7 - Enslavement

- One week after Scourge's appearance.

Days went by very slowly. It was so funny how when Sonic wasn't up and running around, things moved way too steadily. Needless to say, Sonic was practically depressed after having to spend a week in bed all day, everyday. His body was always on fire, hot as the planet's core. Always sweating, always tired, always in pain. It seemed like it never ended. The only time his body gave him a break, was when he woke up from being in deep sleeps. Yeah when Sonic actually went to sleep, he didn't just take naps or even healthy hours of slumber. No, he'd sleep for almost entire days, and would only be awake for maybe one or two hours. Tails obviously became increasingly worried about him as each day passed. As the others left to their own homes, Shadow was the only one who constantly kept visiting.

He checked his chaos energy, checked to see if he was physically capable of just sitting up. He even helped Tails take care of Sonic for a while, before returning to either GUN or his own home. Tails asked why the ebony hedgehog would do such nice deeds, saying how it wasn't really in his nature to care about Sonic this much at all. Nor his responsibility. Then, he remembered what Sonic told him, how he and Shadow were actually good friends. Shadow responded that GUN was breathing down his neck to make sure Sonic was okay. Mobius couldn't have their hero dying, or else they'd probably riot. For some reason, Tails didn't believe Shadow's excuse.

Maybe he just checked up on Sonic cause, he wanted to.

Anyway, after one week, it was like Sonic was all better. He just woke up that morning feeling awesome again. But even more than awesome, he felt fantastic! Like him reverting from his Super form, he felt like a million bucks. His body no longer was aching. He wasn't sweating, he didn't scream in his sleep, no headaches nothing at all! Even his legs felt okay. And the scar that was left from the burns was disappearing. He assumed being in the Dark super form must have helped him regenerate faster. And he never felt bad after powering down from it. His chaos flow was drifting through his body like smooth honey now.

So with that, he happily hopped out of his bed and looked for garments to put on his feet. Ah, but he wouldn't put on his regular ones, he'd be putting on his Hi-speed shoes on today. He needed to discuss things with Shadow as soon as he would come over. He smiled to himself. So nice of Shadow to visit him so much. He didn't use to do that, at least not that often. In fact, they usually visited discreetly. Then he grinned. He was really starting to warm up to him now.

Sonic climbed himself out of the window, not bothering to leave the house the normal, civilized way. After all, Tails would scold him for not staying in bed if he saw him trying to leave. Sonic stood crouched on the window's ledge, looking up at the shining sun with a smile. Yeah. He was ready. He jumped down from the window into the outside world of Mobius.

He was himself again.

"What do you mean he's not here?" Shadow blinked.

"Just what I said." Tails blinked back with a shrug. "He's not here." The vulpine casually said as he tinkered with a mechanical part of his plane. Why'd did he seem so nonchalant about this?

"You're..not going to go after him?" It was less of a question, and more of an observation.

Tails shook his head, wiping the sweat and oil from his forehead. "Usually if Sonic's been out of commission for a while, but then suddenly disappears from his bed, that means he's all better." As he picked up one of his complicated looking tools, he looked down at his little project and examined it thoroughly. Shadow glazed over the part of the plane that he was trying to repair. He then glanced back at the preteen and crossed his arms. "He knows I'll nag him to get back to bed and rest, so to avoid it, he leaves. I don't bother trying to go after him. He'll just come back later anyway."

"That sounds like a negligent father."

"Heh. More like a father who runs away from his problems. Err...Brother."

"How ironic." Shadow should have known that fool would run out the second he felt better.

"But in all seriousness, it's not that he doesn't want to deal with it, or me." The fox added as he scratched at his head from glaring holes into the plane piece. "For the most part, he just wants to go outside and run. Being still drives Sonic nuts, after all."

"I can imagine." The ultimate life form sighed while closing his eyes. "You wouldn't happen to know where he is, do you?"

"Well, his favorite place to go is the meadow, nearby the crash site. You know, where you and Scourge fought."

"I'll retrieve him for you." He said as he turned and walked towards to the entrance of the house. Tails looked up from his tinkering and curiously looked in the direction of Shadow. He slightly tilted his head.

"Huh? I mean, thanks but, why?"

The hedgehog pulled the door open and took one step out. "Since he's recovered, we need to discuss some things about this Anti-Sonic."

