Chapter 46

Slipping Down For A Friend

Sonic ran through Castle Acorn with Julie-Su right behind him, since he was holding onto her. He turned a corner and ran right into Sonic-wolf. The werewolf had just come out of the room with sword of Acorns inside it.

"INNG!" he exclaimed.

They fell backward and looked up. They saw him looking down at them and snarling. Sonic got onto his feet and stood in front of Julie-Su. Since he was affected by the curse, he was less likely to get hurt, but Julie-Su could get infected by one bite by Sonic-wolf. He growled at them and approached the two.

"How did you get out of your cell?" he growled.

Even though he already knew the answer, he still wanted to make sure he was right.

"By using my brain," Sonic said, fear nowhere in his expression.

Sonic-wolf, soon, saw the tear stains along Sonic's muzzle and he smirked.

"Been crying like a little baby, huh, Prime Sonic," Sonic-wolf teased.

"That's none of your business to know why I was crying," Sonic growled.

"Oh, but it is, since I'm a Sonic as well," he said.

"But you don't have to know the reason," Sonic growled and grabbed Julie-Su by her hand and ran past Sonic-wolf.

Sonic-wolf growled in annoyance and looked back at them. He saw them turn the corner and into the corner room. He gasped.

"NO!" he exclaimed.

Sonic-wolf ran around the corner and into the room. He saw Sonic and Julie-Su approach the sword of Acorns and he growled.

"STAY AWAY FROM THAT SWORD!" he snarled.

The two whirled around and saw that Sonic-wolf had followed them. Sonic whispered into Julie-Su's ear that she should get the sword since he couldn't exactly touch silver anymore. She nodded and Sonic ran over to attack Sonic-wolf. The werewolf got onto all fours and jumped at the hedgehog. Sonic dodged and jumped onto his head and bounced onto his back. Sonic landed on the ground and looked back at the werewolf version of himself. He growled and advanced slowly toward the hedgehog.

"Julie-Su! Hurry!" Sonic cried.

Sonic-wolf lunged at Sonic and Sonic spin-dashed at him. Sonic-wolf dodged and bit down hard on Sonic's right leg.

"YEEOOOW!" he screamed.

Sonic fell backwards onto his bottom. His leg was searing with an uncontrollable pain that felt like it was burning. He looked down at his leg and saw his bone sticking out of the skin on his shin. The way it was poking out made the hedgehog feel sick. He fell onto his back and looked up at Sonic-wolf.

"You're weakened. Now, I can take you back to the dungeon," he growled and grabbed one of the hedgehog's quills.

But, Julie-Su swiped the sword of Acorns at the werewolf and he yelped and let go of Sonic. He growled in annoyance and backed away.

"I'll have you under my control soon, hedgehog," he snarled and ran off to warn the guards.

Julie-Su helped Sonic onto his feet and heard him cringe at the slight pain.

"Are you alright, Sonic?" she asked.

"Yeah, fine," he said.

The pain was disappearing as well as the bone moving back into place. He was glad that he had the ability for it to do that and was lucky because they needed his speed right now.

"I'll heal," he grabbed her hand and started for the door.

"But, Sonic, your leg," Julie-Su said.

"It's healing. We just gotta keep moving," Sonic told her.

Sonic and Julie-Su headed out the door with Julie-Su holding the sword of Acorns in her hand since Sonic couldn't hold it. Sonic felt the pain in his leg finally subside completely and he grabbed Julie-Su by the arm that didn't have the sword and ran off. They ran through the castle. Dodging and running past werewolf guards. They came to the front door and Sonic head-butted it open, causing a slight headache for him but he kept running. They ran through the city, looking back to see the werewolves, led by Sonic-wolf running after them. Sonic looked up at Angel Island as they got closer to getting underneath it. He ran faster and soon stopped underneath the island. He looked over at the werewolves and gasped. He looked up at the edge of the island.

"YO! ESPIO! MIGHTY! A LITTLE HELP HERE!" Sonic shouted to try and get the chameleon and armadillo's attention.

They woke up from their nap and looked over the edge and saw Julie-Su and Sonic and the werewolves running after them. They quickly took the rope and threw it over the edge. Sonic caught it and started climbing with Julie-Su right behind him. They climbed up the rope and Sonic stopped when they were halfway up. Julie-Su looked up at him.

"Sonic, what are you doing? Keep going!" Julie-Su exclaimed.

"I … can't," he said.

Julie-Su looked down and saw the werewolves clawing at the rope. She gasped and tried pushing Sonic up, but he just cringed.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Sonic pointed a shaking hand at the setting sun. Julie-Su looked in the direction Sonic was pointing at and gasped.

"We need to keep moving anyway, Sonic," Julie-Su said.

"I … I can't," he said, shaking violently.

Julie-Su looked down at the ground and saw Knuckles-wolf looking up at her.

"We'll both jump at the count of three. That way I'm with Knuckles and you're not in much pain trying to delay it," Julie-Su explained, about to let go.

"No," Sonic said.

Julie-Su looked at him and saw that his expression was stern.

"You can't get this curse. You mustn't. It's horribly painful and awful, seeing loved ones hurt at your own fingertips," Sonic told Julie-Su. "Just climb over me."

Julie-Su blinked and looked back down at Knuckles-wolf. She nodded and started climbing over Sonic. She stepped on his head and climbed a few inches higher.

"Come on," she said and continued climbing up.

He smiled as he slipped down a little. He could feel the pain worsen as he tried to delay it more. Julie-Su climbed over the edge of the island and looked over it.

"Sonic! Hurry!" she shouted.

Sonic kept his smile.

"Don't you guys worry! I'll be fine!" Sonic let go of the rope and fell to the ground.

"SONIC! NO!" Julie-Su shouted as the hedgehog landed on the ground in a little crater.

The Chaotix members watched as the werewolves crowded around their friend. The werewolves crowded around the unconscious, transforming hedgehog and Sonic-wolf smiled as he outstretched his hand to the hedgehog.