Thread:JackWasup/@comment-25363089-20171202165017/@comment-13488655-20180116163022

Yup OAO As the team soon learn.

Thebes has to stay behind because he doesn't think he'll be able to resist their comands at that close distance. So, the team enter without him and when they finally fight up to the Overmind. But as they reach the heart of the Overmind's home, Sonic can only watch as his friends start to crumble mentally at the might of the Overmind's powers trying to rid them of thought.

Sonic however is only protected because he's directly holding the emerald. The overmind hear him call out for a fight to free his friends. The Overmind then come in, mad with power. To them the battle is as good as won. They even give Sonic's friends their minds back just to be more, 'sporting'. As Sonic says that they'll never control his mind, the overmind then say;

"It's not  matter of if."

It's a matter of when."