Chapter 4: The Killing Begins

Sonic was in another part of the city, thinking about what he was going to do next. Dark chuckled and looked around. He wanted to kill some more people. A young couple walked by where he was hiding and he nodded. The killer chuckled and snuck up behind them, raising his knife. Before anyone could do anything, he had plunged it into the man's back and let him fall to the ground. The woman's throat was cut open seconds later as she started to scream. Dark laughed and gave Sonic control. Sonic looked at what he had done in horror. The knife fell from his hand and backed away.

"Dark!" He screamed.

What? I thought you said that you missed killing.

Sonic hesitated; he did say that. "Yes, but..." Sonic looked at the bodies again. "You startled me with this."

Dark chuckled in his mind. You and I are the same person. Go on.

"And do what? They're already dead."

Kill others, you fool.

Sonic nodded. He picked up the knife again and looked around. He could just randomly kill people. He hesitated and chuckled; he would go after Blaze as well. And idea came to his mind. Perhaps he could kidnap and turn Ogilvie. "What do you think, Dark?"

That's an excellent idea, Dark said. But what do you mean by turn him?

"Make him like us."

How so? What do you mean, one of us? A split personality?

"Evil. Liking to kill people." Sonic smiled as he thought about it.

Dark chuckled. That would be great. We could make him a split personality also.

"How?"

Dunno yet. We can find a way, though.

Sonic nodded. "All right," he said.

Shadow appeared and spoke. "I might be able to help with that."

"How? "

"I can take his soul."

Sonic looked at him. "You can? How will that help?"

"I'll move it into your body."

The hedgehog nodded. "Of course. Thanks, Shads."

Shadow smiled and looked around them. "You're really going to kill people for fun?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

Shadow shrugged. "Guess I'll just have to follow you around then."

Sonic looked at him. "Is something wrong?"

It nodded. "You know how I feel about you killing people." The criminal hesitated, and Shadow sighed. "What's wrong with you?" It asked. "You didn't kill people before; that was Dark. Why are you doing it now?"

"I feel like I want to." Sonic shook his head. "I don't know why."

"It's probably Dark's influence."

Sonic nodded. "Probably. In any case, I should get going."

Shadow sighed. "Where are you going next?" It asked.

"Somewhere else in town."

The hallucination sighed and followed him. Sonic looked around as he walked through town. Dark took control again and laughed. He chuckled as he went through a mental list of all of Sonic's friends.

Other than Blaze, there was Vector, Cream, and Rouge. Dark chuckled as he thought of how to kill them.

"I could do it worse than last time," he said.

He nodded in agreement with himself. He chuckled and vanished. Dark reappeared across town and looked around for any houses he recognized. He saw Rouge's house and chuckled as he didn't even bother knocking, kicking the door in instead. The evil hedgehog chuckled as Dark took control. He walked inside and looked around.

"Where is that bitch?" He asked.

Rouge came into the room moments later with a scowl on her face. "Haven't you ever heard of-"

A knife went straight through her neck, puncturing her trachea. Both eyes widened as her hands moved up toward her throat. She gurgled blood and Dark snapped her neck. Rouge fell to the ground, dead. Dark smiled down at her body. He chuckled and lifted it, then impaled it on a fence. Dark situated her body so he liked it and nodded at his newest piece of artwork. He chuckled and walked back inside, then picked up the phone. He dialed the police and waited for them to answer.

"Hello?" The operator asked.

"I've left something new for you guys," Dark said. He thought of where he was and gave them the address.

After that, he hung up and left. The police arrived moments later. Sonic was long gone, but they found Rouge's body impaled on the fence.