The Blair Witch Project

Chapter 6: Disappearance

"Sonic? Sonic? SONIC!"

Shadow poked his head out of the tent, blinking his red eyes several times to clear away the sleepiness. When he was through with that action, he could see Amy walking forward, frantic and looking around with fright evident on her features. Shadow wondered what she was going on about, but then realized he didn't see Sonic anywhere. Crawling out of the tent, Shadow got to his feet and joined Amy on the search. Clearly, Amy was freaking out about Sonic's sudden disappearance.

"SONIC!"

Irked, the black hedgehog put his red eyes on the pink hedgehog. He wanted her to stop screaming like that. She was screaming Sonic's name as if he was dead or something, which disturbed Shadow greatly. Where did Sonic go? He wouldn't have left them like that. That wasn't like Sonic. Either something happened to him or, well, he didn't know. Shadow hoped that the faker was alright. Sonic was his friend, despite how he talked to him and treated him. Shadow didn't want anything bad happening to his friend.

"SONIC!"

"Rose, stop screaming like that," Shadow told her, shaking his head and feeling as though his ears were going to start bleeding. "The faker isn't here, apparently. You're just attracting unwanted attention to us right now. Maybe he went somewhere to go use the bathroom or something. You don't know what he did. He could be on his way at any moment." Shadow wanted to calm her down. Did Sonic really leave him on his own with this pink hedgehog?

Amy ignored him. "SOOOOONIIIIIIC!"

"Rose! He's probably at the river or something!" Shadow barked at her.

"If he was at the river, he would've answered me by now, Shadow!" Amy retorted worriedly, tears gathering in her eyes as she thought about what happened to her darling Sonic. The pink hedgehog was recording with her camera, still looking around for the blue speedster. "SONIC!"

Shadow knew she had a point there. Cupping his hands around his mouth he hollered, "SONIC!"

There was no answer.

Amy started walking over to Shadow. "Shadow, do you remember what Sonic said yesterday?"

"What?" Shadow didn't.

"About…about that disgusting stuff on his bag," she replied quietly, trying to calm herself down. She was so worried about Sonic and she wondered if he would just show up. "SONIC!"

Shadow flinched from her screaming. "Yeah, what about it?" Shadow didn't see the significance of discussing about something Sonic talked about yesterday. What did that have to do with anything?

"What if…that had something to do with the Blair Witch?" questioned Amy, trembling. "What if the Blair Witch took Sonic? What if…what if she took him?"

Shadow rolled his red eyes. The black hedgehog still refused to believe in some witch. He still thought that there were people out there messing with them, but there was another part of him that didn't believe that either. "Amy, there is no Blair Witch, alright? Let's just start moving. We have to look for him, okay?"

Amy nodded hesitantly, but she started gathering her things and putting on her backpack. Shaking, she kept recording as she and Shadow set off through the woods again, this time looking for Sonic and a way out of there.

"Shadow! We can't even find the car, how are we possibly going to find Sonic?" Amy was about to break down again as she followed the black hedgehog along. There were tears in her eyes and she just wanted to sink down to her knees and weep the rest of the day. She felt so very hopeless.

"Just come on, Rose," Shadow commented, narrowing his eyes at her as he walked. "We'll find Sonic. If we find the car first, we'll just call the police or something to help us find him in these woods, okay? We're going to find Sonic."

Amy shut off the camera and suddenly collapsed against Shadow. Shadow was stunned and he stumbled back a little as Amy clung to him, weeping loudly as she shut her eyes. Shadow didn't know what to do. He hesitated before awkwardly, hugging her back. "Rose, we're going to find him. Here, let's just stop for a little while and wait. Maybe he'll come to us. Just…hang in there, okay?" Shadow wasn't good at this consoling stuff.

"O-Okay…"

And so they did.

Shadow sat on top of a tree stump, arms folded over his chest while Amy sat on the ground, her legs crossed. She turned on her video camera again and started recording Shadow.

"How do you feel about east?" she questioned him dully.

"How do I feel about east?" Shadow echoed.

Amy shrugged. "South didn't work out."

Shadow was silent for a very long time before he opened his mouth and asked, "Which wicked witch was worse; the wicked witch of the east or the wicked witch of the west?"

"The wicked witch of the west was the bad one…" Amy mumbled in reply, sounding weary.

"Then let's go east."

