History Fanfic / IronOxide

''Iron Oxide'' is a fanfiction written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/LostMachine/pseuds/LostMachine Lost Machine]], formerly known as "Enigma Machine." It stars the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' characters Sonic and Metal on an unknown world, on which they're toyed with by Dr. Eggman Nega. They're forced to work together in order to escape the mad doctor and find out what his sinister plans are for them, the Chaos Emeralds, and this world. It can be read [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5419442/chapters/12521810 here]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11666599/1/Iron-Oxide here]]!

* {{Crossover}}: Professor Von Schlemmer shows up, playing a brief, yet important role in the story. Whether he's meant to be a reference to the ''ComicBook/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|ArchieComics}}'' or to ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' or even both is anyone's guess.

** TheAtoner: Metal eventually becomes this, choosing to fight alongside Sonic rather than against him.

** AxCrazy: Dr. Eggman Nega is this.

** BloodierAndGorier: Sonic's leg gets broken and his back is torn up and prone to bleeding if aggravated, he nearly freezes to death, ''and'' he almost dies of cardiac arrest. [[spoiler: Not to mention he's also the final piece needed for Dr. Eggman Nega's endgame.]]

** ComfortingComforter: Metal is literally this when Sonic almost freezes to death.

** CompletedFic: All 33 chapters are available for reading.

** {{Crossover}}: Professor Von Schlemmer shows up, playing a brief, yet important role in the story. Whether he's meant to be a reference to the ''ComicBook/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|ArchieComics}}'' or to ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' or even both is anyone's guess.

** {{Dehumanization}}: Dr. Eggman Nega calls Metal a "paperweight" more than once, among other things.

** EarnYourHappyEnding: By the end of this story, Sonic and Metal earned several lifetimes worth of happy endings with all they've been through.

** TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Or in the case of this story, [[spoiler: the ''entire universe,'' if Dr. Eggman Nega isn't stopped.]]

** LoveHurts: Sonic realizes he's in love with Metal and given the circumstances at that particular moment, yeah, Sonic is not having a fun time.

** ScienceFiction: Of the hard kind. There is a lot of science talk centered around the Chaos Emeralds, and how they and the universe work, and no, it's not {{Technobabble}}. It's fictionalized, of course, but still heavily based/centered around actual scientific theory and laws.

** SequelHook: The story ends with this, and Enigma originally did plan to work on a sequel. However, she has moved on from the realm of fanfiction, meaning that ''Iron Oxide'' will never get a sequel from its original author.

** {{Symbolism}}: There's a quite a bit of symbolism in ''Iron Oxide.'' The most prominent example is the painting of the pipe and the pipe itself, which serves to symbolize the relationship between Metal and Sonic.

''Iron Oxide'' is a fanfiction written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/LostMachine/pseuds/LostMachine Lost Machine]], formerly known as "Enigma Machine." It stars the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' characters Sonic and Metal on an unknown world, on which they're toyed with by Dr. Eggman Nega. They're forced to work together in order to escape the mad doctor and find out what his sinister plans are for them, the Chaos Emeralds, and this world. It can be read [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5419442/chapters/12521810 here.]]

** ScienceFiction: Of the hard kind. There is a lot of science talk centered around the Chaos Emeralds, and how they and the universe work, and no, it's not {{Technobabble}}. It's fictionalized, of course, but still heavily based on/centered around actual scientific theory and laws.

** ScienceFiction: Of the hard kind. There is a lot of science talk centered around the Chaos Emeralds, and how they and the universe work, and no, it's not {{Technobabble}}. It's fictionalized, of course, but still based on actual scientific theory and laws.

** ScienceFiction: Of the hard kind. There is a lot of science talk centered around the Chaos Emeralds, and how they and the universe work, and no, it's not {{Technobabble}}.

** ScienceFiction: Of the hard kind. There is a lot of science talk centered around the Chaos Emeralds, and how they and the universe work.

** ScienceFiction: Of the hard kind. There is a lot of science talk centered around the Chaos Emeralds, and how they and the universe work, and it's all connected to physics.

** ScienceFiction: Of the hard kind. There is a lot of science talk centered around the Chaos Emeralds, and how they and the universe work.

** ScienceFiction: Of the hard kind. In this story, there is a lot of science talk centered around the Chaos Emeralds and how the universe works.