Bzzzt-bzzzt.
"Looks like your cheap imitations can't stand up to the real thing, Eggface!"
Eggman's accursed arch-enemy, Sonic, had once again triumphed over yet another one of his metal Sonic badniks. The smug grin of the hedgehog standing over his fallen robot infuriated him, and sitting high up in his floating pod, he snarled and crushed the remote control in his hand, the broken circuit boards slipping through his gloved fingers.
"Hedgehog! You'll rue the day you crossed me! One day, I'll-"
Sonic let out a loud yawn and sighed.
"Yeah, yeah, I've heard it all before. Now, am I going to have to whoop your butt again or are you just going to hand those Emeralds over?"
Eggman thought that fighting atop the Metropolis Zone would give him the advantage, what with the vast array of badniks he has placed here at his disposal, but the hedgehog had bested him yet again. He edged his pod towards the escape hatch, but Sonic stepped closer.
"Don't even think of running, slowpoke. I'll have caught you up in a split-second! Besides, Tails ought to-"
Bzzzt-bzzzt.
Sonic turned around. The Sonic badnik had begun to rise, albeit slowly, and it's joints sparking erratically.
"Chaos Emerald detected...freedom protocol malfunction...initiating Metallix Doomsday executable...must repair...must destroy...MUST KILL."
With that, Metallix surged with energy and fired an energy blast straight from his core towards Sonic. Sonic dived out of the way and the blast hit a large machine against the wall, causing it to explode loudly, knocking Eggman's pod against the wall and onto the ground, with Eggman, and the Chaos Emeralds tumbling out. Sonic recovered quickly but another blast headed his way, in between him and the Emeralds. He had to dive backwards to avoid the blast, which opened up a gaping hole in the side of the building. They were currently at the top of a large skyscraper, Eggman's base of operations in the Metropolis Zone. Huge gusts of winds fanned the flames around the room, causing machines to malfunction and explode. Eggman surveyed the chaos around him and was distraught. He was then surprised to see Metallix land right in front of him. The Metallix picked up the green Chaos Emerald and began to absorb its power.
"Metallix! I order you to desist destroying my lab! Now!" he bellowed, picking up the remains of the remote and frantically pressing at any intact button, despite the obvious problem of it being broken beyond repair. Metallix turned to Eggman and his eyes turned red.
"Identity confirmed: Doctor Eggman. Status: Do not harm. Obey."
Eggman breathed a sigh of relief, but then the sound of Metallix's energy core booting up was a definite cause for concern.
"Doomsday protocol initiated. Doctor Eggman status overridden. New status: obsolete. Delete as necessary."
Eggman's eyes widened, but Metallix ignored him and continued to absorb the green emerald's power. As he did, the other six emeralds began to gravitate around him, orbiting in an erratic fashion. Sonic got up and saw that the Metallix was absorbing the power of the Chaos Emerald's. He quickly dashed towards him, only to be knocked away by the power of the emeralds. Metallix began to glow white, as did all the Chaos Emeralds, and he began to rise in the air. There was then a blinding glow emanating from him, and Eggman shuffled into his pod.
"I'm getting out of here! So long Hedgehog!" and before Sonic knew it, Eggman had flown the coop. He realised some sort of explosion was imminent and dashed towards the opening in the wall, hoping that Tails and the Tornado were inbound. As he dived out of the opening, the top room of the skyscraper erupted in white light and exploded with a tremendous flash. As Sonic turned towards the skyscraper, he noticed the shadow of Metallix and the Chaos Emeralds orbiting around him were in the midst of the explosion.
"Sonic!" yelled a familiar cry. He turned his head to see his faithful friend, Tails, manoeuvring the Tornado beneath him. He grins and backflips, landing perfectly on the wing of the plane. They begin to ascend to the top of the tower, which only has the floor of the top room remaining. The smoke has cleared and Sonic braces himself for a battle with his metal doppelgänger. They lock eyes briefly, and then the robot begins to glow red.
"Initiating protocol 3413. Run: Chaos Control."
Sonic and Tails immediately realise what he is about to do, but before they can act, there is a red flash and the robot disappears like a bolt of lightning. At this exact point, the emeralds that were previously orbiting around him fly at great speed in every direction, scattering themselves across the horizon. Sonic and Tails have no idea what has just happened, but realise that one of their greatest enemies has gained both awesome power and autonomous will, and now know they face a battle of a thousand lifetimes.
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First of all, it is not necessary to have play many, or any, Sonic games to understand this, as long as you have a loose idea of the backstory to Sonic. There is a lot of retconning and alternate stories and theories to Sonic, so I'll be drawing the story from several sources. Basically, this is set on Planet Mobius, the Westernised background for the Sonic games and the unnamed homeworld of Sonic in Sonic X. The ancient powers are the 7 Chaos Emeralds along with the Master Emerald, guarded by Knuckles on Angel Island. Power rings are ancient items imbued with chaotic power, giving an individual lucky enough to have one or find one a short burst of Chaos energy. Dr. Eggman has bases all over Mobius and even controls several zones such as the aforementioned Metropolis Zone, however, for the most part, Mobius is free from his tyranny, albeit many areas, such as the Casino Night Zone and the Carnival Night Zone, are run by corrupt governors who are easily swayed by Eggman's coin and his badniks, or perhaps out of fear. Eggman also has many spies, but at the moment his main aim is to collect the Chaos Emeralds, not take over the planet, although he is attempting to rebuild the Death Egg.
