Chapter 10: Meet Metal Nite

Nite dusted his hands as the remains to two guard drones fell to the floor behind him, a confident smile across his face as he recognized the General's office door. He would finally get the truth about his past even if he had to force it out of the old man.

"Let's see what he's got to say"

He strolled up to the door and in one quick movement slammed his right foot into it. The door exploded in a mass of splinters to reveal…an empty room. The bounty hunter walked into the room and looked about, anger deep down inside of him bubbling to the surface as his voice suddenly became much deeper as he slammed his fast hard into the desk destroying it in a fit of rage.

"Where is he!"

He took a moment to calm himself; it would do him no good to lose his cool especially while in enemy territory. Just then he heard the familiar sound of GUN drones' alarms from the hallway and spun round, he smiled as he saw what could be considered a small army of drones appear in the door way as he clicked his knuckles.

"Time to work off some steam…"

With that he leaped forward, the drones' blasts flying past him and hitting each other instead. As he reached the lead drone he hopped up and stepped on what could be considered a head and flipped back, upholstering his magnums and firing in rapid concession at every robot in the room, but more streamed in through the hall. Soon all that could be heard was the sound of blaster fire as Nite dodged attacks and fired back at his robotic opponents. He was actually starting to enjoy it as the adrenaline built up inside him until it almost felt like it would explode. Then some unknown instinct deep down inside him took over as he jumped back from the drones and into the air, where he curled himself into a ball and then shot himself towards them like some giant cannon ball. He bounced and ricocheted around the room from drone to drone destroying each and every single one as he smashed into them just to bounce off to attack another as if it was nothing more than a giant pinball machine.

Soon all was silent as Nite came to rest in the center of the room surrounded by a mass of wreaked robots. He looked at his hands in amazement.

Who…what…how…

Before he could answer any of his inner questions he heard more drones on the way and took off down the hall heading for the nearest exit, he needed time to fight and at present didn't exactly want to annihilate all of GUN's robotic military.

OOO

"We're here!" Spike called back to his two friends as he began to slow down while entering the mane base of Prison Island.

It was quiet, very quiet. Random messes of destroyed drones lay scattered throughout the runway some looked smashed others had blaster burns and bullet holes in them. It was safe to say that Nack and friends had cleared most all of the dangers for the new group.

"You see them anywhere?"

Knuckles scanned the area as he spoke.

"Nope…" Tails sighed knowing that they'd have to go searching for the other three heroes.

"Me neither…" Spike also scanned the area, there was no sign of his friends, nothing but wreckages of everything that was stupid enough to try and stop them from getting what they wanted. Spike knew all too well what it was like when Nite set his mind on something, it would take nothing short of the world exploding to stop him, the same could be said for the pink hedgehog girl.

"G'day mates!"

The three spun to see Nack emerging from the weapons depot area, a huge grin plastered across his face.

"Hiya guys, what are you doing here?"

They spun again to see Amy heading over from the prison block; she seemed slightly worried but more surprised to see the other three heroes. Spike sighed; he'd hate having to explain why he was here. He knew he was still not well enough to be adventuring yet but he just couldn't spend another moment in Amy's apartment.

"We thought you might need help" Tails answered Amy's question.

"Although form the looks of things…" Knuckles looked at the remains of what was once GUN's mechanical army "we were wrong"

Spike noticed something amiss, Nite wasn't around.

"Say, where's Nite?"

Nack and Amy looked around only to notice the same thing, Nack just shrugged while Amy answered the porcupine's question.

"He headed for the main building; I guess he's still there"

"Well what are we waiting for…"

Before the others could say anything Knuckles took off running towards the main building, Spike just guessed that the echidna warrior was irritated that there wasn't anything for him to fight.

OOO

The M-001 stood at a window in the huge main building of the Prison Island complex. It had failed to find its desired target in the building but from the looks of what was left in the General's office he hadn't missed the wolf by much.

He looked down to see a small group of what he recognized as Nite's friends, two were once members of the Hunters. Nack the weasel and Spike the porcupine, his scanners told him that the weasel carried a Chaos Emerald while Spike was injured. The other three where Amy Rose, Miles "Tails" Prower and Knuckles the echidna, all three were once good friends with the world's greatest hero. Sonic the hedgehog. There was still not sign of the target though…

"Target, acquired…"

If his face had been designed with the ability to move then he would be smiling like that cat that had caught the mouse right now as he saw Nite emerge from the building and jog towards his friends.

"Initiating attack protocol…"

With that he leaped through the window and landed perfectly on the tarmac between Nite and the main building, he had created a slight crater where he had landed as well. Nite spun to look at him with a surprised and equally confused expression.

"What the HELL is that thing?"

Amy gasped as she remembered what Eggman had told her only moments ago.

"That must be the M-001, Metal Nite…"

Nack grinned as he stopped next to Nite.

"Well mate you're definitely related to Sonic, you got a metal copy too"

Just then the metallic wolf lunged forward hand first to attack Nite, but with lightning fast reflexes the bounty hunter pushed Nack to safety and jumped back to his own relative safety as the machine slowly turned to face him.

"Nite watch out! He's programmed to kill you!"

Metal Nite stood up straight allowing the group to see it fully. It seemed to be painted to match Nite, most of its body being black but its eyes unlike Nite's red where green, its tails seemed to be some kind of booster as was its body.

It then spoke, its voice seeming almost human in its deep calm tone:

"Nite the wolf, you have been targeted for termination…do you comply…"

"Um…no"

"Very well…" it raised its arms and its hands seemed to disappear into its arm revealing that they doubled as blaster cannons "…I will take your life by force!"