Mecha Action!

Chapter 4: The Metals
The noisy traffic echoed from a busy street and into a nearby alley where Amy was laying low in the shadows. The traffic signal in a nearby intersection turned red stopping the traffic right before Amy. A scrap metal truck pulled up in front of her and quickly she climbed into the back and hid under the covering in the scrap pile. While the truck and surrounding traffic waited for the light to turn green, Amy reached into her backpack and pulled out an electronic map of the area she was in. A black and green map appeared and a small dot began to blink at her location.

The truck gave a violent jolt and was on the move slowly traveling in the flow of traffic. Amy examined the map in front of her as it zoomed out to view a larger area. She was four miles from the capital area. All she had to do was lay low in the truck and hope that it would get at least within a mile of the area. With nothing left to do, the hedgehog put her map away and carefully peeked out of the back from under the covering. Traffic behind the truck was just as gloomy as the Mechalands itself. All the vehicles were nearly the same color and strangely being driven by robots. Many of them gave off vast amounts of smog that floated into the atmosphere.

Sighing, she took cover again and rested among the metal parts. Unknown to Amy flying high above the area was a blue metallic hedgehog patrolling the area for any organic life forms. As his red eyes scanned the area below, he suddenly picked up tracings of Amy's body heat among the cold metal she laid in. His eyes glowed a burning red color and immediately Metal Sonic swooped down to the flowing traffic below.

Under the covering in the scrap metal truck, Amy was slowly beginning to fall asleep. Suddenly a jet noise quickly flew overhead and the hedgehog scrambled to the cover opening and looked around outside. Nothing, but she could've sworn she heard something quite disturbing. Ignoring the sound, Amy went back undercover but still stayed attentive for any more disturbing sounds. The jet noise flew by again and Amy peeked out from under the covers. At first she saw nothing right before her but looking up into the sky she saw a strange robotic figure hovering and looking down on her. She squinted her eyes a bit and suddenly realized that it was one of the mechas she had seen earlier that morning in the viewing portal.

"Oh crap…" she whispered to herself and quickly went back under the covering.

The truck turned a corner and Amy searched around in the scrap pile for a weapon since she wasn't given any for her mission. After a frantic search, Amy was able to get her hands on a small laser gun. Some energy was still left in it and so she used it as her only defense. By then Metal Sonic was zooming towards the moving truck and as he got closer, Amy appeared from under the covering and fired off two shots. Metal dodged the first but was hit by the second in his right arm but the weak laser barely fazed him. Amy panicked and began a rapid fire of laser attacks, all of which Metal Sonic dodged.

The gun soon ran out of energy and Amy discarded it as the truck rounded another corner. She saw Metal Sonic stop at the previous corner and the yellow circle in his torso began to light up; he was powering up for some sort of attack. Quickly, Amy threw off the covering from the back of the truck and activated the jetpack that was integrated into her backpack. She took off into the air just as Metal released a large magenta sphere of energy towards her. The Defender was able to dodge the immediate attack but was blown away by the aftershock as well as a swarm of vehicles caught up in the attack.

The sides of buildings on the street were destroyed as cars and trucks were scattered about in a mess. Metal Sonic searched the area for Amy and soon caught her escaping into the sky heading towards the capital area. He pursued with a powerful boom from his jetpack that echoed across the land. The young Defender flew across the sky urging her jetpack to move faster with the dangerous Mecha closing in on her. Suddenly a red laser shot zoomed by her and the hedgehog looked back to see Metal's red eyes flaring. He was obviously capable of shooting lasers from his eyes. More and more shots were made at Amy and she tried her best to dodged them all and hopefully shake the Mecha off of her. Unfortunately one shot got through damaging her jetpack and Amy was sent down in a mad spiral, smoke flowing from her jetpack. The Defender quickly discarded the damaged jetpack and fell down onto a nearby rooftop with no gear on her with the exception of the small tools in her clothing pockets.

"I have to hide, but where?" Amy asked as she searched the rooftops.

The jet noises of Metal Sonic were drawing closer forcing Amy to jump down take cover in the narrow alleyway beside the building she was on. Once in the alley, she took cover in a dumpster and waited until Metal Sonic had gone by. After checking if the coast was clear, Amy climbed out of the dumpster and peered out into the busy street. She realized her chased had carried her close to the capital and her target, the Prime Tower. Prime Tower was Eggman's base of all operations and most likely the place where she would find information on the two Mechas she saw earlier that day.

As the hedgehog watched for a vehicle to carry her to Prime Tower, Metal Sonic hovered over her. The dreadful jet noise caught Amy's attention and she looked up into the Mecha's eyes and ran out onto the sidewalk. Several robots walking by watched the hedgehog warily as she ran from Metal Sonic. The robotic menace suddenly landed in her path blocking Amy and so she ran out into the street towards a manhole covering. Cars and other vehicles came to an abrupt stop as the hedgehog threw open the manhole, pulled on a gas mask, and jumped into the sewers.

