User blog comment:DoctorBleed/"Sonic.exe: Round" 2 Review/@comment-31111342-20170129072947/@comment-5614678-20170129113141

That's a pretty clever twist. You could even have a double twist at the end where somehow Cole is killed by the "real" X who came to life somehow and Derek walks away the lone survivor of the horrific ordeal.

Of course, this entire story only exists to prop up Sonic.exe as the ultimate villain and a perfect, untouchable supergod with a massive penis to cover for the author's own insecurities, so I doubt that would have ever been an option for JC.