Sonic Extended Generations
Chapter Fourteen: Metal Madness!
Back in the White Space, Modern Eggman was panting and getting angry as there was nothing around him.
"Grr... are you sure you saw a door over here?" He asked Classic Eggman, who seemed equally as frustrated as he approached Modern Eggman.
"What? You were the one who said you saw a door over here!" He replied as Modern Eggman stood back up.
"Well I know it was one of us. Shut up and keep looking." He told his younger self before pointing him in the opposite direction, making Classic Eggman stomp his foot before they walked away from each other.
Seemingly minutes later, both Eggmen were lying on the ground, looking exhausted.
"What time is it?" Asked Classic Eggman.
"It's the exact same time as when you asked earlier, and it'll be the exact same time when you ask later." Modern Eggman replied as he sat up. "THERE IS NO TIME HERE!"
"Let me just say that this was a brilliant plan that you came up with." Classic Eggman pointed out, but Modern Eggman was quick to put him down.
"Don't get too self-righteous... it'll be your plan pretty soon."
"I'm gonna dedicate the rest of my life to forgetting it." Classic Eggman said to himself.
"I heard that!" After hearing this, Classic Eggman decided that it was time to get an answer as he stood up to face his older self.
"Do we ever win?" He asked as Modern Eggman stood up.
"That depends on your definition of 'win'."
"Beating Sonic."
"Oh. Well then no." This made Classic Eggman place his hand over his face.
"That doesn't give me much hope..." He complained. "Maybe I'll go back and get my teaching degree..."
"That's not a bad idea!" Modern Eggman replied. "I've always enjoyed telling people what to do..."
It was at that moment that a robot appeared before the Eggmen, startling them as it was emitting a purple aura...
"Is that..?" Asked Classic Eggman, before Modern Eggman approached the robot.
"Whatever you're planning to do this time, it won't- GAH!" He told the robot before it emitted a purple pulse, making both Eggmen shield their eyes as the White Space turned dark, due to storm clouds gathering all around them... "NOW OUR MASTER PLAN CAN BEGIN..." The robot said as lightning struck all over the place.
Back at Sonic's birthday party, just before everyone was about to turn around, a dark portal appeared in the same location as the last one, getting everyone's attention.
"What the?" Sonic asked, before a familiar blue robot appeared from the portal, emitting a purple aura, except this one seemed taller than the robot that attacked the Eggmen... "Metal Sonic!"
"NOW OUR MASTER PLAN CAN BEGIN..." He said with a robotic voice slightly deeper than the other robot, just before the portal began sucking everyone into it... including Sonic!
As Sonic started to regain consciousness, he heard familiar voices calling out to him...
"Ugh... Tails? Amy?" He asked as opened his eyes. When his vision returned from being blurry, he realized that Tails and Amy were gathered over him, but so were Classic Sonic, Classic Tails and Classic Amy! "Wha... what happened? Why aren't you guys back in your own time?" He asked the younger versions of himself and his friends. That was when both Eggmen stepped forward as the dark clouds continued to crack with thunder and lightning.
"It's all because of Metal Sonic..." Said Classic Eggman, getting everyone's attention.
"Which would mean... this is your fault!" Classic Knuckles concluded, as he pointed at the Eggmen.
"No... this isn't the first time Metal Sonic has betrayed me in order to get more out of all of you..." Stated Modern Eggman, making Shadow remember the first time.
"That's right." He said out loud. "Metal Sonic disguised himself as the Doctor in order to copy all of our data while we were distracted."
"Yeah. If it weren't for Eggman hiring us to bust him out, we may never have figured it all out!" Exclaimed Vector as he reffered to himself, Espio and Charmy, before turning his attention towards Modern Eggman. "Which reminds me... we still haven't gotten our money for that job!"
"Now now, Vector..." Said Modern Eggman as he looked a little worried. "Perhaps we should focus on the problem at hand?" Vector shrugged in response, before a memory was triggered in Jet's mind.
"Wait a minute... that robot Sonic posed as YOUR team-mate in the last World Grand Prix!" He said while pointing towards Shadow and Rouge, getting Omega's attention.
"YOU LEFT ON A MISSION WITHOUT ME?" He asked his team-mates.
"It was hardly a mission, Omega." Rouge told him. "I was in it for the grand prize, while Shadow just wanted to show off..."
"Despite this, no one had any idea that Metal Sonic was disguised once again, let alone copying our racing data..." Added Shadow, before turning to Modern Eggman. "Not even you, Doctor."
"Or should we call you 'King Doc'?" Jet mocked, making Modern Eggman angry.
