Sonic sat in a conference room with St. John, Doctor Quack, Sally, Antoine, and Rotor as the King sat at the edge of the large table. The squirrel was rubbing his eyes, "Any word on what caused this?"

"None!" The doctor wasn't pleased to give the news.

"Two perfectly normal girls have suddenly turned into savage creatures. I want to know why this has happened and is it spreading."

Rotor raised his hand, "The only thing that I can figure is that they both had their hearts broken in one way or the other." Antoine sunk into his chair.

King Max nodded his head, "Possible! But we need something a little more physical. If we locked up everyone who has had their hearts broken, we'd turn this town to one big jail."

"How about we analyze anything that they might have come in contact with? Anything that might be out of the ordinary."

"That is a good idea John. Put together a team and try to find what might have set them off. Sally, I want you to stay in the castle."

"But dad!"

"No buts! We have no idea what is causing this and I want you to be safe." Sally sighed, but slowly nodded her head. "Sonic!"

"Yes sir!"

"I want you to search the area you found Amy in. See if anything is out of the ordinary."

"Done!"

"Well if there is nothing else. Dismissed!"

"You have done well!" The robed figure was back at the cavern and the skull on the altar was lit up.

"I only wish to do as you command! Please my lord, fulfill my desire!"

"I will! My followers are growing. Soon I will have enough power to enter your world and cleanse it." A black vortex appeared and a brown leather bag fell out of it. It vanished and the robed one picked it up. "Inside this bag are ten demon birth seeds."

"What are they for?"

"Just have it make contact with a woman and it will enter her body. They will be impregnated."

"With your child!"

"It is much more than that. In one month they will give birth to copies of themselves. They will reach their parents age in one month and then you will bring them to me."

"As you command my master!"

The robed figure appeared from the darkness in Amy and Bunnie's room. He dropped a seed on each of them and nodded when it dissolved into their bodies. He visited seven more girls around Knothole before appearing in Sally's room, "You are the last." She was sound asleep and to the robed figure's surprise, Sonic was sleeping next to her. "Well this will make this one explainable." He placed the seed and made sure it entered her body. He chuckled and vanished.

The next morning, Sonic was walking toward his buddy's workshop. After all the crazy things going on, he needed a friend's ear. As his hand went up to knock on the door, the hut exploded. Sonic was thrown back, but he managed to land on his feet, "Tails!" A larger version of his cyclone walker walked out of the wreckage of the hut. It had three times the firepower of the original. The small fox was at the controls. Sonic gulped, "Little bud?"

"It is always little bud! I am tired of being just your sidekick." Tails activated the pair of missile launchers, "It is time I took center stage!" Each launcher shot six missiles into the air. They shot upward for a few seconds, then turned and flew at Sonic. The blue hedgehog waited for them and then rolled out of the way. Only two missiles hit the ground. The others followed him.

"Oh crap!" Sonic took off running and managed to have the rest of the missiles hit the side of buildings and the street. He curled up and shot toward Tails's walker. Tails activated his shield and Sonic bounced off it and landed on the ground with a thud. Tails jumped forward and tried to stomp on Sonic. Sonic rolled out of the way as the foot of the walker cracked the ground as it hit. Tails activated the mega laser on the turret and brought it to bear. A red beam shot of the laser and Sonic had to run to avoid it. The turret turned much faster than Sonic would have guessed and he had slide under a car. The laser blew up the car and Sonic managed to hide behind a building.

Tails activated his scanners, "You can't hide forever." Several rockets impacted his shield. Tails turned and spotted a trio of hover jeeps. The Military Police had arrived. Tails chuckled and fired his laser, "Stay out of my way!" The laser cut into the jeeps and the troops just managed to jump out as they exploded.

Sonic bit his lip, "Got to take out that shield." He started to spin and dug into the ground. Tails scanned the area and spotted a hover tank heading his way. As he readied his weapons, Sonic burst out of the ground underneath the walker and smashed into the underbelly of it. Tails franticly tried move, but Sonic cut into the armor and hit the power core of the walker. As the machine started to explode, Sonic grabbed Tails and jumped clear as it exploded. Tails had gone limp in his arms. Sonic checked his breathing, "Thank god!" He spotted several police officers running his way, "This is getting out of hand."

Latter that night, Shadow stood on top of a skyscraper in Station Square. He had hoped that night air would help him relax. He had been having some strange dreams for the past couple of nights. Most would call them nightmares, but he felt like there was more to them. He rolled his shoulders and jumped down the side of the building. He ran down it and jumped to a neighboring rooftop. A robed man holding a large skull of a human stood waiting for him. Before Shadow could even ask why he was there, the skull glowed with dark light, "Hello my son!"

"Son?"

"Yes! It was I who was responsible for creation!"

"No you weren't! Professor Gerald." Shadow grew annoyed, "Why am I talking with a skull."

The eye sockets of the skull glowed red, "Deny it all you want, but it was I who planted the desire and the skill into the old man's head. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be standing here. Search your heart, you know it to be true."

Shadow rushed the robed figure. He punched him, but the robe collapsed and black smoke exploded from the robe. The skull hit the roof and shattered. The black hedgehog poked at the fragments, "What in the hell was that about?" He rubbed his head, "I wonder if this connected with my dreams." He looked up at the sky, "Only one place has the answer."

"Speed!"

The green hedgehog jumped out of bed. His blue eyes looking around the room. The echidna in the bed sat up, "You all right?"

"Fine! I just needed a drink!" Speed walked down stairs and into the kitchen. As he reached for a glass, he saw a shadow behind him. Speed jumped into the fridge and rebounded over the robed figure's head. Speed jumped forward and slammed his fist into the guy. Smoke exploded in his face as the robe fell to the floor, "Huh?"

"Speed!" A black skull sat on the kitchen counter.

Speed grabbed a blaster from a drawer. He took aim at the skull, "What are you?"

"I am the one who is responsible for your abilities. Through me, Robotnik was given the technique to grant you your abilities."

Speed chuckled, "Your just giving me more reasons to blast you."

"You won't! The berserker system that you were given was an abomination! I have no idea where Robotnik got the idea, but I assure you it wasn't my idea to do that to you. I have come to ask you to join my family. Along with your brother, we will take this world and bring order to chaos."

Speed pulled the trigger and the blaster destroyed the skull, "Shut up!"

His wife Leda walked into the kitchen and tied her robe, "What is going on down here?"

Speed placed the blaster down, "There is something very strange going on!" He looked at the sharp spurs on his fist, "It appears that the one truly responsible for my enhancements has just reviled himself."

"What do you want to do?"

"I wish I knew!" He hugged his wife tightly.