To Feel
By Unit 03
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chapter 6: Tears for the Future
Small sparks flew from Metal Sonic's arms as he began loosing control of his left hand. He didn't want to return to Eggman, but the pain was intensifying. He was starting to loose control over his flight when he saw a distinguishable sight in the water bellow. It was the remains of the Egg Carrier 1. All he knew about it was that it had been abandoned about three years ago. He slowly descended to it. He knew somewhere on it there would be a place where he could get his arm fixed.
He landed just under the radar. The setting sun was blocked by the immense clouds. He held tightly onto his damaged arm as he struggled to get to the elevating platform. As he stepped on it began to lower into the ship. Inside, everything was dusty. The cleanup bots lay dormant. He hurried to the rear. Three doors that hadn't been opened in a long time stood there; rust free like their first day. Metal Sonic was fighting the pain now, just trying to make it. The door on the left opened up as Metal stood in front of it. As if the room were preparing itself for Metal Sonic's arrival, it began powering up. Metal knew that this time there would be no other robot to help him, and that he would have to remain online during the whole procedure because there would be no one to bring him back up if he went offline. A short seven feet away was a platform with mechanical arms coming in from all sides. He walked up and found a small console at its entrance. He punched in all the info the machine would need. As he walked in, he realized that never before had he done something like this alone.
Two mechanicals arms came down, grabbing hold of his arm and clamping it steady. Another pair of arms swung in, one with a tiny set of tools and the other with a small wielder. This time the repairs were excruciating. As his arm was being worked on, Metal felt his pain intensified twofold. He covered his face with his other hand, flinching at the pain. His left hand was shaking violently as the connections were being redone. This was nothing like having his booster repaired, he felt the intense burn not only in that one spot, but he felt it go through his entire arm and almost into his back. After 6 minutes and 32.4 seconds of sheer agony, the mechanical arms let him go and withdrew. Metal Sonic fell to his face for a while, getting himself together.
The pain had lifted now. Metal Sonic got up, shook his head, and walked out. The room powered down as he left. He walked once again through the dim, dusty hall of the Egg Carrier. The monorail was completely offline; no sense in using that to get back outside. When he got back to the elevating platform it didn't go back up. Looks like it only had enough energy for one last decent. He looked up and saw that the barriers didn't close completely. Metal Sonic took a few seconds to power up his shield, then shot straight up, blasting through the plates. As he shut off his shield and booster, he landed right in front of none other than Sonic himself.
Sonic was leaning up against the radar tower, holding a brown backpack over his shoulder with his right hand. On his left arm was a thick white bandage, a thin red line was faintly visible alone the center.
"Surprised to see me?" Sonic spoke with a grin.
"01001110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001" Metal Sonic crossed his arms in that characteristic Sonic way.
"Didn't think so." Sonic took a pause. "Guess how many stitches I had to get on my arm today?"
"00110001 00110010"
"Right. Guess we really do know everything about each other. Hope it didn't hurt you too much to get that arm fixed."
"01001111 01101000 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01110111 01100001 01110011 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111"
"He he. Funny. Anyways, guess you already know though, Amy told about what happened. Can't say I believed her right away."
"01001001 00100000 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100010 01101100 01100001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101"
"Heh, thanks. Well, knowing you now, I kinda took a wild guess as to what you were gonna to next." Metal Sonic only nodded in response. "I brought you something you might find useful." Sonic set down the bag and opened it. Inside were seven black lead boxes. He took one out and opened it, a green Chaos Emerald was inside. "We brought this one in today." Metal Sonic tilted his head and gave the signature thumbs up. "I'll miss you buddy. And don't worry, I won't say a word to Amy."
"01010100 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101011 01110011 00101100 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01100111 01101111 00100000 01100111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101110 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100"
"Yeah right, like I'll really be able to sleep tonight knowing what you're about to do." Sonic closed the box and put it back in the backpack. "Things won't be the same without you. Ahh, why not? One for old times?" Sonic held out his fist straight forward. Metal Sonic lined up his fist with Sonic's.
