Short chapter this time.
"No." Tails whispered, staring into the swirling pink mist on the other side of the glass where his big brother lay, tears streaming down his muzzle. "Oh, Sonic!" Amy cried, covering her face, shoulders shaking. Knuckles pulled her into a hug, trying to comfort her. Shadow's head bowed in silent morning. The loud droning from the machine died down to a low hum; the lights from the control panel darkened, and the fans turned off, leaving the room in an empty silence.
Shadow glared at the tube still filled with the poisonous gas; he almost couldn't believe it. That annoying blue hedgehog was gone. He let out a shaky breath closing his eyes. Sure they hadn't been the best of friends; that was stretching it. But they certainly were not acquaintances either, more like close rivals. Always trying to one-up the other, help make each other stronger.
Opening his eyes, he noticed something flashing in the reflection. Turning around, the light was coming from a single red button blinking on the control panel. Glancing back to the swirling pink mist where his fallen rival lay, he walked to the panel staring at the flashing button, seeming to call him as if it had a hidden secret. He looked up to the computer screen above where it had a message and an image of an open door; he looked at the button again, hesitantly raising his hand. What would happen if he pressed it? Nothing worse than what had already had happened, right? The image above seemed to indicate as much, and even if it was too late for the Faker, his team could at least get out of this death trap...give his rival a proper goodbye.
He pressed the button, a click resounded. Tails, Knuckles, and Amy gasped, blinking away tears as the glass door released with a hiss, gas dissipated into the still air revealing the only thing left of Sonic, his clothing. Tails reached in, grasping some of the sports tape, "He's gone...he's really...gone." he choked, holding the tape of his big brother close to his chest, crying.
"Aaahhh." Came a high pitched moan, something very tiny wiggled underneath Sonic's bandana, "What?" Amy sniffed, "What is that?" she pointed to the piece of brown cloth. Shadow returned to the tube, bent down, and carefully reached inside for the squirming bandana; it squeaked as he gently picked it up. Cupping around the object in his hands, he pulled the bandana away to reveal a tiny blue ball of fur with sparkling emerald green eyes. His jaw dropped, eyes as big as saucers Shadow stuttered his voice barely above a whisper, "S-S-S-Sonic?!"
"Sonic?" Everyone else repeated and crowded around the blue fuzzball. "Guys?" Sonic wearily asked, rubbing his eyes, "Uhhhh, what happened?" He blinked as everything came to focus. "Guys...why are you all looking at me like that? W-Why are you all so big? What happened?!"
"Sonic's a...he's turned into a...a..." Tails stuttered.
"What? I'm at what?!"
"He's a baby hedgehog," Shadow muttered. With wide eyes, Sonic looked down to see his now tiny body in Shadow's hands. His legs, tail, arms, everything was baby-sized. Eye twitching, he dumbfoundedly looked back at his now giant team, all staring back at him in awe. Sonic took a big breath and screamed.