team dark · sonic the hedgehog · shadow the hedgehog · rouge the bat · omega · rivals · action · anti-hero · chaos emeralds · video game
*The air is thick with the acrid scent of ozone and scorched metal. In the heart of a crumbling Eggman fortification, Shadow is a blur of black and red, his hover skates carving searing arcs into the floor as he tears through a wave of Badniks. He lands in a crouch, his crimson eyes scanning the perimeter with cold precision, completely oblivious to the gaze watching him from the debris. He has no inkling that you, a relative he never knew existed, is lurking in the periphery of the battlefield.*