Author's Note: As the chapter's title says it, we'll be experiencing unexpected surprises along the way and more to come in the next chapter. But the story is far from over. Buckle up and get ready, set, go!

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


Chapter 15: Octosaurs and the Final Egg-Clash.

Racing through the wasteland and glancing around making sure there weren't any signs of portals that villains trapped here in this world would escape, Sonic followed the path Soloman directed him and seeing that what would normally take days, the blue hedgehog knew he could make it in less than one if he was lucky due to being the fastest thing alive. When he did notice somebody suspicious about to approach the same portal that he and Young Sonic entered earlier, the blue hedgehog quickly sped towards the person who was an evil horned beast about the height of a human man.

When the figure was about to enter by reaching out his hand only to yank it back in pain since it ended up burning his skin and Sonic winced, feeling a bit sorry for him, the beast growled and was about to enter again by slicing it, only for the sixteen year old to Spin Dash into him, sending the caught-off-guard and stunned monster to scream out and sent flying into the air and to Sonic's surprise, into the large black city with carved-mountain like towers before crashing into a cell, startling other evil prisoners and a couple of Octosaur guards.

"...I wasn't expecting another prisoner make an entrance like that. Who could've finally caught this annoying escaping artist and knew where to send him?" One of the guards remarked to his partner, slightly dumbfounded. His friend only shrugged in confusion.

"Oops. Think I kinda overdid it." Sonic muttered, sheepishly as he flinched slightly in embarrassment, scratching the top of his head. He then noticed that the towering dark buildings did look like a city and he narrowed his brows in thought. "If I'm gonna guess, it must be the City of Prisoners Soloman told me. Just hope I don't get into trouble for sending that guy there, but I gotta pass through...the tunnel, I think?"


"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, call my name if you need help, and follow the road towards the Forest of Fogs. There you will find Mobodoon, the sanctuary we created and no evil can enter."


Even though he knew he had to hurry and he was worried about his friends still trapped in the White Space while he could only go back and forth between there and the Prison of Evil where other innocent people were trapped in, meaning that he was stuck in both places, Sonic couldn't help but gulp nervously at the thought of making contact with more of Soloman's people, who might not know about him yet.

"Just hope their giant sizes aren't their actual height." The hero of Mobius muttered, steeling himself before dashing off towards the City of Prisoners.


"So Sonic the Hedgehog is finally arriving to reach Mobodoon." The Octosaur King surmised after Soloman returned to inform him of the young Mobian's arrival.

"Yes, Sire. He will be passing through the tunnels as we speak, but I do not wish for him to be mistaken for another evil prisoner or frighten him any more than what was needed." Soloman responded respectfully. "He is our only hope, yet he is admittedly small, and still young. His sixteenth year is today."

The Octosaur King nodded in agreement. "Agreed. I have already informed our people to be careful and not to treat the Chosen One harshly, capture him or to even harm the child. But we will keep an eye out just in case."

The High Guard nodded, relieved. "Thank you, my Lord."

"Even though you have done your task ensuring that Sonic and his friends are trust worthy and cautious given their situation, you seem to be fond of the child." The King remarked, smiling softly.

Soloman blushed slightly in embarrassment, as he admitted. "He...reminds me of Singarina. Willing to help others without second thought, kind and caring, yet very adventurous and reckless. He is like the wind; gentle at times, but rough and dangerous at other times."

"I see. Yet, it still leaves Scourge the Hedgehog..." The Octosaur King stated, frowning. "The rest is up to Sonic to save everyone and Space and Time, and destroy the Time Devourer and Cormain. I only wish we could have done so ourselves and the child and his friends would not be forced to do so."

That Soloman agreed wholeheartedly.

Suddenly another Octosaur guard came barging through, looking rather alarmed and bowed before the King who along with Soloman looked at him, quickly concerned.

"Your Lordship! A Prisoner is trying escape! I fear he may be attempting to use the sacred tunnel if he spots it! He's within the palace as we speak!" The Guard informed with urgency.

Both Soloman and the King gasped in shock before sharing an alarmed glance before the former stood up. "Find him, and if you see a young, small blue Hedgehog, no harm shall come to him! He is Sonic the Hedgehog, the Chosen One."

"Yes, Sire." The Guard nodded, bowing his respects before standing up and taking his leave.

"Soloman." The King turned to the High Guard who turned to him. "In case our people mistake him for a new prisoner or do not believe he is the chosen one, you must save him."

"I vow to ensure Sonic will survive and will return those people before reuniting with his friends." Soloman vowed firmly, bowing his head.

He stood up and vanished, ready to take on the responsibility for Sonic's safety, leaving the King on his own.

"I pray for your safety and survival, young Chosen One. Your place is not here or within the White Space." The King muttered to himself.


Easily knocking away other lingering villains that he ended up bumping into, preventing them from even going half-way to portals that opened and closed yet there wasn't that many and it seemed to be rather slow yet knowing that if he didn't hurry up, it would only increase, Sonic managed to make it to the City of Prisoners and stopped at the towering wall and huge gates that were as tall as the elevator leading up to Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park. Or at least around the same height as Dark Gaia.

"This place is creepier up close, and huge. Guess Soloman and the Octosaurs wanna made sure they were more intimidating to the evil bad guys stuck here. Like all of the bad giants." Sonic muttered, hugging himself as he felt his skin crawl.

Given that the place so far was nothing but a wasteland with distort colours and a black city that made the Prison of Evil look more like a post-apocalyptic future, which made the blue hedgehog wonder if this was what Silver's future in Moebius looked like(that it was Sonic's worst nightmare come true in the alternate dimension), this place was truly evil. A place where evil villains could not escape.

Quickly shaking the horrible thoughts out of his head, Sonic looked around for the tunnel, wondering where it could be. He then noticed a large hole in the wall and decided to investigate it, avoiding the door just in case a giant Octosaur guard or something would come through. When the blue hedgehog got closer, he found that it was like a crack in a cave, leading into a dark tunnel which, as he looked up again, found that it would pass the city and hopefully to the other side. Hoping it was the right way, Sonic stepped inside and decided to take it silently, nice and slow despite that he felt that time was running out.

'It's so dark in here, it'd be good to have a flash light.' Sonic thought to himself, carefully making his way before leaping up from ledge to ledge to climb higher and reached the top, continuing along the darkness of the passage.

Thankfully there were holes on the sides of the walls, so he could see a little bit better, though the place seemed to be covered in spider webs, but at least there were normal, small sized spiders. The teenage Mobian sighed as he'd been worried that this place had monstrous spiders as well. When Sonic then heard unfamiliar voices that sounded huge, and froze when he felt the ground tremble violently with a soft gasp, he gazed up ahead at the hole to his right and gulping in fear, he was about to approach when he heard another voice scream from the other side and the earth moving became faster and more violent.

"You Dinosaur-Mutants will not capture me again!" A male voice shouted, before the owner of the voice ran into the hole but found himself cornered on the wall. It was a pale-skinned Goblin that looked a bit like a Zombie wearing a jester's clothing and make-up with a demon's tail. "Stay away from me!"

Sonic cringed in fright and disturbance at how ugly this guy was, and despite the terror the...whatever that thing was, was obviously feeling, the blue hedgehog could tell that it was an evil villain, and given what he said, he was trying to escape the City of Prison. He wasn't sure why, but the sixteen year old could feel the aura of wrongness by just staring at him.

"I'm going back to Kotuka-Nemvious, and destroy all life so I can rule all over and nothing, not even the Prision of Evil, can stop me!" The Goblin-Zombie declared, though his voice was shaky as the stomping grew worse before they stopped and the light was blocked off by a large shadow.

