Metal Heart~ chapter 6
Never Let Go
Mecha Tails focused his cold stare on Sonic. In his red and black eyes, that hedgehog was no ally. Just a mere living thing to be destroyed at any cost. Had he been able to speak, his voice would've come out as a soft cruel tone, with words around the lines of 'Never let go, Sonic, though today I will assure death comes quick...' He couldn't think on his free will anymore. He didn't think like a child. He thought like a robot made only to murder. To unleash the pain that still lurked deep down in his not-so-metal heart. No-one who was robotosized had a metal heart...they were still themselves deep down.
Sonic took another few steps backward. Rotor was simply staying as much out of the way as he could get himself. Unfortunatly, Mecha Tails was the one closest to the door, so making a quick way out on Roror's part looked unlikely. Mecha Tails positioned his lazer. Sonic would have to go down first. Programming said so.
It didn't matter. Sonic was still convinced his little friend was enough a part of that robot's core to listen. But yet, he didn't dare touch him. Tails cornered Sonic so easily...he seemed to be in a daze of some sort...Not thinking of the millions of easy ways out there were. Tails took another step closer and pushed his metal hand against Sonic's shoulder, holding him against the wall. Sonic didn't seem threatened at all. He calmly shoved the metal fox back a little.
"What are you trying to do, Sonic?!" Rotor cried. "You aren't playing with each other!"
"Yeah," Sonic replied. "...but does HE know that?"
Mecha Tails pointed his lazer wrist on several occasions, but Sonic just eased the arm down. He'd been sure only minutes before that he'd be forced to blow Mecha Tails into bits of metal. All Sonic really had to do was stay quiet and move a little slowly. It was like taming a wild animal. Maybe if he was slow, and gentle, Tails wouldn't hurt him.
Rotor gradually figured out that Sonic wasn't about to have his blood and guts splattered all over the walls, and relaxed. He watched curiously as Sonic took Mecha Tails' hand. "I promise you, Big Guy," he said softly. "I promise you'll be okay...just trust me..." Again, Tails went for the lazer. "Sonic, its sorta useless," Rotor said. "He'll just keep trying to shoot you." Sonic ignored Rotor. If he could talk to his dog Muttski without harm, he could talk to Tails. He held Tails' gun hand pointing down towards the floor, and looked directly at him. "C'mon, Tails...it's alright, it's only me..." He looked at the cold metal features. This whole robotosization process was a curse, ridding anyone who had the hell of being sumbitted to it of the freedom to move at will. Sonic didn't quite understand why with Muttski he could get a realistic action...The dog acted quite normal after being around him afew minutes, regardless of the fact he was metal. Sonic was sure Tails could be that way too.
It was slow and pain-staking, but Mecha Tails did begin to try and attack less frquently, and when he did try, he was easy to stop. Sonic just held him still, and talked to him softly. "How do you intend to get him back to Robotropolis?" Rotor asked. Sonic turned and smiled slyly. "Who said I was bringin' him back?"
Rotor looked at him in surprise. "Sonic!! you have to be joking!! Mecha Tails is still a threat, even if he's seemed to have calmed down. He's Robotnik's now, and he's got a potential to be really hazardous on us Freedom Fighters..."
Sonic frowned. "Well who needs you? I didn't HAVE to tell you that...I mean, you're probably gonna blab it all out to Sal in a sec, like Antoine would do. She protested to me even bringing Tails here to start with, and the whole way over she yacked about dangers and how I was being stupid and all that. Hey, I'm not being selfish. I'm trying to help the kid, okay?!"
Rotor couldn't argue. Sonic was only trying to help Tails.
"Tails...I'm sorry, but I guess maybe Rotor is right...I want you to stay here...but you're a 'bot..."
Bunnie pushed open the door, which Tails and Sonic had thankfully moved away from. "Mah stars!" she cried. "Sonic, sugarhog, ah do declare that Sally-girl was wrong!"
"Huh? What? Wrong about what?"
"Wrong about Tails..."
"?!!"
"You've had him here hours...Sally-girl's throwin' a fit about 'bots in the village, but ah really don't see what's so wrong..."
"BUNNIE!!" Rotor cried. "Not you too!!"
Bunnie shrugged. "Sarry, Rotor, but ah think Sonic does have a way with that li'l' one..."
Rotor looked extremely pissed. "This is outrageous!! Come on! Sally is right. We gotta get him outta here. Robotnik will be on our tails day and night!"
Sonic grinned. "..He is anyway, even if we stole back the newest addition to his 'bot collection." He looked at Tails again. "I said I'd never let go when it came to those I love, and i'm provin' it."
Rotor sighed. "There could be more advantages to him being in Robotropolis. I mean, if he's on Robotnik's team but our side..."
Bunnie smiled. "Exactly."
Sonic crossed his arms. "But I have to keep him here a little longer...prove he's with us like I knew all along..."
