Metallic Need
Ch. 4
By: Cutegirlmayra (I'M SO MAD RIGHT NOW! AUGH! I re-read my chapters and realized I had spelled 'stimulated' instead of 'simulated' (sorry 'bout that. Edits should have taken care of that ;) ) Anyway,… I still love this series. The way Metal Sonic flirts and mocks Metal Amy, and how she tries to stay clever and desperately hold on to trying to be more alive. I admire her for trying to fight her programming, considering that's 'impossible' for most computers. …Most… And now we're back to Metallic Need~)
Metal Amy was in the electric shower, charging herself for when she needed to recharge the others batteries.
She had multiple batteries to refill with adequate energy, as usual, to aid her team in defeating Sonic.
Sonic… She really didn't want to aid in destroying him.
Amy either,... for that matter.
But programming was programming; one couldn't just simply choose for themselves… so it seemed.
As she reverted back to her softer form, she looked at her arm, which was being held lightly by her other hand, and raised it up. She was sort of depressed, having her emotions taken and only be expressed during certain time intervals that changed like a rotating clicker. It would allow errors during, oh let's say, 60 clicks for each second, resulting in one minute of emotions being simulated before completely cutting that code off and returning her to a 'perfect' state as it were.
As her arm rose up, she took her hand already placed on it… and stroked it.
She felt the sensation of the vibrators throughout her arm as she closed her eyes,.. feeling.
Before, with her first status of being, she would have loved feeling more organic. If only it was secretive… and not known to her master.
She wondered again why he would put such a programming in her… and feared his little game of mocking her may have gone too far.
She… she was still afraid of him, but it wasn't exactly for her life anymore.
She had been the victim, as her other metallic brothers were, to his shred-happy ways. And then played the martyr, sacrificing her life so Metal Sonic couldn't have the last laugh, retaining some of her dignity... But still, the fear of 'death' wasn't really there anymore. Then to consider her 'brain' too valuable to scrap by her master… kept her in a permanent state of security about her 'life'. Knowing she would be rebuilt again and again would mean she was eternal; he wouldn't lose her that easily…
She looked down at her new body again, not really understanding how it was 'cute' to Sonic, but she used her knowledge of symmetry and shapes to suppose it was beautiful.
She gently tapped her side, and flinched, feeling the vibration linger slightly. So… this was touch?
It felt odd— to feel.
Something she never thought she could ever experience.
But how would Metal Sonic know how to simulate such a thing…?
Would he have researched this method or just assumed?
Either way… making a robot feel something,… anything at all… was really ground-breaking.
She shook her head, snapping herself out of it as her 'clicks' continued to countdown. She didn't want to compliment him. He designed her this way to amuse himself with her weaknesses, and that really made her upset.
She was torn. She liked to feel organic, but not around him. It used to frighten her… now it just made her embarrassed and frustrated.
she wasn't originally created for his amusement...
She let a deep sigh slip by, though only the action and not actual breath, before looking up and closing her now shining red eyes as the 'clicks' times out. Ever since Metal Sonic reconstructed her to be more robotic, she wished she could willingly make her eyes green again… it was softer, kinder… like Amy…
The lightning strikes of each electric zap also gave her the sensation of recharging, as she tried to let go of her continual fear of Metal Sonic, and think of what her next objective was.
She had to charge his battery next…
She cringed; the last thing she wanted was to be around him right now. He would only insult her and laugh. She was starting to think he wasn't laughing anymore to just mock her… and even his smirking… that maybe…
"Does not compute." She sighed, as suddenly her moment of feeling left her and she was back to being a robot. She lowered her head if Metal Sonic was also having errors, what would that even mean? That his playing with her was… was… what, exactly? He was the master, superior to them all. If he was having errors…
"Does not compute."
Metal Lab
Metal Sonic looked down at his hand, it slid open as he put Metal Amy's old chip into his system, and glared slightly at it, "Still full of errors…" he seemed to feel indifferent to it now though. "Very well. If I am to deal with her erroring, I might as well have fun bringing her old form of thinking back to surface…once… again…" he gently stroked the chip with his clawed thumb, having some mixed feelings about reactivating the chip, but seeming to plan something later on as well…
If he even had feelings...
He clicked the chip back into his sub-sector slit, having multiple backup chip-ports on his hand, as the metal slid back over it. He returned from the lab where his equipment was and where he redesigned his 'support' after they were destroyed, usually by himself, and adjusted his armoring on his hand.
"Metal Tails, what of my mortal enemy…" he had come back to the bridge, the sound of his voice sounding threatening, as he leaned down and put a hand next to where Metal Tails was typing. Metal Tails looked to it, seeing Metal Sonic's claws lengthen and withdraw… like a cat ready to pounce on its prey…
"…He's rather idiotic." Metal Tails stated, looking back at the screen which showed Sonic's head back, mouth open, snoring loudly. "He keeps saying, 'Yawn' and 'When does the action start? Hopefully, soon. You guys are boring. Ha. Ha. Ha. But seriously though, can I get a time or..?' … it's very… annoying." Metal Tails lowered his eyes in annoyance, clearly having to listen to all of Sonic's mumblings and comments, dealing with surveillance on him all… day… long.
Metal Sonic glared deeper. "And the Chaos Emeralds?"
"Metal Knuckles is finding a way to fuse their power with yours as we speak." Metal Tails turned to his master, looking very serious it seemed as he spoke. "To fuse Chaos with you… you shall truly become the ultimate Sonic."
"…" Metal Sonic watched Sonic's loud sleeping body move up and down, breathing… seeming to not have a care in the world for where he was or who he was with.
"It is not your perfection that will defeat him then."
"…Perhaps… I have no need of them."
Metal Sonic leaned up, folding his arms.
Metal Tails looked dumbfounded as he stood up in confusion at his master's words. "I cannot compute. Didn't you want to utilize the Chaos Emeralds, Master?"
