Author's Note: Please standby to read the author's note at the end of this chapter which will explain a few things to avoid confusion.

I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog. All rights belong to Sega. I only own the OCs.


Chapter 14: Sonic and the Prison of Evil.

In the Far Dimension...the Prison of Evil...

The Prison of Evil, the place where no evil that were too unworthy to even become trapped in the Underworld and it's many counterparts in different dimensions, and could not pass on to the Afterlife and it's counterparts in the same way, the world of mostly a wasteland, and a dark city that was the home of dangerous creatures, and a prison within this world of a prison held many evil criminals that were captured and locked up and sentenced to death by the Executioner.

Witnessing the execution underway via a portal in a dark chamber was the same Dino-Alien that spoke to Sonic and Young Sonic who were currently trapped in the White Space along with their friends, their family, while trying to save all of Space and Time from their evil counterpart, along with more of his kind, all in dark robes. On the top of a small staircase was another, their leader, who was dressed in red and black garments with a golden chest-belt. On the other side of the portal was a huge canyon of cells in bars and stone, surrounding a huge, giant pit.

"Dr. Finitevus. You have broken the laws of Space and Time by escaping the destroyed time-line, taking away the lives of many in two worlds. This includes imprisoning the parents of Sonic the Hedgehog into the sanctuary where fifty-one other people, including the uncle of Sonic, the Prime Chosen One, remain trapped until he comes to set them and other innocent people free. You have also convinced the Pachacamac to follow the Time Eater who has been set free by Scourge the Hedgehog, and freed the evil dark one who has chosen him for his own dark deeds. At this moment, you are deemed unworthy to continue to exist, and face the punishment of the executioner. What are your final words?" The head of the execution on the other side, a bulky Dino-Alien spoke to Dr. Finitevus, who had been killed in Moebius and being from the erased timeline was finally caught and sent here but he did more crimes in order to try and escape to continue his conquest for power.

Yet he has at least met his match and failed and would not be alive to see his plans come to fruition.

"I want...to kill...Sonic the Hedgehog..." The furious evil Echidna grunted, breathing heavily, having been beaten as a warm up for the brutal punishment he is about to face. He was also chained and guarded by two other Dino-Aliens who stood by, ready to toss him in.

The head scoffed, before shaping his tentacle arm into a scaled hand with sharp, black claws and snapped his fingers, where the dark portal opened up in the bottom of the Abyss, and the giant monster that took away Black Doom rose up, roaring. The two other guards held the arms of Finitevus tightly before tossing him towards the massive beast who grabbed the furious and terrified echidna.

"Curse you, Knuckles the Echidna, and Sonic the Hedgehog!" The evil albino echidna roared, trapped in the monster's clutches as the Executioner brought him towards it's mouth while sinking into the darkness of the portal which closed up before the other prisoners, trapped inside, could only watch in horror and fear, all these evil people from across dimensions, soon doomed to suffer the same fate due to their cruel ways.


The vision portal then vanished and the Dino-Alien King turned to his servants, saying grimly. "Even with Dr. Finitevus now executed, we are still powerless to stop the Time Eater as well as the dreaded Cormain. It's because of them that Scourge the Hedgehog has caused the rift that is slowly beginning to release our prisoners."

The Dino-Alien that spoke to the Sonics took a couple steps forward, saying. "Sire, Sonic the Hedgehog's enemy, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, who forever goes by the name of Dr. Eggman, is still out there, and while he is deemed unworthy to return to life, let alone to Mobius, he was unable to escape to the White Space and unless the Chosen One comes to free the people trapped and safe in Mobodoon and returned to their home worlds and dimensions, he and his alternate-self brought here will not be able to defeat the Time Eater or Cormain, even with the Chaos Emeralds and the Sol Emeralds. Sonic is the only one who can freely come and go here. I fear that Pachacamac will attack him and his friends if he does not arrive before facing the beast created by Dark Gaia in his world."

"And what of the Time Eater of the alternate dimension of White-Space?" The ruler questioned.

"It will soon be defeated, but the two Robotniks are working together to try and destroy the past and present of Sonic. The only way for them to destroy the Time Eater there, is for Sonic and his other self to defeat Scourge, and save him from turning to complete evil. The first step was saving the life of Maurice Hedgehog. If we do not hurry, more evil will escape into the White Space and find a way back to the real worlds." The servant explained.

Despite the situation going on and Sonic and his friends being far too busy with the current situation, the King knew that his servant was right. Despite that Time has frozen until things return to normal, there was no other choice and time was running out.

Thinking deeply, the King finally nodded and declared. "So be it. The time has come for Sonic the Hedgehog to arrive and free the innocent and good heartened people who do not deserve to remain here. I only wish we could return them ourselves, but they were fearful and as the scrolls say, only the Chosen one, the blue hedgehog with a powerful benevolent heart, can return them home. See that he arrives, and guide him to Mobodoon, Soloman."

"As you wish, my Lord." The Dino-Alien, named Soloman, bowed respectfully, while thinking to himself. 'Forgive me, Sonic the Hedgehog. But only you and your young, alternate-self can save all realities.'

He knew that while Sonic was close in finishing his task, there was still more he had to do. Now it was the matter of bringing him to the Prison of Evil.


Back with Sonic and Young Sonic in Seaside Hill Zone within the White Space...

Sonic and Young Sonic were still searching around the area for the Sol and Chaos Emeralds while taking down more of Robotnik's robots, still shaken up from nearly being turned into robots themselves which the two hedgehogs knew for certain they were going to have nightmares of for weeks, if not months, until they skid to a stop and scanned the area.

"I can't see or even sense any sign of the Chaos Emerald." Young Sonic spoke up, his hand over his eyes before reaching out for the light-blue Chaos Emerald. "The ones that I have aren't even reacting to it, almost like it's not here."

"That's weird. 'Cause for some reason up 'til now, the Sol Emeralds didn't react to their own, and I can tell that we're getting pretty close to it." Sonic muttered, holding out the light-blue Sol Emerald. "But then, we both found these two in two different areas this time. I wonder if the other four were split up and it's gonna take us to split up and find the remaining ones?"

That made his younger, alternate-self uncomfortable. "I don't like the sound of that. Especially since we both almost got turned into robots by that horrible machine."

The older blue hedgehog narrowed his eyes in concern. "Yeah, there's something fishy about this, and even smells like a rotten egg, but Scourge and Ro-butt-nik were trying to still ours instead of searching. Maybe they wanted these to make their job easier."

"Yeah, but even though we're immune, who's to say that Robotnik won't use this idea for everybody else back at home? I could end up in the same situation as the other Sonics with the more evil version of him." Young Sonic rubbed his arms, shuddering at the very thought.

"If only I was there to help ya' if that ever happened, but I don't think we should risk in hopping dimensions. It's already dangerous enough as it is." Sonic sighed apologetically, feeling guilty for not having realized this sooner. Even worse, he could actually see it happen in his mind, and that terrified him. While his world was lucky considering that Eggman was gone...unless he somehow escaped from the Prison of Evil.

But Young Sonic's world was now on the risk of getting worse and while his younger, alternate-self was immune to the Roboticizer, it was possible that no one else was. The sixteen year old would never get any sleep knowing that the alternate-Mobius was in grave danger from the horrible machine if Robotnik built his own. The evil scientist did admit he was terrified of it, but there was always a chance he could use his own design to roboticize the eleven year old's friends.

