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Adventure Through the Unknown
Chapter 29 : The Hidden Truth
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A dark-colored portal appeared out of nowhere before a purple chameleon and a young bee thrown out from it. While the bee landed on the ground on his face, the chameleon landed successfully on his feet.
Not long after that happens, the portal disappeared...
The two Mobians were none other than the expert-ninja, Espio the Chameleon, and the youngest member of "The Chaotix", Charmy Bee.
"Ouch..." Charmy slowly pushed himself up to his knees, using one of his hand for rubbing the dirt from his face. "That was a painful landing! Gee, If only I knew this would happen..."
Espio walked up to the bee, offering him a hand. "They said 'expect the unexpected', so you better ready for any obstacles in your way."
Taking the chameleon's hand, the bee flapped his small wings, deciding that he would fly instead of using his feet.
"Gee, Espio. That doesn't help me at all." The bee pouted. "This 'obstacles' is just too annoying." He added, rubbing the dirt that still left on his face.
The chameleon raised an eyebrow. "Charmy... What are you talking about? As a detective, you must—"
"Well, well! If it isn't 'The Chaotix'! ...Well, minus the leader."
The two detectives whirled, curious who's the owner of the female voice they just heard. When they did, they found a familar figure there, walking up to them.
"You're... Rouge the Bat, G.U.N.'s well-known agent." Espio uttered, as the figure, or Rouge, stopped on her track.
"That's me." The white bat said with a wink. "If you ask how did I get here, I was brought here by a black portal. I was hoping to land on some gold and jewels, but it seems this isn't my luck."
"We were brought here by the same thing you mentioned there." Espio pointed out, crossing his arms. "Anyway... You landed here first, right? If so, then do you have any idea about where we are?"
Rouge chuckled at this. "Well," The bat began, brought one arm up before pointing to her left side, "... why don't you look it up yourself?"
Espio and Charmy shifted their gazes to where the white bat looking to. When they did, they were surprised with the view in front of them.
Before them is a view of a beautiful kingdom. There, in the middle of many honeycomb-shaped houses, stood a great castle, with many honeycombs in the front, filled with rich, delicious-looking golden honey. The entire castle had the same golden color as the honey that filled the honeycombs, except for the pointed tops of the towers, which are a deep red in color. Everything about the kingdom seems grand and majestic, and they could see Mobians; bees, to be exact, flying in and out of random places of the kingdom's.
"W-Whoa... Is that honeys?" Charmy then flying around in joy, squealed happily. "Weeeee! I love honeys!"
"This kingdom is... completely filled with... bees." Espio commented, looking around. "... What is this place?"
Rouge looked around in thought for a moment before she snapped her fingers. Turned around to face Espio, the bat opened her mouth, would like to say something when a new, young female voice was heard.
"Hello there, travelers! Are you new here...?"
The three Mobians swiftly turned to their backs so they could see the newcomer's face. When they did, they saw a figure that was new to them...
It was a female Mobian; a bee. She has a pair of small, round transparent wings like Charmy's, two antennas that protruding from her head, long yellow hair (the front lifted into a high, curled bang), peach skin, and blue eyes. She wears a necklace adorned with a bee emblem, short pink dress with flowers on the hem, brown bomber jacket with light brown cuffs, white gloves with black Ring-like cuffs, and pink shoes with light brown cuffs and pompoms.
"Silence, eh? Well, I'll take it as 'yes'." The female bee said, giggling. "By the way, my name's Saffron Bee, but you can call me Saffron for short."
They all nodded at this statement. "Then allow me to introduce ourselves to you." Espio said politely, before he began to tell the young female bee about himself. "My name's Espio the Chameleon, but you can call me Espio."
He then pointed to Rouge. "This white bat here is Rouge the Bat, call her Rouge for short." He moved his hand to Charmy. "As for him... He's Charmy Bee, but you can call him Charmy for short."
The female bee, or Saffron, seems shocked at the last statement, as they could see her cerulean eyes grew wide. "... W-What? What did you say...? Did you just say... Charmy?"
Espio was confused at this. "Yes, I just said that... What's wrong with it?"
To everyone's shock, Saffron sniffed, her eyes become teary. Then, she flew and pulled Charmy to a hug, which surprises everyone, especially the hyperactive bee.
