Okay, I know I haven't written in a long time

Okay, I know I haven't written in a long time. I have my reasons, but if I tried to tell you, than you would probably just say it's just an excuse, or that's bull, or whatever. For this reason, I'll just say…I was going through difficult times and didn't have much of a will to write. And I am sorry that I don't update often, and I will not be able to update as fast as you like me to. My apologies. Now, if you want to read it…here's the next chapter.

Amy, Tails, Cream, and Metal Sonic… oh yeah… and Cheese were heading towards Eggman's base as quickly as they could. Tails, Cream, and Cheese were in the X Tornado (The X Tornado is Tails's plane for those of you who don't know.), and Metal Sonic was carrying Amy on his back.

"Okay! We are here! Let's get them!" yelled Tails when they got to Eggman's base. X Tornado, transform into walker mode! (I tried to make it sound like the anime just to let you know.) Cream and Cheese opened the cockpit, and stood on top of it. Cream's ways of fighting were having Cheese dive bomb opponents, so that was her best position. Metal let Amy down, and he ran a quick scan on his weapon systems.

"SONIC! Get in here!" yelled Eggman as the screen in front of him blared red.

Sonic stopped running all over the place. "What's the problem?"

"It seems Metal, Amy, Tails, and Cream are advancing toward the base. I have the bots ready, but it seems Metal is not in his Overlord form." Replied Eggman.

"Alright! Then I'll go beat the stuffing out of Metal and…did you say Tails and Cream were there though?" asked Sonic.

"Yeah, fox boy is in the X Tornado with Cream standing on top of it." Said Eggman turning toward Sonic. "You do realize for our own safety, I will have to have my robots attack your friends…right?"

Sonic looked upset. "Tails…why did you come? And Cream too!" he muttered angrily.

Eggman raised an eyebrow. "Sonic?"

Sonic sighed, and firmly said, "I'm going to try and talk them out of this. This is between Metal and I. I won't let you harm Tails. Cream I could get over, but not Tails!"

Eggman sighed. "Well, at least wait for them to get through the maze of terror!"

BOOM!

"Did they just blow up the side of your fortress? The side that didn't have the maze?" asked Sonic.

"Blast it!" grumbled Eggman. "Since when did they stop using my overly obvious trap entrances? How come your friends have to be smart?"

Sonic groaned, and replied, "I'm going to go through that hole they just made, and I'm going to go talk them out of this. Whatever you do Doc, do not attack Tails. I got this."

"Whatever." Mumbled Eggman as Sonic walked off.

"Ha! Great idea Metal! Let's get in our own way!" said Tails happily.

"Here comes someone…" said Cream fearfully.

"Come on Cream. It's Eggman's base." Said Amy. "What would possibly be any harm to us?"

Tails pointed at the blue hedgehog walking out of the hole they had just made. "Sonic."

"Tails! Cream! Get out of here! This doesn't concern you!" yelled Sonic.

"Sonic! Stop this nonsense! Metal is OKAY! Metal and Amy are a couple cause they love each other. NOT so he can turn her into a robot!" yelled Tails back at him.

"You don't know that!" said Sonic.

"Yes I do!" yelled Tails.

"You can't prove you are right!" said Sonic.

"Neither can you!" snarled Tails. "Your idea is insane! Just give them a blasted chance! Why on earth are you so blasted unreasonable?"

"Cause that's how one of my foes tried to get me once! I won't fall for the same trick twice! I'll be making a fool of myself!" said Sonic angrily.

"WHY DO YOU CARE SO BLASTED MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO AMY?" yelled Cream, unable to take any more of it.

Sonic stopped in his tracks. She has a point…why do I care? He thought.

"Do you understand Sonic? Quit this nonsense and let's get back to normal!" said Tails.

Sonic looked at the floor. This was making his head hurt. Maybe I have a couple of screws loose. He thought. And I really don't want to fight Tails or Cream. I'll go tell Eggman to call it off. He thought.

"Okay guys, I'll give him a chance. I'll go tell Egg head to call off the attack." Said Sonic.

Sonic ran into the base, and a few moment's later, he came back out looking worried. "He's not inside. And his robots aren't there either. You guys had better watch out…he's planning something."

"Oh no." muttered Amy.

Suddenly, the ground started shaking. A giant spiderlike robot came out of the ground, and it's back opened up, revealing a ton of robots will diamond weaponry.

"Oh no…" said Cream sadly.

"Muohohohoho! Since you are abandoning your will to fight, I'll just fight them for you!" laughed Eggman from inside the giant spider bot.

"We'll crush you Eggman! Just like in the past!" said Sonic angrily.

