The figure stepped fully into the light with her metallic heels clinking against the cold floor.
Sonic's eyes widened as his brain struggled to process what he was seeing. It was one of Eggman's robots bearing similarities to his robot double, Metal Sonic. Some of them include the chest hole, mechanic claws, and the lack of mouth... but the other bits.
A red metallic skirt. Pink quills made of shimmering alloy on top of her head and a golden hammer clutched tightly in one hand. And those eyes. Those optics that mimic eyes but are lifeless... and unmistakably familiar. This wasn't even a Metal Sonic but a-!
"A Metal Amy?!" Sonic blurted out, stumbling back a step.
Eggman cackled over the monitor, pride practically dripping from his voice. "Surprised? I figured another Metal Sonic would be so predictable. You've faced plenty of versions of yourself, but never one her as I wanted to create a machine that could not only keep up with your speed but to also mess with your mind! HAHAHA!"
He leaned in closer to the screen, his smile stretching cruelly. "Tell me, Sonic... how do you fight someone who looks and fights like the one person you never know how to handle?"
Sonic forced a smirk, but his eyes were still locked on the advancing robot. "Come on, Eggman. I've trashed dozens of your toys like Metal Sonics, Mecha Sonics, even that weird Sonic doll thing you made that one time. You think a shiny Amy's gonna throw me off?"
Eggman grinned wider than ever. "She will. Because she's not built to actually destroy you... she's built to make sure that you won't ever escape out of her grasp!"
As if on cue, Metal Amy's eyes flickered. The harsh red softened, replaced by glowing pink hearts. She tilted her head slightly and stepped forward, slow and deliberate.
"Sooon̸̩̟̗͎͚̜͙̰̓̿̈́̌̈́͛̂́̋̌̿̾̌͝i̴͕̤̹̞̻̯̲͉͗̀̂͗̓ͅċ̴̡̖͙̣̦̰̰̙̣̲̖̞̯͐̓͒͊̑͊̏̏̂̒̄́͐͘̚͝...~" she cooed in a glitchy, sugary-sweet voice. It was disturbingly close to the real Amy.
Sonic blinked as sweat formed on his forehead.
"Okay... this is sorta scary..."
She raised her hammer, the metal groaning softly as she gripped it tighter, but instead of swinging it, she cradled it like a bouquet of flowers.
"I f̸̟̟͙͚͗̃ͅḯ̸̤͈͙̾͒͐̔͝n̷̛̲͓̊̍á̶̺͚̈́̓̑l̷̗̤͖̃͗ḻ̵̣̺͗̀͋̌͋͊y̷̞̮̐͐ͅ meet you , Sonic... L̶͕̿́̌ȅ̸̛̦͉̜͆t̷̥͈̪̣̲̤͎͐̆̔̋̇̕͝ͅ'̵̡̼͉̪͉͈̳̔̓̽̓ś̴̹̞ be together... f̴̡͉͖͓̺̩̯̩̮͇͓̻̤̙̦̔̃̃́́̊́̃͘͝o̶̧̯̮͔͚̻̘̞̥͎͈̼͔̯͑́̉͒̀̏̓̀͋̑̀̾̇̊̕͠ͅr̵̨̨̺̙̟̱̣̜̻̟̮̼͍͚̝̀̇͑̚͝e̷͍͇̻̲̗̜̔͑͐͛͋̉̇͝v̶̰̠̥͑̑͂̑̈́̇̕̚ͅè̴̦͉̰̺͙̪̼̟̍̌̍́̓̌͗͆͊̉̓̀r̶̩̠̣͗ ̴̡̻̔a̴̱̗̪̬̬̠̮͚͑̊̅͑̾͊̋̊̄͌̈́͋̎n̸͈̲̦̠̜̗̞͕̝̎̊̃̇̀̃̚͜͜͝ͅd̶̥̥̪͓̱̜͇͓̋̆̅̅̆̏͝ͅͅ ̵̛͔̹̯̰̜̩̥̼̞͇̏̈́̂̿̀̋̀͌̍̾͌͠ě̸͈̞ͅv̴̢̛̦̌̿̑́̽͗́̅̇͊e̷̦͛̑̈͊̉͂͛͑̾̔͌̚̚̕͘͝r̵̟͎̫̤̝͚̼̣̜̓͑̐͒̽͆̓́͝.̶̨̧̧̦̹̘̺̠̰̰͍͈͚̓̉̇̋̏̎̒̊͛̀͝."
Sonic's confident grin completly dropped and legs instinctively bent into a running stance.