~Chapter 2: New Revelations~

~Sonic's POV~

I shot off at full speed, following the sound of Amy's cries for help. "I'm coming!" I shouted, hoping she would hear.

When I finally burst into the clearing where her voice was coming from, I stopped in stunned silence. There in front of me stood a ten foot tall robot, holding Amy in one hand. I felt my face burst into a grin. I couldn't help it. Finally, some excitement.

The robot may have been tall, but it didn't look like it was put together very well. I laughed at it and stepped forward.
"Has Eggman lowered his standards or what?"

"Sonic!" Amy cried out in excitement, "You're here!"

"Did you really think I'd pass up a chance to battle one of Eggman's robots? No way!" I shot towards the robot curling myself into a spin dash. Just as I was bursting through the robots leg, I saw something red fly across my field of vision. Before I could react to the newcomer, the robot was falling to its knees. That was when I saw exactly who the newcomer was.

"Knuckles! Long time no see!"

"Same goes for you," Knuckles chuckled, "Where have you been?"

"You know, all over." I shrugged.

"Of course you were." Knuckles sighed, before turning back to the robot. "Do you have any idea how we're going to take this thing down?"

"We just gotta aim for the head, right?" I asked. I looked up at Amy, still clutched by the now crippled robot. "You distract it, I'll get Amy."

I ran forward, dodging around a punch from the robot, before I jumped up to its massive arm. I wrapped my arms around Amy, pulling her free from the robots grip. I was just turning back to return Amy safely to the ground when the robot self destructed. Well, at least that's what it looked like anyway. As I landed next to Knuckles, I saw a familiar plane. It was the Tornado. I set Amy on the ground despite her protests and walked towards the now landed plane.

"Hey Tails! Weird how we're all meeting up here!" I said, looking down at the young fox.

"It's great to see you again Sonic," he said enthusiastically, "I was just flying around trying to find you when I saw the robot."

"That's interesting. What about you Knuckles?" I asked.

"The Chaos Emeralds are gone again. I bet it was Rouge, but I have no idea where she might be." Knuckles explained.

"What about you Amy? How did you end up here?" Tails asked.

"Actually I was looking for Sonic too." Amy said.

"Surprise, surprise," I muttered.

"Hey! It's not why you think. I got this letter in the mail." she said, taking out a folded piece of paper and waving it in front of my nose. "It's from Eggman."

"Eggman! Let me see!" I said snatching it from her before she could pull it away. In Eggman's neat handwriting it said:
'Dear Sonic the Hedgehog, I thought that it was only fair to warn you that your lucky streak is coming to a close. I have aquired new weapons and have made upgrades to all of my robots, but that is only the beginning! In my possesion is a weapon that I can use to destroy the world in seconds! Do you really think that you can defeat my secret weapon? Feel free to try! Mwahahahaha! -Dr. Eggman'

I studied the letter, reading it over twice.

"Doesn't sound too good." Knuckles muttered.

"What should we do?" Tails asked, twitching his twin tails nervously.

"Well, Eggman has issued his challenge." I said, folding up the letter and handing it back to Amy, "Of course I'll play his little game with him!"

~Destiny's POV~

Darkness. It seemed to surround me, blocking out the outside world, deafening me with its intense silence. Have I always been in darkness? I can't remember. All that is coming to me are random flashes of people, somewhere. Friend or foe? It was impossible to tell. When I finally was released from this relentless darkness, I wish I hadn't been.

The first sound I could hear was laughter. It wasn't gentle laughter, not even kind laughter. It sounded almost maniacal, and it frightened me. I managed to open my eyes, only to find myself in unfamiliar surroundings. Everything seemed so... fake. The walls were completely grey and there were strange devices and wires strewn across the room in a messy array of strange technology. When I finally located the man who had laughed, I wasn't impressed.

He was a tall round man, with strangely thin legs that did not look like they should be able to support his bulk. He had a large bushy mustache and was wearing goggles over his eyes. The words he was speaking sounded strange to me. In my head, the only language I could think of was a strange hissing snarling language, not at all like his. So I decided to reach out my conciencness to perform an intelligence transfer.

I could sense every single shadow that sat on the floor, or crawled across the metal walls. They all seemed to be pressing up against my mind, like they were each trying to get my attention. Instead I ignored them and reached out towards a strange little creature that was with the man. Immediately I could sense that this thing was not alive. It's body appeared to be mettalic and red. When my mind even brushed off of its own existance, it collapsed to the floor. I recoiled horrified, afraid that I had killed the thing. I saw the man turn to another of the creatures, this one was blue and shaped more like an animal, a hedgehog to be exact, than the others. It left the room silently as I searched each of the creatures presences to try to obtain some information on the language the man had spoken. Each one of them collapsed.

I finally managed to suceed when I visited the mans mind himself. He did not crumple to the floor with sparks flying from him, but he did raise his hands to his head, gripping it as my presence seeped into his own. I didn't stay long. Many of the things I saw there made no sense. Some thoughts about something called a 'robot' and thoughts of a powerful secret weapon. There were only two useful things I found there and that was how to speak his odd language and his name. Doctor Eggman.

When my presence left his mind Eggman looked back and forth cautiously. Finally he faced me and I noticed for the first time that I was suspended in some form of liquid and that I was enclosed in glass. This bothered me. I felt so helpless, trapped with this odd 'Doctor' staring at me.

"Well, not very well behaved are we?" Eggman asked sternly.

Seeing as how I was locked up, I couldn't speak physically, so I transfered my thoughts to him. "I am in a strange place Mr. Doctor Eggman."

He seemed to be quite disturbed by this, but he swiftly recovered.

"While that is true, you are in no position to harm my robots." he snapped.

Robots. So those things I had tried to contact were robots. "I did not mean any harm."

"Very well, but now that you're awake, it's down to buisness." he began, "There is an annoyance that I would like to be dealt with, but I must focus my strength on other matters, such as my plans for my secret weapon." At this Eggman let out another laugh and I shuddered. I could already tell that I was not going to like this man.

"Anyway, what I need you to do is to eliminate the annoyance. His name is Sonic, and he's a blue supersonic hedgehog. I want you to kill him."

Inside my head I was panicing. Here I was alone in a room with someone who was obviously crazy, and who wanted me to kill an 'annoyance'. "No."

"Oh, but you must. You see, you have little choice in the matter." Eggman lifted a hand and showed me a remote, "Without this remote, you will never be freed. However, if you will assist me, I will free you."

I stared at the remote for a moment, but stood firm. "No, this discussion is over."

I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep as Eggman ranted loudly. I only opened my eyes when I heard him leaving the room. Them I studied the room. It was like a prison cell. I could feel tears stinging the back of my eyes, but they didn't fall. Then the memories rushed back to me, hitting me like a freight train. I could remember it all, from my very first memory to the one before I was brought to this horrible place. But there was one thing more important to me then all that and it was simply my name. I repeated it over and over in my head until I was assured that when I closed my eyes, I would not lose it.

I am Destiny.

With that knowledge, I closed my eyes and prayed that my imprisonment would end.

This chapter is a lot longer than my other one. I hope you liked it! I'll try to update soon. ~FoxEmpress