"What took you so long?" Sonic asked as Tails reached the top of the stairs. Tails quickly threw the umbrella back onto the coat rack and looked around.
"Where's Dr. Nam? Is he busy?"
Sonic gave Tails a confused look, "He's still in his office…why?"
"I need to talk with him," Tails panted, and he moved past Sonic and went inside. Sonic, wondering what his friend was up to, followed.
Dr. Nam looked up from his computer as the fox entered, "Hey Tails, can I help you?"
"What happened to Virgil? How did he die?" Tails asked.
"How did you…? Right…Tails, you know I cannot tell you anything about my other clients. Why does it matter to you?" Dr. Nam took a better look at the fox, "You seem out of breath, Tails. Did you run all the way back here?"
"Sure did. At top speed." Tails took a deep breath, "Dr. Nam, I ended up in strange place and there was this girl with a wheel and she mentioned that it killed Virgil and –"
Dr. Nam's eyes went wide, "Whoa, whoa; slow down! How did this…" Dr. Nam stood up and shut the door, "I need to you tell me everything you know."
Sonic looked back and forth between his best friend and his therapist, "Ok, what's going on?"
"I'll explain in a moment," Dr. Nam replied, sitting back down in his chair, "Please Tails; tell me everything you know."
Tails slumped against the couch and repeated his adventure; minus himself spinning the wheel. Dr. Nam listened intently and shook his head sadly at the end of the tale, "Oh dear…I'm afraid there may be a few more disasters happening now."
"Why? What's the big deal? This wheel really isn't dangerous…is it?" Sonic asked.
"Most people don't think so…but I'm beginning to think otherwise." Dr. Nam stood up and began pacing, "A few weeks ago, a young man was murdered, and his brother said the pair had met a young girl the night before, and invited them to spin a prize wheel for the chance to gain super powers. One of the boys span, but landed on death. She then suddenly disappeared into the night, and the next morning the brother was dead."
"A coincidence, perhaps?" Tails asked.
"Most people thought so…but then other things started happening; fires, robberies, scandals…and the victims all said something about a girl and a wheel."
"Isis…she said her name was Isis…" Tails mumbled.
"Isis? Could be a fake name…but still…" Dr. Nam sat down again, deep in thought, "She could be dangerous, Tails. It's possible that she murdered those people herself, started the fires and robbed those stores."
"She couldn't make two people break up though," Sonic said, shrugging.
"That's unlikely, but I wouldn't put it past her. Tails, be careful…you should trust your instincts on this one. If you felt like she wanted you, be sure to stay far away from her."
"Don't worry, doc. I'll protect my little brother." Sonic wrapped an arm around Tails, "Right, buddy?"
"Of course," Tails replied, although he didn't feel at all reassured.
"Watch your back, Tails. Who knows what she really wants…" Dr. Nam turned back to his computer, "I'll see you in December, Sonic. Other than that, good luck to both of you!"
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"Did you think of spinning the wheel, Tails?" Sonic asked, looking over the seat back. They had spoken of other things on the way home, but now Sonic remembered what he wanted to ask his friend. Tails mumbled something that Sonic didn't catch, "What was that?"
"I thought of it, but I knew the chance of me getting something good was so small I didn't. Why?"
"I'd be freaked out if you did! I don't want anything else to deal with at this point…" "A purple eye, a purple sky…Dr. Nam thinks that purple may be important to me. What if Isis is working with Mephiles?"
"Don't worry, I didn't. It's cool." Tails was getting ready to land the plane back home, and he thought to himself, "Ok, so I spun and I landed on the eye. That doesn't mean I'll get super powers, right? She couldn't possibly do that…right? Oh forget it; I'm not convincing myself at all."
Sonic jumped out of the plane as soon as Tails landed, "It's four thirty now and I'm starving! Supper time, perhaps?"
Tails laughed, "Are you expecting me to cook you something?"
Sonic whirled around and asked, "Please?" in a cute little voice.
"Actually, someone else is planning dinner with you…" It didn't take long for Sonic to get the hint.
"I see…so you'll be leaving us alone, then?"
"Silver and I promised we'd stay out of the house for a while. He's going to stay overnight with Blaze, and I'm going to work on a new idea of mine…"
"Oh! What is it?" Sonic asked.
"I'll tell you later. You have a date tonight." Sonic chuckled and dashed inside, while Tails headed to his workshop from the outside door.
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Hours had passed, and Tails had decided to take a break just before nine. He had promised he wouldn't go upstairs, so he'd placed a sandwich in the fridge and snacked on that. He continued to eat while drawing, pushing the crumbs off of the paper when he moved his hand downwards to draw.
