Sonic the Hedgehog House of Iblis: The Secrets Within

The Secrets Within is the eighth chapter of the fourth series of Sonic The Hedgehog: House of Iblis, and the thirty-eighth chapter overall.
==Overview==
Tails gets a visit from an old friend. Shade gets released from Jail. Rouge sets out to discover who's been leaving flowers on Cream's grave. Tikal warns Sonic of a ceremony used to unleash Chaos. Knuckles uses the Chaos Emeralds to locate the Master Emerald. Cosmo remembers what happened the night Cream disappeared. Shadow comforts Blaze.
==Included Characters==
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sally Acorn
Miles "Tails" Prower
Blaze the Cat
Knuckles the Echidna
Rouge the Bat
Shadow the Hedgehog
Cosmo the Seedrian
Amy Rose
Cream the Rabbit (Flashback)
Shade the Echidna
Tikal the Echidna
Doctor Eggman
==Synopsis==
Cosmo walked into Vanilla's room in Gaia House.
"I was wondering if you might be able to help me." Cosmo said.
"What's the problem?" Vanilla asked.
"I can't remember anything about the night Cream disappeared. I just remember talking to her outside of Iblis House...then nothing." Cosmo said.
"Hmm...." Vanilla said. "Have you considered hypnotherapy?"
Rouge was talking with Blaze.
"I think it's time I told you what was in the notebook..." Rouge said.
"What are you talking about?" Blaze asked.
"I know this might be hard to imagine, but....." Rouge began.
"Spit it out already!" Blaze yelled.
Rouge sighed.
"Amy tried to hook up with Silver during winter break." Rouge told her.
Blaze's eyes widened, and tears fell down her cheeks.
"I'm sorry...." Rouge said.
Sonic, Sally, and Knuckles teleported onto the lawn of Gaia House.
"I can't believe we survived that!" Sally exclaimed.
"Luckily Knux brought the Chaos Emeralds." Sonic said.
"We need to find the Master Emerald. The Chaos Emeralds will be natural magnets. They should pinpoint the location." Knuckles said.
"Sonic!" a girl yelled. Tikal appeared behind him.
"I beg of you..." Tikal said.
"What?!" Sonic asked.
"How can I make you understand?!" Tikal exclaimed. "I'm sorry....."
Sonicwas transported into a warehouse.
"What is this place?" 
He saw someone in a red coat, along with two people in black hoodies chanting in front of the Master Emerald. A painting of Chaos was placed on the altar where the Master Emerald was.
"They're going to unleash Chaos!" Sonic exclaimed. Tikal nodded, and Sonic was back at Gaia House.
"Where's Tails?" Sally asked, walking inside.
"Tails is in.....Soleanna's Mental Institution." Shadow said.
"What?!" Sonic exclaimed.
"He tried to....jump off a cliff." Shadow told them.
"Oh my goodness..." Sally said.
"Someone's been leaving flowers on Cream's grave. It has to be Shade!" Rouge exclaimed.
"No....it can't be. Shade's locked up. It has to be someone else." Shadow replied.
"Well, I'm gonna find out who's really behind this."  Rouge said.
"Be careful Rouge." Knuckles told her.
"Relax Knucklehead. I'll be fine." Rouge said, kissing Knuckles.
Rouge went into the Soleanna Jail. She talked to the police chief.
"May I speak to Shade the Echidna?" Rouge asked.
"You just missed her."
"I'm sorry, what?!" Rouge exclaimed.
"We placed Miss Shade on bail this morning, and someone paid it."
"Can you tell me who?" Rouge asked.
"A woman in a red coat. Said her name was Rouge."
"Oh..." Rouge said. "Thank you sir."
"Not a problem, miss."
Shade was walking ino the Soleanna Instituion. She saw Tails writing in a notebook, and walked over to him.
"Small world, isn't it? You accuse me of being crazy, then get in here yourself." Shade said, smiling. Tails glared at her.
"I brought cookies. You sure you don't want one?" Shade asked.
"No thank you." Tails told her.
"You're taking a big risk. Coming here, visiting me." Tails told her.
"I'm just visiting a friend." Shade said.
"Why did you kill Cream?!" Tails exclaimed. "What did that get you in your agenda?"
