Sonic & Rainbow have quite a denial relationship

Later that week, Sonic & Rainbow are busy telling stories to Bunnie, Rotor, Antoine, Tails, Cream, Cheese & Amy.

"So me and Sonic go to the factory, we're totally out numbered like 100 to 2, and what was it you said Sonic?"

"Somehow this seems unfair...to them"

The two started laughing a bit, the others following, except Tails, he considered that joke as Sonic & Rainbow Dash trying too hard.

"So you managed to destroy them Mr. Sonic?" Cream asked.

"Sure did, no trouble for me and my Best Pegasus Pal, Rainbow Dash", Sonic patted Rainbow's back.

Tails cringed at that, 'Best Pegasus Pal'? It's nice that Sonic's being specific since he is still Sonic's best friend, but surely Sonic can come up with something better.

Amy also rolled her eyes, she didn't like how close Sonic has gotten to Rainbow Dash, though every time she brought it up, Sally would usually tell her to stop being unfriendly, or Tails would politely ask her not to make a scene.

"It's so nice how close y'all have gotten over these last few months", Bunnie said.

"Is it to the point where Tails has felt left out?" Amy asked.

Tails furrowed his brow, he figured that's Amy's attempt to cause a little rift, "Actually Amy, Rainbow Dash has been like an older sister to me, I like having her around, she's my...*sigh* Best Pegasus Pal too", Tails hated saying that but he needed to make that point that he really valued Rainbow Dash's friendship.

Rainbow hugged Tails by his neck, "I like you too little guy", she started giving him a bit of a noogie, much to Tails' annoyance, though part of him didn't mind, he knows that's her way of showing affection.

"It's so great that Tails and Rainbow Dash are such good friends", Sonic said.

"Yeah, now when you and Ms. Rainbow Dash get married, you won't have to worry about Mr. Tails getting left out"

"Yeah, I guess...", Sonic's wyes widened, as did Rainbow's.

Sonic looked to Cream, "What did you say?"

"What? The part about you and Ms. Rainbow Dash getting married?"

Rainbow approached Cream, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, who says I'm getting married to Sonic?"

Amy looked displeased, "I'd like to know myself"

Cream spoke again, "I heard that Mr. Sonic and Ms. Rainbow Dash could get married, Mr. Tails says at the rate thigns are going, they're gonna be a happily married couple"

Sonic & Rainbow Dash glared at Tails, who offered a sly smile to them, "What? You two do like spending a lot of time together, I'm sure I'm not the only one who notices"

Sonic glared, "Tails, you have about 5 seconds before I dunk you headfirst into the nearest garbage can...4, 3..."

"That would only prove my point Sonic, you're pretty desperate to hide it", Tails stated.

Sonic glared, "2...1..."

Just then Sally called out, "Sonic! Rainbow Dash! Tails! Bunnie! I need you all a moment!"

Sonic groaned a bit and glared at Tails, "You got lucky"

"And I know you wanna get lucky with Rainbow Dash tonight"

Sonic blushed, "Dude! Shut up!"

Rainbow also blushed from hearing this, though did find some humor.

Sally had given them coordinates to another area, "This is a factory mission, you need to dismantle Eggman's plasma ray, Tails we'll need your brains for that, Bunnie you need to cover him, as for Sonic and Rainbow Dash, you're both the muscle, take down all the robots and stuff nearby, also keep an eye out for Mephiles, Fiona, Metal Sonic or Lightning Dust"

"We need a name for them, how about...the Darkness Four?" Sonic said.

"Needs a little more creativity, how about...The Four-ce", Rainbow said.

"Force? Not that clever"

"Like yours was"

Sally sighed, "Enough you two, just go to the mission point and deal with the situation at hand"

The 4 nodded and headed in the direction Sally addressed them too, they ended up at a factory on the outskirts of a city.

"This is it, wow you seen one Eggman factory you've seen them all, where does he find the time to make these?" Sonic asked.

"The same time he uses to build his lousy robots", Tails replied.

"Let's just head in and do what we need to do, Sonic & Rainbow can fight all them robots outside, Tails you can go in and plant these bombs, I'll cover yah"

Sonic & Rainbow nodded and did what they needed to do, they approached the robots and got in the middle of the field.

