𝕬 𝖍𝖚𝖌𝖊 𝖘𝖓𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝖄𝖊𝖆𝖗!

— And now a little gift for my woman, whom I have loved all my life. — says the mayor and approaches Shade the echidna, kneeling in front of her and handing her a box with a ring inside. — Shade May, I ask you to become Mrs. Zehidna! The new mayor of Mobiustown. Knuckles closes the ring in the box and, standing on his feet, finishes: — By agreeing to become my wife, along with my happiness you will receive not only this very ring... But also this car! — he pronounces the last phrase through the microphone. Eggman turns the spotlight on a red car that was standing next to a large Christmas tree. — It is courtesy of all the taxpayers of Mobiustown. — I... Your gifts... Very... Dazzling... In a good way... But... — she didn’t have time to finish when they all in the city heard a disgusting creak. It was the fox itself that approached the car and scratched its right door with its sharp claw on the finger of its left hand. — How could it be otherwise?... — Fiona hissed through her teeth, looking at the two echidnas with an evil gaze. Immediately the naked man himself came out into the crowd of Mobians and people, and the fox stood next to him. Now he himself began his speech: — Fiona is right. This is the meaning of the holiday. Every Mobian and human would agree. After all, it has always been like this... Gifts... Gifts! Gifts, gifts and more gifts! Each of you has only gifts... And then what happens to them?... They all fly to me... With garbage. You hear? Along with your trash. I could hang myself with my own tie, as well as with the one that is then thrown into the trash. But your greed, your recklessness, your shamelessness and your ridicule of all this... They all know no bounds. — the snake began to imitate the city residents and children by dancing. — I want a hockey stick, I want diamonds, I want a Spider-Man suit, I want a box of chocolates, I want a bunch of Christmas trees from the forest, I want a children’s coloring book, I want a big pony so I can ride it for two days and then take it back to the factory to be fired up. — the naga takes a breath. — I don’t want to spoil your holiday, but all this Happy New Year nonsense and fuss is complete stupidity. — on this word, he tears his own garland donated by the mayor into pieces and spoils his own gift, after which he throws the halves of the garlands to the sides. Everyone was a little scared by what they saw. — Although there is one small tradition that I personally like. Green, fluffy and like a Christmas tree, but very small. What do you call it there?... Mistletoe? — With these words, Scourge crawls up to the mayor and takes the mistletoe from his hands, which he also wanted to give to Shade. — Thank you! Fiona! — he hands the mistletoe to the fox. She began to hold it above her head. — Curl up your lips and kiss me, Mobiustown! — she says, and in the last sentence she slips mistletoe into the area of her butt, and then begins to shake the mistletoe like a tail. Cream, Tangle and Shade fainted from what they saw. Ice and Vanilla tried to help their daughter get up, and the wolf and her son, in turn, tried to help their sister get up. Knuckles didn’t help Shade get up, but Scourge took the garland torn into two halves and tied them together, as if with a rope from the mayor himself. — This is revenge on you for the fact that you also disgraced me in childhood, as you do now. — he hissed at him through his teeth and stuck out his tongue. — Although I should have eaten you as a child and digested you in my stomach, hooligan. — Dad, the cavalry is coming here. Fiona says as she sees two police cars pull up. Out of them came young Tails, who was just studying to become a police officer and was still a trainee. Helping him were policemen Cosmo, Manik and Sonya. All four of them were armed with pistols. — OUT OF THE PLACE!!! STAND!!! - the fox shouted, pointing the gun at the fox. The others pointed their pistols at the naga. Scourge seized the most tied up mayor as a hostage and began to threaten: — Drop your weapon and go back! Otherwise I'll eat him! — Please do what he says! I'm too young to be eaten. — the mayor answers. It was useless to argue with the mayor's orders and he had to put away his pistols to allow the two criminals to leave. The naga, holding the echidna in both hands, together with the fox slowly and threateningly moved towards the side of the mountain, trying not to