(OH MY CHAOS I LOVE YOU GUYS. Not only do I have some awesome material provided by two awesome people, I'm no longer brain dead! Credit will be given once the ideas have been completely incorporated in the story. This story is about to get SO MUCH DARKER AND SCARIER I JUST LOVE IT.

Last time on In the Dark…(Thinking of changing the name to Overtaken, credit aquayzar777, but I'm just too lazy to change all the chapters….Your thoughts?)

Sally, Amy, and Sonic have successfully found the second Light Stone without much trouble from Dark. Things seem to be looking up for the group. But that's all about to change. Go back and read Chapter 9 – The Light of Hope for details on their discovery, or read on to see where exactly the final Stone is hidden.)

Several unexciting days passed.

Sally was working with scientists who work for the Freedom Fighters to analyze the Stones and discover their true power. Amy stayed at my house, keeping me company and warding off the reporters that now flocked my house while I struggled with Dark and finding out where the third and final Light Stone was. The research articles and books yielded nothing after three times of reading through. So I spent my time trying to relax and trying not to fall asleep, which would give Dark leeway on controlling me. By this time, despite being a usual insomniac, I was exhausted. Dark was going to kill me of exhaustion if this goes on for much longer.

Finally, three days after finding the second Stone, Sally, Amy and I met up at the local library.

"Any luck?" Sally asked me.

"Nah," I grumbled, slumping on the table, running a hand through my messy, upraised quills. "You?"

"Not really, other than these Stones are nothing but power," Sal said. "If these don't do something for you, I don't know what will."

I groaned and covered my head with my arms. "I don't know how long I can keep this up…"

"Don't worry," Amy said, patting my shoulder. "We're so close I can almost feel it!"

I tilted my head up so just my eyes were visible above my arms. "I hate to say it, but maybe we should talk to Eggman again," I mumbled. "He helped us out last time; maybe it'll do us some good."

"It can't hurt," Sally said. "Well, maybe it'll hurt you, but…"

"I think I might be able to handle it this time. I can actually think about him without wanting to blow him up. Besides, it wasn't that bad last time."

"You attacked him," Sally reminded me.

"It was small! He had it coming!"

Sally sighed in exasperation. "Fine, but please don't attack him or blast him or whatever."

"No guarantees."

So together we stood up and headed towards the prison where Eggman was being kept.

The guards at the gate didn't question us when we approached. After telling them what we were there to do, we were admitted. Like last time, the elevator took us down deep into the ground and into the prison. A guard led us to Eggman's cell, which hadn't changed. We went inside and the guard stood outside the door. Eggman seemed to be the only thing that had changed.

His bushy mustache seemed to have grown a bit and his eyes behind his sunglasses were bloodshot. His orange prison suit was stained with dirt and he had a bandage around his arm where I had shot him. But he was still chained inside his cage and looked miserable. I felt my body tense when I looked at him. He looked up and glared at us.

"What do you want?" he grumbled.

"We have some questions to ask you," Sally began. "And we expect you to answer."

"Hmph, no promises," he said.

"First," Sally said, ignoring his comment, "have you ever heard of the Light Stones?"

Eggman hesitated. He must have decided the answer wouldn't benefit us, because he said, "Yes, but I never found a use for them."

"Have you ever searched for them?" Sally asked.

"Yes, to analyze them during my days known as Kintobor. I found one to use as a test subject, but it didn't last."

"What do you mean, it didn't last?"

"I started doing evil before we could find a use for it."

"Where did you find it?"

Eggman smirked. "That, I'll never tell."

I stepped in. "And why not?"

"Isn't it obvious? An answer like that could help you in your quest, assuming that's what you're looking for," he said. "I enjoy watching you struggle."

"The only time you get to see me is when we do something like this," I snapped. "So what are you talking about, old man?"

Eggman's smirked widened. He snapped his fingers. "Dark, give Daddy a little show."

In an instant, fierce pain shot through my entire body and Dark attacked. I screamed and fell to my knees, clutching my head. He was battling with a majority of his strength, and it was agonizing. Not only that, but Dark was taunting me, messing with my mind and bringing up memories of good times with Tails and occasionally the bloody image of his death. I screamed, unable to ignore the memories or fight back. While they played back in my mind like a fast-moving slide show, Dark accidentally pulled up a memory that would aid us in our search.

It was several years ago, after Tails and I had been searching for one of the Chaos Emeralds and found nothing. I was running home with Tails flying beside me when he stopped me.

"Sonic, hold up!" Tails said.

I skidded to a stop and looked up at him. "What is it, buddy?"

"We may not have found the Emerald, but I did find something I wanted to show you," he said.

"Really? What is it?"

Tails landed beside me and opened his closed fist. Inside it was a glowing orange Stone.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I think it's called a Light Stone," he replied. "I read a little about them a while back. They can lure the evil out of people possessed by it. I found this in a hollow tree."

"Cool," I said, picking it up and observing it. "Think it could help in fighting Eggman?"

"Maybe," Tails said. "I'll analyze it at my workshop."

"Alright." I handed the Stone back to him. "Race you to the chili dog stand!" I sped off ahead of him. He coughed in the dust I stirred up, laughed, and flew after me.

I gasped and my eyes flew open. The attacks ebbed as Dark realized what he did. I looked up at Sally and Amy, who had both taken a step back to give me space.

"I know where the third Stone is," I said, breathless.

Eggman froze, eyes widening. "What did you—"

"Your plan failed again, Eggman," I said, standing. "Dark just helped us. So…" I wanted to gag. "Thanks. Your answers are no longer of use to us." Without another word, I raced down the hallway back towards the elevator, Sally and Amy running after me.

(These chapters just keep getting shorter! Oh well, I'm pretty much cutting them in half so I can post them in one day and start working on the next. The part of the idea from readers is mostly credited to aquayzar777, with hints of it from a Guest under the name RobinsInTheSkye. The main part of RobinsInTheSkye's idea will come in the next chapter. This thing is going to start looking like a Creepy Pasta soon…Oh boy. Oh well, I'm excited.

RRF&F! :3 Stay tuned for the next chapter!)

~SonicTheHedgehog-Nerd