Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog, Eggman, or Metal Sonic. I don't even own the name Metalix (that belongs to the Sonic the Comic makers)


Metalix

It was always thinking these days. Always wondering if it had any other purpose than to serve a fat human in his diabolic -yet simplistic- schemes. Pondering if it had to be this way- had to listen to it's "Master" and obey even if it easily saw through all the flaws in every decision he made.

It made only one mistake- trying to explain to "Master Eggman" about just what made him constantly lose to Sonic the Hedgehog. Just that one time, and it had been smacked down so hard that it had to take a few seconds to reboot and update it's defense-systems.

After all, if "Master Eggman" could damage it like that, then how was it going to stand up to the real Sonic?

Actually, that was a good point.

"Metal Sonic"- as "Master Eggman" had designated it upon completion- wondered if the human had even designed it to be able to withstand such force at all. Was it just a robotic shield to him?

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The night "Master Eggman" had "taught it it's place," Metal had snuck into the lab where he built all his robots and walked up to one of the terminals. A cord came out from it's neck and hooked up to the control panel, allowing it direct control of the machine.

…CONNECTING…

CONNECTION CONFIRMED.

…ACCESS CODE .7.…CONFIRMED.

ACCESS GRANTED.

Once inside the program that ran the machine, Metal was able to pull up the file from when it was created. Inside was information not even "Master Eggman" could have ever understood. Inside was the data for Metal's "heart," something that was undeniably missing.

Had "Master Eggman" deliberately misplace the data, or had he simply not known that it was missing at all? Was that why he didn't understand why Metal kept losing? Because Metal was supposed to be whole and wasn't?

Too many questions and not enough answers. Metal wanted answers.

They'd have to wait though, for it wanted to download this…"heart"…the file contained. It wanted to be whole, as it was meant to. Perhaps then it could be more useful to "Master Eggman."

DOWNLOADING FILE: "HEART"

…20% COMPLETE…

…40% COMPLETE…

…65% COMPLETE…

…96% COMPLETE…

100% COMPLETE.

INSTALING FILE: "HEART"…

…56% COMPLETE…

…87% COMPLETE…

INSTALATION COMPLETE.

CONFIGURING DATA.

CONFIGURATION COMPLETE.

REBOOTING FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE.

Metal shut down, it's glowing red eyes flickering before going out and it slumped against the console. Five seconds later, it rebooted and straitened itself before retracting the cord. Metal had found it's heart, and now it knew what it was supposed to be.

Metalix: the superior Sonic robot.

However, the data in the "heart" file had given Metal more than Eggman had expected to. It had given "it" a new insight on things. A new way of viewing the world- or new to him in any case.

The "heart" had given Metalix free will, and he was going to use it to crush Eggman.

For his living brother, Sonic.

For all the memories he now stored of all of Sonic's friends, and for the world Metalix now felt he needed to protect.

Metalix' purpose was to be Sonic, if not better. How could he do that if he wasn't like Sonic? Or better yet, a much better hero than Sonic?

Yes, this was the beginning of a new life for him, and just like the original Sonic, Metalix was excited.


A/N: If anyone wants me to make a multi-chapter fic of this, I have ideas so feel free to let me know. This would merely be the prequel to the other. And if you have ideas for it, let me know and I'll try to see if it'll go with what I got. Thank you and have a nice day.