I stared into the black corner of the room where "it" seemed to be hiding. It was going to kill me. I was freaking scared. For the first time in years, I was panicking. I had never been up against something like this. I don't think anyone has… Except Shadow… That thing killed Shadow… I'm pretty sure Shadow was tougher than me. How was I going to get out of this?

Calm down, Rouge…

It… It didn't speak. It didn't have a voice. It was more like an echo in the back of my mind… Not quite a whisper, but more than a mumble. It was eerie. "How- how did you get out of the chest?"

Foolish child… Don't you remember?

Then it hit me. I was weak. Before I took the chest to the dock, I took it out… I was a coward… Or was I? "You possesed me… But how? How did you even survive out the doll chest?"

I fed.

… He… All those hours I spent with it… It was draining my life… It was feeding off… Me? That's how it got the energy to possess me. That's how it survived so long outside the chest… A red flash, followed by a soft red glow. That was the ruby… It was hungry again… "Are you going to… Take me? My soul… Are you going to kill me?"

No… I've gotten everything I needed from you…

"W-what are you going to do?"

Ruin. I'm going to drive countless lives to insanity. And live off the havoc. Just like I did to Shadow…

I saw it briefly move an arm out the shadows. Stitches. All over it.

Killing isn't it's style. Although it is insanely strong, it prefers to tempt others. Giving them voices. Playing games. Making others do his killing for him, never even knowing they're doing his bidding. He was a puppet master… "I… Can't stop you…"

No. You can't. Don't feel bad. Nobody can stop me.

That thing drove Shadow to suicide. What have I done. I unleashed it… I unleashed… The Tails Doll…

Yes… A Tails Doll… What could be so scary about a little doll? Metal Sonic was dangerous, so was Cyber Knuckles. But this thing… Let me tell you a story about this… Monster…

--Monster in the house of mirrors--

Kate was only eleven years old, and loved plushies. She had everything from Aarvark to… Whatever. One day, a carnival had come to town. She instantly tackled her mother for money. That night, she went out happily to the carnival. After she had been on a few rides, she saw a little stand, selling stuffed animals. She had most of them, and the ones she wanted stank. Untill one caught her eye, an orange two tailed fox doll. She was amazed by it, it looked scruffy and poorly made, but it had the most amazing gem on it's forehead. She ran up to the stand owner. "How much for the Kitsune?" She asked. The Carny said it wasn't for sale. At that very moment, the stand owners son came up, and stared at the doll.

"C-can you feel the sunshine?" The child stuttered.

"Pardon?" Kate raised an eyebrow.

"Does it… Brighten up your day?" The child stopped looking at the doll and turned to face Kate. He had black messy hair, and looked like he hadn't slept in days. The Carny looked down. He explained his son hadn't been the same since he bought the doll, and refused to sell it. Something about curses. Kate didn't even pay attention. The carny turned around for a few seconds, and Kate left all her money on the table, took the doll and ran. She knew the man would come after her, so she ducked into the house of mirrors. Strangely, she was the only one in the dark maze. She found a room made completely out of crooked mirrors, and decided to stay there a while. Untill she heard footsteps. She could only see dark and blurry reflections of herself. She clutched onto the doll with all her strength. But to her surprise, it wasn't the carnival worker. It was his son. He had a knife. He stared at Kate and smiled. He began to advance. As he came closer, Kate could of sworn she saw a red glow in the mirrors. As the boy stood over Kate, holding the knife so hard his hand was bleeding, a song played in the mirror house. It had a strange beat to it, but sounded strangely creepy. It got louder. Kate could make out the words "Can you feel the sunshine".

Or at least, that's what they found her saying. Over and over again. Even through the scars on her face, the words where clear. She looked at one of the policemen. "Does it brighten up your day?"

I had done it… I let loose a monster. I had to do something… Fast…

You can't do anything Rouge… I'm leaving…

"Where are you going?" I wish I never asked.

To the radio station…

It dissapeared. Why would it go to the radio station?

Oh god no. It was going to play the song. And the entire city would be listening.