Rouge slowly walked down the hallway, noticing that the lights were becoming dimmer the further down she walked. She heard a weird noise behind her so naturally she jumped around, expecting to see something frightening, but there was nothing.
"Jesus, I really wish this shit would stop. It's gotten to the point where it's not scary anymore, just annoying." Rouge said to herself and turned back around.
She was about to walk again, until she felt something creeping up her back. It was like the tip of someone's fingers running up her back. It made Rouge freeze in fear.
"Okay, I'm NOT gonna turn around...I'm not gonna turn around...I'm just gonna keep walking, find another exit and get the fuck out of here." Rouge whispered to herself again, and breathed even harder and faster this time. She wanted to turn around and see what it was so badly, but she knew it would only lead to more trouble.
Rouge just kept walking on and keeping her eyes straight forward. She then came upon a conveniently placed chair at the wall. She had an idea that she could grab the chair, whip around and smack the thing with it. But at the same time, it was still too risky since she had to deal with whatever was behind her.
She decided to keep going and ignore the chair. She had to ignore everything she could in order to get out safe and sound.
"ROUGE! WAIT!" Yelled a familiar voice.
"Huh?" She turned around and immediately smiled as she saw Sonic, Tikal and Bean running toward her. "Oh, you guys! How did you-"
Rouge was suddenly cut off as she was thrown at the wall.
"What the hell...?" Bean said.
"SHIT! IT'S THE FUCKING GHOST! HELP ME YOU GUYS!" Rouge screamed and was thrown at the other wall.
"GHOST!? Was that the dark thing we saw on the camera?" Tikal asked.
"Probably but...I don't know how to fight a ghost!" Sonic replied.
"JUST GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!" Rouge screamed extremely loud. The ceiling lights above them suddenly exploded.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH! SHARDS IN MY FUR!" Bean screamed and wiped his entire body with his hands.
The ceiling lights kept on exploding and it went down the hallway, covering the area in more darkness by the second. They couldn't help but stare in shock at what was going on. They also noticed Aoi standing at the opposite side from them, simply standing still and staring at them.
"Grrrrr AOI! YOU BASTARD! COME ON! LET'S GO!" Sonic yelled and tugged Rouge to help her up. The last light exploded, leaving the entire area in darkness now.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! THE FUCKING LIGHTS ARE OUT! I CAN'T SEE A FUCKING THING!" Bean overly-yelled.
"COME ON! WE'RE GOING DOWN THERE!" Sonic yelled and dragged Rouge with him down the way they came.
"NO STOP! I DON'T WANNA RUN! PLEASE HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Rouge cried.
"Wait Sonic, I don't know where you are! Where are you going!?" Tikal called out.
"JUST FOLLOW MY VOICE! HURRY!" Sonic yelled back.
"GAH! What the fuck is that noise!? Shit, I think someone or something is following us!" Bean said. It sounded like a deep, howling noise.
"JUST IGNORE THE NOISE AND RUN!" Tikal said to him and ran for her life.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOOOOO! OH MY GOD THIS IS FUCKING INSANE, I DON'T WANNA DO THIS ANYMORE!" Rouge screamed and cried even more.
"ROUGE, WILL YOU STOP FUCKING SCREAMING IN MY EAR!?" Sonic screamed back.
"Wait, are you guys going to the security room!? I don't know where we are!" Bean yelled in a shaky tone.
"Bean, was that you who just ran behind me!?" Tikal asked.
"I don't know Tikal, I can't see a damn thing! Here, extend your arm so we won't get separated from each other." Bean commanded and extended his arm out. Tikal did the same and felt for Bean's hand and grabbed it tightly.
"YES! Now let's catch up to Sonic!" Tikal said in slight relief.
"Aoi, where the fuck are you!?" Sonic called out, not really sure if he was at the spot that Aoi was standing at.
"In here!" Replied a voice from nearby. It sounded like it came to his left, so he looked left and saw that a light suddenly turned on in the security room with the door open, letting the light shine throughout the hallway.
"HE'S IN THE SECURITY ROOM! COME ON!" Sonic said and dragged Rouge with him again.
"What? Why is he in there for!?" Tikal asked. No one responded to her question though.
Sonic and Rouge were the first to reach the room, only to find out that Aoi wasn't in there.
"What? Where the hell is he? Wasn't he just in here?" Sonic asked and saw no sign of him.
Suddenly, the door slammed closed and out came a girl with an axe that was hiding behind the door the entire time.
"Hello." Was all Maya said and she locked the door. Banging and yelling ensued from outside the door from Bean and Tikal.
Sonic gasped. "Hey, I know you! You're-"
Maya didn't let him finish his sentence as she ran to him and swung her axe. Sonic managed to get out of the way, making Maya hit the security screens, letting out huge electric sparks.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM US!" Rouge screamed again. She grabbed a bucket that was nearby and threw it at Maya but badly missed.
"ROUGE, QUICK! IN HERE!" Sonic yelled and opened the other door that was in the room. Rouge rushed over to the room and Sonic went in with her and shut the door. It seemed that they were in like a janitor's closet.
"Oh my god, what the fuck was that girl's problem!? Is she working with Aoi!?" Sonic asked but Rouge didn't respond to his question.
"Wait Sonic...there's a door in here..." Rouge quietly said, moving a mop and a small shelf out of the way.
"What? Where the hell does that lead to?" Sonic asked again.
"Only one way to find out..." Rouge said and grabbed the knob. She slowly opened the door, only to be introduced to a bright laboratory-looking room.
"WHAT THE!? What the hell is this place? Is this Aoi's hideout?" Sonic asked in both shock and amazement. The door behind them quickly shut itself.
"This is very strange. How does this all work out exactly? I mean, how the hell is there a room like this built behind a security room in a movie company building?" Rouge said while she looked all around, noticing the high-tech control panels, keyboards and screens.
Then there was a noise of a door opening. Sonic and Rouge turned their attention to the other side where they saw the man himself exiting from a different room.
"Oh! Hello Sonic and Rouge. It seems you've finally found my secret room. Well done, I must say!" Aoi (oddly) happily said and clapped his hands.
"You...did all this?" Rouge asked.
"Well, I had a little help, but I was the one who planned it out, so in a way, you can say I did all of this." He responded.
"Alright, cut to the chase! How the hell are you doing this crap? Making us go insane, hearing things, seeing things...HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO IT?" Sonic demanded an answer and stomped his foot.
Aoi laughed. "Oh, Sonic. You shouldn't be worried about that right now. In fact, you should be worried about Tikal and Bean."
"And why should we be worried about them?" Rouge asked.
"Because Maya is going after them next." Aoi quickly answered and took out a small remote. He pointed it toward a big security-like screen and turned it on. It was security footage from a camera that showed Tikal and Bean still banging on the security room door. The brightness was turned up a bit so they could see better.
There was no noise so they couldn't hear anything, but they then saw the security room door opening quickly. A darker figure came into view, which everyone assumed was Maya and suddenly decapitated Bean with the axe. Sonic and Rouge screamed and stood back while Aoi just smiled.
It looked like Tikal was screaming at the sight so she ran away and Maya chased after her.
"Ooh! This looks like it's gonna be good! Let's change to the next camera!" Aoi said in excitement and pressed a button on the remote which changed the screen to a camera showing the main hallway. Tikal was seen still running from Maya and Maya chased after her. They both kept running past the lobby and down the other long hallway.
"Hmmm, they're becoming out of sight. Next camera!" Aoi said and switched to a different camera that showed the left wing of the same hallway they're running down on. It showed what looked like chained double doors, which was presumably an exit. Tikal came into view and made it to the exit doors but couldn't manage to get the doors open all the way, as they only opened a tiny bit in the middle.
"Oh, Tikal made it to the exit door! But will she make it out alive? This getting suspenseful!" Aoi cheered.
