Chapter 5 Alliances Forged(Dark Side)


Goten's tired eyes shot wide open in shock once his vision cleared itself of the coma induced blurriness and could fully make out the blue robot standing before him, and upside down. It only took another half a second for the youth to then realize that he was laying down on a cold hard metal table in a dark gray room and that these green energy clamps were somehow keeping him bound down. Most oddly of all was what looked to be a strange little girl whose dress and pixelated aura was constantly blinking from a light blue to a dark red hugging him burying her head into his chest. All of this made the mentally ill young man very angry and with a roar he bunked Sage off of him sending her slamming onto the ceiling above them. "Gahhh! Grr! Where am I!?" Goten screamed in a fury beginning to struggle with his energy restraints. The restraints bent and sparked starting to be strained by the increasing force of their captor. Metal Sonic's red eyes glowed as he got into a fighting stance getting ready for an altercation with their prisoner. "Wait! Stop! Calm down! We're not gonna hurt you!" Sage pleaded with the increasingly volatile young man, who was beginning to break and bend the operating table. "Speak for yourself Sage" Metal Sonic contradicted Sage's words in a robotic manner that had a faint hint of malice in it. "Silence! Whatever you mortals are trying to do to me I won't let you! Nghhh ahhhhhh!" Goten barked at Sage before his skin turned grey and his eyes darkened into black canvases with white glowing centers again and he let out an ear piercing shriek. His body enveloped itself in a black aura. The aura intensified as the demonic lunatic continued on bashing and thrashing the energy cuffs now barely keeping him bound to the degenerating table. Unbeknownst to the deranged killer, as he struggled for his freedom, a small compartment of the operating table in the spot where his neck was opened up, the opening was as wide and tall as his neck was. Out of this compartment a red collar like object with Eggman's signature imprinted on it shot out and rapped around and clamped onto his neck with a click. "Raaahhhh!" With one last violent scream, Gotens aura exploded unleashing a powerful blast of dark purple energy that consumed the entire room the three were in. Both Sage and Metal Sonic could do nothing as their eyes were blinded by the flash therefore unable to see the blast coming and were caught in the middle of it. A minute later the light dissipated as well as most of smoke and ash. A alarm with red blipping lights were going off as a response to the destruction. Amongst the piles of collapsed wall and ceiling, heavily bent and/or scorched rubble and sparking torn wires, Goten stood tall, now seemingly free from confinement snarling and breathing heavily his eyes losing their blackness and skin regaining his tan pigment. His pupils came back as well though they remained a ghostly gray. Sunlight shone onto the escaped murderous youth revealing that his explosion that blown a hole into one of the walls. He smiled with satisfied sinister smirk and lazily started floating out of the destroyed room. Flying outside revealed that the facility he was held in was built into a cliff on a rocky island in the middle of an ocean with a steel gray tower with some red outlining sticking out the top with yet again a logo of Dr Eggman's face. "Now where are those colorful bunch of rodents I ran into last time? They will be so sorry once I find them and crush them beneath my feet! Especially those two hedgehogs! They'll be even more black and blue when I get my hands on-what the?!" Goten's brooding was interrupted he heard a loud boom that came from his escape exit. He turned around to see within the hole that one of the piles of rubble had been blown apart shrouding the remains of the room in dust once more. Suddenly with a whir in the wind a blue blur rocketed out of the dust and rammed right onto Goten sending both careening away further from the lab at breakneck speeds. "No! Wait!" Sage called out to the two but both were too far away for either to hear her and they most likely wouldn't have listened anyway. Sage looked out the hole out to the shrinking dots of the two opposing fighters very concerned and worried for them. "Sage! Metal!" Two boyish robotic voices and one raspy deep one was then heard through the broken sliding door. It was quickly revealed to be Dr Eggman himself along with his two main robot assistants Orbot and Cubot running and flying respectively and pushing themselves into the room through the damaged doors. "What happened! Are you alright!" Eggman asked frantically