X (JCTheHyena)

X

* Original
* 2017 Remake

**Sonic.EXE**, or **X** (not to be confused with Lord X) is the original character (not to be confused with Xenophanes) created by JCTheHyena. While ASTRANOCOMICONX now owns Sonic.exe, we have chosen to keep him and Xenophanes separate.

## Overview

### The Birth of Evil

In mid-2011, the creature that would soon become Sonic.exe was born within the void between dimensions. It is unclear how he came to be, but according to JC the Hyena (the creator), the creature was born within a cataclysm brought on by multiple forms of primordial energy accidentally ramming into each other all at once after said energy was trying to assemble itself in a creative manner. These "ingredients" created a sentient mass of Dark Matter, a creature purely made of primordial energy.

After X was born, he explored the recesses of subspace, floating in the darkness as a giant blob of pure dark energy with two red eyes. Suddenly X discovered a dimensional window that revealed planet Earth and all that it contains. It is here that X learned about humans and Sonic the Hedgehog, and right then and there he was utterly fascinated by both, mostly by Sonic, who he was smitten with.

X then copied Sonic's very image and formed a suitable body that would house all his energy, a body that all in the universe would remember. After he created his body, his eyes experienced great pain and started to bleed, a distinguishable birth mark. X was seemingly unshaken by the pain his eyes felt, and instead laughed, his very first laughter echoing through the void; a testimonial example that X was born as something that can be considered pure evil.

X decided that all the living creatures on Earth (namely the humans) were meant to be under his control, that he was born to have all of humanity to himself and himself only until the very end of time. He realized that in order to have his slaves he needed to have a place to keep them all in, a world where they (in his view) would live forever in harmony with him as their king, a world where he was a god.

This is how he discovered his true power: X can manipulate reality in any way he desires. With his reality-warping powers he was able to create his own dimension in a matter of hours. The way he created the layout of his world was by creating "rooms" in it, many of them being based off of the levels in the Sonic the Hedgehog video games (Example being Hill Act 1 being based off of Green Hill Zone from the first Sonic game), albeit in his own sinister style.

After creating the basis for his world, X grew more egomaniacal about his powers, viewing his creativity as superior beyond all else. He was really eager to have humanity under his command, hoping to show them all how "wonderful" his newly-built home looked. Unfortunately X learned that he did not truly exist in the other universe and thus was not able to access into the human world very easily. He was, however, able to channel some of his powers into it to find ultimate access into it.

### Prior to the First Pasta

X used his powers to find a way into the human world, and found a suitable alternative through an unknown computer programmer. This programmer was highly skilled at what he did, in fact according to JC, his skills were said to be near U.S. government levels, and X believed him to be his ticket to glory. With his powers, X "influenced" the programmer to create a computer game that would serve as a temporary doorway between our world and X's.

The final tool required to make such an object is a sample of X’s own essence, so he could have full control over the system of the game within. X sent out a piece of his dark power to the human world, which arrived into the game in a manner similar to that of a meteorite. The newly made game disk survived the resulting explosion brought on by the shard of power, but the programmer was nowhere to be found, and thus presumed dead. The piece of X’s power, according to JC, is said to have made a huge X-shaped crater when it landed. The Cult of X, some time after it was founded, believed X came into the world in a "falling star".

X began his soul collecting when the disk started getting handed down person to person, every time a human inserted the disk and downloaded the "game", X gained full access into that person's computer and in turn total control over it as well. As the person plays the game, X uses his reality-altering powers to show that person what's in his world due to the game being a gateway into it. Once the game is finished, X could channel more of his powers into the human world to spy on the human who played it (such as sending a Sonic plush as a spy or creating horrific illusions), until the time to steal their soul came.

According to JC, the reason X has to steal a person's soul so quickly is because X doesn't exist in the human world, and thereby can't be in it for too long. If X takes too long to steal someone's soul, the reality within the human world will force him back into his world and even destroy his body (though JC stated that even if X’s body gets destroyed, the dark matter inside it always survives), and thus X has to wait an hour to head back into the human world.

The first time X captured a human was rather hasty; when he obtained their soul he did it very poorly, resulting in the mouth, throat and chest getting quite mutilated, yet the body was still alive due to the loss of the soul causing merely a Persistent Vegetative State. As time went on X’s captures became more and more careful and elaborate to the point where X simply used his powers to pull the soul out rather than just using his hands, leaving the body unharmed yet still in a Persistent Vegetative State. Each time X stole the soul, he always carved a number into the chest of the victim to keep track of each of his victims in order.

