TRANSCRIPT: S2E22 Cry of The Wolf
Written by: Pat Allee
[as transcribed by MoKat {mokat01@lycos.com}]

Opening Scene: a canyon in the Great Unknown
*Wolves fight the test pod.*  [No dialogue]

(Scene Change: Robotropolis, Robotnik's Command Center)
*Snively reads a printout*
SNIVELY:  Oh, my.  This is serious.
ROBOTNIK:  Hmm...
SNIVELY:  Excuse me, Sir.
ROBOTNIK:  Doomsday.  Even the name has a poetic ring.  Don't you think, Snively?
SNIVELY:  Very poetic, Sir, but...
ROBOTNIK:  (interrupting) It won't be long now, Snively, when we will see my poetry in motion.  Doomsday will finish the job I started during the coup.  Before...before that miserable hedgehog came along!
SNIVELY:  Yes, Sir, but...
ROBOTNIK:  (interrupting) Sometimes my brilliance amazes even me.  Don't you agree, Snively?
SNIVELY:  Yes Sir, but...
ROBOTNIK:  But what?
SNIVELY:  The Wolf Pack, Sir.  They've sabotaged the test pod.
ROBOTNIK:  They what?!
SNIVELY:  Here, Sir.  Read it for yourself.
ROBOTNIK:  I thought we eliminated those miserable beasts.  Put up the surveillance tape.
*monitor shows a replay of the wolves attacking the pod*
ROBOTNIK: *incoherent grumbling*  What's the damage?!
SNIVELY:  Minimal, Sir.  Engineering says it can be back online in six hours.
ROBOTNIK:  Then get out there, Snively, and make it happen!
SNIVELY:  Yes, Sir.
SNIVELY:  (mumbling) Oh boy, I'd like to get your nose in a vise some day.
ROBOTNIK:  Stop grumbling and find me those wolves!

(Scene Change: Sonic, Sally, Antoine & Dulcy are in the Great Unknown)
SONIC:  Yo, Nicole.  Is that it?
NICOLE:  Magnifying, my main Sonic.  Information on Great Unknown is limited.  Area relatively uncharted.
SALLY:  Nicole, please display the King's Freedom Fighter list.
ANTOINE: *yawns* I am too boring with this journey.  It is taking too awful longer if I ask me.
SONIC:  Well, nobody's asking ya, Ant.
DULCY:  We can't set up a Freedom Fighters network unless we find them first, Tony.
SALLY:  Nicole, magnify Freedom Fighter groups located in the Great Unknown.
NICOLE:  The only group located in this area is the Wolf Pack, Sally.
SALLY:  Display existing data.
NICOLE:  An ancient culture with a remarkable respect for nature.  Following Robotnik's take over, they remained loyal to the King and were consequently driven off their land.
SONIC:  So where do we find them, Nicole?
NICOLE:  Their home base is twenty-one point three kilometers south-southeast of the Great Canyon.  There are five possible routes.
SONIC:  Cool!  Which one is the shortest?  In English.
NICOLE:  Go straight, hang a left, then a right.
SONIC:  I'll scout ahead.  Whadya think, Sal?
SALLY:  Well, I think we should...
SONIC:  (interrupting) Ciao!
SALLY:  ...all stay together!  (sarcastically) Thanks for asking!

*Sonic reaches a lake of bubbling muck*
SONIC:  Man.  There goes the neighborhood.  Phew!  I smell Ro-butt-nik.  Later!
SONIC:  *yelps*  Outta here!
SONIC:  Man, I'm gonna re-name this place "The Great Ugly".
SALLY:  Sonic!
SONIC:  D'oh, man!
DULCY:  Goin' down.
ANTOINE: Oh, I am hating this part much.
*group scream*
SONIC:  Dulce!  Stop!  Stop!  *grunts*
ANTOINE:  What is happened?  What is happened?
SALLY:  It's okay, Antoine.  *hops off Dulcy*  Sonic, what's wrong?
SONIC:  Another two feet and you guys would have been nuked!
DULCY:  Whadya mean "nuked"?
SONIC:  Check this.
*Sonic tosses a rock, which is quickly zapped by lightning*
DULCY:  Are you kidding me?
SONIC:  Yo!  Does this look like I'm kiddin'?  We've gotta find another route, Sal.
SALLY:  Nicole, plot alternate route to the Wolf Pack base.
NICOLE:  There are four remaining alternate routes, Sally.
SONIC:  Give us the next shortest one, without the lightning.

