Who Framed Sonic the Hedgehog

Chapter 11

True Doom

Vector Santino awoke to pounding on his door. He instinctively reached for his gun under his pillow, and swiftly made his way across his apartment floor. Stopping at the door, he peaked cautiously through the eye hole to see the unplanned visitor.

"Vector open up! Wake up dammit!"

Sighing with relief and partial irritation, Vector switched the light on and unlocked the door. "Rouge what the hell are you doing here so late at night? Do you know what time it is?" he set his gun down on the table top next to the door. Opening it wide he let the woman in, and was immediately surprised at how stressed she looked. "Rouge what's wrong?"

"Vector I need your help," Rouge said urgently.

Vector huffed, "What? Did Shadow decide to show his face? I didn't think Sonic killed Acme, but I sure as hell didn't expect Shadow to keep him from the law-"

"Shadow is in trouble!" Rouge cut him off.

Vector almost laughed, but the seriousness in her face told him to do otherwise. "What?"

"I think Doom is planning something," Rouge explained, "Shadow's trying to stop him right now."

"Doom..."Vector trailed off. After a moment, He walked back into his apartment.

"Where are you going," Rouge called after.

"To get some clothes on," Vector replied, "We're heading down to the station.

"It over Mr. Valiant,"

Shadow watched almost helplessly as Doom strode away, confident in his certain victory. The villian's pride was dashed however as the ping pong balls from early caused the villain to slide out and fall hard on the concrete floor.

The Weasels immediately erupted into laughter, demeaning the injured judge even more. Shadow watched as the Judge reached up, and Shadow got a glimpse of an odd color around Doom's left eye, before a black gloved hand covered it. Shadow frowned, what was wrong with his eye? The man had landed on his back, his eye should have been fine, did a ball hit him in the face?

Taking the moment to his advantage, Shadow slowly moved around Smarty, and reached for his gun.

Doom rolled over, and caught him in the act, "Look out you idiots!"

Smarty quickly reacted, and Shadow found himself looking down the barrel of the gun, "Not so fast," Smarty hissed.

Doom shakily got up, "You fools, one of these days, you idiots are going to laugh yourselves to death!"

Shadow froze.

Laugh yourselves to death.

You know what happens when you don't stop laughing?

Could it be?

Sometimes laughter is the only weapon we have.

If Shadow were a Toon, he'd be pretty sure there would be a light bulb over his head and a victory bell ringing right now. This could work, if he was careful, and well...more...more Toonish.

"Shall I dispose of Valiant right now boss," Smarty asked, "I've been waiting to put lead in his brain."

Doom glared, and for a moment Shadow thought it was over, then, "Let him watch his Toon friends get dipped. Then kill him." With that Doom walked off to tend his wounded eye.

Smarty chuckled, "With pleasure." then he whispered, "I can wait a little longer to kill you Valiant, and trust me, you will suffer." His foul breath making Shadow's noise scrunch up in disgust.

Shadow waited till Doom left the room, letting the Weasels laugh at him, before speaking up, "You think everything is funny don't ya needle nose?"

Smarty walked towards him, forcing him to back up. But Shadow wanted that, he backed slowly towards a large music machine for a carousel just behind him.

"You got a problem with that Valiant?" Smarty asked.

"Naw," Shadow said casually, evening chuckling a little, from the corner of his eye he could see the Sonic and Amy watching. They seemed confused; he just hoped they catch on. Hell, he hoped he knew what he was doing. It was time to see if he had any acting skills what-so-ever, "I just wanted you to know about the guy you're gonna dip."

He pulled the lever, and slammed the first button he could touch, Merry Go Round.

Music filled the air, and the all the Weasels looked on in confusion. Smarty backed away, taken aback by Valiant's sudden movement. Even Amy and Sonic went wide eyed with surprise.

Shadow swallowed, here goes nothing.

(A.N. To get a really good idea of this next scene, go to YouTube or somewhere and look up 'Kill 'em With Laughter . It's pretty funny if you have trouble add Who Framed Roger Rabbit to the search and you should get it..)

