Sonic 25
Authors note:
Yes true believers the shrine in the last story was indeed a Sega genesis or Megadrive as its known in Europe and Japan.
I know I should have called it mega drive point blah blah whatever.
Level 5: Showdown at Starlight
Act 2: Dancing with shadows
Shadow was now with Sonic and his friends, the former enemy had joined up with them and was ready to fight.
But they all just witnessed Robotniks new weapon and realized that the game had changed.
Robotnik could roboticize entire cities now within seconds with no hope of any counteraction.
The group were still in the labyrinth gathered making plans on what to do next.
"So I guess we are going to have to the shelters and gather whatever is left" said Sally
"It's not going to be easy" said Amy
"We will need to turn up our resistance" chimed Sonic
"Everyone here will need weapons" Shadow replied
"I can arrange that for those who need them" said Tails "my power ups will come in handy"
"I am fine" said Knuckles pounding his fists.
"Same here" chimed Bunnie
"Me too" replied Sticks
"Still we will need all we can get" said Antoine
"Some of us will need to stay here for now" replied Lupe "Marine, Cream and I will remain here"
"Robotnik is bound to come here" said Shadow "you will not be safe"
"There are a few places in here we can hide" said Marine "we will be fine"
"Very well" said Amy "we will head out in an hour, get prepped and we will lead the escape"
"You are taking people to Bygone island aren't you?" Shadow asked
Amy nodded "you know?"
Shadow nodded "Robotnik knows, but its not a bad place to hide but you will still wind up robots eventually"
"I may have a way to make us immune to roboticization" said Tails pointing at the captured roboticizer "I studied the roboticizer over the last couple days, I can counteract its artificial chaos energy but I need to study it a bit more. I will need to stay here, Rotor can help me"
"We still got plenty of people to go out there" said Amy "grab what we need everyone"
The others nodded as the operation to abandon the island began.
Robotnik looked down at his newly roboticized city as his new slaves slowly made it into a large factory. Gone was the need to slowly work away at those who opposed him he could make all his in a matter of seconds though he knew that this weapon was still not powerful enough and the other emeralds were needed to make his dream of worldwide peace come true.
"Paradise is nearing" he said "the dreams of everlasting peace is upon us"
From behind him Server-bot 00001came up and asked "you wished to see me Master?"
Robotnik nodded as he turned to the roboticized Rouge and said "looks like your master has left us, you are no longer my gift to him it seems"
"I understand Master" Server-bot 00001 stated flatly
"Server-bot 00001 you are now designated Worker-bot 79229 and I am assigning you to Scrap Brain, we need more workers to get it functioning and you will help greatly."
"Yes master" Worker-bot 79229 stated flatly
"We need to move forward, the perfect future is ahead of us and all will feel the cure and become one with the new order. Everything is going as I dreamed"
"The cure must be spread" Worker-bot 79229 droned
"Yes it does and soon all will have it, forever"
"All hail Robotniks Eternal Empire" said Worker-bot 79229
"Indeed Worker-bot 79229, and it will be glorious. No more war, no more death, no more hatred just eternal place under my guidance."
Sonic came up to Shadow who was alone preparing
"What do you want?" Shadow asked
Sonic shrugged "I want to talk if you don't mind"
Shadow huffed "if you wish"
"Well I was wondering what made you serve Robotnik willingly, nothing more"
Shadow shrugged "that is a loaded question and I have a very loaded answer. He raised me in my sleep in his experimentation chamber, I had pretty much every part of my body replaced by robotics except my skin and brain and even my brain really isn't fully mine. He made me like this, planted ideas in my head that my father abandoned me and that he was giving me a gift, lifting me above all others. I was superior, I was better and one step towards perfection. Is that what you wanted to hear?"
Sonic nodded "I am sorry"
"I really don't want your sympathy, I still worked for him of my own will and I am undeserving of your kindness" Shadow huffed once more
"That's fine but we are a team are we?"
Shadow pounded a nearby wall "are you sure you want to team with a monster?"
"Well consider this a chance to prove that you are more than just a test tube experiment, you have the skills and we can use your help"
Shadow gave him a sharp smile "you really know how to sweet talk a guy do you?"
Sonic laughed "I am not asking for a date, I just see the connection between us. We are both outsiders in our own way, I never thought I would be in a war and here I am, you never thought you would be with us and here you are"
"Perhaps you are right… but I won't hold your breath on being friends anytime soon"
"Wasn't suggesting that" said Sonic "but we can be allies"
Shadow nodded "just prepare to go into battle, no distractions"
Sonic gave a nod as he left Shadow be.