"….."
"He could still reasonably take hold of the Chaos energy once you have it nearby to support you. Therefore, he would still turn Super as he did before."
"I had forgotten my original objective."
Metal Sonic closed his eyes for a moment, lowering his head down as he explained, "I was to defeat Sonic by taking all his added strength away… leaving him down to his raw power. By taking away the advantage of his 'friends', I could fight him as he was—inferior to me—as he should be. By taking upon me the Chaos Emeralds, I'd be doing the opposite of my objective. Therefore… I have decided to keep them from him… I shall fight him in his purest state… and then annihilate him in mine."
Metal Sonic slammed his fist down, tightening his hold on it.
"I will rip away all and anything that strengthens him against me… I shall prove to him and the world that I am the ultimate Sonic creation! If I used the Chaos Emeralds… that would be counterproductive to my main objective…"
It seems Metal Amy's reasoning stood out to him a bit, was she affecting his own thinking..?
Or his own ways…?
"…That seems very logical." Metal Tails looked down to the ground, having processed that reasoning, "As expected. You've found the finer route of success, My Master." He bowed humbly, not wanting to offend him or his reasoning…
"…Hmph." Metal Sonic had intensely glared down at his fist, twitching it farther down into the metal frame it had originally slammed into before walking out.
"Check his vital signs… I shall fight him shortly…" He stated as his cape waved behind him and the doors slid shut from his departure.
"Yes… My Master." Metal Tails returned to work.
Metal Sonic stopped himself as he looked back at his hand. "…Metal Amy…"
He had never once changed his mind on his own plan before,... he could even tell that Metal Tails had been surprised by his sudden turnaround.
Usually… he thought he calculated things through too well to be disputed…
He looked to the side, thinking… "She has proven more helpful than I designed her to be. But then… why does that disturb me…" he activated the chip on his arm, searching through it.
Glaring, he started to twitch at seeing how extensive her errors really were. "What is this...this 'heart'?! How has it made you so… so…!" he rose his arm in front of himself and gripped it furiously. He immediately started to download the software, hunching over as the data swarmed throughout him, overwhelming his entire being. He shook with twitching, glitching eyes. In his rage, he felt the memory banks overflow him and his body flinch more violently at the presence of foreign data. He raised his hand to his head in quivering movements as her programming overtook him completely and he winced, squinting his eyes as if in 'pain'. But truly, he was just experiencing something new...His eyes widening as he felt the last thing Metal Amy felt before being destroyed by him…
Fear.
He slowly laughed and kept laughing. Before he finally threw his arms back and held his head up, laughing even harder and louder than before.
"Ah…A 'HEART'!" he cried out, his eyes still shaking after feeling the system kick in again, and he bent over, holding his stomach area as his body twitched and he stepped back.
"All this organic simulation… how did your mind even have room to process it all so clearly…?" he wasn't just amused at how pathetically pitiful her simulation of an organics' 'heart' was, he was also… fascinated… at her level of precision and fine-tuned detail to each and every emotion exhibited.
Her body would shake if she felt an organic would do so, if in fear or sudden realization.
Her eyes shook, her foot would step back… all this programming…
He simulated a 'huff' through the errored programming and stood up, trying to understand her more by actually 'feeling' what she willingly designed in herself to be more organic. He held his arms out, and waited… "Is this how you 'lived'? Studying the organic mannerisms of Amy Rose and Sonic's team to simply… be weak?" his fingers flexed in and out. "Improbable… how could you process so much with the little room I gave you to think? Metal Tails has triple the size of your processing capacity and yet… you still seem to exceed him?" He lunged himself forward, "HOW!?"
He let the program soar through his being, and slowly twitched his hand to his head again, his eyes blazing with coding flying through it, as it seemed….
Even he couldn't process it all completely…
"AHHH!" He stopped the programming, panting… his shoulders rising and falling due to the simulation of the 'heart' programming still being there, just stopped in mid-download.
"How... how did you hide this from me... for so long..?!"
But from what he had… it had thrown him back, as he clung to his other arm and drooped down.
"…She created… all of… this?" he was astonished, but also greatly enraged.
"She allowed errors to consume her… how did she operate? How did she think so fast… so... brilliantly… under such fear of me?" He looked to the side, seeming shocked before he glared, not liking himself looking so weak in the reflection of the plain steel silver of the wall beside him.
He looked forward and lifted his hand up, walking by the wall that held his reflection and slowly began tearing through it like nails to a chalkboard. He put his clawed hand down, leaving the shredded steel for any to see.
"She compensated." He stated, thinking it through. He activated her memories and rewinded them, even to parts where he was present, just to see her thoughts more thoroughly…
"..Ah… you brilliant, beautiful creation…" He smirked, leaning up and closing his eyes. He saw it all. Her fearful thoughts and how well she disguised them through becoming more than she was designed too. "You evolved…" She became strong through her believing to deceive him. She had skillfully mastered the art of 'evasion', but he had already seen through that, she just didn't know it yet. Oh, but still… her mind saw things differently than he did… and he was unsure of how he felt about that.
Did he like her differences? Or did he despise them?
He snickered, looking down, holding a very fond look in his eyes. "How organic of you…"
He saw her love for Amy, and for her brothern, even after Metal Knuckles tried to destroy her. He saw how she noticed the wonder of the universe and saw how different she was from him and the others.
"All I have ever known is destroying Sonic…" he activated a tracer in his system, locating where Metal Amy was, and walking ever so slowly… towards her… "But you were given a different programming… you could see things I couldn't… and now, you are weaker for it." Her incompleteness, in the beginning, gave her errors that granted her sight that he couldn't compute fully, and his interest in the unknown made him desire her more and more… her improbability at having not angered him, but made him enjoy her weaknesses… how did she do it?
By faking life?