"Ahh. I gotcha. Make sure he doesn't do anything stupid, please. He just recovered." Tails asked as he looked back down at the damaged part. He stuck his tongue out and made a difficult expression as he tried pulling something out of it with a tool.

"Of course." With that, the hedgehog pulled the door closed and stepped away from the quaint looking house. He got in position to sprint, and took off in a gust of wind. Tails stared at the window that led outside of his home. He felt a little worried, knowing that psychopath could still be out there roaming Mobius. But, something told him he wouldn't be back for a while. He hoped that it'd stay that way until they came up with a plan.

But with Shadow being an ally and his big bro back at his side, he felt a bit braver.

As he traveled through the large forest, he realized just how much damaged they caused. Thanks to their fighting, trees were toppled or just plain burnt stumps. The grass was either burned from chaos energy or their sheer speed of sprinting to and fro around the area. Cracks lied in the ground from where people fell and made painful impacts. The area itself even felt a little hot still. Chaos energy was still faint here. That itself showed how powerful Scourge and Dark Sonic were. But, that was in the past now. Next time, he wouldn't get off so easily. If it wasn't for Dark, he could have killed the bastard right here. Shadow sighed heavily to himself.

Where was that faker anyway? Tails said where the meadow was.

That's when he saw the small opening in the midst of the damaged trees. He was so dead-set on chasing Scourge, he must not have noticed where exactly he was skating to. That place, was the exact same place he chased him in. He traveled inside of the small space, and came upon a tiny clearing. This meadow was so small. A little larger than Tails' house. He looked over the area, seeing just how beautiful and magnificent it was. Even with the damage done by their power. Those poor woodland creatures that Scourge scared off were frolicking around. Deer, small birds, butterflies..It was amazing. Maria said that if she could visit one place on Earth, it would definitely be a place like this. Where life just flourished, with never ending beauty.

Usually, fascinating nature such as this didn't interest him. But this time, he'd cherish this experience for her.

As he walked deeper into the meadow, he stepped over some of the small creatures, and glanced around for Sonic. And soon, he found whom he was looking for. The blue hedgehog was surrounded by those animals. It was no wonder he couldn't spot him at first. He was petting one of the deer that was craning it's neck against him. He was sitting on the soft grass, smiling and lightly laughing as the critters snuggled up to him.

The black hedgehog narrowed his eyes. He never saw someone have such strong attraction with animals. No pun intended. They were practically magnetizing towards him. Huddled to him like he was the Prince of the Forest. He carefully got up so he wouldn't disturb or frighten anyone with sudden movements. He patted the deer's head softly, before stepping away from it. He realized that Shadow was standing right in front of them, watching with an intrigued expression.

"Amazing." He said to no one out loud. Then, he looked a little closer, and realized just how Sonic was able to attract these animals. He saw a faint cloud of chaos energy engulfed in the entire meadow. It was a light blue, representing Sonic's persona. But then, it began to change into different brighter colors, and some of it was dark. Why was that? That wasn't completely Sonic's energy. It was as if it was fused with something, or someone else's. Well, whatever it was, it had mostly peaceful and wonderful wavelengths. No wonder they were attracted to him. But, it seemed like it wasn't in control. Was Sonic accidentally letting out this energy? Questions for later, he supposed. "Faker, your sibling wants you home."

"Don't worry, I'll be back there soon." He waved politely before grabbing hold of something on his shoulder. He cupped it into his hands, and walked over to Shadow. He started to invade his personal space. The fellow hedgehog flinched and stiffened his body instantly. Sonic just smiled at his reaction, and looked down at his cupped hands. "Hold out your hands, Shadow." He asked delicately. With an unsure expression, Shadow did as he was told, and held out one hand. This made the hero chuckle. "Both hands, ya dummy."

With a slightly annoyed grunt, Shadow held out both of his hands. Sonic gently rested his hands inside of Shadow's palms, placing something inside before slowly uncovering what he gave him. The hedgehog felt something warm. Something puny and fragile. He looked inside of his hands, and noticed that Sonic put a baby bird in his hands. He blinked several times at the creature in odd curiosity. Maria always talked about these, and Shadow always read up on other animals, but...He never thought he'd actually hold one before.

It was like, a tiny miracle.