Never Let Go
Mecha Tails focused his cold stare on Sonic. In his red and black eyes, that hedgehog was no ally. Just a mere living thing to be destroyed at any cost. Had he been able to speak, his voice would've come out as a soft cruel tone, with words around the lines of 'Never let go, Sonic, though today I will assure death comes quick...' He couldn't think on his free will anymore. He didn't think like a child. He thought like a robot made only to murder. To unleash the pain that still lurked deep down in his not-so-metal heart. No-one who was robotosized had a metal heart...they were still themselves deep down.
Sonic took another few steps backward. Rotor was simply staying as much out of the way as he could get himself. Unfortunatly, Mecha Tails was the one closest to the door, so making a quick way out on Roror's part looked unlikely. Mecha Tails positioned his lazer. Sonic would have to go down first. Programming said so.
It didn't matter. Sonic was still convinced his little friend was enough a part of that robot's core to listen. But yet, he didn't dare touch him. Tails cornered Sonic so easily...he seemed to be in a daze of some sort...Not thinking of the millions of easy ways out there were. Tails took another step closer and pushed his metal hand against Sonic's shoulder, holding him against the wall. Sonic didn't seem threatened at all. He calmly shoved the metal fox back a little.
"What are you trying to do, Sonic?!" Rotor cried. "You aren't playing with each other!"
"Yeah," Sonic replied. "...but does HE know that?"
Mecha Tails pointed his lazer wrist on several occasions, but Sonic just eased the arm down. He'd been sure only minutes before that he'd be forced to blow Mecha Tails into bits of metal. All Sonic really had to do was stay quiet and move a little slowly. It was like taming a wild animal. Maybe if he was slow, and gentle, Tails wouldn't hurt him.
Rotor gradually figured out that Sonic wasn't about to have his blood and guts splattered all over the walls, and relaxed. He watched curiously as Sonic took Mecha Tails' hand. "I promise you, Big Guy," he said softly. "I promise you'll be okay...just trust me..." Again, Tails went for the lazer. "Sonic, its sorta useless," Rotor said. "He'll just keep trying to shoot you." Sonic ignored Rotor. If he could talk to his dog Muttski without harm, he could talk to Tails. He held Tails' gun hand pointing down towards the floor, and looked directly at him. "C'mon, Tails...it's alright, it's only me..." He looked at the cold metal features. This whole robotosization process was a curse, ridding anyone who had the hell of being sumbitted to it of the freedom to move at will. Sonic didn't quite understand why with Muttski he could get a realistic action...The dog acted quite normal after being around him afew minutes, regardless of the fact he was metal. Sonic was sure Tails could be that way too.
It was slow and pain-staking, but Mecha Tails did begin to try and attack less frquently, and when he did try, he was easy to stop. Sonic just held him still, and talked to him softly. "How do you intend to get him back to Robotropolis?" Rotor asked. Sonic turned and smiled slyly. "Who said I was bringin' him back?"
Rotor looked at him in surprise. "Sonic!! you have to be joking!! Mecha Tails is still a threat, even if he's seemed to have calmed down. He's Robotnik's now, and he's got a potential to be really hazardous on us Freedom Fighters..."
Sonic frowned. "Well who needs you? I didn't HAVE to tell you that...I mean, you're probably gonna blab it all out to Sal in a sec, like Antoine would do. She protested to me even bringing Tails here to start with, and the whole way over she yacked about dangers and how I was being stupid and all that. Hey, I'm not being selfish. I'm trying to help the kid, okay?!"
Rotor couldn't argue. Sonic was only trying to help Tails.
"Tails...I'm sorry, but I guess maybe Rotor is right...I want you to stay here...but you're a 'bot..."
Bunnie pushed open the door, which Tails and Sonic had thankfully moved away from. "Mah stars!" she cried. "Sonic, sugarhog, ah do declare that Sally-girl was wrong!"
"Huh? What? Wrong about what?"
"Wrong about Tails..."
"?!!"
"You've had him here hours...Sally-girl's throwin' a fit about 'bots in the village, but ah really don't see what's so wrong..."
"BUNNIE!!" Rotor cried. "Not you too!!"
Bunnie shrugged. "Sarry, Rotor, but ah think Sonic does have a way with that li'l' one..."
Rotor looked extremely pissed. "This is outrageous!! Come on! Sally is right. We gotta get him outta here. Robotnik will be on our tails day and night!"
Sonic grinned. "..He is anyway, even if we stole back the newest addition to his 'bot collection." He looked at Tails again. "I said I'd never let go when it came to those I love, and i'm provin' it."
Rotor sighed. "There could be more advantages to him being in Robotropolis. I mean, if he's on Robotnik's team but our side..."
Bunnie smiled. "Exactly."
Sonic crossed his arms. "But I have to keep him here a little longer...prove he's with us like I knew all along..."