{Gale's POV}

I just looked up at my friend in shock. I knew that anger could make people say things they don't mean, but when Metal had said that he didn't care if reality was torn apart, it sounded as if he actually meant it. I shivered as I felt his new power rushing over me like a wave. Just how strong did that stuff make him?

I looked to Lisa, sensing her discomfort at seeing our friend in such a state. “G-Gale?”

“Yes Lisa?”

“How much has Metal had to deal with while he's been in Equestria?” She asked me with worry.

“Why?”

“Because if he's finally snapped, all of his anger and stress is going to surface...all of that, plus his anger from hearing that Nightmare and Xram killed Samantha...and all of that Apocalypse Magic...he's even stronger than my Mad Mode Four.” She answered in fear.

“Well then we've got to do something! I know he wasn't lying when he said he'd tear this world apart, we have to stop him.” I tried to get to my feet but fell to my knees, I was in no condition to fight let alone stop someone like Metal.

“I don't think we can do anything other than watch. I can try to calm him down, but I'm not even sure if I can reach him! Damnit I had just gotten him back to his normal self!”

I was about to try to get up again but I froze as I heard Lisa sobbing. I turned around and saw her with her hands covering her face and tears dripping from in between her fingers.

“Why can't I just keep my friends!?” I just sat there frozen as she yelled. “First Symbol had to go and die for me! Then my world was destroyed! Everyone keeps getting hurt and I can't do anything to stop it! Metal has been corrupted by his own anger twice in the span of a day and I almost lost the one I love! Why!? WHY CAN’T I KEEP MY FRIENDS!?”

I would have went over to comfort her, but when I tried to walk or crawl I collapsed and fell face first into the dirt. All I could do was very slowly pull myself towards my troubled partner while I watched her cry her eyes out while my best friend was about to destroy his own universe. What happened to us? Why was this happening? Why couldn't we be happy? I looked around. There had to be something I could do.

Then it hit me. I could still remember what had happened when I was corrupted just a few moments before, and Metal had gone into his super form to fight my darker self. Going into a super form in the Sonic universe allowed you to enter it and exit it in peak physical condition, no matter the circumstance! If I could just build up enough power, and fuse with Gregar, I might be able to stop this! I focused and began slowly building up energy. I gazed at my friend, waiting for my energy to build up high enough. ’Hold on buddy, I’m coming.

{Third POV}

Metal and Alpha just floated there. Metal’s anger had consumed him, and now he was on the warpath. He would destroy anything that got in his way of killing this Nightmare. He summoned a crimson lunar blade, and charged. Alpha created his own blood red laser blade and came at Metal. The two clashed, creating a shockwave that rocked the world around them.

“So, you really don’t care if you destroy this world as long as I die in the process huh? Well that’s just perfect. I can think of a few ways we could use that anger.”

"̢̫̘̭̜̝̬̰I̴͍̬͔̲ ̙̭̘̝͡w̙̼̦̯̭̞̙į̷̭̘̘̲̘̭l̛͓̭͔͖l͖͈̝ ҉̞͇́n̘͠e̤͕̻̫̪̮͢͡ͅv͏̮͇͚̹̭͍͙̲e̥̖̳͔̙̲r͖͔̗͙̖͈̪̕ ̫̝̰̖ọ̴͖̫̻͖̞̜͘͞b҉̮̻̗̟͎͔̜̖è̴̬̣y̡̛̗̤̠͖͕͖ ̴̶̙̫̮̗̫͓͞y̴̨̩̞̜̪͇̦̩̮o̧̪̜̩͟u̵̢̩!͏̙͕̝"͈̼̣̖̬̀

Alpha merely chuckled.

“Who said it would be your choice?” The two separated. Metal fired a giant beam of red energy that Alpha simply dodged. “If attacking straight on is your strategy, I’m afraid this fight won’t last for very long.”

"̡̢͇̻̗͖̻̳̲ͅG̵͎̙̪̞͓̘R̛͖̻̟͘͢A̻̥͉̬͕͜͜A̱͓̩̤H̸̘̹̫̥͙!̶͔̹̪̱̬"̠̦̲̘̳̠̞̀͝

Metal fired more energy beams, but each one was dodged. Alpha then appeared behind Metal.