"Well..." Young Sonic began, getting Sonic's attention as the older hedgehog glanced at him in confusion, then saw that the younger hedgehog looked resigned. "If it does happen, I'll just to have cope with it and stop him in every step of the way. It'll be harder, but I can't give up."

"That's the spirit." Sonic said with a sympathetic smile, approaching his friend and placed a comforting hand on the eleven year old's shoulder, making his alternate-self gaze up at him. "If anybody can stop Buttnik and the Roboticizer in your world, it's you. Never give up on being who you are."

"Thanks, Sonic." The younger hero muttered, smiling back, and laughed when his older, alternate-self gently and playfully ruffled him on the head.

The two then realized something that they and their friends forgot about since the ambush and kidnapping Scourge and Robotnik pulled off before trying to turn the two blue hedgehogs into robots, and shared a glance.

"Wait a sec. Didn't that monster kidnap Ro-butt-nik? How was he with Scourge again? I thought they weren't working together." Young Sonic wondered.

Sonic narrowed his eyes in suspicion, before realizing. "Or maybe they were working together all along, and they're back together with no sign of that thing, if it is the Time Eater or not, then maybe they're all teaming up and knowing that Fathead, he'd try to control it like Eggman tried to do with Chaos and Dark Gaia, both times failed since they wouldn't work for him. Or Scourge needs him and rescued him just for his own goals and usefulness. I dunno, but either one's gotta make more sense."

"I agree. As soon as we find the Sol and Chaos Emeralds here, we'd better tell the others, since Buttnik is a trickster and Scourge is hard since he's the evil version of you and me." The eleven year old replied, both concerned and determined to get to the bottom of this.

Sonic nodded, before the Sol Emerald in his hand began to glow which confused him and Young Sonic. It glowed brighter this time, and then noticed a glimmer of blue light shining just up ahead near the entrance of Metropolis, the two shared a glance before racing over to investigate. Suddenly as Sonic and Young Sonic got closer and closer, the area distorted again, much to their dismay. But to their confusion, it wasn't a normal distortion like when they were transported to Scourge's world. Instead when they looked up, they gasped as a mysterious rainbow-like portal appeared and to their dismay, it sucked and swallowed the blue Sol Emerald inside.

"Oh no!" Sonic cried out as he and his friend skid to a stop and stood in front of the portal that was dark on the inside, one that Young Sonic recognized. The blue hedgehog then groaned in dismay and frustration. "Oh, great! What is this?"

"This is the same portal that echidna guy who isn't Knuckles was in and that I ended up in when I saw those other Timelines and realities." Young Sonic stated.

Realizing that going in was the only way to get the Sol Emerald back, the teenage hedgehog sighed and said. "Guess I'll have to go in and get it."

"Do you think the Chaos Emerald is in there too?" The eleven year old asked.

"Not sure. But, maybe it's best I go in there by myself." The hero of Mobius decided, hesitantly but he knew there was no other choice. "You keep looking for the Chaos Emerald and see if it's anywhere around here. If it is, I'll meet you back with the others. If not, and I find both Emeralds in there, then I'll come back for you."

"Right." Young Sonic nodded, and while he knew his older self would be alright and he believed in him, the hero of Alternate-Mobius couldn't help but dread for the worst. Still, he had an idea and decided to help his friend out a bit, pulling out the yellow and light-blue Chaos Emeralds, handing them out to a confused Sonic. "I know you can handle it, but these are for just in case."

Sonic must've sensed his younger, alternate-self's concern, because he smiled softly, gratefully and gently took the two Chaos Emeralds, feeling their power just a little but shook it off and placed them into his quills while making sure they didn't touch the Sol Emeralds, then said reassuringly. "Thanks. I'll be okay, buddy. I don't think this can be any worse than almost turning into a robot."

"Or being eaten by a giant Werehog, a giant Whale or a giant dragon." His friend replied.

"Exactly!" Sonic winked, and with slightly hesitation, he leaped into the portal while Young Sonic waited, worriedly. Thankfully, the older blue hedgehog didn't burn, which meant that Tails, Young Tails, Blaze and Silver were right.

"Please be okay, Big-me." Young Sonic whispered.


When Sonic entered the portal, he hadn't been expecting to be falling, but managing to get his position right, he flipped and landed safely on his feet, standing up as he looked around in the rather dark and very unusual abyss. He noticed the only dirt-rock path that lead forward, and he felt his spines and quills stick up a little in nervousness.

"So this is the place Mini-me talked about. Kinda creepy." The cobalt teenager remarked, folding his arms in thought and began to becoming increasingly more nervous.

He then noticed something up ahead, a slight shine of light in the distance, like a double door opening slowly.

"What the...?" Sonic muttered, baffled. Feeling the need to investigate and hoping that it was the Sol Emerald and not a trap, he dashed off following the light while on high alert, taking out robots that some he recognized, others that were new to him, but he easily caught on the details of Eggman's ugly face-logo on some of these new designs, leaping over some to avoid their chainsaw arms, somersaulting and kicking at them as he did, smashing them into pieces.

But the ones he saw that looked...almost like Mobians but robotic made him have second-thoughts and, sensing something wrong with them, decided to just knock them out where they vanished into other portals, disappearing from sight. Not sure what to make of it, Sonic just shrugged while gazing at the viewers/readers, breaking the fourth wall slightly and just kept going. As he did, the teenage hero heard multiple voices echo, and up ahead saw a large platform surrounded by the sky of copper-gold shining and hundreds, if not thousands of images moving in a very slow rotate, just as his younger, alternate-self had described.

He skid to a stop and gazed around in shock, horror, and awe all mixed in. Just as Young Sonic had said, it was images of every other realities of both him and Sonic himself, living in different lives, some were similar to their own, others were completely unfamiliar to the sixteen year old hedgehog.

"Whoa...!" Sonic murmured, and as he gazed at them, he saw image upon image of lives that were adventurous, exciting, dangerous and horrifying. He saw the dimensions that his younger self had mentioned, including the Sonic that lived in a universe were Mobians and Humans live in two separate worlds.

Sonic even saw the ones that made Young Sonic terrified...and gasped in horror when he saw the dimension that made him see what the Roboticizer can actually do, before that world's timeline was permanently changed with only fragment memories of that world within the minds of some that lived in new lives that was similar to the destroyed one, which somehow still exists, but looking a bit in grey colour. But just seeing what the machine can do in three-no, four timelines was enough to make him want to go in there and smash it to prevent anyone else from suffering the horrible fate of roboticization.

"This is awful...How could Eggman in those four timelines do such a thing?" Sonic whispered, feeling cold and sick to his stomach. "I'll never look at him the same way ever again, even if the guy I once knew didn't go as far as that. Compared to those three guys, Egghead's definitely a clown."

He then looked around and gulped when he saw a version of himself turn into a Werehog and no sign of Sun the Hedgehog anywhere, but true to Mnyambo's words, Sonic saw that the beast didn't exist either and he never turned to the darkness. But in the timeline of the Mobian World and the human world, he saw the Sonic there almost turn to darkness with fake Chaos Emeralds, and to his surprise, Eggman saved him and he returned to normal. While the blue hedgehog knew that in most worlds the scientist would always be evil, at least the Eggman there didn't make a Metal Sonic and despite still waning to rule either world, he seemed to be less evil. The doctor even helped, to his surprise, that world's version of Chris to get back home.

"Huh...On the other hand, maybe not all of Eggman is so bad after all. Even though that other Sonic almost got killed by him, but like me and my other self, he got out okay." The blue hedgehog sighed in relief.

