Hyper Metal Mass Attack
Sonic and crew had gotten away from the wreckage of the casino without anyone knowing who had caused its destruction. Mina and her band had escaped in their rental car and had made tracks for their private jet, and took off for parts unknown. Sonic Met back up with everyone at Tails little shack in the Emerald Hill Zone. Fiona was especially upset when she found out that all the money in the vault was fake, and attempted to strangle sonic. Fortunately Amy and Sally pried her off in time and he proceeded to explain how it was actually Eggman's casino. Everyone was a bit more understanding after that. It seems that Sonic knew of the doc's casino evil through one of his informants, who had told Sonic that Eggman had built a small army of android security guards for EG Security. It was easy enough to find Eggman after that since the Grand Mobius was the only place to employ EG security guards. Sonic also told them of the doctor's challenge. Now all they had to do was find his hideout.
"How do we find his hideout?" Asked Amy, ignorant to what the narrator just said.
"That's easy," Said sonic, "All we have to do is hang around the most desolate, run down area of Metropolis City and Wait for Eggman to attack us. Then we just defeat him and go home."
"Great plan, Sonic." Said Fi.
"Ray and I are in." Said Mighty
"Count us out." Said Bean.
"Why?" Asked Sonic.
"Bark and I have a convention to go to in Echidnaopolis. We've already bought tickets."
"Isn't that the big 'Mile-High Comic Con'. I didn't know you two were into that."
"We love the cosplay competition. Bark won third place last year. He dressed as Sephiroth."
"You'd rather cosplay than get into a huge battle!" Said Sonic.
"Eggman's probably just going top send out an army of E-100's and those stupid egg-pawns. It'll be a short fight. We won't miss much."
"Fine, whatever." Said sonic as Bean & Bark left for Angel Island It looks like it's just the 8 of us now. Lets hit the road."
"If we did that wouldn't we break our fists?" Asked Tails
"Just when I thought no more nonsense could spout from his mouth…" said Sally.
They all proceeded on to the city. It was a rather boring trip so I'll sum it up in this paragraph. They started in Emerald Hill and hitch-hiked along interzone highway 2 through emerald hill, the chemical plants, past the casinos and into the city. Now while the casino night zone separates the chemical plants from the city, there is a small section where they meet. The neighborhood there is run-down and almost completely deserted due to being so close to the poisonous chemical plants. The plants themselves were run by 95% robots, left over from when Eggman had taken over the island. Sonic decided that this neighborhood was the best place to start looking. They tried to take a bus there but it would only go so far before turning around, so they had to walk the last mile.
They finally made it, and when they did they wished they had remembered to pack gas masks. The smog was pretty bad.
"Where should we search first?" Asked Mighty.
"Well," said Sonic, "Its pretty dangerous around here. They say rouge robots wander the streets, dragging their feet like the walking dead…"
"Oh great, zombie robots. What next?" Said Fiona to herself.
"…so its time to split up, gang!"
"WHAT!" Yelled everyone simultaneously.
"Sonic, Were wandering around an area with zombie robots, just waiting to be attacked by Eggman to see what his latest nefarious plan is, and even though its safer to stay together you want us to split up?
"Yup."
"Ok. Just checking."
With that they all went their separate ways. The roads were dark and the allys narrow. By now the streetlamps were flickering one, that is, the ones that weren't blown out or riddled with bullets.
Amy was walking along when she felt someone behind her. She spun around and pulled out her hammer.
"Hello? I-Is there anyone there?"
the street was dark. Suddenly she saw the shadow of something moving behind her. She spun around again but nothing was there. She thought she could hear a faint humming. Suddenly she felt something hard come in contact with the back of her neck, and she fell into an inky void. As she collapsed she caught a glimpse of her assailant.
"S-Sally…why…"
Ray was never usually alone. He and Mighty always traveled together. He looked up to the armadillo like an older brother. He also looked up to Mighty since he was 10cm taller than Ray.
He had found an abandoned diner. He suddenly felt his stomach rumble. He realized he hadn't eaten since breakfast. Up on the wall was a sign. It said "Today's Special: Jill's Sandwich."
"I hope they have some left in the kitchen."
Ray went through to the back room. As expected there was no food to be had.
