Shadow was down in the basement hitting himself for what he had done. The basement was lit only with a single lightbulb that flickered when it was on. You couldn't see the hedgehog very well or the bruises he was inflicting upon himself but you could hear him. Shadow beat himself up until he was legit crying. How could he have admitted that to him? He had surely messed things up now for the both of them. He had left bleeding scratches on himself out of frustration. He looked at his bloodied hand and clenched it. There was a knock at the basement door.

"Shadow? Are you in there? I heard some thumping noises and crying. Are you okay?" Amy's voice came from the other side of the door. Shadow wiped his face and looked in the direction of her voice.

"I'm fine, just go back to bed." He replied.

"Shadow, I know you and that is a lie. Let me in." She said and jiggled the doorknob. "Unlock the door."

Shadow hesitated to unlock the door. He knew what she would try to do: Get him to open up to her about what was going on. And there was NO way he was doing that. This was between him and Sonic only. That is, if Sonic would ever talk to him again. He looked at the door and turned around.

"Just go."

"Shadow." Amy had always thought that she needed to be everyone's mother for some reason, and sometimes it annoyed the Hell out of Shadow.

"Go to bed Amy." He told her again. "I want to be alone."

"Let him sulk Amy and come to bed please." Blaze's voice said.

"Do what she says Amy." Shadow told her. I'm fine."

"But-"

"Com'on Amy it's late." Blaze pulled her away from the basement door. "We'll talk about it tonight."

Amy looked at the door. "Fine." She followed Blaze away from the door. Shadow sat there for a few hours with his thoughts before going to bed, but he still couldn't sleep.

Sonic lay in his coffin also thinking about what Shadow had said to him. Shadow had a crush on him. He didn't know what to make of it. What should he say? The blue hedgehog breathed out. Maybe he'll have an explanation the next time I see him. He thought. But, am I gay? I've never really thought about it before. Romance and attraction are things I haven't really paid much attention to. Sonic tried to go to sleep so he wouldn't be tired in the evening. Soon his mind calmed down enough to let him sleep, and he did eventually.

The next evening Sonic's alarm clock went off. He opened the coffin lid and shut it off before floating upward into a standing position.

"Whoa!" He stepped out of the coffin and looked at the clock. "Oh, it's 7:30. Okay." He walked out of his room and down the hall. He walked into the kitchen to find Amy doing a crossword puzzle in the newspaper. "Um…Good mor- evening Amy." He greeted her.

"Good evening Sonic." She replied without looking at him.

Sonic looked up and noticed a bat hanging from a ceiling tile. He figured he knew who it was but he still said good evening to it. The bat turned its head away. The air in the room felt awkward, like he had done something wrong. The blue vampire sat down in a chair and tried to start a conversation.

"So, what sort of adventures are we going to embark on today?" He asked with a half-smile.

"I don't know." Amy answered, still not looking at him. "I really don't feel like going anywhere today."

"Oh."

"I've got someone coming over with a few people later though."

Sonic stood up straight. "Oh, are you having a party?"

"…You can call it that."

"Oh, okay." Sonic looked at her. "Is there something wrong?" He asked. "You sound sad."

She looked up at him. "I'm just tired, that's all." Amy's eyes had dark circles under them and it looked like she had forgotten to take her makeup off.

Sonic was still detecting bad vibes and it felt like someone was looking at him. He turned his head around to see that the bat on the ceiling was staring at him. He twisted around a bit to face the bat. "Shadow, I know that's you." He paused. "About this morning. I don't know-"

"Sonic." Amy interrupted. "I was going to tell you, and I know how you feel about gays-"

"I didn't mean to hurt you in any way if that's what I did." Sonic continued. "I know that, that stuff makes me sorta uncomfortable but I wasn't trying to be mean. It's nothing against you."

Sonic watched as Shadow changed back into hedgehog form and landed on the ground. The black and red hedgehog stood up. "You never told me that." He looked hurt, like he had been shot down.

"You never answered my question though." Sonic said. "I asked if you had a crush on me."

Shadow looked down at the floor to gather his thoughts and looked back up at him. He sighed. "I suppose I ran before I could properly answer that question, my apologies."

Sonic smiled. "You can answer my question now though, but I think I know the answer already."

"Heh, I suppose you do but the answer is yes, I may have a, how you say, crush on you."

Amy applauded him. "Good!"

"I'm thinking that bothers you though. Am I correct?" Shadow asked.

Sonic rubbed his arm. "Well, yeah…"

"Oh…"

"B-but it's okay. I can get used to it. It's just that I haven't been around people like yourselves a lot."

"Are you religious?"

"Kind of, when I was alive I went to church sometimes, but I guess since I'm a vampire now I can't go anywhere near one." He answered.

"Yes. Very bad."

Amy smiled. "Well, I think this is a nice start to the night."

