Chapter 3- Liz's Room
Sonic stood downstairs in the kitchen, the apprehension clear on his face. Beads of sweat rolled down the back of his neck.
He glanced around for his enemy, she was near, he could tell… but how near?
Then suddenly he felt two hands on his shoulders, "GOTCHA!"
"AAAAAAAAH!" Sonic screamed as he struggled to break free of the deadly grip! He finally managed to break away and sprinted across the kitchen down the steps and out the front door, Liz right on his tail!
Shadow and Knuckles heard Sonic's scream from upstairs, both of them were dressed in black and had black paint smeared across their cheeks, not that it would do much good as it was broad daylight.
"C'mon! Let's hurry!" Knuckles said.
The two of them snuck out of Shadow's room and Knuckles turned Liz's doorknob carefully.
Then he pulled, nothing happened. He pulled again, harder this time.
"Should've known… it's locked." Knuckles said leaning on the door, then it fell open and Knuckles fell on his face.
"Shhh! You moron! It goes in! Not out!" Shadow whispered, "C'mon!" The two of them ventured into the dark room and closed the door behind them, the light was off and the curtains were pulled over the window so they couldn't see a thing.
Shadow found a light switch on the wall and flicked it on.
The room filled with light, but not normal light, all the light came from a red lava lamp in the corner of the room which cast eerie shadows all across the walls and turned everything red.
Shadow and Knuckles shuddered, her room was so creepy. The walls were painted fire-engine red, as far as they could tell from the light, and there were paperclip chains strung up on her walls. There was also a picture of Sonic on the wall with a few darts stuck into his head.
There was a shelf on the wall with a stereo and some dolls: a Shadow doll, a Knuckles doll, an Amy doll, a Rouge doll, and a Tails doll! There was a Sonic doll on the floor but its head had been ripped off and there were pins sticking into it.
Above her bed was a dream catcher and a picture of a tiger on the wall above her dresser. A mirror hung on the back of the door, it had a crack on the edge of it, probably from slamming her door so much.
"Luckily for Sonic she doesn't practice voo doo." Knuckles whispered looking at the doll on the floor.
Shadow didn't mention the book he found under he pillow entitled 'Voo Doo for Dummies.'
"Let's just find the cash so we can get out of here! This place gives me the creeps!" Shadow said.
"Where's her closet? I bet it's in there!" Knuckles whispered.
Shadow spotted a small closet next to her dresser. He went over to it and pulled it open.
He looked inside and found some clothes hanging on a rail near the top of the closet.
"That's it?" he moaned, "No cash?"
"What's that?" Knuckles said pointing in the back of the closet, there was a small door big enough for someone to crawl through. Shadow opened the door and crawled through, "OH MY GOD!" he said, "Knuckles come in here!"
Knuckles got down on his hands and knees and came into the room behind her closet.
The room was illuminated by dozens of candles. Paperclips were still lining the walls but the walls were painted black instead and coffins were lined up against the walls. At the other end of the room was a safe.
Knuckles ran over to the safe. Shadow examined the coffins, one in particular interested him, there was a skull painted on top and it appeared she had stabbed at the wood multiple times, he read the name across the top, "Who's Sean?" he wondered.
"Doesn't she have a brother named Sean?" Knuckles asked from the other end of the room.
Shadow's eyes became wide as he looked at the coffin again, then he moved on to the others, "Andrew? Harley? Sam? Brianna? Jenny? Who are these people?" Shadow asked.
"Probably just people she hates." Knuckles said, "Now get over here and help me crack this code!"
Knuckles and Shadow finally managed to open the safe. Their mouths dropped open as they saw what was inside, "What the fuck is all this?" Shadow said.
Knuckles reached in and pulled out a large stack of papers and looked it over, "They're scripts to… Monty Python?"
"She is one obsessed chick." Shadow sighed, "There's obviously no money in here Knux, let's head out."
"Oh alright." Knuckles stood up and they headed back towards the exit.
Shadow looked over to the wall and saw a small coffin, the lid was open and it was empty.
He walked over to it and read the name on the lid… Sonic… of course…
He rolled his eyes and followed Knuckles out of the small room.