Multiverse Unity: Sonic and the Tomb Raider/Real Wild Friends

Real Wild Friends is a one-hour special episode and the first episode of Sonic and the Tomb Raider.

Transcript

 * (episode opens in Africa, where Sonic the Hedgehog and Lara Croft (who is mounted on a high tech motorbyke which matches Sonic's speed) are joyriding happily in the hills. Scene freezes in the moment Sonic and Lara leap over a river)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: (narrating) So, I know what you’re thinking. Why is that incredibly handsome hedgehog joyriding with a incredibly cute teenage girl in a super fast motorbyke? (the scene unfreezes and Sonic continues joyriding with Lara) Dare I say it's the chapter of a beautiful friendship that started in the day we first met, and worked together against a mutual nemesis seeking to overthrow every rich man in the world he knew. How did all start? Well... it's a long story.
 * (scene shifts to San Francisco)
 * Tagline: SAN FRANCISCO. ONE WEEK EARLIER...
 * (we now see Sonic battling Dr. Robotnik)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: (narrating) Sometimes, I like to joke that this is just another day in my life. Besides running around the world to see its greatest wonders... I'm also having to deal with this psychotic Eggman who's been so obsessed with power. And on this case, my ability to run faster than the Speed of Sound. More recently, people are asking to have him disappear from this planet and never come back. (as he is heard narrating, Sonic picks a ring) So today, I'll be doing these people a favor. (uses the ring to open a portal for the Mushroom Planet)
 * Dr. Robotnik: Another one of your teleportation rings, Hedgehog? Are you just gonna disappear from my sight again?
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Just for your information, Eggman... (speeds around Robotnik's hovercraft, creating a electromagnetic tornado which short-circuits the hovercraft) I'm not leaving Earth. (powers-up his quills) You are!
 * Dr. Robotnik: Wait, what...? (stares at the portal, which is behind him)
 * Cubot: (seeing the portal) Do you think he's actually planning to...?
 * Orbot: (sees Sonic) Oh, he is. (Sonic boosts towards the Egg Pod) And he's doing it! (Folds into his compressed. Cubot panics and does the same)
 * Dr. Robotnik: (notices Sonic and gasps when Sonic curls into a Spin Attack, landing a powerful blow to the Egg Pod and sending it towards the portal) NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
 * (as his scream echoes, Robotnik and his hovercraft are pushed into the portal before it closes, and the crowd cheers on Sonic)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: (narrating) And a favor, I've just done for these people. (Sonic salutes the crowd before leaving. Next, we see him in a hill) It's been quite fun here in San Francisco. But I guess now, it's time to leave for somewhere else. Somewhere like... (sees a picture of London, England in his phone) I was thinking of maybe Hawaii. But, this one seems more appropriate for summer vacations. Which begin for the high schools next year. So, let's try this one. (speeds up into his cave, and gathers all his belongings) If there's something exciting to do, or someone interesting to meet... then, London is my new home.
 * (scene cuts to Lara Croft, wearing her jungle suit, running in a jungle of England.)
 * Lara Croft: (narrating) The jungle. A place of beauty and freedom. A place where humans don't always tend to dwell. But still... the ideal playground for an true adventurer. And also the work place of an archeologist. Pretty much what my father was before he died. And what I've been aspiring to be in his memory and legacy. My name... is Lara Croft. And I've been looking for certain artifacts... well, for some time now. (we see her entering a cave) And on places that were left behind for so long ago. (as she is heard narrating, Lara further explores the cave, eventually discovering the tombs of knights from Medieval times) And places that almost no one knew they existed.
 * (after some more exploring, Lara discovers a small wooden chest. She opens it and sees dozens of golden rings in it)
 * Lara Croft: (picks up one of the rings) Oh, that's pretty lovely. (she closes the chest and puts it in her backpack. Then, she sees drawings in the walls, detailing a ring wielder throwing one of the rings, and opening portals with them. Lara stares at the ring she picked up) Would it be that simple? (she tosses the ring towards a wall, and the ring quickly elongates to bigger portions and becomes a portal to an office in the top of a building, and Lara becomes astonished) My goodness! (she enters the portal, stopping by the office, and sees New York City through the window. Inspecting a desk, she discovers that the building she is in is Natla Corporation's central headquarters) Jacqueline Natla... (as she sets up numerous invisible cameras around the office, Lara is heard narrating) said to be one of New York City's richest women. But I also know there's something else she hides. Undoubtedly an evil like no other. If not worse than that other madman Dr. Robotnik from San Francisco as I heard of.
