Metal stepped out of the house.
"Meet my new boyfriend!" said Amy with a grin.
"WHHHAAAAAAATTTTTTT??" they all said. Some of them had their jaws on the floor. Shadow was the only one who didn't react at all.
"Humph. I've seen worse." Said Shadow walking off.
"Bu….but….a robot and……..a biological being?" said Tails in shock.
"What's the big deal Tails?" asked Amy.
"Well…..biological beings were meant to mate…and if you mate with a robot…well…you won't be able to have a family." Said Tails.
"What are you talking about? All the family I need is right here!" said Amy hugging Metal.
"That's not the point, Amy it's friggen Metal head, for crying out loud!" yelled Sonic.
"What does that matter?" yelled Amy back.
"It matters because Metal is dangerous. I cannot even begin to comprehend how he even became your boyfriend." Said Knuckles.
"Do whatever you want Amy." Said Cream. "I don't know if this is a good idea, but I'll be there to help."
Amy smiled. "Thanks Cream!"
Metal looked at the ground. They still hated him. They still were all against him…he could feel their piercing stares and low whispers. He hated this.
Suddenly, he shot off a ton of smoke and steam as he had before. Then, he used the giant cloud to escape without being seen.
When it cleared, Amy saw Metal was gone. "Wha…what happened?" said Amy sadly.
Sonic grinned. "Metal left ya Ames. It didn't work out."
Amy frowned at him. "No, he was upset at you people's words and reactions."
Sonic frowned back. "Are you serious about this though? I mean…what's the true story about this?"
Amy ignored him, and ran off to where she knew he would be. What she didn't know, was that the others were following her.
Amy ran to the woods where she found Metal with his head held low. He was sitting on a stump. Amy walked over to him, and she put her arm around him.
"Why…don't they accept me?" said Metal sadly.
Amy sighed. "It's because people are stubborn. They don't think about people changing. They see someone for who they see them as, and then the stick to who they see them as. It is stupid, but people judge by who they see on the outside, and we have to accept the fact that they will never accept this. I won't lie to you Metal. They still dislike you. But Cream, myself, and Vanilla will be happy to help you and be there for you if you need it."
Metal slowly looked up at Amy, and hugged her, saying repeatedly, "Make the pain go away…" and she knew he meant internal pain.
The others who were watching, Knuckles, Tails, Sonic, and Cream all had different reactions to what they heard, and saw.
Knuckles looked surprised, and decided to apologize later, Tails didn't understand it, but decided to leave them be, Cream just thought the whole scene was adorable, and Sonic was confused.
"I just don't understand it." Said Sonic, and he ran off.
The others left for their homes, and Amy and Metal talked about the future, and many other different things that I don't want to bore you with.
However…
Sonic was pondering what he had seen. Why would Metal do this? It just didn't make any sense in his mind. He couldn't comprehend why Metal would fall in love with Amy.
"How is that even possible?" muttered Sonic. "I want to be happy for her…but I know Metal is going to try something. I just can't shake the idea. I know he's planning something…but what?"
Suddenly, a horrible thought crossed his mind.
His parents have been turned into robots in the past by Robotnik…maybe he was going to do that to Amy, and then there would be him, and Amy to fight Sonic, and maybe…that was his new plan of defeating him! (Note: his parents were robotized in the old sonic comics)
"I won't let Metal do this!" said Sonic. "Trying to do that to beat me! How horrible!" (Note: Yes I know, I purposely made Sonic unable to comprehend the idea of past villains changing. It just seems that, that is how he is.)
Sonic ran over to Tails house, and bolted through his door without knocking.
"Hey, Tails! I need your help for a minute!" said Sonic.
"With what?" asked Tails, looking up from the newspaper.
"I figured out what Metal's real plan was!" said Sonic.
"What?" said Tails.
"He plans to robotize Amy, and do something with her to destroy me!" said Sonic.
Tails rolled his eyes. "Oh, please Sonic. Stop goofing around. Robotnik did that YEARS ago, and the machine was destroyed along with the files to build it."
Sonic frowned. "And what makes you think that Metal wouldn't do the same?"
Tails sighed and stared at the newspaper again. "You are WAY too paranoid." He said.