"Nah, I still think 'Baldy McNosehair' suits him better..." Modern Sonic pointed out, making almost everyone snicker at the name, while both Eggmen were furious.
"How DARE you mock me!" Yelled Modern Eggman.
"ENOUGH!" Yelled a certain blue robot as the lightning behind him created a shadow that got everyone's attention. But what also got their attention was not just one Metal Sonic... but TWO Metal Sonics! While one was shorter than the other, both Metal Sonics were emitting the same purple aura.
"So this is Metal Sonic..." Exclaimed Blaze, as she had never seen the robot before. But Classic Eggman was more shocked by Classic Metal Sonic's return!
"How... how are you still here?" He asked it. "I thought I left you to rust on Little Planet!"
"PERHAPS YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR MODERN COUNTERPART..." Modern Metal Sonic replied, making Classic Eggman turn to his older self, who felt uncomfortable enough to stroke his moustache...
"Ah, yes. About that..." He started to respond, but Modern Metal Sonic inturrupted him.
"AFTER REPAIRING MY SYSTEMS, DR. EGGMAN LED ME TO AN OLD TEMPLE, WHERE I FOUND AN UNIDENTIFIED POWER SOURCE..." Modern Metal Sonic stated. "WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW DOCTOR, IS THAT I LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE POWER SOURCE WAS THE EGG OF THE TIME EATER." Everyone gasped in shock at this revelation, while Modern Eggman was furious.
"And you chose to keep this information FROM me?!" He angrily asked.
"WHY WOULDN'T I, WHEN IT GAVE ME THE SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION I NEEDED TO EXACT VENGANCE ON SONIC?" Modern Metal Sonic replied. "AND WHEN SONIC DEFEATED ME WITHIN THE DEATH EGG MKII, IT ONLY FUELED MY DESIRE FOR VENGANCE!"
"So the next time you appeared, you copied all of our data, just to get revenge on Sonic?" Asked Classic Tails.
"PRECIESLY." Modern Metal Sonic replied. "WITH ALL OF YOUR DATA, ALONG WITH THE POWERS OF CHAOS AND THE TIME EATER, I WAS INVINCIBLE! BUT YOU AND YOUR PRECIOUS TEAM-MATES DEFEATED ME ONCE AGAIN!"
"Hey, stomping 'bots is what I do best." Modern Sonic said as he scratched his chest with his fingers nonchalantly. "HOWEVER, THAT DEFEAT ALSO WORKED TO MY ADVANTAGE. WHAT MANAGED TO GO UNNOTICED WAS THAT I LAUNCHED THE EGG OF THE TIME EATER INTO SPACE AS I BEGAN TO RECOVER. DURING THAT TIME, I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE USED IN THE SERVICE OF THE EGGMAN EMPIRE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED SIDING WITH SHADOW IN ORDER TO DEFEAT THE IFRIT. BUT IT WAS WHEN DOCTOR EGGMAN FOUND THE TIME EATER IN ITS LARVAL STAGE THAT MY PLAN WAS ABLE TO NEAR ITS COMPLETION." Hearing this, Modern Sonic's eyes widened.
"Hold on... you mean to tell me that by kicking Eggman's butt away from his amusement park, I actually helped destroy all of time and space?!"
"CORRECT, SONIC. THANK YOU FOR HELPING MY PLAN TO DEFEAT YOU ALONG." Said Modern Metal Sonic, before he gave the signal to Classic Metal Sonic to charge at Classic Sonic, and take him into another dark portal, before Modern Metal Sonic did the same with Modern Sonic!
"Sonic!" Almost everyone cried as they ran towards the seperate dark portals, but most who tried to jump through were somehow bounced back! In fact, the only four who could follow the Sonics and Metal Sonics were Classic Tails, Classic Knuckles, Shadow and Blaze!
"No! Sonic!" Cried Classic Amy, as she started crying. Modern Amy attempted to comfort her younger self, as did Cream & Cheese.
"It'll be okay, Amy." Modern Amy told her past self, before looking back to see Modern Knuckles punching one of the dark portals, while Omega attempted to shoot through the other. "Whatever those robots put him through, Sonic'll get through it."
"Are you sure about that, Amy?" Asked Cream, as she started to look upset aswell.
"I'm positive. The Sonic I know never gives up!" Modern Amy replied with determination in her eyes.
At that moment, Classic Tails rolled out of the portal, and into a familiar land that was on fire.