"Maybe in the freezer…"
He opened the huge steel door and stepped inside. It only took him a moment to see that it too was empty. Suddenly the door slammed behind him.
"What the…no, Ray, it was probably only the wind through the broken windows. Besides, this freezer opens from the inside…"
He went for the knob only to find that it wouldn't turn.
"Its probably just stuck. No need to panic yet."
Suddenly the room started to fill with a green gas.
"Knockout gas…crap…" Said ray as he fell to the floor
Suddenly the door opened. Someone grabbed Ray and pulled him up.
"Mighty…the gas…Mi-"
Ray lost consciousness.
Lien-Da had gone off east, and after a while ran into Fiona. The two decided to stick together and watch each-others back. Too bad for them it wouldn't be enough.
Soon they came across an abandoned nightclub (remember, the whole neighborhood was abandoned). They decided to go in and loot the place. Who wouldn't?
"I can't seem to find anything of value." Said Lien-Da
"Did you check the cash register?"
"First thing."
"Well," said Fi, "if there's one thing I learned from playing Fallout 3, its that there's always a safe in the managers office."
"You can check it out. I'll keep looking out here."
Fi went in the back while Lien-Da checked around the stage. She decided that then was as good a time as any for karaoke, and stepped up to the microphone.
"Tabidatsu junbi wa dekitakai
Mata hitotsu asa ga kuru
Atarashii shatsu ni kigaete
Kurayami wo nukedasou-
Suddenly her singing stopped.
"All I found back there was a case of Duka-cola and a few bottle caps. That's what I get for making a Fallout reference…uh, Lien-Da? Lien-Da? Where are you?"
(eerie silence)
"Come on LD, This ain't funny. Olly Olly all-in-free."
(continuous eerie silence)
"Are you in the bathroom?" Said Fi as she walked towards the door marked 'Gals'.
(eerie silence interrupted by a clanking noise)
"HA! I hear you," she said as she opened the door, "come on out-AAAAUGHHH!"
(sound of bodies being dragged, followed by more eeriness.)
After searching for several hours Sonic was getting tired. Eventually he had ran into Tails. They searched, but to no avail. Finally they came across a bowling ally that was abandoned (no shit). Suddenly a noise came from behind an abandoned car.
"Who's there!" Called out Sonic, ready to fight.
"Whoa whoa, its just me." Said Mighty as he came out of the shadows.
"How's the search going?" Asked Tails.
"Nothing so far." Replied Mighty "You?"
"Nada"
"Wanna break with a little game of bowling?" Asked Sonic, pointing to the allys.
"Sure, Why not."
They went in and had some fun. Tails found the breaker box and flipped on the power. Most of the lights didn't work but the pin-setters and ball-returners did. Sonic and mighty had a game wile tails went over to the arcade. There wasn't much left. There was an 8-bit Outrun model 1 cabinet, a pinball machine, pong, and Virtua Fighters 1. He picked the VF 1 machine.
"Lucky thing I have a popsicle stick with me." He said as he used it to max-out his credits.
When he hit start the whole machine started to shift. Behind it was a secret passageway, lined with blue and orange neon lights.
"Mighty, Sonic! I Think I've found something!" Called out Tails.
"Whoa, cool! Do you think this is the secret entrance to Eggman's secret lair"
"Well, considering this sign over here says 'Totally not the entrance to Eggman's secret lair' I think were on the right track."
"It also says 'Eggman is top! Sonic can kiss my…"
"Mighty!"
"Sonic can kiss my Mighty?" said Tails.
Deep in Eggman's secret lair the alarm had gone off. Eggman was now watching our heroes on his main monitor.
"Well, Sonic, it looks like you have found the entrance to my secret lair. No matter. Now, should I send them down the most treacherous path or should I just let sonic get here fast so I can pit them against my newest creation."
Eggman thought for a minute
"What am I thinking! Obviously I should send them down the most dangerous path…Except I'm really impatient and want to see my new toys in action."
Eggman pressed a button. Suddenly a trap door opened beneath Sonic, Tails, and Mighty.
"Don't look down!" Yelled Sonic, "If you don't look down you won't fall! It's the 1st rule of cartoons."
"Uh, Sonic," Said Tails, " That only works in AMERICAN cartoons. Last I checked, we're all Japanese."
