Metal Sonic went fast, fast as he could. H He zoomed past what used to be Green Hills. The clouds were filled with toxic air, dead animals on the ground, and the beautiful ocean was replaced with blood.
Metal boosted his jetpack, increasing his speed. He senses something right behind him, and by the looks of it, he already knew who it was.
"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME."
He called it. Metal got faster and faster until he arrived at an apartment, Eggman's apartment.
The robotic copy of Sonic immediately closed the doors and gates. He ran down the stairs before stopping in front of a machine containing 7 emeralds, The Chaos Emeralds.
Metal looked around the area, back and forth, left and right, up and down- actually, why look dow- never mind. He let out a "sigh" of relief. Metal walked up to the 7 Emeralds and about to grab them when-
"FOUND YOU."
"CRAP!" Metal shouted, before he got struck by a blue sphere, as it then destroyed the machine, releasing the emeralds. Metal got up and saw a figure in front of him.
Who it seemed to be was Sonic, except he was different. His quills were darker, his eyes were black with red pupils, tears fell down his eyes, but they were bloody. This wasn't Sonic. This was-
"Sorry, but I can't let you get your hands on those emeralds." "Sonic" said, smiling creepily at his robotic copy.
"Your reign of bloody terror is over, EXE! This time, I WILL destroy you! You shall pay for the amounts of death you have caused!" Metal replied.
EXE responded with a dark chuckle. "Their souls were tasty… so was your master. Shame robots don't go anywhere, but today's your lucky day... YOU'RE GOING TO HELL."
Metal growled. "DON'T YOU DARE MENTION ROBOTNIK'S NAME!" In rage, he dashed towards EXE and threw a few punches. The demonic hedgehog dodges the both of them before teleporting around him and throws powerful punches at the robot copy of Sonic. EXE grabbed Metal before slamming him onto the ground. EXE throws powerful blows before Metal recovers and punches the demon's face hard, knocking him back.
Metal spins into a ball and charges up. EXE recovers and spins into a ball, charging up as well.
The two powered up with their bodies fully blue/dark blue.
"DIE!/HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The two charged at each other and either landed hits or missed.
Both of them had exactly the same speed as Sonic, and it was impossible trying to hit each other. Except, one of them had more experience with the blue hedgehog, and knew exactly how to counter attack.
Metal managed to kick EXE's face and slammed him down against the ground with enough force. As soon as the smoke cleared, EXE was nothing but a pool of blood. However, Metal knew it wasn't done just yet. He immediately turned around, only to be smacked by EXE and getting beaten up. The demonic hedgehog grabs him and slams him on the ground. Metal recovers and dashed towards EXE, however he immediately blocked and pushed the robotic hedgehog back.
Metal recovers again and tries to hit EXE, however he dodges and throws punches and kicks at Metal before knocking him back towards a wall. He laughs and summons many dark orbs.
"THIS IS THE END, METAL." He throws the objects towards Metal.
–WARNING!!! INCOMING PARTICLES!–
However it was too late as the spheres hit him.
After the smoke cleared, Metal had burnt marks and electricity around him. He was badly damaged. He groaned in pain and dropped on one knee. He heard a dark chuckle, and looked up to see EXE standing over him.
"Finally… after 18 years of trying and trying, I finally get to kill you in my hands… but first…" The demonic hedgehog walks over to the emeralds laying on the ground. "I can't let you get your hands on these emeralds…" He picked them up and with a snap of his fingers, summoned a red ring. EXE threw the 7 powerful emeralds into them in Chaos knows where.
"No…!" Metal said weakly, trying to stand up, but he was too weak.
EXE chuckled and summoned a dark sphere in the palm of his hand. He levitated it up the ceiling and then…
The lights blared and went red.
"WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! EVACUATE THE AREA!"
The walls and ceilings blew up into pieces. Everything started to crumble and fall down. EXE chuckled.
"Meh, I'll leave you here to die instead. If you manage to escape, I'LL FINISH THE JOB." The demonic hedgehog said, before disappearing.
Metal stood up, weakly. He saw everything around him was on fire.
"I need to get out of here…" The robotic hedgehog immediately zoomed out of the area, dodging every fallen piece that almost fell on him. He looked down on his screen to see that his energy was running low.
There was only one option left. The newest upgrade Eggman gave him before his death. He never used it, but it's now or never.
Chaos Control.
As Metal's speed increased, his body began to glow blue. He got quicker, faster, and suddenly, in a flash he was gone, as Eggman's base collapsed.
(I know, I know, lazy chapter.)