"Ain't he cute?" Sonic beamed. He put his hand over the little bird's head and gently dusted off any unwanted dirt that might have gathered. "Found the little guy wandering outside the forest just before I got here. I took him back here so he could be safe."

"..." Shadow didn't utter a word. Sonic became a bit muddled by his silence.

"Hey, somethin' up?"

"I-" Shadow cut himself off. He just awkwardly held the small creature and looked somewhere else. "Nothing."

That was just adorable. Sonic smirked to himself, but tried to make it seem more like a smile so Shadow wouldn't notice and get even more annoyed. He pointed upwards at a tree. "Well, I wanted to talk to you before goin' back home. So, come on. We can sit up on one of the branches here."

"You should be in bed, faker." Shadow mentioned as he comfortably sat on the tree branch with his legs and arms crossed, his eyes closed with the small bird perched on his shoulder. Sonic leaned back against his hands as they sat on the bark. He looked up at the sky, where the trees failed to hide the elegant sunlight shining down upon them.

"Don't need to. I feel great." He said in a long relaxed sigh. He closed his eyes as well, smiling as he felt the breeze hit his fur. Shadow opened one eye at the other, and almost had to do a double-take at his appearance. Butterflies were starting to surround them, and the light that shined down on them above, made it seem like an angelic spotlight was shimmering on Sonic. He watched him slowly open his emerald eyes back to the world, and glance at the wild insects that fluttered around him. He held up his hand, and allowed one to land right on is finger tip. His smile only became bigger, more natural as he watched the creatures happily soar over them both.

He was...

...Beautiful. Shadow thought to himself. He was like, some kind of deity, or an angel sent from the great beyond.

Damn it, what the hell was he thinking?! He shouldn't be thinking that way at all, that was complete unnecessary nonsense at a time like this. No. Now was the time for information, not gawking-

"I think they like you too, Shads." Sonic grinned as the butterflies fluttered to Shadow's face, while one carefully placed itself on his nose. He opened both his eyes at this and cringed at the feeling. He quickly shooed the insects away by rapidly waving his hand back and forth at them. They flew away, and Sonic laughed. The bird resting on Shadow's shoulder just fell asleep, unaware of the ultimate life form's sudden uneasiness. Shadow made a rather stoic expression and just glared at nothing. "Lighten up!" Sonic giggled. The other just said nothing for a minute before starting up a rather serious conversation.

"..Are you alright?" He suddenly asked quietly. This halted Sonic's small laughs automatically. He frowned and looked in the same direction as Shadow, straight ahead at nothing.

"Yeah. 'Course I am." Sonic tried cocking another smile. "A bit of a surprise to see that you care about me."

"I can be concerned about whatever I want."

The blue Mobian turned and tilted his head at him. "Aaawww-"

"Quiet."

"Pfft."

"Anyway," Shadow changed the subject quickly, getting off topic of what he was leading up to. "He did something. Did you tell your sibling about what he did to you?"

"You mean.." Sonic sighed and looked straight once again. "Scourge. Yeah, no. He's just a kid. He doesn't need to know exactly what he did to me." He rubbed the back of his neck and blew out some air. "I couldn't tell him just nothing, though. I just vaguely told him that I got scratched up a little." He looked down at his own legs that dangled over the tree branch. "Then he asked about the scar."

"That electrical burn wound." Shadow summed up. He glanced at Sonic before looking away again. "Is it healed?"

"Yeah. Not sore, either. I just told him it was an accident. He didn't believe it. But, the scar's starting to go away too, thanks to all the chaos power. I figured out how to use it whenever I want like you."

"You have a chaos emerald?" Shadow questioned curiously. Sonic shook his head.

"Nope! For now, I don't need one to access them."

"Impossible." The red eyed hedgehog immediately retorted. The blue one shook his head again.

"Nah nah, seriously. It's a long story but, let's just say I went somewhere that allowed me to be able to do that. Temporarily."

"Hmph." Shadow just leaned his elbow on his leg and rested his chin on the palm of his hand. That must be how he transformed into a dark super form so easily. "Though, I must commend you for your power. You displayed a vigorous amount of chaos. It's definitely matured over the years, I see."

Sonic rubbed his finger under his nose with a prideful smirk. "Thank you, thank you. You weren't half-bad yourself, buddy." He turned to Shadow, moving his legs a bit to get in a better position. "You fought both me and Scourge like a maniac! And you came up with some pretty good moves. Gotta say, you're crazy strong Shadow." He greatly complimented. Shadow made a small smile and shrugged a little.

