Hello! I really have to finish some of my stories, but I couldn't get this idea out of my head! *sighs*
~A note about the zombies in my story:
They are alive, but they're infected with the Solanum Virus. They have the prey-drive of a normal zombie, but for the most part behave and socialize like a human. Sometimes they can lose control, and go on a killing spree. If that happens, they won't stop until they are killed. The virus is transmitted to healthy people through bites and scratches. The zombies have enhanced speed and strength. I think that's about it.
I hope you enjoy!
~Chapter One~
Sonic sighed. He was sitting in a large, white room. A long wooden table and office chairs sat in the middle of the room. There were no decorations, just plain white walls. The cobalt hedgehog sat at the head of the table, chewing absentmindedly on a pencil end; waiting.
He smiled when his best friend, Tails, walked quickly into the room, quietly clicking the door shut behind him.
"Did Knuckles come yet?" the yellow fox asked.
"Not yet," Sonic replied.
Tails sighed, sitting down next to Sonic. "Good. I thought I was late."
"What does Knuckles want to talk to us about?"
"The usual."
"Them?"
"You sound like you hate them."
The cobalt hedgehog frowned. "You don't?"
"No. I've never met one," Tails replied. "You haven't met one, either."
"Your point being?"
"If you've never met them, you can't hate them because you simply don't really know what they're like."
"I hate them because they're blood-thirsty monsters, who will stop at nothing to get their next meal."
Tails shook his head. "You hate them because our government has trained our minds to think of them in the negativist way possible."
Just then, Knuckles walked in, followed by a silver hedgehog wearing glasses.
"Good afternoon Knuckles," Sonic said, waving at the government leader. He looked at the silver hedgehog, smiling. "Dr. Silver."
Said hedgehog smiled warmly at Sonic.
Knuckles cleared his throat. "As you know, the zombies are on a killing spree. It would be easy to kill them off… if they didn't blend in with us."
"You could test the whole city for the Solanum Virus," Tails suggested.
"We thought about it," Silver said, "but that would be too time-consuming."
"Why don't we take one into custody, and experiment on him until we either find a cure, or a way to kill them off without having to hunt them down?"
"Great idea, Sonic!" Knuckles exclaimed. He opened the door. "Now go find one!"
Sonic stared at Knuckles in disbelief. "What?"
"It was your idea," Knuckles replied, smirking. "Why wouldn't you be the one to do it?"
"Fine! Sonic growled, jumping out of his chair. When he reached the door, he turned around. "If I die, you can have my stuff, Tails."
Sonic smiled when he saw Tails' eyes light up, before walking out of the room, closing the door behind him.
~Solanum~
If I were a zombie, were would I be? Sonic thought. He had decided to begin his search in the park.
"I see why they sent me," Sonic mumbled to himself. "They didn't want to be stuck searching for one, knowing how long it will take."
He yelped when he bumped into someone. He fell to the ground. He glared at the hedgehog above him.
"Watch it!" Sonic exclaimed, getting up.
"Why don't you stop talking to yourself and watch were you going!" the hedgehog growled back.
Who does this guy think he is? Sonic thought. He looked the hedgehog up and down.
The hedgehog looked young- Sonic assumed he was in his twenties- and he had jet-black fur with red streaks.
The ebony hedgehog folded his arms and stared at Sonic, his ruby-red eyes seeming to pierce right through the cobalt hedgehog.
"Well?" he asked. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
Sonic huffed. "Nothing. I'm just expecting an apology from you."
The ebony hedgehog sighed. "You're weird, hedgehog."Sonic was taken aback.
"Well, you're weird, too!" Sonic finally said.
"What's your name, hedgehog?"
"Sonic. Why?"
The ebony hedgehog smirked. "Just wondering." He turned to walk away.
"Wait just a minute!" Sonic exclaimed, grabbing the other hedgehog's arm. "You bump into me, call me weird, ask for my name, then just walk away? Without giving me your name?"
"Does my name honestly matter to you, hedgehog?"
"Yes," Sonic snapped, "it does."
The ebony hedgehog seemed to hesitate for a second before answering, "Shadow."
Hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter! I apologize if this chapter seems short. The next chapter should be longer. Reviews please?