Yay I absolutely love this chapter. Me luv Metal soo much. He ish me new obsession. Okay, I lied, Istas and Espio are no longer lonely - they are happy people! Yes, one day before the day of doom. I have to credit the design for this charrie to Metallizfake on devianart, read on for the link!

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April 19th, 2006. Central Square, 5:00 a.m. Temperature: 3 Degrees Celsius.

Weather: Cloud cover, possible chance of Rain.

I quickly scanned the area around me.

"Scanners show there is a power source nearby," I thought. I activated the jets on my feet and slowly floated towards the ground. As I landed, I heard a slight clank as my metallic feet hit the ground. I ignored it. I quietly walked around the rubble of the Central Square; buildings were crushed and rubble was everywhere. There were large craters in the earth and wires swung this way and that, electricity sparking from their broken ends. I smirked at the rubble and followed my scanner to a rather large crater. Peering over the edge, I scanned underground for any signs of energy. I flinched as the scanner screeched in my head. I blinked to turn it off and jumped into the pit, landing with another soft clank. I got onto my knees and dug with my sharp claws into the ground. I hit something hard, making one of my claws break. I frowned and stepped back. Metal crawled up and down my arm in hurry to make the shape of a gun. As soon as it had formed, I fired. Debris flew from the crater. Some pebbles bounced of my head, but I didn't really feel it. I reached into the small hole I'd created, and withdrew a red emerald. I smirked as it gleamed with an ancient force.

"A Chaos Emerald. I will be able to use this to extract my wrath on Lord Robotnik."

I cringed. I couldn't help it; I had to say Lord Robotnik. It was programmed into my circuits. I grinned as I pushed the thought away.

"I'll absorb the power of the Chaos Emerald into my body and…" I frowned, the emerald was already beginning too glow. I hadn't done anything…Had something I though triggered the power to go off? I flinched and tried to drop the emeralds, but it was as if my claws had been magnetized to the emerald. The emerald flashed with power and blinded my sensors with light. I closed my eyes and looked away. My feet lifted off the ground as the emerald dragged me into the air. Before I knew it, energy was being poured into me. But my database calculated in a second that an overdose of this foreign power would kill me. I struggled to let go. But as I did, I felt something I'd never even dreamed of feeling. Pain.

Pain shot through my arms and legs spiraled into my head. I cried out in frustration. I felt my circuits twitch as it felt like water was being injected into them. My metal body felt as if it were melting, melding together into something new. The smell of burnt rubber spiraled up my nose as extreme heat burned my hands and feet. I moaned, and finally, everything stopped. When I opened my eyes, I was lying on the ground. My entire body hurt. But what shocked me most was that I'd felt such pain. I pulled myself into a sitting position. I looked over to the emerald. All of its positive energy had been absorbed, and it lay there, black with negative energy. I frowned and thought to myself.

Damage scan…

Nothing happened. I frowned again, repeating the command. But the same results turned up in the end. I sighed in frustration and began to walk. But I stumbled over a piece of rubble and fell to the ground, fortunately catching myself before my face hit. Now, I gaped at my hands. The metal claws were gone and replaced with flesh-and-bone fingers. Thick yellow fabric was wrapped around my palms and wrists; over them I wore a pair of black fingerless gloves. I fell back into a sitting position, gaping at my hands, turning them over to make sure that they were real. I moved my feet from under me and stretched them out in front of me so I could see them. I found that I was wearing large black, knee-high boots, shut together with red bindings. I had actual legs, not metallic, but real legs. I stood up shakily, quickly realizing I had a real tail and quills. Three thick quills. Two were raised on the lower side of my head, but one was down running through the middle but my fur was long a ragged, so my quills seemed more 'spiked'. I guessed that I still had my red eyes, but I began to ponder my other abilities. I wondered, "Could I still fly?" I took off a boot and looked at the sole. Sure enough, two miniature jets were installed into the bottom, one on the heel and one further up. But how to turn them on…? I fiddled around with the bindings, but no success. But I noticed a small strip of green on the inside heel of my boot. I pushed it. Nothing happened. I sighed and but my boot back on, but the green slash in my boot collided with the slash on the other side, causing the boot I still had on to ignite.

