Book 2: Night Walker

*Ahem* I still don't own any of the Sonic characters. I have and I never will. Unless.*grabs a rubber hippo* haha! *Runs*

The characters involved remain the same.

"History abhors a paradox." -Raziel , Legacy of Kain, Soul Reaver 2



Sonic sat alone in his room, still in denial about what happened at the Temple. He still wasn't even sure what happened. Somehow, he wished that he had inspected the Temple further. All he saw was the stained glass pictures, the cloth in front of the Temple, and the alter.

Tails was in the same condition. Unsure of everything. Lost.

Knuckles wasn't any different. It remained quiet around the house for a few days. The occasional "Hi, how are ya?" Was the most conversation that passed. This would soon break, as they were unaware of the upcoming events.

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Robotnik sat, reading a large book. He was checking the history of vampiric beings. He was desperate to know what just happened in the Temple. He found nothing.so far.

"Man, put that down. You haven't moved in two days. Do your feet still work?" Asked Shadow.

No answer.

Shadow gave him a bop on the head. "HEY!"

Robotnik shook his head, coming out of his trance. "Wha-? Oh, hello Shadow."

Shadow sighed. "Don't give me that crap. You haven't moved in two days!! What the #$#S is wrong with you?"

"I dunno. ..But I'm thinking of going back to the Temple."

Shadow didn't know what to say. He just walked away.

Robotnik turned back to his book.

He read:

VAMPIRE HISTORY

'7000 years ago, the rise of the vampiric race came about. They lived peacefully until the humans. The vampires were despised by humans merely because of their thirst for blood. Genocide followed. Vampire corpses were shown off as trophies.

After the storm calmed about a millennium later, 2 vampires remained. The first, Calypso (before her death by humans), went on to create a powerful blade to seek vengeance. Not only vengeance, not Calypso knew the destruction humans would bring about. She created it to "cleanse the world." She also told prophecies, none of which are known. And, so as to augment the sword's power, she sealed a soul inside it. A vampiric soul. According to many painting, drawings, and whatnot, this soul's reconnection with the blade is to bring about a new era of vampirism. Not the old blood sucking, sleeping-in-the-coffin kind. More of a breed of power that will either make peace with humans, or obliterate them. That's all that is known. The sword still exists in a Temple in a desolate location. As for the other vampire, archeologists say he was seen trying to infiltrate a human home and was killed.'

He looked up from the book. He had the pieces of the puzzle figured out, at least he thought he did.

"Shadow, Rouge, we're going back to the Temple." Robotnik said as he jumped in his mecha.

"WE'RE?" Said Rouge.

"Yes, WE."

She sighed, but she went along with it.

Once again they approached the foot of the mountain. Something was strange, though. Robotnik peaked over the edge of his mecha. Blood. The trail of blood was still there. Funny how it stuck to the ground while any other blood soaked into the ground and disappeared. Nonetheless, they continued to follow it.

As they neared the Temple, a strange wind blew. The Temple had a more dreadful appearance to it than it did before. They hesitated to make entrance. In front of the entrance, they noticed their path was impeded by a large, heavy door. It was not previously there.

"Great. Just great. Now how do we get in?" Sighed Robotnik.

"Oh, don't give up so easily. I doubt if I can break it. Why don't you just use that Vol-" Shadow stopped in his words as the door swung open. It finally opened fully, revealing the darkened interior. It was close enough to cut off sight from anything as near as three feet away. They walked in, still following the trail of blood. Strangely, the blood glowed. It was only a flicker, but it was better than nothing. They followed it into the room were Elexis dwelled. There the blood trail yielded. They entered the room and a gate came quickly down, blocking their exit. The room lit up with torches that burned unusually bright in each crevice of the room.

"My God." Rouge uttered.

A wall in front of them was drenched in blood. It formed letters. The letters formed words. It read:

'Soon the day comes when I will haunt the night. I will pass unknowingly threw out my victims' locus.'

"Let us in, Eggman!" Come a plea from behind. Robotnik and the henchmen turned. It was Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.

"I'm not the one who closed it! To be honest, it closed itself!" Robotnik replied.

"Uh-huh. Very funny." Said Knuckles.

"I'm serious!"

"It's true." Said Shadow. "None of us closed it."

The Temple vibrated violently. The gate blocking the path fell and Sonic and company entered. The Temple continued vibrating.

Soon after, the vibrating halted. A heavy sense of dread fell over them all. Robotnik knew the sword was present.

"It's the sword." He muttered.

"Elexis?" Tails asked.

"Yeah."

Sonic read the bloody words.

"She's still alive, isn't she?" He asked himself.



The sense of dread became heavier upon them.

Robotnik approached the sword.

"Elexis."

The dread became despair.

Shadow fell to his knees.

"Does anyone else feel that? This.despair.it's almost overwhelming."

Robotnik nodded. "We all do, Shadow."

"Hey, guys, come look at this mural." Tails said with sense of fear in his voice.

They all left their trances at walked to where Tails was. Robotnik jumped out of the mecha.

"What IS this? Oh God.." Rouge was shaking.

The mural depicted the obliteration of anything that currently inhabited the planet and had shared in causing damage to it. Humans were burning, animals like Sonic that could walk and talk were dying. And yet, amongst this madness, there was a certain feeling of peace. Six lines drifted in the sky among light. However, the lines also wore chains around them. The genocide below was by the creatures that resembled Elexis. One of which wielded a sword that was definitely the one that was Elexis. The sword appeared attached to its holder.

Once again, the despair grew upon them. Sonic, Shadow, Tails, and Robotnik fell to their knees. The broken gate suddenly flew threw the air and blocked their exit. There was no where to run now. No going back.

The Temple shook again. This time, though, a figure appeared behind Elexis. It was female. Her skin was blue, she had long, black hair, and a large blue robe flowed over her down to the floor. Her eyes shown a bright white that glowed, like those of Elexis, though she wore glasses over them. On her back was a set of gigantic, black, feathered wings. She looked at the intruders.

"W-who are you?" Knuckles worked up the courage to say.

"My name," said the figure, "is Calypso."



Now what? Youll have to wait to find out!! Feel free to e-mail me with any questions or comments you have. I don't bite...much..