I do not own the song or video, they belong to their respectful owners. I admit to listening to this while writing this chapter.

"Hello." - Normal talking.

"Hello." - Signing - AKA; Sign language.

Setting; Sonic - based off of the Boom Cartoon with some other elements thrown in. In No Way Canon!

OC; New OC, Female, Worked As A Florist, Died At 24 Years Old

Death; Murdered During A Robbery Happening At Her Home/Work

Reincarnated As; Metal Sonic

Pairings; ??????

There is a time-skip here, right at the start. In this chapter, it will be going through a little bit of episode one, and then the whole of episode two. Of course, with Flora in it, there will be slight, if not a whole lot, of changes in these episodes. Episodes might be out of order, or I might just use original ideas instead in place of certain episodes, and those will cause a butterfly effect throughout the story if/when I do.

The reason I'm diving straight in is because the Sonic Boom cartoon dives straight in. In episode one, you don't get a background story for the whole thing, it just shoves you in there with already established relationships and characters. Sure, there is some development and there are changes throughout the episodes, but at the start it's just 'Let's go!'. So, that is what I am going to do here. There might be flashbacks later on in the story.

-Chapter Start-

Through trial and error, Flora found out something important about herself.

When she tries to 'sing', the sounds coming out of her are much like how a music box sounds. The voice inside of her, which she will never admit to unless it is a do or die moment, helps her with it as well. Sure, she might not be able to sing words, but the noise coming out of her when she 'sings' sounds much more beautiful than any word can mean.

And the most important part of this, is that singing, or 'singing', helps plants grow. Other than care, love, patience and attention, music can be a factor in how one's plants grow.

So, every morning, after getting dressed and making breakfast for her Poppa, Flora makes sure to 'sing' to her various plants as she cares for them.

So, here she stood watering her plants, dressed in her sleeveless purple dress that was held up by two straps tied into a bow around her neck, the skirt pleated and stopping just above her knees, and wearing a purple headband that had stars on the ends. The headband had magnates on the inside so that it could stay on her head and the dress was backless so that her engine doesn't damage the dress if she wants to fly or go fast.

All her clothing, everything in her room, her plants, and supplies, all of it was from Dr. Eggman - a villain in the world of Sonic.

'I still can't believe that Dr. Egg-Poppa let me have my own greenhouse, garden room and let me place various plants around the whole base, including his office.' Flora wanted to cry in pure happiness about it all. She doesn't have to fight, she doesn't have to be mean, all that is asked of her is to do chores and take care of the things she wanted in the first place. It says a lot that an evil villain is a more living father than her last one. She can count on one hand how many times her past father said he loved her, and he showed it even less than that.

Really, even after being alive, if you could call it that, in this weird world, Flora just stopped trying to make sense of it all. She wasn't the smartest around, so what was the point trying to rationalize it. Better to just feel it and go off of that.

[Warning. Someone approaching. No Heart Beat. Machine. Coming south. Scanning.....Recognized; Orbot. Threat level; Zero.] The voice inside of her warned her before she even heard the door to greenhouse opening.

"Flora?"

Tilting her head around to see the little red robot floating to her, Flora was able to blink her red optics in question as she stopped 'singing'. It took some experimenting, but Flora found that she can control how her optics, or eyes in this case, look. She can shape them like closed eyes, or into actual shapes; like hearts or stars. They stay red no matter what, but it's something that let's her control how she looks and that's all that matters.

"Dr. Eggman just left for his daily battle with Sonic." Orbot gently told his Master's daughter. "He said he'd be back for early lunch if everything works out well."

"Did he say what he wanted for lunch?" Flora asked after she put down her green watering can so that her hands were free. Glancing around, Flora blinked. "And where's Cubot?"

"No, he didn't say. But his doctor did say to watch his cholesterol." Orbot reminded the female robot. "Cubot is emptying the trashcans right now."

Nodding to show she understands, Flora rubbed her chin before she recalled something.

"I have to go into the village today, we need groceries." Flora gave out a whirl sigh as she signed. While the town people were nice to her, she always worried that someone would try to hurt her. But, needs were a must and no one has even laid a hand on her yet. "I should be back around the time Poppa comes home. Do you have anything that needs to be put on the grocery list?"

"No, not that I know of." Orbot shook his head in negative before looking concerned. "Do you need me to go with you."

Shaking her head but thankful for his concern, Flora went to wash her hands before grabbing her green, long strapped purse and heading out.

Looking around the volcano, Flora beeped a good few times, trying to calm herself before her flight. People were not meant to fly unless they were given wings to do so. But, all this did was remind her that she is not 'people'. She's a robot that is built for flight and more vicious purposes.

[Jet is warming. Prepare for take off in five seconds.]

Giving one last loud beep, Flora shifted and prepared.

'I wish Poppa was home, I'd rather take the egg-mobile.'

All Flora could hope is that she doesn't land horrible this time, or worse, fall into the ocean like the first time she tried flying.

