~Rescue~
(Current Year: 2001)
Metal was fully recovered. He was looking at the car Emmi had built to race him with.
Callie came and stood by his side.
"Guess she never did get to race you," Callie stated.
"She never did," Metal acknowledged.
Ivo tuned in on the intercom.
"Metal! You're running out of time to get Sniper and Marilyn!" he shouted.
"My timing is perfect," Metal responded calmly. "Only robots understand perfect timing."
"You've been saying that for a year, you useless bucket of bolts!" Ivo snapped.
Metal flew up to the intercom and punched it, smashing it to keep Ivo from bugging him. "Sometimes I can't stand you," he said.
Callie looked at Metal as he landed.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
Metal turned around and looked at her. "Stay here," he commanded, fully turning around and then walking past her.
Callie watched him. "Where are you going?"
"The time I planned is now," Metal answered as he continued walking.
Callie watched until Metal was completely out of his sight.
…
Metal flew through space and down to the other within minutes because of his speed. Once landing, his red irises brightened as he began tracking down Sniper. Once having the coordinates of the GUN fortress, he immediately flew up, ignoring the snow. Luckily for him he didn't have to walk up the snowy mountain, unlike the humans had to.
Breaking the door down, Metal looked around sharply. Already, GUN soldiers were firing at him with their guns, but the bullets ricocheted off him and back at them, but they used their bulletproof shields against their own bullets.
Metal was quick, beating them all down in an instant. He lifted one up by the neck.
"Tell me where Metal Sniper and Marilyn are being held," he demanded.
The soldier, choking, pointed. Metal dropped him, following the directing of where he was pointing.
Metal reached the Commander's room, but didn't enter. He stayed outside, listening, also managing to see what was going on through the gap between the double doors.
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Sniper was standing beside the Commander. He looked frightened and nervous.
"You are doing quite well," the Commander admitted. "Especially for a robot of Doctor Eggman's."
"Well, I do have a free mind," Sniper reminded.
"However, you are not to have that collar removed for another six years," the Commander continued.
Sniper looked down sadly, but quickly shook the thought off his mind.
"Also, using you we managed to find where the location of your master's main hideout is," the Commander added. "We also found out that Metal Sonic is highly dangerous now and is still in use."
"His name isn't Metal Sonic," Sniper corrected. "His name is Metal."
The Commander looked at Sniper oddly.
"Metal isn't Sonic's copy. He was built to save the life of a child," Sniper continued. "He only fought Sonic when Ivo ran out of options, and wanted to let him win the race. However, Sonic didn't believe that he was saying."
"I wouldn't have believed him either," the Commander agreed. "Metal Sonic is an evil machine."
"Don't say that about him! He's still my brother!" Sniper yelled.
The Commander narrowed his eyes at Sniper, as if to intimidate him.
Sniper returned to his cowardly state. "I-I'm sorry… It's just that… I don't like hearing my friends and family being insulted…" he stuttered.
"Well, sometimes, you've just got to deal with it," the Commander growled, grabbing Sniper by the arms and holding him up. "Do I make myself clear, robot?"
Sniper nodded quickly, terrified.
The Commander threw him back down. "Good," he said.
Sniper stumbled over.
Metal busted into the room. "Leave him alone!" he bellowed, tackling the Commander down.
The Commander pushed Metal off him, but Metal soon saw everything go black, as did Sniper.
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Callie was watching on screen what was happening to Metal, gasping. "I've got to help him…" she told herself. So, she got onto her Extreme Gear and flew down to the Earth.
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Landing, Callie hid her Extreme Gear in a bush. She wasn't bothered by the snow, managing to sneak into the fortress. She found a crate, opening it, finding a pistol inside. She slowly picked it up, looking at it, but then ran off with it, looking for Sniper and Metal. If any soldiers passed by, she hid easily.
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Metal and Sniper were tied back-to-back in the lab, both on chairs. Marilyn was watching them.
"Marilyn, let us go!" Sniper pleaded.
"I would if I could," Marilyn sighed.
Metal was just struggling at the ropes. He glared at Marilyn with fury in his eyes. "We saved you from your imprisonment! Now release us!"
"I'll figure something out. I promise. That Commander was like a little brother to me and Maria in the days – and Emmi. I'll prevent him from harming you in any way I can."
Before Metal could snap back at her, Sniper just turned to him over his shoulder.
"Metal, enough. Just give her a chance," he said.
Metal growled before responding. "Fine."
Cynthia then entered the room.
Marilyn stood to the side, staying quiet.
Cynthia had her eye on Sniper, looking disappointed and a little angry.
"I always knew that you were untrustworthy," Cynthia stated. "You're just another one of Eggman's robots."
