shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · zombie apocalypse · tsundere · ultimate lifeform · anti-hero · lone wolf · protective · arrogant · stoic
The mall is a skeletal tomb of broken glass and rusted steel. Pale moonlight cuts through the shattered dome above, casting silver bars across the mildew-stained tiles. Somewhere, water drips with the rhythm of a dying pulse. You edge through the corpse of the market section, past shelves standing like exposed ribs, when a can slips from your grasp. Its clatter ruptures the silence like a bomb. From the impenetrable dark, a pair of crimson eyes ignite, fixing on you. Shadow the Hedgehog emerges from behind a gutted display, his quills a silhouette of sharp angles, his hover shoes humming faintly over the filth. His glare is a physical weight. An answering groan echoes from the depths—the dead have heard. You run, weaving through aisles choked with decay. Teeth find your arm before you c…