"We arrived at the gymnasium, but there seems to be nothing really important here." Metal said as he looks around, examining the gym.

"So, why are we here again?" Charmy scratches his forehead.

"The school intercom told us to." Sally answers him.

...

"You're all finally here!" Suddenly, a black and white monster, wait, no, teddy bear? A black and white teddy bear jumps on to the podium on the stage. "Overflowin' with potential, you high schoolers...are none other than the hope of the world! In order to protect our wonderful rays of hope, yer expected to live here on campus and nowhere else! In other words, yer gonna spend the rest of yer lives in here! For those of you who wanna leave I've established a certain rule! You are free to murder however you like. The only student permitted to leave is one who has committed murder. It's a simple rule, and the only one. Beat! Stab! Club! Slice open! Torch! Crush! Strangle! Cast a curse!"

They all froze. It's obvious that all of them are confused by this, especially Cream and Charmy, who're the shortest ones here, and also the purest. "Wait, 'murder'? Did I hear that correctly?" Shadow asks him, shocked.

"You heard me right, edgy!" The teddy bear laughs hysterically. "Oh, I almost forgot! My name is Monokuma, and I am the headmaster of this school!"

"A teddy bear is our headmaster?!" Knuckles shouts, clearly making Monokuma angry.

"Hey, hey, hey! I am NOT a teddy bear! I'm Monokuma! No more of those 'teddy bear' talks or you'll get punished!" The bear angrily shouts back at him.

"This is nonsense..." Silver approaches the bear and lifts him up with the both of his hands. "We came here to study, not to play!" He shakes him rapidly.

"Violence against the headmaster is against school rules!" A loud beeping noise is heard coming from the bear.

Metal realizes what will happen after doing a quick scan on Monokuma. "Silver, throw the headmaster away!"

"W - what?!"

"No time to explain!"

"O - okay!" Using his psychic powers, Silver throws the bear to a wall. He suddenly explodes after this, surprising all of them. "The hell?!"

Another Monokuma jumps on to the podium, laughing hysterically like before. "You're lucky because of that robot's help! Now, I'm going to be serious. If any more rules are broken, you'll get immediately punished!" He jumps back down and disappears completely.

"Was that... Real?" Rouge crosses her arms, worried about their future. "Kill each other? I usually get in to fights, but 'kill'?"

"No! I don't want to!" Cream falls to her knees, crying uncontrollably. "I want to go home!" Her pet chao, Cheese, hugs her, feeling the same thing.

The robot approaches her and starts to pat her head. "Don't worry. Everything's going to be okay. I won't let anything bad happen to you."

The rabbit wipes off her tears. "Promise...?"

"Promise."

Cream stands back up, smiling at Metal. "Thank you, Mr. Metal."

"It is a pleasure to help." Metal makes a small soft beep.

"So... What do we do now?" The bee asks them.

"I think it's best if we split up and search for a way out." Vector answers him.

"I agree with him." Sonic said, looking completely calm. "Like we're gonna kill each other anyway."

After exploring the whole school, they realize that there IS no way out. All of the windows and doors are sealed shut, some areas are blocked off by a metal door.

The available rooms that they found are including:
- Classroom, the place where all of them woke up.
- Main hall, the weird - looking room with 4 cameras and guns attached to them.
- Gymnasium, where they met the headmaster, Monokuma, for the first time.
- Warehouse, a place with many metal crates, all of them are locked shut.
- Kitchen, a kitchen with a refrigerator that has many food supplies. This is where they met Monokuma for the second time. He explains to them that every month, the refrigerator will get more food supplies.
- Dorm rooms, a room for each students personalized according to their talents and likings. Metal's room for example, has a wallpaper with images of circuits, and a bed with a charger right next to it.
- Cafeteria, the room right in front of the kitchen, also the room where they're all right now.

"I don't really get it..." Metal said to himself. "What is currently happening outside...? And... Who locked us here? Even though I am the Ultimate Robot, I can't seem to find any more clues..."

"Are you okay, Mr. Metal? You look down." Cream approaches him, holding a battery on her right hand. "I found this inside the refrigerator. Maybe you're hungry, after all that searching."

Metal takes the battery from her and beeps. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." She walks away, a smile starting to grow on her face.

Then, Monokuma enters the cafeteria. "Hellooo, everyone! I have an announcement to all of you!" They all stop moving, waiting for the bear to continue. "I see that all of you are getting along instead of killing each other, so I thought to myself, why not give you all some motivation? Yeah! A motivation! Come with me to the A/V room, and I'll explain everything there!"

