I'm loving my story and the reviews I received. Thanks for the positive reviews. Anyway, this chapter will have a death by a friend, saddening Shadow. Also a special appearance by a familiar group. The question is who are they and who will be the friend. Keep on reviewing and enjoy Chapter 8.
Chapter 8: Danger Line
Dr. Eggman's Island
Sonic and his friends were finally on Eggman's island after be trapped for nearly a month. Sonic slowed down his Topkick once he saw the army of zombie hedgehogs. Shadow slowed down his Ram next to Sonic followed by Silver stopping next to Shadow. The zombie hedgehogs not only eyed Sonic and his friends with hunger, the zombie hedgehogs were also attacking Dr. Eggman's base. This surprised Sonic and the rest of Team Sonic.
"What the hell is going on?" Knuckles said from the back of the Ram.
"I don't know." Carson said from the Topkick's bed.
"We'll worry about Eggman later. We got a bigger problem." Rouge said pointing at the zombie hedgehogs. The zombie hedgehogs and hellhounds immediately ran towards the team, hungry for fresh flesh.
"Let's go!" Shadow said driving his truck through the hordes. Sonic and Silver followed him while Tails, Carson, and Knuckles continue to kill zombie hedgehogs and hellhounds. So far, they made past the zombie hedgehogs but more continue to rise from their graves.
"We're completely surrounded!" Tracy yelled firing his M16A3 from the Ram. Hugo did the same from the Topkick with his own M60 machine gun. Even Shade joined in by spraying hellhounds with Tails' G36C machine gun. They were driving towards Eggman's base entrance, were hellhounds were guarding it. Carson pulled out a flare-lit propane tank and held it over his head.
"Hey Tracy! Special delivery for Dr. Eggman!" Carson shouted throwing the tank at the hellhounds. Tracy pulled out his XM2012 sniper rifle and aimed it at the tank landing in front of the hellhounds.
"Fire!" Shadow shouted. Tracy pulled the trigger and the bullet hit the tank, causing a huge explosion. The hellhounds blew to pieces, clearing the path for Sonic, Silver, and Shadow's trucks. The Topkick, Hummer, and Ram drove inside Eggman's base, but Shadow and Silver stopped their trucks. Sonic stopped his truck dead at his tracks. Shadow, Knuckles and Shade got out of the truck and ran towards the entrance.
"Close the door!" Shadow said as Shade pulled the door down. A zombie hedgehog was caught under the door, grabbing Shade's leg.
"Get off of me!" Shade said pulling the zombie out. She ripped off the zombie's head with her hands and split the head in half. She threw it down and wiped the blood off her hands. She looked back at Shadow and Knuckles, who watch the whole thing with wide-eyes and open mouths.
"What?" Shade asked as she finished wiping the blood off her hands.
"You are one sick, twisted, crazy ass bitch." Knuckles said in awe. Shadow agreed with Knuckles; what Shade did was rather gruesome.
"Thanks!" Shade said, accepting the compliment. The rest of the gang got out of their trucks and walked up to the trio.
"Well Shade, that was deadly." Silver announced.
"I know. Knuckles told me." Shade said. Knuckles just nodded his head in agreement.
"Come on guys. Let's keep moving." Sonic said pulling out his M4A1 assault rifle. Carson, Shadow, and Knuckles also pulled out their assault rifles. Tracy, Tails, Hugo, and Silver loaded up their machine guns. The boys went ahead of the pack while the girls stayed behind them.
"So which way do we go?" Rouge asked. Eggman's base had three different tunnels, each going three different directions. They stayed in their circle until they heard a girlish scream down the middle tunnel.
"How about that way?" Cream said pointing down the middle tunnel.
"Yeah let's go!" Tails holding his girlfriend's hand. Sonic lead the way with Knuckles, Shadow, and Carson right beside him. The girls stayed in the middle while Silver, Tracy, Tails, and Hugo covered the rear. They slowly made their way down the tunnel, with no zombies in sight. Joey the puppy sniffs the ground, trying to pick up a scent.
"Any luck Joey?" Hugo asked the puppy. Joey stopped and begin to growl into the tunnel's darkness. Out of the darkness was Team Sonic's answer; more zombies.
"Zombies!" Blaze said holding onto Silver. Sonic aimed his M4A1 at the darkness, ready to kill. Four zombies came out of the darkness, but their appearance is what cause Sonic to put his assault rifle down. The four zombies were a green crocodile, a purple, horned chameleon, a small bumble bee, and a black and red armadillo. Team Sonic immediately recognized the zombie quartet.
"The Chaotix! They're zombies!" Cream said in fear. The Chaotix eyed Team Sonic with hunger and immediately charged at the group.
