CHAPTER II

Slippin' Into Darkness

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ROOM 208

"Sonic! Pass the damn blunt!" Scourge lunged at the blue hedgehog who quickly dodged his advances. Sonic chuckled at his attempt, quickly dodging every swing the green hedgehog delivered. At the moment, we were on the second floor of the old abandoned insane asylum waiting for Knuckles, Rouge, and Shadow to pick up the food from John's Pizza and Wings. Why we were here, I have no clue but you can blame Shadow for that. I don't know why we thought spending the night before Halloween in a haunted Insane Asylum was a good idea yet here we are.

"Gotta catch me first!" Sonic teased. He dove past several beds in the wide room. I shook my head in disapproval until I noticed Sonic was still holding the fragile small object while running around.

"Sonic if you drop that damn blunt..." I said watching the green and blue hedgehogs run around the room knocking over several shelves. I shook my head in disbelief. "That's your man." I hit my posh glaring at the short, petite amaranth pink hedgehog with hot pink highlighted tips. She glared back at me blowing a puff of air out before responding.

"I have nothing to do with that." She pointed to the boys who were now tussling on the ground. Amy giggled suddenly, her sister shooting her a glare in return.

"What's so funny?" She grimaced.

"You." Amy laughed again, slowly sipping her shot. Blaze took another large puff of her cigarette before putting it out.

"I wouldn't be so fast to talk if I were you," Blaze smirked, directing her attention to Sonic who was now jumping for the blunt after Scourge retrieved it and held it out of his reach. Rosy grimaced.

"Scourge grow up!" She yelled. He only glared at her before returning the blunt to Sonic.

"Here idiot." Scourge shoved it into his hands.

"Ha!" Sonic yelled in victory. He sparked the small object back up before retreating to Amy's side.

"Why are you guys so damn childish, see this is why Mrs. Schroeder gave you detention all of next month." Amy said. I grew a bit curious, arching my eyebrow in confusion.

"Wait, what happened?" I asked, holding back my laughter. Rosy only shook her head as Amy explained.

"Well, these numbskulls decided they were going to pass around Becca Arnold's nudes to the rest of the guys in class." I gasped.

"Now way!" I said, shocked.

"Yes! They tortured that poor girl the whole 7th period." Amy finished. I only shook my head but Scourge held his arms up in defense.

"It wasn't even our fault. Gerald was the one who sent the photos to all of the guys." He shrugged.

"Yet you're in a group chat full of little boys who expose girls in the school? Yea, real fucking gentleman." I rolled my eyes flipping my blonde quills at them. Sonic huffed in response.

"How are we in trouble for a hoe bein' a hoe?" He said sarcastically. Silver chuckled but immediately received a death glare from Blaze.

"Because it wasn't Gerald's photos to send!" Blaze said, turning her attention back to her shot glass.

"Right, even if they were sent to you, you had to send them around the school? Sending them to each other wasn't enough?" I added, crossing my arms.

"Are you serious? How about you hoes stop exposing yourself and then being surprised when you're little titties and ass is on every high schoolers phone in the school."

"Are you fucking serious?" Rosy glared at him.

"Honestly, fuck you Scourge!" Amy commented.

"Hey, I'm just calling it as it is." He inhaled a significant amount of smoke before passing the blunt to me.

"Even if that is how it is, you don't have to encourage that horrible behavior." I added inhaling a puff myself.

"Right. What if your daughter was being treated like that?" Rosy asked her full attention on Scourge now. He only shrugged in response.

"My daughter wouldn't be that stupid."

"You can't control that." Rosy chimed in.

"Yes, I can."

"She'll only rebel against you for it."

"I'll take my chances..." He said, somewhat challenging Rosy. He sent her a familiar glare that made her give up the topic, changing it completely.

"Man, where the hell are they?" She suddenly asked, glancing at her phone.

BOW! BOW! BOW! Everyone suddenly froze at the sound of the bullets still ringing through the corridor.

"What. The fuck. Was that?" I looked at the empty hallway where the sound had come from.

"That sounded like a gun..." Cream said, holding onto Tail's arm for comfort.

"I think it was." Scourge stared intently into the dark hallway slowly moving Rosy and Amy behind him. We waited a few moments, everyone stopping their movement to get a better listen. It grew silent for a couple of minutes as we looked at each other, unsure of what to do next. A few moments went by, but just as we were washed with relief, another sound followed.

TIP!...TAP!...TIP!...TAP!

I could physically see our souls leave our bodies at the new unfamiliar sound. It slowly but surely began to speed up as it got closer. I immediately crouched down behind the wall. Everyone copied my action, pressing their backs against the wall so the unknown perpetrator couldn't see us in the room. Sonic covered my mouth quickly, I hadn't realized I was hyperventilating. I did my best to control my breathing, but it didn't help as the sound only grew louder.

TIP!...TAP!...TIP!...TAP! It became more frequent and consistent. I wanted to piss myself.

"We're going to die because of you." I whispered to Scourge nearly in tears.

"Am not going to let anything happen, just be quiet!"

"See I told you we shouldn't have come here!" Amy huffed.

"You did not, shut up." Rosy replied.

"You shut up!" Amy spat back.

"Everybody shut up!" I glared at the two. "We all agreed to come, alright?" I half-whispered.

