Chapter 11: Sonic's Decision

The day went by quickly, and Shadow was the first to awaken that night. He opened the lid of his coffin and got out, then walked into Sonic's room and saw that he was up. Silver came in a few minutes later. Sonic was standing up, rubbing his head.

"Oh...what happened?" He asked them.

Shadow sighed. "Mephiles, he took control of you again yesterday and tried to kill Blaze and Tails."

"Again? Why did he do that? Have you found anything out?"

Shadow sighed again. "We found out something, but you're not going to like it."

Sonic was worried. "What is it?"

"Mephiles...has become a part of you...permanently."

"WHAT? HOW?"

"That we don't know. He took control of you last night just after we left the house, but we don't know how he possessed you."

Sonic sighed and shook his head. "I have no idea either. What are we going to do if he's a split personality of mine now?"

Shadow sighed. "We don't know, Sonic."

The vampire's eyes widened and he sighed. Silver sat down next to Sonic and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "It will be fine," he said. "We just need to figure out what to do."

Sonic looked at him. "But if he is a split personality of me now, what happens when he takes control?"

Silver sighed. Sonic glanced at Shadow for an answer. "When he took control last night, it was like you weren't even there, he had complete control," Shadow said.

"That's...scary," Sonic said.

"He almost got to Tails and Blaze last night as well."

Sonic's eyes widened in fear. "Wh...what are we going to do? Since he's part of me forever, then..."

"We'll figure something out! Don't try anything stupid until then okay?" Shadow glared at him.

"Alright."

Sonic sighed and turned away. He hated finding out that Mephiles was permanently his split personality. What was he going to do? He couldn't stay here now; his friends would be in danger. That meant he only had one option: he had to leave Station Square for good and go somewhere else. Shadow eyes narrowed as he watched Sonic leave the room, but he didn't say anything more as he followed him. Sonic sighed and sat down on the couch, thinking about what the other two vampires told him. He saw Shadow walk in the room and looked at him.

"What is it Sonic?" Shadow asked.

"It...it's nothing, Shads," Sonic told him, and looked away.

"Sonic, I can tell when something is up, now spit it out!"

The vampire looked at him. "I just can't believe Mephiles is my split personality. What if he takes over my body forever?"

"Sonic, we won't let it come to that."

"Shadow...what if he does, though?"

"We'll get you back however we can." Shadow flatly stated.

Sonic nodded and sighed. "If...if Mephiles takes control of me forever...I want you to kill me."

Shadow's eyes widened in surprise. "Sonic! You know that we'll never do that!"

"I know that...forget I said anything. I'll be outside; I need to feed."

"Silver and I will come with you, we need to feed too."

Sonic looked at them hesitantly and then walked outside, followed by Shadow and Silver. The three vampires ran to Station Square, looking at the humans hungrily. Shadow stayed close by Sonic as they began to feed, in case Mephiles took control again. The three vampires drank the blood of humans, killing them in the process. After they fed, they looked at each other.

"What do you want to do now?" Sonic asked.

Silver shrugged. "We could turn into bats and go for a flight."

Sonic thought about it and nodded, then looked at Shadow.

"Sounds good."

Sonic grinned and nodded, then began to transform. Sonic's 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 grew until he was a large bat, and the transformation stopped.

Shadow and Silver stared at him in shock, he was bigger than they were. They turned into bats also, but Silver and Shadow were the size of normal bats.

Shadow screeched at Sonic. How did you get so big?

Sonic shrugged. I'm not really sure, he said. Any ideas?

Shadow's eyes suddenly widened and he nodded. Yes, I think it's because of Mephiles.

Really? Sonic asked. That's...interesting. Anyway, let's go for a little flight before the sun rises.

The two other bats nodded and followed Sonic though the air, flapping their wings. Sonic was thinking about what Shadow had said about Mephiles. Shadow smirked as he read Sonic's mind and spoke.

Sonic, the reason I think that this has something to do with Mephiles is because he said that we would eventually be able to grow to the size you're at, when we'd been vampires for a few years and gained some power. I think because he's become a part of you, Mephiles' power is now yours. Now, why don't you stop dwelling on it, and try to enjoy the flight!

That's cool, Sonic said back. Yeah, let's keep flying.

Shadow nodded, and the three bats continued flying. They flew around the city and the forest for hours before they saw the sun start to rise and headed back to the house. They landed outside the house and changed back to normal before entering. The three vampires went upstairs and got into their coffins before going to sleep.

Just as night fell, Sonic rose from his coffin. He looked around and sighed, knowing that he couldn't stay here. It wasn't safe for him anymore; now that Mephiles was a part of Sonic, he could put his friends in danger. He had to leave Station Square for good and move somewhere else. Sonic thought about where to go and grinned as an idea came to him. He closed his eyes and teleported to Transylvania, taking his coffin with him.