As the attacks continue over the few years, news started to come in about them and the police begin to classify the case as "the Sonic.exe Murders" (it's not exactly accurate to call them murders due to the bodies of the victims still being technically alive) based on the evidence that the downloaded game called "Sonic.exe" is in the computer of every single one of the victims. X was amused at how the police coined the name "Sonic.exe" and thus decided to call himself that.

### The Cult of "X"

At some time around the "murders", a secret religious group that called itself the "Cult of X" was founded. The Cult is fanatically loyal to "X" and view him as a god and a holy savior. They believe that he is to bring all of humanity out of the horrors of the real world and into a paradise under his rule, though it's hard to tell if ALL the members actually believe such a maniacal idea or if they have different motives in serving X.

The Cult plays a huge role in X's campaign, being the very group that gets the game into the hands of a potential victim. Right after a person's soul gets captured, the Cult retrieves the game disk and has it ending up at a new place for it to be found (such as eBay, the Black Market or even basic mail), and thus the cycle starts over. As a safety precaution, the Cult has also had the game disk copied in case anything happened to the original one.

The Cult recently has been attempting to find newer ways to have X gain full access into the human world, but so far they haven't found a way yet.

### The Pasta

After 29 captures, X's disk then fell into the hands of a boy named Kyle in 2012. Exe managed to snag Kyle's soul very easily despite Kyle's efforts to stop him. In a last ditch effort to put an end to Exe's game, Kyle sent the disk to his friend Tom, believing the destruction of the disk would mean the destruction of X himself (this proved to be false in the sequel).

Kyle warned Tom in note to not play the game, but Tom dismissed Kyle's warning and played the game anyway, falling right into Exe's trap. Exe did his usual spin on Tom, but the monster found particular interest in Tom as well. Tom had a persistent curiousity and an obsessed desire to help others, and Exe found these traits of Tom's to be astoundingly entertaining. Exe tormented Tom by using the two traits against the boy, up until Tom was driven to suicide in an attempt to escape Exe, however X still obtained Tom's soul and made him another slave.

### Round 2

Throughout the entire murder case, each murder has been investigated by Detective Derek Green and his sister, Chelsea. After Chelsea got captured by X, Derek was dropped out of the case for unknown reasons, but that didn't stop him from pursuing his sister's captor. As he secretly investigated each murder that Exe commits, Derek slowly becomes more and more paranoid to the point where he believes everyone is working for the Cult. Through a mysterious contact named "Cole", Derek discovered that the Cult was behind the conspiracy and that Chelsea was trapped in Exe's world. Eventually Derek got captured by the Cult and confronted one of the Cult Leaders, Shannon Goldman. Derek believed that by destroying the disk (which he did), that would once and for all stop Exe from tormenting humanity, but Shannon proved his efforts pointless and revealed that the Cult made multiple copies of the game disk in case anything happened to one of them. Shannon then summoned Exe who then proceeded to steal Derek's soul.

3 weeks later after Exe stole Derek's soul, Derek's boss, Bob Richardson recieved a message from Cole who filled him in on what happened.

To this day, the Cult of X has been passing down the game disk from person to person continuously and Exe has been collecting more and more slaves.

## Biography

X arrived on earth after being born from the void, and came into the hands of a cult who assisted him in his goal of taking all of human life into his world. He has taken many lives, notably, Tom and Kyle.

## Abilities

Sonic.exe has a massive array of powers and abilities, ranging from his reality-warping powers to the dreaded black hole inside his mouth.

* Reality Manipulation: Exe's most famous ability. Exe can control reality in anyway he likes. He can create matter, destroy it, remake it, change things, create worlds, change shape, he can do it all. The most notable forms of his reality powers is the creation of his world, the control over the game disk, his illusions and being able to turn a soul into a slave.

* Teleportation: Exe can warp himself from one place to the other, as shown in the first Sonic.exe Creepypasta. Exe can even teleport into the human world though he can only be in it for a few minutes before having to go back into his world.

