Manic came out of the transport beam, and landed on a hard, metal substance. A quick look around told him where he was, Metal Hill. Several years ago, Eggman had tried to Robotocize the whole planet, but it only turned this section of it to Metal. This was a no man's land, not a living thing in sight, except for Manic. There was a waterfall nearby, the spring of the river was out of Metal Hill. Manic walked on. The cold metal grass and flowers offered little to the eye, but no animal life was present.
Manic reached the base of a metal cliff. Manic grinned, "This should be fun," he said. Manic put his hands around the medalian he wore on his neck. A green light erupted from the jewel, and then a drumset appeared. Manic leapt onto the seat and started playing. The drumset let off powerful vibrations. The vibrations hit the metal cliff. Bolts and rivets came apart as the cliff collapsed on itself. Manic stopped playing and the drumset turned back into a medalian. Where a solid wall of metal had been a long and steep metal ramp now stood. "Shaken them down," Manic said as he climbed the long ramp.
At the top of the ramp Manic sat down, breathing heavily. He was out of shape, to much time had been spent on that hoverboard. "I need more exercise," he panted. As he sat there he looked around. A familiar gleam stood in the distance. "I may not be as fast as Sonic, but what harm is there in a run?" Manic thought to himself as he stood up. Always jealous of his brother's speed Manic began running towards the shining object. As he approached it he saw what lay ahead of him, a Chaos Emerald. This was just to easy. He ran up towards the emerald, then something fast got in the way. It passed in front of the emerald and and the emerald vanished. Manic stood shocked still for a few seconds, then he looked around. As he turned around something soft and fast hit him in the face.
Manic flew backwards, rolled several times on the ground, and stopped. He looked up. A two tailed fox was floating about a foot off the ground. Manic pulled himself to his feet. "Tails?" he asked. Then he saw something wrong, there was an antenna like structure coming out of the forehead. "You're not Tails" Manic shouted.
A muffled voice spoke, "Correct Manic, I am puppet Tails."
Manic yelled at the doll, "Give me back that emerald."
Puppet Tails replied, "If you want it your going to have to fight for it." With that the doll put the emerald inside its stuffing, and then charged at Manic with high speed. Manic didn't have enough time to dodge it. The force of the collision send Manic backwards again. Manic pulled himself to his feet again and though quickly, if I can't run fast or jump fast, I will have to think fast" Manic then noticed what lay behind him, the cliff he had climbed out mere moments ago. Puppet Tails charged again.
This time Manic was ready for it. He moved to the side as quickly as he could. Puppet Tails charged foreward, past Manic, and over the cliff. Manic grabbed hold of the doll's legs as the doll shot out into empty air. As Puppet Tails floated there, Manic hang on tight, trying to think of what to do next. Puppet Tails's tails came right down on him, throwing him off and to the ground far below. Manic fell towards the Metal Hill Forest, with Puppet Tails right behind him.
At the last second Manic grapped hold of a tree limb, saving himself from smashing into the ground. The strain on the sting holding his Medallian was to great, the string broke and his magic drum medalian continued of the trip to the Metal Surface of the ground. Manic swung onto the tree branch as Puppet Tails entered the forest. Being careful to stay hidden Manic climbed towards the ground. The metal tree trunk offered little to hold on to, but Manic used whatever he could. About ten feet from the ground he slipped. The thud of flesh on Metal echoed around. Puppet Tails popped in through the trees. "I got you now, so why don't you just give up" the doll shouted.
"Me, give up?" Manic shouted back. He grabbed the medalian and it transformed back into the drumset. Leaping into the seat Manic was ready for Puppet Tails. He hit one drum hard, and a bolt of energy shot out. It almost hit the doll, but Puppet Tails was to fast for it. The beam shot past Puppet Tails and started bouncing off the trees. Manic played all the drums, letting out the shock waves. The shock waves hit the doll, but the doll didn't fall. Manic looked extremely confused about what to do, nothing he had was working. Instead the shockwaves he produced had caused an avalanche of metal. Manic transformed the drums back intothe medalian and put it in his pocket. Puppet Tails charged again. As he charged Manic got an idea.
Manic grabbed a shard of Metal, and then he slid to the side. Puppet Tails turned and grabbed Manic. Puppet Tails started carrying the struggling Hedgehog skyward.
"It looks like your in trouble now," the doll said. Then a green burst of energy shot out of the forest, the energy bolt Manic had shot earlier. It shot up behind Puppet Tails. Puppet Tails couldn't maneuver fast enough while carring Manic. The beam stuck home, blowing off Puppet Tails's head. Both Manic and the body then plummeted to the ground.
Manic got on top of the stuffed body to shield him from the impact. The stuffed doll body made a soft cusion. When Manic regained his feet he got a shard of metal. "Now for that emerald" Manic said as he walked towards the body.
A flash of lightning in the sky indicated that the planetary storm had arrived.