Metal, Blood, and Tears Part 2
By
Sega1cool

Disclaimer: all charecters or properties used are owned by their respective companies, so don't
sue me, 'kay.

Author's Note: This story is told from Ryan's point of view.


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Open Fields


Metal and I sped along the open, grassy plains towards Never Lake. I felt so mixed up right now.
My emotions were running all over the place. It had happend just too fast. First my family, then
my friends. All that was left of Knothole was four survivors. To think that all this was caused
by my Mecha look-alike. I looked over at Metal and he seemed a little shookin' up.
"Metal, you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's just that I never thought I'd be going back to Little Planet."
"I can't blame you seeing as that's the first place you were created at."
"It's been nine years since that day of my creation.....I had just been finished as the next stage
of perfection after Sonic defeated Silver Sonic on the Death Egg."
"I remember that from my world. It was just a game to us and I remember handing you your ass on the Stardust
Speedway."
"Yeah, I remember that all too well. All that was left of me after that beam hit me was my main CPU. By the
way, do you have some sort of plan?"
"Well, I figure since he is my copy, he'll think like me, so he may have already secured the Time Stones."
"Why would he want those?"
"Well, one thing he can screw with the zones of Little Planet and changed the time it exists in."
"And the other?"
"Well, if we can somehow obtain the Time Stones, we can reverse all that's happend and stop all the horrors
that have occured. As for making are way to him, I'll leave it to him. We should just make our way through
the zones."
"Okay, we should start with the Palmtree Panic zone."
We sped along till we reached Never Lake.
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Never Lake

I stopped in my tracks. There it was, the Little Planet, and as we suspected it had been anchored by heavy
chains to the surronding moutainside.
"Well, there it is." I said.
"Yeah, it's just how I remember it." Metal said.
"Any idea how we get up there?" Metal asked.
"Well, we do what Sonic did when he was here and run up the chains to Little Planet."
"Okay, let's roll." Metal said.
I thought it strange that there was no security around the chains, but I figured he was welcoming us in.
We ran up as fast as we could to the first zone.
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Little Planet: Palmtree Panic

We jumped off the chain and landed on green rolling hills.
"I'm guessing this is Palmtree Panic." I said.
"You'd be right and it looks as if we're in the Present time of this zone."
I just shook my head yes and we raced through the flowing hills and spinning turns.
"I always wondered what the Little Planet was really like." I said.
"Well, I bet your getting your wish now." Metal answered.
We ran up a ramp and were launched into the air.
"Wahhooo!" I screamed.
"Well, you seem to be enjoying yourself." Metal said.
Just then a blur came blowing by.
"What the hell?" I said.
"It's him, Ryan Mark II." Metal said.
He stopped in front of us.
"Ah, welcome." he said, "I'm so glad you could make it."
"Where's Callie?" I asked.
"If you want your friend, come to the Stardust Speedway."
He looked and at Metal and smirked.
"Well, it seems we have an unexpected guest. No matter, I'll have something to entertain you as well. Goodbye
for now. Hahahahaha!" he said, jetting off to whence he came.
"What do you think he meant by 'I'll have something to entertain you as well'?"
"I don't know but we won't find out by just sitting here. Let's go."

We were going fine and were making good time when we were bombed by and unknown assailant.
A large walker fell from the sky and landed in front of us.
"Hahahaha, well, well, what do we have here?"
"Eggman! What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I'm here to give you grief, you didn't think it would be that easy, did you?"
He then let loose with a volley of explosive spikes.
Metal and I dodged and ran to attack him.
I pulled out my lightsword and slashed the right leg of his walker.
"Argh, it'll take more than that to beat me." Eggman said letting loose a paralyzing shock.
"Ahhhh!" I screamed as a few thousand volts of electricity went through me.
"That'll teach you to mess with my machine. Till we meet again. Hahahaha!" Eggman said as he hovered off and
into the distance.
I lay there still stunned.
"Ryan, say something." Metal said.
"Ugh, I'm okay. Where's Eggman?"
"He took off after he shocked you."
"Well, no time for rest. We have to keep moving."
We ran toward the boundary of Palmtree Panic.
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Little Planet: Dust Hill

I ran on but didn't recognize the area.
It was a desert type area, filled with cacti, buzzards, and sand dunes.
"Where are we?" I asked Metal.
"This would be Dust Hill."
"I knew it."
"Knew what?"
"In my world, we theroized that this was a zone left out for some reason. I can't beleive it is real."
"Strange, but whatever. Just follow me and be careful."
We sped along the desert scape, dodging cacti.
I noticed that we were turning the sand to glass as we sped through it.
I wondered exactly how long this desert was.
Maybe as long as Sandopolis or maybe the Sahara from Earth.
Whatever length I just kept following Metal through the twist, loops, and turns as we went through
the desert.
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Little Planet: Stardust Speedway

