Sonic Evil 2
Chapter 12 – That's no Urban Legend
The only audible sound in the room was the calm lull from the pool of water, the soft hum of machines and the steady dripping of pipes, Blaze and Shadow stood shocked as they looked towards Vanilla. The look she held told one of great remorse, a few moments passed before any words were spoken, breaking the silence.
"Are you telling us that he injected the G-Virus into his own body?" questioned Blaze
"The G-Virus has the ability to revitalise cellular function… but the virus was flawed from the start. Even if you survived the cero conversion with G you'd become nothing more than a puppet to its will, our research was a failure and his only concern now is to procreate. People with genetic makeup similar to his own could stand to birth a superior offspring" replied Vanilla
"So the rats were the carriers of the disease, that's how the city became infected from the start?" asked Shadow
"Yes I'm afraid so… as a result of his virus induced transmutation he should have lost any prior memories he had as a human by now but…" said Vanilla
As she was explaining the whole story in great detail a shrill cry echoed around the room, seeming to have come from somewhere outside in the twisting and confusing corridors of the underground sewer system. The cry sounded to high pitched to be that of an adult but a child and that's when it hit them, the cry was made by Cream, remembering that she was lost Blaze began to run towards the door opposite them without haste to find her.
"That was Cream…come on we have to help her now" indicated Blaze
"I can't…I've got unfinished business to attend to" replied Vanilla
"You've got to be kidding me" said Blaze in disgust
In anger Blaze ripped open the heavy metal door and ran out, slamming it closed behind her, she couldn't believe what she'd heard when Vanilla was more preoccupied with her own needs rather than help find her own daughter who at that moment was in more danger than they each realised. Shadow felt a sense of disbelief towards Vanilla and ran past her, he was about to open the door when she said something else that made him stop and listen to her words.
"If the embryo's already been implanted…only the vaccine from the underground lab could save her" mentioned Vanilla to which Shadow left the room all together "William it's time we finished this once and for all" as she looked at the gun she'd taken hold of
Shadow found himself in what looked like an old disused service tunnel, chained doors were blocking visible doors, stacks upon stacks of crates and cardboard boxes littered the floors and forklifts parked against the walls. The minimal light made it almost hard to see but not completely, a cold wind blew against him making him shiver, turning a corner he caught sight of Blaze running towards a small figuring that he guessed was none other than Cream. He shouted her name as he continued running, the two stopped in their tracks and looked towards him, it didn't take long for him to catch up to them but their reunion was short lived. With much warning the whole tunnel began to violently shake and was accompanied by a loud, terrifying growl, fear seeped through Cream who was clinging to Blaze. The loud sound of heavy footsteps which were more like bangs came towards them, the crashing sound of falling, crumbling debris of the tunnel followed before the lights began to flickers erratically.
Dust swept their vision as another growl was heard and then they couldn't believe what they saw before them, crawling forward was an Alligator. But this was no ordinary Alligator, this one was dramatically oversized, massive in comparison to the three, its body almost filled the entire space of the tunnel. Its scales were dark green making it appear almost black, scars littered its body, face and snout with two large staring eyes that pierced into them and a mouth filled with rows of long jagged teeth.
They stood like rabbits caught in the headlights, staring at the hulking creature until another shake broke their trance, being the more scared Cream had managed to slip past the Alligator and ran full pelt down the tunnel in search of a hiding place, Blaze was about to go after her when she was pulled back by Shadow. She turned to him, wondering what he was thinking as he pulled her back along the tunnel almost to where they'd first entered.
"Shadow what are you doing we have to go after Cream" shouted Blaze
"We need to stop that thing first before we become its next meal" replied Shadow
"And how'd you suggest we do it, we don't have enough firepower to take that thing out by ourselves" stated Blaze
"By using this" said Shadow as he pushed over a large fuel canister
"You're gonna use that in hopes that it can't climb over it?" asked Blaze sarcastically
"My plan is that the beast is stupid enough to bite into this and then bang" answered Shadow
"You best hope so because if it doesn't then we're in big trouble here" said Blaze
With the fuel canister set the two backed away when they caught sight of the Alligator crawling towards them and just as Shadow predicted the beast stopped for but a moment before its strong jaws latched onto the canister and carried it in its mouth. A quick glance to each other passed as they raised their guns whilst taking backwards steps to be at a safe distance before continuing with their plan. It was now or never, if Shadows plan didn't work he didn't know what else to do and so it all relied upon that one fuel canister. Simultaneously they fired their guns at the canister, luck was with them as the bullets struck the side, a loud hiss was heard before Shadow grabbed hold of Blaze and safeguarded her from any flying debris. As the smoke settled they were once again in awe of the sight before them, the canister had worked, the once mighty beast now lay dead, crumpled against the wall, a rather large hole now adorned were its right side of its face once lay, fire and seeping blood were a sure sign that it was truly dead as they quickly made a dash for it. Not looking back they'd reach the end, calling for Cream who came out of hiding and ran straight to Blaze, grabbing hold of her tightly as Blaze knelt down to her.
"Cream you're ok, thank goodness" said Blaze relieved
"Blaze I'm sorry I ran off I was just really frightened by that monster" cried Cream
"It's alright you don't have to scared of the monster any more we took care of him" comforted Blaze smiling
It was at that point where the happy reunion stopped when Cream cried out and shrank forward, tears fell from her eyes as she tightened her grip on Blaze, wondering what was wrong Blaze became worried that something must have happened when they got separated.
"Cream…Cream what's wrong?" asked Blaze
"Blaze my…stomach hurts really…really bad" cried Cream
"Oh no that means…Shadow!" panicked Blaze
"We have to go now if we're to have any chance of saving her" answered Shadow
"How are we going to that? I don't think if we have a lot of time" said Blaze
"There's a cure in the underground lab, we just have to get there and find it" replied Shadow
"How do you know that?" asked Blaze
"Vanilla told me before I left to find you" said Shadow
"Alright then let's hope she's right because if she's not…" said Blaze
"I know, let's get going, I'll carry her" suggested Shadow as he knelt down an picked up Cream