Chapter 1 Enter the Eggman

*Hello and welcome back, dear reader. I just returned from a refreshing Little's week and am rip and roaring and ready to start posting my newest story!
Though this story will feature Modern Sonic, I decided that our blue boy will display some hedgehog characteristics like his real-life counterpart to spice things up a little. I do think you will enjoy this story, lots of interaction between Eggman and Sonic and, of course, tons of babying fluff! I will warn you much of the fluff won't happen till later chapters, have to build the scene and set up the reasons for babying treatment, ya know? And there will also be a healthy dose of angst.
Also, I wanted to mention I've decided to change the update schedule; instead of uploading 3 times a week, I will upload twice a week (Wednesdays and Sundays) to help give me more time to write, edit, draw, and also to make you all suffer more (insert evil laughter here)!
You will be happy to know most chapters will be much longer cause of all of the ideas I have in mind for this story. I've made the chapters much longer, so it won't end up being 50+ of fluff. There's nothing wrong with that, but I want to be reasonable. Longer pages, fewer chapters so you'll lots more to read in one sitting this time.
That should do it for announcements. Enjoy!*

"Come on, guys, last one in is a rotten Eggman!"
"Hey, that's not fair!"
"Sure it is if you're fast enough!" Tails snarks as he passes over the fuming Knuckles, "Yeah, for you two. I always end up as the rotten Eggman!"
"Yeah, and you smell like one too," Sonic yells back, pinching his nose. "I'm going to pound your face in after this!" Knuckles screams, shaking his spiky fists at the snickering fox and hedgehog running further into Eggman's base.
Teams Sonic, Rose, and Dark, were all in the midst of making their way into the center of Eggman's latest base with the collective goal to thwart another one of his grand schemes for world domination.
Team Dark (Shadow, Rouge, and Omega) we're entering the base using their various spy techniques, taking down security feeds and lock codes to allow easier access for the other teams while also searching for where the doctor was hiding inside the base. Shadow and Rouge were barely able to keep Omega in check for not blowing their cover so that he could quote 'destroy all of Eggman's inferior robots.'
Team Sonic (Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles) entered with their usual flash and flair, making as big of a commotion as possible, drawing the attention of all robots guarding the base and their master, dismantling the machines and anything else that looked suspicious as they checked each corridor and room for any sign of the doctor's whereabouts or his sinister plan.
Finally, Team Rose (Amy, Cream, and Cheese), we're following Team Sonic, providing backup if extra firepower was needed when the attacks became too much for only three individual Mobians to handle and scraping any bots that got away. They also served as an on-site medical aide when someone eventually got hurt.
Amy shook her head as she ran down the hall with her best friend and her pet Chao, hearing the echoes of the boy's laughter from their constant teasing bouncing back to them. "Those boys just can't seem to do one mission without screwing around with each other."
"At least they're having a good time. It makes things less scary." Amy huffed at her friend's comment, "Yeah, but I just wish Sonic would take it a little more seriously. Eggman's gotten more crafty, and I worry he'll end up hurt or worse, getting himself captured again." the rabbit looked at her friend in sympathy, remembering how broken the pink hedgehog was when they all thought Sonic had been killed after the incident with Infinite the Jackal.
Everyone had been devastated, and the world was plunged into a full-on war shortly after. Those had been the darkest 6 months of their lives. Thankfully, Rouge, who had been spying on Eggman gathering information for the resistance, found Sonic still alive and held prisoner on the DeathEgg. Once they got Sonic back, everything changed on a dime. The resistance got the upper hand and defeated Eggman's Empire within a few short weeks.
That had all happened just a year ago.
There was lots of rebuilding work still being done after the war. Eggman had, as usual, when a scheme of his crumbles to pieces, disappeared to plan out his next attack after the fall of his empire. While Infinite had been captured and placed into a maximum-security prison. Tails destroyed the phantom ruby and everything documenting its creation, so nothing like it would appear again. Having fulfilled his mission in helping to stop Eggman, Silver returned to his timeline, the future secured to a peaceful state.
Just a few days ago, Eggman had popped up on G.U.N.'s radar again, after a year of silence alerting them of his return. It took Team Dark and Sonic a couple of days to locate his newest base of operations. With no hit of what his current plan for world domination could be or whether it involved the chaos emeralds, but whatever it was needed to be nipped in the bud as quickly as possible. Thus why all three teams had come together to stop the mad doctor.