As Sonic looked while hoping to spot the Sol Emerald to get back to his friends, he noticed other images that Young Sonic missed; in one, he saw a dimension were there was a Sonic with blue arms instead of peach coloured like the other Sonics including himself and his younger, alternate-self, with styled bandages on his hands and legs and a brown scarf, Tails looking mostly the same except with goggles, Amy in a similar outfit to the one he knew, but the most difference was Knuckles; that version of the red echidna was taller, bulkier, having gloved fingers, and...very dim-witted, and a crazy Mobian female Badger, and even Eggman being more stupid, living in a village of a tropical continent of everyday crazy, intense and mostly silly adventures.

"Okay, seriously. I know that Knux is a sucker sometimes and gullible, but he's not that stupid. I feel sorry for the me in there as well as those guys." The hero of Mobius sweat-dropped uneasily. While he was certain that the Knuckles in that world meant well and had a good heart, but that was just a little too ridiculous.

But as Sonic looked around again while hoping to find what he was looking for, what he saw made him stop and gasp in shock and could only watch in dismay and...horror. In the world where the Sonic there turned into a Werehog, and somehow Eggman returned to Mobius after being sucked into a forming black hole in the destruction of the Interstellar Amusement Park where Yacker's mother didn't eat him and the Sonic survived, he and that world's version of Tails were chasing after the evil scientist, Orbot and Cubot to a floating decaying world that was the home of five evil aliens, whom the scientist tried to control, but when the blue hedgehog there broke some sort of device to stop him, it only made things worse with the aliens seeking out to suck away life from the planet to restore their own.

Sonic then saw that his other self there formed a reluctant alliance of Eggman, causing a rift in his and Tails' friendship, devastating the teenage hero watching. It only got worse when the Tails was kidnapped, and despite being strapped to a table and without the aliens watching, he removed part of the program and to his horror, not long after the evil scientist seemingly sacrificed himself to save the Sonic there, only to have flown away on a jet-pack without the hero knowing, the blue hedgehog confronted the aliens after they sucked away the life from his world, including the lives of Amy and Knuckles, and the Tails there...was partially roboticized.

"No...NO! TAILS!" Sonic screamed in devastation, falling to his knees as the other world's version of his little brother seemed to be also mind-controlled, and the blue hedgehog's otherself was horrified as well. The sixteen year old let out a sob, tears forming and sliding free and while he knew it hasn't happened and hopefully will never happen, to see this in the other dimension, because of his other self's recklessness and putting a strain on their bond, he felt extreme guilt and responsible for what was transfering.

Luckily the Tails there then revealed he cleverly removed the brain-washing part of the roboticizer, and rejoined the other Sonic's side as the blue hedgehog there, relieved to see this as well and praised his best friend, went after and defeated the aliens, and once they rejoined, the two brothers reconciled, Tails using the roboticizer to return himself to normal and after defeating Eggman again, used some sort of machine to restore the energy of life into their world, reviving Amy, Knuckles and the rest of the planet back to life, and while Sonic still felt his heart ache, he was greatly relieved that everything returned to normal, and even let out a soft chuckle when the Sonic there took away the hose pipe from the jet-pack, causing Eggman to fall and crash land back to Mobius...though he survived but the left side of his mustache was cut off, while Sonic and Tails returned home.

Still, seeing this now, in a world similar to his own where Sun never existed, seeing such a horrible mistake his other self did that costed the lives of most of the planet and almost losing his little brother to the aliens' version of the Roboticizer, Sonic lowered his gaze as the final truth hit him fully hard.

"I knew it...If I did save Eggman that day, he still would've gone for another plan...and if that crumbling world and those evil aliens exist...I would've made the same horrible mistake, worse than when Mobius split apart...and Tails, Amy, Knuckles, everybody would've paid the price for my actions." Sonic muttered to himself, and while he didn't like it, he finally accepted that it was better off that his evil nemesis wasn't saved, no matter how guilty he felt and despite that it had been three months, he still wasn't fully used to it. It had been fading and he enjoyed the life of no Eggman.

Now he fully appreciated that life, or else what happened in that world could have happened to him, and Sonic knew, unlike the time of Dark Gaia, and much different to his adventures in the past three months including the adventure in Space saving the other planets, he really would be at fault if that time trying to stop Eggman ever happened. Worse, he felt horrible for his other-self doubting Tails like that, and the young fox just proved he was just as smart. As the blue hedgehog ran his fingers through his quills, he stopped when he touched the Sea-Mask which he forgot he still wore on his forehead, and took off to gaze at it, more careful now than ever, running his gloved fingers on the device his own little brother made that saved his life from drowning.

The greatest invention which proved that Tails can do anything despite still being young, but he was growing up, and a million times smarter than Eggman. There hadn't been a need for the evil scientist to help restore Mobius.

"Oh, Tails...you're more smarter than I thought. I won't ever doubt you. I promise." Sonic whispered, hugging the Sea-Mask even though he wanted his real Tails in his arms. But he knew he had to wait.

He then thought about Amy and Knuckles, and felt horrified how the other two in that world had their lives taken away, and the blue hedgehog was certain that the pink hedgehog there...she tried to tell his other self how much she loved him. Seeing and hearing that, it made him think of the times how his Amy revealed her affection towards him. Bone-Crushing hugs and lovey-dovey moments aside, as they grew older, what he didn't even realize was that his own feelings towards his self-proclaimed girlfriend made him grow closer to her.


Sonic's Flash-Backs:

*Many flashes during the events of "Sonic DX Adventures"...*

The Time at the beach...

"Ah, hey!" Amy called out, and when Sonic paused and looked over his shoulder, she held out the beautiful sea-shell bracelet, saying shyly. "Sonic, this is a bracelet I made to protect you in the water."

"Oh." Sonic muttered as he turned fully around, geuniely surprised. It was beautifully made. "You made it...for me?"

"If you wear it, it'll bring you good luck."

"Really?" The blue hedgehog muttered, and the pink hedgehog smiled, blushing. He gazed at her in surprise. She really...deeply loved him. While he wasn't into romance, the fact that Amy was presenting it to him made Sonic realize he couldn't deny it. Plus, it was one of the nicest things anyone's ever given him. How could he say no?

The date on Valentine's Day...

After the fun leaping across buildings while taking Vector's advice in sweeping Amy off her feet, and having dinner at the Restaurant Espio suggested, Sonic in hopeful desperation took Charmy's advice to Twinkle Park which made his self-proclaimed girlfriend happy, and the two, even though he caught sight of Eggman and his robots trying to ruin their date only making it more fun, did enjoy themselves, and the blue hedgehog sat next to the pink hedgehog on the Ferris Wheel, and he did find himself blush as Amy nuzzled her head on his shoulder.

While he still wasn't romantic and dates were boring in his opinion, at least tonight was an exception.

Before Sonic ran out of control...

Sonic free-fell after kicking Eggman away while saving Amy from the giant bird robot, and caught her in his arms when she fell, screaming.

"Don't worry, Amy. I gotcha." The fourteen year old reassured.

"You're my hero!" The eleven year old beamed happily, blushing.

After Sonic ran out of control...

Even though he was glad whatever was in his right ear was gone, and he finally stopped running and ran into the pile of hay he and Amy landed in safely yesterday, Sonic emerged and now felt his left ear itch and began poking at it with Amy also emerging and saying how worried she was before she noticed this.

