Chapter 15: Bitten

Shadow cursed and leap forward to meet his lunge. Silver transformed into a wolf and pounced on them, showing his sharp fangs. Shadow turned into a wolf also, as did Dracula. Tails and Blaze just watched in amazement. Shadow snarled at Dracula and leaped at him, but Silver blocked him. The silver wolf used his psychic powers on Shadow. Shadow yelped as he was thrown toward the wall of the castle.

Silver growled and charged towards him. Shadow shook his head and he regained his feet, only to be sent flying by Silver's tackle. Dracula smirked and lunged towards Shadow also. The vampire's eyes widened and he countered. He rolled to the side and leaped to his feet as he did so. He spun around and his teeth found their mark in Dracula's hide. Dracula howled in pain and growled.

Silver heard him and grabbed Shadow with his powers, throwing him across the room once again. Shadow hit the wall and groaned, then got up. There had to be something he could do about Silver. Shadow was still dazed, and he didn't see Silver about to tackle him. Before Silver could touch him however, a fireball nearly seared his nose.

He turned around and saw Blaze using her pyrokinesis. The fire hit Silver and he screamed in pain, then fell unconscious. Shadow looked over at Blaze and barked. She nodded at him, then her eyes widened as she shouted a warning to him.

Dracula lunged at him, but then Tails threw himself in front of Shadow. "Sonic! Stop this!" The evil vampire turned back to normal and lunged, burying his fangs into Tails' throat. Tails' eyes widened in shock and pain and he coughed, blood splattering the black hedgehog before him. "S-Sonic...

"When you wake, you shall be my servant...and a vampire," Dracula said. Tails tried to say more, but he went limp. Dracula smirked. He looked at Blaze and advanced. "Such beauty. You shall be my bride."

Shadow shook of his shock and snarled, leaping in front of Dracula. The evil vampire bared his fangs. Shadow growled again, then leapt at Dracula. Dracula transformed into a wolf and pounced on Shadow. The two wolves fought viciously. Shadow snarled as his fangs pierced Dracula's shoulder. Dracula howled in pain and retaliated. Shadow bared his fangs and fought off the evil vampire. A few minutes later, they noticed the sun coming up. Dracula growled as he and Shadow reverted to their normal forms.

"We must go back to our coffins," Dracula said.

Before Shadow could saw anything, the evil vampire grabbed Tails and Silver, and ran down to the basement. Shadow sighed and summoned his coffin here, then went to sleep also. Blaze was left alone in the chamber. She sighed as she looked at Shadow's coffin, then she laid down on the floor next to it and drifted off to sleep.

The night came upon them, and Shadow woke up. Blaze looked at him. "What are we going to do, Shadow? Sonic has Silver and Tails now. He wants me also."

Shadow just shook his head and sighed. "I don't know, Blaze..." Shadow's eyes darkened as he remembered some of Sonic's last words to him before he went dark. He met Blaze's eyes. "Sonic...just before this happened...he told me that if Mephiles took complete control of him or he turned evil...he told me to kill him."

Blaze's eyes widened. "Are you going to do that?"

Shadow shook his head. "No. Sonic is my friend. I won't kill him."

Blaze sighed, then looked at Shadow. "I...I was wondering if you could bite me and turn me into a vampire."

The vampire stared at her. "Why would you want me to do that?"

"I...want to be able to fight Sonic with you. If I try to fight him now, it will only end in my death...one way or another." She paused and looked at Shadow. "And I would rather have you bite me...than Sonic."

Shadow's eyes widened and he nodded, then lowered his fangs to Blaze's neck and bit. She gasped, then relaxed. Shadow released a large amount of venom into her system to speed up the transformation, then he stepped back. A few minutes later, Blaze had become a vampire. She got to her feet and opened her now blood-red eyes.

"I feel great," she said. "Thanks."

Shadow nodded. Then he frowned. "I'm surprised you haven't gone into a blood frenzy. Most vampires do right after they've turned."

Blaze nodded but then held her head in pain. Shadow knew what was happening.

The Blood Frenzy...! Darn it! Not now! Shadow quickly went over to Blaze.

Blaze bared her fangs and hissed then turned into a bat and flew down to the village Shadow sighed and followed her. Little did he know that Dracula and Silver were following them. As Shadow landed and transformed back into his normal form, screams were piercing the night air. Shadow sighed, knowing that a vampire was much more ferocious in a blood frenzy. Shadow's eyes widened as he saw Blaze kill many citizens in the town. A menacing laugh came and he turned around to see Dracula, Silver and Tails.

Tails' and Silver's faces were blank, a clear sign that they were both hypnotized. Shadow growled. "Come to feed?"

They nodded and struck. Dracula looked at Shadow and grinned. "Join me, Shadow. It is only a matter of time."

"How many times do I have to say no until I get it through your thick head?"

Dracula grinned. "You will eventually."

"Never."

The evil vampire sighed and then saw Blaze. She was in a blood frenzy and wasn't stopping. Dracula grinned; this would be a perfect time to make her his bride. He landed on the ground then he approached her, she heard him and spun around, hissing at him. Dracula smiled and bit her once more. She groaned in pain. Shadow saw this, and he snarled deep in his throat as he ran a Dracula, slamming into him and knocking him away from Blaze.

Dracula stumbled and snarled at Shadow. He looked at Blaze and saw that she fell unconscious. He smirked at Shadow as the cackle of an insane being ripped from his throat, it was a sound that caused even caused Shadow's fur to stand up. To Shadow, this was the last straw. Sonic, his friend, was gone for good and now an evil vampire had taken his place. He had bitten Silver, Tails, and now Blaze. A rage grew in Shadow's heart and he yelled with hatred.

"Awhile ago...my best friend asked me something that I swore never to do...but now...my friend is gone, and you're the one that took him...I will grant him his final request! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Shadow roared, his fur flaring red as he gathered energy.

Dracula glared at him and laughed. "You think so? I am far more powerful than you, Shadow! This will be fun."