Sonic walked over to Amy and said "well that was a peasant chat"
"I bet it was, you know you have changed. There is something about you that is different and I have been noticing it" Amy replied
"I noticed too, but it's a good change don't you think?" Sonic asked
"It is" said Amy "you have become more confidant, just don't make it go to your head"
Sonic shrugged "I will do my best"
The two walked off together as Amy said "you are starting to get into my heart you know Sonic, better be careful or I may start following you around like a crazed stalker"
Sonic laughed "you would do that?"
"Maybe" Amy mused "perhaps we can even enter some sort of race and if I won I would make you marry me"
"How ridiculous!" they said together laughing.
They walked up to Bunnie and Antoine as the two were talking.
"Mon Cheri" said Antoine
"Yes sugah?" Bunnie asked
"I want to marry you" Antoine replied "I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I don't care if you are a robot we were meant to be"
Bunnie laughed "you are so sweet, but I only think you want to do it because you don't think you will make it"
"Well better do it while we can" said Antoine as he pulled out a ring box
He opened it and Bunnie placed the ring inside on her finger
"We just need someone to marry us" Bunnie replied
"I will do that" said Amy coming up to the two "we are almost done here, I will gladly perform the ceremony for you two"
Antoine smiled "are you sure princess?"
Amy nodded "happiness is a rarity now, I won't object"
The two gave a nod and Amy and Sonic went around to tell that there was going to be a wedding.
Everywhere people gathered near the center of the Labyrinth except for Shadow.
On both sides of the room groups of two were put together, Mobia wedding ceremonies were similar to most human ones but since neither Bunnie nor Antoine had family nearby everyone was made an honorary family member.
Rotor, Lupe, Marine and Sticks on one side Knuckles, Tails and Sally on the other.
Cream was made the flower girl with Cheese marching ahead of her.
Amy stood at the front of the room to make the wedding official, and soon Antoine came first.
He walked nervously with Sonic serving as the best man, he reached to the spot near Amy as soon Bunnie came in, she wore a flower crown on her head and looked stunning even as a machine.
She came near Antoine as Amy said "we are gathered here to honor the wedding of Antoine D'Coolette and Bunnie Rabbit, today they shall join in a bond that shall live in memory. If anyone has any objections to this please speak now"
"I do" said Shadow stepping forward "may I speak?"
Amy nodded and gave Shadow the floor
"I am not saying this to scare you or to upset you but you both realize the situation that we are in, this is not a marriage that has a chance of lasting." he said with a calm but stern voice "This is not an objection out of hatred or spite but one of concern, I am not trying to ruin your happiness but there is certainly someone out there who will."
Bunnie and Antoine nodded as Shadow continued "we are in a war with someone that will take you and make you his slave and take away everything you are. Are you both ready to accept this cold hard fact and know that any time Robotnik can just make you into a slave?"
The two nodded once more than Shadow said "that is all I wanted to say, you two are prepared for loss and this is good. Let this fear be your bond and may it give you victory"
Amy gave a nod as she said "what you said Shadow is true, but I think we all know the risks. I want to thank you for reminding us what we are fighting for… for freedom and happiness. Does anyone have anything else to say?"
No one spoke up as Amy said "well it is by my title as Princess of South Island I pronounce you partners in love, you may now kiss!"
The two then kissed as the wedding ended with cheers all around.
But then the group got serious as Amy said "now we got that done lets give the enemy a good butt kickin!"
The others nodded as the operation began.
Outside the group had fanned out, splitting into groups while remaining as one unit.
Sonic and Shadow were in one pair, then came Bunnie and Antoine, Amy and Knuckles and finally Sally and Sticks.
"The first hideout is near here" said Amy "we will escort those inside to the labyrinth same with anyone else, from there we will go to the nearest boatyard just outside Starlight city"
"How many of these hideouts are there?" asked Knuckles
"Six" said Sally "one for each town, we will only do five as the one near Green Hill has been raided"
"Were here" said Amy as they reached the hideout, inside were a small group of people still fine.
They took thew group to the cave without incident but knew things would get worse soon enough.
And right on cue a few new robots came out, they rolled forward in an attack similar to Sonics spin attack and were quite fast.
"Well those are new ones!" cried Amy
"Rollers" said Shadow "Robotnik has made them to copy Sonic"
"What a flatterer" Sonic said sarcastically
From another side pig like robots who were throwing some kind of explosive
"Ball Hogs" said Shadow "they are made for shock value!"
