Sonic opened his eyes slowly and shook his head with a groan. He looked around in awe and confusion, but everything was hazy from his irritated eyesight. "What…where…am I…?" he mumbled. His arms were held high above his head by chains locked on his wrists and he stood straight with his back against the wall. The metal was cold on his wrists. "Finally awake?" He saw Nyra walking up to him with a smirk on her face. "You've been out for quite a while." Sonic gritted his teeth and jerked forward towards her in anger. "Why are you doing this?" he growled. "Just let us go!"
Amy captured his eye when he caught a glimpse of her in that same chair in the distance behind Nyra. "I'm afraid I can't do that," Nyra said. She flicked his chin with her clawed finger. "Two slaves are always better than one. Once you two drink this potion, you will be my servants forever!" She let out an evil laugh that rattled the cave. "You'll never get away with this!" Amy demanded. Nyra turned to her and chuckled. "Oh, but I already have." Sonic clinched his teeth and strained to break free from the chains, but they were too strong. He began to lose hope as he desperately looked around for a plan. Nyra walked towards an empty bottle on a shelf on the wall. She picked it up and smiled evilly at it. "Perfect. I will make a bottle of potion for the blue one down in my hideout…" she said. Sonic chuckled with a drop of sweat resting on his forehead. "Heh, heh! You'll never make me drink that potion..." Nyra grabbed her staff and pointed the orb at him. "If you refuse, then I'll just have to use force," she said. He gulped and smiled nervously. "Ha ha, I'll be quiet…" he chuckled.
Nyra walked over to a red cloth hanging off the wall along with the other purple cloths. She grabbed it and pulled it to the side. It revealed a secret cave door behind it, obviously the way to her mysterious hideout. She carried the bottle with her and disappeared in the darkness of the cave opening. Sonic kicked at the wall with the sole of his shoe as he struggled to get free from his captive state. Amy sighed and looked at him with sad eyes. "I'm sorry I got you into this, Sonic…" she said softly. "Don't worry about it, Amy," he replied. "I'm not going down without a fight. I'll get free from these chains. I won't let you become her slave!" Amy smiled, but her face became disappointed. "How could you come back to save me?" she asked. She sighed and hesitated a little. "I…I thought you hated me…because you yelled at me that day."
Her bottom lip began to tremble. Sonic flinched and looked at her with sad eyes. "I never said I hated you. I don't!" he said. "Then why did you yell at me and tell me to get lost?" she snapped. Sonic bit his lip as he thought about that scene. He sighed and his face grew soft. "I never meant to hurt you, Amy. I just was irritated because you chase and attack me constantly. I may have a very short temper, but sometimes your actions just agitate me." She was listening carefully with adoration in her eyes. "But running away is never the solution to any problem!" he continued. "We all face problems in life, Amy. But you should never solve them by running away. I just need you to understand." He looked into her eyes. She looked into his. Finally Amy broke the silence. "I…I'm sorry I ran away, Sonic…" She had sorrow in her voice as she hung her head in shame. "I just can be sensitive sometimes, especially in situations involving you."
Sonic smiled and took a deep breath. "Amy. Do you want to know the truth? About all these years?" he asked. Amy's stomach tightened as she looked into his brave emerald eyes. "…truth?" Sonic nodded and looked down at the floor. But before he could say anything, they both turned to Nyra as she walked back in the room. She had a smirk on her face as she carried the bottle full of freshly-made potion. "Alright, chit chat's over young'uns," she said. "Time for my servants to rise." Sonic strained his wrists against the chains and gritted his teeth in anger. "We'll never submit to you!" he yelled. Nyra made an ugly grin that sent a chill down his spine. "Of course you will, don't be ridiculous dear," she said. "I will get my slaves one way or another. So I will start with…" She paused and looked to Sonic, then Amy, then back to Sonic. "…you, blue." Amy gasped and looked at him with scared eyes. Nyra walked up to him and held the bottle of potion in his face. He smelled the stench coming from the bubbly potion and crinkled his nose. "Yuck! I'll never drink it!" he refused. But Nyra had other ideas about it. She grabbed his bottom jaw and turned his head towards her. "You will drink it one way or another!" she exclaimed. "So be a good boy, and follow my orders." He shook his head and kept his mouth clamped shut as she shoved the bottle closer to his mouth.
