Chapter 1 - Amy Rose: Innocent on the Death Penalty

INNOCENT ON THE DEATH PENALTY

WILLIAM GENAME

CAST

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (SONIC)
MILES TAILS PROWER (TAILS)
CHRIS THORNDYKE (CHRIS)
MANIC THE HEDGEHOG (MANIC)
KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA (KNUCKLES)
ROUGE THE BAT (ROUGE)
AMY ROSE (AMY)
TIKAL THE ECHIDNA (TIKAL)
SONIA THE HEDGEHOG (SONIA)

NARRATOR: ONE DAY, BACK IN STATION SQUARE, SONIC & PALS WERE ABLE TO PAY ANOTHER VISIT ON PLANET EARTH. SONIC BROUGHT ALONG HIS BROTHER AND SISTER, MANIC AND SONIA, AND THEY INTRODUCED THEMSELVES TO SONICS OLD FRIEND, CHRIS. ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE HOWEVER, KNUCKLESS & AMYS RELATIONSHIPS WITH ROUGE HAD ONCE AGAIN BEEN RUINED, AND ROUGE DEVISED A PLAN TO KILL BOTH OF THEM IN COLD BLOOD. ONE WOULD BE KILLED IN ONE WAY, AND THE OTHER WOULD BE KILLED IN ANOTHER WAY. SO THE DEADLY DAY BEGINS NORMALLY.

KNUCKLES (WAKES UP IN A HOUSE HE RENTED FOR A MONTH, GETS READY FOR THE DAY AND GOES OUT TO ENJOY NATURE, BUT AS HE OPENS THE DOOR TO GO OUTSIDE)

ROUGE: (FLASHING A GUN AND IN AN AMY-ROSE DISGUISE) PREPARE TO DIE! (PULLS TRIGGER WHILE MUZZLE TOUCHES MUZZLE)

KNUCKLES: (FALLS DEAD)

AN HOUR LATER

TV: GOOD MORNING, CITIZENS OF STATION SQUARE. WEVE JUST RECEIVED BREAKING NEWS THAT KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA HAS BEEN SHOT DEAD OUTSIDE A RENTED HOME EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE KILLER IS STILL AT LARGE. PLEASE DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STAY SAFE, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.


AT CHRISS HOUSE

SONIC: WHAT? NO WAY!

TAILS: THATS NOT POSSIBLE!

CREAM: KNUCKLES! KNU-NA-NAA& (FALLS CRYING)

MANIC & SONIA LOOK AT EACH OTHER

MANIC: THATS CRAZY!

SONIA: I KNOW! WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING TO HIM?

CHRIS: I DONT KNOW, BUT THATS WEIRD. AMY HASNT COME BACK FROM SHOPPING. SOMETHING TELLS ME IT COULD BE HER.

(ONE HOUR LATER)

TV: NEWS UPDATE: IT APPEARS WE HAVE EASILY FOUND THE KILLER. AMY ROSE, A FRIEND OF SONIC AND OTHERS, HAS JUST BEEN FOUND WITH A SHOPPING BAG CONTAINING A GUN AND IS PRESUMED TO HAVE USED IT TO KILL KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA.

(MEANWHILE, ON THE STREETS OF STATION SQUARE&)

COP: I THINK THIS IS GOOD EVIDENCE TO NAIL YA I COURT, DONCHA THINK?

AMY: PLEASE! I SWEAR I NEVER EVEN KNEW I HAD IT! I DONT REMEMBER SEEING THIS BEFORE!

COP: THATS WHAT THEY SAY. TELL IT TO THE JUDGE IF YOU DARE. I DON THINK HE OR THE JURY WILL BELIEVE IT.

MINUTES LATER, THE POLICE BRING AMY TO THE SSPD TO BOOK HER FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

AMY: (DOESNT SAY A WORD, KNOWING THAT SAYING ANYTHING TO ANYONE MAY PROVOKE MORE TROUBLE FOR HER.)

(AFTER REACHING AMYS CELL)

COPS: (THROW HER IN THE SLAMMER) GOOD DAY!

AMY: (CRINGES IN THE CORNER OF HER CELL AND CRIES) (THINKS) WHAT WILL SONIC SAY?

NARRATOR: TWO HOURS LATER, SONIC AND COMPANY CAME TO SEE AMY. NO ONE HAD ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY TO HER.

SONIC: YOU WANNA KNOW THE REASON WHY I ALWAYS FLINCHED WHENEVER YOU COME TO MY SIDE? I HAD A FEELING YOU WERE TO BE SOME TROUBLE. GUESS I WAS RIGHT!

CREAM: (ANGRILY) WHY DID YOU DO SUCH A THING TO KNUCKLES?