"Don't worry, Amy, " Cream said in her sugary sweet voice, "we're all here now to help Mister Sonic this time. He won't be fighting mean old Eggman alone like last time; all of his friends are here to make sure he stays safe."
"Chao Chao!" Cheese chirps in agreement; Amy smiles appreciatively at the rabbit, "You're right, Cream. I'll make sure this time my Sonic doesn't get captured again!" her face fills with determination as she focuses back on following the hedgehog of her dreams.
Back with Team Sonic, a certain blue hedgehog was taking the lead, jumping into a spin dash blasting through the circuits of an egg pawn, sending the machine into a smoldering heap along with the rest of its companions. Sonic flipped in the air, landing perfectly balanced, "Thank you a' thank you! You've been a wonderful audience. But I really must be off. Bases to blow up, Eggmen to scramble; you know how it is." he bowed, tipping an invisible hat with a cocky grin to the scrap of metal before turning on his heel and speeding off further into the hallways. Still no sign of Eggface. If I know the doc, he'll be where he usually is-
His trademark sneakers screeched against the floor, sliding to a stop in front of a massive doorway decorated with Eggman's usual horrid logo of his wickedly smiling face, an obvious trap hiding behind those doors. Years of experience battling Eggman had taught the hedgehog to be cautious when traveling through the doctor's bases. Booby traps and well-armed robots galore infested the hallways. Sonic had picked up a 6th sense, if you will, regarding these traps. Giving him the ability to avoid the pitfalls altogether or use them to his advantage.
Glancing behind him, Sonic looked into the distance. Tails, Knuckles, and Team Rose still were behind; Team Dark was probably sneaking around somewhere nearby if he had to guess. Pushing the cuff of his right glove up revealed a communicator, "Emerald eye, this is Blue Leader. Do you copy?"
"Emerald eye to Blue leader. What's up, big blue?" a seductive voice purred, "Ya got a whiff of Eggface hiding anywhere?"
"Nothing yet blue. Why? You think you found something?" Sonic's brow rose as he checked out the door in front of him, "Yeah, I think I might have found his hidey-hole."
"Really?~ What makes you say that?" Sonic shrugged his shoulders, "Just a feeling."
"Where are you?"
"Not sure..." he tapped his foot, impatience getting to him, "I think I'm close to the center...I'm going in."
"Sonic, wait! Don't go in alone. Wait for backu-" Sonic didn't hear the rest clicking off and covering the communicator again. He didn't want Tails or the rest of the gang to help him this time. He needed to do this alone. He had to prove to himself that he could still take Eggman down on his own and remind the doctor that he didn't take his 6 months of world domination lightly.
Letting the doctor capture and hold him in confinement for all those months was his bad. Sonic had gotten overconfident that the doctor couldn't lay a finger on him and that he would send the human packing after another humiliating defeat. He had spent much of his time in confinement thinking about what had gone wrong that day Infinite showed his ugly mug, helping Eggman take over the world while he was stuck in a cell all alone. Besides the few robots tasked with giving him his daily ration and check-ups. Yeah, that last part was weird.
Sonic shook the memories away; now was not the time for reflection. Now was the time for action!
Curling into a ball and revving up, Sonic homing attacked the door, letting himself into a pitch-black room. The light from the opening he had created showing only a portion of the floor, rising into a battle stance, ears and eyes perked on the alert for anything that indicated the doctor's presence. Sonic barely flinched at the loud slam behind him, a secret door sealing the previously broken doorway, leaving the hedgehog in complete darkness. "Welcome, Sonic!" a familiar voice cheerily greeted, "I was beginning to wonder if you would find me, though I guess you were pretty busy destroying my robots on your way here."
"Skip the welcome introductions, Egghead. I know this is a trap!" he smirked, "So why don't you shed some light on the subject and show me the latest piece of decor you've made for me to pummel into an...abstract work of art."
"Oh, yes. How rude of me!" seconds later, a few lights lit up in the distance revealing the egg-shaped man sitting on an extravagant-looking chair, along with an ornate desk. Next to him was a large control panel with several screens. Eggman pressed his hands together with an all-business attitude, "Now, I believe we have some matters to discuss."
This was very much not the way his usual battles with the doctor started. Sonic paled ever so slightly, feeling on edge, his stomach and fists clenching. He mutters a nervous, "Shit."