Chapter 3: “The Prologue, Part 3”
Meanwhile, Sonic and Tails were shocked by what they had just seen.
“What the!?” Sonic said. “Those two stinkers took Jaden away!”
“Yeah!” Tails said. “I bet they’re headed for Eggman’s island fortress! Come on, we’ll follow them in the Tornado!”
“Right!” Sonic said, and the two immediately headed for the Tornado’s hangar right away.
Back with Rough and Tumble, the two skunks continued taking their hostage towards Eggman’s island fortress, while Jaden continued to struggle.
“You fiends won’t get away with this!” Jaden said. “My cousin and Sonic will rescue me! You’ll see!”
“Shut up, kid!” Rough said. “They’ll never rescue you!”
Jaden continued to resist until Tumble knocked Jaden out cold.
Back with Tails and Sonic, they arrived at the hangar where Tails kept the Tornado, and Tails, getting in the pilot’s seat with Sonic in the passenger seat, they immediately began flying off towards Eggman’s Island fortress.
“Those fiends won’t get away with this…” Sonic said.
“Yeah, they took my cuz!” Tails said. “We have to save him!”
“And we will buddy.” Sonic said.
Meanwhile, with Rough and Tumble, they arrived at Eggman’s Island Fortress, the mad doctor pleased to see them.
“So Rough and Tumble, who have you captured?” Eggman said.
“We caught this kid with Tails and Sonic.” Rough said. “Says he’s the cousin of Tails and a friend of Sonic’s.”
“Ohohohohoho! Excellent!” Dr. Eggman said. “Those fools Tails and Sonic will surely be on their way here to rescue their little pal, and we’ll be ready for them!”
“Indeed we shall,” Dr. Starline said. “This fortress is heavily guarded! They’ll never make it out alive!”
Dr. Eggman and Dr. Starline just laughed. Back with Tails and Sonic, the duo were up in the air flying in the Tornado when Tails was getting a little misty-eyed.
“You okay, little bud?” Sonic asked.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” Tails said, wiping the tears from his eyes. “I’m just worried about my cuz, that’s all.”
“You really want to save him, don’t you?” Sonic said.
“Yeah, I do.” Tails said. “He means a lot to me… we were born on the exact same day!”
“I know.” Sonic said. “Don’t worry buddy. We’ll find him and bring him home.”
“I hope so Sonic…” Tails said. “I really hope so…”
Back at the island fortress, Jaden was waking up from being knocked unconscious when he found himself in one of Dr. Eggman’s prison cells.
“Mmm… what happened? Where am I?” Jaden said. Noticing his new surroundings, he soon realized he was in a cell. “Oh no, I’m trapped! Help! Somebody help me!”
“Forget it kid!” Rough said. “You ain’t going nowhere.”
“Yeah!” Tumble said. “You’re never gonna see your friends again! You’re trapped in Dr. Eggman’s prison!”
“Dr. Eggman…?” Jaden quizzed. “Who’s he?”
Jaden soon got his answer, because arriving at the cell was none other than the mad doctor himself, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, better known as Dr. Eggman.
“Greetings, my prisoner! I am Dr. Eggman!” Eggman said. “Make yourself at home, because you’re never escaping from here!”
“You’ll never get away with this Dr. Eggman!” Jaden shouted. “My friends will come to save me!”
“Don’t count on it kid.” Rough said. “This fortress is heavily guarded!”
“Yeah!” Agreed Tumble. “Your friends will never save you!”
“No, this can’t be! I’m trapped in this madman’s fortress!” Jaden said. He was so upset that he began to cry.
“Rough, Tumble,” Eggman said. “Make sure this kid doesn’t escape!”
“Yes sir!” The two skunks said, with Tumble putting the key beyond Jaden’s reach.
Soon, Tails and Sonic would arrive at Eggman’s fortress in the Tornado, with Tails disabling the air defenses with Sonic’s help. Once that was done, the two began to infiltrate Eggman’s fortress, knocking out many of Eggman’s robots along the way.
“We’ve gotta find Jaden!” Tails said. “My Uncle Merlin is counting on me!”
“Let’s keep going buddy, we’re not home free!” Sonic said.
“Dr. Eggman!” Starline said. “Tails and Sonic have infiltrated the fortress!”
“Those two will regret coming here to save their friend…” Eggman said.
After facing down hordes of Badniks, Tails and Sonic made their way to Dr. Eggman’s dungeon, eventually finding the cell where Jaden was being held captive. They noticed Rough and Tumble sleeping on the job next to the cell.
“Guys!” Jaden said quietly. “You came to save me!”
“Yup, we sure did!” Sonic said also quietly. “We’ve come to get you outta here buddy!”
It didn’t take long for Sonic and Tails to find the key to the cell as it was just on the ground next to Tumble, who’s still asleep along with Rough, and Tails then used the key to open the lock to Jaden’s cell, setting him free. “Thanks, guys!”
