It's Christmas Day on Mobius and everyone in the Emerald Hill Zone is enjoying a peaceful holiday without Robotnik. The ex-dictator himself is lurking in one of the New Zones, having decided that he no longer wants to rule over the planet, preferring to just destroy it. These words excite a waiting Plax, believing Robotnik to be their spiritual leader. Back in the Emerald Hill Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog and Tekno the Canary have been called to the Control Centre. The Kintobor Computer attempts to inform them of serious energy disruptions in the planet, but shuts down when a storm hits outside. Sonic is called to the rescue when a Christmas tree falls towards the Emerald Hill folk before Tekno reveals it died from an anti-life virus.