--------------LATER; VILLAGE SQUARE----------------

"Thank you, I'll see you next week Flora!"

Flora nodded to the older raccoon who was in charge of the fruit stand. She always made sure to get fruits that she wasn't growing herself, and a few that were imported. While Eggman usually turned his nose at the more healthy food groups, if Flora made it, he'd eat it. One good thing about being his 'little girl'.

Shifting her big brown cloth bag and making sure that her wallet was inside her purse, she made sure that she bought everything she needed. While listening to the mechanical voice inside of her list off everything she got, her optics noticed blue right at the side of her vision.

[Scanning...Scanning....Recognize; Sonic The Hedgehog. Threat Level; 4. Moderate Threat Level.] The voice recited as always. It made her wonder just where it was getting these levels and what factors into them, but then again, she didn't really want to know either.

Giving a curious beep, Flora turned her head to see Sonic hanging up something on a nearby tree before walking off, looking down in the dumps and guilty. Watching him walk away, Flora gave a few more beeps before deciding to see what was going on.

'Poppa must have been defeated earlier than he expected.' Flora whirled out a sigh knowing that it was going to be a pain to drag Eggman out of his office to eat, and started walking to the tree. Luckily, it was a short distance and she was there within a few moments.

Stopping in front of the tree, Flora blinked and beeped at the sight of a colorful flier. Taking a closer look, the voice scanned it while she was taking it all in. It showed Sonic, himself, on it, pointing to an outline of Tails, but with a question mark inside the outline. Optics going down lower, Flora did a triple take at the text under the picture.

'Why would Sonic want to hold-'

------------------EGGMAN'S BASE-------------------

"Sidekick tryouts." Eggman read from the flier in his hands. He frowned from where he was sitting behind his desk, a dirty but empty plate and glass right by him on his desk. Orbot and Cubot were in front of the desk, listening to him, and Flora was watering a nearby houseplant that was also by the desk.

"All qualified candidates welcomed. Best candidate gets the job." Sitting down the flier on his desk, Eggman pointed to where he was reading from. "Resume and references required." Looking up to the others in the room, Eggman started tapping the flier. "Can you believe this?!"

"Resumes and references aren't that unreasonable, sir." Orbot raised a finger in the air as he told his master this. Misunderstanding what Eggman meant.

"Especially in this job market!" Cubot chimed in right after.

Flora twitched when Eggman slammed a first down on the table, making Cubot and Orbot float around in circles and the dishes rattle. He quickly stood up, crumbled the flier, and then threw it at the two panicking robots.

"What fool would want to be Sonic's sidekick?" Eggman questioned as he turned around, showing his back to the others in the office. He looked to the security camera, talking to it as if it was a person. "Spending everyday with him enjoying his friendship and respect."

Eggman then turned, seeing two little robots just staring at him and his own daughter beeping out some giggles. Frowning, he quickly growled out "Not me, that's for sure!".

His face then softened as he turned around once more, rubbing his chin. "Unless...."

But, before he could finish his sentence, the security camera suddenly zoomed in, and then dropped. "Lousy security camera!" Eggman roughly said, lifting the camera so that it pointed in the right direction once more.

Rolling her optics, and knowing this is just going to be another plan of Eggman's, Flora went to the desk and started tapping it to get Eggman's attention.

"Yes, my little flower?" Eggman quickly turned his attention to Flora, smiling brightly.

"If you're going to Sonic's, can you take a few things I baked with you to give to them?" Flora asked, tilting her head in question. "It's a thank you for last Thursday, when they helped me grocery shopping and hauling it all back to the base. I can't take them, I have chores that I have to do still."

"But Flooooora, they're my enemies!" Eggman whined, pouting like a child. "You shouldn't thank them! Besides, I should be the one to eat all your delicious treats!"

"I already have some treats in the oven for you later, they just have to finish baking and cooling." Flora looked up at her Poppa shyly. "Please? I'd really feel better knowing they got the thank you gift."

Taking in his daughter's pleading look, Eggman folded like a wet deck of cards.

"Okay honey, I'll make sure to take the sweets and let them know who's it from and what for." Eggman sadly sighed, but dutifully nodded in agreement. Both Orbot and Cubot glanced at one another, their creator really couldn't deny his daughter anything. "I just have to get together my resume and references before I head out. Why don't you get the treats ready while I do that?"

Clapping in delight, Flora's eyes glowed happily as she set out to do just that.

Once the door to his office shut, Eggman raised a brow when he noticed Orbot and Cubot just staring at him.

"What?"

"You're so whipped." Cubot said without thinking, making Orbot quickly run for cover.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME!?"

---------------------LATER; SONIC'S HUT/HOME----------------------

"Why'd Flora have to make so many things for them?" Eggman muttered to himself as he walked up to the hut, holding a large gift basket that was filled with sweet treats handmade by his robot daughter. "They don't deserve her handmade treats!"