"Watch out!" Amy said. The group split as The Chaotix attacked them. Vector went after Tails, Cream with Joey, Hugo, and Silver. Espio chased after Tracy, Knuckles, Shade, and Blaze. Mighty was going after Carson, Shadow, and Rouge. Finally, Charmy flew after the lovely couple Sonic and Amy. After a few moments, The Chaotix were able to hold down Blaze.
"Help me!" Blaze shouted as the Chaotix were closing in to disembowel her. Carson, Hugo, Silver, and Rouge were able to knock the Chaotix down and save Blaze.
"Thank you." Blaze said as Silver helped her up.
"No problem." Silver said. Luckily, Blaze did not have a single bite on her body. Meanwhile, Hugo and Rouge trapped the Chaotix in chains as Carson pulled out his machetes. Carson was about to swing at the Chaotix until Knuckles spoke up.
"Don't kill them Carson." Knuckles shouted.
"Why not?" Carson asked.
"Because they are our friends you crazy ass killer!" Sonic said. The rest of Team Sonic agreed with him.
"Fine. But if they escape, I'm chopping off their heads." Carson pointing his machetes at the Chaotix.
"Dully noted." Shadow replied. Team Sonic dragged the Chaotix into a room, wanting answers. Once they were in the room, Silver and Tracy kept a lookout for any zombie hedgehogs while Sonic spoke to the team.
"How the hell did get bitten?" Sonic said pointing at the Chaotix. The quartet just snarled and growled in response.
"I don't know?" Shadow replied. Carson and Hugo examined the Chaotix and found bites on their arms. The bites, however, looked like they were dragged down their arms; indicating a struggle. The two then came up with a visualization.
"It look like the Chaotix were fighting zombies before they were completely outnumbered." Hugo announced to the team. The team did begin to believe Hugo's words.
"Possibly, but in the end they were infected." Tails stated.
"Is there a way to change them back to normal?" Amy asked with hope.
"I'm not sure, but we'll have to find a cure for them." Sonic said reassuringly. Silver and Tracy continued to keep watch and saw more zombies coming through the tunnels.
"We've got company." Silver stated. Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Shadow, Carson, and Hugo saw the zombies coming to break down the doors. The girls stayed behind them as the boys were ready to fight. Carson and Hugo attached wires to the chains of the Chaotix to their duffle bags.
"Alright, the Chaotix are attached to us." Carson and Hugo said in unison.
"Okay. Let's fight!" Sonic shouted. Silver and Tracy opened the doors as the gang shoot their way towards the main room. Although they were killing zombies left to right, more and more continue to surround the group.
My sixteen locked and loaded
All fear has been avoided
You say the words and my weapon is drawn
"This way!" Knuckles shouted firing his AA-12 shotgun. The team continued down the middle tunnel with the chained Chaotix right behind them. Sonic fired his M4A1, Shadow used his ACR, Carson enjoyed his AK-47, and Tails sprayed his ARX-160 at the zombies. Hugo gleefully laughed while firing his M60, Silver attacked with his own MP5s, and Tracy sprayed multiple rounds with his M16A3.
This one could be my last time
Some people call it war crime
I may be staring down a lethal sight
"Hiyah" Amy shouted killing a zombie with her Piko hammer. Rouge and Shade killed zombies in hand to hand combat. Cream held Joey while staying behind Blaze, who was using her own fire powers at the zombies.
Nothing shocks you like a bullet hole
Leaving my fear on the danger line
Suffering a man should never know
Leaving my faith on the danger line
"We're almost there!" Tails shouted. They continued to fight their way towards the main room.
"This is fun! We should survive a zombie apocalypse again!" Hugo said out loud.
"Not now Hugo!" Sonic said firing his M4A1.
I do this for my family
My daughter loves her daddy
Too many talk down on things they don't know
The main room was right in their sights, but more zombie hedgehogs began to come out of the main room. The zombie hordes ran right at Team Sonic, completely surrounding them.
"Shit! We're trapped!" Tracy said.
"Not on my watch!" Sonic said. The boys surrounded the girls and fired at the zombie hordes.
With colors never faded
Reckless and unabated
They may take me but never take us all (I'll crawl)
"Keep killing!" Knuckles said firing his SCAR-H assault rifle. They continue to kill, but the zombie hedgehogs were outnumbering the team. Carson and Hugo looked back at the chain Chaotix and found a perfect idea.
"Are you ready?" Carson said with a sly smile.
"Let's do it!" Hugo said. Carson and Hugo grabbed the attached wires, held their arms together, and began to spin around in a circle. Sonic and Shadow saw the duo and immediately new what will happen.
