A/N: Traveling will only cause a small delay to great stories.

Chapter 15:

Amy and Shadow landed in what appeared to be the hallway of a military base.

"I know this place," Shadow said. "It's prison island."

"It makes sense in a way, but why would they lock Sonic up here?"

"I think it's because this place is both a memory and a fear. Having his freedom taken away because of something he didn't do or something he fears he could do. That makes this place even harder for him to get out of."

"Then let's not waste time. I know where he was being held here before so he'll probably be there."

They made their way through the empty halls.

"I just realised something," said Amy. "There aren't any guards. I would have thought Sonic's prison would be crawling with those dark creatures."

"I've been wondering that as well. I can only think of three reasons for this. One, they might not have expected us to beat Dark."

"I don't buy that."

"Me either. I'm sure the emeralds are watching our every move. The second theory is that this isn't Sonic's real prison."

"That doesn't add up either. That door wasn't a trap, it was the real deal."

"I know, that's why I think my last theory is the correct one. And that is that the emeralds are setting up something big for when we actually do find Sonic."

"Nothing we can do about it now. I think Sonic should be down this corridor."

They came to the cell Amy remembered. They were surprised but what they saw. Instead of Sonic being his normal cocky self, he was curled up in the farthest corner of the cell.

"Sonic," Amy gasped. "What have they done to you?"

"Amy?" Sonic asked looking up, his expression one of hope before changing to one of fear. "No... Get back! Stay away from me! I don't want to hurt you!"

"What are you talking about? You'd never hurt me."

"I'm dangerous! I've done... terrible things. I... and Tails... I don't want to hurt you too."

"What are you..?"

"You forget where we are Amy," Shadow said. "This is Sonic's prison. The emeralds have been showing him all his worst fears. He obviously thinks he has and could hurt someone so he doesn't want to escape."

"What do we do?" Amy asked, looking at Sonic who had curled up again.

"Get Sonic out of here first." Shadow said, raising his hand. "Chaos Spear!"

The door blasted open, but Sonic didn't even look up. Amy and Shadow hurried inside and knelt next to the blue hedgehog.

"Gotta stay away..." Sonic muttered. "Don't want to hurt anybody... don't... don't..."

"Sonic," Amy said softly, drawing the hedgehog's attention. "I don't know what you've seen, but it wasn't real. You haven't hurt anyone. Your a hero."

"But... Tails... and... and..."

"None of it happened. Tails is fine. And if you come with me, I'll be able to take you to him."

"Tails.. is alright? I didn't kill him?"

"No you didn't Sonic."

"You might want to hurry it up," Shadow said, his ear twitching. "I think were about to meet the guards of this place soon."

"Okay. Sonic... Can you stand up?" Amy asked.

"I... think so," Sonic replied, slowly rising to his feet.

"Good, now let's get going," Amy said, leading Sonic to the door.

"Are... are you sure it's safe for me to leave? Are you sure I won't hurt anyone?"

"I'm positive Sonic. You have never hurt anyone in your entire life. You are the most compassionate person I know and nothing can change that. Now come on... Tails is waiting."

"Tails," Sonic said, his footsteps a little more steady. His expression was still fearful, but hope was returning.

They left the cell and began walking when the ground began trembling.

"What's going on?" Sonic asked.

"Your captures aren't going to give up so easily." Shadow growled. "We need to go faster!"

Shadow began running with Amy dragging Sonic right behind him. The trembling increased, along with the sound of footsteps and roaring.

"There is defiantly a lot more than before!" Amy shouted over the noise. "We'll never be able to fight them all off!"

"We don't have to!" Shadow replied. "We just have to hold them off long enough until we can get through the door!"

"Can you tell where the next door is?"

"A few corridors down, but the creatures will catch up before we get there."

"We have to try. We can't let them take Sonic again."

"W..what are you talking about?" Sonic asked. "What creatures."

"This is worse than I thought," Shadow growled. "Listen faker, I know your in shock right now but we are trapped inside your head. The emeralds have taken over your body and have sent dark creatures after us to stop you from escaping!"

"I... I think I remember. They are the ones that showed me what I... what I thought I had done."

"That's right Sonic," Amy said. "We're here to help you get control of your body back but we need to get away from this place first. Can you fight at all?"

"I... don't know. I-I think I can."

"We'll we're about to find out," Shadow said as they rounded a corner. "Because here they come!"

Shadow boosted forward and spin dashed through the first creature coming at them. Another creature came up from behind Sonic, about to grab him but Any kicked it away. Shadow and Amy continued fight the creatures, making a slow but steady path through them. Sonic was nervous at first, but he eventually joined in the fighting, though he wasn't as confident as he normally was.

"This way," Shadow called, kicking another creature away. "The door should be right through here!"

They made their way down the hall, picking up the pace when they could see the door appear.

"Come on!" Shadow said, kicking another creature away. Amy and Sonic hurried, trying to catch up when a creature grabbed Sonic by the ankle and began dragging him back.

"Help!" he shouted, desperately trying to grab onto something.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY SONIC!" Amy shouted. She rushed forward and slammed into the beast, making it let go of Sonic. Amy kicked the creature away, making it crash it the others behind it. Amy grabbed Sonic and the ran the rest of the way to the door. All three jumped and disappeared through it.

They landed in the black void where the Amy and Shadow had first appeared.

"We did it!" Amy said with glee, pulling Sonic into a hug. "We did it! We did it! I'm so glad you're alright Sonic!"

"C-can't breath..." Sonic gasped.

"Oops," Amy said, letting him go. She then noticed that Shadow wasn't celebrating. "What's wrong Shadow?"

"That was to easy," Shadow replied.

"What do you mean easy! We were almost killed several times and we barely escaped with Sonic!"

"But we escaped," Shadow replied. "The emeralds need Sonic. They wouldn't let him go so easily. Sure their were those dark creatures, but these are the Chaos Emeralds we're talking about. They have a lot more power than this and I'm sure they have something else planned."

"Quite right created one," Came a voice from the void. "We cannot let you take the Chosen from our control."

A roar was heard as something began approaching them. The three looked up and gasped. The emeralds had formed together to form a huge rainbow colored crystal dragon. With a loud thump, it landed in front of them.

"We must have the Chosen," The dragon said. "And for your interference, this place shall be your grave!"

A/N: Get ready for the final battle next chapter.