Shaking off his pout, Eggman glanced down to make sure the outfit that Flora ironed for him were wrinkle free. It was the same that he wore nearly everyday, but it was better because his little girl made sure to iron it just for him after washing it.

'Flora's so adorable!' He couldn't stop the grin growing on his face even if he tried. It was hard not to smile when thinking about his adorable little flower. Even if said flower wants to make nice with his arch-enemies. He supposes that Flora is just too nice.

All the more reason to keep an eye out on any potential trouble makers and suitors. Eggman doesn't care who comes knocking - he'll make sure to knock them out.

Potential homicide aside, sometimes Eggman worries about his only child. Sure, Flora has the means and potential to become the world's most deadliest robot/weapon the world has ever seen, but somehow, in someway, Eggman has built life. Given what should have been an unfeeling robot feelings, thoughts, fears, wants and desires. Given a robot a soul. And Flora's soul is just too gentle to be so violent. Maybe with a good reason, she would fight, but Eggman would fear finding out what that reason would be.

Shaking off those thoughts, Eggman stopped in front of the open door, cleared his throat and then stepped in with a smile.

"Hello."

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"Eggman!" Tails cried out after he and Sonic both turned their heads to see who greeted them, both getting into fighting positions.

"What are you doing here!" Sonic demanded, only to pause when he saw the large basket. The basket was admittedly adorable, a brown weaved basket with flowers weaved into it. A pink and green ribbon was tied on the handle, a small card with with lace sitting front and center in the basket made the whole thing look even more sweet. Sniffing, Sonic frowned in confusion at the sweet smells coming from it. If this was a plot to kill him, it was a weird one. And a bit unsettling to see such a cute thing in Dr. Eggman's hands. "And what's with the basket?"

"Oh, Flora made this for you all." Eggman admitted with a sigh, holding out the gift basket. "She said it was a thank you for helping her last Thursday. I told her not to, but you know how she is-" Eggman was cut off by a blue blur rushing to take the basket from him.

"Sweet! Flora's cooking is the best!" Sonic beamed, wanting nothing more to tear into the basket.

"Hey, Eggman said that Flora made that for all of us! Not just you!" Tails quickly took the basket from Sonic with a glare, making Sonic pout and cross his arms. Tails rolled his eyes at his best friend as he went to go sit down the basket on the table.

"Honestly, Flora's cooking and baking is too good for any of you." Eggman snorted, crossing his arms with a deep frown.

Sonic rolled his eyes, waving Eggman off. "So, you brought the basket, you can leave now. Make sure to thank Flora for us. Or, better yet, we'll just tell her the next time we see her."

"Oh, I'm not just here to deliver the basket!" Eggman chuckled, reaching into one of his pockets to bring out his resume. "I'm here about the sidekick position. I brought my resume and references just like the flier asked."

Sonic's and Tails' jaws dropped at this. Reaching up his hands, Sonic had no idea if he just wanted to hit Eggman, or hit himself because of this whole situation. "But, you're my arch-nemesis!" Sonic told the tall human, trying to understand just what is going on. "I might be friends with your daughter, but that doesn't mean I'm friends with you!"

"That's true." Eggman agreed, pleasantly. "But, I could be a valuable asset to your organization." With gesturing hands, Eggman tried to sell the idea. "For example, I'm a doctor. Not a real doctor, a PhD, but still!"

Sonic rolled his eyes as he walked up to Eggman, placing his hands on his hips. "You can't be my sidekick." He told the other firmly, only to flinch back when Eggman suddenly had the tryout flier in his hand and shoving it into his face.

"All candidates welcomed." Eggman recited, pointing to where it was written on the flier with a grin.

With one hand in a fist, Sonic was regretting pointing that into the flier. It sounded good at the time! Sighing, Sonic gave in for the moment. He'd just have to make the two loose is all. "Okay, fine. You both-" Here, Sonic looks at Tails with a frown. "-can move on to round two. But neither one of you are going to be my sidekick."

"Who else is there?" Tails asked with a raised brow, both he and Eggman going to follow Sonic who started to walk to the front door.

All three stopped when suddenly a beaver with a red bow tie popped his head around the corner and holding up a parking pass.

"Do you validate parking?" Fastidious the Beaver asked in a bland tone.

With a grin, Sonic pointed to the new comer. "Congratulations! You're the third candidate!" Both Eggman's and Tails' jaws dropped and looked at Sonic like he had just lost his mind. Which, to be fair, he might have had. But what else could Sonic do when he didn't want the first two candidates to win? Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Fastidious on the other hand, just stood there with a smug air around him. "Naturally."

With that, Sonic lead them all out of the hut.....

Only for a blue blur to come right back in a few moments later, rush to the homemade gift basket, grab a few treats with a delighted sigh, and then rush back out before anyone could notice.

'If there's one good thing to come out of it, it's Flora's baking!'

