What it Takes to Break a Hero

He told almost everything to his friends. After all, there wasn’t much that he had to hide.

Of course, that was before Eggman took over.

Six months of endless torture and confusion. He could never tell anyone of what actually happened on the Death Egg in that time, but it was one of the worst things he had ever experienced.

He didn’t know how much his friends knew, but he knew that they probably suspected something. He heard the rumors that spread through the resistance. He never confirmed or denied what happened when he was asked. Even when Tails, worried for him, questioned him what had happened and if he was alright, he just laughed it off and said that everything was fine.

Nothing was fine….

Everytime he even looked towards Infinite, a shiver ran up his spine. Infinite could sense it too, and he almost got caught shaking in front of Infinite and Silver. Luckily, Silver never questioned it and Infinite is gone. At least he thought so.

He found himself with so much fear after those months, and sometimes he couldn’t even tell what was real.

Water was something he was always afraid of, but now….

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He glared at the cell doors in front of him, trying to figure out where he was and what was going on.

The most he could figure out was that he was in some kind of prison, most likely put there by Eggman. Everything else was a blank.

He thought back to what had happened before he passed out. There was Zavok, Metal, Chaos, and Shadow with Eggman….

There was also that new guy.

He bit his lip in thought as he looked to the bonds containing his wrists and ankles. Who was he? Why was Shadow of all people siding with him? And how did he get beaten so easily?

His mind wandered to Tails, and he suddenly found himself worrying if he was okay. Was he in this place too?

Finally, he shouted. “What’s going on here!?”

He stood and tried to move his arms again, but to no avail. He knew that unless he wanted to fall face first to the ground, he shouldn’t try to walk, let alone run. He tried to see if there was anything outside the cell doors. From his standpoint, there was nothing but other cells.

“Hello!?” He called out. Finally, that guy appeared. “You! Where’s Tails!? And where are we!?”

“That pathetic fox is out of my way.” The guy told, his eye fixated on him. “And as for where you are, you’re in your worst nightmare!”

And with that, the guy disappeared, leaving many red boxes to fly towards him.

He blinked. Everything looked the same, just with a strange red tint. He looked around cautiously. “What’s goin’ on here!?”

A second after he finished the question, the cell doors became a wall, and he could hear water starting to pour out around him. His eyes widened as his heart started to beat faster in growing fear. “W-Wait, what!? I-Is this some kinda joke!?”

The water was up to his knees now, and with his ankles shackled, he knew there was no way he could run. He looked around the darkness desperately, hoping he could find anyway out. Sadly, there was no light, only red tinged darkness.

He felt his ears flatten against his head, shaking horribly. The water was at his stomach now; he started to hyperventilate. “H-Help!”

It started coming out faster, and he felt himself almost near to fainting out of fear. It was up to his neck and he knew that the end was coming. Of course Eggman would want to finish him off!