I'm back guys, with a new fic as well!

Dx: Impressive.

Sonic: And from a quick glance that I've seen, it's a sequel fic.

Amy: Isn't that a first for him?

Tails: It is.

RDF1: Yeah, it's my first written sequel, got a problem with that?

Sonia: Not really, right Manic?

Manic: 'Course not; we get more screen time, or rather fic time, right?

Sonic: Looks like it.

Dx: Best get going so RDF1 can get started.

Sonic: Right, later.

Sonic grabs a Chilidog lying on a counter and speeds out of here.

Sonia: Let's go guys.

Sonia and Manic speed away with Tails flying after them.

Amy: So, any suggestions on getting Sonic to like me?

RDF1: Just don't try so hard. You're being too forward. Try backing off a little, give him some space and he'll eventually ask what's wrong. Just tell him that your giving him space, and that you'll wait until he's ready. That's all there is to it.

Amy: That's what I said after we all got back from Chris's world the first time.

RDF1: Trust me, Sonic cares about you. He just doesn't want you being used against him.

Amy: Really?

RDF1: Yep. Now get out of here before I leave you out of the fic.

Amy leaves in a hurry.

I don't mind Amy all that much; she's just too upfront with her feelings is all. She needs a bit more subtlety. Oh well, let's get started.

Disclaimer: RedDragonForce 1 doesn't own any except for what's already been mentioned and this idea. Anyone else who has an idea similar, that's their idea. This is RDF1's.

(Story Begin)

It had been months since the final battle with Eggman, and other old villains, and yet things haven't been same. Sure, the constant battle with Eggman annoyed Sonic to no end, but he kinda missed the adventure that came along with it.

Eggman helped out the citizens of Mobius, after regaining their trust, by rebuilding what he had destroyed during his reign as Dictator. The citizens agreed after literally forcing at least one member of Sonic Underground to be with him during all the reconstruction. This really slowed down practice time for Sonic Underground, because they had agreed to a gig in a week on Earth in Station Square, so they could hear Sonic Underground play for once. They were working on some old songs and some newer ones as well for the performance. But, unknown to any of them, even Eggman, someone, somewhere, was plotting something. Revenge on Sonic, any way possible.

He was silent as night, no one would expect him to make his return. After he broke away from the 'good' Doctor Eggman, he went underground into hiding. He waited, plotted, planned, watched, and schemed his ultimate revenge against his flesh and blood counterpart. Metal Sonic wanted to kill Sonic and he didn't care who got in his way. However, he was smart, able to adapt and grow and learn new things. He knew how to get his revenge Sonic, and he knew just how to do so as well. Metal Sonic snuck into Sonic's house, went to his room and stole two books. These weren't everyday books: these were special. Sonic and the Secret Rings as well as Sonic and the Black Knight were taken as Metal Sonic fled in silence away from Sonic's house. He jumped into the Secret Rings and searched for the lamp that contained Erazor Djinn. It didn't take him long to find it being guarded by Ali Baba and Sinbad. They noticed Metal Sonic moments before he struck.

"Sonic…?" was all that Ali Baba could say before he and Sinbad lost consciousness. Metal Sonic dived into the lava and retrieved the Lamp that was left there. He returned to the real world and rubbed the lamp, freeing Erazor Djinn from his imprisonment.

"YOU!" shouted the Djinn, recognizing the color and size of his new master.

"You have me mistaken for someone else," replied Metal Sonic calmly, "But, I know who you speak of, and I intend to help you if you help me."

"Oh really," said Djinn, skeptically, "And how would you have me help you?"

"Follow me," said Metal Sonic, jumping into the Sonic and the Black Knight book.

Erazor Djinn followed Metal Sonic into the book. When they arrived, they saw a peaceful Camelot that was ruled by Percival, Gawain, and Lancelot as High Council in King Arthur's (Sonic's) stead. Metal Sonic returned Djinn to his lamp and, as silent as night once more, snuck through the city and found the castle. There, he found Merlina, Granddaughter of Merlin, who once wanted everything to go on forever, but Sonic convinced her that Merlin knew what would happen, but let it anyways because the rule with Arthur was a peaceful one. He brought out Djinn again and spoke his first wish.

"I wish for the Black Knight sealed inside Merlina's Memory was free from her control and under mine," said Metal Sonic.

"Your wish is my command," said Djinn, with a little disgust that he still had to grant wishes.

Merlina soon felt something being pulled from her mind, and as soon as she moved to stop it, it was free from her. To her horror, the Black Knight was back and she found that she no longer had control over it. She tried to flee, but Metal Sonic blocked her path.

"Hello, Merlina," greeted Metal Sonic, "You're coming with me."

Metal Sonic grabbed Merlina and left with Djinn and the Black Knight in tow.

Meanwhile, back in Tails's workshop, he and Manic were working on a new project with Wave. A next generation hover gear prototype mixing Manic's own technology into the mix with Tails and Wave's. Weeks back, he and Manic built a portal that connected the Master Emerald Shrine with Knuckles' Earth Home, so he could guard the Master Emerald and have a decent night's sleep. Suddenly, a machine turned on, and a needle used for measuring something moved up to it's maximum in a few short seconds before breaking. Tails noticed this and his eyes widened.

