Mecha Sonic Reborn

by GammaVSMW

This story is inspired by a Sonic animation by Sasso Studios simply called "Mecha Sonic." Tails decides to rebuild Mecha Sonic a second time with a more advanced operating system than what he had before. Will he go berserk again, or will he become more than just a robot? Rating bumped up to T for reference to rat blood in chapter 14.

2. LATE NIGHT GAMING SESSION

Steel looked around at the workshop while the Fox to whom he owed his existence slept. There were several posters hanging on the wall based on movies and video games the Fox Kit enjoyed. The robot focused on a poster depicting six humans in front of a large, vaguely lightbulb-shaped tree. Above the tree was some Japanese text above the number 3. "Seiken Densetsu 3...Holy Sword Legend 3," the Hedgebot said out loud. He became curious about this "Holy Sword Legend," but knew that it wouldn't be a good idea to ask Tails while he slept. He then remembered Tails mentioning a voice command system called Tia. Would this Tia know. He decided to ask. "Tia, what is Holy Sword Legend 3?"

"Seiken Densetsu 3, or Holy Sword Legend 3, is an action role-playing video game developed by SquareSoft for the Super Famicom," answered a soft female voice.

"How does one play action role-playing game?" Steel asked.

"There is a vintage Super NES connected to the TV. Would you like me to set TV input to play it?"

Steel walked over to the TV and scanned a crate full of SNES cartridges until finding one labeled 'Secret of Mana 2' with similar artwork to the poster that caught his attention. He gently grabbed the cartridge out of the crate and inserted it into the console before switching it on. "Tia, activate the TV."

Tia did as ordered and turned on the TV while Steel grabbed a controller that rested on the TV stand and pressed buttons until reaching the character select screen. Knowing nothing about the game's characters, he randomly picked 3 of the 6 on screen to create his party, then started the game.

He continued to play the game for several hours, learning not only about his party's abilities, enemy behavior patterns, and how to best use the items given to him throughout the game, but also how to better replicate natural speech patterns from reading the game's text. It was going on 11 AM when he heard Tails wake up and prepare food for himself. He paused the game and followed the noise Tails made to the kitchen, where the Fox Kit was spreading butter on a waffle before slathering it with syrup. "Good morning, Tails," Steel greeted, shocking the kit so much that he squirted syrup on his own chest.

"Tails, are you alright?"

"You startled me, Steel. I ended up squirting syrup on my chest. Now my fur's sticky."

Steel hung his head. "I am sorry."

"It's alright, Steel. You're still learning, so I can understand you making mistakes. Speaking of learning, it seems you've learned a more natural speech pattern. That's great!"

"I learned from one of your games, Tails. Seiken Densetsu 3. I have been playing for 8 hours and 14 minutes."

Tails laughed. "I don't think I've ever had a play session that long, even in that game, and that's a game that can really suck you in."

"It is indeed very engaging, Tails."

Tails nodded as he began to eat his waffle, smiling inwardly not just at the taste of his breakfast, but at the rate at which Steel seemed to be growing. He could only hope that his friends would accept the reborn Mecha Sonic as a friend.