Feelings of Betrayal

Chapter 1- The Electric Torturer

"Wow... I can't believe Eggman would just surrender like that...I guess you finally made him crack, huh?" Tails asked, lightly chuckling.

"Yeah...But, you know...I kind of feel bad for the poor Egghead now. He erased every sliver of his work that he had ever done... I think I pushed him too far." Sonic replied, feeling massively guilty.

"I think he'll be fine. And I'm pretty sure he'll make a comeback soon enough. He always does. But Sonic, why were you so angry at him?"

"Well, he captured you, and it's my 'job' to protect you from evil."

"I understand...but you got REALLY mad at him, and you've never gotten THAT mad at anyone before! You were acting as if he was a murderer and you were my father!" Tails said, but Sonic didn't reply. He just stood there, motionless. "Uh...Sonic?" Tails asked, shaking the blue hedgehog, trying to snap him out of whatever he was going through.

"F-f-father..." Sonic mumbled with a horrified gaze on his face. Just the mentioning of that word made Sonic feel uneasy, as it brought back some painful memories involving that word. Now, those memories were being brought back to him, and Sonic was terrified.

"Sonic, are you okay?" Tails asked, knocking on his buddy's head.

"Huh?...OH, yes. I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You sounded a bit worried."

"I swear, I'm fine."

"...Okay, then."

"Now then, back onto our original topic. Do you think Eggman will be making a comeb-

"GUYS! IT'S AN EMERGENCY!" A voice from behind Sonic yelled. Sonic knew this voice all too well.

"What's wrong, Amy?" Sonic asked, attempting to calm the pink hedgehog.

"Eggman's attacking Station Square!" Amy replied frantically.

"REALLY?! I JUST had him surrender, and then he just makes a comeback as SOON as we leave?! Ugh..."

"Well, that's Eggman for you. And just be glad he didn't betray his words instantly, like back when he split apart the Earth." Tails replied.

"True, True. Now come on, Tails! It's time to scramble the Eggman...again..." Sonic said disappointed, and they dashed off towards the direction of Station Square.

"MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!" Eggman laughed viciously as he attacked the city, attempting to leave it in ruins. "Now, residents of Station Square, it's time for you to bow down before the mighty DR. EGGMAN!..."

"Boss? I don't think that name strikes fear to anyone." Orbot replied reluctantly.

"...Fine. Residents of Station Square, it's time for you to bow down before the mighty DR. ROBOTNIK!" Eggman yelled, shooting at the city's buildings. Quite a few shrieks were heard, and if you looked close enough, you could see blood around the areas he shot.

"STOP RIGHT THERE, EGGMAN!" Sonic yelled, attempting to screech to a halt. However, he ended up running into the door of a building, and a SPLAT could be heard.

"Ooh...that's gotta hurt." Orbot said, cringing.

"He's been through worse, Orbot. And DON'T FEEL SYMPATHY FOR THE ENEMY!" Eggman yelled.

"Okay, okay...you don't need to shout."

"Eggman, what are you doing?!" Sonic asked, pushing himself off of the door he slammed into.

"Hedgehog, I had a...realization. It's no use trying to destroy you, so now I'm going to destroy everything else you hold dear...starting with this city." Eggman replied with an evil grin on his face.

"Grrr... THAT'S IT, EGGMAN! TIME TO SPLATTER YOUR YOLK!" Sonic yelled, and he leapt towards Eggman's revamped Eggmobile to attempt to stop him. However, this wasn't going to end well for Sonic, as Eggman had a secret weapon: The Electric Torturer.

"ORBOT! Activate the E.T!" Eggman yelled.

"I would, but I don't have a copy of it on me." Orbot replied sarcastically.

"Damn it, Orbot, quit being so snarky and GIVE IT HERE!" Eggman yelled, and he snatched the device from Orbot's hands and activated it.

"Eggman, you're finishe- AUGH!" Sonic yelled out in pain as the Electric Torturer linked straight into Sonic's minds, recording and duplicating all of his memories and weaknesses in the yellow cube.

