Chapter 28: Metal Sonic P2

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog, I do own Amber the Cheetah, Frost the Leopard, Prince Sunflash and the place Tribal Plains. Also starting in this chapter Sophie the Hyena will be making her appearance, and she is owned by Tamara the Hybridian.

Things had happened so fast. One moment we were going to help Knuckles against Dr. Robotnic's and Matriarch's forces, then the next we get our butts kicked by Dr. Robotnic's latest creation, Metal Sonic. Metal Sonic was somehow able to copy all four of our Element Weapons and humiliate us. Now the Master Emerald, had been destroyed and Angel Island was in the ocean but it wasn't the only thing in the ocean.

"Amber?" Frost asked for me as Sunflash and Knuckles looks for me "Amber? Where are you?"

"Someone help!" I shout in a panicky voice paws moving around in water "I can't swim!"

Prince Sunflash turns to see me in the water. Sure I was fast on land but that didn't mean a thing when it came to water. I tried to keep my head above the water and I wasn't a swimmer at all. I was fearful of my own life again, mostly it was against Dr. Robotnic but now I was fearful of drowning!

"Hang in there Amber!" Prince Sunflash shouts seeing me in the water and really was far away from land.

"How'd she get in there in the first place?" Frost asked still worried for me as well and even I could tell as I tried to keep my head above the water.

SPLASH! I watched as Sunflash dove into the water and swam towards me.

"Amber!" Sunflash shouted "Keep your head above the water! I'm coming for you."

"I'm trying!" I shouted.

As he swam towards me, I used all my strength to keep my head above the water and watched as Sunflash came over towards me. I was going to be wet but it was better than drowning. It was because I was using my strength to keep my head from going underneath that I was losing it rapidly and just when he was getting close to me I lost it completely and sank my head underneath the water.

"AMBER!" Frost shouted.

Knuckles growl "Come on Amber! Just one more time!"

I somehow heard their words but my strength had been zapped I didn't have enough to keep me moving as I thought I was going to drown I felt a strong grab to my arms then I felt someone scoops me up under arm and the next I felt was dry land.

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As I hit land I began coughing up water. Frost and Knuckles ran over towards me and Sunflash.

"Is she okay?" Frost asked worried.

I gave out a sigh as I was still coughing up water. Prince Sunflash comes near me pressing on my chest and feels me breathing "She'll live. Thank goodness."

I was still coughing up water but Sunflash was right, I would survive and I looked at him blushing as my clothes were soaked and wet and I was literally with my clothes on revealing my body to him. Prince Sunflash saw my blush and actually blushed as well "Uh, you look good Amber."

My blush darkened more as I shouted "Sunflash!"

"We'll it's true" Knuckles said trying his hardest not to turn over towards me but I was able to catch him blushing "Prince Sunflash knows how to pick his girl."

Prince Sunflash turns to Knuckles "Knuckles...Amber is the only girl I have a heart for."

"What about Frost?" Knuckles asked.

Frost glares at him as Sophie laughs at Knuckle's joke. From my stand point Frost was debating if she were to kill Knuckles or laugh at the joke so she spoke to Knuckles "Sunflash and I are friends. Amber is his girlfriend and there isn't anything I'd do to make that different, Sunflash deserves her and she deserves him."

"Wow, Frost that was a great speech" Sophie admitted to her.

Frost nods "Thanks!"

Knuckles turns "So I guess I'll start to hunt to look for the Master Emerald shards in order to rebuild it."

"We'll help you" Prince Sunflash told him "After all it was our fault partly it got destroyed."

"It's not your fault" Knuckles said "It was that Metal Sonic's fault."

"PRINCE SUNFLASH!" Tails's voice sounded.

We turn to see Tails, Boomer, Antonie, and Princess Sally were running up to us. Once the four got closer, Tails, Boomer, and Antonie all blushed at my exposed body even as I did my best to cover myself. Tails and Boomer turned around "Sorry!"

Princess Sally looks at the five of us "What happened? We heard the splash?"

