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After a few minutes of walking, we reached Rotors house. Antoine knocked on the door, but no one answered. He knocked again and still no one answered.
Antoine turned to face us, "Zhere iz no one here, guys." he said.
This time it was my turn. I shouted out, "Yo Rote, You here?"
The door slowly opened and Rotor peaked around it to see who it was. He looked relieved to see it was us, as if he were expecting someone else.
"Oh, hey Sonic." he said, "What's up?"
"We need a little help, buddy." I said taking the brush and showing it to him.
"Is that from the murder's last night?" Rotor asked, already knowing the answer. He open the door to it's full extent and signaled for us to come inside.
We entered his living room and sat down on the couch, he wheeled in and position himself in front of us. The room looked very clean, a little too clean for a guy like Rotor, but it wasn't my place to judge an old friend.
"Sonic and Nicole found that at the crime scene." stated Knuckles as I handed the brush to Rotor.
"And we need you to analyze it for us." I said.
Rotor took the paintbrush over to his computer and scanned it. The computer was huge and took up a good portion of the wall. Many different buttons and electrical devices were jutting out from it. The computer began to process the data, but it said that it would take a few minutes. Rotor turned around to talk to us.
"So how's it been going with you guys?" he asked.
"Not too bad," I replied. "With the twins due date only a few months away, Sal hasn't been doing much."
"And Jacques has been quite a hassle since Bunny has started with our second." said Antoine
"And Julie-su and I have been trying for our first." Knuckles replied.
"How's that been going?" asked Rotor.
Knuckles sighed, "Not so well. But we're trying."
"How's life been treating you, Nicole?"
Nicole gave a weak smile. "Fine, these murder's have kinda taken up most of my schedule. I haven't gotten any footage of him. That brush is our only clue to finding him."
As soon as she said that, the computer behind Rotor buzzed. He turned to see what came up.
"Well-" Rotor said, "Our killer wears gloves."
I face-palmed myself, "Oh well, that narrows it down by about 3 people." I sarcastically remarked. "Any useful info?"
"Not that I can find." Rotor answered, "However, if you can give me until tomorrow I might be able to find something for you guys."
As much as I anted answer right now, I guess I had no other choice. "Alright, Rote. We'll be back tomorrow."
We thanked Rotor for his hospitality and began to leave out the front door. Once we left we decided to go our separate ways and meet back here at about ten the next morning.
Rotor's POV
I closed the door behind Sonic and his friends and locked it. After wheeling myself to the window to check if they were gone, which they were, I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are they gone?" asked a figure behind me. It was him. At least, I think it was him. He wore something around their face to mask their voice. And that cloak didn't help either.
"Yes, they're gone." I replied, turning to face him. "And they will find you."
A slight chuckle escaped the figure. "I hope that they will. Just not yet. Which is why you are going to stall them for as long as possible. Or the price for betraying me will be costly "
I was sick of him, he thinks he can threaten me? "Do you really think I will betray my friends so easily?" I asked. "I would rather die than betray my friends!"
"Oh, I know, Rotor. But I never said that I would kill you. But I will kill her." he said, handing me a hand held phone.
A small scream escaped me as I saw that it was playing a video. The video was of an unconscious Amy Rose. She was bruised from head to toe, her pink quills were scorched, I could go on but the image was gruesome.
"She's alive-for now." he remarked with a slight hint of happiness in his voice. "Stall Sonic and his friends for a while longer or my next victim will be her."
"You're a monster." I shouted.
"I'm not the monster, your friend, Sonic is. And I am here to end him."
The figure disappeared into the darkness and was gone. I was left alone in my house to ponder what to do. If I betray the figure, Amy is going to die because of me. But if I betray Sonic, he will most likely be another victim to this guy's rampage. I don't know what to do.
I really hope Sonic can catch this guy. If he can't a lot of people are going to pay.
A/N
Sorry I got sidetracked with this chapter. This one was giving me a bit of trouble because I didn't think this entire fanfic the whole way through, especially when it came to the killer (I had the identity planned from the start but everything else was unplanned) But I have a pretty good idea where I am going with this so don't expect to wait too long for the next chap.
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