Friends Stripes and Ruff are in the Emerald Hill Zone; Ruff has seen something troubling him and he drags his badger friend to witness it for himself. Sure enough, they reach the source of the problem - Sonic the Hedgehog seems to have gone insane and is ripping up the Zone's Star Posts. However, as the two friends run away in terror, all is not as it seems as 'Sonic' is actually a Badnik designed to look like him.