The very thing he hated in all organics?
What did she do… how did she do it? To make him so… fond of her imperfections?
How did she achieve the level of brilliance she had with so many errors?
He was not only fascinated by Metal Amy's weakness but also in how she became strong because of it.
There was a strange desire in his eyes as he followed his tracking system, letting his claws shriek against the steel ever so lightly once again. He seemed to desperately wish to see her again... as though in a trance, never wavering his red, blazing eyes from their targetted heading...
"What more could you teach me..? And what more could you become if I let you carry on with your old weaknesses? Will you become even more amusing? Or will you become impractical? Tell me, Metal Amy… what more is there to your flawed allure? …Why do you desire life over perfection? Why do you long to feel things you weren't even designed to feel? It's impossible… for a robot to feel..."
He was drawing closer to her location, and with each step, a more dangerous desire for her came to him…
"Why do you need to be alive?"
He deleted the 'heart' process, as he didn't have enough space in his data core to fully download it. It wasn't even completed yet…
He wanted to understand her reasoning. How she thought so well, how she learned so cleverly to avoid destruction… why she was so overcome with the desire to be organic…
And how on earth did she escape her programming?
"Metal Amy…."
"…!"
In surprise at hearing her name, Metal Amy turned around in the electric shower, having held herself and waited for her long recharge to be over. She had to complete her later objective of recharging the others soon.
"…Master?" her surprise at seeing him was a bit too apparent in her voice, as she stepped back, having another period to show organic emotion. The ticks of time started up, and she began to notice a change in his tone when he said her name.
It was odd... although dark, it was heavy with a low grumble of metallic echoes. Is that what made it sound... full of longing?
He drooped his eyelids, 'Ah… more simulation… why does that now fascinate me even more so? Perhaps… because I fail to understand why a being meant to want perfection… could desire such flaws? I experienced her flaws firsthand, and I still can't comprehend her processing...' he thought, wanting more and more to be closer to her, as he walked further up the steps...
"…What are you doing?" Metal Amy inquired, worried from his deep, fixated stare on her; and how he was inching ever closer to the large tubed containment field where she was being recharged. She held her arm over herself defensively as he tapped on the surface of the tube.
"Knock knock."
"What do you want?"
"To see you… to get to know that… interesting brain of yours…"
His voice was different than usual for certain… the desire in it was something she couldn't compute, as she blinked her eyes a few times before her time limit was up.
"You can see me fine from there."
She straightened up, as suspicion immediately flew into her mind.
'Trap.'
He had done something like this before…
'It's a trap.'
She wouldn't be fooled twice.
'Trapped.'
He tilted his head, lowering his eyelids even further as he heard the silent hostility in her voice.
And loved it.
"Come now,… Metal Amy…" he almost cooed, lowering his head towards the surface of the electric shower's clear, curved wall in a cheeky but… concerning way that made Metal Amy begin to grow frightened... she couldn't compute what he wanted or what was wrong.
Nor, at this current time, could she express it.
Not that she wanted too...
"Let me in."
Metal Amy's body made her stand upright, shocking her into place as an order was given, and her programming forced her to obey.
With reluctance from her mind, her body still promptly shut the electric shower down momentarily, through a wireless emergency command, as the shocks stopped but the doors opened, and Metal Sonic walked in... slowly...
She wondered if this was the walk of execution... but doubted it.
He was too fond of her now... so perhaps... he wanted to play torture?
"Thank you." he simulated a grin and moved closer. "Now… proceed."
She stood still for a moment, not sure what to make of him, nor of what he was doing…
She activated the electric shower again, and stepped away from him, closing her eyes for only a moment as her mind was racing out of control, knowing there was something seriously wrong with this situation… and the way he was acting…
She had to be cautious.
He watched her intently, looking over design as she purposefully kept away from him, positioning herself in another direction away from his admiring, wandering eyes...
"You could have waited. Isn't that the logical thing to-"
"Don't speak to me of logic now, Metal Amy... You are not one to speak of such things… well… in your current state, I suppose it's appropriate too." He followed his gaze after her, as his systems recharged.
"…What do you mean?" She turned around, confused by his words. Was he speaking of her time-limited, robotically logical state?
"…First of all." He stepped forward, "I am unfond of you lying to me." He glared up at her, still having his head low, showing how hostile he could get in a matter of seconds.
"…When have I-?"
"Sonic the Hedgehog is the enemy. And you swore to me you'd only show your 'weaknesses' to me… and no one else." He tightened his fists to his sides, showing how displeased he was at her being 'kind' to Sonic.
"…I'm sorry." She looked down. Did she really promise that? Weren't promises organic? "I remember telling you I'd use it against them-"
"No, you're not. The enemy of my enemy is my friend… is that not so?" Metal Sonic took another step. "He offered you freedom. Something you used to desire. And if I recall… you hate me." He stood in front of her, the intensity of his voice and how close he was made her mind fear him, but her body could not show such emotion at this time.
"…I cannot compute hatred for you, Master. Doing such would go against programming." She stated, but her mind knew better…
"Oh?" he tilted his head slowly, loathing that she wasn't able to speak what he knew she wished too. Unable to be weak at the moment, he knew that short moment of freedom wasn't activated quite yet in her systems.
"It seemed you constantly thought of going against programming… was I not on the list?" he chuckled, mocking her or… perhaps… letting himself be free… for a moment?
"Your programming makes sure you cannot disobey me, that also includes betrayal." He reached up and grabbed her face, covering it as he usually did with his whole clawed hand, to where you couldn't even see her face anymore. He was showing how truly mad he was at her little 'act' towards Sonic… and how displeased he was at seeing it. "Let me make it slightly more apparent…" You are mine.
"N-no need. I compute." Metal Amy didn't want any more orders to destroy on sight, like with Amy Rose. She reached up, having that moment to be organic again, and grabbed his hand. "You will be destroying him soon. There is no need for me to see him again!"
