sᴏɴɪᴄ ᴛᴏʏ: 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞

      Marb and Barry drove the truck further out of town, where Jimbo, sitting in his police car, tried to catch speeding violators. As soon as he saw them, he set up his radar to measure speed and got out of the car. — “What are they doing here?” — he thought about them and when they also got out of the truck, he spoke to them. — What are you doing here anyway? If someone from the police sees me with you, then... — Shut up and listen to us! — Marb spoke rudely, sticking out his right hand with his index finger. — We give you a hefty share of our business, and you dare to give us such a pig?! — What are you talking about?! — Jimbo was outraged by such impudence, because he does everything so that they don’t get caught, and they dare to accuse him of treason. — You said that five houses from our area should be empty! You deceived us! Something is always happening in one of the houses! Either the light will turn on by itself, or some guy will decide to throw a party, and the house will shake! — Barry complained, also dissatisfied with the work of the policeman. — I came to that house, but no one opened the door for me! There is no one in this house! I came then at your request, but yesterday I saw only abnormal neighbors opposite and a boy who didn’t know what he was doing there late at night! What more do you want from me?! — the officer was furious that the thieves came to him only because of this. — Don't talk to us about it! We were at that house this morning and I personally heard a little girl calling her dad to help her with something! — Marb could hardly restrain himself from hitting the captain in the face. — But that’s not all! When we decided together to check what was happening, we found out that they had already beaten us to it! Some bandits snuck into the house and started a shootout, clearly not sharing something! You said we were the only bandits in town! Who else do you work for?! — the thin man came running. — But... I don’t know any other bandits besides you... If I really worked with someone else like you, I would have warned you about this in advance. — Jimbo explained. Marb and Barry looked at each other, thinking that he might be taking them both for idiots. — Then I don’t understand anything. Who is still in the house? — Barry thought. — Here’s the brains of the gang for me too. Let me come up with something from now on. — the big man pushed the smartest one aside and approached the corrupt policeman. — Captain, I want to offer you a compromise. Let us, together, when no one is watching us, let the three of us enter this house this very night and find out who is there. And grab more weapons? Jimbo turned his gaze to the left, thought for a moment and said: — And you, despite your muscles, are not as stupid as I thought about you. You still know how to bargain. — he said and shook his hand. — Wait for me at the same house at midnight at night! After the agreement, the partners got back into the truck and drove back to the city, while Jimbo remained further to catch speeding drivers. — Listen, you came up with this cleverly. I didn't even understand it at first. Well done. — the thin, big man praised.

At the same time

      Stephanie went to Grandpa Andrew's room. — Grandfather, don’t you have the keys to the Drayton house? — Certainly. — He answers her and takes out the keys from the nightstand. — Why do you need them? — I’m afraid our friends, of whom only you and I know so far, are in great trouble... They need our help. — Stephanie explained. Andrew immediately realized that we were talking about toys that were left alone at home. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that tonight some crazy policeman stood outside the house and knocked on the door for a long time.

At the same time: Again!

