Sonic and Tails searched in silence, all the while worry flashing through Sonic's mind with every minute that they didn't find her. His mind kept coming up with different scenarios that could have occurred to the girl, like Eggman getting ahold of her, or the girl getting lost. The worst was obviously Eggman finding her.
"What could that glowing have been?" Sonic asked, looking up at Tails. He figured starting up a conversation and keeping himself busy with that would keep his mind from roaming places he didn't want it to go.
"I don't know," Tails muttered. He slowed his tails' whirring and landed besides him. "Maybe you were mistaken and there wasn't any glowing at all."
"No way," Sonic replied, shaking his head. He rubbed his chin softly, eyes fogging with suspicion. "I felt power from it…. Familiar power…." Something in Sonic's head snapped. His eyes widened with realization and he turned his head quickly to face Tails. "What if-"
Behind him, he heard the sound of an engine roaring. The sound increased by the second, getting closer and closer. Without giving it a second thought, Sonic stepped to the side and turned to see a speeding blur of metallic blue coming their way. Before either of them could step aside, the blur sped past them, knocking Tails to the ground face first and the wind sending Sonic back. Sonic followed the blur with his eyes, watching it speed off and only slow down to ascend into the sky and look around.
"Was that her?" Tails asked after picking himself off the ground. He rushed over and helped Sonic up on his feet, Sonic still glaring at the figure. After it sped off again, he faced Tails.
"No, that was Metal Sonic."
"Metal Sonic? What does he want?" Tails asked, wiping away the dirt stuck in his fur.
"I think Eggman got word of the hedgehog girl," Sonic replied, grabbing his arm. "If he and Metal Sonic are interested in her, the glowing sphere definitely has power." Before Tails could ask any further questions, Sonic ran forward in the direction Metal Sonic had gone to, his fox friend getting dizzier by the second.
-..-
The black hedgehog walked out of the cave, letting the sun's rays and the light breeze comfort her. Inside the cave, she'd done a lot of thinking, trying to recollect anything she could, but all she could remember was her name: Skyalr. After having gotten nothing else except her name, she grew sick of being inside a cold and damp place and decided to go for a walk.
She took a few steps forward, looking around to see if there were any suspicious metallic animals. She saw nothing and kept walking, examing the area around her. Blue skies painted with fluffy white clouds, green grass sharing the peculiar checkered soil with tall standing palm trees, and beyond everything she could see the ocean.
"So I'm on an island," Skylar thought to herself, crossing her arms over her tattered white t-shirt. There had to be more people around, preferable people who could give her clothes and explain to her why she wasn't a human anymore. A hedgehog? And one with a glowing sphere for a heart? Nothing made any sense anymore. She liked the island, she really did, but she didn't like the evil metal animals and the strange talking ones. She wondered if she'd run into that blue hedgehog that tried to pull her shirt down. At that thought, she looked down at the glowing sphere. He wasn't the only one curious about that thing, whatever it was. Hesitantly, she pinched the neck of her shirt with a gloved hand. She prepared herself for the worst.
"1… 2-"
Before she could even finish counting in her head, a huge gust of wind sent her face first into the ground. Groaning, she picked herself off the ground, rubbed the top of her forehead and glared at the person who pushed her down.
A blue hedgehog. She widened her eyes, staring at the hedgehog, but noticed that he wasn't the one from before. He was made of metal, had a yellow hole in his stomach, an engine whirring, sharp fingers, and black eyes with red irises. The metal hedgehog looked at her, pointing a steel finger at her.
"You. You're coming with me," his robotic voice commanded. Skylar swallowed hard, shaking her head and taking a step back. "You're coming with me," he repeated, his voice somehow cold.
"I'm not going anywhere," she said softly. She tightened her jaw, narrowing her eyes. "I'm not going anywhere!" she shouted with a fiercer tone, curling her hands into fists.
"Hmf," the robot grunted, engine behind him starting up. "Fine. I didn't expect to have to put up a fight with you." His eyes turned red for a few seconds, then blinked back to normal and he pointed a finger at her chest. "That is the source of your power. That's all I need, I don't need your idiocies. Prepare to perish." The engine behind him roared louder, causing Skylar to gasp and bring up her arms. As he disappeared and sped towards her, she blocked her face with her arms and closed her eyes tight, preparing for the impact.
"Damnit…"
Her body shook, and that was it. She felt nothing more than a bit of pressure on her arms, and no pain. "Am I dead?" she wondered, blinking her eyes open. A light red, almost pink, barrier circled all around her, and behind that barrier was the robot hedgehog. His forehead was pressed against it, engine still whirring. It seemed as if he'd crashed into it.
"I did this?" Skylar asked in her head, eyes still wide with fear. She stood still and watched as the robot backed away, crossing his arms and staring at the barrier.
"I didn't detect this," he said lowly, shaking his head. "Whatever. It won't stand a chance against me anyways!" He slapped his hands together, the action causing a metal clang to ring out in the air that made Skylar flinch nervously. She clenched her jaw again, summoning up all her power to make the barrier strong. The barrier burned a fierce red as the robot powered up his attack.
"Die-"
A red shoe slapped the hedgehog in the back of the head, causing him to stop his attack in surprise. Before he could look back, a blue ball smashed into him, causing him to fly past Skylar and smash into the ground. Skylar gasped, putting down her arms and looking back that the robot. She turned back around and saw the blue hedgehog from before uncurl from his ball form, a light orange fox with two whirring tails landing next to him.
"Thanks, buddy," the blue hedgehog said, grinning at his fox friend. He looked over at Skylar and a worried frown replaced his grin. "Are you okay?"
"I-I'm fine," she replied softly after having found her words.
"Sonic, my loathsome copy," the robot hissed. He stood up from the ground, all the rubble falling from his smooth, metal body.
"Metal," Sonic snapped back at him.
"I'm here to take the girl. I want nothing to do with you."
"Yeah, well if you want to take her, you have to get through me," Sonic replied, standing in front of Skylar. Metal grunted, hovering above the ground.
"I don't have time for you. I'll have to report to Eggman, and see what he wants done with you three." And with that being his farewell, Metal's engine gave one last roar and he sped off.
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