Chapter 6: Powers

Tails had laid Shadow and Silver on the couch, now he was waiting for Sonic to come back. He spun around as the door slammed open. His eyes widened as he saw Sonic's face covered in blood. He gasped and backed away.

S...Sonic? Are you...in control now?"

Sonic looked at him and nodded, then saw Shadow and Silver.

"Tails...what happened?"

Tails hesitated, then sighed. "You...bit them."

"I...I bit them?" Sonic yelled, shocked. "When...when will they become vampires?"

Tails sighed. "You didn't have any control when you bit them, so you released a lot of venom...they'll transform by morning,"

Sonic gulped and sat down in a chair, his head in his hands. "Great...just great. I also killed many people out in the city because of the blood frenzy." He looked up at Tails. "I'm going to have to drink blood from now on but I don't want to keep killing. If i don't, though, the people I bite will become vampires."

Tails sighed and sat down near Sonic in another chair. "Shadow and I talked about that while you were asleep. He suggested that you hunt wild animals, like deer, and only criminals if you hunt humans." A sudden thought rose in Tails mind and he smiled. "Sonic, I just remembered something about vampires I read somewhere!"

"What is it?"

A vampire can control how much venom they release when they bite someone after the Blood Frenzy. You can bite someone without releasing any venom, meaning you can let them live after you've fed."

Sonic thought about it and shrugged. "Possibly," he said. "Anyway, what do I do now?"

Tails sighed. "You can stay up until sunrise I guess, or go to bed now. Or maybe try out you powers."

"I'll stay up until sunrise and try out my powers," Sonic said. "I heard that vampires can transform into a bat, wolf, red mist, can control the weather and hypnotize people."

Tails nodded.

"Yes, that's true."

"Alright then. Maybe I'll try to transform, then."

Sonic got off the chair and walked to the middle of the room.

He looked at Tails. "I think I'll turn into a bat. Is that okay?"

Tails nodded. Sonic sighed, closed his eyes, and began to transform. His fur turned brown, covering his entire body. His arms and hands started to spread outward as a leathery membrane formed, pushing the fingers outward, stretching the bones until the membrane formed around them, making them webbed wings. A sharp pain was felt in his feet as he saw his toenails lengthen into sharp claws. The toes on his feet were changing, merging together until he only had three digits on his feet. They were also widening, lengthening as new muscles formed in his legs and feet. Suddenly, with a sharp crack his legs started to move as they drew up behind his wings. He fell on his belly and shrunk until he was a small bat, and the transformation stopped.

He flapped his wings and flitted through the air. Sonic flew outside and flew through the air, then came back to the house and turned back to normal.

"That's cool," he said to Tails. "Want to see me turn into a wolf?"

"Sure."

Sonic grinned and willed himself to transform. His fur turned dark blue and grew thick. The muscles in his legs and arms started to stretch as they grew stronger. Bones fractured, snapping out of place before physically changing his legs and arms to a different posture and forcing him onto four legs. His hands and feet pushed against each other as they merged into three digits, becoming paws. Razor-sharp claws extended from his feet, curving downwards. Sonic's body began to grow, affecting the muscles in his abdomen. They expanded and rippled across his body, strengthening in mass and density. Suddenly, his ribs started to grow as the bones split apart and moved forward a little. His tail grew outward, becoming broad with dense fur. His face started to change as it extended outwards and fused his mouth and nose together, forming a long snout. Sonic's jaw ached as his teeth became razor-sharp fangs with more jutting out from his gums. His ears swiveled to the sides of his head and curved a little. The nose at the end of his snout turned black, and his senses and instincts heightened then the transformation stopped. He raised his head and let out a loud howl.

Shadow and Silver were woken by Sonic's howl and fell off the couch.

He turned back to his normal form and chuckled. "Sorry; couldn't help myself," Sonic said, and looked at them. "I see you two are awake."

Shadow groaned and sat up. When he saw Sonic, he leaped to his feet and readied a Chaos Spear. Tails jumped in between them quickly. "No Shadow! He's in control now!"

Shadow relaxed and dispersed the Chaos Spear, then he remembered what had happened and glared at Sonic. "You bit me, Sonic!"

Sonic's eyes widened and he nodded. "I'm sorry. According to Tails, you'll transform tomorrow morning, along with Silver."

Shadow sighed. "I forgive you." He looked Sonic in the eye. "Try not to allow us to go on a killing spree."

"Alright," Sonic said, and looked at Shadow and Silver. "Well, you two might as well stay up tonight as you'll be vampires tomorrow. What do you want to do?"

Silver made a suggestion. "Can you show us some of the other powers you have? We already knew you can turn into a bat and wolf."

Sonic nodded. "Sure," he said. "Anything you'd like to see? I can turn into mist, control the weather and hypnotize people."

Shadow spoke. "Maybe you can show us the hypnotism?"

"Okay. Now...who could be the victim here? You, Silver, Blaze or Tails?"

Silver thought for a moment, then called for Blaze, who had managed to sleep through all the noise somehow.

She woke up and came into the room. "What is it?"

"Sonic was wondering if he could hypnotize you."