“You can thank us when this is over, bud.” Sonic said. “But for now, let’s get outta here!”
Jaden, Tails, and Sonic then started making their escape, fighting off multiple Badniks along the way.
It didn’t take long for Eggman to take notice of what’s going on and so he headed over to the sleeping skunks and woke them up.
“Wake up, you idiots!” Dr. Eggman shouted. “They’re escaping!”
Rough and Tumble then shouted, “What?!”, before noticing an empty cell with its door open and the key to it in its lock. “They can’t escape us!” they added as they went dashing away, albeit bumbling a bit.
“Those two idiots,” Eggman thought to himself. “What am I gonna do with them…?”
Back with Rough and Tumble, they pursued Tails, Sonic, and Jaden with a complement of Badniks, but the trio was able to fight them off.
Making their way outside, Sonic, Tails, and Jaden went to the waiting Tornado, climbed in and took off into the sky, leaving Eggman furious.
“You idiots have failed me!” The mad doctor shouted. “You let them escape!”
“Doctor…” Rough said. “We’re so sorry!”
“We never meant for them to escape,” Tumble added.
“Silence, you two!” Dr. Eggman shouted. “This must not happen again! Do you hear me, Rough and Tumble?!!”
“Yes, Dr. Eggman…” The two skunks said. Eggman then gave a snap of his fingers and then Starline entered with some things both Rough and Tumble wished he wasn’t bringing -- Bonnets, baby mittens, baby booties, bibs, pacifiers with straps on them, and, of course, diapers, all in their size.
“You both know the penalty for failing Dr. Eggman again,” Starline said to them.
“Oh no,” Rough said.
“Not again,” Tumble added.
“Yup,” Starline said. “It’s six more months in the evil nursery for you two.”
Back with Sonic, Tails, and now Jaden, the trio were flying back to town in the Tornado.
“Guys,” Jaden said. “I’m sorry you had to go through all this trouble to save me.”
“It’s okay Jaden…” Tails said. “At least now you’re safe with us.”
“Yeah…” Jaden said. “I’m glad to be out of that madman’s clutches, but at the same time, I’m worried about my family being mad at me for running away in the first place…”
“I’m sure they won’t be mad at you, Jaden.” Tails said.
“Yeah,” Added Sonic. “They’re probably just glad that you’re okay.”
“You guys are probably right.” Jaden said. “They ARE probably worried about me.”
“Uh-huh!” Tails said.
“Yep!” Sonic agreed.
Not long after, Jaden, Tails and Sonic landed near Jaden’s house and then, after getting out of the Tornado they headed inside and called for the four worried foxes.
“Uncle Merlin! Aunt Amelia!” Tails said. “I found Jaden!”
“Jarrod! James!” Jaden called. “I’m back!”
“JADEN!” The four foxes came out and embraced him.
“Thank goodness you’re safe!” Amelia said.
“Yeah, lil bro!” Jarrod said. “We were worried about you!”
“Uh-huh!” Agreed James.
“We all missed you, son,” Merlin said.
“I’m sorry if I worried you…” Jaden said. “It’s just… everything that happened to me when I was being bullied was too much!”
“I know, lil bro.” Jarrod said. “It was too much.”
“But now you don’t have to rely just on us.” James said. “You have Sonic and Miles now to help you.”
“Yeah,” Sonic said. “I’d be more than happy to help keep you safe buddy.”
“Thanks Sonic. Thanks Miles.” Jaden said. “That means a lot to me…I hope to repay your kindness one day.” The two then hugged Jaden to seal the deal.
Meanwhile, at Eggman’s fortress, Rough and Tumble were enduring their punishment inflicted upon them by Dr. Starline and Dr. Eggman.
The two skunks were in their pamps, bonnets, baby booties and baby mittens, and had bibs around their necks and pacifiers strapped into their mouths, and they were both pouting a bit.
“Now now, gentleman,” Starline said to them. “You both saw this coming and now you must endure the penalty.” He then pressed a button on a remote control he had and a couple of robot arms holding what appeared to be ray guns popped out of a wall and aimed the gizmos at them and activated them. They’re hypnorays, and they were used on the two skunks to mentally regress them both to drooly baby mode.
“There we go,” Starline said. “Now you two shall be drooly babies for the next six months. Hopefully it’ll teach you two to not mess things up.” Then he exited the nursery through a door which led into a viewing room with a humongous one-way mirror that allowed him to see the skunks but prevented the skunks from seeing him as well as a control board right underneath said mirror and all of the living accommodations he was probably going to need for six whole months.
He then opened a nearby drawer and got out a diaper for himself. Then he took his pants and undies off and opened up the diaper and set it down on the ground before sitting on it, laying down, powdering himself, putting lotion on himself, and putting the front of the diaper onto himself and taping it together.
Once he’s finished putting a diaper on, he examined himself in a full size mirror and thought to himself, “It’s gonna be a long six months for me when keeping an eye on those two. Good thing I’m always prepared for these things”.