kneeling down lightly touching the back of Sage's pixelated hair to soothe her having quickly taken note of the wrecked lab and his daughter's sad frazzled state. "Did that mystery man hurt you?" Cubot questioned Sage getting in front of her concerned for his "sister". "Tell me where went sis and I'll give him a piece of my hard drive!" Orbot declared determined the square headed yellow robot flexing and throwing punches with his nonexistent muscles. "No I'm fine! But they aren't! If Goten or Metal Sonic get into a serious fight one or both of them will die!" Sage warned her family scared for the two opponents lives. Orbot and Cubot exchanged looks of worry and fear through their blue glowing eyes and mouth pieces, sharing Sage's concern over Goten and Metal. "Aha ha ha ho ho!" Eggman suddenly erupted into his signature manical laughter. The three robotnik siblings turned their heads in surprise and slight shock at seeing their creator laugh at a time like this. "No need to fret dear daughter! I installed a fail safe for just such an occasion! For now though let's see if Metal can prove his worth and subdue this "Goten" specimen for me again! It'll be an entertaining show don't you think? Ho ho ho!" Eggman waved off his daughter's concerns with no hesitation looking back to the fight chuckling to himself in sadistic glee. "Oh what a relief, the boss always has a backup for every complication" Cubot beamed in admiration for their creator's advanced planning skills. "Eh except for Sonic, that blue menace plows through all your plans like its his jo-clank!" Orbot's retort was cut off by Eggman whacking his cube head at its top. "You tell that same infuriating overused bad joke again you'll become part of the scrap heap!" Eggman yelled enraged at Orbot's poor excessive joke regarding his countless encounters with Sonic. Sage wasn't sure whether her father's contingency plan was comforting or more worriesome as she turned her attention back to the battle.

Back With Goten and Metal Sonic out at Sea just beyond Eggman's base Island

"Get! Off of me!" Goten screamed at the top of his lungs as he unleashed a huge blast of black energy bunking Metal Sonic off of his chest, finally stopping them from traveling further away from the lab. Metal Sonic stopped himself with his boosters on his feet after he went about a few feet away from Goten. "Ahhhh!" Goten screeched as he charged up his energy and sped towards Metal Sonic. In retaliation the robot did the same with its feet rockets and both raced towards each other colliding with each other. Their foreheads had connected and the two fighters were staring down each other's eyes, their auras intertwined as both were shakily locked into a standstill midair. Eventually with a bang both skidded a few inches away then zoomed back towards each other, Goten readying a fist as he did. Metal Sonic dodged the punch and then spun around springing claws out of one of his hands swiping for Goten's face. Goten blocked it with his arm but his right face cheek got violently scratched by Metal's other hand. "Ow! Grr! Take this!" Goten growled conjuring up a ki blade in his hand and jabbed Metal in its chest area. This of course barely fazed the pain numb robot who with some effort pulled the energy blade out of its chest and threw Goten's hand off roughly. While Goten was disoriented Metal Sonic spun himself into all, rose up to meet Goten's head, stopped spinning and aimed a kick to the top of his target's head. Through a stroke of luck, Goten spotted this and quickly kicked up his own foot to block Metal's. "Ha! You know you kinda look like that giant blue hedgehog I ran into earlier, you move and attack a bit like him too, what are you anyway?" Goten asked the robot he just knocked away with a punch cockily taking notice of its resemblance to one of his previous intended victims. "I am Metal Sonic! I am superior to my loathsome organic copy in every way! I am the real Sonic!" Metal Sonic stated with a deep hatred filled passion in his otherwise robotic tone. "He's the copy of you? Ha ha ha ha! Aha! Ohoooo... I think you got it backwards there you bucket of bolts" Goten insulted Metal Sonic laughing at the absurdity of the robot's claims. Metal Sonic's red eyes glowed even brighter, Goten's words seeming to ignite something akin to anger within its circuitry, some sparks erupted from its hands as they tightened into fists as well as the one eye that got damaged by Goten's face punch. "Aw did I strike a nerve, err whatever the robot version of a nerve is? Ha! Good! If you wanted to be better than someone! Don't pretend to be them! Take it from a guy who did the same thing! And then payed the price