Chapter Revised [x]

(Travis' POV)

She was gone.

My sister...was actually gone.

She'd been kidnapped.

Dad was ready to murder the very person who took her.

Mom had fainted.

Emma was sobbing.

And I sat there quietly, not believing any of it.

Apparently, she wasn't taken by a man,

But a monster.

A black and red hedgehog to be specific.

Two people had been injured in the process.

One of them was shot, the other, hit by some sort of 'radiation.'

Everyone who was involved wanted to know who the hedgehog was,

and how he had special powers,

and why he looked like Sonic,

and what he was after.

All my family wanted to know

is if we'd ever see our Rachel again.

I'm scared now.

I'm scared for my sister.

And I'm scared to see what Grandpa does when he finds out about this.

(Rachel's POV)

I looked up slowly, and saw that the endless white was rapidly morphing into another setting. I tried with all my might to stand up, but felt too light-headed to even do so much as twitch a finger joint. The ground beneath me seemed to change textures. I lifted my hand off of it curiously, and saw it had changed into chrome metal. The white surroundings were now made up of walls and contraptions, constructed from various materials and controls. It looked like the inside of some sort of futuristic laboratory.

Did we just...teleport?

"There you are, Shadow! I've been waiting for your return! Where have you bee-...wait...what in the world?" I heard a gruff, and somewhat elderly voice shout from the other side of the room.

I turned my head to see an extremely overweight, middle-aged man with a big faded orange mustache. He was adorned in a red jumpsuit, black boots, and his eyes were shielded by thick lenses.

What the...? Who is this guy? And why do I feel like I've seen him somewhere before?

Even though I couldn't see his eyes, I felt them bare holes straight through me.

"Who the heck are you?" he asked less than enthusiastically.

Instead of answering him, I remembered that Shadow was still right behind me and scrambled to my feet. I flung around in his direction and found him frowning back. His eyes held all kinds of emotions. Hatred. Disgust. Annoyance. Even wonder.

I took many steps backwards to get away from him, my stomach turning inside out. As the space between us grew, my mind started to settle, and the hysteria subsided. The old man from before shifted his gaze from me, then to the hedgehog himself.

"Shadow, what is this. What is going on. This is…disgusting. Unprofessional. It's inappropriate!"

Shadow lifted a brow at him. "What are you talking about?"

The man threw his hands up in a 'What the hell, isn't it obvious?' fashion. "I'm talking about you! I'm sorry but bringing a random human girl back for personal means isn't permitted under my roof. It's indecent! And...it creeps me out. I thought you loathed humans. What happened to that?" he said, shaking his head.

I blushed angrily. Personal means? Just visualizing the acts of those words in my own head made an acidic bile build in my throat. They were all lucky I didn't upchuck right then and there.

Shadow scowled while crossing his arms. "No. You've misunderstood my intentions, Doctor," he growled. "I brought her as our hostage for this mission."

I stopped and took a moment to process what he just said. That man is a doctor? Like a medical doctor?

And hostage?

Great. That's just splendid. So basically, I'm the stupid damsel in distress! Who knows what kind of awful things these two will put me through! And what mission is he talking about? What does it have to do with my father, since that's who he was after to begin with?

The 'Doctor' then took another good look at me. "You mean you've captured her instead of David Tower? But wasn't the plan supposed to be that you take him because of the whole blood relation thing? When exactly did you decide you were going to jeopardize this entire mission and take matters into your own hands?"

Shadow stood there still as stone. "This isn't just some girl that I picked at random to take. She's the granddaughter of Commander Abraham Tower."

The Doctor just paused for a second, and then bounced his balding eyebrows as a large grin spread across his face. "Granddaughter of the Abraham Tower? Oh really! My oh my! How terribly convenient! I should ask how you found her, but at this point it doesn't even matter. This changes absolutely everything! A young defenseless girl is much more vulnerable than a grown man, therefore Tower will be more willing to hand over the Chaos Emerald when he sees that we have her. Brilliant, Shadow! Utterly brilliant!"

My eyes widened and I took another step back. That's what all this was for? A damn Chaos Emerald? What was the deal with those things? Everyone seemed to be so obsessed with having them.

"Allow me to introduce myself," the Doctor said to me. "My name is Doctor Ivo Robotnik. You may already know me as 'Eggman', since that's the name the whole planet Earth decided to dub me as thanks to a certain blue menace..." he mumbled angrily. "But I prefer to be called Dr. Robotnik."