--------------------END OF THE DAY; EGGMAN'S BASE----------------------

Flora was sitting on the white couch in the living room, hand stitching some holes that were in Eggman's pants shut. It was cheaper to just stitch them shut with how many fights her creator/father got into with Sonic's gang. And with being a robot mentally and physically, it was too easy to do so. Almost like a professional with just a few searches on the internet and a few downloads for the more tricky parts.

Just as Flora finished the last stitch, she could hear the door to the living room sliding open, with heavy stomping following soon after.

[Scanning.....Creator; AKA "Poppa", is now home and within the room. Threat level; -100.]

Beeping in amusement at the mechanical voice, Flora turned her head to look up at her pouting Poppa. Whirling in curiosity, Flora waved out a hand to get his attention.

"Oh, Flora!" Eggman beamed down at his daughter, loosing his pout. "Do you think you could make me some evil ham, please?"

Blinking, all Flora could do was beep in confusion. Slowly putting the sewing needle and pants onto the white coffee table, Flora tiled her head and wonder just what was evil ham? Maybe it was spicy ham or something?

"Do you mean deviled ham?" Flora signed slowly and hesitantly, not knowing what else evil ham could be.

"Deviled ham! Yes. That sounds more evil than evil ham!" Eggman chuckled, rubbing his hands together. "Yes, I want deviled ham." Then, he paused. "Please."

"Yes, I can make deviled ham for dinner." Flora nodded in agreement, whirling as she went to stand up. "Did you have fun today?" She asked while she walked to the doorway. Eggman followed her, making sure to keep an eye on her hands as she signed.

"I do not have fun! I try to eradicate that blue rodent and his friends!" Eggman explained sternly. After a few moments of silence, he glanced away, shuffling his feet. "But, yes, I did have fun."

"That's all that matters." Flora signed before gently patting Eggman's arm. "Maybe the next plan will be the one."

"You're right!" Eggman grinned, puffing out his chest. "The next one for sure!" Then, his eyes widen. "Oh! I had forgotten." Turning to look down at his little flower, Eggman sighed and rolled his eyes. "Sonic told me to tell you 'Thank you' for the gift basket. Still don't understand why you had to give them one. Not like they deserve a thank you or anything like that."

Beeping out some giggles, Flora shook her head softly at Eggman's antics.

It was just another day for her, and she couldn't say she hated it. Even with being robotic. It's when she gets dragged into things that really makes her anxiety act up. Which, because of Eggman's over-protectiveness, rarely happens at all. When it does, it's a pure accident.

But, life has it hardships, no matter what.

This was proven just a week later, late at night.

--------------------ONE WEEK LATER; 11:00 AT NIGHT, SONIC AND TAILS' HUT----------------

*knock knock*

Sonic didn't even twitch at the light knocking, dead asleep on the green couch. Tails was the same even though he was closer to the door. Both lightly snoring and dreaming of nothing.

*Knock, Knock, Knock, Knock*

At the slightly louder knocking, Sonic peeked his eyes out before closing them back and turning on his side.

*Bang, Bang, Bang*

The knocking has now turned into some banging on the door. Sonic just cracks on eye open before closing it with a groan.

*Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang*

No matter how long Sonic ignored it, it wouldn't stop. Nor would the person knocking not take a hint. Turning on his back once more, Sonic tried to just ignore it and go back to sleep.

*BANG, BANG, BANG*

Loud bangs that rocked the whole hut made Sonic shoot up from where he was laying. Tails, on the other hand, was still sound asleep. Sonic didn't know if he should be impressed or worried about that. Sitting up, Sonic grabbed his head and groaned. "Oh man...."

Sighing, Sonic quickly got up and sped to the door, hoping that it's nothing serious so that he could go right back to sleep in a few seconds.

Opening the door, he was greeted with Dr. Eggman in a tench coat and Flora in a light green rain coat, holding a green frog umbrella that had a smile on it's 'face' over her head. Eggman's shoulders and top half was wet, and Flora's metal shoes and legs were wet. Just looking at these two, Sonic knew this was not going to be a few seconds type of situation.

"Hi!" Eggman smiled, lifting a hand in greeting. Flora beeped a few times, shuffling her feet shyly and refusing to look Sonic in the face.

"What do you want." Sonic was not in the mood for games. "And why did you drag Flora with you here this late at night? Shouldn't she be in bed or charging, or whatever she does for rest?"

"Well, you see, that's the thing..." Eggman raised a finger, clearing his throat. "The storm did some damage to my base. You know, the one where I hatch diabolical plans to eradicate you and your friends?" Eggman didn't even pause to see if Sonic knew what he was talking about, because it was obvious he does. "Because of the damage, we need a place to....crash for a few days. We...We need your help."

"You need my help?" Sonic raised a brow in question. He could not believe this and he was starting to think this was a dream. Because there was no way Eggman was asking for help or took Flora out this late at night. The evil doctor was known for his over-protection over his daughter, and is more likely to cut off his own arm than let Flora be out late at night when, as Eggman deemed it, too dangerous for her to be out.