She ran and ran as fast as she could through the murky waters looking back every now and then for any signs of Metal Sonic. The Mecha had not followed her down into the sewers; finally she was safe. Amy trudged on through the waters more slowly trying to think of a plan.

"I know that there's another one of those Mechas, but if only I knew where he…"

Amy stopped staring straight ahead of her at a pair of red eyes glowing in the darkness.

"…was?" she finished her thought.

Could it be the second Mecha she saw in the viewing portal? The eyes began to move towards her, its feet sloshing through the sewer waters. Slowly he came into view revealing himself as a black and red metallic hedgehog with the same red eyes as Metal Sonic. A green gem was embedded into the middle of his forehead and the machine held out a hand towards Amy. Yellow energy began to build up within his metallic hand; Amy had to get out of the sewer quickly. She dashed off in the opposite direction and turned the corner. To her right was a ladder leading up to another covered manhole. Quickly the Defender climbed the ladder and exited out of the sewers just as ShadoMech fired off its yellow blast of energy.

Amy rolled away from the manhole as a blast of energy emerged from it. The force also caused several fissures to appear in the street. Traffic came to a screeching halt from the small tremor in the area. As Amy took off towards Prime Tower nearby, she hoped in the back of her mind that ShadoMech destroyed himself in some way. However ShadoMech was alive and well and showed himself to the Defender. He exploded through the pavement and prepared another attack against Amy. She was just feet away from the Prime Tower and all that was standing between her and her goal was a single Mecha.

Not knowing how powerful ShadoMech was, Amy prepared for combat by taking out a small laser gun hidden in her left boot. Hidden on the roof of a building nearby was a white female bat in a purple and black outfit. She looked down on the Defender shaking her head disapprovingly.

"Is that girl out of her mind?" she said in a low voice.

ShadoMech converted his right arm into a powerful laser and fired it off at Amy. The young Defender dodged the attack and quickly retaliated with her own laser gun. The shots hit dead on but none seemed to affect ShadoMech at all. In fact he didn't even flinch when the shots made contact although burn marks were left behind. Knowing that fighting was useless, Amy ran away with hopes of escaping. There was no need to continue this mission for she had all the information she needed about Eggman's secret weapons. After experiencing their power first hand, it became apparent that the Defenders would have to up their defenses a notch.

Amy hopped, jumped and squeezed her way through the debris of traffic caused by ShadoMech's underground attack. She frantically looked around for some sort of vehicle that wasn't heavily damaged but couldn't find any. Suddenly a cable wrapped itself around Amy's ankles and the hedgehog fell to the ground with a loud thud. Cold metallic hands grabbed onto her arms holding her tightly and Amy was lifted into the air. ShadoMech had finally caught her and the Defender was being taken to the top of Prime Tower. The white bat, still hiding on the rooftop of the small building, watched as ShadoMech carried Amy away. She wanted to help but after seeing the destructive power of the Mecha she realized that she would have no chance as well against it. Quickly she left the rooftop and took to the air heading back for Defender Territory.

Meanwhile Amy screamed and shouted as she and ShadoMech flew high above the smaller buildings and to the top of Prime Tower. As they ascended Amy noticed four other skyscrapers that were equal in high with Prime Tower. Curiously she wondered what they were used for but was soon distracted as ShadoMech reached the roof of Prime Tower where Eggman waited. The tall scientist had a largely round body and thin legs underneath. He wore a gray jacket and black pants and on his bald head were a pair of dark glasses and a large brown mustache.

ShadoMech tossed Amy to the roof and she rolled to a stop in front of Eggman. The scientist kicked Amy onto her back and chuckled at her.

"Well, well. Looks like we have ourselves an intruder…a spy for those…Organics." Eggman said with a nasty hiss on the word 'organics'.

Amy slightly growled and sat herself up.

"Whatever you're planning to do with those Mechas, you'll never get away with it!" Amy retorted harshly.

"Ha! And I suppose you're going to stop me? Miles! Come forth!"

A platform in the center of the rooftop opened up and a large capsule machine emerged onto the roof. Inside the blue capsule was a teenage fox who looked a year or two older than Amy. He wore an all black suit and a dark visor over his eyes. Hundreds of wires were attached to several parts of his body and he also had on a special helmet with wires attached to it as well. The pink hedgehog gasped as she noticed two tails attached to the boy.

"It can't be…" she thought.

"Miles, send out a signal for Metal Sonic. He should've returned to the tower by now." Eggman ordered the boy. "ShadoMech, take the spy to the prison cells. It'll be difficult deciding what to do with her."

ShadoMech once again picked up Amy by her arms and carried her to the elevator entrance on the roof. As the Mecha followed Eggman into the elevator Amy got one last glimpse of the mysterious fox in the capsule as he disappeared back down into the Tower.