Another new batch of robots appeared, a crab like robot but with spikes on top.
"Spikes" said Shadow "better think twice before jumping on them!"
"A lot of new ones here" said Amy
"It's no matter" said Knuckles "its clobberin time!"
Sonic and Shadow jumped forward, Shadow blasted away at the Spikes and Sonic went after the Rollers.
Shadows skills at a firearm were in handy, his charged laser blasts were able to blast away each robot.
From behind them Bunnie and Antoine came in to attack, Antoine pulled out his blade and Bunnie punched though each robot with her limbs.
Amy threw her hammer and Knuckles prepared to deliver powerful punches, he gave each robot a powerful blow.
Last Sticks pulled out her boomerang and noticed Sally was apparently unarmed.
"What are you going to do there?" asked Sticks
"I have a gift from Tails" replied Sally as on her arms she now wore a pair of large bracelets, suddenly from out of the sides came a pair of energy blades "energy scythes!" she said as she then sliced apart each robot nearby.
Then from above some robots came down, bat like robots and Shadow sneered "great bat brains"
Bunnie saw them and fired her palm laser at them.
Robotnik was pulling out the stops to try to wear the team down and Shadow knew it.
"Robotnik is toying with us" he spat "I know what he is trying to do, keep your attacks well planned and don't wear down. More than likely he is sending us some nasties beware!"
"I guess that is why he has these Badniks, to keep us worn out" said Amy
"Typical strategy for him, he may have his weapon but it has limitations" Replied Shadow as he blasted away a Spike
"Just keep alive everyone" said Knuckles "the party is only starting"
"No worries here" said Antoine as he sliced apart some nearby robots "I have Kenjutsu on my side"
"That means he is really good with swords!" said Bunnie
"That's why I dated him" said Amy smashing a few Ball hogs with her hammer
"Yeah I can see why" said Sonic as he used his spin dash on a few nearby Rollers
"You are all great warriors" said Shadow "but don't let it get to your heads."
Everyone nodded as they prepared to go to another shelter.
Rotor and Tails were near done with the final study of the roboticizer, Tails pulled out the artificial chaos emerald to study it.
Unlike the other real emeralds it was small and was colored a dull red and it had a faint energy.
"So the key to the roboticizer is right there" said Rotor
Tails nodded "Robotniks artificial emerald, it looks like he studied the original emeralds quite well"
"Then why does he want to make a cannon when he can just produce these things?" asked Rotor
"Must take a while to replicate" said Tails "he did take 10 years on North island and there only a few the roboticizers, according to my research on the computer that controls this says there are only 20 of these. Enough to cause us issues but not enough to take over the world or cities without a vast force around it. Robotnik needs the emeralds to have this on a far larger scale, the artificial emeralds as they don't have as much energy as the real ones."
"Makes sense, the process must drain these pods quite quickly"
Tails nodded "it takes an hour to drain the battery, I think we should recharge this one though as we could use it to go into Scrap Brain."
"Good idea, make us look like slaves so we can sneak in" replied Rotor
"I just like it because I get to be a cool robot again, but I will have to modify the roboticizer so it won't make us into slaves"
"Well you can do that right?"
Tails gave a smile "easy the computer inside the roboticizer may be complex but I can crack it no sweat"
"Tails you are such a good scientist" said Rotor giving him a smile as well
"Thanks" said Tails blushing, he then went back to studying the emerald and tried to crack its secret.
The team arrived at one of the shelters, Amy neared the door and opened it.
"Hello?" Amy asked, she walked inside and initially saw nothing.
"Is anyone here?" asked Sonic
"Maybe they are in the back?" asked Sally
But then in the distance they saw red, lots of red and soon from all over Worker bots started to come at them.
"Fall back!" cried Amy as the Worker-bots came in to capture them
"We can't hurt them!" said Sonic "we have to try to knock them out!"
"You must be cured" droned a Worker-bot
"Cure this!" said Shadow hitting it with a blow from his gun
"Hey I said don't hurt them!" said Sonic
"It's set on stun, besides I am doing them a favor!" Shadow spat
"We have to use covering fire" said Sally "Bunnie and Shadow you are the only ones here that have blasters use them!"
The two nodded as the others backed away
"Its very funny that just the other day you and I were fighting to the death in the caves" said Bunnie
"Have to admit I admire your courage for that" Shadow replied
"Thanks sugah hog" she said with a smile as she fired a few stun blasts "by the way I want to thank you for being honest at my wedding you are not as bad as you think you are."
