A/N: ok, the first chap will be explained in this chap-well, sort of- R+R!

CH: CAPTURED AND TORTURED

Suddenly, Signo felt the memory machine shutting off. She knew what had happened. The machine had extracted one of her worst memories and made her relive it. She gasped as she heard familiar voices.

"Get off me!" Espio shouted, trying to wriggle free from the robot's grasp.

"YOU BASTARD! WHAT DID YOU DO TO SIGNO YOU BASTARD!" Shadow yell also trying to get free.

"Well" Eggman cackled "Which would you prefer boys?" he directed their eyesight to the weakened Signo "You surrender yourselves to me now, or you witness this pathetic morsel's destruction, then be forced into my service-you choose"

"Don't surrender- Shadow Es!" Signo yelled through the glass capsule.

"Right I've had enough of you- maybe I should take a leaf out of my Grandfather's book!" Eggman yelled at Signo. Opening the capsule and dragging Signo out; she was too weak to fight back.

"What are you doing to her?" Espio shouted at him.

"Perhaps this time we'll use something a little stronger" Eggman grinned as he pulled out a beaker of dark blue powder. Signo's eyes widened as she saw the beaker and she screamed- she desperately tried to escape the Eggman's clutches. He laughed evilly.

"What is that?" Shadow asked.

"This" Eggman answered, picking up the beaker "was Professor Gerald Robotnik's ingenious invention. He called it UP powder. It made the victim feel extreme pain- that then made them become over aggressive, make them experience constant pain or kill them. I believe this brat knows all about it." Eggman punched Signo hard in the stomach

"Everytime Professor Gerald said he was taking my blood sample he was putting that into my bloodstream" Signo informed them, hanging her head.

"Yes. I thought as much. If he told your brother he would never have been able to test his theory. Well now I have improved the formula, let's test it shall we?" Eggman laughed and threw Signo down on the bench and withdrew a large knife. "I hope you are watching carefully Shadow, and you Espio" he spat.

"NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" Signo attempted to yell, but her voice was hoarse and she was obviously running out of energy.

"Why are you doing this to her?" Espio yelled as he watched Eggman drag the knife down Signo's arm.

"This is the ultimate pain. She will now die slowly and painfully," Eggman told him "I don't need her anymore. I've got you two to do my bidding". He spat in Signo's cut.

"You mean" Shadow spat "that Professor Gerald tortured her and she didn't tell me?"

"It not only affects you physically, but mentally too. Now watch" Eggman ordered. Eggman dumped the powder into her cut, and just like Robotnik had done he melted her skin back together with a heat ray. Signo screamed, but hen fell silent and her eyelids snapped shut.

"NO!" Shadow and Espio screamed.

A/N: so what did you think? Can you please R+R and if you really have no idea what this story is on about, read and review whos signo then you probably will.