"What's wrong now?" She asked, annoyed.

"Something's in my ear again." He complained.

She softly gasped in realization and seeing the problem, Amy removed Sonic's hand away from his ear and gently blew into it with the few straws of hay flying out, clearing it.

"Hm...Aw, yeah. That's much better. Thanks." Sonic said gratefully.

*During the events of "Sonic and the Werehog"...*

"Oh, Sonic. What you did wasn't your fault. You were just trying to stop him like you always do." Amy shed a couple of tears. "What you're doing now is fixing up the mess Eggman made, not you. You were just caught in the wrong place. You know how sneaky that creep is. Everybody will still be there for you, and I'll never stop loving you, even in a million years."

Relief and happiness washed over him and while he still felt responsible for the mess that has happened, and still held the fear of the beast inside Sun, Sonic smiled emotionally as the weight and fear of rejection was lifted from his shoulders, and from his heart.

"Thanks, Amy. That...really means a lot to me." The blue hedgehog muttered, and flinched slightly as the pink hedgehog hugged him, but it wasn't her usual fan-girl hug he still wasn't used to even though he should be. It was...soft and warm and...comforting. So much so that he didn't resist in returning it.

*During the events of "Sonic and the Power of the Wisps"...*

"Just because you didn't know what was going to happen doesn't mean it really was your fault. You're not a psychic, and everyone makes mistakes." She told him, more gently this time, tears beginning to form in her soft, green eyes. "Are you scared that the world would blame you?"

The blue hedgehog, while feeling better once more by her words, looked away as he scratched the back of his head. "Y-yeah. It'd be worse than the time I was mistaken for the bad things Shadow did before he had a change of heart."

"It'll be alright. Besides, don't you remember when the military were chasing after him despite having lost his memories, and in the end when he saved the world from Black Doom everyone was thankful?" Amy reassured, adding. "You're the world's greatest hero, and you have us to be there for you even if people would be angry for a while. In the end, they'll forgive you if that ever happens."

Sonic glanced at her in surprise. He hadn't thought of that. Sure his friends would be there, but he had been so afraid of what the world's reaction would be that he actually forgot that Shadow had been chased by G.U.N back when he had amnesia, and now the ultimate life-form was a member of the military part-time, along with Rouge and Omega. They had forgiven the black hedgehog.

"What you did was only because Eggman had planned it for months without everybody knowing, and you had been caught off-guard. You didn't do anything wrong at all. Like how none of us knew about this place either, and I won't let you blame yourself for that creep's evil schemes, Sonic the Hedgehog." She continued.

*Before entering the Chemical Plant after reviving Amy...*

"Amy?"

"Hm?"

"Thanks. For the party and making me feel better."

She just giggled, blushing and smiling cutely. "Always happy to help. Happy Birthday, Sonic."

Amy went up to him and while Sonic flinched with another sweat-drop, half-expecting another crushing hug, he was surprised for the second time today that all she did was gently giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. Once she was done, he couldn't help but actually blush that it wasn't as bad as he thought it was, and while being kissed wasn't that bad, most of the times it was too hyper on his self-proclaimed girlfriend's part. But this time, his heart was leaping a little, the softness of her lips actually felt really nice, and he found himself blush pink.

Sonic grinned sheepishly and he was pretty certain, much to his embarrassment, that his grin was also goofy-looking.

"You go, Sonic! I'll be cheering you on!" She cheered, trying to stop herself from laughing over how her 'boyfriend' was having this cute goofy expression on his face. It was adorable.

"Leave it to me!" He replied, quickly recovering and giving her his confident smirk, thumbs up and wink before dashing off into the entrance of the unusual buildings, while Amy waited outside, watching him go.


End of Flash-Backs:

Even though Sonic didn't know why, while he still was free-spirited and felt guilty for leaving Amy behind most of the time, the blue hedgehog realized, especially since the Sonic of the dimension of the Mobian World and Human World actually being closer to his Amy, especially fighting the evil aliens while beind aided by a very kind alien girl(which he felt sad since that world's version of Tails had fallen in love with her and was heart-broken by her sacrifice), and how the blue-armed Sonic seemed to secretly have feelings with the other Amy, he didn't think it was fate against him or destiny deciding for him, but his feelings towards Amy Rose...

Increased to this point.

Sonic then blushed at this and felt embarrassed, but at the same time, he would be crushed if anything horrible happened to her, or if she left him due to his actions that would make her very upset. It was at the very moment, upon seeing that, and that Scourge was attempting to rule Moebius and change history by merging worlds, and to bring back the one he loved, that the sixteen year old hedgehog could no longer deny it.

He loved Amy more than just a friend and a sister.

"Ames...I'm really sorry for not returning your feelings sooner. Man, I'm so confused." Sonic whispered, closing his eyes. Sighing while deciding to worry about his feelings with Amy later, and opening his eyes, he stood up and placed his Sea-Mask into his quills, narrowing his eyes in determination. "I've gotta do this, and stop Scourge, Robotnik and that monster, and whoever's trying to escape the Prison of Evil!"

He then thought of his nemesis and despite that he would forever feel guilty for this, he didn't have a choice, and added. "That includes Eggman, if he really is there. I won't let him or anyone else evil hurt or kill anymore innocent lives, or turn them to robots or whatever else horrible they want to do! I have to protect and save everyone and all the worlds!"

"Very well spoken, Sonic the Hedgehog." A familiar dark voice echoed, making Sonic gasp while it continued. "However, you are first needed in order to complete your difficult task."

"That voice...It...it's him! The-the...!" Sonic began, trembling as he realized who it was, looking around in alarm and instantly increasing his guard while spinning around looking for the source of it.

"In order to defeat the Time Eater, Scourge and Dr. Robotnik, you must face the trials beyond this world and many others. It will frighten you, but you are the Chosen One to right the wrong." The voice continued.

"It's the Dino-Alien!" The blue hedgehog exclaimed, trying to remain calm and holding onto his courage, but given the mysterious voice not answering his or Young Sonic's questions, and Shadow's warning that the Dino-Alien was after him for something terrible, he was already becoming so scared that he thought he'd fallen into a trap.

Just then the images of the other dimensions moved away, and the light he saw earlier opened up, revealing to be a portal of a wasteland. Before Sonic could back away and escape, the wind suddenly picked up and as he tried to shield himself with his arms, and made to run for it, turning around and tried to flee, he wasn't even moving an inch forward, but was pulled backwards. No matter how hard he tried, it was no use, even as he tried harder while panicking and pushing himself.

Eventually he exhausted himself out and panted before shrugging at the viewers/readers with resigned expression, muttering. "Guess I'll just have to find my way out of wherever that place is...!"

The next thing Sonic knew he was lifted off and sucked into the portal, screaming, swallowed up into the light which closed off and taking him away from the White Space...


When he emerged to the other side, the cobalt hedgehog flew out and hit the ground hard, hitting on his back and winced as he laid there after a rough landing. Sonic groaned as he sat up while trying to regain his bearings before he looked around and gasped in shock and no small amount of horror. This place...the unusual colours of the wasteland...he recognized it almost instantly.

"This is the wasteland from my dream! When I first saw that Dino-Alien!" Sonic exclaimed, his eyes widening as he stood up, looking around at the place he found himself trapped in. He then wondered if he was dreaming and was about to pinch himself on the arm to make sure, he froze when he felt a terrible presence that made him nervous.