Metal whipped out his lazer sword, and slashed at the spider bot. It did no damage at all.

"This isn't good." Muttered Metal. "Amy! Your hammer is useless against the armor of that thing! Focus on the smaller robots coming out of it's backside!"

"Gotcha." Said Amy, tossing numerous hammers at the oncoming bots, as Metal fired clip after clip of bullets from his built in machine gun.

Sonic was trying to find a weakness in Eggman's bot, and Tails and Cream here pounding away at the many bots that were charging at them.

As the fight raged on, and they began to get more tired, they began to get more and more unable to defend themselves.

"Gah…overheat on machine gun two. Switching to lazer sword and initiating cooldown." He muttered, and he charged at the army of bots.

By this time, Cream and Cheese were both dive bombing the bots, and Tails was doing his best to give them cover fire.

Sonic had decided on luring Eggman away from the others so they could focus on the bots.

(A bit later…)

They had gotten rid of about two thirds of Eggman's bots and there still was a lot to destroy. They were mostly uninjured, Tails's X Tornado had a large dent in the side of it, Cheese was knocked out from being trampled by Eggman's giant spider robot, and one of Metal's arms was entirely destroyed. Other than that, they were tired, but unhurt.

"Come on Cream." Tails says wearily. "Just a bit more, and we will be done with this."

"Yes, just a bit more and AHHHH!!" Cream screamed, as one of the diamond weapons made a large gash arcross her arm.

"CREAM!" Tails yelled, as he ordered the X Tornado to cease fire, and charge at the bots around Cream, trampling them, and preventing further harm to Cream. He set the X Tornado to auto targeting, and he got out, helped her in.

"Thanks Tails." says Cream, holding her arm, tightly shutting her eyes in pain.

"Here's some anesthetic to make you feel better." He said, while getting out some bandages.

But I still want to help. Thought Cream. Then, she spotted one of Tails's energy cannons. Once Tails had bandaged her up, she picked it up, and started firing at the bots from the cockpit.

"Wow Cream. You sure you're okay?" said Tails.

Cream nodded. "We can't stop. If we do, they'll kill us!"

Amy was panting, and had begun to swing her hammer in close combat. Unfortunately, a diamond axe that was swung at her head was seen too late.

"AMY!" yelled Metal, and Amy closed her eyes and waited. Instead of feeling immense pain, she heard a sound of crunching metal.

She opened her eyes to see that Metal had gotten in the way of the axe, and since it was made of diamond, it had run him through.

"Metal! No! Speak to me!" cried Amy.

"Amy…I…" Metal was about to speak, but then the robot ripped the axe out of his system, and he fell to the ground.

"No…YOU BASTARD!" yelled Amy, as she swung with all her might at the cockpit of the spider bot.

"NO!" yelled Eggman, as it pierced the clear metallic substance, and the hammer crushed him. Killing him instantly.

Suddenly, as the group ran out of steam, they noticed a green light appear in the remaining bots.

"CHAOS……..BLAST!!" yelled a pissed off Shadow.

The red blast entirely annialated the remaining bots due to it's range. It had seemed that the battle was over.

"Whew. Talk about coming at the right time!" said Sonic, collapsing.

Shadow stayed silent, as he looked around. There was piles and piles of destroyed robots littering the area. Tails and Cream seemed okay, but the Tornado was badly damaged. It could hardly move. As his eyes moved across the scene, he saw Amy, crying over a robot he knew wasn't a foe.

The rest of the group ran over to Amy. But Shadow just stood there, watching.

Metal's eyes were dim and constantly flickering. His central computer had been severely damaged, and he was holding onto the data it contained with his emergency backup. But even that could only last so long.

"Amy…th…thank you. For teaching me…what it was like…to be good." Said Metal quietly.

"Metal! Stop this! Tails can fix you! Don't do this!" cried Amy.

"I'm afraid that won't be true. He can't fix me in time. My cpu is destroyed. My emergency systems are failing." He whispered.

"No…" muttered Amy. "No…"

Metal put a hand on her cheek, and leaned forward…and kissed her. Before his systems failed, he whispered in her ear, "I'll be back one day. Look for me three years from now. I shall be…back…"

And with that…he was gone.

But, even as they mourned the loss, in the forest home that Metal had built, something activated. "Receiving sent data. Transferring data into second copy." The small bot spoke.

Indeed, it's not over yet.

What do you guys think? Again, I apologize for the long time that it took for me to update. Please let me know what you think. I am kinda wondering if I kinda went too fast. But, then again...in reality, battle wounds form quickly. Anyways, even if you don't like it, I hope you enjoyed the story so far, and I appreciate the reviews I have gotten from you all. Thank you.