Manic's Story

Chapter 5

    My mouth dropped open. It was Sonic. The real live living Sonic.

    "Sonic?" I whispered. "Is it really you?"

    "Hey." he chuckled.

    I couldn't stop myself. I ran over the last three feet, tears clouding my vision. I hugged him so hard. I cried and cried, I was so happy to have my brother back.

    "Hey, man. Take it easy." he said, putting his arms around me after hesitating. He rubbed my back to calm me down.

    "I missed you. I thought you were dead! I saw you die!" I sobbed.

    "That was fake. That was all fake." he explained.

    I leaned back and glared into his eyes. "How was it fake? Tell me! How the hell did you make all of that fake?"

    He stared at me guiltily. "I- I asked Amy to make me and Sonia..... " he told me. He stopped.

    "Sonic Hedgehog, you have a lot of explaining to do!" I said, mimicking Sonia. He laughed.

    "Let's get back to the house, guys." Silver said. I heard a hint of amusement in his voice.

    We were halfway through the woods when Sonic said," Hey, guys! Let's have a race! Me and Manic against Shadow and Silver. What d'you say?" He smirked.

    Immediately I cheered, while Silver eyed Shadow warily. Shadow stood there, thinking.

    "I'll have to say......... okay." he murmured.

    "Alright then." Sonic said.

    I hopped onto his back, while Silver hopped onto Shadow's.

    "Three...." Sonic started.

    "Two...." Shadow said.

    "One!" they said in unison.

    Sonic sped off with Shadow not far behind. I noticed that a fiery substance came out of Shadow's shoes, making him faster. But not faster than Sonic. Sonic was at least five feet in front of Shadow. We broke away from the trees and saw the house not too far away. We broke through the front door and stopped abruptly. So abruptly that I was thrown off of Sonic's back.

    "Whoa!" I yelled. I landed with a hard thud on the couch. Not long after, Silver joined me with a huff.

    "That was crazy, man!" I said, getting off the couch to give Sonic a high-five. "Sonic. It's good to have you back, bro."

    "It's good to be back. I hate it when that happens." Sonic sighed.

    "Hey! We're Home! Where is everybody?" Silver pondered.

    "Tails?! Knuckles?! Amy?!" I shouted.

    "You want to know what's weird?" Sonic said.

    "What?" me, Shadow, and Silver asked in unison.

    "We're all hedgehogs." he laughed.

    I thought about this for a moment. Silver the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Manic the Hedgehog, and Sonic the Hedgehog. A smile crept across my face.

    "We are." I said. I chuckled.

    "What's so special about that, Sonic?" Shadow asked him.

    "Nothing! I just wanted to point it out." Sonic shrugged.

    I ran up the stairs and searched every bedroom. No one was there either. Peculiar, I thought.

    As I was coming back downstairs, I heard Sonic and Shadow arguing.

    "Why don't you shut the hell up, Sonic?" I heard Shadow snap.

    "Hey, no one tells me to shut the hell up!" Sonic countered.

    "Guys, we shouldn't be fighting. We should be looking for everyone else." I heard Silver whimper.

    "Silver, stay the hell out of this before I tear up your ass!" Shadow growled.

    "Okay,okay." Silver didn't butt in again.

    "Now, Sonic, are you going to shut up or am I...." he was interrupted by Sonic shouting at him again.

    "All I did was- " he began.

    "You better shut the f*ck up, or I'm gonna kick your ass!" Shadow yelled.

    "GUYS! STOP!" I yelled.

    They both stopped and looked at me, shocked.

    "What the hell happened? I leave the room for one second to check the upstairs, and you guys start arguing." I said angrily.

    "Well, I thought it was pretty stupid for Sonic to point out that we're all hedgehogs." Shadow commented.

    "Well, he has humor. And if you would laugh every once in a while you would know that! All you do is sulk in the damn corner all day! Just like the thing you were named after! A shadow!" I snapped.

    He looked infuriated. He took a step towards me and he was so furious, that he stood over me. I stared up into his ruby red eyes and saw all of the anger and hatred he had ever had towards anyone. He bared his teeth and reached for his wrists. Then I remembered. Shadow was the Ultimate Lifeform. He had the infinity rings.

    I gulped. This was it. This was how I was going to die. I started panting. I was so terrified. But I didn't let Shadow see my fear. I glared into his eyes. Making him think that I didn't care what happened.

    Right as he was about to take of the first ring, I slammed my hand to my chest and hit my medallion. My drumset appeared before me.

    "Shadow, Shadow, Shadow." I mocked. "When will you ever learn?"

    He looked at me. His eyes had a look of pure hatred. They glowed so red, that he looked like a demon that had come from the pits of Hell. He didn't care about the drums.

    All he cared about was killing me.