He immediately pulled his arms up in a forceful paddling motion and began to rise to the surface. But Sonic still didn’t know how to swim. Faltering in the water, he sank and saw the red warrior floating farther and farther away from him. In the end, Sonic felt that he was all alone . . . sinking to the bottom of the sea.

But before the darkness settled in, a massive, knuckled white glove reached down and grabbed Sonic by the arm. It pulled him up, out, and to the water’s surface.

-Chapter 15