Chapter 36

Truth In A Portals' Wake

Sonic stared wide eyed at the zone cop that stood on his bedroom wall.

"What do you mean, Zonic? And why are you here?" Sonic asked.

"You need to come with me to the no zone," he told Sonic.

Sonic stood up and shook his head.

"Nah uh, no way! I am not going to the no zone!" Sonic exclaimed.

Zonic paced back and forth on Sonic's wall and it creeped Sonic out a little, like usual.

"I was monitoring the no zone's main computer room when I saw something unfamiliar with your zone," Zonic said. "Something that's not meant to be there."

"A werewolf," Sonic answered, folding his arms.

"Yes, there was a werewolf in your zone last month. It's not meant to be here, so, can you help me capture it and take it back to its zone?" Zonic asked.

Sonic stared at Zonic and he started getting nervous.

"W … what do you mean … its own zone?" Sonic asked.

"There's a zone called Cursed Mobius," Zonic said.

"Cursed Mobius?" Sonic asked and then realised what the name meant.

"Sonic, are you alright?" Sally asked Sonic, reaching her hand to his shoulder.

Sonic had a look of shock on his face and was shaking. His expression soon turned to anger.

"You did it then!" Sonic exclaimed, pointing at Zonic.

"What did I do? I haven't done anything, Sonic," Zonic told him.

"You Opened Up A Portal Thing And That … WEREWOLF Came Out Of It!" Sonic shouted.

"What are you talking about, Sonic?" Zonic asked.

Sally got up off Sonic's bed and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Sonic, just calm down, you need to control your anger," Sally said.

Sonic stopped shaking and his anger subsided. He took in a deep breath and let it out.

"You're right, Sal. If I ever want to get rid of this thing I need to be more in control," Sonic said.

Sally smiled and looked at Zonic.

"What is it you want Sonic for again?" Sally asked.

Zonic lifted up his visor and sighed.

"To find a werewolf and send it back to its zone," he said.

"Zonic, there's something you should about that werewolf," Sonic said.

"What is it? Is there something I missed on the monitors?" Zonic asked.

"Yeah, pretty much everything that's going on at the moment. You see, Zonic, the werewolf you're looking for is actually … me," Sonic said.

Zonic's eyes widened at hearing this.

"So, that explains it," Zonic said.

"Explains what?" Sonic asked.

"Explains why your zone has a werewolf roaming around it every full moon for the last two months," Zonic said.

"Yeah, that's kinda expected but…" Sonic was cut off by Zonic. "Sonic you need to come with me to the no zone."

"But why?" Sonic asked.

"If you are the werewolf then you must see this information for yourself," Zonic said.

Zonic pressed a button on his suits' wrist and a portal opened up behind him. He flipped down his visor and walked towards it.

"Come on, Sonic," Zonic said.

Sonic looked at Sally and saw her smile.

"If it's something about your problem we need to know more information about it so we can find a cure," Sally told him.

Sonic nodded and followed Zonic into the portal. Sally waved to him and he waved back.

"See ya in a bit, Sal," Sonic said as he jumped into the portal.

xxxxx

Sonic jumped out of the portal and landed on his feet. He looked around and saw Zonic over at a monitor and walked up beside him.

"So, what do you need to show me?" Sonic asked.

Zonic typed in a few things on the computer and opened up a file.

"I saw something unusual happen two months ago on the Prime zone's monitor and I recorded it," Zonic told Sonic.

"What day was it?" Sonic asked.

"The day of the first full moon in your zone," Zonic said.

"That's the same night I was attacked by that werewolf!" Sonic exclaimed. "Wait, you know how it happened?"

"Yes, I do, but I thought it was still in your zone, not that it bit you," Zonic told Sonic.

Zonic pressed a button and the tape started playing. Sonic watched closely as a portal appeared in the Great Forest and a werewolf jumped out. It sniffed the air and smirked and ran off into the trees. Sonic stared at the image.

"Zonic, could you rewind it a bit," Sonic asked.

Zonic nodded and rewound the video until Sonic held up his hand.

"Look there," Sonic said.

"What?" Zonic asked.

Sonic pointed to a bush that was beside where the portal was opening up and out of the bush pointing at the portal was a staff with a purple Chaos Emerald on the end.

"That's Naugus' staff!" Sonic exclaimed. "He was the one that did it! It's his fault I'm like this! I knew I couldn't trust him!"

Zonic looked at Sonic, then, back at the monitor.

"So, since you're the werewolf I can't send you to the zone to go home because it seems it already has gone home, but I could send you there to get information," Zonic told Sonic.

"What do you mean?" Sonic asked.

Zonic pressed that same button on his wrist and a portal opened up behind Sonic. The portal started sucking in Sonic. Sonic wasn't ready for this and Sonic flew into the portal without knowing why he went in there or where he was going. Zonic smiled and the portal closed.

"Good luck, Sonic, and … be careful," Zonic said.

OOH! Where'd Sonic get teleported or whatever? And it was Naugus' fault! Oh, no wonder Sonic hates his guts! And I don't really know Zonic that well but he's still cool.

VFMH OUT!