Chapter 10: The News Report
The next day, everyone had calmed down. Chris had forgiven Sonic for his outburst, and Tails was trying to find a cure for Sonic's lycanthropy. He was in his lab when Sonic came in.
"Hey, Tails. What are you doing?" Sonic asked.
Tails looked at him. "I'm trying to find a cure for your curse."
Sonic shook his head and sighed. "I thought there wasn't a cure for lycanthropy."
"There isn't; I just thought I'd try anyway."
Sonic sighed. "Well, thanks for trying. I wish there was a cure."
Tails nodded and smiled. He walked out of the lab with Sonic following him. They went into the family room and saw Amy, Chris, Shadow and Knuckles watching television.
"Tails, Sonic, take a look at this!" Knuckles said.
Sonic looked at the TV news report and gasped. The scene showed the horrible killing in the park the other night. Chris turned up the volume as the reporter began to speak.
"We are here in Station Square Park where a horrible killing has occurred. The two victims are Mr. and Mrs. Thorndyke, the parents of Chris Thorndyke, and two very famous people here in the city. The other night, they were brutally murdered by some sort of animal, most likely a wolf."
Everyone looked at Sonic as he hung his head and walked out of the room.
The reporter continued. "We have also learned that more bodies have shown up in the city, always murdered almost exactly the same way and on the night of the full moon."
Sonic stopped and turned to look at the television. He looked at Shadow, who looked confused.
"What did the reporter just say?" he asked Shadow.
Shadow walked into the kitchen and grabbed some chili dogs. He sat down at the table across from Sonic.
"The reporter said that more bodies have been found. Was that you?" Shadow asked.
Sonic shook his head. "I only remember killing the Thorndykes."
Shadow sighed in relief. "Then it's gotta be that other werewolf that bit you. What are we going to do?"
Sonic was about to respond but stopped as he looked out the window and saw the full moon shining brightly in the sky. He started growling, and Shadow noticed that his eyes had changed color to a golden-yellow.
Shadow backed away as Sonic started to transform. Sonic's fur changed to a dark bluish-grey color, spreading all over his body as his knees snapped back, reversing themselves and growing muscular. His shoes burst apart as his feet changed, becoming paws as his toes merged together, becoming three. Sharp, black claws burst from his toenails and fingernails. Sonic's gloves tore off his hands as the same thing happened, forcing him onto all fours. Bones in his spine popped and rearranged themselves, which pushed out into a long tail. The quills also grew outward and tips of white appeared on the ends. His face began to change, ears moving to the side of his head, becoming more pointed and triangular. The face cracked as bones rearranged, cracking and pushing out to become a wolf's snout. His mouth elongated and stretched out to become powerful jaws, teeth lengthening and sharpening into fangs. His nose at the end of his muzzle turned black and his sense of taste, sound and smell heightened greatly.
Shadow's eyes widened in fear and gulped. "Sonic, are you...in control?"
The werewolf growled and leaped towards Shadow. The hedgehog tried to run but Sonic pinned him to the ground and bit him on the shoulder. He screamed in pain as he heard an eerie howl and saw Sonic crash through the window. His vision dimmed as everything went black.