Alright, here's chapter two. Sorry this took absolutely forever. I had sorta lost intrest in fanfiction for a while and tried something else. Anyway, doing my best to keep the storyline going in this chapter. Enjoy.

Part 2~Revival

Tails didn't get as much enthusiasm out of Sonic as he wanted. When the blue hedgehog saw the video, he couldn't help but to be skeptical.

"This can't be right," he said after seeing the video once, rewinding on his computer to veiw it again.

"Why not?" Tails asked, his euphoria wearing off. The cold rain had extinguished his excitment as easily as it would have a flame. It had also cleared his head a litlte. The only reason that Tails was so happy about the situation was the idea of being the hero again, and maybe returning to how things were before Robotnik had become inactive.

Sonic, however, didn't like that idea at all. Going back to his old lifestyle would just spoil him rotten again. He still had trouble holding down normal jobs to earn money. He remembered the irony of how he was fired from being a postman. It was hard not to break the speed-limit when he didn't have any way to tell how fast he was running. Besides, he realized that the movie on the chip had to be fake.

"Well," Sonic said, answering Tails's question, "It's been four years. You don't think Robotnik here would have grown a little? He still looks like he did four years ago."

Tails hadn't noticed that, but Sonic was right. The doctor hadn't aged a day in the video.

"Also," Sonic continued, pointing to something in the background, "do you realize who this is?"

Tails had to strain his eyes before he realized that he was looking at Shadow the hedgehog. The red and black vision that the computer played on the screen made it very hard to see the ebony hedgehog in the background, but there was no mistaking who it was. It had been four years since the last time anyone had seen him, and like Robonik, it seemed as if Shadow hadn't aged a day.

"Shadow could be back..." Tails stated quietly. He knew that this was an old video now, he was just grasping at anything that would keep the sense of nostalgia alive. He really missed hanging out with Knuckles and Sonic during the times that the three had to stop Robotnik. Tails just missed how close they used to be...

"Sorry buddy, but I find that hard to beleive," Sonic said, handing the memory chip back to Tails. He was going to finish with a You shouldn't be so paranoid, Tails, when he saw the look of utter dissapointment on his friend's face. Tails was like a younger brother to Sonic, so seeing him so dissapointed really tore his heart. It only took him two seconds to realize why he was so let down. He missed hanging out and being a part of the team.

He, like Sonic, missed being useful.

Sonic rubbed his hand though his quills, a habit that he had obtained when he lost his house and had to move in with Amy. He didn't want to hurt Tails's feelings, but he didn't want to lie to him either. Then an idea came to his head.

"Well," he said, pretending to be a little concerned, "You could be right. I'm not convinced, though. Still, we can't afford to be caught off gaurd. Why don't you build a sentinel robot, Tails? That would allow us to rest easy but still be alerted when something turns up."

Tails grinned from ear to ear. He saluted Sonic as if he were a soldier, blurting out, "Yeah! I can do that!" before running out of the door. Sonic sighed the second the fox was out of sight. What was he going to do with him?

The twelve year old kitsune went straight to work on the robot when he returned to his home. The metal skull was damaged beyond repair, so Tails constructed a new one using scraps from a failed flying-camera device he had tried to build. He sighed when he realized that the whole upper torso was useless now that the head weighed more. Modifing the torso lead to having to fix the legs so they could support the new metal Sonic. Eventually, Tails also modified the android's arms due to having rebuilt almost every other part of the robot.

The entire process took the better half of two months. It was during a particularly sleepless night that Tails had found the time he needed to finish rebuilding metal Sonic. Tails realized that his reincarnation of Sonic wasn't complete. If he had used the same memory chip that Robotnik had originally inserted, then he'd have a rampaging metal Sonic on his hands. No, he needed to reprogram it.

So began Tails' reconstruction of Robotnik's memory chip. The fox could have just programmed it to look for signs of other robots, but that was below him. No, he needed this to be one of his better inventions. He had to prove to himself that he was still as great an inventor as he had been when he built the Blue Typhoon.

The giant ship had been given to Team Chaotix after the Sonic team had fallen from grace. The public felt that Vector, Espio, and Charmy did better deeds for their community than Sonic now that Robotnik was out of the picture. That's when the team announced that they wanted to search for something on another planet. Espio had managed to talk Tails, who was nine at the time, to hand over the Blue Typhoon to them so they could set off.

They weren't seen again after their departure three years ago.

Tails worked on the micro-chip that Robotnik had placed in metal Sonic for a full month. Deciding that it would be best to have another mobian guarding the city rather than just a cold, unfeeling robot, the fox had arranged the chip in a manner that allowed the machine it was inside to feel emotions like any other mobian could. It would be like having another Sonic around, but with a totally different personality.