"Oops."
With that realization they all fell down the chute. It brought them all down a long slide. It took them a full minute to get to the bottom. They went up, down, and around and around. It dumped them all out at Eggman's feet.
"Hey look…I have 9 tails…I'm so awesome now…" Said Tails who was dizzy from the ride.
"Ha! I've found you Eggman, and your evil clone, too!" Said Sonic, who was also somewhat dizzy.
"You'd better pull yourself together, Sonic, if you want to save your friends!" Said Eggman as he pulled a giant lever.
The whole wall rotated horizontally to reveal all of Sonics missing friends! (Not that he knew they were missing.) They're wrist were tied together above their heads and their legs were both shackled to the wall separately. They were also gagged. In order it was Sally, Fiona, Lien-Da, Amy, and Ray.
"Eggman, you evil man. Let them go!" Said Sonic
"Way too clichéd Sonic. Besides, you have to defeat my new robots! You wanted to know what ten billion could build, well, get a load of this!"
Eggman pulled another lever and a large door opened, revealing Metal Sally and Metal Mighty!
"If you want to save your friends you'll have to defeat these first! Metal Sally and Metal Mighty, attack!"
"I've got MetaSal. Mighty, get yourself. Tails, help the POW's "
As the battle started Eggman jumped into his Hovercraft and took off. From his control Room was a large tunnel that led outside. Eggman flew down it in an attempt to escape. Just in case.
The Battle waged on and slowly made its way down the tunnel. Tails, meanwhile, untied Ray from the wall. He started to untie Fiona but suddenly stopped.
"Wharrr arrrr yarrrr darrrin (What are you doing)." Said Fiona, still gagged.
"You know Ray," said Tails," in front of us we have 4 hot specimens of the female species…"
"Tarrrars (Tails)!" Yelled Sally.
"…Not only that, but all 4 are different species…"
"Trrrch rrre rrrrnd drrrri frrrrrx (Touch me and die, fox)" Said Lien-Da.
"…and I think we should find out if there are any physical differences between them."
"Rrrrrrsy srrrrrrrshhi (Rosie smashy)!" Said a transformed Amy.
"You know," Said Ray "they'll beat us to a pulp if we do anything to them."
"Yeah, I guess your right, but (he whispered) we could still cop a quick feel 'accidentally'."
"Do what you want. I'm going to avoid any potential beatings."
Tails smile grew into a sly grin as he faced the row of bound girls.
Anyways, Back at the battle…
Sonic and Metal Sally were now in a race, and had made there way out of the tunnel. Mighty, being slower, was still in the tunnel as he fought himself. Mighty was strong, and every punch he threw did damage to Metal. Unfortunately the reverse was also true. Mighty realized that his normal fighting wasn't working, So he decided to do something different. Metals are programmed with every move of the person they're modeled after. The best way to defeat them is to use a move that you would otherwise never even touch. Mighty always uses his upper body strength, so no one would expect him to use the opposite.
Mighty waited until Metal was barely 2 feet in front of him, and then he suddenly snap-kicked Metal upside the chin! Metal flew up and back. Before Metal could recover (or even land for that matter) Mighty kicked him in the stomach, and he flew back and smashed against the tunnel wall. Mighty ran over and started to pound Metal while he was still on the ground. Metal tried to swipe at his legs but Mighty jumped and dodged.
"Time for a finishing move!" Yelled Mighty.
He grabbed Metal by the neck and held him of the ground with his feet hanging in the air. He pulled back his fist and punched mighty right through his turbine torso and ripped out his Chaos Drive core cylinder. Metal Mighty ground to a halt.
Mighty heard a noise behind him and spun around.
"Aaugh! A monster!" Yelled Mighty.
"Its just me, moron." Said Tails, who was covered in bruises and bumps and missing hair in some places.
"What happened to you?"
"You'd think someone who acts as loose as Fiona wouldn't mind if you accidentally pulled down her pants."
"You got a lot to learn, ya little perv" Said Fiona as she round the corner. She was followed by the rest of the gang.
"Where's Sonic?" Asked Sally.
"Fighting your Metal Doppelganger" Said Mighty.