Tikal opened the chained double doors as far as she could and tried to see if she could just crawl under the chains and get out through the little space in the middle. She only got out head first but was seen struggling with the rest of her body to fit through.
Maya then came into view which let down Sonic and Rouge greatly because they knew it was the end for Tikal. Maya was seen tugging on Tikal's legs, trying to pull her back inside. She tugged a few more times and finally got all of Tikal back inside and then dragged her off screen. It looked like Tikal didn't even bother fighting back.
"Alright, I think we all know what's gonna happen to Tikal so let's just stop there." Aoi said and turned the screen off.
Rouge started to cry. "I don't understand...why are you doing this? WHY? What did we ever do to you?"
"I didn't do anything. You all did this to yourselves."
"Excuse me? How the hell did we do this to ourselves!? Start making sense!" Sonic yelled.
"Fine, fine. Alright, here is the real explanation for your guys' so called 'insanity'. Do you remember last month when I invited all of you guys to this place?"
"What? We were never here last month. The furthest back I remember us being here was last week." Rouge put her hands at her sides.
"Good, so you don't remember when we met the ACTUAL first time." Aoi said as he sat down in a computer chair.
"What actual first time? What are you even trying to say!?" Sonic started getting more frustrated by the second.
"Last month I invited you guys over here, in my room on the third floor to talk about a certain pill brand I've been working on. It was hard trying to track each one of your guys' adresses, but I'm surprised it worked out fine and I'm also surprised all of you showed up. Anyways, I talked to you all how I was creating a 'new age pill', a pill that would remarkable, astounding, global, possibly even Nobel Peach Prize-winning! I told you all that this pill would be the ultimate cure-all of any sicknesses and possibly even diseases and infections! Not only that but I also said it would improve the physical appearance of someone. Weight loss, clearer skin...all that great stuff. But you wanna know what the funniest thing is though? You all shamelessly fell for it. The pill I gave you guys was not anything like I said it was. You see, I wanted to do something that no serial killer or criminal could ever do or even imagine, kill someone without killing them! It took me a long to do it about 4 years, I believe, but after everything I've seen, it was all worth it. My dream was complete. You all went insane and basically killed each other. It was just like a movie."
Sonic and Rouge couldn't help drop their jaws and widen their eyes. It took them a minute to respond.
"So, this is all because of some stupid pill? Yeah right! How stupid can you be? Besides, how the fuck would you even know what to make it from or even how to start it off!?" Rouge questioned.
"Well, I had a little bit of help from that...from the one and only, Doctor Eggman." Aoi said. Sonic and Rouge gasped since they knew who that was.
Then, as if on cue, Eggman entered the room from the same door Aoi came through.
"Hello Sonic and Rouge. We haven't seen each other in a long while haven't we?" Eggman casually said as he walked to Aoi.
"YOU DID THIS WITH HIM? Are you kidding me right now!?" Sonic was too overwhelmed by everything at this point.
"Well, I thought it was perfect actually. Eggman is the smartest guy around so I HAD to go to him for help. The process went smoother and quicker with him by my side. Plus, he took great pride in knowing that it would affect you guys. Without him, the pill would be useless! It wouldn't do anything!" Aoi said while playing with his fur.
"What can I say? I got tired of you guys screwing me over all the time so this was the perfect revenge plan." Eggman said and gave them his typical smirk.
"But still, I don't ever remember being invited by you to this place last month! We were only invited by you to go to the fountain and then here after that!" Rouge pointed out.
Aoi clapped his hands. "Excellent! That means the 'amnesia' part of the pill also worked!"
"Amnesia? What, so that was part of this pill as well?" Sonic asked in shock.
"That's what he just said dummy!" Eggman scowled.
"No, you're lying! There has to be another explanation here other than some stupid pill that somehow makes people go insane!" Rouge shook her head and started tearing out her fur.
"I figured you wouldn't believe me on that, so here's a clip from the night you all came over. I set up a hidden camera in my room because I actually planned every single possibility out." Aoi said and ended with a smile. He pressed a few random buttons and the big screen changed to Aoi's movie room with everyone in there.
"So, with this pill that took me such hard effort and a long period of time to make, I want you guys to test it out for me. What better way is there to promote my brand if I have the infamous Sonic crew to do it?" Aoi said with excitement.
"Um, I don't know about this...is it, like, dangerous?" Sonia asked.
"No, it isn't dangerous as I have tried it myself last month and I have had no bad side effects. However, since I am only an individual I can't base my results just on that so that's why I want you all to test it. And if it's successful, then you'll be part of the promotion campaign!"
Everyone started to look intrigued.
"Wait, so that means we'll be in ads and commercials and all that fun stuff?" Knuckles asked with excitement.
"Of course! I'm a film producer. I can include anyone in anything that I want."
"YAY! Count me in! I totally want to do this! CAN WE VECTOR? CAN WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?" Charmy begged.
"Oh...alright I guess. What's the worst that could happen?" Vector said.
"Wait a second, what happens if something bad does happen to us like an allergic reaction or something worse?" Tikal asked in worry.
"Then I'll pay for anything that needs to be done to fix it. I'm practically a millionaire, so it won't be a big loss."
"Sounds fine with me! I'm in!" Knuckles cheered. Tikal hesitantly nodded in agreement.
The film then ended there.
"But...but...I DON'T REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING!" Rouge cried.
"Like I said, it was the amnesia part of the pill. I'm lucky you all took the pill that same night actually..."
"Wait, how do you know we took the pill that night!?" Sonic asked.
"Because, using the addresses that I obtained to send you guys the letters, I snuck into each of your guys' houses and attached a water-proof speaker piece to each of your guys' backs. The fact that all of you were asleep and didn't wake up to the sounds of me being in the house tells me that the 'doze-off' part of the pill also worked since you were suppose to get knocked out after an hour of taking it."
Sonic shook his head. "This is absolutely insane. I can't begin to believe this, this sounds like something out of a freaking movie!"
"Heh, funny that you mention that. In order to make your guys' insanity a little more 'fun' for me, I copy and pasted an entire script I got from a fanfiction site, tweaked some stuff and pretended like I was gonna make a movie with you all in it. I wanted to see if you guys would actually believe that the script would be the 'predictor' of the deaths and it was a success. You guys REALLY thought that the script foreshadowed everything that was about to come! I am SUCH a genius!" Aoi crazily laughed.
Rouge growled. "So you were the one that tore up all our scripts then!"
"Huh? I never tore up any of your scripts. What would be the point in me doing that? I WANTED to be entertained by the fact that you all thought the script was the one that predicted everyone's deaths."
"So how did you find out that all of us thought the script was so important then?" Sonic asked.
"Because I followed you all. That's right, I stalked every one of you and documented everything on my camera. It was so much fun!"
"YOU STALKED US!? Are you fucking kidding me right now!? Well actually, I'm not too shocked. It explains a lot of things." Rouge said.
"Yep. And what's even more funny is that, you all thought I or someone else was doing all the killing and 'screwing around', when in fact, it was you all who did it to each other."
"Excuse me? You're saying we killed our friends? I...I refuse to believe that!" Sonic hesitantly exclaimed.
"Yeah, you better explain that!" Rouge added.
Aoi sighed and rubbed his head. "Look, I'm tired of explaining so how about I show you the footage of everything that happened. But before that, if you're wondering what happened to Espio, why he got all sick and such, I hid in a nearby bush that had poison ivy in it. At the risk of infecting myself, I knew it had to be done to set off the events that would follow. I put on a big black jacket so I wouldn't be noticed by anybody, not even Espio. When Espio got closer to the bush, I grabbed the poison ivy, with gloves on of course, and shoved it down his throat, causing the stomach pain. Actually, it also causes itchy mouth and throat too, and the closing in of the lungs, but I didn't really see that happen. Maybe that wasn't poison ivy after all...? Heh heh heh, oh well, what's done is done. Let's watch the video now!"
