Hello public! I thank all of those who gave a positive review for this fan fiction. I even thank those who just read it! You guys gave me confidence for another chapter in this series. But of course, if the reviews say i should, then I will discontinue. Again, you guys are the readers, you call the shots. So let's carry on while we left off, shall we? So without further a due, enjoy the second chapter of "Friend or Foe.
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TomaHawk9595 does not own Sonic, nor any affiliated characters. Nor does he own SEGA or Sonic Team.
Chapter 2: The fuse is lit
"Tails! Tails! Come on buddy, wake up!"
"So-nic?"
Tails found himself staring into Knuckles the Echidna's blue eyes.
"Knuc-kles...whe-re..are w-e?
"We're in Angel Island, but what happened? What is the Tornado doing here?
That's when everything came back to Tails. He remembered the horrifying death of his best friend. The friend who saved Tails from countless attacks from Eggman. He needed to find out what was going on.
"Knuckles, how did you find me?" Asked Tails.
Tails was sitting up now, gaining his consciousness.
"Look Tails, that's not important at the moment. All I need to know, is what the hell happened here!? Demanded Knuckles.
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you." Said Tails painfully.
Tails explained everything. He explained how they took the Tornado to go to Angel Island, he explained how they were hit by Metal, he explained how Sonic was in the middle of the crash, and he explained how Metal Sonic killed the famous blue hedgehog. With every word, Tails felt the pain of losing a best friend. He trembled throughout the whole thing. At last, he collapsed, right there on the surf of Angel Island. "I, Dr. Robotnik, scientist extraordinaire, have finally completed my greatest invention ever. I call it the Hyper Metal Sonic. This robot has taken so much away from everyone. Now, Tails was a victim. He had a feeling in his gut: It was time to end this.
Metal Sonic was flying at the speed of light over the ocean. He was carrying Sonic the Hedgehog's corpse in his hands. Metal was awaiting one destination, and it was Eggmans' base. He knew that Eggman had a plan, and it had to do with Sonic, dead or alive. Then he saw it, out in the distance, was Mt. Lukarest, the tallest mountain on the island supposedly named "Inaukua Island." Metal rocketed through the trench, and hovered onto a runway built into the mountain.
As stepped through the machine that analyzed his identity, the speaker blared: "Hyper Metal Sonic, please report to Eggmans' experiment room with the Hedgehog. Thank you."
Metal thought, "I wonder what he's up to."
When Metal Sonic got to the experiment room, he put Sonic down onto a large table in the middle of the room. All of a sudden, Eggman burst into the room, and he said, "Good afternoon, Metal Sonic."
Metal responded with a simple nod, and Eggman got his surgical tools out.
"Metal, you can watch if you want to, but can you give me some space?" Eggman requested.
Metal hovered over to a the corner of the room, and he landed.
"Okay, now we can get started"
Eggman pulled on big, rubber gloves, and he started working.
"Metal Sonic, if you're wondering, his chest and his head was shot, so I have to replace them." Said Eggman.
Metal was confused.
"It's simple. all we have to do is give certain parts of his brain mechanized parts, and we will also mechanize parts of his chest. Explained Eggman. We will leave parts of his brain in his head so he still has his senses, and we will transfer the data from this disc into the mechanized parts of his brain. Therefore, we can make him think we are his allies, but before we do that, we need to find the serum that has the power to revive him. Metal Sonic, you will find it inside a special safe in the medical wing. The combination is 9582. Retrieve it for me, will you?"
Without an answer, Metal walked out the door into the hallway. Thoughts raced through Metals' mind. "Why don't we kill the hedgehog once and for all? Why are we leaving organic parts of his brain in his head?" He thought out all the flaws Eggman had on the project, but it wouldn't help. It's only his opinion anyway.
Metal walked into the medical wing, skimmed his surroundings, and a large steel safe. He punched in the code, and he found a carefully made vile containing a maroon liquid inside on it. He took the serum, and shut the safe. As he walked out of the room, he thought to himself, "This could go all wrong." When he got got back to the experiment room, he gave the liquid to Eggman, and he walked back out of the room. He had no time to watch a 3 hour operation. It was time to take an advantage on his enemies.
