Chapter 4: Silk

"Crack."

The sound of the whip breaking the air for the fifteenth time broke the air as the stinging pain came down onto her hine leg once more, leaving a small thin welt that was added to the dozen others on her frail pink furred body.

"Please...Stop!" Amy cried out turning looking back, as her emerald green eyes swelled with tears from pain coming from her back side.

The green hedgehog never said a word, he only reared the black leather whip back once more sending it clicking again causing her to cry out once more, placing another strip onto the rest. Her wrists where cuffed to a ring that was next to the large wooden door she earlier was trying to claw her way from. He hadn't taken off the tunic she had put on earlier but only rolled it up and tucked it through the neck revealing her hind quarters and back.

Closing her eyes she gritted her teeth, expecting the whip once more, but it didn't come as she heard his footsteps slowly walk back to the rack on the wall and hang it up. The saltiness of Amy's slowing tears stung as she heard Scourge walk further away, toward the bathroom and she heard the flowing of the water for a moment, and then it stop as she was starting to wonder what was going through his twisted head.

What she knew of now and was truly certain of was that she hated Scourge, she was weak, barley standing and her back was on fire from the stinging of the whipping she had just received. A light whimper had emitted from her throat as she heard him walk closer toward her.

Leaning in she heard the dark voice low in her ear his furred chest pressed against the side of her arm. "I do not tolerate disobedience, and this is what you will receive if you defy me. Do you understand Rose?" His tone was very stern but calm.

Amy only nodded,hoping her compliance would help her. She desperately wanted to be taken down from her cuffs that had her chained with her hands above her head.

"In any other case I wouldn't do this for some one who's been punished but this is your first lesson, I will be lenient." Amy then suddenly realized why he had walked toward the bathroom a moment before. Suddenly the cold relief of a recently wet wash cloth pressed gently on her back sending a cooling relief over the stinging sores on her back.

She sighed, calmly. His mouth was still close to her ear, as he slowly patted her back with the rag flipping it ever so often so the cool air would bring more relief to her, "I'm not as bad as you think Rose, I just know when one needs to learn how to behave, and once you understand that, you might actually come to actually obey, and enjoy yourself."

He pulled the rag off her back fully this time, the warm feeling coming back to her back. The green hedgehog rolled down her tunic now flowing back down to the back of her knees. Reaching over her arms he took a lone key and unlatched the cuffs from the wall, releasing Amy's wrists. Instantly she collapsed. Catching her the green hedgehog pulled her to her feet.

Her face still shown a look of pure hatred. As she started up into his eyes.

"I know you hate me," stated Scourge, "But you aren't here for me to be likable. I'm just, not friendly."

Amy never said a word, only a growl rose from her throat. She couldn't believe she had left work like a normal day of her life, and wound up at the end of the day getting punished by the green hedgehog she despised anyways.

"I know you are weak, but I can't risk much." Scourge slowly walked Amy over toward his bed, the coolness of the silk feeling good as she sat down. He quickly walked over to the wall and placed the cuffs back on the wall and grabbed her leash, and walked toward the end of the bed and took his key around his neck and opened the wooden chest and pulled out a bright blue collar. It resembled the control collar she had on but instead it had the same icon of the single flame etched into its polished metal. She took it to be their mark, the one of their kingdom.

The green hedgehog then sat down next to Amy and commanded her not to move as he took the collar off. Another bout of relief hit her neck but it quickly disappeared as he placed the bright blue collar on, latching it in place, locking it with the key around his neck.

"A universal key." Amy thought to herself as Scourge ordered her to stand up again.

She didn't disobey. Amy slowly stood as the green hedgehog walked to his chest once more and pulled out a long bright sky blue gown that looked like it was made from the same silk as the beds where.

"As much as I like you in my tunic, you need to wear something for fit for a Slave." the green hedgehog quipped as he walked back to Amy, grabbing his tunic from her pulling it from over her head. Amy covered herself once more as he shook his head.

"Arms up Rose." stated Scourge, "You don't have to worry about me right now. You need to put this on."

Slowly, and quite reluctantly she rose her arms, jumping as he took a split second to admire his new prize, before slipping the gown over her. Tossing his tunic to the side he took the leash in his hand and ordered Amy to get to the foot of his bed.

Amy stared at him as he took the end loop of the leash and hooked it on a lock at the foot of the bed frame. Pulling on it to make sure she couldn't snap the leash herself, he then snapped the other end to the back of her collar.

Slowly he walked to his window and looked out at the sky, "The sun sure set fast tonight." He stated closing a dark curtain over the large window. Lighting a lone oil lamp next to his bed, Amy watched as the light cast a bright flicker over the green hedgehog as he took his own tunic off, and laid his crown to the side on the table, leaving only his brown pants on that fit snugly against his hips that cut of right below his belly button. His two scars stood out on his chest, that was toned out, just like the one from their anti-verse. His blue eyes glowed brightly against the flickering oil lamp. Scourge's quills cast shadows on the walls past him as he tossed his just worn tunic onto the floor next to the other one.

Amy could not help but admire that he still had the same physique as the hedgehog she was grandly in love with most of her life, but shook the thought cause she couldn't stand to bear the thought she was about to sleep in the same bed as this twisted hedgehog, even if it was another version of her Sonic.

"Are you admiring what you are seeing?" laughed Scourge. He then grabbed a lone blanket that was draped over the back of the writing desk chair and tossed it to her. "Use this to keep warm for now."

Amy only growled but was comforted by the fact he was giving her a blanket for her to cover up in. It still did not change the fact she wished she could stab him, hard. Which she was doing mentally in her mind.

"Consider yourself lucky Rose." stated Scourge sitting down at the head of the bed still with his boots made of a dark black leather and hard soles, he crossed his arms behind his head, and overlapped his ankles staring down at the foot at her, "Most new slaves are usually ordered to sleep on the floor, but, I'm quite fond of how you are, so you get to sleep in my bed. Also, I need to keep an eye on you as well. Though I know you aren't dumb enough to try and run away from here."

"Who said I'd-" Amy shut herself up as he cut her a look.

"Go ahead." Scourge dared her.

Amy only shook her head, biting her tongue. Scourge patted her head, "Good Rose, you are already learning, is there anything you want to say though? Questions?"

She didn't speak at first, she hesitated because she didn't know if this was a trick of Scourge's so he could lash at her once more, or was he legibly allowing her to talk.

"Go on, Rose." He reassured, "I won't punish you again."

Amy's ears flattened as she took in a deep breath and exhaled it, "Can, I at least tell you why I'm here? My full story? Then after that..." She regretted the words that she was about to let come from her lips, "Then I'll comply to your rules."