Shadow slid off of the tree stump and walked over to the pink hedgehog, holding out his gloved hand for her to take. Amy took it and Shadow pulled her up with ease. After that, the two of them started walking, going east. They walked for an hour or so until they heard a strange noise from somewhere.

"What was that?" Amy asked weakly, turning in the direction of the sound, using her camera to record over there.

"Sonic?" Shadow called out, hoping it was the blue hero. "Sonic?"

There was no answer.

"It's not him. Let's just keep moving." Shadow grabbed Amy's arm and he pulled her forward.

"Okay…"

The two of them continued on, not stopping for any breaks. When it got to evening, they had to stop to set up camp. Amy helped Shadow put the tent up and then the two of them just sat in the tent as it got darker and darker outside. Shadow turned on a flashlight and Amy zipped up the tent, shaking a little bit due to the cold.

"Are you not going to read your magazine?" Shadow questioned the pink hedgehog, shining the flashlight in her face wonderingly.

"No…"

"Why?"

Amy pulled her knees up to her chest and just stared straight ahead, sniffling a little bit. She rubbed some tears out of her eyes and sighed deeply. "Where do you think Shadow is?" she questioned him.

"I don't know, Rose…"

Amy bowed her head. "I hope he's okay. I don't want anything bad happening to him."

"Sonic is capable of taking care of himself."

"But against the Blair Witch?" Amy turned her head to look at him, staring into his red eyes.

Shadow sighed. "Rose, there is no witch, alright?"

"Keep telling yourself that."

Shadow balled his hands into tight fists and he gritted his teeth, becoming very aggravated. "Just stop talking about this nonsense witch, alright? If there even is a witch, I won't let her get you, alright? I'm going to protect you, Rose."

"Thanks…"

After that, the two of them went to sleep. However, they were woken up at night by some heinous sounds. The noises were very indescribable, but they sounded evil. Amy clung to Shadow as she got out her camera, turning it on and videotaping it. The sound kind of reminded Amy of someone wailing cruelly to the skies.

Suddenly, the sounds turned into someone howling in pure agony. It sounded surprisingly like Sonic!

Amy's breathing increased and she screamed, "SONIC?!"

Shadow quickly unzipped the tent and poked his head out. "Sonic?!"

The noises stopped abruptly.

"It…it stopped." There were tears rolling down Amy's cheeks as she continued to record the darkness.

"Where was it coming from?" Shadow was highly disturbed. Was Sonic being killed? What was happening? Was he being attacked? He had no clue.

Then the sound came again, but it was of an infant crying into the darkness. Amy huddled closer to the black hedgehog as Shadow turned on his flashlight.

The noise stopped.

"Sonic! Tell me where you are!" Shadow roared loudly.

Then it came again. This time it was Sonic and he was screaming in pain, calling out for help. Amy started whimpering and crying even more. Shadow wanted to go out and look for him, but he didn't know where to start looking! It sounded like it was coming from all around them!

Another howl came from the distance.

"Sonic!" Amy screamed, getting out of the tent and moving forward, looking around. "Sonic, please say something! Where are you?!"

Shadow got out of the tent too and followed the pink hedgehog. "Sonic, are you out there? Tell us where you are, Sonic!"

The sound of a baby crying came once more.

"I don't know if it's really him…" Shadow trailed off, clearly disturbed and bothered by what was going on around them. He glanced at Amy and saw that she looked really broken.

"SONIC!" she wailed.

Shadow fell silent.

"I don't even know where to look!" Amy cried, frantically searching around the area with her eyes. She was crying and blubbering and breathing heavily. "Shadow, I don't know where to look!"

"Sonic!" Shadow decided to call out again.

They did not get a reply.

"TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE, SONIC!" Shadow hollered once more, cupping his hands around his mouth while still holding the flashlight. His voice echoed throughout the dark woods.

Amy collapsed to her knees and just sobbed.

The next morning, Amy woke up very early. Shadow was still sleeping in the tent. Amy took out her camera and started recording the black hedgehog's face. She grabbed the blanket that was covering him and pulled it down a little bit. "Just want to show the camera that Shadow is still here, fortunately." After that, Amy unzipped the tent and crawled out. She was shocked and horrified to see a little trinket sitting in front of the tent. The trinket was made up of twigs and was all tied together by a piece of string.

"What…?" she whispered. "Shadow."

Shadow heard her and he woke up, groaning a little bit. "What?"

