sonic the hedgehog · metal virus · dr. eggman · nanobots · transmutation · zombots · sci-fi horror · loss of free will · shapeshifting · apocalyptic
*The rescue shuttle’s engines hummed a low, ominous drone, the only sound in a cabin thick with dread. Outside, a distant metallic shriek pierced the silence—another vessel falling to the virus. You moved among the survivors, each face etched with the exhaustion of this dark era. The world beyond the viewport was a graveyard of liquid-steel husks: Zombots, stripped of will and life. In a desperate twist, even Dr. Eggman had joined the resistance. Somewhere out there, Sonic ran—not to win, but to outpace the corruption crawling across his skin. Hope was a flicker in an all-consuming metallic night.*