Preview: Season 3, Episode 4

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Cream’s House — The outskirts of Carnival City

The quaint beachside abode appears different than it once did under the twilight overcast, with all of its flowering hedges dried and shriveled from a lack of attention. Cream shakes her doubts aside. She starts to walk up the cobblestone path to the front door. She stops there for a moment, then knocks firmly on the door. Not getting a response, she tries the doorknob. The door opens wide.

Cream’s eyes go wide. An explosion has triggered inside. The shockwave throws her off of her feet. The house is engulfed in flames. Shielding her face, she looks inside. Something is walking out through the flames. Hedgehog on one side and robot on the other, the silhouette clearly belongs to Cyber Sonic. But as it steps into view, that form changes. It’s Tails that steps out from the fire, wearing a vicious smirk and glowing red eyes.

“Useless… useless… useless…”

Cream climbs back to her feet and turns to run. The flames have spread to the field all around her, funneling her escape straight forward. Her friends stand along the path. Omega. Gemerl. Shadow. Amy. Sonic. But each time she reaches out for their help, they turn away, walking into the flames. Left behind where they disappear are demonic faces, scowling and laughing at her. As she runs, they come back out to chase behind her, their forms nothing but shadowy, snarling masses. Crying in fear, Cream puts everything into running faster, nearly tripping over herself in the process. The world goes black, but the shadows keep on chasing.

Something lies ahead. A point of light, distant at first, but growing ever brighter. The shadows hiss and snarl at the light, their progress suddenly blocked. Cream’s wide eyes take in the light with a sudden wave of calm. She throws her arms wide open, letting the light overtake her completely.

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As the light fades, Cream slowly stirs into consciousness on a cobblestone road, the dark of night looming overhead. The distant sound of a distinct melody can be heard, played by a simple flute. Three notes high, three notes low, then back and forth between the two. Cream finally manages to push her head up off of the ground. “Where…?” She looks around in confusion. The road seems to stretch on endlessly into the darkness behind her. Ahead, it leads through a wrought iron gate, open to some manner of courtyard. Left with little other choice, Cream climbs to her feet and starts walking towards the gate, and the source of the strange yet familiar melody.

Just where exactly has Cream found herself? What were those strange apparitions pursuing her? And why does this odd tune seem to draw her in? Find out all that and more, on the next illuminating episode of The Chaos Project!