"Yes." Eggman nearly pleaded, sounding like this was the last resort. And if Sonic knew him at all, it actually was Eggman's last resort. "Just until my robots repair what is needed." Raising his hands as if to pray, Eggman looked down at Sonic with a pleading face. "Please! Don't leave us stranded in this wilderness!" Eggman then quickly gestured to Flora, who was trying to hide under her umbrella. "If not me, then take in Flora! Please, don't let her rust out here! My little flower is delicate! Sure, she might not rust at the first touch of water or even a full hour submerged in it, but enough of it will cause damage to her systems and-!"

"Whoa! Calm down, Egghead." Sonic quickly waved a hand to cut off his arch-nemesis. "I'm not about to let Flora rust or get hurt.....she's the only visitor at my door right now that I actually like."

Flora jolted and gave out a small beep, flustered. If Sonic wasn't so tired, he'd laugh at the sight of Flora trying to shuffle and hide behind Eggman and her umbrella.

"So, that means...." Eggman trailed off hopefully, clasping his hands together.

The blue hedgehog looked the evil doctor up and down. "Well, you two certainly could use a roof over your heads." He then narrowed his eyes up at his enemy. "But how do I know you're not going to try and capture me and Tails while we're asleep?"

"I swear not to harm you or your fox friends during our stay." Eggman earnestly told the shorter hedgehog, placing a hand over his heart.

Flora shifted herself and her umbrella so that she was slightly in sight, going to sign the same, but Sonic just shook his head at her. "Don't worry about it Flora, I know you wouldn't attack us."

"I didn't even bring any weapons!" Eggman quickly tried to defend himself. He then bent down to lift the bottom of his trench coat. "Here, check my pants."

Eyes widening in horror, Sonic lifted a hand to stop Eggman. "No, no, no, no. It's okay." It was only when Eggman stood back up straight and not holding onto the trench coat did Sonic go on, crossing his arms. "So, it's only for a few days and it's only just you two?"

"Just us." Eggman smiled, placing a hand on his chest. Flora, on the other hand, started to shake off her umbrella before closing it back up and place it right by the door. She wouldn't want to get the hut more wet than it needs to be.

Giving a slight smile, Sonic jerked his thumb to point over his shoulder as he opened the door wider, showing that the two can come in. Eggman beamed, reaching out to take Flora's hand and lead her in. Sonic soon lost his slight smile though, going wide eyed at the sight of Orbot and Cubot floating in behind the two, the two little floating robots carrying travel bags with them.

"And Orbot and Cubot of course, they're family!" Eggman chimed in while Flora just held onto the doctor's arm, looking around the hut in curiosity.

Lowly groaning in annoyance, Sonic just slammed the door shut, knowing it was going to be a long few days.

---------------THE NEXT MORNING-------------

Opening a door with a yawn, Sonic let his three friends come in.

Said friends walked in before freezing and jaws dropping at the sight of Eggman, clad in pink footie pajamas, stretching and looking comfortable in the hut.

Amy, Sticks and Knuckles quickly got into fighting positions. "Eggman?!" Knuckles called out in question and alarm.

Noticing the three, Eggman smiles. "Oh, hey gang!" He calmly starts to walk to the couch, chuckling in embarrassment. "I didn't know you'd be so early. I'm still in my evil pajamas!" He then looks over his shoulder, showing them all his back, and pointed downward with his thumb. "They have a trapdoor in the back!"

Eggman then sits on the coach as if he has lived in the hut his whole life, feet on the table and arms behind his head. "Oh, you all here for breakfast?" Eggman asked with a slight frown. "Flora's still cooking, but I don't think she made enough for everyone. Nor should she have to." He muttered the last bit under his breath, looking away from them all.

At this, the three that just came in all turned as one to look to the kitchen. There stood Flora inside of it, wearing her usual dress only in pink this time and a pink headband with flowers on the ends this time, with a frilly green apron on and cooking something on the stove top. Flora was softly beeping out a song, swaying where she cooked and most likely didn't even notice them coming in.

Flora did notice, hard not to with a voice inside of her that is rattling off information and threat levels at her, she just didn't show it because she didn't want to be the center of their attention.

Knuckles pointed to the both of them with a frown. "What are they doing here?"

"Eggman and I have a truce." Sonic glared at Eggman before losing the glare to look at his friends. "Tails is letting them stay here until their lair is fixed."

"Flora, is my breakfast ready?" Eggman called out, sitting up a bit more.

Flora raised one finger, to show that it was almost ready. Drizzling the final piece on top of the whole dish, Flora grabbed the tray of food and went to her father. Placing it down on the coffee table in front of him, he took his feet off of it to give the breakfest a look.

