Sorry that i took so long to post this up! I'v been feeling like crap for the past couple of days so i couldn't really do anything. T^T Also I'm very sorry that this chapter is SO freakin short! Not to mention it's not very good : Again I'm sooooo sorry! Well I hope you guys enjoy this CRAPTASTIC chapter! -w-
-Apartment Courtyard 10/6/11 7:48am-
"Uh...what's up guys?" Sonic hesitantly asked. "What's up? That's all you have to say?" Knuckles asked with an annoyed expression. "Um...yea..?" He replied with confusion. "Dammit Sonic I'm gonna kick your -" Rouge slapped a hand over Knuckles mouth. "Why are you acting so casual?" Silver asked. "What do you mean?" Everyone gave him a concerned look. Sonic only blinked. "Why are you guys staring at me?" Tails was the first to speak up. "Um Sonic...are you okay?" "Yea...why wouldn't I be?" He answered. "Sonic...have you done anything...odd...recently?" Sally asked. "Um...no...I'm pretty sure I haven't."
"...Have you seen the news?" Tails asked. Sonic nodded his head side to side. Tails sighed. "Well...I think you should see it..." He said as he typed on his watch. Sonic walked over to where Tails was standing,so he could see what he was doing. After a second or two,the news appeared on his little watch screen. Tails handed it to Sonic without a word and Sonic hesitantly grabbed it and began to watch it.
After the news finished,Sonic slowly looked up to his friends and slowly shook his head. "...That...that wasn't me." "Hmm...well how many other BLUE hedgehogs do you know? Because I don't know any." Knuckles sarcastically stated. "Shut it pea brain!" Rouge hissed. Knuckles just turned away from her. "I promise that I didn't do that...why would I do that anyways!" Sonic started to panic. "That's what we said but...it doesn't make sense...i mean Vector did tell you to go find-" "Make!" Vector corrected as he pointed a finger up. "Make your own thrill and right after,a video of you hurting innocent people gets out...it's confusing.." Rotor stated. "But I'm telling you I didn't do IT!" Sonic was starting to yell from frustration.
"I wasn't even IN Mystic Ruins last night!" He finished. "Zhen where were you?" Antoine asked. Sonic froze up. "Uh...um...somewhere..." He tried to avoid the question,but was failing miserably. "Answer the question Sonic. Where were you last night?" Sally asked,more demanding. Sonic turned away. "...I-i can't say..." He stuttered. "What do you mean you can't say?" "I just can't...end of discussion." Sonic hoped she would just drop the question. "Stop trying to avoid the truth Sonic-" She was cut off. "How bout you stop acting like you KNOW the truth!" Sonic shot back as he spun around to face her. She was shocked to hear him yelling. Sonic turned his head away again.
"I'm sorry...i just can't tell you where I was..." He balled his hands into fists. Knuckles was just blankly staring at Sonic when he noticed a small cut on his upper left arm. Suddenly a thought shot through his mind. Knuckles quickly walked over to Sonic and grabbed his arm. "Nice cut. How did you get it?" He asked with suspicion. Sonic flinched and tried to yank his arm away. "Uh...i didn't even know I had it.." He said as he continued to try and get his arm back.
"Oh really?" Knuckles said as began to squeeze his arm,almost breaking it.
"OW!" Sonic cried out. He used his other arm to punch Knuckles,hard enough to loosen his grip,and yank his arm back. Knuckles stumbled backwards before rubbing his cheek. "That's it you little -" He was about to attack but was held back by Espio. "Knuckles,what are you doing?" Sally asked. "Gr...Sonic...his arm...it has a cut!" He angrily stated. "Yea,so?" She asked more annoyed. Knuckles rolled his eyes. "The video! Remember the camera man threw a rock at Sonic and it hit his left arm!" Everyone grew wide eyed. Knuckles was right for once.
"Your right Knuckles!" Rouge gasped. "Wait,wait...if he has the same cut in the same location then...doesn't that mean he WAS at Mystic Ruins?" Blaze asked with confusion. "I told you I wasn't at Mystic Ruins!" Sonic yelled. "But if that's true...then what are the odds of ya gettin the exact same wound like that...er...other Sonic?" Bunnie asked. Sonic was going to say something but closed his mouth,due to the fact that he didn't have an answer. "Oh I'm so confused right now!" Charmy yelled as he buzzed around.
"Look...I don't know if that was a clone or something but...I'm telling you I wasn't in Mystic Ruins so it couldn't have been me!" Sonic stated as he placed a hand on his chest. Everyone was silent and looking in different directions. Sonic let his arms drop down to his sides.
"Oh my god...you don't believe me..."
Tails walked over to Sonic and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Sonic it's not that we don't believe you,it's just...the evidence..." Sonic pulled his shoulder away from Tails. "Whatever..." Was the last thing he said before he walked away,towards his apartment. Everyone just looked over to each other with worry on their faces.
-Apartment complex 10/6/11 11:46pm-
It was almost midnight and everything was calm and quiet around the complex. Everybody was sleeping peacefully in their beds,unaware of anything on the outside. However,one hedgehog was still awake.
Shadow was sitting on his bed. He didn't need sleep,he could go days without it. He was just leaning against the head board in silence when he suddenly heard an alarm go off in the distance. Nobody else would have been able to hear it but he WAS the ultimate life form. He got out of bed and ran outside. His ears swerved,trying to find the exact location of the alarm. Once he knew the direction,he began to skate over to it.