Blaze turned to Sonic. "Why do you want to hypnotize me?"

"Silver and Shadow want me to show them my powers now that I'm a vampire, and one of them is hypnotism. Is that okay?"

Blaze nodded. "Yes, it's fine."

Sonic nodded and stared at her. "Look into my eyes," he commanded.

Blaze sighed and did so. The vampire smirked, showing his fangs, and stared at Blaze. She looked at Sonic and began to feel sleepy. A few minutes later, she was hypnotized. Sonic chuckled and looked at her, thinking he could have some fun while she was in this state. He looked at Shadow.

"Anything you want me to make her do? She's under my command now until I release her."

Shadow thought for a second. "Hm...not really. What about you Silver?"

Silver thought about it and shook his head. Sonic nodded and turned back to Blaze, snapping his fingers and breaking her out of the trance. She frowned and looked around in confusion.

"What...?"

Sonic smiled sheepishly. "I hypnotized you. Do you remember anything?"

Blaze shook her head and walked off. The vampire chuckled and looked at Shadow. "What power do you want to see now?"

"The weather control."

"Alright."

Sonic went outside, followed by Shadow and Silver. He raised his hands and closed his eyes. Suddenly, thunder, rain and lightning appeared as a storm brewed.

"That's cool." Tails remarked, he'd come outside as well.

"Thanks," Sonic told him. He lowered his hands and the storm stopped. A few seconds later, he snapped his fingers and it started to snow.

Silver stuck out his tongue and caught some snowflakes.

Sonic grinned and snapped his fingers again as the snow stopped and the weather went back to normal. He turned around, facing his friends. "I mentioned I can turn into mist also. Anyone want to see?"

"Sure," Silver said.

The vampire sighed and closed his eyes. His body became fuzzy and dissipated as Sonic transformed into red mist that covered the sky like fog. It moved through the air and into the house before returning to normal.

Shadow and the others came inside. Shadow smirked. "Maybe being a vampire won't be so bad."

Sonic nodded. "It does seem pretty cool," he said. "But there are weaknesses like sunlight, garlic, holy objects, can't cross running water, etc."

"You're also immortal," Silver pointed out.

"Yeah, immortality is pretty cool."

He looked out the window and saw that the sun was coming up and sighed.

Shadow followed his gaze and gulped. "Oh no...it's morning...Tails, you might want to go barricade yourself in your lab and take Blaze with you. The Blood Frenzy happens right after we're completely transformed right?"

Tails' eyes widened. "Yes, it does."

"But it might be delayed until tonight because of the sun," Sonic said. "Vampires can't go out during the daytime."

Shadow and Silver nodded and then fell to the ground. Their skin became pale, fangs pushed their way out of their gums, and their eyes became blood red. Suddenly, all three hedgehogs started screaming in pain as the sunlight burned them. Tails ran to the windows and closed the blinds as the smoke from their skin stopped.

Sonic gasped in pain and looked at Shadow and Silver, and his eyes widened in fear. Shadow blinked and pushed himself into a sitting position. He saw Sonic staring at him. "I'm still in control, Faker."

"I told you, the blood frenzy might be delayed until tonight because vampires can't stand sunlight," Sonic said, and looked at Tails for a better explanation.

Tails thought for a moment. "I think that when the sunlight burned you, Shadow and Silver, it also helped to delay the Blood Frenzy." He looked at Shadow and Silver. "So, what do you want us to do tonight?"

"Stay out of our way," Silver said, baring his fangs.

Tails gulped and nodded nervously. "All...Alright. If you want, I'll take Blaze and we'll hide in my laboratory, like Shadow suggested."

"That will be fine," Sonic said. "Meanwhile, we'll be asleep."

Tails nodded and watched as the three vampires went to Sonic's room and went to sleep. Tails made sure sunlight wasn't streaming through the windows and closed the door, seeing the vampires lay down on bed.

Tails went to Blaze's room and knocked on the door. "Blaze? Are you awake, I need to talk to you.

He went into her room and she looked at him. "What is it Tails?"

He sighed and sat down on the floor. "Shadow and Silver...Sonic bit them and they just turned."

Blaze's eyes widened. "What? Then why are we sitting here? What about their Blood Frenzies?"

Tails flinched. "That won't happen until tonight. I'm going to hide in the laboratory tonight, I can barricade it, I want to know if you want to join me there tonight." Blaze instantly agreed. "Yes, I'll do that."

Tails nodded and thought about something else: if they were vampires than they had to sleep in coffins. He sighed and wondered what they would think about that if he told them.

Blaze looked at him. "What's wrong?"

"I'm wondering how they'll react when I tell them they have to sleep in coffins."

The cat's eyes widened but she nodded. She gave a slight smile. "Silver will freak out, Shadow...he probably won't care. Sonic...I don't know. He'll probably freak out even more than Silver, And you're right about Shadow, he won't care at all."

Tails nodded and sighed. "Well, I'll go and prepare the lab. Do you want to come with me and wait for sunset?"

Blaze nodded. She followed him and the two went down to the lab to prepare for the blood frenzy that night.