mansion: chapter 9
Sonic's POV
-2012-
I stared in disbelieve at him. I just couldn't believe what i was seeing. And i was only seeing what i could possibly see in the dark. Because of my shock my grip on him loosened. In despair tears welled up in his eyes and he roughly pushed me away from him. But not with his hands. he kicked me away from him because he couldn't use his hands. His arms, below his elbows, were penetrated with blades that went through his elbows and came back out at the outside side of his elbows. His knees were broken in a way that made him hunch over just to keep his balance and made him unable to stand up straight on his two legs for a long period of time. He had several bloody cuts across his body. I could only assume that they came from those big blades when he tried to take care of himself. I watched him trying to make that hole bigger. But those blades were making it painfull for him.
"shadow, stop it." I said softly and reached for him. Shadow turned around swiftly and in shock striked me with his right arm. I was thankfull that it was just a small cut on my hand. Shadow easily climbed back through the opening between the planks and searched for another way out. I had a harder time trying to climb up. And soon shadow was once again no where in sight. The only thing that was left of him was another note. I picked it up and read it. The writing was big and it looked like whoever wrote this wasn't used to writing or hadn't written in a very long time. "i'm sorry." I read out loud.
I sighed sadly and looked around. I tried to find the way that shadow could've possibly gone to. I found a diffirent hole between the planks somewhere in the corner. I jumped through that opening and looked behind me. It was no wonder that i hadn't noticed it before as it was seperated from the much bigger space from the previous opening in the floor. I looked at the hole that i assumed shadow had gone through. Because of those blades he couldn't use his hands and therefore couldn't open any doors. So he had no other choice, but to travel through the tunnels he had to dig with those blades painfully indepted in his arms. I felt so sorry for him. I stroked over a small trace of blood shadow probably left behind because of the digging. I had to find him soon and get those things out of him. Only then could his arms heal properly. I crawled through the hole shadow had dug and hoped i was taking the same way he had taken. I crawled through the tunnel and hoped that it was big enough for me.
It took me a long time before i reached the end of the tunnel. I crawled out of it and groaned when stretching my back. I found myself back in that huge room with the curcled stairwell and the two doors. I looked at the floor and saw a blood trace leading up to the stairwell. "shadow." I muttered and followed the blood trace. I walked up the stairs. It had alot of steps and it took some climbing before i reached the top of it. I opened the door and found myself in an empty room, safe for the desk, chair and bookshelf. The bookshelf was moved from it's original place. It was noticeable because of the dust track. I moved the bookshelf and saw a hatch that had it's door broken out. I crawled through it and found myself in a sort of spacious vent. I crawled through it crouched. This was easier then the tunnel i had gone through a while ago.
It didn't take long before i reached the end of the vent-like tunnel. I jumped through the opening and landed hard on the floor. I hadn't thought about the height between the vent and the floor. I got up from the floor slowly. I looked around. I found myself in a very poorly lit room. It was to dark to see anything in front of me. So i grabbed my flashlight and walked through the room, trying to find any evidence of where shadow could've gone through.
It wasn't any easy task. It was completely quiet and i couldn't see anymore blood traces. I was trying to find the way he had gone to, but for all i know he could be hiding here somewhere. "shadow?" I whispered, but got no answer. Not even a shuffling from movement. I called his name again and listened once more. I sighed as i didn't hear anything once more.
I kept walking searching for any sign. Through the mist and darkness i finally saw a figure huddled on the floor. "shadow? is that you?" I asked and jogged towards him, but i stopped in my tracks when the figure faced me. I heard a hellish growl and saw it stand up. This deffinetly wasn't shadow, but one thing was certain. This thing wasn't friendly.