When Sonic imagined his death, he did not see himself hanging by a rope ready to get dipped. That was true. But never in a hundred years did he imagine Shadow Valiant would break out into song and dance while doom was hanging over them. He'd believe hell froze over before he'd ever believe Shadow could sing.

But he was.

"Now Sonic is his name, laughter is his game," Shadow called, then with a kick of his leg he danced across the floor, "Come on you dope, cut his rope, and watch him go insane!" At that moment Shadow purposely stepped on a broom, slamming the stick right into his face.

The Weasels all went wide eyed with surprise, not sure what to say to this. Behind him, Amy gasped. Shadow then spun around, jumping as he went and stepped on the broom yet again. It hit him on the back of the head and sent him rolling across the floor. The Weasels started to laugh, and Shadow got up, back flipping multiple times.

Sonic blinked, once, twice. Watching the Weasels howl with laughter, then he smirked.

"He's lost his mind," Amy said.

Sonic shook his head, still grinning, " I don't think so."

Shadow knows exactly what he's doing.

Ugh, back flipping bad idea.

Shadow stopped just short of a large crate full of heavy ball weights. His plan was working so far, but he needed to up his game if he wanted to reach his goal, grabbing three of the weights, he skipped out, "This singing ain't my line, it's tough to make a rhyme."

He paused, "If I get stuck...uh, I'm out of luck, I'm uh..." Hid frowned, struggling to think of a rhyme.

"Running out of time!' Amy called.

Shadow nodded, "Thanks!"

Weights still in hand, he began throwing the balls up in the air, juggling them around, the weasels cheered him on. His juggling last only a second however as one my one, the weights landed on his head.

Now Shadow was used to pain, he had been shot, beaten and bruised many a time. But those were all unintentional. The weights dropping on his head sent shock waves throughout his body, and hell did it hurt. He stumbled backward, dazed, slipped on a conveniently placed banana peel and flew backward into a large stack of boxes.

There was a pogo stick back there so Shadow used that next. He came flying out, jumping great lengths, and this worked because the weasels were doubling over in pain.

Then he hit a light bulb.

Ah sh-

Shadow didn't plan that one at all, the moment he flew up and smashed into the light high above, he knew he was in trouble. Electricity ripped through his body and he yelled, screamed in agony. How did Toons put up with hurting themselves every day? Did they have no feeling when it came to pain? He could kill himself at this rate!

But it worked, because suddenly, Stupid fell from his ladder on the machine, stiffening as he hit the ground. A little angel copy of Stupid rose up, playing his harp as he flew towards the heavens. If they were allowed past the pearly gates, Shadow didn't know. But he personally hope Smarty would go to hell.

Wheezy fell next, falling dead on the later right over the vat of Dip. He struggle to keep his ghost self from leaving his body, but the ghost soon slid away.

Knowing his plan was working, and no dislodged from the light socket, Shadow kept it up.

"Way to go Shadow," Sonic cheered, "You're killing them, you're slaying them! You're knocking them dead!"

Wheezy now dead, feel from his place on the ladder and knocked loose a rope. The rope was attached to a fifty ton weight, which thankfully didn't land on Shadow; it hit the weight balls, which went flying. He briefly held his breath, but the never hit him, they flew up and out of sight.

Three weasels to go, Shadow thought. "I'm through with taking falls; I'm bouncing off the walls." He pointed at Smarty, who seemed to be catching on, "Without that gun, I'd have some fun, I'd kick you in the -"

A vase that had been knocked astray by one of the weights came crashing down on his head. It cut him off and sent him crumpling to the ground.

Sonic hollered then "Nose!" in a fairly weak attempt to distract the henchman.

Smarty turned to the blue hedgehog, "Nose? That don't rhyme with walls." he sneered.

Shadow stood, "No, but this does."

Smarty turned to face him, just as Shadow kicked.

Hard.

Because who says revenge can't be just a little sweet?

Smarty shrieked and flew so far, he landed dead center in the large mixing vat of Dip. He barely had time to register before the Dip dissolved and destroyed him. The other weasels still were laughing, completely ignoring the death of their leader, they were right at the edge of life. Greasy fell out of the vehicle, just as he died, but not before accidentally taking of the brakes. And Shadow paled as the machine moved forward.