SONIA: AMY, WEVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS. I COULD NEVER BELIEVE YOUD DO SUCH A THING! THAT WAS SOME LAME AND UTTER CRUD YOU PULLED!

AMY: I SWEAR I DIDNT DO ANY OF THIS. IM NOT EVEN INVOLVED!

COP: (COMES UP) WILL THIS CHANGE YOUR MIND? (SHOWS A PHOTO AN EYEWITNESS HAPPENED TO TAKE. THE PHOTO SHOWS AMY KILLING KNUCKLES IN COLD BLOOD.)

AMY: (JAW DROPS) I-I-I CANT BELIEVE WHAT IM SEEING.

COP: WELL YOUD BETTER. THIS IS THE THING THAT WILL HELP CONVICT YOU OF THIS, GIRL!

SONIA: SAY GOOD-BYE TO ME, AMY, BECAUSE YOURE IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE.

MANIC: SO MUCH FOR BEIN A FRIEND OF MY BROTHER. ID PREFER GREEN THAN PICKY PINK.

SONIC: (FIRMLY) TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE FOR YOU, AMY, IVE BEEN MAKING SOME SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH ROUGE. SHES ASKING FOR ME TO TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU. I AGREED.

AMY: WHAT?! (FALLS CRYING)

SONIA: YEAH, CRY AWAY, BABY! SEE YA WHEN YER DEAD!

AMY: BUT&

SONIA: (PULLS THE FINGER) BYE, LOSER!

(THE GROUP LEAVES)

AMY: (SITS SILENTLY, TEARS ROLLING DOWN HER CHEEKS)

NARRATOR: NIGHT FELL AND AMY SAT ALL ALONE. SHE WAS SO SURE SHE WAS INNOCENT AND THAT HER DEATH WAS NEAR, SHE KNELT DOWN AND STARTED PRAYING.

AMY: OH, TIKAL. PLEASE, IM STUCK IN A SITUATION I CANT GET MYSELF OUT OF. I FEEL MY DEATH IS NEAR, THE DEATH OF AN INNOCENT, YOUNG GIRL. I NEED TO ASK YOU FOR ADVICE. HOW CAN I EVER GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS? (AFTER PRAYING CLIMBS BUNK AND FALLS ASLEEP)

DREAM STARTS



TIKAL: AMY, WAKE UP. ITS ME, TIKAL.



AMY: YES? I NEED YOUR HELP!



TIKAL: I WISH I COULD HELP YOU, BUT THE ONLY ADIVCE I CAN GIVE YOU IS TO THINK OF SOMETHING POSITIVE. IF YOU HAVE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, TRY TO THROW THEM OUT OF YOUR MIND, OR THEY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU, AND YOU WILL BE DEAD BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. IF YOU THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS, A MIRACLE CAN HAPPEN. THE ONLY THING I CAN DO FOR YOU IS GIVE YOU THIS ADVICE. JUST THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS, AND ILL BE HERE WITH YOU. I KNOW WHO THE CULPRIT IS, BUT IF I TELL YOU, THEY WONT BELIEVE YOU IF THEY DONY THEY CERTAINLY CANT BELIEVE ME. BESIDES IM REALLY NOT WHERE YOU ARE, BUT AS I SAY, AMY, THINK GOOD, AND ILL BE THERE FOR YOU, LIKE YOU SAID YOULL BE THERE FOR OTHERS.



AMY: BUT&



TIKAL: I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS ADVICE. I THINK ITS THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A POSSIBLE MIRACLE HAPPEN.



AMY: YES. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!



TIKAL: I HAVE TO GO BACK. GOOD-BYE.



DREAM ENDS


(MORNING FALLS AND THE CLANG ON HER SLAMMERS BARS WAKE HER UP)

OFFICER: LETS GO!

AMY: (SAYS NOTHING AND FOLLOWS OFFICER TO A BUNCH OF OTHER INMATES.)

OFFICER: HOWS YER FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL, HUH? WELL, ITS NOT LIKE YER GONNA BE BEHIND BARS 24/7. YOURE GONNA BE WIT THESE PEOPLE, PEOPLE YA NEVA KNEW!

AMY: (STILL SAYS NOTHING)

OFFICER: CAN YA EVEN TALK FOR JUST ONE SECOND? (HEARS NOTHING FROM AMY) APPARENTLY I CANT SEEM TO EVEN OPEN ER MOUTH! WELL GOOD DAY!

