Heya guys. I decided to redo this story because a)I was reading through my old version and realised that it was quite rushed b)I was proud of my plot c)It was my first chapter story and I wanted to improve it. I don't have much time to write at the minute either, so I thought I could edit my previous stories and improve them...and this one's first on my list.
I want this story to go out to everyone who supported me the first time I wrote this. Honestly, if they hadn't, I would have just given up on it. I had a major case of writer's block and the encouraging reviews helped so much! So thank you guys! I'm sure you all know who you are...xx
Anyways, enough of me blabbering. On with the story...
The Return of Metal
"Hah, look at you. You're nothing but a pathetic little blue nuisance in the way my global domination scheme." Eggman taunted. He was yet again hovering around in his Egg Mobile, crafted specially to suit his egg-like frame. Next to him stood a big robot that looked like an oversized blender and a dozen red robots which bore a resemblance to Eggman himself.
"You didn't tell me you were giving out complimentary milkshakes Eggy. Personally I'm more of a chilli dog guy, but for you I'll make an exception." Sonic replied, arms crossed, wearing a familiar cocky grin.
"Well, in that case. How about I add a special ingredient to yours. It's a rare flower, only found in Sonic the hedgehog's heart. A little pink something I like to call, Sonic Bait."
"Wait, what?" said a Sonic said with a confused look, soon turning to shock. He let his arms drop and made a step towards the new arrival.
Next to Eggman appeared a cage with a propeller on top. Inside was a pretty annoyed looking Amy Rose with her arms folded impatiently. Bearing a striking resemblance to the blue blur himself when being made to wait.
"Let's see how well you cope with my creations when your heart's on the line. You have two minutes before the cage reaches the blender of the Egg Appliance!"
"She's not my girlfriend and that's not even a challenge, I could do it in my sleep!" Sonic retorted, his cocky grin returning to his face as he headed towards the oncoming robots.
"Man, is that dude running out of ideas and names or what?" Sonic shouted down his wrist communicator, bopping a robot on the head with his foot as he jumped over it.
"He sure hides the fact that he has an IQ of 300 well. We're on our way just in case" Tails replied.
'I have to get her out of there, but I can't with these freaks in the way. I'm gonna have to make short work of them.' Sonic mused.
Sonic used spin dashes and homing attacks on the robots that stood in his way, often taking them down two or three at a time. Making sure each robot was down, he stood back to admire his handiwork.
A bright flash of silver obscured Sonic's vision as he was caught off guard. Something silver hit him around the back of the head, the impact so hard and unexpected that Sonic was sure he could see triple of everything.
"SONIC!"
He heard Amy scream out his name helplessly as his vision started to blur, the pain causing him to fall to his knees and clutch his head in agony.
At seeing her hero collapse Amy got out her hammer and started pounding at the metal bars that sealed her in.
"LET...ME...OUT...OF...HERE!" Hitting the metal with her hammer at every syllable, Amy pounded hopelessly at the bars of her prison. Tears streaming down her face as Sonic's limp form propelled her onwards to no avail, the hammer left nothing more than a few dents in the strong metal.
Using the last of his strength Sonic managed to activate his wrist communicator "Tails!" he shouted harshly. "Save Amy, you've... got one ...minute". Feeling satisfied with himself, Sonic succumbed to the inevitable darkness.
A plane soared over head seconds later, as Tails arrived in the X Tornado. Knuckles, Cream and Cheese tagging along in the passenger seats of the machine.
"Knuckles go check on Sonic, we'll get Amy." Tails said in a worried tone with Knuckles grunted in response. Tails manoeuvred towards the ground to allow Knuckles to assist his brother before to help a distraught Amy.
Knuckles landed on the hard ground with a thump, ignoring the pain he endured as a result. He ran towards Sonic but was intercepted by a silvery blue metal hedgehog.
"Stay where you are...or your friends gonna go on a one way trip without a return ticket." The metallic voice rang out.
Knuckles ground to a halt and took a few steps back reluctantly, holding his hands up in front of him.
'Metal Sonic...I thought we already defeated him...guess he didn't learn his lesson the first time.'
"Let's settle this between us...no need to get someone who can't defend themselves involved." Knuckles stated, hoping that the robotic hedgehog wouldn't refuse the offer.
"Hmphh! You're no challenge by yourself, but if fighting you is the only way I can get you out of my way, then so be it!" The robot then went into fighting stance, not much different to that of a certain blue hedgehogs.