"Sonic! Don't worry, I'll get help!" Tails yelled out.

"T-th-thank you Tails..." Sonic replied weakly, and Tails took off to find help.

"Well, Sonic...looks like you're finished now." Eggman said with an evil grin on his face.

"What...agh...do you mean, Eggman?" Sonic replied weakly, still having his memories and weaknesses copied into Eggman's ultimate weapon. The pain he felt was like a hurricane, swiftly damaging him, and if the hurricane (In this case, Eggman) went too far, he'd die.

"What do I mean?! HAHAHA! What I mean is that soon I'll have access to your memories and fears, or at least a replica of them, and you will never win against me again." Eggman said with a devilish smirk on his face. Sonic tried scowling at him, but the sheer amount of pain he was enduring made him do nothing but cringe.

"No...This can't be happening."

"Sorry, Sonic... but I'm afraid the games end now."

"STOP RIGHT THERE, EGGMAN!" Tails yelled as he ran back to Station Square, with Knuckles and Shadow at his side.

"Wow, and I thought Sonic was fast..." Eggman said, surprised at how quickly the kitsune got some assistance.

"Knuckles, Shadow... LET'S DO THIS!" Tails yelled, and the trio of allies begun fighting against Eggman. Knuckles, using pure power, punched the Eggmobile extremely hard, knocking it into one of the buildings behind them. Tons of glass could be heard shattering, falling upon Sonic and Eggman, making them bleed a bit, but neither of them were majorly hurt .

"Insolent little rats..." Eggman grumbled, wiping the blood from his face. However, it only smeared, causing Eggman's vision to only be even more blurred.

"SHADOW, GET HIM!" Tails ordered.

"Roger that." Shadow replied, and he took out a Chaos Emerald before jumping up to the building Sonic and Eggman were punched into.

"Shadow...please have mercy on me." Eggman pleaded, with blood still messing with his vision.

"Not on your goddamn life, Eggman. CHAOS...SPEAR!" Shadow yelled, and a ton of spears made of pure Chaos Energy homed in on not only Eggman, but also Sonic, knocking them both unconscious.

"SHADOW, STOP!" Orbot yelled, but the black and red hedgehog didn't obey. The spears kept coming, and Orbot only had one option left: "RETREAT!" He yelled, and Orbot once again used the teleportation switch on the Eggmobile to get away, with the fully-loaded Electric Torturer still intact.

"DAMNIT...he got away." Shadow muttered, clenching his fists. He didn't get to finish Eggman, and he was as furious as a dog. Sighing, he picked up Sonic and carried his unconscious body down to the ground of Station Square.

"We couldn't stop them...Orbot and Eggman got away... and they have a copy of Sonic's memories with them..." Tails said, upset that he and his allies had failed to stop Eggman's Plans.

"Don't worry, Tails... we'll stop him eventually." Knuckles replied, calming the kitsune down.

"Okay." Tails said, feeling a bit better than before. "Now, you two take Sonic's body home. I'll see what I can do to help fix Station Square. Got it?"

"Got it. See you, Tails." Knuckles replied, and Shadow and Knuckles walked off, with Sonic in their hands.

"Bye!" Tails said, waving, and he went off to see if he could help with the reconstruction of the damaged town.

"Man...Sonic's pretty heavy. Didn't actually expect him to weigh so much...must be those Chili Dogs." Knuckles said, holding Sonic by one foot, while Shadow held him by the other.

"He's not that heavy, Knuckles. Just man up and keep going." Shadow replied, holding in his frustrations.

"Okay, okay."

It was a long trek back to Sonic's house. The duo traveled for what seemed like hours, although in reality it was just half an hour. They dropped Sonic a couple of times on the way back, however, but that didn't stop them for more than a few seconds. Finally, after a sweat-inducing, near silent half hour trip, the duo finally made it to the blue hedgehog's home.

"Well...here we are." Knuckles said, breathing heavily.

"Yep." Shadow replied, placing him on the porch.