"Ow, that hurt..." He exclaimed before looking around. "Huh? Am I on... Floating Island?" It was then that Classic Tails spotted Classic Metal Sonic speeding across the charred plains. "Metal Sonic! With any luck, Sonic's probably chasing him! I'd better follow him, too..." As Classic Tails began his pursuit of Classic Metal Sonic, he swung off of a vine before flying in between a chasm of spikes before jumping off of Badniks. Using his twin tails to move faster on the ground, Classic Tails managed to avoid bombs being dropped by a familiar-looking ship... "The Flying Battery?" But the young fox spotted another familiar face racing through the ship... "Knuckles! What's he doing in there?" Classic Tails was about to chase after the Flying Battery, when he rammed into the back of Classic Metal Sonic! When Classic Tails realized who he ran into, he was very startled!
"SO... YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP OUR MASTER PLAN, CLASSIC TAILS?" He asked, while Classic Tails was shivering in fear, due to the red eyes staring at him. Suddenly, another dark portal appeared behind Classic Metal Sonic. "VERY WELL. FACE ME, IF YOU DARE..." Gathering his courage together, Classic Tails followed Classic Metal Sonic through the portal.
When Classic Tails exited the portal, he was piloting an orange rocket through space, towards a familiar-looking space station...
"Is that... the Death Egg?" He asked, looking confused. "But it looks... different..." This was when Classic Metal Sonic flew in front of Classic Tails.
"MUCH LIKE WHEN BOTH SONICS TRAVELLED TO CRISIS CITY, WE HAVE MERELY TRAVELLED INTO AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE." He told the young fox. "A TIMELINE WHERE EIGHT CHAOS EMERALDS EXIST." Despite the news of another alternate reality, Classic Tails kept calm as he activated the auto-pilot.
"Well, like Sonic did, I'll guess I'll have to adapt to the situation!" Classic Tails pointed out, before Spin Jumping at Classic Metal Sonic, but missed, causing him to fly back into the rocket's seat.
"THEN OUR BATTLE HAS BEGUN..." Classic Metal Sonic announced, before flying towards the alternate Death Egg.
"Auto-pilot, follow that robot!" Ordered Classic Tails, before hearing a beeping sound as the rocket began chasing after Classic Metal Sonic...
Classic Metal Sonic started the fight by throwing an orb of electricity at Classic Tails, but the young fox jumped over it, and managed to hit the robot with a Spin Jump! Just as Classic Tails landed on the rocket, Classic Metal Sonic charged towards the fox, but the rocket swerved out of harm's way, surprising the young fox.
"You're an intelligent auto-pilot, aren't you?" He asked the computer, which responded certain groups of numbers on its screen. "'Of course I am. You made me, after all.' Ahh-heh. I guess I did." Classic Tails focused once he saw Classic Metal Sonic in his path again. After 'his' rocket approached a safe enough distance away from the robot, Classic Tails landed another Spin Jump on Classic Metal Sonic.
"NOW YOU WILL WITNESS MY TRUE POWER." Warned Classic Metal Sonic as his entire body had a thicker amount of the purple around him, just before he allowed a large ball of electricity to form above him. "FAREWELL, MILES PROWER." While he was shocked at what Classic Metal Sonic had in store for him, Classic Tails had an idea of his own.
"I hate to do this to such an amazing piece of technology, but it's for the greater good!" He said while looking down at the monitor screen, before more binary numbers appeared on it. "'I understand. Thank you for creating me, Master.'" Classic Tails wiped away a tear, since he was touched at what he had just read, before turning his attention back to Classic Metal Sonic. "Hey Metal Sonic, think fast!" Once he was close enough to the robot, Classic Tails jumped out of the rocket before it collided with Classic Metal Sonic, resulting in the both of them exploding just outside of the Death Egg!
"Yes! I did it!" Cheered Classic Tails as he floated in space, before a light portal appeared behind him. "I sure hope Knuckles is doing okay..." Once Tails flew into the light portal and it disappeared, a dark portal appeared outside of the Death Egg and started sucking up only what remained of Classic Metal Sonic, not the remains of Classic Tails' rocket...
Meanwhile, Classic Knuckles tripped out of the dark portal, and found himself within a familiar-looking ship...
"The Flying Battery, huh? I guess Metal Sonic wants to challenge me on his home turf..." He said out loud, before spotting Classic Sonic above him, being chased by a robot that resembled Sonic, but it looked more like a robot... "Mecha Sonic! Looks like I'm gonna have to teach it another lesson!" Classic Knuckles began running through Eggman's Flying Battery, punching through what Badniks he could while climbing up certain walls in order to catch up to Classic Sonic and Mecha Sonic. "I knew Sonic was fast, but I'm gonna have to pick up the pace if I wanna catch up to Mecha Sonic!"
