Hey, everyone! Today's the day! Friday! The perfect day for the last chapter! Enjoy:


Friday 13th, 4:00 PM: At the penthouse…

"You say Tails went to the next town?" Sonic asked Vector.

"That's right!" he answered. "He said something about unraveling the mystery of the Reaper Man. Trying to find out where the rumors first came from, as well as the cause of the past attacks on people."

Knuckles nodded. "Good for him! We'll need all the answers we can use. By the way, where's Eggman?"

Sonic snickered. "I told him the only way we could protect him was to hide in the closet, and he bought it!"

In the hall closet, Eggman sat in the dark. "So what if it's cramped in here? At least I'm safe from that maniac!"


Amy walked into the living room with a cup of herbal tea, still trying to relax. "Quit lying around, guys! Don't you know my possible demise is only eight hours away?"

Sonic tried to ease her paranoia. "Calm down, Amy! Until Tails comes back, all we can do is wait. If someone comes here, and it's no one we know, we just won't open the door, ok? So just relax…"

Vector then spoke up. "Hey guys. I just remembered something. A rumor I heard a long time ago about the Reaper Man!"

Knuckles looked up. "Really? You holding out on us?"

"No. I just now remembered…"

Sonic looked anxious. "Well come on! Let's hear it!"

Amy just sat down with her cup of tea, listening carefully as Vector told the story.

"Long ago, in the Great Forest region of this country, there were a team of lumberjacks who everyday would cut down a large supply of trees. Although most of them used the latest technological tools, one of them only used his trademark reaping scythe to cut down his trees."

"But one afternoon he cut at one tree too fast, and it began to fall right toward him. He tried to get out of the way, but he was too slow, and it fell on him, pressing his body to the ground! He tried to call for help, but he was too far away from his comrades. No one could hear him. Soon, he succumbed to his pain, and most likely perished."

"The tragic part is the fact that the man had an eight year old daughter. She always wore a straw hat which was given to her by her father. But when her father didn't come back to her that day, she became very worried. She waited for days for him to return, but he never came back, for she never knew about the accident."

"Unfortunately, with no one to look after her or take care of her, she caught a cold which quickly developed into pneumonia. Again she too succumbed to her illness. And one day, all alone……she passed away."

Knuckles looked depressed. "What a sad story…"

Sonic had tears in his eyes. "That poor little girl……"

"Wait!" Vector said suddenly. "The story doesn't end their, I'm afraid. One day, the lumberjack did return to his home! Not as a man……as a zombie!"

Sonic's eyes widened. "A z-z-zombie?"

"Yes. When he found his young daughter lying dead, he was so enraged with anger! Furious that no one had helped her in her time off need! He now seeks revenge on people by claiming victims, wielding his trademark reaping scythe!"

'CRASH!' Sonic turned his head, and saw Amy's tea cup fall from her hands.

"Uh-oh! It looks like Amy passed out again."

"So she did!" Vector noticed.

"What a waste of good tea…" Knuckles said to himself.

Vector tried to talk to her. "Amy? I'm sorry. Was that too scary for you? I just made it up, y'know!"

"WHAT?" Sonic said with a shock! "I thought you said it was a rumor!"

Vector grinned. "It is…one I just made up myself!" "Keep your children inside! The Reaper Man is coming for them! Ha ha ha!" he said in a silly voice.

Sonic looked annoyed. "So you're saying, that most of the rumors in the city, came from YOU?"

"That seems to be the gist of it!" Knuckles agreed.

Vector just smiled. "No need for applause!"

"WHO'S CLAPPING!" Sonic and Knuckles shouted in unison.


6:30 PM: Tails was in the next town, finding no luck in figuring out about the Reaper Man.

"Nobody seems to want to talk about him…" he said to himself.

"Where there's smoke, there's fire." said a familiar voice.

Tails looked next to him. "Shadow! You're here too? Why?"

He looked around for a second. "The same as you, I suppose. Trying to figure out if anyone around her can give some answers about the Reaper Man."

Tails wondered. "So, what have you found out?"

Shadow answered with disappointment. "No one seems to know about him. Or if they do they pretend not to."

"I suggest we head back to Station Square." he suggested. "You never know what might happen to Amy tonight…"

Tails agreed. "Ok! Let's go!"


11:59 PM: Amy woke up from her state of unconsciousness.

"Huh? Did I fall asleep?" Then she looked at the clock.

"WHAT? 11:59!"

She ran into the living room. It was dark, so she turned on a light. Sonic, Knuckles, and Vector laid on the sofa or chairs asleep.

"HEY GUYS! WAKE UP! IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT!"

Correction. The clock had just struck the twelve. 'DING' 'DING' 'DING'

Amy began to panic. Suddenly, a faint light was coming from her room. She walked in to find the computer monitor on! The screen shined in a dark, blood-red color. A familiar dark voice began to speak!

"…………Amy? …………Amy?"

She began to shudder. "……Re-Re-Reaper Man?"

"…………Amy? It's been one week, Amy………I'm coming for you………Hahahahahahahahahaha……"

The screen went blank.

"I GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE!" Amy shouted!

Acting on instinct alone, she grabbed her now tuned up Piko Piko Hammer, and ran downstairs of the building to the parking garage. It would've been completely dark if not for the dim lit lights across the garage ceiling. Unfortunately, an eerie mist flooded the area, making it more difficult to see.

"Please don't find me! Please don't find me!"

She was about to reach the exit, when…… "AAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Amy stopped in her tracks, as saw a shadowed figure begin to approach her. Something shined in his hands……a curved scythe!

"NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!"

She swung her hammer toward him! 'WHAM!' She made contact!

