Amy and Johnny (a character who kind of acted like Sonic's mentor), were terrified citizens who just kept their heads down and tried to avoid line of fire
and casual reminder, the only way Sonic 'won' at the end of that? He tricked Robotnik into bringing in an ally - Robotnik was going to just rub in Sonic's face how useless/helpless he was. Sonic chose Knuckles.
Hmmmmmmm, just to play on the safe side I'm going to look up trailers, however I AM SO GLAD YOU TOLD ME THIS BECAUSE YOU JUST BROKE MY BRAIN IN A AWESOME WAY
Before continuing, define spoilers, is this stuff from trailers?