Amy woke up the next day, feeling refreshed. She grabbed her purse, and picked up the phone and dialed Cream's number.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Vanilla, may I speak to Cream?" asked Amy.
"Alright, just one second." Said Vanilla.
Amy faintly heard Cream's name being called, and footsteps.
"Hey Amy, are you ready to go to the park like we planned today?" asked Cream.
"You bet I am! I'll meet you there in a bit though, there is someone I want you to meet." Said Amy.
"Who would that be?" asked Cream.
"It's a surprise!" said Amy, thinking that it would be generally a bad idea to tell Cream that Metal Sonic would be there until she told her in person that he had really changed.
"Yay!" said Cream happily. "Okay, I'll see you there!"
"See you!" said Amy.
"Chao chao chao chao!" said Cheese into the phone.
Click.
Amy put down the phone, and ran to the woods. She found Metal Sonic in his disguise, and ready to go.
"Hello Amy." Said Metal, waving at her.
"Hey, Metal!" said Amy. "Do you remember who we are seeing today?"
Metal nodded. "Of course I do. We are meeting Cream the rabbit and Cheese the chao today at the park."
Amy laughed. "You can just call them by their names Metal, you don't have to call them by what species they are, I don't hear you calling me Amy the Hedgehog!"
"Oh. Sorry about that." said Metal, as he made a mental note.
"It's alright." Said Amy, looking at her watch. "Oh no! We will be late now! We took to long!"
Metal looked thoughtfully. "I could get us there quickly if I didn't have this cape on…but, if it wasn't on, then people would notice who I was."
"It's okay, we can walk there, besides, this way we can chat along the way." Said Amy.
"Okay then, what would you like to talk about?" asked Metal, who had started walking with Amy towards the city.
"Well…how about your past life?" said Amy. "I would like you to fill in the gaps of what we didn't see in your life."
Metal shrugged. "It isn't much, but I'll tell you anyway."
As they talked, they were unaware that they were being watched…
"Ha! I knew he was Metal Sonic!" said Sonic with a grin.
"But Sonic, he doesn't seem to be hostile, maybe he has changed." Said Tails, who was holding a scanner.
"With that disguise? No way! And also, Amy told me it was her long lost friend Fred. He must've deceived her in some way." Said Sonic. "Come on buddy! We can't let them escape!" said Sonic, running after them.
"I wonder who he really is." Wondered Tails. "Is Metal good, or bad?"
Tails sighed, and chased after Sonic.
Metal was answering Amy's questions when a siren went off in his head.
"Excuse me Amy, it seems as if something is wrong." Said Metal.
"Sure Metal." Said Amy. "Just don't take too long, I'm sure Cream doesn't want to wait too long."
Metal closed his eyes, and focused on his systems.
RADAR WARNING!!
Who is the target?
UNKNOWN TARGET
Speed?
SPEED IS EQUAL TO THE SPEED OF SOUND
Sonic...intention?
SURPRISE ATTACK OR AMBUSH
Recommended action?
ACTIVATE DEFENSIVE MODE
Affirmative
Metal opened his eyes again, and took Amy's hand, and started to run toward the city faster.
"Metal, what's wrong?" asked Amy.
"Sonic is coming, and I know that I can't beat him." He said.
"Why not?" asked Amy.
"I've lost so many times…it's impossible to…"
WARNING!!
"Ugh…sorry, my systems are screaming at me again." Said Metal, as he closed his eyes while running.
What's wrong now?
RADAR WARNING!! ANOTHER APPROACHING!!
Another? Sonic must've brought help! This is bad…recommended action?
UNLEASH NEW ATTACK FORM
Umm…second recommended action?
LOSE THEM
Affirmative.
Metal opened his eyes again. "Sonic brought help, so I'll have to pick up the pace. Besides, we aren't in the city yet, so I can take off the robe."
Amy's eyes widened. "He brought help?" she said, surprised.
Metal nodded. "Here, take my robe." He said, handing it to her. "Alright, you ready?"
Amy took the robe, and Metal Sonic picked her up, and rocketed in a different direction.
Sonic could see Metal now, and he raced after him. Intent on not letting him escape.
He must've known that I was coming somehow. Thought Sonic. Then, Sonic saw Metal change direction, and he chased after them.
But, Sonic noticed that Metal took his robe off. Amy must know that it is Metal now…is she right in the head? Wondered Sonic.
Tails was running close behind Sonic. He wasn't sure if he was doing the right thing. He was just backing up his buddy. "Hey, Sonic. Should I call in the X Tornado?" asked Tails.
Sonic grinned and gave him the thumbs up. "Good idea Tails! You could shoot at them from the skies with that!"
Tails nodded, and pressed a button on his wrist. And soon enough, the X Tornado came, and he jumped in, and flew after Metal with guns blazing.
Metal was furious. He wished he could do something, but he saw no way he could take Sonic, and Tails in his plane at the same time. And he didn't want Amy in the crossfire. Suddenly, he had an idea.
"Amy!" said Metal. "Do you think that, if I put you on my shoulders…and I could fly backwards, and we could try to hit them, to slow them down, so we could lose them?"
"But, Metal…I don't want to hurt them! They are still my friends, you know." Said Amy sadly. "Can't we reason with them?"
"Are you crazy?" yelled Metal over his engines. "Reasoning with Sonic, is like reasoning with a sack of potatoes!"
"I guess we don't have a choice then." Said Amy, and she climbed onto Metal's shoulders. Then, Metal turned around, and flew backwards, and pulled out his machine gun in his arm, and Amy pulled out her hammers.
Metal fired his machine gun at Sonic, and Amy threw her hammers at Tails. They were pretty hard to hit, and they couldn't see where they were going, so Metal had to check his radar every once in a while.