Both Echidna and robot lunged at each other with force, neither wanting to lose the resulting battle. Meanwhile Tails and Cream had managed to release Amy from her small prison using Tails laser device. The only difficulty they were facing now was refraining her from jumping off the plane at such a height.
"Miss Amy, you can't. We're too high up! At least let Mr Tails' plane get closer to the ground." Cream spoke sweetly, concern ringing out from her words.
"Amy! Stop struggling...you're gonna hurt yourself and then you'll be no help to him at all!" Tails shouted, trying to make the hedgehog see sense.
"I have to see if Sonic's okay!" Amy screamed back, whilst struggling to get out of their grip.
Tails thanked his lucky stars he had decided to put the Tornado on auto-pilot, as currently both him and Cream were fighting for a lost cause.
The X Tornado landed quickly, even if it was much too slow for Amy's liking, and everyone jumped out. Amy, Cream and Cheese ran over to Sonic, while Tails raced after Knuckles and Metal Sonic knowing that Knuckles would need all the help he could get.
...xxx...
Both rivals dodged blow after blow, constantly moving in fear of getting struck down by the other. Knuckles and Metal Sonic locked hands and were both attempting to knock the other off balance. Tails flew in behind Metal Sonic, kicking him in the back of his head and temporarily disabling him.
Metal recovered from the blow quickly but was bombarded with punches and kicks from Knuckles and Tails who had used the time to gain the upper hand.
"I will get you...all of you!" Those were Metal Sonic's last words before his power supply failed him, due to the severe injuries he sustained from fighting.
...xxx...
"SONIC!" Amy screamed running and collapsing next to her blue hero with tears swimming in her eyes. "Please be okay!" she whispered more to herself than anyone else before starting to sob quietly.
She heard footsteps behind her, but didn't turn to see who it was. The only person she wanted to see was Sonic, healthy and active, just like he normally was.
Cream and Cheese stood behind Amy, not wanting to disturb her, Cheese chaoing quietly to calm her down . They were soon joined by Tails and Knuckles, the latter seeming a little bruised.
Eggman hovered down to the group to give them some last words before their next encounter, just like he always did.
"I'll get you next time you annoying little creatures. You may have defeated Metal Sonic, but at the price of Sonic the Hedgehog. That's one point to me I think! Ha Ha Ha! Let me know if he does survive, I'll need to prepare some more robots for him!" With that, Eggman left dragging his oversized blender with him, slightly disappointed that he didn't get a chance to use his latest toy.
Eggman's words stung Amy like a needle through the heart. '...at the price of Sonic the Hedgehog' '...if he survives'. The words kept going round her head, as if they were deliberately trying to torment her further. Sniffing loudly, Amy focused on what the rest of the group members were now discussing.
At first she didn't realise that she was being asked a question, but when everyones gaze fell on her she listened intently.
"Amy, does he have a pulse?" Knuckles questioned.
Between muffled sobs, Knuckles managed to decipher an 'I was too scared to check...' Knuckles bowed his head respectively as Tails lifted Sonic's arm and felt his wrist for a pulse.
He soon let out a breath of hope as he found the throb of his heartbeat. It was faint, but it was still there, and that's what mattered the most.
"He's okay, just unconscious and a bit battered. I'm sure he'll be running around in no time." He managed a small smile at Amy before getting the X Tornado ready to fly everyone home again.
Knuckles lifted up Sonic and all four remaining heroes followed Tails to the X Tornado, neither of them saying a word the whole way home. The only noises were the sobs that would escape from Amy every couple of minutes; no matter how hard she tried to keep them in.
They reached home in almost ten minutes, all filing into Tail's house with Knuckles having slung Sonic over his shoulder.
He laid him down on his bed and everyone left him alone, giving the azure hedgehog his much needed rest. Tails, having thought ahead, went to fill the X Tornado just in case while the others went to the living room.
...xxx...
'Ughh! What happened? Why does my head hurt so much? Wait a second...Eggman... Amy!'
Sonic quickly sat up to find himself in his bed, a shooting pain passed through his head. Looking around him, he saw a sleeping Amy leaning on the side of the bed, gently holding his hand. His heart warmed at the gesture before he decided that he needed a run.
Sonic got up, ignoring the fact that his head throbbed like mad and slowly released his hand from the pink hedgehogs grip. He managed to remove his hand from Amy's but as soon as he had, she started stirring.
