Chapter 12: The Darkness Inside
When he reappeared, he was no longer in his room. He was in a large castle overlooking the mountains. Sonic smirked as he knew that he was in Transylvania. The vampire looked around and noticed that the castle was empty. He walked around and noticed stairs leading down to a basement, so he went downstairs and put his coffin there.
After he was done with that, he sighed then walked back out of the castle, knowing that he had to feed. He transformed into a bat and flew down to the village, reverting to his normal form. Sonic grinned, seeing all of the humans, and struck instantly. He grabbed the person nearest to him, a man, and bit into his neck, swiftly draining him of all his blood. The man screamed as Sonic drank the human's blood and threw him to the ground as he died. Then he snarled, looking around for his next victim.
He drained another man and a woman. As he dropped the woman, he heard a child crying and looked up to see a little boy staring at him. Sonic smirked and advanced on the boy, who began to back away from him before tripping over the body of one of Sonic's other victims. Sonic was by this point in a sort of semi-blood frenzy state, and grabbed the boy, lowering his fangs to his neck. Before he bit him however, the boy screamed, and Sonic froze. He backed away from the boy and snarled, then ran off to feed on other humans.
Just as he began to chase a woman, a sharp pain shot through his head. He screamed in pain and held his head, then stood up and laughed. Mephiles was in control.
Mephiles smirked, and continued chasing the woman, he caught her immediately and began to drain her. The woman screamed in pain and was killed as the vampire drank all of her blood. People in the village were now panicking, trying to run away, but Mephiles chuckled and ran after them. He continued feeding until the sun began to rise.
Mephiles laughed maniacally and transformed into a large bat, flying back to the castle. He ran down to the basement as he faded back into Sonic's mind. The vampire fell to the ground, holding his head in pain. He groaned and got in his coffin, closed the lid and went to sleep.
Just after Sonic left, Shadow and Silver woke up and climbed out of their coffins. They went out into the hallway and looked around.
"Is Sonic still in his coffin?" Silver asked.
Shadow shrugged. He went into Sonic's room but saw that the coffin, along with Sonic, wasn't there. His eyes widened and he yelled for Silver.
"Silver! Sonic is gone!"
Silver's eyes widened. He ran into Sonic's room and gasped. "What? Where is he?"
Shadow shrugged; he should have known Sonic would do something like this. They had to find him. "I don't know. Let's go wake up Tails and Blaze, we need to come up with a plan to find Sonic."
Silver nodded, and the two vampires ran out of the room. They knocked on Tails' door, and a few minutes later, Tails opened it.
"What's wrong?" The fox asked.
"Sonic, he's gone."
Tails' eyes widened. "What? That's terrible! We have to get him back!"
"We need to figure out where he's gone though." Shadow pointed out.
Tails nodded. "You're right Shadow, but...I don't have a clue as to where he might have gone..."
"Is there a way you can find out?" Silver asked.
Tails thought about it. "Maybe, but I'm not sure."
Silver sighed, and then looked at Shadow. "Why would he leave?"
Shadow sighed. "Why else but to protect us? He's scared of Mephiles taking control and hurting us. Silver, why don't you go get Blaze?"
Silver nodded, and walked off. A few minutes later, he came back with Blaze.
"Silver told me what's happened, what are we going to do?" Blaze asked.
Shadow sighed. "We can't do anything until we figure out where Sonic went."
Blaze nodded, and looked at Silver.
"We don't know where he is, but we need to find out," Silver said.
Shadow just sighed. Silver looked at him in concern, and then at Tails. The two-tailed fox just shook his head. "I don't know how we'll find him, I'll try to think of something though."
"Okay," Silver said, and sighed, looking at Shadow. "We need to feed."
Shadow nodded. "Yes, let's go."
The two vampires ran out of the house. As they left, Tails sighed and went to his lab, hoping to find out where Sonic had gone. Shadow and Silver fed on every human they came across, aside from children. Once they had fed, they walked back to the house and went inside. Tails called them down to the lab, so they went downstairs.
Shadow was the first to speak when the walked into the lab. "What is it Tails?"
Tails turned to them. "I still haven't found Sonic yet, but I'm still trying. I was wondering if you two would be willing to look for him tomorrow night while or after you fed."
"Sure, we can do that," Silver said. He was also worried about Sonic.
Shadow just nodded.
"Where do you think he's gone to?"
Shadow looked at Silver. "I don't know Silver...knowing him he'd try the last place we'd think to look, or the most obvious place."
Silver sighed and nodded. "I just hope he's okay."
Shadow just sighed. "We all do, Silver.
Meanwhile back in Transylvania, Sonic woke after the sun went down. He came out of his coffin and looked around. He sighed. This castle he was in was massive; Sonic wondered who it had belonged to before it was unoccupied. The vampire sighed and went upstairs but then fell to the ground as he heard a voice in his head. Mephiles laughed as he rose in Sonic's mind.
So, you have moved to Transylvania, he said. Excellent. Soon, you will become evil and when you do, nothing will stop you.
Sonic's eyes widened. "Get out...of my head."
Mephiles laughed. I can't do that, Sonic. You and I are now one.
Sonic growled angrily.
My influence over you is growing, Mephiles said. The darkness in your heart is spreading, and in a few days, you shall become an evil vampire.
Sonic's eyes widened. Mephiles' voice faded away and Sonic groaned. He stood up, wondering if what Mephiles said was true. He sighed again and pushed it to the back of his mind, first he had to feed. The vampire opened the door and then turned into a large bat, flying back down into the village. He looked around hungrily and bared his fangs.
A woman saw him and screamed. Sonic smirked and ran towards her, biting into the woman's neck and drinking her blood. A few minutes later, she fell to the ground dead. The other humans had been alerted by the woman's scream and were already running, but Sonic caught up to them in an instant. The vampire dug his fangs into the humans' necks, killing them. A few minutes later, he had gone into a blood frenzy and was very hungry. He looked around and his eyes fell on a crying child. Sonic smirked and began to walk over to the child.
The child looked up and backed away but Sonic came closer. He lowered his fangs into the child's neck and bit, draining him of blood and killing him. After that, he saw some more people and killed them too. Sonic continued his blood frenzy for a while, enjoying every bit of it. Just as the sun began to rise, he came out of his Blood Frenzy. As he looked around, he saw the bodies of the children he'd drained. Horror appeared on his face as he stumbled backwards.
"Oh...oh God, what have I done? What am I becoming?" He asked himself, and then rushed back to the castle. Sonic ran downstairs and slept in his coffin, knowing what Mephiles said was true. He was becoming evil, and there was no way to stop it.