Chapter 1. Only Solution
Somewhere on Planet Mobius Unknown Date, 1993
"This is it, my greatest creation yet. It took such a long time but it's finally complete."
The words echoed in the dark room where the only light came from the green light at the bottom of tank where Dr. Eggman's beauty floated in the liquid chamber. The job must be completed. Eggman was working with the computer at the base of the chamber.
"This will be the strongest being ever created, better, stronger, and Faster, much faster than that little blue blur."
They could only be talking about one such blue blur. Why Sonic of course. But how could you create something more pristine, perfect, and better than the one and only Sonic the Hedgehog.
"My child", Eggman said as he stared in awe at the beauty lying in front of him. "Awaken and rise like a newborn baby and take your first breath in this new world as mighty creation to stand tall as the perfect being in the entire Eggman Army."
The glass chamber opened from the bottom after draining the liquid. With a fist on the ground being his first interaction with the real world, not bound by the wires that kept him in stasis for so long in his liquid prison. He was free for the first time. He arose standing upright and faced his creator with red eyes lighting the darkness of the room. His first breath had been taken.
Eggman looked with a wide grin. "It's absolutely perfect." he said.
The creation locked eyes with his creator. Speaking no words, but thoughts filling his newly working mind still learning about the new world it inhabited. Only knowing the goals programmed into it.
"I have one test for you." Eggman said. "What are you going to do."
The creation responded. "I will retrieve the Chaos Emeralds, lead the Eggman army, and destroy anyone who gets in our way."
"And who will get in our way."
"The fastest thing alive, Sonic the Hedgehog."
"Amazing", said Eggman. "For something as perfect as, the machine that will end Sonic, I shall give you a name that will show Sonic who is truly superior. Your name is 'Metal Sonic'."
Present Day.
"Hurry Metal Sonic, do whatever it takes to get that last Emerald." Eggman shouted orders as he chased the one and only Sonic.
Metal Sonic quickly pursued him as fast as he could, attempting to reach their speed and take the Emerald from them.
"You're gonna have to try a lot harder than that to get to me." Sonic boasted while running backwards.
Metal Sonic had finally reached Sonic's speed but was lagging behind. Sonic slowed down so he could catch up and placed one of his shoes on Metal Sonic's forehead. Sonic yawned without breaking a sweat and placed his other foot on his forehead so he Metal Sonic was pushing him through the air. Metal Sonic reached his hand out to grab one of Sonic's legs but before he could, Sonic had jumped of his head and disappeared.
Metal Sonic looked for him and saw that he landed on the wing of Tails' tornado who had arrived just in time.
"Follow them", Eggman ordered.
Metal Sonic sped up to max speed and reached them in seconds. Metal Sonic had pointed at the Emerald with his intimidating silence.
"No way you're getting that last Emerald", Tails' yelled. "Sonic found that fair and square."
"Yeah", Sonic yelled. "And we're making sure to get those other ones you took from us."
Metal Sonic raised his head and began to glow, readying his attack. But then, he swore he saw 2 glowing power sources on his energy scanner. Metal Sonic was stunned and went slower than he could in sudden confusion.
"You better hurry up Tails"
"Alright, initiating Tornado Evasion Mode." The Tornado had shifted parks to help it gain speed and suddenly cut through the clouds, leaving Metal Sonic in the dust.
"Dang it", Eggman shouted once he reached Metal Sonic, who was holding his head in dissatisfaction. "Don't worry, we still have 5 of the Chaos Emeralds. Let's get back to the Egg Carrier."
After the chase with Sonic and Tails, Metal Sonic was placed back in his containment chamber to recharge. Being alone in there with only his thoughts. He swears that when he had allowed them to escape, he saw 2 insane powers emanating from the plane. With only his mind to guide him, Metal Sonic devised a plan for their next encounter.
The next day, Sonic was running through the Mystic Ruins presumably searching for the animal capsules scattered around the area and hopefully find a Chaos Emerald. Once he reached the last capsule, Eggman had launched his machine to stop him. Metal Sonic was released to snatch the Emerald if Sonic had it and to search the area for any power that could be one.
Metal Sonic had ignored orders because he knew immediately what to wait for. "Come on Egghead, you know you can't beat me, even after all these years.", Sonic boasted as he dodged Eggman's attacks.
After Sonic trashed Eggman's machine, he ran to the animal capsule and jumped on the switch releasing the little critters. Sonic revealed the Emerald to taunt Eggman. "Now Metal Sonic! Grab the Emerald!" Eggman shouted.
Metal Sonic flew far behind Sonic and followed as he ran away. He waited for the perfect moment to strike. Sonic ran to a cliff and jumped off the edge, it was what Metal was waiting for.