“Let me show you the attack of one who knows how to handle this kind of power.” He blasted Metal, then came at him with his laser blades. He got a couple strikes in before he kicked Metal and the fired some concentrated balls of energy at him. Each one detonated on the metal hedgehog, sending him further and further away. But Metal quickly recovered. He then vanished, and reappeared right in front of Nightmare with a charged up blast.

"̲̖̳ͅͅI̟ ͏̸͖t̶͇̞ḥ̖͟i̵͕͎̞͝n͍̣͈̖̤͔̭k̢͈͈ ̶̪̖͕́I̙̫̫͝'̸͔̱͇̠̥͇̝̦l͎͉̪͉̘̱l̨͉ ̟̞̯́g̷͚͖̱͉͎̕o̜̰͍̲͍͢͞ͅ ̷͍̣̜͈͖b̸̺͙͇̫̪̳̯̙y̺̻ ̺̰ͅý̝͖̜͉̼̰͢ơ͔̲̙̲̼͔̰͢ͅu̪r̩̲͍͉̯̟̩̯̻͠͞ ̡̛̣͖̱̥̤e̴̶̺͉͖x͏̙̘a̟͓̼̥͙̗̖̰͢m̩͎̙̭͇͈͖͞p̷̳͖̮̀l̛͏̣̺̗̟̳̜͓͉͜e̢̹͙̼̪̦̮̩̫̝͘͝!̬̝̳͚͇̘͔̣̱"͓

He then unleashed the energy beam and nailed Alpha point blank. When the beam disappeared, Alpha was gone.

“Think yourself clever do we?” Metal turned around to see Alpha, perfectly fine. “When I said that I would be unlike any opponent you have ever face,” he glared at Metal, “I meant it.”

He punched Metal in the face, sending him into the ground.

“Your anger may make you strong Metal, but your attacks are slow! You want to finish me as fast as possible, so every attack you do is at full power. That not only takes time to charge, but it wastes energy and no matter what you say or do, you still have a limited supply!” He charged up an attack. “But just slightly charging up your attacks, allowing them to have enough force to do some damage, will provide a much faster solution than going all out.”

He fired his attack, but Metal recovered just in time to dodge. He leaped at Alpha, tackling him out of the air and threw him into the ground before sending off a ball of energy after him. This time, his attack hit, and Alpha suffered some damage.

“In the physical department your doin’ just fine I’ll give you that.” He stood up, showing that he was nowhere near finished. “But you’ll need more than that to defeat me!” He teleported behind Metal and punched him in the back of the head before grabbing him, spinning him around and throwing him into the ground with great force, causing the ground to shake violently as an explosion of dirt and dust clouded the area. “You've let your anger cloud your judgement Metal, that is your mistake.”

"̷͓̮̞̳͇̥̖Á͏̣͉̟̣͓͔̝h̛̘̼̪͜a̟̳̰̲͇͍ḩ̶̹a̡̡̩͉͖̣̣͔h̶̼͍͖̰̦͎ͅa͝͏̣̟h̦̼͙̞͎̰̞͈a̡̧̛̮̠͍̫̖̬ͅh̟̥̻̦͚͚̖̲̙a̰̘͟h͍̪̥͓a̸̸̩͔̼͡!̢̛̱̫̘́ ̸̩͓͓̮͎̙͚͘A̪̻̬̺ͅͅH̻̤̯̳̖̗͞ͅA̰̬̼̯̹͡H̴̛̞̺͠A̵̧̺̮̙̘͉̝͠Ḩ̘͞A̴̱̘H̗̕͡͠A̪̜͉̻̬͜H͟҉͏͔̲A̪̩͉̠̦̥̳H̲̗͈͖͓́A҉̪̩͎̦̰͈͍ͅH̟̪̦̬̞̤̖͟͜A͏͎̟̲̺H̲̯̳̪̩͝Ạ̶H̵̵̥̠̹̻ͅÁ̴̩̩̯̭A̷̷̲̰̯̟͚͕͡A̰̞̹̙̳̳͘ͅA̢̮͖͇̮̦͘͠A̘͍̜͈̙͈͠!̝͕̙̞͟!̷̤̱̣͔͇!̗̺̪̀"͜͡҉͔

Alpha shivered slightly at the blood curdling, psychotic laugh that Metal was giving off from inside the dust cloud.