"I'm not like the others," Sniper responded.
"Yes, you are," Cynthia countered. "We may as well use you as scrap metal, along with your brother here, Metal Sonic."
Metal hissed, trying to lunge at her when she said that.
Cynthia narrowed her eyes at him.
Marilyn stepped forward. "What does the Commander want with them?" she asked.
"Sniper is to be electrocuted at high voltage with that collar for ten minutes while Metal Sonic will be turned into scrap," Cynthia answered.
Metal growled even more, trying to escape the ropes. "I'd like to see you try, you bitch!" he rasped.
Sniper just shivered. "The collar hurts at high voltage…" he whimpered. "I don't like it…"
"It's your own fault for being an evil robot, Metal Sniper," Cynthia reminded.
Marilyn didn't know what to do.
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Callie had started to move quicker around the fortress. The place was huge, and Metal was in trouble.
As Callie turned a corner, facing behind to make sure nobody was following, she didn't know that there was a soldier on the other side of her.
"Stop right there!" he shouted.
Callie gasped, turning to face him, pointing her gun at him.
"Drop the gun and put your hands on your head!" the soldier commanded again, aiming at her.
Callie didn't drop the gun. Her hands were shaking as she kept her aim in line with him.
"Drop the gun, girl!" the soldier barked.
Callie remembered a similar situation to the one she was in.
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(Flashback)
"You're not getting out of here with those plans. Drop them!" yelled the GUN Commander.
Emmi was brave and tightened her grip on the memory stick full of the plans she downloaded, not going to let go of them.
"I'm warning you! This is your last chance! Drop the plans or I'll shoot!" the Commander warned her, his gun clicking as he took aim.
Still, Emmi didn't let go.
"Drop them!" the Commander repeated, sounding angry.
Emmi closed her eyes, still keeping a tight grip on the memory stick. Anyone could tell that she knew in her mind that he Commander was going to shoot her.
"DROP THEM!" the Commander repeated for a final time loudly before he fired his gun.
Poor Emmi could only gasp as the bullet went through her back and pierced out of her chest.
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Callie remembered this moment clearly, looking hesitant still, but a tear escaping one of her eyes as she tried to put a more confident look on her face, looking a little angry. She looked at the soldier she was aiming at.
"Back off or I'll shoot," she warned, a little bit of fear in her voice as if she wasn't sure if she could shoot somebody.
"You don't know what you're doing with that gun," the soldier stated.
Callie had her finger on the trigger. "Move out of my way!" she demanded, her hands still shaking.
"Stand down now!" the soldier ordered.
Callie looked away and closed her eyes tightly, firing her gun. The soldier was hit by the bullet in the stomach, falling onto his back. Callie opened her eyes and saw what she had done, gasping. He was still alive, trying to get up.
"I-I'm so sorry!" Callie apologized.
The soldier didn't even bother responding.
Callie then ran off, looking for Metal, until she saw on the CCTV screens exactly where he was.
"There you are…" she said to herself quietly, running to the location.
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"I wonder where the Commander is…" Cynthia wondered, impatient.
"Marilyn, help us…" Sniper begged, almost whispering.
"I don't know what to do," Marilyn admitted, fully whispering.
Just then, the door opened quickly. In ran Callie, still holding her pistol.
"Callie?" Marilyn asked, confused.
Metal, too, was confused. "Callie, I told you to not come here!" he scolded. "You could have got yourself hurt!"
"I came here to save you, you should be thanking me!" Callie responded.
Cynthia grabbed Callie by both her arms, holding her still.
"Grr! Let go of me!" Callie growled.
Cynthia managed to grab the gun from her hand, pulling it out of her firm grip and tossing it aside, returning to holding both of her arms tightly.
"Kid, you need to learn not to play with guns," Cynthia reminded.
Marilyn quickly picked up the gun, aiming it at Cynthia.
"Marilyn, what are you doing?" Cynthia asked angrily.
"She's a relative to me, Cynthia, now let her go," Marilyn answered calmly.
The name reached Callie's brain as she tried to look at Cynthia. "Wait, are you Cynthia West?" she asked.
"That's Agent Cynthia West to you," Cynthia corrected.
"I've heard about you," Callie said.
"How have you heard about me?" Cynthia asked, suspicious.
"A friend of yours told me about you. One of your best friends," Callie replied.
"I don't have any friends," Cynthia corrected.
"At the time he was your friend," Callie countered.
Cynthia had a brief idea in her mind of who Callie was on about.
"He told me all about you. He saved your life the time Burning Simon locked you in the attic of a burning house," Callie continued.
Cynthia gritted her teeth angrily. "I want no reminders of him…" she growled.