Since he left mighty in the tunnel, Sonic had been in a fierce running battle with Metal Sally. They had raced out of the tunnel and onto the highway out of town. Sonic would swing his arm at Sally and she would duck and swipe her leg at the hedgehog, trying to trip him up. the battle went on like this for what seemed like hours, with Eggman flying above watching his creation at work.
It was beautiful, in fact. Metal Sally was polished to a mirror shine. She, like all Metal models, had a jet turbine for a torso. Its Stainless steel blades spun mesmerizingly as the sun shone off of it. She looked like an evil double. Her brown fur and red hair were all the correct shade. Eggman even went so far as adding the correct colored boots and an actual blue vest. It was a thing of beauty.
Sadly that beauty was soon diminishing. Sonic had finally gotten in a good swipe and cut Metal above her eye, so that now she had a trickle of oil running down her face. She at one point tripped and rolled, and while she got back up without loosing any momentum, her vest had become soiled and torn. Indeed, even her turbine had sucked in quite a few bugs, which had stained the blades until they no longer shone.
Sonic, too, had token quite a beating. His quills were all ruffled and he had several cuts and bruises from Metal's sharp fingers. He was still going, though, as was she. They eventually left the desolate highway and sped up the side of Mt. Origins in the Hill top Zone. It was called this because its an active volcano, and is thought to be most likely the volcano that created Westside Island, i.e, the islands origins. Interestingly enough, it was still active, and if you look down its creator you can see the glow of the lava.
"You know," Sonic said to Metal Sal as they sped up the mountain, "I know all of Sally's moves and tricks. There's no way you can beat me."
Suddenly two Gun barrels popped out of Sally's breast!
"How did I miss those?."
Metal S fired and sonic pulled back just in time. It was almost a dance as he spun around to avoid the barrage of bullets. Fortunately Metal models are not known for their ammo capacity, so she ran out in under a minute.
They were now at the lip of the volcano's crater. They fought with such speed that any onlookers would only see a blur. Sonic gave Metal a roundhouse to the torso, which she not only blocked but using his own momentum, grabbed his leg and spun him around. He went flying but recovered and lunged at her, landing a flying kick on her chest. As she fell backwards he swiped her legs out from under her, causing her to fall over backwards. Before she could get up Sonic leaped into the air, spun around, and landed his heel right in her jet props! Sonic jumped back and sally flipped herself up with her hands. However once she was up she faltered a little, and to an outsider it would look like she was dizzy.
"Oh no!" Yelled Eggman. "Computer, run diagnostics for Metal 002."
"Running diagnostics…Metal Sally running on 20% power. Catastrophic failure imminent."
"Nooooo!" Yelled Eggman.
"Well then," said Sonic, " I guess now's my chance then."
With that Sonic ran at Metal Sally. She tried to fly away but her turbine just let out smoke and made a horrible noise of metal-on-metal.
"Sayonara, Metal Sally!" Said Sonic as he leaped in the air and sent Metal flying back with a powerful kick. She flew of the cliff and rolled down towards the magma. She finally stopped just at the edge of a small rocky outcropping. She was barely hanging on. The sheer intensity of the heat caused her vest to self combust.
"Any last words, looser." Said Sonic from the cliff top.
"BEEP….WHIRRR…Suck…it…Hedgehog…" she said as she flipped him the bird. Suddenly her finger launched off her hand and towards Sonic! It was a mini rocket!
Sonic caught the finger-rocket in mid-air. Its jet was still burning.
"Now now, that's not very nice, bitch." Said Sonic as he took the rocket and flung it back at her. It hit its mark. The explosion flung her back and into the boiling lava.
"Ya know what they say, Doc," said Sonic to the disappointed doctor, "the only way to kill a Metal is by melting it or crushing it under a metal press."
"You may have won this time hedgehog, but next time I will be victorious." Yelled Eggman as he flew away.
"I doubt," said Sonic as he picked up a rock, "that changing your name to 'Victorious' would do any good."
Sonic threw it at the doctor's hover-craft, and as Eggman flew away he could see the black smoke flow out of where the rock made contact.
EPILOGUE
Sonic finally caught up with everyone. After Amy administered a little first aid to Sonic. They decided that the battle was a good climax to their adventure, and they decided that it was best if they went their separate ways. Even thought their trip only lasted a week, it was a great experience for all of them. They made their way to Westside International Airport, where they actually had money for the trip and didn't have to hide in the luggage area.
