Huh, two more chapters? For some reason I'm getting screwed over here concerning story updates...I admit that I'm usually pretty good at figuring out strange stories but you completely lost me in the last chapter...but I assume that is Sonic in the tree there? Him and the Chaotix would be hilarious, that was a very nicely written charmy there.

I do hope some of the confusion will clear up in the sequel, but until then I'll just enjoy the Tethered Moon, huh? You're one of the few authors I take the time to read over here, so I'm looking forward to the next update! Thanks for the read:)

"I've updated on time? Surely it is a mistake!"

- Shurely shome mishtake INDEED? Although it is only about 1/8th the size of the previous chapter. Don't think I didn't notice! ;)

"The name ‘Robotnik’ was still spat out among the military to this day, despite how many decades it had been. Abusing the trust of the government to create armies of vile mutants, as well as experimentation on defenceless animals –even humans too, some whispered – stuck in the memory."

- Do I hear Evil Gerald? Do I see a man tangentially fulfilling a One Shot Theatre proposal from 3 months ago? Do I see WIN?

Sir, I believe I do.

I was well enjoying your description of the... smoke-addled LAZINESS of Mr. GUN Functionary, with his sort of disconcerned laxity in military tidiness. No doubt some sort of crazy interdimensional assignment like he's on starts off being "Ve Vill Have Ze Military Efficiency!", only to slowly degrade into tedious boredom with month upon month of watching insular furries trundle about their banal lives. Well observed!

LOL Charmy.

And yeah, thanks a LOT for that end bit. You know I'm gonna be racking my head for days trying to figure out who burnt forest guy is. Of course, when I think of someone mysteriously lying on the ground with unexplained flame injuries, we all know MY mind jumps straight to Blaze. But a male, and described by Charmy as "weird", makes me think human. ?0_0?

Also:

"However, although it appears confusing and random, I wasn't lying when I said everything had an explanation. The problem comes in when you realise none of the characters are in a position to have a good ol' think about it, and thus

clear up everything for the reader. I'm planning on fast-forwarding events so that Robotnik can muse about all these things in the next chapter."

- He-he-he-HEM. Ahem. HMM.

Finally, to dredge up something I reviewed at you seven months ago:

"So, THIS is how it feels to be reading a favourite fic and then have it unexpectedly curtail without satisfactory plot conclusion."

- Damn you-u-u-u-u-u-u-u!1! Stop doing that! I DEMAND CLOSURE!

O.O now this chapter changes everything, the whole of mobian society has basically become a giant bio-experiment under the watchful eye of GUN...or so it seems. as i read it i couldnt help but ponder of many different reasons for this startling turn of events...i mean, could Robotnik himself have been responsible for the creation of the mobian race because of his experiments when he went rogue from GUN many years ago? that sounds too strange for it to be true, but then again...this is robotnik we're talking about. only time will tell what the conclusion of all this will be. i await the next chapter my friend, chow! and i'm sorry for taking so long.

Kitsune

it seems that the magical energy that is "chaos" has a will of its own, or rather wills of their own in the cases of sonic and shadow. but this is very strange with regards as to whats happening with Amy, memories from her past haunt her as does shadows' own. i must admit i was rather stunned when after reading this chapter, it was as if the whole plot of the story had suddenly changed direction from where i believed it to have originally been headed. but it matters not, its still a enthralling read.

well the kid is running rings round robotnik, as i knew he would. Knuckles and rouge have formed a truce for the moment at least, and now Amy is about to have her first run in with shadow. exciting doesnt come close to what i'm feeling, i'm reading on.

ha! i always knew that kid was tough, despite how many authors portray him. now he must fight a giant robot bent on killing him, whilst he slowly bleeds to death...i'm liking those odds. rouge and knuckles are pursuing their age old familiar relationship...namely she steals and he gets the crap beaten out of him, there must be genuine affection in there somewhere lol.

again another impressive chapter, but well i just didnt get that 'flow' as i did with the previous one. but it doesnt matter, it was still a definte enjoyable read. but who is this character who sent knuckles into a spin? reading on to find out.

its been a long while since i read and reviewed this fic my friend, so i'm making up for it now. loved the fight, wonderfully pieced together in such a way that when i took a step back it almost made me feel as if i was reading a novel. the words just flowed so perfectly, not hitched or frustrating as if they were written by a young child. never seen sonic so enraged, but then again your version of sonic differs from the cannon version which i admire. i'm reading on.