"Sams and Eggs Benedict?!" Eggman gave a delighted squeal, placing his hands on his chest. "And you made sure to use the egg whites too!" All Flora had time for was to beep before Eggman swooped her up into his arms for a great big hug. "Wearing such a cute apron, making me my favorite breakfast, and being such a good daughter! My little flower is too good for me!"

"Well, at least we're not the only ones to say that." Sonic glanced over, watching the doctor placing the female robot down so that he can start eating.

"This is all some evil plot, man!" Sticks suddenly burst out, waving a fist in the air. "First he lures us in with some terrible roommate ploy, using Flora as a cover, and then BLAM!" Sticks jerked her arm out, making Knuckles and Amy flinch back. "Here comes this fifty foot obliterator bot-" The badger turns to Knuckles, shaking him in her panic. "that obliterates us all!" Taking in a deep breath, Stick quickly lowers her voice. "We gotta get out of here."

Amy, on the other hand, frowns at Sticks and Knuckles. "Guys, we have to help them." Both Knuckles and Sticks turn their attention to the pink hedgehog. Amy gestures to Eggman. "If we don't, we'll be no better than he is."

Sitcks and Knuckles look at one another at this.

Eggman, on the other hand, smacks his lips as he chews on his breakfast. "Yeah, you'll be no better than I am." He agrees. Flora looks to him, glances at everyone, and then whirls out a sigh. She glances to the other couch, seeing Orbot and Cubot sitting there and just watching everyone.

"Think about how this is for them." Amy told everyone, walking up to the two. She places a hand on Eggman's arm. "Do you feel scared without a home? Do you feel alone? Are you eating your feelings?"

Eggman pauses mid-bite while Flora looks to Amy, back to Eggman, and then back to Amy. All the while she played with her fingers, wondering if this all was actually a good idea or not.

Turning to look at the others, Eggman was quick to lowly say "Someone get her away from me." without hesitation. Amy took her hand off his arm, looking up at him with wide eyes.

"Guys, if Flora and Eggman need to stay, they can stay." Tails told the others from where he was in the kitchen, cleaning a plate. "Who knows, maybe Eggman's not so bad after all. And we all know that Flora's not bad at all, so it should be fine."

Eggman beams at Tails.

Flora, on the other hand, just signs 'Thank you' at him gratefully. What she actually wanted to sign though was 'Sorry', because she knew that while Eggman was nice and sweet to her, it wasn't the case for anyone else.

All she could do was pray that Eggman doesn't get himself kicked out in the first hour of staying here.

----------------TWO DAYS LATER-----------------

Sonic was this close to snapping.

Throughout the first day of Eggman and Flora staying at the hut, Eggman made life ten times more difficult.

First it was all the pillow fights - anywhere ant anytime did Eggman just out of nowhere throw or hit Tails or him with a pillow and mess things up! First, it was Tails' new invention. Next, it was making a mess of the living room. So much of a mess that he eventually just gave up on cleaning it.

The next thing was the snoring. Sonic was quick to find out that Eggman was a noisy sleeper. Talking, snoring and laughing evilly in his sleep, Eggman made sure that neither Sonic or Tails got any rest.

The third thing is Eggman's habit of storing and locking any food. To the point where no one but him or Flora could get into the containers holding the food.

If it wasn't for Flora, Sonic would have made Tails kick Eggman to the curve.

Flora was the opposite of Eggman in terms of being a roommate. She was polite, quiet, and made sure to share.

When Eggman made a mess, Flora was there soon after to clean it up. When Eggman goes too far, Flora is there to make him stop or distract him. She apologized for him, did some housework and chores without even asking, and always made sure to not overstep any lines. Heck, she cooks for them all and makes sure that Eggman doesn't try to steal their food and lock it up. She was a quiet sleeper, and by that Sonic means that she recharges while laying on the couch, hooked up to a small, handheld generator or a electrical socket.

Really, the only down side to having Flora as a roommate is that she is shyer than anyone Sonic knows and has trouble signing to him because of that and her anxiety. So, he has to be patient when talking with her, something he rarely is and is hard to do. 

How a robot has anxiety, he has no idea. But Flora has broken many expectations and rules since the first day she was 'born', so Sonic isn't shocked.

No. What he's shocked about is just how the two, Flora and Eggman, could be so different!

So, here Sonic was, thinking about it all in a sleep deprived daze while he sat on the green couch with Tails, and Amy sitting across from them on the red, leather one.

"I don't think I can take living with Eggman for another second." Sonic groaned, head in his hands. "But if I kick him out, Flora might start crying, and I don't want to be the one to make Flora cry." Sonic frowned deeply, holding back a yawn.

"Eggman hit me with a pillow so hard, I'm having short term memory loss!" Tails complied, rubbing his head. There was a pause. "I'm having short term memory loss!"

"Do you want to be the one to make Flora cry by kicking out her 'Poppa' into the wild where he belongs?" Sonic asked Tails blandly. Tails thought about it, pictured it, paled at what he thought up and rapidly shook his head in negative.

