𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙜: 𝙉𝙤 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚!

      Towards evening, the Fubricator was created in the basement, away from prying eyes and ears, so as not to disturb anyone. The device was already completely ready and the fox turned it on. The device is disassembled and assembled into something like a desktop with hologram panels and various computer monitors. — Doctor, you succeeded! — the fox admired, and the plump mustache patted him on the shoulder. — We both succeeded. With our combined efforts and minds, we were able to do something that even I alone would not have been able to do. — he says. — Now we can study, design and manufacture something. Almost anything can be done. — added the fox. — Well done. Start now with that metal one or whatever it is? Doesn't matter. — says Sonic. — I'm not interested. So just do it without me! — Zavok stated and went out through the exit to the street. Moving further away from the house, he took out binoculars and looked through them at Green-Hills to see how people were living there. — All these pathetic people are such annoying and naive worms. Life doesn’t really teach them anything. I think they all deserve to die. Only we and our terrible six deserve to be the only intelligent, great and powerful humanoids in this universe. Shadow at this time was still sitting on that bench and heard all this. At the same time, it was still on his mind that he should give people a chance. Is this a sign of what Mary would have wanted from him? So that he would help people and prevent them from dying at the hands of others more evil and cruel, like himself?

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      Using the Fubricator, Eggman and Tails recreated Metal Sonic's head and his program recorded in his head in a hologram. Eggman began to explain what was going on: — This data is from a bunch of zeros and ones in Metal Sonic’s head, this is a program. According to them, he was programmed from the very beginning to find the real Sonic and destroy him, while trying to prove that he is the real Sonic. When merging with this bunch of nano-bots, which were created by my double from his world, they were supposed to make him smarter and stronger so that he certainly would not lose to Sonic this time. However, Metal, thanks to nano-bots, became so smart that he realized himself as an individual, got out of control and began to perceive himself as a real living Sonic. Nevertheless, his main goal, laid down in the program, was preserved and he still had the same goal. Destroy the real Sonic. — What should we do? Rid him of nano-bots? — Tails suggested, but Eggman denies it: — Nonononononono. Nano-bots have nothing to do with it. Simply because of his program, he has not fully become a person and cannot become free from his main goal until he fulfills it. As a result, it is not Metal Sonic himself who controls himself, but the program that still partially controls him and makes him go on a rampage against us all. I also think that this is also the reason why he boasts that he is supposedly the real Sonic and that he wants to kill us all. — What if we reprogram it? Well, change his goal, which he can easily accomplish, which won’t hurt anyone. Or just remove this program from his head altogether, leaving him as a person? — Sonic suggested. The mustache turns his gaze to the hedgehog and smiles. — Good boy, Sonic. It’s immediately obvious that your needles are still being cooked. Apparently in this universe you are even smarter than me. — he praised the hedgehog and patted him on the head. — What are you? — Sonic waved him off lightly. — I just thought for a while and suggested what should be done in this situation. And so, I'm not at all as smart as you two. — Doesn't matter. — the doctor answers, setting up a hologram keyboard and typing on the buttons, recreating a new program code from zeros and ones, green. Tails recreates the same keyboard for himself and recreates a small microchip, as if in a 3D printer. The microchip was ready, as was the new software code that entered through the microchip's input port. — Great! Now you need to insert it into Metal Sonic's head so that this code will delete the main program from his head. — Can I do this? — Sonic asked. — No doubt. — Eggman hands the microchip to the hedgehog. — Remember! The hole for inserting microchips is under a hidden compartment on the back of his head. — Fine. — Sonic answers and runs from the basement into the corridor. — Chaos, turn his back to me! We know how to help him. The aquatic humanoid turns over the blue hedgehog-like robot and continues to hold it tightly. — Someday, sooner or later, all these humiliations will end. — Metal Sonic stated, while Sonic, trying to feel with his fingers a hidden compartment on the back of her iron head, tried to find holes for inserting a micro-chip. Having found it and opened it, he tried to put the microchip in her head, since Metal himself sometimes interfered with him, jerking his head. — Get out from me, faker hedgehog! Don't you dare touch me. — Everything will be fine, Metal. — the doctor assured him. — Said the fat walrus, who himself created me and turned me into this monster. — Metal snapped back. — Don’t twitch, you! — Sonic asked, grabbing him by the top large needle at the top of the back of his head and pushing the micro-chip into his head. — I swear, when I’m free, I’ll you all... — before he could finish, his red eyes turned off and his head dropped down. Even Chaos himself did not understand what was wrong with him. Didn't they really kill him? All the other guests from other worlds, as well as Mad Carl, Tails, Knuckles and Sonic himself stood in a stupor and waited. Probably a sign when something will appear. After about a couple of minutes, Metal Sonic's eyes turn back on and he lifts his head. This time he acted as if he was a little scared and didn't know how he ended up here. Turning his gaze to the left, to the right and again to Chaos himself, who was holding him, he spoke: — Freedom?... I... I am free... Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Chaos, without even waiting for the robot to ask him to let him go, lets him go himself. Metal turns back and, noticing the real Sonic, takes a couple of steps back. — Don't worry! I am a friend... Not an enemy... How are you? — he asked him, and the robot, after standing like a statue for a couple of seconds, answers: — I used to have a program in my head that made me try to catch you and destroy you... But now it’s gone... I’m finally freed from it... — Metal? — the doctor himself immediately turned, and Metal turns his gaze to him and answers, changing the tone of his voice to a cheerful one: — Yes, Doctor Eggman. It's really me. — These are miracles. — Omega didn’t believe it. Everyone looked at Metal Sonic as if they were looking at a completely new robot in front of them and couldn’t get enough of it. The hedgehog robot comes up to Sonic and hugs him, which the hedgehog himself did not expect. — I am very grateful to all of you for saving me... Now I can find my own path... My goal... And live the way I want... And not the way they will demand of me. — Come on, Mister Metal. This is easily! — Sonic himself answers him and also hugs him back. After a hug, the robotic and organic hedgehogs release each other. — And so. How can I help you in gratitude? — he asks Sonic.