Chapter 10

Wolves And Hogs

Sonic woke up and found he wasn't in the clearing anymore. He looked around and saw he was inside a living room covered with rock walls.

"I see you're finally awake" the female voice said.

Sonic looked in the direction the voice came from. Sonic knew who it was right away.

"Lupe" Sonic said.

"How do you know her name?" a male voice shouted.

Sonic sighed and turned to face the other voice.

"And Lobo" Sonic said.

"Let me refrase that question!" Lobo shouted. "How do you know our names?"

Sonic shook his head and looked out the window. A familiar scent wafted through the air and into Sonics' nose.

"I smell metal" Sonic growled.

Lupe and Lobo ran over to the window to look out for any invaders. Sonics' ears twitched and he turned his head. He saw a missile heading towards Lupe and Lobo. Sonic jumped to his feet and ran over to them. Once he reached them he pushed them out of the way of the missile.

"Look out!" Sonic shouted.

The missile passed them, just missing Sonics' quills by an inch. Sonics' quills blew in the gust of wind that was blown from the missile. Sonic got up off of Lupe and Lobo and looked in the direction the missile was heading. Lupe saw as well and fear took her over.

"Maria! Marcos! Look out!" Lupe shouted.

Maria and Marcos looked at the missile and started screaming. Sonic ran on all fours towards Maria and Marcos. He passed the missile in a matter of seconds. He reached Maria and Marcos as fast as he could. He stretched out his arms and grabbed the two wolf kids and swung them over his head and onto his back as quick as he could.

"Hang on tight!" Sonic called up at them.

They nodded and grabbed a hold of Sonics' thick fur. Sonic put his hands back on the ground and started running on all fours again. He ran up to Lupe and Lobo, who were now standing up. Sonic climbed onto his feet and stretched his arms around his head to take the two wolves off his back. He picked them up off his back and put them on the ground in front of their parents. Sonic turned his head around to look back at the missile. The missile was floating in the air at the other side of the room. Sonic clenched his hands into fists and put them up to his face.

"Come on! I'm ready!" Sonic shouted.

But the missile didn't move. It stayed put. Sonic lowered his fists and glared at the missile.

"What! Did Robuttnik only program you to threaten not kill?" Sonic teased.

Sonic grinned, also showing some of his fangs. The missiles' point at the tip transformed into a little camera, which scanned Sonics' entire body frame. Sonics' emerald eyes widened in surprise.

"Scanning" the missiles' robotic voice said.

One of Sonics' eyebrows was raised when he heard that.

"Scan complete" the missile said again.

The little camera transformed back into the pointed tip of the missile as it started hovering over to Sonic. The top of the missile transformed into a television screen as it was lifted above the missiles' head and faced Sonic. Sonic got his fists ready as the missile approached him and turned the little telvision screen on. A picture of Naugus appeared on the television screen. Sonic growled at the picture of Naugus.

"Scanee is...Sonic The Hedgehog or at night now...Sonic The Werehog" the missiles' robotic voice spoke for the final time.

Lupe and Lobo gasped at hearing this. Sonic folded his arms and frowned at the missile.

"Yeah, and you sound like NICOLE except what you say is a lot less intelligent" Sonic teased.

"That's not very nice, Sonic" Naugus said.

"It's just a robot with a voice" Sonic said.

"And so is your friend, NICOLE" Naugus said.

"She's a Mobian now" Sonic scoffed.

"What about your father?" Naugus asked.

Now that really got Sonics temper to the part where his other side wanted to slice every part of that missile in half.

"You have no right to go telling me that what I said before offends my dad!" Sonic roared. "He maybe a Robian, but he still has Mobian emotions!"

"Temper, Sonic, temper" Naugus smirked.

Sonic growled as he lifted his hand up in the air, and then brought it down on the missile. Slashing it in half with his claws. The missile burst into flames from the engine and gas combining together. Smoke arose from the flaming rubble of the missile. Sonic scoffed at it, and then turned to face the door. He started walking towards the door, but...

"Sonic?"Lupe asked.

Sonic turned his head to look at Lupe, Lobo, Maria and Marcos. They all were looking at him with worry and concern. Sonic sighed and nodded his head, slowly.

"What happened?" Lobo asked.

"I don't really want to talk about it" Sonic told them.