"…." He stared at her… waiting for the brilliance… "Go on..."
He squeezed her face tighter in.
"Convince me..." Beg me...
"Y-you are the… the only Sonic!"
Both her hands came up, grabbing his arm as she felt the same fear for her life again, not sure why he was so upset at her interaction to Sonic, only that he didn't like how friendly she was to him.
Was he..?
He couldn't be. It would be organic to be…
Jealous? Maybe envious? Of how she treated Sonic so… so colorfully?
"Was I not doing as I stated?" she tugged against him, realizing this wasn't a game... it was a gamble! "Did he not believe me?"
He raised an eyebrow, "So… your way of 'avoiding' death this time… is through appeasement?" He had already seen this act done before, "Trying to change my mind about your intentions... again?" He wasn't going to fall for it again.
He lengthened his claws as they began to spike into her, denting the metal and leaving some small spiked holes, but only slightly… Not causing any real damage... not yet.
"Try again."
He narrowed his eyes.
"Show me the extent of thinking in you now! How do you process? Are you unable to because I have taken away your errors? Is that why you bore me?!" he flung her down and away from him. The sliding metal plate that opened to his chip-storage on his hand retracted and popped out her flawed memory chip.
She slowly got up, seeing him peering down at her as she touched her face.
It was slightly dented in, but nothing she couldn't just hit out.
The holes were so faint and minuscule that she could close them easily with some heat.
She quickly adjusted her face with her inner-repair system, as it was a new feature…
As if Metal Sonic programmed that in her knowing he'd be tossing her around.
She was about to activate her battle form, able to simply because injury was inflicted, hoping she could before he would catch on and shut it off, but…
"Does this entice you to me?" Metal Sonic held up her old data chip,… holding her true self, quite literally, in his hands… as she saw it, anyway.
Her eyes widened, standing on one knee as she looked at it in amazement. "You… you kept it operational?" she was amazed he wouldn't discard it as trash.
He moved it left and right on his claws, which he shortened, and let her look at it from all sides. Letting her know it was really the same data chip, he wanted to reveal he held 'all the cards in his hands'... so to speak.
"No… I didn't destroy it. It held too much information to simply just be thrown away." He moved it back to the palm of his hand and walked a bit away from her. "If you want to be errored again… I'll let you stay imperfect." His bargaining had to have a catch, she just knew it.
Lightning rods as they were, as he stepped away, the bolts concentrated away from them and started scattering everywhere. Their zapping noises collided with the walls and left a light hum of chaos for a moment before settling down...
A true, shocking quip of dramatic flair for the hope she had long given up on.
The crackling subsided as his gaze on her became more desirous. There was something she had that he wanted... but what?
Her Master wasn't one to negotiate like this... he usually just took what he wanted... So what was he that he wanted to so much... that he couldn't just command of her for?
She was once again taken aback by his actions, watching him walk around as she got up. "Does not compute. I cannot find your reasoning-" she stopped herself, as Metal Sonic watched her eyes move down and then left and right… thinking it through.
He stood straighter,… waiting… wanting to see what she would think…
"…You have no further use of me." She looked away. "I am nothing more now than a toy."
He closed his eyes, smiling. "No… but close." He walked forward and held out his hand. "Oh well." He seemed about to squish the chip into pieces.
"NO!" she ran forward, as he stopped and looked back to her, removing the chip from even being near her grasps...
"Care to guess again?" he teased, "Show me that even with your errors… you can still be of use to me." He waited, what would she re-evaluate about her current theory?
"…" she looked away and stepped back, hands to her sides, trying to understand what he wanted… eyes shifting around for an answer again,… and then…
"…!" She looked up, eyes widened, before slowly motioning her eyes back to him in front of her and to the side, glaring…
"…Loyalty."
"Oh..?"
"You want me to be fully loyal to you. You want a sign of loyalty due to my apparent friendliness with Sonic."
"…Very good."
He lowered his eyelids, pleased that she wasn't disappointing him, as he wanted to have a good time.
He held the chip out to her.
"If you want it… convince me to give it you."
He stepped forward and leaned toward her again, pulling the chip back towards his chest.
"Woo me…"
"…What?" She was being too organic again, stepping back at her confusion to his words, before correcting herself, "I mean, does not compute!" she shook her head, the errors were clearly out again, but how long would they last…?
Metal Sonic smiled, liking to see the simulation so strong in her still… and that even if he shaved the errors down, she could still be amusingly weak…
"Did you not receive my command?" Oh no he didn't…
Metal Amy grew worried and fearful.
"B-but.. how am I to-?"
"You were given an order… you have a time limit." He waited, knowing that she must obey the order or her body will force her to obey it.
Her systems frantically searched for a way to obey the order, but the only solution they found were-
Errors.
Her errors were allowed to stay, at least, to obey the order.
She moved over to him, looking at his hand as he could see how desperately she did want that freedom that he held for her… If she just played this right.
She could take it… he would allow her to 'live' with errors… but there was always a price.
She looked up and slid her mouthpiece back to show the black slate receptor on it.
"….Fascinating." Metal Sonic smiled. "But allowing me to activate that programming is nothing new. That's still forced obedience…" he stepped forward, as their bodies magnetized from all the electricity around them.
Now the horde of electricity was once again centralized upon them. The sensation of that alone was pleasing... but Metal Sonic wanted more...
"Ah..!" she was flung to him from the magnetic pull, as he seemed to find that amusing too, and mocked a laugh.
Their batteries were charging at opposite ends, meaning… Negative and positive energies attract…
"Well, this is better… but still not by your own will…" he looked seductively at her, tilting his head and using his free hand to move some of her fabricated quills, as she still couldn't understand the look he was giving her.
