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8:30 pm
 
Had dinner, both me and Chelsea are brainstorming with what's been going on…on...
It's really strange, the fact that computers are getting destroyed every time there's a murder victim and we find that there's some old data from the same game…game...
 
"Sonic.exe"....That name reminds me of all the times me and Chelsea played some of our old Sonic the Hedgehog video games. I remember when we used to play Sonic Heroes, she always liked playing as Rouge the Bat and I always liked playing as Vector.
 
But…ItBut...It's weird…Whatweird...What does a Sonic game, a possibly fan-made one at that, got to do with all these killings?
 
2:45 pm December 2nd, 2011
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I airchecked the word "dead" because that's where the report came out really disturbing; the doctors stated that they're all in what appears to be in a Persistent Vegetative State, meaning that these people are in fact still alive, their brains and hearts are still working, but they're all in an empty, dead-like state, as if something robbed them of their minds or sense of self.
 
Chelsea stated it was probably one of the freakiest things she's seen in her days as my partner, and I don't blame her…her...
 
Who would be capable of actually stealing people's senses of self? It's like the Devil is handpicking innocent people and robbing them of their souls for eternal damnation.
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2:00 pm December 19th, 2011
 
Chelsea didn't go to work with me. Said she wasn't feeling well…Iwell...I'm starting to get a little worried for her. Ever since we took this case she's been acting rather odd.
 
I dunno, maybe I'm overreacting, Boss told me to not worry about it and maybe just look into what she was researching on. I might do that.
 
Also, several news about people worshiping this guy recently. Calls himself "X". I swear, the things kids will be into nowadays…nowadays...
 
9:30 pm December 24th, 2011
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Almost time for Christmas, though I dunno if I should celebrate.
 
Chelsea's been shut up in her room almost every day. Not responding to me…Ime...I hope she's alright…alright...
Anyways, I've been looking into Chelsea's work, and I think she might have found something.
 
Apparently the killer must be going after anyone who plays the Sonic.exe game. And once they've played the game, the killer tracks them down, kills them and keeps count by carving the numbers onto their chest. But what about the fact that almost every victim looks as though they had their soul sucked right out of them?
 
Wait a minute…Iminute...I just remembered something…something...
 
A few days ago, Chelsea came home from the store and went back into her room…sheroom...she said she found a new game…game....
 
....Oh my god…Chelseagod...Chelsea!
 
12:32 am
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(The writing is a bit sloppy and there are tears splotched here and there)
 
.....Chelsea is dead…dead....She found the game…game.....Oh my god, why…why....
 
4:50 am December 25th, 2011
 
I called the guys back at the station to help me move Chelsea…Chelsea....Oh god, why? Why her? Did the killer found out and tried to cover his tracks? No, it doesn't look like anything was taken or destroyed…welldestroyed...well except for the computer…andcomputer...and the game is still here…Ihere...I wanted to keep it to find out why this had happened but the Chief demanded I hand it over to him…Thehim...The way he asked for it is really odd, it's as if he doesn't want me to do anything to this game disc.
 
The funeral for my sister will be prepared in a few days…Idays...I can't believe that Chelsea…myChelsea...my own sister, is gone…Whengone...When I find out who killed her, I'm gonna make sure he pays dearly.
 
4:50 pm December 28th, 2011
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Apparently Chelsea was terrified of this game. Something from the game scared the CRAP out of her. In fact according to what she wrote down, she made it seem like the game is cursed or something.
But that can't be the case, there's no way a computer game would harm anyone…rightanyone...right?
 
7:12 am January 3rd 2012
 
Okay, I changed my mind, maybe there IS something spooky about the game after all. Last night I had a dream…no…adream...no...a nightmare, more like.
I remember it well: I was trapped in darkness, all was quiet except someone was laughing and talking to me. I kept having visions of Sonic the Hedgehog smiling and appearing all around me as he talked to me.
He told me to play the game, over and over again, each time sounding more impatient. When he got to my face and yelled "PLAY IT!" that's when I woke up with a fright…fright...
 
…Why...Why would Sonic want me to play a game that possibly killed my sister?
 
3:30 pm
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Another murder. Number 24. And the Cult of X seems to be pestering the public more and more. What's their deal? Don't they realize that there's a killer on the loose?
 
