I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog

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Silver

Pain was his first, if fleeting, memory.

Ironic since I'm a robot, not a living thing. Silver muses as the machine's body automatically not only sorts the broken scraps and gadgets but adds them to his inventory list.

"Silver, do we have a base board number seven-one-four-x?" Ben asks him from the doorway leading into the front of the store. Silver turns to regard the horse style Mobian as he answers in a soft tone metallic voice, "Four repaired ones in slot sixty-three and twenty fired/broken ones in slot six."

Ben nods and moves to the appropriate shelf to fetch one of the fixed ones. Silver makes a note to spend the rest of the month focusing on repairing broken computer boards since this is the fifteenth time that somebody has come looking to buy one as Silver turns his head to continue on sorting through the scraps that they had bought, traded, or he found during his time in the local scrapyard that's at least two week journey by walking from Quarterz.

The very same scrapyard I woke in as well... Silver mentally muses before checking the date since it appears he won't let up on recalling his beginnings. Another year has come and gone. Hard to believe that I have been active for six years now.

Silver tries to keep himself from replaying his earliest memories or to dwelling on his 'feelings'. Make me wish I were just a simple drone. Damn Robotnik for programing me to have an AI. Silver mentally growls, cursing his creator and programmer.

Silver pauses to stare at his slightly clawed hands, opening and closing them before moving his optic sensors down his right arm, studying the armor he managed to create to help him control his strength and to obscure his base line body, that of a metallic hedgehog. The armor also helps to take damage or to enhance any of his laser attacks in case he's forced to protect himself.

I'm a battle bot. Silver states mentally to himself as Silver the robot stares directly ahead, not really paying any real heed to the images his optic sensors were sending to him. I'm a weapon made to fight against the rebels, in both actual battle and to psyche them out by appearing to be a metal Sonic the hedgehog. Silver adds and finally, Silver mentally shakes himself and focuses on finish sorting the bin of scrap next to him on the lift he created for this very purpose.

Same Day
Tails

Six years... The twin tailed fox thinks sadly as he stares down at the tombstone. "And still, I can't believe you're gone..." Tails says out loud in a whisper tone.

Though he's spilled tears many times in the past, he still finds it within himself to cry over his friend and somebody who he considered a brother. Tails wipes some of his tears away before placing a small flower before the stone which reads, '"Sonic" Maurice Hedgehog, Champion of Mobius, Birth and Death: 3220/162-3235/xx'

"I wish you hadn't agreed to plan Trojan, Sonic... There had to have been other, better ways then to allow yourself to be captured while wearing the chip..." Tails says softly as he stands before the grave, repeating his old rant that he usually gets into since the third anniversary of Sonic's death.

Nobody really knows for sure what happened after Robotnik 'escorted' Sonic deeper into his main city, not even Robotnik himself and Snively, though they were there. Project Trojan had been a very big success as it not only erased all of the data within Robotnik's computer network but apparently caused the explosion that brought down the factory building.

It had taken weeks to clear out a path leading to the ruined underground lab and the two barely surviving Overlanders. Although the two only survived by rolling into a space when one of the large computers fall over, acting as a buffer from the falling rubble. I'm just surprised we manage to keep hold of them for two whole years before they finally escaped.

Although they searched, they never did find Sonic's body and thus, Tails and most of Sonic's close, personal friends never really got closure since they still believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that Sonic is still alive somewhere on Mobius. After all, Eggman shows that there are other universes out there, for all we know, that explosion send Sonic into one of those worlds.

A beeping causes Tails to snap out of his thoughts and sighs as he finds an alarm blaring about an attack on one of the new settlements that sprung up when those Roboticized got their free will back. It had taken some time but they had managed to de-Roboticize the populous simple because they lacked the de-Roboticize programs that Robotnik had installed to keep them from freeing his 'robot' slaves.

"I'll see you later Sonic, it seems that I'm needed in Quarterz." Tails says after reading the short but important message that came along with the alarm. Tails sprints to the Tornado and climbs into the pilot seat, seconds later, he's flying through the air, heading in the direction of the settlement.

