𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙜: 𝙉𝙤 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚!

      In the evening the sun was setting in Green Hills. Mad Karl finished work in the barn and went to his home. Opening the door and entering the house, he heard someone shushing and beckoning to him. Following the sound towards the sofa, Sonic's head slowly appeared from the hiding place. — Blue Devil? — Hello, Karl. — How did you free yourself? — the bearded man was interested. — It takes a long time to explain, but I need shelter. A whole army is hunting me. — the hedgehog explained everything briefly. At that moment, they started knocking on the door. Sonic screamed in fear and hid, and the old man was also scared. Have they really been found and now he will be an accomplice in the crime? — This is the Green Hills police, open the door! — Uh, no one’s home! — the old man made excuses. — Stop, stop, Karl! This is Tom. — Sonic recognized the policeman’s voice. — Tom Wakowski? — Karl asked and slightly opened the door. Tom and his partner stood on the threshold near the house, surrounded by ten police cars. — Hello, Karl, do you have it? — he whispered in the old man’s ear and he pointed his finger at the sofa. Tom and his partner Wade entered the house and the hedgehog ran out of hiding, jumping into Tom's arms and hugs. — I missed you, Tom. — Me too, buddy. But how did you manage to escape? — I didn’t run away on my own, I was helped by... Someone. But it takes a long time to explain. — We have little time. The military can return here. They probably saw you come running here through the same small cameras. You need to find a safe shelter. — said Wade. — I know, there is only one way out... The Planet of Mushrooms. - the hedgehog said proudly, but sadly. — No no. — Karl intervened. — Can’t we protect the blue Devil ourselves? He has saved our city many times and it is our gratitude that we will let him leave so easily? We are obliged to at least somehow repay him in kind and try to protect him from the soldiers. — Tom, why are there so many cars on the street? — Sonic asked, looking out the window. — When you were taken, the whole state knew about you and all the police from every city came to us in Green Hills. We conferred with them about you and told a lot about how you saved my life and our city from Robotnik. Well, of course, I assured them that you had nothing to do with his death. — And now the whole world knows about you. Even in Siberia they recognized you and told you what kind of hanging you and the she fox were having. — Wade joked. — Tails is a fox, not a she fox. — He looked at his partner Tom with resentment. — Sorry. — Eh, if only we could just sue Sonic and find him a good lawyer who could justify Sonic one hundred percent! - Tom thought out loud. — Wait!... — Karl scratched the back of his head and suddenly an idea struck him. — Actually, there is such a person. The old man goes to the old cable phone and, having dialed the desired number, calls the very person they need. — What are you doing, Karl? Where are you calling? Wade asked incredulously. — Just trust me. I know what I do.

In the next morning

      All the news channels started talking about the blue hedgehog who escaped from zone fifty-one and they say in different ways that either he almost killed the passengers of the train, or that he saved their lives, since the military themselves were to blame and almost killed them themselves them, trying supposedly to save them from that same hedgehog. Next they show archival recordings from surveillance cameras in court, where the defendant was the blue hedgehog himself, who was brought in by the police themselves, and he did not resist and pretended that in despair he was preparing to accept punishment. The lawyer himself was not shown, since he himself wished to remain secret, but his voice still sounded off-screen. Sometimes the judge asked questions to the defendant and explained very quickly, answered the judge’s questions and told only the truth. When it came to the murder of Dr. Robotnik and he was asked whether he was guilty of murder and whether Tom Wakowski and his wife, as well as that old man nicknamed Mad Carl, were involved in the crimes of Sonic himself, to which the lawyer immediately protested and acquitted him, adding that the questions were stupid and inappropriate, since he did not commit a crime at all, but tried to be a hero and help people. Sometimes they showed videos made by Tom Wakowski and his partner Wade, which proved that he would never harm anyone. They also showed recordings seized from Siberia. The military with tanks and helicopters surrounded the court at this time, but they were forbidden to interfere until the alien was either accused of being guilty or acquitted. Otherwise, if Sonic is acquitted, then they will especially not have any right