(Heh, I can actually say that I am NOT sorry with the wait, I have been very busy, and unlike the other chapters, disn't think I was behind in writing. Plus I love to make people wait a bit for the last chapter. =)

And YES this is the last chapter! WOOTZ! enjoy!)

Sonic stared dully ahead, his prison small, black, and did nothing to help his already bad mood. Why... Why did he believe Eggman? Hadn't he watched Knuckles be tricked several times, all with the same ending? And hasn't there been a small voice in his head? One that kept screaming at him to get out of there and run. Run as fast as he could with the Emeralds.

And never come back.

Sighing, he turned away, trying to get into a position that wasn't so painful. The chains were really tight!

Eggman's voice came back to him. "You know, you say that block-headed echidna friend of you'rs is thickheaded and gets tricked easily, but you!"

A bright light startled him as Eggman waltzled in to the room, looking happier then he had in years. "You look bored.. Maybe I can help.."

"Unless it involves letting me go, I'm not interested." Sonic grated, not in the mood to be mocked.

"My, My." Eggman steppled his fingers, "Your in bad mood. What's the matter?"

Wanting nothing more then to spindash the smug look on Eggman's face off, but knowing he couldn't, turned away from Eggman. A sudden jerk on his chains turned him back, Sonic yelped as he found him self facing Eggman again.

"Answer me when I talk to you!" Eggman growled, changing from happy to angry and back to happy. "Well, I can't have that in my house, can I? I think it is tim-"

Eggman never got to say what time it was to do whatever he wanted, due to the fact that a large fist came plowing through the wall, revealing a red echidna, an orange fox, and pink hedgehog.

"I think," Knuckles commented as he stepped throught the hole he just made, "that it is time you gave Sonic back to us and we will just be on our way."

Eggman stepped in front of Sonic, blocking their way. "Now Knucklehead, you can't just come smashing in here, and demand that I give you my prisoner."

Flexing his powerful hands, Knuckles grinned at the docter. "And why not?"

Eggman eyed him, knowing very well how strong he was. "Well, that's just not fair. You have to get by me and then you can have him."

"HAVE HIM? What do I look like, some kind of prize?" Sonic echoed from his spot on the ground.

"Quiet rodent." Eggman and Knuckles said at the same time, all without taking their eyes off each other.

With a long sigh, Sonic turned away, wondering if they had come to rescue him, or just yell about the Chaos Emeralds.

Knuckles grinned, reached forward, grabbed Eggman's ankle, and flipped flipped on to his back. Then, making a point of walking slowly by Eggman, he leaned down to grin at him. "You were saying?" Seeing Tails and Amy just standing there, watching with very large eyes, Knuckles jerked his head in the direction of Sonic and they both scrambled over to help Sonic.

A few minutes later, the second Tails finished picking the lock, Sonic stood up, glad to be free of the chains.

A second later, he wondered why he even bothered to, seeing he had been knocked back to the floor by an overly enthusiastic fox and hedgehog.

Watching this, Knuckles rolled his eyes, waited 20 seconds, and then pulled Tails off with one hand, Amy off with the other, and preceded to glare down at Sonic. "Get up." Knuckles ordered in a voice that demanded obedience.

Sheepishly, Sonic pushed him self to his feet and followed Knuckles out the hole made in the wall.

"Hey! Eggman protested from where he had been left on the floor, 'You can't just.." He stopped when two hammer came flying in at top speed, aimed at his head.

Outside, Sonic had a sinking feeling that a certain red echidna wasn't very happy with him. This was proved right when Knuckles turned, grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground to they were eye-to-eye. "DONT...EVER....TOUCH... MASTER...EMERALD...AGAIN."

Dropping him, Knuckles stalked off, leaving Sonic, Amy, and Tails. Watching him go, Sonic didn't say anything untill he was sure Knuckles really was gone. "Wow.." His voice sounded small and weak, even to his ears.

Turning to Amy and Tails. "Guys, I'm really sorry.." He stated lamely, very ashamed that he had fallen for Eggman's tricks. "But Eggman's got the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald... and we-Why are you grinning?" He broke off, watching Any and Tails both share a smile.

Amy grinned at her hero, "Eggman doesn't have all the emeralds."

"What?" Sonic stared back dumbly.

Tails whipped out two Emeralds, and Amy pulled out another. "We found these before we found you." Tails stated proudly.

"And Knuckles got back the Master Emereld." Amy added.

Sonic stared for several seconds, and then broke into a grin. "I can't believe it.."

Amy shook her head, grinning. "Well, now that we got you out, we have a lot to catch up on. And if I remember right, we had a date planned for a few days ago.."

Sonic paled, grabbed Tails and took off. "I don't think so!" He called over his shoulder as he picked up speed, heading toward Station Square.

Amy glared, and stared to run after him. "Sonic!"

(whew! DONE! and it only took 10 months! Anyway, now that I am done, I have to say why I wrote this story.

A little over a year ago, I was reading yet another story about Knuckles being tricked and I can remember thinking about why its always Knuckles that gets tricked, why can't it be someone else for a change?

Then, a few days later, I started writing what is now Chapter 8, and Trick and capture was born.

And you know the rest. ^^

Also, please tell me, Did you like this story? Was it good, bad, great, terrible? What did you guys really think about it? Did you like how I did a bit from later in the story, and then went back and explained everything? Please give me some feedback.

Also, I posted the first chapter of my next story, "One Fox, One Rabbit, MIA" at the same time as this chapter.

Random side note, I was watching the movie; The Incredibles when I typed chapter 1, and when I typed this chapter. And not on purpose, Weird huh?

Thanks for reading ^^)