BEHOLD, IN ALL THEIR GLORY, THE GUARDIANS OF METAL X, AND THE ANGEL THEY FOLLOW. (zoom in to see the details)

X: Metal who lmao

David: My God, forgive me for whatever I am about to do to this guy.

X: nah I'd win

X was then found disfigured and mangled strewn up on a wall next to the OTHER X

X: Where's your evidence of being able to do that, I'm tired of these Backless claims

David: Well my current evidence is that you're chained up on my wall next to the last guy I defeated. Considering he's a omnipotent entity that exists beyond the scope of any conceivable kind of reality, it's no wonder you didn't fair any better.

Timmy tuff knuckles over here guys lmaoaooa

X: Uh huh

Good drawing, although why everyone changed but sonic 😭

yapping time

What

In X's world, there exists a being that appears to be Sonic or a vessel resembling him. He is nicknamed Schrodinger's Hedgehog because nobody there actually knows if it's X in disguise, another victim genuinely in need of help, or some creation of X that resembles Sonic.

After David beats X in their fight, he seeks to redeem him and slowly but surely bring him to peace. The other souls who have been turned into Metal X's guardians at this point however, do not believe X can be redeemed, and will absolutely not go near him.

I did not change his design because I wanted the "Schrodinger's hedgehog" thing to still apply to him, just in a different way. He could be X disguised by David so that the others will trust him, or he could just be another vessel-turned-guardian. That's also why he represents freedom. Sonic in general just represents freedom, but if it is X in disguise, then it can also specifically represent the freedom from his past sins against the souls.