Maria and Marcos ran over to Sonic and hugged him around his chest. Since he is only a foot taller than he usually is. Maria and Marcos are a foot shorter than Sonic and he's as tall as Lupe and Lobo. Sonics' eyes widened in surprise as he looked down at them.

"Thank you for saving us and mum and dad" Maria said.

Sonic smiled a little showing how grateful he was for the hug. He tried not to show his fangs to the two wolves, because they might get scared of him.

"It's my job" Sonic said.

Before Sonic could say his thank you, a robotic hand outstretched from the shadows and grabbed Sonic by the neck.

"Ack!" Sonic cried out in shock.

The hand pushed Sonic over to the wall, making Maria and Marcos let go of Sonic. Lupe and Lobo got into a fight stance.

"Sonic!" Lupe exclaimed.

"Your pathetic, hedgehog" a voice said.

"...D...Drago..." Sonic gasped

Drago stepped out of the shadows and walked over to Sonic. His arm shortening as he continued to reach Sonic. When he reached Sonic, his robotic arm was at normal length, yet still keeping his distance from the werehog.

"Bravo, how did you know?" Drago asked, an evil smile spreading across his face.

"I could smell your mechanical implants" Sonic smiled.

"Why are you here, Drago?" Lobo yelled.

"Robotnik and Naugus asked you to come after me" Sonic answered.

"You're not as stupid as I thought you were" Drago said.

Sonic growled at Drago, showing Drago that he didn't like that insult. Drago smiled again at the hedgehog he had in his grasp, but he let go of his neck. Sonics' eyes widened at what Drago had just done.

He had me in his grasp. Why did he let me go? He could've finished me off and I wouldn't care, Sonic thought.

"Why didn't you go for it?" Sonic asked.

"Because Naugus has something in mind for you" Drago told Sonic.

"I should've guessed" Sonic grumbled.

"Yes, you should have" Drago said.

"What are you talking about?" Sonic asked, confused and annoyed.

"You're pathetic" Drago mumbled under his breath.

Sonic heard what Drago said and growled at the white half robotic wolf.

"What are you on about already?" Sonic asked in a slight yell.

Drago started laughing at Sonic as he started walking around the werehog. Sonic kept his emerald eyes set on Drago in case he makes any moves to attack.

"You're struggling against it, aren't you?" Drago asked, still keeping his evil smile.

"Struggling against what?" Sonic asked, pretending not to know.

"Your werewolf side" Drago said.

Sonic grunted at Drago, but Drago could see Sonic was starting to sweat. Patches of wet fur were all across Sonic's forehead as he continued to get nervous quickly.

"I can fight it" Sonic said.

"It is that attitude that will lead to your down fall" Drago explained.

Sonics' nervousness was replaced by anger when he heard what Drago said.

"What!...You're lying!" Sonic yelled.

"Ha! Do you want me to explain or not?" Drago asked.

"Yes, but I know that everything that will come out of your mouth will be a lie" Sonic exclaimed.

Drago crossed his robotic arms across the uniform he was wearing as he faced Sonic with a look of seriousness and evil.

"Naugus told me quite a lot about werewolves..." Drago started explaining, "...but not everything."

Sonic scoffed as he turned to look at the wall he had been pinned up against.

"You see, Sonic. Each night your werewolf side will get stronger, while you will get weaker" Drago told Sonic.

"I have a strong will! I've been told!" Sonic roared.

"Your will maybe strong, but your soul isn't as strong" Drago said.

"I can take anything that comes my way! Even a werewolf curse!" Sonic roared again.

Sonics' anger was rising by the second, as well as his werewolf side. Dragos' evil smile spread into an evil grin that went across his entire face.

"It doesn't look that way. Right now your anger is rising to the point where your werewolf side will take control" Drago told Sonic.

"Shut Up! Just Shut Up! I Don't Care What You Say! I Will..." Sonic stopped yelling.

"You will what?" Drago asked.

Sonic started coughing as he held his throat with his giant wolf hands. Sonic opened his mouth to try and speak, but all that came out was growls and roars. Dragos' grin would've gotten wider, but it was already as big as it could get. Sonics' eyes widened in surprise at what had come out of his mouth.

"What? What was that? I couldn't hear you with all those growls" Drago teased.

Sonic growled at Drago, knowing what he did might have been wrong. Sonic started to clear his throat from all the growling he had done before.

Maybe, all the growling I did before made me growl just then, Sonic thought.

Sonic finished clearing his throat and opened his mouth to try again.

