The Collection

Watching from Afar Pt. 3

In the morning the news had come to light, Honey the cat was killed, and body was stolen. What a shame. Maybe she shouldn't have used Soni like a toy or have gotten the hint that she wasn't welcome back in the circle, now, I had to turn my attention to whoever Soni was seeing. I had to be cautious to my in person stalking as cops were on high alert, so I turned to her social medias to find someone in her photos, after a bit of scrolling I found that she had been seeing Espio. Seriously? I'd lose to Espio?! What did that lizard have that I didn't? He was for sure gay given how he can't talk to women and only smiles around men, he was leading Soni on! I'd need to bide my time before I could remove him too, I was admittedly getting a taste for blood, but I didn't want to kill him or... Did I? It was a lot to think about.
I monitored Soni and Espio's activity for a few months, she seemed a bit more unhinged that the last I saw her, these murders must be getting to her, great to know. Once I've rid her of everyone shell crumble and be all mine~! I just have to keep up with the removal and messing with her mentally, who would have guessed a hero like her would crack with pressure like this! I started to hear rumors of her getting engaged to that lizard which meant I needed to work faster, they were gearing up for a date night, my time to strike.

I geared up and followed Espio to her house, he was all dressed up for their date night, but little did he know, it wasn't going to happen. As he approached the door, I got close and sliced right through his chest, I gagged him with a rag and left him to die at her doorstep. I moved away quickly and hid to watch her from a distance, she seemed so happy getting dolled up in her room and quite oblivious to what happened outside. After about 10 minutes she came downstairs and called Espio, hearing his ringing from outside her door she opened it to see him completely lifeless and blood all over the grass and concrete. A blood curling scream and a rushed phone call, who did she call? Her ear twitched and she looked up at me and started panicking more, her whole body was trembling before she passed out and bashed her head off the ground. When the police along with the Chaotix arrived I fled the scene, detectives were a huuuge thorn in my side and with two of them dead they were hunting for blood themselves. Both of them were taken away by ambulance and with right timing I was going to give my old cutesy self to see her in the hospital and watch my poor Soni unfold, I suppose id have to attend Espio's funeral to help weaken suspicion I got a chance to visit Soni the next day and found out they had put her on medication for her anxiety, she was really out of it when I visited but she was happy to see me. Peeking at her paperwork it wasn't a low dose; she was unraveling fast.
Later in the month when she was better, we all attended the funeral, Soni and the Chaotix all had it really rough and were the last ones to leave the funeral home. Listening to the conversation they asked that if anything else happens to contact them so they can find the killer. 

Soni remained at home in recovery for some time, she didn't leave but welcomed others into the house frequently. She looked rough but seemed to get by alright with her new medication and help from Shadow. Shadow? Those two had never gotten along, even when Soni confessed that she really liked him he shut her down and ignored her for a very long time, I didn't like it, but I was going to be watching everything that happened. Soni was also in contact with Tails and Knuckles, so she seemed to be heavily guarded, I had to watch my steps.

I woke up and grabbed my phone. I dropped it immediately once I saw Honey had been murdered, I started sobbing controllably and hyperventilating, why was this happening? Was this what actually happened to Mighty? My chest was tight, and I only curled into Espio to cry, he eventually woke up and held me tight, this wasn't easy for him either as Espio and Honey were friends too. She didn't have a funeral but rather a celebration of life that we both attended, we both spoke for her and hoped that her killer would be found. We spent almost every day together as we struggled for quite a few months to move past this, eventually he proposed to me, I said yes. I was starting to look rather unhealthy, but I was planning on moving away from here and to the island with Espio that would hopefully give me peace of mind. I definitely needed it with constantly feeling like someone was staring at me through my window and the stress of losing two close friends.
Espio and I were going a very nice and romantic date night tonight and I couldn't be more excited, I called him to see where he was at in getting ready and he was already on his way, I told him to just come inside when he got here as I was a bit behind in getting ready. About 20 minutes after the phone call, I finished and went downstairs, he wasn't anywhere to be seen which was odd, so I decided to call him. The phone was ringing right outside my front door and when I opened it, there he laid, motionless and blood everywhere, with rag shoved down his throat. I felt sick to my stomach so much that everything started spinning, I screamed and quickly called the Chaotix, trying to piece myself together I passed out and only remembered hitting the ground. When I woke up, I was in the hospital with so many different I.V.s and only had Amy by my side, apparently others visited but I really don't remember. They put me on a medication to help with my overdeveloped anxiety.

For some odd reason Shadow remained close to me when I left the hospital, he was over more often than not and was even sat beside me at the funeral. Afterwards he remained close and never left the house, I was also close again with Knuckles and Tails which was very nice, they called every so often to check in on me and even had visits from Amy, that was very kind of her. Shadow didn't seem to care that she was around, but he's never been a fan of her in the first place.
"Soni. I'm staying here for some time to help aid in finding this killer, something tells me, they are obsessed with you and doesn't want anyone to date you or be around you. So, I'm staying to get some answers, technically, you are a protected person of interest to G.U.N. that if they want you taken out, they'll do it and not some guy wanting to get in your pants. Do you have any info on the matter?"
I didn't have anything other than that strange feeling of someone watching me constantly and sometimes seeing the figure in the distance, I also mentioned that since Mighty went missing I've been seeing it. He didn't dismiss it entirely but thought it to just be stress. The next few months were going to be interesting.