"Duck!" Shadow shouted to the team. The whole team ducked as Carson and Hugo swung the Chaotix at the zombie hedgehogs.
Nothing shocks you like a bullet hole
Leaving my fear on the danger line
Suffering no man should ever know
Leaving my faith on the danger line
Carson and Hugo swung the Chaotix at the zombie hordes, killing over half of them. After one full swing, Carson and Hugo dizzily stopped. The two were seeing stars and birds before shaking off their dizziness.
"Great job guys!" Sonic said giving a thumbs up. Carson and Hugo did a little celebration before more zombie hedgehogs came at the team.
"Let's go!" Tails yelled. The team made their way the entrance to the main room. Tails begin to hack into the system while Sonic, Shadow, Silver, Carson, and Tracy held of the zombie hedgehogs. After a few moments, Tails crash the system and the doors to the main entrance opened.
"Come on!" Knuckles said to the five heroes. The girls, Tails, Hugo, and Knuckles were inside the main room. The zombie hedgehogs begin to swarm Sonic, Shadow, Silver, Carson, and Tracy.
"We're completely surrounded!" Carson shouted swinging his machetes at the zombie hedgehogs. The zombie hedgehogs swarmed Tracy, who's M16A3 finally jammed. Shadow and Silver saved Tracy while Sonic loaded a grenade into his rifle launcher.
AI know what you're thinking
I've been there before
So think of the times
The time we spent laughing away
So think of the times at home
"Say hello to my freaking friend!" Sonic shouted firing his grenade launcher. The grenade exploded on impact, killing the zombie horde and clearing the way to the main room.
"Alright, let's go!" Carson said running towards the main room. Sonic, Shadow and Silver followed Carson while Tracy, questionably, limped to the room.
"Closed and locked the doors." Shadow said to Knuckles. He complied and locked the doors; they were safe for now.
"We made it!" Tails cheered. The whole team cheered, except for Tracy who walked to a corner of the room and slowly slumped to the ground.
Now I found myself in my own blood
(never thought I'd lay in my own blood)
The damage done is far beyond repair
I never put my faith in up above
(never had much faith in up above)
But now, I'm hoping someone's there
The gang continued, until Shadow stopped and looked around the room for Tracy. Tracy, meanwhile looked down and then back up with a sad expression on his face. Shadow looked around the room with Sonic and Tails, who stopped celebrating and joined him. The three finally found Tracy in his corner.
"Found him." Sonic said. The three made their way towards Tracy, with the rest of the team joining the trio.
Never meant to leave this world alone
I never meant to hurt the ones who cared
And all this time I thought we'd just grow old
You know, no one said it's fair
"What's wrong with Tracy?" Cream asked with Joey in her hands. Shadow walked up to his new friend, but stopped when Tracy finally spoke up.
"Shadow." Tracy said. Shadow waited for Tracy to continue, but nothing happened. Shadow then looked down and saw his answer; Tracy was bitten on his arm. The rest of the team saw the bite on Tracy's arm and knew what was wrong. Shadow looked back up as Tracy continued to speak.
"I want you to meet my sister; Marie." Tracy said handing Shadow a picture. The picture showed Tracy and a young female hedgehog smiling and hugging each other. Shadow smiled as his eyes begin to water. The team gave Tracy sadden smiles, realizing what will happen next.
"I will." Shadow said. Tails, who was standing next to Shadow, gave a sadden smile to Tracy and pull out one of his XD-9 pistols. He handed it to Shadow, who slowly accepted it. Tracy looked back up and lightly chuckled as the bite was slowly beginning to change him.
"It's funny. She's named after your friend; Maria." Tracy replied with a smile. Shadow returned the smile; trying to hold in his tears. He was now going to lose another best friend.
Tell my baby girl that it's alright
I've sung my last song today
Remind the lord to leave his light on for me
Sonic and his friends payed their last respects to Tracy. Carson and Hugo nodded in respect to Tracy, Knuckles and Silver waved their last goodbyes. Rouge, Shade, and Blaze let a few tears show as they blew kisses goodbye to Tracy. Tails and Cream gave thumbs up to their dying friend. Finally, Amy gave Tracy a final hug and Sonic saluted his friend.
"I will meet and protect Marie." Shadow said, no longer holding in his tears. Shadow loaded a magazine and cocked his XD-9 pistol. He aimed the pistol at Tracy's head, as he was finally showing his zombie form. Tracy tearfully smiled.
"Goodbye." Shadow said with mercy. The next sound that was heard was the trigger being pulled. Tracy was gone.
I'm free
Two more chapters until the end!