"There's something out here…"

Shadow got out of the tent and saw the thing on the ground. The thing did nothing to disturb him and just figured that whoever was messing with them didn't want to stop. The black hedgehog narrowed his red eyes. "Just get that thing out of here."

"Okay…" Amy picked it up reluctantly. "Okay. I'm getting rid of it. I'm getting rid of it now. I'm taking it away." The pink hedgehog started walking away with it as Shadow rummaged through his bag for something to eat. "I'm just…gonna throw it." Amy hurled the thing away and then stared at it, trying not to cry.

As Amy did that, Shadow didn't feel like moving at all. He had managed to find a granola bar inside of his bag, but it was the last one. Sighing, he unwrapped it and then tore a piece off, throwing it into his mouth and chewing on it. He was going to save the other half for Amy since he knew that she didn't have anything else to eat. Shadow couldn't fathom what happened to Sonic. The black hedgehog was already assuming the worse. Clearly, Sonic had been attacked last night and something bad happened to him. That was the only reason he could come up with. Why else would he be howling like that? Shadow didn't want to believe it, but it was true. There was also the sound of a baby crying last night too. Where the hell did that come from? Shadow didn't know. As time went on, Shadow started to believe more and more about this Blair Witch. Shadow didn't want any part of it, but he wasn't going to admit that to Amy. All he wanted was to find Sonic and to get out of there as soon as possible.

Amy paced around and removed her tears, looking back at the thing that had been in front of the tent. Deciding to thoroughly inspect it, the pink hedgehog trekked over to the trinket and sat down in front of it, crossing her legs. She kept recording with her camera as she grasped the string, untying it. It opened up and revealed a piece of cloth inside. The cloth was made into a tiny sack and it was tied delicately at the top. Amy positioned the camera on her lap and used both hands to untie the thing. She noticed, with great fear, that the small sack was moist with blood.

When she finally got the sack open, she dropped it instantly and a terrible scream ripped through her throat and blasted out of her mouth. Her breathing increased in its speed and her heart pounded against her chest painfully. Amy scooted away from it and stared upon it in complete horror.

Inside the sack, there were teeth and blood all over.

Panting heavily, Amy felt tears sting her eyes and roll down her cheeks. She picked up her camera out of her lap and was hyperventilating at the sight. The poor girl brought the camera back around and recorded the teeth inside along with all the blood. It was sticky and looked fresh. Amy felt vomit rise into her throat. There were about six of them in there! The pink hedgehog looked at her hands and noticed that there were blood on her gloves. Amy felt dizzy and she scooted away from it some more. The pink hedgehog hopped to her feet and ran over to a nearby tiny creek. Crouching down, she stuck her glove in the water and swooshed it around, trying to get rid of the blood.

"Rose?!" Shadow called from afar.

"I'm over here!" Amy answered, trying to sound confident, but her voice was watery and it sounded like she were about to cry. "I'm just washing my hands off!"

"What?!"

"I'm just washing my hands off!" Amy repeated, blinking back her tears. Amy knew, she knew deep within her heart that those teeth belonged to Sonic. She just knew. Who else would they belong to? Sonic had been screaming in agony last night. That must have been why. The Blair Witch had torn out his teeth last night. That was what happened. Amy felt sick in her stomach and she felt about ready to pass out. She didn't want to tell Shadow. She didn't even want to speak of it. An overwhelming feeling of sorrow smacked into her and she shut her eyes, trying not to break out into sobs.

When Shadow reached her, Amy was still fighting hard to keep the tears away, but Shadow already knew that there was something wrong with her. Shadow could see the traumatized and remorseful look on her face. There was also great fear there too. Shadow took the camera away from her and Amy walked a little bit ahead of him, pacing around, features distorted.

"Rose…are you alright?" Shadow demanded to know, narrowing his red eyes.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Amy replied to him, the tears finally escaping her eyes as she tried her hardest not to break down right then and there. She kept fidgeting constantly and darting her eyes all over the place. "I'm okay, I'm okay."

Then, Amy bent down and grabbed her pink backpack, struggling to put it on. Shadow had packed all of their things already and he was now just recording her, a concerned expression dancing along his facial features.

"Do you need help with that?" Shadow asked her.

Amy shook her head, shaking. "No. I got it."

"What happened, Rose?"

"N-Nothing…" Amy blubbered, finally getting her backpack on. "I-I'm just…I'm tired and I'm hungry. I just want to go home…that's all, Shadow. And I'm very scared." More tears started rolling down her cheeks.

