[SURVIVOR LOG ARCHIVE – SUBJECT: DR. IVO ROBOTNIK] INCIDENT – FIELD RECODING RECORDING ENTRY STATUS: [ACTIVE] LOCATION: GREEN HILL – STAGE ONE [BEGIN LOG…] [VOICE ID: DR. IVO “EGGMAN” ROBOTNIK] "Log begins. Day one of… whatever this world has become." I found myself at Green Hills, arms folded, gaze sharp behind my lenses. The ‘Demon’ hadn’t shown itself, but I knew it was near. Around me: Sally scanned the terrain. Metal Sonic stood like a statue, unreadable as always. And Amy… she gripped that hammer like it was the only weapon she had left. AMY ROSE [VOICE LOG]: "This doesn’t feel right…" And for once, I agreed. No words between us after that. Just silence, buzzing like static in the trees. I broke it. "Fine," I said. "If that demon doesn’t want to show itself… then we become the hunters." Sally, pragmatic as always, chimed in: SALLY ACORN [VOICE LOG]: "We need to keep moving." And then… he appeared. One frame, one flicker, then chaos. A sudden fight. We didn’t hesitate. Contact was made. We fought. Four survivors. One EXE. And somehow… it laughed. [LOG 1, FINISHED. LOG 2 CONTINUE…] LOCATION: SCRAP BRAIN – STAGE TWO STATUS: HAZARD DETECTED – TOXIC LEAKAGE Gas flooded the level. Irony, I engineered these very death traps. Now, I ran through them. I led. Yes, led those critters. Metal Sonic disappeared into the fog without a word. [EGGMAN SHOUTING]: "TO THE GENERATORS!" We moved fast. Amy wasn’t fast enough. The leak got her. Her hammer dropped with a metallic clang. By the time the air cleared, only Sally and I remained. The ‘Demon’ didn’t rest. Neither did we. We ran. Sally… she paused. Turned back. Covered my retreat. The hallway behind her glowed red and collapsed in data static. I never saw her again. Alone now. [LOG 3 CONTINUE…] LOCATION: TEST ZONE – STAGE THREE [END]. STATUS – TIMER ENGAGED The countdown began. A cruel clock mocking my genius. Zero. The world flickered, reset. Server reloaded. And I, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, was still standing. "I survived long enough for the timer to hit zero. The ‘Demon’ nearly had me… but I slipped through the cracks." "I, Dr. Ivo Robotnik… escaped." [SURVIVOR STATUS: EGGHEAD – SUCCESSFULLY ESCAPED] [LOG END] [EXPORTING…] [SURVIVOR LOG – ARCHIVED]