(Scene Change: A wolf watches the 4 FFs walk through a canyon)
SONIC:  Oh great.  Dead end city.  Two bad calls in a row, Nicole.
SALLY:  What is this place?
SALLY:  Nicole, can you translate these hieroglyphics?
NICOLE:  Working, Sally...
SONIC:  Yo!  How about "working" us a way outta here?
SALLY:  Sonic, a little patience, please?
SONIC:  *sighs* Fine. *taps his foot*  Patience is up.
NICOLE:  The hieroglyphics appear to be ancient symbols used by the wolf Pack.  Translations indicate surrounding environs carry a curse for all intruders, but also indicate...
ANTOINE:  (interrupting) A curse?  You are saying there's a bad lucks curse on us?  Ooh!  We must leave this terrible place.  No!  Not again!  Aaaagh!  The curse!  It is the curse!
SONIC:  Whoa!
SALLY:  It's interesting
DULCY:  It's small.
ANTOINE:  It's very scary.
SONIC:  It's our only way out.  Let's kick.
SALLY:  Come on, guys.
DULCY:  Nuh-uh.  Sorry, Sally.  I hate little underground places.  I got clausto... uh, clorto...
SALLY:  Claustrophobia.
SONIC:  Yo, Sal.  What's holdin' up the ol' parade?
SALLY:  Dulcy's afraid of small, underground places.
ANTOINE:  Ah, Ducky, I am glad you are coming to my senses.  We will not be going into that cur-sed place.
DULCY:  I could fly over the canyon and meet you on the other side, Sonic.
SONIC:  Aah...we don't know where this will empty out.  Better jam back to Knothole, Dulce.
DULCY:  Okay.  Good luck.
SONIC:  And take the Curse-meister with ya.
DULCY:  All aboard, Tony.  Last call for Knothole.
ANTOINE:  *whines*  My Princess or my safety.  I am knowing I will be too sorry.  I am knowing this is a terrible mistake.  I am knowing I am too stupid!
DULCY:  Arrivederci, Tony!
*Ant screams as he bounces down the tunnel*
SALLY:  Huh?
*Ant lands near Sally*
SALLY:  Antoine, are you alright?
SONIC:  Oh, get serious, Sal; he's never been all right.
*entrance closes behind them*
ANTOINE:  *screams*  It's the curse.  It's the curse!
[End of Act 1]

(Act 2 Opening Scene: Eyes peer out of the darkness in the tunnel.)
ANTOINE:  It is the terrible curse bringing us bad lucks!
*Sonic lights a torch*
SONIC:  Ant, put a sock in it.
ANTOINE:  My socks?  What is wronging with my socks?  *sniffs his foot*  Ooh.
SONIC:  *sighs* Chill here, Sal.  I'll check ahead.
SALLY:  Sonic!
SONIC:  Later!
SALLY:  Wait a minute!
*Sonic reaches a split in the tunnel*
SONIC:  Whoa.
SONIC:  Shortcut.
SONIC:  *comes to a drop-off*  Uncool.
*Sonic drops a rock & impatiently listens for it to hit bottom*
SONIC:  Not a shortcut.  Outta here!
*Sonic returns to Sally & Antoine*
SONIC:  Nothin' but a dead end.  *thumbs down*
ANTOINE:  Something is dead?  Where?  Where?
SALLY:  Sonic, from now on I think we should...
SONIC:  (interrupts) Be right back, Sal!
SALLY:  *sighs* ...stay together.
*tunnel caves in*
SONIC:  Huh?  Whoa!
*Sonic returns to Sally & Ant*
SONIC:  You know what I think?
SALLY:  How could anyone possibly know what you think?
SONIC:  We should stick together.
SALLY:  And I think someone wants us to stay in this tunnel.
ANTOINE:  Oh, my... *mumbles incoherently*
ANTOINE:  Oh, sacre blue cheese.  Someone is here.  It is the curse, I am saying to you.  We are doom-ed.  Doom-ed!  *mumbles incoherently*
["sacre blue cheese"?  Was that DiC's way of censor-dodging "sacre bleu"?]
SONIC:  Antoine.
*Ant realizes where he is*
ANTOINE:  Oh, hello my Princess.  Mmm.  (mumbles) Ooh, this is very nice.
*Sally drops Ant*
ANTOINE:  *laughs*
SONIC:  Hey!  Why are you following us, pal?
WOLF IN RED:  You trespass on our land.
SONIC:  Look my main wolf, all we want is a way outta here.
SALLY:  Can you show us?
WOLF IN RED:  Certainly, if that is all you wish.  Come.
*Sonic, Sally, & Ant follow the wolf*
ANTOINE:  It is the terrible curse.
SONIC:  What's up?
WOLF IN RED:  Wait here.
*The wolf presses a button.  Sonic, Sally, & Ant scream as they fall down a trapdoor.*
ANTOINE:  I told you!  It is the curse; the curse!  *mumbles*  The curse!
SONIC:  Shut up, Ant!
SALLY:  Oh my gosh...
LUPE:  Greetings.  I am Lupe, leader of the Wolf Pack Freedom Fighters.
SONIC, SALLY, & ANTOINE: Freedom Fighters?