"01001100 01100101 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100111 01101111" Sonic smiled.
"You're on." They both jumped back and began racing, crashing, bumping, and bashing throughout the entire Egg Carrier deck; a good battle just like old times. Not one of them took a single scratch this time though. After about two minutes, the two were facing each other on top of the immobile radar. Sonic extended a thumbs up, Metal did the same. They jumped back down together. "I guess I'll see ya around." Sonic was sad in his tone.
"01000111 01101111 00100000 01101111 01101110 00101110 00100000 01000001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01000001 01101101 01111001"
"No problem. She's in good hands."
"01001110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01101000 01110101 01110010 01110010 01111001 00101100 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011 01110011 00100000 01101100 01101001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110010 01101101 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101110 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101111" Sonic looked up. The clouds were getting thicker and heavier. Sonic walked back to the raft that got him there. He gave a quick glance back to Metal; silently saying his last goodbyes. Metal watched him the whole way. Whether they liked it or not, they were bonded together, but not for much longer.
The sun had finally set in the horizon, completely engulf by the dark clouds. Then, as expected, a few rain drops hit. Metal Sonic stepped out from under the radar. This was one thing he wanted to feel before he left. The drizzle got thicker. With the last step, Metal was no longer under the radar's shelter. The rain drops hit his face first. He forgot about seeing as the rain drops ran down his face. For the first time, Metal Sonic could do what was impossible to all robots: cry. There was a beautiful sadness in that feeling; his whole body slowly being wet and caressed by the rain. Those few moments of the thick rain drops were all he needed to understand a vital emotion he had long been kept from. His head sunk as he thought of Amy's face.
The rain got thicker and heavier. The first bolt of lightning came crashing down not too far from the Carrier. Metal Sonic raised his head again. He looked back at his hand, the rain falling on his palm. As he clenched his fist, he knew that now was the time.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AN: Ahhhh! It doesn't end yet! Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion.
By Unit 03
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chapter 6: Tears for the Future
Small sparks flew from Metal Sonic's arms as he began loosing control of his left hand. He didn't want to return to Eggman, but the pain was intensifying. He was starting to loose control over his flight when he saw a distinguishable sight in the water bellow. It was the remains of the Egg Carrier 1. All he knew about it was that it had been abandoned about three years ago. He slowly descended to it. He knew somewhere on it there would be a place where he could get his arm fixed.
He landed just under the radar. The setting sun was blocked by the immense clouds. He held tightly onto his damaged arm as he struggled to get to the elevating platform. As he stepped on it began to lower into the ship. Inside, everything was dusty. The cleanup bots lay dormant. He hurried to the rear. Three doors that hadn't been opened in a long time stood there; rust free like their first day. Metal Sonic was fighting the pain now, just trying to make it. The door on the left opened up as Metal stood in front of it. As if the room were preparing itself for Metal Sonic's arrival, it began powering up. Metal knew that this time there would be no other robot to help him, and that he would have to remain online during the whole procedure because there would be no one to bring him back up if he went offline. A short seven feet away was a platform with mechanical arms coming in from all sides. He walked up and found a small console at its entrance. He punched in all the info the machine would need. As he walked in, he realized that never before had he done something like this alone.
Two mechanicals arms came down, grabbing hold of his arm and clamping it steady. Another pair of arms swung in, one with a tiny set of tools and the other with a small wielder. This time the repairs were excruciating. As his arm was being worked on, Metal felt his pain intensified twofold. He covered his face with his other hand, flinching at the pain. His left hand was shaking violently as the connections were being redone. This was nothing like having his booster repaired, he felt the intense burn not only in that one spot, but he felt it go through his entire arm and almost into his back. After 6 minutes and 32.4 seconds of sheer agony, the mechanical arms let him go and withdrew. Metal Sonic fell to his face for a while, getting himself together.
