn, and jacket sleeves ripped. Too stunned from the crash, they lay there dazed. Dulcy slumped to the ground, her head still against the cracked pole, she didn't move after that.

"Tsk, tsk," Doom said, suddenly before them. In Shadow's haze he wondered, how did Doom get down from the bridge so fast?

"What an unfortunate accident," Doom chided, "Nothing worse than rain, while riding on a maniacal Toon dragon." He grinned wickedly as the Toon Patrol car pulled up behind him. The Weasels poured out, laughing and sneering.

Doom turned to them, "Well don't just stand there, help them."

"Sure thing boss," Smarty said, as the Weasels moved over.

"Put them in my car," Doom added, "I'm sure they'll enjoy the ribbon cutting at the Acme factory." he laughed as he made his way to his car.

Shadow noticed that Dulcy had one eye open, wings or no, she was ready to strike. But Shadow smoothly shook his hand, telling her no. Dulcy noticed, and barely nodded, before slipping her eye closed.

"What about the dragon eh boss?" Smarty asked.

Shadow tensed.

"She's not going anywhere," Doom replied, "Pick her up later with the patrol vehicle."

As the other Weasels grabbed Amy, Smarty came over and roughly pulled Shadow up, "You're in for it now Valiant."

"Trust me smart ass," Shadow grunted, "You're in for it too."

Smarty laughed haughtily, and shoved him forward, "We'll see about that Valiant, we'll see."

The ride to the factory had been misery. And inside Acme Factory was no different, the once vibrant place now held a lethal uneasy air to it. Masks looked more intimidating, shadows more eerie, but none more eerie than Doom as he strode his way across the floor to his two captives.

"We searched Valiant boss," Smarty said, "The Will ain't on him."

"Then search the woman!" Doom barked.

Greasy cut in before Smarty could, "I'll handle this one," he said coyly, then with eager fingers he slid his hand down the top of Amy's dress.

SNAP!

Greasy howled in pain, and quickly yanked his hand out. There was a bear trap clamped firmly down on his wrist.

As the weasel ran away howling, screaming and cursing in one continuous sound, Shadow leaned towards Amy, "Nice booby trap," he smirked, "Looks like you still got some Toon in ya."

Amy smiled and then winked.

As the other Weasels laughed at their injured comrade, Doom moved in like death itself, he slammed his cane into Greasy's midsection and sent the Toon flying into boxes of ping pong balls. The laughter continued as balls scattered everywhere. Turning to face the rest of the group, Doom silenced them all with one evil glare.

"Does he have the Will or not?" Doom snapped.

"Naw," Smarty replied, "Just some stupid letter that isn't complete." To emphasize, Psycho pulled the letter out of Shadow's shirt pocket, waving it around.

"It doesn't matter," Doom said, "I doubt the Will shall appear in the next twenty minutes."

Shadow snatched the paper back," What exactly will be happening in the next twenty minutes," he demanded, as he slid the paper back into his inner pocket.

Doom smiled, walking towards him, "Toon Town shall be mine, every stock and barrel. All of it will be mine,"

And then he laughed.

Dulcy had unintentionally slipped out of consciousness while waiting for the Weasels to leave, the pain of the Dip had been overwhelming and she just couldn't handle it. While she was out the she dreamed. She was in the country, in the fresh air and away from the city. No longer stuck with the cab life, she was doing loop de loops and zig zags and-

The roar of an engine brought her around.

Dulcy opened her eyes and looked behind just as a car screeched past. If you could call it a car that is; the passenger door was missing, and the hood was gone, as were the windows. Whoever was driving was an idiot.

The driver turned to face her and Dulcy winced. She took the idiot part back. Sonic had a large bruise on the side of his head, blood caked his fur and dark lines were under his eyes. He looked as bad as she did.

"Dulcy is that you?" He called.

"No!" Dulcy snapped, "It's Shirley Temple!" She groaned as she pulled away from the pole, it went crashing to the ground as she dragged herself to the car. Her wings were killing her, "Ow!"

Sonic gasped and climbed out of the car, "Oh my God! What happened?"

"Doom spilled some Dip on me," Dulcy explained, "And then he took off with your wife and Valiant. They were heading to the Acme Factory!"

Sonic paled, "We've got to get there now, come on Dulcy!"

"Move over Sonic," Dulcy said, "I think you've enough driving for one night."

Sonic sighed and slid into the passenger seat, "I'm suffering from a concussion Dulcy, and I shouldn't be driving at all."

"Then I'll drive," Dulcy squeezed herself into the car, the tires groaning under her weight. "Hang on Sonic, I'm about to break the sound barrier."

"Boss," Stupid called out, "Toon Town is right on the other side of the hall."

Shadow looked behind him to see that Stupid and Wheezy had drilled through the brick on the far back wall of the building. Light peeked through the hole and faint music traveled through. Why were they digging a hole?

Doom laughed, bring Valiant back from his thoughts. He turned and watched as Doom walked towards a large canvas-covered object, "The completion of this expedition ends with my jurisdiction in Toon Town. I'm retiring to take on a private venture."

