CHAPTER 1: First encounter

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"Are we there yet?" the energetic two tailed fox, Tails, said.

"Tails, it has been not even five seconds since the last time you asked me that question…" his fellow companion, sonic, said. "What do you think?"

"Maybe…" Today, September 10, 2556, was the day that Sonic, Tails, knuckles, shadow, Amy, Rouge, and wave were going on a road trip for spring break from college for a week in Sonics Corvette.

"OH YEAH!" Knuckles yelled in excitement as he stuck his head through the sun-roof. Bold, but stupid. Why am I saying this? Because Knuckles stuck his head out too far and a thick tree branch made contact with Knuckles nose. "Holy fuck!" Knuckles said in pain and embarrassment.

"Ha! That was soo funny…" Sonic said, "He just got pwned by a tree… a FUCKIN TREE!" Sonic acted like that was the funniest joke in the world.

"Oh come on sonic…" rouge said soothingly. "I think that was very brave. Someone is getting a special treat when we get out of the car."

"Really? Then getting hit in the face with a tree was totally worth it!" As the next four hours consisted of driving, stopping for gas and getting out of the car for potty breaks, an evil plot was forming all around the world.

As bartender George busily waited on people and got orders done in the small bar, a special news report interrupted the current channel on the low quality T.V. hanging over the bystanders. "We interrupt the current program to give you this emergency broadcasts!" a lady dressed in white said on the microphone she was holding. "Lock your doors, barricade the house, and load your guns Mobius because the new flu ain't friendly." The urgent message that the news lady was giving caught attention of the bar's customers and staff. "Scientist are looking in to the new flu as we speak but the real progress has been made by local towns people like yourselves." The news lady called up one of the citizens in the background.

"Hi" said the weary purple tailed fox said into the camera.

"Sir, what can you tell us about the new flu going around… and try to keep it discreet, government will shut us down if we say too much."

"Alright, I will try to keep this as 'discreet' as possible. That flu… it changed my way of life so much…" the male fox pondered.

"How?" the news lady pushed.

"Well i… I saw what it did to everyone up north from here. Me and my family were visiting a relative of ours when… when the flu hit town. God… the flu changed mother so much…"

"You can tell me…"

"Well… it changed her personality, the way she thought and her actions. One second she was so happy to see us… and the next second she was calling me the worst mistake of her life and she slapped my wife in the face; calling her a no-good slut!"

"OUCH!" the camera man said sarcastically. The purple tailed fox said nothing to him; just gave him the death glare.

"then… then she started to go crazy…" the fox continued, "she flipped the furniture, tore up the wallpaper, set the kitchen on fire… and just as we barely made it out of the burning house… she flipped out and bit me!". The news lady gasped. And just to confirm it, the fox pulled up his sleeve to reveal a bit-mark the size of an apple on his arm.

"That's horrible." The news lady said.

"Oh yeah… well it's nothing compared to what she did after that. She tried to kill us! Eat us, specifically! I had to kill her. Put her down with the magnum I carry around in my pocket, just in case… I think that bitch gave me the disease… I don't feel so well…" And just like that, the fox collapsed on the hard concrete as quick as the flick of the wrists.

"Oh my god!" the news lady called. "Call an ambulance!" the camera man was already on it, setting down the camera to an angle where we can see the collapsed figure. And just as it seemed that the fox was dead, he slowly picked himself up from the ground and left the view of the camera, only to be answered by a sick scream of agony. Just as all hell seemed to get loose in the news report, a random guy outside of the bar banged on the fragile window. While everyone else panicked, George looked calmly at the assistant waiter, and said "Well, looks like time to break out that new shotgun."

As sonic and the gang sped down the highway in his corvette, they spotted a diner and decided to stop in hope of refilling their stomachs with carbs. "Who is up for eats!" sonic said in a mixture of adventure and pure hunger. The group of friends got out of the car and headed for the diner.

"Hmm," Amy wondered, "it looks like no one is here guys."

"Naa," wave said reassuringly, "they probably just don't keep the diner in the best conditions."

"Besides, that's not gonna stop me from going inside and grabbing some grub." The gang slowly walked through the wooden double doors, with shadow leading.