"Hm. I suppose." He humbly admitted. "If I may ask," He began earnestly. "Could you perhaps tell me what he did instead?"

The hero nodded and fidgeted a bit. "I trust you." He said. "More than Knuckles because, if I told him, he'd blow a gasket. And, you'd take this seriously more than anyone else." He also felt more closer to Shadow than any of his other friends besides Tails. He didn't know why. "Just, promise not to tell a soul. Not Tails, Rouge, especially not Amy. No one."

Shadow silently nodded, agreeing to his conditions without words. With that, Sonic exhaled heavily. He put his hands folded in between his legs and leaned forward. His face was drained of all the happiness he gathered today. It was sad just how fast he became so emotionless over the topic. "He...captured me on my home island. That's the place I was supposed to be relaxing at. His girlfriend drugged me, and knocked me out. Next thing I know, I'm wakin' up in some truck, being tossed and dragged on the ground to their base like some sack of potatoes." He tightly held his hands together, his frown becoming deeper. "I managed to fight 'em off, but, I accidentally hurt his girlfriend. I hurt her bad."

"She was the enemy, wasn't she?" The dark hedgehog commented.

"I mean yeah, but, I knew her before all this. She was a good person and, we kinda had a thing for a while. In fact, she cheated on me with him, and hit Tails." His tone sounded like he involuntarily opened past wounds. That was probably one of the bad experiences Rouge was talking about. Shadow then figured it was best to keep quiet again for now. "Anyway, I knocked her out. She was bleeding. And right when I tried getting her to wake up, things just went from bad to worse. Scourge appeared and saw how bad I hurt her. He got pissed and, well, let's just say in a physical fight, I was no match for him. His power was a hundred times stronger than the last time I fought him. I was down by the time I blinked. So," Sonic sighed before continuing again. "He took me to his castle-"

"Wait, he's really a-"

"-Royal prince? Yeah. I didn't believe it either. I think that's why he does that 'regal personality' crap. Then again, he's kind of a king now since his dad's gone." His tone seemed to grow suspicious with each word. "Anyway, he took me to his castle, he took me to some weird room. It was meant for torture. He even had tools at the ready to use on me. There was a metal chair connected to electricity, and...Well, since I wasn't cooperating, that's how I got this." Sonic pointed down to his lap, and spread his legs open a bit more so that Shadow could see the wound in its entirety. Between his thighs, it was even worse. It was a good thing it was healing quickly. Then, Shadow realized he was looking directly in his crotch. He turned his eyes away quickly and cleared his throat. Sonic paused for a second, before he noticed just exactly what made Shadow look away. He just chuckled to himself and closed his legs. "He shocked me to make me vulnerable. Then, he used his new power to get into my head."

"...What?" Shadow bluntly said. Sonic just sheepishly grinned.

"Like I said, super long story. I'll explain it better later, but basically, it's where my vacation spot was. This year, I was supposed to leave this month to my home island to get a new ability. But, Scourge did the same thing, and got power from his own home in Moebius. Probably found it hidden somewhere in his castle. And that power, was to be able to rip and steal powers from others."

Shadow just stared at Sonic with wide eyes. "You can't be serious."

Sonic respired sadly. "Unfortunately, I am. Since I wouldn't give in, he forced himself in my head so he could steal one of them. But, he confronted the worse of them all." The blue hedgehog gripped his fingers into the tree bark. "I don't have just one form, Shadow. I have four in all. But two of them are dangerous. You saw one of them, Dark. But the other, he's a thousand times worse. Scourge managed to activate him, and they made a deal." He held up his hand and allowed a bright scarlet butterfly to land onto his finger tip. It's wings were the color of bright blood. It signified him perfectly. "If Scourge succeeds in conquering both our worlds, he would use him as a host instead of me, being more worthy. He gave him one of his powers as a test drive, to see how much 'misery' he'd cause with just that. And that's why he can make people see things that aren't there." He brought one of his hands up to his face and dragged it down, while the other hand just laid against his leg. The butterfly continued to sit on his finger, resting against it. "I'm the reason why he has that power. It's...All my fault.." He angrily whispered with clenched teeth. "Why those people got hurt, why you guys got tricked. It was all me."