INMATES: (YELL NASTY INSULTS AT HER, SLUG HER, AND EVEN PUSH HER INTO A WALL)

AMY: (AFTER ENOUGH ABUSE) I DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS! (PUNCHES HARD AT ONE INMATES STOMACH)

OTHER INMATES: (ATTACK BACK AT AMY)

OFFICER: (HEARS COMMOTION AND RUNS OVER TO SCENE) WHATS ALL THE RUCKUS?

INMATE: (BEFORE AMY CAN SAY ANYTHING) THIS STUPID THING HIT ME! GET ER OUTTA HERE!

OFFICER: (TO AMY) I THINK YOU DESERVE SOME TIME IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. WHAT DA YA THINK? (GRABS HER BY THE SHOULDER AND DRAGS HER TO A SMALL CONCRETE BOX WITH A HOLE WITH A STRAW FOR BREATHING AND SHOVES HER IN THERE) THIS IS WHAT A MURDER SUSPECT LIKE YOU GETS FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN PRISON! NOW YOUVE LOST THREE DAYS OF MEALS! GOOD DAY!

AMY: (PUTS MOUTH IN STRAW AND STARTS BREATHING THROUGH IT)

NARRATOR: POOR AMY NOW FOUND HERSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE AIR IS HER ONLY LIFELINE. THAT DID NOT STOP HER FROM THINKING POSITIVE THOUGHTS. SHE SLEPT WITH LIPS ON THE STRAW FOR THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS AND NEVER LOST THOSE THOUGHTS AT ALL. THOUGHTS OF STUFF SHE THOUGHT SHE MAY NOT ENJOY ENTERED HER MIND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME SHE THOUGHT SHE MAY STILL ENJOY THOSE THINGS. WE HEAD BACK TO THE THORNDYKE MANSION, WHERE BUSINESS CARRIED ON AS USUAL. HERES WHAT HAPPENED ONE WEEK AFTER THE INCIDENT.

SONIA: (HAS THOUGHTS OF AMY BEING INNOCENT AND TRIES TO FIGHT THEM; UNABLE TO SHAKE THE THOUGHTS) (TO THE OTHERS) IM TAKING A WALK.

CHRIS AND MANIC: (BOTH SHRUG) SURE.

SONIA: (WALKS OUT TO TALK TO ROUGE IN HER CAVE WITH A KNAPSACK IN HAND) (KNOCKS ON ROCK>) ROUGE, YOU THERE? (HEARING NOTHING, WALKS DEEPER IN CAVE) (WALKING DEEPER, TRIPS OVER SOMETHING; FALLS) AW, NUTS! I NEED ANOTHER SHOWER! (LOOKS TO SEE WHAT SHE TRIPPED OVER) WHATS THIS? (LOOKS AT ITEM) IT LOOKS LIKE& (SEEING A LIKENESS OF AMY) HMM&

NARRATOR: ACCORDING TO SONIA, SHE STUMBLED UPON A COSTUME WITH SOME SIMILARITY TO AMY. FEARING ROUGE MAY COME ANY SECOND, SHE STUFFED THE COSTUME INTO HER KNAPSACK WITHOUT HESITATION, HER SUSPICIONS QUICKLY TURNING TO ROUGE. NOT GOOD FRIENDS WITH ROUGE HERSELF, SONIA HEADED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. ON HER WAY, SHE LOST HERSELF IN A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD. AFTER TURNING INTO A DEAD END, HER HEART BEAT FASTER, REALIZING ROUGE MAY COME FOR HER IN ANY SECOND.

SONIA: I GOTTA GET MYSELF OUTTA HERE. (SEES ROUGE SOARING TOWARD HER) OH NO! (DROPS KNAPSACK)

ROUGE: I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING OF MINE I NEED.

SONIA: (ANGRILY) ITS YOUR COWARDLY LIFE! (TRIES TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT)

ROUGE: (LANDS ON GROUND) SO YOU FOUND ME OUT, HUH? YOURE NEVER GONNA GET TO THAT STATION IN ONE PIECE. ILL KICK YOUR @$$ TO BITS. BY THAT TIME, THAT STUPID PINK IS DEAD!

SONIA: THAT STUPID PINK IS MY FRIEND! AND YOU FRAMED HER TO HAVE HER END UP LIKE KNUCKLES! (THROWS HERSELF AT ROUGE)

ROUGE: (GRABS SONIA BY THE NECK AND THROWS HER TOWARD A WALL)

SONIA: (FINDS HER LEG BLEEDING, HER NECK UNDER SEVERE PAIN AND HERSELF UNABLE TO WALK) I KILL MYSELF TO SPARE AN INNOCENT LIFE. GO AHEAD! RIP ME TO BITS LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD!

ROUGE: FINE! (DASHES TOWARD SONIA)

COPS: (OUT OF NOWHERE) FREEZE! DONT MOVE!