turn their gaze away from the police. — Do at least something. They will now leave with the hostage. — says Eggman. — But as? What if he tears it into pieces with his own hands? — Manik suggested. — Sonic, he's gone too far. — says Shadow. — We need to stop him! — the blue hedgehog answers. — But how? — asks the black-scarlet one. While Scourge and Fiona were walking backwards towards the exit, the fox accidentally brushed his back against the old meerkat, who was drinking from a bottle with three X's on the side. — Lend me a favor, buddy! — Fiona asked the old woman for her bottle. She didn't even mind. — Well, since you ask. Fiona took a little of the burning harmful substance into both cheeks, then took a match, lit it and splashed the liquid through the flame, which immediately burst into flames. The flames engulfed the large Christmas tree and it began to really burn. Everyone looked in horror as the tree burned. Even the police, distracted by the burning spruce. Knuckles shouted: — NO!!! MY FAVORITE TREE!!! — Yes. — the snake hissed, releasing the mayor. He himself stretched out his arms to the sides and shouted: — BURN, TREE!!! BURN!!! The tree burned out and it fell to dust along with the red star, which fell to the ground and broke. Naga and the fox managed to run away while everyone was distracted. Scourge and Fiona at this time fled to the center of the city, where a crowd of people and Mobians fled in panic, trying to escape from the snake and the fox. — TAXI!!! — she shouted, raising her hand in the air and trying to stop the yellow car passing by. She didn't stop and drove past. Fiona looked questioningly at the taxi that drove away, her eyes wide. Then she became sharply indignant and screamed, waving her arms: — IT’S ALL BECAUSE I’M A CUNNING FOX, RIGHT??? — Calmly! — Daddy lightly ran his huge palm over his daughter’s head and went out onto the road. He extended his hand forward. — STAND!!! — the car that was driving towards him did not want to stop. He extended the tip of his tail forward and stopped the car of one married couple, Espio and Zooey, as if with his foot. Naga lowered his gaze at them, changed his anger to mercy and said: — Good evening! — Let us borrow your transport. — says Fiona. The chameleon and the other fox got out of the car and ran away. Fiona sat on Scourge's head, and Scourge himself sat in the front seat of the car, which was smaller in comparison to him. The back, like a hump, moved back and up, and the tip of the tail moved slightly back and almost touched the ground. He took the steering wheel with his big hands, began to press the pedals with his thumbs and drove forward like a toy. He drove around the city and drove like a racer, scaring everyone on the way and racing, jumping over hills of lying policemen on the roads. Yes, he beeped, pressing the steering pedal with his middle finger, and shouted: — MOVE AWAY, I’LL KICK YOU!!! Still, they ran in panic in all directions, and the naga scared them and almost tried to run over them, but at the last moment he turned and drove past. Some of the city's residents immediately fainted, realizing that they had almost been run over. Sonic and Shadow ran out after their youngest and shouted at the same time from behind him: — SCOURGE, STOP THIS MADNESS BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!! — Shadow shouted. — JUNIOR, STOP WITH THESE GAMES ALREADY!!! — Sonic shouted. — But brothers, I haven’t played enough yet. — the naga answers. — Are you his brothers? So you are my uncles? — Fiona asks them. Sonic and Shadow had almost caught up with them by this point and were running from the right side. — Are you his daughter? — asks the black-scarlet one. — Have you become a father? So we became uncles? — Blue was delighted. — Scourge, maybe we should listen to Uncle Sonic and Shadow? — the fox asks the snake with excitement. — No! I owe it to this city and the mayor to take revenge for what they did to me as a child and for reminding me of it! — Green answers. — SCORGE, ENOUGH!!! STOP IT!!! — Sonic shouted. — Listen to your older brothers. — asked Shadow. — But, Son, Shad! - he turned sadly at first, and then looking menacingly at the city hall, where he was driving straight, scaring off the police and the mayor from the road, he pressed on the gas, drove quickly to the city hall and decided to move and destroy the building with his stolen car. At the same time, he shouted at the top of his lungs: — I AM THE BOSS