Sonic was running at his normal sound-breaking speed. He enjoyed running like this and loved that he was the fastest…well there was Shadow but he had to use his air shoes to keep up. Sonic stopped at a giant hole in the ground. He had run this route many times and had never seen this hole. He was a little shocked. He looked down to see…nothing. He heard footsteps. He looked around to see his friend Knuckles. The red echidna had a finger to his lips to signify to be quiet. Sonic nodded but had a confused look on his face. Knuckles jumped down the hole. Sonic started in shock. After a few minutes there was a giant scream from Knuckles. He was about to jump down into the hole but was stopped. He was stopped by his 'brother' Miles "Tails" Prower.

"Sonic…"said Tails in a whining voice, "We have to trust that Knuckles will be fine! We can't risk going there ourselves…"

Sonic looked at Tails in the eyes and said, "We can and we will! It is our job to help even if it is pointless. And he is our friend! I am disappointed in you Tails. We have to help!"

Tails looked down, "Sorry Sonic. I don't know what came over me…"

So they jumped into the hole. It was dark. That is all they knew before losing conscious. A few hours later they woke up they saw that they were on metal beds. They did not know what to think. Sonic was about to say something when he realized that he had something missing. It was his legs. Instead of legs he had a metallic coating on it. Then he realized that he saw differently. The room had three colors that he could see. They were white, yellow, and red. Through his left eye he saw something which appeared scanning the surroundings. He looked at Tails. Tails had very little fur. Where his fur used to be was armor. Tails looked like he was turned into a robot. The only fur he had was on his chest. He had red eyes like Metal Sonic. On his right arm he had a cannon, instead of a hand. The cannon had a small wire that went to his right eye with a targeting system.

Tails opened his eyes and screamed at what he saw. Next to him on a metal bed similar to his was Sonic…or so it seemed. Sonic now looked exactly like Neo Metal Sonic.

Tails looked at him and said, "S…Sonic?" The fear was obvious in him.

"Tails? Is that you?" Sonic asked. The worry in his voice told Tails two things. One that Sonic was ok and two; that Sonic was not completely Neo Metal Sonic. Suddenly they heard a metal door followed by an evil laughter. It was an evil laughter they had become accustomed to. It was the sound of Sonic's Arch rival, Doctor Ivo "Egg-man" Robotnic.

"Ho, ho, ho! Sonic the Hedgehog! Nice to see you again." Egg-man said. He walked over to Sonic and Tails. He looked at a screen. "Good. You are turning into a robot as we speak. There is nothing you can do!" Just then the seven chaos emeralds went around Sonic and Tails. Egg-man looked at this in shock. Sonic and Tails went into their super forms. Sonic's blue armor went yellow. His robot spines stood up a little bit. Tails' Armor also was now yellow. His cannon also was bigger. His tails swirled around really fast. Both he and Sonic broke free of the restraints on them. They looked at Egg-man and just left. Tails shot out of his cannons to destroy the lab. They flew out of Egg-man's base and into the sky. They flew until they were back on Angel Island. The emeralds scattered as soon as they landed. Knuckles was not guarding the Master Emerald…which was missing. They went up to the shrine to see what was going on. As soon as they got there they heard a whooshing noise from behind. They looked to see a fully robotized, Knuckles. He looked like normal except he had a red armor and red eyes. His crest was still there but it was obvious that it was just paint on metal. He was now Metal Knuckles.

He looked over at Sonic and said in a very metallic way, "Sonic and Tails. The master emerald must be found for Dr. Egg-man. Why are you not searching?"

Sonic looked at Knuckles and said, "What are you talking about? You are supposed to protect the Master Emerald! Don't let Egg-man in your head! You are stronger than him. Why serve him?"

Metal Knuckles stared back with no emotion and said, "There is a 99 percent chance you are correct. I am Metal Knuckles! I listen to no one! I am the ultimate robot!"

Sonic put his hand to his head and said, "Don't go all Shadow on us…"

Metal Knuckles said with a hint of anger in him, "NO ONE TELLS ME WHAT TO DO!"

With that he started to attack Sonic and Tails. They easily avoided and attacked back. For a while all that could be heard was metal attacking metal. Metal Knuckles tried to fight both at once but found he was not fast enough. He suddenly stopped attacking.

"Ok. You are obviously stronger than me. Finish me off." Said Metal Knuckles.

"Never! Why don't you help us?" Said Sonic. He extended his hand for Metal Knuckles.

"Fine. I remember some things now. We need to find the Master Emerald!" Metal Knuckles said while taking the hand.

On top of a nearby mountain there was another robotic person. He was laughing.

"It appears my counterpart is now more like me then he thought. But. There can only be One Sonic." The figure said. "And he will suffer for all the times he has humiliated me! I will personally make sure he pays for what he did to me!"

~End of Chapter One~

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