Sonic House of Iblis: Dead and Gone

Dead and Gone is the first chapter of the fifth series of Sonic The Hedgehog: House of Iblis
==Overview==
Sonic, Sally, Knuckles and Tails are desperate to uncover what new scheme Red Coat has in store for them in the wake of the lodge fire. Tails and Cream return to the lodge, while Elise moves into the house next to Gaia House. Meanwhile, Red Coat sets Cream on a new path, what’s in the trunk is revealed, and a shocking discovery reverberates through Soleanna
==Included Characters==
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sally Acorn
Miles "Tails" Prower
Knuckles the Echidna
Cosmo the Seedrian
Cream the Rabbit
Shadow the Hedgehog
Julie-Su the Echidna
Bunnie Rabbot
Elise III
Chip
Felicity Cat
==Synopsis==
Tails pulled open the trunk, and the five all gasped. Sally and Cosmo were crying. Sonic and Tails were disturbed.
"No....no...no!" Knuckles cried.
Rouge's body was stuffed inside the trunk.
"Oh my God..." Sally said, a shocking realization coming to mind.
"Knux, I'm sorry, but we need to get out of here." Sonic said.
"Tails, what are you doing?" Cosmo asked.
Tails had gone into the drivers' seat and was fiddling with the police tape.
"Saving Sally's friend Bunnie." Tails replied. He smashed the screen, and took out the chips in the back.
"Let's get home." Sonic said. He grabbed Tails and Sally's wrists, and they grabbed Cosmo and Knuckles. Sonic superspeeded them into his room at Gaia House.
"Knuckles, I'm sorry..." Cosmo told him.
"But we had to get out of there." Sally said.
"Guys, what's this?" Tails asked.
"It looks like... a diary?" Sonic replied. A page was bookmarked.
"I can't believe what happened last week. But I do know one thing: I can't go back to Soleanna. I have to help Rosy. And there's only one way to do it...." Sonic read. "The rest of the page is ripped out."
"Um...who's diary is that?" Sally asked.
"It's...Amy's." Tails said.
"Okay, can we just stop?!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"I'm tired of all this investigating." he told them. "Can we just ignore all of this and get to our graduation?!"
He walked out of the room.
"Let's give it a rest. I'm tired, and we need to get all the ash off our face." Cosmo said.
They all went to bed, and were awakened by Chip.
"Have you all seen the news?" he asked.
"The Royal Family's Lodge in the Soleanna Forest was burned down last night. It appears no one was hurt. Princess Elise has yet to make a comment regarding the suspected arson. What's this?" the reporter asked. She walked over to a burnt up red coat. "It appears to be someone's coat. Although, it doesn't look like anything royalty would wear. More information will headline as it comes. This is Felicity Cat, signing off."
The screen went black, then showed a picture of Eggman's old car.
"This just in..." Felicity said sullenly, "A body was found in the back of Doctor Eggman's car. Doctor Eggman has been in a coma for the past few days, due to a hit-and-run accident. Eighteen year old Rouge the Bat's body was discovered early this morning by a couple out on a morning jog. Rouge was a missing person after Chaos Zero's attack on Soleanna. It is unknown how she got into this car."
"Knuckles, I'm so sorry." Julie-Su said, putting her hand on his shoulder. Her eyes glowed white for a split second.
Tails got a call on his phone. It was from Cream. She wanted to meet him at the Soleanna Marina. He flew to the Marina.
"Tails, get on this boat." Cream said, beckoning to the black boat. The two went inside. There were pictures of Sonic, Sally, Knuckles, Cosmo, Julie-Su, Big, and Marine plastered on the walls. There were also five black hoodies on a rack.
"I need to show you something." Cream said, turning on the laptop. "Oh no!"
"What is it?" Tails asked.
"All of my files have been deleted!" Cream exclaimed.
"Let's get to the lodge. See if we can find the red coat that reporter had." Tails suggested.
"Okay." Cream said.
They flew to the lodge together.
"Tails...do you know where my mom is?" Cream asked.
"No, I'm sorry..." Tails said. "I haven't heard from her since yesterday."
"That's odd...." Cream said, lookng down. "I could've sworn she put the coat down right here."
Tails went inside.
"Tails, we shouldn't be in here!" Cream warned. "The whole place could fall fown!"
Suddenly, they heard a creak, and saw someone run out of the lodge. The two raced after the figure, but couldn't catch up to them.
"Who was that?!"
"I dunno!"
Cosmo was walking down the street. She saw a moving van at the front of a cottage.
"Elise?" she asked.
"Hi, Cosmo!" Elise said. "The castle is having a bit of a bedbug problem, so my father wants me to stay at the cottage next to Gaia House."