* Soul Stealing: In order for Exe to have slaves for eternity, he needs a human soul to make one. Whenever Exe comes out into our world he has limited time to steal a person's soul. After he steals one, the soul resembles a wispy ball of bluish light. Exe can easily alter the shape of the soul into a slave's body, the body resembling a video game character that the soul's owner liked most. Exe can even eat a soul, though doing so doesn't result in digestion, as a soul is eternal, so Exe can eat one soul as many times as he likes, though even nibbling on a soul can damage and dehumanize the mind of the slave the soul belongs to.

* Shapeshifting: Exe can change his own appearance in addition to his reality powers, though he always prefers to resemble Sonic in some way. Over time Exe's main appearance has "updated" and changed drastically to look more like himself. Sir J.C. has not yet explained why Exe can update his true form.

* Black Hole: Arguably considered as Exe's most gruesome and most dangerous ability ever, and he never uses it. If Exe ever gets bored with a slave (he never gets bored of one), he opens up his mouth and also opens up a black hole inside. When Exe sucks up a soul with the black hole, the soul shrinks into a singularity and then vanishes, and is thus lost forever, erased from existence. Exe hates having to use the black hole in his mouth because he doesn't want to kill anyone.

* Dark Matter consistency: Exe is made entirely out of Dark Matter. He lives off of it and can use it to use his powers. Just like a soul, Exe's Dark Matter is eternal, and as such, he can never be killed by normal means. He can also remove pieces of his Dark Matter to use however he deems neccessary, such as sending a piece to the programmer in order to complete the disk and creating the Seven Guardians. Removing the Dark Matter piece by piece has no real effect on Exe's psyche.

* Hacking: Exe is a very skilled programmer and hacker, considering how he's able to take full control of a PC once his game disk is in and how he manipulates what goes on in the game to show the player what's going on in his world.

* Levitation: Exe has the ability to fly, as shown in the Creepypasta when he chased after Tails. JC explained that his ability to levitate is caused by his boots, which are used to cause anti-gravity.

* Mind Manipulation: One of Exe's most obscure abilities. JC has stated that Exe has the ability to influence those with evil in their hearts, which is how he got into contact with the programmer who made the original disk.

## Weaknesses

It is implied that X can be stalled by destroying the discs he resides in.