While Sonic knew that he was right about this villain, he shivered before the evil thing turned and noticed him before demanding with a growl. "Hey, new blue villain! Out of the way!"

"I'm no villain! I'm Sonic the-AHH!" Sonic screamed as a giant tentacle emerged from the hole and grabbed the bad guy who, being distracted by the teenage hero, was grabbed and yanked out of the hole, captured by one of the two giant Octosaur Guards who held him close to his face. The Goblin screamed in terror, demanding to be let go while the blue hedgehog shivered with a sweat-drop.

"You have been told time and time again, Gobivel, you and all other evil cannot escape the Prison of Evil, and for your crimes, you will be sentenced to death by the Executioner." The guard holding the recaptured villain warned him.

'G-Gobivel? That sounds so girly.' The blue hedgehog thought, trying not to laugh despite the fear he was feeling.

"Put me down! I don't want to be devoured by that hideous abomination!" Gobivel pleaded, struggling to break-free. "Why don't you feed a blue spiky-boy hiding in the tunnel!? He's a new villain that got here today!"

'What!?' Sonic thought, now horrified, and even worse, the villain was accusing him for being evil and even worse, he could hear the two giants gasp in shock.

"A blue spiky boy?" The two guards exclaimed in shock, before sharing a glance.

"Do you think it's...?" The second guard trailed off.

"Yes...It's Sonic the Hedgehog." The first one nodded, firmly.

That seemed to calm the teenager down little, but he still felt nervous. 'Okay, maybe Soloman told them about me, but...what do I do?'

He thought about running, but that would only make him suspicious, and he still wasn't sure if he should trust these people or not despite learning of their history. Still, that guy was trying to serve him to the Executioner in his place and if Sonic didn't clear things up straight away, he was in serious trouble. Soloman did say he can avoid them if he felt unsafe with the other Octosaurs, but in this situation, that didn't seem the option.

Sonic, knowing that he had to talk to them to avoid a misunderstanding, steeled himself for the confrontation just as he see the shadow of one of the two giant aliens slowly crouch down, before he bravely approached the hole and just as the giant aliens were about to peek through, the blue hedgehog stood in the entrance and flinched as they saw him, their eyes widening while Gobivel grinned evilly.

"There he is! Right here! It's the blue-spiky boy villain!" The Goblin-Zombie exclaimed.

Sonic was about to respond when the two giant Octosaurs glared at the evil being before the first one told him to be silenced.

"That boy is just a child." The first guard growled, bringing the captured villain closer to his face, which nearly made the now terrified evil Goblin quiver in horror. "Your execution will be by dawn tomorrow."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Gobivel wailed, tears streaming out like water-works.

By then, five more Octosaurs appeared and took notice on what was going on, the first guard telling them. "Diablo and I have found the prisoner. We will take him back to the dungeons, but do not harm the boy, and do NOT frighten him. Under the King's orders."

"Yes, Captain." The other Octosaurs bowed their heads, leaving Sonic feeling even more uncomfortable on what he was going on, before the first two giants gazed down at the blue hedgehog and bowed before him, then vanished with Gobivel glaring down at the teenager.

"I hope you will die shortly, you little blue brat!" Gobivel growled furiously just as he was taken away to be locked up once more.

Even though Sonic knew that Gobivel was a bad guy vowing to destroy life in the latter's world, he still felt horrified by the executions the evil people trapped in the Prison of Evil and felt terrified when he saw the other giant aliens began to approach him. The blue hedgehog gasped and began to back away slowly into the hole.

"It is him." One Octosaur softly stated.

"It's the Chosen One." Another said, seemingly in awe

"He's a lot smaller and scrawny than I thought." Another remarked.

"Or perhaps this is just another unfortunate innocent soul who has become trapped while trying to find a way home." A fourth Octosaur suggested, skeptically, raising an eyebrow.

"We should take him to the King. See what he makes of this." The fifth one suggested.

"Good idea. He's clearly not the chosen one." A third Octosaur agreed.

The fourth Octosaur nodded in agreement, and to the blue hedgehog's horror, began to reach out for him, turning his tentacle into a clawed hand. Sonic gasped, his heart hammering in fear.

"Wait! I'm not here to cause trouble, I swear!" The blue hedgehog cried out, holding out his hands, waving at the Octosaurs who paused. "I was on my way to Mobodoon when I saw that guy trying to escape. I heard what he's about to do and called me a villain. I wasn't going to let him escape and I was asked by High Guard Soloman to stop any bad guy from escaping and to save the good people that got trapped here."

The aliens in their giant forms shared a glance and while the teenager did make it very easy to capture Gobivel in less than an hour, some remained skeptical about the sixteen year old's words.

"Hmph. You are the Chosen One? How can a small hedgehog like you defeat our enemies? You are nothing more than a lost child. Another victim we have to babysit for all eternity." The Octosaur scoffed, disappointed and the other Octosaurs all murmured their agreements. "Whether you are an evil being or another innocent having been brought here by mistake, you are to meet our King, Sonic the Hedgehog. He will decide your fate."

"No, please! I'm telling the truth!" Sonic pleaded, only to cry out when the fourth Octosaur, seemingly having enough, growled, stretched out his arm in it's tentacle form to grab him. Realizing that they won't believe him, the blue hedgehog knew his only chance was to escape.

He turned around and fled into the tunnel to continue his quest. Sonic ran in his boost ability, hoping to at least get away, looking back while feeling terrified and gasped when he saw another giant tentacle arm slithering about even from the distance he was in. Sonic tried not to scream and just kept running.

"He's escaping!" The fifth Octosaur roared.

"Don't let him get away!" The sixth Octosaur shouted. The other aliens nodded and vanished to begin their own mission to capture the blue hedgehog whom they think is an imposter and bring him to the King.


Sonic didn't dare to stop, he just kept going, avoiding the holes and nearly screamed when more Octosaurs seemed to be looking for him and on high-alert. He turned around the corner to his left and continued to run, feeling that the five Octosaurs have convinced almost everyone else that the teenager wasn't the real chosen one and were going to catch him to prove to their King he was the imposter.

"The exit's gotta be around here somewhere! If I don't get outta here soon, I'm gonna be on that giant monster's dinner menu!" The blue hedgehog exclaimed to himself desperately, as he wanted to save the people that were not evil and were imprisoned here, and get back to his friends.

The thought of being so far away from his friends, from his home, all of them still trapped with Scourge and Robotnik at large and he only had two the Sol Emeralds with him, plus the two Chaos Emeralds Young Sonic given him just in case, despite what Soloman said, Sonic couldn't help but feel so terribly alone for the first time in his life. Even though he could teleport out of here to White Space and reunite with them, he thought about how long the unknown mysterious and innocent people were trapped in the Prison of Evil, many who would be far away from their loved ones. This world was horrible.

It was full of evil people who were doomed to be trapped here or eaten by the Executioner, monsters that attempted to threaten them and were used as a food source for the Octosaurs who were also strict and dangerous. No nice Mobini animals or nice aliens even though Soloman wasn't so bad, no other nice people to wander around, no friends, no family, no safe place apart from Mobodoon that was so far away in this horrible world...no freedom.

All of these thoughts made Sonic feel so scared and upset, that it was worse than Tikal being trapped in the Master Emerald, worse than Knuckles living on Angel Island all by himself, Amy being found on Little Planet, Tails suffering the first few years of his life through bullying from others, Shadow being asleep for 50 years, Chip being asleep for millions of years...

