It's been a while since I've been in the drivers seat of one of these things, so I'm glad people liked it. I hope you enjoy the second chapter as well.

Chapter 2

Sonic arrived at Windy Valley in record time, and began to run around in search of Knuckles. 'I hated to brush off Tails like that, but something didn't feel right about that message.' Sonic thought to himself, 'Knuckles has never been one to ask for help, especially when it comes to protecting the Master Emerald. This thing reeks of an Eggman trap. I bet Knuckles isn't even...'

Before he could finish his thought, he saw Knuckles sitting on a rock in an open field. Sonic couldn't believe it, "He's here! Maybe he really did need my help."

Sonic screeched to a hault in front of Knuckles, who opened his eyes and looked right at him. Sonic smiled, "So what's the situation, Knux?"

Knuckles just stared at Sonic with a cold frown. Sonic scratched his head, "Uh, are you okay?"

Before Sonic knew what happened, Knuckles delievered a powerful right uppercut which sent him flying into the air. After regaining his sences, Sonic saw that he was heading straight for a mountainside. Acting quickly, he flipped around in mid air, so that he hit the mountainside feet first instead of head first. He then pushed off with his feet and landed on the ground a few feet away from Knuckles.

Sonic shouted, "Hey, what's the big idea?"

Knuckles growled, "Shut up! Now put em up!"

"What did I do?"

Knuckles didn't answer. Instead he charged at Sonic with another powerful punch. Sonic jumped up to avoid the attack, and countered by coming down on him with a kick. Knuckles however, grabbed Sonic's leg before he could connect and threw Sonic into the air.

Sonic landed on his feet again, and charged at Knuckles with a spin dash attack. Unable to react to Sonic's speedy attack, Knuckles was throw back by the power of the blow.

Sonic walked over to Knuckles as he layed on the ground, "I'll ask you again! Why are you attacking me?"

A voice from above rang out, "Because I told him to!"

Sonic looked up in the direction the voice came from. Sure enough, Eggman was floating above in his hovercraft. Sonic growled, "EGGMAN!"

Unfortunately, while Sonic was looking at the mad scientist, Knuckles took this opportunity to hit Sonic with a powerful kick. Sonic hit the side of a nearby boulder, causing it to crumble into rubble.

Sonic got back on his feet and looked at Knuckles, "What's the deal, Knucklehead? Don't tell me you let this egghead trick you again!"

Eggman laughed, "Not this time, hedgehog! You see, your friend Knuckles is under my complete control!"

"What! How!"

Eggman waved a finger at Sonic, "Come now, Sonic, you can't expect me to reveal a trade secret, can you?" He then turned to Knuckles, "Now then my faithful servant, destroy that blue pest!"

Knuckles smiled, "It will be my pleasure, master!"

Knuckles ran toward Sonic and began to hit him with a flurry of punches. Using his speed, Sonic was able to dodge Knuckles attacks. Then Sonic jumped into the air and performed a homing attack. Knuckles jumped back as Sonic made contact with the ground.

Sonic uncurled himself and turned to Knuckles, "Don't let Eggman control you, Knuckles!"

Knuckles quickly dug a hole in front of himself and disappeared underground. Sonic looked around in a panic, "Oh no! There's no way I can tell where he's going to pop up."

As soon as Sonic said that, Knuckles came up from under Sonic's feet and nailed him in the gut with his drill claw attack. As Sonic went into the air, Knuckles used his claws to climb the nearby mountain. He looked to see Sonic begin to fall toward the ground. Knuckles jumped from the cliffside and kicked him, which send him into the mountain acrossed from them.

Knuckles landed on the ground and looked at the hole in the mountain that was caused by Sonic's impact. He grinned, "Mission accomplished."

Suddenly, Sonic came up from the ground below and hit Knuckles with a homing attack. Sonic chuckled, "You're not the only one who can dig."

Knuckles slowly got up and faced Sonic, ready for another attack. Sonic growled, "Why doesn't he quit?"

Eggman, who had been watching, laughed, "You fool! When I give him an order he won't stop until he does it. In this case, I told him to destroy you, so he won't quit until your dead."

"So there's no way to stop him?" Sonic asked.

"Now you see the brilliance of my plan! He won't stop unless you destroy him, and we all know that you would never harm one of your friends!"

Sonic clenched his fists in anger, "Why you... !"

"Enough of this!" Eggman turned to Knuckles, "Finish him off!"

On his new master's word, Knuckles charged at Sonic once again. Sonic held his ground, as he considered his options, 'This is hopeless! He won't stop fighting no matter what, and I don't want to hurt him too bad! Looks like I only have one option.'

Knuckles threw another powerful punch at Sonic. Sonic jumped backward to avoid the attack, then he moved in and performed a blue tornado which sent Knuckles hurtling into the air. Sonic took advantage of his opponents situation and ran off at super sonic speed.

Eggman shouted, "Get back here you coward!" Eggman was suddenly silenced as the airborne Knuckles landed right on top of his egg-shaped head.

Sonic continued to run at top speed, "I really hate to run off and leave Knuckles like that, but I didn't have any choice. I better head back to the Mystic Ruins and see if Tails can help me find out what made Knuckles Eggman's slave."

"Get off me, you fool!" Eggman shouted at Knuckles, who quickly jumped off of him and landed on the ground below.

Knuckles turned to Eggman and bowed, "Forgive me, Master Eggman. I will persue him at once."

"That won't be necessary, my faithful servant. I think I know where he's going, and I already arranged a surprise for him when he gets there." Eggman cackled.

Meanwhile, Sonic headed back to Tails workshop. He arrived to find Tails in front of his workshop, sitting in the cockpit of his Cyclone Walker.

Sonic greeted his friend, "Hey Tails, we got big trouble, little buddy! You won't believe what just happened to me!"

Tails looked at Sonic, "Eggman has Knuckles under his control, and he ordered him to kill you?"

Sonic was shocked, "Uh... I know you're smart, but how on earth did you know that?"

"Simple," Tails grinned evilly, "Master Eggman told me about it."

"WHAT!"

Suddenly, Tails fired the Cyclone's machine guns at Sonic, who rolled to the side, barely avoiding the attack.

"Oh no! Not you too!" Sonic gasped.

Tails smiled, "Eggman has ordered me to kill you, and that's exactly what I'm going to do!"

Sonic shouted, "I don't know how Eggman is controlling you, but you've got to fight it, Tails!"

Tails didn't respond.

He locked onto Sonic and fired two missiles. Sonic waiting until the last moment and jumped high into the air, causing the missiles to collide with each other and explode.

Tails pushed a big red button next to the steering wheel. As Sonic landed on the ground he saw the front of the Cyclone begin to glow. Sonic took a step back, "I have a bad feeling that I know what that is."

"Volcan Cannon, Fire!" Tails shouted. A large blast of energy came shooting out of the cannon and headed straight for Sonic.

A/N: Whoa! Cliffhanger! Will Sonic be destroyed by his best friend? How is Eggman controlling him? Who will he control next? You guys know the drill you submit review, I submit new chapter.

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