Gadget's POV ⚙️

After we were completely sure that Ryobo's literally asleep, me and Itachi quietly exited out of the closet before heading over to the table to get a closer look at the bottles that Ryobo just recently drank out of.

As I picked one up and looked at the label, my eyes suddenly widened in shock.

"What is it?" Itachi asked quietly.

"Take a look." I whispered as I handed the bottle to him before picking up the other bottle.

Itachi's eyes widened in shock as well after looking at the label of the first bottle that I gave him, before I showed him the second bottle.

"Poison and...Oil? Why in the hell is Ryobo drinking those???" Itachi asked silently as he looked at me.

"Again, I don't know. But, we should confiscate these and report it to the others about this." I mentioned.

Itachi nodded in agreement before he putted them in his pants pocket.

Then me and Itachi silently hurried out of lounge room, closing the door behind us, before we started running down the hallway to look for Sonic, Silver, Knuckles, Team Dark, or Team Chaotix and inform them about this.

Once we found one of them, which is Sonic, I reported to him about what me and Itachi just witnessed when Ryobo came in the lounge room while we were hiding in the closet, spying on him.

After I reported to Sonic about that, Itachi pulled out both of the two bottles that Ryobo drank out of, just a few minutes ago, before showing them to Sonic as evidence.

Ryobo's POV ❄️

After I blacked out, I was unconscious for quite a while, which felt like hours and days had passed, until I finally gained consciousness.

Looking around and seeing that I was still in this darkness that just goes on endlessly, I sighed a little before curling up into a ball, feeling cold and scared.

I knew that I was dead for real this time because when Ryoka did something to me, I felt something get sucked out of me and not to mention the fact that I felt like I was dying.

I was also floating, not wearing any clothes, and glowing the same color as my fur is.

So, this is pretty obvious that I'm dead and only just a soul now.

I can't even find a way to return back to my body and stop Ryoka from bringing about what he might be planning.

Then I began to wonder...

"How did I end up in such a place?"

Sighing again, I started trembling a little in fear, feeling like something's been following me for a little while.

"Someone...anyone! Please! Help!" I say to myself before hugging my knees tightly as tears began appearing in my eyes and running down to the sides of my face.

Then I buried my face into my knees as I started crying a little.

"......I'm scared......."

Just after I said that, I suddenly heard a japanese wind chime sound, making me look up and see a white light, shining brightly a few centimeters away from me.

It felt so pure, clean and safe.

Going over to it, I suddenly see my ice blue crystal charm that I always wore as a necklace.

"My necklace!" I say before pulling it close to me and my heart. "Whew...Thank goodness, I was afraid that I lost it!"

Looking over at it, I smiled, feeling so comforted by the warmth of the light it was emitting from.

"It's a good thing that it's in my hands again...This necklace is very special and important to me. I don't even know what I'd do without it!"

Pulling it close to my heart and curling up into a ball again, I felt someone pull me close into their arms.