"What the hell are you talking about?" Sonic asked.
Knuckles looked at him… "Rouge told me… without actually telling me…" he said.
"And how did she do that?" Tails asked.
"Maybe she was thinking it or something… I don't know…" Knuckles said.
How did you know that she said it, Knuckles? All you know was that you heard someone talking in your head… talking… or thinking? Knuckles asked himself.
"Look, Shadow… I know it's crazy… but I hear someone talking in my head…" Rouge said.
"You're definitely crazy…" Shadow said.
"It sounds like…" Rouge was saying.
"Like?" Shadow asked anxiously.
"Like Knuckles…" Rouge said.
"Are you sure it's Knuckles… or are you believing it's Knuckles?" Shadow asked her.
You know what? I don't know…
Don't know what?
Rouge gasped. Who is that?
That's what I want to know!
"I've got it!" Tails said aloud.
"Got what?" Sonic asked.
"You see… both of them have something in their bodies that prevent it from getting worse… Though it may seem like a regular headache, it's much worse. These 'headaches' of yours kill the precious brain cells that you use to determine reality from fantasy." Tails said quickly.
"So?" Sonic asked.
"So… if it was Knuckles who robbed the museum… I'm not saying that it is you… I'm not accusing you or anything… but… you might think it as a dream instead of reality…" Tails said.
"How do I… er… we fix this?" Knuckles asked.
"Well… since I did say that you both have something that prevent it…" Tails started.
"You guys gotta…" Sonic was interrupted.
Ding dong the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it…" Sonic said.
Sonic opened the door. Knuckles got a slight headache… but only slight.
"Shadow? What the hell are you doing here?" Sonic asked.
Shadow sighed. "I'm here to… get some information…" Shadow said quietly.
"From?" Sonic asked stupidly.
Shadow took his gun out and pointed it at Sonic's forehead. "Look faker, it's bad enough that I have to talk to Knuckles… so don't make it worse…" Shadow said.
Sonic let Shadow in. Shadow walked up to Knuckles and put his gun away. "Let's get this over with…" Shadow whispered to himself.
"So… why you?" Knuckles asked. Although he already knew the answer… he wanted to hear it from Shadow.
"If you want Rouge… she's out there… of course… she doesn't want to get near you or anything…" Shadow said.
"Okay…" Knuckles whispered.
"First… where were you last night?" Shadow asked.
"I… have no idea… I can't remember anything from that night… but I remember everything before it… like my early morning walk." Knuckles said.
"Wait… your walk… you got attacked by G.U.N. robots… and so did Rouge… at the museum." Shadow said.
"But… how can they do this?" Knuckles asked him.
"They probably released some sort of gas that would go through your respiratory system… follow your blood cells to your brain… then damage your brain cells." Tails interrupted.
"Shut it, foxboy…" Shadow said.
"Knuckles, I built something that will allow you near Rouge temporarily." Tails said.
"Why do I need it?" Knuckles asked.
"Remember our conversation before Shadow interrupted?" Sonic asked.
"You guys were talking about something in our systems that prevented this thing from getting worse…" Knuckles said.
Shadow gasped. This is getting good. That means Knuckles and Rouge have to-
"So, let's test this out!" Tails said, not knowing that he interrupted Shadow's thought process.
Tails put something on Knuckles's head. From Knuckles's point of view, it looked like a helmet with electricity flowing through the circuits.
"Okay, so what am I supposed to do when I'm wearing this and I'm with her?" Knuckles asked.
"Umm… well…" Tails said.
"Er… Just talk to her! Get to know her a bit more…" Sonic said.
"I have to watch this… The worst they'll do to each other is kill each other." Shadow said with a slight smile.
"Nu-uh! I'm not conversationing when someone's watching." Knuckles said.
"Conversationing isn't a word." Shadow said as-a-matter-of-factly.
"Umm… well… you have to…" Tails said.
"Why?" Knuckles asked.
"Because you'll refuse if you knew what we were planning…" Tails said.
"What is it?" Knuckles asked.
"You still didn't get it?" Sonic asked a bit furious.
"You'll have to find some way to share DNA." Shadow said mischievously.
"How the HELL do I do that?" Knuckles asked angrily.
"Well… add it up," Sonic said.
"I'll put you guys in an isolated room…" Tails said.