No Brotherly Love

Chapter 8: Can Of Whup-Ass

Sonics POV:

I was sprinting through the run down city. I still couldn't believe that this was the same city I struggled to get through traffic and crowds during a morning jog.

All you could see in the streets were debris and roads that were either missing, or in such bad shape you'd even have trouble walking on them.

But I'm not here to comment on the city like a health inspector does a restaurant, am I?

I'm going to visit an old aquaintance of mine. I'm sure he's going to be thrilled that I popped by.

The only reason I'm going to see him is because of that datapad the fox gave me.

When I pressed the on button, the only thing that showed up on the screen was the figure of a hedgehog and two soul piercing eyes staring at whoever took the picture.

I immediately knew where to find him--why am I calling IT a him? Probably because it's based on someone who is male.

That's right, this...thing is only a cheap copy.

It's more deadly than good ol' eggface. But better yet, it was made by eggface. If you don't know who--what it is by now, then you're about to find out.

I was at the old electric fences of one of Robotniks oldest research labs. This was where the thing I'm looking for was built.

It only made sense that it'd retreat to this place after its creator was killed.

I approached the huge and rusty metal front door.

I looked it up and down. There was no way this was gonna open automaticaly. For some reason, it never did for me, even when it worked. Did Eggman not like me or something?

I started to think of options, when suddenly I decided the only way this hunk of metal was gonna move was to, wel, move it.

I tried everything, I tried to pry it open, no luck. I tried punching it down, no luck. I even tried sliding through it, no luck.

I was trying to catch my breath, when the most amazing idea struck me.

"Open sesame!" I shouted, with my hands in the air and still, you guessed it, no luck.

I exhaled in disappointment. Robotnik couldn't make a killer robot unstoppable, but he could make a frikkin' door impenetrable!

He'd put B&Q to shame when it comes to doors.

I was muttering curses to myself, like you do when you're peed off.

I kicked a rock and it went so far I couldn't see it. I turned around quickly and was about to try the door again, but then I heard something.

I heard a rather soft CLANG. That's when I knew my rock hit something. I turned slowly, only to see something under the ground coming at me.

'That's one big-ass mole!' I thought jokingly. Well the joke was on me when it came to the surface and swinged at me. I managed to dodge it...just.

When I regained my balance I stared at the 'big-ass mole' and saw a very familiar face. It was Knuckles.

I could only see the right side of his face.

"What the hell are you doing, Knuckle-head!" I yelled at him.

He turned to me slowly and, I realized, it wasn't Knuckles. Sure it looked exactly like him except that the left side of his face was robotic.

I saw Knuckles a few hours ago, and he didn't have any weird cybernetic crap on his face.

Before I knew it he was at me again, and, like all of mine and Knuckles' fights, it was brutal.

I could outrun him, but he could out-punch me. We were at it for a good 15 minutes. I was countering constantly.

I was gonna get beaten to a pulp until...I felt it. I felt the same as I did in the arena before. My body was moving on its own.

My blue fur had again turned black and my muzzle, arms and chest were pale once again. My eyes also had no more pupils, like before.

It all happened to fast. One minute I was about to get a can of whup-ass, the next my foot was on the cybernatic freaks head.

Without thinking about it another second, I crushed it's skull under my foot. I smirked.

This was like a nightmare. No way I'd let myself do something like that. It was so...merciless.

I looked behind me. During mine and cyber-freaks fight, we'd come quite a bit away from the base. I started to walk forward towards the base.

When I was about halfway, I heard a metal creaking. I looked behind me, and again there was another cybnetic freak behind me. except this time it was a copy of Shadow. I gave it my full attention and turned to it. The metal parts of the cybernetic copy were either rusty or had bits missing. Its 'fur' was torn to reveal it's metal parts.

"Bring it, scrap heap." I said while cracking my knuckles.

It's response chilled me to the bone. It leaned forward and gave a robotic cackle.

Suddenly, hundreds of other copies were arising from the ground.

There were copies of Knuckles, Shadow, Cream, Rouge, Vector, Espio, Charmy, Amy and me.

The copys of me looked very similar to the one I butted heads with at the arena.

I looked around and, without question, I was screwed. But I surprised even myself with this darker me, so maybe I'd get lucky.

One of the copies charged at me. I got into a fighting stance and readied myself.

Just before it struck me, a gunshot was heard, then a sound of breaking metal, and finally, something hitting the ground.

I looked down and saw the copy's lifeless body twitching slightly.

I looked around to find whoever aided me, but before I spotted them heard a voice shout, "Sonic! This way!"

I turned to see a figure waving me over. I ran to them without thinking.

When I got close, they started to run to Robotnik's research lab, I followed suit.

We eventually got to that annoying door and found it was open.

'Oh! Now it opens!' I thought.

When we got inside, the person that aided me went to a terminal next to the door and, in a few seconds, closed it.

I exhaled in exhaustion. I then looked at my hands and saw I was once again my normal self.

'Thank god.' I thought.

The area we was in had one light and I was in it. I turned to my 'savior'.

"Thanks, don't know what would of happened if you didn't help." I said with a bit of a laugh in my tone.

The figure turned to me and said, "It's good to see you again Sonic."

I immediately froze. I recognized that metallic voice. It was who I came here for.

"Come into the light." I commanded.

The figure obliged and came into the light.

The figure was a robot and it's right arm was replaced with a huge, make-shift sniper rifle. It's right eye was now a scope that zoomed in and out.

"Once again, hello Sonic." It said kindly.

I smiled and replied, "How've you been Metal?"