Sonic 25:
Level 7: Welcome to Emerald Hill
Act 1: Amy and the Exodus
Sonic, Knuckles and Amy made it back to the labyrinth.
Tails ran up to them and said "hey there back!"
"Sonic, Amy Knuckles you're okay!" cried Sally
"Yeah but you are still a robot" said Amy
Sally nodded "yes, Tails here has been working on that but we are preparing to leave"
"It is good to see you again though" said Antoine
"Yeah we were worried" said Sticks going near Knuckles
"Well it wasn't easy" said Knuckles "Metal kept us busy"
"Must have been exciting" said Rotor
"Too exciting" said Amy with a huff
"Did the factory get destroyed?" asked Marine
"Sure did" Knuckles replied "saw it go up myself"
"So where is Shadow and the others?" asked Lupe
Up until now Sonic remained silent, in fact he seemed very numb.
"They are gone" he said with a hint of anger in his voice
"Oh no your Uncle" said Bunnie
"How awful!" cried Marine
"That iz so terrible" said Antoine
"Oh Sonic that is so sad!" cried Tails
"Save it" said Sonic bitterly "lets get off this stupid island already"
"Sonic I understand you are angry" said Sally "but please don't take it out on us"
"Fine enough, do you guys know where Robotnik is heading next?" Sonic replied still sounding mad
Tails nodded "he is going to West side Island, my home"
"I see" said Amy "get the refugees started out, we will leave in a few hours. Tails you will come with me to West Side island with me, same with you Knuckles and Sonic"
"I am coming with you" said Sticks
"Are you sure?" asked Amy
Sticks nodded "If Robotnik is invading a new island you will need help, I may not be as strong but my skills will come in handy"
Amy nodded "anyone else wishes to come with us?"
No one spoke up as Amy said "well then the rest of you will go to Bygone Island, we know Robotnik will come there eventually but I think the rest of you can handle it."
"I have shown my deroboticization technology with Rotor" said Tails "maybe he can help Sally become normal"
Sally shrugged "perhaps I will stay like this, Rotor can you make me like Bunnie and turn me into a combat robot?"
Rotor nodded "sure but I am not as skilled as Tails is"
Sally nodded "that's okay, I am sure you will do a fine job. Maybe I will take on the name Mecha Sally, why not. As long as I don't become a killing machine I can live like this"
"Yeah lets hope Robotnik doesn't come and make you attack us like some sort of bad comic written by a moron on a mandate from some company that mainly makes bad video games or something" said Tails
Mecha Sally laughed "you know I am going to miss you Tails"
"Thanks" said Tails hugging her "I will miss you too Aunt Sally"
"Aunt Sally?" asked Knuckles
"Well you are all my family here, even when I come back home you are still my family" said Tails
"Sweet kid" said Bunnie
"I will get the others together" said Lupe "we have a busy day ahead of us"
The others except Sonic nodded as they all prepared to leave South island.
Metal Sonic was in his Masters lab, he was on a table as Robotnik was looking him over.
"That explosion really did a number on you Metal, I am just relieved that you and the Worker-bots got out" he said
"But master feeling relief is illogical" metal stated
Robotnik nodded "true, but my technology is valuable. Sure I enslave people but that doesn't mean I don't feel anything for them. It's a flaw I still have because most of me is human, I am sorry Metal"
"You are my master" said Metal
"Yes I am, anyhow the damage you have is quite deep so this body will not last another round. But I can transfer your brain and core components to a temporary body until I can build you a new better one"
"Thank you Master" Metal droned
"You are most welcome Metal, I promise you your next body will be bigger, tougher and more able to take on that pesky blue menace"
"Who is he to make me feel the way I do?" Metal asked
"Sonic is you" said Robotnik "you are him and he is you"
"How is that possible?" asked Metal
"A fragment in time so long ago for me, he used chaos energy to travel back to the past but you splintered from him. Like a piece of glass he shattered but into two people, one is the Sonic who fights us and the other is you"
"And because I am him I feel the way I do?" Metal asked
"Yes but you have a brand new personality and new emotions, but you must learn to use this to our advantage. You will fight him again, and you will study him and we well learn who you have become with my help"
"But what if my old personality comes back Master?"
