Hazzah for late updates! *bad poker face* Anyways, as of now, before we start, I got a quick reply to a reviewer.

To werewolf99: I'm sorry to break this to you, but I won't be using any OC's in this story...especially if they're not mine. I'm not even a big OC person anyway, so you won't be seeing any in my Sonic stories. Once again, I'm sorry to say this, but I hope you understand! :)

Now, I'm sitting in my kitchen, my cat is laying next to me, I gotta can of Diet Pepsi in my hand, let's get this started! Enjoy!

Chapter 2

Footsteps tapped on the ground as Sonic, Blaze, Amy, Vanilla, Vector, and Espio made their way down the dark street. After finding out Tails, Marine, Cream, and Charmy haven't returned from trick-or-treating, they all headed out to go search for the four kids After a while of searching, they didn't find them at all. But soon, Sonic had found a trail of some of Tails' shedded fur and the group followed it, leading them to the dark street.

Now, the six stood in front of the dead yard of the old abandoned mansion. They were silent as they looked at it. "Huh, creepy, isn't it?" Sonic finally said with a grin, turning to the rest.

"Are you sure the kids are here?" Amy asked doubtfully as she glanced back at the shady mansion.

Sonic gave a nod. "They have to be. Tails' fur trail ends here."

"Sonic, look!" The blue hedgehog turned to Blaze as she approached him. She held a basket full of candy in her hands. On it, written in black marker, was the name "Miles Prower". When Blaze handed Sonic the basket, he looked it over. "I found this by the front of the yard." She told him.

"This is Tails' basket!" Sonic announced.

"So that means they are here." Espio concluded.

"Cream is inside that house?" Vanilla asked quietly, eyes wide in terror. "Oh dear, please have her be okay."

"Don't worry." Sonic told her with a calm smile. "We're gonna get her back and make sure she's fine. You can wait out here if you want."

"Let's hurry up and get in there." Espio spoke up. "Before the kids end up getting themselves into something." He started walking forward with Blaze and Sonic following after him, but they stopped when they saw Amy quickly tagging along with them.

"Wait up, I'm coming with you!" She said with a smile.

"Whoa, whoa." Sonic moved in front of her and blocked her path. "Hold on Amy, I don't think you really should..."

Amy faced the blue hedgehog and placed her hands on her hips with a pout. "Now what are you trying to say, Sonic? That I won't be able to 'handle' what's in there?" She then closed her eyes and held up her index finger. "May I remind you that I am capable of handling myself in situations like this, you and I both know that."

"Not really all the time..." Sonic mumbled under his breath.

"What did you say?" Amy demanded with a scowl.

"Nothing, nothing. But listen, Amy. Not only could that mansion be ninety percent dangerous, but, I think it's best that you stay out here. I'm not saying that you're helpless, but maybe you should stay with Vanilla so she's not on her own and, y'know, keep her company, don't ya think?"

Amy directed her gaze away as she thought about it, then turned back to Sonic with a bright smile. "Okay, I guess you're right. I'll stay out here with Vanilla, Sonic! But hurry back." She gave a little wink and then turned and headed back to where the older rabbit was standing.

"Well, now that that's settled, let's move." Blaze said curtly. Sonic and Espio nodded and they turned and headed into the yard, but Vector stayed where he was. The crocodile was still as a statue as he stared at the mansion with wide, frightened eyes, shivering slightly. The other three had noticed this and they turned back to him.

"Uh, Vector. Aren't you coming?" Espio called to him.

"Huh, what?" Vector said, getting his attention back. He then started to grow nervous as he started scratching the back of his head. "Well, I, uh...Ya see, I'm willing to go into some place to rescue Cream, Charmy, and the other two, but now that I'm actually looking at the place that they're in, I'm kinda unsettled about how it looks..."

"Oh for the love of the Sol Emeralds." Blaze muttered, rolling her eyes. "Don't tell me you're too scared to go in."

"Eh..." Was all Vector replied with followed by a gulp.

"Vector, now is not the time to chicken out." Espio told him with narrowed eyes. "The kids' are in that house and their lives could be in impending doom for all we know, so you're going to have to go in there, no matter what."

"I know, but...mneeeeeh, I don't like how it looks!" Vector replied.

"Alright, stay out here if ya want." Sonic said with a shrug, but then smirked at the crocodile. "But, let me just remind you, Vanilla's watching, and she's expecting you to find her daughter. You can't let her down and leave Cream in there, now can't ya? Plus, wimping out isn't exactly an impressing thing to do. But hey, what ever floats your boat, Vector." With that, Sonic turned and continued on toward the mansion, his smirk still on his face. Espio and Blaze glanced at each other and decided to continue on as well. Vector stood still and silent as the hedgehog's words sunk in his mind. Finally, his eyes narrowed in determination and he ran after them.

"I comin' along! For the kids and Vanilla!" He announced.

Sonic turned back to him and grinned. "Heh."

The four headed through the rest of the yard and walked onto the porch of the mansion, opening the wooden door, it's creaking echoed through the living room of it. Slowly, Sonic, Blaze, Espio, and Vector walked inside and looked around. "Ah, this place isn't so bad." The blue hedgehog said with a smile. He turned to the still frightened Vector and patted him on the back. "There's nothin' to worry about." All of a sudden, the front door slammed shut, causing the four to whip around and look at it with startled eyes.

"W-What happened? What happened?!" Vector shouted in fear.

