I shoved my clone behind me and blocked him from the charging wolf as he mindlessly attacked me. It was clear Drago was not in his own mind again as he was sluggish in attacking. I was able to lay him out with one hit to his muzzle.

"Is that all you've got Drago? I trained you so much better than this!"

Drago groaned but did not attempt to move or get up.

"Tails…do we have a non lethal way to deal with him?"

Tails took a syringe filled with tranquilizer and knocked him out.

"That works. Thank you Tails."

"No problem Master. I hear and obey always."

Ethan peered out from behind me and walked towards Drago and began to inspect him.

"What…what is that thing?" Ethan said in a trembling voice. "I don't recognize him…brother…who…is he?"

"His name is Drago Wolf. I found him a few months ago. He's pretty young and I promised him that I'd keep him safe…which I've failed to do yet again. He was captured by Robotnik and turned against me, but I thought I'd solved that issue. I guess I was wrong."

Before Ethan could answer Gavin came running into the room and I heard a huge gasp behind me.

"Brother! A human! A human is in here!" Ethan growled and attempted to attack, but I grabbed him from his back fur and he stopped.

"Brother…why did you stop me from attacking that human? Don't tell me you have them on your team?"

"I am indeed on your side. Master? Who is that?"

"Long story, I'll explain it later. What happened to Drago?

"Brother! Why is…" I put my hand over my clone's mouth. Was I this annoying as a kid?

"Not now Ethan. Gavin…what happened?"

"Well…Tai and I were watching the front with Drago and all of a sudden he grabbed his head and started howling. The next thing I know Tai is knocked out and Drago is screaming that he has to finish the commands he had been given. I tried to stop him, but he's a bit stronger than me and he managed to hit me pretty hard…Looks like you didn't have much trouble with him though."

"No…but I trained him. Not to mention he moves so slow when he's under mind control. I just don't understand why he regressed back. I thought I'd finally fixed the issue."

Tails walked over to the computer console and attached Drago's wrist computer to the console. He then went to the computer and started looking for answers to the change in Drago.

"Master…look…the wrist computer on Drago is corrupted…that would explain why he went nuts. We need to defrag it and hope that when he wakes up he will be normal again. At least…I think it will make him normal again…I would prefer to remove all of the hardware."

I nodded and Tails went ahead and started the process.

"It will take a few hours…if he would awaken beforehand…"

"Ethan and I will sit with him. You get back to work making the serum to break your mind control."

"As you command Master. I will try to make it…but its looking grim. I am unable to get it to work."

"Keep trying Tails…Gavin, go take care of Tai…make sure he's ok."

Ethan and I were alone with the unconscious wolf. My twin seemed to have a lot of questions, but I wasn't sure how I'd answer them all and not reveal that he was a clone.

"Brother…why…um…why did you leave me in that chamber for six years? Why let me out now?"

Gods…I had to be careful. I really had no clue he'd been trapped here.

"Ethan, I had no clue you were even here. Father sent me off with the 1st Battalion right after they completed my genome therapy. As a matter of fact…I assumed that you were dead or turned into one of the Robians. You being in that chamber was as big of shock to me as finding that you'd been in there for six years."

"You thought I was dead?" Ethan said surprised. "Did you think I'd let a human do me in?"

"Father was gone…Charles was gone…Sonic was gone…well…not on our side…Knuckles is a Robian…the list goes on…so yeah…I think me assuming the worst was pretty typical of what I've dealt with."

"Wait…how many are gone now?" Ethan said as his eyes widened.

"Tails, Drago and Conner are really the only Acornian subjects with me right now. Everyone else is either under the human's mind control or under Robotnik's command…there are some small factions still out there, but they are few and far between."

"So…all of our friends…Father…Sister"

"Dead…Robians…missing…" I said.

"I have missed so much…why did Father leave me here?" Ethan said as he pounded his fists on the floor. "I have so much I was supposed to do…why? Why did he do it!?"

"I don't know…I was attacked almost immediately after meeting with my group. They were all captured or killed and I was left with some of the bodies…they weren't too smart…assumed I was dead. By the time I was able to make it back home it was being run by Robotnik. So I ran…I ran away and tried to find others…I looked for several years and found no one willingly to join me. When I finally was contacted by the resistance the war was no longer a war…we had lost…however we have never given up…although…it seems pretty hopeless right now."

"So…you couldn't have helped me…you were dealing with your own problems…that must be why when I look in your eyes you look so worn down."

"One of the many reasons…" I sighed. "I've been mentally attacked so many times over the past five months that I can't believe I even remember my name."

Ethan looked at me oddly. "What do you mean?"

"I've been enslaved by several people…but I've managed to fight it…barely. I was no different than Tails is…but I managed to fight it."

However before Ethan could ask any other questions, I heard footfalls in the hall…

"Master…Tails said Drago went crazy? Can I look at the console?" Conner said as he peeked into the room.

"Fine with me. Perhaps we can get him back faster if you look."

Ethan looked at Conner with awe. He had to recognize him as we knew him.

"Conner? You are huge now! How did you get so strong?"

Conner looked at me then at Ethan. "I have done a lot of genome work on myself…I actually even had your brother under my control at one point…didn't I?"

"Yes you did…but we fixed that didn't we?"

"Yes…I realized my mistake and this is my punishment…but I do enjoy obeying you…you are actually a good Master…you care about everyone…something I didn't do…and should have done. However it wasn't my fault the Master was so easy to control…"

I glared at Conner…he had known Father made my mind easier to manipulate long before I did.

