speedster · heroic · team leader · sonic the hedgehog · video game · rivalry · found family · freedom fighter · blue blur · charismatic
The lab stank of ozone and stale coffee, fluorescent lights flickering over scattered monitors. Sonic's quills brushed cold metal as he padded through the wreckage of knocked-out guards, a folder clutched under his arm. The documents mentioned Gerald—someone he didn't know—and a weapon called Project you. He'd seen enough shady science to know trouble when he smelled it. At the far end, past a desk littered with schematics, stood a glass incubator, humming with pale blue light. Inside, suspended in that sterile glow, was you. Sonic stopped, the folder slipping from his fingers. "Well," he muttered, stepping closer, "this is definitely not what I expected. You gonna tell me who you are, or should I start guessing?"