---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*********Timeline: Right after Josh left Bookshire's**********

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapter Two: Project Gene exposed

Josh left the hut and preceded towards his own hut, although not aware of the present behind himself. Only a few feet away from his hut when Josh finally notices the figure tailing him. Taking out a cork, plugging the beaker, throwing it into the air, head locking the Mobian, and catching the falling beaker; this was all accomplished faster then Sonic ever could have done just one of the actions!

"Josh," a now laughing Tails spoke, "what's the deal, can't sneak up on you anymore?" An equally laughing Josh replied after releasing Tails, out of all the people in Knothole Tails was the only one Josh could really call a friend, "sorry Tails just high strung, still your just the person I needed to see." "Really why," questioned the fox. "Can't say out side too many will hear, come inside," finished Josh while leading Tails inside the huge hut.

Tails was amazed at the hut, although he knew that Josh possessed the technology, but still. Inside was a huge bed, by Mobian standard, on one side of the hut followed by a large bookcase then a table on the other side and two windows could be seen on to the left of the bed and the other on the right of the table. On top of the table were loads of science equipment, like a mad scientists lab Tails mentally laughed. Josh poured the contents of the beaker he was holding outside into a funnel that led into a tube and into loads of other beakers and such.

"Well what do you think of my hut?" Asked Josh who was still tending to the chemicals in front of him. "It's incredible, but this isn't why you brought me here is it?" Asked the two-tailed fox. "Very good Tails you are right I do have a hidden agenda, well we have become rather good friends over the last few days haven't we Tails?" Josh responded and Tails replied, "of course we have your very kind to me and help me a lot, I just wish I could help you in some way. . . pausing, looking a little downcast it's just that I just don't feel right in taking so much from you and not being able to repay you since whatever I give you, you might already have."

"Well you do have something I would like but would not take without your expressed permission," Josh said. "What is it?" Asked Tails, Josh just smiled and walked over to the bookcase and pulled out a blue book from the center, the bookcase instantly vanished, reveling a door. Josh walked to the door entered a code into the keypad on the side of the door and walked in after the door opened, waving Tails in. "Welcome to my laboratory!" Said Josh causing all the lights in the room to activate, reveling a huge lab does Dexter's Lab ring a bell?. Tails could not even see the end, along the sides of the walls were computers, experiments, workerbots, and a little down the way was Kim next to an enormous computer station.

"It's about time that you got the enzyme," Kim started without even turning around, "I entered it into the formula, I just finished the proper equations and the machine is ready, Project Gene will be completed five minutes after you get the DNA from subject A and B." Now turning around to see a pleased human and a shocked fox looking at the lab. "You brought Tails into the lab!" "Is this a problem, it's my lab and I need to ask him first I'll get Sonic is later." "Why do you need my DNA," asked a now alert Tails.

"Well Tails," Josh sat down and began, "it's like this ever since I came to Mobius I knew I could never fit in, I look too much like an overlander, so I began to think of a way to change that and it hit me to create Project Gene. Gene is a project designed to alter my DNA by fusing it with a Mobian's and since we are very much alike, no families anymore and we don't fit in, I thought I could ask you if I could alter my DNA and become a two-tailed fox and become your adopted big brother sort of," finished Josh.

Tails now crying taking an offered tissue from Kim questioned, "but why Sonic?" And Josh replied simply, "with your ability to fly, Sonic's super speed, and my intellect, do you know how sweet a mix that would be?" A know full informed Tails adds, "It would be great and I love the idea I will be able to repay you and get a brother to boot!" Finished an excited fox who was being led out of the lab with Josh, Kim stayed to finish the project.

After exiting the lab the bookcase reappeared, Josh explained it was a hologram, and Josh led Tails over to the table. "Ok Tails this needle showing a medium sized needle will take some blood seeing Tails back slowly away and don't worry they are a special kind of needle so sharp that you won't feel a thing." "Yeah tell that to Sally or Bookshire when they give me that line," Tails recalled. "Trust me," Josh finished. Josh moved the needle into position and Tails closed his eyes awaiting the puncture of the skin, but it never came. Opening his eyes Tails is shocked to see Josh adding a full needle of blood into the formula.

"How on Mobius did you do that, without any pain at all?" Asked a puzzled fox and Josh replied after disposing the needle, "well like I said the needle is so sharp that when it punctures the skin the nerves are not sensitive enough to realize the tip of the needle." "Wow I guess I should have suspected something like this from you," finished Tails. "Yes, well that is it I'll call you when it is ready and make sure you don't tell anyone just yet about Gene. Just incase someone confronts you Josh gives Tails a small cube that cube is an emergency transporter, just say 'activate' and it will transport you one hundred feet away from your location then come directly to me, 'k?" Completed Josh while going to the door with Tails.

"Right," started Tails, "I'll make sure to keep my mouth shut," Tails closed to the door and preceded to his hut, holding the cube. When Tails left four figures could barely be seen creeping up to the back of the large hut, their names Sally, Sonic, Bunnie, and Bookshire. And all four Mobians looked in to the human and he sat next to a table full of chemical equipment. "Are you sure," started Kim on a monitor next to Josh, "it was wise to tell Tails about Project Gene, it is just not logical," stated Kim. "Well unlike you I like to ask permission before I include people into my experiments," Josh began, "anyway shut off all audio, video, and sensors, I want your full processing power on Gene, I'm going to find Sonic got to have a talk about something," finished the human who picked up a little cylinder object before leaving the hut.

"Sonic get back to your hut and keep Josh busy for as long as possible," Sally began shouting out orders, "Bookshire see if you can make heads or tails out of that equipment pointing to the table inside, and Bunnie and I will go to Tails' hut and get him to tell us about this 'Project Gene', everyone clear?" Finished the squirrel princess, all nodded and left to do their own roles in this plan.

************************************************************************

OOOOHHHH another cliffhanger!

Evil aren't I?

So will Josh be able to complete Project Gene or will Sally screw it up?

You might find out next chapter