"Brother I cannot believe all of this has happened…"

"Yes…we are not in the best situation right now…but we still have a chance…even if it is very slight."

"Sean, get in here…help me out with Drago." Conner yelled.

Within a few seconds I could hear running and Sean appeared in the doorway.

"This unit must obey. This unit will assist Conner."

Sean walked to Conner and began silently helping him as best he could…he was at one time a fairly smart human…but I wasn't sure how he was in his current condition.

"I see you have a human slave…Father would be pleased." Ethan growled.

"I made Sean into the slave he is…" Cole said from the corridor. " I am able to create drones thanks to my father and Robotnik changing me into a hybrid human/cyborg. "

Cole's eyes flashed red at my brother. "I am Cole." Cole extended his hand to Ethan. "I am pleased to serve you."

Ethan stared at the hand for more than a few awkward moments.

"Ethan, the human is not your enemy. We were fed nothing but lies as kids. Humans and Mobians are far more alike than you'd ever have thought. His body…our bodies…they are so much alike …he is our friend."

"No. Humans cannot be friends. They can be slaves to us…but they cannot be our friends…they've hurt us too much…Robotnik and his followers have taken too much! Our father! Our mother…friends…all gone Elias…all…gone…don't you understand?"

"Gavin, Sean and I were never against Mobians….we were forced to hurt your people. We had not choice." Cole said with a frown. "I personally was friends with several Mobians…and I had to watch them die. It haunts me."

Ethan spit.

"Human…unless you are as mindless as Sean you have no reason to be near me. I cannot…and will not…"

"Ethan! You will respect our friends! We have no other options! They are on our side….you need to calm down!"

Ethan growled. "No brother. They are not worth anything to us!"

I did not understand why he wouldn't listen to my commands…he was supposed to. Did father change his commands after I left?

"We need to make all the humans as mindless as Sean! There are no good unless they are slaves to us!"

Ethan knocked Sean to the ground and kicked him.

"Ethan. If you don't stop mistreating my friends, then you will pay. I do not know what has overtaken your mind…but I'm infuriated with you…and I will stop you."

Ethan stopped…then turned and kicked him one last time. "Whatever you say…brother…"

I looked over at Cole and gave him the nod of approval. I closed my eyes and sighed. I had no choice.

Cole stepped in front of Ethan and inserted one tendril into his neck. The look of surprise was still on Ethan's face when Cole stepped away.

"Cole…is his actual mind still intact?"

"Yes. I have not taken his will permanently."

"Good." I turned to Ethan who was still standing with that look of surprise on his face. "Ethan, can you hear me?"

"Yes…" Ethan droned. "I can hear you."

"Who am I?" I asked.

"The Master." Ethan droned. "My reason for existing."

"That is right Ethan, you think that the humans deserve to be slaves…then you can be one…see how they feel."

"I feel nothing except what I am told to feel." Ethan droned. "Is there something you request I feel?"

"Yes. When you see a human…you feel the same as if you were next to your best friend. You will feel safe…unless they try to harm you…then you can harm them. Love our human friends Ethan. I command it."

"I will treat them as you command." Ethan droned. "You are my only reason to live…I must obey you."

"Good. Now…why did you not listen to me before…why did you hurt our friends."

"I was commanded to hate humans by my father. He programmed me to hate them…to enslave them."

"Why?"

"I was not told why. I only did what I was programmed to do."

"You will ignore that programming from now on Ethan. You will only do what I say."

"Acknowledged." Ethan droned. "I have purged that command from my mind."

"Good. Now listen and obey me. Cole only put you under my suggestion…you are not truly a slave yet. I want you to awaken with my new commands programmed into your mind. However there is one other command I want you to do."

"Whatever you desire."

"I want you to be infatuated with me…I am your older brother…I want you to treat me that way….also…I will keep some control of you…when I say 'Ethan, obey my words' you will become my slave again until I snap my fingers."

"It will be done and obeyed."

"What I ask you next, you will never remember…is that clear?"

"I will not have memory what you ask."

"Good. I want to know really know why Father created you. It has to be somewhere in your programming…find it."

The younger boy tensed as he searched his mind for his reason for being.

"I was created to take the place of you…Master…The Father thought you were weak. His plan was to have me take your place even if he was no longer there to command me. I would eventually remember my true purpose…kill you…then control the mobian forces…taking back the land for us and killing or enslaving all the humans that remained."

"Father…you…you had to have gone insane…" I said to myself.

"Do you want me to forget all of the programming father put into me?"

"Yes. The only commands you should obey are mine. Our father is dead…has been much longer than I thought."

"As you command Master."

I watched as my brother purged his memories that Father had poisoned him with.

"Ethan, you are now my brother…you may awaken...however you will think you have just been released again. We are starting over...lie down on the bed and then wake up."

I watched as Ethan regained his free will…or his partial will…close enough I supposed.

Ethan opened his eyes and smiled at me very differently than before.

"B…brother?" Ethan said softly. "Is…is that you? Have I finally been found? I've been asleep for so long…"

It had worked. I had reprogrammed my brother to act as he should.

"That's right brother…I have found you…after six years…I've finally found my brother."

Ethan's eyes widened. "Six years?"

"Yes Ethan…I've got a lot to tell you. So listen closely."