Let's be honest, the reason you keep coming back is for the lulz. Well, if it's not, then I'm sure it's one of the main reasons.

Song used:

Boss Stage Clear – Sonic Unleashed (Known as Clear Fanfare 1&2 on Youtube if you're curious)


Metallix Saga: Chapter 9 – Metallic Mania

Sonic was speeding down one corridor with a huge pit just ahead. He hit four springs going diagonally up, and then hit four more ahead before landing on a path and running ahead. He hit a speed pad and ran right then hit another before turning right again, jumped over a hole then spin dashed through three robots before turning right, then turned left at the next intersection.

Sonic dodged big steel containers in his path before hitting a ramp and landing on a path higher above in a slightly foggy room, filled with traps. He jumped over some spikes, moved along moving platforms, slid under fiery traps and avoided falling stone blocks as he ran down the curling path and moved around the bottom of the room like a pinball as he ricocheted off a dozen robots in the area.

He exited the room, and ran down the left path towards three armed robots. As they fired, Sonic quickly jumped up and spin dashed through them before picking up speed and hitting a ramp which launched him towards a spring which then sent him flying towards a wall. He ran along the side of the wall evading a few placed fiery traps before reaching a room at the end. Sonic flipped off the wall and ran down the path.

He eventually ended up along a bridge with dozens of robots ahead which he spin attacked as he moved along. To the far right were glass windows where Tails and Knuckles were running by. Sonic entered a massive area with steel pillars scattered throughout the room and robots ahead. Within the mass of robots was a giant humanoid robot being operated by Mecha Sonic. A machine gun appeared on its arm and began firing at Sonic as he sped around the robot, destroying the smaller ones instead.

As Mecha fired one of the arms at him, Sonic flipped over it and slid under the robot as it tried to crush him. Mecha spun around and fired a wide laser which Sonic dodged by hiding behind a pillar just before running off down the long room with Mecha following in the giant robot. Many holes appeared over the robot's body and began firing dozens of mini-missiles which aimed for everything in sight, while Sonic sped up and evaded the falling pillars.

When Mecha's eyesight was clear again, Sonic was nowhere to be seen moments before he spin attacked the robot from the side and knocked him out of the machine. As Sonic charged at him, he was kicked from the side by Metal Sonic and flew into a wall. Metal Sonic joined Mecha Sonic and they gave each other a brief nod before turning to Sonic.

Sonic slowly got up before saying, "It's not much of a warm welcome, but it's good enough."

Mecha Sonic curled into a ball and charged at Sonic who jumped up and blocked a kick from Metal Sonic a second later. As Sonic flew back he spun around and attempted to kick Mecha who grabbed his foot and kneed him in the stomach, then Metal elbowed him in the face before Mecha punched him to the ground. Sonic quickly got up and charged at them again before having a fist fight with Metal Sonic, with him getting in a few more blows than Metal.

Mecha then kneed him in the back, followed by Metal uppercutting him, then Mecha spin attacking him, then Metal roundhouse kicked him, then Mecha head butted him before Metal hammered him down to the ground. As Sonic struggled to get up, Mecha charged at him again but was then whacked to the side by Crystal who was using a white staff with a large white, sharp gem attached to the end of each side. "I figured you could use some help."

"And just who are you?" Metal asked.

"Well, you could say I'm his guardian angel, except I'm not."

"Why can they see you?" Sonic asked.

"Because I'm allowing them to."

"Well that's informative." Sonic said with a sigh.

"So that's Metal Sonic, huh?"

"Yeah, he thinks he's the real Sonic, even though he acknowledges the fact he was created to kill me and that he has "Metal" in his name, while I don't."

"Umm...huh?"

"Straaaange, isn't it?" Sonic said with a smirk.

"Indeed." Crystal flew towards Metal and tried to whack him with her staff which he somersaulted under and tried to stab her with his fingertips. She flipped over him as she said, "Woo! Feelin' good!" before sending him flying forward with a kick.

"Hey! That's my line!" Sonic responded.

"Sorry, I couldn't help but use it."

Sonic was hit by Mecha Sonic seconds later in his ball form, but held him back with his hands until he stopped. Mecha then head butted Sonic and attempted to kick him but Sonic ducked and spin attacked him, then leapt forward and hit him with a back flipping kick.

In another area, Knuckles was whacking several robots out of his path then hopped forward and did a spiral claw attack through three robots before seeing Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles making their way out. Tails noticed them acting suspiciously but carried on whacking robots out of the way with a spinning tails attack.

Back in the giant room, Sonic and Metal Sonic were in a struggle hold before Crystal punched him out the way just before Mecha kicked her out the way, followed by Sonic spin attacking Mecha then Metal elbowing Sonic out the way. Crystal attacked Metal with her staff which he blocked, and then she blocked an attacked from Mecha before Sonic hit them both with a slide tackle.

Metal and Mecha got up quickly. "We'll handle this another time, that is, if you survive long enough." Metal said before they made their way out. Sonic and Crystal spun round and ran out the other exit.

Higher up at the top, they entered a large circular room, composed of crystallized black screens and a few clear glass screens among the bunch. Four chaos emeralds and the Master Emerald were seen within one of the glass screens. There was a large hole in the middle of the room, covering half of the space. On the other side of the room stood Metared with his arms crossed.

"You must be Sonic." Metared said as they arrived. "And just who are you?" Metared asked, focusing his attention on Crystal.

"Just a friend, don't mind me."

"So you must be behind this whole thing." Sonic said. "What exactly were you smuggling this whole time?"