I frowned at him. How 'bout I call you fat ass? Seems to suit you much better!

But then, something clicked.

Eggman. I think I remember that name!

Eggman was the mad scientist that tried to dominate the world! He was the one who shattered the moon with that laser cannon, the one who was always out to eradicate Sonic the Hedgehog, the one who tried to rise his own empire and rule over us!

My face inverted into a look of shock.

His grin only grew wider. "Ah, so I see you've heard of me after all," he said. "I guess that means you know better than to resist me and my orders, since I am an evil genius, and I'm capable of killing you right now if I desired. But lucky for you, I don't want to do that. In fact we need you in order to acquire the Chaos Emerald. So you just pipe down, be a good little hostage and only speak when spoken to. Your purpose here is to lure the G.U.N. Commander into handing over the Chaos Emerald he's been guarding, since he's the only one who knows its exact whereabouts, and nothing else. After we have it, you can go free! Just like that!"

...Free...?

That sounded bloody wonderful.

"I-I...I..." I started to say, but stopped when I saw Shadow still glaring at me in his murderous manner. My chest tightened.

"Actually, I have a better idea," Shadow said. "Why doesn't she just stay with us? You and I can both work together to collect the other six Chaos Emeralds across the universe, and she can accompany us along the way. That way when we've finished, we can bring her back to Earth. When the Commander sees her after it's been months or even years, there's no way he can refuse giving us the Chaos Emerald in exchange for her freedom. And by then we will have all seven Chaos Emeralds. It would be too late for them to resist us, since we will have limitless invincible power."

Dr. Robotnik looked down and stroked his chin in thought. "Hmmmmmmmmmmm. This might sound crazy, but you might be on to something."

A sharp chill ran down my spine. I took a step back, shaking my head in disbelief. Months? Years? Stuck here with a mad scientist and an evil hedgehog? Uhm, no thank you! I'll pass!

"But you can't do this to me! This isn't right!"

Shadow flashed an evil smirk at me. "As if we care what contributes to being right. And if you're so against this arrangement, maybe you should've thought about that before revealing your identity."

So many different emotions and thoughts were churning through my head. I thought I was about to bust.

"Please, I'll do anything you ask! I swear I will! Whatever it takes, just please let me go and don't take me away!"

"It's too late," he said, ignoring my desperation. "You're already going to do everything we ask of you unconditionally. You're our captive. And if you disobey, don't think there won't consequences."

I squeezed my eyes shut, gritting my teeth. "Please don't do this! I just want to go home and nothing more!"

Dr. Robotnik sighed irritably and walked past me, taking a seat in a chair that faced numerous controls and screens. "Begging will get you nowhere, dear. Until we have all seven Emeralds, this IS your temporary home. Or prison, more-so. Hahaha."

I watched as his fingers maneuvered through the control pad in front of him. He pressed multiple buttons and twisted a few knobs. The loud sound of the engine revving filled the room, which extended my surprise.

What the hell? We've been inside an...aircraft? This whole time?

For a moment, I felt weightless, and realized that the vehicle we were in was starting to lift. My hands balled into shaking fists. I felt a prickling sting accumulate at the corners of my eyes. It was tears again.

They're serious about this. They're kidnapping me, and apparently it's going to be a long time before I come back.

So many years of my life were about to be wasted away.

My heart thudded inside my chest. The fear, frustration, and rage all morphed together and created a numbing sensation that filled me from head to heel. I wasn't about to just stand here and let these two boss me around. Especially when those two happened to be a psychotic mastermind who was obsessed with taking over the world, and the other was an evil artificial life in the form of a black and red hedgehog.

I finally hit a breaking point, and found myself with my arms wound around Dr. Eggman's neck, choking him from behind.

"You bastard! Let me out of here now, dammit!" I shouted with tears streaming down my face. Dr. Eggman gagged and twitched his mouth desperately, looking like he was trying to speak as I tightened my grip. His neck was short and hidden in the folds of his fat, making it harder for me to strangle. I clenched my teeth and pulled his head back in my grasp. His chair started tilting backwards. It had only been a few seconds after I'd attacked him, when suddenly a strong force grabbed me and ripped my arms off of him, throwing me to the side.

I toppled to the ground and landed on my left leg at an angle that nearly split the bone in half. The pain wrapped itself around me, leading me to bite the inner edge of my lip as more tears traveled down my chin and neck. I quietly cried in broken sobs, and tried re-aligning my leg until it was in a normal position.

