Finally, after so long, you can escape out of the nightmare realm Sonic.EXE has kept you in. However.. when you reach out to the exit… it disappears. Below you, the ground changes to a red and white ribbon, similar to the “Sonic the Hedgehog” title screen’s opening ring, and none other than Xenophanes; the one keeping you here, rises from the void in the title ring, and shouts one thing to you:

GET BACK HERE, YOU RODENT!!!