......Wait a minute....
……Wait a minute….
 
What if this "X" weirdo is the killer?
 
It would make sense, ever since these murders started this cult has been hanging around recruiting more and more people. And this "X" character they're worshiping…worshiping....Who is he? Why is it that this cult even started after several murders have taken place?
I looked over Chelsea's notes again and she seemed to agree with me. Apparently X has something to do with the Sonic.exe game. Did he make the game? Is he somehow got a hold of it and thought, "Hey! If I kill people with this game, people will like me!"?
 
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5:00 pm February 8th, 2012
 
More murders, we're up to 28 now. The Boss contacts me about it every now and then behind the Chief's back, he told me that whoever is causing all these murders is one smart son of a bitch. I can't really blame him. As much as I hate to admit it, I have to give X credit for being able to kill 28 people so far. But he's not gonna get away with it. Anyways, I've looked over Chelsea's notes again and it what she wrote down before she got attacked was very odd, nonsensical stuff about a Sonic plushie always watching her, spying on her…her...
 
…I...I never saw a Sonic doll in the apartment.
Then again I never questioned my sister's sanity. She was always the smart one in things and it just pains me to realize how broken she was just before she died…died....
I didn't tell the Boss about X or Chelsea's notes. I know he won't believe me. Nobody will. I guess if you have to solve a case, you have to do it yourself.
 
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Jesus, what a close call. I just made it back from the station. I managed to grab all the files and I had a run in with the Chief.
He asked what I was doing back in the station, I lied and told him that I had to pick up a few things from my office and decided to take some time off. Thankfully he believed me…butme...but, it's strange, the way he talked to me sounded like he didn't believe me in the slightest. Anyways, I got the files just like Cole asked.
 
I told Cole that all of the victims had the same occurrences: all of them were in a dead-like state, as if their souls were taken out, that they were all "numbered", and that each computer the victims had were somehow destroyed and had Sonic.exe inside the hard drives.
 
Cole said there's a reason why all the victims had Sonic.exe in their computers, and boy did I not like the answer…answer...
 
The Cult of X is involved. Their members, after someone gets killed, steals the game disc the victim had at the time and hides it away for a while until it shows up later on at a random place to easily obtain it. These random locations could be anything: a game store, a pawn shop, the black market, eBay, Craigslist, random yet seemingly harmless deliveries, anywhere that involves buying stuff. That way, when the next potential victim finds it, he or she becomes the new owner of the Sonic.exe game until X comes to kill them and then a member of the cult comes to steal away the game disc again, and thus the cycle begins anew.
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I asked Cole why the cult is even doing this, and he told me that "X", the bastard, is clearly some sort of holy figure to the cult and they will do whatever it takes to be on his good side.
 
What does they see in X, anyhow? Why is it they like him so much that they're willing to be accomplices to murder? Or better yet…Whatyet...What kind of power does X have to strike so much terror into people that they'll do whatever he says?
 
3:30 pm March 1st, 2012
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So I played it.
 
It started off pretty basic with the classic Sonic the Hedgehog title screen…untilscreen...until I started it.
 
Sonic…hisSonic...his eyes had gone black and there were red glowing dots staring at me…me...
 
Anyways, when I got on the character selection screen (yes, this game apparently has one.), I was shown the character lineup: Shadow, Sally and Rouge…RougeRouge...Rouge was Chelsea's favorite character. I chose not to play as her out of respect for Chelsea and chose Shadow. That laugh…itlaugh...it sounded just like the laugh Sonic made in that dream I had…had....
 
The game started with a level title called "Let's Play", and I was shown Shadow standing in what appears to be a hallway of mirrors, with a faint echoing sound of a piano playing a calm melody in the distance.
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I had Shadow walk past the last mirror and the music stopped, Shadow was now walking down an empty quiet hallway, I had this growing sense of dread in my stomach.
And then Shadow stopped at one more mirror. He stopped right at it, showing his weird, bleeding reflection. And then that laugh came again and I saw that the real Shadow was slowly transforming into his reflection, bleeding and smiling…Whatsmiling...What the hell kinda game IS this?
 