HERE!!! Sonic and Shadow overtook Scourge, stood in front of him, arms outstretched and boldly stood in place. Sonic shouted: — WE TOLD YOU STOP IT!!! The snake bulged its eyes and was afraid to run over its older brothers. He managed to pull the steering wheel so hard that he broke it and took it out. At the same time, the car overturned and stopped next to the city hall. The hedgehogs managed to jump to the sides. Scourge and Fiona quickly woke up and saw the car's engine sparking. — NOW IT’S GOING TO BLOW!!! LET'S RUN!!! — the naga shouted, taking the fox in his arms and quickly crawled away. Sonic, Shadow and the mayor and the police also retreated, as if from a nuclear strike. The car explodes and its wave almost hits Scourge from behind, but without looking back at the explosion, he still managed to jump and land on the snow. A car explosion blew up City Hall and started a fire. — MY CITY HALL!!! CALL THE FIREFIGHTERS!!! Having landed next to a mountain of snow, the snake examines his daughter, and fortunately for him, she is safe and sound. Only now she comes to her senses and wakes up. Noticing a pipe nearby for sending garbage to his mountain, he throws Fiona there. — Don't be afraid! Meet me at home! He starts the pipe, closing the forehead and it, as if a vacuum cleaner began to suck the fox up. Naga was left alone in the city for now and heard the sounds of other sirens. There were big red cars with hoses. They stopped in front of the snake and began to hose down the naga himself. All he could do was stand still and cover his face with his hands. The licking water was very cold, and in addition to the cold and winter outside, they let him almost freeze. Maria, the first among the firefighters, got out of the car in a red jumpsuit. She looked menacingly at the huge snake and said: — Here you are, Scourge! We know it was you who started the fire. It’s a shame we listened to Cream and voted for you. Mayor Knuckles was right about you. You are a pathetic bastard and a monster who eats all our children and brings trouble to our entire city. Now you won't run away from us. — STOP WATERING IT!!! — Sonic intervened and pushed all the firefighters with their hoses. — YOU ARE HURTING HIM!!! HE WILL FREEZE AND GET SICK BECAUSE OF YOU!!! — BETTER PUT OUT THE FIRE IN THE BUILDING!!! — Knuckles also intervened, taking one of the hoses and starting to water his building. — Come on! Stew! Clutching his shoulders and shaking from the cold, Scourge crawled away from here, leaving in his place only a puddle that turned into ice. — HE'S RUNNING AWAY!!! STOP HIM!!! — Maria commands and the firefighters run with the hoses, but slip on the ice left behind through their own fault, fall on their backs on the ice and injure their hoses. — CAREFULLY!!! The hoses, turned on at full capacity, began to fly by themselves in the air, spinning and watering everything around. They extinguished the torches on the pillars, poured water on the windows of the houses, doused Maria, Sonic, Shadow and the rest of the firefighters, as well as Knuckles himself. The mayor released his hose from the cold water he received and shouted: — A-A-A-A-A!!! CO-O-OLD!!! The hose tied Knuckles around like a snake. Shivering from the cold, Maria turns the handles and closes access to the water supply. The hose let go of the mayor and he fell into the snow and began to shiver from the cold and chatter his teeth. His city hall at this time was still burning down and almost all burned down. Knuckles suffered from the cold and at the same time cried as he watched his city hall burn. He wanted to get up, but something immediately grabbed him. Scourge himself grabbed him with his tail and, bringing him closer, hissed menacingly. — SO YOU THINK I AM A BASTARD AND A MONSTER??? YOU ARE A BASTARD AND A MONSTER, AND I WILL YOU KNOW, THE PERSON YOU BUCKED!!! I WILL HAVE TO BREAK MY PROMISE I MADE TO SHADE AND MAKE YOU REALLY SUFFER!!! — NO, SCORGE, NO!!! — the mayor shouted and tried to escape, and the naga opened his mouth, shoved it into his mouth, chewed it with his sharp teeth until the base drew blood and crunched bones, and then immediately swallowed it. And in addition, he stroked his belly. — KNUCLES!!! — Shade shouted, holding out her hand. She woke up first. With a sad and offended look, she looked at Scourge, who also paid attention to her. — HE EATED THE MAYOR!!! — Tails shouted. — HE WILL EAT US ALL!!! — Vector shouted. Even Cream, who also woke up, looked