Drowning In Fear - Sonic Below the Depths AU

No Chance of Escape

The urge to break free-- It feels endless. I scream for help, but nobody comes. I yell and yell, again and again. But water fills my lungs until I feel like my soul leaves my body. It pulls back, I'm not dead. Why does my will keep me here? The torture infuriates me. I scream again for help. I struggle against the chain tied to my foot. It hurts- Every part of me. I drink the forced water that floods my entire body, my lungs and, well, everything has already collapsed. The pressure pushes me closer and closer to myself. It hurts so much. But I still yell, hoping someone will hear. I don't know how long I've been down here. Weeks, months, years..

All I know is I won't stop waiting. I don't think I have a choice. I'll probably be stuck here forever, won't I..?

My eyes blur from the green, foggy water of the Labyrinth mines. I can barely see the world below the depths. Again, my body stops. But a second later I am revived. I don't know where they come from or what it's telling me, but voices fill my drowning mind. It tells me to keep my hopes up. I think I already lost it. All hope is gone, it's lost. I wish my will and hope was lost as well. I want to believe someone will help me, but I don't think I have hope anymore. What's the point? Nobody's coming.

I wish I could take a deep breath of the fresh air outside. Instead I'm down here, drowning and suffering, filling my lungs with green, filthy water. I would give anything to see my friends again!

This was worse than any torcher Eggman has done to me. This was his fault. Everything I had lost was caused by him. But there's nothing I can do now. I have tried everything to break from this never ending cage. But all I can do is float here without any chance of escape.

But one day, I see shadows in the ruin waters of the Labyrinth. From my blurred vision they seem to be red, black, and some white? They sort of looked like Eggman's robots. I remember everything that awful man has done. Destroyed planets, manipulated people, and now... this! I feel dead again when I close my eyes. But as always, I am reveived. This isn't something you can get used to. I'm as free as a bird in a cage. That cage is the chain that holds a grip to my leg. It hasn't rusted.

I don't deserve this! Why did this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this? Eggman's torchers are painful, but there is nothing compared to this. If only this thing would let go! It doesn't budge, like every other time.

My gloves are torn, same with my shoes. Blood drips from my eyes, and my fur has turned a dark green. It makes me wonder how long I really have been down here.

Everything has been taken from me, I wonder why I havent lost my will to think yet. Or maybe it will soon. Who knows? I look back up at the far surface. A vague light shines through the murky waters. I reach my hand up. So close but yet so far. I put my hand back, while I continued to drift.