Metal Sonic, or Metallix, is the other villain now. He has broken free from Eggman and is also trying to find the Chaos Emeralds, after his Chaos Control accidentally scattered them. However, using the Chaos energy he absorbed to repair himself, he has broken into one of Eggman's labs and freed 7 of his prisoners, only to blast each one will Chaos energy to turn them into his super-powered slaves.
I will allow you to play any character from the games, cartoons and comics, save for those from different dimensions (e.g. Silver, Blaze), or you can make your own, but some ground rules:
1. Knuckles is the only surviving Echidna.
2. No humans.
Also, for the sake of furthering the plot, I will control both Eggman and Metallix. If no one takes key characters such as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow etc., you may pick them as a second character, or I shall introduce them when needed.
Basically, there are two playable sides (apart from neutrals), Sonic's allies and Metallix's slaves. Sonic's allies can have abilities and chaos powers, but Metallix's slaves are each given an element depending on the Chaos Emerald that Metallix radiated them with. In order:
Red - Fire
Cyan - Water
Green - Life
Purple - Ice
Yellow - Wind
Orange - Earth
Grey - Telepathy
(the difference between Life and Earth is that Life's power is based on any living thing or the life-force thereof, including plants, while Earth's power is based on lifeless yet naturally occurring substances such as rock, soil etc.)
While they do not possess these powers normally, they gain them in possession of a Chaos Emerald, and the more they have, the greater their power. Also, if they possess their corresponding Emerald i.e. Fire holds the red one, their power is boosted even more. For example, if Fire had just 1 non-red Emerald, he could perhaps throw a fireball. Having four or five would mean he could blast even more fire, envelop himself in flames or even have some control over fire. Having all seven will allow you to turn into your element briefly.
However, on top of these powers, they are innately imbued with either better speed, strength or reflexes, or maybe a combination of factors.
Metallix's slaves are autonomous, but are wary that if they disobey their master, he'll simply use the chaos energy he absorbed to control them directly. Therefore, they could theoretically be either very unwilling but forced to do his bidding or embrace the power. Bear in mind that while they may have been good people before Metallix transformed them, the Chaos energy they have been radiated with will make them somewhat erratic, tetchy and maybe just a little insane. Fun!
Anyway, enough chatter, here's a sign-up form!
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Species:
Appearance:
Allegiance: (Sonic, Metallix or neutral, but I don't want to see too many neutrals without a valid reason. In fact, I'll even allow a couple to be a spy for Eggman)
Chaos Emerald: (Metallix's team only. One per character)
Personality:
Theme Song:
History:
Abilities: (include any 'super form' or powers caused by chaos energy)
Other:
I'll have mine up later.
EDIT: Putting my characters up.
Name: Metallix
Gender: Neutral, but he believes he is, and refers to himself as, a male.
Age: Newly built by Eggman. Been in production for about 2 years preceding the event, been in commission for only a few months.
Species: Mecha
Appearance:
Piccy here...
Allegiance: Metallix
Chaos Emerald: N/A
Personality: He is a robot and thus is somewhat a slave to his own programming, although he has near-perfect artificial intelligence. Eggman constructed him to be the antithesis to Sonic: he is cold, calculated, serious and deadly. Enigmatic and power-hungry, his inhibitor making him loyal to Eggman has been deactivated. His goal is not world domination, but eradication of all life on the planet. However, he knows he is not powerful enough to fight Sonic and his allies, and requires the 7 Chaos Emeralds, hence the recruitment of slaves to collect them on his behalf.
Theme Song:
Sonic Heroes - 18. What I'm Made Of... Last Boss - Metal Overlord
History: Sonic has faced many Metal Sonic's in the past of all shapes and sizes, and each time, although they have all put up a good fight, they have fallen to the hedgehog. However, every defeat relays data back to Eggman, allowing him to upgrade each version. This version was the most perfect yet, but was still not enough for Sonic. However, with his powers now no longer restrained by Eggman, he is free to do what he likes.
Abilities: He can absorb the power of Chaos Emeralds, allowing him to fire more powerful shots and to move faster, as well as generate a forcefield of Chaos energy around him. However, he is just as fast as Sonic due to the jet engine in his body, as well as being able to fly. The metal he is constructed from is almost indestructible, but enough knocks will turn his main computer offline. Extreme heat or the power of an enemy using the Chaos Emeralds against him are among his few weaknesses. He also has a blaster in his belly capable of firing dangerous laser-balls.
Other: Not really.