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Chapter 8

"Tails, are you insane?" Sonic questioned, with a sudden gesture.

Tails shrugged.

"What?"

"Can you not imagine how stupid that'd be? "Hey Shadow! Before you turn us into weird aliens can you tell us just what they are please?"" Sonic imitated.

"He has a point, Tails." said Knuckles.

"But how else can we do it?" Tails asked.

With the time now slowly moving into early evening, Sonic Tails and Knuckles now sat in the front room of Sonic's apartment. The sunset shone a golden shade through the window yet it didn't lighten up the serious mood.

Sonic's mind suddenly clicked, remembering his brush up with Shadow.

"Gargons…" he said to himself quietly.
"Excuse me?" Knuckles said, overhearing.

Sonic jumped up from his chair, a little too fast which caused him to sway a bit, as he realized what Shadow had said to him.

"They're called Gargons!" Sonic shouted.
"What the hell is -" Knuckles began.

"That's what I said!" Sonic butted in. "Right before he went for me, Shadow said something about being "purified" and that the "Gargons" would be superior one day…"

Tails and Knuckles stayed silent.

"Isn't it a little obvious? These aliens are trying to take over the planet!" Sonic eagerly said. "They must use those claws to transfer some kind of mind controlling…thing."

Sonic paused.

"Yeah…Shadow tried to scratch me earlier. These claws just randomly appeared from his hand…" he said, waving his hand slowly in the air as he tried to say the right words.

Tails began to ponder the room in thought. Knuckles was getting a little impatient, determined to get to the root of the problem ASAP.

"OK so we know what these things are and how they take over people. I say we go and beat them now before it's too late!" he yelled, punching the air.

"For once I agree with Knux." Sonic said.

Tails sighed. This wasn't getting them anywhere.

"We can still do what we planned in the first place, follow the aliens path (according to Shadow's directions)." He said. "The Tornado's outside…but maybe we should call it a night for now? We'll be able to think clearer in the morning."

Sonic opened his mouth to argue back but his weariness dawned on him and he agreed.

…………

Within minutes of getting into bed, Sonic fell into an uneasy sleep. His dreams were of Shadow crying out for help as he became snared by a strange darkness. Sonic could only stand and watch in horror, unable to move his legs. He held aloft his hand to try and reach for his friend but Shadow simply couldn't reach and he disappeared.

Sonic cried Shadow's name aloud but it was no good.

Then the darkness turned toward him. Sonic gasped and became overwhelmed with fear. As the thing grew closer, Sonic began to quiver; his fear becoming more and more obvious. He screamed.

Sonic sat up quickly, gasping for breath. It took him a few seconds to realise that he was back in his bedroom. He wiped his brow and found it was drenched in sweat. Sonic sat there for a few minutes to allow his breathing to slow down. Eventually, he looked over at a little clock sitting on his bedside table. The time was 5am.

Sonic groaned at having being woken up so early and trudged out of bed and down stairs. He flopped into his favourite armchair positioned in front of the TV and turned it on.

"News just in! Reports of attacks are coming into police head quarters at an alarmingly high rate."

Sonic sat up.

"It appears that the perpetrators' motive is to scratch the victim and leave to bleed. More and more are being attacked by the second yet, strangely, none have agreed to be admitted to the hospital."

…..

Meanwhile, out on the dark streets of town, a cute little hedgehog was hurrying down the road. She stopped and looked up at a signpost, her eyes squinting to try and read it in the dark.

"Should be just along here…" she said to herself.

She walked past an alleyway, which lead into shadow. As she passed it, she thought she heard a noise; footsteps. She gasped and quickly turned but saw nothing.

"Weird…" she said and continued walking.

She soon ended up underneath a street lamp, fully illuminating her image. She rummaged around her pocket and found a street map.

"Sonic's place just has to be here somewhere!" She said, her voice filled with weariness.

Just then, she could hear footsteps again.

Then…

"Hey there Amy…" said a low toned voice.

Amy gasped and spun around.

"Relax Amy, it's me." Said the voice again.

Amy sighed as she saw Shadow emerging from the darkness.

"Oh Shadow! Why are you out lurking so early in the morning? You nearly gave me a heart attack!" she said, her breathing slowing down now.

"I should be asking you the same thing." Shadow replied, smirking.

Amy sensed that there was something wrong but, in the end, blamed it on the surroundings.

"Well ummm…I'm trying to find Sonic's place. Something weird is going on where I live and I have to tell him-"

"Why do you run around after him all the time?" Shadow interrupted.

Amy was a little taken a back. Shadow began to edge closer to her.

….

Sonic was sat upright, now fully alert, his eyes fixed on the TV.

"The police have advised people to stay away from the perpetrators and alert police right away, if they are seen."

"How could this happen so quickly?" Sonic said quietly to himself.

…..

"Shadow have you been drinking or something?" Amy said, backing away.
"You can't resist it Amy." Shadow said, as if he hadn't heard Amy's question.

He edged closer and closer to Amy until she found herself backed against a brick wall, no longer in the light of the lamppost. Shadow loomed over Amy threateningly. Amy began to quiver slightly but tried not to show it.

"You'll be a fine addition…" Shadow said and began stroking Amy's hair.That was it for Amy.

"Oh go sleep it off Shadow!" She yelled and brought forward her hand, attempting to slap for her freedom. But in a flash, Shadow grabbed Amy's wrist and held it aloft.

Amy let out a scream for help.

…..

"This is insane…" Sonic said again to himself.

Just then, he heard a horribly high pitched scream from outside, which he recognised almost right away.

"Amy!"

He leapt from the armchair and dashed out of the front door.

…..

Shadow quickly muffled Amy's cry by putting his hand over her mouth.

"Ssssh!" he said. "We don't want any of that now do we?" Shadow said, his voice becoming darker.

His claws emerged from his hand and Amy emitted a muffled squeal at the sight of them. Shadow brought the claws closer and closer to Amy's arm.

Suddenly, Shadow was thrown out of Amy's sight. He'd received a blow to the side and landed painfully on the ground, a few feet away from Amy.

Amy looked up and gasped with delight.

"Sonic!"