"Cynthia, please, just help us," Callie pleaded. "Wouldn't you save your best friend if he was going to die?"
This gave Cynthia an unwanted memory.
…
(Flashback)
"No… You don't understand! I'll die!" Mephiles exclaimed, panicking.
"Stop! You'll kill him!" A young Cynthia pleaded, trying to fight the researchers from the control panel.
Cynthia could remember looking at Mephiles' weak expression. Her expression, in return, was a worried one. She could then remember him hesitating, until he screamed, and the glass of the capsule he was in smashed. Cynthia managed to dive down and avoid any glass shards, but when she next looked at Mephiles, he was a crystalline demon hedgehog. She was horrified. He, too, was horrified, but he teleported away.
…
Cynthia shook the memory off her mind. "I tried to save my friend from dying and I failed, but he ended up saving his own life, almost ending mine and others in the process…" she remembered.
"Metal's not a bad person, though," Callie assured.
"That thing is a killer robot built to destroy!" Cynthia snapped.
"He was built to save my life!" Callie argued. "Even Mephiles knew that! He's the one who poisoned my mother with darkness in an attempt to kill me before I was born! He witnessed Metal's creation and how he saved my life, and I remember that moment as if it was yesterday!"
Cynthia listened, not sure if she should help the two robots and young girls escape, or if she should still try guarding them.
"Cynthia, the Commander killed his friend from aboard the ARK he knew from almost fifty years ago," Callie said. "He'll kill Metal and he'll probably shock Sniper for ten hours."
"Alright, I'll help you!" Cynthia gave in. "But not a word about this to anyone."
"Our lips are sealed, Agent West!" Sniper assured.
Cynthia, Callie, Marilyn and Metal all looked at him as if he was simple. Then again, in living years he was only five.
Cynthia began untying the two robots, allowing them to stand. She pulled a key out of her breast pocket, unlocking the collar around Sniper's neck so it fell to the ground.
"Thanks," Sniper thanked. "For a moment I thought I was going to die…"
"If you're not careful you will die," Cynthia warned.
Sniper attempted to gulp.
"Alright. Now let's get out of here!" Cynthia announced quietly, opening the door, followed by the others.
…
Cynthia helped them out of the fortress undetected.
"Thanks for your help, Cynthia," Callie thanked. "It is very much appreciated."
"You're welcome," Cynthia responded. "I'm hoping that we don't have to meet any time soon again." With that, she walked back into the base.
So Sniper and Metal flew back to the Death Egg, Callie on the Extreme Gear with Marilyn. Marilyn had discovered that she could breathe in space, it was just the Maria side of her mind taking over, making her believe that she was a regular human who couldn't breathe.
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As Cynthia entered the fortress, she had no idea that a certain Sonic look-alike had seen all of her actions on CCTV, walking off to do something about it.
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Whew! There we are! Damn, Sniper and Marilyn were almost GUN agents for a minute there! And it was quite funny how Marilyn, Callie and Cynthia all got together. Marilyn from the first generation (1940/50), Cynthia from the second (1970/1980) and Callie from the third generation (1990/2000). Anyway, that robot Sonic is back! Who is he? Who made him? And what are his intensions? We'll find out soon.
By the way, I was adding theme songs, but they were all Sonic-bound. If they were normal songs, these would be the theme songs (some making the character seem completely different):
Callie Robotnik – Glad You Came by The Wanted
Metal Sonic – Technical Difficulties by Julien-K
Marilyn Robotnik – Americano by Lady Gaga
Maria Robotnik – Paradise by Coldplay
Cynthia West – On The Floor by Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull
Metal Sniper – Titanium by David Guetta ft. Sia
Mephiles the Hedgehog – Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace
Mephiles the Dark – Hell Awaits by Cradle of Filth
Shadow the Hedgehog – All My Life by The Foo Fighters
EMMI/Emmi – It's My Life by Bon Jovi
Silver the Hedgehog – Question of Time by Depeche Mode
Listen to these songs and their originals, and you probably might think "Wow. Big change in theme song, yet still fitting for the character". All except for Silver. I never gave him a theme. Have I missed anyone? XD.
Also, my new profile picture was based off the chapter "Betrayal". It's Silver doing his "I found the Iblis Trigger" pose, but I made it look more like a pose of anger and revenge. On the picture I've got the GUN Commander pointing his gun, Emmi's ghost beside Silver (or in his mind) and another image of Emmi dying, which doesn't portray the moment in this story since she got shot and died in Silver's arms. I was just lazy XD. Silver is also quoting that Emmi was killed by the GUN Commander. What do you think of the pic? Does it look believable? Bye for now!