:( I keep on thinking that I reviewed your chapters... Ehh, you always update when it's nighttime where I am XD

I was surprised too when Amy managed to land a hit on Shadow. But I guess she does have the advantage of surprise on her side, so I can't say anything about that XD I loved how you described Shadow's way of healing himself: "With fleshy cracks and twists." M, that sounds yummy XD

Uhh... If I'm supposed to be extrememly confused by the whole conversation between Chaos and the mysterious bolded speaker... Well, I'm not SO confused that I'm LOST, but yeah, I'm curious.

Battle scene with Knuckles and badniks: YAY! And yay to crazy Super Sonic XD I really want to know where everyone Chaos Controlled to... if it's the Sonic X verse... *shudders* Unfortunately, the fic is so awesome that I would continue reading it anyway, even if they DID Chaos Control to the Sonic X verse. OH WAIT! MAYBE THEY'RE CHAOS CONTROLLING TO SOMEWHERE WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF HUMANS, WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF HUMANS IN SA1? YES, MAYBE? MAYBE?

I WANT TO KNOW! Update soon!

I note with a great deal of thumbs-up-ism that you've started describing environments again in the cannon core. Huzzah!

"And then opened them again, irises burning crimson with Chaos energy. With fleshy cracks and twists, Shadow felt his bones re-align, lost blood replenish, and the pain evaporate."

- WELL. It seems you didn't learn from my mistakes, and have given Mr. Shadow 1337 chaos-healing powers that he dosn't really possess, hm?

(And then I get to the next section)

...OK, maybe they're not HIS powers. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING!

"There was one other person Amy had known who could envelop themselves in Chaos energy, but he was even stronger than her."

- ?...? Blaze? ...?

I'll admit it; I'm not just confused. I'm... lost. You've got Shadow randomly chaos-power healing, and then chaos-powering into a screaming wreck on the floor, and Amy randomly psyching out, and Sonic randomly coming back to life with half his brain hanging out, and mysterious dialogues involving a water blob who's entire gimmik is being TOTALLY MUTE, and plans-within-plans and... I'm lost. It's been difficult to follow in the previous chapters, WHY everyone's running to whatever specific part of the Death Egg they're running to, but here it all made a big "SWOOSH!"ing sound as it sailed over my head.

Perhaps it's me being obtuse. But I would have very much appreciated some reminders, in here, at least in the places where we SHOULD know what's happening. I can't remember all the cunning hints you've been dropping over the past six months that might have allowed me to understand what's going on, 'cos I suck. And so I ended up not being able to enjoy all the awesome Rouge-football-badnik-combat as much as I should have, since I was more occupied in squinting at the screen, racking my memory unsuccessfully, or scrolling back to previous chapters searching in vain for anything that would help me figure out the madness. :(

On the plus side: Psychotic Super Sonic FTW! Eww... and ftw.

Damn, you can sure write a fight scene XD I found myself reading it again, just 'cos I loved it so much.

Ha, if only the scene between Rouge and Knuckles had been more like this XD Rouge is really in character through this whole chapter - her coyness makes me smile You also still managed to keep the idiot/hard-headed side of Knuckles in the story, but reflected his "I'm going to snap you in half," Guardian side. So great characterization all around!

You're really a master of getting people to stick around for more! You keep on feeding us bits of information, but not enough to satisfy our curiosity - I REALLY want to know more about Amy now XD

Please update soon!

"Sonic tensed and jumped up from him, making sure to press down hard on his opponents’ cracked ribs as he used his chest as a springboard."

- Ah, the ol' repeated-rib-bludgeon. I've said it before and I'll say it again; the BRUTALITY you put into the fight scenes is fantastic. It really impresses upon you that they're fighting for their lives, here, with no quarter given or expected. Sweet.

"He didn’t hear Shadow’s hoarse words as he gasped for breath, but he wouldn’t have cared about them anyway."

- 'Chaos control!', perhaps?

"The bat was on her knees, retching onto the cold floor of the space station."

- No! I told you to kick her off, Knuckles! You wuss. :)

Although now he appears to have acquired mage powers. What's up with that? And one would think he would continue to use this power when faced with Rouge's continuing lack of co-operation...?

"Rouge coolly looked at him, her eyes saying ‘bluff!’ Knuckles’ eyes, narrow slits, replied ‘call it then.’"

- The fact that she's not really in any position to defy him does not detract from the greatness of that line.

"His head was on fire, burning from deep within, pulsing out blood in rivers from his blinded eye to drench him in vile warmth."

- You're back to your "Ew"-inducing tricks again, S! I'm pleased and revolted at the same time. And I've clearly spent too much time living inside my own pseudoscience, as I just kept thinking at him 'Go find some rings, you dolt, before you exsanguinate!' :)

"She noted with disappointment that his eyes appeared to have not left her face the entire time."