Knuckles answer "Dr. Robotnic's newest invention attacked us."

"Newest invention?" Tails asked while looking at Antoine whom hadn't moved his gaze from seeing me "Antonie please turn around give Amber some respect. She's showing her body by accident."

Prince Sunflash answers "We had our butts kicked by Dr. Robotnic's Metal Sonic. He destroyed the Master Emerald and caused Angel Island to fall into the sea, Amber fell into the water nearly drowning."

"The Horror my second worse nightmare come true!" I muttered even briefly uncovering myself "I thought I was going to die for sure."

As I noticed the guys turn their heads I went back in covering myself as Sophie placed her arm around me "Thank goodness you didn't."

"Thanks to Sunflash" I said.

Prince Sunflash nods "Thank goodness mother and other lioness's swimming lessons to lion cubs of any gender teach their cubs to swim."

"So how's Sonic?" Sophie asked a hint of worry in her voice.

"Thanks for asking Sophie, Sonic's alive still" Princess Sally told her "He's in stable condition although the Dr, isn't sure how long he'll stay in the recovery room, he has yet to gain consciousness."

"I'm sorry I asked" Sophie told her.

"Don't be" Princess Sally said to her Anotine nods "You did a good thing asking about him." he then hears Metal Sonic "Wait, Metal Sonic? Does that mean?"

I shrugged "We can't really confirm if Metal Sonic is truly Sonic. However, if Dr. Robotnic used Sonic as it's robot's frame, then I doubt Sonic would attack his friends."

"Strange" Tails said "But what are you going to do now?"

Prince Sunflash answers him "We will help Knuckles find the Master Emerald shards for one thing."

"With Amber a bit wet?" Sally asked.

"A bit?" I asked looking at myself then I let out "Wet or not, I need to help them."

"We'll need all the help we can get against Metal Sonic" Prince Sunflash admitted.

Sally turns to me "You sure you don't want any dry clothes?"

"It's ether wet and my clothes can dry over time or take them all off-"

"And walk naked" Frost snickered which caused me to blush really deep.

Sophie sighed "Sonic's unclothed all the time except for his shoes."

"And he's a guy" I said "It's going to be a bit embarrasing to walk around naked but that's only the option if I have too, I guess I'm stuck with wet clothes until they dry."

"Amber" Sunflash told me "We can rest until your clothes dry. I don't want you to do something embarrassing to yourself."

"But do we have time?" I asked not liking the idea of keeping everyone back from searching for the Master Emerald."

"She has a point" Knuckles admitted.

"Yes, she does" Frost admitted.

Prince Sunflash turns over towards us nodding understandingly. He knew that I had a point, I also knew he would wisely explain why we should wait and I was right. He speaks up "True, Amber is right but we just got our butts kicked by Metal Sonic. He's working for Dr. Robotnic. That Dr. isn't going to give up this short victory, we can't rush into things without a plan. After all he's sure to use Metal Sonic against us and we'll need to be prepared for his next move. We can't rush into things without a plan."

"Correct" Tails said "Metal Sonic did all this and even got passed you four whom wield the Element Weapons. You can't go rushing into things without a safe plan. Plus if there is anyone that maybe able to help us against Metal Sonic it's Sonic."

"He's not conscious yet" I pointed out.

Tails nods understandingly "Right you are but we need to counter Metal Sonic if possible."

"So Amber" Prince Sunflash said "We'll wait for you to dry off and get into dry clothing."

"Thanks guys, sorry for-"

"It's nothing Amber" Frost told me even hugging me in a friendly manner "I'm just glad you're alive! I was worried for you."

"We all were" Sophie said "I was going to use my vines in the Nature Spear to save her but Prince Sunflash had already dove in to save her."

"When Amber's life is at stake" Prince Sunflash told her "I'd do what I can to save her."

"How romantic!" Frost, and Princess Sally said with Sally adding on "Sonic would save me against any threat as well. Whether it's in battle or from drowning."

"Uh Sally" Tails points out "Sonic hates water and he can't swim ether."