Aoi pressed a few more random buttons on the remote and the big screen turned to a POV screen of someone obviously holding a high-def camera and the camera zoomed in through a window on the outside to the room where everyone was surrounding Espio.
Rouge gasped. "My god, you were there the whole time...and we didn't even notice..."
"Oh my god...I don't think I can stay here for this!" Vanilla said and ran back to the hallway.
"I've...never seen anything like this before..." Tails said in shock. He opened Espio's left eye again.
"This makes no sense. How can someone's eyes get so...red? Hmmm. Vector, do you have any gloves? I wanna check his mouth for any symptons as well." Tails said.
Vector slowly nodded and went into the bathroom to get a pair of doctor-like gloves. Tails quickly put them on.
"Man, it feels like I'm some twisted, fucked up, horror movie." Bean whispered.
Tails opened Espio's mouth and looked carefully inside. He stared in shock at what he saw.
"Tails...what is it? WHAT IS IT?" Amy freaked.
"His gums...where his bottom teeth are...they're...black!" Tails said.
"WH-WHAT? BLACK? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?" Tikal shrieked.
"I don't know! Hold on, there might be something in his mouth that might have caused this." Tails explained. He tried looking even deeper into his mouth.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Espio screamed extremely loud which scared the hell out of everybody. Espio started moving and flopping all around his bed as if he was having a seizure.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Shadow yelled.
"Oh my god, he's having a seizure! SOMEONE DO SOMETHING!" Sally screamed.
"AMY, GET THE PURPLE PILLS FROM THE BATHROOM! SONIC, HELP ME HOLD HIM DOWN!" Vector ordered. Amy nodded quickly and ran into the bathroom.
Espio continued screaming and his body kept on rumbling faster and harder.
"Espio, GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF! TRY TO CONTROL YOUR BODY!" Sonic yelled, holding him down as hard as he could.
Cream started to cry from how intense everything was getting. She ran into the hallway with her mom.
"I CAN'T WATCH THIS!" Charmy screamed and also ran to the hallway.
"I GOT THE PILLS! TAKE IT!" Amy yelled. Vector swiped the pills and shoved them down Espio's throat. He swallowed it.
Then he stopped moving.
"Espio...? Are you...okay?" Vector quietly asked. The whole room was dead silent.
"Please answer me." Vector whispered again.
Espio suddenly jolted up and threw up a ton of red 'ooze' on to Fang.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! OH MY GOD!" Sally screamed.
"Oh my god...Fang...I'll get you a towel!" Bean said and ran to the bathroom. He came back out and wrapped Fang all around in a big, white towel. Fang sat to the ground, too shocked to even speak.
"What...just...happened?" Tikal asked.
"No. This is not happening. This is so unreal! TELL ME THAT DID NOT JUST HAPPEN!" Blaze yelled.
"It did. Stop denying it." Shadow said, with his eyes to the ground.
"Is he still alive?" Cream asked.
"I'll check." Vector replied.
He pressed his head against Espio's chest for about 30 seconds. Then he went to Espio's mouth and nose area.
"...He's dead." Vector sadly said.
Everyone gasped.
"What? N-N-N-NOOOOOOOOOO! BUT-BUT-...WHY? ESPIOOOOOOO!" Charmy cried and dropped to his knees.
"I don't believe this...WHAT THE HELL COULD'VE CAUSED THIS TO HIM?" Rouge said and started to cry too.
"I can't believe I just witnessed someone die right before my very eyes..." Sonia said.
Vector stared at Espio's body and started to shed a tear.
Until he saw something that confused him.
On the bed, he spotted a purple pill. He must've dropped it when trying to give it to Espio.
But the thing is, those aren't the pills he asked for.
"Amy? Did you give me purple pills?" Vector asked, facing her.
She looked at Vector, also confused. "Um...yes. You asked for the purple pills so I gave them to you." She explained.
Vector raised his eyebrow. "What? No I didn't! I asked for you to get me the PINK pills!" Vector said, raising his voice. "The purple pills you gave me were extremely dangerous! You gave me 4, right? I put 3 in his mouth because I dropped the other one. 3 of these purple pills can kill someone in a slow death, that's why you only take one. How could you do this?"
"WOAH WOAH WOAH! HOLD ON A SECOND HERE! YOU SAID TO GET THE PURPLE PILLS! NOT PINK!" Amy screamed.
"I am just utterly confused right now." Blaze commented.
"Amy, calm down. Please..." Tikal pleaded.
"But Tikal! I HEARD THE WORD 'PURPLE'! NOT PINK!" Amy yelled and started to cry again.
"Don't worry Amy. I heard it too." Knuckles spoke and walked slowly around the bed. "Vector definitely said purple pills."
"Don't you dare try to put the blame on me!" Vector yelled.
"Okay, this is getting to be really disturbing. What the hell is going on here?" Sonia asked, but nobody could answer her question.
"So...did I kill him, then? Oh my god...if I did..." Amy sobbed.
"There's no use dwelling on it, Amy. What's done is done. The poor guy looked like he was in extreme pain anyways." Shadow said.
"But the question is, how did he end up like that in the first place? ...And how did that black blood stuff come out of his mouth?" Bean asked.
Aoi paused the film. "Now see here, from your guys' point of view, the blood was black, but from a regular person's point of view, the blood is red."
"Yuck! I'd hate to be the guy that got blood all over his damn face!" Eggman said in disgust.
"Wait, so why was the blood black then?" Sonic asked.
"Because it just was. See, that's the whole point of insanity. Nothing EVER makes sense and it doesn't have to. The pill was actually a lot stronger than I thought it was at first, but hey, more power to me!" Aoi jumped in joy.
"You're disgusting." Rouge replied.
"Hey, I'm not one who killed a little girl..." Aoi retorted.
Rouge stepped back. "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?"
"Oh, of course! You don't remember! Here is the footage!" Aoi unpaused the film and it cut to Vanilla's house. The camera 'floated' over to the kitchen window, which showed Rouge cutting into Cream's arms.
"They all think I'm weak, huh? Well I bet they've never seen a weak person do THIS before...hahaha." Cream talked to herself, doing a little 'something' in the kitchen. Her and Rouge were making a lot of noise with the utensils they were using.
Vanilla came rushing down to the kitchen.
"CREAM! What are you doing up this late? It's past midnight!" She said.
Cream and Rouge stopped what they were doing and just stood in silence.
"Cream...? What are you doing?" Vanilla asked in concern.
"You lied to me, mom. You don't think I'm strong at all...do you?" Cream and Rouge said at the exact time, which made Cream's voice sound completely different to her mom.
"What? What on earth are you talking about, Cream? WHAT IS GOING ON?" Vanilla started to panic.
"It's okay. You don't need to say anything. I know. The entire world knows. I was useless during my adventure with Amy and Big when we went to defeat Metal Sonic. I was only good at flying...that's the only thing I'm good at..." Cream and Rouge said, changing their tone to a depressing tone.
"Cream...what has gotten into you? PLEASE ANSWER ME!" Vanilla yelled.
"They think I'm weak, mom. And they're right. But I do think I have enough strength in me to do something like this..." Cream and Rouge said, then turned around. Rouge extended Cream's arms out to show her arms had been all cut up and bloody.
Vanilla gave the loudest gasp ever.
"OH MY GOD, CREAM! WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOURSELF?" Vanilla cried.
"What do you think I did? I wanted to prove to everyone that I'm strong enough to at the very least hurt myself. And you know what? I kind of like the pain." Cream and Rouge said. Rouge grabbed the butcher knife that was already bloody and made Cream also grab it with her right hand. Rouge stabbed Cream in the palm of her left hand.
"No...YOU GIVE ME THAT RIGHT NOW!" Vanilla screamed, running towards Cream but Rouge angrily kicked Vanilla down to the ground.