"That's...great!" Cosmo said.
"I'm sorry about Rouge. It's such a tragedy." Elise said. "Give Knuckles my condolences." She reached to pat Cosmo's shoulder, and the sleeve of her shirt went up, revealing a burn mark.
"Do you know anything about what happened at your lodge last night?" Cosmo asked.
"No, I have no idea." Elise said.
Sonic got an email on his computer.
"Closed caskets keep secrets. Hers is open and exposes all yours." he read.
"What in the world?" he exclaimed.
Cream got a text from a blocked number.
"I know what happened to your mom. Bring me the lair and you'll know too." she read.
The next day, Rouge's funeral was being held.
Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Sally, Cosmo, and Julie-Su walked in together.
"Let's go sit over here, Knuckles." Julie-Su said, motioning to a bench in front.
"Tails-" Sonic began.
"I got a message, too." Tails told him. "We have to go check."
The two searched the church, and found Rouge's casket. Sonic opened it, still disturbed at seeing his friend dead. A phone started ringing.
"Not mine." Sonic and Tails said to each other.
It was coming from Rouge's casket. Sonic reached into her pocket and grabbed a blackberry.
"One missed call from....Coffee?" Sonic read.
"Call it." Tails said.
Sonic did so. The phone kept ringing and ringing until finally someone picked it up.
"Hello?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic?! Why are you calling me from Bunnie's phone?" Sally asked.
Sonic and Tails met up with Sally and Cosmo.
"Come sit with me, guys." Elise said. The four went to sit with her, but there was only enough room for three people.
"I'll just go...sit with Big and Marine." Cosmo said.
Sonic, Tails, and Sally sat next to Elise. Tails looked around, and saw someone familiar.
"Guys, look! It's Shadow!" Tails exclaimed.
Shadow walked inside, and was escorting someone wearing a black veil over her face. They sat behind Knuckles and Julie-Su.
"Who is that?" Sonic asked.
"I have no idea." Sally replied.
The priest of the church said a eulogy for Rouge.
Sally walked up the stairs, following Shadow, while Sonic and Tails followed the Lady in black.
"Shadow!" Sally called.
"Sally." Shadow said, grinning.
"I would've thought you'd be more upset. Your best friend is dead!" Sally said.
"I've moved on." Shadow said.
"Did you send Sonic an email?" Sally asked.
"No."
"Who is Red Coat?!"
Shadow didn't respond.
"Shadow, tell me something. Please!" Sally pleaded.
"I have a message for you." he told her.
"What are you talking about?"
"I know you and your  friend's secret. Rouge would still be alive if you hadn't have pushed that car into the lake." Shadow said.
Sally started crying.
"The truth won't set you free, Sally. I'm going to bury you with it." Shadow said. He walked outside.
Sally met up with Sonic, Tails, and Cosmo.
"Who is that?" Cosmo asked. Shadow was escorting the lady in the black veil into a limosine.
Could he have been imagining it? No, he was sure. Shadow's eyes had glowed pink when he was walking with the lady. Sonic told the others.
Three people approached the group of four.
"Sonic. Tails. Sally. And...Cosmo?"
They nodded.
"We're Team Chaotix." the chameleon said. "I'm Espio the Chameleon. These are my partners, Vector the Crocodile and Charmy Bee. We are investigating the murder of Rouge the Bat and attempted murder of Doctor Ivo Robotnik."
"We already spoke to the police after Rouge was killed." Tails said.
"We read that in a report." Vector said. "We've actually been reading a lot about you four. Rouge wrote about you in her reports on Soleanna. We're probably going to have to bring you in for questioning though."
"But remember." Charmy said. "We're the good guys."
"We just want to find out the truth." Espio said. The three walked off.
"Oh my God!" Cosmo exclaimed. She got a video message sent to her. It showed them opening the trunk, and hastily exiting the scene.
"Amy was there that night?" Sonic asked.
"She recorded the whole thing...." Tails said.
The limo housing Shadow and the Lady in black drove away.
Cream piloted the black boat holding the Lair, and tied it to the dock at the Wave Ocean beach.
The lady in black was in the Lair. She put plush dolls of Sally and Cosmo next to ones of Sonic and Tails in a dollhouse. She set a plush doll of Julie-Su next to a plush doll of Knuckles in another room of the dollhouse. Finally, she put a plush doll of Shadow next to a plush doll of Amy at the top room of the dollhouse.
The lady in black took off her veil in front of a mirror plastered with pictures of Amy Rose. She was wearing a red wool mask. She took off her mask, revealing Amy Rose herself....
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