Sonic had just thought it would be a routine encounter with Eggman when he received word from Tails over his transmitter that the scientist had taken over the abandoned Courage Tower, just go there, listen to another insane plot and then kick him out, like he had done so many times before but the encounter turned far more dangerous that he would ever have imagined.
When Sonic arrived at courage tower there was a distinct lack of robot minions to swarm him, but he shrugged, maybe the doctor had finally realized they were only good for slowing him down a couple seconds at most and decided to put his resources to better use elsewhere. He was certainly there, or had been as the giant eggman logo plastered on top of the tower would indicate.
The inside of the tower had gotten a much more distinct overhaul than the outside. Brightly colored walls, various obstacles and traps. Much more in line with what Sonic was used to and so it alleviated the unease he had gotten from the lack of the usual "welcome committee".
This was when things started going wrong. At first it seemed like it was the usual deal, as Sonic dashed through the obstacles and enemies in his way making his way to the top of the tower where eggman no doubt would be, but after a while Sonic stopped up. Something was not right. He should have reached the top of the tower a long time ago, but there just seemed no end to the corridors, though they started looking startling familiar. On a hutch he scratched a mark into a wall close to massive boostpad and took off again. Soon enough to Sonic's dismay when he checked the wall close to what appeared a similar boostpad he found the mark he had made. What was going on? He clearly was traveling upwards, but somehow he was going in circles. This had to be a trick cooked up by eggman. Well if the doctor wanted to play dirty sonic thought and charged up a spindash, preparing to bust through a wall. The impact with the wall slightly dented it, but it was negligible at best. This place was built far more solid than most of eggman's constructions. That is when he heard the doctor over the speakers: "having fun yet rodent?" Sonic had almost missed his voice to break up the monotony, almost. "Like my maze? It is made out of modular sections and rooms moved around by the extensive mechanical systems I built into the tower, oh and a little teleportation also. I Hope the many different configurations have entertained you so far, because there are plenty more." Eggman said condescendingly. "whatever egghead, I will find a way out" Sonic sped off. "I think you will find that is not possible" the scientist said before the speakers was filled with laughter.