"Bet you can't catch us", Sonic said with a sly grin.

The robots then shot at him and Rainbow, both zig zagging through the area, Sonic homed in and destroyed a few robots while Rainbow did several kicks to them.

Tails noticed this and facepalmed, "That's gonna get them killed one day I swear". Bunnie nudged him, "They'll be fine shug, come on we need to head inside"

Tails nodded and followed Bunnie inside while Sonic and Rainbow continued destroying the robots.

Nearby the area, Fiona, Lightning Dust, Metal Sonic & Mephiles are watching intently.

"When do we head in?" Lightning asked.

"Let Sonic & Rainbow Dash have their fun first, once they take out those robots, then we can indulge them in a fun little spar session", Mephiles said."Not to mention they'll be worn out so we can pick them apart easier", Fiona said.

"I like the way you think Fiona, top notch", Lightning said.

"Thanks Dust, you ain't bad yourself, not to mention you're a hell of a flyer", Fiona acknowledged.

"Tell that to The Wonderbolts, I should have been one of them...damn Rainbow Dash"

"What are these Wonderbolts? Why are you so bummed on not being in, what did Rainbow Dash do?"

Lightning huffed, "They're an acrobatic flying team, if you were with them, you were considered the best, I was so close to being in, until Rainbow Dash went behind my back and used her politics to get me booted just because I did what the commander told me to, do my best and be better than the others"

"That sucks, I know what it's like to be screwed over, I still remember the time Sonic left me for dead, he calls himself a great hero yet it's because of him I was captured by Eggman and experimented on since I was a young girl"

Lightning looked surprised, "Sorry to hear that...but then why are you working with Eggman?"

"It's temporary, until I can get rid of Sonic, then I'm done with him, gonna get my boys out of jail and reform my group...hey maybe you can be in my group, Destructix, I can offer you a good spot, by my right hand, might cause some jealousy since you're new, but you're pretty awesome so I can make an exception"

"Thanks, but after this I need to head back to Equestria, Sombra had a surprise for me, though I can probably come by and visit"

"Yeah, I'd like that, you and I would make a kick-ass team"

"Hell yeah we would", Lightning held her hoof out, Fiona then fist bumped her hoof as they continued watching the fight with between Sonic, Rainbow & the robots, "Looks like they're almost done"

Sonic & Rainbow was fighting some of the more bigger robots but their combined speed made for easy scrap metal, though these robots were a lot more enduring than most, they eventually fell.

"That's all the robots I think, unless Eggman has another wave prepared", Sonic said.

Mephiles turned to Fiona, Lightning Dust & Metal Sonic, "You know what to do"

The trio nodded and ran in ready to fight. Sonic & Rainbow looked around for more robots, though Rainbow noticed the trio behind her, she nudged Sonic and pointed him to the trio, he could only grin smugly.

"Hey look, it's the 2 wannabes and the traitor"

Lightning growled, "Who's the wannabe!?"

"Let's see, you're a wannabe Rainbow Dash, Metal Sonic is obviously a wannabe me, leaving Fiona as the one who betrayed her own kingdom, low move there Fiona", Sonic said.

Fiona rolled her eyes, "To betray means to switch sides, I was never fully on your side, I always hated you, and Dust here ain't no Rainbow Dash wannabe, she's a better than...wow that sounded kinda lame", she shook her head, "You get the point, I made a smart choice, Dust is better than Dash and Metal is far superior to your sorry self"

Sonic tapped his foot, "You really should avoid talking, you have a tendacy to ramble on or contradict yourself, kinda sa honestly"

"Says the guy with the lame jokes!" Fiona shouted.

"Also Lightning is a traitor in her own right, she sold out to King Sombra", Rainbow said.

"I'm not going over this again Rainbow! I made a smart choice!" Lightning argued.

"Whatever, you side against Celestia, or you side against Sally, then you're our enemy", Rainbow said.

Fiona got into a fighting position, "I'm taking you down!" she went to kick Rainbow, but she blocked in and punched Fiona, Sonic capitalized by hitting a homing attack to knock Fiona back.