Robotnik shrugged "we will deal with it, now let me shut you down Metal and when you awake you shall be in your temporary body"
"Thank you Master" said Metal as Robotnik powered him down.
Sonic sat alone, he had his gloves off looking at his hands.
They shook in anger and fury, he tried to keep it in check but it was of no use.
"May I join you?" said Lupe coming in next to him
"I don't need a pep talk right now leave me alone" he said
Lupe nodded "the fury of the wolf is in you isn't it?"
Sonic looked up at her and said "what does that mean?"
"Well I don't mean that you are becoming a wolf, a wolf hedgehog sounds like a stupid idea to me. But no I see the fury, you might as well grow claws on your fingers, become huge and furry and howl"
"Yeah and make my arms stretch out long, you have been around Tails haven't you?" Sonic asked
Lupe laughed "yeah sounds like something a kid would come up with, or some company somewhere that lost its mind on how to create things. But you do need to calm yourself before the fury of the wolf overcomes you, hedgehog or not you have an anger I can see right away"
"Its that obvious isn't it?" said Sonic
Lupe nodded "I had it myself, my parents died because of criminals trying to get into this place. I swore that I would find those who hurt them and make them pay, I never did"
"But why?" asked Sonic
"Revenge is a fools game, sure its good to get payback but don't let it blind you. Do you know about the story about the white whale and the human who hunted it down?" asked Lupe
"Never heard of it" said Sonic
"It's a human tale but one we could all learn from, it says there was this human named Ahab who lost his leg to a Whale. Humans used to hunt whales you see and this whale was able to escape him once"
"Sounds like the whale is the good guy here" said Sonic
"Not entirely, the story is more complex than that" said Lupe "and actually in a way both the whale and the captain are the villain just ask Ishmael its main character who was caught in the middle. Sure Ishmael was a part of Ahab's crew but that didn't make him the villain, in any case the story ends when the captain loses his ship and his life to the whale with most of everyone on the ship dead except Ishmael."
"Sounds more tragic than for those on the boat then" said Sonic
Lupe nodded "well just think of it, sure the whale might have been defending itself but it also killed many good people on Ahab's boat, including the noble Starbuck who tried to stop his captains mad quest but failed and paid for it. Ahab had the fury of the wolf and it brought him down and killed many of his own crew with him"
Sonic sighed "you came to warn me then"
"yes I did, I was once where you are and I nearly went to the extremes for my revenge. Cost me lots and the scar near my eye is a sign of that" she said
"Who killed your parents do you know?" asked Sonic
"My parents died three years ago, the one who did it was a wolf accompanied by a dingo and a weasel. The Dingo seemed to hate it as he did apologize to me but the others were without mercy."
"You mean Sleet don't you?" asked Sonic
Lupe nodded "you met?"
"Yes, guess he let you live huh?"
"He did but to teach me a lesson, that my rage to end him was foolish and I got a taste of his dagger"
"So he escaped from you then, shame I think" Sonic said
"Believe me if I saw him again he will pay but I won't destroy him, others told me that will not end my pain and I believe that"
"Well thanks for the talk" said Sonic "when are we heading out?"
"In a few, come I know you are still upset but we need you, there will be robots on the way I suggest you channel your anger into that. Keep your mind focused on protecting the others"
Sonic nodded "I will" as he got up and prepared to head out with the others.
Soon all were near the entrance to the labyrinth ready to head out
"Okay listen up we have a bit of a hike to the boat" said Amy "there will be much danger but it's the only way to get off this island so keep low and let the rest of us do the heavy lifting!"