They arrive at the A/V room, a room that was locked before. It is revealed to be a wide room with many monitors in it, also some DVD players that are connected to each monitor. "I have prepared some DVD's for you all, each having their own unique surprise! Go find your DVD and choose a DVD player, then don't be afraid to start 'em up!"

Metal walks to a DVD player and takes the DVD next to it. His name is written on the DVD, making it obvious that it's his. He inserts it and a video starts playing on the monitor in front of him.

"Hello, Metal." The video is blurry, and all that he could hear is a monstrous voice, probably because of the statics on the background. Although it is blurry, thanks to his advanced optics, he can see a bald man on the monitor, the one who is talking to him. "It's nice to hear that you made it to Hope's peak. I am really proud of you. Sorry for not interacting with you for many years. I am your creator, but you probably don't remember me."

...

"My... Creator...?"

"I'm sorry, but I can't say anything else." His voice begins to become normal. "Remember, I'm really proud of you." Suddenly, the scene changes to an image of a laboratory, looking like the blurry background from the previous video. The lab is, however, destroyed, and his creator is nowhere to be found.

"What... I - is this all about...?" The robot beeps repeatedly in shock. "I don't remember this... All of this... My creator...? W - what... Happened to him?"

...

Cream rushes to Metal and holds him tightly, crying harder than before. "M - mama! G - Gemerl! C - Chocola! They're all... T - they're all...!" Tears keeps on bursting from her eyes. Cheese, who is also crying, starts to hug Metal too.

The robot clears all of his memories of the video he saw and begins to hug Cream back. "Don't worry, just tell me what happened."

"M - mama, and G - Gemerl... Chocola too... All of them are on the ground..." She tries to stop crying but fails. "I - I'm so worried! What if something bad happened to them?! I... I..."

"It's okay. I believe that they're going to be fine." Metal comforts her. "It's probably an edited photo, or maybe they're just fainted, they will wake soon enough."

"Monokuma... If you ever try to make Cream cry again, I swear, that even though I am lifeless, I will stop this freaking game you want us to play."

All of the students gather again at the cafeteria, each of them looking worried and sad. Metal can feel it, the atmosphere of the room right now.

Gloomy.

After seeing those videos, everyone began to feel worried. Now the robot gets what Monokuma meant by "motivation". Because of the video, all of them will try their best to get out of here and reunite with their loved ones, even if it means killing.

The metallic hedgehog stands up, feeling concerned for everyone. "Don't worry, you all. I'm sure that there is a way out to this problem. We just need to work together and avoid violence so we ca -" Before he could finish his words, Jet punches him, making him hit the wall.

"DON'T YOU KNOW THE CURRENT SITUATION, YOU HEARTLESS SCRAP OF METAL?!" The hawk walks to him and begins punching his face again, over and over. "WE'RE ALL WORRIED SICK! WHY WON'T YOU GET IT?!"

"What is... Is he going to keep punching me like this...? The video that he watched must've made a great impact to his mentality..."

Error
Too much pressure
Shutting down to avoid more damages...

Rebooting systems
Please wait...

Systems rebooted
Starting engine...

"Hey, you're awake." Metal realizes that he is laying on his bed right now, with Tails sitting on the side, holding a toolbox. "Can you get up?"

He sits back up, looking at his room. "Affirmative."

"Good." The fox drops his toolbox to the ground. "I just finished fixing you."

"Ah, I see. Thank you." He checks the time and realizes that it has been 10 hours since he got shut, meaning that it's a new day. "Wait... Where's Cream?"

"You shouldn't walk around yet. I haven't checked if you're in a good shape or not."

"Tails, I need to find her, right now." Metal said to him in a serious tone. "I promised to her that she'll be safe."

"Okay, if that's what you -" The robot exits the room, leaving him. "Want..."

Once outside, Sonic is seen resting on a wall in front of the door. "Hey, there. I've been waiting." Metal, however, ignores him and boosts away. "Well, he's really a busy bot."

He checks the cafeteria, but only his other classmates are there. Then he checks the gymnasium and the main hall, but still, no signs of Cream. The A/V room is locked by Monokuma after they watched the videos, so it's impossible for her to get in.

Finally, there is one last place to go to.

The warehouse.

...

He slams the door open, only to find a bitter sight in front of him.

...

Metal falls to his knees.

...

He wasn't able to fulfill his promise.

...

It's there. Right in front of him. Cream's lifeless body, hanged from the ceilings.