"Exactly." Blaze nodded.

"I don't recall." Scourge shrugged with a smirk.

"Of course you don't." Rosy popped him upside the head.

"Guys..." Tails said nervously. We turned to him, as the realization suddenly sank in: the noise had stopped.

"It's right outside." Cream mouthed to us. We stood still. No one moved an inch. No one made a sound. Only the uncomfortable silence of the night took over. I looked at my friends, their breath slow but steady in their chest; the hairs on the back of their neck standing straight up; their eyes darting frantically about the darkness, but no one could make out anything from the dark corridor ahead. No one knew what to expect next...

"BAH!" Shadow screamed.

"AH!" All of the girls shrieked in horror.

"Oh shit!" Scourged chuckled after a sigh of relief. "It's just you." They greeted each other with their normal handshake.

"What's going on faker?" Sonic chuckled feeling a bit relieved as well.

"We just brought back the food." My boyfriend replied, raising the sodas for everyone to see. Everyone beamed with delight as I took the sodas from him, carefully setting them down."

"Wait, so where the hell did the gunshots come from?" Scourge asked suspiciously. He sat down bringing Rosy down with him, setting her on his lap. Shadow held up his phone and pressed a button. We heard the same gunshots from earlier.

"Oh, so you set this whole ruse up huh?" Amy folded her arms in disappointment. My boyfriend only chuckled.

"Pretty much yea." I shook my head still smirking a little as I began pouring sodas for everyone. I suddenly jumped when a pair of strong arms wrapped around my waist.

"So...Did I scare ya? Put ya in the Halloween Spirit?" His voice whispered in my ear. I couldn't help but blush at the touch of his warm breath against my medium-champagne-colored skin. It sent chills down my spine and through my whole body. I rolled my eyes but smirked, turning to the dark hedgehog with crimson red streaks that flowed effortlessly down his quills.

"I mean...I was already in the Halloween Spirit but if I wasn't before..." I wrapped my arms around his neck. "I definitely am now." I said seductively before pecking his lips. He smirked down at me pressing our lips together again and again. We couldn't help but smirk under our light kisses as a chorus of "Ews" erupted from my friends. "Oh shut up." I spat at them still gushing like a little kid. I turned back to our love fest until a particular voice interrupted us.

"Ugh. Barf me." Rouge erupted from the doorway shooting me a glare. I scoffed.

"Well hello to you too Rouge." I replied, sending a glare right back. I was used to this kind of behavior from her. I'm not sure when it started exactly, but around sophomore year, we had a random fallout. I assumed we were just having a regular quarrel like friends do, but this time we were never the same, and going into Senior year felt no different. Of course, we'd hang out as a group but as far as me and her being friends, never.

"Hi." She said plainly. "We brought food." She held several boxes of pizza up, placing them down on a nearby table. Knuckles followed closely behind with several boxes of wings and cheese sticks.

"Finally..." Scourge licked his lips. Our mouths began to water with delight as everyone made their way to the table. We all grabbed plates and filled them with the cheesy delicacy.

"Mmm..." Scourge moaned in satisfaction. We all gathered our plates and sat down as we socialized.

"Thanks, Knuckles." Cream offered her usual bright smile. She grabbed two slices offering the other to Tails which he happily choked down. I could only shake my head at the enthusiastic fox.

"Man, I was starving!" Tails said through a crammed mouth of cheese. Cream giggled after him as he was spilling cheese all over his clothes.

"Tails!" She giggled.

"What?" He asked as cheese dripped from his mouth. Her giggling intensified as she shook her head.

"You got a little..." She tapped her chin. Tails cocked his eyebrow in confusion.

"What?" He asked, more cheese spilling from his mouth. She retrieved a napkin for the naive fox.

"Here let me help you." She offered, quickly wiping the mess away from Tail's chin. Her hand suddenly grazed his face as blush rushed to his cheeks. Once she was finished, she tossed the napkin in the waste bin. He nodded in delight. "Be more careful next time silly." She giggled. He winked.

"I'll try." He chuckled. Scourge rolled his eyes.

"Awww how cute." He said sarcastically. Rosy glared at him.

"Do you have to be such an ass?" She asked. He shot her his usual devious grin showing off his sharp teeth.

"You know I do." Scourge pecked her cheek. She blushed furiously.

"Scourge, stop it." She whispered, shoved him lightly.

"No, can do babe." He pecked more kisses on her cheek. She blushed furiously as she fanned the goofy hedgehog away.

"Enough!" She smiled. Sonic rolled his eyes.

"Ugh, get a room." He commented. I rolled my eyes.

"I know you're not talking...how bout you get a room?" I shot back. He and Amy were always kissing and smooching at any opportunity they got. The nerve of that hedgehog.

"We have one. Room 102 at the Green Hill Hotel!" Sonic spat back. Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"Ew!" I giggled.

"T.M.I." Shadow fake threw up. Everyone laughed except Knuckles and Rouge. He was offly quiet while eating, only sparing a few glances between the ground and the bat. What's going on with him? I took a mental note but chose to ignore it for now.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

Sorry guys! I had to split this chapter into two separate sections. I realized it was way too long. Anyway, the next chapter will start where you left off! Sorry again!

Mariah Masters ❣️