Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sonic characters. They all belong to SEGA. The only thing owned by me is the plot.

"You what?!" The team exclaimed in unison.

"Egghead said he'd take the collar off tomorrow at sunset if we're there." Sonic explained again. He understood why they were shocked, and he was sure Amy was going to give him a lecture about why he shouldn't go, but he ached to get the collar off. It was uncomfortable and itchy, not to mention it stabbed him whenever he tried to take it off. He knew they wouldn't understand, especially about the dreams. Every time the collar stabbed him the dreams only got more intense. He could almost see the creature's shadow on the ground at times.

"Sonic, you do realize that Eggman was the person who put it on you in the first place?" Amy tried to argue. Sonic rolled his eyes at this he knew Amy was going to argue with him, so he decided to argue back.

"Well that's all the more reason why he can take it off." Sonic argued back.

"He does have a point Amy." Said Tails, trying to be the voice of reason.

"Fine, but if something bad happens don't say I didn't warn you." Compromised Amy.

"So it's agreed, we'll go to Eggman's lair tomorrow at sunset." Sonic said

He was pleased with his friends' approval of going to Eggman's lair. He was pleased but also frightened. He knew the dream and the collar had something to do with each other. He was almost certain something was injected into him when he was stabbed by the collar. All he knew about the connection right now was the dark figure calling out to him had a wolf-like shape.

Another day had passed and it was now 4:00. Sonic was pacing the floor. In his dreams, he had seen the dark figure again. This time the figure didn't speak. He just stood far away from sonic with an evil grin on his face. Sonic could just barely make out his sharp teeth and giant claws. As he opened his mouth to speak, he woke up. He was so boggled in his own thoughts that an hour had passes before he got off of his hammock. What did that dream mean? Why a wolf? Why him? He continued to ponder on these questions in such deep thought that he almost didn't hear Tails call him on his communicator.

"Hey Sonic, remember that you promised I could do a double check over you today." Reminded Tails

"Yep I'll be over." Sonic replied and in a flash ran over to Tails' workshop.

"Hey Tails I'm ready for the tests." Sonic yelled out as he ran into the workshop.

"Let's get started than!" Tails replied almost instantly.

(Testing Montage)

"Well I can't say that I've found anything wrong with you. Again" Tails said. He was getting very annoyed because he knew something was wrong with Sonic, but he couldn't find what it was.

"So the collar and laser were just for show?" Sonic asked he was more annoyed than Tails was at this point.

"Well I did find that your dopamine levels were really high. Are you worried about something?" Tails asked in worry

"Not a bit!" Sonic replied really quickly.

This signified to Tails that something was really bothering him, but he just wouldn't say what.

"If you say so." Tails replied warily. He knew that something was bothering Sonic, but if he wanted to spill the beans, his little brother would be the first to know.

Several hours had passed and it was now around 5:30.

"We should start heading over to Eggman's lair." Sonic said noticing the clock.

"OK" Tails replied to Sonic.

They called the rest of the team on the communicators. Then somehow all of the team appeared at Eggman's lair.

"How did we just get here?" Amy asked.

"Who cares? The good thing is that we're here. Oh! And the sun is beginning to set!" Sonic replied cheerily

The team watched as the giant ball of gas started to fade from view while the moon was coming out.

"Well there's no time like the present." Sonic said in his usual go-lucky attitude.

He strode over to the giant door and hastily knocked.

Sorry that it took so long for this chapter to get posted. It was a balance between school and singing and it all became a hot jumbled mess. Another thing was that I had to try really hard to get the chapters longer. I know that it's still not that long, but hey it's longer than all the other chapters. Hehe. Anyways, I hope you all liked this story. Sorry fore the cliffhanger. Remember to R and R. Oh and If you haven't already, check out my other story Sonic's little Problem. Well that was really long. Hope you guys have a great day/night. Bye!