Ryan Mark II was standing there watching the Dust Hill Zone.
"My organic duplicate and that traitorous Metal seem to be doing to well."
He turned around and faced Callie hanging there in a cage.
"I still don't see what he sees in you. You humans and your emotions are so weak."
Callie was quite scared as RMII(Ryan Mark II) rattled the cage bars.
"Easy, I won't kill you, yet. I still need you as bait for the pathetic human."
RMII turned his attention to a stasis tube set up by the monitor.
"As for that traitor Metal, you will be more than enough to take care of him."
He took out seven gems from the control panel.
"And you pretties will help me cause those two some problems."
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Little Planet: Collison Chaos

I was shocked at the sadness of this zone.
It made me angry that the future of this zone had turned out so bad.
"Well, I guess we now know that they have the Time Stones."
It was like Vegas gone wrong, with bumpers, huge spikes and pollution like you would not beleive.
"Any idea which way to go?" I asked.
"Just follow the trail of lights and try to keep up." Metal answered.
We ran through, dodging spikes, bouncing off of bumpers, and zooming through tunnels.
I should have focused on what I was doing, but my mind was wandering.
It had been my fault, in a way, that this was happening.
My friends were gone again and......."Ryan look out!" I heard Metal shout.
"Huh?" I said, then looking ahead realized I had just zoomed right into a trap.

"Hahahaha!"
"I know that laugh." I said.
It was Robotnik and he was using an upgraded version of his pinball machine trap.
I was at a loss for a plan of action.
"Ryan, you've got to get to where he is." Metal said, "Use the paddles.....AHHHHH!"
"Metal!"
I don't know what happend, but it was as if Metal had been shocked somehow.
He shook violently for a few seconds, and then shorted out.
"Damn! That's all I need."
I needed to finish off Eggman and get to Metal.
"Let's see," I thought to myself, "I can ricochet off the bumpers and spring off the paddle. I may just make
it then."
I toke a running start, leaped, and prayed.
I used the momentum from my run to bounce from spring to spring and barely reached the paddle.
As I neared Eggman's platform, I drew my lightsword.
"What? I don't think so." Eggman said as he lauched a barrage of spike bombs.
"Don't count on it." I said dodging the bombs.
I sliced his platform in two and sheilded myself from the explosion.
A piece of the metal flew out and embedded itself in my arm.
"OWWWWW!" I screamed.
"I'll be back and next time I won't lose." Eggman screamed as he flew away.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Ugh...I better check on Metal."
I made my way to the platform where Metal was.
He was still unconscious or out or whatever the hell happens to robots when they receive a shock.
I opened up his control panel and tinkered around, trying to give him a jumpstart.
I finally got his systems running and he stood up.
"Uh....I feel like I was run over by a bus."
"What the heck happend, anyway?"
"I'm not sure but it's like my systems went haywire."
"Well, telling by the way these wires twisted and melted, I'd say it was an EMP."
"But how, aren't I protected against Electro-Magnetic Pulses?"
"Now that you mention it, that's the one thing I didn't include in your plans. I never thought it would
be needed."
"Well, at least I'm up and running again."
We decided to head on and continue moving.
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Little Planet: Tidal Tempest

We decided to pitch camp here for the night and rest up.
I went to fixing my arm and knew I'd have trouble getting it to work.
The chunk of metal that flew into it tore many wires and I used most of them to repair and upgrade Metal.
I did some quick patch jobs and closed it up.
"I guess that'll do for now." I said.
I looked over at Metal and he just sat there, motionless and quiet.
I just laid back, and looked at the night sky.
All the stars made for a relaxing seen and soon I was asleep.

I awoke with a start.
"Ryan, wake up!" Metal screamed.
"Huh?...What's wrong?" I asked.
"Look." Metal said, pointing to something.
Looking in that direction, I noticed something rushing towards us.
It finally hit me, we were in Tidal Tempest and the tide was coming in.
"Run!" I said.
We needed to find high ground or run the risk of drowing and although Metal was sheilded, robots and water
don't mix.
We scrambled to reach high ground as the water got closer and closer.
As we neared the top, a wall blocked our way.
"Where did that come from?" I asked.
Suddenly I sensed a disturbance.
A large craft came from outta nowhere.
"Eggman." Metal said.
Soon the water filled the room and we were on our limited amount of air.
Eggman's craft began to be circled by air bubbles.
Of course I needed those to live, so Metal concetrated in keeping Eggman busy while I got some fresh air.
Things soon turned sour and Eggman had wrapped us both up in his ships tentacles.
"Ryan...I'm..star.ting..to....rus....t."
Great, Metal just got waterlogged.
I tried to fight, but to no avail.
It couldn't end this way.
I started to black out.
"Noooo.........."
Eggman drained the water and got two robots to carry our bodies off to the Quartz Quadrant.
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Little Planet: Stardust Speedway

RMII was yelling into his comlink.
"Eggman, stop. I want him alive, as well as Metal."
"Why? We have them now."
"I have plans for them. Now move them to the Quartz Quadrant."
"Fine, but don't blame me when this backfires."
RMII turned off the comlink.
"That damn human, he'll need to watched. I would hate to have him spoil my fun....."
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Little Planet: Quartz Quadrant