"So guys," asked Sonic, "where have you all decided to go?"
"Well," said Mighty, "Ray and I have decided to head to Station Square. Vector opened a detective agency and we thought we might join."
"I'm off to the floating island" Said Lien-Da.
"I'm off to the continent to do a little treasure hunting." Said Fiona. "What about you?"
"Me, Tails, Amy and Sally are headed back to South Island." Said Sonic. "We've all got tickets on the Dorner DO-X west-south special"
"Lucky." Said Fiona. "I'm stuck on another DC-3."
The sun was setting as they all boarded their different planes. As they flew off sonic looked out of his window as the plane circled the island. He could se all the different places they had visited while on their trip. As the plane flew away from the island, Sonic only had one thing on his mind:
I wonder what's their serving for dinner.
As Sonic flew away we see the volcano, and the scene of Metal Sally's demise. As we look over the area we can only bow our heads in remembrance and HOLY CRAP a metal hand just popped out of the lava! Its got me by the neck… AAAUGGHH
(Just Kidding…or am I?)
END
More pop culture goodness
Hyper Metal Mass Attack - If you're a super fan (and I mean a SUPER fan) you should know the old music album 'Super Sonic Dance Attack'. You might also remember that Metal was called Hyper Metal in the Sonic Movie. Fun fact: SSDA was the only Sonic album to be available on vinyl (as far as I know)
Jill's Sandwich - This is a reference to the diner at the Willamette mall in 'Dead Rising', which in turn is a reference to one of the most infamous lines in videogame history. From Resident Evil 1, and I quote, "That was close, you were almost a Jill sandwich." This line is the corniest in videogame history.
8-bit Outrun Model 1 cabinet - Arcade games come in several cabinets, usually a standard version and a deluxe version. Model 1 would be a stand-up cabinet with a wheele and pedals, but no seat. The deluxe model is sit-down, enclosed unit with a bright red paint job. I chose this one because it would be the least desired of all outrun machines, hence the reason its still there and hasn't been stolen.
Secret passage behind arcade machine with blue and orange lights - A not-so-subtle nod to TRON.
Karaoke - Lien-Da is singing MI-RA-I, which is the 1st ending theme of the Japanese version of Sonic X. Unlike its American music, the Japanese songs don't suck.
Duka Cola. - In 'Fallout 3' the main drink is Nuka-Cola. In Duke Nukem Forever, Duke has an over inflated ego (just look at his life bar) and has everything named after him. I'm just surprised that they didn't include a 'Duka-cola' soda. Or maybe they did and I just missed it.
Metal Sally's nipple guns - If you're a fan of Austin Powers movies then you probably remember this from the beginning of 'The Spy Who Shagged Me'. I happened at the beginning of the movie before the opening credits.
Metal and the lava - This scene is quite similar to the end of 'Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie', except that instead of the almost moving line that Metal sonic gives us on TV, Sally just gives us crass. I'm sure that some of you were expecting a line similar to the one in the movie, weren't you.
Rocket finger - At the end of 'Lupin III and the Castle of Cagliostro' the count used mini rockets in his gloves to knock Lupin off the clock tower. Quick fact: This is a must-see movie for any anime fan, no mater what you like.
Dorner DO-X - This plane is best known (at least here in otaku land) as the one featured in the best episode of Lupin III (Episode 144, Albatross: Wings of Death). It was the first episode dubbed of Lupin, done back in the early nineties. It can only be found on VHS under the title 'Tales of the Wolf: Lupin III's Greatest Capers'. It was directed by the same guy who does all the Ghibli films AND the Castle of Cagliostro. The plane itself actually existed. It was very underpowered despite having 12 600HP engines. They only built 3. None exist today, sadly.
Author's Notes.
So this is the end of the first arch of my story. Next time we'll have a different cast in a different locale doing different things that are totally not related to the last story whatsoever. Or maybe they will. I don't know, I haven't written it yet. I'm actually going to take a break on this story so I can focus on my Sonic manga on deviantart. It may be months till the next chapter, so don't hold your breath. P.S. I just want to say thanks to my one fan who actually cared enough about this fanfic to post a review.