A/N: At first, I was going to leave this story as a one-shot but then I realized how much I hated stories that ended on cliffhangers, so I decided to make a few more chapters. I am hoping that by doing this it will make the story a bit more interesting. Any reviews will be appreciated.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or any of the characters. They belong to their respective owners.
G.U.N Headquarters...
A file was slammed onto the desk of an abony hedgehog, who raised his red eyes lazily to look up at the white bat in front of his desk.
"And how may I help you, Rouge?" He asked, his voice flat and nonchalant as it usually was.
Instead of answering, she merely flipped the file open and pointed to the picture of a blue hedgehog.
Shadow's eyes widened slightly as he realized that the file was a criminal record. He continued to read through the report. It stated that the blue hedgehog had killed three citizens, two of them being his friends and one his nemesis.
"How much did Sonic pay you to make this and then show it to me?" He asked, frowning. Surely, if the blue idiot had really committed those crimes he would have heard about it by now.
"This is no joke, Shadow. Each time there was a mission to be completed and one of the soldiers mentioned asking Sonic for help, the Commander would either avoid the subject or become angry. I found this odd, so I did some investigating." Rouge frowned slightly. "I am hoping that this is just a mistake, like the last time they locked him up, but..." When she flipped the page again, Shadow felt his stomach lurch.
The images were far too grotesque and the fact that their horror-stricken faces were quite visible made Shadow close the file. He felt emotions stirring up inside him as he remembered the victims when they were still alive. Tails, always smiling and running after Sonic... Knuckles, always bickering with Rouge... Eggman being an idiot... All of them reduced to nothing but mutilated corpses. And G.U.N suspected Sonic? He would have honestly thought that they would have blamed him, seeing as he was unstable.
He looked up at his partner. "I assume that they're keeping him on Prison Island?"
She nodded and frowned. "In one of the basement cells, as they are aware of his strength. Shadow, you don't really think...that Sonic could have done that, right?"
"I cannot give you an answer at this moment, Rouge." He replied. "Only after speaking to him may I have some idea of what happened and why it did..." He got up from his desk and walked out of the office, his fists clenched tightly and proceeded to make his way to Prison Island.
Meanwhile...
A blood-stained hedgehog stood on top of a green hill and stared down at the small town below him. He smiled, razor sharp teeth revealing themselves in a menacing manner. He watched as the inhabitants continued with their daily routines and that's when his eyes fell upon a pink hedgehog. Ah, Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend. He growled at the thought of her being Sonic's actual girlfriend. Did she really think that Sonic belonged to her? He looked at her thoughtfully. Well, she certainly is cute... He thought to himself. She will make a fine collection to the others I have captured... He could feel their souls screaming in agony within the darkened abyss he called home and he smiled. Oh, yes... Her screams would sound wonderful.
When Amy saw the evil hedgehog, thinking it was her love who had somehow turned evil, she tried to reason with him. It was useless, and she soon found herself meeting the same fate of her friends. Exe had made sure to kill her in a less gruesome way as he really liked the way that she looked and he did not want to damage her prettiness.
At that moment, however, Cream came bouncing along and when she saw Amy's corpse with an evil-looking Sonic above it, she yelled. "Mr. Sonic, what have you done?!"
This startled Exe, who lunged at her and lunged his hand right through her small torso. He looked down at the small corpse impaled on his claws and he removed it swiftly, watching the little rabbit girl crumple to the floor. He cocked his head to the side and closed her eyes with his bloody hand.
"I did not mean to kill you, little bunny. You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. But do not worry, I shall not leave your soul to wander alone. You can be reunited with Amy in my world." Exe laughed and opened a portal nest to him. "It is time to go and play with my new toys."
Prison Island...
After the dead soldier had been discovered in Sonic's cell, he had been put into a straight jacket equipped with an electric collar which would electrocute him if he moved too much. He sat slumped against the wall, black circles under his eyes from being unable to sleep the previous night. His quills were messy and he was barely able to stand up. He was so hungry...
Suddenly, he saw a tray of food being slid through a small space in his cell door. Sonic crawled to it, trying his best not to activate the collar. He eventually reached the tray and frowned as he realised he could not use his arms to eat. Not that it mattered, they were of no use anyway. The blue hedgehog had no other choice but to eat the food directly out of the tray, like a dog. He silently wondered if they were able to see him, if they were laughing at him...
His ears twitched when he heard the cell door being opened. Were they going to beat him up again? They had beat him up the last time for merely asking to speak to the Commander. He moved away swiftly, like a frightened child, and screamed as he was electrocuted by the collar. He felt hands on his sides and screamed. "No, I didn't do anything, I swear!"
He was shocked when he heard a familiar voice say, "Faker, stop making so much noise."
He looked up to see his ebony counterpart staring down at him, his eyes narrowed in its usual glare.
"Shadow? What are you doing here?" He asked.
"I'd like to know what's going on." The ebony hedgehog helped Sonic up and placed him on the bed. "Tell me, Faker, do you know why they imprisoned you?"
"They think that I killed Tails, Knuckles and Eggman... But I didn't! I was on vacation when they were murdered and also..." Sonic looked around, fearfully. "I know who it really was, but nobody believes me... They think I've lost my mind and that I'm making things up..."
"Well then, who was it?" Shadow asked.
"It's this thing called Exe... I'm not sure where it's from, to be honest, but it said it's not from this world. It took my form, it thinks I'm perfect, so I guess we can call it a 'he'. Now, he seems to have some...creepy obsession with me and wants to kill anyone who is close to me, to 'protect' me. But, I also think there is some other reason why he could be killing everyone close to me..." Sonic frowned and looked at Shadow, whose expression was impassive.
"I believe you, Sonic." He said. "For the simple reason that I know you would not harm your friends, even if your heart became dark with hatred. As for this Exe, I feel there could be more than mere obsession fueling his motives..."
"Aren't you the smart one, Shadow the hedgehog?" A voice suddenly came from somewhere in the room. Sonic looked up at the roof and his eyes widened as he saw Exe hanging upside down.
"You are one sick person, if I can even call you a person." Shadow glared at him. "Claiming you wish to protect Sonic and then leaving him here to be abused?"
"As if you know anything..." Exe glared at the ebony hedgehog. "The physical pain he has gone through is nothing in comparison to the emotional pain you and his other friends would have put him through in the future! He will be better off without any of you! He will be much happier in my world, with me and my toys..."
Sonic jumped in front of Shadow and glared at Exe. "Hey, I'm the one you want, just leave everyone else alone!"
"Everyone else or just Shadow?" Exe smirked as Sonic's eyes widened. He suddenly appeared behind Shadow and forced his claws right through the ebony hedgehog's abdomen. Shadow coughed up blood and Sonic screamed. Exe pulled his claws out of Shadow's body and picked up Sonic as he opened a portal.
The last thing Shadow heard was Sonic's voice calling his name before his world faded to black.