Above the mountain, Tails was hovering in the air in the X Tornado. He was worried about Sonic, and began to get anxious about him not returning. "Come on, buddy...where are you?" he said. "Hmm…I think I should go down there and look, as he said to do if he didn't return soon." He flew the X Tornado down to the edge of the wide cliff and parked it. He quickly jumped out and fell to his feet. The cave opening on the mountain was just a few feet away in the distance. He gulped and quietly walked to it with his feet barely making a sound. "I wonder if it's dark in there…" he whispered.
Once he approached the opening, he pressed his back against the side of it, as in stealth mode like Sonic. He peeked inside, getting a good glance at the interior. His eyes scanned around at the amazing wizardly décor, but he looked mainly for Sonic and hopefully Amy. Luckily he found Amy, and his eyes widened in shock when he saw her restrained in the chair. "Amy…" he whispered. His eyes cut over to the side of the room and saw Sonic chained to the wall. He gasped as he watched an evil-looking wolf shoving a bottle of potion in his face. "Sonic! He's been captured!" he scream/whispered. He knew that this mysterious marauder wolf wizard was somehow tormenting his sidekick, and that he had to stop it. He desperately looked around, looking for something to use to get that wolf away from him and Amy. Before he could act, something caught his eye. He looked up and saw the wolf opening Sonic's jaws with force, preparing to pour that strange purple potion into his mouth. "DRINK!" she snarled, baring her fangs at him. Tails gasped and quickly dashed into the cave in a panicked attempt. "Leave my friend alone!"
"Tails?" Sonic gasped. Nyra let go of Sonic and growled at Tails. "Oh, great! Another visitor?" she said. "Now what do I suppose you are going to do, little pipsqueak?"
Amy gulped, knowing this was going to get rough between the two. Tails narrowed his mad eyes and let out a deep, intimidating growl from the back of his throat. "What am I gonna do? I'll show you just what this pipsqueak can do!" Furious, he dashed towards Nyra and tackled her to the ground by slamming into her with incredible force and speed. He pinned her to the ground and nearly knocked her unconscious. She groaned and gritted her teeth once she hit the ground. Her bottle fell from her hands and broke on the ground, spilling the potion all over the floor. Tails got up from the ground and towered over her like a hawk. He snarled and put his hands on his hips, acting victorious. "Good work, Tails!" Sonic exclaimed. "Now come over here and unlock these chains, quick!" Tails ran over to him and reached up to the chains, unlocking them swiftly. Clank!Sonic pulled down his arms and rubbed his sore wrists. "Thanks buddy." Amy grunted. "What about me?" she said.
Sonic saw Nyra staggering to her feet in an attempt to join in another round. "Hold on, Amy! Let me take care of her, first," he said. Nyra growled and showed her sharp teeth to frighten him. "Bring it, you foolish hedgehog!" Sonic stood his ground, as Tails backed up and Amy watched in anxiety. "Break her, Sonic!" she yelled. "Don't worry. I was born for this!" he said. He stood tall and waggled his finger to Nyra. An angry spark lit in her eyes as she charged vigorously towards him, triggering the battle to start. Sonic, with his speed, managed to dodge her oncoming punch she threw at him and zip to the side. She halted to a stop as she realized her punch had missed. She quickly jerked herself around, and yelped in shock. Sonic spin dashed into her faster than lightning striking, knocking her across the room like a bowling pin. She crashed into a shelf full of herbs and bottles of potion, causing all of the bottles to break on her.
Sonic was victorious, for now. He gave her a look of pity, then swept his hands together meaning he's finished the job. "You did it, Sonic! You defeated that wizard!" Tails cheered. "I did, but it may just be for now," Sonic replied. "She might get back up in a minute, so we have to hurry and get out of this cave!" He ran over to Amy and unlocked the metal straps from her wrists. She jumped out of the chair and hugged Sonic and twirled around. "Sonic, we're free!" she exclaimed. She smiled and looked in his eyes with a gleam in hers. "I knew you could save us from that wicked Nyra." Sonic grinned and saw that gleam of excitement in her shiny eyes. "I told you I was born to do this," he said calmly. "Come on, guys! Let's hurry and get back to the X Tornado!" Tails exclaimed. He ran to Sonic's side and they quickly ran towards the cave door. "HOLD IT!" a voice yelled behind them. Suddenly a metal trap door dropped from the cave door and blocked the exit, trapping the trio inside. They came to a halt as they saw the door close on them, and jerked themselves around to see Nyra staggered to her feet looking wounded. She glared at them with mad, evil eyes and pointed her staff towards them. "You three aren't going anywhere!"