*You are a survivor from one of the hundreds of sonic universes taken over by Lord X's army of EXEs, saved by an upgraded version of Sage, now dubbed Cybernetic Overlord Sage, you follow her back to T.V.C HQ, (Timeline Vanguard Corp), and inside sits Silver, who's missing an eye and wears an eyepatch over it, Miles, who is fine but is clearly exhausted, let alone older, Amy who is missing a hand, Sonic who is heavily injured on the couch, Shadow who is also fine, Blaze who is only slightly injured, Knuckles who is missing a leg which was replaced by a metal leg, and Rouge, who is fine, but became an alcoholic.