Psycho in his glee hit the lever to activate the cannon.

Amy and Sonic screamed as Dip jetted out, missing Sonic's chest by a mere two feet. But it was moving closer as the vehicle approached.

"Oh my goodness!" Sonic hollered, trying his best to him and his wife away from the spray.

"No!" Shadow yelled.

Psycho hit it again, and the cannon swung the other way, safely away from the former Toons.

"Oh my God, that was close," Sonic gasped, "Shadow do something!"

Before Shadow could do anything, Psycho fell and landed between the spinning road roller at the front. Whether from laughter or the roller Shadow didn't know, but Psycho floated out as a ghost, rising to the sky. Not before however, pausing in front of the cannon.

Shadow stared in horror as the crazed weasel smiled down at him "Bye, bye." He sang then with an innocent giggle, he switched the knob back, just at his strait-jacket tightened. And they all watched as the cannon advanced back to where it started.

"Shadow hurry!" Sonic cried, "It's coming back!"

Shadow raced across the room, and climbed up the cumbersome vehicle as fast as he could, precariously walking the pathway to the cannon as the Dip moved in on the others.

"Shadow!" Amy screamed.

Shadow yanked down on the lever just before the Dip reached Sonic, sending it back and far away. "I'll find a way to turn it off!" he hollered.

But instead of agreeing with him, the others began to yell, "Shadow look out! Shadow behind you!"

He turned around to see Doom riding a wire down straight at him, with a heavy kick of his boot, Doom sent Shadow spiraling off the machine, and then landed just a few feet away.

Shadow got up, ready to fight, but the much taller human calmly pulled out a sword from within his cane. He smiled as Shadow froze. Shadow backed away and Doom advanced, looking around for something, anything, to use as a weapon.

Then to his right his saw it, a partially cover box, with the word sword on it. Shadow quickly flipped it open and yanked it out. "Ha- take that-"

Shadow's victory was short lived however as the sword start to sing, and bent and twisted as it danced to its own tune. Even Doom backed away in surprise. Shadow glanced down and looked at the rest of the writing on the box.

Singing Sword

"God dammit," Shadow mumbled.

Doom smiled and regained his composure, pointing his sword once more at the detective. Shadow angrily tossed the sword aside. He yanked open the next available crate he could, and pulled out a giant magnet. "Ha!"

Doom's gripped tightened as the sword jerked forward, drawn towards the strong magnet. They wrestle back and forth, till Doom suddenly paused. Shadow frowned, waiting to see what would happen. Then, Doom leaned forward, and let the magnet pull him, and the sword, straight towards Shadow.

Kay, maybe the magnet wasn't the best idea.

Shadow jerked the magnet down, flipping it backward to cancel the pull. His victory was short lived, as the magnet fixed its energy on a steel barrel. Shadow yelped as he was yanked backward and pinned between the barrel and the magnet, gasping as it pushed down on his lungs.

Doom smiled, and slid his sword back into place. "Don't move," he mocked, and then he walked away.

Shadow looked to the side to see the Dip once again closing in on the others, both desperately trying to push themselves away. Amy was beginning to panic. "Shadow hurry!"

The roar of an engine brought Shadow back to attention, and he gaped as Doom came around the corner with a steam roller. "Who the hell keeps a roller in a gag factory!?" Shadow cursed. "Shit shit shit!" He pushed and pulled, but the magnet wouldn't budge, and the barrel was too heavy to move from his position. Frantic he looked around, searching for anything to help him get loose.

There, not two feet away from him, sat a box. Those black dots, he remembered seeing them before. Didn't one of the cops stick his hand in one? It was a like a little pocket hole, right?

Seeing that as his only option, Shadow kicked out his leg, trying his best to grab at least one of the boxes with his foot. He stretched and twisted, trying to reach, the panic building as the Doom and his roller closed in.

With a yell, Shadow kicked a box in, and tore it open, he slapped the dot on the magnet, breaking it in half, just as the roller reached his toes. Scrambling up, Shadow dodge to the side, and climbed up the equipment, towards Doom, who was still trying to see if he had killed the hedgehog.