"Just like me" I muttered.

Tails turns to me "Don't worry, not all of us are swimmers or don't know how to swim."

I gave him a nod while covering myself "Still that was my second worse nightmare and it came true."

Frost understands me "I think any cat or Big Cat in our tribe have that as their nightmare, I can swim but I don't like to swim in water."

Prince Sunflash turns "Of course so Amber, if you'd like-"

"I'll get her some dry clothing" Tails volunteered "Her mother and father sent us another pair of clothing for her at Knothole."

"Thanks Tails" I said as Princess Sally nods to Tails's words "Go ahead Tails."

Tails flies away with Boomer turning "Now what do we do?"

Prince Sunflash turned towards me as Frost, Sophie, and Princess Sally walked towards me "I'll leave the girls alone for Amber to you know take off everything, Boomer, you Knuckles and I will try to come up with a plan against Metal Sonic."

"Right" Boomer said with Knuckles nodding "Amber's going to be naked for a while and she'll need privacy."

"Until I get dry clothes" I muttered "Please guys no peaking!"

Frost then snickered "Except for you Sunflash, you'll love what you'll see."

"FROST!" Sunflash and I shouted the two of us blushing equally red with Sunflash adding on "She does look good, it'll be my second time seeing her body but-"

"I'm still going to be embarrassed!" I told her.

Frost teases me further "Well you already are showing more then you normally do."

I blushed very dark red this time. Leave it to Frost to tease me in any situation. Then again it was so Frost so I couldn't blame her but I shot back at her what I hope was an equal teasing manner "That maybe true, Frost, but just wait until you show your body to everyone."

Frost just laughs as she counters "When I show my body to anyone it would be a guy that would become my husband or for my first time."

Even though this wasn't addressed to me or Princess Sally or even Sophie for that matter but she did say something about her first time she'd expose her body to a guy and this caused me to blush again right when it died down.

The boys left giving me and the other girls privacy. They left and I took off my wet clothing and was sitting down on a rock with Princess Sally managing to bring out a towel and wrapped it around my body so I wouldn't feel totally exposed "Thanks" I told Princess Sally."

"It's alright" Princess Sally told me " Now all you have to do is dry off. Tails will bring dry clothes for you.

Sophie actually used her Nature Lance to sprout vines so that she and Frost could hang my wet clothes to dry. As I sat with the three girls at my side I sighed out "Any of you girls know how I feel?"

Sophie shrugs "I suppose if I lost my clothes or got them all wet to have to sit down naked, I'd be a bit sad and embarrassed."

Princess Sally sighs "It's not all bad, as you see with me all I wear are these boots and vest."

"I guess I can understand but all my life I've been wearing these a shirt and skirt" I explained.

"In Tribal Plains you have to have something covering you" Frost admitted "Otherwise you can get in trouble with indecent exposure well if your outside if inside you can be ether way."

"Which would be why Amber is embarrassed" Sally said understandingly "But it isn't her fault."

"True" Frost said "Which because of these events they'll let her slide."

"So any of you girls have any idea how to stop Metal Sonic or where he's going to end up end?" Sophie asked.

Princess Sally thought about this before answering "She brings up a good point if Metal Sonic easily defeated you four. He's gotta have an agenda. Plus if he does work for Dr. Robotnic, why didn't he capture Amber and deliver her to him?"

"He was going too" Frost said "And I'm pretty sure if Dr. Robotnic didn't tell him to withdraw he would've captured Amber and destroyed the Master Emerald...Who knows that evil man wants Amber's fur and he could've had hers. He must be waiting for the right time as if he's waiting for Amber to surrender herself to him."

"THAT WON'T EVER HAPPEN!" I shouted.

"Let's hope not" Sally admitted "But in his mind now that Metal Sonic has beaten you four, he's sure to try to capture Amber the next time around or force her to see that there isn't anything she can do to him."