"Rarrr!" Sonic exclaimed.

Sonic closed his mouth, his eyes opened wide with shock. Drago laughed at Sonics' surprise. Sonic looked at Drago and growled at him. Drago stopped laughing and looked at Sonic. An evil glint in his eyes.

"Do you know what you've just done?" Drago asked.

Sonic shook his head and kept his eyes locked on Drago.

"You have just activated the third stage" Drago told Sonic.

Sonic tilted his head sideways a little bit and then remembered something.

Li Yuen said something about werewolf stages, but he didn't tell them all to me, Sonic thought.

Drago saw Sonic thinking about something.

Now's the time, while he's distracted, Drago thought.

Drago ran at Sonic, his mechanized arms outstretched. His plan wasn't to tear Sonic, limb from limb. He simply wanted to make Sonic so angry he couldn't keep himself under control. Sonics' emerald eyes focused back on Drago, as his pupils turned to slits. Sonic threw his fist at Drago. It flew through the air and hit Drago smack in the jaw. The force put into the punch Sonic gave Drago sent him across the room and landing on the stone floor on his back. Sonic walked over to Drago, growling ferociously at him.

Drago looked up in time to see Sonic bring his clawed foot up into the air and bring it down on Dragos' face. Sonics' claws on his toenails scraped across Dragos' face as his foot stomped on him. Sonic bent down and picked Drago up by his neck after he scraped his face. Drago now had four scratch marks across his face. Sonic gazed at Dragos' scratch marks, then roared in his face. Sonic threw Drago across the room and he hit the stone wall with a great thud.

As he fell to the floor, he left an implant of his body in the stone. Sonic started walking towards Drago, wanting him to suffer from making him not be able to talk anymore. Someone grabbed Sonics' shoulder and spun him around to face her. Sonic growled at the interrupter and soon came face to face with Lupe. Sonic roared in her face, showing her he wasn't in the mood for a friendly chat. Lupe kept herself in her concerned and brave look on her face.

"Sonic. Listen to me" Lupe said.

Sonic snarled at her, revealing some of his sharp fangs to her. She looked into Sonics' emerald eyes with black slits. Sonic tilted his head to the side a bit. His ears turned to face Lupe, to show her he was listening.

"Listen to me" Lupe said. "You're not like this, Sonic. You're Sonic The Hedgehog. Remember who you really are. You are not a monster."

Sonics' eyes widened and his slits turned back into pupils. Sonic started whimpering as he took control over himself again. Lupe smiled when she saw Sonic was back.

"I knew you could do it" Lupe said. "You just need to believe more in your inner strength than in your outer strength."

Sonic nodded and turned his attention to Drago. Lobo walked over to Drago and picked him up by the collar of his uniform.

"Drago! I want you to leave! Now!" Lobo yelled.

Drago opened his eyes and pushed Lobo away from him. Lobo ripped the collar of Dragos' uniform as he was pushed away. Drago smiled as Lobo stumbled backwards and fell down. Drago saw something odd though. Lobo was smiling.

"What are you smiling at?" Drago yelled.

Lobo kept smiling as a shadow behind Drago grabbed him on the shoulder. Drago was lifted off the ground by the shadows' massive amount of strength. Another hand appeared out of the shadows and grabbed Dragos' other shoulder, which spun him around and he met face to face with a very angry Sonic. Sonic growled at Drago and threw him out the open window. Drago flew through the air and went through the window. Although Drago was much too big to fit completely out the window. He broke the frame around the window and some of the stones attached to it. Drago landed hard on the ground, as Sonic and Lobo ran over to the window. Sonic smirked at how badly damaged Dragos' robotic arms were and how his scratches over his face were starting to bleed. Drago lifted himself off the ground and dusted himself off.

"Don't ever come back here again, Drago!" Lobo shouted.

Drago looked up at Sonic and Lobo and smiled.

"When that day comes when you have less control over that other side of you and you start hurting the ones you care dearly for..." Drago shouted up at Sonic, "...they will pay the price!"

Drago turned to face the forest and ran in that direction. Sonic growled as he watched Drago disappear into the darkness of the forest.

That day will never come, Drago. Not as long as I keep fighting it.

Wow. I mean. WOW! Another stage activated. Sonic, Sonic, Sonic, you have to learn to control your anger better. Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed. Give me a review if you think its' getting good. See ya next chap Sonic Fans. SXS OUT.