Two hours later…
"I like the ending it was really sweet," Amy said. "I just wished that Sonic and I could be like that," Amy muttered under her breath, dreamily. Apparently, Rouge heard her and nudged her in the rib.
"Ow!" Amy jumped and glare at Rouge. Rouge exchange her a look to remind her about the 'hard to get' game, Amy nodded back.
"That Max kid is super cool!" Charmy exclaimed.
"Well, I found him kinda weird," Knuckles responded. Vector and Espio nodded in agreement.
"Watcha thinking about Tails?" Cream looked at the thinking fox. Tails looked up and saw that everyone was waiting for his answer.
"I was thinking about what Harper said about the robots. You know, she could be right. Maybe I should stop building the robot servant. It's safer to go old-fashion," Tails explained.
"What should we do now?" Sonic asked….again.
"How about we all go to sleep," Vector yawned. Everyone nodded and started to find a nice sleeping area in the living room floor. Sonic was setting up his area with his pillows and blankets. He looked over towards where Amy was. She was getting out her favorite pillow out of her backpack. Why is she all the way over there? Usually on sleepovers, she always tries to sleep next to me. What is going on?! Amy placed her pillow neatly on the blanket and laid down covering herself with another blanket. She turned around to see what Cream what doing when her eyes fell upon Sonic. He was staring back at her, his eyes full of wonder. He is probably wondering why I am acting like this. Rouge, you are so clever. This is working! Amy smirked inwardly. She looked at Cream and saw that the rabbit had her place set. Cheese was already asleep on top of the pillow, while Cream was taking out her favorite blanket.
"Are all of you ready to go to sleep?!" Tails asked. He was standing by the light switch ready to turn it off.
"Shh!!!" Everyone said simultaneously. Tails rolled his eyes and just turn off the lights plunging the living room into sudden darkness. One minute pass when someone turned on a flashlight and shone it on everyone.
"Who wants to tell scary stories in the dark?" Knuckles asked trying to do a maniacal grin.
"Shut up Knuckles!" Someone threw a pillow directly at Knuckles face as everyone else shouted out his or her own complain. Knuckles, now in a sullen mood, turned off the flashlight and tried to go to sleep.
12:05 PM…
With all the doors and windows securely shut, the icy wind still found a way to make the house chilly inside. Someone shot up straight from where they were sleeping and stood up. Giving a quick glance at everyone who was sound asleep, he silently tip toed towards the bathroom. If I try to fly, my wings would make a lot of sound and everyone will wake up and be anger at me. Finally, he got to the bathroom. Sighing in relief, Charmy tried to open the door, but it was as if it was locked in the other side. You gotta be kidding me! Why am I getting tortured like this?! Charmy turned around and started to go up the stairs towards the other bathroom.
Creak Creak Creak. Tails' eyes fluttered open, but once he carefully listens to the familiar sound, his eyes widen in terror. Sitting up from his spot, he let his eyes adapt to the dark and then he started to examine if everyone was alright. That's when he noticed that Charmy was missing. Quietly, Tails got up and started to make his way to the staircase when a stream of light seem to be coming from the downstairs bathroom. He's in the bathroom, Tails mentally told himself. Creak Creak Creak the noise came from somewhere upstairs causing Tails' hair to stand up on its end. Cautiously, he made his way upstairs. At the far end of the hall, the bathroom seemed to be occupied by someone due to the light coming out from underneath the door. At that moment, Tails felt as if Mobius stood still. Unexpectedly, the light in the bathroom went out. "What the hell!" Someone exclaimed angrily from within the bathroom. Tails rushed towards the bathroom door and waited for the person to come out. A silhouette with bee like wings and just a tad shorter than him came out. Muttering something, it raised its head and jumped at the sight of Tails standing there in front of him.
"Tails! Don't scare people like that!" Charmy touchily stated. Tails didn't respond. He was trying to decipher at what he had just saw a minute ago downstairs.
"If you're here then who's….., " Tails didn't finish. He started to run back downstairs to the bathroom that was supposedly "occupied".
"Hey! Where are you going?!" Charmy called out to Tails. Tails flew down the stairs, into the living room and grabbed Knuckles' flashlight. Then he rushed towards the bathroom, tore open the door and walked in. He looked around, inspecting if anyone was hiding somewhere in the bathroom. There was nobody inside. Tails' was completely confounded that he subconsciously loosens his grip on the flashlight. Accidentally, it fell in the toilet and died.
"This can't be happening," Tails whispered to himself. Thud! Something from upstairs hit the wooden floor. Fully alarmed, Tails didn't hesitate for a mere second. He took off to the stairs trying to get to Charmy and help him out on whatever situation he was facing. There, lying on its back, in the middle of the hall was a figure sprawl out.
"Charmy!" Tails rushed off to his side and tried to help him up. Charmy groaned in pain, Tails felt his hands and arms get covered in something liquidly that had a strong smell.
"What's going on?!" Through the darkness standing next to him, Tails could tell it was Sonic because of his voice. More footsteps were heard coming up the stairs.
"The lights went out in the house!" Knuckles shouted out from somewhere in the living room.
"It's Charmy! He's hurt!" Tails cried out hysterically.
"I can't see anything."
"Let's use Knuckles' flashlight."
"We can't. I accidentally drop it in the toilet."
