Okay, here's a new story!

This is the third story in my Blood series.

I don't own the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise

So, read, review, and enjoy!

Strolling through a dark alley in the middle of the night, Shadow thought of the date and sighed. Today signaled his anniversary of being turned; he was a vampire for one year. It had not been easy, but he managed to survive. Isabelle, the vampire that turned him, said the first year was the hardest. She was right; it was definitely a difficult year. It was surprising that the simplest thing was first getting turned. After getting turned, he was reunited with Isabelle and as she helped him adjust to his new lifestyle, he discovered that he developed a rare attachment to her called a Blood Bond and both of them then faced off with her older brother, Damien. Just when Damien was about to deliver a final attack to him, Isabelle staked her brother. Isabelle then asked him to join her and they would leave the city, but he said no, leaving to see her depression and heartache from it and to know he would not have to know her suffering, he staked her. "I wonder if she's happy…Where Isabelle is…I hope she's happy." Shadow pondered to himself.

Six months after that, he learnt that Rouge not only knew what he was, but was an Immortui, a rare kind of vampire that fed on vitae or the life force of others to survive. After seeing what she done, he had to stop her and he did, staking one of the people closest to him. He quit working for GUN because whenever he went on a mission, it reminded him too much of Rouge and what he did to her. Luckily for him, GUN understood why he made his decision and allowed him to do so and leave him with what he had. "Well, at least everything's back to normal…or what at least could be considered normal for me." Shadow concluded to himself.

Stopping as he heard a slight noise, Shadow froze in place and his fangs extended as he got ready to attack. Wincing as he felt a slight prick in his neck, Shadow felt the spot and pulled out a small dart. Seeing a drop of a red substance drip from it, the dart slipped from Shadow's hand as the black hedgehog doubled over. "Dead…man's…blood…" stammered Shadow and his crimson eyes closed and everything turned black as he collapsed onto the ground.

Slowly opening his crimson eyes, Shadow squinted to see as he gradually regained consciousness. He had not been hit with dead man's blood like that; the one Rouge hit him with was nothing compared to it. Standing up as everything stopped being doubled, he saw he was in a metal cage with thick metal bars and tried to kick down the iron door, but was unsuccessful. Using different techniques to break free, all of them failed and Shadow clenched his teeth. Scanning the area where the cage was, it was some sort of stone building and he gave a shout of pain as he felt his skin start to burn. Quickly looking around, he dashed to one of the shaded parts of the cage. Looking at the ceiling, he saw a hole like a sunroof of a car opened and he wondered out loud, "What kind of place am I in?"

Meanwhile, a tall man with slick back hair, wearing a classy black suit watched Shadow squatting in the corner through a monitor, intrigue and fascination in his almost black eyes and a calculating smile on his face. A man standing behind him wearing a similar suit questioned, "What are you thinking Sir?"

"Hmm. That vampire does prove to be quite the fighter. This will be interesting to see." The man answered.

"What do you want us to do?" the other man asked and the tall man took his eyes off the screen and faced the other man.

"I want you to leave a bread crumb trail for him to let him know what he's been chosen for. I want to see how much that will affect his game plan." The man decided. His lips turned into a malevolent grin. "And when the sun sets…let the Sanguinem Elit begin!"

Okay, so there's the first chapter.

Hope you liked it and don't forget to leave a review!