Shadow stepped forward, "That wouldn't happen to be Cloverleaf Industries would it?"

Doom turned, smiling, "You're looking at the sole stock holder."

Dulcy zoomed up to the building, slamming the brakes so hard the car slid out even on dry pavement, and Sonic nearly hit his head on the dashboard.

Sonic reached down and grabbed the gun Valiant had left in his car, "You got get some help Dulcy; I'll go see if I can save my wife and Shadow." He was shaking, the gun rattled in his hand. He stepped out of the car, "Wish me luck."

"Be careful with that!" Dulcy warned, "This ain't no cartoon you know." she paused, "Where should I get help? The cops might not believe me?"

"Then get Rouge," Sonic said.

"Rouge?"

"Her full name is Rouge Dolores, she's Shadow's girlfriend." Sonic explained, "She can help." then he ran around the side of the building.

"Wait!" Dulcy called, but when Sonic did not return, she cursed, "I don't know where the woman lives, dammit!" she turned the wheel and drove off.

Sonic crept his way around, keeping his eye out for the Weasels, but there seemed to be none. He crept up to a window and gently pushed in, to hid relief it opened and he slid inside. Falling a few feet he landed on a cool tile floor.

"Alright I'm in the bathroom," Sonic mumbled, "Now to find my way to the others."

Clang!

Shadow and Amy jumped as Doom dropped a shiny silver platter before the canvas-covered object. He flipped back the cloth slightly, revealing a nozzle, as he twisted the copper hand green liquid began to drizzle out, "Do you know what this is?" he asked, as the liquid began to fill the platter.

Amy backed away, "Oh. My. God. It's . DIPPP!" She shrieked her eyes wide with terror. Shadow realized that Amy must have the same problem Sonic had; she too was once a Toon.

"That's right my dear!" Doom yelled from the other end of the room. He turned to nozzle off and yanked the rest of the canvas from the mysterious object, "Enough Dip to wipe Toon Town off of the face of the earth!"

As the cloth fell away, underneath was an object from the depths of Toon Hell itself. The front was like a fire truck slash bulldozer with a massive hose gun at the top, ready to spray lethal Dip. In the back a massive turning vats stirring steaming gallons of the liquid.

'This is a machine of my own design," Doom stated, "Five thousand gallons of heated Dip, pumped at an enormous velocity, through pressurized water cannon. Toon Town will be erased in a matter of minutes."

Amy regained her composure, and crossed her arms, "I suppose you think no one is going to notice Toon Town has disappeared?"

Doom turned, his expression unchanged, "Who's got time to pay attention to ridiculous talking mice when you are driving by at seventy five miles an hour?"

"What are you talking about?" Amy snapped, "There is no road past Toon Town."

Doom strode towards them, "Not yet," he grinned, "Several months ago I happened upon plans of the city council. A construction plan of epic proportions, they are calling it" he paused, "A freeway."

"Freeway?" Shadow asked, "What kinda bullshit is that?"

"Eight lanes of shimmering cement, running from L.A. to Pasadena, Pasadena to Hollywood, Hollywood to Santa Monica. Smooth, safe, fast. Traffic jams, my dear Valiant," he said with a grin, leaning in close, "Will be a thing of the past."

Shadow glared up at him, "So that's why you killed Acme and Maroon, to build this stupid freeway. That makes no sense Doom."

"Of course not Mr. Valiant.," Doom replied, "It goes so much deeper than that, and you lack vision." He walked past them, making his way to the hole in the wall. " I see a place, where people get off and on the freeway, off and on, on and off, all day and all night! Soon," he jabbed his cane towards the wall, "Toon Town will be a string of gas station, inexpensive motels. There will be restaurants to serve rapidly prepared food, tire salons, automobile dealerships! And wonderful, wonderful, billboards reaching as far as the eye can see! My God, it will be beautiful!"

"No one is going to drive the lousy freeway," Shadow said, "Especially when they can take the Red Car for a nickel."

"Oh they'll drive it all right," Doom said, "They'll have to. You see, I bought the Red Car so I could dismantle it."

"I don't think so Doom,"

Everyone stopped what they were doing out of pure surprise, Greasy was so startled he flew up up into the ceiling. Shadow slowly looked past Doom, to see Sonic stepped out of the shadows, holding his gun, pointing it right at Doom. Looks like blue came through, he thought.

"Don't forget to leave your apron sweetheart?" her boss called as he walked out.

"Don't worry, I plan to" Rouge mumbled to herself, as she cleaned the countertop.

Last day on the job and she wasn't to upset about being fired. Sure she'd have no income whatsoever and sure it would be hard to find another job. But there were places way better than this joint and she wouldn't miss it.

Thump.

She froze slightly at the sound, uneasily she looked around. No one was left in the restaurant and as she glanced out the window that viewed the repair bay, she saw no one in there either.

Thump.