 * (just as she sets up the last camera, Lara hears someone coming, and rushes into the Ring Portal right before it closes. Entering the office is Natla, who is at the time speaking with her associate Larson Stone)
 * Jacqueline Natla: This better be important.
 * Larson Stone: (radio voice) Still seekihg the secrets of the Golden Realm, I presume?
 * Jacqueline Natla: Any updates about it?
 * Larson Stone: (radio voice) I've managed to convince the board of education of Wimbledon High School to let me be their students' guide for their field trip tomorrow. This could be a fine opportunity to explore the island's secrets, couldn't it? Especially with your intern Amanda Everett, who could serve us well in our mission.
 * (scene cuts to Lara, who is watching and listening to everything through her cameras)
 * Jacqueline Natla: Yes. And maybe even take advantage of her petty hatred for the Crofts' child would be optional.
 * Larson Stone: And "petty", you say. You don't seem to care for her well-being so much, don't you?
 * Jacqueline Natla: Why should I be any concerned? She's nothing more than a pawn in a game she has no idea is being played.
 * (as Natla ends her conversation with Stone, Lara keeps the evidence recorded in her phone)
 * Lara Croft: She might not know, Natla. But I do. And there's no way you'll make a fool of me. (she moves on)
 * (scene cuts to Sonic sitting in a ship sailing from San Francisco to London, he is getting a phone call from his girlfriend)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Yeah, San Francisco's been a nice place to live in. But as you and I both knew, Sal... it was time to move on...
 * Sally Acorn: (phone voice) Like other five places you've been living in since we've left Mobius. Starting with Tokyo, if I remember well... Still, it's a really fine decision you're making, Sonic. Because as always, you're still travelling around the world.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Yeah. I surely am. (scene cuts to Sally, who is in a tribal village; phone voice) So how are things going in the Golden Realm?
 * Sally Acorn: Pretty good, thank you so kindly for asking... our boy Gabriel is still contributing for his adoptive tribe. And he's become a really natural hunter. And also... we're still hiding from the T-Rex King. He hasn't stopped watching humans ever since that crew from Natla Corporation showed up.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: (phone voice) Definitely not good. (scene shifts back to Sonic, who is reading a newspaper) And it'll make get a bit worse tomorrow. News says that a group of high school girls from London are gonna have a field trip in the Golden Realm. Worse than that... the guy who's signed up to be their guide: Larson Stone.
 * Sally Acorn: (phone voice) The same guy who worked with Robotnik before?
 * 'Sonic the Hedgehog: Yeah, that one.
 * (scene shifts to Lara in the cave, where she encounters a golden crown)
 * Lara Croft: Magnificent! It's going to make a fine addition to my collection. (hears a group of thieves coming) If those street rats won't steal it from me, that is. (pauses for a moment. Then, she picks a ring from the wooden chest) I pray for this ring to bring me back home soon enough. (throws the ring, which opens a portal to the street where the Croft Manor is located) Mother once said: it's life or death. (she leaps into the portal, which closes immediately before the thieves arrive. We see Lara arriving in the entrance of her home, and she checks the ring chest witb a smile) That was splendid!
 * (meanwhile, Sally checks her computer, which detects Ring Portal radiation. Then, we see Sonic rushing around London)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: (his phone rings and he answers) Yeah, Sally?
 * Sally Acorn: (phone voice) Do you have time for a checkup? My satellite just detected Ring Portal radiation. And it did not come from your rings.
 * (cut to the Croft Manor, where Lara's friends Lin Chang and Sophie Fletcher are inspecting the collected crown and the ring chest)
 * Lin Chang: So, you just thought of the place, and those rings took you there?
 * Lara Croft: Yes, I know it seemed too simple... (as she speaks, Sonic arrives and detects the rings in Lara's possession. He spies on the three girls from a window) but apparently that's how they worked.
 * Sophie Fletcher: And more apparently, they work better as long as the wielder has at least seen the place. Yes?
 * Lara Croft: That's what I thought as well, Sophie. Although I'm still not sure if I mastered them so much.
 * Lin Chang: (smiling at Lara) Still... look on the bright side, Lara. Whatever those rings are, or what they can do, you now have a better benefit to become that archeologist you dreamed to be. Just like your father.