SONIA: (RAISES ARMS; SAYS NOTHING)

COPS: (EYES ON ROUGE) NOT YOU, PURPLE HEDGEHOG!

ROUGE: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ITS HERE THAT SHOULD BE IN THAT CELL. SHE BROKE INTO MY HOUSE TO STEAL SOMETHING OF MINE!

COP: WHATEVER YOU SAY, ROUGE! (POINTS TOWARD A SPOT IN THE WALL) LOOK AT WHAT SAYS OTHERWISE!

ROUGE: (SPOTS A CAMERA IN THE WALL)

COP: WE INSTALLED THAT IN EVERY DEAD END AFTER AMYS ARREST. WE WANTED SOME MORE SECURITY IN THIS HERE CITY! GUESS YOU SHOULD BE IN HER SHOES BY THE WAY, BATTY!

ROUGE: (LEAPS INTO THE AIR) YOU CANT GET ME THAT EASILY!

VOICE IN AIR: THATS WHAT YOU THINK! (JUMPS ON ROUGE AND SHOVES HER TO THE GROUND)

ROUGE: (MADLY) FOX-BOY!

TAILS: NICE TRY TO RUIN AMYS REP TO OBLIVION! WELL IT FAILED!

ROUGE: (ATTEMPTS TO WRESTLE OUT OF THE COPS GRASP)

COP: YER ONLY MAKIN IT WORSE FOR YOURSELF, ROUGE! TODAY HAPPENED TO BE AMYS COURT HEARING, AND YOURE IN HER SHOES NOW!

ROUGE: (LED AWAY IN CUFFS) DRATS!

NARRATOR: AS SONIA RECOVERED IN THE INFIRMARY, ROUGE WAS TRIED. IN COURT, SHE PLED NOT GUILTY, DESPERATELY SAYING AMY WAS ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL WHAT HAPPENED. UNLUCKILY FOR HER, THE SO-CALLED DISGUISE AND THE CAMERAS VIDEO HELP CONVICT HER OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, A COUNT OF BEARING FALSE WITNESS, AND TWO ADDITIONAL COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. AS FOR THE GUN WHICH WAS USED TO KILL KNUCKLES, IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS DUMPED IN AMYS SHOPPING BAG JUST BEFORE SHE LEFT TO GO SHOPPING THE SAME DAY KNUCKLES WAS KILLED. BEING FOUND GUILTY OF ALL COUNTS, ROUGE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH.

AMY: (LED OUT INTO SONICS ARMS)

SONIC: (SOBBING) IM SO SORRY, AMY. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER TALKED TO YOU LIKE THAT. ILL MAKE IT UP. AMY ROSE, WILL YOU MARRY ME?

AMY: (CRYING HAPPILY) YES! YES, I WOULD! (SOBS ON SONICS SHOULDERS)

SONIC: (SOFTLY) THERE, THERE. DONT WORRY AMY. ITS ALL OVER.

NARRATOR: AFTER TWO FULL WEEKS WENT BY, ROUGE WAS EXECUTED WITH POISON, AND THAT SAME DAY SONIC AND AMY GOT MARRIED. EIGHT YEARS LATER, THEIR FRIENDS CELEBRATED AS THEY RECEIVED THEIR FIRST CHILD. THOSE EIGHT YEARS WENT BY WITHOUT AMY HAVING ANY NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT LIFE. SHE KNEW SOME PROBLEMS COULD COME UP ANYTIME, BUT SHE WAS PREPARED TO PROPERLY COPE WITH THESE PROBLEMS AS IF THEY WERE A CHALLENGE. TIKALS SPIRIT HELPED LEAD HER AND HER FRIENDS DOWN THE ROAD OF LIFE. SONIC, AMY AND FRIENDS NOW LIVE IN A WONDERFUL AREA OF CHICAGO, WHERE THEY MAKE NEW FRIENDS EVERY DAY. THEIR FAME SPREAD ACROSS THE NATION, THEN WORLDWIDE.

AS FOR KNUCKLES, IT WAS A NEW LIFE  AND TWO NEW GIRLS. AS KNUCKLES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD WITH HIS TRIBE MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO, HIS UNFORGOTTEN LIFE NOW RESIDES AS KING WITH QUEEN TIKAL AND PRINCESS COSMO, THE PRECIOUS GIRL TAILS LOST AS A SACRIFICE TO A CRUEL BATTLE. TIKAL AND COSMO, AS MUCH LESS OF HASSLE, ADORED KNUCKLES THAN ROUGE EVER WOULD. THE THREE WATCH AS THEIR FRIENDS LIVE A WONDERFUL LIFE AND AWAIT NEW CHALLENGES.

THE END

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