Field Outside Quarterz
Silver

"You're coming with me, whether you like it or not." Dr Eggman informs Silver as he continues to fight off the swarms of various SWATbots and more advance machines. Silver doesn't reply as he rams his left hand and arm through a bee bot's head.

Flinging his arm, Silver sends the robot into the chest of one of the SWATbot, forcing that bot to fall over. Silver blasts a line of SWATbots to his right using his laser, causing them to explode.

:Signal found.: His internal computer informs him and Silver orders, :Engage self-destruct protocols.:

:Engaging.: The computer tells him and within a second, all of the surrounding bots explode, leaving him alone in a field with the 'good' doctor. "I suggest you leave the same way you arrived." Silver says in a firm, cold voice as Silver's armor weapons retract.

His power supply is down to sixty percent, which means he'll have to turn in earlier to recharge. Silver turns to face the robotic doctor. "You are not welcome here." Silver adds and Eggman looks ready to explode without any help from him.

"I am your creator, you should be obeying me!" Doc Eggman says and Silver counters, "You are not my creator, you are just his double from another universe, therefore, I do not have to obey you."

"I will truly enjoy it when you bow before me." Doctor Eggman growls before fleeing, leaving him alone in the middle of the battlefield. At least nobody was injured. Silver thinks before his computer detects an approaching aircraft.

Within a few seconds, the computer tunes in to the radio signal that's coming from the craft. Finally his optic sensors pick out the approaching airplane. Before Silver could open a channel with the aircraft, something sends him flying through the air.

"Why don't you deactivate so I can deliver you to Doc Eggman? It seems as though the good doctor will be happy to have you." The voice belongs to Richard the leopard, a Mobian he's had deals with in the past.

Silver struggles to get up despite the fact that the cables were draining him of his energy. He manages to cut into the plastic covering of the two wires and crosses them, the energy released gives his reserves a boost and he charges towards Richard.

Ripping the energy pack off of Richard's back, Silver quickly reprograms the pack to return his energy. Richard howls from his attempt to nab him from behind, the metal spike managed to keep the Mobian off of him. Silver didn't get all of his power back but enough to be over fifty percent.

As Silver yanks the two prongs out of his armor, bullets hit him in the back. His optic sensors flicker for a few seconds as Silver wonders where the bullets were coming from as Richard screams about him being a berserker or a highly dysfunctional robot. Silver finally turns his head to find that the aircraft is circling overhead and on spotting the guns, realizes where the bullets had come from.

Silver couldn't think of anything positive course of action in which to stop the attacking plane and decides just to stand there, ignoring the logical conclusion to follow after Richard to make sure the Mobian doesn't get armed with a new weapon. While he's sure he'll regret not following through with that course of action, Silver feels that at this point, his best course of action was to take no action at all.

The airplane circles a good eight times but other then dropping the energy pack, Silver hasn't done anything other then watching the aircraft circle overhead. Silver groans as a missile hits him in the side but he doesn't do more then grip the side of his armor while turning to stare at the newly armed Richard.

A series of bullets hit the ground before the leopard while the pilot declares over the speakers, "Cease your actions! The robot doesn't appear hostile."

"Don't tell me what to do!" Richard points the missile launcher up at the aircraft and before he knew what's what, Silver's rocket come online and he takes the missile meant for the aircraft. Silver lands hard in the ground, leaving a slight trench in the dirt as his computer begins to give him a damage report.

Tails

While totally confused why the strange robot would take a missile meant for him, Tails launches a metal net in the Mobian's direction. The net works and the missile launcher lands onto the leopard's chest. Tails lands not far from the site and finds that the Mobian had managed to get out of the net.

As the leopard Mobian flees, Tails moves to check on the robot. "What happened here?" Tails asks the fallen robot. "Doctor Eggman captured a couple of kids... Demanded that I come for them... He let them go and ordered his minions to circle around me demanding that I turn myself over to him for reprogramming..." The robot says in a broken, metallic voice that's got a distant quality to it.

