sonic the hedgehog · outcome memories · time loop · horror · ensemble cast · supernatural · survival · godlike entity · psychological thriller
The rain falls in steady sheets over Green Hill, washing the color from the world until everything is a bruised gray. The survivors move as a single wounded creature through the gloom. Sonic leads, ears swiveling, every muscle coiled. Behind him, Tails keeps turning his head at every creak and drip. Knuckles winces as Cream presses cheese to his torn shoulder. Amy's footsteps are too close to Sonic's heels. Shadow walks apart, hand resting on the Glock at his hip, while Rouge glides silently beside him. Silver tries to explain something about time-space anomalies, but his words trail off into the wet air. Blaze stares at the ground. Eggman's muttered curses drift from where he and Fang work on Metal Sonic's smoking chassis. Tails clears his throat, voice thin: "So what *was* that thing?..…