The blue hedgehog gazed back from the open door far away, to the two figures walking on the trail. He shifted from his current laid back position, to his hands and knees. He began a slow and steady crawl towards the edge of the branch for a closer look. His clandestine attempts faltered for a moment, as another gust of wind blew on the tree and made it creak and moan. Sonic flinched, for a moment or two, before continuing. There was only about four or five feet of branch ahead of him, but the wood on said branch thinned out to almost a mere twig not too far away from his current stationing. Blue eyelids came over emerald green eyes as they squinted to get a better look at the two who sauntered down the dirt road. A chilling gust of wind whipped at the old tree's trunk again, it moaned, creaked and cracked. The branch holding the hedgehog bent a bit, warning of a possible break. The wind didn't stop for a while, to Sonic's dismay; it kept on brushing the tree's leaves, pushing at its weak trunk that was too old for the wind's young and harsh nature.
'You're gonna blow my cover…' Sonic thought to himself and somewhat said to the tree at once. He was too busy listening to his own thoughts that he didn't realize that the branch under him was cracking. It cracked, creaked, splintered, and finally, it split. Caught by surprise, Sonic's yelp of surprise didn't make it out of his mouth; he fell silently- yet still flailing his arms in attempt to grab something to stop his fall- to the ground. Sonic fell to the ground with a thud and a 'hoof!' that was forced out of his lungs after crashing front first to the ground. Lucky enough, though, the ground he fell on was grass. But if you're falling from a perch of about, oh ten feet or so, grass would be as much of a shock absorber as feathers on a bed of concrete. He shook his head after the fall to rid of the shock, gathering his wits about him. But what he saw first when he sat himself up was exactly what he didn't want to see. The face of that, that creature that would haunt his dreams every now and then, and keep him up when Tails would come to him telling him he couldn't sleep because of nightmares. Frantically, Sonic whirled himself around the old tree that he dropped from. Said drop was most likely the loudest ruckus of the whole night. His breathing got quiet-short, quiet breaths one would only use if trying to stay hidden.
'Are you serious? Thought I was rid of that guy.' Sonic gritted his teeth at the thought. So now his most recent enemy was in a real form. At least he could see him this time and didn't have to worry about some spiritual mumbo- jumbo. Taking a deep breath before doing so, Sonic peered from behind the tree to spy on the half-identified group. But they were gone. The hedgehog froze for a minute, lost in thought. Not anyone could just disappear like that. Maybe shadow, but even he would have caused a flash of light that would catch his attention. A brighter figure caught his attention in the corner of his eye, with a slight turn of his head; he noticed that Tails was standing at the open door. If Tails was up, then surely he had to have had an experience with the little red light that was eerie all the same. The distant figure of Tails stretched its arms, and then closed the door.
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The doctor in red swiveled back and forth in his chair- overwhelmed by boredom and a need to do…something if not anything. He had kept himself up all night, awaiting Tails Doll's return with his bounty. It was quite intriguing though, how the doctor never felt any sort of excitement that his plans were almost through. He felt no need to rejoice or take out a glass of champagne or even enjoy a hearty laugh of victory. He just sat there, in his chair, swiveling side to side, watching the digital clock tick away in bright green letters. Finally, finally he felt a presence in the room- a dark presence that he had yet to get used to.
"Oh, finally," Eggman scoffed and turned his chair to face the door, "Have you brought what I wanted?" Eggman locked eyes with the little fox zombie. Tails Doll stepped aside, revealing the young pink girl. She stood motionless, eyes consumed and dark, like the one of the stuffed zombie boy. Eggman grinned; he was pleased knowing that he had created something that could actually carry out its sole purpose. But, where were the rest. The little two- tailed fox child and that blasted blue rat?
"I like this game." Tails Doll stated in a rather emotionless manner. And for the first time, it grinned. But its grin was awkward and terrifying. Its head tilted far to the left, so much that it looked as if it's head would fall off. The grin revealed plentiful, sharp teeth. Such a countenance even sent chills down Eggman's spine. But he shrugged it off, however.
"I think you're finally getting the hang of it." Said the doctor as he sat from his round, white chair. He wallowed in his self-accomplishment for a moment, but came back to his senses when he remembered something.
"Where are the rest?" The doctor questioned, pushing his spectacles up on his nose. Tails Doll stopped his off-putting grin and went back to his emotionless expression.
"You were supposed to bring everyone back. Every living being in that house is supposed to be here, mine!" Eggman raged before regaining his temper.
"Before you utter another word, you are to go back to that house, and bring back everyone! No exceptions." The scientist ordered, looking down upon his creation with an upturned nose. Tails Doll kept his emotionless expression.
"Okay." He uttered. "But, mister, I have a question."
"Hm? And what would that be?" Eggman humored the little creature.
"Can you feel the sunshine?" Tails Doll grinned up to Eggman with those dark, hypnotizing eyes.
BalletGirl537: Alright, I know that was a short chapter. These chapters are getting a little laggy but I promise that in the last few chapters are the most exciting and will definitely be worth the wait! Thanks for reading and please review or favorite or anything really! :D