Hello, this is the one shot set before 'Sonic and the Dark Emerald' As I said in chapter 2, I promised you all that I'd get this done in early July and I don't want to let you all down so you can understand what was going on in the story.

Disclaimer: Sonic and crew do not belong to me.

The sun came up from the horizon. The blossom bloomed on the trees and water dripped from the edge of the leaves. It had been raining last night and inside the cave was a sleeping blue hedgehog, which had taken shelter out of the storm and decided to spend the night after waiting so long for the rainstorm to pass.

This hedgehog, Sonic, stirred and moved his head, then yawned. He opened his emerald green eyes and looked around curiously.

"Great the rain has stopped."

Meanwhile…

Sonic was out running, he was looking at the environment and knew that it's the first day of spring. Suddenly, Sonic felt a blow from the back of his head.

"UGH! What the…?" He turned around and saw a well-known robot.

"Metal Sonic!" "COME WITH US, SONIC! MY MASTER WANTS TO SEE YOU IMMEDIATELY!"

"If it's for another experiment like last time, I'll never cooperate!"

"IF YOU DON'T COME WITH US, THEN I'LL HAVE TO USE FORCE!"

"Oh, yeah?! Watch me!"

In a burst of speed. Sonic spin dashed and he hit the robot successfully then got away.

"TARGET LOCKED. ATTACK."

He used his rocket boosters attached to his back then raced after him.

Sonic attempted to get away and looked behind to see if his metal compartment was following him. 'Looks like I lost him' Sonic thought but he was distracted because he did not pay attention to where he's going….

And fell over a twig hidden in the tall grass and twisted his ankle.

"Arrrggghhh!" He screamed in pain but he then realised it was a mistake to scream like that because Metal probably had heard him.

A shadow was formed over is form but Sonic had his eyes closed and he was rubbing his foot. Metal Sonic took out a large springe. A moment later, Sonic gasped as he felt a stab coming from his back, and then started to feel very sleepy and blacked out.

Metal Sonic picked him up and took him to Eggman's base. He had completed his mission.

2 hours later…

Sonic groaned and woke up slowly then rubbed his aching head. He had been expected to be in Eggman's base and looked around curiously. Sonic was right – he was at Eggman's base and he is in captive in a cell.

"So you're awake" Sonic shot up in bed, and remained alert but feeling a little afraid. "Eggman!"

Eggman laughed as he prepared another springe. Sonic saw this and was horrified. "What? Oh no, please no!" He attempted to get away but found out that he could not. His legs are cuffed. He struggled even more to escape but he was too late. Eggman had already come back with a needle. There was a label that said 'Project Dark Emerald'

"Relax, Rodent. The more you struggle, the worse the pain." He then tried to plunge the needle into Sonic's arm but was interrupted by an alarm sounding.

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! ON THE WAY TO RECOVERY ROOM." "Eh?"

Very quickly, Eggman injected him into the arm, making Sonic let out a scream of pain.

"SONIC! WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE!?" Somebody from outside the door said as bangs are heard.

Sonic recognized the voice as Tails and he had probably brought Knuckles, who tried to bring the door down, with him .

"HELP!"

Eggman removed the needle which made him scream even more because of the energy flowing through his body.

Knuckles finally brought the door down. Tails ran to Sonic's aid, but Eggman clicked his fingers. "Robots." They grabbed Tails and pushed him away.

"Release my friends right now!" angered Knuckles.

"Very well, then." Knuckles blinked as he saw the robots releasing Sonic and Tails. Then Eggman watched them run away.

Eggman hid his grin as he turned and looked at the springe he set inside Sonic. 'This is brilliant! My plan is working. In three days I will unleash Demon Sonic and send him on a mission to collect the seven Chaos Emeralds and then my empire, Eggmanland will be complete! HOHOHOHOHO!

Looks like Sonic and his friends have got a serious problem in their hands but they don't know it. Will they find out what's happening? And what does Eggman mean by 'Demon Sonic'?

Find out in 'Sonic and the Dark Emerald'