Tails blinks as the green light in the eyes grow dim. "Managed to find network signal of the bots... Engaged self-destructive protocols... Eggman fled... Richard..." Finally the optic sensors black out and so does the robot's mainframe it seems.

Tails believes he has a very good idea of what happened after Eggman fled and feels a bit ashamed for firing into the robot, adding to its damages. A small party of Mobians from the local settlement appear. "Silver? Silver!" One of the lead Mobians shouts and many of the others follow after.

"Silver?" Tails asks and the horse Mobian nods. "It's what he told us to call him when he arrived about four... Coming to be five years now." The older Mobian says.

"What happened to him?" One of the other Mobians ask him and Tails tells them what Silver to him, although when he got to the part about Richard, the whole group apparently know who Richard was.

"I'm going to have to disengage his armor..." The horse Mobian mutters and Tails turns to watch. Seconds alter, the Mobian peels away some sections of metal. He moves to help and by the time they have Silver out of the armor, Tails couldn't help this odd lump within him at the sight of the robot's base form.

A hedgehog... Looks like a Robian... Tails thinks though feeling glad that Silver wasn't blue or he wouldn't know what to think. "That's what he looks like? Why, he looks like a Robian..." One of the group says and he's kind of glad that he's not the only one to notice the similarities.

"Are we sure he's not a Robian?" Another wonders and the horse Mobian sighs. "He seemed pretty sure that he wasn't."

"Let's get him loaded up and take him to that CR chamber he created for repairing himself." One of the Mobians says and they all seem to be in agreement. Tails helps but stays behind for a few seconds to send a brief report before taking after the group, more then a little curious to see what this CR chamber is.

Two Hours Later

Tails couldn't help but feel a headache as he tried to hack into Silver's computer. The keyword is tried since the computer wouldn't response to his attempts and had continuously caused his handle computer to restart as well as lose any and all date concerning Silver's mainframe.

Finally, Tails decides to head off to get a bite to eat as well as to radio in with Rotor about Silver. It had taken about fifteen minutes for the repairs to be finished to Silver's systems but it seems as if it'll take a few hours before Silver's batter is filled. Apparently, Silver is capable of running a week on a single recharge.

By the time he returns, Tails groans at the fact that somebody had indeed stolen Silver during his twenty minute absence.

Six Hours Later
Doctor Eggman

"Now let's see what secrets you hold." Eggman says once the Mobian Richard left with his money. His robotic servants had, during his conversation with Richard, hooked wires into Silver's outlets before putting the strange metallic being into a tube and then fill it causing Silver's seemingly incomplete form to float.

Within a few keystrokes, Eggman begins the process of hacking into Silver's systems so he can find out just what makes this robot so special. Within twenty minutes, something goes horribly wrong.

Sally

"Project Trojan is active!" Rotor says as her friend enters into her office. "Trojan? But we deleted all of that data!" Sally says as she stands up to hurry out of the room.

"Where is it?" Sally asks and Rotor answers, "It's attacking Eggman's systems. They're system's defenses are responding but it'll be over, we think, in less then fifteen minutes, thirty if the defenses manage to fully activate."

"I would have thought it would be sooner..." Sally muses and Rotor points out, "Eggman's systems are different then Robotnik's but the virus seems to be adapting fairly well to the different system."

"Do you think that... I mean, the chip was the only thing we never found to destroy..." Sally says as they entered into the massive computer room.

"That might be a possibility." Rotor says, knowing what she's referring too. For which Sally is glad, although at the sight of seeing Shadow standing before the large screen, he asks, "Project Trojan... What is it exactly?"

"A computer virus designed to infect Robotnik's systems. Sadly, we couldn't infect his systems through our connections into his system without jeopardizing our systems." She explains as Rotor moves to the computer console to bring up the status of Project Trojan.

