Hello everyone! I'm back with the next chapter of Call of the Dead. I love how my introduction went and I hope you loved it as well. Enough talking, let us continue!
Chapter 2: The Dead walk the Earth
Station Square- Night
Station Square was relatively quiet at night. Everyone was in their homes enjoying a peaceful sleep. The townspeople were completely unaware of what will happen on this night. On the streets of Station Square, Sonic and his best friend Tails were patrolling the streets for any signs of danger. So far, nothing was happening and the town was peaceful for now. Deciding to call it for a night, Sonic and Tails went to grab a bite to eat at the local diner. They were greeted by Knuckles and Shadow once they stepped inside the local diner.
"Hey guys." Sonic said.
"Hey Sonic and Tails." Knuckles said happily. Sonic and Tails waved back as they took a seat next to Shadow in the booth.
"So any danger yet guys?" Shadow asked looking over the menu.
"Nothing yet, but knowing Egghead he'll turn up eventually." Sonic said grabbing a menu as well.
"Well let's order." Knuckles said, grabbing a menu for Tails and himself. The diner doors open again and Amy and Cream walked in. The girls spotted the four at their booth and waved at them. Sonic noticed the girls and waved back at them.
"Hey guys." Amy said walking up to the four. Cream followed her too.
"It nice to see you here." Cream said.
"You want to eat with us?" Sonic said.
"Sure." Amy said taking a seat next to Sonic. Cream sat down next to Tails. The waitress came up to them and waited for their orders. The guys decided to order the girls milkshakes and chili dogs with fries and Coca-Colas for themselves. The waitress wrote their orders down and left to bring their food. The group talked and laughed until Shadow spoke up to the group.
"Have you guys heard from a secret agent yet?" Shadow asked to the group.
"No what agent?" Tails curiously asked. The others nodded in curiosity as well.
"Well the president sent a secret agent to arrest Dr. Eggman, but so far he hasn't heard from the agent yet." Shadow finished stating. The gang was surprised by Shadow's statement, but they do not realize what had happened to the agent.
"You think Egghead found him?" Knuckles asked.
"Maybe, maybe not." Sonic said. The gang continued to talk and waited for their orders. So far, the waitress has not return with their food yet. Tails then noticed that the kitchen was empty with the exception of the stove being on.
"Hey guys, where's the waitress?" Tails asked. The gang looked over towards the kitchen and notice that the whole diner was empty as well.
"Forget the waitress, where is everyone?" Knuckles announced. The gang got out of their booth and looked around the diner. It was completely empty and it was quiet, as horror movie quiet.
"Where is everyone?" Cream curiously asked.
"I'm not sure." Amy said. Sonic noticed that there were a few streetlights still on outside. Sonic walked outside and looked around.
"Guys, it feels like its dead out here." Sonic said to the gang. Knuckles, Tails, Shadow, Cream, and Amy followed him outside and looked around as well. They then heard the sound of a hovercraft flying above foggy clouds. Sonic and the gang looked up and saw Dr. Eggman smiling evilly above them. Amy and Cream hid behind as Sonic, Knuckles, Tails and Shadow got into their battle stances.
"Hello Sonic and friends." Eggman said evilly.
"What the hell are you doing here Egghead?" Sonic asked.
"I'm here to finally end you forever." Eggman stated.
"Give it up Eggman. You can't stop us even with an army." Knuckles said. Eggman laughed at Knuckles ironic remark. This surprised the gang, not realizing what will happened to them.
"It's funny you said that Knuckles, because I have the ultimate army!" Eggman announced. Sonic and his friends were surprised at Eggman's words. Amy and Cream noticed something coming out of the fog. That something was slowly coming closer to Sonic and his friends Amy tapped Sonic's shoulder and pointed towards the fog.
"What is that?" Amy asked Sonic. Sonic looked towards the fog and notice something eating a body. The fog was slowly becoming clearer as well as Sonic's vision. Once the fog cleared out, Sonic finally saw the body on the ground and realized that it was the waitress from the diner.
"That's the waitress from the diner." Sonic said.
"But what's that thing?" Shadow asked pointing back at the body. The gang saw what was eating the waitress and realized it was hedgehog. This shocked the gang, especially Sonic. The hedgehog turned around and reveal itself as a zombie. Soon, thousands and thousands of zombie hedgehogs came out from the fog as Eggman continued to laugh evilly. The zombie hedgehogs looked towards their main food source, Sonic the Hedgehog and Team Sonic.
