A/N: I am so sorry for this late upload. I do intend to finish this story so I will notify my readers when the next chapter is up. Anyway please review and so on... :)

Tails screamed. He jerked backwards from shock, banging his head onto the shower curtain's pole which began to cause several amounts of pain all over his head. The blood covered his white shoes while the fox was heavily trying to get up, almost unable to breathe properly as he continued to stare at the lifeless, deformed and unrecognisable corpse that was once his great friend Silver. He heard footsteps arrive to the bathroom door and he heard the voice of Rouge on the other side.

"Hey honey are you all right in there" she said in her usual seductive tone although with a hint of fear as the scream must have scared her immensely. Tails tears covered the side of his face and impaired his vision.

"No... No it isn't Rouge. It's Silver. Help..." he barely muttered out and he saw the door handle turn clockwise ever so slowly. Rouge entered the room quietly until she witnessed the dead body lying there on the floor. She stared at it for a second to deduce if Silver was just drunk but when she saw all of the cuts and bruises she knew it was far more terrifying than that. Clutching her phone at her right hand, her scream for everyone to wake up was deafening but showed a whole new side of Rouge that no one ever got to see: A look of terror. The noise of voices and banging echoed around the house and they all silenced immediately when they arrived at the bathroom. The reactions were as expected; Cream, Vanilla and Charmy began to cry tears of absolute sadness while covering their hands in their eyes almost as if wishing this wasn't real; Shadow, Tikal, Nack and Eggman were helping covering up the cuts and applying first aid to the deceased hedgehog and rapidly shouting instructions at one another; Vector was caressing and looking after Vanilla whose head was laying on the crocodile while Vector embraced her and wrapped his arms around her as Espio was busy looking at the scene right in front of him. Rouge was frantically dialling for the police but seemingly failing to retrieve a substantial connection as she sighed in frustration. Blaze looked as if she had just died inside as she was just staring at the corpse dead silent. The only ones missing from viewing this tragedy was Sonic, Amy and Knuckles who were sleeping in a tent located in the garden since they apparently wanted 'some privacy'. Espio reached out his hands and picked up the childish love heart badge which laid beside the corpse.

"How could this happen?" cried out Cream who was shaking badly in the arms of Charmy who looked even more frightened. Espio glared at the small knife which was covered in dark red blood.

"I can't get a signal" Rouge exclaimed as Eggman and Nack were struggling to lift up Silver's body.

"Everyone! Go to the front room while me and Rouge try to call for the police. Vanilla lead everyone down there! The killer could still be in this house so we all need to stick together. Eggman go notify Sonic and the others with him about what just happened." shouted out Espio so everyone could hear him and despite the panic they are managed to arrive at the front room while Espio and Rouge slowly followed behind. Blaze however did not move. Her hands erupted in flames and her expression was of pure anger. Shadow turned around with his arms crossed.

"Blaze that means you too." Shadow muttered but Blaze immediately shot a fire blast right at Shadow but the raven hedgehog was already experienced in combat and quickly chaos controlled out of the way.

"Don't you dare tell me what to do! Silver is dead! Dead!" she screamed and Rouge jumped in fright from hearing these words. Shadow's stance remained unchanged. He growled.

"Yeah and you'll be the same if you just stand there alone!" he nonchalantly replied. Blaze growled but eventually followed the rest into the front room. Fear was the general atmosphere inside the house at this moment and Blaze was hugging the corpse of Silver but seemingly no tears were shed. Around 5 minutes later Sonic, Amy and Knuckles had shown up, the trio looking distraught over the death of the silver hedgehog. Amy was cowering in the grasp of Sonic who was sitting down on the couch nervously, continuously gazing at the unbelievable sight. Tikal and Knuckles were in an unknown conversation as well with Tikal looking very anxious. Vanilla walked up to the middle of the room wiping her tears on the sleeve of her crimson sky dress.

"We all need to stay in the house! No one leave as the murderer could be anywhere in the forest outside. We will wait for the police." she said profoundly while holding back tears. Cream was distraught, holding onto Charmy with such force that it nearly made him topple over. Espio walked over to Vanilla.

