Chapter 7: A Dark Encounter
The day went by quickly, and as the sun began to set, Sonic was the first to awaken. He looked outside and saw that it was night. Shadow and Silver were getting up also, and Sonic could see that their eyes were blood-red. Silver looked around the room until his eyes stopped at Sonic.
"Shadow...Silver...are you two in control?" He asked.
The two vampires bared their fangs and hissed. Shadow advanced on Sonic, but when Sonic's scent reached his nose, he immediately backed off. He hissed. "Humph. You're a vampire, I can't feed from you."
Sonic looked at them. "Let's head for the forest and the city; we'll find plenty of blood there."
The three vampires walked outside and transformed into bats, heading towards the city to feed. Sonic led them to the city, when they landed, he looked over at the two.
"You'll go into you blood frenzy in a few minutes," he told them.
Silver hesitated but nodded, looking at Shadow.
Shadow sighed. "Sonic, don't let us kill any...well...kids, ok? Or any of our friends."
Sonic nodded and saw Silver and Shadow bare their fangs as he did too. They all sniffed, smelling the scent of blood from different people, and ran out into the city to feed. They ran through the city, and Shadow spotted a lone man walking down the street. He could smell the blood in the man's veins and lunged, burying his fangs into the man's neck. The man yelled in pain but Shadow continued sucking his blood until the man fell dead. Sonic saw some people and drank their blood, killing them too.
Silver had already drained a man and a woman, but the scent of blood drew his attention away from his drained victims, he turned and locked his Blood-Red eyes
on a little girl cowering in the ally. He advanced towards the girl and smelled fresh blood flowing through her veins, then brought his fangs to her neck. Just as he was about to bite her, she shrieked, causing Sonic to whirl around.
Sonic's eyes widened and he grabbed Silver, pulling him back away from the girl. His red eyes were filled with anger and he bared his fangs. "I told you, we don't harm children!" The vampire yelled.
Silver gasped and regained control for a small amount of time and looked at who he'd been about to bite. He gulped and looked at Sonic. "Sorry...I won't bite children."
He ran off, looking for some more victims. Sonic sighed and followed him, wondering what Shadow was doing.
Shadow had gone to the small park in the city, where he hunted all who crossed his path. The three vampires continued to feed upon the blood of others until they were full. Many dead bodies littered the ground and Sonic sighed, looking at Silver and Shadow.
"What should we do now?" Sonic asked. "We have a few more hours until sunrise."
Shadow and Silver had regained control now so Shadow put out a suggestion. "Why don't we go to the forest? We can all try out our powers there until sunrise."
"Alright," Sonic said. He turned into a wolf, as did the others, and ran into the forest.
They ran to a clearing then transformed back to normal. The three vampires looked at each other and grinned, showing their fangs.
"So...which power should we try out first?" Sonic asked them.
"Why not our hypnotism?" Shadow suggested.
"Sure."
Shadow frowned. "So...who do we use it one then?"
Sonic grinned. "Well, I don't think vampires can't hypnotize each other. What do you want to do, Shads?"
"Unless you feel like hypnotizing a deer, I don't know."
"Alright," Sonic said. "How about we control the weather?"
"That sounds good," Silver said.
They looked at Shadow for an answer. He just shrugged. "Sounds fine to me."
Sonic grinned and held up his hands. The other vampires did too, and a massive storm began to form. Thunder, rain and lightning crashed throughout the city as the storm intensified. Fog began to roll in also.
Shadow smirked. Being a vampire isn't too bad, he thought.
They lowered their arms and the storm stopped. A few minutes later, they heard a terrifying laughter near them. Suddenly, Mephiles appeared before them and grinned.
"That was quite the show you three put on," he said, showing his sharp fangs.
Sonic's eyes locked onto him as he let out an enraged hiss. "You monster! Why did you bite me?"
Mephiles chuckled and bared his own fangs. "I told you, Sonic, I want revenge. I have a plan, and you are involved. Now...I believe it is time to start it!"
He seemed to disappear before suddenly reappearing in front of Sonic. Sonic gasped as Mephiles grabbed him. Mephiles turned into mist and faded into Sonic's body. The vampire clutched his head in pain and fell to the ground. He stopped writhing and slowly rose to his feet. Silver and Shadow looked at each other and then at Sonic. Shadow cleared his throat and spoke.
"Sonic? Are you..." His question instantly died in his throat as Sonic's eyes met his. They were red as blood. Sonic let out a menacing laugh but it wasn't his own. It was Mephiles'.