"Oh no!" exclaimed Tails, his eyes giving away his fear.

"What is it, dude?" asked Manic.

"I created this device to warn me when he returned," explained Tails.

"Who's he?" asked Wave.

"Metal Sonic," said Tails, "He's given Sonic more trouble than anyone before, because he's the only one that can match Sonic's speed on the ground. And to make matters worse, when Eggman built him, he made him a learning robot, so he could adapt to certain setbacks and grow stronger and smarter. If this meter is right, then Metal Sonic is more powerful than ever."

"Hey," said Manic, slightly offended, "You're forgetting you have 3 fast hedgehogs now."

"It won't be enough," replied Tails, "He's smarter than even you Manic, he would be able to predict every one of yours and Sonia's movements before you even make them."

"Then how do we deal with him?" asked Wave.

"Ask Eggman of course," replied Manic, "As Tails said, he DID build Metal Sonic after all, right?"

"I'm not entirely sure it'll be enough, but let's ask anyway," said Tails, and the three of them made their way to Mobotropolis, where Eggman resided in a private residence, watched over by some of the former resistance.

Metal Sonic returned to the real world with Erazor Djinn and the Black Knight in tow, with Merlina as a prisoner.

"Now," said Metal Sonic, "For my second wish, I wish that I would always be faster and stronger than Sonic the Hedgehog."

"Your wish is granted," said Djinn, looking forward to his freedom.

Metal Sonic felt more power than ever coursing through his circuits. He liked this power and he was gonna use it. He told Djinn and the Black Knight to stay here and watch over Merlina while he took care of certain… distractions.

Sonia and Amy were having a great time in the palace, considering that Sonic was always either in Station Square, visiting Chris, or running across the worlds, looking for adventure. Sure, they missed Sonic, but they didn't let his absence prevent them from having a great time at the mall. While they were at the mall, Manic, Tails, and Wave crashed into them as they were turning a corner.

(CRASH!)

"Hey," cried Amy, as she rubbed her head, "Watch where you're going!"

"Amy!?" said Tails as he got up.

"Tails?" responded Amy.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked Sonia, as everyone else got up.

"We need to find Sonic," said Manic.

"Why?" asked Amy.

"He's back, Amy. He's back," replied Tails, in a slightly terrified voice that was recognized by Amy.

"It can't be true," said Amy, disbelievingly, "Sonic defeated him once and for all. He even threw him into a pit of lava. No one could survive that."

"Who's back?" asked Sonia.

"Metal Sonic," informed Tails, "And he did survive. I built an instrument that would detect his energy should he ever return and it was through the roof. My meter broke."

"That just can't be true," denied Amy.

"We all saw it," confirmed Wave, "We need to get the others."

So, the group left for the palace, where Queen Aleena was so they could inform her of the situation.

Sonic had raced across the worlds for some time now, stopping to help those in need and to visit Chris once in a while, but something told him to stop in Mobotropolis. His gut was never wrong, usually, so he hightailed it to his home, hoping something bad hadn't happened.

(Time Change)

By the time Sonic got to Mobotropolis, he found it relatively okay, except for the smoldering crater that was next to the palace. He raced there to see his brother and sister, bloodied and bruised. He raced next to them.

"Sonia! Manic!" cried Sonic, shaking them.

No movement from them. He heard something move behind him and he turned and saw Metal Sonic, looking smug at his handiwork.

"Sonic!" said a weak voice from outside the crater.

Sonic turned to see Tails crawling to the edge.

"Sonic," said Tails, weakly, "We were taken by surprise. He did it. Metal Sonic has come back to face you, one last time."

"Why yes," said Metal Sonic, "I have returned, and you can't stop me."

Sonic was lost in the loss of Sonia and Manic, and Tails hurt to hear him. His sadness and despair turned into anger, and that anger turned into rage, rage against Metal Sonic.

"You bastard!" said Sonic quietly, dark energy surrounding him, "You took them from me, and tried to take my best friend as well. I will make you pay before I turn you into scrap metal so small, ants wouldn't be able to find all the parts."

Sonic turned into Dark Sonic and he turned around and rushed Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic took to the air to dodge Dark Sonic's first attack. Dark Sonic turned around and jumped at Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic led the enraged Sonic across the city, destroying various buildings and scaring the citizens, particularly those who knew Sonic personally.

Back at the crater, Tails managed to pull himself up and work his way over to Sonia and Manic. He checked their vitals and found out that they were still alive. Wave was lucky, since she went to warn Jet and Storm, so she wasn't anywhere near Mobotropolis when Metal Sonic attacked. He noticed some people stopping to see the crater, wondering what happened, when he called out.

"I need help over here," cried Tails, "They're still alive. We need to get them to a hospital, and fast!"

Some rushed off to the palace to inform Queen Aleena what happened, while others rushed to Tails's side to help him get Sonia and Manic to the Hospital.

Before they could get out of the crater, Shadow warped in and picked up the Prince and Princess. He warped out with them into the hospital, where Doctors immediately attended to them. Shadow warped back and helped Tails out.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Metal Sonic," explained Tails, "One of Eggman's older creations."