The ebony hedgehog watched as Sonic gripped the fur on his own head. He looked livid, which was not usual for someone like him. He was never known to lose his temper, or get easily upset. He was always one step ahead of anyone, always with a smart remark or quip. A simple joke to easily cover up his true emotions, and he would say it with a smile. But, not this time. "You blame yourself?"

"Of course I do." He growled. "If it wasn't for me, Scourge wouldn't even exist." To Shadow, even though that personal insult wasn't directed at him at all, he felt that was a low blow to Sonic himself. It was hurtful, and he could feel it. After hearing no other response from Shadow, he continued. "He tortured me without even having to touch me. He made me see so many terrible things. I was exhausted, I thought I was in pain when I really wasn't. I was tired and starving, he tortured me for almost an entire day, even though it felt like months. No breaks, nothing. Just straight torture. I couldn't take it anymore." He said desperately. "Then, he threatened to kill everyone in our world if I didn't let him do what he wanted. He was serious this time. And I knew someone as crazy as him would actually do it. So, I..I gave up."

Now that was definitely something the hero of Mobius wouldn't say.

"I said I'd let him get what he wanted, as long as he didn't kill anyone. Guess he kinda held up his promise, because he almost killed Tails, and hurt both you and Knux pretty badly." He made a pitiful smile and laughed lightly. "At least, you were all still alive."

The ultimate life form still kept his mouth shut, quietly watching the blue hedgehog next to him crumble.

"He forced out my Dark form, and made me lose my damn mind..."

He made a large gasp, breathing excessively. His eyes bugged out of their sockets, and his nerves were rattling. His body was shaking tremendeously, and he couldn't keep still. He couldn't calm down, he couldn't stop panting. His heart was going at least hundreds of miles a minute. He looked around in a panic, wondering just where in the hell he was. The lights were off. He must have accidentally busted them when he transformed. It was that same torture room. The one that said 'HOME SWEET HOME'. He was still trapped here, damn it!

He hunched over and nearly puked up his insides. Being forced out, it was just terrible. It felt like someone was ripping off their own skin, and vomiting themselves back out. He threw his hands up to his head and his ears flattened. His eyes and head twitched as he slowly and painfully lifted up his head to look in front of him. He let one of his hands fall limp and sit on his lap, while the other still gripped the side of his head. He felt the darkness flowing inside of him. And he didn't feel like himself. Scourge really did it. He forced him into his Dark form. His now dark and sickly green eye glared in front of him.

His evil eyes glowed in the darkness, making the green hedgehog fanboy his heart out.

"Like oh my God!" He squealed, like a girl finding a sale on new boots. He danced his feet back and forth with a cat-like smile on his face. If it were possible, hearts could be seen swirling around him. "Dark Sonickuu~! You're so so soooo cool! I'm like, totes a big fan!" He chirped gleefully. "I just wanna hug you, and squeeze you and just slam your ass right into that bed!"

In a literal dark blue flash, Scourge found himself rammed right into the wall. His eyes were wide in shock. The dark hedgehog above him was pinning his hand back onto the wall behind him. A large crack was forming on it, and his head was hurting. He looked down, carefully without moving a muscle, and saw that the other had his hand down onto his abdomen. Right on his scar. It was charging with chaos power, but it was so dreadfully negative, he could feel himself wanting to pass out from just touching it. He smirked. Damn this was fuckin' hot.

And the look on Blue's face...Ohh boy.

"You fucking piece of shit!" He snarled at him. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you, I'll kill you!" He constantly yelled.

Scourge's body stiffened when he felt the power burn into his stomach. He bit his lip, but still kept his eyes on Dark Sonic. Looking straight into his face, he said only one thing.

"Could you maybe, get off me please?"

Red swirled eyes appeared in Dark's irises. He suddenly dropped Scourge and stepped away from him. The green hedgehog dusted himself off and fixed his jacket. Dark Sonic shook his head back and forth rapidly, snapping himself out of it. He grunted, before sprinting to rush at Scourge once again. An ominous red glint appeared in his anti-self's eye, and he suddenly found himself standing still. He blankly stared at him again, Scourge's control easily taking over him.

"Hey Blue..." He made a small smile. "You're my toy now. You love me."

NO! Sonic screamed to himself. Absolutely not! I refuse! He was fighting it with everything he had, both himself and Dark.