"We will head into the jungle first to evade the big patrols" said Mecha Sally "cut around Starlight city to the docks where we have a hidden boat large enough to hold all of us"
"I am taking charge of this operation" said Amy "Sonic, Knuckles you are with me"
"I am fighting too" said Sticks "let me help here"
"Me too" said Tails "I can be a big help with air attacks"
Amy nodded and said "well then that makes team 1"
"I will lead team 2" said Mecha Sally "Bunnie, Antoine, Lupe is on my team"
"Count me in" said Rotor pulling out his laser pistol "I want to make sure this goes right"
"Well then I shall name the two teams" said Amy "team 1 is now Sonic team, and team 2 is now Team Freedom"
Everyone nodded as Amy said "move out!"
The group then escorted the refugees out, they took to the jungle and slowly made their way to the outskirts of Starlight city.
But before them robots appeared, when Sonic saw them he sped forward yelling "come on lets do this already!"
Amy and the others followed him as Sonic attacked the robots.
Sonics anger consumed him, the fury of losing everything to Robotnik had taken him over.
He seemed no longer to be concerned about anything other than destroying his enemy.
Amy saw Sonics attacks, fighting like a crazy person as his fury was unleashed.
"Sonic keep an eye out on the rest of us!" she cried "don't go totally mad on us!"
"Just let me do this!" he spat as he destroyed the countless amounts of Badniks
Amy then knew Sonic was not going to listen, she just tossed her hammer trying to make sure the path was clear.
Knuckles, Sticks and Tails followed behind to serve as backup.
Tails used his spin dash and attacked, he then broke out his small arsenal of moves to make sure that he was able to keep up.
Knuckles jumped up and glided a little, he then punched any nearby robot who got in his way as he went forward.
Sticks got the robots who were coming in from above, she tossed her boomerang and made sure that nothing was able to swoop down to them.
It was a bit of a trek to the boat but they eventually made it.
Sonic stared at the waters and said "who cares" as he climbed aboard the boat along with the rest
Marine hopped onto the controls "sweet I always wanted to navigate a boat again"
"You sure you know how to do this?" asked Mecha Sally
"Easy peasy" Marine said
"I have seen her skills" said Lupe "she is good with boats"
"I hope so" said Rotor
"It will be fine" said Bunnie "I am sure we will make it"
"Oui I think we will be safe" said Antoine
"Okay Sonic Team we will be dropped off at West side Island in three hours weather permitting" said Amy
"That seems fair" said Tails
"I can deal with that too" said Knuckles
"As long as the boat stays afloat I am fine" said Sticks
Sonic said nothing as Amy nodded "okay lets go and do this!"
The boat then raised Anchor as it took off
Sonic looked on as South island slowly came out of view "good riddance" he said bitterly as soon they would arrive at West Side Island.
Amy was walking around the boat seeing those who survived wishing she could do more.
She then saw Sonic near a corner of the ship alone.
She came near him and asked "so want to talk, get your mind off being on the water?"
Sonic shrugged "sure, but I know what you are going to say, I was out of control back on South island"
"No but it was on my mind, but no you are upset I understand. I just noted you were alone and wanted to see if you wanted company"
"That is easy to find on this boat" said Sonic crossing his arms
"True but you are avoiding it, come on Sonic we are on a boat with lots of people its time to start talking to people before you won't see them again"
Sonic sighed "why bother then, in a few hours that's not a long time to know someone."
"Nonsense" said Amy, she then pointed at a large cat and said "you are supposed to be fast I want you to learn about that big cat over there"
"Do you know him?" asked Sonic
"Not one bit but that's the fun, come on its something to do as I know you hate the water"
Sonic laughed "fine enough"
The two walked over to the larger cat as Amy yelled "hello there big guy!"
The large cat stared down at them and said "err hello there, did you see my friend Froggy?"
"No we didn't" said Amy "but we can be your friends too, my name is Amy what is yours?"
