Metal was preparing thanksgiving, he had prepared food for Eggman, sent an invite to Belle and Shadow as well, and got a kids meal from McDonald’s for Sage.

[I am thankful to have been created by you, Doctor.]

Metal was currently banging his head against a wall in one of Eggman’s bases. He’s once again having thoughts conflicted with the facts that he must be the true Sonic…

The mechanical figure would slowly turn to face Maria. They were a blue metalic hedgehog with red eyes that seemingly stared through her… She’s lucky she’s not one of Sonic’s friends, or else he would have attacked on sight…

He would be incapable of answering her question due to his lack of speech, but he would begin to scratch into the ground some words ‘future Eggman Land, currently Station Square’. He did at least know of her due to his access to the Eggnet and all its files.

He would at least be a little bit respectful, considering she was family of his creator. He scratched into the ground his name ‘Metal Sonic’ and his creator ‘made by Dr. Ivo Robotnik’.

Metal was aggressively zooming around, he is trying to force himself to go past his current top speeds even if he has to damage his systems. All that matters is being better than his double…

He didn’t even acknowledge her statement about the view, since the only view he desires is to see Sonic’s end. It didn’t take that long before the badnik brought her to a very industrial looking base…

There were lots of other machines going around, guarding the place from any pesky blue hedgehogs… It appears everything built here is some kind of weapon, from the smallest robots, to giant mech suits. Once on the ground, he began to walk towards one of the many workshops.

The mechanical doppelgänger of that blue rodent was… building something? What exactly was he doing with his creator’s tools and resources? Upgrading himself?

He gave a thumbs up, though likely didn’t really care. On the table were some blueprints, his original blueprints and his Neo form’s blueprints, and with it, all of his capabilities and how dangerous he was built to be.

He nodded while still collected required parts from the other scrapped badniks. At the very least someone was praising him besides his creator, all he has to do is prove his superiority to Sonic and then everyone will see him as the better one…

Metal has seen so many of his creators, and his double… he is confused… And he is in the middle of upgrading himself into his Neo form once more…