Cinos 3 and Knuckles

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Creepypasta by MaxamireOfCookington (Getting Account Soon)

This is a sequel to "Sonic CD - Maniacs Galore"

04/01/2016
I have always been a fan of Sonic games, having grown up with the franchise itself. I was always raring to try out Sonic Games old and new. I have played great games like Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Sonic Unleashed and Sonic The Fighters and have played terrible games like Sonic R and Sonic Blast. But, I'm here to tell the story of a creepy occurrence with once particular game.

2 days ago, as I was playing Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory on my PS3, when I heard a knock at the door. I opened the door to find a box on the doorstep. I opened it to find a disc with a small note on it. It said:

"From an old "friend" of yours"

I looked down into the box to see a Metal Sonic plush. I panicked as I swiftly closed the flaps on the box. I looked at the disc to see that the words "Play Me" were written on it in red ink. I inserted it into my laptop and saw that there was a file on the disc simply titled "Cinos" (Sonic Backwards). Although it seemed like something bad was going to happen, I clicked on the file and found a digital copy of Sonic 3 and Knuckles. I eagerly clicked on it and waited for it to load. I was taken to the normal SEGA logo, which was colored red instead of blue and the word SEGA was said in a rather unsettling way this time. I was then taken to the save select screen where there were 3 different save files with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles on them. The other save files were locked for some reason and each of the characters looked frightened. I selected Sonic and went to Angel Island Zone Act 1. I wasn't expecting this, the island was burnt to a crisp, the sky and water were murky, all of the animals were reduced to skeletons, Knuckles wasn't present at the start, no enemies were around and there were no signposts. There was music playing though, but it sounded like the Giygas theme from Earthbound and at times, I could hear agonizing screeches.

As I continued to progress, the music got louder and louder. So loud, that the screeches almost sounded real, until they were too much to bear. Luckily the screeches stopped once I got to the mini boss. There was no boss music playing and Sonic looked as if he was about to cry. Once I destroyed the mini boss, I was immediately taken to the gunship part of Act 2, where Sonic needed to outrun it. Strangely enough, Sonic didn't move. Metal Sonic flew above and made a gesture for the gunship to drop a bomb. Once it landed on Sonic, a loud piercing shriek was heard and the screen cut to black. The game then crashed and brought me back to the save selection screen, where the next file had been unlocked and the Sonic file was erased. At this point, I shut off the game and went to bed.

05/01/16
Last night, I had a weird nightmare. I was taken to a dark room where I saw the image of a horribly mutilated Sonic pleading for help before Metal Sonic flew over to attack me. At that point I had woken up.

I decided to check out the game again and play the Tails file. I was taken to Sandopolis Zone this time. The level was crumbling down, with Tails aiming to escape the level before he got crushed. I flew up to the sand slide section, where small slabs were cascading down. I then flew up to the top, where both ends were blocked off by Sand Walls and no switches to open them. Tails at this point just sat down crying. When suddenly Metal Sonic came out of the left side, breaking the sand wall and grabbing Tails. A message then popped up, which read:

"I will show you the world!"

I was bemused by the notion of an Aladdin reference (granted I like the film), but it sounded weird in this context. Tails was then taken to a large spike pit, where Metal Sonic dropped Tails, allowing Tails to fall to his death. I was then taken back to the title screen, where the Knuckles file was now unlocked. I once again, shut off the game to grab some lunch.

08/01/16
Another weird nightmare has surfaced. This time, it was Tails who was pleading out, before a mysterious shadow figure then proceeded to dice me like an onion. At this point, I woke up.

For the last few days, I've been having weird nightmares about the game, and it's time for them to go. I went back onto the game and selected the Knuckles file. I was taken to Sky Sanctuary Zone, where everything seemed normal, that is, until I reached the Mecha Sonic Boss. Was this, the true enemy? Could this be the being who has been tormenting me through the nightmares? I had to destroy him. It took me about 12 hits to destroy him, but after that, Knuckles began falling to his death. After about 20 seconds, the screen cut to black before showing a picture of a close up mugshot of a maniacal-looking Metal Sonic, above a text box which read:

"Remember Me?!"

After that, the screen cut to a message which read:

"You better think twice before thinking you can destroy me, Maxton!"

I was shocked to see that he knew my name, but before I could open my mouth to say that, the game crashed and the file was deleted. I heard a quiet voice from behind me that said "Wanna Play?". I turned around swiftly, only to find sitting on my bed, was a Metal Sonic plush, wielding a steak knife.