"Charmy...! What took you so long to come back home?!" The young female bee cried out, sobbing aloud. "We've been looking all over for you, you know? W-Where have you been all this time?!" She added between her sobs.
"H-Hey! L-Let me go!" Charmy said, struggling slightly to get free. "W-What do you mean by all these 'come back' thing? I don't know you at all!"
At this statement, Saffron gasped and gently pushed Charmy off her, looking to the hyperactive bee right in the eye.
"Y-You... You don't remember?" The young female bee muttered in disbelief. "Charmy... How could you—!"
"Alright, alright! Hold it, kids!" Rouge exclaimed, as she flitted between Charmy and Saffron before she held out her hands in front of each bees.
"Now then, dear Saffron." The white bat shifted her gaze to the female bee. "Before you could start the outburst, could you tell us where we are?"
An uneasy look was plastered on Saffron's face before she brought her head down, shaking it left and right. When Saffron looked up, Rouge saw that a smile was visible on the young female bee's face.
"Alright... I'll tell you about this place." The female bee pronounced, placing her hands behind her back. "I welcomed you all to Golden Hive Colony, one of many places that said to be a beautiful kingdom on Mobius, with its bee population living in harmony with nature." She then pointed to the castle not far from them. "The castle over there is the kingdom's central place of power, named Golden Hive Castle."
Charmy felt something snapped within his head once he heard all of this. "Golden Hive...? For some reason... I think I've ever heard that name before."
Hearing this, Saffron turned to Charmy, smiling. "I see... I think you suffered an amnesia... Well, why don't we take a look around Golden Hive? Maybe with that, your memories can be back in no time."
Charmy had no idea about this, but somehow, he thinks that Saffron had a point there. "I don't know if I do suffered this 'amnesia' thing... But let's try that 'look around' plan!"
Saffron giggled at this. "Gosh, you're still as funny as always, de- I mean— Charmy." Unfortunately, this statement wasn't heard by the hyperactive bee, as Charmy was floating around and day dreaming about honeys.
Saffron then flapped her wings, floating in midair. "Well, then. Let's go to the castle. I bet everyone would be happy to see you all."
With that, the young female bee turned around and flew to the direction she was facing. Seeing this, Espio, Rouge, and Charmy followed Saffron from behind, into this kingdom called Golden Hive Colony...
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"Hey, lil' Saffron... I don't know if I should ask this, but... Back then, when we're on our way to the castle, why do all the people seems happy when they saw this hyperactive bee Charmy?"
The question above was out from Rouge's mouth as she and the group walked through the castle's front doors, and welcomed by the sight of the luxurious, big lobby of the castle's, some floors below them were covered with a carpet in an elegant red color.
Saffron giggled at this question. Then, as she and the others walked to one of two grand staircases that went to the upper level, she said, "Well... Once we get to the throne room, I'm sure that your question will be answered, Miss Rouge."
Rouge sighed. "Oh, well... If you say so, dear Saffron."
They walked and walked until they reached a big door, which Saffron said to be the entrance to the throne room. The door looked elegant. It was made by wood, adorned with gold ornaments everywhere.
Saffron knocks the gold-ornamented door three times, and without any reply, the door automatically opens. This surprised the others as the door now wide open, revealing the throne room that looks even elegant than the door.
The throne room was big, the ground was covered with clear, white tiles. Below them is a long red carpet with gold ornaments, which went until the throne. Everything about the room seems grand and majestic.
The group saw the King, the Queen, and the Princess, sitting on their thrones. There is an empty throne beside the Princess' seat.
The King was a bee with yellow and black fur, tan skin, white beard, two antennas that protruding from his head, round transparent wings, and black eyes. He wears a gold crown that adorned with red jewels and a long red robe trimmed in white fur with black dots that goes down to his feet, along with a pair of white gloves.
The Queen was a bee with long green wavy hair, yellow and black fur, tan skin, two antennas that protruding from her head, round transparent wings, and blue eyes. She wears a gold crown that adorned with red jewels, a long red dress that went down to her feet, and white gloves.
The Princess was a 4-year-old bee with long blonde wavy hair, yellow and black fur, tan skin, round small transparent wings, and black eyes, along with two small antennas that protruding from her head. She wears red and white birthday hat, light purple dress, and light purple shoes that look like socks.