"I think there is a communication problem here." Amy smiled gently, getting up from the leather couch. "Why don't we settle this with a roommate meeting?"

----------------FEW MINUETS LATER------------

"Okay, Sonic," Amy beamed at her blue friend. "do you have something that you want to share?"

Sonic looked up from where he sat with Amy and Tails on the green couch and across the coffee table. Flora sat with Eggman on the red, leather couch with Orbot and Cubot floating by it.

Scatching his head, Sonic glanced away. "Yes. Now...how to say this delicately." Not even hesitating, Sonic leaned onto his knee, looking right at Eggman with a half-lidded stare. "Eggman, you're a horrible roommate and no one in this house likes you." Moving his gaze to Flora, Sonic went on. "Flora, you are the best roommate I could ask for in this situation and I always wonder how Eggman made someone like you."

"Let's frame our statements with; When you do this, it makes me feel this." Amy quickly cut in before anyone could say anything else. Meanwhile, Eggman was looking shocked and Flora was hiding her face in her hands for a verity of reasons.

"Okay, ah, uh, let's see..." Sonic tried to form the right words. "Eggman, when you..live here...it makes me feel...angry." Here, Sonic leans forward once more, face not happy. "Because you are a horrible roommate and no one in this house likes you." He quickly repeated before his face softened when he looked to Flora. "Flora, when you stop Eggman from doing something stupid or cook something for us, I feel so relived that you are here. I deeply wonder how Eggman made and raised someone like you."

Eggman blankly looked to Sonic for a few moments. Then, he burst out crying.

'Great. I was worried I'd make Flora cry, but instead I should have been worrying about the mad scientist.' Sonic face palmed, wondering if it was too late to just move or build a hotel to stay at.

Flora panicked, moving as quickly as she could to hug Eggman, patting his back in comfort. Eggman sniffed, reaching out to hug his daughter close to him.

"Y-You're right!" Eggman sobbed out, sniffing. "I-I am the worst roommate!" Slowly, he stopped crying. "I...I just only ever lived with Flora before!"

"What about us?" Cubot asked, raising his hands in question.

"You don't count!" Eggman hissed out, making Flora whirl out a sigh and nervously beep a few times. Cubot looked down sadly, and Eggman went right back to crying, hugging Flora close.

Flora, from how panicked and awkward she looked, obviously did not know what to do in this situation. Sonic and Tails could feel for her.

"Sonic, I think someone here could go for two spoon fulls of forgiveness, washed down with a tall glass of friendship." Amy told Sonic, who was looking away with his arms crossed. "What do you think?"

In the background, Eggman was still crying, Flora was signing apologizes to Cubot and Orbot while she was held close to Eggman, and the two little robots looked like they have no idea what to do.

Sonic gagged, but gave in.

"Hey man, if we give you a second chance will you promise to shape up?" The blue blur asked as he turned around to face the other group.

Eggman stopped crying in an instant. "You bet." He grinned, letting go of Flora and snapping his fingers.

"Thank you for giving us another chance." Flora shyly signed to the other three across from her.

"Not us, only him." Sonic muttered, but luckily it was drowned out by Amy getting up and calling out "Roommate meeting group hug!".

Everyone went into the group hug, with Flora's metal face heating up and the voice inside of her saying it was going to turn on the fan to cool her off. Orbot and Cubot tried to get into the hug, but Eggman quickly denied them. And Sonic and Tails looked like they rather be anywhere else but in the group hug.

The two could only hope that the lair/base/home of Eggman would be repaired soon.

-----------------THE NEXT DAY----------------

"How many hours did you two sleep last night?" Knuckles asked, taking a close look at the dark circles under Sonic's eyes.

"Zero." The extremely tired blue hedgehog told his friends, looking one second close to passing out into a coma for the next few days. Tails didn't look that fare behind him.

The both of them haven't had a wink of sleep because of Eggman. How Eggman could stay awake for so long, they didn't know. Flora, on the other hand, had went to 'sleep' and recharged without anyone bothering her. Eggman because he 'couldn't wake up his precious flower', Sonic and Tails because they didn't want to chance her giving out the next day.

Amy, Sticks and Knuckles had looked shocked when they came in, seeing how Tails and Sonic looked. Luckily for them, Eggman had walked out to do some light shopping in the village, dragging along Cubot and Orbot. Flora decided to stay behind and do some chores to make up for what her Poppa did to the other two.

"I'm so sorry." Flora apologized once more. "Poppa is just so excited to be a roommate with you all." She tried to explain, feeling like she should have went with Eggman to do some shopping instead of staying when everyone stared at her. "He just wants to do everything, roommate things, before we leave."

"It's not your fault, Flora." Tails reassured her, waving off her concern. "Eggman's just a horrible, terrible, never having him over again, roommate."

