Blood erupted from the minotaur's shoulder as the wolf's teeth sank into it's furry flesh. Knocking the wolf aside, the minotaur roared at it. The wolf grunted as it hit the asphalt and snarled, blood dripping from fur on it's chest. Sonic and Shadow stared wide eyed in shock, before snapping out of it. Shadow then noticed the black smoke behind the battling duo.
"That can't be good…" Sonic followed his black companion's gaze before frowning at the sight. "So what? It's just smoke. Besides, where's Kyra?" The wolf leapt nimbly over the minotaur as the bull-human charged at it. The wolf glanced over at the two hedgehogs before turning it's head toward them, still snarling.
Shadow and Sonic got into fighting positions as the bull-human started to charge back at them, it's horns lowered, ready to strike it's targets. "I don't think that's the least of our worries at the moment." Shadow said as he pulled out his emerald, ready to do chaos control if necessary.
Sonic had a cocky grin across his muzzle. 'Nothin' like a good challenge…' he thought.
In a blur the blue hedgehog was racing quickly around the minotaur in continuous circles. One of Tails's ramblings had a purpose for this and it rang out clearly in his mind;
'"If you ever hit a certain speed whilst running around a person or creature, all the oxygen in the area you're running around would pretty much vanish. Thereby suffocating that being in the middle. So Sonic if you blah-blah-blah…"'
The beast lifted up it's head and just stared at the blue ring around it, it's brown eyes watching patiently. The wolf was also staring at the blue ringlet around the minotaur, and cocked it's head curiously. Its chops formed into a sort of amused smile.
Do you honestly expect that to stop a minotaur?
Sonic heard a voice, oddly feminine, say in his head and he shook his head to clear it. 'Geez, I must be imagining things…'
Oh really? Come now, stop this idiotic performance. It's amusing me far too much!
The minotaur then struck out at the blue ring circling it, knocking Sonic off his path for a moment. The nimble hedgehog dodged the attack easily and skidded to a stop by a nearby tree. He had a cocky grin on his face and he swatted his hand in front of his nose. "Whew! I'd expect a bunch of pigs covered in their own feces to smell better than that!"
The minotaur charged, infuriated. Sonic nimbly avoided the sharp horns and sent a hard punch to its jaw, snapping its head back.
Huh…I suppose you aren't too weak after all. But, you still ought to get going.
The wolf then lunged back at the minotaur and began moving quickly about it, snipping at it's hide and dodging counter-attacks. The minotaur bellowed in frustration. The wolf continued snarling at it before lunging again, nabbing the minotaur just next to its neck.
"Guys!" Sonic looked over to where Tails was at. He looked scared and was pointing to the smoke. "We've got company!"
Sonic and Shadows eyes widened. Where the smoke had been was a cloaked figure wielding a long sword, a black leather scabbard hanging at the figure's side. A pair of glowing yellow eyes glared out from under the hood, and Sonic could make out a maleficent grin.
"New plan- to Shadow's house!" Sonic then took off down the stretch of road, Tails and the said hedgehog following.
A streak of the red flames grazed just where they had been a few moments before. "Shit! Not these things again!" Shadow growled, the book tucked tightly under his arm.
"We're almost there!" Tails confirmed, dodging a red flame.
"Be careful up there, buddy!" Sonic shouted, dodging one himself.
Glancing back, he saw a dark shadow of smoke following them, and fast. He cursed under his breath then had an idea.
"Guys! Separate! That thing won't be able to follow all of us- we'll meet up at Shadow's in five minutes. 'K?" Shadow and Tails nodded and went off in different directions, Shadow to the right, Tails to the left.
Sonic looked behind him. The cloaked figure was in pursuit and was still firing the strange orbs. Sonic ducked under three before leaping into a narrow alleyway, papers flitting about as he raced through.
Another ball smashed into the side of a building, a nearby dumpster ignited in a torrent of flame and sparks shot across the alley. As Sonic neared the end of the alley, a dark neon-green blur appeared in front of him, then took on the shape like that of the other hooded creature. This one's hood was neon green and a battle-axe was in its hand.
Sonic gritted his teeth and ran around the creature, which hissed before casting its axe at him. The axe had a bright purple aura around it and the handle looked to be made of mahogany.
He dodged it easily, but for some reason felt a sharp twinge of pain where the aura grazed him.
Immediately he began to feel dizzy and swayed as he continued running.
As he turned a few more corners, dodging balls of red flame, he finally saw Shadow's house. Lunging toward the door, he pulled it open and hurriedly got in.
Another red torrent of flames raced at the open door, but instead of going through, they bounced back…
"What the…?" Sonic said in surprise. The creature outside hissed in frustration before disappearing in a puff of dark smoke.
Sonic stared at the spot in utter shock. This whole thing was getting weirder and weirder by the second…
He then saw Tails and Shadow, then another torrent of flames. Shadow in turn used chaos spear as the other smoking-hooded-thingy-o-doom came around a bundle of trees.
One struck it and it slammed hard against a tree, a loud crack came from it and it fell to the ground. It growled angrily once Shadow and Tails got to the house.
You'll pay for this…
The voice, this time rough and masculine sounded in Sonic's head before the creature vanished.
Tails was panting and a small line of blood flowed down from a cut next to his right ear. "Holy…" He said, staring at the spot where the creature had been only seconds before. Shadow was also staring, completely stunned by what had just happened.
A flicker of movement caught Shadow's eye and he looked toward the tree line. The wolf came padding out from behind the trees, its tail wagging.
Tails's ears revolved back at the sight of the wolf, which stared at him, tongue lolling out goofily as it panted.
"Oh, it's just you…" Sonic said as he relaxed. The wolf looked toward him and cocked its head, still panting.
The feminine voice once again sounded in his head.
Well…how are you?
Sonic stared at the wolf, which was now approaching the house. The wolf rolled its eyes and continued toward the house.
Uhg…I need me a glass of scotch or something'…
Then all three of their eyes widened as the wolf went up the stairs, walked into the kitchen…and changed into Kyra.