Well, it feels strange going from the Mlaatr interviews to Overlay Syndrome, they are just so different in ever way, but I like them both. Now for an additional disclamer for one scene in this chapter:

In addition to now owning Mlaatr, I also don't own Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

So now, on to the reviews:

Chapter one reviews:

-hyper monkey

XTied up to a chairX see? I didn't fall! Yay! Hehe well anyways now to ask the one questions reviewers asked "WHAT HAPPENED TO MRS.WAKEMAN?!" well yeah what did happen to her? Hehe well anyways the sooner the chapter the sooner I know and in short: can't wait for chapter 9! Hehe yeah looks around is anyone gonna untie me?

You will discover soon enough, but I can't reveal everything, now can I? I suppose I could untie you... Xpulls out greatswordX now, hold perfectly still...

-Randomessent

-Your story has a very interesting plot and it is easy to see that you have talent in the writing area. A suggestion: After uploading your story, you might want to preview it to locate any errors that you might have missed when typing the story. Also, "your" is possesive, while "you're" is really "you are." Just keep that in mind when writing. Other than that, great story! Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the help, and the complements, it is greatly appreciated!

Well, that's it for reviews; now brace yourself for my next chapter!

Jenny was still confused about what she had seen, but she found it was easy to relax at the mall, she came there so often, she got almost no odd stares, and she was very much enjoying her time relaxing there.

"So Jen" Brad said, "What do you want to do now?"

"Anything normal, somehow, I think it wont stay that way..."

Meanwhile...

Tuck looked out over the city, standing on a rooftop, thinking to himself.

"What's on you mind, kid?" the Silver Shell said, sitting on a ledge beside him, XJ-6 was nowhere in sight.

"I was thinking...about our past" Tuck said, looking off into the blue sky.

Silver Shell looked off into the sky also for a time.

For a while, no one said anything, and then Silver Shell said, "you miss him, don't you Tuck?"

"Five years, one-third of my whole life, and I still can't forget about him...about my brother" Tuck replied.

Silver shell looked over to him, then said "No, but if you could, would you want to?"

"No" he replied, "Brad is half the reason I fight, I came THIS close to embracing him back there, Sheldon!" he held his fingers inches apart for effect.

"Heh, please don't call me that, I stopped being Sheldon back in the accident"

"Another casualty of war, we've all felt the sting of loss here, no doubt about that" Tuck said solemnly.

"Speaking of which" Tuck added "Where IS XJ-6?"

"She said she wanted to look around, but we all know she needs to clear her head, I thought she was gonna shoot Jenny back there!" Shell Said.

Tuck looked back over, and said "I can't entirely blame her, she has the most reason to be upset after all!"

Meanwhile...

XJ-6 stood atop the Tremorton suspension bridge, gazing down at the cars zooming by below. In truth she was not watching the people, she was remembering...

Chaos was everywhere; people and robots running everywhere in a panic. The alarm blared continually, the whole starship would be overrun or destroyed in minutes.

XJ-6 could barely move, she was in the arms of here sister XJ-4, as she rocketed forward on her treads, carrying her battle damaged sister to the escape pods.

In a large chamber, just down the hall from the pods, she saw XJ-7, a combat-modified XJ-3, and a scared looking XJ-2, her hiccups held in check by her own fear.

"What happened to 6?" XJ-7 asked. "She was attacked, I barely got her out in time" XJ-4 responded, more speed and confidence in her voice than she had had before. "it was Jenny"

"Aw slag! Not her! ...We'll have to help 6 later, we need to get to those pods now!" XJ-7 said, a note of panic in her voice, she wanted to get out of here fast.

All four of them rushed down the corridor, into the room where the pods were.

The room looked like a disaster site, the rest of the surviving crew was already gone, and a single pod remained, ready for boarding.

"Looks like we will have to share" XJ-4 said

They dared not fly through the vacuum without it, the enemy would gun them down before they could get far enough away, and the pod was much faster.

They gently set XJ-6 in the pod first, but before they could get aboard themselves, they heard a voice behind them. "Where do you think your going, dear sisters?"

