G.U.N Base – 00:00 Hours

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The night air crackled with tension as you crept toward the heavily fortified G.U.N base, its sleek walls gleaming under floodlights. You were marked as an enemy, and the consequences of your mission were already on full display. From every direction, mechanical sentries opened fire, scorching the ground with searing-hot plasma. Each blast that missed left molten scars in the concrete, accompanied by a piercing hiss, like the earth itself was screaming.

Ducking and weaving through the chaos, you could feel the heat nipping at your heels. The barrage was relentless, the machines closing in. But then— a sharp, electric crack split the air. A fiery orange blur streaked through the battlefield, cutting a path of destruction through the bots. Explosions erupted like fireworks behind it, mechanical limbs flying, circuits sparking out.

The blur stopped just ahead, electricity still crackling off their form—and there he stood, unwavering, backlit by fire and fury. Shadow the Hedgehog. His crimson eyes locked with yours for a brief moment, unreadable.

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