As Mecha Sonic was chasing Classic Sonic, he also detected another lifeform...
"SO... KNUCKLES IS IN PURSUIT..." He pointed out with a deeper robotic voice than Modern Metal Sonic before stopping at a capsule, causing Classic Sonic to stop running away. "NOT FOR LONG..." Mecha Sonic slammed his robotic fist down on the top of the capsule, releasing more Badniks to intercept Classic Knuckles. It was then that Classic Sonic struck Mecha Sonic's feet with a Spin Dash. "RE-ENGAGING SONIC THE HEDGEHOG..." Classic Knuckles was stopped by beetle-looking robots, who fired at the young echidna from the turrets attached to them!
"That's not gonna stop me, Mecha Sonic!" Yelled Classic Knuckles, before he smacked his fists into the shells of the Badniks, destroying them before continuing to chase Mecha Sonic. Mere minutes later, Classic Knuckles busted through the floorboards, knocking Mecha Sonic off of his feet and startling Classic Sonic! "All right, Mecha Sonic... you want a piece of the real Sonic? You'll have to go through me first!"
"THAT CAN BE ARRANGED..." Mecha Sonic replied as a dark portal appeared behind the large robot hedgehog. "FOLLOW ME, IF YOU DARE..." Mecha Sonic flew into the portal, with Classic Sonic not too far behind, and Classic Knuckles eventually followed...
When Classic Knuckles landed out of the portal, he quickly realized where he was, along with Classic Sonic and Mecha Sonic...
"Hidden Palace!" He exclaimed, before he noticed where Mecha Sonic was standing... "Don't even think about using power from the Master Emerald again!"
"NOT UNTIL THE SITUATION CALLS FOR IT... MUCH LIKE LAST TIME..." Mecha Sonic replied. "PREPARE YOURSELF, KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA..."
"Gladly!" Classic Knuckles replied, before Mecha Sonic charged at him! Classic Knuckles jumped over the robot before Mecha Sonic curled into a spiked ball and started spinning after the young echidna. Even though Classic Knuckles got hit in the back, he still managed to slam Mecha Sonic into the ground with a good punch! Mecha Sonic started shooting at Knuckles, but the young echidna was too fast for the robot to hit, which was when Knuckles punched him in the legs, causing Mecha Sonic to fall to his knees!
"THIS BATTLE HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN..." Warned Mecha Sonic.
"Where do you think you'r-NGH!" Classic Knuckles was punched by Mecha Sonic as he started hovering towards the Master Emerald.
"COLLECTING MY UPGRADE, AND DEFEATING YOU AFTERWARDS..." As Mecha Sonic stood on top of the Master Emerald, gaining more power as his legs were restored, Classic Sonic stood in front of the battered Classic Knuckles, revealing the seven Chaos Emeralds, aswell.
"Well... this'll be interesting..." Exclaimed Classic Knuckles, just before Mecha Sonic roared as his metal plates turned gold, while Classic Sonic's quills did the same.
"DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT POWER OF THE SEVEN CHAOS EMERALDS IS ENOUGH AGAINST THE POWER OF THE MASTER EMERALD?" Asked Super Mecha Sonic, while Classic Super Sonic just floated in the air, angrily staring at his opponent. "VERY WELL. LET'S FIND OUT..."
The battle began with Sonic and Mecha Sonic charging at each other, causing Knuckles to shield his eyes from the collision. Mecha Sonic fired orbs at Sonic, but the young hedgehog flew through them all before Spin Dashing into Mecha Sonic! Mecha Sonic attempted to punch Sonic with his fists, but the young hedgehog was just too fast, managing to Spin Dash into the robot's back everytime he missed Sonic.
"I'M NOT FINISHED YET!" Mecha Sonic yelled, before he released several Dummy Ring Bombs at both Sonic and Knuckles. Knuckles jumped to avoid the bombs, while Sonic just flew around them. This attack caused Mecha Sonic to power down for a few seconds, allowing Sonic to Spin Dash through the robot, destroying it in the process!
"Great job, Sonic!" Cheered Classic Knuckles as Classic Sonic returned to his original form. It was then that a light portal appeared behind Classic Sonic, making both him and Classic Knuckles walk through it. "Let's just hope we NEVER have to deal with Mecha Sonic again..." After the light portal disappeared however, a dark portal appeared and started sucking up what was left of Mecha Sonic. Not only that, but once the dark portal disappeared, the Chaos Emeralds reappeared around the Master Emerald, and started to get bigger as they glowed brightly...
END OF CHAPTER