for believing in him! Like you are now!" Goten ranted tauntingly though gradually turned angrier as it went on. Metal Sonic's own rage broke, the man's rant having caught its interest. Its adversary did have a point. Throughout it's entire existence since being built, it tried to be like Sonic and be better, only for the blue menace to show him up every single time. Perhaps it should consider changing its parameters a little bit. These thoughts of reflection would have to wait cause now the robot copy of Sonic's sensors detected a massive amount of energy gathering in Goten's hands. "Ka...meh...ha...meh, Haaaaa!" Goten exclaimed firing a powerful beam of black energy right at the robot seemingly consuming it. The ocean and the skies shook as the beam struck the ocean creating a massive watery explosion , both sky and sea illuminated and darkened at the same time like something out of a art painting. As the energy, water mist dissipated and the area's lighting returned to normal, Goten stared down to find his opponent gone from sight. "Hmph that'll teach you mortals that a mere machine can not stand against my div-huh?!" Goten's monologue was cut off when he noticed a disturbance in the ocean below him. A small child sized spot in the ocean in the shape of a circle instead of being pristine blue like the rest was a discolored blackish color. Within moments something had arose, Metal Sonic, having survived the blast by using his black shield. Metal Sonic's shield quickly faded away after it had gotten out of its curled up position and back into a fighting one. Goten instead of being upset for once actually gained a small excited smile his fangs glinting with some form of dark glee. "Huh? Who survived that attack? I must say I'm kinda impressed no one except my master has been able to keep up with me like this in a long while, certainly not for this long" Goten praised his metallic foe enjoying the workout it was giving him. "I'll do better than keep up" Metal Sonic said with a deadly low tone, his eyes flashing brighter with killer intent. Metal Sonic sped across the water then flew up into the sky curving around as he did clearly aiming to strike Goten on his back. Goten however smirked realizing what the robot was trying to do. "Kai kai!" Goten shouted before suddenly vanishing. Metal Sonic stopped instantly his hard drive brain unable to process where or how his target disappeared without a trace. "Surprise!" Goten's voice rang out from behind the robot before grabbing into a full nelson. "Ha ha! Gotcha! Good luck getting yourself out of this one tin can!" Goten taunted his caught prey. The mass murderer then started plummeting down plunging himself and Metal into the sea. They kept traveling deeper and deeper into the dark blue depths Goten smiling sinisterly while holding his breath. Though nelsoned, Metal could still move his hands and luckily his opponent was bigger than him, meaning it was really easy for him to put his hand on the man's shoulder and electrocute him. Goten let go of Metal spazzing out in pain trying desperately to keep his mouth shut, moaning in agony. The electrocution stopped and before Goten could recover, Metal Sonic punched him hard straight in his gut. Goten's eyes bulged out and his mouth involuntarily opened releasing blood that had been driven up by Metal's punch. Instantly Goten began to drown attempting to close his mouth before he died but just when he was about to Metal Sonic grabbed his mouth with one hand and his throat with the other. His grip on Goten's throat thightened while he kept Goten's mouth open. Goten was now officially panicking, he could feel water rushing into his lungs and his vision was started to darken and become dizzy. The only thing he could see as his insides burned with salt water and his throat felt more and more tight was Metal's emotionless face and soulless red eyes. As Goten's flailing limbs started to rest from exhaustion and he almost lost consciousness, abruptly Metal Sonic let go of his throat but not his mouth. The robot took Goten spun him around and around for about ten seconds and then threw Goten upwards, launching him to the surface. "Blehhh! Gahhhh!!! Ahh ha...ha...ha" Goten threw up all the water out of his system and then gasped taking heavy deep breaths to regain oxygen. Metal Sonic slowly remerged from the ocean depths just in time to see Goten fully catch his breath, intending to drag the fight out a tad longer. Though no one could tell by his face alone he was having fun and he wanted to see if this powerful manchild had any more tricks up his sleeves. "You...dare! Nhhhgggg! Ahhhhh! Ta da da da da!" Goten screeched with bloodshot eyes in