"I'm on it," said Shadow, warping Tails to the hospital so he could get attended to while Shadow warped out to find their friends.

Chris was relaxing back at his house, still thinking about what Chaos said to him and what happened a few months back: he was the true controller of the Chaos Emeralds. Since the last battle, Chris had worked with his powers and started to develop them. However, it would still be some time before he mastered his powers. Currently, he had two at the house with him and Shadow had one. Sonic had one with him and two were at Tails Workshop. The last one was with Silver and Blaze, so when everyone gets together, they would have all seven emeralds to use.

Suddenly, Chris felt his body become numb before feeling something dark happening to the Chaos Emerald with Sonic. He felt this before when Nazo first awakened and one other time, when he was unconscious, but he could still feel it. He didn't know what it was then, but he knew now: something was wrong with Sonic. He rushed out of the house and drove to his lab, where the portal was. He stepped through and found himself in Tails's lab. He saw the two Chaos Emeralds and called them toward him. He ran out to find the X Tornado that was still there. He hopped in and flew it towards Mobotropolis. He only hoped that everyone was okay.

Metal Sonic led Dark Sonic across Mobius, into a trap. Erazor Djinn had been able to summon his minions, along with the Black Knight's and had them in position. Metal Sonic stopped just past them while Dark Sonic stopped in the middle.

"So," said Dark Sonic, "You think some ambush is gonna stop me!"

Dark Sonic used his strength and speed to destroy some of the minions before being stopped by some of them more powerful ones.

"You really think we would be so stupid that we wouldn't bring our toughest creatures with us," taunted Erazor Djinn.

Metal Sonic had the minions of Erazor Djinn fuse with the minions of the Black Knight's, creating even more powerful creatures.

Dark Sonic looked at the new minions and smirked at the sunset. As soon as the Sun was touching the horizon, the Chaos Emerald he had with him started to glow. It shown brightly at first, but turned dark as his body grew fur and his features becoming more monstrous by the second. By Sundown, he had turned into the Werehog, only this time he was the Dark Werehog. His fur was black, his hands dark grey, and his eyes – deep evil red. The Dark Werehog looked around for a second before charging in on the new minions and taking them down in seconds.

Metal Sonic watched on with enthusiasm, his power starting to rise as well. His size double as his power rose to match the Dark Werehog's.

Back at the hospital, Tails woke up to see Silver and Blaze in the room, with the Babylon Rogues nearby. He sat up slowly, trying to remember what happened.

"Take it easy, man," said Silver.

"Where is everyone?" asked Tails.

"Cream is visiting Manic and Sonia with Knuckles, Sonic's battling Metal Sonic, and Shadow's outside with Chris," replied Blaze, "There's something else."

"Where's Amy?" asked Tails, realizing who Blaze meant, worried about her.

"We couldn't find her," said Wave, "We searched everywhere we could, but we couldn't find her."

"We believe she was kidnapped by Metal Sonic," said Jet.

The door opened to reveal Shadow and Chris.

"Hey Tails," said Chris, "I think you have someone who wants to see you."

Chris and Shadow parted to reveal Cosmo and a Cosmo look-a-like.

(AN1)

"Cosmo?" said a breathless Tails, before fainting.

"Well, he took that better than I expected," said Shadow.

(Chapter End)

Well, that's the Chapter.

AN1: The Cosmo look-a-like is from the seed that Sonic gave Tails after the final battle with the Meta-rex. She is her daughter, but also considers Tails her father. Her name shall be revealed next chapter.

As for the others...

Sonic: (unavailable right now)

Amy: (also unavailable)

Sonia and Manic: (again, unavailable)

Tails: (Unconscious)

RDF1: Wow, who's left?

Knuckles: I think it's just me.

Shadow: There IS me, you know. I'm not incapacitated right now.

Silver: Don't forget Blaze and I, we're available, right?

Blaze: (teasingly) I don't know, I think there's somewhere I have to be…

Silver: (deadpanned) Very funny, Blaze.

Chris: I think you've dug yourself a hole, RDF1, and a big one at that.

RDF1: How so?

Chris: You have Sonic in Dark Werehog form, which will take hours before he returns to normal. You have Cosmo back, along with her daughter grown up. You've got Sonia and Manic in the Hospital. Merlina and Amy captured…

RDF1: I get it. I have much to cover in the next chapter. I'll get to it! Eventually…

Dx: Says you. It'll be months before you update again.

RDF1: Well, I put out a poll for what story I should do/update next, and the majority is one other story than this, but I've already started, and now completed, this chapter before that one. But since I've updated and posted that one, I'll go ahead and post this one, then start on something else.

Dx: Good luck with that.

DragonX leaves.

Tails: How do you put up with that guy?

RDF1: DragonX? I don't. That's why he's such good company from time to time. It's what you get when you create your own OC and keep him around for (who knows long now).

Anyways, hope you enjoyed this, and expect an update before the year's out. (LOL)

Kidding, but seriously, I won't be able to update right away, but I'll get to work on the next chapter soon enough. Until then…

Later,

RDF1