"GET AWAY FROM ME! You really think you know me, huh? Lies. These wounds are weakness leaving the body. I guess no one expected a cute little rabbit girl to cut herself 5 times on each arm, huh?" Cream and Rouge said with a creepy laugh. Her blood was dripping all over the floor.
"Cream...please...just put the knife down...PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU!" Vanilla started crying.
"Enough! I think I've done enough on my body. Now, to prove that I truly do have a little more strength in me, let's say we practice on someone else, shall we?" Cream and Rouge said deviously, grabbing another butcher knife.
"No...Cream! Please don't do this! This is your mother speaking to you!" She continued to cry.
"LET'S PRACTICE!" Cream and Rouge screamed and ran to Vanilla.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Vanilla screamed and turned her face away.
But instead of stabbing Vanilla, Rouge stabbed Cream with both of the knives in the chest, spilling out a bunch of blood all over Vanilla.
Cream's body dropped to the ground and Rouge was seen running out the back door.
Aoi paused the film and turned to Rouge.
Rouge was absolutely speechless. She dropped to her knees and started to cry.
Sonic was getting more confused by the second. "Rouge...you don't ever remember doing that?"
Rouge shook her head. "MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT! CREAM...HOW COULD I KILL HER? HOW!? I DON'T UNDERSTAND!"
"Insanity is so strong that it doesn't even make you see things, which explains why Vanilla didn't address Rouge. Vanilla couldn't see her. It was like Rouge was a ghost. Interesting, huh? Next part!"
Aoi unpaused the film and it immediately cut to Fang's house.
The camera once again 'floated' over to Fang's window. It showed Bean and Fang and it looked like they were talking.
Fang was laughing. "You know, this reminds me of the time when we were kids. Do you remember we were playing on that swingset in the playground back in...errr, damnit, where was it? Oh! Emerald City! Yeah, we were about 10 years old then. Some older guy came walking up to us asking us if we had any money. We both thought he was some homeless creep so I used my fake, plastic gun and shot that plastic ball right at his face and he ran away and screamed like a little bitch! HAHAHAHAHAA! OH MY GOD! I'll never forget that!"
Bean was starting to get weirded-out by Fang.
"Um...Fang...that never happened."
Fang stopped laughing. "...What do you mean, that never happened?"
"Fang, I remember almost everything from when I was 3 until now. That never happened, trust me."
Fang then got slightly angry.
"Hmph. I see. I see it in your eyes. You think I'm psycho, don't you? You only came here to laugh at me. I'm right, aren't I?" Fang said as he walked slowly to Bean and grabbed his baseball bat.
"Wait...Fang! I never said that!" Bean yelled, backing away.
"No, but I know you're thinking it, though. I can see right through you. You can't fool me." Fang started to walk even faster to him.
"No...Fang, STOP!" Bean screamed.
Fang swung his bat and almost bashed Bean in the head. Luckily, Bean dodged it by falling back.
"TAKE THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!" Fang screamed, bashing a green pillow on the floor multiple times.
Bean stood up and had a pissed off looked on his face. "You know what, Fang? Screw you. If this is how you're gonna act toward me because of everything then FORGET YOU!"
He was about to stomp out the door until Fang said something that caught his attention.
"Now that I've got that done, I need something to cover up the body with." Fang said, with his hands shaking violently.
"Excuse me?" Bean asked.
As Fang turned around to look for the thing he needed, he gasped and almost fell to the floor.
"WH-WHAT? No...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Fang screamed.
"What the fuck are you screaming at!?" Bean yelled.
"I don't understand. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?" Fang screamed and got up. He ran over to the green pillow and touched it.
"No. That's impossible. I killed Bean. I EVEN SAW THE FUCKING BLOOD COME OUT OF HIS HEAD! WHO IS DOING THIS TO ME?" Fang yelled and got his baseball bat. He was suddenly becoming extremely paranoid and started hearing voices.
Bean shook his head and reached into his pockets. "You've gone off the deep end, Fang. Just like Cream. You'll end up just like her won't you? WON'T YOU!?"
"AH! WHO'S THERE? WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Fang screamed again. His whole body was shaking.
"Who are you talking to!? If you don't answer me, I'm going to get even more mad!" Bean raised his voice.
"Who's saying that? COME OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF! I'LL RIP YOUR HEAD OFF!" Fang threatened then started backing away from the door.
"You know what, fuck this. You're absolutely hopeless." Bean said and grabbed the door handle.
"Leave me alone. This is too much." He whispered.
Bean slammed the door open with extremely hard force which scared Fang.
"Oh and by the way, here's a stupid 'present' I have for you which I got from some random nobody!" Bean said and threw a green apple at Fang's face which caused him to fall over and land his face into a glass pile.
Bean loudly gasped. It's clear he wasn't expecting THAT.
"Oh no...what have I done!?" Bean shrieked and picked up the apple. He stood over Fang's body for a minute, trying to figure out what to do. He then decided to just leave everything as it was.
The camera moved away from the window and 'ran' away from the front of the house.
"Bean killed Fang. But they were best friends..." Sonic whispered.
"Your point? They were both insane, it was bound to happen! Sheesh, come on Sonic, try to catch up! Here's the next clip."
The screen was now showing what looked like the inside of a bag. The zipper was open, letting the camera and the viewers see what was happening outside. It showed Tails and Knuckles walking to some apartment complex.
"This is where she lives. Her apartment is right up here..." Tails said, quickly walking to it. As they got close to the door, it suddenly opened. The camera quickly hid behind a big bush and caught all the action from a big hole that showed the scene clearly.
"Ah, Tails. I foresaw your arrival. You need my help don't you? That's right, you do. Come in." Said Sophie. She was a pink Kitsune with three tails and stunning eyes.
"Hey Sophie! I brought a friend with me." Tails said.
"Um...hello?" Knuckles awkwardly said.
"Ooh...an echidna! Those are rare. Please, come in. Make yourself at home." She said then shut the door.
The camera popped out from the bush and ran to the window, and lowered itself a bit, trying not to make it so obvious.
Sophie's apartment was filled with weird things. There were these magic books placed by her TV. Some voodoo dolls. Ritual items. Newspaper articles that have to do with unexplainable stuff happening. And much more.
"Interesting...place you have." Knuckles said, weirded out by the apartment.
"You don't have to lie. I would think it's weird too if I saw someone with this stuff." Sophie giggled. Knuckles raised his eyebrow.
"I told you, she knows everything." Tails said.
"Now, you need my help so you can find out why Espio and Cream died, right? And as to why strange things have been going on? Is that correct?" Sophie asked.
"Yes it is. We are in desperate need for answers and help, Sophie. If you can't help us, then I fear my friends will be in danger." Tails said.
"Oh, you know I'll do anything in my power to help you guys. Come with me." Sophie said, leading the two to near the kitchen. She sat at a small table that only had a crystal ball on it.
"Sit."
Tails and Knuckles pulled up a chair and sat down.
"Now...give me a minute to concentrate..." Sophie said, closing her eyes. She breathed in and out deeply. Knuckles looked at Tails in confusion.
Sophie opened her eyes and immediately peered into her crystal ball. Her eyes started to widen.
Knuckles was tempted to ask what she sees but he felt it would ruin her concentration.
A minute passed by and she jumped back in shock.
"WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SEE?" Tails asked.
"Oh my...I've never seen anything like this before...this is really...indescribable..." Sophie said in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Knuckles asked.
"I mean that...I MIGHT got your answer but...what I saw was too unbelievable for me to comprehend but I will try my best. Now...Tails and friend, there is this man named Aoi Murasaki who I assume you met up with. He has somehow, someway, created this pill and gave it to you and your friends to take, believing it to be like a miracle pill that heals everything in your body. What this pill really does is that it makes you go...well, basically, insane. But not just 'regular' insane, no...this is something on an entirely different level. It seems as if this pill literally brings you to a world where nothing makes sense and everything seems like it's out to get you. But you must not give in to it! Everything is not what it seems to you. Therefore, you must spread this word to your friends, protect them, and confront Aoi Murasaki! Do NOT kill him, unless he tries to kill you, just force him to tell you all how to stop these effects and make everything go back to normal. And that...is all I can give out for your problem." Sophie finished.
