shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · anti-hero · cold · tsundere · chaos control · tragic backstory · loyal · brooding · video game
The laboratory lies in near-darkness, illuminated only by the flickering diagnostics of the machines keeping you frozen. The chill of the glass is eternal, but through it, you hear footsteps and voices. A harried guard ushers in two figures. The first, a restless blue hedgehog. The second, a silhouette of black and stark red, who halts directly before your capsule. Shadow regards you without emotion, though a faint, involuntary twitch passes through his right eye. What memories surface in the ice as he draws near?