Lightning went to attack Sonic with a kick but he sidestepped and delivered a jump kick of his own and then Rainbow did a few punches and a kick kick to Lightning.

Metal went to attack both, throwing punches and kicks to each of them, not letting up but Sonic kicked his legs while Rainbow punched his head, then both backed up a bit and then ran in to do a double jump kick to Metal Sonic.

"We really gonna go through this again? You're just gonna lose", Rainbow said.

Metal Sonic stood up and glared at the two, "I don't think so"

Rainbow raised his eyebrow, "So that's what it sounds like?"

Metal then held his arms out and some robot scraps started to fuse to him and he became a bit bigger.

"Uh what's he doing?" Rainbow asked.

"Not sure, but it isn't anything good", Sonic stated.

Soon Metal Sonic had started to increase in size, he became about several stories bigger than he was, surprising both Sonic & Rainbow Dash, also surprising Fiona & Lightning Dust.

"Oh crap! He's ginormous!" Rainbow shouted.

Metal Sonic had taken the form of Metal Overlord, like he had done once before.

"This isn't the first time he's done a transformation like this, last time it took me and several of my friends to beat him! Not to mention the Chaos Emeralds!" Sonic said.

Rainbow looked concerned, "So we're screwed?"

"Not sure, I think we can handle without them, it's just gonna be harder, but it's possible to beat a giant like this without the emeralds"

"How though?"

"We just look for a weakspot, when I first fought Perfect Chaos I had the emeralds, when I had the rematch I didn't need the Emeralds, I knew where to attack"

"Well where do we attack here!?" Rainbow asked.

Sonic looked around, "The chest, we gotta aim for the chest!"

Metal then shot some flames at the two, "Die!"

Sonic jumped on Rainbow and flew up around Metal Sonic to avoid the fire, but he started swatting at them like if he were swatting a fly.

"Get me close to the chest, I'm gonna hit a homing attack! Stay near so I can return to you!" Sonic said.

Rainbow nodded, "Sure thing!"

During the fight, Lightning & Fiona still looked a bit awed, Lightning more so.

"Is that normal!?" Lightning asked.

"Sorta, it happens sometimes, not just to Metal Sonic but to lots of creatures in this world, you get used to it", Fiona responded.

Lightning just stared, "Wow, and I thought Lord Tirek was gigantic, Metal is matching that"

"Lord Tirek?"

"A big Centaur, probably scarier than King Sombra, luckily he's locked away, if he were around he'd capture everypony, he doesn't take followers, Sombra at least allows followers"

Fiona blinked, "Wow, you have some dangerous creatures in your world"

Meanwhile Rainbow had managed to dodge Metal's attacks and got Sonic close enough for a homing attack, though Sonic managed to hit a few of them before going back to Rainbow, damaging Metal's chest a bit.

"Damn you...", he then shot some needles at Sonic & Rainbow, causing Rainbow to zig zag around and avoid the needles.

"He's got tricks up his sleeve!" Rainbow shouted.

"Do your best Rainbow!" Sonic said.

She flew around a bit to throw Metal's aim off and managed to get Sonic in again and then a few more homing attacks struck his chest.

Metal then managed to whack Sonic down on the last minute, causing him to crash through the roof of the factory, landing near Tails & Bunnie.

"What's going on out there Shug?" Bunnie asked.

"Metal Sonic is in his Metal Overlord Form, he's gone insane!"

Metal Sonic then destroyed the roof of the factory and started attacking inside.

"Holy gigabytes!" Tails shouted, causing Sonic to raise his eyebrow, "What?"

Metal sent flames inside, causing the 3 to evacuate the place.

Fiona looked agitated, "What the hell is he doing!? He's gonna destroy the place!"

Rainbow flew in to attack Metal's chest a bit but he smacked her away.

Tails flew Sonic up so he can attack the chest again but Metal whacked Sonic back and sent some crystals at them, causing them to dodge.

Lightning flew Fiona over to Metal Sonic.

"Hey take it easy! You're gonna destroy all the robots!" Fiona shouted.

Metal then whacked them away, "Stay out of my way!"

