When last we left off, Sonic and his entourage had just stormed into Eggmanland — completely unaware that they were stepping right into my trap. The Robot Generator, that ticking time bomb of technological brilliance, lured them in exactly as I planned. Sonic shut it down just in time… and got zapped for his trouble! Ooh ho ho!

But the real fun began when my perfect creation, Hyper Metal Sonic, activated for the first time. Striking, powerful, deadly — and looking fantastic in chrome. Of course, I made my dramatic entrance right after, stepping out of the crumbling husk of Metal Robotnik. Sara and I shared a very, um… close ride getting there, though she seemed less than pleased with the whole evil scheme thing. I can’t imagine why.

I proudly confessed everything: the Robot Generator wasn’t just bait — it was a brilliant device to copy Sonic’s life data and give Metal his essence. His mind. His instincts. All converted into cold, calculating power. And the moment Metal stepped in to stop Sonic from interfering was beautiful. The perfect mirror. A better Sonic in every way.

The two fought, their battle raging across mountains, rooftops, and skies. Sonic did his best, but Metal was relentless. Eventually, Sonic was knocked off a mountaintop, and I naturally assumed he was dead. Logical assumption, really. So I headed for the Land of the Sky with Sara and Metal in tow to finish what I started — by which I mean total annihilation of the entire Land of the Sky! Followed by a modest wedding ceremony with Sara, just the two of us left to rule the world. She, uh... might need some time to come around on that idea.

While I was off enacting our future, Tails and Knuckles tried to mount a comeback. Tails, ever the meddler, figured out how to repurpose my own Navigator to sabotage Metal. Cheeky little fox. I’ll admit he was clever.

Meanwhile, Metal had already begun his final mission: to destroy the glacial bridge holding the Land of the Sky together. Break that, and the entire planet would shatter under its own gravitational pull. It was genius. Almost as genius as me.

Sonic reappeared and caught up to Metal at the North Pole, just as lava erupted beneath the glacier. The two clashed again in a brutal final duel, and I may have accidentally dropped Sara during their scuffle. Knuckles dug emergency tunnels to save the ice bridge — because Sara asked him to with a wink. Tch. Pathetic.

Tails managed to scramble Metal’s systems temporarily, giving Sonic the upper hand — until I destroyed the device, of course. But it was too late. Metal had taken too much damage. He was failing. Still… in an unexpected move, Metal saved the President from an exploding airship, only to end up falling into a lava-filled crater for all his trouble.

Then, in a moment of confusing sentiment, Sonic tried to save him. Metal refused. He said, “There is only one Sonic,” and let himself fall into the rising magma. That fool. That glorious, poetic, self-destructive fool.

But don't cry for me yet. I still had Sonic’s data on a compact disc, ready to build an even better Metal Sonic! Or I would have... if it didn't get accidentally destroyed. Rrrrr...

So in the end, Sonic and his friends ran off laughing, Knuckles punched Sonic in the head (that was a funny part), and I was left empty-handed. Again. But don’t worry — I’ll be back. And next time, there won’t be “only one Sonic.” There’ll be none.