Okay, I'm not sure if I was clear in the previous chapter but Tails had called Sonic via cell phone, that's why Knuckles and Tails didn't see him or help him. Also, Dark Sonic is from the show (Sonic X) not from the games. That is all.

Chapter 1: Sonic's Nightmare

Sonic ran over to the tube containing Chris and Cosmo. "Chris, Cosmo," he exclaimed, his hands on the glass while the tube went down into the ground. He tried to make sure that it didn't disappear but it did.

"Be careful! If you try to save them the pressure would kill them instantly. Yes, your friends would disappear forever." He laughed evilly and (since he was part machine) mechanically. "And if you don't accept my offer…You know the rest."

Sonic was on his knees and hands. He was still looking down at the place where Cosmo and a seriously hurt Chris had disappeared. He was shaking in rage as he stated, sneeringly, "Poor Cosmo…She was so scared…"

"Hmm, that bothers you?" The Metarex asked him, seemingly confused and yet slightly amused.

His fur quickly turned a very dark blue, even darker than navy. A dark, purplish aura surrounded him as he asked, "Chris…What happened?" His voice was calm, much too calm from what he was actually feeling.

The Metarex, who was either very blind or very clueless, explained, "Punishment is necessary to train disobeying animals like him." Then, after two drone robots, one golden and the other silver, appeared, he said very excitedly, "Look Sonic! I created them myself! Gold and Silver; one will test your speed while the other will test your strength. And if you're as good as we think then this should be no problem for you."

While the Metarex was talking, Sonic (or now Dark Sonic) started cackling madly. His hands turned into fists, ready to get back at the Metarex that had hurt his friends. He looked towards the Metarex with his emerald green eyes and said "If that is what you want…I will fight." He disappeared in a dark haze, surprisingly faster than what was expected.

He first slashed through the silver Metarex drone with his greatly enhanced speed, slicing it into pieces. It exploded almost on contact, causing the "battle-field" to be shrouded in smoke. Next, with a growl, Dark Sonic aimed for the gold Metarex. He punched it with his now enhances strength (maybe he could even rival Knuckles), causing indents in the machine. Then, punching the head of the machine with all his strength so that it exploded, now at full speed with his pupils gone and his transformation now looking like an evil version of his super form, he asked angrily, "Is that what you wanted?"

"Stop right now." Dark Sonic recognized the voice and turned towards the source. It was Eggman, of course. He continued, "I have never seen you like this, Sonic."

"Did you see what he did," Bocoe inquired.

"He made two heaps of metal out of them!" Decoe exclaimed.

"Sorry. Something went wrong with the Egg Drive, and I just happened to land here." And, rubbing the back of his bald head, continued, "We don't have much time," Eggman started walking over to Dark Sonic, who had now gotten his green emerald pupils back and still looked a bit angry, "Please listen. Sonic, you really shouldn't do this kind of thing. I do not want to see you act out of anger and rage; it's not good at all. So I will pretend I had not seen anything. Just go back to your ship. Don't worry about your friends. I know that they're going to be just fine."

Sonic, who had turned came out of his dark transformation, had been looking down in shame for the most part of Eggman's little speech. But at the mention of his crewmates going to be just fine, he looked up, "huh?"

Everyone in the Blue Typhoon seemed to be enjoying themselves, happy that they got Chris and Cosmo back. But Sonic wasn't inside the Blue Typhoon; he was on the ledge, looking out into space, thinking about what had happened today; how he turned into Dark Sonic. A mental image of Dark Sonic flashed through his mind before leaving him to his thoughts.

Sonic woke up, gasping. Sweat was pouring down his face, but he didn't know why. His dark transformation didn't scare him, but he didn't want to transform into it either. Why had he even dreamed about that time anyways? A flashback about what happened, and I mean what really happened, flashed through his mind. His eyes widened; the other memory had been a fake! "So, you saw through the fake memory, did you? Oh well, it's not like you can do anything about it. Your movements are limited. You cannot speak of what happened without Dark Sonic easily taking control of you for a mere second, without surfacing, and making sure you would be unable to speak of it. If you try to escape you will be stopped. You can't even go on runs without being prevented when there isn't someone with you. And if you keep resisting I will come there and recapture you while taking down your friends at the same time."

