ACT TWO
FADE IN
INT.
UNDERGROUND BASE
The door
opens and on Sonic speeds in followed by Sonia and the
Manic.
SONIC
Well the
mission could’ve been better, but at least the factory is destroyed.
SONIA
(Angrily)
Are you
kidding? Manic almost died!
SONIC
(Nervous)
Yeah,
but-
SONIA
We could-
Manic
placed his hand in front of Sonia’s face interrupting her.
MANIC
You know
that I’m not deaf you know.
Sonic and
Sonic bowed their heads.
SONIC/
SONIA (UNISON)
(Shamed)
Sorry
MANIC
Don’t be,
it’s my fault!
SONIC/
SONIA (UNISON)
UH?
MANIC
I’m the
only one without any super powers, and I couldn’t help us one that mission.
SONIA
But
Manic, you have a super power, remember?
SONIC
Yeah,
it’s making earthquakes.
MANIC
Yeah,
with my drums.
But I want a power that I can use without my instruments like you guys.
Manic
turns around and heads toward the door.
MANIC
(COND’T)
I’m going
out for a while, catch you guys later.
Sonia was
about to stop Manic, but Sonic reach out his arm to stop her.
SONIC
Let him
go, he needs some time to be alone.
WIPE TO
EXT.
ROBOTNIK’S PLACE
A
scorpion-shape aircraft makes a landing in front of the palace and the doors
open up revealing stairs and walking down it is Sleet followed by Dingo.
SLEET
(Angry)
You
imbecile! How could you let that happen? You’ve let one of Robotnik’s factories
get destroyed!
DINGO
(Sorry)
Gee, I’m
sorry Sleet. I didn’t mean to or anything, it’s just that-
ANGLE ON
ROBOTNIK’S PALACE
The doors
burst open and out zoomed out was the navy blue porcupine-robot using his
jet-powered skates attach to his feet, followed by Stab, Vixen, Beak who’s
flying with a combination of his wings and jets. Each one of
them carrying a bur-lap sack.
STAB
(Yelling)
Hey
Swift, I’m the leader, remember?
ANGLE ON
SWIFT’S FEET
Swift’s
feet turned around backwards and he slowed down and the he had the jets died
out when he stop.
ZOOM OUT
TO EVERYONE
SWIFT
(Nervous)
Sorry
Stab. Coming back to life, I wanted to try out these new skates. They seem to
give me some new fast speed.
ANGLE ON
SLEET & DINGO
Sleet and
Dingo stood by their ship undetected by the members of the deadly five.
SLEET
‘New
fast speed’, uh?
SLEET’S
P.O.V.
Sleet
imaging an image of Sonic and had in overshadow Swift.
DINGO
(O/S)
What the
matter Sleet?
SLEET
Uh?
ANGLE ON
SLEET & DINGO
SLEET
(COND’T)
Oh
nothing, just thinking that porcupine-robot reminds me of that blue hedgehog.
ANGLE ON
SWIFT & STAB
STAB
Fine, I
let you go off for just this once. You brain must’ve died but never go turn
back to life.
Stab
turns around and looks to the palace unaware that Swift was making a growl and
raising his fist.
STAB
(COND’T)
Hey,
Rat-Howl! Hurry it up, will yah!
ANGLE ON
PALACE’S DOORS
Rat-Howl,
the purple wolf-rat creature came scampering out of the palace carrying a
bur-lap bag over his back.
ANGLE ON
DEADLY FIVE
VIXEN
So, did
you found anything good?
RAT-HOWL
You
kidding? That
guy was loaded!
ZOOM IN
ON SLEET & DINGO
DINGO
Sleet,
who are they and what are they doing with Robotnik’s treasure?
SLEET
Stealing
it you dolt, and who are they, I don’t know. They’re robots so Robotnik must’ve
created them to attack the Sonic Underground. They’ve must’ve rebelled or
something. But why does the one name ‘Rat-Howl’ seem familiar to me? Come along
Dingo!
Sleet go up and towards the ship and Dingo turns his head toward
the Deadly Five and back towards Sleet.
DINGO
We’re
going to leave? But they stole stuff from Robotnik, won’t he be mad?
The
camera pans up toward the top on a building and Queen Aleena and Tails stands
watching everything.
TAILS
What are
we going to do?
ALEENA
I’m not
sure. The Deadly Five were a dangerous threat to the kingdom since even before
I was born.
TAILS
They seem
to have stole from Robotnik, so they’ve must’ve
rebelled and still might have their free will.
ALEENA
This will
make thing more dangerous. If they were under Robotnik’s control, they’ve could
just attack my children. But since they are not under his control, they’ll be
just like they were alive, attacking harmless people and taking their
belongings; only worse with modifies skills from being roboticized.
TAILS
Uh, guess
the only way that anyone could have his or her free will remain from being
roboticized would be that person has to be dead. Hey, what do you thing happen
to Robotnik?
WIPE TO
INT.
ROBOTNIK’PALACE - LAB
Robotnik
is still tied to a rope, swinging hanging upside-down.
ROBOTNIK
(Angry)
Would
somebody get me down from here! THE BLOOD IS RUSHING TO MY HEAD!
CUT TO:
INT.
ROBOTNIK’S BANK
The
entire building was dark, and the only lights coming in was the moonlight
coming from the windows and the searchlight coming from security-drones
scanning the building. Besides these, nothing much happen until and gloved hand
open a window and a green figure wearing a red-vest crawled threw.
ANGLE ON
BURGLAR
The
burglar lifted his head up and shut the window and turns his face toward the
camera to reveal that he’s Manic.