"Wait, we're just gonna leave him out here?"

"Well, there's no key that we know of, right?" Shadow replied.

"Hold on. I think there is. I see something in between the bricks. That's got to be a key, no question."

"...Fine, we'll put him inside." Shadow said, facepalming himself, and Shadow unlocked the door. Knuckles then swiftly ran inside and placed Sonic gently on the nearest chair.

"Did it!" Knuckles said enthusiastically.

"Did you check to see if he's breathing?" Shadow asked.

"...No."

"THEN GO CHECK!"

"Fine, but if he's not breathing, I'm not giving him mouth-to-mouth." Knuckles replied, and he angrily stormed back into the house to check Sonic. Luckily, the hedgehog was breathing. "He's fine."

"Good. Now, if you'll excuse me...I've got to get going." Shadow said, and he and Knuckles went their separate ways.

But meanwhile, in Eggman's Lair...

The silence was absolutely deafening in the gray walls of Eggman's Lair. However, as pleasant as the silence was for Orbot, who was putting the Electric Torturer into Eggman's computer, it would end soon.

"Boss, wake up!" Orbot said, shaking his boss.

"...What do you want?" Eggman replied, scowling at the red accomplice of his.

"I've put the Electric Torturer into the computer! Soon, we can learn all of Sonic's fears and weaknesses, and Sonic will be the ULTIMATE PUSHOVER!" Orbot said, and he cackled with the most insane cackle ever heard from a robot. The laugh was so insane, that it echoed in the lab for At least 10 minutes.

"Very good, Orbot! Now, let's get this party started!" Eggman yelled, and he pulled a light blue lever, which showed an electronic display of Sonic's brain, separating it into sections.

"WHOA! Look at this, Eggman! All the things he loves, hates, fears...THEY'RE ALL HERE!" Orbot said, rubbing his hands together in maniacal fashion.

"Yes...YES...although now I know what it's like with two Eggmen in one room."

"Now, let's see what the mind of Sonic has in store for us..." and with that, Orbot clicked the button to analyze Sonic's inner mind.

"Let's see here..." Eggman said giddily. He felt like a kid in a candy store, and deservedly so. After many years of being defeated by Sonic, he had finally found his savior: The Electric Torturer. He had used it to electrically copy Sonic's mind into a box, and now... he was finally diving into his reward.

"Where should we check first, boss?" Orbot asked.

"Let's look at the options for a sec'. Fears, Weaknesses, Love Interests, Friends, Favorite Meals, Snappy Comebacks, and finally...wait a second...what's that? All it says is...Best Kept Secret."

"And it's even got a mental lock on it! Maybe we shouldn't mess with it..."

But Eggman was like a persistent mosquito, as he said, "We're messing with it, all right!" and he used a button on the computer to start breaking the lock. It wasn't budging. "MAN, THIS ONE'S A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK!" Eggman yelled, getting irritated with the mental lock extremely quickly. Right now our persistent mosquito was blocked by a glass window (Or in this case, a mental lock).

"Sir, STOP!"

"Orbot?"

"Let me help." Orbot said, and like a human opening the window which let the mosquito in, Orbot entered a hacking device into the Electric Torturer. And the secret opened up.

And all Eggman could say was: "WHOA."

"Boss, are you okay? What's the secret?"

"Have a look." Eggman said, and he got out of the way of his bumbling sidekick.

"WHOA...what? His father...but how...why...he couldn't...that's not possible! Considering how cheery he is these days, I would've never guessed...His father was killed by...wait, who's that under the dark shadow?" Orbot wondered.

"Only one way to find out." Eggman said, and he hacked the E.T even further, and the killer was revealed. And let me say this right now, Eggman didn't expect it. "IT CAN'T BE!"

"The killer was...NO!" Orbot yelled. He couldn't believe his eyes. He was right. Eggman shouldn't have dug into the dark corner of Sonic's mind.

"I would've never guessed. The killer was..."

To Be Continued...

Who do you think killed Sonic's father? Find out next time!