Chapter 10: The Explosion
Espio went to the police station to help them out. He walked up to a cop. "Did you get the prints?"
"Yes."
The detective nodded and walked up to the notes. "Whose prints were they?" He asked. The police looked at each other nervously. One of them came forward and handed Espio the report. Espio scanned the report. His eyes widened in shock. "What are you going to do?" He asked them.
"We don't know yet. It would be best to arrest him."
The chameleon nodded. "Alright."
"I don't know what will happen after we do. Would you like to come with us?"
"Sure," Espio said.
Just as they were about to leave, a massive explosion rang out through the building. The force of the bomb blast caused everyone to fall to the floor as they were caught in the heat. A few minutes later, it was over. Everyone in the building had been killed. The explosion drew attention from everyone nearby, citizens coming out of their houses to see what had happened.
Sonic and Blaze, as well as Vector, ran outside also.
"What the fuck was that?" Sonic asked.
He ran to the police station, following everyone else who was out. Once he got there, he gasped at the sight. The building had collapsed, and Espio's burned body was seen from underneath the rubble, as well as the police staff. It had to be the work of the killer. Sonic moved forward a little farther. It didn't look like anything else had survived, either.
"They're all dead," he told them. Slowly, he walked through the rubble but didn't see anything. Sonic shook his head and walked back to his friends. "Nobody's alive, and I think we just lost everything they had about the case."
"Damn it!" Vector swore.
Sonic sighed and looked back before running back home. His eyes widened when he found a note.
The police were getting to close so I had to kill them. Now it's just you and your friends, Sonic. Meet me at the warehouse tomorrow with them, or I'll kill Charmy.
Sonic crinkled the note in his hand, snarling in anger. He yelled in anger and ran into his house, slamming the door behind him and locking it. The phone ran and he answered it. "What the hell do you want, you bastard?" He asked.
"Impressive, wasn't it?"
"The explosion? No, it wasn't."
"Why not?" The killer sounded hurt. "I thought it was. They were about to arrest me, after all."
"Whatever," Sonic said. "What do you want now?"
"Remember our deal. Come to the warehouse two days from now with all your friends."
"I will."
The line went dead. Sonic looked at the phone and sighed. In two days, he'd finally know who the killer was. Then, he could take him down himself. He smirked at the thought. It would be just like killing his parents. Sonic sighed and remembered what he had done to them. After he had picked the lock to the bathroom and left, he had gone to where he knew a gun was hidden. After grabbing them, he had followed the sound of his parents' voices. When he found them, he had shot them point blank and watched them die, then left the gun to frame them of killing themselves. Of course, everyone had believed it. Nobody suspected that their son would have done such a thing.
The reason that he had done it was because of the abuse; he just couldn't take it anymore. Afterwards, he had left with Shadow. Sonic smiled at the thought of Shadow again. He sighed and called his friend.
"Shadow, it's me," Sonic said. "Can you come over? I need to talk to you."
"Of course. I'll be there soon."
Sonic nodded and hung up. A few minutes later, Shadow walked in.
"Thanks for coming," Sonic said with a smile.
"What did you need to talk to me about?"
Sonic hesitated. "The killer blew up the police station. He also just called me and wants me and my friends to meet him at the warehouse in a few days."
Shadow nodded. "Of course it was him. Are you going?"
"Yeah, I am." Sonic hesitated, then looked at Shadow, wondering if he should tell his best friend about killing his parents.
"You're nervous about something. What is it?"
"Do you remember that diary? I wrote an entry about how my parents killed themselves. That part...was a lie. I killed them."
"Why did you lie about it in your diary?" Shadow moved over, putting his arms around Sonic.
Sonic started to cry. "I didn't want anyone to find out. What would my friends say if they found out I killed my parents when I was 10 because I couldn't take the abuse anymore?"
"They might have understood. Or they would have gotten you locked up somewhere. I think it would have depended on which friend found out."
"And what do you think?"
"If their abuse pushed you that far, they deserved it."
"Please understand, I'm not a murderer. I haven't killed anyone since then."
"I know." Shadow gave him a smile. "I never said you were one."
Sonic sighed and nodded, then hugged his best friend. Shadow hugged him back and smiled. The next two days were going to be tough for everyone.