Ladies and gentlemen…hey, I'm back. Sorry for the wait, I've been sick after I got back from vacation, so this chapter is going to be a little short. And congratulations to Zero D. (If you don't know what I'm talking about check the reviews).

But anyway, I'm going to have a little contest/poll type of thing. The thing is, I'm trying to find a good theme song for Metal Sonic. Don't ask why, I just like having a theme song for every character. I was thinking of the Perfect Cell Theme from Dragon Ball Z (Techno Remix, check it out on youtube) but if you guys can think up some better ones please tell me. I will not accept hip hop/rap/country/pop for obvious reasons: they all have nothing to do with his character! I have looked at some techno, but most are really just pump up/dance-to songs. Other character theme songs are also acceptable, and if you think you know a song that matches another character, don't hesitate to speak your mind!

Now back to the story!

First Viewing

Elias knew things were going to be difficult after the news had spread throughout the whole kingdom. He understood that there would be an angry mob at the castle gates, that the Freedom Fighters would disagree with him, and that the Council might reconsider his validation as a member.

But he didn't care. The king was confident that he made the right choice, even if it was on a whim. But he had an intuition that Metal Sonic would be useful as an ally, so he did his best to strike a friendship with him.

And surprisingly, it worked. For about a week, Metal Sonic was assigned to be a personal guard to Elias, as Sally's means to find out if the robot was still an enemy. During that week, the two found that they could talk on similar subjects such as politics and personal philosophy. Every now and then, the two would play chess.

The chess games were what really surprised the king. Elias was a renowned chess player, losing only to Mammoth Mogul when invited for a "peace visit" that turned out to be a trap. Big surprise. But Mogul had ages of experience, while the robot had admitted that he had only played chess once as a part of his AI ability while under Eggman's control.

Their first game started out slow, with Metal Sonic relearning the rules and abilities of pieces. The robot had lost his pawns in only a half hour. While Elias felt a bit ashamed for going all out, he was soon in disbelief as Metal Sonic had put him in check mate. While he sacrificed his pawns, Metal Sonic had put the monarch's king piece in a vulnerable position, yet the humiliation of the loss came from one little detail.

Elias still had his queen in play. It was in the center of the board as well. But somehow, the android had maneuvered Elias's defense into his own favor, and trapped the king within Elias's own pieces. In fact, the only pieces the squirrel had lost were his rooks.

"While the king hides in the castle, the best way to get to him is to destroy its foundations," Metal Sonic explained after the game.

After that chess game, Elias looked to the metallic hedgehog as more of an advisor and friend than guard. But this activity did not go unnoticed. The Council did not appreciate the king discussing their matters to one of Eggman's most dangerous machines, and they would never allow meetings to take place if the robot was present. Even though Elias had promised that Metal Sonic would give out some information about Eggman, he had never brought it up to the metallic hedgehog since the two would jump from topic to topic when they talked.

Sally wasn't too fond of her brother's new friend either. But since Nicole had pleaded her to give Metal Sonic a chance, Sally had to shrug off her feelings against the android. After Sonic stormed out the other day, Sally tracked him down (baiting him with chili dogs) and convinced him to come to terms with Metal Sonic on their side. While the blue hedgehog refused to let him on the Freedom Fighters (in case Nicole thought about it), he didn't put up any further objection. Sonic still would never address his counterpart directly, and his visits to the castle seemed less frequent.

A lynx hopped around Sally Acorn's room; dusting, wiping, arranging cushions on the couch, whoops-forgot the movie downstairs…got it, is the DVD player in? Good, let's review:

Clean room?

Check

Couch straightened out?

Check

DVD player ready?

Check

Got movie?

Check

Any sign of an oblivious blue hedgehog?

…No

Nicole looked at the clock on the wall. Metal's shift had ended 10 minutes ago, where was he? The lynx crossed her arms in disappointment. Tonight was supposed to be his first movie ever, and since he wasn't allowed off the grounds yet to go to the theatre, Nicole asked Sally if they could use her room (for the symbolic reasons). It was not like Metal to be late; he must be talking to Elias again.

Nicole moved over to the door, preparing to go on recon for the AI. When she opened the door, the tardy hedgehog himself was standing in front of her, holding a bouquet of flowers…well, sort of. The "bouquet" consisted of a mixed matched jumble of dandelions, buttercups, clovers (A/N not shamrocks!), and a single sunflower towering in the middle. Metal Sonic bashfully looked down at the ground before meeting Nicole's confused gaze.

"I, uh-My data indicated that females enjoy flowers," he regained his confidence, "I made a…'bucket' for you. Do you like it?"

Snapping out of her confusion, the lynx smiled back at her friend, Well, morethan a friend now. Much more.

Even though Metal's "bouquet" looked as if a child made it, Nicole knew he had taken time to make it for her. Just for her and no one else. But the scene before her was rather funny, and she couldn't help but crack up a bit. There was the "killer" Metal Sonic, holding the oddest bouquet ever conceived, oblivious as always.

Before the robot could object to the lynx's laughing, Nicole threw her arms around him in a tight embrace, "Metal, I love it. Thank you."

The robot smirked proudly to himself. He believed he had now mastered this confusing art of pleasing females.

Nicole took the flowers, put them in a spare vase, and guided Metal to the couch where he would watch his first movie. Nicole had introduced herself to movies soon after the defeat of Robotnik and the fall of Robotropolis. At first she enjoyed every one she could download, but after a while she became quite the critic, and only viewed films that she dubbed herself as "good". When her body was complete, Nicole immediately knew what movies she wanted to see and dragged Sally and Amy around from theatres to video stores.

The lynx picked a movie she thought Metal would enjoy. It had action, a good script, and good acting. She cuddled up next to him as they sat on the couch and turned the movie on.

Metal Sonic stared at the screen in disbelief. It had only been halfway through the movie and he already saw instances of logic being thrown to the wayside. First off, the protagonists were children who also happened to be wizards, and apparently there is an entire world of magic and crap and the non magic beings were unable to detect any of it via modern technology. In fact, they were oblivious to all magic. Then he noted that many mythical creatures had been distorted from their original forms and origins. But the worst was how they dealt with the antagonist, who, Metal noted, had the WORST minions the android had ever seen. Eggman's drones accomplished more than them. The protagonist tried to fight fire with fire (or magic with magic in this case), but were clearly outclassed. Metal Sonic didn't understand why they didn't just use the modern weaponry to shoot him or something. But the most baffling thing of all was how one of the protagonists made so many stupid mistakes it was a miracle that he hadn't been killed.

The movie was a bit boring to him as well, but he would never tell that to the lynx sitting next to him. She seemed to be enjoying it, why should he ruin the night?

After debating with himself for a few moments, Metal Sonic decided to secretly enter sleep mode and his eyes slowly shut off.

Nicole intently watched the final scene of the movie, even though she had seen it dozens of times. When the credits began to show, she broke from her trance and smiled up to Metal and asked him if he liked the movie.

No response.

Nicole's eyebrow rose and she took a closer look at the fellow AI.

He must be in sleep mode, she giggled quietly. Normally she would be offended if she caught anyone asleep during a movie she liked, but she couldn't get angry with Metal. Besides, she had found out the majority of the fan base for this specific movie was female, so it made some sense.

She smiled and gazed at the robot for a little bit longer before resting her head on his shoulder and proceeding to sleep mode as well.

I'm sorry it's so short; I just don't feel too well. But thank you for all who have been sticking with me, and don't forget about suggesting a theme for our favorite robot! There will be action next chapter, I promise. Oh, and uh never hesitate to REVIEEEEEWWWW!