I couldn't stop staring at my copy…my father…why? Why did he clone me? I fell to my knees…I was exhausted from all of my ordeals and this mental strain didn't help me at all. I felt arms pick me up and I looked into the eyes of Tai.

"Brother…you are worn out…we will deal with this after you rest for a few hours."

I looked at the chamber again…I had to see it…I wouldn't be able to rest…

I sighed. "Ok…but have Tails start examining the clone chamber…I want some answers when I awaken."

"Sure…I'll tell him. Right now just rest."

I collapsed into the bed and sighed. "It feels good to lie in a bed…" I said as I began to drift off.

I awoke after a few hours and noticed Drago and Gavin guarding my room. Those two boys made me smile as they actually cared about me after everything we'd gone through. I really assumed Drago would hate me after all I'd done to him…

Drago turned around and smiled when he heard me moving.

"Brother! Are you feeling better now?" He said with a smile.

"Yeah…I'm feeling a ton better…I appreciate you asking…and watching over me."

Gavin turned around and sighed with relief.

"We were not informed of what happened to you. I was afraid you had been injured. That was why Drago and I were guarding you."

"No for once it had nothing to do with that…I was just fatigued from everything that has happened…once I saw…"

"Excuse me…Master Elias?" Tails interrupted.

"Hey Tails…do you have any information on the…"

"Yes Master." Tails interrupted again. "It is indeed your twin brother in the chamber. Do you remember when you were put through genome therapy?"

I thought about it for a few moments before answering.

I was thirteen when Father put me through it…so it was six years or so ago…"

Tails said nothing, so I asked him what that had to do with anything.

"Master…your twin is thirteen. Same ago you say you were when you went through the training."

I got out of the bed quickly at this point and started walking back to the clone chamber.

"Drago…Gavin…thank you for watching over me. I promise I'll talk to you and explain all of this once I'm confident in what is going on."

Drago nodded and followed Gavin out of the room. I watched as they entered their own barracks…I smiled as I heard the laughter of a few of my warriors.

"Thanks for keeping me from calling it a clone Tails…I might have caused them to think I wasn't the real Elias."

Tails turned to me and shrugged. "Perhaps you aren't…perhaps he is the real one…but I don't think I could prove it either way…"

I gulped…thinking that I was a clone…was unacceptable.

"However, there is a video on the computer named 'Elias' that I wouldn't watch without your permission. It might assist in telling us what your Father was thinking."

"Good. Show me the video. I have to know what my Father did to me."

Tails opened the video and within seconds I saw my Father alive and well. Sonic's uncle was with my father…he certainly looked better than last I saw him.

"Charles, is the treatment ready?" My father said.

"Yes…the genome serum is ready to be given to your son…he will no longer be the son you knew…are you okay with that?"

"Yes Charles…my son is much more interested in peace than his job to protect his people. It is the only way to make him understand. He is much too weak to fight in his current condition…this…this is the only way Charles…I wouldn't do it if I didn't have any other choice."

I was brought into the room and my Father hugged me before having me placed into the chamber that currently sat empty in my time…

Which was a relief to me as that meant I was not a clone…

I was drug into the chamber screaming and begging my father to not change me…it was a bit pathetic looking back on it…although those memories had been erased from my mind.

After a few hours I was released from the chamber…I was standing tall with my chest puffed out and I certainly looked more confident and mature than I had when forced into the chamber.

"Son…how do you feel?"

"Feel? I…Feel…amazing…the serum worked…my body…is so much stronger now."

"Good my Son…now listen and obey my words."

I watched my younger self nod and my shoulders slumped slightly as Father had apparently made me submissive as well.

That made what had been happening to me lately make a ton more sense.

"I will listen and obey your words Father." My younger self droned.

"Good my son…listen to my words…listen and obey."

I had to shake his voice out of my head…whatever he had done to me was still inside of me….even after all I'd been through.

"My son…you are no longer permitted to lead the diplomatic corps…you are now going to lead the 1st Division…my best units are in this division. You have the knowledge and the strength to lead them."

"I will no longer lead the diplomatic corps…will take the 1st division."

"That's right son…you will do this. You will no longer refuse to fight…you are now my best warrior."

"I…will…fight…" My younger self said slowly.

"Good. The group is waiting for you. I want you to take them to the highlands and try to recruit the dragons that live there. We need them if we are going to win this war.

"I will take them…to…the highlands…recruit…Dragons…"

My father put his hand on my shoulder. "Good my boy…now I want you to regain your senses. Just remember that my voice must be obeyed always."

I was angered at my father…but deep down I understood why he did it…I was a foolish spoiled child that didn't want to fight…it was the only choice he had…if I had just willingly done it.

"I…will…obey…voice…" My younger self then brought his shoulders up and looked confident in himself.