The cat again stared at them and said "My name is Big"
Amy nodded "well hello again Big, want to meet my friend Sonic?"
"Hi there" Sonic said sheepishly
"Hello" said Big
"So what do you do Mr. Big?" asked Amy
"I like to fish" Big replied
"Well that's nice" said Amy "what else?"
"Just fish, I don't really do much except relax and fish"
"How fascinating!" said Amy
"He is a cat not much of a stretch though" said Sonic
"Now that's just rude Sonic, come on apologize to our friend here"
"He doesn't need to, I am happy with my life if he is happy with his" said Big
"Well currently I am not happy" said Sonic "but thanks anyhow"
Big nodded "I could tell you are not happy, did you lose someone?"
Sonic sighed "yes I did, how did you know?"
Big tilted his head "I can tell, I know what that voice sounds like. I can guess Amy here brought you to talk to me to distract you"
Amy smiled "well yes I did, was it that obvious?"
"I overheard you" said Big "but I am of good nature, you two must be good friends"
Amy shrugged "no not really, but we have got more close"
"Well until recently that is" said Sonic "guess I am pushing her away right now"
Big nodded "it's okay I am sure you will work it out, though must not be easy to be friends with the Princess"
Amy tilted her head "the princess?"
Big nodded "I know who you are Amy, one of the few left who do, why not tell the others as I am sure they will understand"
"I don't know, I failed them so many times. I don't want to disappoint them by letting them go so soon"
Big gave a smile "well I understand, go on and I will lend you my support."
Amy gave a nod as she said "okay"
Amy then walked up to the bridge area and turned on the intercom.
"Hello everyone, my name is Amy Rose the pink hedgehog who has lead you here to this boat. In less than three hours I am leaving this boat but before I did I want you to know… I am the real Princess Sally. The Sally who you have seen today and on your stamps and pictures is my decoy, for years I had her act in my stead as my designated regent. I know this may have come as a shock and surprise for most of you and for that I am sorry. I know I failed you as a leader by not being able to rule and defend you from the evil that took us from our homeland, I wish we could have done more, I wish I could have done more but I assure you one day we will find a way to get our island and our friends and family back. If anyone wishes to see me I will be in the upper deck, I understand if you are upset with me and I accept any malice you have at me. I love you all, and please accept my apology, this is Princess Sally Florentina of South Island signing off"
Amy then sighed waiting for some sort of riot to break out.
She walked to the upper deck waiting for someone to hit her or worse as Sonic stood by.
However soon they came and all seemed to give her a bow, as they gathered around her and near the upper deck they seemed to accept Amy.
Cream came up to her and smiled "I am going to miss you princess"
Amy nodded as she saw the gathering crowd smiling at her seemingly understanding of her situation.
She then cried "thank you everyone for your support, but soon I will have to be leaving you. I still feel I must go and kick that Robotnik back to the age of Chaos where he belongs, so I place you in the hands of my decoy once more."
"We understand" said one citizen
"Good luck princess!" said another
"We all love you, Robotnik has the upper hand but we know you will overcome!" said yet another
"You can do it princess!" cried Cream
"All hail the princess!" said one
"All hail Princess Sally!" said all
Amy smiled and nodded "thank you" she shed a small tear as Sonic looked on.
"Amy was very brave" he thought "I just hope we can pay that Eggman back"
The journey to West Side island was soon finished and now it was time to start the goodbyes, this was a very sad day to be sure as friends were saying farewell.
Amy and Mecha Sally were together discussing the situation.