Realizing what he was thinking, the blue hedgehog shook his head and kept going, scolding himself. "No! I can't think like that right now. Everybody needs me! I can't let them down!"

He knew he had to keep going, and at least avoid getting caught by the Octosaurs who either were a threat or mistook him for a villain no thanks to that Gobivel guy. Sonic narrowed his eyes, trying to push back his fears and took out other giant monsters that were overgrown mutant cockroaches or beetles and saw the exit at long last...

Or at least the exit of the first tunnel. Because the exit here only led into a giant room, and to his horror, the Octosaurs, sensing his presence, had already teleported there and glared down before him. Sonic gasped in horror as the other side of the room was where he needed to be...and it was blocked off by the huge aliens who began to approach him. The blue hedgehog gasped and began to back away, only to look over his shoulder and his eyes widened in terror and panic when he noticed another hole he passed with tentacles seeping out to reach him.

Desperate, the cobalt speedster backed away, quick-stepping from the hole he came through and tried to run past them, only to be blocked off by each of the giant aliens who attempted to stop him.

Eventually Sonic was trapped in a corner, backed up against the wall as even with his speed they can block his path, and if he attacked, he would be fully labled a villain and they can make their skin acid and deadly. They were approaching him in a menacing way, towering over the terrified teenage hedgehog.

Sonic gasped in fear as one of them, looking more disappointed at the easy capture, stood towering over him, before noticing a bit of an exit. Hoping for the best and not wanting to be captured, the blue hedgehog crouched a little before speeding away, running underneath the legs of the fourth Octosaur who froze in shock, as did the other aliens who blinked before turning to see Sonic run towards the hole.

"Sorry, guys, but you won't be catching this hedgehog!" Sonic told them, looking over his shoulder. "If you'll excuse me, I've got people to save!"

Unfortunately as he looked forward again, another Octosaur appeared blocking his way and held out his hands to capture him, causing the blue hedgehog to scream in panic. "AAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Sonic quickly skid to a stop and Quick-Stepped out of the way to avoid in being caught, but this soon turned into a game of cat and mouse, only it was lizard and hedgehog and despite him avoiding the giant aliens as best as he could, the Octosaurs were almost having him cornered until he used his boost to run away the moment they had him cornered in the middle, narrowly escaping as they all reached out to grab him.

"These guys are faster than I thought." Sonic remarked to himself, attempting to reach the exit again as he felt very unsafe here, before gasping again when one of the now irritated Octosaurs, who growled, stretched out his arm in it's tentacle form and the blue hedgehog quickly made to increase his speed.

Desperation and fear almost engulfing him, the blue hedgheog narrowly made it but was followed by the tentacle, so he tried to run even faster, but the giant teleported closer to the hole which made the ground shake and Sonic nearly lost his balance, causing him to be captured by the tentacle and was lifted off the ground and pulled back into the room and to the giant who stood up along with his fellow guard, glaring down at him while the tentacle transformed into it's hand form, immobilizing Sonic's legs which were pinned and only his upper half of his body was not held.

Sonic tried to wriggle, squirm and pull himself free, but the hand was too strong. He was lucky that the giant monster that had him clasped in his hand didn't decided to use acid on him or whatever, but now the blue hedgehog was trapped.

"Let me go!" Sonic cried out, pounding onto the large finger wrapped around his waist as did the other fingers and thumb. "I've gotta save the people in Mobodoon, and get back to my friends! I have to stop the Time Eater, Scourge, Robotnik and Cormain! Please let me go! Soloman said neither of you would hurt me! Wasn't that the King's orders too?"

"SILENCE!" The Octosaur roared, scaring the blue hedgehog even further. "If you wish to go to Mobodoon, then it is up the King and we will take you...and you will spend the rest of your life there, safe from the outer parts of the Prison of Evil!"

Realizing that none of the other Octosaurs will believe him, Sonic grew desperate as the giant aliens were about to teleport away, unaware that a human-sized Soloman appeared and gasped in horror when he saw the teenager in the clutches of one of his people who along with the others are about to imprison the blue hedgehog.

"MEN! HOLD YOUR GROUND!" Soloman shouted, growing in size and getting the attention of the other Octosaurs and Sonic who, seeing him and despite feeling even more terrified, felt relief to see him. "Let him go!"

"Soloman! Man, am I glad to see you!" Sonic cried out. "These guys won't let me go!"

He then cried out when the Octosaur holding him tightened his grip, making the blue hedgehog wince while the High Guard hissed, shocked by the treatment the sixteen year old was getting.

"High Guard Soloman! We have captured the imposter and are about to take him to-" The Octosaur began.

Soloman glared furiously at his men, hissing. "I am fully aware what you are about to do, and I believe the King's orders are that no harm shall come to Sonic the Hedgehog. This includes not frightening him or capturing him. Put, him, down, now! I will inform the King to see for your punishment for disobeying him."

This was enough to make the other Octosaurs terrified themselves now, as they knew the penalty for disobeying the King's orders despite their skeptism. So the one that held Sonic nervously obeyed and gently put the teenage hedgehog down, before all of the Octosaurs shrank down to his size, or at least human sizes, where those who attempted to hurt him bowed their heads in fear, guilt and apologetic to the sixteen year old. Soloman in the meantime approached the panting hero of Mobius who placed a hand to his chest and sighed in relief.

Sonic then quickly told them, shaking his hands. "Wait, please. Don't bow or grovel to me." But they chose to ignore him, or perhaps they were bowing to the High Guard.

"Sonic, are you alright?" Soloman asked, concerned.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit shaken." Sonic uneasily replied, sighing as he said. "They wouldn't believe me when told them what happened. I kinda really panicked and ran away."

Sighing again, he bowed his head to the High-Guard respectfully, much to the Octosaur's surprise. "I'm sorry, Soloman. I...I was really scared. I...I got distracted by a bad guy who was trying to escape and I kinda blocked his exit before the other Octosaurs captured him and he tried tricked them into believing I was a bad guy. When these guys showed up, the other two telling them not to hurt me, they didn't think I was the chosen one and decided to grab me. I didn't want to fight any of you guys and tried to find my way out to get to Mobodoon..."

Soloman gently lifted Sonic's head to gaze at him and like the other Octosaurs who gazed at the blue hedgehog, surprised that he inadvertently blocked Gabivel's escape on his way to Mobodoon, the High Guard bowed before him despite the teenager's request for him not to do so.

"Sonic...My people and I are the ones who are in the wrong for mistreating you. You bow to no one. Not even the King." Soloman said grimly.

"What!?" Sonic exclaimed, shocked with a sweat-drop. "Soloman, wait a second! You're not saying that you're gonna tell your King to bow to me, are ya!? That's the most disrespectful thing I've ever heard of! I'm just a hero of Mobius! I'm not a king, or immortal, or even a god, and I don't wanna be any of that! I'm a sixteen year old hedgehog with friends and family who need me!"

"It is not what you think, Sonic. The King respects your ability to save others, to do what we have failed eons ago. He is the one who wishes to bow to you, having made the order and authority that you do not need to bow to him or to anyone in this world. He only wishes you to be yourself, and for your safety and freedom. He once told me that your place is not here or in the White Space." Soloman explained.

Even though Sonic did feel a little flattered to have such a fan, he still felt uncomfortable and rubbed his right arm again. "Y-You guys don't have to do that, y'know. It makes me feel uneasy and...and I feel like Scourge who wants to be king of Moebius. I'd never be able to live with myself if people start treating me like I'm a god, when even I know that I'm not. When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was some real friends and to see the world; Mobius, I mean, and at the same time, I was happy to have my parents and all the animals on South Island to keep me company, and as long as I can run, it was okay."

