Chapter
10
Several hours passed by. It was now about 7:30am and
the sun was rising in a beautiful golden shade. Sonic was still sat
by the door, leaning his body against it. He'd cried all night.
Slowly, Sonic began to stir. He wiped his eyes with the back of his fist. Then he spotted the blood-stained knife, still lying on the floor by his feet. He picked it up and stared at it.
His eyes were heavy but he couldn't close them. For some reason, his conscience was forcing him to stay awake. He was partly thankful for this, as he knew that if he slept he'd just dream about Shadow coming back for him.
Sonic shuddered and put the knife down again.
Just then his TV-phone rang. Sonic jumped and gasped for breath. He stumbled over to his phone and answered it.
"…Hello?"
The screen flickered and Amy's face appeared on it.
"Sonic?"
"Oh Amy! It's you. How're you?"
"Could be better, and
looks like you could too." Amy said noticed the dark rings under
Sonic's eyelids.
Sonic wiped his face with his hand.
"Yeah…been
feeling a little sick. Anyway what's the matter?"
"Listen……Shadow was attacked last night…"
"Attacked?"
Sonic hid his guilty exterior.
"Yeah
and it's all been such a shock to me and Tails and…" she began
to cry
"I've was there all night … Shadow eventually woke
up so I came home…and…I just…had to talk to somebody…"
"Hey
it's OK I'm here for you…where's Tails?"
"He's home
too, I think. He seems ok but, then again, he was the on who found
him.."
Sonic began to sweat, in a panic.
"I'm really sorry but I have to go. Just call me anytime and I'll talk to you." He said quickly.
Amy sniffed.
"OK thanks Sonic."
Sonic hung up the phone and ran to get the knife. He threw it in the cupboard under the sink and slammed it shut, gasping for breath.
You've got to keep natural" he told himself "You shouldn't panic so much. Now that Shadow's dealt with, she'll be yours!"
"But that's the thing…" Sonic began to argue with himself. "Shadow's not out of the picture. Amy said he'd already woken up! Soon, he'll tell her what I did and she'll hate me and then I'll have nothing to live for anymore…"Sonic fell to his knees. The other half of his mind spoke up again.
"We'll just have to force him out of the picture, won't we?"
Sonic had said these words, yet it didn't seem like him at all. It was as if another personality had grown inside his mind, as the years went by.
Sonic wiped his face again and nodded.
"Yes…then…there'll be no obstacles left to Amy's love for me…" he said darkly.