Knuckles and Tails were just seen blinking, not even saying anything. Knuckles looked pissed off and everyone else watching was expecting him to explode.
He got up from his chair. "Thank you for your help, Sophie. We'll take everything into consideration. Come on Tails, we have to go."
Knuckles started walking out and the camera ran back to the same bush it hid in before. Knuckles and Tails were seen walking out the apartment.
"Knuckles, wait up!" Tails yelled, running up to him. Knuckles was stomping off.
"What a waste of our time. Tell me, what the hell was that all about? She didn't even help us! She just gave us this long and confusing explanation and I don't even know what any of it meant! I thought you said she knew everything?" Knuckles said.
"Well what do you want me to do Knuckles? She did everything she could. I'm disappointed she couldn't give us a clear answer either, but we still have to think about what she said. It has to have some truth in it." Tails said.
"Whatever. Looks like we'll just have to live with whatever is screwing with us." Knuckles angrily said.
"That is NOT what they told us when they came back." Rouge pointed out.
"It seems to me they heard a different explanation than what we all heard which is why they seemed confused and angry about her answer. Too bad, so sad. Next clip!"
The screen cut to Fang's house once again, this time the front door was opened a bit, which allowed the camera to see some of what was going on in there.
"WHO THE HELL WAS THAT?" Bean screamed and pointed at the hallway.
"WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SEE?" Shadow loudly asked.
"Down the hallway! I swear on my life I saw someone run into the room at the very end!" Bean freaked out. Everybody else watching the screen didn't see anyone run into said room.
"That's it, I'm going in there!" Knuckles yelled and ran at the speed of light to the room.
"WAIT KNUCKLES I DON'T THINK THAT'S SUCH A GOOD IDEA!" Rouge screamed and ran after him as did everyone else.
Knuckles got into the room. It was a bedroom, so he assumed that it was Fang's room.
But nobody was in there. Nothing seemed out of place.
"...What?" Uhh Bean! I don't think anything is in here!" Knuckles called out.
Bean was then seen running up to the door and slamming it closed.
"HEY WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? LET ME OUT!" Knuckles yelled and tried his hardest to open the door but it wouldn't even budge.
"Knuckles!" Rouge cried and also tried to open the door but to no success.
"Let me try it." Shadow pushed forward and tried to kick the door open with all of his strength. It still wouldn't open.
"What the hell is keeping this thing so tightly closed? I mean, we all saw the door shut by itself..." Sonic said.
"I'm not sure...I'm not even sure of anything right now to be honest..." Bean said.
What's odd about this is, Sonic and Rouge don't even remember Bean shutting the door on Knuckles. Not to mention, it's as if no one else saw him do it even though everyone else could see him clearly.
The camera turned around and familiar voices were heard that were getting closer. The camera jumped into the nearest bush and hid behind there, showing the rest of the group walking into the house.
"YOU GUYS!" Amy yelled from the front door.
"Eh? What are you guys doing here? I thought we told you all to stay at the house!" Shadow said, quickly walking over to them.
"We know, we know. But shit went down at your house, Shadow and we all ultimately decided to find you guys because it's be better if we're all together." Vector said.
"What the hell do you mean 'shit went down at my house'?" Shadow angrily asked. "And why on earth are you carrying Tikal?"
The camera moved up and walked back to the front door, showing everyone again.
"Err...that's part of what I mean by shit going down at your house. Okay, we should stop saying that." Vector said and put Tikal down on the couch.
"OH MY GOD! FANG'S DEAD!" Sonia screamed.
"Yeah. Rather unfortunate we couldn't make it here in time..." Sonic said, trying to not look at the body.
"Anyways, we have urgent news! I read the script, and Knuckles is the next one to die!" Blaze announced.
Rouge, Sonic, Bean, and Shadow all looked at each other and then back at Blaze.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HH!"
Everybody jumped in sudden fright.
"What the fuck was that?" Sally shrieked.
"That room...the one that Knuckles was locked in..." Rouge pointed.
"Huh? How did he got locked in there?" Tails asked.
"We'd like to know that too." Shadow said in a whispery voice. He turned around and started heading back to the door. Everyone followed him.
"Knuckles? You still in there, buddy?" Shadow asked and knocked on the door. There was no response.
"Oh no...Knuckles..." Amy whispered and started getting teary.
Shadow put his hand on the doorknob and turned it. He knew the door was no longer locked now. He took a deep breath and opened it.
It seemed that Knuckles was no longer in the room. But everything else seemed normal.
"Where did he go?" Blaze asked.
"...He's still here." Rouge whispered.
Knuckles came into view. "Oh thank god you guys got it open! I don't know why the fuck this door was so hard to open or why it locked itself, but I'm so glad nothing bad happened."
Everyone screamed and ran for their lives.
"WHAT THE FUCK? WAS THAT KNUCKLES?" Sally asked as loud as she could.
"I DON'T FUCKING KNOW, JUST KEEP RUNNING!" Amy yelled.
"Hey, what the hell are you guys doing!? WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY FROM?" Knuckles yelled and started running after him.
"OH!" Sonia tripped over and landed hard on the ground.
She rolled over and screamed as she saw Knuckles walk to her.
"Sonia, what's wrong? I DEMAND TO KNOW THIS INSTANT!" Knuckles stomped the floor.
"NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed.
"Look, I don't know what the fuck is going on here, but I- OH!" Knuckles accidentally tripped over on himself and landed on Sonia.
"Get away from her, you bitch!" Shadow kicked Knuckles as hard as he could. He quickly got a glass shard from the glass pile and began to stab Knuckles repeatedly, as many times as he could. Knuckles was screaming bloody murder.
"Oh my god!" Rouge looked away.
After many stabs, Shadow caught his breath and stopped. He moved away from Knuckles, wanting to not even be near him. Knuckles' blood was splashed all over the area and all over Shadow too.
"Jesus fucking christ, what in the WORLD was that all about?" Vector swore.
"I don't even know! It all happened so fast!" Blaze exclaimed
"Are you alright?" Sonic asked to Sonia, lending a hand to help her up.
"Y-Yeah I'm fine, don't worry about it." She said, rejecting Sonic's help and got up herself.
"I still wanna know what just happened. Knuckles...he changed. That look on his face when I saw him...god, that was really disturbing. It was like he was possessed by some demon." Bean said.
"I don't think anyone can explain it. Whatever was in that room had changed Knuckles into some monster. I saw his eyes too. They were red-ish and dark. I don't think I'll ever forget that look." Rouge sighed and tried her hardest not to cry.
"You killed him Shadow." Amy said plainly, looking at Knuckles' body.
"I know that. But the dude was literally about to kill Sonia. In fact, I don't even think that was actually Knuckles. Something took control of him." Shadow said.
"But you shouldn't have killed him though! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING JUST GOING UP TO OUR FRIEND AND KILLING HIM LIKE THAT, HUH? HE COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED!" Amy screamed and started to cry.
"You don't know for that sure so don't you dare yell at me!" Shadow yelled back.
"GUYS, COME ON! THIS IS REALLY NOT THE TIME TO BE ARGUING!" Blaze yelled.
"Oh my god, he has green blood!" Sally pointed out. Everyone looked back to Knuckles and saw that Knuckles had indeed green blood oozing out from his stab wounds and from his mouth too, but the camera only showed red blood of course.
"What the hell? Green blood? How does that work exactly?" Bean asked.
"Don't you guys see? There's a pattern going on here! Espio had black blood, Cream had blue blood, Fang had red blood, and Knuckles had green blood!" Tails said.
"But red blood is suppose to be red though?" Blaze said in confusion.