MANIC
(Thinking)
I hope
the others don’t mind that I’m out late. Normally a little stealing will cheer
me up; let’s hope that Robotnik’s giant diamond will do the trick!
EXT.
ROBOTNIK’S BANK
STAB’S
P.O.V.
Stab
watches threw a window as Manic hides in the shadows to avoid a security-drone.
Once the robot passes, Manic runs down the hallways out of view of the window
and enters to the other window and hides in the shadows again.
STAB
Hmm, what
an interesting little thief we have here.
ANGLE ON
DEADLY FIVE
The
Deadly Five watches from a nearby tall building and from left to right are
Stab, Swift, Beak, Rat-Howl and Vixen.
BEAK
Don’t
worry boss, that guy can’t get the diamond before we do! He’s just an amateur!
VIXEN
I
wouldn’t underestimate Manic like that.
EVERYONE
Uh?
ANGLE ON
VIXEN
VIXEN
That
doctor had programmed me with data on his files. One of them is data of his
enemies called the Sonic Underground. This hedgehog is one of them.
ANGLE ON
SWIFT
SWIFT
Cool, all
he gave me were these cool skates!
PANS TO
STAB
STAB
So, what
data do you have on him?
VIXEN’S
P.O.V.
Vixen’s
sight turns digitally green as she watches Manic hide in shadows and runs in
the halls. And files begin to open up and scroll along.
ANGLE ON
DEADLY FIVE
VIXEN
He is the
youngest son of Queen Aleena. His weapons are a drum set that allows him to
cause earthquakes. Raised as a thief and is extremely stealthy.
STAB
Hmmm,
Queen Aleena’s son uh? Last I’ve seen her,
she was just a little princess. Still, let’s see how good he really is.
INT.
ROBOTNIK’S BANK - VAULT
A
mechanical arm drop to the floor and green legs walks over them towards a glass
case with a huge white diamond in it.
ANGLE ON
MANIC
Manic
made a smirk as he lifted up the glass case.
MANIC
Seems
too easy.
Manic
looks toward his left and right and stares at the gem again.
MANIC
(COND’T)
Going to
have to make this fast.
Manic
swipe the diamond into his arms, and a siren with a red light activated once
the diamond was lifted. Manic showed no care and ran toward the window and jump
threw breaking the glass escaping right before a metallic plate came down and
covered the window.
EXT.
ROBOTNIK’S BANK
ANGLE ON
STAB
STAB
Hmm, kid
got some skills.
CUT TO:
INT.
ROBOTROPOLIS LIBRARY
The
entire building was quite. Books were being stack by robots-droids and the only
organic creatures around were Sleet and Dingo who were sitting at the
computers. Sleet looking up on something and Dingo jumping up
and down behind him.
ZOOM IN:
DINGO
(Inpatient)
Sleet,
can we leave now? I’m bored!
SLEET
In a
minute Dingo, I just to find the-FOUND IT!
Dingo
stops jumping and turned to the computer screen.
ANGLE ON
SCREEN
A picture
of Rat-Howl back when he was alive and writing was on the left.
DINGO
Hey,
isn’t that the guy who was at Robotnik’s?
SLEET
Indeed,
he’s my great ancestor. Rat-Howl!
ANGLE ON
SLEET
SLEET
(COND’T)
He was a
skilled assassin and legendary thief, which got him a membership in the Deadly
Five, which must be that gang we’ve just seen. There have been rumours that he
has his valuable treasure of his sealed in his body before he died.
DINGO
(O/S)
How he
sealed it inside him?
ANGLE ON
COMPUTER SCREEN
Sleet
scrolls down the screen to the information he need.
SLEET
In an
attempt that none of his enemies might steal it... he ate it.
WIDE
SPREAD
Sleet got
up and made a smirk as he walk away from the computer.
DINGO
What are
we going to do Sleet?
SLEET
Easy
Dingo, we’re going on a treasure hunt!
EXT.
ALLEY
Manic
sits by a garbage can with a giant diamond in his hands.
MANIC
I guess
this cheered me up a bit.
STAB
(O/S)
Us too!
Manic
looks up and turns to the left to see Stab with Vixen, Beak, Swift and Rat-Howl
behind him.
MANIC
(Worried)
Uh... hi!
STAB
I’m Stab,
leader of the ‘Deadly Five’. These are my members, Swift, Bea, Rat-Howl and my
gal, Vixen.
MANIC
(Confuse)
Uh... cool.
Is there anything I can help you guys with?
MANIC
(Thinking)
They’re
robots, but they don’t seem to be Robotnik’s minions. And they seem to look a
bit like zombies.
STAB
My gang
are specializing in killing and stealing. And after watching you’re skills in
stealing that diamond there, we just want to congratulate you.
Stab
reaches out his metallic hand and Manic shrugs his shoulders and, stood up and
reach his hand to make a handshake.
MANIC
A
gang of thieves huh?
I’m not much into the killing stuff, but I like to steal!
Manic
grin as he pulled his hand back.
STAB
Cool
enough to join?
MANIC
I could.
STAB
Think you
could be part of us?
MANIC
(Chuckle)
Of
course! I could be part of the gang. I most certainly could.
STAB
Perfect.
MANIC
So, what
do I gotta to do?
Swift and
Beak grab onto Manic's arms and restrain him. Then Stab pulls out a
knife, which freaks Manic out.
STAB
(Pause,
smirks)
You gotta
die.
MANIC
(Shocked)
Oh boy...
FADE
OUT.