Tails arrives sometime afterwards and accidentally flies into the area where I was currently waiting for my dry clothing, fully dry myself "Hey ladies!" He calls and I accidentally drop the towel exposing my body and Tails after blushing at my body raises my dry clothes towards me even covering his eyes "I'M SO SORRY AMBER!"

I blushed receiving my clothes "Thanks, Tails!"

Tails nods flying away "I'll see what Sunflash, Boomer, and Antonie came up with."

This time Frost, Sophie, and Princess Sally give me privacy to dress which I quickly did. Once done I stepped out in my dry clothes, Prince Sunflash turns towards me with Boomer and Antonie "Hey Amber!"

"Hey guys!" I shouted "So what is the plan?"

Tails turns "I discovered a Chaos Emerald somewhere in the cavern maze. Plus there might be a few Master Emerald Shards there too."

"Then that's where we are going to go" Sunflash said "For Knuckles."

"Thanks" Knuckles told him "But shouldn't you worry about defending Knothole? Sally's going to need you if Metal Sonic attacks there."

"I have a feeling Metal Sonic will be sent on the Chaos Emerald" Sunflash told him "Because that is what the Dr. wants to conquer the world."

"True" Knuckles said.

"But in doing so you'd have to be careful" Tails warns us "Metal Sonic might hunt you all down!"

"It's a risk we need to take" Prince Sunflash said "We will help Knuckles."

"Right" I admitted.

Moments later we arrived at the caverns. It was just like Discord's maze area only this time, Discord wasn't there and we were going to be smarter.

"Alright" Prince Sunflash orders "We must expect Metal Sonic to be ether A: inside or B: arriving here, we'll need to split up but before we go in there we need to morph."

"Good idea" Frost said "Last time we split up we nearly lost Amber to Matriarch."

"One of the times I thought my sister was more insane then usual" Sophie admitted "Then again Dr. Robonic gave her the Darkness Sabers."

"Then let's get to it" I said "With the Element Armor it provides protection against things that mean death to me. For a while."

The four of us stood up shouting "Element Armor, Activate!"

"Nature!" Sophie shouted.

"Ice!" Frost shouted.

"Lighting!" I shouted.

"Fire!" Prince Sunflash announced in seconds we morphed once again.

We also set foot inside the cave and looked at the area there were four opened areas.

"Tails has suggested that there could be Master Emerald Shards in here" Prince Sunflash reminded us "Plus there could be a Chaos Emerald here."

"He's right" Knuckles said "I can detect both Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald Shards. Three Shards are in here and a Chaos Emerald is...Question is which area has them."

"Amber!" Prince Sunflash said "Take the middle one."

"Which middle one?" I asked him.

"The middle right" Prince Sunflash said.

"Right" I said.

Prince Sunflash turns to Knuckles "Knuckles you and I got the left."

"Right" Knuckles said.

"Sophie, far right" Prince Sunflash ordered.

"Gotcha!" Sophie said giving him a thumbs up.

"Frost!" Prince Sunflash shouts.

"Yes?" Frost asked.

Prince Sunflash finishes his order "Go to the middle left."

"You got it!" Frost said nodding.

"Alright Knuckles and ladies let's go!" Prince Sunflash orders.

With this we separated. This was a very bad thing Frost was right last time this happened I ended up in the hospital for weeks but this time I was in my Element Armor which protected me from even the slightest injury from being fatal. As I ran down the path way I heard someone flying behind me. I turned my head slightly to see Metal Sonic following me.

"Great!" I shouted "Metal Sonic! That means..."

"That's right Cheetah! The Chaos Emerald is down here!" Metal Sonic shouted.

He spun around gaining an electrical charge as he did and I barely was able to avoid the tackle but not what happened next for Matriarch jumps down from the top path way kicking me in mid air and I go onto the ground, had I not been a cheetah one of the Big Cats I'd be on my back instead I landed on my feet expertly and continued my run while Metal Sonic and Matriarch persuade me.

As I ran I made my report to Prince Sunflash and the rest of my friends "Sunflash! Frost, Sophie! Knuckles!"

"What is it?" was the response.