"It wouldn't be right to tell you at this particular moment. I assume you're holding the last three chaos emeralds, as we have four, and I have the power to transform using the Master Emerald." Metared said before revealing some wires on his arms and he was covered in a golden aura as his metallic skin turned gold. He then flew high up into the air as Crystal broke the glass holding the emeralds.

Sonic closed his eyes as seven small lights appeared and the seven emeralds circled around him moments before a bright flash and he became Super Sonic. Crystal gave him a thumbs up seconds before he flew up as he said, "It's Super Sonic time!" Metared looked down and was then hit by Sonic who dragged him all the way up to the ceiling before they separated.

Metared threw several needles which Sonic evaded by flying round then attempted to punch Metared who flew up and elbowed Sonic downwards. He quickly recovered, curled into a ball and hit Metared from behind. As Metared crashed into the wall, he jumped up before Sonic spin dashed through the glass.

Meanwhile, Tails and Knuckles had taken out a dozen robots in a control room and reached a computer which had the Master Emerald hooked up to it. Near the computer was a timer which had three minutes left on the clock. Tails gasped and quickly reached for a microphone.

In the other room, Sonic and Metared flew at blazing speeds throughout the air, creating bright flashes of light where they clashed before they heard Tails' voice. "Sonic! This whole thing is a trap! These guys were only trying to stall us until the silent timer ended and this place exploded! We have to get out of here in three minutes! So to put it simply…run awaaaaay!"

"What?!" Sonic responded, which threw him off guard, allowing Metared to kick him through a glass screen. Metared then shot an energy blast which Sonic dodged by flying up. Metared then created six electric balls of energy around him and threw them at Sonic who zigzagged around them, curled into a ball and blasted right through Metared, creating a big gapping hole as Metared fell through the floor of the room below.

The Boss Stage Clear theme from Sonic Unleashed played as Sonic spin dashed towards the screen, uncurled and spun around, then crossed his arms and grinned as he got an S rank. After a few moments of posing, Sonic flew down and Sonic and Crystal left the room. Tails had gathered the four emeralds and Knuckles held the Master Emerald as they made it back to the Tornado with one minute left and awaited Sonic's arrival.

The power from the chaos emeralds had already worn off on Sonic as he ran down a hallway which was caved in as there were thirty seconds left. Sonic sighed. "Well, I guess this is it, it was good while it lasted."

"Not yet anyway." Crystal replied. "My psychic shield will protect you."

"Really?"

"My alias isn't the Psychic Angel for nothing." She said before covering them both in a psychokinetic shield.

At the back of the ship, as Tails saw there were only 15 seconds left, he started the ship and said "I hope Sonic found another way out." before they flew out the back. When the timer ended, there were dozens of big explosions throughout the ship then one massive explosion which destroyed the ship. Crystal flew out of the dust carrying Sonic and landed on the Tornado.

Tails gasped. "Sonic, how did you get out?"

"You'd never believe me if I told ya." Sonic turned to Crystal and said, "Thanks."

"No problem." Crystal said before taking a deep breath and flying off.

"Hey Tails, so what happened to Metanic?" Knuckles asked.

"Well, I tried giving him instructions before we left, but it seems something happened too him."

Down below on some plains, Metal Sonic and Metared stood, watching the Tornado fly off in the distance. "It seems the plan failed." Metal Sonic said.

"Yes, so it's back to the drawing board, which we'll do in about a week."

"What are we going to do next week, Metared?" Metal inquired.

"The same thing we'll be doing every week, Metal, trying to take over the world!" He replied, raising his fist into the air.

Later that day, everyone was back at Tails' house just casually watching television when Crystal appeared beside Sonic. "Hey Sonic, we did pretty well today, huh?"

"You bet. You helped quite a bit out there."

A white van suddenly appeared outside the house and knocked on the door. Tails opened the door and two men in white uniforms came in. "We're here for Sonic the Hedgehog." One said before they grabbed him and tied him up in a stray jacket.

"Hey! What's going on here?"

"It's your condition." Knuckles said. "This thing you've been doing is getting a bit too much so we had to get you help."

"What? What thing?"

"You've been talking to yourself a lot." Shadow said. "This is for your own good."

"Okay guys, I'll tell you the truth. You see, since we visited that one tomb, this angel girl has been following me around. She's cynical, and occasionally takes jabs at me, and only I can see her for some reason." He turned to Crystal. "C'mon, tell them, please?"

Crystal just smiled and shrugged.

"Take him away, boys." Rouge said.

They nodded as they did so and threw him in the back of the van. "You guys are wrong, I'm not crazy!" Sonic yelled.

"Denial will get you nowhere." Blaze replied.

"Take care, Sonic!" Crystal said as she waved while the men closed the back and started the engine.

As they took off, Tails sighed. "The stress this week must have gotten to him, though there wasn't much to be had."

"I just hope he gets better soon." Amy replied.

Meanwhile, Eggman explored the temple of the five legendary heroes and came across a room with a small flight of stairs leading to a platform with candles lit in each corner. Eggman blew out the candles which let out purple smoke. The purple smoke then slowly combined with each other and started to form something. There floated a creature with a small ghostly purple body, with purple flames on its head and blue eyes, it had purple sharp claws and a ghostly purple tail.

"You must be the ancient monster, a being of destruction." Eggman said. "So, what's your name?"

"My name? They call me, Virus."


SA2 walked onto the right side of a set with some notes. In the middle of the set was a red curtain which opened to reveal a picture of a video camera with many metallic tentacles causing chaos in the streets. SA2 began to read out the notes. "So, now it's onto Tails' short story next, as I'm sure certain people have been waiting for...but maybe not. So stay tuned for the Camerax Saga." SA2 looked up. "Amazing how you can make a typical name by just adding an 'x', huh?"