"Nothing else matters. I'm all that matters. Your friends and family? They're no one, nothing. It's just me."

I have to love- No. Love him- No! That wasn't him at all! He's all that matters. He thought as he spaced out. His eyes were empty, his mind was blank. He only thought of one thing. The very thing he forced himself not to think. That he was Scourge's, now. Yes...He was his. All his. All he had to do was forget about everyone and everything he's ever known, and give it all to him. His mind, body, and soul.

He accepted him.

Even if his mind was screaming at him to stop himself form letting him take him.

But he didn't care, because at the same time, it was telling him to let himself be taken away.

Why not?

He felt himself slowly smiling. "Y-Yes.." He whispered. "I've been..s-such a disobedient slave. Punish me however you want." His mouth involuntarily began salivating. His cheeks were red, and his eyes were completely brain dead. He was stuttering in his words, like he wasn't supposed to be saying these things. Well, he wasn't. After all, he was brainwashed.

To this, Scourge almost hopped up and down in joy. He was ecstatic! To think he had Mobius' only hope in the palm of his hands, ready to submit at any time he wanted! Shit, this day couldn't possibly get any better.

Scourge gladly pulled the former hero over by the forearm, and reached his other hand behind his back. He reached down and touched against his backside, and groped his bottom. A small gasp came out of his mouth, making Scourge smirk. Damn. From afar he didn't realize it, but Sonic really did have a nice ass. He rubbed his palm against it, before cupping it again. Tighter this time, squeezing it harshly. The dark hedgehog closed his eyes shut and moaned this time. Ohoho, he was gonna have a damn good time with him.

Several days later, he became his pet. He ordered him around, treated him like a mere servant. He kept Sonic trapped in the torture room, and would only let him leave if Scourge needed him. Sometimes he made him follow him like a puppy dog, and even made him act like some kind of maid. Whenever he'd eat, he'd have him pour his beverages. He would have him serve him meals privately. Sometimes he would have him escorted to his own personal bedroom, and make him do whatever he wanted him to do. They never went into intercourse. When Dark questioned this, Scourge only replied that he didn't want to take 'it' yet. He already figured Sonic was a virgin since they're complete opposites, and he guessed correctly. He said he didn't want to take it until he conquered everything.

Everyone who had joined Scourge's league, all paid respects whenever he and Sonic would walk together.

However, not everyone tolerated Sonic's presence.

Fiona, she was not okay with this at all. She was furious. Scourge never said he'd have Sonic in such a...'submissive' state. She caught them walking through one of the corridor's of the building, and confronted them. Right as they were, 'conversing'. It was more like Scourge was talking to a brick wall.

"Ehh, the black polish is Fiona's fault." Scourge said coolly. "She painted my nails as a prank while I was sleeping in one morning. I woke up, saw 'em, and I thought they seemed cool. At least it wasn't pink. So I just went along with it. I mean, bad guys from anime wear it so-"

Fiona immediately interrupted.

"W-What the hell is this!?" The red fox demanded while sharply pointing at Dark Sonic, who merely stood next to Scourge with a bored glare in his eyes. The green hedgehog just blinked and tilted his head.

"Eh? What is what?"

"Don't pull that shit with me!" She scoffed. "This!" She gestured to Sonic once again. "Why are you parading him around like this? Like some kind of sex-slave, or something?!"

"Cause I can..?" He trailed off questionably while lightly scratching his head.

"Yeah? Well I had no idea you played on a different team." Fiona narrowed her eyes dangerously and scowled. "Could have least told me!"

"Fi, I never said I wasn't into guys." Scourge shrugged. "You just never noticed it. Or asked."

The girl just started to shake her head, bewildered at such a response. "I shouldn't have to, asshole, you should have told me upfront!"

"Well now you know, and knowing is half the battle." The anti-Sonic held out his arm and used it to wrap it around Dark Sonic's shoulder. He pulled him very close, his cheek pressing against the other's. He grinned happily, while the other hedgehog just stared at nothing. "Ain't he cool? Guess you could say I do have a thing for him. I see why you still have a crush on him." He put a little space between them and put his hands up to Sonic's muzzle. He grasped his face and lightly shook it. "I mean, just look at him! He can be a weapon. With him, I'll destroy his world in no time!" He maliciously grinned, his sharp fangs poking out of his mouth. He giggled to himself with an eerie voice, that didn't sound anywhere near normal. "I've become obsessed with Blue, lately. He's got so much potential to be evil, and yet he just won't succumb to it! Not willingly, anyway. He's one big fuckin' cock tease to the dark side, and I think that's just hot. Kinda why I got attracted to you. But that's officially over and done with, babe." He slyly glanced at her.

