Chaos: Review responses!

Sonic/anime: Scared? Already? You ain't seen nothing yet! Heheheheh...

Namelessmoonshine: Wait, how can you be nameless if your name is moonshine? Oh, err, response, erm...no, I've not heard the name Cinos before...

KellyR: Glad you like it. (bobs) Thankees!

star's dreams: Hi! I like your name! Hehe. Glad you are liking of the story.

N.Harmonic: Haha, you're predicting the plot already! Oh, and about Shax...I've heard that name somewhere...but no, I never heard Cinos before, as I mentioned earlier.

Kirbs: Yep, Sonic's really in for it. Mwahahahahah.

Ladymecha: Hiya! Oh, the Cinos thing I wrote on an impulse...but thanks all the same! Reviews always appreciated.

Spawn of 84: Hey, did you notice that you and Kirbyboth wrote 'feel my wrath' in your reviews? This is not making me feel relaxed! But, but, don't stop reviewing! (gulp)

Flower: Sooo, on with the story! With thanks to Az the Dragon for giving me inspiration without realising...you rock, Az!

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Amy was still glaring. "What are you here for, Cinders?"

"I am Cinos. I am here to intercept intruders." No, no, that was wrong! That was what Master, err, Robotnik, had told him to do. But he always did what Master said? No, it was to cover up...something...

"Are you ok?" She was frowning slightly, eyes suddenly fixated on his normal ear.

"I am fine."

"Where are Sonic and Tails?"

Sonic...? He knew only Tails, currently in his cell. Sonic...? Then a pair of red eyes appeared around the corner. Metal Sonic was sneaking up behind Amy. He looked at Cinos suspiciously, wondering why he wasn't attacking.

Sonic...?

He heard himself saying, "I cannot tell you where Tails is."

"Then where's Sonic?"

Sonic...? Mecha had paused, waiting for his response. It was a while coming.

"There is no Sonic here. You are an intruder. I must take you to Master." She didn't appear to be listening.

"What's with your ear?"

She was starting to worry him. He outstretched his claws, and said, "You will come with me." She backed away a step, and Metal Sonic's eyes gleamed ruthlessly. At that moment, another being ran around the corner, barrelling straight into Mecha.

He was a hedgehog, black with red streaks, Cinos noticed. He didn't recognise him. Mecha had toppled forward in surprise, and was in a losing position, pinned to the floor by the hedgehog's weight. Cinos looked at Amy, running around the corner. Escaping.

The intruding hedgehog…atop Mecha, tying to prise away the control panel, blocking the passageway. Amy…escaping. He moved suddenly towards the black hedgehog, which looked up at him in surprise.

Then he had kicked it in the face and jumped over. Mecha could deal with it now. He raced around after Amy through two corridors, and collided with yet another animal. It was a red echidna this time, and they both fell in a heap.

He stopped and looked at its fist, held an inch in front of his eyes. "Don't move." the echidna warned. He froze, kneeling on the floor. Somehow the echidna had regained its footing, and was staring at his uncovered spines with a strange expression.

"...Sonic?"

"I am Cinos."

"Are you a robot?"

"No. I have been robotized."

"What's that?"

Cinos dimly remembered an explanation. The fox...Tails...had said it, a long while ago. He repeated the half-remembered words back to the echidna.

"Robotisization is the process whereby an animal is coated with metal and has their mind enslaved, and they work for Robotnik mindlessly." The echidna paused for a moment, its expression changing from wariness to confusion, and then to horror.

"Oh my god! Sonic, what has he done to you?"

"I am Cinos. You are an Intruder...I must take you to Master."

"...I don't believe this. Did Tails get robota...robotiz...thingy too?"

"Not yet."

"Where is he?!"

"I cannot tell you where Tails is. You are an Intruder. I must take you to Master."

The echidna's jaw set. "I'd like to see you try, Sonic. You couldn't beat me before, and you can't now."

"I am CINOS." he yelled, leaping up. He caught the echidna by surprise and it tripped, and slid down the metal floor of the corridor. Cinos landed, and raced away, back to Master.

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Chaos: Y'know, I actually felt sick writing that last sentence...ah well.

Flower: Welp, the next chapter will be up the moment I think people are grovelling enough! Or in a week if I get no reviews...(shifty eyes)