Shadow stared at her, not believing her for a second. "Amy…"

"I'm fine, Shadow," Amy told him firmly, shaking her head. "Can we please just go now? Please?"

Shadow relented and didn't ask any more questions. The black hedgehog cut the camera off and helped her to her feet. The two of them continued through the woods, Amy using the compass to navigate. They still had no idea where they were going and Shadow was still trying to figure out what happened to Sonic. Amy still refused to tell Shadow about the teeth that obviously belonged to her blue hero. As they walked, they took multiple breaks and Amy didn't even videotape that much anymore as they went along. They didn't even have any conversations. It was just quiet between them.

Eventually, it got dark and Shadow was busy setting up the tent once again. While he did that, Amy had walked a little bit away to start crying again about Sonic. When she was finished crying, she went back to the tent and she and Shadow fell asleep together in the dark. Amy woke up in the middle of the night and got her camera, heading outside of the tent quietly and turning on her camera, recording her sullen face. Tears were rolling down her cheeks and she sniffled uncontrollably.

"I just want to apologize," she whispered to the camera shakily. "I want to apologize…to all of my friends. I want to apologize to Sonic's siblings and his mother. I want to apologize to Rouge and Omega for leading their best friend, Shadow, into the woods on some stupid trip to make a documentary." Amy sniffled again, more tears falling from her eyes. "I want to apologize to Tails for taking his big brother away from him. And I'm just…I'm just sorry to everyone."

Amy felt pain in her heart when she thought about Sonic again. "I was very naïve," commented the pink hedgehog quietly. Suddenly, she heard a noise from somewhere and she jerked her head in that direction, shutting up immediately. When she didn't hear it again, she looked back at the camera, her tears continuing to fall.

"I'm so…so sorry," she wept. "…for everything that has happened. Because…in spite of what Shadow says now, it is my fault because it was my project. And I insisted." Amy bit down on her lip and continued to cry while staring at the camera. "I insisted on everything. I insisted that we weren't lost. I insisted that we keep going. I insisted that we walk south. Everything had to be my way."

Amy Rose realized that. All of this was on her. It was her decision to do this and it was all her fault. She had gotten Sonic killed. Amy felt ashamed, remorseful, guilty, and horrid inside. The pink hedgehog wanted to die. That was how she felt, but she knew she didn't really want that.

"And this is where we've ended up…" she whispered brokenly. "And it's all because of me that we're here now. Hungry and cold…and hunted. I am so sorry…"

Amy started sobbing after that, but then she heard a noise. She looked to her right, only moving her eyes. "What was that?" she whispered to herself shakily.

"I'm so scared to close my eyes…and I'm scared to open them…" Amy whispered once more, shaking violently and still listening out for the sound. "We're…W-We're gonna die out here…" Amy had lost all hope.

After a while of sobbing in front of the camera, Amy shut it off and walked back over to the tent, quietly getting back in and zipping the tent shut behind her. She curled up next to Shadow and she could feel him put his arm around her. Amy was stunned about this, but she didn't complain.

"It's not your fault, Rose…" he mumbled to her.

Amy didn't say anything and she shut her eyes, trying to go to sleep.

They didn't sleep for long.

There was the sound of someone calling out for help outside of the tent and it was coming from afar. It sounded a lot like Sonic, but Amy knew that Sonic was dead. How was that Sonic? Maybe the Blair Witch kept him alive after cutting out his teeth? She didn't know, but she knew something felt entirely wrong about all of this.

"That can't possibly be him, right?" Shadow questioned the pink hedgehog as he climbed out of the tent, grabbing a flashlight and turning it on.

Amy said nothing.

As they walked along, following the voice, they came across an abandoned and torn up house. Shadow halted his trekking and stared at it, eyes widening in shock. "What the hell? It's a house!"

"What…?" Amy breathed, confused.

What was a house doing in the middle of the woods?

When they entered the abandoned house, everything passed by in a horrendous blur. They heard Sonic screaming for them within the house, but it wasn't him at the same time. Shadow and Amy had gotten separated. Amy found him in a corner down in the basement.

Sonic was nowhere to be seen.

She screamed.

She knew nothing more.

Note: Um...yeah. That's it. I didn't really understand the ending, so this is what I wrote. Anyway, thanks for reading this short story of mine.