Chapter 17

Night of Pain Part 2

Sonics' fangs bit into the flesh on Knuckles' neck as he screamed in pain. Sonic smiled as he saw Knuckles' pain and continued drinking the echidnas' blood until he was dry. He wanted to drink the echidna dry of blood, then feast upon the leftover meat on his carcass. Julie-Sus' eyes continued watering as she heard Knuckles' scream. His grip on her hand tightened more than she had hers as the pain was becoming too much for him. Knuckles felt his life flash before his eyes as his body was becoming drained of all the blood in his system.

Soon Sonic felt a sharp pain in the back of his head as he drank the echidnas' blood. Sonic lifted his head up and looked around to see who had hit him in the head, but he saw no one. He ignored the pain and continued his feast of the echidna, but another sharp pain had soon appeared at the back of his head. The pain grew into the sharpest of the type as his mind started to slip into unconsciousness. The werehogs' eyes shut tight as he collapsed and landed on top of Knuckles and Julie-Su with a grunt. Knuckles and Julie-Su tried getting Sonic off of them as his big size and weight was crushing them.

"The guardian of Angel Island isn't going to die like this" said a voice that Knuckles and Julie-Su both recognized.

Knuckles and Julie-Su felt the weight of Sonic getting lighter and lighter as he was lifted off of them and they saw a familiar figure.

"Mighty!" Julie-Su and Knuckles both exclaimed.

Mighty threw the body of the unconscious werehog to the side as he helped the two echidnas up off the ground. Mighty bent down and helped Julie-Su to her feet as she got up she looked at Knuckles. Her eyes were bloodshot from the crying she had done not too long ago. She helped Knuckles up off the ground and Mighty saw how weak Knuckles was.

"Looks like I got here just in time" Mighty said.

"I thought you went looking for your sister" Knuckles said.

"I did, but I decided you guys needed me more at the moment" Mighty said.

"It's good to see you Mighty" Julie-Su said.

"As I too, Su" Mighty said.

Mighty turned to Sonic and frowned.

"So, who's the werewolf?" Mighty asked.

Julie-Su wrapped one of Knuckles' arms around her shoulder as she let him lean on her. Knuckles' skin area was a bit paler than the white crescent moon area on his chest. It still showed a bit of peach colouring to it, but it was still paler. Mighty noticed how pale Knuckles was and decided to throw the blame on the werehog.

"I'm guessing the werewolf did that to you" Mighty said.

Knuckles nodded his head slowly as his weak body and aching neck was keeping him from nodding the normal way. Mighty gave the unconscious werehog another glance as he looked at Knuckles. Julie-Su looked at the bite mark on Knuckles' neck and a tear ran down her face.

"Su, are you okay?" Mighty asked.

Julie-Su looked at Mighty with a worried look on her face.

"I was just wondering if Knuckles will turn into that" Julie-Su pointed to Sonic.

Mighty turned to look at the werehog once more as he shook his head.

"What…do you…mean?" Knuckles barely got the sentence out of his mouth as he asked that question.

"Why don't we get somewhere safe and talk about this later" Mighty said.

Julie-Su and Knuckles nodded as Julie-Su limped Knuckles over to Sonic.

"What are you two doing?" Mighty asked.

"We should take him…to Vectors" Knuckles gasped.

"Why?" Mighty asked.

"Vector can run a few tests on him to see if there is any other information about him if we scan him" Knuckles told Mighty and Julie-Su.

Knuckles breathed in a deep breath as he finished that sentence. It took a lot of the air in his lungs as he fell unconscious in Julie-Sus' grasp. Mighty looked at Knuckles, then to Julie-Su as he walked over to the unconscious werehog and picked him up. Julie-Su carried the unconscious form of Knuckles, while Mighty carried the unconscious werehog over his shoulders. They carried the two bodies of their friends to Vectors, but they still denied that the werewolf was Sonic.

Mighty and Julie-Su arrived at Vectors house near sunrise. Since Mighty and Julie-Su were carrying their friends it took longer than usual to get to the emerald altar. Since Sonic was in his werehog form and was being carried by Mighty and he weighed around 50 pounds, Mighty would've been slower than Julie-Su. Although Julie-Su is carrying Knuckles she is still a lot slower than Mighty as she isn't as strong as him or Knuckles. And carrying them without any help would take hours to do as they reached the front door step to Vectors house. Julie-Su brought her arm up to the door and knocked on it; trying not to accidentally let Knuckles fall to the ground as she did so. As she finished knocking on the door, they heard shouting coming from inside and soon the door opened; revealing a very cranky and tired crocodile.

"Julie, it's good to see you" Vector said as he opened the door completely and tried to sound happy.

"You forgot about me" Mighty cried.

"Mighty! You're back!" Vector exclaimed.

"Yep! Now, can we get this guy inside?" Mighty asked as he changed the topic. "He feels like he weighs 100 pounds."