Later the people Amy said were coming over had arrived. There was a blue and tan female German shepherd, a red lynx, a green cat, a border collie and a purple rabbit. All except the German shepherd thought that they were going to a dinner party.

"All inside! Thank you for coming!" Amy announced and helped them into the house. Soon all of the guests were seated and were eating takeout Chinese food.

"Couldn't you have got them something else?" Sonic mumbled to Amy. "It's not very fancy."

"It's just quick, don't complain." She whispered back.

After everyone had finished eating each vampire sat down with a guest. The guests were still under a trance.

"Alright." Amy lowered her head to her victim's neck. "Carefully…" She licked to find the jugular vein, when she found it she sank her fangs into the lynx's neck. The lynx tensed up and broke out of his trance.

"Whu-? Augh!" He tried to break free but the female vampire was too strong. He felt his strength fading as he lost ounce after ounce of blood from his body. He tried to reach out to the others but they too were suffering the same fate as he. Shadow and Blaze were making quick work of their meals, draining their bodies of every last drop of life fluid. Sonic just stared at them. When Amy was finished she carefully put the body down. "What's wrong?" She asked him.

"It's one thing to drink blood out of a blood bag, but I can't just kill a person." He answered.

Amy got up and walked over to him. "Sonic, you can't live off of blood bags alone."

"But I can't."

"Sonic, you're a vampire now. Killing is a part of it."

"Can't I just take what I need and let her live?" He asked.

Amy shook her head. "No. Then she'll tell people what we are."

"But-"

"No buts."

The rabbit suddenly fell out of her trance. "What? Where am I?" She looked around, her vision was blurred.

"Sonic!"

"What?"

"She's trying to get away!" Shadow shouted.

Sonic looked at the victim and realized that She was trying to run. She ran into the narrow hallway where their bedrooms were to try and find the exit. Amy and Shadow quickly got in front of her. The rabbit ran the other way into the kitchen where Blaze pounced and ambushed her, but she got punched in the nose.

"Ouch!"

The rabbit ran downstairs into the basement to maybe find an exit there, when she didn't she ran back up the stairs to find Shadow baring his fangs. She ran past him and into the living room where Sonic sat and ran outside into the night. She looked all around but It was too dark for her to see. She turned around for the last time before Shadow knocked her down onto the grass and twisted her neck. Her neck broke with a CRACK and her life stopped in an instant and her body went limp.

The black and red hedgehog huffed and turned around. He went back into the house with the body.

"This is why we kill BEFORE the hypnosis wears off!" He threw the body at Sonic. "Here, the blood might still be warm, drink while you can."

Amy came back into the living room. "Sonic, you have to kill. That's the way it goes!" She shouted at him.

"I'm sorry!" Sonic shouted. "I don't know if I can do this vampire thing!"

Amy looked angry at him. "Well you have no choice now, now drink before the blood becomes bad!"

Sonic looked at the lifeless body in his hands and sighed. He used his fingers to close the rabbit's eyes before plunging his fangs into her neck. The blood was still warm, but this time, it wasn't sweet, just pennies.

Shadow disposed of the bodies as he always did by getting Blaze to cremate them, then he scattered the ashes in the yard. It was an easy cleanup. Sonic was still sitting on the couch with his thoughts when he came back in the house. Blaze and Amy were in the other living room doing yoga with relaxing music playing in the background. The black and red hedgehog put his hands on his hips.

"Well, was it worth it making us do that?" He asked. "Not just doing what we told you to do in the first place?"

"Shadow, I've never killed before."

"Well, you've gotta get used to it."

"You don't understand-"

Shadow pointed at himself. "I don't understand? I don't care! Do you know how FUCKING embarrassed I am right now?"

"Embarrassed about what?"

Shadow clenched his teeth and shook his head. "That I have a crush on your sorry ass!"

"Shadow, cut me some slack! I'm a newbie still!" Sonic replied.

"And you're a fucking idiot!"

"Why thank you!" The blue hedgehog thanked. "That's a REALLY good way to get me to like you back!"

"DAHH!"

"CAN YOU GUYS STOP YELLING IN THERE?! WE'RE TRYING TO DO RELAXING YOGA!" Amy shouted from the other living room.

Shadow narrowed his eyes. "I fucking love you."

Sonic also narrowed his eyes. "And I love you in a totally heterosexual way. Take THAT."

Draven what is it now?" The head of the vampire council asked. He scribbled something down on a notepad and pushed it to the side.

The purple hedgehog stood up straight. "Yes, I have suspicion of there being a half breed in our midst."

"Besides you?"

"Yes, besides me, and I can't thank you enough for not killing me and letting me be your spy. It's a great honor."

"Yes, yes, just get to the point."

"Well…I have a picture of him." He took the polaroid picture out of his pocket and handed it to the head of council. He took it and studied it.

"I see."