Amy slowly opened her eyes to bright lights shining down on her. Where was she? She slowly sat up and realized she was on what seemed a hospital bed, but she certainly wasn't in a hospital. It was more like a lab.

'It's about time you woke up.' A voice echoed from behind her. She whirled around to come face to face with their arch enemy.

'Eggman?! What are you doing here? What am I doing here?! What's going on?' Amy screeched as she was about to jump into action but his two robot sidekicks came in and held her down, threatening to tranquilize her again.

'You're in my newest base. I haven't brought you here to hurt you so quit you're whining!' He exclaimed and Amy growled.

'Then what do you want?' Amy demanded.

'I know that in my absence your team has trained you to a point where you can even battle your own members. I've been watching from a distance and I'm very impressed with your progress. I've decided that I want you on my side.' Eggman stated.

'I beg your pardon?' Amy spat out, sure she heard him wrong.

'You heard me. You'll join my side, I know it.'

'Pfft, over my dead body! There is no way I would betray my friends, especially for-'

Amy cut herself off when Eggman pressed a button that opened two large metal doors to the side of his lab. When the smoke disappeared, out came a medium-sized machine that stopped right in front of the doors it had emerged from.

'Say hello to my newest creation. My absence has been well worth it, my dear.' Eggman stated proudly.

'Is that so? Well, what does it do then?' Amy huffed, trying to hide her nerves.

'Well, let's just say you'll find out if you refuse to join my team.' Eggman chuckled as he commanded the machine to reveal a small and secluded compartment. The lid to it lifted to reveal seven valuables that reminded Amy of a mistake they had made not so long ago.

'The Chaos Emeralds!' She exclaimed, realizing they were powering Eggman's new beast.

'Nothing gets past you, now does it? Thanks to you and your stupid friends, I now have all seven of these beauties. Now this is how it's going to go, you are going to become my alliance willingly and all is dandy otherwise-'

'Why me? Why not Tails or Knuckles?' Amy cut him off.

'I have reasons for them all, Miss Rose. You are now a more sophisticated fighter now, intelligent and have a weakness that works to my advantage.' Eggman chuckled darkly, making Amy gasp.

'W-What weakness?' She stuttered.

'That pesky blue hedgehog. You join forces with me willingly and everyone goes unharmed. If not, I use this machine to control you to act out every last command of mine. I also use it to destroy every last person and thing you hold most dear.' Eggman stated as he narrowed his eyes and stared deep into Amy's soul.

'You wouldn't. You can't?' She stuttered, trying harder than ever not to allow her voice to break.

'I have all seven chaos emeralds. I can and I will.'

As Eggman's dark words sank deeper and deeper into Amy's brain, her heart began to race, her face began to sweat and skin beneath her lush pink fur grew ice cold. She feared for her friends more than her own life right now. She had to make a decision fast before Eggman made it for her. Not that there was much of a decision to make…

'Alright. I'll do it. On one condition.' Amy stated and Eggman arched an eyebrow.

'No one is to be hurt. That machine is not to be used, because I agreed willingly, just like you said.'

'Too easy!' Eggman exclaimed.

'You have a deal.' Amy said as she bowed her head and forced back the tears.

'Excellent, my dear! You'll be very happy here I can assure you. Plus, once I have created the Eggman Empire, you may just be able to become my beautiful Empress.' Eggman said before going into a fit of hysterical laughter.

Amy fell to her knees and began to pant heavily before covering her face with her hands and bursting into tears. For all she knew she would be forced to live out the rest of her life with Eggman in order to save the ones she loved. What in the name of Mobius had she just done?

It would've been around 10:30pm when Rouge was done flying around and made her way to Amy's cottage home to check on her. There were no lights on, no sound, it was as though she had never returned home. She flew down to the front doorstep and knocked gently on the front door.

'Amy? It's Rouge. Are you there?'

'…'

'Hun, I know you're upset but it can be fixed. Just open up.'

'…'

'Argh, whatever. See you tomorrow, kiddo.'

Rouge spread her wings again and flew off into the night sky, slightly pissed off having no response from her pink friend. Surprisingly enough, being a spy and all, it never occurred to her to actually check one of Amy's habits… the door handle.
Without fail, every time Amy left her house she locked the doors and windows. As soon as she came home, she would unlock it and leave it that way until the next time she left. Had Rouge tried to turn the door knob, it would still be locked… Amy had never come home.