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(Reproduce Undertale OST - Waterfall)
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Forgotten...
Obsolete scrap metal…
Was there any other way to describe it? It went from being, one of Ivo Robotnik's best creations, to being just another robot discarded for not fulfilling its sole function. He lay in the corner of a room filled with materials and countless inventions that had been discarded or reduced to scrap metal after a confrontation with the bold blue hedgehog.
He had been immobilized after his last battle, he had been taken back to Robotnik's base, only for the doctor to look at him with contempt when he noticed that he was no longer of any use. After all, why repair a robot that clearly didn't work? It would be more useful as spare parts for new inventions.
So he was carelessly dragged and thrown into the corner of that room, which now felt like a prison.
However...
Even though he couldn't move at all, somehow his mind was still active, and had been since that day... Its metal was now covered in a thick layer of dust, its joints rusted, and the glass on its face was broken, constantly projecting only an eternal black mirror instead of those characteristic cold, blood-red eyes. Still, with his body reduced to a complete wreck, he had been on his toes all this time...
Inside him, the memories he had acquired after tirelessly studying and analyzing his hated rival were projected over and over again. There it was, EVERYTHING about him... His skills, weaknesses, rivals, friends and...
Someone... A vision that seemed to interfere when I least expected it, invading every memory like some kind of virus, she...
She was becoming more and more witty, he watched her over and over again, her image had completely conquered his mind, even more than the blue hedgehog himself. He had already memorized everything about her, her green eyes, her delicate pink spines, that small but adorable nose, those thoughts went against his system... But, why were they still there? Why didn't they just leave him alone?! He wanted them to leave so badly, but at the same time... It was the only thing that gave him any comfort in that confinement.
His eternal soliloquy of misery was interrupted; someone had entered the room. He held out no hope; they had probably just come to throw something away, or to look for material for a creation that would eventually see the light of day.
He couldn't see what was happening thanks to his shattered visor, but... he heard something, something strange. It was... The humming of a child's voice?
The small chant stopped, replaced by a small noise of confusion, and a few seconds later, small hands finally lifted him up after so long.
"Hmm?" the stranger began to gently tilt it, observing every detail of the robot with complete curiosity "Interesting...".
She gently tapped the robot's visor with her finger, briefly managing to see the crimson eyes amidst the cracks in the glass, generating great astonishment in her.
"You still work...".
For a brief second, Metal Sonic was able to see the strange creature that had him up despite the cracks in the glass, it was… A girl? What was a little girl doing at Robotnik's facilities?
"I'm sure my father will know what to do, come on".
And without further ado, the mysterious girl took him away, holding him tightly in her arms while humming again.
There was an immense sense of tranquility in the town of Green Hill, even more so now that spring had begun, one person's favorite season...
Anyone walking near Amy Rose's house could hear her sweet humming as she carefully watered and tended the beautiful flowers that completely covered her garden.
"♫Bah bah bayah bayah♬" The pinkette looked happy as she carefully transplanted the new flowers she had found while taking her morning walk around the area into her entrance "♪Naaaaaa naa naaaaaa naa na naa♩".
She stood up from the ground after finishing, gently brushing the dirt off the skirt of her dress before placing her hands on her hips, proudly looking at her hard work, noticing the harmonious colors that marked the beginning of spring... Which were massacred in the blink of an eye when a blue sphere at maximum speed crashed into them.
"... Huh?" Amy blinked a couple of times hoping what had just happened was an illusion, but no.
There he was, with his head somewhat buried in the ground, the culprit of the destruction of his garden, who let out a small groan before lifting his face from the ground and looking at someone behind him.
"That's not fair Shadow, you hit me!" exclaimed none other than the famous Sonic the Hedgehog, the great adventurous hero of Green Hill... Even though, right now he didn't look very heroic spitting out grass remains, covered in dirt and with some petals from the colorful flowers that were stuck in his quills.
"You got in the way, idiot" his rival answered, standing at a respectful distance while crossing his arms, as always, Shadow always contrasted with Sonic, even in his presentation "Good afternoon, Rose" he politely greeted the emerald-eyed, who responded by waving her hand.
"You hit me, while I was running!".
"I just raised my fist... Your face came right through me" was his response as he shrugged his shoulders.
"You and your damn skates" he muttered as he stood up, shaking the dirt off his arms and knees after the high-speed impact.
"They’re Air Shoes!".
And with that last line, he took one of his chaos emeralds to teleport away, of course, not without first waving goodbye to Rose, after all the ultimate life form wasn't rude.
"That's it, run away! Coward...".