"I still need to prove myself, and to find who I really am" said Shadow as he too gave a few shots "and I am not sure if I am cut out to be a hero, I still thrive on my anger"
"Still good to have you on our side, I have no hard feelings" Said Bunnie knocking a few Worker-bots out
"Thank you, if you can forgive me I guess anyone can" replied Shadow as he took out the last of the Worker-bots.
The two soon retreated back as they rejoined the others.
Above Metal Sonic looked on waiting for his Master to give him his orders, he was on Shadows trail for the last day or so but did nothing but wait.
But being a robotic slave there was no need to rush, there was always time.
Yes time, there was always something about time with Metal.
Metals internal clock was reset after he was upgraded but there was something in there still ticking away deep within him.
But Metal paid it no mind, who he used to be was long gone and there was no memory of ever being someone else.
In fact the only time Metal had anything resembling a memory was of seeing Sonic.
Like the two were connected somehow but Metal did not know why.
But it mattered not, it was irrelevant.
Metal was long into his enslavement and the memories were nonexistent.
Metal just waited as soon his Master would call upon him to do his duty.
With the crisis of the last shelter over the group had wondered near Star Light City but there were some bridges they needed to cross.
"The central river is here between us and the next base" said Amy "look sharp everyone as there are bound to be bots!"
"Then there is the small jungle" Sally chimed "it's the only way we can take to the hideout!"
"Great a river" said Sonic
"What about it?" asked Shadow
"I hate water!" Sonic cried
"That didn't seem to be an issue at the Labyrinth" said Knuckles
"That's because I was a robot and dint need to fear it" Sonic huffed
"Wait you were roboticized?" asked Shadow
"Twice in fact, long story" said Sonic
Shadow looked at him curiously "but how, you look normal now"
"The Genesis point" said Bunnie "it makes roboticized folks normal, I am only still a bot because I was roboticized longer and did not get as close to the Genesis point as Sonic did"
Shadow gave a smile "so Rouge can be changed back"
Sonic nodded "yes but she needs to be near the center of the place or above it for it to do anything"
"That is good to know then" said Shadow
They reached the bridge and the sound of the water triggered Sonics fear.
"Oh no" he said as he neared
His legs shook as he walked over the bridge but from below Choppers came out to attack
"Ack!" Sonic cried
"You are such a wuss!" Shadow spat as he blasted the robots away
"Just give me a sec" said Sonic as he closed his eyes and jumped on some nearby robots "okay that's better, just let me be for a bit"
Amy threw her hammer to destroy a few Choppers to clear the way, "just try to get over the bridge for us please Sonic, we will have to cross it again you know!"
"Ugh!" Sonic cried once more
"Just keep going" said Knuckles "you would never make it in Hydrocity"
"What's that?" asked Sonic
"It's a place on Angel Island my home, its nothing but water!" said Knuckles laughing
"Oh my goodness" said Sonic looking ill
Sally came up next to him and said "just try not to think about it"
"Its kind of hard" said Sonic as he walked farther
Sticks shrugged "so why the fear of water?"
"I drowned once when I was really young" said Sonic
"I saved him" said Amy
"Really now" said Shadow
Sonic nodded "another long story"
They moved forward and finally reached the other end of the bridge.
"Phew!" said Sonic as he finally reached the other end.
"Are you done?" Shadow asked
"For now" replied Sonic
Shadow sighed "tell me why I joined your side again?" as they went to the next shelter
Above Metal Sonic looked on while keeping out of sight.
"Got it!" said Tails cheering loudly.
"You do?" asked Rotor
Tails nodded "look at the gamma signal, its 2.3! And the delta is at 5.2!"
Rotor looked at the energy readings "so it is, good job little buddy!"
Tails gave a smile "wasn't easy, those alpha readings were on the upper scale so I had to adjust, and the Beta waves are barely detectable. This crystal tells me how the energy works, if I am able to get hold of a real emerald again I can do even better. I think I can finally see how to counter the Roboticizers energy and perhaps even reverse it on the spot!"
"Can you compare it to the energy given off by Genesis point?" Rotor asked
"Yes I can, and I did. It is very similar only higher in the gamma signal and the beta is off the scale."
"So we have hope at last" said Rotor
Tails nodded "but I still want to study a real emerald, I was able to look at my old one a bit but never looked at its energy scale, if I did I may be able to make a device to make us near immune to the process."
"Very nice Tails" said Rotor "but man you really leave me in the dust"
Tails shrugged "don't be hard on yourself Rotor you helped greatly and I appreciate you being here for me."
