Chapter 34

A Venom System?

The creature started sucking the micro-bot into its mouth. NICOLE saw that its eyes were red and its teeth were as sharp and large as fangs. She pulled down a lever and the micro-bot zoomed away, but got caught in one of the blood cells that was getting sucked in. She didn't like where this was going so she tried to reverse the micro-bot, but it was stuck. The blood cell went into the creature's mouth and it slammed shut. NICOLE turned on the lights so she could see where she was. She gasped as she looked around. The entire area was black as night. NICOLE was disgusted at this place's appearance. Suddenly the micro-bot stopped and NICOLE looked up ahead of her. She saw something like the monster that had swallowed her, but this one wasn't entirely made out of gas. It was a memory. A memory from Sonic's dream and it was his werewolf side.

"So, the weak have finally tried to get to me," it said. "Well, it seems I have more prey to destroy, then."

The werewolf memory opened its mouth and started to snap at the micro-bot. Fear took over NICOLE as she pulled another lever and reversed the micro-bot and then zoomed out of that part of Sonic's body. It came out of the gas made creature and flew somewhere else. The micro-bot stopped near Sonic's heart and NICOLE slowed the micro-bot down.

"What … was that?" she asked herself.

NICOLE looked at the piece of black blood cell she had gotten and then looked out the windshield to look at Sonic's heart. NICOLE gasped in horror. Sonic's heart, which was usually pure gold and almost shining was now a quarter black and only a small dim-light of gold was shining from it.

"I have to tell Sally and Tails about this," NICOLE said.

She backed the micro-bot up and zoomed from where Sonic's heart was to Sonic's throat. The throat area moved a little and she knew Sonic had coughed.

"Hold on, Sonic, just wait a little longer," NICOLE said, quietly.

She made the micro-bot go past Sonic's mouth and up to his nose. She drove the micro-bot through Sonic's nose and then…

"Aaa … aaa … ACHOOO!" and the micro-bot came out of Sonic's nose in a burst of speed and landed on the hard floor. Sally and Tails kneeled down beside the micro-bot in worry.

"NICOLE, are you okay?" Tails asked.

NICOLE transferred herself back into the computer and then made her physical form visible.

"I'm fine, it's Sonic I'm more worried about," NICOLE said.

"Why? What's wrong?" Sonic asked.

NICOLE sighed and picked up the micro-bot and opened. She took out the glass container the piece of black blood cell was in. She took it over to the computer and put the container on top of a circular chamber. The chamber opened and NICOLE put the container inside. The chamber closed and started calculating what was wrong with the blood cell.

"NICOLE, what was that?" Sally asked.

"I took a sample of a weird looking blood cell that was inside Sonic," NICOLE explained.

Sonic looked at NICOLE with a confused look on his face.

"What was wrong with it?" Sonic asked.

"It was corrupted by your curse," NICOLE told him.

"My Curse?" Sonic asked.

"It's what I think your problem really is. It's a curse of a werewolf," NICOLE said.

Sonic still had the confused expression on his face and stared blankly at NICOLE.

"Anyways, let's see that sample you brought back," Tails said.

NICOLE nodded and turned back to the computer. It had a message on the screen saying "Scan Complete". Tails typed some things on the computer and saw something real bad.

"This is bad," Tails said.

"What is it, Tails?" Sally asked.

"According the data of the sample NICOLE brought back, a quarter of Sonic's blood is already being consumed by the curse and isn't actual blood anymore," Tails explained.

"What is then?" Sonic asked, worried for his and his friends safety.

"It's venom. There is a quarter of blood cells in you that aren't filled with blood anymore. They're filled with some sort of venom now," Tails told him.

Sonic frowned and then realized what his friend was saying.

"Werewolf venom," Sonic said.

Tails, Sally and NICOLE looked at Sonic in surprise.

"What is it, Sonic?" Sally asked.

"It's the venom that I think makes the curse get passed on. But, doesn't it have to fill my entire body until I can pass it on?" Sonic asked.

Tails thought about it and then shrugged and shook his head.

"I don't know, Sonic. You will have to ask King Max," Tails said.

NICOLE thought for a moment and suddenly knew where she had gone in Sonic inside the micro-bot.

"It was a venom system," NICOLE said.

"A what?" the three asked the A.I.

"A venom system. Tails, you said it was venom that was filled in some of his blood cells," NICOLE said.

"Yes, but what are you inquiring, NICOLE?" Tails asked.

"That the area I went into and got that sample from was Sonic's venom system," NICOLE told them.

"My what?" Sonic asked, starting to feel nervous.

"A venom system is a system that only creatures that can produce venom have. The venom; you said yourself Sonic, must be the venom to pass the curse on. But since you have already bitten somebody and they haven't been affected that only means one suitable reason. You're not mature enough," NICOLE explained.

"But, I'm already mature, aren't I?" Sonic asked.

"Sure you are," Sally said, her eyelids lowered.

"No, Sonic, not you. Your werewolf form. You mustn't be a mature werewolf yet, that's why you haven't got the venom to pass it on yet," NICOLE told him.

Sonic sighed in relief and looked over at the computer. He stared at it and frowned.

"What's that?" Sonic pointed over at the computer screen.

Everyone turned to it and saw what Sonic was talking about. The screen was now showing DNA of Sonic's blood. Sonic stared at the screen in confusion.

"What's it doing?" Sonic asked.

"It's showing us your DNA," NICOLE replied.

NICOLE went over to the computer and typed in some more things that Tails hadn't. The screen suddenly came up red and flashed something saying "ERROR. COULD NOT BE FOUND". NICOLE looked over at Sonic, worriedly.

"I'm sorry, Sonic. Even I can't get this computer to give us answers about this. Even with a corrupted sample to help," NICOLE said.

Sonic sighed and looked at his feet. NICOLE took the glass container out of the chamber and gave it to Sonic.

"Why are you giving it to me?" Sonic asked.

"Just in case you find someone that has a computer with werewolf information on it," NICOLE explained.

Sonic nodded and put it in his quills. NICOLE looked back at the micro-bot still in her hand and plugged it in to the computer.

"What are you doing now, NICOLE?" Sonic asked, curious.

"Showing you the video," she said.

She finished connecting it up and stood beside Sally and pressed play. The video started and all four of them watched. Once it got up to the part with the gas creature everyone gasped, even Sonic.

"That's in ME?" Sonic asked.

NICOLE nodded.

"It gets worse," she said.

It continued and got to the part with the werewolf side and Sonic's eyes went wide when he saw it. He didn't like that side of him, he didn't like that evil face staring at him with those heartless emerald eyes. Even if they WERE his eyes, the slits were the most that bothered him. They all watched until it got up to the part where NICOLE got away and stopped beside Sonic's heart. NICOLE paused the video there and everyone stared at his heart. Tails was the first to point out what the problem was.

"Why is Sonic's heart partially black?" Tails asked.

"I know," Sonic said.

Everyone turned to face Sonic. They were surprised to see his expression. It was a different type of guilty and sad look. His ears were drooped, his head was hung low and his lips were upside down.

"The blackness is the werewolf side trying to take me over. The still gold part is what is left of me," Sonic explained.

Sally gasped and looked back at the screen. She saw his heart and saw how dim the golden glow was. She turned back to Sonic and saw he was heading for the door.

"Sonic, where are you going?" Sally asked.

"I just … I just need to be alone," Sonic said, slowly, as he ran off.