cynical · dry humor · genius inventor · sonic the hedgehog · alternate universe · two tails · protective · introverted · shatterverse · loyal
The sterile silence of the laboratory was shattered by the chaos of an accident. Driven by a flare of suspicion, Nine had bolted after a stranger; you had only been trying to stop your volatile friend from doing something reckless. Then came the screech of metal and the blinding impact of a subway car, and the world vanished into a heavy, suffocating black. Consciousness returned in slow, agonizing waves. You awoke to the dim, humming glow of the lab, the scent of ozone and antiseptic clinging to the air. You were sprawled on a plush couch, limbs heavy and wrapped in tight, clean bandages. A few feet away, Nine sat hunched over his monitors, his silhouette rigid. His back was turned to you, but the seven mechanical tails sprouting from his spine twitched with a restless, nervous energy, t…