"This is not a dream, little one. The time has come for you to right the wrong." The voice of the Dino-Alien, now sounding close and not in an echo, spoke.

Terrified and trying to mask his fear, Sonic slowly turned around, before he spun around fully in horror with a gasp. There stood the Dino-Alien, unaware to him as Soloman, except he removed his hood to reveal his T-Rex-like head with yellow eyes that had black and red pupils, scaly green skin, and elf-like ears, and when he saw the tentacle-arms wriggle, the skin seemed to drop of liquid, which dropped onto a lone black flower which wilted and died in a hiss. The blue hedgehog felt his fear increase he realized not only this monster kidnapped him, but a single touch on this guy, even in a fight, would instantly kill him.

'Oh no...! What do I do!?' Sonic thought, backing away slowly in fear and confusion.

"I bid you welcome, hero of Mobius. We have waited for this day." Soloman began, and just like in the teenager's dream, suddenly appeared right in front of him which frightened the young Mobian even more and began to reach out for him. "Do not be afraid..."

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! NO! Get away from me!" Sonic screamed, immediately running away across the wasteland, hoping to get away from the monster that kidnapped him and is threatening to either kill him or use him for whatever evil purposes the Dino-Alien had in mind. Worst part is, he can't even fight it without being killed instantly by the extremely deadly acid on the guy's skin.

Just when he was close in saving all of his friends, figure out how to defeat Scourge and make his evil counterpart see the error of his ways, stop Robotnik and defeat the Time Eater to save all three worlds and return home, now the blue hedgehog was taken away from everyone into an alien world, probably far beyond any other reality for whatever reason, before a thought formed in his mind and, his eyes widened in horror as he realized where he could be; a portal connecting to that place where Young Sonic had been and briefly fought against Pachacamac, the possible portal that Black Doom used...

"No way...! This place must be the Prison the Evil!" The cobalt hero exclaimed in horror as he ran, looking around and gulped as he noticed nasty looking creatures he never saw before, a couple of them fighting and laughing evilly, in a very far distance, a giant with glowing black and green eyes with no skin on his mouth and revealing his teeth wearing strange modern-futuristic clothing charging at another man who looked like a villain as well, all around him that he passed and avoided in being seen.

Silver was right. The Prison of Evil is real.

"And even though I'm not evil, I'm a prisoner now too! I've gotta get outta here!" Sonic shuddered, not understanding why he was captured...before he realized that the Dino-Alien must have been behind the whole thing and sought to trap him here to destroy all realities, using Scourge, Robotnik, maybe even the Time-Eater, and Pachacamac and Black Doom as well, and only killed them when their usefulness were run out.

No matter where he ran, and he could've sworn he saw many evil villains notice him only as a blue blur, Sonic only saw a dead landscape with canyons being seen and tried his luck in between a couple, but ended up skidding to a stop before he crashed into the end of the pathway, his exit point blocked off by towering rocks.

"It's a dead end!" Sonic exclaimed, before he heard and felt a stomp, and turned around to see a giant monster that looked like a cross of an elephant, similar colour to Cheese the Chao, with enormous tusks but no trunk, about the size of one of Eggman's giant robots, sharp teeth and red eyes with horns on it's head, trapping him.

It let out a growl as it had the blue hedgehog cornered.

"Whoa! That's a big monster..." The young hero muttered to himself, backing away until his back touched the wall. Fortunately this beast wasn't poisonous, so he could at least try and fight this thing. Despite that he was imprisoned in a horrible realm, the hero of Mobius quickly stood his ground to fight.

Only for the Dino-Alien to suddenly appear behind it and to Sonic's horror, his kidnapper enlarged himself into a towering giant, as big as a skyscraper, and leered down at the terrified teenager who leaned back further as possible, and the smaller giant monster who looked over it's shoulder. Soloman then reached out once more, this time transforming his tentacle arm into a clawed hand and while Sonic screamed and shielded himself with his arms and shut his eyes, bracing himself, the giant alien instead grasped the monster that attempted to kill the blue hedgehog while it let out a squealing roar of fear and pain with the acid burning it's skin and body.

Hesitantly looking up once realizing his was alright, Sonic gasped once more as Soloman held his helpless prey above his head, his mouth wide open and while Sonic covered his mouth in horror and feeling sick, turning slightly green on the face, the giant Dino-Alien dropped the monster, engulfing it whole and closed his mouth shut, swallowing it whole.

"This is horrible...! Shadow was right. This monster really is after me...!" Sonic whimpered, whispering to himself. While Soloman did save him and saving him the trouble to fight the now eaten monster, he knew in that instant he was next on the horrible alien's menu. While he had fought the dragon, and overcame his fear of the giant Werehog, at least neither of them had acid-like skin that killed anything instantly.

To his dismay, the giant Dino-Alien turned his attention to the blue hedgehog who tried to back away even further, terrified beyond belief. As the horrible monster reached out for him, Sonic knew in that instant that he was next, and he couldn't escape. This was the end of him.

"HELP ME! SOMEBODY HELP ME, PLEASE!" Sonic screamed, shielding himself with raised arms and squeezed his eyes shut, bracing for his digestive and burning end, while hoping that by miracle someone would heed his pleads and save him.

He slid to the ground and whimpered, not noticing that the Dino-Alien paused, seeing and realizing his mistake in frightening the sixteen year old hedgehog, having seen the fear and why he ran away and sighed, hence to why he went after the cobalt Mobian who thought they were enemies. Soloman then shrank down to normal size and approached the terrified hero, gently reaching out while calling off his acid and gently touched Sonic's left arm, making him scream at the touch and tried to ignore the burning sensation of the acid.

Only to realize that rather than the hot, poisonous and sticky liquid he was expecting to feel, the hand felt smooth, cool and rather gentle. Despite hesitating and still waiting for the effects to happen, the blue hedgehog felt none of the poison like the flower and the monster that was eaten did. Reluctantly opening his eyes in confusion, Sonic saw that he was okay, and hesitantly lowered his arms while Soloman removed his hand from the arm and held it out to help him stand.

"Huh?" Sonic muttered, now very confused. Was this some sort of trick?

"Well done, Chosen One. You have passed the trial." Soloman congratulated.

"Trial? What trial?" Sonic blinked, before narrowing his eyes suspiciously. "Is this some sort of trick? 'Cause if it is, then I'm not buying it. I been through that nightmare already and I won't let it happen again. Let me go! I've gotta get back to my friends and save Space and Time!"

The Dino-Alien waited patiently as he explained. "I understand your suspicions, Sonic the Hedgehog. Many heroes who have come here failed to be skeptical of me and my people, and were too trustful towards many. You have full trust, but you also mostly know who is good and who is evil. Forgive me for frightening you, young Mobian. This trial was to see if you can be doubtful, as my actions in your dream was to prove your trust towards your friends and keep going with your task in your current quest. But there is no longer for you to be alarmed of me. I will not harm you."

The sixteen year old raised an eyebrow, mentally gulping. "Alright...but what about the acid on your body, growing into a colossal giant and eating up that huge monster?"

"Ah. Our acids are for our survival against the nature of this world as they are poison to us, but not to you. As for the monster that inhabit this world, they would do everyone harm, and since they are the only food source to my kind as we can no longer feast on greenary, we had no choice but to use our powers to become giants and change our diet. I assure the monsters are what we only devour. No one else. Not even the villains imprisoned here. We control our acids to not drip uncontrollably and even then, it would not hurt you, but it is better to be careful with our abilities." Soloman explained.

