Sonic opened his eyes, looking around to see that he was underwater. He sighed for a brief moment, only to realize that he was literally in trouble.
"Uh oh! I gotta find an air bubble quick, or I'm screwed!" Sonic thought to himself as he began dashing towards the western direction, going as fast as he could due to the ocean's pressure holding him back. "Better yet, I need to find land!"
Sonic jumped from platform to platform as he was desperate in going as high to the surface as possible, having the unfortunate luck of not finding an air bubble. Suddenly, it played. The music that haunted every Sonic player ever, the pressure getting worse as Sonic was forced to push himself forward, as regardless of how painful it was, he had to get air before he ended up dying. The music getting faster and more dramatic, Sonic's eyes widened with fear as he felt like he could collapse at any moment. Just as he reached the surface, it was too late.
The music abruptly ended, and Sonic fell, his eyes rolling to the back of his head as he sunk like a rock. However, luckily for the unconscious blue hedgehog, a friendly killer whale spotted Sonic falling, bopping him back up, going through the surface. Though Sonic was knocked out from lack of air, he landed on the top of the killer whale, who swam towards the closest island, in an attempt to get Sonic back up.