Reason for Insanity

To Kill A Fox

Shadic looked around and stared crying. His mother's eyes widened in alarm.

"Don't hurt him!"

"Why shouldn't I?" Sonic asked, moving the knife towards Shadic. An insane grin was on his face.

"You're fucking insane." Shadic saw the knife and cried harder. "Leave him alone!" Shadow yelled.

Sonic raised a brow at Shadow, stopping the knife once it was against Shadic's throat. "Why should I? You're not listening to what I want."

"Don't harm my son. He's yours as well."

"You're the one who got rid of him in the first place. That usually means you don't want them."

Shadow hesitated. "You're right...I don't want him."

"Then why do you care if I kill him?" Sonic narrowed his eyes at the darker hedgehog, pressing the knife harder against the wailing baby's throat. The other hedgehog turned her back. "What should I do?" Sonic asked the voices. "She doesn't care as much as we thought."

Kill him.

Sonic hesitated and looked at Shadic. The baby looked so innocent. Sonic looked back at Shadow, lowering the knife a few inches. Looking back at the baby, he smiled.

"Innocence can be corrupted...if you don't want to care for him, I shall. The two of us created him. Imagine what kind of powers he must have."

Shadow hesitated. Then she teleported off the ARK. Landing back on Earth, she looked around. Tears came to her eyes and she fell on her bed sobbing. Sonic was wrong; she did love her son. She just didn't want him. Wiping her face on her pillow, Shadow allowed herself to give into crying yet again. She sniffed and called Blaze.

"Hi, Shadow," Blaze said.

"Hi, Blaze. How are you doing?"

"Fine. What about you? You sound upset."

"I went to the ARK, like Sonic wanted." Shadow explained what had happened on the ARK.

Blaze gasped. "What happened to Shadic?"

"Sonic still has him. I don't think he's killed him."

Blaze sighed in exasperation. "What are you going to do?"

"Find a way to stop him. It didn't work at all this time, but there has to be something we can do."

"All right. Talk to Tails about it; I'm sure that he'll come up with something."

"I'll do that later." Shadow sighed. "Bye, Blaze."

"Talk to you later, Shadow."

Shadow hung up and sighed. She looked around the house before turning into her Black Arms form. If she was going to use it, she might as well get properly acquainted with it. There was also her Black Bull form she had as well, but she didn't have much control in that form. The Black Arms alien sighed and closed her three eyes, concentrating on what her new form could do. Her usual abilities were there, which she was glad for. Going outside, Shadow tested how strong they were. She looked around and began to test her abilities. They were enhanced thanks to this new form. What she didn't notice was that Sonic was hiding in a nearby bush watching her every move. He held Shadic in his arms, who was asleep.

Sonic smiled as he watched. With her abilities strengthened like that, he figured they could be a nuisance. But he would win in the end, he was sure of it. The voices in his head had told him so. He knew now to listen to them only. An insane grin appeared on his face and he teleported out of the area. It was time to see Tails. When he reappeared, he smiled at the house. Tails was always a good friend.

"Who is it?" He heard Tails yell.

"It's me, Tails!" Sonic yelled back. Tails' eyes widened in fear. "Open up!" Sonic called. If Tails didn't get the door, he'd have to open it himself.

"What the hell do you want?" Tails shouted. "Go away, you insane freak!"

"I just want to see you, Tails." Sonic looked at the door, deciding on what would be the best way to break it down.

Tails still didn't answer. Sonic sighed, and began to break the door down. Inside, Tails was calling Shadow.

"What is it, Tails?" Shadow asked as soon a she had picked up the phone.

"S...S...Sonic...is...here..."

"I'll come over, Tails. Just don't let him kill you."

Tails nodded and hung up. Outside, Sonic turned into Shadow to trick Tails and walked inside a few minutes later. Tails looked over when he heard walking. Seeing Shadow, he got up and ran over.

"Shadow," he said. "Thanks for coming. Where did Sonic go?"

Shadow smiled. "I don't know. Maybe he remembered something else he had to do."

Tails nodded and looked at Shadow.

"What?"

"Oh, nothing," Tails said. "I was just wondering what Sonic was doing here anyway." Shadow smiled and nodded. She walked around the house and sat down on the couch. Tails sat beside her. "Other than Sonic coming over, how are you?"

"I'm fine," Shadow said with a grin. She stood up and went outside, looking to see if the real Shadow had appeared yet. Seeing her, she turned back in Tails' direction. "I have something to give you," she said.

Shadow brought out a knife and advanced on Tails, whose eyes were wide in fear. Shadow dug the knife into his chest just as the real Shadow appeared. "Tails!" Shadow yelled. "What are you doing, Sonic?" Shadow ran into the room as she yelled.

Sonic, in the form of Shadow, turned to her and chuckled, digging the knife deeper into Tails' chest. The fox coughed up blood and fell to the ground. Shadow growled at the other Shadow, and attacked her. The false Shadow chuckled, attacking her as well. Shadow transformed into her Black Arms form during their fight and went to attack again, noticing Tails to the side. The wound was taking its toll on him, and was dying. She needed to get Tails to the hospital soon. Sonic was still transformed as Shadow, and smirked. His job was done, and he vanished. Shadow sighed and shook Tails.

"Tails? Can you hear me?" she asked. Shadow looked around for the phone so she could call an ambulance.

The fox's breathing was slow. Shadow sighed and called the hospital. A few minutes later, an ambulance appeared and took Tails to the hospital. Shadow growled in anger; she had to stop Sonic at all costs.

TBC.....