I am Sonic

Chapter 7: My Life

Sonic's desperation was refocusing itself. He closed his eyes as a new emotion took control. Both his hands, clenched in fists, were shaking from the oncoming surge. Anger had set in.

"Amy, I have to go back," he said without raising his eyes to her. She understood what he meant: Eggman's base that they had escaped from. Sonic looked to his left arm, moving it around like normal. It was obvious to him that Eggman was to blame for whatever happened to him. All he remembered that happened in there was a single moment of unconsciousness, nothing else.

"I'm going with you," she replied. In her heart, she knew Eggman would be expecting him. In her heart, she knew Eggman could do more damage to him if he did that already. In her heart, she knew he would be walking into a trap. In her heart, she preferred to die at his side than to live without him. "I won't let you go alone."

"No, I won't be the one to put you in danger." His eyes back on hers.

"I won't take no for an answer, Sonic. If something happens to you while you're there, I don't think I could live with myself." Sonic lowered his head, knowing full well there was no talking Amy out of something she set her mind to.

"Alright then," he said reluctantlySonic held out his right arm, not wanting to soil Amy with the metal dripping with who-knows-what. Amy was quick to get the point and sat on his arm, amazed how her weight didn't seem to bother him one bit. "Hold on tight." Amy put one arm behind his neck and the other in front of it.

The run was short-lived as Sonic took the quickest route back to that base.

The gates were open; all doors unlatched. Amy was right: Eggman was expecting him. Even the automatic defense weapons had been disabled. Amy would have been more scared to go in now than if they had been met with opposition. She got off of Sonic, not removing her eyes from the large, yet short, base. Sonic took two sidesteps away from Amy while she was distracted.

"That's as far as I'm bringing you," he said right before speeding off into the base. Amy understood why he did that. He was still trying to protect her, but she still resented being let outside. Amy quickly ran after him, meeting no problems to get inside the gate.

By the time Amy was well inside the base, doors everywhere began locking down. She looked back, watching her only exit shutting off. Sonic couldn't do anything. He was long gone inside the base somewhere.

Sonic raced everywhere. The entire base was deserted, not a single robot in sight. This was most unsettling. No matter where he went, nothing would be there waiting for him. In fact, none of the machines were even on. Everything save the doors was still. As he ran through different chambers, he finally came across something worth stopping for. There was one large monitor, still active and displaying text. As he approached the screen, large text formed a title: Project Clone Metal Sonic. Sonic shook his head in surprise. He stepped up close, putting both his hands on the console. He read rather quickly.

....... Once he is complete he should be able to pass off as Sonic himself....... The skeleton must be as anatomically correct as I can get it..... will adapt all movements to be just like Sonic's..... I'll have to refit the chest to use a Chaos Emerald as the primary power supply...... another task to commence: the artificial muscles..... the greatest obstacle, the skin..... I will have to find a way to constantly renew the tissue by feeding it nutrients like oxygen, water, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates...... I've finally completed the artificial plasma.... artificial lung will intake the air and transfer the oxygen to the plasma..... I've done it, a fully functional digestive system..... It will grow into a web of sensors so that Clone Metal Sonic can read temperature, pressure, weight, texture, and maybe more..... look just like real eyes.... If I didn't know better I'd say I was looking at Sonic myself..... Once here I can get him into the memory scanner and copy all of his memories to Clone Metal Sonic..... something has gone wrong..... I'm officially labeling the Clone Metal Sonic project as a failed experiment..... I couldn't capture him, but I do recall giving him a nasty slash on arm.....

He took his fists and smashed right through the console. His head was down as he realized the truth. He never was Sonic. Now everything made sense, as much as he didn't want to believe it. His life wasn't his: it was just borrowed. His name was Clone Metal Sonic, a robot created in the image of Sonic.

In the meantime, Amy got herself lost, winding up in the prison hall.

AN: No, it's not over.