Doom turned, just as Shadow returned the kick from earlier, right in the middle of Doom's face. He heard a crack as he broke the villain's nose. Doom hissed in anger and in pain as he fell off and onto the ground.

"Get him Valiant!" Amy yelled.

Shadow leapt down, and swung a punch at the judge. But the other grabbed his arm, and flipped him over his shoulder, sending Shadow flying. Shadow landed on crates of glue, and gasped as the air pushed out of his lungs.

The road roller had turned, and Shadow took the opportunity to try and hit the distracted Doom with a large tub of glue. Doom whipped around, and grabbed the barrel, turning and shoving Valiant into the roller. As Doom swung a punch towards his face, Shadow ducked, using the glue barrel as a shield.

The weak plastic collapsed and cracked under the punch, covering the judge's hand with a thick glob of glue. With a angry roar, the man yanked his hand away, and came back down again, fist clenched. Shadow yelped and rolled away from both his assailant and the steam roller, and glanced back just as Doom's glue covered fist stuck to the roller.

Doom struggled to get his hand free, and backed away from the advancing vehicle. Stepping into a puddle of glue as he stepped away, Doom panicked and yanked his foot free, only for it to land on the roller and stick.

Shadow not stopping to watch, ran away, towards the Dip Machine.

"Shadow hurry!" Amy shrieked.

"Turn it off!" Sonic cried, as droplets of loose Dip landed on his chest, causing the fur to sizzle.

Shadow yanked open the driver's door, and turned the key off. The engine died, and the spray of Dip vanished, and the vehicle slowed to a stop. Shadow collapsed against the machine, gasping hard and in pain. He closed the door, and looked up at the others, sighing with relief.

Sonic laughed, and winked, "I wasn't worried, were you?"

Their happiness was interrupted, and a blood curling scream echoed throughout the room. The trio all turned, and stared as Doom was slowly being crushed alive by the steam roller.

The judge's feet were already trapped underneath the heavy wheel, and he did his best to stop it with his hands. But the roller still came, bones crunched loudly as there were compressed, and the judge screamed as it slowly rose over his chest and towards his face.

Shadow, Sonic and Amy quickly looked, away, as the judges screams were silences, by a sickening crunch. Shadow swallowed, trying his best to keep his nausea down.

"Shadow look!" Sonic called.

Shadow turned unwilling around, and watched as the roller swept off, leaving the flat body of Doom behind. Shadow watched as the flattened body twitched, then slowly sat up. But there was no blood, there were no bones sticking out, and there were no brains.

"Oh my god he's a Toon!"

Doom grinned, his face distorted by the crushing, "Surprised?"

Shadow frowned, "Not really, only a Toon would come up with an lame brain idea like that freeway.

Doom laughed manically, "Not just any Toon," he sang. The judge stood, wobbling around for a second, before slowly moving towards helium canisters. "Let me show you. The freeway plan is just a cover up for what I really want. "

Wrapping his lips around the nozzle, Doom hit the switch, and started to expand. His hat popped off revealing what looked like a siren, and his legs straightened out. Two fake eyeballs fell to the floor.

Shadow slowly backed away as Doom came back into shape. Doom turned to face him, revealing to pitch black, insane eyes.

It couldn't be. It can't.

"Let me show you who I really am," Doom giggled. He reached up, and slowly pulled at his face, the rubber gave way and twisted and tugged, finally slipping over the siren at the top and flying free, leaving a very monkey like face behind.

Not him.

Shadow's heart stopped, as the black irises bore him down, "No."

Sonic gasped, "Oh my God,"

The monkey grinned.

"Coconuts? "

A.N.: What?

This is where you all look at me funny, Coconuts?

We waited for three plus days for Coconuts?

Don't worry he is a Sonic character, and this is where you go look him up. My reasons shall be explained for his sudden existence in the next -possibly the final- chapter. I'm sorry this one was so short but I had to end it here for reasons. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and Shadow's dancing :) (because that is probably the last time anyone is ever going to see him do it.)...Maybe ;)

See you all soon!