Scarecrow: Hello fans! Welcome to chapter 2 of Thoughtless.

rainseed: niiiiii!

Scarecrow: Before you start reading, we would like to thank all of you for instantaneous awesome views, can you believe it, 47 after a day!

rainseed: And it was only published last night.

Scarecrow: I know, right! It makes me soooooo happy!

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Scarecrow: We would also like to take this opportunity to apologize for it taking so long to fix our intro chapter. Gomenosai, we're used to cosplay and do that kind of stuff all the time.

rainseed: Gomenosai.

Scarecrow: Alright, let's get going!

Sonic began regaining consciousness. At first Sonic couldn't tell whether or not he had actually opened his eyes yet because all he saw was… well nothing. The darkness was so thick, so heavy, that it mirrored the same envelopment produced behind closed lids within an impossibly dark midnight. It portrayed the very essence of The Darkness itself. As Sonic's eyes adjusted to the new scenery, he tried to make out what he could but couldn't ascertain the presence of anything.

'Where am I? How in the world did I get here?' Sonic thought to himself. Sonic winced upon shifting his weight. "Uggh. My body, it aches…" The pain produced from the slight movement rippled slowly throughout his body and clashed with similar ripples that echoed from other areas that insinuated upon the triggering of the first. "Damn. I guess that fight took more out of me than I thought." Sonic's eyes snapped back into focus, "Oh yeah, Scourge!" Sonic tried to rise from his resting place but the legs and arms that he attempted to budge found no gain. "What the?" Sonic tried again but his limbs remained in place; once more, he attempted with strength but realized that a previously unnoticed pressure against his arms was holding him back. Was he possibly in restraints? "Well this is just perfect," Sonic muttered.

Sonic relaxed and closed his eyes, temporarily ignoring the restraints, in order to think. He tried to recall the past events. "I remember.. chasing after Scourge. I remember tracking him to Hinamizowa… he took the town over.. and then.. held the school kids hostage." Sonic paused for a moment and tried to think a little harder. "It wasn't just the kids.. it was something more than that, if I can remember correctly there were five particular.. yeah, that's it, besides the other kids there were five that were really important. That Mion Sonozaki girl and her friends, they were all there too." 'Strange.' Sonic thought. "I don't know them and yet I can't help but feel that I do, I can even list them by name.. Rena Ryugu, Satako Hojo, Keiichi Maebara that was the only boy in the group, and the last one, the one with the long dark hair.. Rika? Yeah, that's it, Rika Furude." That name, Rika Furude… as soon as it was spoken it seemed to echo, as if the name alone within a breath held great importance. But Sonic wasn't sure how. Sonic took a long moment to try to remember what happened next and possibly be able to recall what made those five so special.

"Oh yeah, somehow they managed to escape while Scourge was distracted with me… and then while we were fighting… what happened next?" Sonic's memory was a bit hazy which frustrated him when he couldn't remember. "Think, Sonic, what did those kids do? I know they were involved somehow, but how?" As Sonic backtracked in his memory, the image of a long hooked axe came to mind. Sonic shook his head in frustration as if he was convincing himself that doing so would cause him to remember. "Did they get hurt? Did they…" Sonic feared the worst, but he hoped it wasn't so, he hoped his fear was wrong. Sonic didn't want to feel responsible for yet another, loss of life. No, not again. Not after what Scourge had put them through.

"I'm sorry."

Sonic jumps, "Who's there?" Sonic demanded. There was no response. Sonic became uneasy with the silent dark, "Maybe, it was just my imagination…or.. I just thought I heard….. someone there." But it couldn't have been his imagination, for the voice sounded so real, as if somebody was right there; someone, who had whispered in his ear as he laid there in his restraints. Sonic knew he was alone in there, after all, there was only him and the Darkness around him. Sonic convinced himself it was just the darkness playing tricks on him, causing his imagination to go wild, but he couldn't help feeling as though a pressing, heavy presence was looming over him just above his head. It felt as though that presence, that presumed somebody, was looking down on him… watching him. Sonic felt a chill crawling up his spine. He wanted desperately to grab some covers to throw over his head, but of course his restraints prevented him from doing so and to top that where would he have possibly found any in this void. Feeling vulnerable, Sonic just watched the blackness around him with eyes that betrayed his subtle paranoia. 'Come on Sonic, get a hold of yourself. There's nobody here. Your completely alone.' Sonic thought to himself. But as the presence lingered so did his fears; although he was completely alone, Sonic felt that he wasn't totally alone in the dark.

Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Sonic startled as his ear flickered to another soft noise. This time, however, it didn't seem like it came from his dark room. Sonic was silent for a while as he tried to decipher what that sound was and where it was coming from. "It sounds almost like… like…" Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. The sound continued, moving audibly closer than before. "Footsteps?" Sonic proved to be correct, for outside the walls of the room of darkness there stretched a long, grungy, dark hallway. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. The footsteps echoed off the walls. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. At the darkest end of the eerie corridor was a small figure, shrouded in shadow, slowly emerging. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. It's footsteps nearing closer and closer to the door of Sonic's confinement.

Sonic's breathing became heavy, he had no idea who or what could be coming through that door any minute now. The fear-thick, silent air heightened the suspense as he listened to the footsteps draw maddening closer and closer. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. His breathing became irregular, and then slightly shallow. His eyes widened, partly out of fear and partly in attempt to be able to view his surroundings and probable attacker. His heartbeat fluttered wildly within his small chest as he watched what he assumed was the direction of the door through judgment of the placement of footsteps. He waited, silently. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. The footsteps became louder and louder. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Now it sounded as though the footsteps were just outside the door. Sonic couldn't take it anymore, he tries to struggle out of his restraints. It was then he realizes that it wasn't just his hands and feet that were stuck fast, but there was also a long strap that covered his torso. Clink. Clink. Screech. Screech. Went the sound of metal legs and wheels. Sonic almost felt the metal table beneath him slightly move a bit. He jolted it again and again, attempting to free himself of its bounds. Tip. Tap. Tip. When the footsteps stopped, so did Sonic. There was a long pause. Ckcuck. Click, click-click. Was the sound the doorknob made as it turned. Sonic was paralyzed with fear. But not just any kind of fear, a fear that Sonic had never experienced before, a fear of the unknown. The unknown which was just beyond this door. It was then, that Sonic truly wished he was alone in the dark.

Scourge: You've got to be fuckin' kidding me!

Scarecrow: What's the matter now your highness?

Scourge: You said I was going to be in this next chapter! So why the - arn't I in here! All there is is Sonic being a paranoid mess.

Scarecrow: Oh, that? I just told you that so you'd shut up.

rainseed: You come in chapter 4.

Scourge: Chapter 4!

Scarecrow: Is there an echo in here? But you can come see us in chapter 3! ;) 'Till then, adios muchachos.

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