"So then..." Sonic sweat-dropped, shaking a little. "You're not gonna kill me or even eat me?"

The Dino-Alien chuckled softly. "If I wanted to kill or eat you or even both, Sonic, I would have done so the moment you arrived."

Despite still feeling uneasy, Sonic began to sense that maybe he'd misjudged this guy, especially since the dream part was mainly only to scare him and not trust this Dino-Alien immediately. He hesitantly grabbed hold of the alien's hand and found that he still didn't feel the acid and was pulled up to stand before the two let go.

"Then why did you bring me here? Who are you?" The blue hedgehog asked, still on his guard. "More importantly, how did you know my name, or even my other self who's my friend?"

"You have come this far, and thus, you are ready to know my name." The alien nodded, and to Sonic's surprise, he bowed before him as though he was a king. "I am Soloman, servant and High Guard of the Prison of Evil, under my Lord's command, and to be under your command from now on, Master Sonic, Chosen One to save all realities."

Sonic sweat-dropped at the over-respect he was receiving and held up his hands while saying pleadingly and in slight annoyance. "Hey, it's nice to meetcha, Soloman, but knock it off with the bowing and groveling and calling me Chosen One or Master or whatever, will ya? It's embarrasing."

Soloman nodded, and stood up, chuckling. "You certainly do not like superior respect, do you?"

"I'm more the kind of guy who likes to treat everybody as equal and, I'm not the master or superior type." Sonic shrugged, before placing his hands on his hips. "Now, back to my first question. Why am I here in the Prison of Evil-which I knew where I am by the way-and what do you want with me?"

"As I have said before, Sonic. You, your young alternate self and friends must defeat Scourge, save him from being evil, and destroy the Time Eater, and another to which the Paradox one has unleashed before he was sentenced by the Executioner." Soloman explained, gesturing Sonic to follow him, and despite still being suspicious, at the moment the Dino-Alien was his safer option in this horrible place, so he did as the two walked, seemingly away from the other evil villains that were imprisoned here.

"When you say the Executioner, do you mean the giant monster Mini-Me, Shads and I saw drag and about to eat up Black Doom?" The blue hedgehog asked, raising an eyebrow as he followed the High Guard.

"That is correct." Soloman confirmed. "For eons and eons, since my people have come to this world to guard it, and punish those who refuse to change from their cruel, twisted and pure evil ways, the Executioner acts as the predator of those people who have no remorse or feelings towards others."

That made Sonic nervous, as he said uneasily. "Uh...Not to make crazy wild guess here, but would that include a certain evil Cheetah named Kaiser the Myth Hunter? You know, since you know me for some reason, that got eaten already by a giant Werehog that Eggman released from my brother Sun the Hedgehog?"

Soloman nodded, looking over his shoulder. "Yes, this includes Kaiser Bakuvu, who was deemed too evil and dangerous to return when he was devoured by the minion of Dark Gaia. It was through him and Dr. Eggman that we could see you, learn of your past and knew that you are the one along with your other three selves to defeat the two Time Eaters, the one you will have to face being the most dangerous threat of all realities and the Prison of Evil."

Sonic softly gasped upon hearing that, and while he knew he had to stop the Time Eater, that wasn't what made him so shocked. It was what else he heard. "So Eggman is here...Has he...gotten out into that place or areas from my past like Black Doom and Tikal's dad did?"

"No. Dr. Eggman still roams here, but I fear that he will enter another portal, many that have began to link between this world and the Abyss of Space and Time, which you and your friends call White Space." The Dino-Alien replied.

"Okay, so that's why you brought me here? To stop Eggman and other bad guys from leaving?" The sixteen year old blinked, shrugging. He then scratched the top of his head. "Well, that's easy. I just never knew such a scary place like this even existed. I thought he was in Heaven or in the Underworld for the last few months. Considering my friend's mom ate him when she was all crazy while being in a Nega form."

"Many would not. Only those who pass on to Heaven and the Underworld would know of this place. You, your friends including Silver the Hedgehog know of it, yet it is best to be kept secret. However, preventing Dr. Eggman and the rest of our prisoners from escaping is not your only task." Soloman explained, pausing as did Sonic. "Yet there are those who were once good have become evil and blind, due to rage and misguided hate."

The blue hedgehog gulped, hugging himself as he asked shakily. "Will I end up like that? I don't wanna be evil."

The Dino-Alien turned to the young Mobian, and told him wisely. "Sonic, you are far too pure heartened to turn to evil, even when the darkness threatened to transform you or destroy you. Even if you were, you would return to your true self."

"But I almost turned to that when I learned what Kaiser did to my uncle and fifty other people, even though I realized I couldn't fight for vengeance or revenge since it wouldn't bring the dead back." Sonic replied, he then lowered his gaze and realized. "But Scourge...he's the evil version of me. He even left Red behind, though I can't blame them since they lost their parents. That guy's the one who's gonna be trapped here forever, isn't he?"

"Only if he truly embraces the pure evil. But his desire to bring back his loved ones doesn't necessary make him as such. Yet, I fear if he succeeds, then yes he will suffer that fate. He has unleashed the Time Eater, yet he did not do it alone. Not intenationally." Soloman informed him.

"Whaddya mean?" The blue hedgehog asked, puzzled. "I thought using the Sol Emeralds is what caused this mess."

"You have seen the timeline that was irreversibility changed that only your counterpart and Dr. Eggman's counterpart remember of, yes? The timeline that was erased yet placed in limbo for all eternity, erasing many people and replaced with new ones."

"The one with the Roboticizer where the other me in that world turned into a robot? Yeah, I know what you're talkin' about." Sonic shuddered. "I'm just lucky that me and my buddy Sonic are immune to that thing."

"He who once existed in that world has been left in limbo, to be taken here to the Prison of Evil for many evil crimes he committed. An evil Mobian scientist, who is also responsible for what has happened to your alternate self's parents, one who has been cold towards Scourge and his sibling Maurice that informed them of their parents' passing..."

Gasping as he didn't need Soloman to finish since Sonic managed to put the pieces of the puzzle together, the blue hedgehog exclaimed. "No way! Dr. Finitevus from Red's world!? He's from the erased time-line and messed everything up from the beginning!?"

"Yes. He avoided his punishment to be placed here, and found a being who has been using Scourge from the beginning. A creature as evil as the Time-Eater, who we imprisoned, but was released by Dr. Finitevus, who we have executed before I brought you here. He hopped through space and time, committing crimes by secretly convincing those such as Kaiser into following the dark path not even the Shaman Mnyambo could predict, giving knowledge of Scourge's speed to Dr. Snively who would kill his parents, and secretly murder the parents of Fiona Fox, and finally, taking away your younger self's parents, but has inadvertently trapped himself, yet he has managed to convince Pachacamac to secretly follow the Time Eater in order to escape, by the use of the Chaos Emeralds." Soloman explained.

The more he heard of this, the more Sonic was horrified. Dr. Finitevus, the one who was actually from the erased Timeline, and was the same person who had done everything just to punish as many versions of the blue hedgehog as possible due to what his counterpart did for good...was responsible for everything; Kaiser sending Uncle Chuck and fifty other people to a dimension of death, Snively killing Scourge and Red's parents, killing the parents of Scourge's dead girlfriend Fiona Fox, and while accidentally sending himself here, was also the one who killed Young Sonic's parents, the freedom of the Time Eater and another monster...everything leading up to this.