Turning around, he realized the raven hadn't fled out of cowardice, but rather out of survival instinct. There stood Amy, holding her hammer and clearly enraged, the hedgehog immediately sensing the danger of the situation as he noticed the mess he'd made.
"A-Ah... Hi Amy! I haven't seen you" he muttered nervously, although trying to show his usual carefree tone, which did not amuse the girl at all.
"Sonic..." her tone made it abundantly clear that she wasn't very happy "I spent the whole morning working in my garden".
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It was an accident, I swear..." he scratched the back of his neck, looking with some guilt at the flowers and their petals scattered all over the place "... I'm really sorry".
Amy pressed her lips together, she was really trying to stay angry... But it was really hard seeing him so sad and regretful, even more so knowing that he hadn't done it on purpose.
"..." she let out a sigh before giving a small smile "It's okay, don't worry, I know it was an accident, although you should be careful next time".
"I already said it, that ball of hate hit me while I was running".
"Oh Sonic, maybe he did it as a reflex to prevent you from colliding".
"No way! He was coming straight for me, frowning and all".
"Sonic, he's always like this".
"... Good point".
The pink hedgehog put her hammer aside, although she couldn't look with some disappointment at the state of the entrance to her house, something that didn't go unnoticed by the bluenette, who despite the pink girl's forgiveness, still wanted to make amends for what he had done... And then he had an idea.
"Wait, don't worry about it, I promise to make it up to you".
"Huh? Sonic really, there's no need".
"ICan'tHearYouI'mRunning!".
Amy blinked in amazement as a blue flash spun around her at high speed before disappearing into the distance. To her surprise, the small patch of land in her garden was once again covered in moss, thus covering the enormous hole caused by its impact. The emerald-eyed smiled as she shook her head; Sonic was definitely completely unpredictable.
"Please...".
Robotnik let out a small sigh of annoyance, normally Sage obeyed any order he gave her, but right now she wasn't taking "no" for an answer.
"I already said no, it's not worth it, it's too damaged... It would be better to just build another one".
"But he is special, he is still working".
Ivo stopped tapping on his computer, looking curiously over his shoulder, seeming to consider it.
"He is like me" the girl murmured softly as she gently touched the visor of the robot she was carrying in her arms "It's different from your other inventions".
The scientist tried to protest, but... Was that really the case? After all, Metal Sonic was one of his best inventions.
"It's still pretty old already... I'd have to practically rebuild his entire body instead of just doing repairs" he muttered as he scratched his head, clearly considering it.
It was then that his loyal assistant made an appearance, delicately placing a coffee cup on his desk with a small, tender decoration on its surface bearing Eggman's characteristic logo.
"I thought you might like a latte with Austrian evaporated goat's milk" he expressed with a smile, before standing next to Sage, gently stroking the little girl's head "And excuse my intrusion, doctor, but after all... Wouldn't bringing back Metal Sonic be like reviving a classic?".
Robotnik remained silent, though Stone's words had clearly struck a chord with him... Hell, those two knew exactly what to say and do to get what they wanted. He finally let out a heavy sigh of resignation as he placed his hand against his forehead, making his defeat clear.
"Alright!" he exclaimed as he turned to look at both of them "But I warn you, it won't be an easy job... Call Orbot and Cubot, I'll need help...".
"At your service, sir!".
The loyal assistant took a remote control from inside his jacket, pressed a button, and immediately made Dr. Ivo's characteristic assistants appear, who carefully carried Metal Sonic to the work table so that Robotnik could properly inspect him.
"Come Sage" Stone gently took the artificial intelligence's hand "Let's make guacamole for the doctor".
"Evil guac for dad".
The scientist took a long sip of his coffee. He had to admit, he loved the way he made them... He slowly approached his creation lying on the table, looking at it with some nostalgia. He gently raised his hand and touched the robot's head without looking away.
"I guess Sage is right..." he pulled his hand away to look at his robotic assistants, who were standing behind him awaiting instructions "Okay, enough with the sentimentality, let's get to work!".
"Yes doctor!" they responded in unison.
A gust of blue could be seen running across South Island, from one side to the other in just an instant. Sonic ran at high speed, grabbing every flower he saw, making sure not to damage the roots. He already had a large amount, but... He still didn't feel like there were enough. They were pretty, that was true, but... Maybe too common? He wanted something more special.
Because he was immersed in his thoughts he hadn't realized that he was reaching the forbidden end of the island, where the lair of none other than his rival, Eggman, was... He stopped immediately when he saw the fortress in the distance, tilting his heels to slow his speed, he looked around cautiously waiting for some attack or ambush, but luckily he hadn't gotten close enough to alert the evil scientist about his presence.