Sonic growled. "And you are WAY too careless. What if Amy was robotized? He could make her into a Metal Overlord, and himself into one too, and then there would be two of them!"
Tails looked at Sonic with a, you are mentally insane look. "Shouldn't be anything the great Sonic the Hedgehog couldn't defeat." Said Tails in a bored manner.
Sonic sighed, and went into Tails workshops, and took one of his emp sniper rifles that he had used against Eggman in the past.
He walked out Tails's door and said, "See you later pal."
"Later Sonic." Said Tails, still looking at the newspaper.
Amy, Metal, and Cream had decided to take the day easy, and hang out together in the woods.
"I brought a ball for us to play catch with." Said Cream happily.
"That should be fun." Said Amy. "Let's do it!"
"Umm…catch?" said Metal.
"You don't know how to play catch?" said Cream.
"Word definition found. What you two are implying was not." Said Metal.
Amy laughed. "Metal, all we do is toss a ball to each other. And we try to catch it."
"Oh, I see." Said Metal.
Cream smiled, and they got in a circle. "Catch, Amy!" said Cream.
Amy caught it, and threw it to Metal. Then, Metal threw it back to Amy.
"No, Metal. You are supposed to throw it to Cream. It goes in a circle." Said Amy.
"Oh." Said Metal. Amy tossed him the ball again, and he tossed it to Cream.
The game went on for a while. And eventually, they talked while throwing the ball around.
"So, Cream…do you have a relationship with someone?" said Amy.
"Umm..."said Cream with a blush.
"Come on, it's nothing to be afraid to tell. It's just us." Said Amy.
"Well…I like Tails, but…he still loves Cosmo, and he probably doesn't want to have anything to do with love for a while." Said Cream.
"I see." Said Amy. "Well, he seems to be okay, anyway."
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean he's fine on the inside." Said Cream sadly.
Metal spoke suddenly. "Cream, how hard would it be to be with Tails?"
Cream thought a bit. "Umm…it would be really hard." She said.
"Well, then….by how much?" he said.
"Umm…it would be a longshot…but it would be nice…" said Cream, squinting.
"Well, then…move back really far." Said Metal, holding the ball.
"Okay." Said Cream, running away from them. "How's this?" she yelled from a bit far off.
"Perfect!" yelled Metal. He turned one of his arms into a cannon, and lobbed the ball towards Cream.
Cream squinted against the sun, and tried to catch the ball. It bounced off her face, and she fell.
"Oooofff…" said Cream.
"You caught it Cream! You caught it!" yelled Amy.
Cream opened her eyes, and saw that the ball had still fallen in her hands, even though she fell.
Metal flew over to her, and said. "If you can make this longshot of a catch…then you can make that longshot of being with Tails." said Metal warmly.
Cream smiled happily. "Thank you Metal."
Amy smiled at Metal. "That was very nice of you." She said.
Metal shrugged. "She just needed some convincing…that's all."
"Don't act like it was such a small thing!" said Amy, poking him in the chest.
"Oh, you want to poke me huh?" said Metal, as he began to tickle her.
Cream smiled, and watched Metal tickle Amy.
"Come on, Metal..hahaha….stop!" said Amy.
"As you command." Said Metal.
"That wasn't very nice." Said Amy in a fake frown, and lightly punched Metal on the shoulder.
Metal laughed. "Aw, come on. You were laughing."
Amy smiled. "Yeah, uncontrollably!"
They both laughed again, and this time, Cream joined in.
"Well, you two…I should be off." Said Cream.
"Bye Cream!" said Metal and Amy.
"Bye Metal! Bye Amy!" said Cream, as she started off toward home.
Amy and Metal decided to spend the rest of the day staring at the sky. They pointed out which clouds looked like different objects, and soon, Amy had fallen asleep on the grass.
Metal sat up, and touched her cheek affectionately. He then, stood guard over her, until she would wake up, remembering he had a spare battery reserve if he needed it.
Suddenly, a blast of emp shot out of the trees, and barely missed hitting him. He turned his arm into a machine gun, and pointed it in the direction of the shot. Out of the trees came Sonic, holding Tails's emp rifle.
"So, Metal head. Thought you could turn Amy into your robot slave, Eh?" he said, pointing the rife at Metal's head.