"I don't know." Espio responded. "The wind must've closed it." He then walked up to the wooden door and gripped the knob to open it back up. But, the knob wouldn't twist. Espio narrowed his eyes and tried harder, yanking on it, but no matter what, it wouldn't open. Now frustrated, he kicked the door roughly...only to have the doorknob fall right off. The four were dead silent as they watched it roll across the ground until it finally fell through a hole in the floorboards.

Blaze pinched the ridge of her nose and shook her head. "Please tell me that didn't just happen." She growled.

"Don't worry guys." Sonic said as he approached the door. "Nothin' but a little Sonic magic can fix this! I can probably get the knob to turn from the other side and we can get the door open." He stuck his finger in the spot where the doorknob once was and started twisting it around. But, it only resulted in the knob on the other side to fall off. Sonic stared with wide eyes as he looked at it through the keyhole.

"...Wow. Way to make it worse..." Espio said to him with a deadpanned expression.

"S-So we're stuck in here?!" Vector shouted in terror.

"No we're not." Espio reassured him. "We can just get Blaze to burn the door down."

"Can't do that." Said cat replied. "This entire mansion is made of wood. Setting the door on fire would only result in burning the whole place down."

Vector's eyes went as wide as moons as he began to freak out. "That's it! We're dead! We're screwed! We're all gonna die in here!" As the other three tried to calm him down, something peculiar was happened in another near by room. In the empty room, a lone music box sat on a shelf. Suddenly, a blueish glow flickered and shone in the darkness and moved to the music box, flipping it open and activating it. Quiet, yet extremely creepy sounding music started to play from it. Back in the living room, the four went dead silent as they heard the music.

"Uh...What the heck is that?" Sonic asked quietly.

"I...I don't know." Blaze responded in discomfort. Just then, the sound of a little girl's voice started singing from the unseen music box, now making them go wide eyed in slight fear.

"Okay, I've been here enough! LET ME OUT!" Vector cried and began to bang on the front door in panic.

"Guys, stand back!" Sonic told them and backed up a great distance. "I'm gonna bust the door down!" Before anyone could object, he curled into a ball and Spin Dashed forward. However, instead of breaking the door down, he just bounced right off and shot back to the others.

"Oh no." Was all Espio said and Sonic cannoned right into them, sending them flying across the living room. The four hit another door, knocking it off it's hinges, and ended up falling down a staircase that was on the other side. Riding on the door, Espio, Blaze, Vector, and Sonic all screamed in fright as they went down. Meanwhile, in one hallway, a beam from a flashlight shone as Tails and Marine walked down it, continuing to search for Charmy and Cream.

"Marine, we've been in this hall before." The fox mumbled. "I think we're going in circles."

"Don't worry, mate. I'm a captain, remember!" The raccoon said. "I have a good sense of direction! I can get us outta here and find the other two, lickity split!" Tails only rolled his eyes in response as they continued on, walking past an open doorway with stairs on the other side. Right as they went by it, faint screams sounded as Sonic, Blaze, Vector, and Espio rode right past down the stairs for a split second. Hearing this, Tails stopped and looked around.

"Did you hear that?" He asked.

"Hear what?" Marine replied. "You were probably hearing stuff, mate." The two then walked farther down the hall, only to hear a faint crash. They stopped, glanced around, then cautious continued on.

Back at the staircase, at the bottom, a door lay against the wall with Vector's arm sticking out from under it. His arms moved and his hands felt against the door until they found the knob. Gripping it, he pulled it open to reveal the crocodile squashed on the wall with Sonic sticking to his back. Slowly, the blue hedgehog peeled off and flopped on the ground with Vector landing right on top of him, revealing Blaze and Espio stuck against the wall as well. The cat and the chameleon fell off too and landed on Vector's belly. They laid still and on top of each other for a moment until Blaze and Espio rolled off and staggered to their feet.

"What just happened?" Espio finally asked, rubbing his head. Blaze shook her's and turned to look at the large flight of stairs they just rode down on a door. She lowered her eyes with a sigh.

"We screwed ourselves over, that's what happened." She replied.

"More like Sonic screwed us over." Vector spoke up, getting in a sitting posion and revealing the said hedgehog still laying on the ground from being squashed. Vector turned to the stairs as well, sweat beginning to build on his head. "Well, at least we can still get back up to the living room and-" The stairs then started shaking and in a large cloud of dust, collapsed to the ground in a pile of broken wood. Espio, Blaze, and Vector stared at it for a few silent moments. "It's official! I'm gonna die in this mansion!" The crocodile shouted, beginning to panic again.

"Just keep your cool." Blaze told him. "We'll find the kids and another way out of here, don't worry."

"But how are we going to do that, exactly?" Espio questioned. "The stairs just fell to the ground, so that leaves us with no way back up."

Blaze crossed her arms over her chest. "Well, we are in a mansion, so there has to be different ways that lead to the living room. All we have to do is search this place and find one, along with the kids, of course."

"So we...go farther into this creep house?!" Vector asked in disbelief.

"We have to, it's basically our only option." Blaze said. Her, Espio, and Vector then turned to look down one of the pitch black room and hallway in front of them, slight discomfort beginning to grow on them.

"Hey, guys." Sonic finally spoke up, still laying on the ground. "I can't feel arms..."

Yup! And madness will begin! Thank you all for reading! The next chapter will be up soon! See ya!