Hello all, and welcome to a new story.

This story is an idea I have had for awhile, about Metal Sonic and him finally turning away from Eggman for good, and about him struggling to gain acceptance from the public while also trying to avoid Eggman trying to get him back. This story takes place about the same time as my Light In The Darkness Prequel.

Also, as always, I own none of the characters except for the OCS.


Prologue: Tired of The Failures

My name is Metal Sonic. I am one of Eggman's robots, made to look exactly like Sonic and to have his same abilities. My mission has always been to destroy him, although every time Eggman has sent me out to do so, it has gone up in flames somehow or another. Somehow, some way, that hedgehog always finds a way to win, and to be honest, I am sick of it. It is honestly very foolish that Eggman continues to try and try (and still try) to destroy Sonic. It's about time he just gave up and accepted that his plans are just a bunch of garbage and nothing else. They will never be successful, and he should just deal with it. Although I act faithful to Eggman and do what he wants me to, I still, in my own "mind", do not like him. Never have and never will. The only reason I am still in this base is because I have been told that I will be destroyed for good if I ever try to escape again. That and I have learned my lesson from last time I left without Eggman's knowledge. It was not a pretty time, and that is all I am going to say about it.

I live in Eggman's newest base with all of Eggman's other creations. My best friend is Metal Shadow, formerly Shadow Android. As you know, there were a ton of Shadow Androids, but Metal Shadow was the only one who survived. Although he had been injured, Eggman was able to save him. Well, with my help of course. He seemed to have immediately taken a liking to me and became my best friend. Eggman didn't seem to care, and still to this day doesn't and often sends us on separate missions, leaving us to worry about each other all throughout a mission that we will probably only fail anyway.

My former friend is Metal Knuckles. He resembles Knuckles the Echidna, and he acts a lot like him too. He's very hot headed and packs a powerful punch. He used to be my friend until he got some kind of virus from one of our failed invasions of Station Square. He is now locked away in a closet, and I venture to say that Eggman will not get back to him as he is too busy with the creation of his new Metal Amy and Metal Blaze to really be concerned with Metal Knuckles at this moment.

Finally, there are the idiots of the group, Orbot and Cubot. Those two don't know anything, and are the dumbest robots that have ever walked the earth. The only things they are good for is annoying Eggman (which is fine by me) and making everyone laugh because of their dumb remarks or actions. Finally, there are the other piles of robots that Eggman has made of all kinds, sealed up in containers, awaiting to be released into the world and to most likely be destroyed by Sonic's Spin Dash. For some reason, I can't help but feel some kind of sorrow for those poor robots, to simply be created and turned into scrap metal the minute they are released into the world. At least I am lucky…I am designed to not be destroyed as easily as them, so I get a much longer "life". Still, can't help but feel bad for those poor guys.


"Are you done with that mess yet?!"

I am snapped out of my thoughts by Eggman yelling, wanting to know if I have finished cleaning up Sonic's latest mess inside the base. Robots lay in a pile, dismanteled and messed up. Glass is all over and the cage in which we had Shadow The Hedgehog in for a good few hours, is busted. I quickly pick up the broom and get to the cleaning.

"You had better answer me or I am coming in there!" booms Dr. Eggman.

"It's not done yet, sir!" I yell. (Eggman's recent upgrades to me let me speak in normal speech and also show emotions via my eyes)

"Well get it done then!" Eggman shouts back. "I already have revenge planned out and this time I WILL NOT FAIL!"

"Whatever…" I say quietly, going back into cleaning up this mess, only to probably have another one waiting on me tomorrow because Eggman's revenge plan ends up going straight down the drain per usual. I guess this is just how it is. We fail, we make another plan, we fail again and I clean it up so we can start the entire cycle over again. It's starting to seriously annoy me every time the cycle goes over again. I am tired of living in this constand never-ending circle. But what can I do about it? If I escape again I will probably be caught and destroyed. But still, this endless circle must stop somehow or I think I am going to go totally insane…