near madness now shooting a bunch of energy projectiles out of both his hands in quick succession of each other. Metal easily avoided the barrage and zoomed to Goten's left side. Goten noticed and halted his energy barrage to block Metal's incoming kick with his arm. The two kicked and punched at each other both being able to counter each other's attacks sending shockwaves across the sky and sea. Eventually Metal got a punch in Goten's forehead. The mass murderer after backing away and rubbing his head a bit he then rapidly fired another Kamehameha at Metal. The killer robot however just as quickly shot out a beam of blue energy out of his chest, the two were now locked into a beam struggle. "Ahhh!" Goten yelled injecting more energy into his beam. Metal couldn't counter so his beam was consumed and since he didn't have enough time to make a shield this time he was blasted a fair distance away. But the robot quickly recovered stopping himself about a football stadium distance apart from his foe. It began to spin itself around sideways rapidly and fire started surrounding his body as it rocketed back towards Goten who was caught off guard and was slammed by Metal Sonic's flaming body sending him flying back all the way back to Eggman's Island. "Dahhhhh! Ooof!" Goten screamed in pain as he crashed back onto the somewhat sandy beach of the island his clothing ripped, torn and smoking from Metal's fiery dash attack. He lied face first into a crater his impact created right as Eggman, Sage, Orbot and Cubot came running/floating onto the scene. "Woah nelly, Metal roughed this guy up good" Orbot remarked on Goten's battered state. "Do you think he's down for the count?" Cubot inquired curiously. "Hmm let's keep our distance for a few minutes and see if he stays down, then we'll recollect him, heh heh" Eggman ordered his robot "children" while lightly laughing at his near recapturing of his specimen. Sage looked at Goten with sad pity filled eyes her aura and eyes remained blue and dress remained white for an extended period of time hoping Goten was alright. Just then Metal Sonic arrived onto the beach touching down onto the ground staring down at the downed body of his victim. "Ooh look Metal is back!" Orbot cheered for his "older brother's" return. "Metal Sonic! Are you ok?!" Sage asked Metal very concerned for his well being especially considering his body's damaged state. "Affirmative" Metal answered simply with a nod briefly turning to look at Sage before immediately returning his attention to Goten. Just in time too cause right at that moment Goten's whole upper body shot up revealing his enraged half crazed looking expression. The whole Eggman clan even the normally stiff as a brick wall Metal Sonic jumped at the sight. "I've had enougggghhhh!" Goten screamed sounding completely and utterly ballistic as dark purple energy erupted all around him and his hair began to stand up and blink from it's usual black to a new color, pink. The madman kept on roaring in a pained rage his power growing exponentially and his hair kept flashing between black and pink, simultaneously his eyes were also flashing between black and grey. Eventually the dark purple energy obscured Goten from sight and his roars became muffled by the churning and whirring of the aura. The winds and shockwaves were increasingly intense rippling across the sand, the ocean and even the clouds in the sky. Sage put an energy shield in frontof herself, Eggman, Orbot and Cubot to protect themselves from the harsh storm like conditions, Metal did the same but only for himself. Eventually the energy began winding down and Goten was unveiled to the eyes of the island inhabitants but he had changed. His hair was now permanently standing up defying gravity and was a mesmerizing bright pink color now. His pupils had become ghostly greyish. His teeth had four distinct fangs while the rest were remained normal size but had also sharpened. His previously human fingernails had also sharpened into small claws. Eggman, Sage and the three "brother" robots could only look on in awe and wonder at Goten's new form. "Like it? Its called Super saiyan Rose, take a good look, cause its the last thing you will ever see!" Goten announced confidently, declaring the Eggman clan as good as dead. Goten stared at Metal Sonic with a killer smile and then without warning fired a ki blast at the metal nuisance. Metal rose his right hand to block it but when the blast reached him instead of fazing out or bouncing away it destroyed its arm. Metal's mostly emotionless eyes shrunk slightly in astonishment and shock as did everyone else. "Uh oh I think Metal might be in trouble boss" Cubot pointed out