Chapter 7: Manic and Sonia

A smile came on his face as he looked around. "I remember this place," he said with a smile. "My old childhood home..."

Both eyes closed as he walked forward, enjoying the air around him. Memories flashed through his mind, starting with ones where he had been abused. Dark grimaced as they did so and he fell to the ground, panting. Dark looked around as soon as the memories had stopped.

He entered the house and sighed, wondering where Manic and Sonia were. As he walked through the house, a frown came to his face.

"Where could they be?" He asked.

Dark stopped and thought about it. A smile came to his face and he nodded, then teleported off to Green Hill. For a few minutes, he didn't see anyone else. Then Dark heard a voice.

"Manic, hurry up! We have to get to Station Square!"

He smiled in triumph and walked in the direction he had heard Sonia's voice.

"I'm coming!" Manic said. "Why are we going to Station Square, anyway? Sonic's in jail!"

"Sonic got out. Weren't you paying attention to the news?"

"Not really. I don't watch news. It's boring."

Sonia sighed as they continued walking. "Anyway, Sonic's out of jail now. I thought it would be nice to go and try to help them get him back there."

Manic nodded and they continued to walk. "It's hard to believe that he killed because of a split personality. I didn't even know that he was abused by our parents."

"I know. I feel terrible not knowing about it."

"That's probably why they sent us away. Mom and dad were terrible parents, anyway." Sonia nodded and they continued to walk. Dark hid in the bushes, amused by their conversation. He chuckled and followed the two as they talked. Manic looked around and tensed up. "Someone's following us," he told his sister. "It's..."

Dark laughed, interrupting the green hedgehog. "It's your brother," he said, and pulled out his knife.

Manic and Sonia turned around, their eyes wide. "Sonic! I thought you were in Station Square!"

"I'm not Sonic, I'm Dark. I came her looking for you two. It's time to die."

Sonia and Manic looked at each other.

"Why?" Manic asked. "We haven't even done anything to you."

"Because I want to. And killing people is fun," Dark said.

Manic and Sonia attacked Dark, knowing anything else would be pointless. Dark laughed, avoiding their attacks. He kicked Manic in the chest and stabbed him there. Sonia gasped as Dark chuckled. Then he ripped open Manic's chest and ripped out his heart. Sonia backed away with tears in her eyes.

Dark looked at her, grinning. "Now it's your turn."

Sonia looked down at Manic and back up at Dark. "No," she said. "I won't let you kill me!"

"And how are you going to stop me?" The hedgehog hesitated, and ran. Dark laughed. "You know you can't outrun me."

He vanished and reappeared in front of Sonia before slitting her throat. Sonic fell to the ground as she died. Dark chuckled and then fell to the ground, clutching his head in pain.

"Wh...what?" He asked. "Super..."

Enough of this, Super growled.

"You think you can stop me?" Dark asked it.

Yes, I do.

"Why?"

Sonic made me strong enough.

"I influenced you! You are still bound to me!" Dark yelled. "Do you not remember, Oglive?"

I do remember. But Sonic and Shadow made me stronger than that.

Dark growled in anger. "I originally thought that by making you a split personality, you would become evil and would help me."

Sonic and Shadow had other plans, Super said.

The evil hedgehog chuckled, and Super's voice vanished. It knew that Dark would try and take control forever, and it had to warn Sonic, even tell him of that vision it saw.

"Sonic!" Super yelled. "I need to tell you something."

The split persona was in Sonic's mind, looking for the original persona. It found Sonic buried deep in the consciousness, and looked at him.

"What is it, Super?" Sonic asked.

"Dark's going to try to take control forever."

Sonic nodded. "Of course he is."

"I think I know a way we can stop him." When Sonic looked at him expectantly, he continued. "The other day, I had a vision of us defeating Dark. We just need the Chaos Emeralds to do it."

The blue hedgehog looked at Super and smiled. "That's great," he told it. "Where do we find these emeralds?"

Super shrugged. "I don't know."

Sonic nodded and felt himself going back into control. Super sighed as it watched Dark appear. "Had enough for now?" It asked.

"I suppose." Dark looked around and snorted. "It's still as boring as ever in here."

Super chuckled. "Is that so?"

"Yes." Dark looked at him.

The split persona nodded, wondering if it could take control of Sonic as well. Most likely it could. It concentrated, and vanished.