"Sonic the Hedgehog, say hello to my new friends." Eggman said evilly. The team began to back away as the zombie hedgehogs got closer. Cream held onto Tails for dear life with Amy doing the same with Sonic. Knuckles and Shadow could not believe that the dead are walking the Earth.
"Zombie hedgehogs attack!" Eggman said. The zombie hedgehogs immediately ran towards Team Sonic, ready to feast.
"Run!" Sonic shouted. The gang immediately ran with the zombie hedgehogs closing in. Amy and Cream ran ahead of the group in order for Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, and Shadow to try to hold off the zombie hedgehogs. They continued to run as Eggman followed his zombie hedgehogs. The gang continued until they reached the closed Acorn Mall. As they were running towards the doors, Cream tripped over and fell on the ground. Cream had suffer a terrible sprained ankle.
"Help me." Cream asked desperately. Tails stopped dead in his tracks and noticed Cream had fallen. The rest of the team reached the doors and noticed Tails and Cream where left behind.
"You guys head inside, I'll go back for Cream and Tails." Sonic said. Knuckles and Shadow nodded in agreement. Amy, although fearing for Sonic's safety, agreed with him as well.
"Please come back safe." Amy said, giving him a kiss on his cheek.
"I will Amy." Sonic said. He immediately went back for Tails and Cream as Amy headed inside with Knuckles and Shadow. Tails ran back to the injured Cream as the zombie hedgehogs stalked closer to the pair. Cream saw the zombie hedgehogs closing in and cried for help. She noticed Tails running towards her.
"Tails, you came back for me." Cream said.
"I would never leave you. Quick, take my hand." Tails said extending his hand. Cream took his hand as Tails helped her stayed upright. She then noticed the zombie hedgehogs were two feet away.
"Tails!" Cream shouted. Tails turned around and saw the zombie hedgehogs jumping at them. Tails closed both his and Cream's eyes, awaited their deaths. Just then, they heard the wind move by them quickly and saw blue blur pushing off the attacking zombie hedgehog. Tails and Cream looked and were thankful of the blue friend; Sonic the Hedgehog.
"Come on guys, let's go!" Sonic said. Tails picked up Cream bridal style and flew towards the mall doors with Sonic following close behind. The zombie hedgehogs continued to run after the heroes. The three were very close as they saw Knuckles and Shadow desperately trying to keep the doors open for them.
"Come on!" Shadow yelled to the trio. Sonic could feel the zombie hedgehogs trying to grab him. Tails and Cream made it just in time with Sonic still running towards the doors.
"Almost there." Sonic said. He felt one zombie hedgehog grab him and try to drag him away. Sonic pushed it off and jumped for the doors. Sonic closed his eyes and felt a hand grab his own. He opened his eyes to a smiling Shadow and pulled him inside the mall. As Knuckles was closing the doors, one of the zombie hedgehogs' jumped at the doors.
"Raawwrr." The zombie roared as Knuckles closed the doors, getting its head stuck.
"Oh my god." Amy screamed in fear. Shadow looked around and found an axe nearby. He grabbed the axe and swung it at the zombie hedgehog, chopping off its head. The body fell back on the outside while the head fell right in front of Tails and Cream. Knuckles closed and locked the doors.
"The head is still moving." Cream said. Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy looked towards Tails and Cream. Indeed, the head was still growling at them until Shadow swung the axe at the head. The head stopped moving and its eyes closed; finally dying. Shadow stood back and looked back up towards the gang.
"What the hell is happening?" Shadow said.
"Somehow Eggman brought zombie hedgehogs onto the Earth." Sonic said trying to catch his breath. Amy patted his back as Sonic sat down to rest his feet. Tails sat Cream down and examined her ankle.
"It's not broken, but it is sprained real badly." Tails said to Cream.
"I thought I was going to die. Thank you Tails." Cream said with a few tears in her eyes. Tails gave her a reassuring smile. Shadow sat down and look at the zombie's head. Knuckles stood next to him and examined the head as well.
"How did you kill it Shadow?" Knuckles asked.
"I think I killed it by destroying its brain." Shadow said.
"Looks like we found a way to kill these freaks." Knuckles said to the gang. Sonic, Tails, Amy and Cream were surprised at the fact. They then heard a creak from inside the mall along with the sight of a flashlight. Sonic and Shadow stood up and slowly walked towards the source. Tails helped Cream stand up and the two along with Knuckles and Amy followed Sonic and Shadow.
