DISCLAIMER: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog or any of its characters. I just like to torture them. Please don't sue.

Nate took Amy and her friend into his living quarters and sat them down at the kitchen table.
The regenerated robot began to tell his story.
"I am E-102, second in Robotnik's E-100 series robots. My code name is Gamma. Right before I met Amy, Robotnik sent the five of us out on a mission. I was the one who carried it out successfully. After that he sent the others away and sent me to go get the bird from Amy. I believe she called him Birdie."
Amy nodded in agreement.
"I went through the wrong door the first time, and I came across my older brother, E-101, having work done on him. I had defeated him earlier, and Robotnik had said he was coming along to be a spare set of parts. This sight made me wonder if I was to be pitted against him again.
"I went on to retrieve the bird. Amy refused, and her logic, along with what I had just seen, moved me to ignore my orders. I set her free and she escaped.
"Not long after, I was summoned to the bridge, where Robotnik instructed me to destroy Sonic, the hedgehog. Amy prevented us from destroying one another and encouraged me to leave Robotnik. I did.
"I deleted Robotnik's registry from my systems. He was no longer my controller. I was my own master, having rejected my programming.
"I wished for all my brothers, E-101 Beta, E-103 Delta, E-104 Epsilon, and E-105 Zeta, to be free of Robotnik's control also. Since they were not sentient, like I am, the only sure way to accomplish this was to destroy them. I destroyed Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta. Zeta was aboard the Egg Carrier, and that's where Beta found me. We battled, and I won, but Beta's dying gesture was to shoot me in the chest with his laser. I guess I died, too, because I don't remember anything after that except waking up and
looking at Amy."
Amy grinned. "That's where I found you. As Birdie's father was flying off, I saw him look at something, so I went to see what he found so interesting and I found you. It was horrible, seeing you lying there and turning you over and finding those fried-out holes in your chest. I brought you to Nate. He looked at you and found out your personality was on a disk. He said we couldn't fix you but we could build you a new body. We did, and here you are."
"I owe you both a debt of thanks. Amy, for saving me, and Nate, for doing all that work on me."
"It was my pleasure," Nate said. "It was just the break I needed from my big project."
"I wanted to save you," Amy told him. "If I hadn't I would have lost a friend." She smiled at him.
"You still consider me a friend?"
"Of course, silly," she affirmed. "Friendship isn't an off-and-on thing. You'll always be my friend."
He thought that over and let it sink in. "Friends." He stuck out his robotic hand and Amy shook it.
"You know, you need a name," Amy told him.
"I am Gamma."
Nate spoke up. "Robotnik would recognize it."
"It would not matter, he thinks I am dead. There is no reason someone could not have named their child Gamma at one time or another."
"True," Nate acknowledged. "If you like the name Gamma there's no reason to make you change it."
Amy turned to Gamma. "I think it suits you. I need to take you to Princess Sally. Since you originally worked for Robotnik, you'll have to make a pledge of allegiance to her father, King Acorn, if you want to stay here with us."
"I do, but where will I stay?"
"We can work that out later," Nate told them. "You two youngsters go on."
Amy took Gamma's hand and led him off.
"Now," Nate said, "I am going to make a pot of coffee and get back to my big project--the deroboticizer."


Authoress's note: Oooh. Cliffhanger. As stated last chapter, Gamma THE ROBIAN is mine. E-mail me if you want to use him. RenaissanceGrrl@excite.com
Of course, I will say that you might be best off waiting until all the parts are posted before making any requests.