(Now, you might notice that this chapter is a lot like chapter 1, but before you skip reading, READ ALL of this chapter. There is stuff here that I cut out of chapter 1 because it gave too much away.

I must say sorry for the wait, I was planning to get this up right after Thanksgiving, but Black Friday, going to the beach for the weekend, and getting my hands on a copy of "Sonic The hedgehog (SatAM)" seasons one and two kinda cut writing time. So very sorry, and I only have one more chapter after this to go! Enjoy ^^)

Sonic slowly opened his eyes. He felt excruciating pain shoot into his legs and arms. He looked down and realized why; he was chained to the wall in a tiny black room. It must of been night, the whole room was dark, he could barely see a few inches in front of him. "Where am I? What am I doing here?" He mumbled sleepily.

"He he he" A chuckling sound came from the shadows behind him. The noise seemed to bounce off the walls and come at him from all angles.

Sonic focused his eyes, trying to see the owner of the sound. "Who are you?!" He demanded, his eyes searching the tiny room. "You can't hide from me forever!" Sonic snarled.

When no other sound would reach his ears, he sighed impatiently. "Fine! Stay out of sight! See if I care. I happen to like being here, all by my self. What I would really hate is if you were blasting music in my ears!" He lied, hoping he would at least get a response.

Still, there was silence.

Sonic groaned and tried one more time. "At least you didn't take away my shoe, 'cause I have things in there that would help me escape and get AWAY!!!" Sonic screamed at the wall. Although having his shoes taken away would have been bad because he couldn't run very fast without protection for his feet, there wasn't really anything inside of them.

Nothing. He growled in anger. Before he could lie some more, behind him came another low chuckle, like the first.

Sonic whipped his head around. "Who are you? Come out here so I can look at you! Why are you hiding?!"

The chuckle grew louder, "But I have nothing to hide" Eggman said as he came out from the shadows. He moved so he stood right in front of Sonic, still chuckling.

As soon as Sonic looked at him, he smiled; not an evil smile but a smile two friends would share. "You know, you say that block-headed echidna friend of yours is thickheaded and gets tricked easily, but you!" Eggman stopped and doubled over in laughter.

Sonic glared at him, "What are you talking about?!"

His shoulders still shaking, and a huge smile on his face, Eggman stood up. "And you just gave me 8 Emeralds! The 7 Chaos emeralds and the Master Emerald." He added when he saw the puzzled look on Sonic's face.

Sonic looked at a loss for words, the expression on his face wouldn't of been more shocked if Eggman had said they were long lost brothers. "But You said y-you changed!"

Eggman looked fiendishly pleased. "I lied."

The surprise on Sonic's face turned to anger. "You little lying—when I get my hands on you!" He growled.

Eggman laughed, a loud booming sound that bounced off the walls, "What are you going to do? If I remember correctly, you're chained to a wall, and I have the emeralds! But if you behave, I MIGHT let you live, but you must be good."

"You sick, sadistic, psycho, loser of a—" Sonic snarled.

Smiling sweetly as if Sonic had just called him his best friend, Eggman drummed his fingers on the wall. "Didn't anyone ever teach you any manners? Oh wait, I forgot, even your parents didn't want you! Silly me! And always remember you idiot, I could have killed you at any time, but I haven't, yet"

Sonic growled, showing off his sharp yellow-white teeth.

Eggman quickly moved his right hand out of biting range. By all means, he was NOT afraid of Sonic, but he had learned the hard ( and painful) way Sonic was a deadly fighter when provoked.

"Oh well", Eggman taunted as he turned away and pressed a button on the wall. "I guess I will just have to teach you a few manners. After all, youv'e been in my house for quite a while and I haven't been able to show you my hospitality"

Sonic rolled his eyes. "Over my dead body!" He coated his words in poison and spat them at Eggman.

"Funny you should mention that, because that's just what I had in mind."

Sonic's eyeridges raised in confusion. "I beg your pardon?" He said slowly, as if speaking to a moron.

Eggman smirked. "Yes. You see, your friends aren't coming to save you. You are all alone.

Sonic rolled his eyes, Eggman could be so dense sometimes! "Don't you know anything, you moron? Tails will come! I know that."

Eggman turned away." My dear Sonic! That is where you are wrong. Like always." He added under his breath and then started to leave. "Oh well, you will be finding this out for yourself soon. Maybe in a few months, when you are still here, and no one has come to save you—not even start to wonder where you are—youll find everything I said was right."

Sonic narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "And you know this how? How do you know that they not going to wonder where I am? That they won't wonder where I went and they won't trace it to you and go look for me and find me here? Tell me how you know this, you dumb, dirty rotten, sick" His fury blinded him and cut off his words. He shook the chains as hard as he could, fire burning in his emerald green eyes.

Eggman waited for Sonic to calm down before he reached out and took Sonic's chin in his hands (while keeping them out of biting range). When they were eye to eye, he spoke softly, I know, because they think you're dead."

The anger left Sonic's eyes in a flash. "Dead?" He echoed.

Eggman's evil smile turned up a notch. "Yes, dead. Are you as deaf as you are ugly?"

His mock fell on deaf ears, Sonic's face was blank, just what Eggman wanted to see. There was confusion in his eyes, but what really wanted to make Eggman break into song was the touch of fear.

Sonic mind raced, "Dead? Why do they think I am dead? What happened? Am I dead? Are they o.k"?

If reading his mind, Eggman leaned against the wall, "No, you're not dead, yet. And your little friends are o.k, for now. You see, they think you are dead because while you were passed out for over a week, I had a brilliant idea." He paused, drinking in confusion on Sonic's face.

"And?!" Sonic demanded

Peering at him over the top of his glasses, Eggman gave him a look that said he was very amused. "My, my, my, arn't we inpatient? If you must know, while you were out, I dumped this tomato-like paste over you."

Sonic just stared at him. "What? Why?"

Eggman rollled his eyes. "Because, you idiot, It looked like blood. I took a picture of you, coated in "blood" and sent it to your idiot friend, that echidna, along with a note saying you were dead."

Sonic stared at for several second, not saying anything. Then the fire returned to his eyes. "They would never believe that."

Eggman grinned, small at first, and then suddenly broke into laughter.

Narrowing his eyes, Sonic growled, getting tired of being made fun of at every 30 seconds. "Stop mocking me!" He shrieked, and shaking his chains, tried to break away from the wall.

Ignoring him, Eggman just smirked, leaned against a wall, and waited for Sonic to exhaust himself before he spoke. "Finished?"

Sonic just glared back him, still panting.

Eggman turned away and pushed a few buttons before he spoke again. "I can, and will mock you. Whenever. I. Please. Got it Rodent? You're not in charge here, I am, and I will do whatever I please. And if you must know, your friends did believe me."

. "What? How do you know?" The words were barely audible

Eggman looked like he had just won the lottery, he was so happy. "Your funural was yesterday."

"What?"

"Yes, while you were getting me the Chaos emeralds, and the Master Emerald, it was going on. Thats how I know they will not come looking for you. Oh, I hope you like it here, you'r going to be here for a very long time.

He then turned and left Sonic alone in the dark, with only his thoughts to keep him company.