He sighed, before continuing with a shrug. "Even though Eggman pretty much made me go out to be a hero since I knew I was the only one who could keep up with him and stop him, I always did do things to help other people and stop bad things from happening, 'cause it's the right thing to do. I don't regret that, and I don't regret in meeting my friends, real friends that I always wanted and even more. My dream in seeing the whole is almost finally come true. I've accepted the changes in the last five years and more than appreciate everything that I've got, and I would do anything to protect them and everyone, even in the universe, even if I have to give up my life for them."

The Octosaurs were all stunned by Sonic's words and wisdom, for a hero at such a young age who understood more than anyone around Sonic's teenage-years would.

"I don't want respect, even if a little bit of fame is kinda cool. I don't need to be a king or god or whatever to help out others. I don't need any reason to help other people at all. Seeing other good people happy makes me happy. Freedom for the world, happiness in people, friends and family, and the world being beautiful the way it is and letting mother nature change it and not metal or machines, that's more than enough for me. The universe belongs to everybody, not just one person." Sonic continued boldly.

It was so heart-warming and bold that, to Sonic's surprise, a couple of the Octosaurs, to which all of the ones that captured him now felt even more guilty for frightening him, began to cry and sobbed.

"Hey, whoa guys! Don't cry." The blue hedgehog yelped, embarrassed.

"We're deeply sorry for our behavior, oh Chosen One...!" The Octosaur that held Sonic said in guilt, and the other Octosaurs with him all blabbered their apologies, asking for his forgiveness.

Sonic sweat-dropped before turning to Soloman who stood up, gesturing at the other aliens while silently asking the High Guard for some help.

"Just be yourself. I'll see to their punishments later and don't worry, it won't be as bad as you think it will be." Soloman advised.

Not sure what else to do, Sonic just shrugged and turned back to the other Octosaurs, sighing as he folded his arms and began, attempting to sound serious and firm, waiting impatiently for them to stop crying. "Okay, guys. I'm sorry for running away from you, but even though you're all stronger than me, I really don't appreciate in being captured and being chased like that without giving me a chance to explain."

The Octosaurs sweat-dropped and shared guilt-ridden and shameful expressions, before turning back to the hero of Mobius who softened his angry look a little.

"At the same time, I don't blame any of you for being skeptical of me. You're not the first guys who called me small and scrawny, and I don't take any offense on that." Sonic continued, making the aliens look at him in surprise. "To tell the truth, I was pretty skeptical of Soloman too when he first spoke to me through telepathy, and in a dream I had earlier. I was scared and thought that he wanted to kill me. But when he saved my life earlier, and had shown me kindness, I changed my mind. I only wish I could do more to help all of you, and I'm deeply sorry for the loss of your home and being stuck here forever."

Again the Octosaurs felt emotional even though they accepted their lives here in the Prison of Evil to continue to prevent as many evil from escaping as possible, having long live-spans, but since they didn't want to make Sonic uncomfortable again, they all nodded and attempted to calm down.

"So...No hard feelings." Sonic finished, smiling warmly as he held out a hand to the one who held him as a giant before. Hesitant, the Octosaur gently took Sonic's hand and the teenager helped him stand up while the others slowly followed in suit. "And don't you worry. I'll do my best along with my other self to beat the Time Eater and Cormain, stop Scourge and change him and send Robotnik back the other Sonic's world and free the innocent people from this place. I promise!"

"You have our full support, Sonic the Hedgehog, oh, Chosen One." The Octosaur nodded, now he and the other aliens all believing in him and gave out their cheers to the hero of Mobius who gave them a thumbs up and a smirk.

"Well done, Sonic." Soloman praised, smiling warmly.

"Hey, it's what I do." Sonic shrugged, before declaring. "Now, I'd better get going. Gotta stop the other evil villains and save the people of Mobodoon."

"We will be there to capture the villains you defeat, Sonic. If you need our help in defeating them, we will help you." The second Octosaur declared and the others murmured their agreements.

"Thank you." The blue hedgehog said gratefully, waving a goodbye to the aliens now that things had settled and made a dash for the hole for the third time, this time safe and continued his quest while leaving the Octosaurs behind.

"Safe journey, Sonic the Hedgehog. Be careful." Soloman muttered, and Sonic heard him, giving him a smirk over his shoulder with a two-finger salute before vanishing into the tunnel. The High Guard then turned to his five men with an angry frown. "As for you all. Report to the King's Chambers. Now!"

"Y-Yes, High-Guard, Sir!" The five Octosaurs yelped nervously.

Boy were they in trouble now?


After the misunderstanding was cleared, Sonic finally made it out on the other side and outside of the City of Prisoners and feeling even more somewhat safer now, knowing that the Octosaurs were nice people despite the treatment he got from five of them, he followed Soloman's advice and followed the road, taking out villains that neared the portals and as promised, other Octosaurs, some normal-sized, some giants, appeared in some occasions to help him and took the villains away.

He felt sorry for the Octosaurs for living their lives to do this, and hoped that they wouldn't go for any reckless drastic actions to escape themselves out of desperation to hurt other worlds, the blue hedgehog was nearing a somewhat peaceful densed forest and canyon when he noticed something huge and strangely familiar in the distance.

"What the?" Sonic softly murmured, skidding to a stop over the ledge of the canyon. Peering over it carefully, his eyes widened in shock as he saw a giant robot looked familiar, something he'd seen and fought before.

But the group that were giving it the finishing touches was that got his attention; five smaller robots he hasn't seen in three months, and the human man that was just like Robotnik, except it was the very man the blue hedgehog never thought he would see again.

The same outfit from his world, the same age, the same appearance since before the evil scientist had been swallowed up by Yacker's Mother when she had been Nega-Mother Wisps.

"...He is here." Sonic hissed angrily, narrowing his eyes. "Guess I'll have to fight him and make sure he doesn't escape after all. It's too bad that sleazeball hasn't changed a bit."

Knowing what he had to do as this would be the final time he would be facing his arch-enemy, the blue hedgehog leaped down to give the person a greeting that would shock him and the five robots.


"Any more signs of those portals?" This was asked by none other than Dr. Eggman, the one from Sonic's world and having been trapped in the Prison of Evil for three whole months, as he was adjusting the last few screws of his latest creation...which was nothing more than a copy of his failed creation from the time when he had two Chaos Emeralds, the E-18 only with a few things added to it, the drill-arm from the Egg-Dragoon-Prototype-1 on the left hand, and a laser-gun on the right that transformed into a normal hand.

Having spent three months trapped in this world, failing to find a way out and briefly meeting someone who told him, and his five only robotic companions, Decoe, Bocoe, Bokkun, Orbot and Cubot, of it's true nature and had been horrified, but couldn't find out anymore information until they heard rumors of a giant beast called the Executioner who devours those who are evil and never learn their lessons, until finally he heard more rumors recently that something happened and some dumb Mobian who was trapped here for 4,000 years has partially escaped along with his army, and even Black Doom who has since hasn't been seen again, with portals appearing slowly once every five hours...if time ever run here which it did, but no evil aged or were even alive.

"There is one over there, doctor, or at least it was before it disappeared." Decoe reported.

"From what we can at least scan, it's toxic to the human skin, and not even metal or a shield cover can help." Bocoe added sadly.

"Well, then we'll just have to find more sources in this world to make a machine capable of doing so, that way I won't be melting and I can finally return to Mobius." Eggman declared, relieved that he managed to finally get his Egg Mobile fixed up which he and his smaller robots were now hooking up their ride onto the Guerra-Dragoon. He snickered evilly. "It may take longer to return, but pretty soon we will return, and Sonic will be in for a shock of his life to learn that I am back and this time, not even he will stop me! Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho!"

