Mach III
by: Maggax
September 6
3:00 AM
E-123 Omega walked down the deserted hallway. His scanner started to pick up something. It was coming from a door to the left of him. He punched through the doorway. This was it. Was the thing in this room the light at the end of the tunnel? Could Omega's long search finally be at an end? The room was pitch black, forcing Omega to turn on his night vision. He followed the signal to the middle of the room. He was right on top of it. Or right below it. He blasted the roof of the room with his arm cannon. He flew through the newly made hole in it. The first thing he saw was the broken remains of what seemed to be an upgraded E-105 Zeta. It was completely destroyed. Gamma had already been here. Omega cursed himself for getting his hopes up. Of course Zeta wouldn't be intact. Gamma had destroyed every E-series robot that had ever been recorded. If only Gamma were still around to help him. He had to find a newly made E-series robot. A robot created after Gamma's death. Omega would have winced. The memories of him completely annihilating his brother made him feel the same feeling he felt when he did the deed. Remorse. If only he could have controlled himself then, maybe Gamma would still... Omega shook his head. He wasn't supposed to be thinking about Gamma, he was supposed to be thinking about the problem at hand. There was nothing here and Rouge would be wondering where he was if he didn't get back to the base by 4:00. That's when she gets back from her moonlight flights. He dropped down the hole he had made and started to walk back down the path from where he came. This signal was a fake. That thought stopped Omega. Signal? An E-series would have to be intact to emit a signal. He went back up through the hole one more time. Though he had failed his mission to find at least one E-series robot still intact, he wondered what in the world would make a signal? He spotted it. It looked like a metal water bottle with a blue light bulb where the lid would be. The light was on. That was it. Whatever this thing was, it wasn't here when Gamma came. He put the... whatever it was, into a small cloth pouch and walked back to where he had entered.
September 6
5:43 AM
Omega stared at the strange metal contraption through a micro-scope. He had been doing so for about an hour. He fidgeted with it with a screwdriver. Their seemed to be absolutely no way to see what was inside of it without completely destroying it. He crushed the screw driver and pounded the table. Things were so much more simple when he had no soul. He always thought of his soul as a weakness. Originally, he thought it was because it stopped him from killing Shadow the Hedgehog. Then, as time went on, he started to feel bad about the lives he destroyed with his hands. He punched himself. Stop thinking that way!, he thought. He was under Dr. Eggman's control then. He had no control over his own actions. But that still wasn't an excuse for what he did to... he punched himself again.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," a voice said behind him.
He turned around to see the Commander.
"Commander!" Omega said, saluting.
"There is no need for that," Commander said.
"You can continue whatever you were doing, just don't hit yourself. I wouldn't want you to be weakened on your mission tomorrow," Commander said.
"I thought our next mission was in October," Omega said, dropping his hand to his side
"Hmm? Didn't Rouge tell you? We recently discovered a Dark Egg Legion Facility in the Ice Cap Zone," Commander filled in.
"It must have slipped her mind," Omega said.
"Must have," Commander said, walking out of the room.
Why didn't Rouge tell me? was the only thought Omega had as he went to his recharge chambers.