…No comment. Seriously, no comment. Here is Chapter 19. Read. Joy. Hooray.

Yume was running at full speed up the stairs, the container of Spawn in her grip. Behind her, Akumu was flying (because why walk up the stairs when you can fly?) while keeping an eye out for enemy robots. None were in sight, they seemed preoccupied with something on a different floor. What it was, the twins did not know, but they took it as a lucky break. The stairs almost seemed to go on infinitely when the twins came to the last floor the stair reached.

"'Bout time we made it," Yume commented. "I bet that Zynth's office is somewhere up here, and that is where we'll find him."

"You're thinking for once?" Akumu asked. "I guess this is the only time you will." Yume was about to smack her sibling for that, when a certain light-blue android caught her eye.

"Mech?" Both twins turned toward the hedge-bot, who seemed to be caught up in worry. If he had been any worse, he would probably be in full freak-out mode. Yume handed Spawn to Akumu, and then walked up the the defective clone.

"Aggh!" he cried in surprise. "Yume and Akumu! You actually made it? Oh this is bad, very bad…"

"Bad? I thought we were on the same side for now," The white hedge-girl pointed out. "What the hell are you talking about then?"

"Same side?" Mech asked. "I guess I fooled you after all, didn't I? I was keeping in touch with Master Zynth the whole time I was with you. But now…his whole plan is going wrong, and…"

"You what?!?" Yume screeched in outrage. "You rotten little snake! Why didn't I see it before? I should have gotten rid of you, instead of being nice!" The enraged girl sent a kick to the traitor's vulnerable side, knocking him into a wall.

"I should have seen it too," Akumu muttered. "Once a suck-up, always a suck-up."

"But you don't understand!" Mech retorted, wincing in pain. "I did it out of loyalty to my Master! But the whole plan is falling apart. You see, us androids are starting to malfunction!"

"Well, that just makes our job easier," Yume huffed. "Do you want us to pity you?"

"Hold on a minute sis," Akumu said. "There might be something important about this. The androids are guarding the adults, and malfunction doesn't always mean that they are easier to defeat."

"Exactly!" Mech agreed. "You see, Master Zynth has done something to one of our commanders while I was away. I am unsure of what it was, but it is somehow messing with the systems of certain androids. It only started recently, so I'm not sure if Master knows yet."

"What exactly does it do?" Both twins asked simultaneously. The android in front of them got down to the floor, and looked them both in the eye.

"They infected robots have lost all sense of control, and are destroying everything from the inside out. If they succeed, we're all goners."

"Not good," Akumu said. "Still, I wonder what would cause them to act like that?" The small group was about to find out soon enough.

"…Or should I say…Shadow the Hedgehog." The gray hedgehog stared at Zynth, whom was smirking at him. So Shadow was his real name. There had to be something special about it…but the name sadly didn't ring any bells. Ghost/Shadow kept his gun pointed at Zynth, for who knew what tricks the android had up his sleeve.

Suddenly, another Shadow Android appeared, a few bullet holes littering his body. The android had the mark of a commander on his chest, and saluted before speaking.

"Master Zynth, Commander Shade reporting," The robot said. "Sources have reported sightings of Eggman and the twins. Eggman has been captured, the twins status is unknown."

"Is that all?" Zynth asked, looking slightly vexed. "I believe you could have told me that later."

"…There is also a problem with some of our forces," Shade added slowly, dropping the formality, "as well as Commander Blur." Ghost/Shadow thought for a moment before recognizing the emotion on the android's face as fear.

"A problem with Blur?" Zynth asked. Shade nodded.

"He is losing control of himself sir. Blur is attacking any androids that resemble Sonic, Miles, Knuckles, Amy Rose, Shadow, Rouge, or Cream. He keeps referring to himself as the Gizoid, or something of the sort. All forces nearby are starting to malfunction, and go on an attacking frenzy." All nearby robots looked afraid, and even Zynth looked a little uneased. More than anything, though, Zynth looked enraged.

"Gizoid? Impossible!" He claimed. "The fusion operation went perfectly. There were no bugs in the system, none! How could the Gizoid system override Blur's own?" Ghost/Shadow just stared. Another image was coming into his head.

It was a figure of a hi-tech base, not unlike the one Ghost had been in before. There was a ginat computer, and in front of it were three figures: a robot, a white bat, and a black hedgehog with crimson stripes…Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow held out the purple chaos emerald, the same one Yume and Akumu currently possessed.

"Emerl! Take it! This is the last Chaos Emerald!" Shadow ordered, as the robot absorbed the gem. The figure seemed to change, not in physical appearance, but it seemed more…commanding. Powerful. The figure almost seemed to glow.

"…Show me your power," it recited in a monotonous voice, "or a shall not obey. I represent all things,and shall become Gizoid, the conquerer of all."

"Well! Now that's a big difference!" The white bat, remarked. The name 'Rouge' came to mind at this figure, but Ghost/Shadow continued to watch. The black hedgehog (which he supposed was Shadow, and therefore himself)stood in front of the Gizoid, staring it in the eye as he spoke out with a clear, commanding tone,

"Gizoid, ancient weapon of legend, I as your new master, command you…"

The memory suddenly shut off, but it still meant something: Ghost indeed was Shadow, and this Gizoid…he knew it. It had a soul, like he once did, even though it was a robot…but something had happened to it. What could that be?

So yes, Blur is going to be a problem, and Ghost/Shadow is finally starting to get it. But what about Akumu and Yume? We'll see!

Oh, and about Emerl…for those of you who don't know, Emerl is an ancient robot from Sonic Battle called Gizoid, a machine that could copy any technique imaginable, and use it. The scene in italics above was from Sonic Battle, not the version in Sonic X (which I don't think was as good, but that's just my opinion). Anyway, this is sure to be a problem, so stay tuned!