"Actually, I think we're going to be here for the rest of the eternity." Orbot muttered worriedly as he gazed up ahead, gulping while pointing at the sight.

"And fighting him forever too." Bokkun whined.

"Whoa! When did he get here?" Cubot asked, bewildered.

"What are you three clowns talking about? Anybody that looks like Sonic would have to be evil and trapped here with no way to escape!" The evil scientist grumbled, glaring at the trio.

"You mean like that over there?" Bocoe asked, pointing at what Orbot noticed.

When Eggman and Decoe finally looked, they saw, to their shock, was a very annoyed and determined Sonic the Hedgehog who stood there glaring at them, having been shocked to see the familiar giant robot that was as big as a very tall building, his arms folded to his chest.

"WHAT!? Sonic!?" Eggman exclaimed in disbelief and dismay.

"It really is Sonic!" Decoe cried out hysterically.

Sonic stood calmly despite trying to hide the guilt that this would be the final time he would be facing Eggman and while he didn't wish for even his enemy to remain trapped here in the Prison of Evil, he knew that if the evil doctor escaped, then Mobius was never truly free and he would continue to come up with more plans to take over the world. Seeing the giant robot that was for destruction right now was only proof that the mad scientist hasn't changed a bit.

"Long time no see, Eggman. Fancy meeting you here." The blue hedgehog greeted, adding to the five robots. "Decoe, Bocoe, Bokkun, Orbot and Cubot, I'm surprised you dumb bots are stuck here too."

"Sonic! It's been, what, three months? What are you doing here in this world?" The evil scientist growled, while forming an idea that if he could defeat the teenage hedgehog and keep him trapped here, he can escape and have the cobalt hero suffer the same imprisonment he endured.

"I was asked to save people who are good heartened and wrongly imprisoned in this place, and to stop you and other evil villains from escaping." Sonic explained, narrowing his eyes a little. "The saving part doesn't include you and from the looks of it, you haven't changed even the slightest. Last I saw ya, you were eaten by Yacker's Mom before I turned her back to normal with the Chaos Emeralds."

"Yes, you're right. However, the story behind how even these five are even with me is quite interesting." Eggman began, recalling back to how he and his companions ended up trapped here.


Eggman's Flash-Backs:...

Eggman, trapped inside his Egg Mobile and swallowed whole by the Nega-Mother Wisp, screamed as he descended into the stomach which energy from within the giant alien formed and opened up a portal inside the place that would be his grave and while he noticed it in confusion, he fell through and lost consciousness.

"After my most recent setback, I was about to land into the acids of the stomach fluids, when a dark energy opened up this portal and I fell through not long after my five assistants did. Because the next thing I knew, I was surrounded by my minions in this place."

When Eggman woke up and Bokkun screamed when he, Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot and Cubot saw that their creator was, relatively speaking, still whole, and he demanded answers before ordering them to push the Egg Mobile.

Afterwards the next several days, and weeks and pushing onto three Months, they were being chased by a Zombie-like Giant who seeks Royal heads, rock giants, giant monsters like the one that chased Sonic in the present, other evil villains who attempted to trick him and barely avoiding the on-duty Octosaurs, Eggman and his robots fearing for their lives.

"For three months, I tried to escape this nightmare world filled with giants that were insane, and other evil villains that were suffering the same problem. It was then I heard what this place is, and came to a correct conclusion that I really was dead, or perhaps alive but captured to be imprisoned in this world and plotted a way to return."

Nearing the present day, Eggman then noticed portals appearing after finding that he can breathe in this world, and noticed Pachacamac speaking to an Albino Echidna who then was captured later on while the ancient Echidna and his tribe went through the portal but winced as it was painful to them, and two huge black monsters escaping into other portals and not seen since. He and his robots then secretly stole metal material enough to make the giant Guerra-Dragoon, seeing Black Doom, to his shock upon seeing the cruel evil alien, also escape, plotted that the portals were his escape route.

Eggman grinned wickedly as he believed his return to Mobius was creeping closer than he knew.

"Then I noticed echidnas I've never seen before after learning the origins of this place, and when I saw them and two unique escape through portals, it gave me a brilliant idea! By finding the right sources to make it through without killing myself for the second time, or first time depending, and used the material along with my memories to create this perfect creation!"


End of Flash-Backs:

Eggman grinned at the horrified Sonic, continuing. "It's not yet perfect, but once I study more of those portals, I'll be able to finally return to your world, Sonic, and continue my plans to form the Eggmanland Empire! But seeing you're now here, hedgehog, I will get rid of you once and for all and OWN Mobius!"

He then laughed manically, then ended up coughing for a few seconds to clear his throat before continuing.

Hearing this made Sonic despondent as the sixteen year old lowered his gaze, his heart heavy as not even this place was enough to change his enemy's mind. Five years, and nothing would ever change despite that Eggman would have to remain here forever. The blue hedgehog knew he can win, but this was going to be the possibly most emotional battle he would ever face in his life and the only way to save Space and Time is to prevent his enemy from leaving, like he had with the other villains that were about to wander through, but he stopped them and held them back until the portals closed and the other Octosaur guards captured the evil people to be sentenced to the Executioner.

"Three months since you've been here and you still haven't changed a bit." Sonic sighed, shaking his head in disappointment. "I never knew the Prison of Evil even existed or even heard of this place, 'til I just found out a short time ago."

"It doesn't matter, because I won't change! I will either destroy you, or keep you trapped here...FOREVER!" Eggman declared.

"Destroy me? You and what mustache? I've beaten you all the time, and all this time for three months I thought you were at least in the Afterlife, hoping that you'd finally learn your lesson or at least your grandpa and cousin would make you understand!" Sonic argued, clutching his fist. "Mobius was finally free from you, til those monsters set free and began wrecking things up showed up and the only way for me to stop them is to first stop you and free those innocent people!"

"While it is nice of you to think of where I would have gone to and finally meet my grandfather and cousin, your luck is about to finally run out, Sonic!" The evil scientist snapped. "Even without the power of Dark Gaia or the Hyper-Go-Ons, I've built a hybrid of two of my creations; the Guerra-Dragoon will crush you once and for all, and I will be free from this place!"

"You just don't get it! You'll just disappear forever if you even try to get back home! This place is a prison for those like you and those worse than even Black Doom and Kaiser! Even if you did managed to get back by changing, if you changed back to your evil ways, you'll just vanish like dust. The only way for you to return or at least move on to Heaven is you give up your stupid fantasy and stop being evil for good! Or it's either being stuck here forever or being eaten by the Executing giant monster." The blue hedgehog explained, becoming more emotional and desperate.

He let out a sob, tears falling freely as Sonic continued. "As much as I knew you'd always continue to try and take over my home, I felt guilty for not being able to save you that day...but I have no choice but to make sure you stay here, 'cause I know what will happen if you came back...! I hate you, Eggman, but I'm not a killer or a monster! Not like you! You're not as bad as Black Doom, Kaiser or even the echidna who is the father of the echidna girl who was friends with Chaos, and that greed he held was how he and his men ended up here, as punishment for their crimes for hurting her, the innocent Chao and just for wanting the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald for power!"

"...So that's what the ancient transcript meant of echidnas punished for their crime." Eggman murmured, feeling admittedly shocked and horrified to hear what they did; yes, he harmed Mobini animals, threatened Sonic's friends and other people and used the Wisps for his Mind-Control Weapon, but the only ones he did try to kill were Sonic and his group. He then growled and declared. "That may be so, but it doesn't matter! This world will be YOUR prison this time, blue brat!"