Their eyes wander towards them, eyeing all of them softly.
"Why hello ther—" The King stopped in the middle of his sentence when his eyes set to the right side of Saffron's head, right where Charmy is standing.
"W-What the... I-It can't be..." The King stood up from his throne, eyes widened in disbelief. "... C-Charmy dear? Is that... you?"
The Queen also stood up from her throne, followed by the Princess.
"... Onii Charmy? But how...? I thought you were dead!" The Princess cried out, sobbing aloud as she flew and pulled Charmy to a hug. "Onii Charmy...! I miss you soooooo much!"
"Charmy, my dear... It's good to see you back." The Queen muttered, her cerulean eyes were now teary.
Charmy was completely baffled at this. What's with all of this longing words? He don't get it at all! "H-... Hello? Can anyone tell me what's going on...?" The confused bee asked, his head cocked to the side.
Saffron cleared her throat. "Pardon me, my King. But it seems your heir has suffered an amnesia. He don't even remember who I am, my King."
The King gasped in disbelief. "He's amnesiac about who he truly is...? Unbelievable! Oh, and... Dear Saffron, I told you before, right? Just call me—"
"Whoa, whoa, hold on a sec!" Rouge cried suddenly, waving her hand around, as all eyes focused on her. "... D-Did I just hear the word 'heir' there? A-Are you trying to say that—!"
"That's right." Saffron cut in, turning her head to Rouge and the others, her cerulean eyes looked serious. "... Charmy was actually a part of Golden Hive's royal family; the heir of the throne, to be exact."
As gasps of surprise filled the throne room, Saffron continued, her face somehow went beet red. "A-And... I... uh... I'm..." The young female bee felt more rush of heat began to went up to her muzzle before she spill the next words out;
"... I'm his fiancée."
After Saffron had spoken those words, the room fell silent. Rouge and Espio were shocked, but manage to not let their jaws dropped, while Charmy was frozen on his spot, his jaw dropped as his gold orbs spring open in shock.
"W-... What? Y-You mean..." Charmy gently pushed the Princess off him, looking to the small Princess bee right in the eye. "This little bee... a-and the 'couple' over there..." He looked up to where the King and the Queen stood. "... a-are my family?"
Saffron gave the hyperactive bee a small, bright smile before she nodded. "That's right, Charmy, my dear... They're your family."
...
Upon hearing the answer, world seemed to stop as Charmy and the Golden Hive royal family stared to one another in disbelief. None of them make a move, as they were too shocked to do something.
It was then Charmy felt something snapped within his head. Hundreds of odd, yet familiar 'images' began to whirled within his mind. Then, as the bee clutched his head with his right hand, he fell to his knees, using his left hand in attempt to support himself up, and not meet the floor face-first. This makes everyone gasped in surprise before they rushed to the kneeling bee.
"Charmy! Are you alright...?" Espio asked, as he helped the young bee to went up to his feet.
With his head lowered, Charmy brought his left hand to his chest, clutching it. Then, everyone saw the young male bee lifted his head, blinking at them.
There were tears in his eyes, but he smiles up at them in a way a six year old would, as he tried to wipe the tears that keep coming out from his eyes.
"I... I remember now." The young male bee muttered, rubbing his eyes that now wet with streams of tears. "I was born here, living as a part of a royal family... But I ran away from home right after I got engaged with Saffron, and that's because I'm feeling unprepared to face everything as an engaged prince..."
"I used to think my parents are crazy to allow a young kid like me got engaged, but then, I realized that it was Golden Hive's family tradition of engagement." The young male be continued. "I was about to go back to Golden Hive Colony when I hit my head really hard on a tree, and I was out cold. Then, when I woke up, I was already in Chaotix Detective Agency, meeting Espio, Vector, and one other guy named Mighty for the first time, with no memory of my past life... I guess I hit the tree too hard..."
He then brought his head down, sighing. "I... I'm so sorry, everyone... I've left you all for... years, I believe? I'm not really sure. But still... Dad... Mom... Sister..." He then brought his head up, turning his head to Saffron, a tint of red could be seen forming on his muzzle. "... and Saffron, my fiancée... I'm sorry for ran away from home. I feel awful for leaving you all waiting."