"After everything I've done for you? Scourge.." The female vixen grit her teeth and balled her hands into fists. She prepared herself to charge towards him. Even with the wound on her head thanks to Sonic's little stunt earlier, she didn't care. She was beyond pissed. "You dirty, cheating son of a-"

"If you got a problem with it," Her now ex-boyfriend started. "You can be a mind-slave too." He looked directly into her blue eyes, and pointed his index finger at her head. Her expression became frightened almost immediately. She tried taking one step back, but it was too late. His eyes glinted red, and soon, so did hers. Her eyes became a red vortex, and she was now under his control. Her body became limp, she was no more. "Such a hypocrite. Like your slate's perfectly clean. You will accept anything I do or say. You obey me, and you will always protect me, no matter what. You will help me achieve anything I want. You're mine, Fiona."

That strong, independent girl was no more.

"In fact, do me a little favor, baby." He stepped away from Dark Sonic and put his hand on her shoulder. He looked her in the eyes one more time, ensuring his power over her. She looked attentively, not dare uttering a word to him. "I don't really need you anymore, now do I?" He asked aloud to no one. "So you know what you should do?" He quickly glanced to the side, eyeing by the hallway's corridor. Since this was a castle, there were plenty of large stained glass windows. There were some right in this hallway. He stared back at Fiona and smiled. "Hey Fiona, die for me." He asked.

Right after he uttered those words, Scourge felt his control of Dark Sonic falter. He turned around only to see that Sonic had snapped out of it, and was now in his normal figure. How in the world did he break his control? "What?!" He yelled. "You can't make her do that!"

"God damn you Blue, your mind must be hellah strong. Doesn't matter though, you'll be back in a sec-Ghhgh! What the hell are you doing!?" He scowled as Sonic weakly grabbed his forearm. He assumed he was still trying to fight his control, which was why he couldn't move that much.

"Y-You can't do that! I won't let you!" He exclaimed. "She may hate me, but I don't care! She's still a living Mobian! Don't kill her and toss her away like trash!" He furrowed his brows, his green eyes glinting red every so often as still tried to fight it. "Come on! Don't you love her?"

"Hell no! Not anymore. As time passed, I finally realized that she's still just in love with you, just like everybody else. She only saw you in me, and that's only one reason why I still hate you!" Scourge squinted his eyes dangerously at the fellow hedgehog, but his glower was soon interrupted when he felt Fiona walk away from him. He turned and watched as she waltzed towards one of the stain glass windows. She was gonna try to jump out. All she had to do next was shatter it and take one step too far-

"No! Make her stop! Now!" Sonic pulled onto Scourge's arm harder, his face nothing but determined. "I-I'll do whatever you want, just don't hurt her too!" He begged.

Seeing his desperate face was so cute. The sorrow and emotion in his voice that seemed void of all hope. He loved every second of it. He sighed to himself, while still keeping his eye on Fiona, who was right about to bust that window with her own bare fist. It's not like she wasn't useful, he just didn't need her anymore...Then again, if things wouldn't go according to plan, he may still need her. Damn. "Fine." Scourge rolled his blue eyes. "She'll live. Hey! Babe, get back here. Apparently you're still needed here."

The red fox paused her movements, before turning almost unwittingly and moving back towards the hedgehogs. To this, Sonic sighed and made a small smile of relief. At least he saved one person today.

"Alright, now back under my control." His now red swirling eyes demanded. Sonic couldn't look away, he was brainwashed once again. His fur faded into that same dark color, and his quills returned to their upright positions. He stared blankly into nothing, just like he was supposed to. Scourge just scoffed. "And don't think you'll be able to save someone like that again."

He was right. That was far too close.

Next time, he wouldn't be so merciful.