 * (while they continue talking, the girls are oblivious to Sonic's presence, as he is seen speeding up away from the window)
 * Lara Croft: You're pretty right, Lin. That would truly be possible. (stares at a portray of herself as a child with her parents and makes a sad face) And to be honest... I only wish they were here. To see all this... (referring to her collection of treasures) and other things I've...
 * (she is almost crying until Lin and Sophie comfort her. Outside, Sonic phones Sally)
 * Sally Acorn: (phone voice) Did you find the source yet, Sonic?
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Yep. And you are not gonna believe who's got the rings: the Crofts' girl.
 * Sally Acorn: (phone voice) You mean Lara Croft? Really? Wow. When people said she was aspiring to be an archeologist and adventurer like her father was, they actually meant that.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Yep. No doubt about it. (he then speeds into the Manor, and stays on the outside watching Lara and her friends through the windows) Now, all that's left to wonder is: what will she do next?
 * (we see Lara with her friends)
 * Lin Chang: (sees the picture of the Golden Realm in her phone) So are you willing to join the field trip? Would make a fine opportunity for some more archaeology. Don't you think?
 * Lara Croft: Yes. It most certainly would. (Sonic then rushes, causing a whooshing which alerts the girls) Did you hear that?
 * (they inspect the Manor from outside, but nothing or no one is there; then, Lara inspects one of Sonic's quills; Sonic is seen watching Lara from the top of a tree. Next day, Lara, Lin and Sophie are with their classmates (all wearing safari jungle outfits) taking the boat to their field trip)
 * Valerie: (criticizing her own outfit) Ugh! Do I really must wear this?! I'm looking too much like a boy in this trash of outfit!
 * Lara Croft: Hush, Valerie. You'll be home to wear your lovely dresses as soon as this field trip is over.
 * (Valerie is annoyed, but sighs. And the students sail on the boat, Amanda is contacted by Natla)
 * Amanda Everett: I hear you, boss. Just the way you planned. (ends her transmission and spots Lara with her friends) (to herself) And for sure, if everything goes according to the plan, that Croft princess will never show her face around this world ever again.
 * (the students board in while Sonic stows away in the boat. He also spies on Stone, who is at the time secretly speaking with Robotnik, who is shown in holographic form)
 * Dr. Robotnik: If what you say about the Golden Realm is true, then I'll be rescheduling my priorities with that blue little alien, and move on with the Realm's beasts.
 * Larson Stone: Such a fine idea, Doctor. And to ease your choices for the best subject, I would reccomend to you the island's most feared predator: the T-Rex King. Hard, but not impossible to defeat. And once tamed, he'll become the one kind of weapon of which not even that silly little alien will be able to stop.
 * Dr. Robotnik: Hmm, it seems promising. I'll consider that. Report back to me if you have any updates.
 * (ends transmission as Stone smiles diabolically, and Sonic, having recorded everything with his phone, posts the video for Sally)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Two things to worry about in this trip: this guy's nasty schemes... (speeds up into the top, and spots Lara, who is still in possession of Sonic's energized quill) and the safety of the girls. Especially this one...
 * (next scene, the ship has landed on the Golden Realm, as the students begin exploring its florest)
 * Valerie: Why is this island called "Golden Realm" anyway? Where's the gold? All I see is just another stinky forest!
 * Amanda Everett: You want to keep screaming until there comes a giant spider to get you? Be my guest.
 * Valerie: Oh, shut up, Everett!
 * (as they continue arguing, Lara talks to an insecure Sophie)
 * Sophie Fletcher: I just hope there's no suh thing as giant spiders in this island, Lara. I'm not much fond of this...
 * Lara Croft: Don't listen to those two fools, Sophie. Everything will be fine.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: (watching as the girls move on to the trip) No, there are no giant spiders at all. But I believe there's much worse.
 * Headmaster: Alright, girls. Keep up. (sees something and is stunned; quietly) Wait, don't move! (the girls immediatedly stop. We see hordes of cyclopes standing over countless bones, including human bones) Mr. Stone? Are those...?
 * Larson Stone: Man-eating cyclopes. Some of the Golden Realm's top predators. (Lara sees a button in the palm of Stone's hand, and a small sound box in Amanda's badge) If not compared to the T-Rex King.
 * Headmaster: The T-Rex King?! You mean...? (suddenly, loud noises erupt, and are coming from Amanda's badge) Mrs. Everett!
 * Amanda Everett: I-I'm not doing this! I...
 * (Lara rips the badge off Amanda and crushes the sound box. But to everyone's shock, the cyclopes are already noticing them)
 * Headmaster: (worriedly) Very well, girls... n-nobody panic. J-just...