"Then let's get him outside. We can use the moonlight."
Sonic picked up Charmy and sprinted outside with everyone else in tow.
"OW!" Charmy yelped. Sonic carefully put Charmy down on the front lawn. Everyone formed a circle around him to inspect what was wrong with the hyperactive bee. Taking in the deep cut on his throat, everyone gasped. It could have been because of the light, but it seemed as if the blood was coming out jet-black like the color of the night sky as it overlooked at the frantic anthropomorphic animals.
Meanwhile…
Amy was following everyone else as they ran outside with Charmy.
"Come on Cream!" Amy called out to Cream, but she was nowhere in sight. Amy was standing at the edge of the front door when at that instant Cheese came flying out towards her.
"Chao! Chao! CHAO!" he cried out frenetically.
"Where is she?!"
"Chao!" Cheese gestured with his hand to follow him. Heading to Tails' garage workshop, Amy heard something being dragged on the ground. Hurriedly, Amy turned the corner to look down the short hallway to Tails' workshop. Knocked out unconscious and being dragged was Cream. She was being taken to the inside of Tails' workshop.
"CHAO!" Cheese flew with all his might to get to Cream and help her out. Amy tried to keep up with Cheese and get there before Cream and the murderer get inside the workshop. With a tight space, Cheese made it in before the metal door closed. Amy crashed into the door because of the speed that she going in and started yanking at the handle hoping that it will open. Either way it still wouldn't budge.
"Cream! Cream!" Amy was now sobbing, desperately pounding on the metal door. Amy's wish came true when the open abruptly opened.
"What?!" Amy told to herself. Inside Tails' workshop, it was extremely dark. Not even the moonlight could reach in the workshop and help shed some light in. Taking out her Piko-Piko hammer, Amy began to descend the stairs. Once that she made it to the bottom of the workshop, the metal door suddenly swung shut engulfing Amy into the pitch black.
Amy stood firmly in her place with the Piko-Piko hammer ready to take a swing at the whoever dares to attack her.
"Cream!"
"Silly girl. You mustn't have come down here. Don't you know that it's bad to be alone especially when there's danger nearby," a voice hissed in mocking tone. Amy tightens her grip on her hammer and frowned off into the dark.
"Where is she?"
"Don't worry. You'll soon join her," it said. This sent shivers up Amy's back after she heard this. Without any warning, something pushed her towards the wall. Amy fell on her back against the wall, but quickly stood up and took a fighting stance.
"Not giving up eh? Things are about to get interesting."
Amy waited for a sound or an attack to fight back. Something was walking behind her, so she fully swings her hammer around in a 360 degree hoping to hit the assailant. As soon as Amy finishes her hammer attack, the assailant sweeps the floor with a kick knocking Amy off her feet.
"AHH!" Amy yelps as she falls on the ground on her back. The assailant stands in front of Amy and reaches down to grab her by the neck. Amy struggles to loosen the grip of his hands, but it was just a futile effort. He was excessively strong. He smashes her against the wall using one hand still holding her from her neck. An icy cold, sharp object touches the edge of her neck.
"SHEESHNOO WEESOOKNEE FARIESKA."
"What are you doing?!" Amy cried out.
"You wanted to look for your friend. I'm going to show you exactly where she is," he responded. Amy could feel the keen object tearing deeper within the skin of her neck. A pungent stench filled the air as Amy began to gag trying to breathe for air.
"CREAM!" Rouge's ears perked up at the sound of something distant coming off from an unspecified direction.
"Did you guys hear that?"
"Nope."
Nu uh."
"We have to act now!"
"Sonic, pick him up and take him to the hospital," Espio commanded. Sonic was lifting Charmy up into his arms when Charmy began to wince and cry out in pain.
"DON'T! IT HURTS REALLY BAD!" Charmy shrieked. Sonic immediately putted him down once again on the grass.
"Are the Jerkins and the other neighbors still in their house? Maybe we could get some help from them."
"No, when we called the Jerkin residence. No one picked up the phone."
"I just remembered! The Jerkins invited the Patels to one of their relative's sweet sixteen party," Tails announced.
"Great of all the places in Station Square, you had to choose the street where only three houses exist and it is near the Evergreen Forest," Knuckles exclaimed in annoyance.
"Hey! It's was a great place where I could live and have my workshop. Sonic also likes the house and location," Tails retorted.
"Guys! Seriously, we don't have time for this! Charmy needs medical attention and all you care about is the house's location!" Rouge shouted.
"She's right. Tails do you think you can get the Tornado-1 out of the workshop. The hospital is at the very center of the city and we live at the edge of it so it's pretty far," Sonic pointed out.
"Since Charmy is in critical condition. Let's try to aboard him on the Tornado-1. Come on we're wasting time!" Vector exclaimed, he was greatly worried about Charmy.
"Amy! Can you do something that will stop the bleeding? Ya' know till we can get Charmy to the hospital," Sonic said.
"……."
"Amy?!" He turned around only to see that everyone was also looking for her in the circle.
"Where is she?" Knuckles asked.
"I don't know. Cream and Cheese aren't here either."
"Oh no! They're probably back in the house!"
"What happen if the killer is still there!"
"We have to go back and get them out of the house before it's too late." With that, Sonic dashed off towards the house along with everyone else lagging behind.