Sheen: Whew, I'm finally back from school.

Sonic: Rough day?

Sheen: Not really...got no homework, so I'm going to go type up that story.

Mint: Sheen, wouldn't you like to play first?

Sheen: Not until dark, k?

Mint: Ok.

Sonic: Ok, well, if you see Knuckles, tell him I'm playing with Rouge. runs up stairs into Rouge's room

Mint: Why'd they have to live here?

Sheen: They needed a place to stay.

Knuckles: comes out of hiding I'm going to get that hedgehog!

Sheen: ... ok, then, umm... on with the show!

The Nightmare: Chapter 3

Demolition Derby

"Agh!" Sonic and Shadow were yelling as they fought off the diseased ones. "There's too many, Shadow!" Sonic yelled. "Damn, your right. Grab my hand." Shadow said. Without a moments notice, Sonic grabbed the hedgehog's hand. "CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow yelled as they turned a bright blue and flew off in the distance.

As for Knuckles and Tails, Knuckles was gliding all the way to the city while Tails was trying to keep up, propelling himself with his tails. "You alright down there?" Knuckles yelled. "Fine!" Tails said. As they traveled, Knuckles was knocked down by a blue flash. "Whoa. Was that… Chaos Control?" Knuckles asked himself. Tails replied, "Yeah. It's Shadow." "Come on, we got to follow it." Knuckles said as he ran off in the flash's direction. "Ugh…" Tails said as ran toward Knuckles. But before Tails was able to start running, a strange creature grabbed him and started pulling him into nowhere. He yelled at the top of his lungs, "SONIC!" When they heard this, Knuckles turned back and ran toward Tails. Sonic cut loose from Shadow and propelled himself toward Tails.

When Sonic and Knuckles found Tails, all they saw were claw marks on the ground, suggesting he tried to escape using his fox claws. "Tails..." Sonic said while dropping to his knees. Knuckles looked at the hedgehog and ran toward the others. "Don't worry Sonic, we'll have a proper burial." Sonic didn't respond and fell to the ground.

A little while later, a shadow knocked Sonic upward. Sonic looked at what hit him. He saw a shadow that erupted from the ground, carrying Tails! "Why you little... give me my friend back! Or else!" Sonic yelled. The shadow yelled back, "Or else what, you little rat?" Sonic used his rage to do a technique called, "Chaos Blast". It knocked the shadow into the city while Tails stayed in the air so Sonic could catch him. "Tails... Miles Prower... are you still alive? Please, speak to me!" Sonic yelled at the top of his lungs. The fox opened his eyes a tiny bit and said weakly, "Sonic... thanks." Sonic was filled with joy now that he knew his buddy was alright. But there was still trouble brewing. "Tails use this earpiece to talk to me if you need to. I need to go into the city." Sonic said while placing an earpiece in his and Tails' ear. Sonic laid him near a tree and ran into the city, knowing there was trouble.

When Sonic arrived, he saw shadows everywhere (they apparently took out the zombies) while Shadow himself was defending a girl who survived the explosions. Shadow took a glimpse at Sonic and yelled, "Get this girl outta here! I'm running out of ammo!" Sonic rushed in, grabbed the girl, and ran out of the city. Sonic placed the girl near Tails. "You two rest up. There's a demolition derby in the city." Sonic said. He ran back to the city. "He's brave..." the girl said. "He's Sonic the Hedgehog!" Tails yelled.

Sonic ran in and started the battle with a spinning air kick. "Finally you get here." Shadow said as they attacked with a flying kick. "We'll need more people if we'll have any chances of winning." Sonic implied to Shadow as Sonic did a punch double kick combo. "Ok, you hold them off, while I get the crew back." Shadow said running off. Sonic sighed as he used Chaos Shield to fend off the shadows. As Sonic pulled back into an alley, he heard whimpering. He used the rage he had left to fire a weak Chaos Blast. He walked toward the whimpering while the shadows were down momentarily. He saw a little cyan tiger girl in the alley, crying her eyes out. Sonic asked, "What's wrong?" The little girl looked at Sonic. She tried to get up and walk, but she fell immediately. Sonic grabbed her before she hit the ground. "Thanks..." She muttered. "You need rest." Sonic said. When he got up with the girl in his hands, two figures came down. Sonic saw them and knew who they were. His main men, Knuckles and Shadow. "Hmm... another survivor. Take her and put her with Tails' and the other girl." Shadow said. Sonic ran out of the city. He saw the others as he passed.

