Darkness Exp.

Chapter One : Summer Days

Two Months later...

Ah summer, the most wonderful time of the year, the grass is green, the sun is shining and everyone's happy. Well not quite happy. This story starts of with a young teenage fox who, right now is just trying to fit into boring, tedious, everyday life.

Kai was asleep under a palm tree. He head phones snuggly placing into his big fuzzy ear. He was listening to the latest song by The Darkness Troopers. He lay there in the blazing sun as the lyrics of the heavy metal hit single Fallout pounded into his skull. His cell phone started to vibrate and he awoke with a start. "Ah, what now? " he though to himself as he dug into his pocket and grabbed the phone.

A text message: Hurry up and come 2 the mall!. Kai look at it once more.

He stood up and stretched for a minute. He sighed and shifted the school bag on his back, He began to walk through the crowded streets. A few minutes later, he was tackled. A pair of long arms wrapped around his waste, he wouldn't of hesitate to hit them, but he knew who it was.

"Aren't you so excited! School's finally out!" She bellowed in Kai's ear. It was lily. Kai had met Lily a little over two years ago. She had saved him by healing the two gunshot wounds in his chest. If she hadn't been there, Kai wouldn't be here. Then after Roy and Kai were being hunted by the corrupted government, well she let them to stay at her place. And things kinda took off from there. Now there best friends, and maybe a bit more.

They walked along together until they came to a nice deli at the corner of the road. Kai and Lily walked in, and Kai noticed the Cashier and said hello. "So, what would you like, miss ?" The cashier said.

"A apple juice, please" She said in a polite voice, she then looked at Kai. " I'll have one as well " he said as he pulled out his wallet and gave the cashier the money. They walked out and opened their drinks. They continued walking until they got to the mall. The place was big enough, surely. And well air conditioned too. They walked around until they found the meeting spot. Roy was already sitting there waiting for them.

"Hey, Roy what up?" Kai said as he sat down next to him, Lily sat on the other side. " You mean you actually passed this year?" Roy said, half laughing. Kai punched him in the arm a response. Kai looked around the mall, there were long lines at all the fast food places, dozens of teenagers waiting to get food. Kai never really liked fast food. Then he looked behind him. There was a really weird guy sitting two tables behind him and he looked really mean. Kai got an instant feeling of cold that rushed over him.

" First task on today's meeting. The creepy guy sitting behind us " Roy said aloud. Kai wanted to note that he's been seeing this guy everywhere lately, but he never brought it up. Lily responded to Roy's note in a soft voice " Yeah, I've seen him everywhere, it's like he's following me. " She turned to look at him again and he was gone. Roy continued on, but Kai really wasn't listening. He started to listen a little while later. " Okay, fourth item on the agenda, Summer Jobs " Roy said.

"All said and done" Kai said confidently. Roy and Lily looked at him as if he was crazy. " What? How? " was all Roy could say. And Kai said " yeah, I got it done last week, you know that little deli? That's were I work ". Roy couldn't believe it. Kai drifted off into a daydream as Roy was speechless. The fact is, Kai didn't really want to be here. He wanted to be out there, fighting, like the good old days.

" Okay, well that takes care of – But Roy never got to finish his sentence. A deafening scream erupted throughout the mall. Kai and Roy instantly stood up. One look was all it took, they knew they had to do something. They rushed to the other end of the mall, " Humph, maybe this day wasn't a total bust after all " Kai though to himself as he raced alongside Roy.

" Holy shit " was Kai's first though when he saw the scene. The store was completely destroyed. All to of the window panes were shattered, people lay atop pools of blood, it was a true horror scene. Kai looked around, nothing to show that anyone was here. A whole was in the wall, the exact spot of the alarm control panel, and all the cameras were destroyed within a few seconds. Kai held a dying civilian in his arms.

" What happened? " Kai asked as the guy tried to remain conscious. " He moves silent...Darkness covered him.. Eyes like a demon! " The guy screamed before he fainted from the pain, the pool of blood covered his arm were it was burned. Kai laid him down gently. He then felt the same cold rush as he did before, he instantly turned around. And there was the same guy who was sitting at the table, he was just standing against the wall, laughing.

Kai's rage rose to a whole new level. " How the hell can this guy be laughing, out of all things!? " Kai though to himself as his glare met Kai's. " How the hell can he just walk in and murder a dozen people, then laugh over it! " Kai though. And in that instant, something in him snapped. And it broke hard, for he charged at the guy like something wild was chasing him, he was right in front of him in seconds.

" What the hell did you do to them!? " Kai screamed as he grabbed the blue-haired hedgehog by the shoulders. He simply started to smile and then started laughing again, this time, deeper and louder.

Kai grabbed him and slammed him into the hard wall. " I said! What the hell did you do to them! " Kai screamed. All of his past rage started to overflow and spill out. Maybe even some of his purple monster.

" They failed to believe in their one true god! " He rose his voice as if to put emphasis on the ending.

Kai slammed him again, harder. " So you murdered them! " He bellowed into the guy's face.

They are only two ways!" Now he was screaming. " You either choose to honor your real god and follow the path of enlightenment, or you must be destroyed! " He reached behind his head as a river of blood ran from the back of his head down the wall. When he pulled his hand away, the tips of his fingers were covered in blood. He started to lick the blood of his hand and Kai wanted to slam him again, but never got the chance because then proceeded to burst into a tower of flame.

Kai fell to the floor, he didn't have any more energy his body fell under his weight. Kai felt as his the whole contents of his heart were poured atop the entire world. He felt open and empty. He didn't have the energy to get back up, he just lay there. Roy rushed to his side.

" Yo! Man, you okay? I just saw you mash that guy and then I see you here on the floor like this, we'd better get you home " Roy said as he knelt down to pick up the limp Kai. Then he signaled Lily over to help him.