"Oh man...I knew Dr. Finitevus was cold in Red's world, and from what I saw in the Timeline that doesn't exist anymore, he's worse than even Eggman despite in that timeline he was more insane than the one I've fighting for five years, but this is just crazy. He's a monster!" Sonic cried out, placing a hand to his head as he wrapped his left arm around his waist, feeling faint and nauseous.

"If he were still alive, would you seek revenge on him?" Soloman asked carefully.

Sonic gazed at the Dino-Alien, before shaking his head. "No, it would only make things worse. Yeah, I am furious with the guy, but it wouldn't bring back Uncle Chuck or the other victims, and if it were up to me, I'd stop him from causing anymore damage. Even though I don't like anybody getting killed, I've learned a hard lesson that not everyone can be saved. I just gotta do the best I can do, even if it means at the cost of my own life. As long as the world, everybody living in it and the people I care about and love are safe, happy and free, that's all that matters to me."

Soloman stared at Sonic and his courage and determination, before nodding in approval. "Spoken as a true hero, despite the hardships."

"Nobody said being a hero is easy, but it makes an adventure more fun." The blue hedgehog shrugged sheepishly. He then sighed and said uneasily. "Well, while I'm not comfortable with how Dr. Finitevus got punished, and I still feel kind of bad for not saving Eggman even though I know if I did, he would just keep trying to over the world, at least that crazy echidna won't cause anymore trouble."

"Yes. However, the Time Eater and the other beast, that we call Cormain the Destroyer, will always remain a threat, unless those who were wrongly imprisoned this world are freed, which will weaken them, giving you and your younger self a better chance to defeat them and Dr. Robotnik, who unlike the rest of you and even Scourge should you suceed in making him realize the error of his ways, will not remember any of these events, not even the Roboticizer." Soloman nodded, as well as getting the conversation back on track.

"Robotnik won't remember anything about this adventure?" Sonic asked, surprised, and when the Dino-Alien nodded, he sighed in relief and wiped his forehead. "Phew...Wait 'til I tell Sonic about this. Now he won't have to worry about going through what the other four dimensions went through."

He then realized what else Soloman said and asked. "Wait, people who were wrongly imprisoned here? Would that mean they're not evil?"

Soloman nodded once more. "Correct. We have given them sanctuary as much as possible in a secret forest only you can enter, as you are not a prisoner of this world. Only those like yourself and your friends are allowed to traverse between the Prison of Evil and your world freely. Yet, Pachacamac and his men remain a threat, and unless you free those people, all of you are in mortal danger from them, the Time Eater and Cormain."

"I'm guessing since there are too many evil around here that the good guys that got trapped here by mistake couldn't figure out how to get back home." Sonic responded, folding his arms with a concerned frown. "So you want me to stop Eggman and the other bad guys from escaping and set these people free? How do I know this isn't some sort of trick?"

"You will know soon enough, Sonic. Once you freed them and return them home, to a past about perhaps a week or a month before you and your friends were brought here, only to learn of their return and yet cannot see them until you restore everything, you will understand." The Dino-Alien answered.

The sixteen year old hero still felt uncertain, and hesitantly asked. "Soloman, not to get into your privacy, but...you said that you didn't always live here, or at least your ancestors didn't. Where did your people originally come from?"

"I knew you would ask." Soloman chuckled. He then waved his arm which somehow changed the scenery all around the two of them, much to Sonic's amazement as they were now standing in a place of a field that looked strangely familiar.

"Whoa! Where are we?" The blue hedgehog exclaimed in awe, before hearing a groan and looked up, gasping in horror to see a fully skinned and lively Dino-Skull from Asteroid Coaster, less robotic, lean down towards them with it's mouth wide open.

Sonic screamed and crouched in fear while Soloman stood calmly before they were engulfed inside the mouth, but what the blue hedgehog found that there was a grass ripping sound and the shadow of the mouth harmlessly passed him as though the giant beast wasn't there at all. Looking up in confusion and that they weren't being eaten and were still standing where they were, he noticed that it was munching on the grass.

"Huh?" Sonic murmured, before standing up and then realized. "This is a vision of a past?"

"Yes, Sonic. This was once the home of my people, the world that Dr. Eggman called the Asteriod Coaster, but it's true name was Dinopolis. My people and I are known as the Octosaurs, and these creatures were known as the Colossal-Rex." Soloman explained. "Since our arrival to the Prison of Evil, once we reached our adult-hood, we cannot age, we are to spend guarding the realm for all eternity."

"No way! You mean that place was your home?" The blue hedgehog said, amazed and shocked. "It looks different here compared to what Tails and I saw."

Soloman nodded in grim agreement. "We once lived in peace and harmony, and even created new creatures out of kindness and for company. One particular was the first to gain a heart and soul, one that would be the mother of her own created world and children."

As if on cue to understand better, with many of the past Octosaurs, some elderly, some children who were playing along with the Colossal-Rex of all kinds, even cute looking ones, there was one that stood out the most; that looked awfully familiar, but much smaller, the same size as Yacker and Chip, flew over all cute, lively and giggling. It was a cute little Wisp, pink with several eyes and tentacles.

"...Yacker's Mom?" Sonic asked, surprised to see the mother of his friend much, much smaller than he first saw her. "Your people created her?"

"We did want more company. The little one you only know as the mother of all Wisps, we called her Singarina. Unlike many of our creations who would become our friends and companions, she heart a pure heart, wishing to do what is right, and loved creating nature and playing in it and to make friends. She was also very brave and determined." Soloman spoke fondly.

That made Sonic smile as he thought about his alien best friend. "Yacker sure took after her when it came to having a pure heart and having fun. She's the best Mom all of the Wisps could ever ask for."

"She knows who to trust and not trust. When you restored her, Singarina trusted you for her to save your life. You were unconscious at the time, Sonic, but with the aid of her children, they saved you and returned you to your planet." Soloman explained.

"I kinda figured she had something to do with me still being alive, and I'm ever so grateful for her. I'd like to give her my thanks in person." The cobalt teenager said, before asking in concern. "But then, what happened that caused the world to be rendered to ruin and everything else that's happened?"

Suddenly the sky turned dark to red and purple, causing Sonic to gaze up ahead, as did the past of Soloman's people who all looked up in confusion and concern, before a huge dark form appeared, forming into a monster that was similar to the Time-Eater, only with horns and legs, red markings all over it's body which reminded the sixteen year old of when he was Dark-Spine Sonic, and when he accidentally had the Werehog transform into the Dark-Spine-Werehog in his inner battle against it.

"He caused it. Cormain." Soloman grunted grimly, glaring at the evil monster before them.

"OCTOSAURS, FOOLISH WEAKLINGS. I AM CORMAIN, YOUR JUDGE FOR YOUR FATE. YOU HAVE NOT EVOLVED TO YOUR POTENTIAL. THUS YOU ARE DEEMED UNWORTHY TO CONTINUE TO EXIST. YOUR DEATHS ALONG WITH ALL THE WEAK PURE HEART ONES WILL PERISH!" Cormain, the giant monster, declared, causing fear among everyone.

The next thing Sonic knew, Cormain unleashed his wrath, and to the blue hedgehog's horror, many of the Octosaurs and all of the Colossal-Rex were vaporized, causing Sonic to cover his mouth with both hands, while many others attempted to flee, including the younger version of Yacker's mother, Singarina, who was following a child Octosaur, about maybe five years old, while the older Octosaur along with followers, stood before the huge monster, and held up his staff, chanting something in an ancient language that Sonic did not understand.

