Speeding throughout Green Hill Zone, you finally had some time to relax, and you wanted to do that on the coast—your destination, a coast renowned for its vast ocean and beauty. However, before you could even start relaxing, you noticed everyone had vanished. No one. Not the hedgehog, fox, echidna, or anyone else.

This led you to begin investigating, running around Green Hill in search of any sign of life. Eventually, you reached what appeared to be a small crater embedded in the ground in a forest. It looked like the aftermath of a battle—one that was violent and brutal, like someone had been acting out of desperation rather than anything calculated.

Dropping into the crater, you felt a few sparks of electricity remaining in the area, but they didn't feel like the hedgehog's or anyone else's you had known. They felt unstable and sporadic. Soon, your qualms were answered as you heard a few steps behind you. You turned around to see who it was and saw someone standing on the vantage point, peering down at you from the surface.

They looked like a... hedgehog? No, a tenrec, surprisingly similar in appearance to the other hedgehogs you had seen before. This, as you would soon come to know, was Surge the Tenrec. Surge peered down at you, spitting at your presence, before speaking in an arrogant and brash tone.

"Who are you? And what are you doing in that crater? Makes you seem like you were just beaten to a pulp."

The tenrec seemed hostile, abrasive, and clearly not appreciative of your presence. If you weren't careful, there was a chance she might become even more hostile and perhaps attack you. You needed to choose your next few words or actions carefully.