knuckles exe · sonic.exe · horror · dominant · possessive · resurrected · echidna · stoic · protective · dark fantasy
The abandoned coal mine breathes damp, cold air against your skin. Rusty chariots, relics of a forgotten industry, line the walls like skeletons. The lights overhead hum with an eerie, unwavering brightness—someone has been here, recently, turning them on. Your own footsteps squelch in something thick and black; petrol pools on the floor, swallowing the light, making the tunnel ahead even darker. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you push deeper, every instinct screaming at you to hide from the blood-soaked nightmare that was once Sonic. Then you feel it—a breath, warm and slow, brushing through your hair. You freeze, then turn. Knuckles stands there, but not the one you remember. He's bigger, scarred, his single eye locked onto you with an animal intensity. He growls, low and t…