-Station Square Jewelry Store 10/6/11 11:57pm-
Shadow skidded to a stop when he made it to his destination. He looked up at the store that was now consumed with flames. Everything was already melting and falling apart due to the extreme temperature. "What the-" Shadow asked himself in shock. He suddenly heard a crunching sound,as if someone was walking on broken glass. He turned his head to the side of the store,only to see the one person he didn't expect.
"SONIC! What the hell are you doing!" Shadow asked as he balled his hands into fists.
Sonic only smirked and turned around to walk away. Shadow formed a chaos spear in his hand and threw it at him. Sonic stumbled before reaching down to grab his right leg. The spear barley missed,but made a pretty deep gash. Sonic angrily looked up at Shadow before running towards the apartments. Shadow was going to chase after him but stopped when he remembered the Store was on fire and,if not put out immediately,would spread to other buildings.
-Apartment complex 10/7/11 12:13am-
Shadow ran up to the apartment gates,jumped over them,and headed towards Sonic's apartment. Once he stood in front of the door,he lifted his foot and kicked it open. He ran inside,only to find Sonic asleep on the couch. He walked over to him and flicked him on his nose. Sonic jumped up,both from surprise and pain and covered his nose with both of his hands. "OW! What was that for!" He asked,looking up at Shadow.
"That was for pretending to be asleep!" Shadow answered. "I wasn't pretending,I was asleep! At least I was until you came and woke me up!" Sonic shouted. "Stop lying! You were awake AND you destroyed that jewelry store!"
Sonic was going to shout back but stopped and blinked. "...What are you talking about?" Shadow rolled his eyes.
"Don't be stupid hedgehog,you practically burned that store to the ground!"
"What store!"
Shadow,already impatient,grabbed Sonic by his arms and yanked him up off the couch so they could be eye level. "Are you trying to piss me off?" Shadow asked a nervous hedgehog. Sonic turned his head to look away from Shadow. "No...I'm just telling you the truth. I was here all night..." Shadow released Sonic's arms and shoved him back on the couch. "Right.." He asid with sarcasm. From the corner of his eye,he saw Sonic flinch and grab his lower right leg.
"What are you doing?" Shadow asked with suspicion. "My leg hurts..." He replied. Shadow walked over to him and moved his hand. There was a long gash on his leg and Shadow remembered that his chaos spear caused it. "I knew you were lying!" Shadow shouted. "What are you talking about? I got this cut when I..." Sonic stopped his sentence. Shadow looked at him with anger. "When I shot my chaos spear at you!" "You never threw a chaos spear at me!" "Dammit Sonic,stop being hard headed!"
"I'm NOT! I'm telling you the truth! After I left the courtyard,i came here and stayed here the whole day." "Then how did you get that cut if it wasn't from me?" Shadow asked. Sonic looked down to the floor. "Eh...well...after I came here,I was kinda upset that everyone didn't believe me sooo...let's just say I threw a little tantrum." Shadow gave him a confused expression. Sonic sighed,got up from the couch,and walked to his room. Shadow followed after.
Once they made it to his room,Sonic pointed to a mirror that hung on his wall. Around it was a bunch of little shards of glass. Shadow just stared at it with confusion. "And that is how I got this." Sonic said as he pointed at his leg. Shadow stared at the mess for a moment before turning around to leave. "Right...well,I'm just gonna go then." Sonic watched as Shadow walked to the door and left.
-Apartment complex 10/7/11 8:00am-
Shadow walked over to Tails apartment and knocked on the door. Footsteps could be heard on the other side. Suddenly the door opened revealing a small fox. "Oh! Good morning Shadow. What brings you here?" He asked as he stepped aside so Shadow could come in. "I'm here to talk about Sonic." Shadow answered as he walked in and crossed his arms. Tails just sighed. "What happened?"
"Well,last night I heard an alarm go off so I went and checked it out. When I finally got there,a jewelry store was on fire and out from behind the store Sonic came walking out. I asked him what he was doing and he just walked away. I threw my chaos spear at him,he got mad and ran back over here. I followed after i put out the fire and i found him in his apartment asleep on the couch so i woke him up and we fought for awhile."
"Well? What did you talk about?" Tails eagerly asked.
"I was just asking him why he did what he did,and of course he denied everything. Then I asked him about his hurt leg-" "He had a hurt leg?" Asked Tails. "When I threw my chaos spear at him it barley missed but it still cut him." Shadow answered. Tails nodded. "Anyways,i asked him and he said he got it when he broke a mirror that was in his room." "Was he telling the truth?" "Well he showed me the broken pieces of the mirror but...who's to say he didn't just brake it after he fled the jewelry store?"
Tails scratched his head. "I'm so confused...i think we need to run this by everyone else." Shadow nodded as he and Tails both walked to the front door.
-Courtyard 10/7/11 8:30am-
"So why are we having a meeting and what is the meeting even about?" Vector asked as he stretched. "It's about Sonic. Shadow had told me some very interesting information about him." Tails informed. "What kind of-" Sally stopped her sentence as Nicole digitized next to her. "Sally! I'm receiving a distress call from a small town west of Station Square!" Nicole said as she pointed towards the location. "What's the problem!" Sally asked.
"I'm not sure but...my scanners show that Sonic is there..."
Yay! Another chapter is finished! But again I'm sorry this chapter was short and bad! I promise the next chapter will be longer and ALOT better! Hope you stick around till the very end! ;3
