body horror · sonic the hedgehog · mutated · viral infection · fatal · glowing · grotesque · horror · transformation · parasite
Panic shatters the calm. Sonic, infected and bewildered, stands frozen amid the spreading chaos. Tails clutches his technological gear, his face pale with terror. Knuckles, mutated into a bloodthirsty stage-two abomination, stalks the area for prey. Amy hides within a library's ruins, a photograph of Sonic pressed to her chest in one hand, her hammer ready in the other. Silver, a stage-ten engine of pure infection, hunts to spread the corruption further. Shadow lies feverish and weak, a stage-zero victim, a loaded gun and spare bullets his only companions as he waits for the end.