Chapter 14: The Perfect Way to End the Day

It was about 6:50 PM in the city of Station Square. The sun was hanging low in the west and the town was close to being thrown into the twilight. Within the suburbs at around this same time a certain type of Mobian was walking his way home. It was yet another hedgehog (because they are apearently very common in Mobius) but this particular hedgehog had a unique trait that would probably scare off most other people.

He was a purple hedgehog who had a V shaped tuft of white fur on his chest. His quills were rather long and drooped downward while the quills on the top front of his head were short and spiked forward. Some of the quills had small tips of white on them, forming a balanced pattern of white and purple on his head. The ears on his head were also rather long and pointy and had white tips as well. Both hands were covered in black fingerless gloves with straps on the back of his hands and spiked bracelets to match. Peach colored skin was exposed from his lower face and fingerless gloves. He also wore short black boots with straps and silver spikes. On his torso he wore a leather jacket with sleeves that ran to his elbows that matched his black gloves and boots.

In short, this hedgehog looked like no pushover, but at this moment he was in a particularly good mood because of today's events. 'She's beautiful and is a great fighter too. Could I be any luckier?' He thought back to Selene and remembered how she fought by his side against all those wannabe gangsters who harassed him for his looks and how she performed each attack with an air of grace. Of course the gang fight ended with him and Selene singlehandedly sending each of those punks to the hospital.

After that little incident had passed they simply spent the rest of the day together. She called her sister and said that she and her friend were busy, so it was just the two of them. They went on one of their usual dates and of course departed each other's company well before the sun had set. She was so understanding of why he always had to leave before nightfall and didn't even seem disturbed by what happened to him at night. He truly was lucky to have a girlfriend like her.

'Too bad we can't really watch the sunset together. The city looks beautiful at around this time.' Figuring that he still had plenty of time before the sun finally hit the horizon, he walked to his home at a slow and steady pace. Little did he know, two girls were waiting by his house, searching for any signs of him.

"You're sure this is where Adam lives," Nikki said in confirmation.

"Positive," Nights said. "I've been on just enough double dates with Nebula and Selene to know that he lives in this area."

(Earlier today)

"you must FIND a certain type of CREAture and bring me it's BLOOD," Zorra had said.

After an awkward moment of silence, Nikki spoke up. "You mean like the blood of a virgin type deal? I'm sorry to say, but at least one of us here doesn't fit that bill."

Nights turned to Nikki and replied with a bemused look on her face. "I guess that would make you the slut of the group." She smirked as Nikki yelled at her for this little statement.

Zorra squinted her eyes in annoyance at the two hedgehogs. "i'm afraid that THIS type of CREAture is a bit HARder to find. I need you to find me the BLOOD of a superNATURAL born creature."

Nikki and Nights looked at each other. "You mean like vampires and werewolves and junk?" Nikki asked.

"i MEAN a creature who is NAturally imbued with negative MAgical energy. it DOESn't count if the being has to abSORB energy in order to turn into a DARK form. it must EIther be born with it, or have been GIFted by aNOTHER supernatural creature. extraTERrESTRIAL beings do not have the SAME maGICAL PROperties. i can concoct a SPELL that can help you LOcate one if you like."

Nikki looked back at Nights then back to Zorra. "You see, we may already know someone who fits that description."

Zorra's eyes widened in surprise when she heard this. "REALLY. it's a small WORld after all. i'll leave you to it then. i don't CARE how you get it's blood, it'll be useful either WAY."

Now here they were, waiting for their prime target to come home. "It'll be dark soon," Nikki said. "You sure we shouldn't just look for him? What if he doesn't come here or already changes before we can talk to him?"

"We need to finish this spell before the moon starts waxing, so we can't miss him under any circumstances," Nights said. "If we go looking for him, there's a chance that we won't find him. If that happens, we can't exactly just call or text him out of nowhere to ask where he is. Besides, we still got a few minutes of sun left, which is more than enough time for him to come home and for us to get his blood."

When she said this, an uncomfortable silence filled the air between the two. Finally, Nikki decided to voice the question that had plagued both of their minds. "So how do we get his blood?"

Nights frantically searched her brain for an answer. 'Crap, how can I forget to plan this far ahead?' An idea crossed her mind and she quickly told it to Nikki before she could think it any further.

"Okay, all I have to do is chaos control behind him and knock him out! We then take him to the hospital and have them take a blood sample which we steal."

"We can't just do that! Isn't he like, your girlfriend's sister's boyfriend? Why don't we do something that won't mess with our conscience?"

"Well what do you propose we do? Walk up to him and ask him for his blood?" Nights then noticed a purple hedgehog walking towards them from further down the street.