"AHH!" The jet pushed me across the concrete as I kicked my legs. After one or two moments of skidding, I kicked off the boot and the jet automatically shut off. I took a breath in and sighed. So, my boots will only work if I click the slashes on my boots together and keep them on. Okay, so my first ability was still with me. I frowned, my guns…did I still have them? I fiddled around with my gloves for a while, but I gave up, deciding to tick my guns off my list. Next, as a robot…I could move at very high speeds, but Sonic could run…Could I run at those high speeds? I shakily rose to my feet and began to walk. Once I got the hang of working my legs, I began to run. I cried with glee as I raced over fields. I wished I could check my speed, but I had no luck. I just had to guess that I was going about 200 mph. But I thought of my rival and sneered. He could run at 200 with ease. I frowned and picked up speed as I ran. I could only tell how fast I was going by the way the trees zipped by other the way the wind rushed in my ears that I was going fast. Fast enough to outrun Sonic. But suddenly, my legs began to ache and my chest hurt. So I slowed down and stopped, crouch over and putting a hand on my chest. I forced air into my lungs and realized that I could only run for so very long before I ran out of breath, luckily I could cope with this as Sonic sometimes ran out of energy too. As I pondered the Mobian ways of life I realized that my 'brain' told me to do some things automatically. Some I just did, like breathing and blinking, but sometimes, my mind just did what was best for me, acting on instinct. As I walked the streets, I noticed that I was heading into an un-ruined part of the city.

"Hey Sonic!" A human called as he walked by.

"Hey look, its Sonic!" A girl across the street was pointing at me. I rolled my eyes. Were the humans really that dull-minded? Could they not tell that I wasn't Sonic? I considered telling them I was Metal Sonic, but I realized I wasn't metal anymore. I looked at my hand as I though of how stupid the humans were. I imagined myself flying above them and ruining their lives with a gun. To my surprise, a small phaser popped out from the thick fabric of my gloves. I gaped at it, and then remembered some of my programming. Some things that humans have been creating require a thought through the nervous system to work. Understanding this I grinned. I smacked my right boot against my left and tore into the air

"Sonic can fly now?" Another human said. I snarled and pointed my gun at the human. He leaped out of the way as I fired. I chuckled.

"I'm not Sonic, fools." I realized that I needed to call myself something, and it couldn't be Metal Sonic now. I took a look at my phaser and smirked. "You primitive humans will know me as Canon." I fired at a few more humans before laughing again. Giving into my darker side as buildings crumbled around me.

"Taking a joyride, fake?" I looked down at the cocky voice who challenged me. It was none other than my rival. Of all times to show up, the hedgehog had to pick now. I smirked and descended to the ground.

"Sonic, a pleasure to see you again."

"What? I've never seen you, but you were obviously created as a copy of me." I chuckled. I figured that he was right.

"You bet, my blue friend. I was once created as a clone as you, but I was made into something different." Sonic looked genuinely puzzled. We may have looked alike, but I realized with glee that Sonic had inferior brain power, while I still carried with me all the information I did as a robot.

"Wait….So I do know you?" He said, scratching his head and tapping his foot. I chuckled again and opened fire on the hedgehog. He leaped into the air to avoid a shot to his legs, then landed and raced around my bullet fires. I analyzed the problem quickly and let my gun return into my glove. I activated my jets and flew away. He followed, just like I'd expected. He kept pace with me as I flew for the fields.

"Not anymore, Sonic." I said. He looked at me as if he was finally dawning on something.

"Your battle style does seem familiar." He said. It was the first logical thing I'd heard him say in years. I deactivated my jets and ran beside him. He gaped at me.

"Really? Do you still think you've met me before?" I challenged grinned at the hedgehog as we ran. He nodded, but as we raced back and fourth on the fields, him pursuing me relentlessly, I decided there was no point in our rivalry as long as I still bore a hatred to Dr.Eggman. I suddenly smiled warmly. I didn't have to say 'Lord Robotnik' anymore. I could say, and do as I please, and I had no programming to stop me. He noted my happy smile and looked at me.

"You are about one of the weirdest opponents I've ever seen, why are you so happy?" He asked me. I looked at him and began to slow down, he did the same.

"I have no reason to hate you anymore, hedgehog." I said, shaking my head as we slowed to a stop. He held back on attacking me. But I knew the peace wouldn't last long.

"You hated me before you met me?"

"I had no choice."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. You had no choice? You had to hate me?" I nodded. "You must be joking!" He said. "You make no sense." I rolled my eyes and glared at the other hedgehog

"Look, Sonic, right now someone else is more of a priority to defeat."

"And who might that be?"

"Dr.Eggman."

"Neat, me too. I think I can excuse you taking your flashy boots for a joyride, maybe one day you could join me and my buds on a raiding party?" I rolled my eyes and snorted

"Don't bet on it, Hedgehog." He grinned. "I'd take you to his new base now, but I have to go to a dance tomorrow. I'd invite you…but…"

"I've already been invited."

"What?" I would've loved to see the look of shock and confusion on the hedgehog's face, but I tore into the sky before he could say anything more. I chuckled, now, and a Mobian, I couldn't wait for the upcoming dance at all.

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