Metal Sonic flew high above the clouds, out of vision from anyone on the ground. He needed to stay out of vision so he could achieve the element of surprise. He needed to find out what the young fox was doing, and if necessary, he would attack. "Without the hedgehog, the fox is vulnerable." Soon he saw the large peaks of Angel Island.
On the shore, the wreckage of the red plane was still there, but there was no sign of life. None the less, Metal analyzed the lone beach, and he found what he was looking for. Footprints.
Metal Sonic landed right next to the footprints. They went from going from a rock in the middle on the beach to deep in the woods. "Too easy." He lifted off, and flew right into the woods, keeping an eye on the trail of footprints supposedly the fox left.
As he flew through the trees, something bothered him. "Why would he make his footprints visible? Would it be obvious I would attack again? That fox got lucky I spared him last time." Then he saw it. A large black crevice in the side of the tallest mountain in Angel Island. He landed on the hard dirt ground beneath him. Just then he heard a loud sneeze coming from inside the crevice. "There they are." All of a sudden, he heard a "Crack!" He turned to see a large fist crash into his head.
Metal flew back about ten yards, and he landed on his feet. What he saw was a familiar sight. A red echidna. "Knuckles the Echidna. After all this time."
"So you finally decided to show up." Knuckles said irritated.
Metal charged his rocket booster and stared at Knuckles. Although Knuckles was intimidating, Metal knew him, himself couldn't feel fear. This battle would test his skill. He had taken the hedgehog's life without a fight, and now he was facing an enemy who could fairly match Sonic in a one on one fight. In a split second, Metal took off.
Knuckles was carrying Tails down a trail that only he knew. Knuckles was devastated about the death of his friend, but he couldn't let that bother him now. By now, they were halfway to a place where they could rest and stay out of combat from Metal Sonic. "If it was Metal Sonic attacking, then Tails was lucky to be alive." Knuckles knew that Metal Sonic was a ruthless robot. He doesn't feel remorse, and without hesitation, he would turn on the one who created him. Just then, he heard a faint jet turbine. Knuckles started to run. It could be anything, but there's a chance it could have been Metal, coming back for more.
Knuckles ran for about five more minutes until he came to a stop in front of a large cave. This ave was where he spent most of his time. It was his only shelter. When Eggman first attacked, he needed a place to take cover, so that's when the cave came in.
Knuckles ran into the cave with Tails in his arms. He had to find a place to put Tails down. There it was, an indent in the wall. It was a perfect hiding place. Knuckles put him down, propping him up against the wall. Knuckles ran out of the cave. He had to get out of sight. Of course, he did the thing he did best. He dug a straight hole in the ground.
A couple seconds later, he heard slow, heavy footsteps. Someone was there. Luckily, the footsteps passed. "I have to see what's going on up there." Knuckles poked his head enough to see Metal Sonic examining the cave. Then, out of the blue, Tails sneezed! "Come on Tails! Do you want Metal Sonic to find you?" Knuckles leaped out of the hole, landing on a stick when he took a step towards Metal. Metal turned around. Without thinking, Knuckles leaped toward Metal with all his might, and punch him right in his robot-face.
Metal Sonic was forced backwards, and he landed right on his feet like he was even attacked. Metal stared at him. Once again, he was facing off against the infamous Metal Sonic.
"So you finally decided to show up." Knuckles said irritated.
On the inside, Knuckles had mixed emotions. He knew Metal was dangerous, and he was an updated version, but he wanted so badly to avenge Sonic.
"This ends now."
Just then, Metal took off. It happened fast. Knuckles dodged to the right, but Metal caught his movement. Metal stuck his hand out and scratched Knuckles on the arm.
Knuckles yelped in pain. Blood trickled from Knuckles's arm. That's when Knuckles decided that enough was enough. He charged at Metal using all of his anger and pain. He managed to graze Metal, but after he missed Metal, Metal took Knuckles's arm and he threw Knuckles into a tree. Knuckles hit the tree hard. He fell down onto the ground, pain shooting from his head. He knelt down on the ground, and that was his big mistake.
Metal Sonic charged at Knuckles and made an uppercut at his jaw. I connected, and Knuckles went shooting into the air. Metal flew up to Knuckles and kicked him into the tree once again. He wasn't done there. He took Knuckles's legs, threw Knuckles into the air, and started hitting him with lightning speed attacks. He finished with a kick straight down, and it rocketed Knuckles to the ground. He landed with a loud thud.
"Typical."