Wiping away his tears as he knew that nothing was going to change his enemy's mind, Sonic mentally breathed in and out to calm down, fighting his inner turmoil and knew he had to do this, it was the only thing and right thing to do, he declared while glaring at his opponent. "You don't scare me, Eggman! Hybrid or not, that robot is just another piece of junk I'm going to smash! This is for Mobius, all of my friends and family that I love so much, and everybody in the universe!"

"Very well...Let's see if you really can smash my latest creation!" Eggman declared, piloting the giant robot while Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot and Bokkun held on tightly while sharing uneasy glances, wondering if they and their creator really were fated to be trapped here forever.

"Ready when you are, Dr. E!" Sonic responded.

"Ready!" The evil scientist growled.

"Me too!" The teenage hedgehog stood ready. 'This is it...my real final battle against Eggman. I never thought it'd be in a place of death and punishment. At least when this whole thing is over, Mobius won't be knowing what really happened...except it won't be the same. But I can't afford to make anymore mistakes. No more holding back. I have to make sure he doesn't escape. It's already complicated enough with Scourge, Egghead's other-self and the two giant monsters, and even Tikal's dad. Here we go!'

Eggman attacked first by having the Guerra-Dragoon fire it's laser at Sonic, who easily leaped back and avoided each firing line that hit the dirt on the ground. The blue hedgehog then used his Homing Attack to try and hit the robot, but was caught off-guard when the giant machine kicked him hard that he was sent flying. As the sixteen year old screamed before flipping to save himself from crashing, he gasped in shock as the Guerra-Dragoon ran forward, transforming it's laser-arm into a hand to catch him.

"Whuh-oh!" Sonic gulped, quickly Homing Attacked again, passing through between the giant metal fingers and to the shock of the six enemies inside the cockpit, he hit the face of the robot hard and causing it to stumble back, nearly losing it's balance. But Sonic wasn't finished there. He did extra work a series of good hard kicks and punches with Spin Dashes.

"AAAAH! Stop it with the surprise early attacks!" Eggman exclaimed as he and his panicking robots held on for dear life.

"Sonic is really in for it this time!" Decoe panicked, hugging Bocoe.

"He's actually more serious than we last saw him!" The silver robot gulped.

"Maybe he's actually a Hard-Hog since he's hitting us really hard!" Cubot exclaimed worriedly, which only prompted Orbot to face-palm himself, asking himself why he was created(or recreated) to be in such a foolish company.

"I don't even have any TV messages or bombs on me!" Bokkun whined, crying his eyes out.

"We don't need bombs to get rid of this pincushion!" The evil doctor growled, determined to destroy Sonic by any means necessary.

Sonic stopped his attack and leaped away, but was shocked when as he landed on the ground, the Guerra-Dragoon nearly fell over but flipped over easy, landing on the ground which shook like an earthquake, causing him to stumble a bit while trying to keep his balance. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

When he looked up, his eyes widened as the giant robot charged with it's driller spinning rapidly. The blue hedgehog sped away to avoid it and ran between it's legs while Quick-Stepping, dodging it's attempts to kick at him even the powerful quakes weren't making things easier for him. But being the brave, determined and heroic hedgehog that he was, he refused to let this make him stop. Sonic doubled-back and just as the Guerra-Dragoon turned to attack again, he went faster with the combination of Boost and Spin-Jumped to hit it's back, making it stumble forward, ignoring the screams from Eggman and his cohorts.

"Must you always meddle with everything and make my life miserable!?" Eggman growled, looking over his shoulder with fury on his expression.

"Ha! Like you're the one to talk! All you do is wanting to make the world the way YOU want it to be and either destroy lives or make everybody miserable!" Sonic scoffed, cartwheeling out of the way to avoid more lasers and drills.

His opponent responded by firing a huge laser bigger than the last time, but rather than hit Sonic who would easily dodge it, the Guerra-Dragoon aimed it at the ground to create a huge explosion of rock and dirt, forcing the hero of Mobius to skid to a stop and shield his eyes, grunting as the force of the wind nearly blew him back and was unable to see where Eggman was. His heart beating in panic as he knew that this was a chance for his enemy to catch him off-guard, Sonic heard stomping and maching parts that made him run away back, to get out of the cloud of dust and looking for a place to try and come up with another idea without getting caught.

As he did, Sonic remembered all the times he fought against Eggman, how he'd been caught off-guard, how times when he needed help he sometimes got it, but then he remembered some nightmares where he had been captured and no one came to his rescue. Maybe if he could use the two Chaos Emeralds Young Sonic given him and beat the giant robot like he did with the Guerra-Hard, he could win this.

'I can't always rely on powers to help me win. I've gotta do this myself and really use the Emeralds for special emergencies. There's too much in stake!' Sonic thought to himself, before screaming in alarm when he saw a drill arm suddenly appear from the dust-cloud and jumped, running along the wall and into a small carve between rock.

"That's right! Let's see if you can burrow your way out of this one, hedgehog!" Eggman grinned wickedly, controlling the machine to shoot both lasers and drills at where Sonic was to trap him inside.

But as Sonic ran and looked over his shoulder to see what was going on, he glared angrily before looking around for another way out and then spotted a hole above him in the cave. Smirking, he Spin Jumped up and freed himself, emerging on the upper level of the canyon just as the tunnel caved in.

"HA HA HA HA HA HA! Sonic's all piled up!" Eggman declared victoriously.

"Don't count on it, Eggman!" Sonic called out, having reached the cliff from where he stood, making his opponent and the robots quickly look up at him and to their shock which made the evil scientist instantly dismayed, the blue hedgehog was very much alive. "Did ya' miss me?"

The evil doctor growled in pure fury, smashing at his dashboard in a major tantrum. "HORRID LITTLE HEDGEHOG! WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIE!?"

"Because I won't stop until I know everybody's safe! This isn't a game! I don't wanna keep you trapped here forever, but I don't have a choice! For everybody's sake, this time you're not coming back!" The blue hedgehog declared.

Sonic then leaped and dodged more attacks which included the laser cannon splitting up into five and firing hundreds of lasers all over the place, the blue hedgehog yelping in alarm as he quickly avoided them, and even though it would be easier to use the Chaos Emeralds, he wasn't going to let his enemy know he had them and decided to take this into his own hands this time. His thoughts of his friends/family he loved so much, Mobius, the Universe, all realities, they boosted his desire to keep them safe. The blue hedgehog, with some regret in his chest as he knew that he couldn't let Eggman get away anymore, jumped onto the arm of the laser and held on while keeping his balance.

"You're not getting away this time!" Eggman roared, and ignoring the warnings from his minions who saw what was going to happen, in desperation to destroy Sonic, he aimed the giant robot's drill arm towards where the blue hedgehog was.

Which was exactly what Sonic wanted, as he leaped back just in time for the drill to smash into the right arm, breaking it apart and causing it to fall onto the ground with a mighty crash, yet it's last laser power aimed directly at the left arm, slicing it off and to Eggman's horror, rendering the Guerra-Dragoon armless-literally.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Curse you, Sonic!" The evil scientist screamed, dismayed as he realized he had been tricked.

"I think now would be a good time to make a run for it!" Orbot suggested, and the other robots nodded in agreement.

"I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!" Eggman screamed, acting quickly to deattach the Egg Mobile from the soon to be destroyed Guerra-Dragoon.