"Let's see…if I move the power cell from here to here…" Tails circled one part of the drawing and drew an arrow to another point, "I should be able to fit the backup engine starter right behind the fuel tank…"
Tails felt a strange energy pass through his body, making him drop his sandwich and look up in shock, "What was that?"
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Sonic flinched when he felt a hand worm its way underneath him and grab his backside, but was immediately was pulled back into the kiss so he didn't say anything. The blue hedgehog moved his hands up and began to rub his partner's back. His hips were starting to ache a little from having his lover sit on top of them for so long, but because Sonic was so happy he simply didn't care. No one else could make him feel like this…
A bright purple flash took Sonic's attention, and he broke off the kiss to look towards the living room window, "What was that?"
Sonic's lover got off of the blue hedgehog and walked towards the window, pulling back the curtains slightly to look outside. A strange purple light filled the room, "I don't see anything…" The hedgehog turned back to the couch, "What about you…Sonic? Sonic!"
Sonic's eyes had become glossy and he simply stared at the light. The light, for some reason, had triggered a memory Sonic had tried so hard to put away in his brain. For a long while, he succeeded, but now it was all coming back…
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Sonic tried desperately to open the door. He pounded away at it and turned the knob, but it was no use. It was locked, just like all of the other times. He took a deep breath and turned around. Mephiles was still recovering from that nasty blow Sonic gave him, even without super powers, so he hadn't come after Sonic yet. And when he did…
The blue hedgehog knew calling for help was futile; the cuff's sound shield prevented that from being possible. He couldn't break down the door; couldn't bust open the window…but then there was no way out. Sonic couldn't help but sink to his knees. He didn't want to degrade himself any further than he already had; what with performing oral sex on Mephiles and calling himself filthy names. But getting on his hands and knees while Mephiles humped him? No…this couldn't happen to him. It just couldn't!
But then again, it was the exact same thought that had run through his mind that first night not too long ago when Mephiles raped him. He didn't think it could ever happen to him…and yet…
"Fucking hedgehog," Mephiles cursed, grabbing one of Sonic's head quills. He pulled the struggling Sonic back to the foot of the bed and threw him against it, "You heard me, Sonic. On your hands on knees!"
"No! I won't! Never!" Sonic sat up, and immediately Mephiles knocked him back down.
"Don't forget who holds all of the cards here, Sonic. If you refuse this, then you lose your super powers for good." Seeing Sonic hesitate, Mephiles continued, "Imagine; waking up tomorrow and knowing you'll never run so fast again. You'll be just like every other simpleton – boring, slow and weak. You'll have to go to high school so you can get a job – oh, wouldn't that be fun…"
"But…but I can't…" Sonic shuddered, "Please, Mephiles…"
"No," Mephiles snarled, "Either you get on your hands and knees or you lose your powers. Your choice."
Sonic's ears flattened against his head, and he slowly sat up, turned around, and went onto his hands and knees, having his right side face the bed and bowing his head to show Mephiles that he would submit.
"Good boy, Sonic. Very good…" Mephiles walked in front of the blue hedgehog, grabbed one of Sonic's quills to force the blue hedgehog's head up and shoved his erection against Sonic's lips, "You know what to do."
Sonic slowly opened his mouth, and Mephiles thrust inside. Sonic nearly choked because Mephiles was going so fast from the start, but he managed to concentrate on his breathing which kept him calm. Mephiles grabbed Sonic's quills after a few minutes and pulled the blue hedgehog forward, telling Sonic that it was time for him to contribute to Mephiles' pleasure. When Mephiles thrust forward again, Sonic licked and sucked on the organ, knowing failure to do so would mean greater pain later on.
"Atta boy, Sonic. Just a little more…" Sonic continued to nibble and pull at the disgusting thing in his mouth, resisting the urge to bite down as hard as he could. He started to taste a few drops of semen and tried to move his tongue away, but suddenly Mephiles' semen filled Sonic's mouth with no warning. Coughing, the blue hedgehog managed to choke it down, so he received no slap as punishment.
"That's right Sonic; eat it all up…" Sonic licked his lips, showing Mephiles he was done, and then Mephiles pinched Sonic's lips, making him open up. Mephiles placed his crotch right against Sonic's face and the blue hedgehog whimpered, knowing what he had to do. In a few minutes Sonic had finished lapping at Mephiles' organ, making it become erected again. Every single instinct told Sonic to run when Mephiles walked behind him; yet Sonic knew that nothing he could possibly do would get him out of here unharmed.
Mephiles wanted sex, and he was going to have sex.