"Father, I will take the 1st division immediately to the highlands. I will not fail you."

"Good my son. Please hurry. Time is short."

Father wasn't kidding about the time being short. I would be ambushed before I made it to the highlands and even with my enhanced mind and body I was unable to keep my men alive…or at least Mobian. Most of them were taken to a Robian factory and turned.

I watched as I ran from the room, unaware of what was to come.

My father turned his attention to the chamber that currently held my clone…and I noticed that something had been forming inside.

"Charles, I take the cloning of Elias was successful?"

I swallowed hard…I had to know why.

"It was…the clone will be completed within the next few days. He will be an exact copy of your son. Age, personality…the submission to you. He will be indistinguishable from the original."

"Good. I fear Elias may not survive the mission I sent him on…but there was no one else…no else I'd trust or send. St. John is just not reliable enough…and the wolf corps is too unpredictable. He is literally all I have…your nephew will be a great leader one day…but he isn't ready."

Sonic…he was talking about Sonic.

Father actually was afraid he'd sent me to my death…

"Charles, make sure to do the backup plan…make the clone think he is a twin of Elias…not an exact copy. If we are wiped out and Elias manages to live…he will need assistance…and this clone will be just as smart as he is…and just as strong as well. Elias will need to be able to control him…"

"I can easily do that…but why?" Charles asked.

"I just have a feeling…that we need to have a plan B and C and D…."

"Do you have a name for the clone?" My father said.

"How about Ethan?" Charles suggested.

"I also want you to make sure…."

The video suddenly ended.

My father had had noble intention indeed with changing me and creating the clone…even if I was pissed beyond belief that he did it…I had done the same thing in creating Tai and controlling the slaves.

I looked at my 'twin' and decided I would release him as Father had made him submissive to me. It would obey and would be able to help me far more than anyone else I currently had.

Tails looked at me with his controlled stare and I knew I'd have to explain it to him.

"Tails…this is my twin...we must release him."

"Strange…I didn't remember you having a twin Master…but I am not here to question you. I will release him."

I watched as my younger self was released and I stood silently as he stumbled out of the chamber and fell to the ground.

I rushed to my clone and helped him off the floor…he seemed very confused and extremely scared so I embraced him in hopes of calming him.

"Who…who are you?" My thirteen year old voice whimpered. "You…you look familiar…but you aren't my father…what…what is going on?"

"I am not our father…he is dead. I am Elias…and I am your brother."

The clone focused his eyes on me for a few moments and he began to recognize me.

"Elias…brother…if father is dead…then…then I must obey you."

The clone's eyes glazed over as he awaited some sort of command…much like I was in the video. I supposed I'd have to give him some commands to start out. I didn't want to control myself…even if it wasn't me…I didn't want to see it.

"You are my twin…you are Ethan…do you remember?" I said as I helped my clone stand up.

"I…remember…twin…Ethan…"

"You will obey commands I give you but you will no longer act submissive towards me…you are my brother and I will not have you acting like a slave."

"I…will obey…" Ethan said as he shook his head and the submissive look disappeared.

I watched the clone process where he was and he looked at me with a smile that slowly changed to a frown.

"Brother? You have aged? What did the genome serum do to you? Did I get older too?"

"No…you didn't get older…you've been in stasis for six years. I'm now nineteen. I've been through a shit ton while you've been sleeping."

"You look it…you look a lot older than nineteen brother…and you look so tired."

Ethan looked over at Tails and then back to me. "Is that Tails…he looks so much older too…and something looks wrong with his eyes."

"That is what six years of fighting does to a person Ethan. You will probably understand sooner than later as I need you to join me in the fight. Tails has been put under mind control and I am trying to fix it…trying to fix everything…but I need you."

"Me? But…I've never been in a fight before…how useful will I be?" Ethan said looking down at the ground.

"Ethan…you have that serum running through your veins. You are stronger, faster and smarter than any normal thirteen year old. Can't you tell how different you are than before the serum?"

"I feel different…things are easier to comprehend…I feel much closer to you than before…far more willingly to follow your commands than before…"

I turned the boy to the chamber so he could see his reflection. He gasped and ran his hands down his frame.

"Brother…I…I'm…muscular…like…all the older soldiers…wow! I wanted to be like them…but I never thought I'd be as strong as a wolf!"

"You are stronger than any fully Mobian wolf…but not one that has been modified by Robotnik." A voice said from behind."

I turned and could see the red of Drago glowing from the dark of the hallway.

"Unit will remind you of the strength of a wolf. Unit will defeat you and bring you back to the Master!"

"Drago? What are you talking about?" I said with concern. "What Master? You were freed from Robotnik's control!"

"Unit will not discuss its Master with enemy. Unit will execute commands. Unit will kill Elias."

"Ethan…get behind me…I will end this."