Tails realized the faults of this technology, but figured that it balanced out in performance. Since Tails couldn't program the robot's emotions or personality, there was a slight chance that the robot would become evil. Still, the android couldn't compare to how fast the real Sonic could run, even if it could reach a full 205mph. Not to mention the benefit it would have if the android functioned correctly. This would allow Tails to see how a morally aware android would react to it's enviroment.

Though, he wasn't so sure that the people of Emerald Hill would react so kindly to a friendly metal Sonic, considering all the havoc that viscious ones had caused. Tails shrugged, figuring that they would get used to it.

Inserting the memory chip in place, the two-tailed fox stood back as he watched as his creation slowly came to life...

There was a jarring awarness that assulted him from the endless black nothingness he had known for a few moments. Something arose from within, a feeling that the machine had never known before...

Panic.

The robot was suddenly aware that this state of mind was it's end. There was no more life it could give, no more strength in what was once it's limbs. Then brilliant light flooded the black, the two counterparts seeming to fight for control. It took the android only moments to realize that even the black nothingness somehow glowed. It was then that the robot realized what it was staring at.

Static.

Panic was replaced by hope, a new and incredible emotion for the previously deactivated robot. It found that it could run check-ups on it's systems and realized that it was perfectly fine.

Better than fine, it was reborn. The static then gave way to color and the color soon became pictures of the enviroment, showing the robotic hedgehog a cramped room filled with many different, obviously unused machines. More importantly, it showed the andriod a two-tailed fox standing nearby. He was staring at him with a look of pride and accomplishment in his eyes.

Metal Sonic looked down to examine it's new body. It was much more natural looking, using a brillant design to mimic the look of a real hedgehog's body. Infact, from far away metal Sonic would actually have appeared to be a real hedgehog. Up close, however, the differences were obvious. There were small screws in several places, including the cheeks; and the elbows had an indention where the bones were supposed to meet, showing the inside mechanism that allowed them to bend. The knees were also odd, spouting plates to show where the knee was supposed to be. The last noticable difference was how his eyes were solid black with red pupils.

The robot looked up at Tails again, realizing that the fox had done this to him. He felt gratitude...

...Then he felt pleasantly surprized that he had felt at all.

A smile appeard on metal Sonic's face, though the mechanisms that allowed his face to flex in such a way was yet another surprize to the newly activated android. He brought his metal hand to the back of his head and rubbed his quills, surprized yet again when he found how real the quills felt.

Quills...

Then he remembered looking straight up as Sonic's foot came down to crush his skull. All gratitude was erased in that instant, replaced by suspicion and anger. His once bright smile was replaced by a scowling glare that seemed to cut right through Tails' soul.

The fox backed up in fright, tripping over an old generator and falling on several other inventions. His heart was pounding as he looked into the bright-red eyes of what he thought was to be his killer.

Instead of attacking however, metal Sonic asked, "What is the meaning of this? Why have you rebuilt what you thought to be your enemy?" His voice sounded suspiciously like Sonic's, just deeper.

Tails gulped, trying to spit out his explanation before his heart leaped out of his chest, "I-I built you to b-b-be my scout r-robot! I even i-installed the e-emotions chip so you w-wouldn't feel like a r-robot!"

Metal Sonic looked at the twelve year old fox curiously. "You did not program me not to kill you," he stated bluntly, making the hairs on the back of Miles' neck stand on end, "I find that quite odd considering that only moments ago I tried to eliminate you."

Tails rubbed the back of his head, now wondering if he had erred when he decided that he wanted to give this robot a choice to join them or not. "Y-yeah...wait a minute, I reprogramed your memory chip! That should have eradicated all of the past memories you had!"

"Yet it did not," metal Sonic stated, tapping his index finger to his head. "I think this was a small mistake on your part, but you may have reinstalled the same memory banks instead of replacing them." The robot then held out his hand to help Tails up.

The young fox took his hand and allowed him to help him up. "Perhaps...does this mean you're gonna try to kill me now?" Tails asked, carefully taking a step backward.

Metal Sonic shook his head no. "I am in your debt. You have saved me. So to repay you, I will not kill you or your friends. Be wary, however, for if Robotnik orders me to kill you again, I will have no choice other than to try a second time to erradicate you."

Tails gave metal a strange look, then managed to hide the fact that he had done so by pretending to have stepped on a painfully sharp, metal tool. "Ow," he said, faking pain as well as he could, "jeez...so...I guess this means you won't help us?"

Again, metal Sonic just shook his head no. "I must be going. Good fortune to you, fox."

With that, the metal Sonic impersonator was out in a flash, running across the fields with his rocket powered shoes.

What the new metal Sonic didn't know was that Tails had him bugged.

Not that it mattered. Metal was heading to the destroyed headquarters of what used to be Robotropolis, where he wouldn't find Robotnik or anyone else.

Nothing but dust.