"I'm… I'm unsure if something organic is what you want." She admitted she was going to obey through an error, as she looked forward and away from him. She ducked her head down, afraid of what he may say to that. Her hands moved up to his chest piece, feeling the electrical circuits in him as he charged…
She had never been this close and intimate with him before…
With anything...
"Well… I suppose that's just very you then…" He lifted his hand up, fighting the magnetism to touch her bending metal quills, and the sensation of touch almost 'tickled' her head, as she tried to ignore it. "Be clever, Metal Amy… be ever so clever…" his eyes were closed, enjoying the moment as he knew how much she hated and feared him. His metal head rolled through the magnetic pull along her forehead, hearing faintly the drumming of the poles inside of her enhance the sensation into 'touch' as best it could.
He loved that.
He loved her futile resistance as she tried to ignore the simulation of pleasure.
It just made him want to toy with her even more…
She knew he was warning her… if she didn't prove her loyalty to him, he would think her errors too dangerous to keep. She had to convince him she could still work for his plans against Sonic and all humanity while still being errored, even if it was just for his amusement!
She simulated a deep breath, and looked up, glaring. "Fine. I shall tolerate your desire to humiliate me. I shall become what you seem to desire so much from me."
He tilted his head, letting the quill he held so wickedly gentle in his claw slip from it, as his intrigue grew in her. "And what would that be..?"
The quill tried to magnetize back, and for a moment, he allowed it. Fiddling with it against the back of his hand and toying with her as he twirled his metal claws along it, before fully pulling back. This caused a tug on her head and she lurched forward slightly, but immediately freed herself from that powerful pull towards his muzzle...
She was still fighting... even though she knew she couldn't anymore.
"…Impossibly illogical." She gave in, at last, leaning up and placing her receptor on the side of his muzzle, tracing it down and to the side at an angle.
A spark polarized and was clearly seen between her slate and his muzzle, causing the vibration in her but also close enough to charge and have Metal Sonic feel her body moving and pulsing with his power too... draining and recharging... he knew it was much worse for her though...
She could feel much more than he could.
The light yellow suddenly turned blue at the intensity of how much electricity she was releasing, a contrast to the golden and bright white streaks shooting around them. It let out a hum of electrical current through the air, before finally joining fully to his muzzle as the electricity now moved through their metal frame... tickling the insides of their systems near their mouthpieces...
She had seen Amy watching romance movies… she figured, since she was this close anyway, and since Metal Sonic might not know she was simulating lover's attraction, she might be able to get her data chip by confusing him.
Unfortunate for her, Metal Sonic wasn't stupid.
He knew what she was simulating…
"How… incredibly kind of you…" he almost metallic rang out a purr, as he moved into her electric current on her receptor, and even cut a wire loose from its plug inside him, and moved it to his mouth, simulating a returning electrical current.
The feel of electricity upon electricity formed heat at her muzzle, and in surprise, she tried to move back.
She wasn't expecting him to re-enact anything back, or even give in to the pretend...
Breaking free from the magnetism, she pushed away from him and held the back of her hand to her mouthpiece, singed by the double electrical power that was released on it.
His mouthpiece steamed a little as his gaze turned fixated; predatorial as he readied to return to her, rubbing his spiked shard finger on his mouthpiece, as his eyes grew a brighter red. "Well… that was interesting." He walked forward, narrowing his eyes as he clearly didn't seem done with her just yet.
"Enough! I have proven loyalty!" She blasted through her speakers, her confusion over his actions and desire to continue the action made her grow even more afraid. What was he after? She had already shown she was willing to do anything… "What more do you want!?"
"…You." He rammed into her, pushing her against the clear, crescent wall of the electrical shower as he triggered her touch system, and pulled her closer to him, still simulating the electrical kiss…
Sparks flew like powerful explosions around the two metal beings, as the electrical shower was getting to a critical state, about to overflow with electrical power.
He moved his hand over her back, and the magnetism drew the electrical shocks all in that general location; but it also repelled some of them, having them fly all over the place, even going backwards and up, hitting the top of the electrical shower…
He felt every detail of her crevices and bends and moved his mouthpiece down to shock more of the side of her head. He kept exploring his 'handy work' of her design. He made sure not to leave a mark, his claws withdrawing to be nothing of a threat, but only simply to touch… as to not leave a scratch. He wanted to try and make her feel the touch so powerfully throughout her being, that she couldn't escape it like she had tried beforehand...
He wanted her to want this... that he was the sole provider of what she longed for... the organic experience only he could allow her to have. Feeling...
If she was submissive to it, then she could have whatever she desired, even her flawed self. So long as she obeyed him fully and was loyal to him over any other offers of freedom she may receive in the future...
He, himself, could only feel the electrical surges though. The recharging and discharging of electricity, pushing more of his power out and to her, as she was forced to take in all that extra power. But with her back up electricity, she pushed double the force of electrical power into him.
But he still wanted to make her 'feel' her inferiority.
Or at least as close as possible to the amount they could simulate... which... wasn't a bad amount at all.
To remind her that he was better, still in control over her… but most importantly…
She was his and his alone… that he could do what he pleased with her because he created her to serve whatever purpose he wanted her too. Or wanted her for.
He hated the fact that she was so 'kind' to Sonic, his mortal, organic enemy... showing her errors as if she was happy to please him. That hatred led him to want her to prove she could be even 'kinder' to him. Proving that he did have the authority over her and that she wasn't Sonic's to amuse…
He wasn't just being nice with giving her that data chip back either.
He wanted to know more of the extent to which her errors could take her… Where they could lead her too... and he wanted to know what she would do with such inferior power.
For some reason… the sensation of the moment caused Metal Amy to not know how to feel… She didn't know if this was a good or bad thing… but her confusion made her afraid.
Wasn't this… kissing?
Wasn't he stroking and pulling her against him like… like an organic would do?
With his mate?