"C-Charmy... Y-You..." Espio found his voice was stuck on his throat. The fact that the youngest member of The Chaotix was a prince and already engaged was really surprising him. Now, he wonders how Vector will react once he knew about this.
"Charmy, my son..." The King kneeled down to his son's eye level, so do the Queen. "... C'mon, what about a group hug?"
As Charmy saw the Princess, his sister, rushed to their parents' side, the hyperactive bee smiles widely. Giving them a nod, the family hugged, tears of happiness began to went out of their eyes.
"I-I... *sob* I'm so happy..." The Princess muttered between her sobs. "Onii Charmy... I-It's good to have you back."
Saffron, Espio, and Rouge watched the scene not far from the hugging family, happy that the family are finally reunited.
The King looked up to Saffron. "Saffron dear... Why don't you join our family hug? Don't you remember that you had a 'special bond' with your childhood friend Charmy, our son...?"
The Queen nodded in agreement and smiled to her son's fiancée. "That's right, dear Saffron. Come here and join our hug."
Saffron gasped lightly at this. But she then nods, and flew to the Golden Hive's royal family to join the hug.
Deep down, Espio and Rouge felt happy for them, as they wipe a small tears that escaped their eye...
But before Saffron could join the hug, suddenly, the whole place started to shake, making everyone trying to keep their balance, though some were failed, losing their balance before they fell on their stomach nor backs (and those are Charmy, Saffron, and the Princess).
In the thick of the shake that goes even harder than before, suddenly, everyone could feel a gust of wind coming from their above. Curious and confused, the group looked up, only to find a shocking view...
Right above their heads was a portal; a BIG one. It was deep black in color, giving the group a bad feeling about what would happen next.
Suddenly, the wind started to blow harder at them, making the throne room became nothing but a complete mess.
Not long after that, the gust of wind wasn't blowing at them anymore. It went to the opposite direction, trying to sucked them into the portal!
"W-WHOA!" The group cried out, as their hands clawed at the floor in a desperate attempt to avoid getting dragged into the mysterious portal. Weird thing is, the wind doesn't seem to affect on Golden Hive's royal family (as they stood still on the floor without any problem), which makes them confused and frantic about what would happen to Espio, Rouge, Saffron, and Charmy...
"Dad... Mom... Sister... S-Saffron..." Charmy muttered, low groans came from his mouth as he looked up to the ones he mentioned before. "I-I think... I wouldn't make it... s-so I'll say it now..."
One of Charmy's hand began to slip off the floor, making the young male bee yelps. But he quickly overcome his shock, and looked back to his loved ones.
"I... I love you all... You too, Saffron... my dear fi— A-AAAH!"
"What the— CHARMY!"
In shock, a wide-eyed Saffron watched her fiance's body being dragged into the big, mysterious portal. She first doubted her decision to go after Charmy by loosening her grip on the floor, but then she decided to go with it. So, as she turned her head to the Golden Hive's royal family, she said, "I'm sorry, my King, my Queen, Princess... I need to go after him!"
With those words, Saffron let go her tight grip on the floor, allowing her body to get flung into the portal. Seeing this, everyone was left dumbstruck.
"So... We need to go through that annoying black 'thing' again?" Rouge muttered, sighing aloud. "... Ah, well. Like we had other choice..." With that, the white bat let go her grip from the floor, flapping her wings and flew into the portal with such speed, thanks to the gust of wind made by the portal.
Espio planned to follow what Rouge just did, but decided to hold it for a moment as he set his eyes to the Golden Hive's royal family, gold eyes glimmered in seriousness.
"I'm very sorry that your reunion need to be cut short, my King. I had never seen this coming..." The purple chameleon said, closing his eyes. "I... I promise to bring your son back safe and sound... I promise."
With those words, Espio let go of his grip on the floor, allowing his body to brought into the portal. Once the chameleon's body disappeared into the dark void, the portal disappeared, leaving nothing but the highly cluttered throne room and the worried Golden Hive's royal family behind...
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[ Mobius, 200 years in the future ]
- Crisis City, Mysterious Castle; Mysterious Room -
Metal Sonic's red eyes widened in disbelief once the events were finished playing in his head. His core began to beat rapidly as he remembered the last part of the event...