Yo̴u͟ ͡r̴e̛al͢l͞y t̨hińk̛ ͟I've̡ ͘let ̸ang͏eŕ ̨clou̴d̷ ͝my͞ j͟u͟d̕gęmén̴t?͝!͠ I'͟m͠ sti̷ll̢ as con͘scio̷u͠s as͞ ͢b̡e҉ ̛fi͡re͠ th̴i̵s ͝tr̨an̶s̀f͞o̴r͏m̴a̵tíon,̢ I̕ ̕wa͟s ͞oņly ͏w̛a҉nti͠ng҉ ͞to ̕enḑ ̧t̡hi̢s͘ ̷f̡ig̡ht ͘qu̕i̶c̶k҉ly ̨by̶ att́ack̀i̷n̨g͡ ̴w̷it͏h ̧thośe҉ s͠l̡i̷g̷h̢t̡ly ͝chárg̷e͡d͡ ͜at͢ta̴cks̢!̛ Ļi̵mi͝te͝d ̡su͜p̸pl̕y ̢o̡f̕ ҉e̛nerg͝y͢? H͏a̸h!̧ Yea҉h͝...͜k̸èep th͝ińk̴i͜ng̡ ̕ţh͢a҉t͘, beca̸us̕e I ̀c̷an͏ g̶o ̀for ͞all̷ e̴t̴eŕnit̸y̸!̴"

Metal shot out of the cloud with his claw open. Once he was close enough to Alpha he swiped his claw. The world seemed to freeze for a second before claw marks were embedded in reality. Alpha had just barely dodge the attack that would have surely killed him, seeing as Metal had just destroyed parts of the universe's reality with one swipe of his claw.

“Hmm, that could prove pr-” Alpha was cut off when Metal suddenly appeared in front of him and grabbed him by the throat. Metal chuckled darkly before shooting upwards and flying up to past the planet's atmosphere. He let go of Alpha when Gravity was weak enough to just have him float there. Metal then proceeded to add his speed to his arms and rapidly swiped his claws at Alpha, the areas of reality behind him being damaged in the process.

Metal then formed into his spindash, which was covered in large a cloud of dark red mist and slammed into Alpha, causing the nightmare to shoot down towards the planet's surface.

"̣͖͓͞I̘̱͜'͔̳̦̳̜͓v̖̲ę͚͔ l̩̺̟̠̪͚̼e̩͎̱̹ṯ͖͚͈͇ ̩͙̟̟̺̰͚y͖̗̙̖͇o͢u͍̩ ̡̼̳̥l͢i̞͍͖͖̲̩͉v̤̥e̹ ̗̣͍͓̙l̴͎͕on͚g͟ ̙̲͙̲̫ę̩͍̙͇̫nͅo͎̪͔̯u̴͙̹̜g̤̣͓͓̗͙h͇͕̹!͖̱̜͎͕̫"͈̺̟͙

Metal held out both of his hands and built up,energy while also charging energy in his chest laser. Once a large ball of violent red energy was built up he aimed it at the planet.

“D͖̼̩̜̗͖͝Í̢̲̰͖̭̭Ȩ͙̮̙̰͎̖͇ͅ!̧̠͟͟!̨̲̦̻̥̙̳̙͈͞!̧͟͏̺̻"̢҉̹

Metal punched the large ball and sent a spiralling ray of destruction towards the planet. As it descended he just watched it from the bottom of his eye while clenching his fists tightly. He knew full well what he was doing, he would end up killing Lisa and Gale in the process, but he didn't care anymore, he didn't care about anything anymore. All he wanted, was for everything to burn.

Author's Notes:

Yeah, Metal is consciously doing all of this, this is to show just how much his time in Equestria has messed with his mental state, there is only so much a guy like him can take before snapping. And when you give someone who is letting out all of the is stress and anger and give him god like powers...well you won't survive long.