Sonic's P.O.V.
I woke up to see I was on a dimly lit room. It was completely dark, and I felt cold on my fur. I looked down and noticed that along with the fact that I was still wearing my suit, that there were four metal shackles pinning me down to a metal table; two around my wrists, and two around my ankles. I did feel a fifth one around my neck, but it was a bit loose.
I opened my eyes a bit further, and had a look around to see that the whole room I was stuck in was pretty small. It was completely painted black, and the only light I had had come from a crack that someone had probably missed out on. Then, from the center of the ceiling, a pole appeared and had a television on it. It showed Eggman's ugly-ass face, laughing triumphantly.
"Hello Sonic! Good to see you're up," he said darkly.
"Fuck you! What did you to me? Where are my friends? Where's Amy?!" I demanded.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down blue boy. All I did was spike your drinks so I could capture you and bring you here. As for your friends, they're all okay. And by that I mean, they're alive. At least for now. And if you must know, they're all in the same place. Except for Amy. She's right here with me!" Eggman said, breaking off into laughter again and moving out of the way so I could see Amy. She was, like me, stuck to a table, and she was wearing her dress still, but it looked torn, and she was bruised here and there, but nothing serious. Still, it angered me.
"Amy, you're going to be okay. I'm gonna bust us all outta here! I'm gonna save you, I promise!" I said.
"Sonic... he'll kill you if you even try. He's got this weapon all prepared. Please, don't do it. Don't try to save me," Amy pleaded, but I shook my head.
"I don't care about the risks. Amy... I love you, okay? I love you more than I've ever loved anything in my whole life. No matter what Eggman puts between us, I'll destroy it. I will rescue you. I promise," I told her. She looked up and smiled at me, albeit with weary eyes.
"I love you too Sonic," she replied. I smiled at that. Then Eggman injected a needle into her arm that made her go to sleep again.
"I'm so NOT sorry to interrupt, but if you want to save Amy, you had better run. Come on, Sonic. Clock's ticking," Eggman said. Soon afterwards, the shackles on me opened, allowing me to step off of the table. As I did, I felt around my wrists and saw that I had a small hole in my arm, like I'd been injected with something. Not long after, a door opened, letting in more light, and appearing above the door was a clock that read "15 minutes until the project is finished". Project? What project?
I shook it off, and headed out the door, and saw a room that looked exactly like the one I was just in, only without the metal table. There were robots everywhere, and they were short and round, and looked almost like Eggman, except they were painted orange, and had blue... well, I guess you could call them eyes. They all brandished swords, lances, guns, and a whole smorgasbord of other weapons. And they were all aiming for me.
"Robots! Terminate that furry blue nuisance once and for all!" I heard Eggman's voice yell over some speakers that I couldn't see. Or maybe he was speaking through the robots. I didn't have time to think. I rushed to the nearest robot, and punched it straight to the ground. Then I dashed to the next one, and landed a bicycle kick on it, flooring it as I did the first robot.
As I beat up more and more of them, I noticed the robots with guns taking aim. I got to the nearest one that I could, knocked it down, and then took its' gun. I shot it before it could get back up, and repeated that action on the other robots I had beaten down already. Then I took aim at the other robots with their guns at the ready, and was lucky enough to fire at them before they hit me. Some exploded, some fell, and some even leaked oil. After that, another door opened, and a timer flashed above it reading "11 minutes and 42 seconds". I headed through that door and got ready for the next challenge.
I entered another room that looked like the one I just exited, only there were fewer robots. I thought it might be easier to take them out this time. I fired at them with the gun I had, and the robots just stood there. Then they advanced towards me, and I noticed they had shields. I came up with a plan. I ran around the room in a circle, slowly creating a wind as I went, and the robots soon got caught up in it.
Soon enough, they were all spinning around in the air, and I jumped, knocking and shooting them down to the ground, and the last one I planted my foot on and stomped all the way to the floor with such force that it exploded on impact, knocking me back a bit. I felt a brief bit of pain in my chestand I clutched it briefly, but I chose to ignore it. Another door opened, and the timer appeared once more above it reading "9 minutes and 4 seconds". I ran through the door, and entered another similar room, but this one was painted grey instead of black.
I was waiting around for the robots to appear, but I didn't see anything. Then, I heard something dash past me, and after it passed I felt something trickle down me somewhere, and put my hand to my cheek. As I drew it away, I looked at my hand to see there was blood. There were robots here alright. I just couldn't see them. And they were faster than me, which really pissed me off.
"Come out, come out wherever you are!" I teased them, and soon another ran past. I swung a punch in a random direction, but I missed.