"I guess I am just a little hard on myself, but I have to give my little buddy the credit he is due" said Rotor
Tails laughed "thank you, so final thing to do is to alter the roboticizer should be easy after what we learned so far"
"Yeah I got my notes ready, I looked at the attenuator earlier and the molecular replicator. They can be modded very easily." said Rotor
Tails nodded "what about the nano re sequencer and the matter reconfiguration generator?"
"Yeah those are a bit over my head" said Rotor with a shrug
Tails smiled "oh that's okay if you want to learn I can teach you"
Rotor nodded "thanks Tails, but not now we need to get the machine back together again"
Tails returned the nod as they slowly got the roboticizer back together.
The group were nearing another shelter, this time robots surrounded it and were attempting to get inside of it.
"Lets do this!" said Amy as she smashed a nearby robot with her hammer
"Time to kick some robo butt!" Sonic cried
Shadow opened a volley of fire to knock the robots out of the way, Bunnie began smashing and Sally sliced,
Sticks tossed her boomerang and Knuckles punched, Antoine sliced with his blade.
The group acted as a very cohesive unit, they all were able to fend off well against the robots.
But there was still just one robot in particular that kept in watch.
Metal looked on, inside his circuits something started to stir.
A need, yes a need but why?
Robots don't get needy do they?
Metal needed to finally strike out, yes a strong desire overcame metal, an urge to fight!
But this was illogical, this was not a part of the programming!
But Metal wanted to strike out, especially against the Blue Hedgehog.
Metal then without orders swooped down to attack Sonic and his group.
Shadow and Bunnie heard something zoom down, without warning Metal swooped down and smashed into Sonic.
"Oof!" Sonic cried
Metal then started to pound Sonic with his fists.
"Eliminate the enemies of Robotnik!" he droned
"What in the world!" cried Amy as she threw her hammer at Metal.
Metal dodged it while letting Sonic go, Sonic countered by spin dashing at Metal and then used his homing attack.
Metal backed away but delivered a hard blow to Sonics belly.
He then grabbed Sonic, as he did Metal felt something.
Metal started to punch Sonic hard and felt something build in him.
Satisfaction, yes that was it.
But why?
Emotions were illogical, they were not in the cure!
But Metal was feeling things as he held Sonic
Bunnie came in to help Sonic next, she tried to ward him off with her palm cannon but Metal stayed planted.
Sally same in with her wrist blades, she tried to claw at Metal but he was still much too fast even with Sonic in hand.
"This it nuts" said Knuckles as he tried to hit Metal but missed
Sticks threw her boomerang but Metal seemed to anticipate her.
There was only one there who could really deal with the metal menace.
Shadow charged at Metal knocking him down hard, Metal got up but was met with a swift blast from Shadows pistol.
"This robot isn't like the others" he said
Sonic caught his breath as he said "yes, that's because that robot is me"
Shadow looked surprised "what?"
Sonic nodded as he got up to fend off Metal "Long story!" he shouted as he gave Metal a blow to the belly.
Shadow gave a few blasts from his gun and said "you better tell me your tale if we get through this!"
Metal swiped and swooped but due to no weapons quickly realized he was outmatched even with his speeds.
"You are making this unit malfunction" he droned as he backed into the sky
"Hey metal head we are not done yet!" Shadow spat
"Error, you will not command me. This unit does not comply!" Metal droned again as he flew away
"Well he was certainly different" said Amy "Robotnik really did a number on your other self didn't he?"
Sonic looked on, he seemed to be distracted.
"Look out!" he cried as some robots came in
"Oh great the party is here again" Amy sighed as they prepared for yet another round with the robots.
Metal had flown back to Robotniks carrier and was on the maintenance table.
"You malfunctioned you said?" asked Robotnik
"Yes Master" stated Metal
Robotnik scanned him, indeed Metal had acted on his own without Robotniks command and the scans of Metals data confirmed that Metal had in a way his own will.
"This is interesting, a robot with its own will yet you still came back to me"
Robotnik seemed fixated, this had never happened before with one of his roboticized slaves but yet it made sense with Metal.
"4000 years of digging and servitude, a new will is starting to come out." he said
"will this unit be punished?" Metal asked
Robotnik shook his head "no you are fine, in fact the changes may be my fault. I never modified a Worker-bot before and you may be the only one who has become something more"
"Is this unit like Shadow?" Metal asked
"You are an improvement, he was created artificially to be my servant you were molded into it. Metal I shall let you progress on this, you shall evolve into the ultimate machine. You are now becoming my greatest work and I will not interfere."