The pain had lifted now. Metal Sonic got up, shook his head, and walked out. The room powered down as he left. He walked once again through the dim, dusty hall of the Egg Carrier. The monorail was completely offline; no sense in using that to get back outside. When he got back to the elevating platform it didn't go back up. Looks like it only had enough energy for one last decent. He looked up and saw that the barriers didn't close completely. Metal Sonic took a few seconds to power up his shield, then shot straight up, blasting through the plates. As he shut off his shield and booster, he landed right in front of none other than Sonic himself.
Sonic was leaning up against the radar tower, holding a brown backpack over his shoulder with his right hand. On his left arm was a thick white bandage, a thin red line was faintly visible alone the center.
"Surprised to see me?" Sonic spoke with a grin.
"01001110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001" Metal Sonic crossed his arms in that characteristic Sonic way.
"Didn't think so." Sonic took a pause. "Guess how many stitches I had to get on my arm today?"
"00110001 00110010"
"Right. Guess we really do know everything about each other. Hope it didn't hurt you too much to get that arm fixed."
"01001111 01101000 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01110111 01100001 01110011 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111"
"He he. Funny. Anyways, guess you already know though, Amy told about what happened. Can't say I believed her right away."
"01001001 00100000 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100010 01101100 01100001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101"
"Heh, thanks. Well, knowing you now, I kinda took a wild guess as to what you were gonna to next." Metal Sonic only nodded in response. "I brought you something you might find useful." Sonic set down the bag and opened it. Inside were seven black lead boxes. He took one out and opened it, a green Chaos Emerald was inside. "We brought this one in today." Metal Sonic tilted his head and gave the signature thumbs up. "I'll miss you buddy. And don't worry, I won't say a word to Amy."
"01010100 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101011 01110011 00101100 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01100111 01101111 00100000 01100111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101110 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100"
"Yeah right, like I'll really be able to sleep tonight knowing what you're about to do." Sonic closed the box and put it back in the backpack. "Things won't be the same without you. Ahh, why not? One for old times?" Sonic held out his fist straight forward. Metal Sonic lined up his fist with Sonic's.
"01001100 01100101 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100111 01101111" Sonic smiled.
"You're on." They both jumped back and began racing, crashing, bumping, and bashing throughout the entire Egg Carrier deck; a good battle just like old times. Not one of them took a single scratch this time though. After about two minutes, the two were facing each other on top of the immobile radar. Sonic extended a thumbs up, Metal did the same. They jumped back down together. "I guess I'll see ya around." Sonic was sad in his tone.
"01000111 01101111 00100000 01101111 01101110 00101110 00100000 01000001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01000001 01101101 01111001"
"No problem. She's in good hands."
"01001110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01101000 01110101 01110010 01110010 01111001 00101100 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011 01110011 00100000 01101100 01101001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110010 01101101 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101110 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101111" Sonic looked up. The clouds were getting thicker and heavier. Sonic walked back to the raft that got him there. He gave a quick glance back to Metal; silently saying his last goodbyes. Metal watched him the whole way. Whether they liked it or not, they were bonded together, but not for much longer.
The sun had finally set in the horizon, completely engulf by the dark clouds. Then, as expected, a few rain drops hit. Metal Sonic stepped out from under the radar. This was one thing he wanted to feel before he left. The drizzle got thicker. With the last step, Metal was no longer under the radar's shelter. The rain drops hit his face first. He forgot about seeing as the rain drops ran down his face. For the first time, Metal Sonic could do what was impossible to all robots: cry. There was a beautiful sadness in that feeling; his whole body slowly being wet and caressed by the rain. Those few moments of the thick rain drops were all he needed to understand a vital emotion he had long been kept from. His head sunk as he thought of Amy's face.
The rain got thicker and heavier. The first bolt of lightning came crashing down not too far from the Carrier. Metal Sonic raised his head again. He looked back at his hand, the rain falling on his palm. As he clenched his fist, he knew that now was the time.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AN: Ahhhh! It doesn't end yet! Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion.
