"Dad, I wanna go home!" Cried a robotic hedgehog.
"No, not until your task is complete." Robotnick said.
"But Dad! I'm hurting! It hurts when I move!" The robot is now shedding tears.
"Get over it. I'll fix you when you're done with your task."
"…O…k." The robot held back its tears and treaded forward.
Metal Sonic is a robotic copy of Sonic whose main purpose is destroying his organic template. However, Robotnick wanted to experiment to see if he could create a robot that could actually age. Well… he turned out a bit 'young'
"Dad… I'm scared…" Metal trembled.
"I don't care. Keep going."
Metal Sonic is walking along with Robotnick on a road in a metropolis called 'StarDust Speedway'. He knew his way around the metro, because it was his home city. He enjoyed this place very much because it was calm and peaceful. However, this time he was shocked to see the state it was in. It seemed to be in an apocalypse; A red sky, buildings falling apart, and completely deserted. He knew that this was the work of his master, so he didn't question about it. When he got to something that appeared to be a wall, Robotnick told him to remember this spot.
"…Why?" Metal asked.
"Because we're going to be coming back here soon. Now, follow me."
Robotnick began to walk back to the star lifter with Metal trotting behind him. Metal took an awkward step and fell.
"AAAUUUGHHH-HAAAA!" Metal screamed in blinding pain.
"The hell?" Robotnick bursted out.
Metal's awkward step caused him to fall and break open some of his nervous system wiring cords in his ankle joint, revealing them to the coursing electricity pulsing through his body.
"DAAAAAD! HEEEEELP ME! " He screamed as Robotnick rushed over to him. Not because Metal was in pain, but to make him quit his annoying screams.
"Daaah….Helllh mmmh…" His screams fainted along with his hearing, sight, and his sense all together. He passed out of pain shock.
Metal opened his eyes and saw the ceiling of his room. He sat up when he could feel once more and saw that his foot from the ankle down was removed. He thought for a moment and remembered about his 'sprained' ankle and then passing out. He tried to stand but toppled as soon as he did so, so he lifted himself up by the bed and searched for something to use as a temporary crutch. He didn't find a crutch, but he found his foot. He decided to reattach it back on his leg. But the ankle wasn't fixed yet so when he connected the main wire back, he let out a yelp and yanked it apart from himself. He called coconuts to help him get to Robotnicks lab.
"Weeell, 'botnicks not here kid." Coconuts told Metal.
"Huh? Where did he go?"
"Naaa, someplace called Palmtree Panic or somethin'."
"What? He didn't fix my ankle! He didn't even fix my OTHER injuries!"
"face it kid, 'botnick doesn't care about anyone but m'self."
Metal groaned and proceeded drag himself along the wall to find something he could use as a crutch. He tripped once more and fell on his arm, dislocating it.
"Oh, you gotta be FREAKING KIDDING ME!" He yelled as he was again going through pain shock and passed out.
Metal woke to someone slapping him hard on his cheeks. It was Scratch along with Grounder and Coconuts and some by standing badnicks. He shot his torso up to sit up which ended up with him colliding his head with Scratches beak. It left a good dent and caused some pain but at this point Metal couldn't care less, he was pissed. He looked at his arm only to find no arm in its socket.
"WHERE IS MY ARRRM?" he shouted very angrily.
"We had to amputate it." Grounder said.
"WHATS WITH EVERYONE REMOVING PARTS OFF OF ME? WHY CANT YOU JUST REPAIR IT?"
"Well b'cause we don't know HOW to repair your parts, son. Bwaaauk. Scratch clucked.
"Yeah, your body's got some growing function that only the good doc can repair." Coconuts replied.
"Hmmph, hardly goo-"
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" Roared Robotnick while interrupting Metals sentence.
"A-Ah Doctor Robotnick! You've returned! I wa-"
"Go." Robotnick told everyone except Metal, who couldn't move anyway.
"Y-yes sir…Buawk…" Scratch answered.
Everyone left so Robotnick could have a word with metal.
"Metal sonic, what were you thinking? You had to have known about your ankle, why did you get out of bed?"
"B-because…I was looking for you. So y-you could fix me." Metal began to tear up.
"I was going to fix you when I got back!"
"Well y-you could've left a note saying that!"
"I am sorry Metal, I will never do anything reckless to you again."