"Be prepared Shadow." Sonic said in a quiet voice. Shadow nodded in agreement and held up the axe. Sonic and the gang slowly made their way to the center of the mall. The gang were at the center of the mall and surrounded by stores such as Footlocker, Hot Topic, Champs, Lids, Forever 21, JC Penny, and Macy's. The food court was on the other side of the mall, where the light source was coming from.
"I think there's someone on the other side of the food court." Amy said quietly. Sonic led Shadow, Amy, Knuckles, Tails, and Cream towards the food court and too another store; Spencer's. As they got closer, they heard low growling and scuffling; as if someone was fighting something. Sonic reached the door to Spencer's and looked back towards the gang.
"Okay Shadow on three." Sonic quietly said to Shadow. Shadow tighten his grip on the axe and nodded in agreement. Knuckles, Tails, Amy, and Cream watched a few feet away.
"Ready? One…Two…" Sonic did not finished as the door busted open. Sonic and Shadow were knocked down and saw that a zombie hedgehog was fighting a silver-furred hedgehog. They then saw a red charmeleon and a teal-purple hornet coming out as well. It was then Sonic realized that it was their friends Silver, Carson, and Hugo; the remaining members of Team Sonic.
"It's Silver! And here's fighting a zombie!" Tails announced. The zombie hedgehog tried to bite Silver, but the silver-furred hedgehog was smart not to let it bite him. Carson and Hugo were trying to get Silver away from the zombie. Carson noticed Shadow and turned his attention towards him.
"Shadow, toss me the axe!" Carson asked in desperation. Shadow did not need to be told twice and tossed the axe to Carson. Carson thanked him as Hugo finally got Silver away from the zombie.
"Carson now!" Silver said. The zombie hedgehog got up and jumped at Silver and Hugo. Carson swung the axe at the zombie's head; killing it instantly. The zombie dropped dead at the floor. Carson pulled out the axe and dropped it on the floor.
"Phew, that was close." Carson said.
"I know, thanks Carson." Silver said fist-pumping Carson. Hugo came up and patted Carson and Silver's backs.
"Were you bitten?" Hugo asked Silver. Carson checked Silver's body for any bites and saw that he was clean.
"No bites. He's clean." Carson said. Silver let out a sigh of relief and noticed Sonic and the rest of their friends.
"Sonic! You guys made it here safe." Silver announced hugging his blue friend. Carson and Hugo greeted Knuckles, Shadow, Amy, Tails, and Cream. After they greeted each other, Team Sonic sat down at the food court, resting and trying to figure out the situation.
"How did you guys get inside the mall?" Knuckles asked to Silver, Carson, and Hugo.
"We were walking home when all of a sudden, we see Eggman and those freaks." Sliver said.
"Next thing we know, we're running down the streets with those zombies following us. One of those zombies got inside the mall and try to eat Silver." Hugo said.
"And the rest you know." Carson said to Sonic.
"How about you guys?" Silver asked again.
"The same thing happened to us and Cream got hurt." Amy said. Silver, Carson, and Hugo saw Tails rubbing Cream's hurt ankle; trying to ease the pain. Hugo got up and check Cream's ankle.
"Lucky for you Cream, I've got a first-aid kit." Hugo said pulling out an emergency first-aid kit. Tails and Cream smiled as Hugo iced her ankle and wrapped it in a bandage. Tails helped Cream stand up; although she still felt a little pain she was able to put weight on it.
"Thanks Hugo." Cream said.
"Well what do we do now?" Knuckles as the team. The team heard the sound of a helicopter and ran up the nearest stairs to the roof.
"That's a copter." Shadow said as the team continued up the stairs. Once they reached the roof, Team Sonic saw that the helicopter was being swarmed by zombie hedgehogs. The helicopter crash landed in the mall parking lot. The team ran towards the ledge and could not believe their eyes.
"Oh my god!" Amy said in shock. Thousands of zombie hedgehogs were surrounding the mall and disemboweling innocent people as well. In the distance, the team saw a bridge connecting to station square and Eggman's island as more zombie hedgehogs continue to cross the bridge. The team stood on the roof and watched in horror.
""Why are they here?" Cream said in fear.
"Egghead must've done something to unleash these freaks." Shadow said. The team nodded in agreement.
"So what do we do now?" Carson asked the team.
"Looks like we're staying in the mall for the night." Sonic spoke. Whatever Eggman did, the team knew they had to them no matter the cost.