Sonic was saved from his fall by Tails, as usual, however they had fallen into Metal's trap. Before the Tornado appeared, Metal waited at the edge charging his attack and boost. He jumped as well, letting gravity take him down. He knew because of Sonic's cocky nature, what he would do.
Just as Metal thought, Tails had turned the Tornado towards the sky so he could fly upwards. As soon as Metal Sonic saw that second power source on his data scanner, he unleashed his stored energy to rush at the Tornado. He quickly made it towards the front of the plane and saw that the other Chaos Emerald was being used as an engine. Metal Sonic punched through the front of the Tornado and ripped out the Emerald causing the plane to crash into the water. Sonic and Tails jumped out before it hit the surface of the water and used all their speed to run across.
Metal Sonic, with the Emerald in his hand used the immense power to go the fastest he had ever gone, punching Sonic with all his might, causing Sonic to lose his grip on the Emerald he had. Within seconds, Metal Sonic grabbed the Emerald. "No!", Sonic and Tails said as Metal taunted them and then rushed back to the Egg Carrier with both Emeralds in his possession.
"What are we gonna do now?", Tails asked only to see the once cool and cocky Sonic turned into a trembling shell of his former self.
"H-he…", Sonic said, trying his best to get his words out. "He just took them from me." Sonic's words were very pronounced almost like an actor. It was apparent that he couldn't believe his own words.
"Let's get back home Sonic, we can eat, just try to calm your nerves."
Sonic and Tails went back to their house and began to eat dinner without talking.
"Come on Sonic, just say something, you haven't talked all day.", said Tails in a frustrated tone
"We let him escape, he's planning something, and we're just sitting here, doing nothing", said Sonic, "He has the Chaos Emeralds."
"Don't worry Sonic, we'll get them back.", Tails said, trying to calm his troubled friend.
"You don't understand.", Sonic shouted. "He just took them, no special plan, no tricks, no anything."
"Just calm down, get ahold of yourself."
"You think I can calm down, now. He waltzed in and took it, that just means that he's better than me and you, everyone else."
"Sonic, w-we can get through this like we've gotten through everything else." Tails was shouting every word.
"Yeah Tails, just keep believing the same thing, somehow, we're gonna get all the Chaos Emeralds and become Super Sonic and save the day. That's not gonna happen this time. He smashed the Tornado, he was faster than me, and now he has all 7 Emeralds. Can't you face it, he already won."
"Fine, you can leave and run like a coward" Tails leaned over the table he was eating off of. "I thought you we're Sonic the Hedgehog, the one who would face any threat the world threw at him, now you're crumbling over what you would have thought is a cakewalk back in 1999." Tails sat back in his seat. "I wanted to be as cool as you when we first met, I followed you everywhere, now, I can't believe I ever did."
Sonic left the house later that night. He didn't want to speak to Tails.
Back at the Egg Carrier
"You did it?", Eggman exclaimed.
Metal nodded yes to reply.
"I knew you could do it, ever since the first day your eyes lit up. Now, let's get back to business." ,Eggman said while rushing towards the 7 Emeralds. "We could do so much with these."
The power of the Emeralds was so great that it could transport people to new dimensions.
"How about we take a trip." Eggman said while hatching a plan to eliminate Sonic. "We'll use them tomorrow, I need to get the Egg Mobile charged in case we find danger."
Eggman believed that there was a paradox. Sonic was always destined to win. This problem was supernatural. Eggman thought that if he got something out of this world, he could beat Sonic. Maybe since everything on Mobius couldn't beat Sonic, he needed something otherworldly.
The next morning, Eggman disconnected the charge wire from his Egg Mobile and grabbed the Emeralds, preparing for his departure. Metal Sonic followed him from behind and Eggman channeled the power of the Emeralds and suddenly, a portal opened. Eggman knew that once he entered, the Emeralds would fly across the world and he would have to find them again. However, every dimension has their own version of the Chaos Emeralds. Blaze's dimension has the Sol Emeralds so every world has their own set of 7. Eggman hovered through the portal and entered a world, never seen before.
It was a world with nothing, barren land as far as the eye can see. "Dang it, I guess I have no choice." Eggman deployed an invention he created to scope out the land and search for any possible life or civilization. Eggman fell asleep as he waited for the satellite to return with any information since it can take a while to go around the planet.
Metal Sonic waited with patience with his creator.
The next day. Eggman woke up to ringing coming from the robot he sent out. There was life on the other side of the planet. "Alright Metal," Eggman said while getting ready, "this trip is going to take a while."