Rouge worked her way across the floor. Following the noise, till she pinpointed it came from outside. "Must be some drunken ass," she sighed.

She tip toed down the stairs and peeked around the corner.

Nothing.

Making her way down the stairs she opened the door, "Anyone out here?"

Noth-

"Oh thank goodness I found you!"

Rouge screamed as a giant dragon filled her vision, "Oh my God! Are you trying to get me killed!"

"I'm sorry," the female dragon said, "I didn't mean to scare you, I just couldn't find you and I remember Shadow said you worked here, so I thought I..."

"You're Dulcy, aren't you?" Rouge asked, remembering Shadow mentioning the dragon back at the theater.

"Yes," Dulcy gasped, she looked as if she had been run- er flying a long way. "Please tell me you are Rouge."

"I am," She replied.

Dulcy sighed, "Oh thank heaven."She went serious," Shadow needs your help."

Rouge paled, "Oh my God, is he in trouble? Did he send you?"

Dulcy shook her head, "No, Sonic did, he said you could help."

Rouge nodded briskly, closing the door behind her, "I know where we can go." She climbed up on the dragon, not even bothering to take her apron off, "Head north, I'll show you the way."

"I don't think so Doom,"

It wasn't the best pun Sonic ever came up with but he considered it had to do. He eventually found his way out of the confusing halls of the office building, and into the factory. There Sonic had waited within the darkness behind crates, waiting for the cops.

Dip Toon Town? The idea seemed impossible, but as Doom went on, the nightmare seemed more and more possible. Sonic realized he didn't have time to wait; he needed to stop Doom now.

"Everyone freeze!" Sonic demanded, he noticed Smarty moved towards him, he cocked the gun "Drop the gun weasel or the judge gets it!"

Smarty paused, unsure.

"Drop it!"

"You don't have the balls to do it," Smarty snapped.

Sonic growled, "Try me,"

Smarty flinched, paused once more, and then slowly set the gun to the floor.

"Sonic!" his wife cried, "You're alright!"

"I'm fine," Sonic said with a wry smile, "Head injury aside." He moved towards them, "Are you two alright?"

"We're fine," Amy said.

"Put the gun down you imbecile!" Doom raged.

Sonic looked at him, "Shut up, before I decide to satisfy my moral rage."

"You fool," Doom snapped.

"Keep it up," Sonic said, "You're just giving me more excuses to pump you full of lead."

"You couldn't."

"All I need to do is hold you off till the cops get here, and then its game over for your little plan." Sonic said, "If you thought you could get away with it you were wrong. Ha! Toons may act idiotic, but they're not stupid, they'll demand justice for what you've done.

The judge stepped back, non responsive.

"The real meaning of the word probably hits you like a ton of bricks!" Sonic snapped.

"Sonic watch -"

Sonic felt a sharp pain on his head, that increased, and he fell to the floor, buried by a ton of bricks.

Shadow flinched; the words 'Sonic watch out' were at the tip of his tongue, really. He had seen Greasy up on the ceiling. The little rat had managed to land on a hanging crate of bricks. As Sonic moved below all the he had to do was cut the ropes.

The Weasels laughed as they rushed towards the jumbled pile, "Sonic!" Amy cried, "Are you alright?"

Shadow pulled his out, spilling bricks everywhere as he did. Sonic coughed dust, and reached up to rub his tender head. He was dazed, but alive.

"You're tougher than you look," Shadow mumbled.

"I'll be lucky if I remember my childhood after this," Sonic groaned.

"You'll be lucky if you remember anything," Shadow said.

Doom looked at his minions, "Tie the two Toons together."

Shadow was pushed back as Amy and Sonic were shoved together and tied up with Toon proof rope, preventing any chance of escaping Toon style. A large creaking noise echoed across the room and a large crane hook was lowered, just in front of the hole to Toon Town.

Psycho climbed the later to the water cannon, ready to spray, "Gonna kill the hedgehog," he sang.

Once the two famous Animations were securely bound, the crane was raised once more, taking them up, stopping about twenty feet or so above the ground, right in the line of sight of the Dip Machine.

"Well at least you tried," Amy encouraged.

"Should have left the brick pun out though," Sonic sighed.

The machine was fired up, and the whole room vibrated with the roar of the engine. Greasy pushed on the gas for emphasis, making the engine roar.

"Sonic," Amy said, she looked ready to cry, "I want to say I'm sorry for hurting you so much. I should have told you what was really going on."

Sonic squeezed her hand, "I know, I'm sorry too."

Shadow looked up as Doom walked towards him, a smile on his face, "It's over Mr. Valiant."

Shadow gulped. Bugger it would take a miracle to get out of this mess.

You all probably thinking:

"FREEWAY? All of this for a freeway? He killed people for pete's sake!"

Yes, yes he did. But Doom did mention the plan was much more than a freeway, hmmm.

Well I hope you all enjoy this chapter, we're getting pretty close to the end everyone! The pace has picked up! I'll see you in a few more days with the next chapter. Till then, I hope you all have fun!

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