to attack the court and break in after the end of the trial, because if he is acquitted, then their military organization will be accused of attacking, if not killing, an innocent person and will be closed forever. Oddly enough, the influence of the lawyer whom Mad Carl called to help Sonic helped him. CinemaSins: People can't sue Sonic and similar anthropomorphic animals with him. The fact is that first humanity and their scientists need to recognize Sonic and the representatives of his race to which he belongs as a separate intelligent species of life. And only on this basis can we build the legal rights of anthropomorphic animals, their constitution, laws, and so on. Well, who knows? Maybe people like Sonic have a habit of hanging themselves during trial? Will people accept such conditions? AntiSins: Trying to convince all of humanity that Sonic is an intelligent being? What? Time is running out! It was necessary to act immediately and quickly, until the soldiers and the major arrived again to pick up Sonic. Yes, and I think that Tom Wakowski and any police officer who supported him and his friendship with Sonic were able to somehow convince the judge that they would give up on this or were able to somehow convince him that Sonic is reasonable and nothing so stupid in court will not suit. Therefore, they immediately began to judge him, without any proceedings. — The final decision of the court! Sonic the Hedgehog, also known as Blue Devil, the alien and savior of the train victims in the desert, is found not guilty. — the judge declares and hits the podium with his gavel. — Case is closed! The frame moves away and it turns out that this news was on TV, which Sonic himself was watching, sitting on the couch, eating sausage in dough. — Will this really change the whole world for the better and its entire attitude towards me? — he asked the one sitting next to him. This someone turned out to be that same lawyer. — I don’t know, we now live in a time when everyone has the Internet. Because of the Internet, they have long become stupid and no longer believe in anything, considering some news or information to be fake... So this, of course, is unlikely to help, but in any case, we did everything we could. — Well, how much will it cost me? — asked the hedgehog, and the lawyer patted him on the head and said: — Trust me. I would never take a dime from you even if we lost in court. — Thank you... Mister?... — Thorndyke. — the lawyer introduced himself. — For friends, i just Chris. — I still can’t believe how you managed to convince them so well in court and find Sonic innocent? Taking into account what questions were raised against him in court. — Tails turned to Chris along with Knuckles, and he answered smiling: —I’m just a very good lawyer and I know how to easily convince people. — answers and making his face serious, shows incredibly powerful charisma on his face. Echidna wondered why he made such a look and why was he looking straight at the bare wall? — Where are you looking? — Knuckles asked and turned his gaze in the same direction to understand why he was looking there like that. — Cool! — Sonic grinned, looking at Chris's charisma. — Yeah. — Tails agreed with him. — Dwayne Johnson knows how to do this better than me. — the lawyer explained and put sunglasses on his eyes, after which he got up from the sofa and walked towards the exit of the house. — Maybe you can stay for a while? — Wakowski asked. — We have cake and ice cream. What will you do? — I am busy. I still have a lot of other customers who expect help from me in the courts. So I have to go. Sorry, I can't stay longer. — the lawyer said goodbye and left the porch, closing the door behind him. The blue hedgehog lay down on the bed with a clear conscience. He was now sure that perhaps after this everything would work out and everything would be as it was, and those stupid soldiers would no longer bother him, nor Wakowski, and especially all his other friends. At that moment someone knocked on the door. Tom immediately went to open it, thinking that perhaps the lawyer had forgotten to take something from them. However, Major Bennington stood at the threshold. He was very angry. When Tom saw him, his eyes widened. Sonic became even more frightened and, together with Tails and Knuckles, hid behind the sofa. — What do you need? — Tom suddenly changed his surprise to anger and began to drive the major away from his house with a broom. — Get out of here! You have no right to hang around here and threaten us. — Sonic the Hedgehog was acquitted in court. Leave him alone! — his wife also came to support her husband. The major, oddly enough, was completely alone here without security and didn’t even resist, which is strange. When the Wakowskis stopped waving their brooms at him, the major prepared to speak. — Consider yourself lucky today. But keep this in mind. From