Chapter 2: Breaking Out

Inside his mind, Dark was talking to Shadow. "You should help him get out of here," Dark said.

Shadow smirked. "How dumb do you think I am?"

"Oh, come on. You can't possibly want to stay in here forever."

The hallucination looked at him. "It's what's best for Sonic, and he wants to be in here."

Dark glared at Shadow and chuckled, shaking his head. "You do realize I can take control of him anytime I want?"

Shadow's eyes widened. "No. He has better control than that."

"I've only let him think he does."

Shadow growled. "What have you done with him?"

"Absolutely nothing. I just let him think he was in control."

"And how come he isn't?"

"Because I can take it away from him easily."

Shadow glared at him. "Then why haven't you?"

"I want him to let me take control."

"He's not going to do that willingly."

Dark sighed. "I'm aware of that."

Shadow chuckled. "What are you going to do, then?"

"What do you think?" Dark stared at him.

The hallucination growled. "You're going to take him by force. When?"

"Why would I tell you that? You'll just warn him."

Shadow sighed and vanished. Dark smirked to himself. The hallucination appeared before Sonic and smiled, then sat down beside him. "I'm worried," Shadow said.

Sonic continued to sleep. Shadow put his hand on Sonic's face. "I'll just have to try and protect you, I guess."

It frowned, thinking of a way it could protect Sonic. The hallucination sat there as it watched over him. After a few minutes, Shadow started to notice that there was something wrong with Sonic. It touched him, trying to wake the criminal up.

"Sonic!" Shadow shouted. "Wake up!"

He groaned in pain, holding his head. A few minutes later, Sonic woke. "What happened?" He asked it.

"I don't know. There was something weird about you, so I tried to wake you up."

Sonic nodded. "I felt Dark. He was trying to take control of me."

Shadow frowned and growled a little. "He said he'd try that."

The criminal sighed and nodded. "What should I do?" He asked it.

Shadow sighed as well. "I don't know."

Sonic sighed. "If he really is going to take control of me again, I may as well let him."

"Are you sure?"

"He's going to take control of me anyway. Besides, I have to admit...I miss killing."

Shadow's eyes widened. "Why do you say that?" It asked.

"I don't know." Sonic shook his head. "I just know that I miss it."

Shadow nodded. It watched as Sonic closed his eyes and began to change. His fur grew darker and his eyes pure white. His quills lifted to resemble Shadow's and he sighed moments before starting to laugh.

"Finally, I am free again!" He yelled. Dark Sonic chuckled, then blasted an energy ball at the cell door.

Shadow flinched slightly as the ball of energy destroyed the cell door and the wall around it. The evil hedgehog chuckled and looked at him. He walked out and looked around for guards. It didn't take long for him to find them, since some of them were running to investigate the explosion. Sonic chuckled and blasted them away with dark energy balls. He continued through the prison, killing everything in his path. By the time he was done, barely anything was left of the prison.

"Excellent," he said. "Now...the killing begins again."

Dark laughed maniacally, and vanished. He reappeared in the city and looked around in excitement.

"What are you going to do?" Shadow asked.

"Kill people." Shadow rolled his eyes. "What do you want me to do, then?" Sonic crossed his arms.

"Why are you doing this, Sonic?"

"I haven't had any sort of fun in the past twenty years."

Shadow growled. "So you're going to kill people? Are you Dark right now, or Sonic?"

"I think I'm both. I kind of want to go see Blaze, too."

Shadow looked at the orange jumpsuit Sonic was wearing. Dark looked down as well, and started taking it off. He then had second thoughts and put it back on. "What should I do, Shadow?"

"That depends. What do you want to do?" The hallucination asked as it walked up to the criminal.

"Now that I'm out here, I can't decide."

"What do you want to see Blaze for? Are you going to kill her too?"

"I just want to see her." Sonic shook his head.

Shadow nodded. It vanished, and Sonic left.