It was a tretched day on Mobius. Eggman had just sent 100,000 of his troops to attack Sonic and his friends. Sadly, the effort was in vain.

"I DON'T GET IT! I use every last plan in the book, and the Hedgehog still beats me!... Well, hopefully Team Metal won't fail me."

But just as he said that, all of Team Metal's remains landed right in front of him.

"Nevermind", he replied to the coincidence.

"So, you failed again."

"Sorry, Doctor. Just have us fixed up and we'll be back in action!"

However, Eggman spotted something all too familiar in Metal Sonic's pack. He picked it up.

"A Chaos Emerald!? And none of you reported it to me!?"

"Sorry, Doctor, we had to keep movi-"

"NONSENSE! You wanted the power to yourself...or, rather... yourSELVES! Traitors!"

"What? No! Sir, please, go ahead and do what you need to with me, but not the rest!"

"I no longer have need to listen to you. Orbot! Cubot! Send them to the scrappers!"

And with that, Metal Sonic and his brothers were carried to the conveyor belt leading to a crusher. While Metal layed there, watching his Team and Him about to meet their fate, He wondered if he could've changed his life long ago. It was as if that wish was granted quickly when he opened his eyes again. Right before him stood an unfamilar hooded figure holding 5 gears with hearts on them.

"Where am I.. Wh-who are you?"

"There is no time to question, Metal Sonic! Time is running out for you and your team."

"What are those gears? Why can I see them?"

"These are the souls that are within you and your team. It is time that emotions awaken!"

When the figure touched the gears, they all lit up. Metal Sonic felt realiztion for the first time.

"Go now. You have already repaired yourself as we speak. Grab the Emerald in Eggman's Treasure room, leave the lab! Scan the Emerald and you will gain a new ability called Chaos Emulation! Afterwards, find Sonic and give him the Emerald. You will earn his trust for the first time. Then collect the rest of the Emeralds. Scan each one. For each Emerald scanned, You will gain new weapons and abilities. Now go! With your team!"

And with that, Metal Sonic awoke, completely restored, and with courage. He grabbed his 4 team members, ran to Eggman's Treasure room, Grabbed the Red Emerald (which was actually the only one in there), and ran. Elite bots started chasing him down the hall, though, and with guns ready to fire. With that Metal Scanned the Red Emerald and unlocked Unlocked Chaos Emulation. Metal Sonic used Chaos Control Emulation.

"I always wanted to say this. CHAOS! CONTROL!"

Metal Sonic, as well as his team, which were on his back, teleported safely out of range. They landed in a dump, where trashed reaked for days on end. Metal Sonic set out his brothers' parts where they were. He then discovered he had another ability. "Heal Ray". He used it on them, and they awoke.

"Metal Sonic, what happened?", Metal Tails asked first.

"I don't know if he knows", Metal Knuckles replied.

"It seems he's had a paranormal experience", Metal Shadow Continued.

"Thanks, how do you know?", Metal Sonic answered.

Metal Sonic then explained everything. About the Spirit, about the "souls" and about... Eggman's betrayal.

"That sucks", Metal Tails commented.

"Never trusting that fatass again", Metal Knuckles added.

"But..", Metal Sonic started saying, "I got this!"

Metal Sonic presented the Chaos Emerald to his Team.

"Perfect! Now we can-"

"No, we have to give this to Sonic. The spirit said that if we want to achieve our goals, we have to do that. But, we can scan each one to get new abilities."

So they all scanned the Emerald and got their new abilities.

"Well, I may not be the real Shadow, but this ups the experience!", Metal Shadow said.

"From now on, we're fugitives. We need to hide until we find Sonic and the others. Up for the task?"

They all put their hands out and all said one word. "In"

They all raised their hands up quick, whilst saying, "TEEEEEEAAAAAM METAL!"

Metal Shadow then quickly built a small shed to live in. Metal Sonic and his team felt...happy for the first time. But Metal Sonic was confused with one thing. If only him and the other 3 of Team Metal were being scrapped, then... Who owned the 5th heart gear?