"Looks like you were right Amy, not a living soul seems to be here." Shadow confirmed.

"Well…" rouge inquired, "I am a pretty good cook, so how about I cook up some burger and fries?"

"A woman that can cook!" knuckles said in a flirty tone, "that's just incredibly sexy." rouge just rolled her eyes back as she walked behind the low counter and into the kitchen. The gang took a seat in an extra-large booth.

"Eww!" Amy screamed.

"What is it?"

"I think I saw a mouse!"

"Girls…" tails playful whispered out loud, which was immediately answered with a playful punch from wave. "So…" tails said to sonic, "where are we going anyway? I was too caught up in partying with everyone to pay attention."

"Well tails, you know me. We just keep driving on the highway intill we find something we like."

"Of course."

"But…" shadow said, for the first time ever since they took this trip. "I have to ask you something of utter urgency knuckles."

"What is that?"

"Are you and Rouge dating?" shadow asked as innocently as possible.

"What, no!" knuckles blushed.

"Do you want to date Rouge?"

"Na, she is not my type."

"I know who is just my type…" Amy said, while dreamingly staring at sonic as she said it. Sonic just rolled his eyes.

"Where the fuck is rouge with my food?" Knuckles muttered to himself. "I'll be back guys, gotta check go on this bat." And with that, he got up from the leather booth and headed for the kitchen. "What is that bat doing? It's been 20 minutes now." As knuckles drawled back the thick door to the kitchen, he was startled by an ear-piercing scream from within the kitchen. Without thinking twice, he immediately kicked the door open and couldn't believe his eyes. "What the fuck!" knuckles said to himself. There was rouge, with a moist green groundhog on top of her, eating something. Knuckles was going to drop kick that dude but as soon as he got close, the groundhog violently whipped his head around towards knuckles to reveal blood and flesh between his teeth, specifically rouge's blood and flesh. Knuckles did his best not to vomit. The bloody homicidal ground hog forgot about his current meal and looked at knuckles hungrily. Knuckles would have done something, but he was scared shitless, for the first time in his life. Soo, this is fear… knuckles thought to himself. The rest of the gang appeared behind him. "Get back!" knuckles commanded.

"Why?" asked sonic, who saw why over knuckles shoulder and vomited all over himself. Everyone went into a panic attack, as the creepy little groundhog slowly walked over to them. Shadow then drew something out that just proves my point that he is an absolute badass; that is a gun, a berretta 14 to be specific.

"Get down!" shadow yelled as he walked in front of everyone. "Good night, you sick fucker." Shadow loaded three bullets in the groundhogs chest, but had no effect on the cannibal; just got the him pissed with every shot. Shadow then blindly fired the handgun in a freak panic, hitting the groundhog in his knee caps, his shoulder, and his arm. When shadow was about to run out of bullets in his current clip to shoot the groundhog with, he scored a lucky headshot. The homicidal freak fell down to the floor in a pool of his own blood. Shadow calmed down, and loaded another clip in his berretta 14, just in case. Everyone was silent in what happened right here, and then knuckles noticed rouge. Her arm was torn right open and they never even noticed.

"Rouge!" knuckles cried. He ran over to his secret crush, just staring into her unconscious eyes. It was obvious to tell her last expression before she fainted was terror.

"Poor rouge…" wave and Amy sniffled.

"This is no way for anyone to die," tails said, "what was that anyway?"

"I don't know" knuckles replied wearingly, "that man was so sick, and full of hate. You can tell when he stare into his eyes."

"Or what's left of his eye anyway." Shadow said, waving his berretta around like he just won it from the carnival or something.

"Come on guys! We have to go get help!" Knuckles said, still kneeling over his beloved rouge.

"Fine, oh… mom is going to kill me when she sees the blood in the car…" sonic said, with still a hint of humor in his voice. "Okay everyone, looks like we are going to have to wait on lunch till we help our friend, so let's go!" Everyone got in the car, with knuckles, tails, and rouges unconscious body in the back. As they sped down the highway, sonic was wondering to himself how this can get any worse… if only he knew…