at Scourge and thought sadly about him: — "Mr. Scourge, what have you done?" — GRAB HIM!!! — Tails shouts, aiming at Scourge and shooting him with his gun. The bullet hit him directly in the pupil of his huge right eye. The snake closed his eyes and, along with a tear, wiped the bullet from his whole eye with his finger. — NO, INTERN, SHOOT HIM IN THE HEAD, NOT IN THE EYES!!! Naga quickly fell to the ground and crawled away from the city at the speed of a bullet. The city hall at this time had already burned down and fell into pieces. Standing next to the city hall, which no longer existed, the assistant mayor himself rolled his eyes, fell to his knees, lowered his head and pounded his fists on the snow, shouting about Scourge: — YOU ARE A MANIAC, SCORGE!!! YOU EATED THE MAYOR OF MOBIUSTOWN HIMSELF AND DESTROYED CITY HALL TO TRASH!!! YOU ARE A BASTARD!!! DAMN YOU!!! DAMN YOU, YOU DISGUSTING HALF HEDGEHOG, HALF SNAKE!!! DAMN YOU!!! FUCK YOU!!! At that time, Ice and Vanilla woke up, and everyone else returned to the city center, looking at the horror Scourge had caused. It was all terrible. Eggman stood up and turned his attention to Cream. — You!... It's all your fault! See what you've done, you little bastard! It was because of you that this naga came down to us from the mountains and almost ruined our holiday. He ate the mayor and burned down the mayor's office because of you! Do you see? Look what you've done! — The mustachioed rabbit pointed to the burnt Christmas tree, the city hall and the blown up car. He almost shouted at her: — IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!!!” BUT WE TRUSTED YOU!!! Ice got angry and came to his daughter’s defense, pushing the mayor’s assistant and shouting back: — DON'T YELL AT MY CHILD, YOU CAPITALIST BEAST!!! SHE IS NOT GUILTY OF ANYTHING!!! SHE COULDN'T KNOW THAT SCORGE WOULD DO THIS!!! AND THEN, HE WAS CALM WITH US AT FIRST AND EVEN HAD FUN WITH US!!! HOWEVER, THE GARLAND THAT YOUR MAYOR GAVE HIM REMINDED HIM OF A CHILDHOOD TRAUMA WHEN HE WAS LAUGHED ABOUT IT!!! THAT'S WHY HE WAS RAGED!!! IT'S YOUR MAYOR'S BLAME!!! AND YOU KNOW WHAT... — Ice took a breath through his nose and calmly finished: — I'm proud that Scourge ate your mayor! I'm glad of this, because he deserves it. I am proud of Scourge and even more proud of my daughter, who decided to invite him to us! - With these words, he hugged Cream’s shoulders, who was almost crying, looking at the mountain where Scourge himself had crawled away. — So that’s how you started talking? — Eggman was indignant, looking menacingly at Ice. — Your worthless family does not deserve a holiday and is not worthy of it. The day after tomorrow morning, after the New Year, you and your wife will leave our city for contradicting me. Once and for all. Since you love Scourge so much, then live with him in exile in the mountains! With these words, the mustache turned and left. The father hugged his daughter and began to calm her down: — Don't be afraid! This idiot won't do anything to us. We have always lived in this city and always will. We will still spend a happy New Year together. Cream looked at her daddy with tears in her eyes and said: — I just wanted the best. I wanted to help Scourge so that he would look at our city differently and become kinder to all of us. I thought I could change our city and Scourge himself, and try them all together. I was absolutely sure of this. Vanilla joined them and also hugged the father and daughter. The whole city immediately seemed to be divided into two camps. Some residents, including Sonic, Shadow, Shade, Tails and others, were on the side of the rabbits and felt sorry for them, considering them to be right, while others, like Tangle, Whisper, Zooey, Espio, Cosmo, Sonya and Manic, as well as Eggman himself and others sided with Knuckles, who is no longer with them. Because of this, the whole city began to split and everyone began to have a negative attitude towards each other. Everyone believed that they were right and because of this they almost started a civil war before the holiday itself. The half who trusted Eggman reassured him and assured him that by tomorrow night they would have time to quickly restore everything and the holiday would not be ruined. Maria and the rest of the firefighters at this time were looking at the city hall, which they did not have time to put out, trying to stop the naga himself. They all take off their helmets and think: — “What have we done?”