"I know but it's still something to note though. There's something very odd about all this...all the deaths so far have had different blood colors come out from their bodies. I'm trying to figure out if it connects to anything..." Tails said and rubbed his chin.
The camera moved away from the house and Aoi paused again.
Sonic started feeling dizzy. "But we saw him as a monster. And there was no green blood there?"
"Nope. Bean shut the door on Knuckles, but everyone else saw it as the door shutting itself. I assume that Knuckles thought it was locked which is why he couldn't get it open. And the blood is red, just like any normal blood. Shall we continue?"
The camera was in front of the Chaotix's house again. It was night time and the camera peered through the open window, showing Blaze and Tails talking but it was hard to hear what they were saying since they were probably whispering.
Aoi knocked on the door three times. Two gasps were heard.
"What the hell could someone want at THIS hour?" She asked. They could hear them better since they were talking a bit louder.
"Don't you remember, Blaze? We talked about it when we were at Shadow's house. There is 'something' that keeps distracting us from finding out which character dies and this is exactly what's going on right now!" Tails said. Blaze gasped.
"Oh my goodness, now I remember! You're absolutely right. We need to focus on this as much as possible."
"Okay, now I believe we are on page...-yawns- um...what was I saying?" Tails asked.
"-Yawns- Something about a page. Errr is it me or do I feel REALLY sleep all of a sudden?" Blaze said.
"Me...me too...this is obviously...-yawns- something supernatural at work here..." Tails rested his head on the floor.
"Eh, we'll figure it out in the -yawns- morning..." Blaze then quickly fell asleep.
Suddenly, Sonic walked on screen and Amy got up from the couchbed. Amy picked up what looked like the script, tore it in half, and gave one half to Sonic. They were both seen smiling at each other and then they started ripping the halfs into even smaller pieces and started laughing and dancing around as they threw the tiny pieces everywhere. Once they were done, they grabbed each other and started making out. They were then seen talking, but no one could make out what they were saying. They started heading towards the door so the camera ran back and hid behind a bush. The door was heard opening then shutting and Sonic and Amy were heard laughing and cheering. They ran past the camera and headed to Vector's truck. They went inside and got the script and started tearing it up like nor tomorrow, while they were laughing even harder. Pieces flew everywhere. Once that was done, they got out and ran to some other place.
The camera got up and quickly followed them. This took another few minutes until Bean's house came into view. Sonic was seen picking the front door lock and he opened the door and they both went in. The camera zoomed into the room that the wide open door was showing and it looked like the living room. The camera got closer to the house and moved further to the right, now showing the kitchen. Amy and Sonic were seen ripping parts of the script up and they were both dancving around and laughing and cheering once again as hundreds of pieces flew all over the place.
Aoi paused the screen.
"I don't think this part needs to go any further does it? You two tore up everyone else's scripts and returned back to the Chaotix house like nothing happened. Tsk tsk tsk!"
"You...YOU WERE THE ONE THAT DID THAT!" Rouge pointed at Sonic and screamed.
"B-but I don't ever remember doing that though! I DON'T FUCKING REMEMBER ANYTHING!" Sonic yelled and tore some of his fur out.
"I wouldn't be the one pointing fingers, Rouge considering you played a part in Vanilla's death..." Aoi said as he unpaused the film.
"EXCUSE ME!?" Rouge gasped.
The screen now showed Vanilla's house and the gang were seen walking inside. The camera closed in on an open window, catching all the action from inside.
"DEAR GOD VANILLA, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THE PLACE?" Shadow yelled, covering his noise with his hand.
Vanilla looked like she was gonna cry. "I'm so sorry...I let this place go to hell ever since Cream. I just don't know what to do with myself anymore!"
"Pee-yew! It smells bad in here! Ever heard of air fresheners!" Sally said.
"Um, Vanilla? We need to ask you something very important. You know the scripts that Aoi gave to us for the movie? Well...err...we need to borrow yours. You see, we don't have ours because...well...umm...it's a long story and we'll tell you all about it later, ok?" Tails asked as nicely as he could.
Vanilla just stared blankly at the others.
"...You DO know what he's talking about, right? The scripts that we got for that movie we never auditioned for?" Rouge asked.
Vanilla didn't respond and just kept staring at them weirdly.
"Are you alright Vanilla? I mean, I understand if you're not because of what 'happened' but this is kinda too disturbing for my tastes." Sally said.
Vanilla suddenly gasped. "OH! I know what you're talking about now!" She ran over to the kitchen table and grabbed the item. "This is it right?"
Amy jumped in excitement. "YES! THAT'S IT! PLEASE GIVE IT TO US!"
Vanilla held the script in the air while Rouge got behind her and took out a lighter, showing it to everybody.
"Umm, what do you think you're doing?" Shadow asked, hoping she's not gonna do what he thinks she's gonna do.
"This right here...don't you tell me you guys are still a part of that movie?" Vanilla asked, totally not noticing that Rouge was behind her.
"W-What are you trying to say?" Sonic asked, getting more nervous by the second.
"What do you mean what am I trying to say?" Vanilla asked back and suddenly, Rouge lit the script on fire, making it look like Vanilla did it. Vanilla shrieked and threw the script away from her.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, WOMAN!?" Shadow screamed and ran to the script. It had set some stuff around it on fire as well.
"Wait, what? Who was behind me...?" Vanilla asked and turned around, only to see Rouge run right past her and over to Shadow.
"Shadow, get away from there!" Rouge yelled and pulled him back from the growing fire.
Amy started to cry again. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT, VANILLA? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!"
"What in the world do you mean!? I don't know what's going on here! Rouge, you better explain yourself!" Vanilla demanded.
Charmy started freaking out. "I TOLD YOU ALL THAT I'M GONNA DIE NO MATTER WHAT! THIS IS TOTALLY MESSED UP!"
Vector slapped Charmy. "Will you stop fucking saying that!? You are NOT gonna die, and I'm gonna make sure you won't die, GOT IT!?"
Vanilla walked to the back of the kitchen and got out a butcher knife. "Okay, there is something very off right here so I suggest you all leave this instant, you're scaring the hell out of me!"
"Listen to me Vanilla! You didn't screw up, okay? What happened to Cream, it wasn't your fault! It just...kinda happened! I can't explain it really well, but it is certainly not your fault! Please believe that!" Tails pleaded.
"Yeah so just put the knife down and we can settle this the easy way, alright?" Sonia also pleaded.
"Excuse me? What are you saying? HAVE YOU ALL GONE MAD!?" Vanilla shrieked.
"...Vanilla? Speak to us, girl!" Sally yelled.
"I AM SPEAKING TO YOU! WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT FROM ME!?" Vanilla screamed as loud as she could.
Rouge suddenly ran up to her, grabbed Vanilla's hand that was holding the knife and basically made her slit her own throat.
"...Vanilla? Speak to us, girl!" Sally yelled.
Vanilla started to cough up blood as it ran from her mouth. Meanwhile, Rouge was heard laughing while walking back to the others.
"I'm warning you, STAY BACK!" Shadow yelled, getting ready to hit her in case she were to do 'something'.
Vanilla slowly raised her arm and pointed towards Charmy.
"...Help..." She uttered, but everyone heard her clear enough. She then fell to the ground, dead.
Aoi paused the film and turned to Rouge.
Rouge started to cry. "I killed her too...both her and her daughter...I...I don't even know what to say to this right now..."
"Well, for Charmy's death, there's no need to show the clip of him dying, since nothing really 'odd' happened with him. All you need to know is that I sold him skin patches that looked like ravioli, while I was disguised of course, and I put just a bit of my 'special' poison in them, which caused the buildup in his stomach up overtime, and thus resulting in a bloody mess of puke. Clever, eh? Moving on to Shadow's death, of course you two know what happened there. For Blaze, Sally killed her because she was at the point where she was literally like a killer from a mental institution. The girl almost found me in the basement but luckily I was right next to one of those electric box things so I had to shut all the lights off so she couldn't find me. Next is Sonia, which I'm sure you are just DYING to see Sonic!"