When Sonic got to the tree, Sonic saw that Tails and the fox girl were holding hands. "Hello, lovers. I've got a new friend for you two." He laid the girl down. Tails slightly blushed. Sonic ran back. "Hello, you two." The cyan tiger said. The red fox said, "Don't worry, Miles and I are friendly." Tails said, "My name's Miles, but I prefer Tails. This is Jennie. What's your name?" The girl replied, "Melieka."

When Sonic flew out of the explosion, he saw Amy on the ground, protected by Rouge, who was getting weaker. As he came closer, Rouge fell next to Amy. Sonic immediately did Blue Tornado to blow away the shadows. The rest of the gang came around Sonic. As he and Knuckles lifted the girls, Shadow said, "We're losing too much people. We need reinforcements." Sonic replied, "Shadow, the safety of the people of the city is more important than those shadows." Shadow put his head down.

When they started walking, they heard an explosion occur. As it happened, a shadow appeared in front of them. "Damn, we need rest." Sonic thought. As the started walking back, a figure flew down and hit the shadow with a blunt war hammer. As they looked at him (a/n it's not me!), he came into focus. He was a red condor, with dragon-like wings and fangs and sported a green headband and black, purple lined shoes. Another figure appeared in the building nearby. He launched a shadow out of it. When he came out, he appeared to be a light blue, pink & blue streaked hedgehog with blue and pink gloves, wristbands, a pair of denim pants, and violet, double-striped shoes. "Dracon, are you alright?" The hedgehog said. "Sorry, but we have company." The condor replied. "Hello there. I'm Dracon, the Dragon-Condor." The condor said. "I'm Jessie Drahonee. Nice to me you all." The hedgehog said. "Hi, but if you mind, we're kind of in a hurry." Sonic said. "Hurry along then. Dracon and I have it well here." Jessie said. The gang went along, but Shadow stayed. "Aren't you going to need help fighting them?" Shadow asked. "You can if you want, but Jessie and I can handle these creatures on our own." Dracon said. "Damn, you guys must be hard core. Want to fight?" Shadow asked. "I'll take you on." Jessie said. With that, Shadow and Jessie started attacking each other with punches and kicks while Dracon watched from the sidelines.

As they got to the outskirts of the town, Sonic and crew laid down all who were injured. "Everyone ok?", Sonic asked. Everyone nodded. As Sonic sat on the grass, he thought to himself. "Why did Eggman unleash this deadly virus? He knows he could be killed too. It… it doesn't make any sense. All we can hope for is that we can find an antidote to cure this virus. It's getting more serious. I hope-" Sonic was cut-off when he noticed Shadow was gone. "Shadow?", Sonic said. Everyone looked around, but no Shadow. "He must be in the city. I got to get him." Amy crawled over to Sonic with her little strength and asked Sonic not to go. Sonic denied her request and set off to the city. Amy was left in tears as the others tried to calm her down.

Shadow and Jessie were still sparring in the city. It was pretty even. "Are you two about done yet?" Dracon asked. They both replied no. "Well, better finish, big shadow 'round the corner!" Dracon screamed. They stopped sparring and looked at the monstrosity coming at them. Shadow pulled out his katana while Jessie and Dracon readied their bodies for a fight.

Sonic appeared in the city block where Shadow, Jessie, and Dracon were. He walked up to Shadow, but was distracted by the enormous shadow. Sonic readied his dagger in his palm. Shadow knew Sonic was behind him, so he told Jessie and Dracon about him being there. As the shadow got closer, Sonic and Shadow charged at him, full blast. Jessie and Dracon attacked from the air. The shadow easily deflected the attacks thrown at him, and blasted back all four fighters. Sonic landed in a small building. When he opened his eyes, he stared at what might end this battle.

Sonic: Stop writing now!

Sheen: What?

Sonic: It makes a cliffhanger if you stop there.

Sheen: Whatever. Did you want to use my computer?

Sonic: No, I need a place to hide from Knux.

Sheen: Under the bed, two weeks, three tops.

Sonic: Thank you! hides

Knuckles: Alright, where is he?

Sheen: Under the bed, two weeks, three tops.

Sonic: Damn traitor...

Sheen: Expect the newest chapter soon! Or not!