Chapter 2: Gaining Friends And Enemies

Sonic took off like the wind. He saw an Egg Pawn coming his way, he tried jumping over the robot, but instead he accidentally landed on it. But because he was in a ball the force and the spikes dismantled the robot. Sonic then got the idea that this was a great way to fight off against the robots. He jumped up a hill and an incoming Egg Hover fired when it saw him. Sonic dodged the shots and jumped on the robot, destroying it. He smiled, impressed by himself. He kept running up a rise and crossed a bridge where an Egg Pawn waited to ambush him but was destroyed by Sonic. He went up another sharper rise and jumped up the steps of a larger hill. After crossing another bridge and another rise the ground below him started to crumble below him. Sonic ran to a safe place before he could fall through. He kept going and saw a huge loop formed by the land. Sonic grinned and ran through the hoop and it helped him built up speed. He crashed into two giant Egg Hammers. He got back up and confronted the robots. They swung their huge hammers at him but dodged every swing they threw at him. Sonic jumped on one of them and held on. The other Egg Hammer swung its hammer at Sonic but destroyed the robot instead. Sonic then jumped at its stomach, and went right through it. Sonic kept going and went into a small hole that shot him into the air. He landed on an Egg Pawn that had no idea where he was. He landed and kept going. He came across a Heavy Hammer. The robot swung like crazy. Sonic avoided the hits. The robot didn't see him anywhere. After he saw a blue figure heading straight towards him, he noticed his body was unattached. Sonic cut its head off. The body blew up. Sonic landed and kept running.

Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik sat in his chair aboard the Doomsday. He felt a mix of exhaustion and failure. Scratch, a giant robot chicken, stepped inside. "Doctor, we have an update." Dr. Robotnik turned around. "Let me make this clear, if it has nothing to do with the progress of my plan, then I will get really angry." Scratch pulled up a video screen. It was Sonic destroying a legion of robots in Green Hill Zone.

"It's that kid! How'd he get away alive? Doesn't matter. It looks like it's our turn now."

"Do you want me to send in the cavalry?" Dr. Robotnik stood up. "Are you crazy? He already knows how to crush my robots, and we can't risk any more for one hedgehog. Maybe if we had something more complicated to- wait. That's it! He wants to challenge me then he'll get one. Scratch, ready my hover. And get me a couple discs while you're at it."

Sonic left the Green Hill Zone. An Egg Hover approached him. Sonic noticed something weird about it. "It doesn't have a gun." Indeed, it showed Sonic a recorded video message of Dr. Robotnik. "Is it on, Grounder? I told you- oh. Hello once again, hedgehog. Seems as though you've crossed paths with me for the last time. If we both want this settled, then meet me at the ancient Blue Marble. Temperatures drop there quickly, but they say revenge is a dish best served cold." The message ended. The robot left. "Hm, Blue Marble. Well, then let's see where this goes." Sonic takes off.

Sonic arrives at Blue Marble. He scans the area. Then he hears something calling rushes towards the sound. He saw it came from a pink hedgehog tied to a pole. He goes over to her. "Are you alright?" The girl lifted her head up. "Are you Sonic the Hedgehog?"

"Yeah, how did you know..." "You need to get out of here. You're in a trap."

"Well then, I'll make this really quick." He ran behind the pole the girl was tied to. But before he could touch the rope Sonic was shocked, and a scanner scanned his body. "Sonic!" The scanning and the shocking stopped. Sonic fell to the ground. A ball of electricity gathered in front of the girl. Sonic quickly got to it and it exploded. Sonic opened his eyes and saw a robot that looked like him. "Whoa!" The girl said "It looks like you."

"Yeah." Said Sonic. The voice of Dr. Robotnik laughed. The doors next to Sonic opened. Dr. Robotnik came out on his hover. "Sonic, meet your match, Hyper Metal Sonic." "I believe this battle was reserved just for us. C'mon!" Sonic almost ran towards Dr. Robotnik, but Metal Sonic grabbed his foot and threw him. Sonic got up. "That was cheap." Metal Sonic got into a fighting position. "Don't try your luck, bub. I've taken down robots whose butts were bigger than your head. So, if you're going down it'll be fast." Sonic charged and Metal Sonic charged. They fought. Metal Sonic kept beating Sonic, as if it knew his every move. Sonic got tossed into the air.

"Mwahahahaha. Nice try, but Metal's got everything you do. I installed him with all your data a moment ago. Now that he's had his fun..." Metal Sonic rolled himself into a ball and got inside a hole in the hover. The hover grew an electric force field. Then it extended a large ball attached to it with a chain. He swung it around. Sonic dodged the electrical swings of the ball. Metal Sonic shot out an electric shot at Sonic. It surrounded him. Sonic could move around in it but it was dragging him towards the hover. Then Sonic got an idea. As he got closer, he waited for the ball to miss, then he jumped at the hover with an electrical charge. The hover fell to the ground; Metal Sonic fell out of the hover. Dr. Robotnik got up. "This... isn't... over." He started up the hover and flew away along with Metal Sonic.

Sonic went over to the girl and untied her. "Thanks.''

"No problem. Now I need to get back to Soleanna."

"Soleanna? Why would you want to go there? Oh wait, you're a hero, right?" Sonic stopped and turned his head. "No. Not really. Just fulfilling a one-sided compromise." "Need someone to help you with that compromise?" He finally turned around. "You're not asking..." "No, I'm insisting. Two heads are better than one."

"Girl, I've got a handful of problems to solve right now, I really don't think you really need to join this."

"Please, I promise to be the eyes for spotting danger. Just think of me as your cousin or something."

"Yeah, I wouldn't even take my dog on an adventure."

"Well, you're not doing this alone." "And I'm not, right now I need to find-"

"I own my own radio show. Maybe that can be of help." Sonic paused for a moment. "Hmm...alright you can tag along. There is something I think you can do." She hopped up in joy. "Yay!"

"Please don't do that, makes it look like you are family. What's your name anyway?"

"The name's Amy Rose."

"Natural last name?"

"Yeah, my dad said he got teased a lot when he was a kid." They took off.

To be continued...