"Well this is it, we are going our own ways now" said Amy
Mecha Sally nodded "I am going to miss you sister"
"Its been a while since you called me that" Amy replied with a smile
"Didn't have the time" Mecha Sally shrugged "guess it will be awhile before we see eachother again"
Amy nodded as she hugged Mecha Sally "now don't forget to write sister"
Mecha Sally nodded "I won't"
On the other side Tails and Rotor were also talking things over
"Are you sure you think I can do it?" Rotor asked
"Sure do Rotor, next to me you are the only one who has the ability to create the roboticization immunity devices." said Tails
"Well if you think I can do it then there is no issue, I have to admit my self confidence has not been as high lately" Rotor replied
"Well I blame myself for that, but you know I actually think you are smarter than I am you just lack the confidence that's all"
"Perhaps your right, maybe coming to Bygone island will give me new confidence" Rotor said with a smile
"I am sure you will do fine, I am glad to have met you Rotor and I will miss you" Said Tails
"Same here little buddy" Rotor replied as the two shook hands.
Cream was with Cheese as Bunnie and Antoine came up to her, they noted how sad she looked as she did her best to play with here Chao friend.
"Oh hi Miss Bunnie and Mr Antoine" she said with a sad voice
"We are going to be going to Bygone Island next" said Bunnie
"Yes we know your mother is still on South island but there is nothing we could do for her now"
"I know, but now I font have a family to go to on Bygone Island to go to"
"You will have one with us" said Bunnie
"Yes we shall take you in as our own" said Antoine
Cream got up and cried "you will?"
Bunnie and Antoine nodded as Cream cried "thank you!"
She gave Bunnie and Antoine a hug as they smiled, knowing they would take good care of Cream.
Sticks was with Marine and Lupe as she gave them both a hug
"You girls are the best" said Sticks
"Same as you" said Marine "I am sure you will help Sonic and his gang greatly"
"Yes but we will miss your excitable personality" said Lupe "its been really amusing"
"Hey now don't be so mean" said Sticks musingly "you still have the crack up over here"
"She sure does" said Marine "well anyhow good luck Sticks I am sure you will do fine"
Sticks nodded as they then prepared herself to move off.
The boat soon left as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Sticks headed to Emerald Hill.
"Well here we are!" said Tails gesturing to his home "this is my house here in Emerald hill."
"Nice house" said Knuckles "got enough room in there for us?"
Tails nodded "plenty room in the basement, my lab is in the garage"
Amy looked at the nearby barn and said "that barn is your lab?"
"Sure is!" said Tails
"Very nice" said Sticks "can some of us stay in there if we need to?"
"No prob" Tails replied "if you girls want the basement go ahead, my parents won't mind"
"You are such a cool kid Tails" said Amy "what do you have to say Sonic?"
Sonic shrugged "its all good, sorry for not being talkative"
"Hey that's fine" said Tails "come on Sonic I want you to see my lab, I have lots of cool things in there and it may keep your mind off things"
"Sure kid lead the way" said Sonic
The group then followed Tails into the barn as he opened the door and they came inside.
Sonic, Amy, Knuckles and Sticks were awestruck by the sheer amount of things in the lab.
There were computers, test tubes, various pieces of scientific equipment and much more.
"This place is neat!" said Amy
"Gotta say I am in awe" chimed Knuckles
"Yeah Tails you got one heck of a place" said Sticks
Sonic looked around and said "what kind of things did you work on?"
Tails shrugged "just general things, from computers to large scale robots. I am really good at the mechanical stuff, heck I am working on a plane right now at the hangar"
Sonic nodded "any weapons?"
Tails sighed "mainly for defense, but I can arm a plane with a plasma gun"
"Why not show Sonic your plane Tails we can wait here" said Amy
"If he wants to" Tails replied
"Yeah go ahead show me kid" said Sonic
Tails nodded as they left the others behind
"I guess Amy is worried about you" said Tails "she seems to care a lot about you"
"She is trying to keep my mind off my Uncle" said Sonic "but I am going with it as I like you kid"
Tails laughed "well that's good to hear" the two soon reached another nearby barn as Tails opened it.
Inside was a small single seat biplane, no coloring but seemingly ready to fly.
"I call it the Tornado" said Tails "I built it from spare parts, but it can fly."