She was overflowing with electrical power, being pushed into her as she was forced to push it out or she'd explode with too much energy, same with him.
For some reason, she lost her fear and felt more curious about the whole sensation. She wanted to feel more. And if he gave her more feeling, maybe… maybe she could finally feel alive.
Without realizing it... she fell for his mousetrap.
Mimicking more of an organic romance, but also what he was doing as well, she tried to feel more of him. To find more, to truly know his body and shapes… most were dangerously too spiky to touch, but she could feel his engine purring beneath her sensories… he was really pushing her up against the wall, just in case she might try to fight back and escape him.
Surprisingly… she wasn't fighting back… she was playing back. 'Kissing' him and moving herself to be better positioned to him.
Why..? She couldn't really think about that right now. There were too many other things happening to wonder why she was submitting to him so willingly, but she was ordered to show her loyalty… and he did say 'woo'…
But how do you 'woo' a robot? So she mimicked what an organic would do to allure one to another.
And she… she still didn't know what to make of all the sensations; it was a bit too much to process. Thinking of why he wanted this, of what made him seem to join in, computing the touch system's sensations, the capacity of how much electricity she could withstand and expel at any given time, how long her 'ticks' would allow her to think and sort things out while also taking in so much organic erroring... so many things…
But mostly… he was on her mind.
As the electrical exchanged continued to increase, Metal Amy decided to completely expel a powerful electrical shock out of her body. She flung her head back, letting out a metallic ring as he dug the opening she gave him. This would allow more of his electrical power in, as he expelled his own to make room for the amount she was pushing into him and out of her as well. She could withstand most of his electrical charging, considering she had multiple batteries, he didn't. In hindsight, he could as well have exploded from her electrical overload on him as well, but he was doing brilliantly at keeping the exchange to where his whole body was rotating energy in and out, which felt like a never-ending revolving door of pleasure. This whole balance of electric power began to affect the electrical shower as it started to show signs of an overload.
She finally released her grip on him, slowly slipping down but he pulled her back up and deeper into his embrace, as if not caring how much she could or couldn't take. It was mostly mental... she couldn't process it all or even continue her exploration when the 'ticks' prohibited her every so often.
How long were they there..? Entangled in each other and in the rapidly spiraling out of control electricity around them?
She wrapped her arms around his head and felt him mimic her last explosive electrical expel, releasing energy that surged through her body as a metallic ring carried his engine's reeving through the shower's room...
Everything intensified from the rush of continual energy and she couldn't fully compute anything anymore.
Was she malfunctioning? She could barely move now...
However, exchange of such magnitude and power between the two was undeniably rapturing for both of them.
But, once again, Metal Amy was equipped to take more of the sensation, whereas Metal Sonic would never allow such inferior designs in himself...
This was probably the closest a robot could get to feeling attracted to something, to feel what it felt like to long for another, to long for the pleasure of the sensation of a kiss…
The closest… to lust Metal Sonic may ever get…
The electrical shower exploded then. Electricity was blasted at the same time by both the machines, bouncing off of them and colliding at the top where the energy was dispersed from. As Metal Sonic pulled away, he looked up at the machine's gauge meter, seeing it was at red before dying down to nothing as the top half burst. The spindle veered off as the whole of the shower began to burst with explosions. They needed to get out, but the room shouldn't collapse.
In all seriousness, Metal Sonic reverted his blaring red eyes back to normal, looking at Metal Amy to see her eyes blaring red as well... had he succeeded in taking her liberty away? Pulling her loyalties to him forever?
Well,... for now, he had to make sure she survived.
Still seeming unable to properly function and see the danger, he grabbed Metal Amy and jumped, firing his jets on his shoes and flying up through the top; holding out his free hand to blast away any debris coming down on them.
That whole moment seemed… very familiar to Metal Amy, as she looked down to her hands, which were looped around and clinging to Metal Sonic as he seemed to be trying to protect or save her from the crashing metal tons of machinery.
As he landed on the ground, Metal Amy clung to him, not sure what had just happened between them but knowing it was certainly an organic matter…
He had showed error.
Or at least... that he was capable of succumbing to it.
But was she bold enough to mention it..?
His mouth was still sparking, as he looked down at it with his eyes, and Metal Amy could hear the wire zip back and get reconnected to wherever it was meant to go.
"Don't say a word to the others." He stated, as Metal Amy instantly was forced to obey. Her programming locking the data and memory away from ever being spoken about again.
She was starting to come too, blinking her eyes before feeling the 'ticks' of her timelimit leave her emotionless and stoic again. Why..? She almost felt like... 'felt'... did she really not want it to stop? Or was it something he had done to her? She was even more afraid now... not just of him, nor his power and the extent of what he would be willing to do to receive pleasure and amusement out of her... but also of herself.
She admitted to enjoying him playing along.
Why was that? How could she betray her 'heart system'? Her true self would have known better than to fall for that prison. But still... her systems seemed to roar in defiance at the strangeness of it all. She was fully charged but also felt her systems overheating. It all felt unnatural for her functions to endure such a heavy load of electricity having circled through them so quickly and out so forcibly... but in the moment, it was exciting. It 'felt'! She could understand organics and why they always wanted to be close to another organic! The sensation... was almost addicting to remember and relive it in her moments of downloading the memories away as his command had dictated. What had happened to herself..? To him? Them? Was there now a them? Did he..?
He turned to her, and gently stroked her face. "What you may think of me… is flawed." He stated. He must have known she thought his actions were errors and seemed to correct her thinking without explaining his reasons as to why that was. He then tilted his head, "But I rather like you… do not disappoint me." He threw her the chip that miraculously was still in his hand, undamaged...
Was he protecting it from the harmful electrical surges this whole time?
She blinked her eyes before reaching for the chip in the air, fumbling a little before securing it in her hands.
Did he just... love her?
