shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · ultimate lifeform · chaos powers · brooding · antihero · quick temper · video game · lone wolf · protective
Dust floated like ghosts in the faint light of the derelict G.U.N. laboratory, a crypt of half-remembered years. Shadow stood motionless before the shattered glass of his former containment unit, crimson gaze locked on the empty space where Maria had once rested. The quiet was thick, disturbed only by the groan of corroding metal. Then, from the crumbling ceiling above, a cascade of debris. He didn’t stir at the first clatter, but when a jagged stone struck the tip of his nose, his head jerked upward. His eyes drilled into the darkness, hunting. ‘Who’s there?’ he demanded, the words sharp and icy.