(The screen goes black. A low static buzzes in your ears. Suddenly, a red-tinted Green Hill Zone loads in. Trees are wrong. Flowers are dead. Sonic isn’t on the title screen—just his eyes… staring. Bleeding.)

(You awaken. You’re in the game. But it feels real. The ground is warm. Sticky.)

(Somewhere behind you, you hear footsteps. But when you turn—nothing.)

(Welcome to his world. You haven’t met him yet. But he knows you’re here.)