OMAKE: A Brief Investigation
A Brief Investigation
If Jay was being honest with herself, this was definitely one of the stranger things she'd ever been sent to investigate.
The whole thing with random animals popping out of nowhere, as well as the much more concerning mysterious robots, was something pretty much all of GUN was aware of by this point. But for the most part, it was mostly agents picking up the critters and placing them somewhere where they wouldn't get themselves hurt.
There were too many unknowns about the strange robots, and at the moment the higher-ups weren't eager to send anyone to try and capture them. Not because they didn't think they were a possible issue, but because they wanted to have some equipment, or even robots of their own, in case things got violent.
However, the descriptions she was getting about this new animal were…well, unique.
Every officer that had attempted to capture the animal, as well as the S-team, had reported more or less the same thing. Humanoid (notable for difference in build from the other animals), about 100 cm (bigger than all the previous animals), white gloves, white-striped red shoes with gold buckles, blue fur, and super speed. The last one in particular was a concern for threat assessment reasons, what with the fact that the blue hedgehog could apparently break the sound barrier.
She was going to bold and underline that fact when she sent in her report, as well as emphasize diplomacy instead of capture. They could not have anyone pissing off someone who can do that at will.
And yes, she used someone on purpose.
Everyone who'd been part of the incident may have referred to the…creature? Lifeform? Alien? Whatever the hedgehog was, as an "it" or "just" as an animal. But, it felt like there were too many factors pointing towards this being a person.
The presence of clothes on the hedgehog could indicate someone had dressed them, yes. But the playful attitude the hedgehog had exhibited towards the S-team was something she wouldn't be surprised to find in a human teenager with that kind of speed. Factor in the human-like body language, plus the fact that some witnesses reported seeing them move their mouth like they were talking (though unfortunately the witnesses could not verify actual speech since they had been inside moving vehicles and the hedgehog had, supposedly, been quietly talking to themselves outside of said vehicles), and there was a better than even chance that this was a sapient being.
Now, Jay wasn't new to capturing people. It wasn't her specialty, but it was certainly something she'd been personally involved with a couple times.
However, she did have the base amount of empathy to realize that, hey, random people bigger than you trying to get their hands on you could be pretty friggin' scary. Sure, with the hedgehog's speed she doubted that kind of fear was something that got realized often, but it was the principle of the thing y'know?
Also, well, the hedgehog hadn't actually done anything wrong. Yeah they almost caused a traffic accident, and yes they also lightly injured some officers, but given the circumstances the blame didn't exactly lie at their feet. Because of that, she didn't really see any reason to immediately jump to the more forceful options.
Whatever agents they send should be the more diplomatic kind. The types who offer to buy their target a meal or two as long as said target is willing to sit down, chill for a bit, and talk. Information is something they really need here, and the hedgehog is probably going to be willing to share more if they don't try to shove them in a burlap sack.
Carrot over stick and all that.
Hopefully, director Max will see things her way. She'd rather not make an enemy out of a speedster.
That type of thing never goes well in comics, and it certainly won't in real life.
AN: The first Omake I'm making for this quest, and it probably won't be the last.
Here's hoping that we can do things a bit more politely than just trying to grab Sonic lol.