END - 7

If it wasn't obvious, I will not mention or introduce any other characters or anti-characters from the comics. Everyone whom I've already mentioned will be the only ones who will appear in this story. I also tweaked the history of anti-Mobius as well, to make it seem like characters such as Sally Acorn or Alicia Acorn never existed. Thus making Scourge's father, who was obviously someone of power in the comics, become a king instead, making Scourge an actual prince. Or at least, that's how I envision it. If I mentioned anyone like Alicia, then I'd have to put Sally somewhere in the story as well. So the entire group of Freedom Fighters and the Suppression Squad never existed here. So if you're wondering why the information Sonic tells in the story seems wrong, it's because I changed it to match my own ideas. As said before, I'm not strictly going by the comics OR the games' story lines. And this is also why I only mention very few locations from the comics as well, because I do want the story to take place in Mobius, since that's the only way Scourge could exist with an anti-Mobius. (Along with another character in another dimension from the comics as well, but you'll see them soon. Don't wanna spoil it.) But I want mostly the games' history to influence the story here, while most of Scourge's history in the comics have been and will be severely altered in my vision. Plus, Scourge's personality will be even more over the top in order to match my ideas.

Scourge and Sonic are supposed to be opposites. However, the comics mostly make the anti-doubles over exaggerated of their original characters' bad personality traits. My plan for this story was to go even bigger than that. Why just make the anti-doubles simple exaggerations? Why not go even further, and make the star of the anti-world even more intimidating? Why not make him the EXACT opposite of Sonic, instead of just a few typical bad-guy differences? Why not make it ALL different? And with that, why not create the absolute worst villain Sonic ever encountered?

Why not make a better, and badder anti-Sonic?

While I love the concept of an evil Sonic, I hate how tame he is. I mean sure, the dude did some bad things but, they weren't as bad as they should have been. Scourge was supposed to be the version of a Sonic who went down a terrible road. A Sonic gone wrong, in other words. And yet, he isn't as evil as I would like him to be. I mean, (comic spoilers) the guy goes full bitch-mode when he gets arrested in no zone just cause he's powerless. That was probably the most irritating comic to read, EVER. I hated how much of a bitch Scourge became, but then suddenly became all big and bad when his girlfriend finally helped him out.

No, that, was a disappointment. I wanted better than that. So why not create an eviler version myself? That's how this story came to be. Me just wanting to create a better anti-Sonic, who's more malicious and ingenious than you could ever imagine.

So from now on, they'll be a little tiny bonus after every end of a chapter. I will name one or multiple differences between Scourge and Sonic that's been mentioned in a chapter. For now, we'll name all the differences pointed out so far. And that will conclude this long ass author's note. Sorry about that, by the way.

1. Scourge has multiple permanent scars. Sonic for the most part, doesn't.

2. Scourge looked exactly like Sonic before his mutation, but is now physically the complete opposite. Green with blue eyes, with a tanner skin color and could be considered a little more muscular as well. He's also thought to have a raspier or deeper voice than Sonic, too.

3. Sonic is a virgin, Scourge most definitely isn't, and is a man-whore.

4. Scourge only has one super form. Sonic on the other hand...

5. Scourge is a total masochist, and a complete sadist. He's a murderer, and has done almost any and every crime you can think of, and has been apprehended more than once. Sonic isn't any of these.

6. Scourge apparently had a parent. Sonic doesn't have any blood relatives that he knows of.

7. Scourge is completely mental. This will be explained more in later chapters, but it is known that he's not entirely sane like his prime counterpart.

8. Scourge is of royal blood. He was a prince, and now a king due to his father's absence. Sonic is a normal everyday citizen.

9. Because of the fact that Scourge seems to predict everything Sonic and his friends try to do, you could say he is an analyzer. Sonic isn't really at his level when it comes to that.

10. Scourge doesn't value Mobian/Moebian life at all. Sonic dedicates himself to save lives.

11. Scourge is both faster and stronger than Sonic.

12. Light will be shed on this later, but it's been mentioned here that Scourge has a horrid backstory. Sonic had a some-what rough childhood since he had to fend for himself, but his life doesn't compare to Scourge's.

13. It is inferred that Scourge didn't gain his super speed naturally like Sonic, and may actually need his shoes to run fast.

14. Sonic has romance trouble, while Scourge doesn't really care for it anymore.

15. Scourge smokes and has tried doing other drugs before, while Sonic doesn't and never has or will.

16. Scourge is for some reason jealous of Sonic, while Sonic feels pity for Scourge.

That's everything so far. Please review, and have a nice day.