"Spike what are we going to do?" asks Amy. "I don't know, but trust me we'll be fine." replies Spike using a false smile to hide his own uncertainty. "Damn! I'm tired of jumping from shadow to shadow like some kind of fugitive." curses Brick who the punches a wall in the alley they are all hiding in nearly shattering it. "What is going to happen to us?" asks Alice, but before anyone can answer Miles practically shouts "Hey guys we're in New Tech City." "What is your point kid?" asks Brick, "Follow me." responds Miles before taking off into the night.
Everyone follows Miles until they reach a large five story building." Where are we?" asks Spike, "My favorite hideout, but we should probably take the rear entrance." responds Miles. Upon reaching the rear door Miles calls out "Door open. Authorization Prowler one.", "Voice print confirmed. Welcome home Miles." says a synthesized female voice in response. The door swings inwards and Miles enters followed by Spike and the others. Once everyone has entered the building the door closes behind them and the lights flick on and they are greeted by a large scientific laboratory. "What is this place?" asks Shou shocking everyone is the process due to the fact that this is the first thing he has said. "Umm well, this is one of the research facilities owned by my families company. The first floor is a lab, the second floor has fabrication equipment, the third houses a super computer, and the remaining two are living quarters" says Miles before walking to a computer console on the opposite side of the room. "Wow." Says Brick under his breath and Spike nods in agreement. Amy who has up until now has been sticking close to Spike's side walks over to Miles and with a menacing tone yells " So tell me "Mr. Smarty Pants" what are we doing here and what if someone sees us like this" while staring directly into his eyes. Miles takes a step back before answering "I thought I could use the equipment here to figure out what happened to us and to look for a way to reverse it. Don't worry about anyone seeing us no one was access to this building but me.". "Miles Amy and Alice look tired. Is there some where they could lie down?" asks Spike. "There are beds on the fifth floor." replies Miles who is now typing furiously in to the computer console. "Come on." says Spike before grabbing Amy and Alice each by the wrist and leading them into an elevator.
"But Spike I'm not tired. I want to stay with you." says Amy defiantly, and in response Spike steps forward and pulls Amy into a hug before saying "Amy please don't argue with me. You're stressed and scared. Trust me you'll feel better in the morning.". "Fine." says Amy softly before kissing spike on the cheek and walking into one of the bed rooms. "Goodnight Spike." says Alice who then follows Amy and closes the door behind her.
When Spike returns down stairs he finds Miles still typing, Brick standing against a wall, and Shou snoozing in a chair. Spike walks across the room to where Miles is sitting. "Miles do you know how he did this to us?" asks Spike. "I'm not sure yet, but I'm getting an idea." responds Miles. "What do you mean?" asks Spike. "While you where taking care of the girls, I used the portable terminal I took from the place we where imprisoned at to access it's computer database and I've managed to find a few things out." responds Miles. "Like what?" asks Spike after sitting down on a lab stool next to Miles. "Well there are still a lot of things I'm not sure about, but what I've managed to learn so far is that we where used in something called Project Mobius. Project Mobius was started by Dr. Ivo Robotnik and funded by an organization within the government know as G.U.N. in the hopes of resurrecting an extinct race of sentient animals that according to Dr. Robotnik possessed extraordinary physical and mental abilities. These animals where know as Mobians." explains Miles.
"But why did we have to be involved in all of this?" asks Spike. "According to the data altering our DNA was easier than trying to create an entirely new life form. Also the reason that we were chosen in particular was the fact that in order to avoid rejection on the new DNA the subjects had to be young, physically healthy, and have physical or mental attributes similar to the mobian species they where selected to be transformed into." Replies Miles. "So you mean we were picked to be turned into these things because we were already similar to them. How is that even possible?" says Spike in complete disbelief. "Spike you said you ran track, right?" asks Miles, "Sure. But what does that have to do with anything?" replies Spike. Miles loads a page on the monitor containing pictures of Spike as both a human and a mobian and starts reading the data on the page "Spike Rush, age 15, athlete(track and field), possesses a high level of acuity in both speed and agility. Selected for project Mobius subproject "Sonic" mobian hedgehog capable of moving at hypersonic speeds and manipulating chaos energy". "Those were the doctor's notes on you Spike" says Miles after finishing. "Well I guess that's a start, but I'm still left with more questions than answers." replies Spike. Meanwhile, Brick who has been listening from where he was standing against the wall has finally let his temper get the best of him. He walks quickly across the room and snatches Miles out of his chair by the collar of his lab coat and holds him in the air so that they are looking directly into each others eyes before yelling "If your so damn smart then tell me how the hell do we fix this!" .
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