      The toys set up a small theater in David's room, where they performed a performance based on the plot of the game "Sonic Adventure 2", although the plot was slightly changed and the performance was coming to an end. Sonic, Shadow and Amy performed on a stage made of cubes and papers as curtains for the stage, and also behind the scenes of the stage were Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, Maria, Gerald and Eggman. The rest of the toys sat on chairs made from construction sets and watched the performance. Now they were playing the ending on stage, where Shadow pretended to be dying, Sonic stood over him, holding his back and pretending to cry, and Amy stood next to him, pretending to also cry and covering her mouth. — Shadow, why are you doing this? — Sonic said his speech, playing himself, and then Shadow, although overacting, answered, also playing his role: — There was no choice. If Maria were alive, she would want to see me exactly like this... A hero who will give people a chance and give his life for them... And for you too. The audience was a little worried while watching the performance, and Deco even pretended to start crying until Boko slapped him on the head and whispered: — Keep calm! You are a man! — Sorry. — he whispered back and pretended to wipe away his tears. Afterwards he continues to watch the performance. — Sonic! — Shadow pretends to answer through his breaths. — What, Shadow? — It seems to me... I finally began to understand... Who is the ultimate life form... Perhaps it’s you!... — with these words spoken, the audience pretended to be surprised by what they heard. — And forgive me for everything bad... What I did to you... And that I set you up!... After these words, Shadow closed his eyes and froze, trying not to breathe, pretending to die. Noticing this, Sonic put his friend on the floor and pretended to shed a stingy tear. — I forgive you... Sayonora, Shadow the Hedgehog... The tears of the audience were real, since the scene turned out to be sad, even though Shadow slightly overacted here and there. After Amy stands on the edge of the stage and, removing the sadness from her face, says: — The End. Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, Maria, Gerald and Eggman came out from the backstage, then Shadow stood up along with Sonic, stood at the edge of the stage with Amy and bowed to the audience. The latter began to applaud their acting. — Bravo! Bravo! — Silver reprimanded. — Well done! — Blaze reprimanded. — I didn’t like it. — only Vector remained dissatisfied and gloomy. — Even Shadow overacted a couple of times, I think. — Well, don't be such a bore. You are not a critic to speak out like that! — Espio teased him. — Yes. Moreover, he was already trying to get used to his own role. — said Charmy. — But I’m interested. Why was Gerald played only by our Gerald. After all, there is another one who lives with our neighbors, the Omarovs. Moreover, with him, Eggman and Maria now have two grandfathers. — Manik joked unsuccessfully. — Better joke about the relationship between Amy and Blaze! — Sonia whispered in Manik’s ear, until Blaze herself poked her on the shoulder and said: — I can hear everything, actually! — Thank you everyone. Thank you. — the actors said from the stage in chorus. At the moment of applause, Mephiles was impatient to go out onto the stairs to the first floor, when suddenly he heard footsteps under the door. — Someone is coming. — he said. — What? — Bokkun asked. — How? The owners promised to return only in a week. — the Devourer thought out loud. — Calm down, everyone is in place! — Sonic points out and all the toys hide in the chest, while Sonic, Shadow and Silver climbed onto the bed and lay down, pretending not to be alive. Blaze did the same, standing next to the lamp on the nightstand. Stephanie was the first to enter the room through the door while Andrew stood behind her and looked around. She only saw Sonic, Shadow and Silver on the bed and Blaze on the nightstand, pretending to be inanimate. Entering the room she said: — Do not be afraid! This is us! Recognizing the girl's voice, Sonic, Shadow and Silver were the first to come to life, and then stood up. Blaze noticed this and also came to life after them. — Hello, Stephanie! Hello Andrew! — Silver greeted and Sonic and Shadow did the same. — Something happened? — We came to check how you are here. Stephanie thought you were in danger and asked to come see you. — Andrew explained and looked around the room. — Do not worry! We are fine. Some people tried to get into the house, but we successfully pretend that someone lives in the house. They haven't yet ventured into the house. — Blaze reassured. — By the way, why aren’t the other toys coming out? They don't have to be afraid of us. — Andrew said. — We thought that the owners had returned ahead of time. — Shadow explained and shouted. — It's okay, guys! You can get out! The chest opened and toys began to come out. — What kind of people were they? — Stephanie asked worriedly, knowing full well that no one would just sneak into someone else’s house. — One of them looked like the actor The Rock Johnson, and the other was skinny. And both are bald. We intimidated them with sounds from one movie and they ran away, thinking that there were bandits there. — Just a minute! I saw them a few days ago! I was walking towards you then, and they almost ran me over! — Andrew explained and all the toys, including his granddaughter, gasped at what they heard, afraid to even imagine it. — These are the bastards. — Cream cursed. — Don't express yourself! — Infinite asked her. — Maybe call the police and tell them? — Mephiles suggested. — No, Mephiles. We don't have evidence to catch them and hand them over to the police. — answered Gerald — And even if they try to break in here again, the police will stupidly not have time to arrive, and they will obviously have time to escape and the Draytons will be fined for making a false call. — Maria explained. — What should we do then? — Sonia and Manic asked at the same time. — It’s a pity we can’t somehow outwit them and detain them here so we can catch them right away. — Sonic wondered out loud. — Wait! — from hearing Sonic’s question, Stephanie became thoughtful, looking at the ceiling and suddenly it dawned on her. — I think I have an idea. — she knelt down and turned to the toys. — I hope you have watched such an ancient film from the twentieth century? It's called "Home Alone". — Home Alone? — the toys asked each other. Among them, Mephiles raised his hand and answered: — I watched. There the boy funny mocked the bandits, setting traps and mocking the bandits, trying to protect his home from them. — Wa.. Wait! I did not get anything? What does this have to do with the old New Year's film about a boy who was left at home alone? — Grandfather asked, also kneeling down. — We’ll let those bandits break into the house, and then we’ll make fun of him, so that they don’t know that there’s someone in the house, and at the same time we’ll scare them so that they think that this is possibly a madhouse. Well, with ghosts, they themselves will try to escape, so that they certainly don’t dare to return here. — Stephanie explained. — And if we’re lucky, we’ll call the police and try to detain them some more. — Mephiles added. — Stop! We had a video camera somewhere at home. — Andrew remembered something. — We’ll call the police when we see them sneaking in again and film them. — Exactly! I'll have my camera pointed and ready to record when they return. — Stephanie said. — We agreed, and at this time we will prepare at home and wait for them. — Sonic agreed. — We can’t do it alone. We could use some help from at least a few more toys. Well, are cars, for example, or clockwork mice. — suggested Infinite. — Don't worry about it! It’s not for nothing that they called me the master of toys. My toys, which I have been making for a long time, wanted to come visit you and make friends with all of you. I'm sure they will help you. — Andrew stated, looking through the window from David's room at his house. — And I’ll start planning the house — said Cream, taking out a white piece of paper and a black marker, from which she removed the lid. — I will determine where to place what trap, where, how and who will act when bandit they find themselves, for example, in the kitchen or in the corridor. — Great! — Blaze said. — In the meantime, we will prepare.