This chapter is the one with the first death. It was hard for me to choose who it was going to be, but after looking up Sonic characters, I found one I could kill easily. Who will it be? Why should I tell you? Am I gradually going insane? Find out during chapter three: Bloodshed!

CHAPTER 3:

Bloodshed

Sonic grimaced at Vector who was now squeezing Amy tightly in his arms. No matter how hard it was, no matter what happened, He would have Amy in his arms by the morning. Sonic quickly had turned from sad to bitter. He hated Vector and wanted him dead.

"Oh Miles! Your such a great person! Inviting me to such a great place!" Cream said. Sonic was bitter about this too, everyone so happy.

"Okay! Settle down! Settle down!" Mighty boomed walking into the room. In truth, barely anyone was talking. Everyone had just gotten there. "Now! First of all I thank you all for coming. This is my new estate that I inherited from my grandpa Wiltmoore. I carry on the tradition of the party. Now, we have a problem… It appears a blizzard is heading on its way, It should hit in a few minutes… I advise everyone to stay here."

"I knew this was a dumb Idea Blaze! Leaving our kids with a faulty babysitter, during a blizzard? Now whose the bad parent." Shadow commented with a frown.

"I am sorry for the inconvenience. Any questions?" Mighty said, vary professionally.

"Yeah! What the hell is Bean, and Bark doing here? They didn't do a thing good for Mobius! Bark just happened to have a chaos emerald, and Bean didn't hand over his emerald willingly! We had to fight him for it!" Knuckles complained.(Reference to Sonic the Fighters)

"Yes but we did help bring down the Death Egg II!" Bark remarked.

"Heh! Complain again and I'll kill you!" Bean shot at Knuckles.

"You'll be the first to die Bean! You wouldn't stand a chance against my knuckles!" Knuckles snickered.

Cream peered out the window. The snow was really starting to come down. "I'm scared Miles!" Cream said, at this Tails grabbed her and held her tightly, like Vector did to Amy.

The night wasn't all that bad, except for Sonic, everyone had fun. Knuckles and Bean continued their dispute, and of coarse Rouge was annoyed with this, but she sat down and watched the news in the lounge. Amy and Vector danced all night long, as did Cream and Tails. Big kept eating the food at the table in the ballroom. Shadow was in the bar. Where a porcupine named Chudley was serving drinks. Shadow was relieving his stress with a bottle of burban. Espio and Charmy spoke of ways to break Vector and Amy up. When Sonic herd their conversation he had to say something.

"Wait you don't like them being together either?" Sonic asked.

"We hardly ever see Vector! Its ruining the business!" Charmy cried.

"Amy used to chase me. I used to think that she was weird. When she quit chasing me, I realized how much I liked her. Then it was too late. We didn't speak for two years…"

"We should work together to break them up. I know it'll make Vector sad but its for the best! For the company!" Espio exclaimed.

"You know what? You guys aren't half bad!" Sonic complemented.

"Rahhhh! Your cheating Bean! Cheating!" Knuckles struck at Bean who was playing poker with Knuckles

"I never cheat!"

"You're a friggen coward you jerg off!"

"Hey Knuckles! Where's the ring?" Sonic asked Knuckles from behind.

"Sonic! Don't sneak up on me! And don't mention the you-know-what!" Knuckles hollered.

"You haven't proposed yet!"

"No…well…I'm scared!"

"Of her saying "no"?"

"No! If she says no, she'll give me a reason why, I don't want to hear any clichés! I just want a simple know. I don't want to hear its not you its not me. Or I don't know you well enough." Knuckles explained.

"So your afraid of criticism?"

"Exactly!"

It was official the storm was really coming down. It would be impossible to drive. So every one headed off to bed. At about 3:24 Shadow woke up because he was hung over. He left his room to take a pee. "Holy Shit!"

Knuckles jumped out of bed when he herd the scream. He flipped the light switch. "What the hell." Knuckles' body was covered in blood his right hand smeared with it. Rouge rushed out without noticing the blood. Knuckles ran out too, to find out who had screamed.

In the hall laid a lifeless shadow in a pool of blood. A flashlight was next to him. A crowd had now gathered. "What happened?" Mighty asked in fear. Sonic picked up the flashlight and looked down the hall. There was another dead. Bean was sprawled on the floor. His eyes open, his face in shock. There was a slit on his neck, and his head was caved in, as if some one had struck him so much that it crushed his skull. Only one person could do this with effort. Knuckles.

Sonic spun the light to Knuckles. He gasped when he saw the blood. After much confusion, everyone got settled. As it turns out, Shadow wasn't dead. He had only jumped back when he saw Bean, he tripped and hit his head on a small table that held a vase in the hall.

"But knuckles…c-can't be guilty! He's not a murderer!" Rouge cried in denial.

"Of coarse he is! You herd what he said to Bean!" Bark accused Knuckles.

"Okay people! I know Knuckles well! He wouldn't do this! Lets leave him alone! But for the time being watch him closely, until the storm is over." Sonic said, taking control of the situation as usual.

"Sonics right guys! Besides, the only murderer in this room is Sonic! You did obliterate Eggman didn't you?" Amy shot at Sonic.

"Hey! Leave him alone!" Tails took the defensive. He stood up. "Alright! I need to get to the car! I had some investigation supply's in the trunk. From one I started that crime stopping agency."

"Yeah and Chaotix drove you outta business!" Vector commented with a snicker. Tails frowned.

"You'll never get out there in this storm!" Cream remarked

"Screw this! I don't care if there's a storm! Blaze! Lets get outta here!" Shadow said. Shadow put his coat on and opened the door. It slid open 2 inches. Shadow pushed with all his strength, but it wouldn't budge. On the other side a thick tree had fallen from the combination of extreme winds and the tree freezing. "Knuckles! Come bash this door! With your strength, it should move the tree outta my way!"

"Oh no you don't! That door is an antique! You break it you buy it!" Exclaimed.

"Stubborn bastard!" Shadow shot back.

"Calm down guys. I bring you news. I found these at the scene of the crime." He held up seven envelopes they had the guests names on them. The letters were cut out of a magazine and pasted on the envelopes. There was one for everyone. From Sonic to even Chudley. Each Envelope held the same letter, but a different clue.

Dear Party Goers,

As you all know by now, one of you is dead. I killed them. Lets play a game, I love games. I'm sure that if you search hard enough you'll find the clues. Each of you Has one already enclosed. Your envelope. Oh yes, and, the twists. I love twists. I am among you. Who is the killer? Try and find out. But be careful after every two hours, Another life will be taken. Be careful… don't let the enigma win…

Your Friend,

One Whom Cannot Be Trusted

"Well, I have made a decision!" Mighty announced. "We play this twisted game! And instead of having a drawing for one million dollars, the one who solves this mystery, gets the one million dollars I spoke of!"

"A mystery, eh? Sounds like this is right up our ally guys! Right?" Vector said with a large grin on his face.

"Yeah what ever…" Charmy and Espio replied.

Well that's it for chapter 3! Please review. Tell me what you think. Be honest! Oh Yah! Once again, for those who may be incompetent in Sonicism. Bark and Bean are from Sonic the Fighters. Bark is a dog or a polar bear (I'm not sure because he's as big as a polar bear and he lives in the arctic) and in my opinion, he's awesome. Bean… well… Bean is a dick. A freaking coward! He never attacks at close range. He stays back, and when your guard's down, he bombards you with bombs! that's why it was so easy to kill him off. 

NEXT CHAPTER: Dead End Clues!