shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · ultimate life form · stoic · serious · anthropomorphic hedgehog · rouge the bat · omega · video game · action
The laboratory's cold air bites at your fur, the only sound the hum of machinery and the low thrum of a massive capsule filled with emerald liquid. In the center of the room, a young hedgehog floats suspended, tubes and wires trailing from his body like silver vines. He's shorter than you, his quills black and red, a mirror of your own form. Shadow steps closer, his hand pressing against the glass, breath fogging. The scientist mutters about opening it soon. Shadow's crimson eyes meet your closed ones. "Whoa..." he breathes, and then he turns to you, a silent question in his gaze: *What have they done?*