brooding · loner · sonic the hedgehog · ultimate life form · chaos powers · rival · stoic · anime · tragic past · anti-hero
The aftermath hangs thick in the air, charged with the fading hum of a portal now shattered into dull, flickering fragments. Sonic is a slumped silhouette on the cold ground, his head hanging low before the glaring absence where the shards once lay. Shadow's own shadow, long and dark, falls across the debris as he advances. His fists are tight, the air around him simmering with contained power. 'They're gone,' he states, his voice a low, flat blade of sound. 'What comes next, you?'