Hi again. For your information, I did delete the original of this story. That way, I won't try to copy stuff that happened in it. I remember the events pretty well anyway, but oh well. Oh yeah, I need to do...the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I, Ciel the Hedgehog, does not own Shadow, Sonic, or any related characters. I do, however, own Gemini and Ciel. Any resemblance between either of them and your own fancharacters is purely coincidental, for I thought up of these guys before I ever knew about this site. Actually, I created Gemini about a year ago. Yay, he's about a year old! To celebrte, how about you go read the chapter?


"Project?" Amy looked at Ciel with an odd look on her face. "You mean you're an expirament?"

"Well, I was," Ciel replied. "I guess you can say I still am. I was made by Professor Gerald Robotnik."

"I never read anything on a second hedgehog," Rouge muttered, "but he does look an awful lot like Shadow. Ciel, do you by any chance know Shadow the Hedgehog?" Ciel shook his head.

"Nope, never heard of him," Ciel answered. "I only have two brothers."

"Two?" Rouge asked, bewildered.

"Yep," Ciel said happily. "There's me, my brother Gemini, and Lex. We don't know where Lex is, though. Gemini was going after a Chaos Emerald to help find him, and he told me to keep watch. Then I got caught up in that storm, and I crashed on your house. Sorry about that."

"That's alright, I'm sure Mommy won't mind," Cream stated.

"I'm not sure I trust this guy," Blaze glared at Ciel, yellow eyes locking in a stare. "If you were created on the Ark, how come you still aren't there?" Ciel looked down nervously at his boots.

"Well, I kinda' got sick," Ciel mumbled. "I got really sick and then, I don't really remember what happened afterwards. Just a lot of gray. Next thing I know, I'm back with Gemini. And I got these wings too."

"You mean you didn't always have wings?" Blaze asked.

"Nope. I didn't have fangs either," Ciel said, pointing to his sharpened teeth. For a hedgehog, he could probably deliver one nasty bite.

"This is all really strange," Rouge muttered.

"Strange as it is, I think he's telling the truth," Amy declared. "It's too stormy outside to go anywhere, so I think he should stay here for the night."

"As long as he stays out of the bedroom, I'm fine," Blaze said, still glaring at the guy in front of here.

"No problem, I'll just stay on the couch," Ciel replied. "Don't worry about me." The older girls walked off to the bedroom to continue their Truth-or-Dare game, but Cream stayed behind.

"Mr. Ciel, is there anything I can get you?" Cream asked kindly. "A drink of water, or a blankie?"

"I'm good," Ciel replied. "I don't need to eat, drink, sleep, or any of that. Like I said, don't worry about me."

"Are you sure?" Cream asked. "Even Mr. Shadow needs to sometimes, and he's the Ultimate Lifeform!" Ciel's ears pricked up.

"Really?" Ciel asked. "He became the Ultimate Lifeform? That means something must have happened to Lex too." The winged hedgehog frowned, wondering what had happened to his brother.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Cream apologized. "I was just making sure, that's all. Goodnight Mr. Ciel." With that, Cream walked out of the room.

"Goodnight Cream," Ciel muttered, going back to his own thoughts as he stared at the ceiling.

"Maybe Lex went to Earth," Ciel said to himself. "Maybe he went with...Maria."


Back in Emerald Town, Tails was having problems with his computer.

"I don't get it," Tails cried. "Why won't the DNA show up?"

"Maybe it's your computer's security system," Shadow said. "Maybe you have to change the security."

"I'll try that," Tails muttered as he typed on his keyboard.

"Dang, you're having more trouble with this than you did with Emerl," Sonic said. "Guess this guy is a project after all."

"Thing is, I don't remember him," Shadow noted. "I was the only hedgehog on the Ark. Then this guy comes, and says he knows me. It's like Black Doom again, but without the aliens."

"And without you shooting everything that moves," Sonic added, resulting in a glare from his black counterpart.

"Password Required," the computer beeped.

"Arrgh, dangit!" Tails yelled, slamming a fist down on the table. "Password for some DNA? You've got to be kidding me!"

"Woah Tails, cool your jets," Sonic said. "Hey Shadow, maybe if you chop the computer, you can bypass the security thingy. It worked with Eggman's stuff."

"First of all, that was a one-time only thing," Shadow replied. "Last time I did that, I broke Vector's labtop. Secondly, that was with Eggman, and this hedgehog and this computer both have nothing to do with him. And finally...no."

"Just a suggestion," The blue hedgehog muttered. "It's better than the alternative."

"And what would that be?" Tails asked.

"You don't want to know," Sonic replied, "Unless you happen to have some labrats and a chilidog avaliable." Thankfully, the phone started ringing before Sonic could go on with his hair-brained scheme.

"I'll get it," Shadow said, picking up the phone.

"Yo, Sonic?" Knuckles was asking on the other side.

"This is Shadow," The dark hedgehog growled, not in the best of moods.

"Oh, hi Shadow. Look, I got a message from Tikal that you might want to see. Meet me here at Angel Island, alright? Bring Sonic and Tails with you too."

"Alright then, I'll be there," Shadow replied. Finally, maybe something that would give him answers.


Next time, Knuckles has an encounter with Gemini. What's Knuckles going to do, especially when Gemini reveals his powers? You'll just have to wait and see!