Belle, Meet Your Step-Brother
"Hello?" asked Belle, peering into a dark room.
She had been searching for Metal Sonic hoping to talk to him.
She be lying if she wasn't curious about her...sibling? relative? But at the same time, he was kind of scary, any time they see eachother he just looks at her and doesn't say a word.
She really hope he was just built imitidating. Canaan and Clove were really nice once you to got know them and it makes her feel guilty she knows them better than Metal Sonic.
The room where she has been told he's often at was completely dark save for couple of dimly lit screens illuminating something in the background.
Fumbling around for a bit, she found the switch and flicked it on, exposing what looks like a badnik charging station where a near upright metal bed was attached near a workbench.
She spotted Metal Sonic lying on the bed, his eyes completely dark and took a step forward.
That was when his figure utterly blurred.
"Aaaahh!!!" she screamed as he
appeared directly from the bed to be in front of her.
His red eyes seemed to glared down at her.
"SorrytobotheryouIjustwantedtotalk!" she screamed and looked away.
When moments passed and she was still fine, she turned her head back to find him still standing there with his eyes still locked on her.
"Um hi?" she said weakly.
"..........."
Feeling a bit braver, she tried to be more confident.
"We never really introduced ourselves but I'm Belle, Belle the Tinkerer".
"..............."
"Your Metal Sonic right?".
".................."
"You can't talk can you?" she said worriedly.
He nodded slightly.
Oh no she had him all wrong!
She glanced around the room hoping to find something to help but unfortunately the room was quite bare.
Outside of the charging station and workbench, there were only a few display screens on the wall. No actual computers, papers or even a marker.
Belle tried frantically to come think of something.
"Oh I have an idea!" She cried out suddenly.
"Just give me a few minutes" she said as she turned her back toward him and started rummaging around her pouches.
She pulled out all manners of gears, parts and even toys before pulling out a wooden block in particular.
Holding onto the block on one hand, her fingers on the other hand opened up to reveal different sets of tools. With furious buzzing and hammering, she set to work.
Metal Sonic only watched in silence, his eyes tracking the the wooden shavings flying in the air and her hand moving quickly, only briefly stopping to pull something from her pouches.
Eventually her frenzied pace came to an end, with a relieved cheer, she bounded toward him carrying two objects.
"Here" as she pushed them onto Metal Sonic's hands.
Puzzled, he held out the wooden objects in each hand, making a faint sound everytime they move.
"They're music instruments called Maracas, go on give them a try" she explained.
Slowly he moved one of them, making an echoing rattling noise that increased in volume as he joined in with the other.
Once he stopped his movements and the noise began to fade, Belle cheerfully pointed at the Maracas.
"We can use them to talk, just shake one for yes and both for no" she said happily.
He crossed his arms staring at her.
"What?" she asked confused.
He pointed one of his hands holding a Maraca at himself and then deliberately nodded and shaked his head.
It took a few seconds for Belle to realize and with an small "eep!" she started to madly blush from embarrassment.
"Ah how could I have messed that up" she groaned pulling down her hat over her eyes.
Eventually she pulled back her hat but didn't dare to meet Metal Sonic's gaze.
"Look I'm really sorry, I just wanted to make a good impression but I panicked a bit, is it fine to start over?" she said a bit weakly.
He waited a brief moment then made one rattle sound.
"Oh good" she said relieved. Glad for that to be done, she tried to think of what to do next.
"For starters hmm..." she hummed as she held her chin and thought.
"How about giving you a check up while we talk? I know I'm not as good as Dr. Eggman but I know my way around machines, what do you think?" she asked.
In response he looked at her with some doubt. Focused on him, she missed one of the screens briefly changed, showing her personal information listed on the Eggman database including her skill set.
Seemingly to believe her, he gave her one rattle.
"Great! Just get on your bed I'll get started" she said and then went to the workbench to grab some of the necessary tools.
Metal Sonic hopped onto the bed as Belle went to work, gently opening him up and inspecting for any damage.
"Oh wow you been through a lot, you definitely show a lot of signs of repair" she said as peered into his inner working.
A single rattle noise.
"You, also have a lot empty space that was definitely suppose to hold something, I think I see where your voice module was suppose to be".
Another rattle noise.
"You must have gotten hurt a lot of times then".
Rattle noise.
"...Do you like helping out Dr.Eggman".
Rattle noise.
"Oh that's good," she said relieved.
"And your relationship with Soni-".
Two furious rattling noises!
"Oh sorry, I won't ask!" she apologized.
"But do you like fighting? What do you have to prove?" she questioned.
She looked up as one of the screens suddenly turned on showing a combat video "
Hmmph. Pathetic. But you're a faker of a faker. What can I expect?" said the dark figure near the end.
The screen then went dark and Metal Sonic started to grips his hands tightly, the maracas creaking from the pressure.
"That was Shadow right? He doesn't sound very nice" she said, a small frown on her face.
He looked at her intensely when she placed her hands on his.
"I wouldn't worry too much about what he says, there was some people in my village who used to call me all sorts of names" she said.
"My..Father used to say that it doesn't matter what people say, all that really matter is what you think".
"If you keep accepting what people think of you then you lose track of yourself and stop being a better person than you were before" she said happily.
Taking her hands of him she leaned back with a smile.
"Anyway I also wanted say I'm done with the check up, there was a couple of minor dents in the inside of your body but it's all fixed now".
Glancing down at the Maracas still in his hands, she had an idea.
"Want to learn to how to use the Maracas? I know a couple of dances that use them if you like" she asked.
Tiltating his head in confusion, he watched as she at first tried to grab him of the bed but failed before he had to let himself get dragged .
What followed was hours of confusion as she also learned he didn't know how to dance either.
While he was able to copy her movements, apparently it was not the correct method and had to struggle as Belle went about correcting his mistakes.
Despite the setbacks, it failed to erase the smile on her face the whole time.
All the while the Maracas continued to be moved at a rhythmic beat.
When she eventually left and Metal Sonic was left to his solitude, he glanced down at his new Maracas.
And gave them a swing.