"I've got both Metal Sonic and Matriarch on my butt! I need assistance!"

"We're on our way!" was the response from Prince Sunflash "Hang in their Amber!"

Suddenly I heard a rumble in the communications and I heard Sophie's voice rang out "Uh guys! Was that what I think it was?"

"No," Frost said "It happened in my end too!"

Knuckles's voice rang out as he growled out "It was a trap! The Master Emerald Shards in here are fake!"

"I'm afraid so" Prince Sunflash admitted "Not that Tails meant for us to fall in one, these shards..."

"But" I warned as I ran for my life "The Chaos Emerald is real! It has to be because, I'm being chased by Metal Sonic himself!"

"Get to the Chaos Emerald first Amber!" Prince Sunflash's voice ordered me "We'll try to regroup there."

"If we can with the cave in, in the fake areas" Sophie's voice sounded.

"We have too other wise Amber might be killed this time" Prince Sunflash said.

Then the communications were caught off.

"How's it feel to be caught in our trap Amber?" Matriarch snarled at me "I can't wait to eat what Dr. Robotnic leaves."

"For a Hyena" I spoke up to her "You have a one track mind!"

Metal Sonic flew at me once again and I barely was able to dodge him but I knew I had to make sure he didn't get further then I was then again I probably couldn't because Metal Sonic was just as fast as Sonic, but I had something faster! As he bypassed me I raised my Thunder Sabers "Lighting Strike!"

Metal Sonic heard but Matriarch countered with her "Dark Blast!"

My Lighting Strike got canceled out by Matriarch's attack letting Metal Sonic fly further in front of me then he got into a ball then just as I caught up to him. He then lets down painful lighting onto me like rain. Sparks flew from me as it wipes me off my feet and sends me flying in mid air and Matriarch takes her time "Not doing so well Amber are we? Dark Sphere Strike!"

I see her attack coming at me in mid air as I was still very much in pain from the attack and I countered with "Lighting Strike!"

Sense it was lighting it was able to keep her Dark Sphere Strike at bay but not enough, I knew I should've used Thunder Sphere Strike it could've done better but I wasn't thinking clearly and it cost me. Matriarch's attack still strikes me causing multiple sparks to fly from me and for me to be flying a great distance and this time I nearly misjudged my fall and nearly landed on my back but at the last second I landed on all fours panting.

"These two are too much" I muttered to myself getting onto my feet and still making my way to the Chaos Emerald "I can handle Matriarch alone but Metal Sonic as well is going to be tricky."

I got back into a quick run towards the Chaos Emerald.

"You won't get this one Amber!" Matriarch shouted.

I watched as she seemed to vanish, I turn around expecting to see her come at my back and it was because of this as I was running I was able to catch Matriarch by her scent and block her Darkness Sabers while giving her a growl "You'll never win in the end."

Matriarch snears "Amber, what you say might be true but today is the day you lose your life?"

As I continued to run towards the Chaos Emerald, Matriarch and I clashed sabers over and over again until, I faltered and she stabs me threw my chest. Sparks flew as the sword connected and seemed to go straight for my chest.

"Now Metal Sonic!" Matriarch shouted.

"Wha?" I asked as she withdrew her Darkness Saber threw my chest.

Had this happened without my Element Armor, I'd be dead so once more I was grateful for it. This is when it hit me "Metal Sonic? WHERE?"

I was fighting against Matriarch and I really should've been watching where Metal Sonic was and I should've made sure to try to find him as he comes at me once again spinning around and electricity rose from his spin. He strikes me right in the chest once again and I go flying landing hard as multiple sparks fly from me. As I landed hard this time on my back. I had flown incredible distance as I landed on my back very hard and was where the Chaos Emerald lied.

"Ouch!" I muttered in a daze steam coming from my body.

"This is the end!" Matriarch shouted as I was barely able to get up even with my Element Armor.

"Perhaps" I muttered "But I'm near the Chaos Emerald!"

"Not for long" Metal Sonic told me "It's only you against me and Matriarch, surrender and I might let you live long enough to see Dr. Robotnic to skin you."

