Well, were up to lucky chapter thirteen and it seems things are shaping up to be quite odd.
As always, it's time to respond.
Guest – You're about to find out. As for who the woman was at the beginning, it's funny that you should mention her.
Epsilon – Glad it worked out.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
Disclaimer: Jojo is owned by BigWritingWorld and DarkFlame is owned by Epsilon Massacre 1987, so special thanks to them for letting me feature them.
Disclaimer: Of course, Saturn Night is owned by me.
Darkflame opened the front door, welcoming them into her home.
While it remained dingy and damaged on the outside, the house had been clean, organized and immaculate on the inside, a metaphor that basically summed up many of them while remaining the opposite definition to others.
"Make yourselves at home." She said.
Saturn and Jo walked into the living room, Jo taking a seat on the couch while Saturn leaned against the mantle atop the fireplace.
Darkflame, now dressed normally, entered the room, Jo studying her appearance.
Her fur was dark as night, her quills styled like hair, ending in red and orange streaks.
Her skin a bright caramel color with a scar running down her cheek.
But what struck him as odd, was what she was.
He had never seen anyone like her before and for the life of him, he couldn't place in his mind what species she was.
She resembled a hedgehog, but weirdly enough she showed traits of a fox, which confused him to no end.
"Take a picture, it'll last longer." Darkflame joked, noticing Jo staring.
"Sorry, it's just…forgive me for asking but, what are you?" Jo asked.
Darkflame chuckled at his question, thankfully it hadn't been the first time she was asked.
"I'm a hedgefox, a hybrid." Darkflame said.
Jo just went along with it and let Saturn do the talking.
"What'd you find out?" Saturn asked.
Darkflame smirked, remaining silent.
"Would you tell us, please." Saturn said, rolling his eyes.
"That's better, and as for the Sonic situation, I did manage to find out one fact everyone glossed over." Darkflame said.
"Oh really?" Jo said in disbelief.
"What would that be?" Jo asked.
"From what you've told me, everyone in town seems to have grudge against Sonic, now that his reputation is in the gutter, am I correct?" Darkflame asked.
"You are." Saturn said.
"But you forgot to factor in one thing, anyone outside of town." Darkflame pointed out.
Both of them looked at her in confusion.
"I managed to track down this Sonic and follow his steps for a little while, of those times he met four different women in various locations." Darkflame told them.
"So, he's a cheat, tell us something we don't know." Jo said.
Darkflame looked at him, obviously annoyed.
"Three of those four women were bartenders in Scourge's club, however the fourth was different." She said.
"I read over Amy Rose's statements, she said there was a woman who hesitated because she wanted Sonic to tell Amy the truth." She reminded them.
"A few nights ago, I trailed Sonic, I was curious to see why he would go to Station Square, turns out he was trying get to that woman and when he arrived, she was less than thrilled to see him." Darkflame informed them of what she saw.
"After that, it appeared that Sonic tried to take advantage again but she managed to fight him off." Darkflame said.
"So how does this help us catch our guy?" Jo questioned.
Darkflame turned to Saturn, looking at him with condolences.
"Her name is Julie-Su, she works for Purr Industries." Darkflame revealed.
"As in, one of the biggest companies on the planet?" Jo asked, rhetorically.
"Yeah and get this, guess who her ex-boyfriend was." Darkflame said.
Darkflame paused before answering.
"Knuckles himself." Darkflame told them.
"You've gotta be kidding me." Jo groaned.
"Nope, and it turns out Knuckles had feelings for Amy before Sonic cheated, so he broke up with Julie-Su, let's just say she wasn't too thrilled being dumped for Amy, one thing led to another and she thought going after Amy's boyfriend would make him jealous, poor girl had no idea what she was getting into." Darkflame told them.
"Alright, so we got another lead, but how're we supposed to talk to her?" Jo asked.
"We couldn't get access to that place even if we tried and aside from that, we don't have much of a window of opportunity to speak with her outside of her work." Jo pointed out.
"Which is why we have one chance to question her, at the annual Purr Industries Masquerade." Darkflame told them.
"Yeah right, that's the most exclusive event of the year, how're we gonna get in?" Jo questioned.
Darkflame reached into her pocket and pulled out four tickets to the Masquerade.
"How did you?" Saturn asked.
"Let's just say I have a way with words." Darkflame said.
"Alright, looks like we have a party to go to on the 24th." Jo said, taking his ticket with a grin.
Saturn took his ticket before noticing two things.
"Hey, how come you have four tickets?" Saturn asked.
"I'm taking my boyfriend, I may be working but it is still a party." Darkflame said.
Saturn nodded and asked his follow-up question.
"Earlier, you looked at me weirdly, why?" Saturn asked.
Darkflame hesitated in her answer but felt he deserved to know.
"When I was tracking down Sonic, I caught a glimpse of Julie-Su's apartment, I noticed something weird and when she was gone, I went to investigate." Darkflame started.
Darkflame hesitated once more before finally spitting out the words.
"I…found a cloak hidden in her room...it was drenched and stained red."
Later that night, back in town.
The rain poured down that night, the winds picking up, stronger than ever.
As many people locked their doors and shut off the lights, most of them remained awake in fear.
But one had not been so lucky.
Lightning struck down as the cloaked figure loomed outside.
They stared at the house stood before them.
Slowly, they crept forward, walking through the grass, twigs snapping underneath their feet.
Trying not to make a sound, they carefully opened the window, maneuvering into the house.
Now that they were in, the easy part began.
The figure ascended up the stairs, making their way to the room at the end of the hall.
The door creaked open as they turned the handle.
Entering the room, the figure towered over the person hidden by covers, sleeping peacefully.
"Finally." The figure whispered.
Grabbing the cover by the ends, the person inside flailing about, trying to break free, the figure carried it over to the bedroom mirror, hoisted it onto their shoulder and then swung it like a bat, smashing the body into the mirror, effectively breaking it.
As the shards of glass fell to the floor, the noise had alerted people in the other room and another in the bathroom.
Quickly, the figure locked the door to keep them out of their way.
Finally, the figure grabbed a shard of glass and with one hard downward swipe, the person trapped within the covers, stopped moving.
They had done it, they were no more.
"Goodbye Sonic." The cloaked figure said with glee.
"Hey, open up, hey!" Someone screamed on the other side of the door.
The cloaked figure gasped, recognizing the voice, it was Sonic the Hedgehog himself.
"Wait, then that means." The cloaked figure thought, realizing their error.
Pulling back the covers, they saw, instead of the hedgehog, a chipmunk.
Sally Acorn lay there in a pool of crimson.