Disclaimer: Although the concept of this story is mine, Sonic and all other related characters are property of Sega.

The Sonic X Files

Prologue:

The glowing eyes in the darkness were the only things Silver could see. He was running through the forest as fast as he could, barely managing not to get cut by the wild thorns. As he could hear the crunching of the leaves get closer, Silver knew that one wrong step would put him at the mercy of the creature that pursued him. Silver could feel the energy draining out of his system. He could feel exhaustion setting in as the cold air seemed to grow denser by the second. For a fleeting moment, he was ready to stop running, hearing the creature's footsteps drawing near.

"Oh my God!" Silver thought to himself, "That thing's faster than the Energizer bunny! I can't keep running too much…"

His thought was interrupted when he tripped on a rotten log, falling into a thicket of thorns, receiving many cut marks on his face and arms. He knew that he no longer had the energy to keep running. Silver struggled to get up off of the forest floor. He looked up and saw the hideous beast that was chasing him.

The beast Silver saw was at least 7 feet tall. The ape-like creature was carrying a heavy, solid oak club in its right hand. It took aim and threw the club straight at Silver. Right before Silver could make any attempt to save himself, ear-piercing sirens started to go off in his head. Silver was instantly pulled from his unconscious dream back into reality. Jumping out of his bed in a cold sweat, he quickly looked at his alarm clock and pressed the off button. He was surprised to find that it was only 6:00 in the morning.

"For once in my life, I'm actually glad I had an alarm clock. Too bad it has to be a pain every other day," Silver thought to himself.

He walked over to the bathroom sink to wash his face. While he was rinsing his face in the sink, he noticed that the water had a red tinge.

"That's certainly unusual," he thought, but thought nothing more of the matter, until he looked at his face in the mirror. Silver's eyes grew wide with fright and screamed when he saw his reflection. His face was covered with strange scratches and bruises. He looked down at his arms and found more scratches.

Silver thought: "Oh my God!! This is impossible!! I didn't go out last night!! Wait a second, didn't I have some weird nightmare last night? I remember falling into thorns, but things that happen in dreams can't happen in real life! This doesn't make any sense!"

He quickly rummaged about his medicine cabinet and found a roll of bandages. After he wrapped his wounds, Silver quickly realized that something worse might happen later if he didn't find some kind of help. He decided that he needed to call Sonic and Shadow for help; maybe they would know something about this type of situation.

First, he called Sonic from the speed dial on his cell phone; all he got was the answering machine. Silver quickly left a hurried message:

"Sonic! You've got to help me! Something is extremely wrong has happened! I can't explain it over the phone; I'll have to talk to you in person! Call me back on my phone!"

Finding no luck with Sonic, he decided to call Shadow. The phone rang several times before a sleepy voice answered on the other end of the line.

"Silver, what do you want? Do you have any idea what time it is?" Shadow was obviously annoyed that someone was interrupting his beauty sleep.

"Look, Shadow, I really don't care what time it is right now! I don't have time! Meet me at the café in one hour!" Silver pleaded desperately.

"Why can't you tell me what's wrong over the phone?" Shadow asked.

"It's not that simple! Please, Shadow, I really need your help." Silver sounded very desperate at this point.

"Okay, fine, I'll come. But if it's that urgent, it had better be extremely important," said Shadow annoyingly.

"Thanks Shadow. Don't be late!" Silver hung up the phone, grabbed his coat, and headed out into the cold morning.