I stood up stuffing the Chaos Emerald in my pocket well if I had one. I watch as the two come near me. This would be hard and I had already taken a double beating in the race to it.

"I will not fail my friends" I told them bravely standing onto my feet.

"Foolish" Metal Sonic said then with incredible strength he ripped a stalagtite off the ground and hurled it towards me at a powerful speed so fast was the attack that I barely was able to see it coming he continues it until three actually hit me pinning me to the ground with sparks flying from me.

"Should've given up Cheetah" Metal Sonic said as my armor was having a tough time figuring out if to quit or stay on.

Matriarch sneers "Not doing so well Amber?"

I weakly got onto my legs as the Element Armor decided to stay on for what I assumed was one or if I got lucky two more blows. There looked like there wasn't any hope for me to escape this time.

"And this time Cheetah as promised I will take you to Dr. Robotnic!" Metal Sonic told me "Wither you like it or not."

"I will not fall!" I told them.

The two laughed at my certain defeat.

"I see Sonic's put a sense of humor in you Amber" Matriarch told me "But after all this time it's OVER!"

"THINK AGAIN MATRIARCH!" Prince Sunflash shouted.

"WHAT?" Matriarch asked.

Without haste Prince Sunflash, Frost, Knuckles and Sophie joined me.

"Sunflash! Frost! Sophie! Knuckles! You came!" I shouted relieved.

"Of course we did!" Frost said "Turns out Dr. Robotnic made his SWATbots cause the cave in. So were here Amber!"

Sophie nods "You can't defeat us so easily sister!'

Matriarch grins "So you defeated them, doesn't matter WE have Amber where we want her...And-"

Metal Sonic nods "You will still fall in defeat. That Chaos Emerald is ours."

"We'll see about that" Prince Sunflash said "Come on girls! Let's give it to him!"

"Right!" Frost, Sophie, and I shouted we gained in our elements and with Sunflash concentrating for our blasts.

"Quadruple Element Fury Slash!" the four of us shouted unleashing it.

Metal Sonic just counters in his electrical force field he used on me earlier and there was a massive explosion which started to shake the cave.

"Not good" Knuckles said.

Suddenly before the five of us could brace ourselves Metal Sonic sped threw us three times. Each time sparks fly from us as we fall backwards. Then as we were trying to get up, he comes at behind and touches me with a copy of my Thunder Saber "Lighting Shock!"

The fake saber completes his attack shocking me sparks flew from me as he spins towards Sunflash, Frost and Sophie taking them by surprise again as sparks flew from them. Knuckles comes in with a punch "Try this!"

Metal Sonic blocks the punch then preforms Sonic's Spin Dash on him sending Knuckles plowing into the four of us.

Metal Sonic then copies our own move "Quadruple Element Fury Slash!"

"What?" the five of us asked.

The attack hits us sparks flew as it flies us backwards and the Chaos Emerald was flown out of my paws and into Metal Sonic's hands "Thanks for the Chaos Emerald."

This was all he said as Prince Sunflash, Sophie, Frost and I changed back. We watched as Matriarch and Metal Sonic left the cave then a rumble was heard as the cave started to collapse. Knuckles takes his time and saves us by burring under ground and managed to get us out of the cave on the other side in time as it collapses. We all hung our heads once again defeated by Metal Sonic.

"I failed" I told them.

Prince Sunflash turns to me "No you didn't Amber. We just feel for the trap. And we should be grateful that you are alive."

I turned to him as he gave me a hug "I don't know what I would've done if I lost you."

"Sunflash" I muttered hugging him back.

We all looked back wondering just what Dr. Robotnic's plans are. Would Sonic recover in time? Hopefully he could because we were running out of options.

End of chapter.

Dr. Robotnic has his Chaos Emerald. Next chapter, Chapter 29: Metal Sonic P3: Amber and friends meet up with Metal Sonic again and just as he defeats them a third time Sonic arrives. Who will win the ultimate show down?