But when she looked again, the shadowed figure came closer…

"HEY! I SAID STAY AWAY!"

She took another swing! 'BAM!' She definitely hit made contact again!

But the figure was still walking toward her, not slowing down!

'What's going on? I KNOW I hit him!' she thought to herself.

Not wanting to stick around for an answer, she began to run for the exit. She made it out, and didn't slow down for a second.

One minute later, Amy reached the park in the center of the city. But every time she looked back, she could see the same shadowed figure following her!

He then took a swing with his scythe! 'SLASH!' "AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" The figure made a small cut in the back of her dress.

He swung again as he caught up to her! 'SLASH!' "AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" This time, he got her shoes, and she almost tripped.

"WHY WON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?"

Suddenly, out of mist surrounding her, multiple swings of scythes surrounded her! 'SLASH!' From her left! 'SLASH!' From her right! 'SLASH!' From right above her head! 'SLASH!' And finally from right in front of her! She fell to the ground, with a few cuts in her dress.

Amy looked up frightfully, and saw the dark figure standing in front of her! He raised his scythe, to prepare for the final blow! "NOOOOO! SOMEBODY……HEEEEEEELLLLLP!"

Suddenly…… 'BAM!' The figure was knocked to the ground! "Oooooofff!" Someone had tackled him!

Amy looked in front of her. "SHADOW!"

Yes. Shadow stood in front of her. "Shadow! You saved me!"

"Don't thank me just yet, Amy!" Shadow then held up his right hand. The white Chaos Emerald was clutched in it! Shadow released from it a blinding flash of light that cleared away all the mist!

When it was all clear, Amy looked around, and couldn't believe what she was looking at! She and Shadow were surrounded by four figures dressed in black cloaks, and each held a scythe! Their faces wee concealed in the darkness.

"AAAAHHH! There's a whole army of Reaper Men!"

Shadow looked at all of them. "They're NOT Reaper Men, Amy. They're all nothing more than criminals!"

Amy looked confused. "What? What do you mean?"

He explained. "I mean, they're all just a bunch of thieves! They've been taking advantage of all the rumors spreading around so they can frighten people out of their homes and rob them of their valuables! But they won't be getting any of yours, now!"

One of the figures spoke. "Ha ha! Very observant, Sherlock! Unfortunately we were just gonna scare off your friend here and steal her goods! But now that you know our secret, I think it's best we finish you off!"

"GET'EM BOYS!" The three other cloak figures wielded their scythes, and prepared to attack! But then, Amy rose from the ground with a very enraged look in her eyes!

"YOU!...you all scared me half to death, and make me worried sick about my life being as stake, and now you want to ROB ME?...Well, GUESS AGAIN, CREEPS! YAAAAAAHHH!"

Grasping her hammer, Amy began to attack the figures like a maniac! 'WAHM!' 'BAM!' 'WHAM!'

"Hold it right there, missy!" One was about to strike, when…… 'BLAST!' A small flash blast blew up in front of him, fired by……Tails in the tornado!

"Criminals! Surrender yourselves!" he shouted from above.

"What the heck was-Aaaahh?" Another figure fell, as Sonic, Knuckles and Vector came out of nowhere and joined the fight!

"We'll show these guys they can't mess with Amy! Right guys?" Sonic said aloud.

"YEEEAAH!" Knuckles and Vector shouted in unison.


Three minutes later, when the fight was finally over, Amy approached the four cloaked figures, defeated and lying on the ground in pain.

"That'll teach ya!" She shouted at them. "Now tell me. Who is the most popular girl in Station Square, eh?"

The leader looked up in fear. "That's easy. It's YOU! IT'S YOU, AMY!"

"HA! I thought so!"

But suddenly, a chill ran down Amy's spine. She turned around and saw another cloaked figure behind her!

"HEY! DON'T EVEN……"

But before she struck, she stopped. For standing in front of the figure, was the little girl from the other day, in the same straw hat!

"What the-?" Before Amy could look again, they had vanished! "Huh?"


Saturday 14th, 6:00 PM: Amy, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow were back at the penthouse, relieved that Amy's nightmare was over.

Sonic spoke up. "I got good news, guys! Vector says all four of those criminals were taken into custody, and won't be out for a loooooooong time!"

Knuckles spoke. "And I heard that all the victims weren't seriously injured and are all fine!"

"It looks like a happy ending, huh Amy?" Tails asked.

But she seemed to have a puzzled look on her face.

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

She snapped out of it. "Huh? Oh, I was just wondering what happened to the fifth criminal…"

Knuckles looked confused. "Huh? WHAT fifth criminal?"

"Y'know! The one that got away, with that little girl!"

Shadow didn't seem to believe her. "There wereonly FOUR criminals, Amy. And there was no girl either! We were the only people in the park last night!"

"WHAT?" Now Amy looked scared! "But, if what you guys are saying is true……then I must've seen……the REAL……"

Suddenly, a reaping scythe poked through the front door!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Amy screamed!

Then, Vector just walked in!

"Hey, everybody! Check out this new blade I got! This aught to get rid of that darn tree stump in my backyard! Don'tcha think?...Guys?"

No one answered, because they were looking at a VERY angry Amy!

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr………VECTOR! HOW DARE YOU FREAK ME OUT LIKE THAT!"

"WAIT! What did I do?"

"Vector……run." Sonic suggested.

And……Amy ran toward him with her hammer! "YAAAAAAHHHH!"

"NO! WAIT!"………………… 'BAAAM!'

THE END


So? There you have it! I hope you all enjoyed FrightDay 13th! Thanks for reading, y'all! R&R!