The very cottage that the hedgehog and the fox went to when they sought a roof over their heads was now looming in its own shadow. It struck worry into the hearts of its owners. The purple chameleon, stepped forward; he breathed in and out slowly.
"I sense deep, dark energy. It is heavy. Someone is inside that house." Espio began glaring at the house as if it were staring back at him with deep eyes. "And if I heard you correctly over the phone, then you learned of a boy who committed suicide and was haunting its house. It wanted you out, and even when you tried to cross it over, it came back and followed you home."
"Uh, yeah. That's pretty much the deal Es." Sonic said uneasily. Espio then walked forward to the front door of the house. He knelt, and put his index and middle finger to the horn on his forehead. He began concentrating on the energy within the area. He felt the small energy of Tails, the pure aura radiating off of Sonic, and then over to the house. The house was all black in his vision of energy. He saw nothing but darkness. An even darker energy was begetting within the walls, and then he saw it. The astonished chameleon jumped back to his feet and away though the distance of his jump barely put him a foot farther than his original distance. After his fright he recomposed himself and tried his best to calm his taught muscles and walked back to the two who waited patiently at a distance.
"So give us the lowdown." Sonic said a little agitated. Espio had a very determined look on his face.
"I was correct. There is a demon in the house-a strong one." The news made Tails catch his breath quickly. He never told Sonic this, but he had had horrible dreams the night before. He dreamed of the small boy that they learned of in the abandoned house. He saw the little Amadeus sitting on a porch, singing. He was singing about a young girl who apparently didn't love him like he did her. But the lyrics turned from sweet longings to hold her hand, to castigating words of hate. He sang of letting her fall out of a horse drawn carriage to rot in the sun. When Tails got the courage to speak to him, Amadeus lifted his head to him, it was coated in blood and he had a rope around his neck.
"I am going to kill you someday…" Little Amadeus said to Tails. The young boy then lunged at Tails with an open mouth filled with hundreds of cuspate teeth. The eyes of said boy were darker than the deepest black and glowed with red dots miles inside of them. At that moment Tails woke up with a huge jump and practically fell out of his bed. The two-tailed fox was woken out of his trance when Sonic began to speak.
"So, does this mean we have to bless the house again? That's a lot of work ya'know!" Sonic raised an eyebrow at Espio who sighed.
"This is a complicated case. Demons can't just be blessed out of a house, you have to force them. You have to kill them." The chameleon's expression grew grim.
"Well that's kinda hard considering that we can't see him!" Sonic threw his hands up into the air.
"Just let me finish!" Espio grew impatient and lost his usual mysterious character. "In order to rid this house of the demon, you'll have to perform an exorcism." The last word in Espio's sentence made Tails shudder, but made Sonic deride at the idea. It was an unreal reality, all of these happenings and scenarios were normally on T.V. or in a book.
"But, exorcisms can't be performed on the house itself. The demon has to have a living host. We'll also need a priest or someone of the sort."
"Are you serious?" Sonic slumped in desperation. Espio nodded.
"Sonic, I think Espio wants you to be the host." Tails began, Sonic glared at him, enthralled, "I mean, you have such a strong will, and remember what Chip said, you're too strong to lose yourself. C'mon Sonic." Pleaded Tails with his hands clasped.
"No need for beggin' buddy. I'm in…" Sonic sighed. It was for the safety of Tails and all of his friends, so he'd do it.
Angel Island was as windy and lonely as usual. The grasses waved peacefully like an ocean, and the whipping winds brought the smell of seawater across the land. But there was a straining feeling around the group of three boys that talked by the tall alter.
"Well Sonic," Knuckles began, "I've never really done that before, but I can try." The echidna was uneasy at the thought of performing an exorcism. He could barely remember the things he listened in on when he was young. He always eavesdropped in on small teachings of fighting evil deities and such. But that was a long time ago.
"There's a first time for everything." Tails added in. Knuckles nodded in agreement.
"I guess I could to it. But with what I know, I'd have to fast for at least 3 days before I do thi-"
"Three days? That's forever from now!" Sonic bursted out. But before he could finish his fit Knuckles finished what he was saying,
"BUT, I can skip that part. Who says I have to follow the rules?" A smirk grew on the red's face.
"Now that's the Knux I know!" Sonic bro fisted his friend. And, just like he thought when he was about to bless the house, this was going to be interesting.