"Phew, that was close..." he muttered as he prepared to turn around and leave immediately. Normally, he liked to ruin "Dr. Bald’s" day, but now he was focused on something else, though...
There really were some very pretty and exotic flowers on the other side... Was he really going to take the risk of... There was no need to answer that question, he was already running towards them.
At the same time, Robotnik was focused on improving and repairing every aspect of his old invention, being helped by everyone in the lair as it turned out to be a more strenuous task than he had imagined.
"Your memory and internal functioning are intact" Sage murmured, holding her hand on Metal's head, her eyes closed as she scanned its interior using her artificial intelligence functions "He knows quite a bit about Sonic...".
"It's logical, he creates it with a special system, everything he learns he adds to his memory to add it to his operation, especially about that annoying hedgehog" he murmured proudly about his creation, carefully removing the broken visor to replace it with a new one "He was even able to overcome several of his abilities".
He felt that small pang of nostalgia in his chest again, he felt somewhat guilty for having discarded such a talented creation, even more so when he saw the smile his daughter had as she watched how the robot was slowly regaining its glorious and fearsome state, even surpassing its previous design, although...
Something bothered him, the robot looked good but somewhat simple... It was missing something more, something that would give a stamp to this rebirth of Metal Sonic.
"Doctor" warned Stone, who was looking at the large screen of the mainframe computer "I think we have visitors".
"Without invitation? Who would be so rude? And just when I'm busiest...".
He looked at the screen, which showed him the images from the security camera and couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise when he saw that it was none other than his greatest enemy, that stupid rodent...
"Why does he have to come and bother me right now?!" he said angrily, he was more than willing to go and teach him a lesson himself, but he also didn't want to leave Metal Sonic's repair half-done "Damn blue rodent...".
He... Its was him... HE!
That alert awakened something inside him, filled with metal and circuitry, an uncontrollable thirst for revenge that had to be slaked at that very moment. Everyone froze and marveled as they watched the robotic creation sit on the table and its characteristic deep red eyes appear, those cold eyes already fixed on their target.
"He's alive!" Sage exclaimed, raising his arms.
"Wow, his moves work perfectly" Robotnik looked proudly at his creation, until he began to get up from the table "Hey, hey! What are you doing?! You're not ready yet!".
Metal didn't care about that warning; right now he couldn't miss the opportunity to face his greatest rival, to finish him off once and for all. In the blink of an eye, he had already reached the entrance of the lair, dodging everyone who tried to catch him, running at high speed without stopping to look back. In his mind, he only wanted to achieve his objective. He crossed the entrance without problems and ran towards the open field, already prepared for what was to come.
"Wait, you forgot your new pieces!" Ivo exclaimed from the lair, watching as Metal simply walked away into the distance "... Stone, Our baby went out to finish off the good guys" he murmured with pride and happiness.
"I know doctor... Watch him run with that murderous rage" his faithful assistant murmured as he placed his hand on the scientist's shoulder.
The much-mentioned blue hedgehog seemed unaware of the imminent danger. He had already made several trips to leave the flowers he had picked in a safe place just in case, and now he was going to find out that this had been a good idea.
"Well, I think I didn't forget anything..." he muttered to himself, looking around "Time to go- ... What the hell is that?".
He narrowed his eyes as an Eggman robot approached him at high speed, causing the blue-haired man to prepare for a defensive stance, ready to attack. The closer he got, the more he realized who it was...
"… Is that... Metal?".
There was his old rival, the one he had faced multiple times since he was just a child, but now he looked... Curious? He seemed half-built; some parts of his body were half-dismantled, others still retained their old, damaged appearance, but a large part of the robot had been rebuilt, especially his head and torso.
"Ha... I thought I turned you into scrap, what, are you back for more?" he asked with his characteristic confidence, after all he had already defeated him several times.
And in the blink of an eye, he was no longer in front of him.
"Huh?".
Before he could react, Metal had already sneaked up behind him, jumping and kicking him hard with both legs in his back, knocking down his rival in an instant, causing him to fall face down on the ground, trying to catch his breath after the impact and the strong blow.
"H-Hey what?!".
He quickly turned around on the ground to face his rival, who was walking towards him with an expressionless look, he didn't seem to care that one of his arms was half-disassembled and held only by some cables, nor that one of his rusty legs had been dented after the blow. Nothing mattered to him! All his attention was focused on his nemesis and Doppelgänger.
I've been waiting for this for so long...
Time for revenge!