"But it only has one seat" said Sonic
"Well yes but the wings are special" said Tails "go on climb on it"
Sonic nodded as he climbed up on the wings.
Tails then hopped in the cockpit and said "try to jump"
"Are you sure that won't hurt the plane or me?" Sonic asked
"Yes go ahead"
Sonic jumped but instead of falling off he was pulled back to the wing
"Whoa how did that happen?" Sonic asked
"I call it the magna wing, it uses an invisible beam to keep the person on it"
Sonic was puzzled "huh why would you make this plane?"
"I made it for a friend, you may meet him soon actually"
"Must be a good friend" said Sonic
"I am" said a voice
"Ray!" Tails cried as he got out of the cockpit, Sonic looked as a yellow flying squirrel came near.
Tails hugged him as he said "I missed you my friend"
Ray smiled as Sonic came down "so Miles who is this?"
"His name is Sonic" said Tails
"Hi there" said Sonic flatly
"He seems a little tense, I guess your adventure to South Island went sour?" asked Ray
Tails gave a sad nod "yes he lost his Uncle"
Ray nodded "I see, well sorry to hear that friend"
Sonic sighed "thank you, sorry if I don't seem friendly right now"
"hey its fine" said Ray "so showing off the wings to your new friend here?"
"Yes you don't mind do you?" Tails asked
"Not at all, I only wanted this plane to perform stunts. Its more your plane than mine anyhow"
Tails laughed "by the way Ray I got a cool new nickname you can call me, just call me Tails as it sounds really neat"
"Indeed it does" said Ray "well then Tails I won't be a bother, I am going out of town here soon but heard you returned"
"Sorry I didn't tell you myself, I made so many friends recently and got caught up"
Ray laughed "well glad to hear that"
"So how did you two meet?" asked Sonic
"He gave me flying lessons" said Tails "he is a flying squirrel"
"Sure am" said Ray "noted that Tails could fly so I taught him, he even gave me his emerald once thus why I am yellow"
Sonic laughed "well the emeralds do that"
Tails smiled as he said "well good to hear you laugh Sonic"
Sonic nodded "well I think we should go back to the others Tails, but I think you should repaint the plane before we go up on it"
"I was thinking of making it red" said Tails
"Sounds good to me" said Ray "go on you two I got to go myself"
They nodded as Sonic and Tails departed the barn.
Sticks was looking around the lab, Amy came up to her and said "hello there, so you are now with my gang full time now huh?"
"Sure am" said Sticks "you need my help though correct?"
"Sure do" said Amy
"Are you sure its not just because of me though?" Knuckles asked
Sticks shrugged "well I do find you handsome but I am not as superficial as that."
"Well you did hug me a lot in the Labyrinth" Knuckles replied
Sticks laughed "sorry I do get over excited sometimes"
"I can tell" said Knuckles
Sticks laughed again "yeah I am a bit emotional, it's a badger trait but don't worry I will do my best to help you guys"
"Hey its fine with me" said Amy "I am sure you will prove yourself"
"Well I am glad you can vouch for her" said Knuckles "not knocking you down Sticks but we have quite a crew here and I want to see what you can do"
Sticks nodded "that's cool"
Tails and Sonic came back as Amy said "you two have fun?"
"As much fun as you can in such short time" said Sonic
"And you are feeling better now Sonic?" Amy asked
"Sort of" said Sonic "it's going to take a bit"
"Understood" Amy replied
Sticks came near Sonic "I heard Lupe talked to you earlier"
Sonic nodded "she did, did she tell you?"
"She did" said Sticks "she told me to keep an eye on you, that's a part of the reason why I came"
"Huh that is interesting" said Amy "we barely got to know her yet Lupe did us a favor"
Sticks nodded "Lupe has gone through what Sonic has, she saw the look on Sonics face and saw herself in it. Lupe is very compassionate once you know her, but I had a hand in that as I was the one who helped her calm down"
Amy nodded "must have been tough, Lupe is a wolf must not have been easy calming her down"
"No it wasn't" said Sticks "that is why she sent me, she saw Sonic and his fury of the wolf"
Amy tilted her head "fury of the wolf?"
