I continued walking towards Angel Island, absent-minded.

The crisp, summer night air swirled around me as I jogged, well, jogged for me.

Eventually, I reached the island. There was a bridge leading up to it. Convenient, I smirked.

I ran up the bridge, then stopped. What was I doing?

Beats me. Dark said, obviously lying.

I didn't bother asking her because I knew she wouldn't tell me. She was getting quite annoying lately. Not that she had ever been wonderful company to have around. I didn't even know where she came from. She had just kind of popped up the day Sonic had disappeared. Scared the shit out of me the first time. I thought I was going crazy.

I gazed around me. The island was gorgeous. And I mean it. There were flowers everywhere, some blooming now as the moon shined above them. The soft rumble of a waterfall could be heard in the distance. I whistled softly.

I walked, slower now. I looked around. The flowers were practically glowing and lush vegetation covered the patches that weren't swallowed by the flowers.

Suddenly, a greenish glow caught my eye. I slowly turned around and pulled back the branch of a palm tree. I gasped.

First, what I saw was…wow. It was this giant, beautiful glowing green emerald at the top of these ruins. Amy had said something about an emerald, hadn't she?

Second, Dark had gone crazy. I mean absolutely nuts. It was all I could do to keep my head from exploding. She wanted it so badly. Let me have it, her voice was even more menacing than usual, screeching yet very, very deep. Half snarling-half seducing. Trying to overcome me.

I clutched my head in pain. She was throwing all her strength against the wall I had slammed down between us. I didn't know why she wanted the emerald so badly, but I had a feeling that it wasn't for any good reason.

She pounded her fists against the wall and I cried out in pain. It was like a migraine, only about a hundred times worse. She forced my body to move closer, closer to the emerald.

I fought against her. Man, this was weird. Like beating up yourself. But Dark was nothing like me.

Sure I'm not, she said between her teeth, struggling against me.

I was beginning to lose control. This was not good. No, definitely not good.

Somewhere in the back of my consciousness, I thought I heard a rustle from the bushes behind me.

"AAH!" I screamed and fell to my knees. Dark was hurling pictures at me. My parents' dead bodies. Sonic getting shot. Blaze and Amysick. Knuckles bleeding, dying.

You sick, sick, terrible… I felt myself weakening.

Hahahaha. Her laugh was terrifying, crazy.

"What the-?" I heard a deep voice behind me and suddenly Dark released her hold on me. She disappeared into the back of my mind. My eyes rolled to the back of my head and everything went black.

Sorry about the short chapter! But I wanted to leave it at a cliffhanger :D. So, please, please review!