Eggman ran down the many hallways of his egg-base, rapidly glancing behind him for the hedgehog who was surly following behind. Alarms blared, broken glass littered the floors, and chaos energy was leaking all over the place. He panted, his heart racing as the cold sweat on his brow increased. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him! "I need to get to the commanding cellar! He will slow down by fighting my robots!" he explained outload. No one was with him, he just said it outload to calm himself down. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally made it to the commanding cellar, he turned on the microphone to the audio system "All Eggman robots, attack! Attack Shadow the hedgehog, but I want him alive!" He then quickly turned it off, his heart racing. This was a horrible idea, one of the dumbest moves he's ever made in his life! He couldn't believe how fast it all went downhill…!

Shadow fought against the metal cuffs keeping him bound to the cold, metal table. He admittingly liked to see the hedgehog struggle within the other room, his strength actually failing him for once. He smirked evilly. Everything was perfect, soon he would conquer the world once more, and that idiotic blue hedgehog couldn't stop him! He walked away from the observation glass and over to his main computer. He pulled up his blueprints; his pride doubling as he smiled wide. First, he would drain as much chaos energy from shadow has possible to fuel his machines, then, he would put Shadow into total submission. Once that was complete, he would then wipe all of Shadow's memories and replace them with new ones! Ones that would make him follow his every command and to beat Sonic and his pathetic friends! However, he paused. He wasn't quite sure about the whole 'putting Shadow into submission' thing. He wondered how he was going to do it… Beatings? No, that would limit how much he would fight…. Manipulation? No, that would affect how he would follow his commands… Eggman shrugged "I'm sure it'll come to me, but for now… lets get some chaos energy!" He turned back around, going to the door; he scanned his hand, which made the door open. He smirked as Shadow stopped struggling for a moment "not having such a good day, are we?" he stated. Shadow growled, obviously his voice made the hedgehog struggle even more. He smiled "what? No 'hello'? awe I'm hurt… honest!" Shadow growled "Let. Me. Go." He busted out into laughter "ohh-oh-ohhh that's rich! Sorry old friend, but no can do!" Shadow growled even deeper "we. Aren't. friends." He smirked. He then walked over and leaned over the helpless hedgehog. This made Shadow noticeably uncomfortable "what? Don't like the bright lights and metal cuffs? What a shame, I worked hard on them!" The hedgehog beneath him struggled more, not saying a word. He chuckled, pressing a button to make the metal table tilt up, it now rested at a 135-degree angle. He then talked over and stood in front of the table so Shadow could see him "I've cooked up a new plan; and you're just the hedgehog I need" the hedgehog struggled, but he could tell the hedgehog was listening "According to grandfather's dairy, your body produces around 8×1017 Joules. Your energy is so powerful that its compared to the energy released by the eruption of a volcano, a volcano that would sink an entire island!" Shadow paused at this, bingo, he had caught his attention. "That energy flows freely within your body, in fact, it makes about 80% of your body's energy!" Shadow was growing nervous; and that's what he wanted. "that kind of energy can last months to even years at a time. And that's what I want for my robots. Your chaos energy" Shadow struggled violently against the metal cuffs; He smirked "don't bother, these special cuffs are much stronger than anything you've ever dealt with! They are also the tool I will use to drain your chaos energy. Remember these?" He held up all four inhibitor rings, Shadows face paled at the sight of them "yes. Your inhibitors. Without them, I can suck as much energy out of you as I want." Shadow growled "I won't let you." He smiled, his face full of pride "or can you? You see, chaos energy is used and bended to that of its original owner. And which you can use it to escape, but don't worry, I have just the thing for that" Eggman held up the small green, glowing gem. Shadow gasped "a… chaos emerald…!?" He laughed "oooh hoo yes! This won't allow you to use your own energy!" Shadow shouted out in slight fear and frustration, he tugged and yanked at the cuffs as he put the gem into its slot at the base of the special table. "however, you can't survive on a mere 20% of energy…. Yet. I will slowly drain you of 10% of your energy, then take ten more away the next time, and then ten more, all the way down until I adjust to your body to living off of that mere 20%!" Shadow trying desperately to break free now, his body slammed the table as he tried to twist and writhe himself free. He smiled "don't worry, I have plans for you too! I won't let you go to waste!" He then walked over and adjusted the table back to 180-degress. He then pulled out a weird device from the side of the table and attacked it to shadow's shoulders and chest, he smirked evilly "I will break you in two, then wipe your memory so you can work me" Shadow stared to hyperventilate "but don't worry" he continued" I'll just break you first. I wasn't sure what to do at first, but now I've made up my mind." He then started up the device "every time energy isn't being drained from you, this device will send painful and powerful shocks throughout your entire body, one thing it focuses on his your head, so you won't even be able to struggle." With the snap of his figures the cuffs turned on and energy started to drain from the hedgehog, Shadow hissed and grunted in pain and discomfort. He smirked as he walked to the door "I will drain you how many times I feel like it. Then, once I've had enough, I will wipe your memories. So, enjoy them while you still can! No one is coming to save you. No one even knows you're here." Shadow called out in pain, making him smirk "have a nice draining session" he said as he left.

Oh… what a horrible mistake he had made. A horrible one indeed.