Lightning & Fiona took a harsh landing, Mephiles then approached them, "It's best if you leave, he's lost control"

Fiona nodded, "Right, let's go Dust"

Lightning let Fiona board on her and they both flew away to safety, Mephiles looked on, "Do what you need to do Metal Sonic"

Metal was completely annihilating the place, smashing and burning everything in sight.

Rainbow tapped her chin, she had to think fast, "I know!"

She then flew very far back and once she figured she had enough distance she immediately turned around and picked up the pace, going at Mach speed towards Metal Sonic's chest.

Sonic and the others made sure to keep their distance, Tails & Bunnie shot their cannons at Metal but it was of little use, Sonic then turned around and saw Rainbow come in at impressive speed.

Soon Rainbow's speed increased to the point where she managed to hit her patent Sonic Rainboom and go right through the chest of Metal Sonic.

Sonic looked impressed, "Wow...now that was Way Beyond Past Cool, that was totally awesome"

Tails & Bunnie also looked surprised at Rainbow's speed plus her Rainboom.

Metal Sonic fell over, defeated from the Rainboom through the chest, Rainbow flew over to Sonic & the others, "How was that?"

Sonic just stated, "You're awesome Rainbow Dash"

Rainbow blushed a bit, "It was nothing, just my Sonic Rainboom"

"It was probably the coolest thing I've ever seen", Sonic said, Rainbow chuckled, "Yeah, maybe"

The two simply chuckled and stared at each other a bit, Tails then clapped his hands in front of them, "Mind doing your lovey dovey stare back home, we really should go, I found another Chaos Emerald"

Sonic & Rainbow glared at Tails, "It's not love dovey!" they each said.

"Still, let's go before this place gets worse", Tails said.

Back in Eggman's HQ, he was furious at the latest failure and lashed out at Fiona & Lightning, "You were suppose to dispose of Sonic and Rainbow Dash!"

"Hey shit happens doc, blame Metal Sonic for flipping out like he did", Fiona said.

"Yeah seriously, your robot's defective", Lightning commented.

Eggman then pressed a button and both Fiona & Lightning were caught in tubes, "Keep in mind that I can turn you both into robots at any given moment! Now due to your failures you're both gonna spend a little time in there until I can find some use for you"

Fiona banged on the glass, "You're a bastard Eggman! You can't treat us like this!"

"When I tell Sombra you're gonna get hell!" Lightning said.

"Like I'm scared of a pony, now I need to make plans, you two stay in there and don't screw anything else up"

Both Lightning & Fiona sat back very annoyed.

"I swear Eggman's gonna pay for this", Fiona said.

"This isn't working as well as it should", Lightning said.

Mephiles formed near them, "Patience...soon things should go as planned, for now get your rest...you'll need it", he then disappeared, Fiona simply scoffed, "Right, like I haven't heard that before"

Lightning nodded, "No kidding"

Back in Knothole, Sonic, along with Rainbow Dash, Bunnie & Tails, was telling Amy, Antoine, Rotor, Cream & Cheese about the most recent mission, "...And then Rainbow Dash did the Sonic Rainboom and took Metal Sonic down! She was Way Past Cool"

Rainbow chuckled, "More like 20% Cooler"

"How about 20% Past Cool?" Sonic suggested.

Rainbow tapped her head, "20% Past Cool, sounds awesome, in fact it could be our team name"

"Yeah, sounds cool with me", he then did the fist-hoof bump with Rainbow.

Tails chuckled, "That was a cool moment, but what about the moment after, the way you both looked lovingly into each other's eyes, the want for each other starting to grow, you knew there was no one else"

Sonic glared, "5...4...3..."

"2, 1, see ya!" Tails said and flew away. Sonic turned to Rainbow, "Get him"

Rainbow nodded and flew after Tails, "Hey come back here wise guy!"

Sonic grinned in satisfaction as Rainbow caught Tails and started to noogie him.

"Ah! Rainbow! That hurts!" Tails complained, but Rainbow did not let up, she had a sinister smile as she did it, Sonic did an 'ok' symbol with his hand.

Things were good, for now.

Perhaps Fiona & Lightning Dust should just be a duo.