"Sonic!" yelled Tails. "Why is Amy throwing hammers at me?"
"Cause Metal is forcing her to!" yelled Sonic. "We have to save her from him! He must've threatened her with death, if she didn't obey his commands!"
"What should we do, then?" yelled Tails, trying to dodge the hammers. She seems to actually be trying to hit me… he thought.
"Send me a ring, will ya?" yelled Sonic.
"You got it!"
A ring flew out of the X Tornado, and Sonic caught it. (If you didn't understand what's happening, in Sonic X, Tails could send Sonic a ring from his plane, and it would give him a temporary speed boost.)
Sonic suddenly spindashed at Metal at an amazing speed, and crashed into him, knocking Amy off of his shoulders, and onto the ground.
"Nice work Sonic!" said Tails. "X Tornado, transform!"
The X Tornado then, transformed into a walker, and provided cover fire for Sonic. Metal stood back up, and dodged the shots, and tried to get to Amy, but Sonic kept blocking him.
"You've kidnapped Amy for the last time, Metal head!" yelled Sonic, as he prepared to spindash again.
SMASH!!
Amy hit Sonic from behind with her hammer.
"What was that for??" asked Sonic, rubbing his head.
Amy fumed. "Why are you doing this? Attacking Metal, can't you see he changed?"
Sonic shook his head. "No, I can't see that. All I saw, was Metal kidnapping you."
Amy practically had steam coming out of her ears now.
Suddenly, Metal let off a ton of smoke and steam. They all couldn't see, and Metal grabbed Amy, and zoomed off toward the city. When the smoke cleared, they were no where to be seen.
"Blast, they got away!" said Sonic angrily.
"Umm…Sonic?" said Tails.
"What?"
"I think that…if Amy is sticking up for him, maybe he has changed?" said Tails.
"No way! He must be tricking her somehow, or brainwashing, or hypnotizing! Man, Metal, you must be learning some new tricks!" said Sonic.
Tails sighed. "You really are stuck on the past, aren't you?"
Sonic looked at him oddly. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Farther away…
"Thanks Metal." Said Amy. "You really got us out of there, fast!"
"No problem." Said Metal.
"Oh, here, let me put your robe back on." Said Amy.
"Okay." Said Metal, stopping.
As Amy put Metal's robe on, he couldn't help but feel…happy. He loved the feeling of having someone to be with, protect, and have a blast with.
"Metal…you have been more kind and thoughtful toward me than any other person I have known…thank you." Said Amy, and she kissed him lightly on the head.
Metal suddenly, had a funny feeling. He felt…odd. It was a feeling he couldn't describe. His senors couldn't identify it, and he suddenly got nervous.
"What's wrong, Metal?" asked Amy.
"Uhh…we…had better get going!" said Metal, changing the subject. "Can't keep Cream waiting you know!"
Amy laughed. "Okay, let's go then."
(Meanwhile…)
Cream had been sitting in the park, waiting for Amy to come for a while. She was very worried.
"I hope she is alright…" said Cream worriedly
"Chao chao chao…" said Cheese sadly.
Amy and Metal arrived a moment later, and Cream looked up happily.
"Look, Cheese! She came!" said Cream happily.
"Chao chao chao chao chao!" said Cheese, flying around in circles.
"Hey Cream! Sorry we are late." Said Amy.
"It's okay." Said Cream. "What happened?"
Amy sighed. "Oh…we ran into some trouble."
"Oh…" said Cream, and then, saw Metal. She couldn't see through his disguise, but it intimidated her.
"Umm…Amy…who is that?" said Cream, pointing a shaky finger at Metal.
Amy looked at Metal. "Oh! Right! I was going to have you meet him!" she said, pulling off the robe. "Ta daaa!" said Amy enthusiastically.
"EEEEEKKK!!" shrieked Cream. "Metal Sonic!!"
"Wait! Calm down Cream! He's different now! He's changed!" said Amy.
"R-really?" said Cream fearfully. "B-b-but how?"
"Let me explain." Said Metal.
(Metal explains how he took the chip out, and how he met Amy, and how Sonic and Tails attacked them along the way.)
"Oh, wow…that must he hard on you." Said Cream with wide eyes.
"Yeah, and I'm having trouble getting people to understand." Said Metal, putting the robe back on, so no one else in the park would see.
"Well, anyone who is Amy's friend, is my friend too!" said Cream, happily. "Nice to meet you, Metal!"
"Chao chao chao chao!" said Cheese, landing on Metal's head.
They all laughed, and had a great time at the park. But, after a while, Cream had to leave, and Metal walked Amy back to her house.
"I'm sorry that Sonic ruined most of the day Metal." Said Amy. "I wish it could've gone better."
"You were with me, so my day couldn't be ruined.." Said Metal.
Amy blushed, and Metal got nervous, and put his hands to his mouth.
"I…err…I should…erm…be…going…now." Said Metal shuffling his feet.
"Yeah…see you tomorrow." Said Amy, fiddling with her hands.
"See you." Said Metal, and he zoomed off towards the woods.
"What on earth is wrong with me?" said Metal confused. "Why do I feel this way? And why can't my sensors identify it?"
Metal's head was filled with questions he couldn't answer, as he flew back home, into the woods.
There you go! Chapter 3. And, thank you everyone for reviewing! It really helps me get in the mood to start writing. And sorry that it came kinda later than usual. I'm moving into another room in the house, and that kinda kept me busy for a while. Oh, and thanks Godzilla for the advice! But, I really don't think that Metal would look good in a top hat. I mean…Amy was just trying to disguise him, so people wouldn't run in fear on sight. They weren't really thinking about him looking good. And yes, I probably could've chosen a better name, but Fred was the first name that popped into my head, and I thought it wouldn't really matter anyway. Anyway, thank you everyone, and I hope you liked this chapter too!