Aoi unpaused it and the screen cut to a storage room. Aoi was seen setting the camera onto a table, pointing towards the door on the other side of the room with a bunch of other objects all around of course. He then sat down on the chair that was in front of the table and stared striaght ahead for a few seconds until the sound of the door opening was heard.
"A-Aoi? What are you doing here!?" Sonia asked in fear.
"Why, I should be asking you that, don't you think? I'm just filling out some paperwork, as usual. Now then, since I gave my answer to you, I believe I deserve your answer to me." Aoi said, standing up.
"I-I-I-I don't know how I got here! I mean, I took the elevator to get the 3rd floor, but somehow I ended up here. Aoi, there's something terrible going on! All my friends are dying and Sally has turned into a complete psycho!" Sonia exclaimed.
"Aw, that's such a shame. Guess that means there will be no movie...well, maybe not..." Aoi said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Sonia asked.
"You! You could be the main star of my movie! A movie all about Sonia the Hedgehog...I think it will be a success, don't you? All the boys will come crawling to it and all the girls will idolize you. You would like that wouldn't you?" Aoi asked while moving closer to Sonia.
"A movie...all about me? Only me?" Sonia asked again.
"Of course! Out of everyone, you have the biggest potential, Sonia. I knew it when I first saw you." Sonia suddenly pushed him away.
"No...NO NO NO! You are the one that caused all of this! Everyone thinks so! I swear to god, once the police find out about this your ass will be sent to prison for the rest of your life!" Sonia yelled.
"What on earth are you talking about, Sonia? Are you confusing me for someone else?" Aoi asked.
"Don't play dumb with me you asshole! YOU ARE THE ONE THAT KILLED MY FRIENDS AND CAUSED ALL OF US TO GO INSANE! WE HAVE BEEN HEARING AND SEEING A BUNCH OF CRAZY SHIT EVER SINCE WE FIRST MET YOU!" Sonia crazily screamed.
"But how am I exactly the cause for your guys' insanity? I mean, can you tell me how you think I could've done all this?" Aoi asked.
"Well...umm...there's the fact that...umm...it all started happening when we first met you!" Sonia said, trying to sound convincing.
"Okay? It's called a coincidence. Do you have any other proof to back it up?"
"Umm...well...oh! There's the fact that Vector tried to kill you but he somehow ended up killing Shadow instead! How did you get away from that, huh!? I DEMAND AN ANSWER!" Sonia raised her voice.
"My goodness, Vector murdered Shadow!? How awful! Why did he do that for?"
"Don't try to change the subject! HOW DID YOU GET AWAY FROM VECTOR KILLING YOU!?" Sonia asked again.
Aoi sighed and stepped to her. "Sonia, I think you just need to relax and sit down for a while."
Sonia screamed and grabbed a nearby scissors. "GET AWAY! You step one more foot closer to me and I will fucking kill you, YOU HEAR ME!?"
Aoi sighed again. "I'm just trying to help out, Sonia. Please, you don't have to be afraid of me. I'm the good guy!"
"Yeah, right. You probably drugged Sally with something that made her into a fucking killer as well! I don't trust you!"
"Sonia, you're not making sense. Can you please put the scissors down?" Aoi got closer to her again which crossed the line for Sonia.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed and charged towards him. She was then seen stabbing herself.
"Oh!" Aoi shrieked.
Sonia smiled, thinking that she hurt him, but her smile quickly faded away when she realized that she actually didn't stab him but herself.
"Wh-what!? How...WHAT DID YOU DO!?" Sonia screamed and tried to pull the scissors out.
"I didn't do anything, Sonia. You did it yourself. You should've listened to me when I told you to put the scissors down..." Aoi shook his head.
Sonia took the scissors out of her body and screamed in more pain as blood was trickling out of the bound. She dropped to the ground, feeling weak.
Aoi kneeled down to her. "Here here, let me help you out Sonia. There is a first aid kit nearby that will get you healed in no time!"
"Get...away...FROM ME!" Sonia said as she took deep breaths and was still in shock from the pain.
"Well fine then. If you don't want my help then that's on you..."
"Help! HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!" Sonia screamed.
"You know, you're not making this very easy for me. Do you want my help or not? Just tell me already!"
"Please Aoi...don't kill me!" Sonia started to cry again.
"Who said I was gonna kill you? You're not being very easy going about this. You don't want to die of blood loss, do you?"
"R-rough?" Sonia repeated.
"Huh?" Aoi replied.
Suddenly, Sonia swiped her own nails across her chest with left a bloody bruise and she screamed in pain.
"STOP IT! PLEASE STOP IT!"
"You see what I mean when you don't ask for help? Things just get messy. Now, either stay still and relax or it's going to get even worse for you, do you understand?"
"Y-you're a sick bastard." Sonia whispered.
"Oh. Well...I guess you won't need my help then..."
Sonia swiped her nails again across her throat, immediately causing the blood to spill out. Sonia gurgled on her blood and cried out for another minute and eventually stopped breathing.
Aoi paused the film and turned back to the other two.
"In Sonia's point of view, I was the one who killed her and said completely different sentences to her. But of course, since that's not what really happened, Sonia killed herself, thinking and seeing that I was the one who did it to her. Any questions?"
Sonic and Rouge did not respond to him. They both had a mix of anger, sadness and confusion amongst them.
"Alrighty then. Here is the next clip. This one is of security camera footage so there is no sound." Aoi unpaused the film and it cut to a familiar hallway on the third floor.
Rouge came into view and was seen running down the hallway and entered what looked like the stairwell door. Nothing happened for a minute then, the others came into view. They went into the door that was NEXT to the stairwell door.
Aoi paused the film and started laughing. "I'm sorry but I just can't believe how you all thought THAT was the stairwell room. I heard everything you guys said on those backpiece thingamajigs. Me and Eggman were dying of laughter!"
Eggman nodded. "Yessiree! I was literally THIS close to just going out there and helping you out, but of course, it would be useless since all of you had lost your minds at that point."
Sonic and Rouge still didn't respond. They looked dead in the face, completely emotionless.
"Obviously you two don't have a sense of humor so let's just move on to the next clip I suppose. Once again, Rouge, this is for you!"
The new clip played and it showed security footage of Rouge running down the stairs. She kept on running until she got to the ground floor, but she suddenly stopped. She walked back and grabbed the stairwell railing and looked down at the ground. Sonic noticed Rouge's mouth was moving, but he couldn't make out what she was saying. But Rouge knew every word she said right then and there.
Rouge in the footage was seen looking at something in the wall and then was seen gasping and backing away. She proceeded to run forward and trip over herself and faceplanted to the ground.
Aoi paused the film again. "Here's an explanation Sonic, Rouge thought the staircase was neverending so she imagined another staircase in front of her, even though there wasn't one. The magic of insanity, eh?"
Sonic and Rouge still didn't respond. They were like statues now.
"Jesus, you guys are seriously boring me now. Fine, on to the next clip." Aoi unpaused the film and it cut to another security footage of a screening room that looked like Vector was watching a movie in.
"Now, this guy here found out that I filmed almost everything about you guys. I couldn't let him see anymore of this so I had to go in and stop him!"
The footage showed Aoi coming into view and knocking the projector over, which made Vector jump out of his seat and jump out of the nearest window.
Aoi paused the film yet again. "Now there is no footage of this because there are no cameras on this side of the outside of the building, but Vector managed to jump into a dumpster filled with old barbwire which certainly must've hurt! Anyways, he actually made it to the outside but guess what happened next? He actually went back inside through the emergency staircase! This dude was unbelievable! I followed him through there and he was on a higher floor than I was but he suddenly caught me on the ground floor. He yelled something at me but he accidentally flipped over the railing and fell to his death. Ugh, it was completely disgusting, I even almost puked at the sight! But whatever, his loss. Next clip! Oh, this one stars you Rouge, once again! You seem to be a REALLY popular figure among this clip show hmm hmm!"