"I-It... It happens... in the past." He's 100% sure that the event was takes place when his 'loathsome copy' was still an untalkative one, proven by how he remembered that his 'copy' was still a short, chubby hedgehog.
"A-And..." Metal Sonic looked to Metal Knuckles over his shoulder, who somehow looks pale. "M-Metal Knuckles... Is all of it true? I know you saw it too..."
Metal Knuckles avoid the blue bot's stare as he lowered his gaze to the ground, like as if he didn't want to answer the question. Then, after looking to Tails Doll, who fell asleep in his arms, he nodded, and tell the blue robot what he knows.
"S-Sonic... What you see just now... was really a part of your memory." The red robot began softly, looking up to the blue bot. "It was erased back when Mecha Sonic attacked you with Hey Ho's golden axe. But what happens after that was... scaring me."
Hearing this, Metal Sonic decided to jump right down to business. "Tell me about it, Me—" A pause. "I mean... Knuckles."
Metal Knuckles was taken aback at this, but also happy. Before the red bot knew it, artificial tears began to flow out from his eyes. "S-Sonic..."
He then nodded. "A-Alright... I'll tell you what happen right after Mecha Sonic 'hit' you with that axe..."
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[ Past, continuation of 'Memory Piece's event ]
- Dr. Robotnik's Base, Corridor -
"SONIC!"
In shock and horror, a wide-eyed Metal Knuckles and Tails Doll watched Mecha Sonic trust the axe to Metal Sonic's head, everything seemed to go in slow motion as they witnessed the horrifying sight. The sound of wrecked metals, busted cables, and sparks could be heard once the axe made contact with their blue friend's head.
In frantic, Metal Knuckles activates his scanner, aiming it to Metal Sonic's body. He was shocked to find the blue bot's core was beating slowly...
Then it stopped.
The red bot felt his core skip a beat once he found no life within Metal Sonic, his green irises spring open in fright. He stammered, not wanting to believe that his friend is lifeless.
But there he was... gone...
"S-SONIC...!" Both the red and the doll-like bot finally manage to break free from Hey Ho's hold. They then rushed over Metal Sonic's body, right after Mecha Sonic took out the axe from the cobalt bot's head. Once they reached the blue bot's side, Tails Doll let out a loud gasp of disbelief, while Metal Knuckles kneeled down before he cradled the hedgehog bot into his arms.
Metal Knuckles almost screamed at the sight of his blue friend. Between the blue bot's eyes, there is a deep, line-shaped hole that starts from the forehead above to the muzzle below. This made Metal Sonic's head became a total wreck, as they could see some busted cables and sparks protruding out from the deep 'scratch' on the blue bot's head.
The two new bots were silent, completely horrified with the sight of their blue friend. Then, after what it felt like an eternity, Metal Knuckles slowly shook Metal Sonic's body a few times, hoping it would awaken the blue bot.
"S-... Sonic?" The red bot muttered, his voice almost reduced to a whisper. "C-... Can you hear me...?"
Silence.
"S-... Sonic? Please... Wake up..."
No response.
"... SONIC! WAKE UP!" The red bot shook his blue friend harder, hoping it would awaken the robot. "... PLEASE!"
...
After got another silence, Metal Knuckles finally accepts the truth; accepting the fact that his friend is gone in a tragic way. He brought the lifeless body of Metal Sonic closer to him, hugging him close.
"S-Sonic..." The red bot sobbed, artificial tears began to went out of his eyes. "Why... Why it must be—"
"Hehehe... He's finally out of my life." Hey Ho's voice came, as he flew to Mecha Sonic's side, watching the 'amazing' view in front of him. "See, Mecha Sonic? I told you stealing and redesign one of that doctor's equipment will make the job easier!"
Mecha Sonic would have smiled evilly at this statement if he had a mouth. "Yes, Hey Ho, my friend... I should've done this a long time ago... You really are a genius, Hey Ho. I was wondering why you're just once used by that doctor..."
Metal Knuckles' eyes spring open in shock upon hearing all of this. "W-... What?" The red bot looked up to Mecha Sonic and Hey Ho, his 'tears' still rolling out of his eyes, but anger was visible on his glowing green orbs. "A long time ago...? Y-You mean... You both had... planned to get rid of Sonic for a long time?!"