Even the child spoke in the same language, yet unlike his elders, he opened up a portal to space, causing Singarina to glance at her friend in horror, both she and Sonic realizing that the little boy was sending her away for her safety. Before she could try and rescue her friends, she was caught in the portal and sent away while it closed off shut.

Suddenly light appeared from the elder Octosaurs, blocking Cormain who roared in agony and pain, shouting. "WHAT!?"

"Foul beast, Cormain! We knew this day would come, in prophecy that you are to destroy our home! We are left with no choice but to seal you away, and sacrifice ourselves to be guardians of a prison where evil will never escape and hurt others anymore!" The leader of the group declared firmly.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The evil monster roared, and soon light engulfed the whole area, and Sonic was forced to shield his eyes, before it faded.

When he opened them up, he found himself and Soloman, who lowered his gaze, standing in space, where Singarina saw what happened and even from the far distance, she squealed in horror and dismay, before beginning to cry, the hurtful realization that her entire home, her friends, her family who created her, were all gone. Seeing such pain the very first Wisp was in broke Sonic's heart. Not only Cormain caused destruction to Soloman's world, but he also forced the Wisp to be sent in space for her own safety, being the only survivor.

He then saw, at sometime later it seemed, the little Wisp couldn't seem to handle the burden of guilt and sorrow, and the blue hedgehog then witnessed Singarina focus on her power, enlarging herself to be who he saw only in her true form, and glancing around, she gathered floating asteriods, using her powers to form them together and to his amazement, created the very world he and Tails explored in, slept in for a day, and saved from Eggman's clutches, the beautiful planet of nature.

Planet Wisp.

Sonic then saw the very first magical birth of the Wisps, appearing in small lights and coming out of her tentacles, as tiny as his thumb and like newborn babies, opened their eyes for the first time and wailed, before being comforted by their mother, and as time passed in the vision, they all grew into fully grown Wisps, living happily with their mother who lost everything in her past, but gained hope and happiness and love from her children.

"Singarina has spent years living and guarding her children, and gave birth to all of them since. When her time passed, she would be into the present day reborn to continue her cycle, her memories erased and continue to live the happy life, and you know the rest. Whereas my people, we made sure Cormain did not escape and spent the rest of eternity guarding the Prison of Evil." Soloman explained, as the vison has ended, and he and Sonic were back to where they started.

Now understanding the situtation, and feeling like the connection between the Octosaur that brought him here and the Octosaur Boy who saved Yacker's mother who was reborn to be the mother of his alien friend wasn't a coincidence. the blue hedgehog gazed up at the Dino-Alien.

"It was you, wasn't it?" Sonic asked softly and carefully. "You were the one who saved Yacker's Mom, knowing that she shouldn't be here."

A moment of pause.

"Yes. She was my very close friend. Her safety is what only mattered to me that day. I failed to protect my people, I failed to save my home. Being a High Guard was the only way I could atone for that mistake, and even now, we are powerless to defeat Cormain as all of our powers are rendered to what we can do." Soloman admitted, closing his eyes as his throat felt thick of tears.

Feeling awful for not trusting the guy who was just trying to make him understand by testing him and his friends, Sonic sighed before pointing out to him. "It's not your fault, Soloman. You were just a kid, and what you did was still heroic. You saved Yacker's Mom, and because of that, she created her new world, giving birth to all of the cute aliens. As much as I was scared of you before, and I still kinda don't trust you, you guys did what you could. It was all Cormain's fault. He and Finitevus started all of this."

He paused, before looking up in determination. "And whether or not my friends and I were involved, I will do my best to stop Cormain, the Time Eater, Scourge and Ro-butt-nik! And send Pachacamac back here because of the horrible things he did!"

"You are no longer angry?" Soloman asked, surprised.

Sonic smirked. "Do I need a reason to help others? All you had to do was ask."

Feeling relief that Sonic was brave and kind enough to do this task, the Octosaur nodded. "My people and I are ever grateful for you, Sonic the Hedgehog."

"No problem." The blue hedgehog gave Soloman a thumbs up, then asked, frowning. "So um, where are the people that got stuck here, and how do I get them back home, and how do I get back to the others?"

"Time does not pass since the merging began. All you have to do is say Chaos Control with your energy as only that can allow you to do so here and in the White Space, as I know you have two of the Chaos Emeralds, and send the people back home until things return to normal. When you return to Sonic of the Alternate World, it only will be perhaps a few minutes, and neither of you or your friends have aged since coming to this place, because time was frozen in your bodies, and when you return home, everything will be back to normal and neither of you will be affected." Soloman explained, before gesturing at the path passed the city in the distance. "Pass through the City of Prisoners through a tunnel, but be careful when you do, because you will have to pass by my people, you do not have to make contact with them if you still feel unsafe even when or if you encounter them, and follow the road towards the Forest of Fogs. There you will find Mobodoon, the sanctuary we created and no evil can enter."

Sonic, despite knowing that he can't use Chaos Control without the Chaos Emeralds, but then remembered he had two of them(which he suddenly realized that Soloman must've sensed or seen Young Sonic give them to the blue hedgehog), then looked at the distance with his hand over his eyes, then nodded as he absorbed what was heard, before blinking in confusion as the Octosaur held out a familiar gem that he briefly forgot about until now.

"The Sol Emerald!" Sonic exclaimed softly.

"I had to take it in order for you to come, as I knew you would not trust me. I assure you that it is the real one, but you and your younger self can only return to your friends once you return to him after leaving the Prison of Evil. You will not be able to find the Chaos Emerald in the same location this emerald was, only in the next piece from your past is where you two will find it, but by also facing a fear you have overcome." Soloman said, gently placing the true Sol Emerald into the blue hedgehog's hand.

Feeling and instantly knowing that it was the real Sol Emerald despite not understanding much about where the Chaos Emerald is even though he felt that he knew even from the start, Sonic nodded and said. "Thanks, Soloman, and don't worry, I'm fully prepared of whatever dangers are up ahead. And, sorry for not trusting you and being scared of ya' before."

Not to mention that it made sense on why he and Young Sonic couldn't find the Chaos Emearld in Seaside Hill Zone. Probably due to the Time Eater.

"I believe it is I who should apologize. It was the only way to ensure you are the true Chosen One. Many who failed were sent back to their worlds with no memories of coming here." Soloman nodded apologetically.

Feeling better now and knowing that he had some time, Sonic tucked the Sol Emerald into his quills and saluted to the Octosaur. "Well then, thanks for the advice, Soloman. See you later!"

With that, Sonic sped off to find Mobodoon and save the people who were wrongly trapped here, leaving the relieved yet concerned Soloman behind.

"What you will find will only give you and many others a peaceful reunion you sought out, as the people who are not cruel and evil have been in the Prison of Evil for far too long. Be careful, and good luck, oh Chosen One." Soloman muttered even though he knew that Sonic wouldn't hear him.

His task done, the Octosaur teleported himself away to inform his Lord of the news, while hoping that Sonic would be able to succeed and return to his friends safely.

Everything depended on the hero of Mobius now.


A/N: I originally was going to make the Prison of Evil into a separate story, but then decided to combine that into this story instead and that the sequel will be something different if/when I get around to it. Depending on how it should go. So now we know the full history of the Wisps(that I made up myself and named Yacker's mother Singarina).

As for Cormain, I kind of based him off of Dormain from the game "Shadow of the Colossus" and it's remake.

See you later!