to his creator. "No!" Sage exclaimed not wanting any of this to happen, she loved Metal Sonic like a brother and she hated seeing this man who had lost everything as a child being a destroyer himself. Goten then blipped out of sight only for him to reappear behind Metal and strike him with an energy blade at the head, almost cutting Metal's head into two. Metal Sonic sparked and shook for a second the heavy damages to his body making his systems malfunction and go haywire slightly. Goten finished by kicking Metal into the air just above him and blasted him with an energy blast midair. The blue robot came tumbling down smoking its metal body cracked or dented in many places and his eyes blinked on and off. "Ha ha! Serves you right for challenging a god! When you get to hell, tell them to make some room..."Goten uttered menacingly while charging up another ki blade preparing to take the robot offline for good. "Stop! Please Goten don't do this!" Sage begged Goten with a hoarse voice flying to right in front of Metal putting her hands up eyes watery. "Ooh two for the price of one! Ha ha ha!" The lunatic laughed not fazed by her plea at all and raised his complete blade to strike both her and Metal out. "Ok I'm putting an end to this right now" Eggman suddenly declared in an oddly casual manner as he reached for his pockets. Goten overheard this and turned to look at Eggman just in time to see the mad scientist pull out a simple one button remote, pressing it. After that the collar that had been put on Goten before his escape made a clicking sound, tightened around his neck a little tighter and then Goten was violently electrocuted with purple lightning. It was alot more powerful than Metal Sonic's electric attack from earlier, Goten screaming in extreme pain, even veins were showing across his face. The robot siblings except Metal Sonic were visibly shocked at this brutal form of torture while Eggman just grinned evilly. With another press of the button, the collar was deactivated and Goten collapsed onto his knees dropping back to his normal form gasping for breath. "Father! What did you do to him?!" Sage shrieked at her maker overwhelmed and a bit angry that he would do something like this to a troubled kid. "That collar I put on him turns his own power against him, giving him reason to obey me less he wants to be put permanently on ice! Ohoo ho ho ho!" Eggman explained. Sage looked down at the ground unsure of how to feel about her father's methods. On one hand she was glad he did so Metal Sonic's life was saved but on the other it was cruel and unusual. "Hng! Why you! Gnh! Your dead after I get this goddamn contraption of-dahhh!" Goten snarled at the mad doctor attempting to remove the collar off but as soon as his hands touched it a less powerful shock was given to him as a result. "Heh heh heh, the collar is programmed to give you a shock if you attempt to remove it, and each subsequent shock will be more painful than the last so if I were you young man I'd leave it alone and behave yourself from now on! Do I make myself clear?" Eggman delivered his ultimatum to Goten with a sinister grin plastered onto his face holding the remote for emphasis. Goten glared daggers at Eggman but he saw no way out at the moment, so he lowered his head and murmured. "Yes sir". "Excellent, now return to my laboratory, we have more tests to run on you and matters to discuss" Eggman said as he turned around walking away gesturing for Goten and the rest to follow him back to his base of operations. As Goten picked himself up he turned back towards Metal Sonic who had just barely levitated to be right next to him. "This fatso is your master?" Goten questioned the robot disgusted with the thought. "Not by choice" Metal Sonic coldly replied. "I heard that!" Eggman shouted having overheard both Metal and Goten, pulled out a separate remote and pressed its button and mildly electrified Metal Sonic. "You put a shocking device on Metal Sonic too father?! Sage asked exasperated clearly not happy with it. "In him, sweetheart, I put one in him, now come along" Eggman answered his daughter disturbingly casually, Orbot and Cubot following close behind. That answer plus the calm way he said it made Sage even more unsettled but for now she shook it off and went back to help Goten and Metal Sonic both of which were moving also due to their injuries. "Come on...I'll help you" she said tenderly taking Goten's arm with one of her own and taking Metal's with the other. As Sage lifted them up back to the base Goten and Metal Sonic exchanged looks, now not made out of hate but of curiosity of each other, and in Metal's case, how could it possibly benefit him?