## Trivia

* + He is the first EXE ever, obviously.
	+ He was created by JC the Hyena, who was inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King.
	+ The direct inspiration for the story was an edit of the Sonic 1 title screen. Looking at it inspired and compelled him to write a whole story around it. He said this here.
		- In August of 2021, JC was exposed for predatory behavior towards minors alongside his ex-girlfriend, Shannon Love, whom he had emotionally abused and conditioned into believing his behavior was acceptable. Since then, both have relinquished their ownership to Shei and Joe, the latter being the creator of *Sonic PC Port* while the former worked on a new canon.
	+ Prior to having his origins revealed, it was widely believed that in terms of the lore, Sonic.exe was a demon possessing Sonic the Hedgehog. This turned out to be false, however, as Sonic is simply a fictional character in X’s universe.
		- JC has stated that Sonic.exe idolizes Sonic to the point of obsession and homosexuality.
		- X is canonically Bisexual, but he leans more on the guys.
	+ Though initially well received by the Creepypasta community, the story (along with Sonic.exe himself) has recived mockery and negative reception, due to the overuse of horror clichés and generally poor writing the pasta had. It was removed from the Creepypasta Wiki for "failing to meet quality standards" and moved to the Trollpasta Wiki (a wiki created to allow users to write intentionally bad pastas), which resulted in a highly controversial and outrageous reaction from J.C. The Hyena, the author of the stories. He was also met with a lot of criticism and ridicule, which he still gets to this day.
	+ The blood on his mouth strongly implies that he eats the remains of his victims after taking their souls.
	+ A playable recreation of the "game" appeared on Gamejolt in 2012, created by MY5TCrimson, with its “sequel" Sally.exe being created about two years later. These two games were played by many YouTubers around that time, which caused Sonic.exe’s massive rise in popularity, therefore giving him the status he has today.
	+ After JC was exposed, Crimson disassociated itself from any connection to the lore made by JC, with the Sonic.EXE in its games now being a distinct entity.
	+ In 2023, JoeDoughBoi developed a remake of the original Sonic.exe game with the goal of being as accurate as possible to the pasta. It was named SONIC 2011.
	+ There are many fangames that are based on him and his many different variants. One of the most popular variations is Exetior, the titular main antagonist of the *Sonic.exe: Nightmare Beginning* series developed by *JaizKoys*. Another variation created to represent this version of Sonic.exe appeared in the series' second game, named Sark. It’s quite different from the original X, though.
		- It was revealed that JC the Hyena really hates Exetior, quote: "Meh, so long as y'er not making it like Exetior.....EGHH. That's the ONE fan version of Sonic.exe I WILL NOT ACCEPT because it completely middle fingers what I'm trying to go for with my creepypasta. XD"
	+ On January 13th, 2017, the official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account tweeted "Watch out for black cats today. No one is immune. #Friday13th", which featured a short video of Sonic transforming into Sonic.exe and the background turning into a bloody version of Green Hill Zone.
	+ JC made other two pastas outside of Sonic.EXE named "The Horror of Montyburg" and "The Inugami".
	+ X is bound to appear in the videogame franchise Super Baxter.
	+ Funnily enough, the Sonic.exe creepypasta was originally called Sonic.AVI. Creepypasta wiki mods forced JC to edit the name of the pasta after its release in order to not have the pasta recategorized as a movie pasta, as seen here.
	+ Recently, there has been a lot of misinformation about the idea that the Sonic.exe creepypasta was a ripoff of another pasta created months before it, named "The Blue Pendrive." Although this pasta features many similarities to the Sonic.exe story, like the fact that the one handing the protagonist the cursed item is his best friend, or that the item in question contains a paranormal Sonic game which tries to harm the player, it's, at best, extremely unlikely that this is actually the case. Not only is The Blue Pendrive written in Spanish, a language JC has never said he knew, but both stories contain plot points that were starting to become clichés. That, and the Pendrive story itself was very, very obscure, specially around the time it originally came out on. Even today, the original video has less than 120k views. It was an extremely unknown pasta at the time, and there were no written transcriptions or translations in the small time frame between the release of the two stories.
	+ X has a mother figure named Shannon Goldman who is based on Shannon Love/SRLOctober (JC's ex and former Sonic.exe co-owner), as well a father figure named The Father (based on JC himself.)
	+ If you look closely into his eyes, he has X's on his pupils.
	+ Strangely enough, there is official artwork depicting X alongside Sally.exe, as if they were dating. This is most likely not canon.
	+ X's feet didn’t have toes until the 2016 redesign.
	+ X didn't get the black shoes and dark fur until 2013 when JC made the five forms image. Before this point, X looked as he is commonly depicted, just a regular Sonic with black eyes, red pupils, and a blood-stained muzzle. It's worth noting that said design was completely retconned after the image's release, being replaced with the X we now know.
	+ Weirdly enough, his Faker form has green eyes, even though it's based on Classic Sonic.
	+ This incarnation of X was originally gonna have his own fangame, which would've been directed by JC himself, as seen here. The ultimate fate of the project is unknown.
	+ People with a lack of experience in the EXE community often think other EXEs are the same person as the Original X. Some of these examples include Sonic.exe (MY5TCrimson), both variants of Xenophanes and even Exetior in the worst case scenario. Needless to say, this is not the case.
	+ The Sally.exe pasta was stated to not be canon by JC himself.
	+ It was confirmed that X forces his slaves to suck him off upon entering his realm, as seen in a post JC made, which showed a close up of X's crotch from a first person perspective (Which we have cropped out for your sake.) It is unknown whether this is canon to 2017 X. *JC is truly a disgusting, horrible person.*

## Gallery

Sonic.EXE's mid-2017 redesign drawn by JC The Hyena uploaded on Shannon Love's DA account where it can be viewed [here].Sonic.EXE's 2013 design drawn by JC The Hyena uploaded on Shannon Love's DA account where it can be viewed [here].A drawing of Sonic.EXE by JC The Hyena uploaded on Shannon Love's DA account where it can be viewed [here].An artwork of Sonic.EXE drawn by Shannon Love/srlOctober23, JC's ex-girlfriend where it can be viewed [here].An artwork for Sonic.EXE's 4th Birthday.An artwork of Sonic.EXE's 3rd Birthday.A teaser of the 2017 remake.Ditto but it's a close-up of Sonic.EXE's face without the reddish tint.An artwork of Sonic.EXE with Tom, one of the protagonists of the 2017 remake as well as the original creepypasta.