Metal made a growling noise. "I am warning you Sonic. I am not backing down. Amy and I love each other, and I do not wish to harm her in any way whatsoever." He said.
Sonic snarled and replied, "Shut up."
He fired at Metal, and Metal activated his shield. He then, picked up Amy, and flew off as fast as he could, dodging emp shots.
"I know your real plans Metal!" yelled Sonic. "I will hunt you down, and send you back to the scrap heap!"
"My ONLY plans are to live happily with Amy!" yelled Metal back, accidently waking Amy up.
Amy rubbed her eyes. "What's going on Meta-" she was cut off by a emp blast, that whizzed by Metal's head.
"Sonic is trying to kill me, and he will not listen." Said Metal.
Amy frowned. "Sonic! Cut it out!" she yelled.
"No way!" yelled Sonic. "You are under his deception. And I will send him back to scrap!"
Amy sighed. "Metal, you may not be able to defeat me alone, but if I help you…"
"No." replied Metal. "I will not have you harmed."
"But…what shall we do, then?" said Amy.
"Hey, the shots stopped. I wonder what he is planni-"
He was cut off, by a bolt to the back.
"Success!" yelled Sonic. "I knew Tails put that scope on for some reason!"
Metal was paralyzed by the emp blast. He couldn't move. He started to fall, and Amy jumped out of his arms, and held him up.
"Why are you doing this?" hissed Amy. "Why can't you just leave him alone?"
"Because I'm a hero!" said Sonic with a thumbs up. "It's my sworn duty to take down the bad guys."
Metal remembered that line.
Flashback…
"But, why? Why can't I defeat you?" said Metal after being defeated.
"Because, we're Sonic Heroes!" said Sonic as Metal slipped out of consciousness.
Metal made a growling noise. I couldn't defeat you before, because I was under my programming. I couldn't think coherently. I could only think, destroy Sonic, destroy Sonic. Now I can think. But, you have many, many friends. I could not hope to win… he thought.
As Amy and Sonic argued, and then, realization hit him.
Amy and I could never live happily in peace…as long as he can beat me. He will never understand. He will always seek my life, and our relationship will never take flight. He realized.
Soon enough, the emp wore off, and Metal stood up. Amy and Sonic saw this, and Sonic picked up the gun again.
"Fire, and I'll make you pay." Said Amy angrily.
"Sonic snarled. "I would like to see you try."
Metal suddenly, pulled his lazer sword, chopped the gun in half, and grabbed Amy and ran.
"I'll get you Metal! Just wait and see!" yelled Sonic.
Metal didn't stop running, until they reached Amy's house. Once they got there, Metal told her something that made Amy upset.
"I am sorry Amy…but this will never work." Said Metal sadly.
"What? Oh, don't listen to Sonic, he won't do anything while I'm around!" said Amy.
Metal sighed. "I don't want you to get hurt…he will always be after me, and I fear that one day he might succeed."
Amy was hurt. "No, no, no. Metal, we always will be together. Always."
Metal looked at the sky. "If you say so."
Amy sighed. "Just forget about it. I'm sure things will be better tomorrow."
"Alright then…goodnight Amy." Said Metal.
"Goodnight Metal." Yawned Amy, as she went into her house.
When the door closed, Metal looked back at the sky.
"I'm sorry Amy. But in order for us to ever live happily, without interruption from Sonic…is for me to get stronger." He said.
He then, stole the master emerald, left a note for Amy, and went far away, to a secret, abandoned factory. There, he planned to rebuild Metal Overlord, juiced up on the Master Emerald's power…and if you remember…the Master Emerald has the power to negate the Chaos Emeralds…and that would mean…he could use it's powers to stop Sonic, if he ever went super.
Anyway, he worked as much as he could, and he knew this task would take a long time. But, before he started the project, he said, "Amy…this is for you…I will make myself the most powerful being…so nothing will get in our way…ever again."
Well, there is chapter 5. I decided to make this a bit earlier than I intended to. I hope you enjoyed it. And Godzilla…of course I have plans for this fic. I wrote them down a while ago. Anyway, thanks again for the reviews! You all don't realize how much it encourages me. I love it when people send reviews! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and chapter 6 will come soon.