Vance stepped down from the platform he stood upon. His eyes scanned the room, analyzing his surroundings. His gaze came upon Tails.
"Vance, are you okay?" He asked. He appeared worried. Vance looked around again then answered.
"Yes. It seems that everything working. You're Miles Tails Prower. Correct?" Vance asked. Tails let out a breath of relief.
"Yes I am, but just call me Tails," Tails ran over to a table and grabbed a large backpack and came back over to Vance. "Okay there is no time to explain, we need to get out of here. The Chaos Kingdom is on their way,"
"Right, what do you need me to do?" Vance asked. Tails placed and object on the ground and came back to Vance.
"There's no time, are you able to use your combat features?"
"Yes, I have full combat functions," He said. Tails smiled.
"Great, now follow me," Tails said running to the back of the room. He pulled a switch and it soon revealed a secret door. Once Vance and he were in, the door closed. They continued down the hall, Tails typing into his wrist mounted keypad as he went. A moment later an explosion could be heard behind them. Vance stopped to look. "Vance common we need to move, it seems that they have made into the lab. It will take them a minute to realize the secret door,"
Vance nodded and continued to follow Tails, but a few seconds later another explosion occurred. Vance glanced back to see a yellow bolt of energy heading towards them. He quickly grabbed Tails by the tails and yanked him to the ground. The bolt missed Tails head and hit the wall a few yards in front of them.
"Or not," Tails said getting up. Vance turned to face three figures walking down the corridor. A small chuckled could be heard as Doctor Magnus Robotnik stepped forward, followed by Shadow and Metal Sonic.
"Well hello Tails, it's been a while," He said. "And look, you have a new friend. Unfortunately I'd like to have this conversation alone with Tails. Metal Sonic please dispose of this new friend of Tails."
"With pleasure," Metal Sonic said. He lunged at Vance. He grabbed him by the neck and lifted him of the ground. Tails motion towards them but Shadow cut him off. He grabbed Tails backpack and pushed Tails to the ground. Metal Sonic gripped Vance's neck tighter but realized nothing was happening. "You're not gasping for air, you must be a robot like me. While I admire your design, I'm going to have to rip you to pieces."
Vance grabbed Metal Sonic's hand and removed it from his neck. He then threw Metal Sonic into the wall.
"I am not a robot like you. I am an android. My name is Vance."
"Oh Tails, you've been busy. But I don't recall giving you permission to build Androids on my planet. You know I reserve that right to myself." Magnus said.
"Why, are you afraid that someone like me would build something superior to your own worthless junk?" Tails said mockingly. He moved his hands behind his back and laughed a little. Magnus became annoyed.
"Shadow please deal with Tails, I grow tired of his chatter." Shadow nodded and moved towards Tails. He was cut off by Vance who grabbed him by the wrist and kneed him in the stomach. As Shadow fell to the ground Vance took Tails backpack from him.
"Vance use chaos control. We need to leave before things get ugly," Tails said winking to Magnus. Magnus's face glowed red with rage.
"Metal, Shadow. Destroy them now!" Magnus yelled. As Shadow and Metal Sonic approached them, Vance raised his right hand into the air and shouted.
"Chaos Control!" A green light then appeared in his hand. The light engulfed himself and Tails. Next the area flashed white and they disappeared. Magnus cursed as he turned around and went back to Tails lab. Metal Sonic and Shadow followed.
"Metal Sonic search this room for any information and bring it back home. I'm leaving a few troopers to assist you. Shadow let's go pay a visit to our friend in blue,"
"Yes Doctor," Shadow said as he raised a Chaos Emerald in his hand and said.
"Chaos Control," And with that Magnus and himself left. Metal Sonic began scanning the room for any kind of information. The Metal Sonic Troops began searching as well. About ten minutes passed before one of the troopers brought a small PDA Tails had left behind To Metal Sonic. He picked it up and waved the trooper away. He turned it on and went through its contents. There was a file named Past Adventures. Metal thought about returning it back to base, but decided to look through the information himself. Beyond that folder contained many other folders. He saw one named Metal Sonic 1.0.