Sonic's tormenter took a firm hold of the blue hedgehog's hips and lined up with Sonic's entrance; only touching enough so Sonic knew that he was there. Mephiles wasn't going to hold back on Sonic; the blue hedgehog deserved it anyways. "Ready, you slut?" Mephiles hissed.
"Ready," Sonic whimpered, already knowing how much it was going to hurt.
The first thrust was always the worst, and Sonic cried out at the pain. Mephiles didn't care what he was doing to the hedgehog beneath him; it was all about his pleasure. He thrust harder and faster, trying to slam deeper into Sonic's body, ripping the tissues inside and causing Sonic so much pain. It wasn't long before blood ran down Sonic's legs, dripping onto the carpet and staining it with little red pools.
Sonic took huge breaths of air and gripped the carpet with his hands, trying to keep himself from screaming and crying. Tears were pooling up behind his eyes, but he wouldn't let them spill. Not in front of Mephiles at least, if they had to come at all.
Mephiles moved his hands from Sonic's hips to his head quills, and with each thrust he yanked back, jerking Sonic's head up and causing him to yelp. Eventually Sonic got used to the new position so he widened his stance, trying to take some of the pressure from his backside.
For some time the two hedgehogs stayed like that; one thrusting inside the other, while the one on the bottom pleaded that the torture would end soon. Every single day he went through this…if it wasn't for that cuff, he'd tell everyone. Why did he have to keep it a secret? Every part of him hurt – his backside, head, heart…
Eventually Mephiles came inside of Sonic's aching body, and even through all of the blood Sonic could feel the hot semen inside of him. That part was always worst than the others; it may be the end of the physical torture, but it reminded Sonic that he had been used and that no one would want him. Regardless, the end wasn't soon enough for the blue hedgehog. He was going to be in so much pain in the morning…
"A nice, tight fuck as always, Sonic," Mephiles said as he stood up and brushed himself off, not caring what he had just done and about the condition of the hedgehog he had just raped, "See you tomorrow." He removed the cuff from Sonic's ankle, laughed and exited the room, knowing how to undo his special way of locking the door. Once the door slammed shut, Sonic slumped against the floor, pain wracking every single part of his body. Every day he was degrading himself more and more…when would the nightmare end?
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"Sonic, it's ok! It's just me!" Sonic sat up, gasping and almost in tears. He wrapped his arms around the other hedgehog and snuggled into his lover's shoulder.
"What…what happened?" Sonic whimpered.
"I'm not sure…you suddenly just freaked out and started ranting about Mephiles raping you. I was going to go fetch Tails, but your fit was over in a matter of minutes."
Sonic was quiet for a moment, thinking, "It wasn't Mephiles originally. It was Wario being controlled by Mephiles – it's just with Dr. Nam's therapy I no longer blame Wario, so instead Mephiles is in his place."
"That's actually a good thing," Sonic's lover sighed and pulled the blue hedgehog closer, "But if you dreamed about rape, perhaps we should stop for the night…"
"No…don't ruin all of your plans because of me. I'll be alright." Sonic pulled his lover closer for a deep kiss, "Come on…what was your little surprise?"
The other hedgehog laughed softly, "Follow me."
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Tails continued working, unsure of how to react to that strange feeling. He glanced at the clock; almost midnight. He wasn't sure how long he was supposed to keep away from upstairs…well; he could always stay and work until dawn. He could sleep in tomorrow…
The haunting sound of a flute made Tails look at the door…it seemed sad, and yet powerful, but above all, it was calling for him…
Nine minutes until midnight. Tails slipped off of his stool and walked up the stairs, needing to know what was going on.
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Sonic moaned as he felt a finger wedge its way slightly into his backside. He didn't know what the heck that drink was – it wasn't alcohol, that was for certain – but it made every single thing his lover did to him feel so damn good.
His erection was constantly being stroked and played with, making Sonic whimper and moan with pleasure. For being completely terrified at the thought of being touched in a sexual way just a few months ago, he had really gotten used to this.
Sonic was rolled on top, and the blue hedgehog knew that it was almost time for him to enter.
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Tails opened the door and stepped out into the night. The full moon was right over him, bright and strong. The stars seemed to glow brighter tonight than normal, lighting up the place so it was almost like day.
The flute player was only a few meters away from Tails with their back towards him; they were wearing an amethyst-colored cloak and black boots, but otherwise Tails could see little about them. Their arms were raised to the side because they were holding the flute to their lips; the song seemed happy and yet sad at the same time. Tails couldn't do anything but stare and listen to the spooky song.
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"Oh, Sonic…" the hedgehog looked up at Sonic with love and lust, "I love you, Sonic…"
Sonic smiled back and kissed his lover, "I love you." The two hedgehogs kissed again, almost ready…
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The player suddenly stopped, and twirled around on one foot. Tails should have guessed who the flute player was, but even so he was surprised – it was Isis.