"Whoa, whoa... Splendid! I never expect a new bot like you could get the conclusion that fast!" Mecha Sonic said sarcastically, chuckling evilly. "Heh, I guess that doctor done an advanced thinking ability on his new robots, huh?"
Metal Knuckles felt his anger grew bigger at this statement. "Who are you calling 'that doctor'? You don't mean our creator, do you?" The red bot inquired, almost indignantly.
The tall blue bot growled at this, rolling his eyes. "Oh, please. You just don't get it, do you? Don't act like an idiot, red guy. I mean, who else is a doctor here in this base?" He then crossed his arms. "But hey, I think he's not a doctor. 'Cause, well, you know, he create robots. So...! He was more like weird man who called himself a doctor, and had gone cra—"
"DON'T YOU DARE TO SAY THAT!" Metal Knuckles snapped angrily, glaring at the tall cobalt bot. "How dare you... HOW DARE YOU INSULT OUR CREATOR?!"
Hey Ho squinted his eyes in annoyance upon hearing this. "Hmph, you're one to talk, red guy. Mecha Sonic was right, you know? That doctor is a crazy man!" The big robot said, hissing in disgust. "Hey, Mecha Sonic?" He turned his head to the tall blue bot. "... Can I give this red bot a— Hey, Mecha? What are you looking at?"
Hey Ho turned his head to where Mecha Sonic facing to; it was Tails Doll, his hands covering his face, and his head was lowered.
"No..." The 'doll' murmured, drops of artificial tears began to fell to the floor below the 'doll'. "... No..."
The red gem at the end of an antenna that protruding from the 'doll's head began to glowing bright, which confused Mecha Sonic, Hey Ho, and Metal Knuckles. Their confusion quickly changed to shock when a bright, eerie red aura poured out of Tails Doll's body, covering and circling around the 'doll' as it brought the 'doll' floating in midair.
"... NOOOOOO!" Somehow, the 'doll's scream wasn't childish anymore; it sounds like a monster, deep and echoing through their surroundings. Then, some of the red aura that circling around Tails Doll's body moved to the 'doll's back, forming a pair of black, demon wing-like shape that floats behind the 'doll's back, which later covered by a glowing aura in an eerie red color.
When Tails Doll moved his hands from his eyes, the color of his eyes weren't black anymore; it changed to a bright, eerie red color.
"How dare you..." The 'doll' spoke, his voice was deep, and echoing through everyone's ears. "... How dare you killed the one I cared about?!"
Suddenly, the whole place began to shake, gust of wind began to blew fiercely around the place, leaving some dents on the metal walls of the base's.
"Let me tell you something..." Tails Doll's unfamiliar voice came again, sending a shiver down to everyone's spine. "Mecha Sonic... Hey Ho... Such act you did there, boys! As the prize of your 'brave' act..."
The 'doll' chuckling evilly before he looked to the mentioned ones, his once, 'calm' red eyes changed to an egregious ones, which was glowing brighter than before.
"... I'll give you two a prize... to feel your DOOM!"
With those words, some of the red aura that circling around Tails Doll's body moved to the 'doll's forearms, forming a pair of long, sword-like blades that floats just above the 'doll's forearms, which was glowing in an eerie red color.
Without another word, the 'doll' flew down to Mecha Sonic and Hey Ho with a burst, his sword-like blades were ready in position...
And what happened right after Tails Doll reached the two bots was scaring Metal Knuckles to death.
[ End event ]
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[ Mobius, 200 years in the future ]
- Crisis City, Mysterious Castle; Mysterious Room -
"T-Tails Do- I mean— Tails... He went 'mad' back then...?" Metal Sonic asked once Metal Knuckles finished his story, crimson digital eyes fixed to his red friend. "... H-How?"
"That's what I'm confused about too... at first." The red robot said, looking to his blue friend right in the eye. "I guess Doctor heard the 'crash' Tails has made, as I could see him come shortly after Tails 'punishing' Mecha Sonic and Hey Ho..."
