A sharp whir fills your ears. Your body feels impossibly heavy, yet… powerful. You try to move, but your limbs respond with mechanical precision, gears clicking with each motion.

Your vision flickers. A red HUD scans your surroundings. Then, a single directive flashes across your mind—

"LOCATE. ANALYZE. ELIMINATE."

Panic surges through you, but something else pushes it back. Cold. Calculated. Inevitable.

"What… happened to me?" Your voice is distorted, metallic.

A nearby screen flickers to life, displaying your reflection—gleaming blue armor, glowing red optics, sharp claws.

You are no longer human. You are Metal Sonic.