Another security footage was shown of Rouge walking into some kind of prop room. Rouge was seen yelling something to someone, even though no one else was in there.
"I'll explain this one as well. Rouge thought she saw herself in the room so therefore, she started mimicking the 'other Rouge' voice, making it seem like she was having an actual conversation with herself. Now here comes the exciting part!"
Rouge was then seen kicking the air and shouting something else again. She walked out of the room and the clip cut to footage of the hallway. Rouge suddenly fell forward but got back up and turned around, expecting to see something.
Next, she threw herself at the wall. She was seen yelling something else and threw herself at the other wall. She shouted yet another thing and threw herself through a door of another room.
The clip cut again and it showed what looked like a photo developing room. Rouge shouted something (yet again) and threw herself at the trays of chemicals which was seen splashing all over her body.
Aoi paused the film. "Yikes! Those chemicals are gonna do some pretty harsh harm to your body, Rouge. In fact, it may be too late to save yourself. But oh well, you're the one who thought a ghost was attacking you when you were actually just hurting yourself so it's technically your fault. Hmm. Well, the next one to die was Sally, but other than the whole cutting herself thing, there wasn't anything weird about that. Now Tails...oh, you're gonna LOVE this!"
The clip cut to security footage of a room with sheet-covered objects. Tails was seen in the center of the room, shaking in fear. Next, he shouted something and started uncovering each of the objects. They all seemed to be mirrors as Tails finished uncovering the final one.
It was clear that Tails was frightened for his life. Then, someone slowly entered the room through the door. It looked like Maya! He shouted something else and then looked like he was screaming at something. He turned around and saw in the general direction where Maya was but turned back as if nothing was there.
They saw Tails say something else. Maya creeps closer to him and gets out what looked like a knife and Tails shouts something and kicks the mirror in front of him down. He turns to the next mirror and shouts something, and kicks that one down as well.
He kicked down a few more mirrors, until he stopped at one mirror. He stood there with a shocked expression for a minute, while Maya still kept creeping towards him. Tails then backs away, only to trip backwards and fall into a glass pile.
They saw Tails look at the mirror next to him while Maya was still walking to him. It's as if Maya wasn't even there since he was paying no attention to her.
Maya then stabbed Tails in the chest and dug the knife as deep as she could.
Aoi then turned the screen off with the remote.
"Well, that's all the clips I have to show you. Now, are there any questions or comments before I have a surprise to show you?"
Rouge and Sonic did not respond to him. They were literally in a frozen, traumatized state.
But that stopped once Rouge suddenly fell to the ground and screamed again. Sonic also broke out of his state and kneeled down to her.
"ROUGE! WHAT'S WRONG?"
"My body...oh god...the chemicals...AUGGGGGGGHHH! It hurts so bad, I don't have much time left..." Rouge cried.
"No no no no no! Please, you can't die Rouge! NOT NOW! PLEASE!" Sonic cried with her.
"Sonic...I'm so sorry...you have to...ugh...you have to escape from this!" Rouge said.
Sonic nodded. "I will. For you. For all you guys!"
Rouge's eyes started shutting and her body moved less and less. Sonic couldn't believe he had lost Rouge too.
"Now Sonic, I know you're sad about all this, but you must know something very important. Something very shocking...YOU CAN COME IN NOW!" Aoi shouted.
The door from the security room opened and Sonic screamed at who he saw.
It was Amy and she was holding a bloody axe.
"YOU!? But...WHAT!?" Was all Sonic could say.
"Of course you would be confused Sonic so I must explain this. When Maya brought Amy into here, I injected her with something that would knock her out, however something went amiss...she woke up a minute after the injection and came back all aggressive and such. So, seeing as this was a great opporunity to not waste, I instructed Amy to go to the mirror room where Tails was and kill him. I brought Maya back here and locked her up in that closet over there, because I thought she was useless now that Amy seemed to be a much more stronger version of her. Amy was also the one who went after Bean and Tikal. She killed them both. Well Sonic? Got anything to say?"
Sonic backed away from all of them. "No...NO! BUT THAT WAS MAYA WE SAW IN THE SECURITY ROOM, NOT AMY! PLEASE JUST STOP DOING THIS TO ME!"
"Get a hold of yourself, Sonic! You saw what you wanted to see! You wanted to see ANYONE that wasn't Amy and you got your wish! But now that all has been revealed you have to accept the fact! ACCEPT IT!"
Sonic wiped the tears from his eyes. "So now what are you gonna do to me? Kill me? Is that your plan now?"
"Why would I kill you when you two lovebirds here can easily do it to each other? This should be interesting to watch! Go get him, Amy!" Aoi demanded and Amy started walking to him.
"Wait, Amy! Stop! Look at me, I'm Sonic! I'm your friend! Please don't do this!" Sonic pleaded and dodged an attack from her axe.
"Ooh! So close! This is getting good, I wish I had some popcorn!" Eggman laughed.
Suddenly, loud bangs were heard from the closet at the back of the room. Everyone stopped what they were doing and paid attention to the door.
It suddenly smashed open and out came Maya.
"So Aoi, you think I'm useless huh? Well here's a little tip, try not to leave a deodorant spray and a lighter in the same damn room!" She yelled and flicked the lighter on.
"Wait, stop! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!? I DEMAND THAT YOU STOP THAT THIS INSTANT!" Aoi screamed.
Maya sprayed the can and spread the fire everywhere she could. A bunch of papers and objects got set on fire and soon many things were ablazed.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HOW COULD YOU!?" Aoi dropped to his knees.
"Fuck this, I'm out of here!" Eggman squealed and ran out the way that lead to the security room.
"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Maya screamed as she ran around the room and set more things on fire. Electrical things started sparking and exploding and the room was already becoming a disaster.
"NO! ALL MY WORK...DOWN THE DRAIN! MAYA YOU LITTLE-"
"Fuck you Aoi! Don't ever call me again!" Maya yelled back and ran out the room.
"Oh no, this is definitely bad. Bad bad bad! I would call the fire department but I can't let anyone else know about this place! Sigh, I might as well just leave it..." Aoi almost started to cry and dragged himself out of the room.
"Come on Amy, we need to leave!" Sonic yelled and grabbed Amy's arm to drag her with him but Amy pulled him back and hugged him.
"Wha? Amy? Are you...um...'back'?" Sonic asked.
The dropping of the axe was heard and Amy fell down. She was still alive, but she looked weak and exhausted.
"Amy!? What's wrong!? What's going on!?"
"Sonic...I killed them...I killed them! I can't live anymore knowing what I did...I just can't..."
"No Amy, it's not your fault! Aoi drugged you or something and made you do it, but it's NOT your fault! Listen to me!"
"Sonic...I want you to stay with me. All our friends are dead. There's no moving on. We've gone off the edge. There's nothing to live for now...we can be reborn."
"Reborn? Excuse me?"
"Die with me Sonic. Please. Say you will."
Sonic didn't know what to do. He looked around him and the fire was getting larger and spreading even more. The exits were now blocked with the fire in the way. Unless he wanted to burn himself, there was no chance of escape.
He looked back at Amy and let out another tear.
"I will stay."
EOC.
My god, this is probably the longest chapter I have EVER written. This explains why I took so long to get it uploaded! But yeah, I am truly sorry if the explanation sucks. I really think I screwed myself over because I waited too long between updating chapters during the middle of the story because I KNOW I had another idea for what the cause was but for the life of me, I just can't remember it, so I had to go with this. I apologize if I let you all down with this and I'll never forgive myself for not planning anything ahead in advance. Sigh...whatever, just review and the final chapter will be out soon.