"It's stage two of his evil plot, man!" Sticks called out, jumping around. "we are minutes away from him coming back with his big obliterator bot with it's-with it's obliterator legs! And it's obliterator teeth!" 

"Sticks, stop being paranoid." Amy sighed, shaking her head. "Eggman's lived here for three days and he hasn't hatched a single, evil scheme-"

*BOOM*

A loud booming noise made the hut shake out of nowhere. Everyone quickly headed outside, only to freeze at the sight of a giant robot standing outside the hut.

While Sonic and Tails were sleeping standing up, bodies finally just giving out, Sticks started to shake Amy. "See, I told you he had a obliterator bot! Why does no one listen to me, it's not like I'm paranoid!" Sticks then noticed her shadow, making her swiftly turn and point to it with a scowl. "And stop following me!" She screeched at it. Flora took a step back from the badger while Amy rolled her eyes.

"Well, time to beat some butt! Right, Sonic?" Knuckles grinned, only to pause at the sight of Sonic, who was snoring. "Sonic?" Poking the hedgehog, Knuckles jumped into the air when Sonic fell. "Oh no! The obliterator bot already took out Sonic!"

Taking a closer look at the giant robot, Flora scanned it. Once done, she beeped a few times, recognizing it.

The robot wasn't an obliterator, it was-

"Oh, one of the Repair Bots are here!" Eggman's voice called out.

Everyone turned to see Eggman walking up to the hut with a few paper bags in his arms. With a grin, he looked to Flora.

"That means everything's repaired! Time to head home Flora." Looking to Orbot and Cubot, he frowned. "You two! Go get the bags and start the Egg-mobile! I need to make up for lost time, and I know Flora will want to check up on her plants!"

"You mean....this isn't an obliterator bot?" Sticks asked in shock, pointing to said robot.

"An obliterator bot?" Eggman raised a brow before laughing. "No! This here is one of my Repair Bots! I told it to come and let me know when the repairs to the base were done. Ha, no, my Obliterator Bot is still in production! It's not finished yet, maybe next month?"

"So, this wasn't just some plot to get rid of us?" Sticks couldn't believe this.

"Why would I risk my base for a plot?" Eggman asked right back, looking a bit insulted. "Flora has to live in there too you know. I don't want her things getting damaged, or worse, herself!"

With that, the whole group watched Eggman, Flora, Orbot and Cubot pack up the Egg-mobile. By this time, Sonic and Tails were passed out asleep on the sand, finally resting.

"I told you there was no evil plot." Amy rolled her eyes at the thought.

"I know, I know." Sticks sighed roughly, crossing her arms. "Sorry."

"But, it would have been more fun if there had been." Knuckles grinned, not seeing Amy's look at his words.

The sound of someone walking closer made them all look up to see Flora coming up.

Shifting and looking flustered, she quickly began signing. "Could you tell Sonic and Tails 'Sorry and thank you' for me?" Flora looked down at the sand for a moment. "I know it wasn't the best three days, but I'm grateful they took us in even if Poppa wasn't too considerate to them. Let them know I made and left some treats for them in the fridge, please?"

"Of course we will!" Amy beamed, clasping her hands together in delight.

"Thank you!" Flora thanked, optics glowing brighter in happiness.

"Flora, come on!" They all turned to see Eggman in the Egg-mobile already along with Orbot and Cubot. "And don't worry about making me dinner, I picked up some takeout to eat while I was shopping."

Quickly waving to the group, Flora started her jet engine gently, floating up and into the Egg-mobile before sitting right next to Eggman.

"Thanks again Sonic!" Eggman called out as the Egg-mobile started off. "Maybe we can do this again some time, roomie!"

With that they were off, along with the Repair Bot following right after.

Sonic twitched in the sand.

"N...Never....a-again... in....thi....s..life...E..gghead....."

-End Chapter-

Flora is actually well liked in the village, by the villagers and by Sonic's group/gang. Sure, there are some that a weary around her because she was built by Eggman, but not by much. Eggman, on the other hand, is not. The villagers and heroes alike wonder how Eggman could build, and raise such kind, shy and gentle daughter when he is the exact opposite of those three things.

Because of how overprotective Eggman is of Flora, he's not about to risk his base/home in a plot against Sonic. This is because it's Flora's home and has her things in it, he's not about to destroy her things or chance her getting hurt. So, the second episode, "Can An Evil Genius Crash on Your Couch for a Few Weeks?", his home was actually damaged from the storm and needed it to be repaired by his robots, so he - including Flora, Orbot and Cubot - truly needed to stay with Sonic and Tails for a few days until everything was fixed. He's just naturally a horrible roommate to them.

While the first episode didn't change all that much, the second one did because of Flora being in it. This will happen in other episodes as well. Also, I might make original episodes, and if I do, these might effect the story and other canon episodes as well. Like, introducing a character earlier than canon or something.

For now though, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I did making it! More of Metal Sonic!Flora in Sonic Boom to come!