Chapter 21; Metal Madness

When they got to the base, the Egg Fort changed back to E-123 Omega. "This is bad," it said, looking at the Egg Emperor. "We must change our strategy."

The Egg Emperor nodded. "I'm not sure what we can do against the Time Eater."

E-123 Omega thought about it. "What should we do?" It asked.

"Find some way to either reprogram it again, or kill it."

E-123 Omega nodded. "Killing it would be best. If the Time Eater is kept alive, we will not stand a chance."

The Egg Emperor changed back into Mecha Sonic, nodding in agreement. "But how do we kill something like that?"

E-123 Omega hesitated. It was processing how to kill the Time Eater, and finally came up with an idea. "Eggman has to have something around here that can stop it," Omega said. "He seems to have things ready for anything else that could have happened."

Mecha Sonic nodded. He looked at the Egg Wyvern and the Egg Viper, wondering what to do. "Let's look around. Scan everything you find." The other robots nodded and did so. A few minutes later, they found some of Eggman's inventions. One could stop time. "Think this is strong enough?" Mecha Sonic asked.

"It's possible," E-123 Omega said as it scanned the invention. "We could always use another serum."

"Another Time Eater?"

"Sure, why not?"

"Do you think they're powers will cancel each other out if they use it at the same time?"

"Yes, that is what I'm calculating," E-123 Omega said.

Mecha Sonic nodded. If he was right, then the battle would be more in their favor than it was currently. "So, who will transform into the second Time Eater?" He asked, looking around at the other robots.

The Egg Viper came forward. Mecha Sonic nodded and injected the serum into its body. The Egg Viper rose into the air before transforming. The tail thickened most of the way, molding perfectly with its expanding body. The two wheels on the sides became the shoulders with arms coming our of them later. Gears attached to the back of the robot in various locations. A face opened on the front of the head, which also shrank to the proper size in proportion with the body. In minutes, a second Time Eater floated in the area, identical to the one they had lost.

E-123 Omega scanned it and nodded. A second Time Eater would help. "Are you okay?" It asked. The Time Eater looked at them and screeched. The robots took that as a yes. "Great," it said. "Let's go."

The robots left to find Metal Overlord once again and stop him. Hopefully, for good this time. A few minutes later, they found him and the original Time Eater destroying another city. Metal Overlord looked at the coming robots and soon saw the new Time Eater. Looking at his own, he motioned for him to attack. If he got the upper hand, they wouldn't be able to stop him.

The Two Time Eaters screeched and attacked each other. Metal Overlord's was stronger but the good one wouldn't give up. They raised their hands and used their powers. For a brief moment, everything stopped for both sides of the battle. Then, time began flowing again as the manipulation from both Time Eaters cancelled each other.

Metal Overlord saw this and growled in anger. He hadn't expected that turn of events, and doubted he would be able to reprogram that one as easily as the last. Not with the other robots keeping him away. He growled again, knowing he had to reprogram them. E-123 Omega transformed into the Egg Fort, and Mecha Sonic became the Egg Emperor. Metal Overlord watched as they transformed, calculating the best way to go about his plans. He knew that he could reprogram them, but how? Metal Overlord worked on figuring that out, paying attention to how the other robots were moving. Getting destroyed before he could figure that out wouldn't do him any good.

A few minutes later, he came up with the solution. He could have his Time Eater stop time and reprogram the robots then. He just had to make sure the other Time Eater would be too busy to stop it. Metal Overlord growled and caught the other Time Eater's attention, then distracted it and sent an order to his Time Eater. The Time Eater he had commanded stopped time before the other could realize what was happening. The robotic dragon let out a loud roar, and then began to reprogram the good robots over to his side. It took a while to get all three, but he succeeded.

The battle was over. Metal Overlord had won, and the robots were on his side. E-123 Omega was still in the form of the Egg Fort also.

"Now, we should conquer the planet," he told the robots.

They nodded at their new leader, and flew off after Metal Overlord. Metal Overlord thought over which cities would be the hardest to conquer, planning to go to them first. He chuckled and moved out of Station Square, heading towards Central City where the President was. The robots followed him, awaiting his orders once they had arrived.

He looked at them. "Take down the White House, and kill the President. Once the United States government collapses, we will have free reign."

The robots didn't waste any time, immediately going out to follow his commands. Metal Overlord nodded. He watched over the destruction the robots caused, giving them more orders when needed. A few hours later, Central City was destroyed. Metal Overlord chuckled madly; the government had fallen, and soon, the world would be his. He ordered the robots to continue on to other large cities around the planet and destroy those as well. They nodded and did so. Metal Overlord looked at the Egg Fort and went inside the ship.

Looking around, he was impressed with how much detail was put into the interior of the ship. E-123 Omega had transformed into a magnificent vehicle. He wondered if the ship would stay like this forever or revert to its robot form.

"How long can you stay like this?" He wasn't sure if the ship would even be able to respond to him.

The ship said nothing. Metal Overlord sighed and walked up to the control panel, looking at all the buttons that could control it. Looking them over, he quickly processed what each button did. The robotic dragon nodded and began to control the ship. It moved at his command, and he chuckled.

"This will be more helpful than I originally thought."

He continued to control the ship as it flew in the sky. Metal Overlord knew that it could move and do everything on its own but he wanted to see how it ran. After a while, he started looking around the rest of the ship. With al the space inside it, he could use it to move things when he needed. He was surprised that the ship was big enough to hold his draconic form. Nodding in satisfaction, he flew out of the ship. Taking a look at what the others were doing, he was pleased with their progress.

Metal Overlord nodded and flew down to aid the robots. In a matter of days, the robots had destroyed every major city on the planet. They now were in control of the planet with Metal Overlord as the leader. E-123 Omega was still in the form of the Egg Fort, and Mecha Sonic was still the Egg Emperor. Without any of their leaders, the people of the planet soon resigned to the fact that they could do nothing to oppose the robots. The robots were now the rulers of Earth, and Metal Overlord had done what he set out to do.