I slowly came to as I began to breathe again.
"What? I'm alive? How?"
I sat up and saw Metal lying to my right.
"Damn, he's still waterlogged."
I wondered where we were. This place looked like some kind of futuristic mine and it seemed untouched by
Eggman and RMII's evil touch.
I picked up one of the gems lying on the ground and looked it over.
I figured I could use this to power up my lightsword should my mecha-twin be a little much to handle.
It must have been what was 4 hours when Metal began to operate again.
"....R...Rya...Ryan?!" Metal said.
"Yeah."
"How? Who? What?"
"Don't know, but we can be thankful that we're alive." I answered.
As Metal stood up, I could hear his gears grind and squeak from rust.
He said it was nothing and that we should continue through the Quartz Quadrant.
I agreed, seeing as we needed to get to Stardust Speedway.
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Little Planet: Wacky Workbench

We stopped in front of what was a combination of a factory and a forest.
"Ah, Wacky Workbench." Metal said, "huh?"
Metal looked at me as I was humming a tune.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Huh? Oh, I'm humming the music from this zone."
Metal just shot me a look of annoyance.
We continued through the Workbench and saw no signs of resistance.
"It can't be this easy, I mean we are nearly to Stardust Speedway." I said.
"True," Metal replied, "I don't like the way this is looking."
Unbeknownst to us, someone was watching.

Inside the factory of Wacky Workbench we noticed there was no electricity.
"What happening?" I asked.
"Don't know, but the darkness is dangerous." Metal answered.
That's all we needed. Not only did we not know if there was any enemies, we couldn't see them if we
wanted to.
I started to see sparks of light in the distance.
"Hey, Metal. Look over there."
Metal focused on the spot, "It seems to be following the ground."
The light came closer and closer till it was just in front of us.
"Steady, be ready for anythinggggggggg!" I shouted as the light hit us.

We bounced high in the air and landed in the upper levels of Wacky Workbench.
"What was that?" I said.
"I remember now. The floor gives off an opposing force when electrified." Metal said.
Suddenly the lights flashed on as the Workbench came to life.
"Ahhhh!" I said, my eyes trying to adjust to the sudden burst of light.
Metal seemed to shift his sight better than me and motioned towards something.
I squinted to see what it was.

"Hahahahaha!"
"Eggman?!"
High above us was Eggman's ship.
"That's all we need." Metal said.
"I think it's time we sent him packing." I said.
Metal drew his attention by flying up to where he was and drawing his fire.
I ran underneath to look for a weak spot.
I scanned for what must have been an eternity but saw nothing.
Then a small hatch on the bottom drew my attention.
However, by this time Eggman had caught on to what we were doing.
"Not this time, you stupid human."
Eggman ensnared me in a net.
"That should hold you."
Yeah, right. I pulled out my lightsword and sliced the net to pieces.
"What?"
"I guess your plans gone to pieces, Eggman." I said.
Jumping up, I sliced open the hatch, threw in a plasma bomb, and ducked and covered.
Eggman's ship went off and it looked like New Years Eve.

"Is he gone?" Metal asked.
"I don't know, but let's get going. We need to save Callie and stop RMII."
As we jetted off, the rubble began to shift.
"Ugh, not again. I hate that human!"
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Little Planet: Stardust Speedway

Finally, we made it to the Stardust Speedway.
"Now, where would I hide if I were an evil, metallic version of myself."
"Guess we don't need to search." Metal said.
"Why?"
"Cause here he comes!" Metal said.
RMII flew in in his cocky, arrogant style and landed in front of us.
"So, you've made it. It's too bad you came all this way...just to die."
"Yeah, right. We'll just see about that." I said, reaching for my lightsword.
"Ahahah...not yet. First all the players must be assembled."
RMII pressed some sort of button and just stood there.
"Uhhh...he just did something bad didn't he?" Metal asked.
I nodded and waited.

Suddenly a boom could be heard and another figure landed next to RMII.
"Now that he's here, let me introduce CYBER-SONIC."
"CYBER-SONIC?!" I said.
"How many times can someone keeping making robotic copies of Sonic?" Metal said.
"Yeah, that's real original." I said, laying on the sarcasm.
"Silence!" RMII shouted, "It's time to settle this."
Cyber jetted over and stood in front of Metal.
"You should feel honored to be destroyed by your superior."
"Yeah, yeah. Put up or shut up.", Metal looked over at me, "I'll deal with this. You take care of RMII."
They took off into the distance, firing plasma blasts at each other.

"So, it comes down to this." I said.
"Yes, now we shall see what is superior."
"What?"
"Yes, your pathetic emotions or my cold metal focus."
I grabbed my lightsword and he did likewise.
Mine blue, his red.
"Time to throw down!" I shouted as I rushed towards him.
He blocked and retorted, "Is that the best you've got?"
"Try this." I said, doing a series of slashes.
He dodged them and came at me.
"I don't think so." I said blocking his sword.
"Your good, but not good enough." RMII said.
He then jumped up and disappeared.
"Where did he go?" I said looking around.
I couldn't see him anywhere.
"Here I am!" he shouted.
I turned my head and saw him only long enough for him to whack me across the back of the head.
"Like I said, your not the best."
I fell to the ground and lay there unconscious......
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