Chapter 8

The One He Trusts Always Knew

Sonic ran all the way back to Robotropolis and to his Uncle's hideout. He knew that since it was still day, there would be steam coming off his body as well as the burning sensation from the sun. Sonic grabbed a brick off the ground and banged it three times on a pipe outside the base. The door to the base opened and Sonic sped through the doorway and down the stairs. The door closed once Sonic was through it and the hedgehog ran down into the main part of the hideout. Sonic stopped behind his Uncle's chair and looked at it with distress.

"Yo, Unc. I need your help," Sonic said.

His Uncle turned the chair around to face Sonic and he smiled. Uncle Chuck got off the chair and hugged Sonic. The hedgehog, however, didn't return the hug. He was too scared and worried to. Uncle Chuck noticed that something was wrong with his nephew and let the hug go and looked at Sonic in concern.

"Sonic? What is it? What's wrong?" Uncle Chuck asked his nephew.

Sonic took in a deep breath, "Something happened on the last mission."

Sonic had said that quite fast, but Uncle Chuck had caught onto every word he said as well as seen his unusually longer canines.

"Sonic, open your mouth," Uncle Chuck told him.

"Why?" Sonic asked with some uneasiness in his voice.

"Just do it, okay, Sonny-boy," Uncle Chuck told Sonic.

Sonic nodded his head in nervousness and opened his mouth wide. Uncle Chuck looked at his canines and saw that they were slightly longer than what they usually were. Uncle Chuck sighed and turned around to face his desk and computer as Sonic closed his mouth in confusion at his Uncle's reaction.

"I thought this would never happen," Uncle Chuck said, absentmindedly.

"Thought what would never happen?" Sonic asked.

Uncle Chuck turned around and faced Sonic. His expression showed both concern and fear in it. Sonic tilted his head in confusion at Uncle Chuck's expression.

"You remember how ten years ago you were bitten by an unknown being?" Uncle Chuck asked Sonic.

Sonic gulped and nodded his head as he rubbed the spot where he had been bitten. He knew where Uncle Chuck was going with this, but he never knew that he had known.

"Well, the being that bit you was a vampire," Uncle Chuck told Sonic. "I heard about them and had read about them when I was younger and once I saw the bite on you I had to research on it. I found out that a bite from a vampire on a blood moon doesn't turn someone into a vampire at that exact moment. The venom goes into the veins and hides in the blood. The only way to make it resurface is if someone created a machine to do it, or if another vampire re-bit you on another blood moon."

Sonic gulped once more, he could feel both his muscles and his hands tighten in nervousness.

"And I believe that it's already resurfaced. Am I correct, Sonic?" Uncle Chuck asked Sonic.

Sonic lowered his head in shame and nodded it. Uncle Chuck put his hands on his nephew's shoulders and looked at him with a serious expression.

"Sonic, you must tell the others," he said.

Sonic looked up at Uncle Chuck and pushed himself back, "I can't, Unc. If I do … they could banish me from Knothole."

"Sonic, you know them better than that. They wouldn't do that, they would try to help you," Uncle Chuck told him.

Sonic looked at Uncle Chuck with fear in his eyes.

"I know your scared of what you could do to them as well as what they could do to you, but remember that they've known you a lot longer than you being a vampire. They know who you are and drinking blood is what vampires need to do to survive, some don't even like doing it," Uncle Chuck explained.

"But, Unc, I … nearly bit Sal before," Sonic said as some tears appeared on the edge of his eyes.

"Sonic that may have been because you haven't been a vampire before and your body needs to get used to the venom flowing freely," Uncle Chuck said, trying to soothe his nephew's fears. "Did Robotnik free the venom?"

Sonic nodded while wiping the tears away from his eyes.

"Yeah. Since I wasn't in control he brought in … a mobian. He let me go and … I attacked it," Sonic told his Uncle.

Uncle Chuck patted Sonic's back in sympathy.

"It'll be alright, Sonic. You'll learn to get better control over it as well as find another source of blood," Uncle Chuck told Sonic.

Sonic nodded his head and looked at Uncle Chuck with a smile.

"Thanks, Unc. I knew I could count on you," Sonic said.

"Anytime, Sonic," he replied as they hugged goodbye. "And remember to tell the others when you get back."

Sonic nodded his head and ran out of the hideout. Uncle Chuck waved to Sonic and walked over to his desk and started writing a note to Sally. He knew his nephew well and knew that he wouldn't tell them about him being a vampire. So, Uncle Chuck would just tell them that Sonic had something to tell them.

I know I'm leaving you guys on a cliff hanger for nearly all my fics but I still have damned writers block. And its the second last week of the holidays whichs sucks. My birthday is tomorrow and since I'm at home I decided to try and update somethings. Hope you enjoy!
VFMH OUT!