Sonic woke up bright and early, a little disoriented, not recognizing where he was. Mhh? This isn't my crib...Rubbing his eyes, he turned to his side, slowly his mind woke up with the rest of him. Oh, I'm in Eggman's base. That's right, gotta escape before I turn into my adult self again. But first, I'm gonna need a change before I try anything, don't want to be crawling around with a dirty diapee. He lightly laughed at what he just called the diaper. Kicking the blanket off, he rolled over to grab the bars steadying himself to stand up and wet his diaper. There now to call for some assistance. Waddling to the headboard, he pushed the two red and yellow buttons and waited.

"You rang, young master?" Orbot dully called as he and Cubot entered. Sonic pointed at his diaper, "Oh, dear. I'll get Mom-bot. She is programmed to deal with these kinds of things. Cubot watch Baby Sonic while I'm gone. I'll be right back."

Orbot returned a few minutes later with the motherly robot, "Good morning, sweetie pie! Did you sleep well?" she cheerily greeted, "The kid says he wants something. Probably somethin' to do with that white thing he's wear'n." Cubot gestures to the little hedgehog. "I'll be the judge of that." Mom-bot picks him up and pulls the front of his diaper, "Oh my, somebody had to potty badly this morning. Don't worry; Nana will get you all cleaned up~" she pats his back, taking him to the changing table. Putting a finger to his mouth, he shyly blushed; he was never going to get used to these diaper checks.

Most everyone who had changed him took their time with the diaper changes, but Mom-bot was fast. All he saw was a blur of grey hands before he found himself already clean, and in a new diaper, this one had little stars on it. He smiled, happy that the change was quick so that he could enact his escape plan sooner. She raised him over her head, "There we go, happy boy all clean!" she gave his bottom a couple of pats and set him down on the floor, "Now you stay with these two while Nana makes you and Daddy a yummy breakfast ok?" with that she left the little hedgie to his own devices.

He smirked after the robot left. Perfect! Now to get out of here. First, I needed to distract Or and Cubot. Crawling to them, he waved and squeaked to get their attention. "Ah-ah!"

"Mh? What is it now, little one?" Orbot asks; Sonic covers his eyes and opens them again. "Has he got something in his eye?"

"No, Cubot. I think he wants to play a game... perhaps something like peek a boo."

"Oh, I love that game!" Cubot hops. Hook line and sinker. Sonic refrains from smirking, instead smiling innocently, covering and opening his eyes again. Orbot and Cubot cover their lenses, "Where's the baby?"

"Here, he is!" Sonic laughs as Cubot and Orbot repeat the game a few times before Sonic indicates it was time to play a different game. He crawls under the crib and pokes his head out, squeaking, "Oh, you want to play hide and seek now. Alright, I'll start us off." Orbot covers his lenses and begins counting, "Ooooooh, where ta hide where ta hide?!" Cubot whispers, swiftly looking around for a hiding place before he ended up turning into a cube right in plain sight.

Now's my chance. Sonic made a mad dash for the door as Orbot continued to count. He was thankful that the door opened silently, leaving his robotic babysitters unaware of his escape. Cautiously, he peeked around for any patrol bots; the coast clear, he turned right and headed straight for a vent he had spotted yesterday. Plucking a quill, he unscrewed the two bottom screws and crawled inside the dusty ventilation system.

Any minute now, and they'll have realized I'm gone. I need to find out where the hangar is and fast before the alarms go off. He thought, wandering through the air ducts, hoping he would find what he was looking for quickly.

20 minutes later, Sonic was still crawling, surprised no one had alerted Eggman to his disappearance, just then he covered his ears as Eggman's voice blasted through the speakers, "Attention, the Baby hedgehog is loose. Baby hedgehog is loose. Capture and return. Repeat Capture and return. If one of you so much as plucks a quill off his head, you'll be dismantled!"

Aww, how sweet. Sonic grimaced, the ringing in his ears subsiding. He really cares. But back to the matter at hand. Sonic looked down a vent to see swarms of patrol bots searching for him. Including his metal duplicate, Sonic quickly backed away from the opening and covered his mouth. Metal's piercing red laser eyes scanned the hallway standing still a few agonizing moments before beeping and walking out of sight.