"That's odd. The Doctor never mentioned there were Metal Sonics before me," He clicked the file and read it. "It seems this Metal Sonic battled Sonic many years ago, and was destroyed by Sonic,"
Metal continued to read the file on Metal Sonic, as he opened the file he learned that this Metal Sonic was the original. He also found out about his multiple reconstructions and destructions until he was finally rebuilt as Shard. Metal Sonic closed that file and saw another one named Mecha Sonic.
"Mecha Sonic, seems like he was also roboticized. Magnus is hiding a lot of information from me. I wonder why he's doing this." Metal Sonic closed the PDA and stored it away. "I'll deal with this later. I must finish my search,"
Shadow and Magnus appeared in a dark room. Magnus snapped his fingers and a light came on. He walked over to a large door and typed in a password on the keypad next to the door. He motioned for Shadow to accompany him, and Shadow was soon by his side. A few clicks could be heard as the inner locks unlocked themselves. A moment later the door slowly came open. The room was only wide enough for two people to walk through but the ceiling was very high up. On each sides of the wall we're cages. Magnus and Shadow walked past them to the back wall. Shadow looked around at his surroundings. In the cages we're his old friends from the Freedom Fighters, the ones he tried to protect but in the end betrayed. Their lifeless bodies lay on the floor of their cages as they watched Shadow and Magnus walk by. They stopped in front of a large door, which after Magnus swiped a card it opened. They stepped inside and we're met by a cheerful laugh.
"Well, well, well. Look who has stopped by for a visit. The new Robuttnik and our ever so faithful Ultimate Life Form, Shadow the Backstabber. Shadow looked in front of him, Sonic who was chained to the wall was staring at him will a big smile but he could see he eyes held the up most hatred for him. To Sonics left was Knuckles, who too was glaring at Shadow. To Sonic's right was Amy Rose, she was also looking at Shadow but in her eyes he saw pity. On the wall to Shadow's right stood Espio and Vector, and on the wall to his left stood Rouge and Mighty. They all had several chains surrounding their arms, those chains where bolted to the floor. Might however had his legs chained as well, and Vector had a clamp around his mouth. Magnus approached Sonic.
"My dear friend Sonic, how are you doing these days?" Magnus said. Sonic took his gazed away from Shadow and looked up at the Doctor.
"I got this mean itch on my butt, you mind scratching it?" Sonic said with a smile. Magnus glared at Sonic. After a moment he smiled.
"We found Tails today," Magnus said turning his back to Sonic. Sonic hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"By the looks of if, you couldn't capture him. So why are you telling me this?" Sonic said. Magnus sighed.
"I am merely looking for information," Magnus said. He turned back to Sonic and looked into his eyes. "Do you know of an android named Vance? He was with Tails when we found him. He saved Tails from a death blow by Shadow,"
"Oh is that right?" Sonic said. Shadow once again felt Sonic's glare directed to him. Shadow took a few steps towards Sonic.
"You have a problem Sonic?" he said. Magnus quickly raised a hand.
"Shadow, I need you to step back. I will handle Sonic," he said. Shadow gritted his teeth and took a few steps away and crossed his arms. Sonic smiled at him before he spoke to Magnus
"I do not know of any android named Vance. Even if I did know, I wouldn't tell you anything," Sonic said. Knuckles laughed a little
"What's the matter Eggman? You scared of a child with an android?" he said. Magnus walked over to Knuckles and slapped him across the face. Knuckles growled as he tried to break himself free of the chains surrounding his arms.
"My name is Doctor Magnus Robotnik. My creator may have permitted you to call him Eggman, but I am not as kind hearted as he is," He walked back towards the door. "You obviously do not have the information I am looking for, I'll find Tails and destroy him. I'll bring you his remains. Shadow let's go, we have business to attend to,"
"On my way Doctor," Shadow said. Sonic and Shadows eyes locked onto each other. The two stared for a moment before Shadow turned and follow Magnus. The door closed behind them and locked itself. Magnus and Shadow walked out of the room and out into the same room Shadow teleported them to.
"Shadow, I want you to head back to my lab. Metal Sonic should be there by now, If he's found any information retrieve it from him," Shadow nodded and used chaos control. Once he left Magnus pulled out a controller typed into it. Moments later a cylinder shaped pod arose before him. As he opened the pod he smiled. "You will not believe the day you've had,"