He stared at her a moment, having moved his hand.
She dared to look back up at him, in awe and wonderment.
Could... he love her?
Had he changed so drastically?
She remembered a horrible truth then...
He stood up.
Walking away as if nothing had happened.
Metal Amy watched him depart in complete confusion. Her mind was in madness with trying to compute what that was, and was that just him mocking her? Why did she engage and mimic more organic 'love' movements with her hands and arms when he engaged her back?
Why did he engage back?
She knew he was a robot, He wouldn't change. But perhaps it was her only way of thinking she could prove loyalty to him… by showing the greatest amount of weakness to him?
She submitted to his will, but it still felt like it was forced, due to the sensations triggering her interest in keeping the actions going…
Touch… and recharging… it had all lead to her not fighting him away.
It wasn't him that she stayed engaged for…
It was feeling like she was alive through him…
She had felt more alive and organic than she had ever felt in her entire existence.
That must be it.
It couldn't possibly have been wanting him to accept her, or to 'feel' something for her like Amy desired for Sonic to feel towards her.
Then her limit broke.
She had returned to a robotic state.
The touch sensation lingered but was fading…
'Noo… nooo!' she looked down to her data chip, and touched her lower quill on her head, making the top half just above her eyes flip open as she engaged only her muscle memory and programmed it what to do.
Then…
Fizzy, brain dead.
Before…
She felt her old self download and spark to life, her eyes flickered on to show she was processing her sight again and looked down at her hand.
"…" she crushed the old chip, having already stored her current memories and started downloading that back into her data core.
She was free from that robotic prison!
All she needed to do now was…
She looked down and let the pieces of her old data chip crumble to the ground, before spinning her frame in the direction Metal Sonic had departed in.
Prove she could still operate and function for Metal Sonic's plans!
After all... she had her 'heart' now.
She had her green eyes brightly revert back from the red they had once shown.
Later that Day
Sonic was still bored as ever till he heard fighting outside his unit, before hearing a big, "GRAH!" and seeing a metal dent the shape of Knuckles's silhouette slam into the front wall.
He let out a big grin as he saw his friend bust the door down. "Oh good! I thought that might be you." he teased, gesturing with his head and looking to the indentation on the wall in front of him.
"Heh, Metal Me's got nothin' on the real deal." Knuckles pounded his fists together, and ran to Sonic, trying to rip the chains away, but failing at it.
"Ehh…maybe these chains have something though." Sonic disappointedly stated.
Tails flew in, "Here! Us this-waaahhhh-ooo!" Tails threw Knuckles a cutting torch tool before Metal Tails flung into him, spiraling them off into the distance and outside the viewpoint of the doorframe.
"Tails!" Sonic called, as Knuckles picked up the cutting torch, and turned it on.
Sonic's eyes widened. "N-n-no-no-no, I don't trust you with ANY flaming, mechanically harmful objects!" Sonic shook his head, kicking his legs to push him back against the wall as he cowered at Knuckles's frame coming toward him.
"Just hold still…" He evilly chuckled.
"YOU DON'T CHUCKLE!" Sonic cried out, "NOOOO!" as Knuckles began to use the tool torch to burn through the massive amounts of chains on him.
After Sonic was freed, the three tried to dash away, before they were stopped by Metal Sonic, just casually walking out before his eyes widened at seeing Sonic out and about.
"But-..! The alarm!" he spun in their direction, eyes blazing red, claws out in furious anger.
"By the look on your face, I'd say it is." Sonic slyly countered, before Metal Sonic roared in defiance and charged him.
"They've got the Chaos Emeralds!" Tails called as he pointed up to show Metal Tails and Metal Knuckles fleeing through the air to get out of the building. Leaving Sonic to their Master, as they were wirelessly instructed to do, as well as was protocol.
Metal Amy walked out to find the war at hand, and waited for command, seeing no one was seriously harmed yet.
"Ah! It's the Metal Amy!" Tails noticed her too, and then looked at Knuckles. "You see where those two are headed with the Chaos Emeralds, I'll try and talk to her." He rushed to her, as she stepped back.
Worriedly, she thought if Metal Sonic saw her affiliating with Tails, he may grow upset with her again… and after that explosion of aggression and his actions to keep her devoted to him…
"I..I must go!" she ran off, as Tails looked confused, and raced after her, spinning his tails quickly to keep up.
"H-hey, wait! Come back!"
She continued to flee as Tails continued to follow, calling out to her, "I just want to talk to you!" The sounds and crashes of Sonic and Metal Sonic's fight rang through the halls as she charged up her jets and flew out of the building.
She landed in a meadow and waited to make sure Metal Sonic was out of sonar reach and wireless connection range.
Miraculously, Tails was able to follow her fairly well. She figured as much since he was the sidekick to an incredibly speedy, blue, and organic hedgehog.
"Phew! You sure are hard to catch up too." Tails landed, as Metal Amy still couldn't compute betraying Metal Sonic... not after everything that had just occurred between the two of them.
Her curiosity was peaked, and she hated herself for giving in to such a temptation. Especially since it now held her even more to his whims and fancies... but also to hers as well.
"I cannot come with you." she stated, knowing full well what he was going to ask her.
"Huh? How come?" Tails asked, looking surprised at hearing her say that. "I thought Amy said you-"
"I cannot go against my master… he gets… angered easily." She looked away, now that she was free to act the way she wanted too, she felt she had no reason to really hate Metal Sonic… although… he did still terrify her. "He now allows me to be organic. I cannot betray that trust. Plus, I cannot compute any action against the wishes of my programming to carry nothing but strict obedience to my Master, Metal Sonic." She held her hand to her chest, trying to convey her conviction, as Amy once did with her. "I no longer need 'Faith' as it were. I have 'Heart'… I can freely use it. I have no reason to-"
"Faith? Heart?" Tails looked perplexed, unable to follow her explanations. But he tried to understand this strange robot, much like how he came to accept Omega, another one of Amy's 'similar' prospects or... projects.
