Sonic was dragging himself through a forest by himself, with his head down and arms low.
"This looks like a good place to lie down and die. What's the point of it all? I'll never be able to rescue them. Not now, he's finally done it. I've finally been beaten by Eggman, he's got the 7 Chaos Emeralds, and he's poisoned them."
At Eggman's Base...
"So how are you guys doing in there?" Eggman chuckled.
"Let us...free, otherwise *cough*" Knuckles shouted.
"Otherwise what, you gonna break out Knucklehead?"
"I'll...kill you for this." Knuckles fell unconscious.
"Noo! Knuckles, wake up!" Amy yelled as she crawled over to him. "Knuckles, wake up!" Tails put his hand on Amy's shoulder.
"He's only unconscious, Amy. He'll be alright."
"I just hope *cough* Sonic's okay."
"Don't worry Amy, he'll be okay, he'll set us free too." Tails fell unconscious too, then so did Amy.
Back in the forest...
"I guess when people say 'Nothing lasts forever' they can really mean it." Sonic thought to himself. 'What are you talking about? Are you seriously going to let your friends slowly die while you just sit here? Get up and go rescue them!' "Haha, haha, HAHA! Save them? Why would I save them?" 'What is wrong with you? Are you going insane? Talking to your thoughts?' "Yeah, I'm talking to my thoughts, so what? You gonna stop me? You know, maybe you'll shut up if I smash my head on this rock?" His thoughts couldn't stop him from doing so.