The Fire to Fight With

Chapter one: The evil surfaces

It was the coldest night in Station Square that anyone could ever remember. In a penthouse apartment in the middle of the city, Sonic and friends were all around his fireplace.

"Okay Tails, for the third time, power is better than brains!" Knuckles screamed.

"So if I could outsmart you, which is easy, then you would lose a fight. You can't lose brain cells by getting a spike glove punch in the head."

"Oh really. Then let's try it out now." Knuckles moved towards Tails and punched. It was stopped mere centimeters away from Tails' noggin. The hand was Rouge's. She took it and punched Knuckles in the head.

"Will you two cut it out?" They stared blankly at her. "I suppose not."

"Mister Knuckles will you please stop." Cream mumbled.

"I'll smash both of you on the head with this hammer if you don't stop." Amy pulled out her piko-piko hammer.

"No need for that Amy." Sonic grumbled. In the usual Amy, she stopped. Tails decided to leave before he got hurt. He got halfway to the door when a glove slugged the back of his head.

"Feel any dumber now, Tails." Knuckles was finally triumphant. Then gasped. "The master emerald. Gotta go." He ran out the door and into the street passing a red hedgehog.

"What's his rush?" He was walking towards the building when there was a voice behind him.

"Eric, you know your power and I know mine. If you find me before spring thaw then I can make your life miserable."

"You already do Lucius, you already do."

"Remember, I can escape from you and destroy you with my new accomplices."

"I'll be waiting." The red hedgehog had a sleeveless shirt and it was snowing hard yet he felt no cold. In fact, he felt warm. He walked into the building.

Back in Sonic's penthouse the adults were having some wine and the little kids had apple cider. Sonic turned the fire down but it wouldn't go down. In fact, it went up and knocked Sonic back. Then there was a knock on the door.

Sonic walked toward it and looked through the eyehole. He saw a red hedgehog with two yellow stripes and one blue one. He assumed that the person needed help and let him in. He was wet, presumably from the snow.

"Do you need help or something?" Sonic questioned. "And what's your name?"

"I'm Eric. I need help. My brother is in this city also."

"So?"

"Okay. My brother's name is Lucius. And he isn't exactly, how can I say this "good"."

"Exactly how?"

"He has his reasons and I don't want to tell you in front of everyone else."

"Alright, I need everyone out." The guests all left. "Okay, so who is Lucius?

"My older brother. He doesn't like you. He also has mafia connections."

"So how does all this have to do with him coming here?

"The mafia sent him to start the Station Square mafia."

"Not on my watch."

"That's why he wants to kill you. If he can establish this branch then he will become Don. That's the biggest reason."

"We'll find him."

"Yeah. G'night." Sonic headed to his room. Outside a light blue hedgehog ran by and for that moment Sonic felt a sudden chill. He looked out the window but saw nothing. Eric however saw everything he feared.

Next Update: Sonic faces his new foe for the first time and upsets Amy...