- I lol'd. XD

"Besides the fact that it hurt, it reminded her of when it had been ‘given’ to her in the first place."

- Ah, a little snippet of the long-promised hammer explanation, eh? I'm going to go out on a limb and see if I can guess where you're going:

Amy early test subject for Robotnik's experiments into the nature of Chaos Control?

"It wasn’t Sonic."

- Smash him in the face!

Anyway. As opposed to submitting a review which is merely a list of my excited reactions to specific story events, I'll try to be critically useful with regard to the prose. There seemed to be, in ALL these sections, a scarcity of environmental description.

Back in Ch4 we had:

"It was just endless green; the foliage stretching out as far as his weary eyes could see… which wasn’t very far, as they were continuously blocked by enormous leaves, which seemed to have been grown specifically to block his way. The air was hot and humid, pressing down on his lungs as he breathed, and each plant he had to touch was dripping with sticky moisture, instantly staining the hedgehog’s fur."

And right before in Ch9, there was an awesome bit of description through smell, when Rouge complains about the heat and burning metal of the energy pit.

In this chapter... not so much, bar a little paragraph in Amy's section. You've got the fighting and the flirting and the bleeding-to-death spot on, but the surroundings felt... missing? :S

Nonewithstanding, this was another chapter filled with KILL and WIN. And I can't help but be intrigued at how Sonic is supposed to get out of this. Although I predict that Super-ness may be involved. :)

Byebye Chaos Emeralds? DX

It actually took me a second to get what you meant about the Chaos Emeralds being absorbed into her gloves. "OHH!" was basically my reaction Clever way to describe it, though, and both Rouge and Knuckles were especially clever in using this knowledge to their advantage.

The cliffhanger was EVIL. The part with Knuckles wondering if he had made a different decision, I mean. By now, I know the expect ANYTHING from this story, so I'm really impatient to know what happens next DX EVIL I SAY!

I enjoyed Tails's thoughts on Amy. It really opens up a whole new possibility of a backstory for her

Please update soon!

Heh, excuse me for not revieiwing in so long, but downunder is taking its toll of time on me...however, your style has only become more delightful after such an absence. The brutal images are as always beautiful in their viciousness, if only a bit repetitive, but I guess that's because I read the last two chapters just now in a row.

Hmm, so Robotnik and Shadow met each other over fifty years ago...love that. Wonder what exactly happened back then between the two. Wonder what relationship the good doctor and Maria had.

The little bit about Amy not being repulsed by Tails' wounds was also again tantalizing in the possibilities it opened and made me once more desperate to see here goddamn (if you'll excuse a starving girl) backstory continue.

So, still wondering about that stuff Robotnik put into Rouge's blood and WOW in regards to Knux' toughness. Can't wait to see this continue! :D

Mystery-carryability-of-Chaos-Emeralds used as a source of confusion within tactical combat situations?

HA!

Rouge's wide-eyed incredulity at the Emerald's absorbance conjours up, I think, the same kind of disbelief suffered by AUTHORS who are trying to work out how in the hell chaos physics is supposed to operate. It made me grin. :)

ALTHOUGH: How does Rouge know how to steal them, then? You cleverly dodged any specific description of how the bat manages to extract them from the echidna, but if she did indeed manage to forcibly remove them, you'd think that would provide some clue that the Emeralds are not actually corporeal when you're in posession of them...

"He ran on, feet echoing much like a hummingbird’s wings"

- This, I think, wins my award for best similie ever. That's better than the canine trees, that is. :D

"Rouge screeched out at an unbearable pitch, and instantly dropkicked the echidna in the face from more than ten feet away, connecting with a meaty crunch."

This isn't similie, but rather F-BAM! Perhaps serves as proof that the phrase "dropkicked in the face" can never be overused. Delicious brutality. Times ten!

"The bat dangled pathetically, that one hand the only thing preventing her from falling to her death. Her wings were crushed, mere bleeding paper attached to her back."

- Kick her off! I thought at the screen. And then you didn't tell us! Rather cruel and cliff-hanger-y of you.

Almost literally. ;)

Then finally, we have Tornado vs. Mecha-Robotnik! Alas, no mention of a tetrahertz moustache, but apparently the S3&K version dosn't HAVE a moustache anyway. Which is quite lame... Your vague allusions to enigma-Amy were pretty sweet, as even Tethered Moon dosn't give us any real specifics, does it?

Tails should really go find some rings.