"Look, I don't really wanna drag this out anymore than I have to. I've had a bad day, and I really just wanna go home. I promise I'll destroy you quickly," I said, taunting whatever was out there in the hopes I could draw it out. Oddly, it worked. It ran for me again, and I fired the gun, hitting home hard. It flipped backwards as it ran towards me after I shot it, and I saw a broadsword get knocked out of it's hand.
I got a look at the robot's profile; it was small and lithe, and was painted bright blue, with purple eyes. I picked up the sword in my right hand, switched the gun to my left hand, and the next door opened, leading to yet another room. A timer appeared above the door reading "3 minutes and 22 seconds".
Damn. Beating that invisible robot must have taken more time than I thought. I went to the next room, and it was a different shape to the one I just left, taking on a more square shape in contrast to the domes I just ran through. Out from the ceiling came the pole with the television again, and Eggman appeared.
"Sonic, to make it through this last door, you must answer me this riddle to unlock it," he said, and I got a good look at the door. There was a small panel with five spinners on it, and they each had the letter "A" on them.
"What the hell?" I asked, and Eggman chimed in again, continuing with his riddle.
"This is the riddle; I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?" he asked. I'll be honest, it made my brain hurt. I really had to think about it. If I had Tails, he'd be through this in a millisecond. Then something strange happened; Eggman repeated the riddle. Something even stranger happened after that; I started getting the hang of it.
"The beginning of the end... the end of time and space..." I muttered to myself. Then I started turning the spinners until they all had the letter "E" on them. There was a hiss of air, and the door opened. There was a timer that appeared at the top, and it read "1 minute".
I went the door and entered a dome shaped room, which was painted in red. I must have been getting closer. I saw all my friends, minus Amy, trapped in what looked like glass bubbles. I walked up to the one with Shadow in it, and smashed at it with the hilt of my sword, but it didn't work.
"Sonic!" Tails called, so I ran over to him.
"What's up?" I asked him.
"We can't break out. I think there are keys somewhere, but the best bet is that Eggman might have them," he replied.
"I'll get them, okay? I'm gonna get all of you out of here," I told him. Then I took off down the hallway behind them, which none of them appeared to notice, and walked to a large, metal double door at the end of the hallway. This was it. The last part. As I walked to the door, I sat the timer above the door read "5 seconds". No time to waste.
I stepped through the door, and entered a very large room. Still dome shaped, but it appeared to be painted completely white. At the back of the room was Amy, who was still on the table, and was fast asleep. She was also stuck to a table akin to the one I woke up on earlier. I walked up to her, then heard Eggman's signature, annoying laugh again.
"If you want to save her, you have to defeat my weapon. It isn't all the way complete, but you just had to play the hero," said the mad doctor, and I turned around, expecting to see the television-pole combo that he had. But instead, I saw him in a robotic suit, which looked almost exactly like Eggman. It had a large shield in one hand, and a large rapier in the other.
"So, this is that project. Okay, it's really impressive and all, but why did you have to capture us all just to show it to me?" I asked him.
"Not just you Sonic, but Amy as well. As for the rest, well, long story short I needed all twelve of you to make this machine work. You are all more powerful than you could possibly imagine, but you and Amy stand above the rest," he said.
"So... are you done with the monologue now? Because I'm tired, I'm pissed, and I really wanna kick your fat ass to hell and back," I told him with a smirk. He didn't speak back. He simply screamed and started slashing at me with his sword. I dodged out of the way. He took another slash at me, and once more I moved out of the way. After he slashed and missed a few times, I fired a few shots at one of the robot's legs, causing it to wobble a bit. I felt a little smirk wash over me.
I kept evading his moves and kept shooting and cutting at his robot as I ran around.
"What's the matter Eggman? Your project not going as well as you hoped?" I teased him. I stopped running for a second and heard him laughing lowly. Eventually, it got louder.
"You have no idea what you're in for, hedgehog! Remember when I said it wasn't finished? Well, the blood I stole from you and your pathetic friends finally kicked in for the robot. Now let's see you run around, you little shit!" he said, taunting me. I hate it when someone has a bigger mouth than me. But man, he gave me a run for my money. He was quicker, stronger, and a lot more elusive this time around.
I eventually got frustrated and jumped straight for him, and I was met by a face full of shield. It knocked me back separating me from my weapons, and I heard him laughing again.
"What's so funny? You haven't won this one yet!" I said, hoping it was defiant enough for him to get scared a little bit.
"Oh, but I have? If you remember earlier, a robot you destroyed exploded on you. Now, if I recall, I saw you clutch your chest before you carried on, but I saw something more. When the robot exploded, it left some shrapnel in your chest," he said, and smiled evilly. As soon as he brought that up, I looked to my chest, and saw a huge cut in the middle of it, with blood pouring down. Then, I fainted.
Oh no! Poor Sonic! What will happen next? Find out on the next, and last, chapter. See you then dudes.