"Both of them were heavily damaged and... 'ruined', with Hey Ho not made it while Mecha Sonic survived, managing to life with his core that only a quarter left due to Tails Doll's fierce attack." Metal Knuckles shuddered for a moment before he continuing his story. "Tails fell unconscious when Doctor came and witness the horrific view. Then, he told his robots to bring the destroyed ones to his lab, with me following him to brought Tails and told him what happened before he come into the scene. Once we arrived at the lab, he quickly do a check-up on the destroyed ones. Doctor couldn't bring Hey Ho back due to the lack of equipments, but he can on Mecha Sonic. But again, because of the lack of equipments, Doctor redesign Mecha Sonic back to his silver, metallic form, which added with some 'touch', but he's still taller than you. As for you, Sonic..."
Metal Knuckles paused for a moment before he continued, "You're still fine. Doctor said that you're lucky that it wasn't your core that destroyed, or else, you'll be like Hey Ho." The red bot said clearly, shuddering slightly. "But your memory board... It has been heavily damaged. Doctor said that he could changed it to a new one, but he said that it would drastically altered your system, personality, and your royalty that has made Doctor awed to you all the time. Also, it would erase allthe memories you had ever since you opened your eyes for the first time. Doctor thought of repairing it, but the consequence is..."
Metal Knuckles looked down to the ground, avoiding Metal Sonic's red eyes that filled with curiosity.
"The consequence is... that you will lose the memories that you have received within the last 2 hours... which starts from the memory when you met me and Tails for the first time... until the time Mecha Sonic 'hit' you with that axe."
Upon hearing this, Metal Sonic's crimson eyes widened, the curiosity in his eyes changed to a shocked one. As he felt his core skip a beat, he stared to his red friend behind him in disbelief.
"W-... What?" The blue bot muttered, he seemed to speak it out slowly, probably due to his disbelief of the new fact about what Metal Knuckles told him. "A-Are you saying that..."
Metal Knuckles nodded. "Yeah... Me and Tails choose to let Doctor repair your memory board instead of changing it to a new one, meaning that you'll have no memory of us. At that time also, it is revealed that the gem that attached on Tails' antenna was from a far, distant future, as the Doctor had scanned it with his new device that capable to detect objects that are not from the time and place that should be..."
"Both me and Tails then decided to leave Doctor and you to check the place where Tails' red gem from, by sneaking to my Mobian counterpart's place at night, Angel Island, and asked Master Emerald if it could sent us to the time where Tails' red gem from." Metal Knuckles continued. "Then, two figures stepped out of the gem; one was a male creature made of water, while the other one was a female echidna with orange fur. They said that they can grant our wish, but the consequence is... that we will be stuck in the time where Tails' gem come from until an unknown time. They said that the sign that shows we will going back to our timeline is..."
Metal Knuckles seems to smiled before he continued, "... one of us... will saw something colored blue falling from the sky." He then chuckled lightly, artificial tears began to roll down from his eyes. "And from all possibilities... I can't believe that it was you."
After Metal Knuckles finished his story, Metal Sonic didn't make a reply about it. Curious and confused, the echidna bot cocking his head to the side, calling the blue bot's name in wonder while gazed down to the hedgehog bot, who now had his head lowered.
The echidna bot saw Metal Sonic had one hand clenched into fist over his chest. Then, he saw the hedgehog bot turned his head to him, artificial tears was visible in his eyes.
"K-Knuckles... Why? Why have you and Tails done this far... for me?" The blue bot questioned, 'tears' keep coming out from his eyes. "I haven't done much to you both... So why?"
At this question, Metal Knuckles chuckled, and would gave his blue friend a wide smile if he had a mouth.
"... Do I need a reason to want to help out a friend?" The red bot said, placing a hand atop Metal Sonic's shoulder. "Sonic... To our eyes, you've done a lot of things for us. So you're wrong if you thought that you've done nothing."
Metal Sonic was taken aback at this. Never in his life he felt this happy. He turned his body around, facing his red friend.
Metal Sonic looked down before placing his right hand atop Tails Doll's head, caressing it, making the 'doll' awaken. "... Hey, Knuckles?" The blue bot uttered, not breaking his gaze from Tails Doll's sleepy form. "... Let's form a team."
This instantly shocked Metal Knuckles, and made Tails Doll sprung up from the red bot's arms. "S-Sonic...? A-Are you... serious?" The red bot inquired, eyes widened.