Sonic ran over to the window and looked out casually to hide the fact that he was looking at her. He couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked asleep before realising that his head felt heavier than usual.
Lifting up his gloved hands, he found a bandage surrounding his head. He slowly shoved the bandage and slid it off, finding it quite uncomfortable.
Amy shifted slightly before slowly opening her eyes to reveal a pair of dark green orbs. Glancing at the bed, she was filled with panic when she found it vacant.
She quickly stood up; but her panic was short lived as she spotted Sonic standing by the window, looking out to the sky.
"Sonic..." she whimpered. He turned round and smiled at her. "...I'm sorry...it's all my fault..." she continued, her eyes filling with tears once again.
She was cut off as Sonic walked over to her and held her hands in his. He looked her in the eyes, and gently lifted her hands up to his chest.
"Ames. It's not your fault, if anyone's it's mine. I should have been watching my back rather than mocking the robots." She giggled at him and then managed a small smile with a tear escaping her eye.
"I'm sorry, guess I should really watch my back too." Amy replied, only just noticing that Sonic was holding her hands.
"Or at the least, you could get Tails to make you an Eggman detector!" Sonic joked as he saw her beautiful jade eyes glimmer and twinkle. Realising he was still holding her hands he let go, turning towards the door to hide his blushing muzzle. Both hedgehogs left the room to find the rest of their friends.
'Why did I do that? Her hands are incredibly soft though. Wait...what am I thinking! She did look cute when she was sleeping. Stop that! Your Sonic the Hedgehog, no one can know she's one of your greatest weaknesses.'
Sonic mentally argued with himself the whole way to the workshop, barely noticing when he had arrived.
Tails had got Knuckles to help him update the X Tornado and had set Cream and Cheese searching through all the clutter in the workshop for the Chaos Emerald Detectors.
They all stopped what they were doing and ran over to Sonic when he entered the room. Sonic was too busy in thought to realise that they were talking to him.
"Sonic! Are you alright? Ya didn't get hit too hard did ya?" Tails said with a questioning look on his face. Sonic looked at his brother, a glazy look in his eye.
"Huh! Oh right, I'm fine. Just thinking bout...stuff" Sonic replied rubbing the back of his head subconsciously with an embarrassed smile on his muzzle.
"I'll see ya guys tomorrow, I'm kinda tired. Bye Sonic." Amy said whilst giving Sonic a soft hug, rather than her usual glomp. Sonic did nothing but stood and stare at her with a dumb smile on his face. With that she left for her own house, being waved off by Cream and Cheese.
"So..." Knuckles said casually. "What happened between you two?" he continued with a smirk.
"What! Nothing! Why would anything happen between us?" Sonic started going redder by the second.
"Sonic! Don't give me that 'nothing' excuse. You're as red as the ruby chaos emerald. And..." Knuckles said slyly.
"And what!" Sonic said defensively, gaining a fighting stance and narrowing his eyes at the red echidna.
"Cool it buddy. I was just gonna say that you looked like you enjoyed that hug!"
Knuckles jumped out of the way with his hands up as the exact spot he had been stood in was attacked by a blue blur. Knuckles chuckled to himself before heading off to find Cream and Cheese.
"See ya lover boy. Cream, Cheese, come on. Vanilla's gonna start worrying if you're not home soon and I've left the emerald unguarded too long as it is." Knuckles said heading for the front door.
Sonic knew when he was beaten, but... it didn't stop him messing with Knuckles.
"Don't forget to make sure your bat girlfriend hasn't stolen it will ya Knux!" Sonic retorted, and was met with an angry snarl from Knuckles as he headed out of the door with Cream and Cheese giggling behind him.
Tails rolled his eyes at the scene before continuing to polish the final section of the Tornado before heading off to the kitchen to get a snack.
...xxx...
Amy was walking down her pathway humming quietly to herself. Memories of how Sonic had held her hands filled her mind, her cheeks flushing at the thought of it.
She got out her key and turned the lock on her white and pink door. Swinging open the door, Amy twirled inside, still feeling on top of the world.
Coming to a stop, she was met with a pair of evil looking, glowing red eyes. Amy eyes widened in horror before she tried to turn and run.
"SONIC!" she screamed instinctively before she was grabbed by a pair of cold metal hands. She felt a sharp pain in her left arm and stopped struggling as she succumbed to the oncoming darkness that was covering her vision. Amy had only one thought as her eyelids fell drowsily.
'Sonic...'