Chapter 9: Possession
They slept through the day and as the sun set, they rose. Sonic stirred and opened the lid to his coffin, then walked out of his room. He had a massive headache, and saw Silver and Shadow come out also. Shadow looked at him in concern.
"Sonic? You don't look so good," the vampire said.
"I have a migraine," Sonic said, rubbing his forehead. "No idea what caused it; I just woke up and it started."
Shadow sighed. "I'll go see if Tails has anything."
Sonic nodded and followed him, as did Silver. The three vampires walked into Tails' lab, and the fox looked up as they came in.
"Tails, do you have anything for a migraine?" Shadow spoke first.
Tails nodded but frowned, knowing that the vampire couldn't take anything like that. "I do...but vampires can't take medicine."
Sonic frowned. "I forgot about that," he said, rubbing his forehead.
Tails nodded, and remembered the questions he was going to ask earlier. "Why did Mephiles possess you, Sonic?"
The vampire shrugged. "To be honest...I don't know; I didn't even know vampires could do that. Why do you think he wanted to?"
Tails shook his head. "I don't know."
Sonic shrugged and nodded. "Well, we're going to head out. See you later."
"Bye, Sonic."
The three vampires nodded and walked upstairs, heading outside towards the city. Sonic's headache grow more painful and he clutched his head. Shadow and Silver looked at him in concern.
Shadow approached him. "Sonic?"
Sonic clutched his head in pain and gasped, then stood up. "I'm fine," he said.
"You don't seem fine."
Sonic looked up at him. "I don't know what's wrong with me...this headache just keeps getting worse, and..."
Suddenly his eyes widened and he dropped to the ground again, holding his head. A few minutes later, he stood up and a maniacal laughter came from his throat. Shadow's eyes widened in fear.
Mephiles! The name ran through his mind and he dropped into a fighting stance.
A smirk appeared on Sonic's face, but it was Mephiles who was in control. He let out another laugh and glared at the two vampires. "You honestly thought I was going to leave him for good, did you, Shadow? I merely took up residence in Sonic's mind. Think of me as a split personality because this is permanent."
Shadow growled. "Mephiles...I should have known you'd pull something like this!"
Mephiles chuckled. "I know you're thinking what my plan is right now, Shadow. Tell me: any ideas?"
"Let me guess, you're going to control him and attack us."
"Yes, that's part of it."
Shadow's eyes narrowed. "What's the other part?
Mephiles chuckled. "You'll find out it time, Shadow."
"If you won't tell me willingly, I'll force you to tell me!" Shadow snarled.
He transformed into a wolf and lunged at Mephiles, who became a wolf also, and the two lunged at each other. Silver just stood there in shock, watching the two wolves fight.
Shadow snarled again and snapped at Mephiles's head. Mephiles dodged the bite and growled, showing his fangs. He pounced on Shadow, knocking him to the ground, and dug his fangs into Shadow's chest. The wolf vampire howled in pain. Shadow's howl snapped Silver out of his shock and he transformed into a wolf while at the same time immobilizing Mephiles with his psychic powers.
The possessed vampire froze and snarled, snapping his jaws at the two wolves. Then he transformed into mist and got out of Silver's psychic powers, reforming as a large bat.
Shadow snarled in shock. How did you turn into such a large bat?
Mephiles screeched. I have more power since I have been a vampire for a long time. You two have this form also but won't grow this large as a bat until years later.
Shadow snarled. We'll still beat you!
I doubt that.
The large bat screeched and dove towards the two wolves, ready to attack them. Shadow and Silver jumped backward to avoid his dive then Silver quickly immobilized Mephiles again, giving Shadow enough time to leap on Mephiles.
The black wolf snarled, digging his claws into Mephiles' wing and breaking it. The bat screeched in pain. You know...if you hurt me, you hurt Sonic as well. Shadow instantly stiffened, and Mephiles threw him off. The wolf hit the ground hard and Mephiles returned to his original form. He felt his fangs tingle and smirked. "It's time for me to feed, so get ready to hear the sweet sound of screams."
Shadow and Silver's eyes widened and lunged at Mephiles, but he disappeared instantly. The two vampires reverted to their normal forms and looked at each other.
"We need to get our fill of blood for the night also," Silver told Shadow. "But what is Mephiles going to..."
Silver stopped midsentence as both his and Shadow's eyes widened, then Shadow answered his unfinished sentence. "He's going to go after our friends!"
Silver's eyes widened. "We have to stop him! But if he is a part of Sonic now, what will we do?"
"We'll worry about that later, We have to stop Mephiles!" He paused. "Drain anyone you come across on the way back to the house but be quick about it; it's the only blood we'll get tonight."
"Okay," Silver said, and took off. Shadow followed him back to the house, killing people and drinking their blood as they headed back, following Mephiles. Along they way, they saw many dead bodies and knew that Mephiles had done this.
"We have to hurry!" Shadow growled.
Silver nodded. He changed into a bat, along with Shadow, and the two flew back home. Once they got there, their eyes widened as Mephiles opened the door to their house and went inside. The two vampires transformed back to normal and rushed inside after him.