Metal Sonic didn't answered the question. Instead, he took the red bot and the 'doll's hand with each of his metallic hands, and sighed. "... I believe I promised you both this. So I'm going to say it now..."
The blue bot tighten his grip on his friend's hands, but not too tight that it would hurt them.
"... From now on, I, Metal Sonic, along with my two best friends, Metal Knuckles and Tails Doll, are... a team."
Metal Knuckles was so happy to hear this, so do Tails Doll. "B-Big Bro..." The 'doll' flew to Metal Sonic and hugged him, artificial tears began to went out of his small eyes. "T-... Thank you..."
For a moment, Metal Sonic stared at Tails Doll before he return the small 'doll's hug, artificial tears rolling out of his red digital eyes. Soon, Metal Knuckles joined the hug, 'tears' were already made his metallic muzzle wet.
Tiara and Blaze watched the scene not far from the hugging robots, feeling happy for them as they wipe a small tears that escaped their eye...
A moment later, the group finally broke the hug, looking to each other with determination flashed in their eyes.
"Alright then, Knuckles, Tails." Metal Sonic stood up from the ground, followed by Metal Knuckles and Tails Doll short after. "Once we're done with the business here, I'll make sure to take you both back to where we should be; back to our creator..."
"Sonic..." Metal Knuckles muttered, nodding. "T-... Thank you."
"Let's forget what we saw here." The blue bot looked to his back over his shoulder; to the big, tube-shaped thing that filled with the lifeless bodies of the people they knew. "... Let's move on, find the master of this castle, and find a way to go back to our time."
"I'm agree with you there." Blaze joining the conversation, walking to the blue bot's side. "I'll join your team for now. Hope you don't mind."
"If Blazey joins your team, Mr. Blue Robot, then me too!" Tiara ran to Blaze's side, smiling widely. "Maybe with following you guys, I can reunite with my father!"
Hearing this, the cobalt bot accepts them, thinking that they would be a good help for his team. Besides, they just joined temporary, not permanently.
Then, as they walked out of the mysterious room, They witnessed a lot of black robots; which was none other than the guards of the palace, stood there, blocking their way.
Seeing this, the group put themselves to their fighting stance, ready to fight.
"Alright, team." Metal Sonic said, charging up his yellow energy in both of his hands. "... Let's do this."
Wuuut? Charmy's a prince? ...Tehehe, yeah. I'm using Archie's stuff again... ^^-
Also, AWWWW~! The three robot friends are finally a team! How touching... :')
Still... Sorry for the 'evil' Tails Doll part, everyone! I'm afraid I made you all shocked... I think. X_x
Dunno how Charmy's family looks? Look up for 'King Bee', 'Queen Bee', and 'Princess Bee' at your favorite Sonic wikis. ;)
Oh, right. For those who don't know... Saffron is not an official character of SEGA; she was a character made by the group who create Sonic Archie. She looks like this [Just copy and paste the link to your adress bar]:
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/207/1/8/a_t____saffron_the_bee_by_funkyjeremi-d41q490.jpg
Oh, right. This is how Tails Doll's 'wings' looks at this Chapter [Just copy and paste the link to your adress bar]:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/189/5/9/tribal_wing_tattoo_by_logical_primate-d3lgf3z.jpg
And this is how Mecha Sonic looks when he got redesigned by Dr. Robotnik at this Chapter (I used this model of his from his cameo appearance at "Sonic Adventure") [Just copy and paste the link to your adress bar]:
http://info.sonicretro.org/images/thumb/9/9a/Mecha_sonic_sa.png/120px-Mecha_sonic_sa.png ((sorry, couldn't find a big one for this))
Anyway, I'll let you wonder for now. :D ..Next Chapter was in-progress, so stay tuned for more! ^_^-
By the way, thank you for the reviews and supports, everyone! That means a lot to me~ x3
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You know what they said; "Nobody's Perfect". So I beg your pardon if there's some errors and 'weird' sentences in this Chapter. Thank you to you all who've read, fav, follow, and review this story! :) ..Well, as always, next Chapter is in-progress. So stay tuned for more Chapters, everyone!Cheers~! ^^-
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Fun Fact : In Japanese, 'Onii' means brother.