Sonic sighs. That was too close. I gotta find the hangar. Darn it! Where's a map when you need one? Suddenly he felt a wave of nausea wash over him. Uh oh...hugh, here it comes... He curled himself up into a ball, waiting for the transformation; moments later, he flashed bright pink and reverted into his adult self. "Uhhhh. I hate that part." Groaning, he uncurled and shook away the light headache before returning to his expedition.

Several twists and turns later, his ears perked at the sound of a loud booming voice, "I don't care if you have to turn the whole base upside down. Just find him!" Sonic crawled further, following the voice to a grate up ahead. Peeking down, he saw Eggman standing by a massive computer huffing and ordering something to one of the patrol bots. "He couldn't have gone far we ju-" Sonic didn't pay attention to the rest of the human's ranting; something about the room below felt familiar to him. Wait a minute. This is where Eggbreath brought me last night to watch the cameras. I wonder if he has a map of his base somewhere inside that computer?

Shortly after Eggman finished giving orders to the robot, both parties then exited the room. Sonic waited a few seconds (for him more like a few minutes), making sure Eggman didn't come back before leaving his safe spot.

Perfect!

Gingerly lifting the vent, he jumped down, landing on his uncoordinated legs harshly with a thud. "Ouch! This is a lot easier when I can use my legs..." He moaned, toddling to the control panel, and climbed into the chair. "Ok, ok. Let's see what we got here...this button made the lights blow up, and this I think was for the cameras." clicking the keyboard, the security cameras all came into view on the screen alongside a map of the whole base. He couldn't help but fist pump in congratulations to himself.

The computer room was in the eastern part of the base while the hanger was on the opposite side. While Sonic would typically just run over the ocean separating the doctor's island and Bygone Island to get home; however, he could barely walk as it was right now, so that wasn't an option. He needed the Eggmobile to get home. "And of course, I'm waaaaay on the other side of where I need to be..." He combed his hands through his quills, "How to get there without getting caught? This place is crawling with bots." His eye caught something round with a mustache passing one of the cameras. Looking back at the video feeds, he saw Mom-bot going down a hallway.

Smirking, he grabbed a microphone nearby and cleared his throat. "Ahem, attention, Mom-bot. I need you in the computer room right away!" hearing Eggman's voice, the motherly robot looked back at the camera, "I'll be right there in a jiffy!" she chirped before changing directions. Sonic turned off the microphone and cleared his throat again, speaking in his normal voice. "Looks like all that time spent imitating Egghead wasn't a waste after all, eh Shads?"

As Mom-bot hurried to the room, Sonic decided he would have a little bit of fun with her. Quickly hopping off the chair, he hid on the other side of the control panel. Mom-bot entered seconds after he settled into his hiding spot, "What is it, Eggypoo? Did you find my precious grandbaby?" Sonic covered his mouth, trying to quiet his giggling. He peeked around the corner and waited for her to come closer. Could you scare a robot? Well, he was about to find out.

When the robot was just inches from his face, he leaped up and yelled childishly, "BOO!" Mom-bot jumped, shrieking, "Oh, my gracious!" the robot gasped, looking down to see what had frightened her so, Sonic beamed at her poking his head out of the hidey-hole. "Sonic!" she picked up the grown hedgehog, "There you are, sweetie, you had me worried sick!"

Sonic blinked his eyes innocently, trying to baby it up so she would do as he asked, changing his voice to a more childish tone and adding a lisp. "Sowwy, Nana."

"Oh! You said your first word! You said, Nana! Sonic does love his Nana!" she cooed, crushing him in a hug, "Na...Na...air..." he gasped, she eased her hold. "Whoops! Sorry honey bun...my my, you've gotten big too!"

"Tanks, Nana. Um, could you take me to the Eggmowbile?"

"Why do you want to go there?" Sonic started to sweat a bit. He hadn't thought that far but thinking on the fly was what he did best. "Um, Daddy wanted me to meet him thewe this mowning, but I gots lost. Can you take me thewe?"

"Well, I suppose so since your father wanted to meet you there."