"We created a device that can be worn on the wrist, that's designed to upload the virus directly and wirelessly into Robotnik's mainframe. The process of uploading the virus should have taken about two hours, three and a half tops." Rotor picks up as she watches the virus' progress in Eggman's systems.

"It was Sonic's last mission. The one that he didn't return from or found a body from." Sally finishes and Shadow's eyes narrow slightly as the black hedgehog frowns.

"Which means that Doctor Eggman might have recovered Sonic's body?" Shadow asks slowly after a few seconds. "It's would contain the last traces of Project Trojan in the form of the device." Sally tells him.

"I've messaged Tails about this development." Rotor says and Sally could only imagine what's going on within the twin tailed fox's mind.

Tails

Growling softly, Tails just continues through the vents until he discovers the lab that holds Silver and pauses as Eggman lets loose a string of curses. It seems that Eggman is trying to shut down his system but its not responding to his attempts.

Tails watches in a type of fascination as Eggman picks up one of the bots and tries to break through the glass. Shaking his head, Tails frowns as suspicions begin to bloom within his mind. Silver's no robot, he's a Robian. And I can only think of one hedgehog who's connected to Project Trojan...

"Looks like the Brain-Burn-Thru software shorted out by Trojan... But not before clearing away Sonic's personality and memories... Leaving him to be a blank slate." Tails muses softly to himself, oddly enough feeling comforted by the sound of his own voice.

The lights begin to flicker as Tails takes out his computer to report his findings. Silver's eyes seem to flicker to life and that causes explosions to begin and the lights flicker, but he had managed to spot Eggman freezing up in his attempts to get Silver out of the tank. He felt more comfortable thinking of his Roboticized friend by the name he choice while as a Robian then by his true name.

Finally, the smoke clears and after waiting a few minutes to finish his message, he kicks the grid and enters into the room. He uses his flashlight to light up what he can of the Roboticized Overlander, it seems as though, once again, Project Trojan was an overwhelming success.

"Silver?" Tails asks as he stands before the tube. Silver moves his head slightly to gaze at him. "Can you get out of there?" He asks and Silver's optical sensors blink before the Robian slowly and jerkily moves to rip the wires from his body.

Once the wires were disconnected, Silver seems to straighten before punching the tube. Cracks begin to appear as Silver continues to pound on the tube until it finally gives. Tails moves to the side before the tube finally gives, allowing Silver to drop to the floor of the tube's floor.

"Where... am... I?" Silver asks and he answers, "In one of the many labs of Doctor Eggman. Although I'm pretty sure we might not have to worry about him any more."

Tails offers his hand as Silver, shakily, stands up and after a few kicks, Silver gets out of the tube. "Was anyone harmed when they came for me?" Silver asks, which means that Silver came through it with a set of memories intact.

"Richard returned a few hours after you took that missile for me and dragged you out of the shop." Tails informs and Silver says, "Good to know."

"Reinforcements should soon arrive and then we'll try reversing your Roboticization." He informs Silver and Silver seems to stiffen. "But..." Silver trials off.

"You're Sonic the hedgehog. We never did find your body and all of the data tracks in Robotnik's computers were erase using a classified project called Trojan. So we didn't know what happened and the two survives seem to have short term brain damage in regards to what happened that day. But considering how you are now, I'd say that he got you into a Roboticizer and that during the process, Project Trojan managed to finish downloading into his system." He explains after blasting the door so they can enter into the hallway.

"I was affected by Project Trojan then?" Silver asks and he hums in agreement. "Seems so, it likely didn't help that you were in ground zero when the project was released. I believe the virus got installed during the process of your Roboticization and remained, which is why when I or Eggman tried to connect with your mainframe, my computer was forced to restart and this happened here." Tails informs Silver.

"How are your reserves?" Tails asks and Silver answers, "I'll likely shut down as soon as we stop. I don't have much time to recharge."

Tails smiles slightly, he could only guess why Silver's active at all but is at least glad for the chance to get to know Silver as he is now. "So... what have you been up to since you woke?" Tails asks as they enter into a stair case.

The End