"But this unit felt emotions master, that is not logical"
Robotnik nodded "but those did not originate from your original persona, the emotions you had generated from your artificial personality. You have gone beyond your programming on your own, I see no trace of who you once were in your actions."
"This unit does not understand" Metal stated sounding confused
"It's okay, lets learn together who you are becoming. You are now more than just a slave but something brand new and Let's learn together who that is."
"Are you sure Master?" Metal asked
Robotnik nodded "yes but first I want you to go to Scrap Brain with me, we shall activate it and see how you react to it."
"As you wish Master" Metal stated as he looked at himself wondering why was this was happening to him.
Sonic and his group had made it back to the caves, along the way Sonic was explaining the relationship between himself and his robotic counterpart.
"Really now?" Shadow asked
"Yup" said Sonic "Metal is me from the past, sort of. He is a fragment of me from the time room"
"He is kind of like a side effect of Chaos energy then" said Shadow "you are now split into two people, but doesn't that do anything to the time stream?"
Sonic shrugged "Well that Silver said that the time room would allow me to travel in time but I would still exist in that room and outside of it. I cannot really explain it but I know what happened, Metal is like an echo but we can exist at the same time. But since Metal is so much like me I guess Robotnik must know of the paradox."
"Well he did study the chaos emerald, it might have told him" said Shadow
"Who knows" said Sonic "but if he knows then he made Metal on purpose. I think I am a bigger threat to him then I realize"
"But so far you have lost a lot" said Shadow "he has no need to worry about you right?"
Sonic shrugged "perhaps the emeralds don't only show the past, but also the future"
"Makes sense, that explains why he made me then. He fears you don't he?"
Sonic laughed "hey its only a theory, but he would not just create you or Metal for no reason."
Shadow huffed "this only makes me even more resentful than, of both him and you. If he made me to just fight you then you owe me for a stolen life in many ways"
Sonic sighed "yes, well don't try to get more resentful we need you. Face it you are strong and why not take what Robotnik did to you and use it to help others? You can be better if you tried"
Shadow laughed "you are quite an optimist, but you sound like a bad self help book. Do you think your wish-washy sugar coated nonsense can help me?"
Sonic shrugged "I don't think so, but you can try to learn to help yourself."
Shadow sighed "perhaps, but a lot of effort to do on a former enemy I think. I don't think these pep talks would ever work on Robotnik. In any case once we are done with Scrap Brain I am leaving you"
Sonic looked at him curiously "but why, if Robotnik starts invading more places we can use someone like you. You know Robotniks weapons and his tactics more than any of us, you can be a great asset to bring him down once and for all."
"I am not doing this for charity" Shadow spat "I am only doing this for Rouge nothing more, I will carve my own path thank you very much"
"Suit yourself" said Sonic "do as you wish, I am not forcing you do help us."
"Believe me your offer is tempting" Shadow said shrugging "but I need to take time, for years I wanted to be what Robotnik wanted me to be but now I don't want anything other than to bring Rouge back."
"Well you really seem to care about her, why not admit it?" Sonic asked
Shadow sighed "is it not obvious?"
Shadow got up and said "I am a freak, an abomination. I cannot die, and I am neither machine nor organic. I would far outlive you and her if she was made normal. Its like asking why the mouse doesn't want to marry the fly, the fly would die long before the mouse does. I am alone, no matter what I do I will remain alone."
Sonic nodded "guess you have a point, but still there has to be something out there that can be there for you I mean it's a big world out there and friends can be found if you go looking for them."
"Whatever you say" said Shadow as he looked at his hands "as long as Robotnik pays for what he has done I don't care."
Worker-bot 79229 had arrived in Scrap Brain, the massive facility was filled with many other roboticized citizens.
Beside her another Worker-bot came alongside, a Roboticized Hedgehog.
Worker-bot 20007 had marched up beside her along with many others.
Before them Scrap brain was undergoing its final checks as Robotnik looked on.
"Final checks are done Master" a Worker-bot droned
"Excellent, lets bring it online"
"Yes master" said the Worker-bot
Soon the Supercomputer activated and nearby the worker-bots stared on.
Inside the cyberspace both Rouge and Uncle Chuck were merged into one mind.
Unable to resist they were pulled into one single mind controlled by the Scrap brain and were so many others.
"We are one" they said collectively "we are of the great unity"
"Excellent" said Robotnik, he gave a small hint of a smile as he said "the dream at last is coming true"
End of level