Sticks nodded "I know it sounds silly, but Sonic has it. Its just a phrase Lupe used to express herself and her anger about losing her family"
"And then there was something about a whale in that" said Sonic
"Oh yes Moby-Dick, I was the one who told her that story. It's a book I like and saw how Lupe felt and I thought of ol Ahab, great book by the way" said Sticks
"I like that book too" said Tails
"I read it" said Amy "it does have some dull parts though"
"I don't read" said Knuckles "you need to tell me this story sometime then"
Sticks smiled and said "come Knuckles let me tell you the story, it's a good one"
Sticks then walked off with Knuckles leaving the others behind.
"Well she is interesting" said Amy
"Yeah she seems like a very energetic person" said Tails
"Do you think she will help though?" asked Sonic
Amy nodded "no need to do one of my tests with her, she's on the level"
"Well glad you like her" said Sonic
"Sometimes I just know when I can trust someone, she will do fine" Amy replied
Sonic shrugged "surprising after the way you treated me when we first met"
"Well with you I was worried as I knew I had to bring you into Knothole base" said Amy
"Well you were nice to me right away" said Tails
Amy laughed "hey I like kids, what can I say"
Sonic put his hand on his head "Amy you never cease to amaze me"
Amy shrugged "well sorry, anyhow lets grab something to eat I'm starving"
"My parents are going to come home soon" said Tails "I will invite you to dinner, I will call them to bring extra food for now but you will have to find work here soon"
Amy nodded "yeah true but we will do something about the food situation, I already have a few plans in mind to make sure we have supplies on this island including contacting my counterpart"
"You mean Princess Elise" said Tails
Amy nodded "problem is that we only know eachother by name, but not what the other looks like. She contacted me before all this started but we have not contacted eachother since then, she will probably keep her distance as she prepares herself for war."
"Does this island have an army?" asked Knuckles
"Even better" said Tails "she has an alliance with G.U.N the great union of nations"
"I heard that name before in the past" said Sonic "they existed a long time?"
Amy nodded "yes and they were once an enemy but after the age of chaos they reformed, still militaristic but not wanting to harm us Mobia anymore"
"Why wasn't South Island allied?" asked Knuckles
"We were" said Amy "but only just, I never liked G.U.N and never wanted a handout from them. I think they are militaristic fat heads who crave nothing but war and death, say what you will about Robotnik he is not the worst thing out there"
"Could have fooled me" said Sonic with a shrug
"Sorry Sonic" said Amy "anyhow lets go to Tails' house and get some food"
The others nodded as they went to the foxes house.
Metal Sonic awoke in another body, he looked down at himself and saw he was inside of a plain looking robotic shell inferior to his old one but understood that his master intended this to be temporary
He saw Robotnik was hard at work on another body for him as he said "Hello Metal I am nearly finished with your new body but it will need testing first and my plans to invade West Side island come first. For now, I will keep your new body on hold, I do apologize Metal but my plans have to start"
Metal nodded "I understand master" he said
"Now approaching West side Island, arrival in T minus 10 minutes" said a voice
"Good" said Robotnik "we must distract our enemy for now I need to take over three cities at once and get operation healer on the move"
"As you wish master" said Metal
Robotnik nodded "do not worry the pieces will fall into place and your new body will be ready I promise"
Metal nodded as he looked at the new body.
It was painted blue with triangular eyes, it had golden plates all over with golden lower arms with joints seemingly made from small ball like objects and shoulder's with gold trimming.
It had golden kneecaps and red shoes and seemed to be built for speed.
"This here is your next evolution, Mecha Sonic" said Robotnik "the one true form!"
Metal nodded staring at the new body, hoping that soon he would be inside that new body.
End of act 1