They all spun around and saw XJ-9

The greatest traitor in the entire war...

Jenny

"I'm afraid you won't be going anywhere, you're all finished!" she announced, the four-armed robots guarding the exits. Before any of them could react, Jenny whipped out her laser...

And blasted XJ-7 in half

The broken body seemed to fall in slow motion, the other XJs watching in horror. All save for Jenny, who never flinched.

"no..." XJ-6 whispered faintly, but she could do no more

"I always thought that if it ever came down to it" XJ-4 said "you would show us mercy, but I was wrong, there is nothing left of the sister I loved in there!" she pointed dramatically at Jenny as she said this, but her determined look changed to horror as she saw...

XJ-2 and XJ-3 were stepping in between Jenny and their two remaining sisters. It was a tragic display of love, doomed to fail from the beginning.

Jenny smiled, then as quick as a flash droped to the floor and send XJ-2 into the wall. She his with a sickening crunch, and fell to the floor. She was still alive, but hurt horribly, and writhed in the closest thing to pain a robot can feel. She emmited faint gasping sounds, trying to get up, and failing.

XJ-6 would have put her poor sister out of her suffering right there, but she could still do nothing. She was tortured by her inability to act.

XJ-3 charged forward, a short beam sword extending from her right hand. She let loose a squeak-like battle cry and jumped at Jenny. In a swift motion, Jenny side-stepped the clumsy attack, grabbed the right arm, and pulled it out of its socket.

XJ-4 looked on with horror, too shocked to move.

XJ-3 fell to the floor, squealing in pain, clutching the stump of her arm as oil dribbled out. Jenny looked amused at her pain.

Jenny then reached down with slow deliberation to her, but about then XJ-4 stepped in, slamming into Jenny, and sending her over to the far side of the room.

She quickly recovered, and got back up, saying "your going to pay for that!"

XJ-4 said, "I am not afraid of what you do to me!"

"Oh" Jenny says, "It's not what I'll do to you, it's what I'll do in front of you!"

She quickly launched an electric net, pinning XJ-4 to the wall.

"Now then, where was I?" Jenny said, turning to the quivering form of XJ-3.

"No...please...oh god...no..." XJ-6 moaned, she managed to raise her right arm a bit, but had to drop it immediately

Jenny grabbed XJ-3's head, held her high in the air, and started to squeeze. She was deliberately slow, watching XJ-4 writhe in a helpless attempt to get free and save her. Then with a final movement, poor XJ-3's head caved in with a crunch, a spurt of oil splattered over the floor.

Something snapped in XJ-4, it was worse than any injury, she had given into despair.

"No...no...nonono...all my fault, could have saved them, could have stopped have...all my fault..." she mumbled.

Jenny turned to her, aimed a laser cannon at her head, and just before firing, said: "yes, it is all you fault"

Then she fired.

A single oil tear ran down XJ-6's face, she managed to faintly whisper "no..."

"Now for you." Jenny said as she headed toward XJ-6, her laser cannon still deployed, she took careful aim...

and was surprised to see the escape pod door close.

A small energy burst from behind her had hit the control panel, and set the automatic launch sequence. XJ-2 had just saved XJ-6's life with the last of her energy.

"You worm!" Jenny shouted, and wasted the writhing form on the ground with her gun.

She ordered the drones back to there ship, they were leaving.

XJ-6 watched all this with tears in her eyes, but just then the spherical pod launched her into space.

The last image she saw was the ship breaking apart, as the larger enemy vessel pulled away from it, and then she knew no more.

XJ-6 awoke from her trance, discovered that she was crying, and wiped them off. She then said, "I still remember what I vowed you all"

She jumped off the bridge, and began grinding down the rail of the bridge, sending sparks everywhere.

"I promise you...REVENGE!"

To be continued...

WOOT! That one was da shizzle! You may recognize that last line above, if so, a cookie for you!

Well, nothing like a dark flashback to clear the sinuses (it works, trust me) my only regret is how many times I had to type out the letters XJ! Seriously, it was driving me nuts!

Well, hope you all liked this, and the minor spin-off as well! Send a review to tell me what you truly thought!