Okay, Shadow's back in the picture! YAYZ :D We all love our favorite Ultimate Life Form. But why is he in Mobotropilis? What was he muttering about? All these questions and others will be brought up tonight at "Questions We Won't Answer"! Just kidding. Hopefully Sonic will answer all these ;) R&R plz

Chapter 10

I Discover That the Immortal Can't Die

I gulped. What's Shadow doing here? I don't stand a chance against him!

Shadow slowly approached me. "I have not seen you in ten years. Somehow I thought you might've grown."

I gulped again, stepping back the closer he came to me.

"I can see through the pitiful disguise, faker. And I know you heard me. I hate you, I hate Werewolves, I hate everything they've done to the planet, and I was the first to realize that you were one of them. I should've told people. They could've caught your condition early and maybe they could've helped you. But no, I kept my promise to you. The worst mistake I ever made!" Shadow yelled, shooting at me in a spinball. I ducked and dodged, but he was faster than I was. He started cutting into my chest, and I felt blood oozing down my fur. I snarled, grabbing him and holding him by the neck above my face. The beast within me was taking over. This piece of prey was going to regret the day he ever laid eyes on the mighty Werehog.

I slammed him down on the ground. I heard more wails from Sonia, but I didn't care. I brought my fangs down to him, about to bite his arms in torture, when his fist met my face and I stumbled back. Before I could react he was kicking me all over. My nose bled from his punch. I swung my arms around and grabbed him again, slamming him into the ground continuously. Sonia continued to howl.

"YOU'RE HURTING HIM! LET MY SHADOW GO OR I'LL…" I heard a thud, like someone had knocked her out. Good. I could do without that pathetic whining in my ear.

I snarled at my prey again, wasting no time in swiping my claws across his face. I bit his ear, leaving the same kind of gash I had left in Manic's. But I was surprised when the wound began to heal itself before my eyes and Shadow grabbed my wrist, smirking.

"You forget, faker, that I am the Ultimate Life Form." he grinned, tossing me off him. I had also forgotten that he was supernaturally strong. Landing with a thud, I quickly whipped around to him, snarling like crazy. I ran at him but he sidestepped me, so I ran headfirst into the wall. Dazed, I stumbled around. The world was spinning. I felt a blow to my right side, so I snapped at it. I grinned when my teeth sunk into flesh and I heard a grunt of pain. But I wanted to get more out of him than a grunt. By the time I was done with him, he'd be screaming for mercy.

My vision had returned, so I instantly went for his neck, making him groan. I grinned with satisfaction and started shaking him back and forth, like a puppy playing with its favorite toy. I felt his blood flow down my throat, but I wanted more. I wanted to rip him apart, firstly because he had insulted my species, and secondly because I was hungry. Really hungry. The more I smelled his blood, the more I felt his flesh between my teeth, the more I wanted. I had to have this. I had to taste my prey. The immortal Shadow the Hedgehog would die at my claws.

Immortal…

Means he can't die…

I suddenly realized that having him for my prey would be impossible. I growled in frustration, shaking him harder, and more blood poured down my throat. Why did my prey have to be Shadow? Now I'd never get into the pack! My fury was rising. I snapped down hard on Shadow's neck, enjoying his groans of pain. If I couldn't kill him, I'd torture him until the sun rose. Snarling, I bit down harder, waiting to hear the snap of bone, but maybe his bones were built out of something harder than us "normal life forms" and no matter how hard I bit I didn't manage to crunch a thing. I was really enraged now. With him still in my jaws, I started slamming Shadow down on the ground again. He was punching my face the whole time, but I wasn't about to let go and his blows were getting weaker.

I was ready for the big finale. I dropped him out of my jaws, placed a clawed hand on his neck, and howled in victory. I heard other Werewolves answer my cry. I had succeeded. The Ultimate Life Form had fallen at the claws of Sonic the Werehog.

Being done with him, I threw him against the wall. He laid there for a minute then lifted his head, staring at me. "You… bit me. Tomorrow night… I will become…" he whispered, shaking.

The realization hit me. I grinned and walked over to him. Stopping in front of him, I lowered my head and growled in his ear, "Tomorrow night you will become one of us." I knew he couldn't understand me, but he soon would. I turned around, ready to go back to the pack leader and tell him I had succeeded, but Shadow's voice stopped me.

"Do you know why I was sentenced to here, faker?" he said. I turned around, shaking my head.

"Because I fought to release you. I knew there was a cure somewhere, but the matter of Mobotropolis is supposed to be kept top-secret. I wanted to cure you and everyone here, but the government found out my work, so I was sent here to experience Mobotropolis first-hand." he paused, then sighed. "Sonia doesn't deserve this…"

I didn't care. I turned around and found myself face-to-face with an enraged Sonia Werehog. "You stupid pup!" she snarled, knocking me to the side with tremendous force, so I ended up slamming into a nearby wall. Shaking my head to try to clear it, I saw my sister rush over to Shadow and slowly begin to lick his face. "Please get up… please…" she whimpered. Shadow lifted a hand and stroked her face.

I rolled my eyes, tired of all that mushy stuff. I ran back to the castle, ready to tell Future Sonic that I was ready to join the pack.

"You failed." I screeched to a halt. My future self had appeared out of an alley, and he didn't look happy.

"What do you mean, I failed?" I barked back at him."It was the best I could do, the guy's immortal…"

"It doesn't matter." my future self snarled."The pack will have no food from this failure. And failure results in death."