And then Sonic appeared…withappeared...with those black and red eyes, red tears coming down his face…heface...he smiled as he looked at Shadow. And then the screen went black and then came a message on the screen.
"It's not the outside that's important, it's who you are on the inside that really intrigues me."
 
When it came back to the level, Shadow was sitting on the floor cradling in a half-fetal position like a child, just grinning that freaky grin, then Sonic smiled as he looked at me and then he lunged at Shadow, the screen going black with a loud pixelated screeching noise! Gah! I still feel as if I can still hear it ringing in my ears…Thatears...That laugh came again and another message.
 
"You're learning more about this better than anyone, aren't you, Derek?"
 
....What the FUCK?
 
How the Hell does this game know me?!
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This doesn't make any sense!
 
It brought me back to the main menu and I saw that Shadow was now in one of the TV screens looking as he did earlier, looking rather mindlessly happy…happy....
I had to turn the game off…Myoff...My head hurts so much from all this…this...
Was this was Chelsea found? A haunted computer game? And now some guy is using this to as an excuse to kill people, just to gain a cult?
 
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Who is X? Who is X?! WHO IS X?!?!
 
.....Sonic?
 
4:30 pm March 2nd, 2012
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"X" is really called "Sonic.exe", named after the game that's been causing all this trouble. Cole Skyped me recently me that Sonic.exe has been around long before the game did.
 
I ask him what X was exactly and his answer unnerved me…me....
 
Sonic.exe is a monster. No, not the monsters you see in horror films or video games, he is a REAL monster. And he's not just any monster apparently. Cole told me that X is a supernatural being from another dimension. How fucking crazy is THAT?! But it's true. It has to be.
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He took the game disk so that way the Cult could use it to continue with the killings!
But the boss, oh the boss, he can't be involved in this too…Hetoo...He's been mine and Chelsea's friend for years! No, no, I don't think he would ever go in on this. Matter of fact I don't think he even KNOWS about what's going on. Damn Chief…whyChief...why would you do this…this....
 
When I uncover this conspiracy, I'm ratting you out!
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X is not only dangerous and powerful, he is downright sadistic and insane. He thinks that all the horrific things he's doing is all part of some silly game!
 
X…youX...you monster…Whymonster...Why are you doing this?! WHAT are you trying to gain?!
 
August 24th, 2012
 
Played more of the game. The level Sally was in was really odd, she was in what appeared to be an old, desolate city, the sky a dull dark mixture of clouds, everything all dull empty and dead...no music.
What was weird is how she was smiling…maybesmiling...maybe she found something good?
 
No. That wasn't the case at all, after I had her run and jump past debris, she reached the end of the level.
 
Sonic…noSonic...no, X…X....was there…there...
 
She smiled at him and he smiled back. Then another message.
 
"See? I'm not such a bad guy, Derek…Derek..."
 
Then another…another...
 
"I can be kind when I want to…to..."
 
Then it showed X holding Sally's hand smiling warmly at her. She looked different now: Her eyes were sewn shut and her color pallete seemed darker.
 
X gently placed his hands around her head…head...
 
"I really do love humans, Derek."
 
"So much fun to play with…with..."
 
"In fact…Ifact...I guess you could say…say..."
 
Then it showed me a close up of X, with a wide mad grin, violently snapping Sally's neck, she was still smiling as though she didn't feel any pain from it.
 
"…They...They're the ULTIMATE TOY."
 
I almost gagged at that. The main menu showed Sally I her TV screen, still in her darker state. She was still smiling…Shesmiling...She can't have possibly ENJOYED any of that.
 
8:30 pm
 
Cole just called me. He said that all the characters you play as in the game is all of Exe's slaves, turned into horrific parodies of Sonic characters, or at least, turned into their favorite Sonic characters, and X sets them up randomly in each game to show us humans what's in store for us…us....
...Wait...
…Wait…
 
Oh God…God.No…No...No...No!
 
I won't do it! I won't play the game just to watch you harm her, X!
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Also, Cole has informed me that X plans to one day permanently crossover to our world so that way, his reality will merge with ours and all of mankind will become X's slaves for eternity!
 
But how…Howhow...How does he plan to accomplish such a feat?!
 