"Eggman," Sonic growled angrily. Amy, Tails and Knuckles must have heard him because they rushed into the room. Amy exclaimed, "He's awake," even though they could all see that. "Hey guys," Sonic said uncomfortably, knowing very well that the command to attack his friends could come any moment. "How long was I asleep?"

"Sonic, you were asleep for a day," Tails answered, looking at Amy.

"Oh Sonic, I was so worried about you!" Amy exclaimed, tackle-glomping Sonic.

Sonic felt that the hug was way too close for comfort (especially in the situation that he was already in) and tried pushing Amy away, saying, "Uh, Amy, c-can you get off?" Amy, with a lot of blushing, quickly obliged. "Thanks," Sonic said, not able to hold back his famous smile. "You know what I need? I need just to-" Sonic stopped in midsentence, remembering what he was told. "Oh yeah," Sonic mumbled, his ears involuntarily drooping a bit in disappointment.

"What?" Knuckles asked, noticing Sonic's ears.

"Well I…I can't go out for a run." And, not telling the whole truth, he explained, "Something happened at Eggman's base. I can't go out and run for any amount of time without one of you guys being with me." Amy, Tails and Knuckles' eyes widened. This surprised them; Sonic the Hedgehog, the fastest thing alive, not being able to run!

"That's…That can't be true!" Tails exclaimed, surprised at this new revelation. "You're Sonic the Hedgehog for Mobius' sake! How can you not able to go out on one of your runs?"

"I…I really don't want to talk about it." Sonic said, his ears falling back. "Just let me sleep," and with that, he laid back down and pulled the covers over his head. He didn't want to be near them; in fact he didn't want them to be near him because he didn't want them to get hurt. He was also depressed at the thought that he wasn't going to be able to go out on a run alone; he was basically addicted to it and not being able to run was pure torture to him.

Knuckles, Tails and Amy looked at each other, worried about their blue blur. They stepped outside the room, knowing very well how Sonic took not being able to run. You see, to Sonic, not being able to run is worse than the world ending. It was mentally and maybe even physically painful for him not to run. And this is exactly why his friends were worried. "What are we to do? Sonic's not going to take this easily. How are we going to cope with a depressed hedgehog?" Amy asked stressfully, her hands over her eyes as if she were about to cry.

"Calm down Amy! We'll think of something!" Tails assured her, trying to calm down the now sobbing hedgehog.

"A-Are you sure?" She inquired, gulping for breath between her shaky words.

"Yeah, don't worry, we'll think of something," Tails said reassuringly, opening the door to outside Mobius and leaving, with Knuckles trailing behind.

Sonic groaned involuntarily; why did his legs hurt so much? A flash of Dark Sonic crossed his vision. He didn't flinch, but brought his knees up to his chest and hugged them, as if that could dull the pain even a little. It was a couple of days since he woke up. He'd been having nightmares about Dark Sonic ever since. He barely noticed the door opening through the pain. Was this pain really physical? Or was he just imagining it?

"Sonic, you need to get up. It's been a couple of days since you woke up and you haven't even moved! This is getting ridiculous!" It was Knuckles; Sonic pulled the covers over his head, trying to block out the sound. The covers were forcefully pulled away from Sonic's grasp. Light poured in and Sonic shielded his eyes for a second.

"Aw, Knux, can't I just sleep for a few more minutes?" Sonic asked jokingly, sounded a little bit like his old self.

"Don't call me Knux, wise-guy!" Knuckles yelled, raising his left fist angrily. "And no, you need to get up! It can't be good for you, staying in bed like this."

Sonic chuckled, saying, "Guess Knux can be caring." A growl was met with his witty statement.

"Sonic, he is alone," Sonic stiffened. Knuckles noticed and asked him what's wrong, but Sonic didn't hear. "Attack him now." Sonic's transformation was much quicker than the first time and once it was over he looked up at Knuckles, a mad and evil laugh escaping his lips before he attacked.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter. And just to tell all you SonAmy lovers and haters, SonAmy ISN'T the main focus of this story. It's only there because it'll play a vital role later whereas if Sonic and Amy were "just friends" it wouldn't have been as vital. That is all.=) I hope you enjoyed. Also, I do not own anyone.=)