now on... Your entire family and your alien friends, all of you will forever be under our supervision. We will follow each of you and your every step, no matter what you do. So you can live for yourself and sleep peacefully as long as you want. But if your hedgehog, as well as the two-tailed fox and echidna, start something else like that and create some kind of disaster, then you will no longer be able to justify yourself with your corrupt lawyers and courts. Mark my words. From now on, we are watching each of you, no matter what you do or where you go. And if you sue us for threatening you, we will say that you slandered us just to protect your alien friends from making excuses for possible future events. With these threats, Bennington turned his back on them and walked along the path towards the city. Apparently nothing can be done here? — And I thought the troubles were already over. — Sonic said, coming out of hiding. Then he turned to his friends: — What should we do now? Tails shrugged and shook his head sadly. There was silence, which was broken a few minutes later by Knuckles: — I think there is one way to fix everything. — Which one? — the blue hedgehog immediately asked. — Yes, which one? — Tom also asked a question, entering the living room with Maddie. — There is one, or rather one she-shaman. Maybe she can help with this. — the echidna explained and turned to Sonic. — Can you borrow a couple of rings? — A! Yes, hold it! — the hedgehog didn’t become greedy and gave away two rings from his bag. — And where are you going? — Trust me! I know what I'm doing and I'll try to get back as quickly as possible. — Knuckles explained mysteriously, threw one ring, opening a portal, apparently to some planet with a jungle and a village, where the echidna entered and before the portal closed, he managed to look at his friends goodbye. — I soon! — I don't think so. — Tails began. — I have a feeling that he just went off to another world and left us. He thinks that these are only our problems, not his. — Maybe then we can escape from here too! — But where? You heard them, they will follow us everywhere and watch each of us, wherever we go. — Maddie said. — What if we move to where... — Tails didn’t have time to suggest before Sonic grabbed him by the mouth with his right palm. — Tails! — he turned to him and shushed him so that he would not accidentally blab out loud, fearing that they were being overheard, after which he released his mouth. Of course, the fox understood what the hedgehog was hinting at. The family had to take refuge in the basement and lock themselves there, fortunately it was dark and no one was there. Just in case, the fox even took out a device that jams any signal, in case someone listens in on them with some kind of listening devices. — So here it is! What if we move to a place where they won't follow us and keep an eye on us? — If only everything were so simple! — Tom began to mope. — Their military organization patrols every country from Canada to Australia. — But Russia and China are not! — Sonic suggested. — Either there or there we can get along. — It's better in China! It is very cold in Russia! — suggested the fox. — No. — Sonic shook his head. — The fact that it is winter in Russia even in summer is actually a lie that is made up and shown in your American films. In fact, there are sometimes hot summers there. Here, I can prove it! - as proof, Sonic decided to spend one of his rings by opening a portal to the red area. Strangely enough, there were passers-by who were calmly walking, admiring, calmly communicating with each other in normal Russian with a Russian accent, and besides, everyone was calmly walking in light clothes from lighthouse to short shorts, because they had it there for the time being. the moment is hot. Then the portal closed. — This is what Red Square was like in Moscow. — Okay, we'll decide and think about where to move from here! — Maddie said. — Just don’t say it out loud! The soldiers are probably listening to us. Use at least sign language to communicate so as not to spill the beans! — asked the fox and turned off his device, after which the family left the basement back to the room. — What should we do? — Sonic asked. — For now, we will stay at home and not go out anywhere. — Tails suggested. — No, I’m bored sitting in the same place all day long. I always prefer to be on the move! — the hedgehog was upset. — If you want, you can walk through the forest and run there, but not far, and especially don’t look into big cities yet! — suggested the fox. — Thank you. — You can’t put thanks in your pocket! — Tails joked. The hedgehog was about to go outside for a walk, without even feeling with his sixth sense that through the window a flying droid was watching him and his two-tailed friend using a mini-camera and a mini-microphone. They didn't even pay attention to him.