Cole thinks that the Cult is thinking up ways to make it so. But so far none of their attempts have been successful. Apparently their knowledge in computers is not as superior as the unknown original creator of the disk.
…I...I asked why Cole knew so much of this.
I dunno what compelled me to ask, but I'm guessing it's been nagging me for some time.
Dear god…Poorgod...Poor Cole…Cole....He revealed that he was a member of the Cult of X. but he didn't like what he was getting into and tried to stop the Cult, at least until X got to him first, now he's stuck in X's world, he said he's lucky to have even found me, since the window is still here.
Anyway, he's telling me that he has information on how to put a stop to X and the Cult's plans, the best way he knows how to stop X in his tracks is to destroy the disk, that way his only way in and out of worlds will be gone and he won't be able to cause any more trouble in ours.
 
The Chief still has the disk. I need to prepare on getting it back…back....
 
8:42 pm
 
....X got Cole…Cole....I was in the middle of talking with Cole while preparing and then we got disconnected. When it reconnected Cole's username changed to "X".
 
X told me that Cole has been cheating, and needs to be punished, and then he posted "HA" over, and over, and over, and OVER…OVER....
 
Goddamn you Sonic.exe!!!
 
My hand is still bleeding from shattering the screen. But I don't care…notcare...not anymore…anymore...
It's time to end this. I'm gonna go get that damn disk and destroy it.
If I don't write back after this final entry…entry.well…let...well...let's just say that whoever finds this, whoever reads this diary, pleases find it as instructive as you can.
 
Everything you've read in my diary is the truth, X is a monster from another world, and the Cult of X is conspiring to help him take over our world. This cannot happen!
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That was Derek's last journal entry…Heentry...He wrote this 3 weeks ago…Todayago...Today is his birthday.
 
And now he's dead.
 
I wondered why he acted the way he was during these horrible events, I was worried about my friend, but I never bothered to find out why at the time…time....I feel so stupid. Derek tried to fight this battle alone and I did nothing.
I haven't heard from Derek in 3 weeks, but yesterday I got an E-mail from someone named Cole.
 
It was addressed strictly to Bob Richardson.
 
That's my name…name...
 
I clicked on it and it was an audio tape that was made September 13th. That was made a day ago before I got the E-mail. I clicked on it.
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(A loud slap is heard and Derek falls to the ground)
 
Goldman: (Quietly) You fool…Xfool...X chose ME to be his most loyal because HE knew I never liked this planet, he knew I want to be rid of the stupidity humanity is causing! I'm perfectly okay with being X's slave if it means getting away from it all, getting the peace I finally deserve after all this time! And if everyone's gotta go with me then TOO FUCKING BAD!!
 
Derek: (chuckling rather shakingly) Whatever…itWhatever...it doesn't matter anyway, 'cause I'm going to stop you. Once and for all.
 
Goldman: Oh are you now? With what I presume?
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Derek: W-what? What do you mean?
 
Goldman: Easy. (high heels again as Goldman walks across the room) It's true that X cannot enter our world unless someone places that disk into a computing system. But I'm curious, Mr. Green…Green....
 
(the sound of Goldman pulling out something from her pocket)
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Goldman: Whatever made you both think that THAT disk in particular was the original?
 
Derek: (shakingly) N…No…NoN...No...No that can't be…be...!
 
Goldman: A brilliant theory I might add, but I'm afraid it's your last one, Detective. (the sound of a disk being inserted into a CD drive is heard)
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(and then strange supernatural sounds are heard, and then the audio breaks up and distorts a bit, a new person is walking into the room as Derek is screaming for his life)
 
X: Hi, Derek…Derek...
 
Derek: NOOO!!! NOOOOO!!
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After hearing this…Ithis...I've never felt so helpless…helpless...
 
Both my friends are gone…takengone...taken from me.
 
There's nothing I can do about this…this....
 
I'm a useless cop after all.
 
But I hope someday, someone, somewhere is able to put a stop to this, to do what I failed to do.
I have to hope…Ihope...I have to believe there's a chance at winning this…this....
 
Because if there is no hope…hope...
 
No chance…chance....
 
…Sonic...Sonic.exe wins the game.
 
 
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