S.O.N.I.C

(Sapient Organisms Near Incredible Catastrophe)

After a thorough examination of their equipment, Sonic and Tails prepared to face the unknown threat that awaited them in the gloomy depths of the building.

"Alright, let's do this Tails," Sonic said. "We're going in side-by-side… You first."

"Er, okay…" Tails departed slowly from the room.

Sonic turned back to face the rest of the group. "You two stay here. If anything kills Tails, I'll scream the word, 'corduroy'. That's your guy's cue to rush in."

"Why the code word?" Knuckles asked. "Is Tails getting killed a secret?"

"I don't want to lose the element of surprise," Sonic expounded.

"What exactly are you surprising, the hypothetical thing that'll be killing Tails? Wouldn't it already know your coming?"

Sonic groaned. "Knuckles…"

"And I think a code word is just going to be too hard to remember in a panic situation. What happens if you get mixed up?"

"Knuckles, this over-analyzing is just going to get someone hurt."

That's when Tails called out in alarm. "Ah! Sonic, get in here quick!"

"See?!" Sonic dashed off at high-speeds.

Knuckles grabbed the desk in the room and brought it in front of the entryway. "This is some wild-ass crap we've gotten into."

Shadow hid behind the makeshift barrier, aiming his gun outwards for any approaching threats. "Wait a minute; didn't your levels in SA2 have ghosts in them?"

"Yeah, but the ghosts in that game looked like a bunch of rejects from Luigi's Mansion. This s$#t we're in right now is straight out of Silent Hill, or at best Resident Evil."

"Heh-heh, references. But besides that, there's a perfectly logical explanation to all of this, right? Right?"

"… I don't know why I even bother talking to you sometimes."

A moment of silence past between the two as they waited for radio contact from their allies.

"… If he yells corduroy, I'm getting the hell out of here," Shadow said.

"Ditto."

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Not wasting a moment, Sonic didn't stop running until he caught sight of the fox. Fortunately, he didn't seem harmed at all.

"Tails, what's the matter?"

"What do you mean what's the matter? There's blood everywhere!"

Sonic took a moment to observe his surroundings. Every wall was splattered with freshly spilt blood. Some of the bodily liquid had been used to write ominous messages such as, 'Get out' and 'All will die'. The weirder messages consisted of 'WTF', and 'I'm dying'."

Sonic whistled at the scene. "Huh, you'd really think I would a noticed something like this earlier. Whose blood is this anyway? Is it yours, Tails?"

"What? No it's not my blood! If it was my blood, I wouldn't be saying, 'Look at the blood'. I'd be saying, 'God, help me! I'm out of blood, someone get me more blood'!"

"I think this is Jet's blood."

"You think?" Tails said sarcastically.

"Hey, come on now Tails, this is no time to get sarcastic. We've got some unclaimed blood on our hands."

"I think it goes around the corner."

"Okay, let's check it out."

The two walked around the corner into an even darker hallway. As they traveled deeper down its length, the light became dimmer and dimmer."

"Turn on headlamps," Sonic ordered.

The two switched on their lights, gaining a better view of their surroundings.

"Wow, it's just a bunch of poorly-lit hallways and doorways without doors," Tails commented. "These decorators really had weird taste."

"Hey, I think the path branches off from here," Sonic pointed. "Let's split it."

"You're kidding, right?" Tails said incredulously. "That's the number one mistake they always make in the movies."

"This isn't a movie, this is pseudo-virtual life. Nothing bad is going to happen if we just separate for a little bit and see what's down each pathway."

"That's what they always say…"

"Just do it," Sonic pushed in an irritated tone.

Choosing their paths, the two treaded on individually down the dual, menacing corridors.

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To Tails's relief, he reached a dead end shortly after entering.

"Well that wasn't too bad." He turned around to see that the way he came was replaced by a brick wall.

"What the..."

Tails turned back to the other dead-end to see that it had mysteriously opened up into a hallway with creaking sounds and flickering lights.

"No, I'm not doing this. If I walk down that way, something's going to jump out at me. I'm going to sit here until this wall goes away, and nothing is going to make me move."

Tails sat on the ground and crossed his arms stubbornly. After one minute, the brick wall began fading away into thin-air.

"I can't believe that actually worked." Tails got back up and headed back the way he came. That is, until a shaded figure started walking towards him from down the hall.

"So what?" Tails readied his gun and continued forth. "I can take this thing." The figure soon came close enough for him to shine his light on.

It turned out to be a smiling and completely harmless Christopher Thorndyke.

"It's horrible beyond words!" Tails whirled around and ran as fast as he could down the path with the flickering lights.

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Sonic had walked down his route until he came to a set of double-doors leading into a banquet hall. He pushed the doors open to find the room completely lit and extravagantly decorated. He made his way past cloth covered tables and low hanging streamers

"Wonder what this is supposed to be? Somebody having a party or something?"

Sonic followed a rolled-out red carpet to the very back of the room, only to find an empty pulpit.

"Wow, if I didn't know any better, I'd say this was some kind of-."

"Sonikku!" A veiled figure in a white wedding dress burst through the double-doors and came running down the carpet.

Almost on instinct, Sonic pulled the trigger immediately and unloaded an entire clip. The figure twitched with every shot and flew backwards to the floor.

In short, but jerking spasms, the figure slowly got back up. The white dress fell away to reveal a pale little girl in a red dress. She staggered towards Sonic with a guttural hiss.

"Well, still better than the alternative." Sonic said. He fumbled around his combat jacket for more ammunition until realization hit him. "Holy crap, Jet had my extra pack!"

The little girl quickened her pace.

Sonic flicked on his radio. "Help, denim! Polyester! Wool!"

The girl had gotten within arm's reach.

"Dammit Knux, you jinxed me." Sonic screamed out one last time before the little girl lunged forward.

Tails entered the room a few seconds later, only to find the charred skeleton of a hedgehog. "... Hey, where'd all his meat go?"

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Shadow's radio clicked back off after receiving the message. "I think that was Sonic!"

"Nope, I definitely heard polyester," Knuckles disavowed. "My guess is some crafty ghost is trying to crack the code. That's one smart poltergeist."

Shadow got up and started heading back towards the way everyone came in. "Okay well, uh, I'm going back to the car."

"What for?" Knuckles asked suspiciously.

"Who knows? Maybe a zombies trying to steal it."

"What zombie's would want to roll in a '72 Plymouth? Besides, I thought you didn't believe in zombies."

"I'd believe in the Easter Bunny if it got me out of this building."

Knuckles suddenly bent over slightly and looked to his side. "What was that?"

"What was what?"

"Something hit me, something invisible."

"I'm sure there's a perfectly logical-." Shadow felt something impact the back of his head. "Holy s#$t, punching ghost!"

"Take that!" Knuckles shot his gun off in the air.

BAM!

Shadow moved out of the way just in time. "What are you trying to do, kill me?!"

"Alright then." Knuckles put away his gun and started swinging his fist around. "Let's do this mano y mano! Bring it on, bitch!"

"Yeah, bring it!" Shadow followed suit and began kicking wildly.

While the two of them lashed out at the imperceptible entity, Tails made his way past the barricade and stared at the two as if they had gone insane.

"What are you guys doing?" Tails suddenly felt a force strike him in the back.

"Ow, something hit me!"

A/N: Next is the last chapter of S.O.N.I.C. Thank you for reading, and review please.