Of Mobian and Machine: Part 1
It was late in the afternoon. A little cheetah girl was on her way home as the sun was setting. Noticing the darkening sky, she let out a groan.
"Aw, man. Mom told me not to be out after dark." The little feline whined. "If I don't get back, I'm gonna be grounded for a month." Picking up her pace, the little cheetah didn't watch where she was going; And she happened to trip over something hard half-buried in the dirt.
"Ow." She yelled, tumbling over. "Who put that dumb rock there?" But when the cheetah turned to look, she noticed a robotic arm and part of a head sticking out of the soil. "Oh cool." She started to dig the buried robot out with her claws. "It must be a robot from the War with Julian. I wonder how long its been buried here." After digging it halfway out, the little girl managed to accidentally activate a switch on the robot's back. She failed to hear a low voice say, "Solar Batteries Activated". After digging the metallic body out of the ground, she was shocked by what she saw.
"Whoa, a Robot Princess Sally." She exclaimed. "Well, half Princess Sally anyway." The robot had patches of fur and skin all over its body, partially decayed. It resembled a terminator with half of its fleshy covering gone. "Ughhh." She tried to move the heavy robot. "This thing won't budge. Oh well, I'll come back tomorrow with my friends." Taking off, the cheetah girl failed to notice a small gleam forming in the eye of the deactivated robot...
Back aboard the Sky Patrol, Marine had just woke up and was getting her morning cup of juice. As she started to make breakfast, the news report came on the kitchen TV.
"And in other news today, word has come out that the deposed Royal Hedgehog family is indeed alive. This was reported shortly after the ascent of Pope Matthew. Although sources state the royal family's location remains a mystery." Collie Chang took a breath before continuing. "And a special report, strange sighting of an unknown robot that people claim resembles Princess Sally Acorn has been seen in several towns and cities on West Side Island. None of these reports can be confirmed, but authorities suspect the robberies of various locations can be linked to these sightings. But the stolen contents is currently unknown.
At that moment, Tails came walking into the kitchen drinking his cup of hot cocoa. Upon hearing the news report, he immediately spat out his hot cocoa all over the screen.
"Blimey, did I make it too hot?" Marine asked. "You look like you've seen a ghost or somethin'."
"Nooooo... I can't be." Tails looked at the news report in horror. "She couldn't be back after all these years."
"What are you talkin' about, Tails?" She asked. "You know anything about that robot?"
"I just might know who it is." He replied, running to his workshop. "Marine, get everyone else to the meeting on the double." He stuck his head back into the room. "Oh, and a word of advice."
"Yes?" She asked, curious.
"If anyone ever offers to give you a funny kiss, don't let them do it." Tails added, shivering at a distant memory. "There was nothing funny about it at all."
It was seven o'clock in Soleanna. Professor Von Schlemmer was finishing up in his laboratory. The good doctor had spent the past few days studying the scrap leftover from Metal Sonic from his attack on the city.
"Vow. Zis robot parts are incredible. I can't believe Robotnik had such amazing designs." The green skinned scientist exclaimed as he turned his equipment off. "Vell, there is nothing left of Julian's mind in ze robot's memory banks. But I may be able to get ze robot functional again for ze benefit of Mobian kind." The doctor was so wrapped up in his work, he didn't notice the window open behind him. Nor did he hear the sound of mechanical footsteps approaching. Finally, hearing some movement he spoke without turning around. "Oh, you can just leave ze drink on ze table..." POW! A blow struck to the back of his neck, knocking the doctor unconscious. "GOTT IN HIMMEL!" He muttered before going out like a light.
The half-robotic-looking Sally stepped away from the doctor and approached the platform where the partially reassembled Metal Sonic lay.
"Soon you will be back on your feet, my love." He metallic voice hissed. "And then, we're going to make these flesh bags pay for your defeat and my humiliation."
Meanwhile, back in the Sky Patrol's meeting room on the other side of the planet, Tails and four other mobians were gathered at the table.
"I want to thank you all for meeting here so quickly." Tails started, taking his seat. "With Galaxina and Greywolf back visiting, Meterek Isle. We're shorthanded at the moment."
"No problem, Tails." Cream added, drinking her morning coffee. "So, we're hear to stop a mean robot Princess Sally."
"Actually, yes. Her name is Robo-Sally." Tails hit a button on a remote, causing a screen to come down from the ceiling and a series of slides started to show. "Several years ago, Julian decided to try and inflitrate Knothole with a mechanical version of Princess Sally." Tails clicked the button. "She had us all fooled for a while but Sonic and I saw through her disguise." He clicked the button again. "For what we had gathered, she was there to distract us while Julain tried to robotisize the real one." Tails looked around the room. "Eventually, we were able to save the real Sally and left the scrambled robot for Julain to deal with."
"Looks like he didn't do that." Rocket added. "I guess the robot must have wandered off in the chaos after the battle and ran out of power somewhere."
"I've heard about this attack in the intelligence reports. I have read on the freedom fighters." Mina added. "Someone must have reactivated the robot recently by mistake; and now it's up to something."
"Krickey, since Julain is gone. What is its motive?" Marine asked. "It doesn't make any sense."
"Well, the only thing we have to go on is several laboratories on West Side and South Island had been plundered." Tails added. "And you'll never guess what's gone missing."
"Don't tell me. I've already heard the crime reports." Mina groaned, shaking her head. "The scrapped body parts of Metal Sonic, Silver Sonic, and Shard. And you know what that means."
"Yeah, sounds like Juliet is trying to build her own Romeo." Cream added with a laugh. "Or would it be Eve trying to build her own Adam?"
"Whatever it is. We've got to stop her before we have another robot Sonic to deal with." Tails shook his head. "This is almost as bad as that whole psuedo Sonic business a few years ago."
"You do know she stole his parts too right?" Mina added.
"Don't remind me." Tails replied, as they all stood up. "Now, let's get to the control room and fly this bucket of bolts back to West Side Island."
Deep in a laboratory on West Side Island, something sinister was brewing. The broken and damaged lab was somewhere in Metropolis Zone. It was the location that had given birth to her in the first place. It was the closest thing Robo-Sally had to a home and it was the perfect place to bring her robotic companion to life.
"This should do the trick." Robo-Sally said to herself as the automated assembly line fused an repaired the different pieces she had cobbled together from various Sonic robots. "Taking the best pieces off past versions to make myself the perfect man; not even the real Sally Acorn would have thought of this." Pulling out several compact discs, she loaded them into a slot on the computer: Sonic's autobiography, other heroes memoriares on Sonic, and every news report that has ever been done on him. "This beautiful machine will be everything I could want out of a blue metallic hedgehog."
After the mechanical arms had done their work, two tubes detached from the giant computer and hooked into the robot Sonic's head. All of the data from the discs downlowaded into the robot's harddrive and it was only a few minutes before his eyes lit up a glowing angry red.
"How are you feeling, my love?" Robo-Sally asked.
"Like it is juice and jam time." The robot Sonic replied, yanking the cables out of his head. "And I feel like I want to smash some meat bags."
"Then, I think I'll call you... Mecha Sonic. The perfect final form of all robot Sonics." Robo-Sally smiled. "Trust me, my darling. You're going to love it here."