For those who are wondering, Joshua Underwood will become the main character soon. So don't be like "What's he doing in this story if he's not even in Mobius," a certain event will bring these characters all together. Also, this chapter will introduce the main villain of this fic.

Chapter 6

He walked the night. Everyone knew him as the Dark Man, but he preferred to be called by his real name, Randall Padick. His glowing red eyes turned from left to right every now and then. Then he saw something moving up ahead, a Kitsune shape figure. He grinned wide, knowing what was about to happen.

"Sir! Are you ok?" The Kitsune said, "There's a virus that's sweeping across Mobius and many have died." As soon as the poor Kitsune saw the Dark Man's face, he screamed. Randall leaped at the Kitsune and snapped his neck in two with only a small touch. Then after tossing the body into the wooded area that he is in, he continued to walk on.

He is the only human in Mobius at the current moment, but he knew there was another out there, and their was going to be a third. He also knew about the superflu that has wiped out entire cities. He could feel the presence of the seven Chaos Emeralds, and one was being carried by someone.

Randall himself had no desire for the Chaos Emeralds; only to have them be kept under safe guard, as soon as he can get a command post of sorts because he knew that certain people were immune to the superflu. He thought he just killed one of them, but there were thousands more.

During the day he would stop and sleep, but during the night he would walk, continuing his journey toward Robotropolis.

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Inside many cities, there was a group formed to try to 'contain' the superflu hosts. This group was known as Mobius Containment Forces, or MCF. They were formed to try to help citizens, but they have been declaring martial law on Mobius; killing anyone who tries to get out of a city. But even they knew that their own soldiers are getting infected.

Sonic and co. have escaped to Pumpkin Hill to have a temporary camp, but not without losing Vanilla and the Chaotix team to the superflu. Tails set up a radio to listen on the MCF orders. They were mostly in Station Square, doing god whos what. When suddenly, there were comments about riots. There was one that was horribly disturbing.

"Base, this is unit 12. There's a bunch of kids coming down, near the mall. About a hundred and fifty. They're singing or chanting or some damn thing. We have soldiers over there too. Over."

"Base to unit 12. Join unit 20 at the foot of the mall. Instructions are to show no resistance. Over."

"Roger, base. We're moving out now. Over."

"Base, this is unit 17. This is Halliday, base. Do you copy? Over." Tails signaled for everyone to come over to the radio. Everyone got near it and listened.

"I copy, 17. Over"

"I'm behind Chumm. There's another two hundred kids coming west to east toward the mall. They've got signs. One says 'Soldiers throw down your guns.' I see another one that says 'There is no cure for the superflu'. They-"

"I don't give a shit what the signs say, unit 17. Get down there with unit 12 and 20 and block them off."

"Roger. Over and out."

"Base, this is unit 16. The kids are coming together and they apper to be turning towards the soldiers. This looks nasty. Over."

"Those aren't guerrillas out there! They're kids! They aren't armed. Over"

"Unit 13 to base. Ah, those kids are walking right toward the soldiers. They're waving signs. Singing that song. That one Baez used to sing. Oh, shit, I think some of them are throwing rocks. They...Good god! Oh god. They can't do that!"

"Base to unit 13. What's going on out there? What's happening?"

"I'll tell you what's happening out there. It's a slaughter. I wish I was blind. Oh, the fuckers! They...as, they're mowing those kids down. With machine-guns, it looks like. As far as I can tell, there wasn't even any warning. The kids that are still on their feet...ah, they are breaking up...runing to all points of the compass. Oh god! I just saw a girl cut in half by gunfire." As soon as this was heard, Tails turned off the radio. Cream and Amy began to cry.

"It's ok, Amy," Sonic said, comforting her, "everything is going ok." Tails was comforting Cream while they cried.

That night was one of the longest nights for them, but soon everything was going to get a little too quiet around Mobius.