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This is the start of a rewrite of Sonic X with Metal Sonic as the main character. There will be a few changes throughout, such as Metal (obviously) being sent to Station Square by Eggman and it taking place in 2023. Other changes will exist but I haven’t gotten to that point yet.
With that out of the way, let’s get this started.
Another day of patrolling this hunk of junk. Why did he bother rebuilding me into a more powerful Model X if he was never going let me fight Sonic? He says that today is when he’ll take over but I know how it ends. He gets overconfident, they attack and it’s back to square one. How did Bocoe and Decoe get higher positions than me when they can’t use a toaster? I guess I should be glad I have some freedom, unlike that rabbit.
“EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN! SONIC BROKE IN!” Eggman shouted through the nearby speakers.
If Metal had a mouth, he’d be grinning evilly. This is the chance for him to go in there and stop the meddlesome hedgehog that ruined his life. He went as fast as he could to Eggman’s new machine, the E7 Chaos, (a name that rivalled his most pathetic machine names) but he was too late. The machine was destroyed and a white void was beginning to spread.
Chaos control? What did those idiots do?
Suddenly, he was in the same place as before but lying down.
“Metal Sonic? What are you doing here?" Bocoe asked, answered by a simple shrug.
“Where are we?! My map isn’t working!” Eggman was clearly outraged after his defeat. Metal tapped the doctor’s shoulder and pointed to the spot where the emeralds had just been. “MY CHAOS EMERALDS ARE GONE!”
“Perhaps we aren’t on Mobius anymore, Doctor.” Decoe suggested.
“As much as I hate to say it, you might be right” Robotnik said as he took a sip of Chaos Cola. “In fact, we’re in the middle of the ocean!” As far as the eye could see, everything was water. “We need to send something to find land and discover what this planet is. Any suggestions?”
“Metal Sonic seems to have an idea.” Both of Eggman’s main henchmen said at the same time. The intrigued doctor turned around to see the mechanical hedgehog point to himself.
“Fine, but if you fail me, I’ll use you to make a microwave!” Eggman threatened. However, Metal didn’t care as long as he got a chance to take over. He set off to Earth and began a call with his master. This way, he could tell and show Eggman what was happening. Even though he couldn’t speak, the call let him put what he wanted to say into text.
The first land he saw was a city. From above, he couldn’t see what creatures lived there so he decided to land.
“They’re…. human. Like you, Doctor.” The text scrolling across Eggman's screen stated.
“Interesting. I wonder if they share my overall cleverness and ingenuity.” However, these humans were all staring with confused looks. Suddenly, some of them pulled out strange, rectangular devices. Quickly, it was realised that the humans were speaking the same language as Mobians do.
“It appears to be some sort of machine” one said.
“It looks scary” said another.
After a few minutes, strange vehicles entered the area. Humans got out of them, wielding weapons. “What is this thing?!”
Metal pretended to be offended before a group tried capturing him. Before they got a chance, he ran to the side.
“These humans clearly don’t appreciate art.” Eggman remarked.
Metal decided to leave while he could, leaving everyone in the dust.
“That’s the third report of something strange being in the middle of Station Square today.” One of the humans said before entering his vehicle. “Either something odd is going on or these furries are getting more elaborate.”
After realising that no police were near him, he went into a dark alleyway next to a closed building with a green and white image on the front. He looked outside of the alley and found a familiar face.
"It's-" was all of the text that Metal sent to his master.
"The fox!" Eggman said, looking at his two-tailed enemy.
"It appears we won't be alone, Doctor."
"This place is strange. I wonder if anyone else got sent here. It'd be nice to even see Eggman at this point." Tails said while looking at his Miles Electric, which appeared to not work.
"So we aren't alone! I bet that damn hedgehog is somewhere on this planet too! When I get my hands on him..."
"Language, Doctor!" Decoe, Bocoe and Metal said at the same time, the last typing it as always.
"Whoops. Anyways, do you have any ideas of what to do?"
"Yes, yes I do. If we capture the fox, we can broadcast a message across the whole world telling the hedgehog to meet us at a certain place before his pal takes a visit to the underworld." Metal Sonic explained with great pleasure.
"You've really thought this through, my marvellous creation!" Robotnik stated, not at all opposed to the idea of murder if it meant having a chance at victory.
Metal looked at the fox and noticed that he looked like he'd been through quite a lot that day. In fact, he was glad he hadn't been programmed to smell. However, he oddly wasn't glad to see his enemy in such a terrible state.
"Doctor, on second thought, do you think the fox has had enough for now?"
"What in Chaos' name are you talking about? He is against the Eggman Empire! Why would we spare him?"
"Never mind." Metal typed. He would've sighed if he could. "There's only one thing wrong with my idea as to how to do it without causing trouble," He said, looking at his soon-to-be captive entering a building with large arches shaped like an M on top of it. "It would mean me leaving the call for a while."
"If it leads to our victory, very well." Metal heard Robotnik say while he hung up.
Upon entering "McDonalds" Metal saw his target ordering a meal. While waiting, he prepared to put his plan into action. He went and stood behind the fox, waiting for him to finish ordering. After a minute or two, Tails finished ordering, turning around to see a familiar face.
"Metal Sonic!" he screamed before fainting. The last thing he saw was a single metallic finger lifting up to the machine's face in order to say that he's being too loud. Metal used his free hand to catch the box of food that was about to fall. Everyone turned around as he moved his free hand to show that everything was okay.
Laying Tails down on the a seat next to him, Metal attempted to connect himself to human internet.
Almost there... just need to do this and... oh, he's awake.
The young fox woke up to see a focused Metal Sonic sat to his left. He looked different than before, with an almost even mix of grey and navy blue rather than the dark blue with a few parts that were yellow he had seen in his and Sonic's last fight against Metal. After a few seconds, the robot turned around to look at him. Oddly, his eyes showed an emotion that Tails would never expect an evil version of his best friend to show: concern. Metal pulled a piece of paper out of nowhere and wrote something on it before passing it over to the confused Mobian next to him. He picked it up cautiously and read it. "Are you okay? I didn't mean to startle you like th-" the fox knew that something was off.
Why is Metal Sonic acting so friendly all of a sudden? He was never like this before!
Another note was passed. This one read 'give me a minute and I'll explain what's happening.' Tails looked up to see the same sight as he saw when he woke up.
After a minute of silence, Metal turned back to Tails.
"Anyways, where were we?"