"Good evening, Tails. I hope I didn't wake you up?" Isis asked.
"How…how do you know my name?" Tails asked.
Isis laughed, but it didn't sound cruel – it was soft, like a summer breeze; something Tails didn't expect from someone who seemed so dark, "I know plenty of things, Tails, but most you don't need to know about. Anyways, I'm here to give your prize…surely you haven't forgotten?"
Tails gulped, but was frozen to the spot. He whispered, "Did you kill…and steal…"
"Oh no; I don't do any of those things. The wheel makes them happen – I just hand out the grand prize." Isis took a few steps closer so she could reach out and touch Tails, "Are you ready?"
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"Ready." Sonic took another look at the hedgehog underneath him before slowly pushing inside.
"Sonic! Ah! Oh, Sonic…" The two hedgehogs were so caught up in their moment of passion they didn't realize what was going on outside.
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Before Tails could react, Isis reached out and touched Tails in the middle of his forehead. There was a bright purple flash in the shape of an eye, and his body was surrounded in purple flames that for some reason didn't burn. And then the pain began.
Tails fell to his knees, and then to his side; his body wracked with pain. He didn't even realize it was possible to hurt this much – it felt like he was being burned alive from the inside. The flames were still dancing on his fur, except now it felt like the flames were pushing needles deep into his skin. He could feel something being pushed through his veins, choking them and filling them with some unknown liquid. He was dying – he was hurting so much, he wanted to die…
The fox tried to yell at Isis to stop the pain – he didn't want this – but she was gone. He was alone. Thick tears began trailing down his cheeks because of torture his body was going through. Every bone and muscle felt like it was changing shape and rearranging themselves, yanking and twisting in ways they shouldn't. Tails was just waiting for his bones to start popping through his skin, letting his blood gush onto the grass below. His stomach threatened to vomit everything he had eaten, but his burning throat wouldn't cooperate. Tails could feel his organs shaking around inside his chest, like they were being tossed in an organ salad. He tasted iron on his lips, and it took Tails a moment to realize he was crying tears of blood. What was going on? What kind of powers was he getting – if he was getting any at all; perhaps Isis had left him to die a horrible, painful death.
Everything was alternating; everything was crazy – blurred together, like when he had spun the wooden wheel. It was like somebody was burning him at one point, and then holding a block of ice against another point, so different parts of his body were blazing hot and ice cold at the same time. Tails began to hear howling and barking, and then something sunk its teeth deep into his leg. He cried out and tried to swat the beast away, but then something else let out a screech and flew down, pecking at his eyes, and he was forced to move his hands up to protect them. Sometimes his limbs felt like they were made of concrete, while other times they felt so light they were rising off the ground. His throat started to contract, and he couldn't breathe – and then he could breathe again, the cold air stinging his throat.
He was hearing voices – the whinny of a horse, the roar of a panther, Isis' laugh, and the laugh of some deranged madman. The lunatic's laugh soon took over the other sounds, and it was so loud that it made Tails' head throb like someone had hit him repeatedly over the head with a hammer. He clutched his aching skull in an attempt to dull the pain, but nothing was working. He was thrashing on the ground, completely helpless to do anything. He couldn't walk, talk, or think… he couldn't even scream because everything hurt so much. The pain was getting stronger and stronger…Tails could feel the strange venom heading straight for his heart.
Sonic…he needed Sonic…
Then the poison finally reached his heart and took control – and now Tails could scream.
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The blood-curdling shriek made Sonic immediately forget his passion. He knew that voice anywhere. In seconds he was outside, yelling at the top of his lungs for Tails; his lover wasn't far behind. It wasn't long before Sonic found his young friend curled up into a ball on the grass, looking like he had gone through every single torture imaginable. Sonic dropped to his knees and rolled his buddy over, and when he saw the bloody tears running down Tails' cheeks he screamed for his lover to get the plane to take Tails to a hospital.
Tails was barely able to see through the crimson wall that had formed over his eyes – yet he recognized Sonic's touch as the blue hedgehog picked the fox up and ran towards the plane. There was another hedgehog seated in the pilot seat – Sonic's lover. If Tails didn't hurt so much, he'd apologize for ruining their evening. Shadow – or wait, was it Amy? Sonic was confused on who he liked, and he could have fallen in love with either of them…who was it – Shadow, or Amy? Tails couldn't remember.
The only thing Tails recalled before he passed out was Sonic whispering, "I've got you, buddy. It's going to be ok." Then the darkness swallowed Tails, bringing relief from the torture and the eerie, haunting laugh in his head.