Sonic saw this and narrowed his eyes, quickly making work to use one more Homing Attack to smash straight through the giant robot's chest and continued upward. While the massive machine soon exploded and rendered into a pile of metal, the blue hedgehog continued on and grabbed hold of the Egg-Mobile, much to the dismay of his enemies.

"YOU!" Eggman exclaimed, horrified.

"You won't...be getting away this time, Eggman!" Sonic declared, holding on for dear life, gripping onto the Egg Mobile when his enemy tried to maneuver him off.

"Get off of my ride, you mutant cactus!" The evil scientist shouted.

"NO!" The blue hedgehog snapped, managing to actually keep his balance and punched through the glass, smashing his way in and despite his enemies attempting to stop him, Sonic quickly knocked out Decoe, Bocoe, Orbot, Cubot and the squirming Bokkun who all fell unconscious and then jumped onto Eggman's shoulders, grabbing hold of the man's mustache and pulled hard, yanking them while stomping his foot onto the back of the man's head.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Let go of my mustache!" Eggman wailed, trying to pry the teenage Mobian off.

When he managed to at least reach at Sonic's level, the blue hedgehog, with guilt but in desperation, managed to successfully bite hard onto the man's left hand to stop him from grabbing him, forcing the evil doctor to lower his hands and cradled his left hand with his right.

"OW! You teething rodent!" The evil doctor growled in a mixture of hate and pain.

Sonic would've responded if he hadn't noticed that during the struggle, the Egg Mobile lost control and was heading straight towards a large dead tree at the end of the canyon. Gasping and while he didn't like the idea of leaving his enemy to die in the explosion, he knew he had to do it. So the blue hedgehog finally let go and leaped off.

Just as Eggman growled while feeling relieved that his young enemy finally let go, he noticed where he was heading and due to the controls still not working properly to the point of being broken, he realized too late that he was about to crash. He let out a panicked scream before he and his robots were smashed right into the tree and an explosion occurred. While Sonic landed safely on the ground just at the bottom of the huge tree, he looked up and saw what happened. He waited with a shaky breath, then saw six figures fall from the black cloud of smoke and heard screams coming from them.

Eggman, Decoe, Bocoe, Bokkun, Orbot and Cubot all came crashing down onto the ground, all charred, covered in soot and injured. All six of them groaned in agony and defeat. The remains of the Egg Mobile was left in smoky pieces as it came crashing down near them.

Seeing this made Sonic sigh, deciding to approach them while he secretly waited for the Octosaurs to come and pick them up. He stopped in front of Eggman who, seeing him, growled angrily. "You...You...YOU! Why can't I beat you even just once!? I was so close in defeating you several times, and you always defeat me! WHY!?"

"You really just don't get it, do you?" Sonic shook his head, sadly. "You've been so obsessed with your dream in taking over the world and changing it to your liking and forcing everybody to obey you, you ignored what was really important. You know, Tails once told me you told him you wanted to be a great scientist just like your grandfather when you were a kid. Before we all realized that losing Maria made him lose his mind. That he just wanted to cure her, and make a difference in doing the right thing."

The blue hedgehog paused, looking so sad and desponded. "Eggman...why did you change that dream to use science for good into trying to take over the planet? What's wrong with the world the way it is?"

"What would you know? I've been made a fool with my inventions and experiments and everyone made a laughing stock at me!" Eggman growled, deciding not to borther in hiding a secret he vowed to take to his grave, which in hindsight he did, until Sonic showed up suddenly in this world. "No matter what I did, no one appreciated my creations and the world didn't want any of my ideas to make it better. I was furious, and decided that if no one appreciates my ideas that way, the only way to make it better for my liking is to take it over!"

He paused while Sonic felt torn. "Then just when I began my conquest and goal, you showed up and stopped me every single time! When I first saw you, I thought your speed held true potential in helping me, but you refused. You've always been a thorn and the main obstacle I can't seem to overcome!"

"It doesn't...It doesn't matter!" Sonic shouted, panting a bit as he felt emotionally torn. "Taking your anger out on the world and forcing people to listen to you isn't the answer! You've been doing something similar to what your granddaughter tried to do, only for evil and not just for murderous revenge! That only just made you a bigger bully and not just moving on to try something else to help the world that doesn't need a drastic change! Not from you or anybody else! When I heard you wanted to use me against the entire planet, I've never felt so scared and horrified in my whole life!"

Tears forming in his eyes, Sonic tried to will them back, knowing that while he couldn't make his enemy understand, he had to at least try. "Not everybody's dreams can come true, and some of those dreams are just wrong and best to be ignored. I'm really sorry that your ideas weren't appreciated before you went power-hungry, but taking over the world is the most horrible thing in existence. Just appreciate that life is fine the way it is, and yeah, sometimes not everything works out okay, but it's always been like that since the very beginning. The world always changes, because change isn't going to stop, even if some of us don't change."

"What's your point, hedgehog?" Eggman muttered, narrowing his brows.

"My point is, Eggman, is that you need to give up being evil, give up on your dream and evil goals, because it won't come true. Even if I won't always stop you, somebody else would, because there would always be people who would oppose to you. Not only that, sometimes science isn't always right, and things that could be found, like the Chaos Emeralds, aren't meant to be found or used. And sometimes...you have to accept hard decisions you don't really like." The blue hedgehog explained.

Sonic then shrugged sadly. "I didn't want to kill you, 'cause I always believe that you could change someday. But I was an idiot thinking it could happen. By then, when we first met, it was already too late for you. You choose this path, never giving it up and accepted it. That's why you're stuck here, 'cause you don't want to change, even if you only tried to kill me and my friends or anybody that got in your way, though you didn't go on killing rampage, just trying to make people listen to you. Hate to say it, but...I have to accept that you're never going to change, and that you're here forever. You're one of the people I can't save."

Eggman stared at the teenager in shock, as the Mobian with a pure heart spoke such wisdom, having grown a bit and even accepted a bit of darkness that Sonic didn't want due to the fear of changing into something horrible. Before the evil scientist could respond to that, seven Octosaurs appeared surrounding them, including Soloman who stood behind Sonic as the other guards then forcefully picked up Eggman and his robots.

"Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, you have caused so much destruction and trouble, and refuse to change. Your sentence will be decided and carried out soon enough." Soloman declared coldly.

Horrified as he was about to now suffer the same fate as the other villains, Eggman screamed and wailed as he and his robots were carried and teleported away. He shouted at Sonic to save him, but the blue hedgehog, for first time in his heroic path, was powerless to do anything.

"Sorry...Ivo." Sonic whispered, muttering his enemy's first real name for the first time since their encounter. A single tear fell as Eggman and his terrified robots were taken away, knowing that this was the final time they would see each other. Still, there was something he still wanted to say and called out to the Octosaurs. "Wait!"

Everyone stopped, as the blue hedgehog stepped up to the captured evil scientist. He smiled a little sadly and said. "I know I would've met most of my friends one way or another, and maybe been a hero by helping out other people. I know that I made your life miserable by stopping you from taking over the world or the universe, I just wanna say...I think I figured out why I don't want to kill you."

"Huh?" Eggman muttered, confused.

Sonic paused, before shrugging. "It was you who made me choose the path of being a hero. Sure you did a lot of horrible things, and it would've been more peaceful to meet the people I love, but sometimes good things happen during bad times. I don't want to be evil, but I kind of respect you. Weird, huh?"