"Sure, but why?" Vector asked.

"Less talk and more time to help" Julie-Su said.

"What?" Vector asked.

"Knuckles needs to lie down and we want to run a few tests on this…werewolf" Julie-Su explained as she pointed to Sonic.

Vector stood aside for Julie-Su and Mighty to walk into the house and follow Vector into his computer room. As they reached the computer room Vector pointed at a metal bed in the middle of the room. Mighty carried Sonic over to the metal bed and pushed him onto it.

"Who or what is that supposed to be anyway?" Vector asked.

"We don't know yet, but that's what we're going to find out" Mighty answered. "I also think he is a werewolf."

Vector nodded and lead Julie-Su into the lounge; where she layed Knuckles down on the couch. Once she did that, Vector and Julie-Su came back into the computer room and saw that Mighty was strapping the werehog to the metal bed. Mighty grabbed a few of the straps and attached them over Sonics' chest, wrists, ankles and stomach. Vector ignored what Mighty was doing and walked over to the computer screen as Julie-Su followed.

The entire wall was covered in computer screens from one side to the other and from top to bottom. Vector sat down at the desk and started typing a few things into the computer as a tiny little robot came out of the computer and flew over to Sonic. Julie-Su walked up beside Vector and watched him as Mighty watched what the robot was doing to Sonic. A little camera came out of the robot and started scanning the unconscious werehog.

The scanner scanned every part of Sonics' body to the fangs sticking out of his gums to the claws at the tips of his fingers. Mighty tapped his fingers on the desk beside Vector as he sat down and waited along with Vector and Julie-Su. As soon as the scanner finished scanning Sonic it floated back over to the computer and went back inside the hard drive. Vector clicked on the results of the scan and a message flashed on the screen.

"What!" Vector exclaimed.

"What is it?" Julie-Su asked.

"It says that this...werewolf as you call it is unknown" Vector told his friends.

Mighty slammed his fist onto the desk he was sitting at in anger.

"Unknown!" Mighty shouted. "How can it be unknown?"

Vector just shrugged at Mightys' question and turned his gaze to the unconscious werehog lying on the experimenting table.

"What should we do with this…werewolf?" Vector asked.

Mighty thought about it for a moment as he gazed at the werehog.

His facial expression looks familiar, but who would it be? Mighty thought.

"I don't know" Mighty answered. "Maybe keep him restrained here for awhile and call the Freedom Fighters later."

Julie-Su sighed and turned to look out the window. The moon had already disappeared from the sky and the sun was just coming over the horizon. The light from the sun hovered over the lands around the Master Emerald shrine and shone through the window and slowly approached Sonic. As the light from the sun approached Sonics' limp body he started roaring and howling, as the pain from the sunlight was becoming as painful as being stabbed in the heart. Julie-Su turned around and faced the werehog along with Mighty and Vector as the expressions they progressed on their faces were of shock and fear. The shock on their faces was of when they saw the werehog was changing shape and size.

"What's happening to him?" Julie-Su asked.

"I'm not entirely sure, but I think he's transforming back to normal" Mighty explained while taking a few steps back.

"Now, we can see who he really is" Vector said.

The three Chaotix members stood a few steps away from the metal bed the werehog was attached to as they watched him transform. Julie-Su and Knuckles both saw the werehog in the guestroom Sonic had been staying in, but they didn't believe that the werehog was him.

Sonics' shaggy thick fur slowly and painfully shrunk back into smooth fur. The midnight blue colouring reverted back to blue as his arms turned to peach and shrunk in size. The muscles along his body shrunk down into his body as his legs started to longigate into running legs. He dug his claws into the metal of the bed as they started to slide back into his nails. The exact same thing happened with the claws on his toes as they too slid back into place.

Sonics' ears swivelled and twisted around as they transformed back into hedgehog ears. His mouth locked open as his fangs slid back up into his gums and became teeth again. As Sonics' roaring and howling was replaced by his voice coming back into the usual smooth and cocky voice he had. Sonic fell unconscious once more from all the pain he had gone through in the transformation back to normal.

Julie-Su, Mighty and Vector stared in shock at what they just saw happen before their eyes. Sonic had transformed from the werehog back into a hedgehog in front of them. His unconscious body layed limp on the metal bed as his breathing was the only loud noise in the room at that moment. Julie-Su was staring into space as the thought of Sonic as the beast that had bitten Knuckles raced through her mind. Mighty and Vector couldn't believe what they had just seen. After as long as they have all known Sonic they never thought that something like this would happen to him. The same thought racing through Julie-Sus' mind made its way into Mighty and Vectors as well.

Sonic is the werewolf.

Sorry this took awhile, I was stuck away from the computer and if it sounds rushed I was up way past my bedtime. Naughty me. But fans for Sonic comes first. Hope you enjoyed Sonic fans, as SXS is OUT!