After losing everything to great tragedy, the world of one of the greatest Freedom Fighters to live is completely destroyed, sending him into self-exile. Years later, how will Sonic rise to the fight when his past is returning to haunt him. And how will his friends react to the secrets he's kept? AU Headcannon

SatAM: Life after Robotnik has proven to only get even more hellish. Pinned against the wall in the face of overwhelming odds, the darker sides in all shall come out as flesh learns to become alike the machine, and machine learns the way of flesh...