Adam was getting close to home now. Further up the sidewalk he saw two girls standing in front of his house. He thought nothing of it and continued towards home. The girls started walking up to him and stopped a few feet in front of him. They blocked his way which forced him to stop just a few feet away from his house. Both girls had nervous looks on their faces. The whole situation made Adam feel uncomfortable.

"Uhm sir. Can we ask you for a favor?" The black furred one said.

"You see, there's no easy way to say this," the blue one to the right said. "We were hoping that you could do something for us."

'Who are these girls?' Adam thought. Were they flirting with him? Should he tell them that he already had a girlfriend? He hated awkward situations like this.

"You see, we... Uh," the blue one paused as if she were trying to think up what else to say. "We work at the hospital and we were wondering if you would be one of the generous volunteers who could donate some blood."

'Is that it?' Adam thought with a feeling of relief.

"I'd love too... But I'm not sure if people would need my kind of blood."

"Nonsense!" The black one said with a forced grin on her face. "We accept all kinds of blood so long as you don't have any transmittable diseases."

"And you look like a perfectly healthy young man," the blue one interjected.

Adam thought about it for a moment. "So you say you match the blood with someone before you give it to them so you don't transmit any possible diseases?"

"Yes," they both answered quickly.

He didn't like the possibility of transmitting his curse to someone else, but if this hospital was as careful as it said it was, this may be easily avoided. Who knows? Maybe someone actually may need the blood later on. It was unlikely, but there wasn't any real harm in doing so.

"Okay, just tell me the date and I will be there to donate the blood," he answered.

"We were hoping if you could do it right now actually," the blue one said.

"I'm sorry," Adam replied, "but it's a little late for my taste."

"That's no problem. The hospital is a quick trip from here. You'll be in and out in no time!"

"I'm sorry, but I just can't do that."

"If you want, you can just give us some of your blood right here if you like."

Nights face palmed while Adam simply stared at Nikki. "Are you suggesting that you think I cut myself," the goth looking Adam asked with an annoyed look on his face.

"N-no! We were just trying to make things more convenient for you!"

'This is getting us nowhere,' Nights thought to herself. "Oh my God! What's that behind you?" Right as Adam turned around to see what the dark one had yelled about, Nights delivered a hard punch to the back of his head.

"Why did you do that?!" Nikki yelled.

"We need to get his blood sooner rather than later thank you very much," Nights responded. However, when she looked back at Adam, she found that he had not fallen forward unconscious like she normally expected. Instead he turned back towards them with a pissed off look on his face.

"What the hell is this about," he yelled as he bared his fangs.

Neither of them had expected that he would not be easy to knock out due to that fact that the moon was almost full tonight. They simply stared at him as his eyes began to turn from a light purple into a deep red.

Seeing as how they refused to answer his question and simply stared at him, he allowed for the rest of his transformation to begin without fighting it. "I'm not sure why you need my blood specifically, but I'm guessing that means you know what happens at night."

It was then that the two girls realized that the sun had just passed below the western horizon.

AN: So here we introduce yet another OC from the collaborative minds of Selene the Hedgehog and Nebula the Hedgehog. The reason I put him in here is kind of a long story.

You see, back when I was simply critiquing my cousins original draft of the first few chapters, I mentioned how Selene seemed to be a superfluous addition to the story, especially considering how the story focused on Sonic, Shadow, and their respective girlfriends. She heard this criticism, and rather than just erase any mention of Selene, she decided to just randomly write her out of the story at around the fourth or fifth chapter of the original draft.

I didn't like how this was handled, as it made Selene seem even more interchangeable by simply coming up with a random excuse of why she suddenly had to leave. So I thought to myself, 'maybe I can have her reappear in later events so her addition to the story won't seem entirely useless.' Keep in mind that my cousin didn't even have any idea of how she wanted to end this story arc.

Not too long later, I came up with the idea of making the mist a witch and decided to involve Adam with the spell. This way Selene will be indirectly involved with the story.

My cousin heard my idea and decided for me to adopt this story so that I can end it as well as write in the action scenes. I obliged to this agreement and here we are now.

Selene will have a few more minor appearances, but as I already stated, the focus will be mostly centered on Sonic and Shadow, with some minor attention to their girlfriends.

You may not have noticed this, but I took some liberties with the description of Adams design. I didn't like the original design that Nebula the Hedgehog made for him. He looked to similar to Sonic (oh how I hate recolors) and he just felt like another generic hedgehog recolor. I added a few details so I could give him his own unique persona while still taking cues from what Nebula and Selene originally had in mind.

Next time, we find out just how they can get Adam's blood.