"Ugh…" Sonic's eyes fluttered open as he felt his body being carried. "W-What's going on…?"

Everything stopped moving for a while. Sonic felt his body being placed down so he rubbed his eyes to clear his vision then looked up and froze.

There stood the same guy who he met at the barrier. The same guy who pounced at him. The same guy who knocked him out.

"W-Who are you?!" Sonic demanded, trying to sound as brace as he could but obviously failing as he stood up. "W-What do you want from me?!"

"Shut your mouth." Shadow growled and snatched the other's wrist with a tight grip. "Either you come with me or have your blood taken away from you."

Sonic was confused at his statement then he gasped, his whole body paling when the evil being opened his mouth, showing his shiny, sharp fangs.

"V-Vampire…" Sonic pinned his ears as he felt himself tremble.

"That's right." Shadow chuckled, smirking. "So, if you know what's good for you then you better shut your mouth and follow me."

Sonic was stumped. He didn't trust the evil being at all but it wasn't the fact that the other was evil. He wasn't THAT bias about it. The thing that he didn't like was that this guy kidnapped him and now forcing him to follow him. But then, he had no choice. He wanted to at least live to see his family again, especially to see his biological mother Bernadette…

"Ugh, fine." he sighed. 'This better be good…'

X

"Lancelot, anything to report?" Doom looked over at his sons, his eyes stopping at his eldest.

"No, father." Lancelot shook his head. "Even the fire and weather dragons were sleeping peacefully."

"Good." Doom turned to his second eldest son. "Mephiles, any news?"

"No, father." Mephiles folded his arms and shook his head. "The demons of the Underworld are quiet and peaceful so there is no chaos."

"Very good." Doom nodded then turned and looked over at his youngest son. "Eclipse, anything to tell me?"

"No, father." Eclipse held his head high and placed his hands behind his back. "The sirens of Siren Lagoon were all underwater, leaving the poisonous snakes alone on the Snake Hills above the lagoon."

"Good news, I see…" Doom turned away. "Where is Shadow?"

"Still outside, father." Lancelot replied. "But I'm sure he will be here soon."

At that moment, the throne room door burst open and in came Shadow, a scowl look on his face as Sonic followed behind him closely, his ears pinned in fear and nervousness. He looked around the place until his eyes widened when they fell on the King of the Evil Monsters himself.

"K-King Doom Hex…" he mumbled but it was loud enough for the evil king's Werewolf hearing.

Doom turned and saw the azure hedgehog. He glared at him with fierce, demon eyes before looking back at his third eldest son.

"Who is this, Shadow?!" he demanded. "And what is he doing here?!"

"I found him near the barrier, father." Shadow replied. "He was also getting near it."

"So you grabbed him and took him to father?" Eclipse guessed but his older brother shook his head.

"No, not yet. He was getting closer then…he entered our land,"

"WHAT?!" Doom stood up in alarm and rage. "THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"

"It's true." Shadow turned to Sonic with folded arms. "Right, hedgehog?"

"Yes," Sonic nodded, his fear vanishing away for some reason the moment the attention was diverted back to him. "that's true, King Doom. I entered your land without your son's help,"

"How is that possible?!" Doom looked enraged.

"But it's only him, father." Shadow spoke up. "When a Glow Fairy tried to cross, it was reflected by your barrier spell,"

'Barrier spell?' Sonic's eyes widened. 'What is he talking about?'

"Hmm…" Doom walked forward and stopped in front of Sonic then he lifted his chin and narrowed his eyes at the hedgehog. "what's your name, hedgehog?"

Sonic flinched in shock but shrugged it off. "S-Sonic Magic."

"A member of the Magic family, huh?"

"Y-Yeah…" Sonic gulped, pinning as he realized what he did.

He exposed his family name to his uncle's enemy.

"I see…" Doom smirked. "He will be quite useful for us…"

"How, father?" Eclipse asked.

"You see, my children," Doom stepped forward and circled Sonic like a prey. "Sonic Magic here is related to the King of Goodville, King Charles Magic, so we will be able to threaten him to surrender Goodville to us. Or else this hedgehog dies."

Doom took out his pointy Demon claws and opened his mouth in an evil grin, his long vampire fangs shining along with his sharp Werewolf teeth.

Sonic gulped. What had he done to deserve this?

"For now," Doom continued, turning back to his sons. "Shadow, I want you to take him to custody. Place him in your room and keep an eye on him. First, we need to make sure he's still healthy so he doesn't die before we kill him so I'll get Knuckles, Vector and Rouge to give him one of the 'goodie' check-ups they do back on Goodville,"

Sonic internally gagged, wanting to run and vomit when he heard about the 'goodie' check ups.

In Goodville, check ups were very…terrible. All the doctors were fairies and their job was to make sure their patients were alright by handling them gently. They were so gentle that they're afraid whenever the patient flinches or twitches and always bribe them with candy to make them feel happy during the check up. Honestly, they'd do ANYTHING to make their patients feel 'happy', even if they die of sickness.

Sonic and his siblings have had 'goodie' check ups before and neither of them were happy nor satisfied with it.

Sonia hated the fairy doctors, thinking that they looked ridiculous with their transparent, glittery wings and unnatural smiles.

Manic hated the doctors' light, high-pitched girly voices, even when the doctors were males.

Ogilvie hated and often criticized the doctors' way of treatment, since he knew the CORRECT way to treat and heal a patient.

Maurice didn't need a reason to hate the check ups. One look at the huge, glittery fairy hospital full of flowers, candy and 'innocent' stuff and he'd be back at the house faster than Sonic can even get there.

Sonic, on the other hand, felt uneasy with any Monster who would dare to give him the 'goodie' check ups. He knew how 'gentle' the check ups can be and how risky it was because out of all of the sickly good monsters, only 2% of them were able to live.

Shadow gagged at the mention of 'goodie' check ups but didn't choose to oppose his father's wishes. He groaned and nodded.

"As you wish, father."