 * Valerie: (panicking) How can I not panic?! L-look at their big teeth! And their arms! And claws!
 * Sophie Fletcher: (tearfully) What can we do now?
 * Lara Croft: You and other girls run back to the boat. I'll lure them away.
 * Lin Chang: Lara, don't! They'll...!
 * Lara Croft: Don't worry. (reveals three rings beneath her gloves) I'll be fine. (she slowly steps away from the group, and then runs, with the cyclopes chasing her)
 * Headmaster: Lara! Lara, no!!
 * ''(the cyclopes completely leave the field to chase Lara)
 * Larson Stone: Leave it to me. (loads a gun and rushes to where the cyclopes went into)
 * Headmaster: (stares angrily at Amanda) If the worst happens to her, it will be all your fault! Understand!?!
 * (meanwhile, Lara is running away from the cyclopes until she is met with a dead end. Just as the lead cyclops approaches her, Lara is caught by a blue streak of energy which also knocks the cyclopes out)
 * Larson Stone: (arrives to see the cyclopes unconscious) What the...? (he then sees the spot where Lara was in before the blue streak caught her. He finds a small footprint based on Sonic's shooes) What are you?
 * (next, we see an unconcious Lara recovering and finding herself near a shire. She looks around and sees Sonic adjusting a few materials before he notices Lara seeing him. And he feezes)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Uh, meow?
 * Lara Croft: (with a curious face) You look a bit too hairy to be a cat.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: And you look confident enough not to be scared. You're not scared?
 * Lara Croft: Believe me. Somewhere in this life, I know I've seen stranger things. Although, not much with my own eyes... (she inspects Sonic's hair, and stares at the quill she carries) You were in my home, weren't you?
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Not that I was there for anything like a thieft. I don't do that. I just went there because... (picks his satchel, revealing the rings inside) I was tracking these.
 * Lara Croft: (she checks her wooden box, and sees the rings) You have those too?
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: For a very long time ago.
 * (scene shifts to near the boat, where the girls are waiting desperately for Stone to return with Lara)
 * Sophie Fletcher: I do hope Lara made it well against these monsters, Lin. Where might she be?
 * Lin Chang: (checking her pod) It says here she's fine. And... she's not alone.
 * Headmaster: Did Mr. Stone find her?
 * Lin Chang: No. Not him, Headmaster. It's... (views a short image of Sonic, and a surprised Lin remembers having seen Sonic in Japan fighting a gang of yakuza thieves, and demonstrating his samurai style) Aoi Samurai! (Japanese for "Blue Samurai")
 * Headmaster: (confused) Samurai?
 * Sophie Fletcher: I think she means... the Blue Nomad. He's here. (the Headmaster is stunned)
 * (we see Sonic and Lara walking around the forest)
 * Lara Croft: It must've been quite a long trip you had these years. You've been in these countries.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Yep. And even now, I'm still known by these people for other names they came up with. Most of them call me the "Blue Nomad". The Greek call me "Hermes". And there are also the Japanese, who call me...
 * Lara Croft: The Blue Samurai. I know. A friend of mine told me stories from her country. Stories about a speed-running samurai who defeated every criminal gang in Japan. Her stories were quite splendid. (Sonic makes a impressed gesture) So, about this island... you've been here before, haven't you?
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: More than once, if you wanna know. Primarily to go see my soulmate Sally. She established a tech center here so she can help the Golden Realm's local tribe.
 * Lara Croft: So there is a tribe. I heard rumors that a boy from Brazil was adopted by a couple of tribespeople when his parents perished along with a Natla Corporation crew when the T-Rex King attacked.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Yeah, those rumors are very much true. And Sally also told me that he's grown up to become an expert hunter.
 * (Lara smiles. Just then, they hear a roar and they are alarmed)
 * Lara Croft: Sonic? Is that...?
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: The T-Rex King. He's around here. He always knows when there are humans in this island.
 * Lara Croft: And more undoubtedly recognizes the smell of Natla Corporation employees anywhere. Right?
 * Sonic the Hedgehog: Both veterans and rookies. There are rookies with your field trip group, right?
 * Lara Croft: Amanda Everett. She's still just an intern, but she was quite instrumental for Stone's plan for a conspiracy.

More coming soon...

Voice Cast

 * Robbie Daymond as Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Melanie Minichino as Lara Croft
 * Felicia Day as Sally Acorn