"I d-don't want that as an apology! I w-want it as a promise!" Metal covered his face and began to cry.
"I promise I will never make you feel abandoned ever again, Metal sonic."
With that said, Robotnick knelt down and gave Metal a hug. Metal cried harder and clung to Robotnick with his one arm. He felt so safe and sound with him now. Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts were eavesdropping on the conversation, Scratch said "That poor, poor kid.. Buawk."
"Shouldn't we tell him?" Grounder asked.
"What's the point? He aint gonna b'lieve us…" Coconuts replied.
"It's better for him to find out for himself anyway. Bwu-buawk."
Everyone then left the room.
The next day, Robotnick told Metal, Who's now repaired completely, to wait by the so called 'wall' in StarDust Speedway. He was told in detail to wait for further command. Metal knew that this was going to be a bit of a wait so he brought a little gadget he was working on. Well, wasn't really a gadget, more like a home-made energy gem FOR a gadget. It was blood red, spherical, and held a single soul. Metal kept this away from Robotnick so he could finish it without suspicion lurking over him like a police officer whose career rests upon this case. Metals call signal chimed in.
"Metal Sonic? Listen to me very carefully. Head down to Collision Chaos, when you see a pink hedgehog at the entrance, snatcher and take her to where YOU are at this moment." Robotnick ordered.
"Got it! Head to Collision Chao- wait WHAT?"
"Kidnap, if I should say, the hedgehog that goes by Rosey Rascal, or Amy Rose as everyone calls her."
"…You've GOT. To be kidding me. ARE YOU INSANE? Oh WAIT."
"Enough sass, now do my bidding minion!"
"…Dad, I fear for your future."
"GO!" and with that said, the conversation connection ended.
Metal put the gem into his chest pocket, and proceeded to head for Collision Chaos. Well this wasn't so bad. He is now able to test his hover techniques since he never trusted himself to walk again. But that was interrupted when some badnicks mistook Metal for the real deal.
"There goes Sonic! Quick! After him!"
"Wut."
"DESTROY SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!"
"I'm not Sonic you IDIOTS!"
"He has insulted our mother! KILL HIM"
"*snrk* pff- AHAHAHA! W-HAT!" Metal laughed at how they somehow got THAT out of his sentence.
Metal ran for his life. He avoided the ones he could avoid and decided to bite or bare his jaws at the ones who caught up. Metals jaws work like rat traps, they snap close with an un-believable amounts of pressure and force, not to mention the 2 rows of pointed, ceramic titanium 'teeth' in the jaw itself. So biting is his enemy is his primary defense. His jaws can also lock close to keep his enemy punctured so it can cause death by blood loss.
SNAP! SNAP SNAPSNAP!
It didn't take long before he saw that the number of badnicks decreased at a high rate. The rest of the survivors retreated and the animals of the non- survivors became free and thanked Metal for his kindness and heart.
"I have mixed feelings…"
"Why? You saved us! You should be known as a hero! A Savior!" the animals chanted.
"Yeeeeeah, that's the thing… I-" Before he could finish, the animals disappeared.
"…The HELL?"
It took Metal a few hours to get to Collision Chaos, his reaction was;
"WHY IS EVERYTHING PIIIIIIIIIINK?" he does NOT like Collision Chaos, not one bit.
"GOD! I'm supposed to find a pink hedgehog in THIS place? I bet this is going to end up like those horror movies when the blonde chick is trying to find a weapon in a freaking armory! SHE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ONE!" Metal stopped his voice when he saw Sonic up ahead, with a PINK hedgehog clinging to him.
"…That has to be her."
"OH, Sonic! I love you! Marry me? PLLEEASE?" the little pink one said.
"Sorry, I don't marry kids. I don't roll like that, Amy." Sonic answered.
"I IS her!" Metal then sped up and took off into the air. He knew Sonic couldn't fly, so this was an advantage. He swooped down and swiped Amy off the ground. And when I mean 'swipe', I mean taking a minute to pry her fingers off of Sonic and then being mistaken for Sonic and being crushed by a hug. In midflight he was trying to keep the child calm but it was no use. As soon as he landed back at the 'wall' in StarDust Speedway, he immediately bounded the Amy with a rope and tied her up a broken light pole and went back to tinkering with the gem once more.
He was wondering how long it would take Sonic to get there.