"Tanks a-a-and is thewe any way you could do it without wunning into Metal he scawes me." He pouted, lip trembling, "Oh my poor baby. Did that mean Metal scare you yesterday?" he pathetically nodded, milking the robot for all she was worth. "Don't you worry, sweetheart Nana will make sure he doesn't get you." Cradling him, she walked out of the room and went down the hallways, "In fact, I'll have a nice little talk with him after I drop you off."

Sonic smiled wickedly. His plan was working like a charm!

Several minutes later, they entered the hangar. Mom-bot set the hedgehog down by the inactive vehicle and pat his head, "Now you stay right here and wait for your Daddy. I'll go find Metal and give him a good talking to."

"Otay! Tanks Nana!" He fluttered his eyes, "So precious! I'll see you later, sweetie Buh bye!" she briefly pinched his cheeks and left. Sonic waved until the doors slid closed behind her.

Making haste, he climbed into the Eggmobile, "Ok, ok...let's see." He looked over the buttons, searching for the one that turned on the vehicle. He spotted a button that looked suspiciously familiar, "Here goes nothing." He shrugged, pressing the green button; the hovercraft roared to life, "Alright! I can't believe that worked!" Flicking a switch, the vehicle purred, floating into the air.

Taking the wheel, he guided the machine up to the roof. The ceiling doors opened to the vast bright blue sky, and Sonic felt his heart flutter as he rose higher into the sea breeze; he did it! He was free! "Thank you, Eggy!"

Sonic smiled sadly, feeling a little bad leaving Eggman like this since he had been so nice to him, treating him like the son he never had. But then again, he did want to use Sonic for his nefarious purposes, so maybe it was better this way. Changing his focus to getting back home, he tightened his grip on the wheel, smirking as his hand hovered over the clutch, "Now let's see what this baby can really do!" he floored all the power into the engine.

"VRRRRRROOOOOOOM!" The Eggmobile roared, speeding off through the sky, butterfly's in his stomach, Sonic howled, exhilarated by the winds blowing past him.

*Meanwhile*

Shadow, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy were all on the Tornado flying toward Eggman's base to rescue their already unknowingly escaped leader. The team had left early that morning as soon as Shadow had recovered from his near-drowning.

The ebony hog had awoken in a rage that morning screaming threats and profanities when he realized Metal Sonic had successfully captured their blue leader. After the team's rude awakening from Shadow, they had left the island just as the sun rose over the horizon. Since taking flight, Shadow thankfully had calmed down a bit, but Tails could swear he could still practically see the steam coming out of his ears. "That son of a bitch is going to get it if he so much as touches one quill-"

"Enough, Shadow, we get it! Just save some for me, will ya!" Amy interrupted her head was hurting from his constant grumbling, "Yeah, me too!" Knuckles added, pounding his fists together. "Keep your heads on, guys; Sonic should be just fine. We're almost there!" Tails was just as upset as everyone else, but he thought they were taking the kidnapping a bit too hard, especially Shadow. Sonic may be having age regression issues at the moment, but that didn't mean he was utterly helpless.

Amy covers a hand over her eyes, squinting at a dot in the distance, "Wait...Tails, do you see that?" she called over the engines. Tails looks to where Amy is pointing and glances at the radar, "It's Eggman!"

"Finally." Shadow straightens his posture forming a chaos spear in his gloved hand. Taking aim, he throws the spear, but it misses the vehicle speeding straight for them. "Everybody hold on!" Tails yells, quickly maneuvering the plane out of the way. Amy screams, gripping her seat like a lifeline.

"Yaaaaaaahooooooooh!" Comes a yell from the Eggmobile as it just misses them. Tails catches a glimpse of something blue as it passes. That looked like Sonic, but it couldn't be, could it? Was he seeing things? Maybe someone else saw what was in the cockpit. "Was that Sonic?!"

Shadow jerks his head back and sees a blue blob at the wheel, "I think so. Follow him!" Tails obeys, turning the aircraft back towards Bygone island in hot pursuit. The fox digs under his seat and hands Amy a pair of binoculars, "See if it is him!" He yells; Amy takes the binoculars and looks in. "That's definitely Sonic. How did he manage to escape?" she hands them back to the fox, who smiles, shaking his head. "You know Sonic. He can never stay in one place for too long." He knew Eggman wouldn't be able to keep the supersonic hedgehog for long.