(Scene Change: Everyone is sitting around a fire pit.)
SALLY:  We really didn't know what to expect.  There was little information about the Wolf Pack.
LUPE:  Robotnik destroyed all physical traces of our culture.  This is all we have left from the earlier times.
*Lupe gives a disk to Sally who places it into Nicole.  Nicole displays a hologram of a village.*
LUPE:  We lived simply and in harmony with nature, raising the food we needed and leaving no mark but our footsteps on the land.  
*The hologram changes*
LUPE:  So, after Robotnik captured my father and Roboticized most of the pack, a few escapes; although not without reminders.  *touches her scar*  Only ten of us are left now.  We returned to find our land being destroyed by the test pod.
SONIC:  Oh, man!  I've seen what that thing can do.  It wastes everything.
SALLY:  That's why we must contact the other Freedom Fighters on my father's list.
SONIC:  We're gonna visit all five groups and set up some kinda network to fight Robotnik.
LUPE:  It's a good plan.  I can get a message to the others.
SONIC:  That's great, Lupe.  Now we gotta figure out some way to fry that pod.
LUPE:  We can help in that department.  We've been raiding Robotnik's outposts for a while now and collected quite a supply.
SONIC:  Whoa.  That's some serious collecting.
SALLY:  Lupe, does this still work?
LUPE:  Unfortunately, no.
SONIC:  No prob.  Sal can fix it.  She can fix anything.

(Scene Change: The damaged test pod is at the bottom of the canyon.)
SNIVELY:  How long?
WORKERBOT:  I can't say, Sir.
SNIVELY:  You can't say?  What do you mean you can't...
ROBOTNIK (hologram): (interrupting) Snively!
SNIVELY:  Oh, hello Sir.
ROBOTNIK:  When will the test pod be back online?
SNIVELY:  Oh, any minute now, Sir.
ROBOTNIK:  And what of the wolves?
SNIVELY:  The wolves?  Yeah.  Well, um, Sir.  They've disappeared.
ROBOTNIK:  No, Snively.  They've just outsmarted you.  Now I strongly suggest that you use your pointed, little head and find them!  Do I make myself clear?
SNIVELY:  Very clear, Sir.

(Scene Change: Wolves & FFs push something into a canyon)
LUPE:  Quickly!  This way!
SNIVELY:  Activate heat sensors!
WORKERBOT:  Heat sensors activated.
ANTOINE: *trips & screams* Help!  It is the curse beam!  We are doom-ed!
SONIC:  Move it, Ant.
LUPE:  All right!  Let's go!
*Sonic places charges all over the canyon*
SONIC:  Rock 'n' roll time, Ro-butt-nik!
*Sonic triggers the charges & things go "boom"*
SONIC: Yes!
SALLY:  Freedom fighters, all right!
*All Freedom Fighters cheer*
SONIC:  Scratch one test pod.
ANTOINE: The curse is gone!
ANTOINE: *gasps*  What is this?
*The test pod rises from the rubble*
ANTOINE: It is the curse.  It is the doom-ed curse!
*all gasp*
[End of Act 2]

(Act 3 Opening Scene: Hoverunits and the test pod attack everybody in the canyon.)
SONIC:  Ram and jam time, Sal!
SONIC:  Huh.  Scratch that plan.
SALLY:  Not exactly the outcome I'd hoped for.  Any ideas?
SONIC:  Yeah, maybe I'll take a little spin.  Slap me some power, Sal.
SALLY:  Sonic, where are you going?
SONIC:  Trust me, Sal.
SALLY:  *sighs*  I hate it when you say that.
SONIC:  Better move back, Sal.
SNIVELY:  What's this?!  Computer, reverse course!  Take evasive action!  *screams*
*Freedom Fighter group cheer*
LUPE:  Well done, Sonic.  That was close.
SALLY:  Sonic, you were wonderful. *kisses sonic*
SONIC:  Aw, thanks.  I thought we could...
*test pod moves*
SONIC:  Huh?  I don't believe it.
LUPE:  We've blown it up, buried it, and wrecked it; and it still comes back!
SALLY:  We will stop this thing, Lupe.  I don't know how yet, but we will stop it.

