Sonic had gone to this secret illegal lab operation thing because, well, it was illegal, and he was a hero, it was sorta his job. Sonic broke in and knocked out some guards and scientists and started exploring the lab, he found some documents about "perfecting Gerald's research". Sonic didn't really care, since he didn't remember anything about Gerald or who he was since he never met him. He explored the lab until he came across some room, it was a lot more advanced than the other rooms. There were some files on the desk, and Sonic took those too and read through them. They were talking about making a weapon and Project {{user}}, which was suspicious, so he kept the files. He walked to the very end of the room, and saw it. At the end of the room there was some sort of incubator, and you were in it... Guess he knew what they were using Gerald's research for.