"That is an interesting question. If it was true, if I killed her, why would I want to talk to you?" Shade replied. "Look at all that's happened since Knuckles broke up with me. Amy disappeared, Sally and Cosmo came into the picure, Iblis House got blown up! Heck, even a mythical beast almost came into our world!"
"He was right to break up with you." Tails said.
"Be that as it may, I want to give you a second chance. You're not crazy." Shade said.
"Whatever it is you want, the answers no." Tails told her.
"I have Amy's diaries. I have the answers to questions you haven't even thought of." Shade replied.
"Leave me alone..." Tails said, walking away.
"I just want to ask you to join my team." Shade said. "And now I'm leaving. Oh, and have this."
Shade handed him a map of the Institution. There was a star in the nursery room. 
"Hypnotherapy can help bring up memories we've opressed for a reason." Vanilla said. Cosmo was lying down. 
"When I tell you to wake up, you will remember everything." Vanilla said. "And you will tell me what you remember. Okay, wake up."
Cosmo opened her eyes.
"Tell me everything that happened that night you visited Cream."
"That night...." Cosmo repeated.
Cosmo was walking to Iblis House. She saw Cream exit, and started talking to her.
"Do you want to go shopping later?" Cosmo asked.
"Not tonight. I've got some business to attend at the Soleanna Train Station." Cream told her.
"Okay..." Cosmo said. She walked towards Iblis House doors, reached for the knob, but decided against turning it. She followed Cream, at a slight distance.
"Amy? Where are you?" Cream kept asking. She was looking throughout the station. Someone in a red coat walked past her, and Cream followed her.
"Cream, what are you doing?" Cosmo asked. She followed Cream. Cosmo walked down into the lower levels, and saw someone in a black hoodie electrocuting Cream.
"Cream!" Cosmo yelled.
"What are you doing here?!" a girl asked. Shade, dressed in a black hoodie, appeared behind Cosmo. Shade electrocuted Cosmo with her glove, and Cosmo crumpled to the floor. In her last moments of consciousness, Cosmo saw Shade talking with the woman in the red coat.
"Yes. I'll do everything you ask. I'll go through the rubble and find our lost belongings. Take good care of Cream for me." Shade said. The woman in red nodded.
"I remember exactly what happened!" Cosmo exclaimed.
"What happened?" Vanilla asked.
"Shade didn't kill Cream." Cosmo explained. "I didn't see anyone kill her."
"This is troubling...." Vanilla said. "We should tell the others."
Shadow saw Blaze crying.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Silver is working with Shade." Blaze said.
"What?!" Shadow exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, Shadow." Blaze said.
"I'm sorry too..." Shadow told her. They inched closer, and kissed.
Tails was walking through the Soleanna Institution. He saw a flash of pink walk by, and followed it into the room.
"Hey, Tails!" Amy said. "Fourth grade was the best."
"We didn't even know each other then." Tails said.
"Honey, you didn't even know me when you knew me." Amy told him. She turned on the music, and "My Sweet Passion" was playing on the jukebox.
"Dance with me, Tails. You look like you haven't had fun in a long time." Amy told him. She grabbed his hands, and they started doing the box step.
"Why didn't you come back?" Tails asked.
"I can't tell you..." Amy said. Tails stopped dancing.
"Why'd you stop?" Amy asked.
"I can't....I haven't slept in two days, and I'm looking for something. The star on Shade's map." Tails explained.
"Oh, that. It's in there." Amy said, motioning to an echidna doll. Tails walked over to it, and tore open the hole in it. He saw a visitor's pass for Silver, Shade, and Amy. The music stopped playing.
"Tails?" Eggman asked. "What are you doing in here?"
"What are you doing here?" Tails replied.
"I came to see how you were." Eggman said. "I have some new tools you might be interested in."
"Well, they say I'll be out by tomorrow." Tails told him. Eggman escorted Tails back to his room.
Tails got the pillow, and took out a black hoodie. 
You don't have to ask me again, Shade. I'm in. Tails flashed back.
Rouge was at Cream's grave. She saw a rose on Cream's grave. Rouge picked it up. She turned around, and walked into someone holding a bouqet of roses.
"You?!"