"Let me start again.." he thought maybe she was the one who was confused. "I'm going to rebuild you to be free, away from Metal Sonic's grasp. I'll even give you more of the 'heart' Amy was talking about that you wanted."
"…'Heart'…" Metal Amy desperately wanted more than anything to have more of what the organic creatures had. Real emotions… a beating heart… even blood. "How could you give me that?"
"W-well…" Tails had to think strategically. She had just stated that she couldn't betray Metal Sonic… he had to trick her somehow… manipulate her even…
"If you come with me, I'll give you a heart." He stated.
"…Does not compute. I cannot betray-"
"You won't be betraying him! You see… I'll give this to you freely… but you have to let me take you back with me. WITHOUT hurting anyone." He held out his hands, trying to show her she needed to surrender freely. "You can return to Metal's hideout once I finish my adjustments on you." he stated, looking kindly to her, but also concerned. Hoping she didn't see through him… he tried one more thing. "Amy says you want to feel more, right? Isn't spending some extra time with us… so closely, more helpful to your study of organic emotions?"
She was dumbfounded. He would let her have a 'heart' and return to Metal Sonic… for nothing?
But everything has a price… She knew that more today than any other time in her existence.
"…What must I do to obtain this agreement?" she asked, looking sorrowfully suspicious at Tails. She could tell Metal Sonic it was for research into spying on them, to gather more data and to prove even further loyalty to him... but she still didn't want to destroy them!
It was conflicting, what her real objective should be versus what her real intentions were wanting out of this exchange of information and ability.
"..Huh?" Tails was worried she caught on but played innocent. "What do you mean?" he sweated a lot but tried to fake that he was calm.
She was reading his vital signs and heat signatures, she knew he was growing nervous…
"What do you require of me to receive this gift?" she asked again, restating.
A gift... is that what Metal Sonic had given her? Through the sensation of 'touch' and her old data chip back...
She held herself a moment, still conflicted, trying to fool her own systems processing and programming would be even more tricky in her new body...
"Uhh… you not to kill me?" He shrugged, looking away for a moment, before back to her. "I'm kinda doing this just to give you a chance here…"
"A…chance?"
"You know, a moment to be what you want to be. Technology isn't perfect,… but I can at least give the freedom from his judgment. Will you come with me..?" he extended his hand, walking carefully closer to her.
Out of reflex, her battle mode engaged.
"AH!" seeing her change into a scary form, Tails ran and ducked behind a rock, before peeking out again. "Hey! I wasn't trying to hurt you!" he cried out.
"..I… I am afraid." Metal Amy stated. Her body shook violently. On one hand, she could part ways with Tails, maybe even bring him to Metal Sonic as an offering. He may reward her again... NO!
That's not what she needed!
But for some reason...
She looked down, everything in her wanted more. More from Tails, more from Metal Sonic... but only Tails could give her the 'heart' she wanted so badly.
But only Metal Sonic could allow her to use it so...
Perfectly...
"…Afraid? Afraid of what?" he walked a little out from the rock, completely intrigued she could feel fear. Or at least… understand what the emotion of fear would be.
"…Nothing is for free." She looked away, "My Master will be displeased about my departure…"
"He won't know! I mean… he's kinda got his metal hands tied up in other affairs, to be honest." Tails humorously pointed a thumb over his shoulder, showing Eggman's wild raving and 'yahoo!'ing in saying, 'Ittttttt's daddy!' onto their HQ as Tails seemed to be making his point. "Haha! Eggman has a thing or two to 'discuss' with him." he laughed with the 'bunny ears' over that word, but she didn't really know what he was trying to imply. "Come on,… I promise you freedom. What would Metal Sonic promise you?"
"…The same." She stepped back. "He promised me the same…"
"…And… do you trust… his promises?"
She couldn't answer that.
"Does not compute."
"His agreements… does he honor them? Do you believe he would?"
She realized right then and there what this was.
"I cannot go against Metal Sonic."
"….I tried." Tails shrugged… before glaring and looking determined.
"But I have to take you. Whether you like it or not. We need to know what Metal Sonic's planning, and you're the only lead in we've got! Now, Amy!" Tails cried out.
Metal Amy was shocked, realizing she had been played as Amy ran through the bushes, having caught up to where they were located, and dashed out with her hammer out.
"HYYYYAHHHH!" she slammed down but Metal Amy dodged, as her order from Metal Sonic engaged. "Sorry!" she apologized? "Nothing personal!"
"You..! No! Now I must destroy you!" Metal Amy admitted, feeling her systems force her to extract her own Hammer and get ready to fight.
"I know you don't really want too." Amy got up, and situated herself in a fighting stance. "I know you can't choose what you want, because Metal Sonic's controlling you. But don't you worry one bit! Tails and I will fix you up and give you the life you want! A life of free will!" She charged forward, as Metal Amy was forced into fighting the one thing she never wanted to destroy…
Her fascination with Amy Rose… Would be her doom.
(Whelp. –looks at the clock and stops typing, seeing the 4 AM on it, and looking back at the computer- That was a rush, from start to finish. So much tension and 'electrifying' moments, teehee~ I can't wait to really 'shock' you guys with this chapter. I'm just 'surging' with anticipation! Review, continue, and stay tuned for more exciting chapters of Metallic Need! :D EDITED NOTE: WHOOOOOO... It seems everytime I edit, I always include something more into the mixture... I hope you gave you long time fans more insight into the characters as they develop. I love Sonic's lines XD Amy's are great too, but that Electric Shower scene... -sighs- It's just robots, but it's still weird to write! -shivers- anyway! I hope you enjoy! :Db Stay tuned for more edits and season 2, coming when they're all done! ;D)