As I turned over, I was met with the hateful eyes of Shadow. His gaze was heavily fixed on me, and his mouth was turned down in an irritated scowl. His whole expression had its own aura of hostility. I whimpered and looked away, continuing to cry until it was difficult to even breathe properly.

Dr. Eggman took in loud gasps of air before spinning around in his chair to face me. His chest heaved up and down, while he pointed a gloved finger at my shaking form.

"Shadow!." Gasp. "Find her a room!" Gasp. "And make sure!" Gasp. "That you lock it!" Gasp.

Before I could react, I felt my body leave the floor. Shadow aggressively swept me up and threw me over his shoulder, keeping an arm wrapped tightly around my the backs of my thighs so I couldn't fall. He began pacing off in some unknown direction. Reality seeped back to me, and I started screaming and crying all over again while pounding Shadow's back in protest. His spines poked me, but not enough to hurt, and not enough to get me to stop.

"Put me down you monster!" I screamed, watching Dr. Eggman's choking figure grow smaller and smaller until it was gone as we descended down an endless hallway. Even though I was putting up a pretty good struggle, Shadow's grip never faltered. He was too strong for me to get away like this and I knew it.

After a few minutes passed, my energy was shot. My furious pounding on Shadow's back had died down to hopeless pats. Instead of screaming, I fell dead silent, minus the unintentional gasps from crying. But other than that, my throat was too sore to make even the smallest sound. I dropped my fists and felt my body go limp. Shadow seemed to notice, because after I stopped struggling, he finally spoke to me for the first time since he'd started walking.

"We're almost there, so you can calm down," he said in a cold, uncaring voice.

My eyes became slits. I'm obviously calm now, stupid.

The next few minutes were nothing but awkward silence. Except for me, breathing heavily through my tears. Shadow stopped walking and reached forward with the arm he wasn't using to support me. I heard the sound of buttons being pressed, along with a high pitched beep, and then a lock clicked.

There was the sound of a swift whoosh, indicating that a door had slid open. He took a few steps forward, then dropped me harshly to the floor of the new room. I guess he expected me to land on my feet, because when I turned to look back at him, he rolled his eyes and started to walk out.

"You spend too much time on the floor," he said with his back to me. Then he moved his head ever so slightly to the side so that he could see me through the corner of his eye.

"Don't think you're going to get away with that stunt you pulled back there. Any time that you go against either of us in any way, there will be punishment. In fact, I just got done saying this earlier. Since it was the Doctor you attacked this time, I'll leave it up to him to decide what must be done with you. But, keep in mind, if you dare try anything like that on me, I'll make you wish you had never been born."

The door closed behind him, and the lock fastened shut. I was left alone.

I looked around tiredly. The room I lay in was around the size of a normal bedroom, except it had a very high ceiling and bright, fluorescent lighting that filled every corner and crevice. Everything was painted stark white. The only thing that wasn't white was the black pillows and gray sheets on the bed, which was pressed up against the wall. Next to it was a small bedside, and across from it, a dresser. Even though it was a little fancy to be considered a prison cell, I still felt like I was in jail. Eggman even said himself that this was prison. But it felt more like Hell.

Yes, it was Hell, and Shadow was the devil.

I don't want to spend months or years here. I hate Dr. Eggman. I HATE Shadow.

I just want to go home.

I fell onto my side and curled up in a ball, covering my mouth with cupped hands to muffle my wails as I bawled against the cold, metallic floor. I wondered if seeing home again was even a possibility. It hurt to think that such a simple luxury that I lived with since the day of my birth, had suddenly grown far out of my reach.

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(Me speaking)

K so this chapter was kinda rushed, but I still attempted to make it enjoyable! I had to like channel surf through all my ideas on what's going to happen in this story, and now I've finally decided on a nearly complete summary. I've got ideas here and there, but I'm not done tying them all together.

Btw, right before I finished this chapter, I finally beat Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (which is the first game where Shadow is introduced. LYKE OHEMGEEE FANGIRL SQUEALLL *-* Okay, not really. But it was a good game, & I actually teared up at the ending because its like the only game I have with Shadow (besides sonic heroes and winter Olympics) and he pretty much dies in it. Plus it's sad. But, now that I completed the game, my main focus will be making chao again. Because that's just how I roll.

I know u don't wanna hear me blab. So review please! I'll update after I reach 30 reviews. That's what...like 2 reviews more? Lol but it will serve as a motivating milestone. So thank you and keep reading my story if you're still interested :)