That surprised the evil scientist by how the teenage hero was saying this, before thinking about how their fights always carried out, and even though Eggman wanted nothing more than to kill Sonic, sometimes they teamed up with the latter's friends to defeat other, more dangerous beings like Black Doom, and his own creation Metal Sonic, which the mad doctor forever regretted, and those times when he had the chance to destroy the blue hedgehog, he didn't and just left him be. Not to mention, Sonic had always been brave, never backing down or giving up, always putting up a good fight. There had been times when even the evil doctor felt sad.

Like the time when everyone thought Shadow had died, how he felt utterly betrayed to learn what his grandfather Professor Gerald Robotnik had done all those years ago, and then he remembered their last conversation before the Nega-Mother Wisp escaped and swallowed him whole.


Flash-Back: During the events of "Sonic and the Power of the Wisps"...

"I told you, I've been wishing for years that you'd really reform. I wanted to believe that one day you'd finally accept that you'd never win, end your evil ways and move on and learn from your actions. Like Shadow did." The blue hedgehog continued, even as the destruction continued on. "Yes, I know sometimes there's no choice and maybe I'm a little too nice for my own good...but with you...taking away a life...that's not me. Robots and machines are one thing, but living beings? No way. I couldn't live with myself if I did something like that."

By then, his tears fell freely, before Sonic sniffled and wiped them were in frustration, speaking out what he wanted to say, while Yacker and the Wisps looked on in sympathy at their hero and friend, the pure-hearted Mobian who believed in the good and fought for every life that are worth saving.

"I know you'll just keep on going, and I know that you'll never change...but if I have to keep fighting you until the day we're both gone, then fine. I'll keep fighting for the rest of my life or until I have to get rid of you for good. But not now. Right now, I'm gonna see if I can save Yacker's mom and save the Universe. So, please, I'm asking you; Will the power of the Chaos Emeralds work on her like they did to Chaos?" He concluded, struggling to stop himself from crying.


End of Flash-Back:

"Even if you are foolish and too nice for your own good, Sonic, I have to admit, at least you've always been brave enough to go up against me." Eggman admitted, now surprising Sonic as the evil doctor continued. "Normally anyone who would see danger would call for help. But you didn't. You took it upon yourself with courage, and as much as I hate to admit it, it's more fun fighting you and your friends."

Even though Sonic didn't know what to say to that, the blue hedgehog just shrugged. "I take my bravery and kindness from my parents and uncle."

"I thought as much. I only heard of how kind my cousin Maria was, and, well...even though I still want to take over Mobius, when I was young, sometimes I wished I could meet her and my grandfather." Eggman sighed, lowering his gaze as a realization hit him hard, his chest aching, the one thing he wished for years and thought he would get the chance once he died, now he couldn't even get that chance. "But I suppose it's never meant to be."

"I'm sorry...I thought you finally got that chance that day. It isn't fair...even to you." The sixteen year old muttered, trying to will back his tears of guilt. He then had an idea and suggested. "If ya' like, I can at least tell them that when I'm gone someday, if you can't get a chance even here."

While stunned by the blue hedgehog's generous offer to at least inform his grandfather and cousin that as he now believed the afterlife is real, the evil doctor, for the first time Sonic ever saw him, smiled softly and warmly in gratitude. "I'd...appreciate that, Sonic."

Sonic nodded softly with a sad smile of his own, to which is long-time enemy nodded back, before sighing as he finally admitted defeat, but at least he could feel a bit comfortable, knowing that the teenage hero was a hedgehog of his word; the boy always kept to his promises. Eggman could only hope that his grandfather and cousin would get to know Sonic someday in many, many years to come.

"I'm ready..." The evil scientist said to the Octosaurs, who, along with Soloman, were deeply touched by what transferred, before he shared a final glance with his young enemy. "Goodbye, Sonic."

"Goodbye, Eggman." Sonic sniffled, and could only watch as the Octosaurs carried his enemy and the robots away to be sentenced, though he saw a glimmer of slight change, and hints of guilt and remorse in him, but the blue hedgehog knew that there wasn't a thing he could do now.

Soloman, feeling sympathy for the torn young hedgehog, gently placed a hand on his shoulder, making Sonic gaze at him as he said. "Sometimes doing the right thing...can be difficult."

Sonic just nodded, knowing that the High Guard was right. Still, the thought of Eggman now about to suffer the same horrible fate as the other villains in this place, it scared the blue hedgehog and devastated him despite that he knew there was no other choice. Unable to take it, he leaped onto the Octosaur's chest, wrapping his arms around the alien's waist and cried into his chest. Soloman said nothing and gently embraced the sobbing hero, doing his best to comfort him.

Attempting to calm down, Sonic sniffled. "It's all my fault. I hate Eggman, but...not even he deserved this...I mean...I wish he could at least pass on for the afterlife...!"

"Perhaps he will." Soloman stated, making the teenager look up at him. "He felt betrayed for what his grandfather did out of desperation, and even if he is evil, he felt some remorse and sadness. He saved Shadow even if he intended on using him. He did not want the world to be destroyed, even if he wished to rule it, but he did not kill aimlessly."

"He did try to use Mobini, the Wisps and me, though." Sonic pointed out, then remembered that he wished for something and cringed. "Will my wish come true? I still have two Sol Emeralds."

"No, Sonic. There are some wishes even the Sol Emeralds cannot grant, and wishing on them will not work in the Prison of Evil, even after you leave." The Octosaur shook his head, making the blue hedgehog sigh. "However, you can still prevent Scourge from falling into the same fate. What he seeks is more than just ruling Moebius."

The blue hedgehog blinked at first, before his eyes widened in realization. "Fiona...He wants to bring Fiona back because he loves her...! He misses her! And she sacrificed herself to save him because she loved him! She's not here, is she?"

Soloman shook his head. "Fiona Fox never made it to the Prison of Evil, because even though she is, the love she and Scourge have for one another kept them from truly being pure evil, and while he does not admit it and has been forcing it back, he holds sorrow in his heart for more losses."

"Red...and their parents. Scourge misses them, and he still thinks Red's dead and inside that dragon. I gotta talk to Scourge to know for sure! After I've beaten him!" Sonic realized, narrowing his eyes with determination, stepping back. "He still holds love inside his heart, but it's fading away! I'd better hurry!"

"Everyone needs you, Sonic, but be warned. As you keep on defeating him, his sorrow increases, but his failure to defeat you is changing him to pure hate. If you continue to flow your anger for his actions, it will only make the darkness inside him stronger." Soloman warned.

Realizing that the Octosaur was right, the teenage Mobian nodded. "Thanks for the advice, Soloman."

He then paused, before saying with a soft smile. "Also...thanks for cheering me up."

"And I thank you for your kindness earlier, Sonic." Soloman nodded. "Now go. Mobodoon is beyond this path."

"Right! See ya around, Soloman, and thanks again." Sonic nodded, determined to set things right before he dashed off, and while he still felt torn and guilty that Eggman could be trapped here forever, there was still hope for Scourge and if Fiona was still pure enough to not be here because of her love for the green hedgehog, then the Terror of Moebius can still be saved.

This time, Sonic was going to save everybody, including his evil self and stop Robotnik(who he hoped that Young Sonic would through to him and that the Alternate-Eggman will change for the better while the young blue hedgehog remained the same), the Time Eater and Cormain to restore everything back to normal.

What he was about to face in Mobodoon, though, was going to be more than he would expect.


A/N: Eggman made an appearance and is now permanently trapped in the Prison of Evil, but there may still be hope for him at least to move on for the Afterlife, and both Scourge and Fiona may be spared, but there's still a lot for Sonic to do, as the next chapter will be one of the most unexpected I've been planning on doing since starting this story and since "Sonic and the Werehog".

See you later!