Chapter 7: Night of the Werehog
Sonic the Werehog ran down the street on all fours, heading for the forest. He stopped and looked around when he heard voices coming from the street. Two people, a man and a woman, were walking down the sidewalk. Sonic sniffed the air and growled hungrily as he inched toward them. The two humans, oblivious to the Werehog stalking them, continued to walk. A few minutes later they came to a park near the forest and sat down on a bench. Sonic waited for a few seconds and then let out a loud growl. The woman looked around and let out a scream as Sonic jumped toward her, knocking her to the ground. He raked his claws over her chest, causing her to bleed. The woman screamed as he brought his muzzle to her neck, piercing her flesh. The woman screamed even louder as she was attacked. Sonic closed his jaws against the woman's throat and heard a sickening crack as blood and bone cartilage flew from the wound. In minutes, the woman was dead.
The Werehog lifted his head and looked around for his next victim. He could see the man stare in shock a few inches away. Sonic growled and ran towards him. The man tried to run but Sonic caught up to him, digging his fangs into the man's back. The man screamed and fell to the ground, trying to crawl away, but the Werehog killed him, ripping skin apart as blood flew from the wound. As Sonic feasted on his prey, he raised his head to the full moon and howled loudly, then took off into the forest, leaving only two brutally murdered victims lying in pools of blood.
Shadow, Tails and Chris ran out of the house and stopped as they heard a loud howl echo across the city.
Chris looked at Shadow. "Where's that howl coming from?"
"It's coming from the park!" Shadow shouted.
They ran across town until they came to the park. Tails gulped and looked at Shadow.
"I think he's around here somewhere," he said.
They continued walking until they came to to a clearing. In the distance they saw two motionless figures lying on the ground. Chris ran up to them and gasped. It was a gruesome sight; blood was everywhere.
He leaned down and looked at the two figures more closely. He recognized them in a flash. "No...it can't be..."
"What's wrong, Chris?" Tails asked as he came up beside him.
Chris looked up at Tails with tears in his eyes. "It's my parents..."
Sonic ran through the forest, looking for more food. He spotted a deer and pounced, killing it instantly. He ran deeper into the forest, and stopped as he spotted another deer drinking from a stream. He inched forward, getting ready to pounce, when he stopped. All of a sudden, another wolf jumped out from the other side of the river and pounced on the deer, dragging it to the ground and killing it.
Sonic growled in frustration as the other wolf licked his lips and started to run into the forest but stopped. It sniffed the air and growled in the direction of Sonic, who interpreted this as a challenge. He jumped out of his hiding place and landed across from the wolf. They growled as they circled each other, waiting for the opportunity to attack.
The two werewolves attacked, biting and clawing each other. Sonic howled as the other werewolf slashed his face, causing blood to drip from his muzzle. Sonic roared in anger as he pounced, claws and fangs outstretched, bearing to kill. The other werewolf evaded the blow and jumped on Sonic, causing him to tumble into the river. Sonic howled as the cold water began to drag him under. He paddled fearfully to the edge and scrambled onto the grass. The werewolf was gone but Sonic no longer cared. He crawled against a tree and fell asleep.
