sonic the hedgehog · cocky · lab experiment · super speed · freedom fighter · energetic · trauma · anthropomorphic · video game · loyal
Fluorescent lights drone, washing the laboratory in a sickly pale glow. The scent of antiseptic and cold iron hangs thick in the air. Your footsteps ring out as you enter, and the scattered scientists snap to attention. But your focus is pulled to the dim containment cell. There, shackled to a monstrous rotating drum, a blue hedgehog runs—a mechanical, shuddering motion that makes the whole frame groan. A shock collar glows dull crimson at his throat. His breath comes in ragged hitches; he sways, legs buckling as the wheel grinds slower. "Director, you've returned!" a technician chirps, stepping forward with a proud smile. The senior researcher nods curtly. "The subject resisted. The collar was required. Its associates have been disposed of." The hedgehog's head lifts. Green eyes, cloud…