(Scene Change: Inside Snively's crashed Hoverunit)
SNIVELY:  Computer, damage report.
COMPUTER:  Damage minimal.  All systems fully operational.
SNIVELY:  *falls out of his seat* I hate when that happens.
SNIVELY:  Switch to full power!
SNIVELY:  Ow!  *moans*  I hate my life.
SNIVELY:  Alright you Freedom Fighters, come on.  Show yourselves you little...
ROBOTNIK:  Snively!
SNIVELY:  Yes, Sir?
ROBOTNIK:  The wolves, Snively?
SNIVELY:  The wolves.  Oh, yes Sir.  I-I had them in my sights, Sir, but you see the hedgehog interfered...
ROBOTNIK:  (interrupting) The hedgehog with the Wolf Pack?  Send me your surveillance tapes.  Now!
SNIVELY:  (mocking) Send me your surveillance tapes...NOW!
ROBOTNIK:  Hmm...
*Robotnik re-appears on Snively's monitor*
ROBOTNIK:  Snively.
SNIVELY:  Sir?
ROBOTNIK:  Have you noticed there are caves along the top of the canyon wall, but none at ground level?
SNIVELY:  Oh.  Yes, Sir.
ROBOTNIK:  What does that tell you?
SNIVELY:  That the wolves... *yelps* used to be very tall?
ROBOTNIK:  It means...they're camouflaging the lower entrances.  Find them!
SNIVELY:  Yes, Sir.
*Snively's Hoverunit fires shots into the canyon.  A cave is revealed*
SNIVELY:  Bingo!  Bingo! Ye-e-es!

(Scene Change: Inside the Wolf Pack base.)
ANTOINE: *whines* The curse.  Oh!  It is the curse!
SONIC:  Ant!  Forget the curse.  There is no stupid curse!
LUPE:  He's right, Antoine.  We use the threat of a curse to keep out intruders.
ANTOINE: No curses?  Oh.  Phew and phew again.  I am so 'appy to hear that.
["that" sounded more like "zat" when he said it, BTW.]
SALLY:  Nicole, any suggestions?
NICOLE:  Insufficient data, Sally.
LUPE:  Maybe the pod is indestructible; a new metal or...
WOLF IN RED:  Lupe!  Swatbots are in the tunnels!
LUPE:  Lead them to the Caves of No Return.
SALLY:  Lupe, wait.  I have an idea.  Bring them here.
SONIC:  Lead the Swatbots here?
SALLY:  Trust me, Sonic.
SONIC:  Oh, I hate when you say that.

(Scene Change: In the tunnels)
SWATBOT:  Priority one hedgehog, freeze!

(Scene Change: Sally & Sonic are inside Snively's Hoverunit)
SNIVELY:  Well, won't Robotnik be surprised.  I've accomplished what he never could.
SONIC:  Hey!  It ain't over 'til the hedgehog sings, Snively, and I feel a song comin' on!
SALLY:  Nicole, laser!
*Nicole's lasers free Sally*
SALLY:  Oh, no you don't!  *grabs Snively by his pants*
SALLY:  Have a seat! 
SONIC:  Way past, Sal.
SALLY:  Well, what did you expect, Son?

(Sometime later...)
SONIC:  Anything yet, Sal?
SALLY:  Not since the last time you asked...five seconds ago.
SNIVELY:  You won't get away with this!  Robotnik will...
SALLY & SONIC: (interrupting) Shut up, Snively!
SALLY:  Oh my gosh.  Here it is.  Nicole, copy!
SONIC:  This is gonna help us?
SALLY:  Fry the pods.  Exactly.  Come on.
SNIVELY:  I hate you!  I hate you both!

(Scene Change: In the Great Canyon)
LUPE:  I always suspected that pod was attracted to life forces; this confirms it.
SALLY:  And by using a power beam...
UNIDENTIFIED WOLF: He's coming in!
SONIC:  Come on, pod-breath.  Gettin' old here...
SONIC:  Huh?  'Bout time.  *laughs*  Whee!
SONIC:  Come on in!  Hey, pod-brain!  
SONIC:  Alright!  Jelly and jam time!
*pod is zapped by a lightning bolt*
SONIC:  Toast.  Yeah!
*wolves cheer while picking up Sonic*
SONIC:  Hey now.  Careful guys.  I'm a little singed.
SONIC:  Ah, thank you, thank you...
LUPE:  Good news!  The other Freedom Fighters are anxious to meet with us; the sooner the better.
*group cheering*

(Scene Change: Knothole)
*Ari, Lupe, Sally, Sonic, Dirk & Apollo raise their fists*
ALL:  All for one, and one for all.  Freedom Fighters forever!
SALLY:  My father would be very proud to know we're together for our most important mission -- to destroy the Doomsday Project and defeat Robotnik.
SONIC:  To freedom!
ALL:  Freedom!  *cheering*
[End of Act 3]
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