"I found this badge next to the corpse. It's in the shape of a love heart. Do you know who this belongs too?" he said and Vanilla stared at it closely.

"Yes I remember this specific pattern on the heart." pointing to the blue stripes located at the bottom hand corner of the badge. "Someone came in wearing it but I have no idea who it was." Espio nodded and turned around to speak with the rest.

"Who here wore this badge today? It was found next to the corpse along with a small knife?"

Dead Silence...

Vector grinned slightly. "I wouldn't be able to hold a knife that small. It would slip through my very hands!" he said but Amy frowned.

"Why are you coming to your defence so quickly?" she accused, clutching her Piko Piko hammer by her side.

"Look, all I'm saying is that I have no grievance with Silver. It must be someone who dislikes him, such as Nack!" Nack gasped in horror.

"Ayyy Mate! Blimey, You can't just threaten me like that. You're a baby roo compared to me. Anyway I don't even know the is like the only time I've ever met the guy." Knuckles nodded in agreement and Rouge smirked.

"It can't be Nack. He doesn't even know Silver. Eggman, on the other hand, actually has a reason!" Charmy stated and Eggman jumped up in fright, knocking over the chocolate fountain by accident which tumbled onto Sonic's foot.

"OWWWW!" he shouted out in pain. Eggman quickly apologised and turn to the rest looking sorry and shaken.

"I hate Sonic. Yes that's true. He ruins all of my plans to build EGGMANLAND THE GREATEST THEME PARK IN THE UNIVERSE!" he said a bit too excitedly and loud. "However I never have really interacted with Silver and he has ESP so I wouldn't stand a chance without my badniks which just in case you forgot, they are back at the Egg Factory. he finished while rubbing some dust off his tuxedo.

"We aren't ruling anyone out. I think we need to go to sleep and since we need to stay together we will all have to sleep in the front room. Me and Vector will stay awake and wait for the police to arrive. Everyone go get your things and quickly get back here pronto" Espio shouted and they all got in groups and ran across the house to their respective rooms. Tails followed Cream and Charmy who were still in a severe affected state.

"Charmy how could anyone do this?" she cried out as she was staring into the small bee's eyes. Charmy smiled slightly in an attempt to cheer her up.

"Lets just stop thinking about it. The police will find the killer when they get here. Hey! Where's Cheese? he questioned and Cream responded with something that Tails couldn't hear but giving her expression, Tails knew that Cheese was probably safe in Cream room which she always locks when she leaves (force of habit). Tails looked into Cream's eyes and for a brief second, so did she until she quickly looked away nervously. She was scared of Charmy getting suspicious if she did look or talk to Tails rather than the over-zealous bee. They entered Cream's room and saw Cheese asleep in the cot especially made for him. They picked up the pillows, sheets and blankets and together they attempted to carry it all, right until their attempt landed them all face first into the ground. Cream squealed but then burst out in laughter.

"HA HA HA. Oh... uh Sorry." she apologised and Charmy snickered slightly. Tails fell in love with the way she laughed. So quiet and innocent. Tails wanted to kiss her again for just a second. He envied Charmy for being able to have her. He hated Charmy. Tails was just about to offer his hand to help Cream on her feet when all the lights suddenly went out. The only thing visible was the stars visible in the beautiful silent sky that illuminated the sense of fear and dread in the household.

"Cream? Charmy?" Tails shouted out but there was no reply. He could barely see anything but he could tell he was alone. He walked forward and turned to the left, walking straight ahead hoping to bump into someone. While he was walking, his foot landed on something. He bent down to pick it up and found out it was a air vent hatch that had seemingly been ripped straight off. Tails saw giant amounts of a red substance at the bottom of the hatch. He looked to the right of the hatch only to see Blaze laying on the ground. A massive cut on her face and blood pouring from her mouth. No knife was present this time.

A/N: Next chapter should be by next week. Plz review and like :) Poor Blaze.