sonic the hedgehog · dark au · psychological horror · torture · body horror · trauma · dystopian · broken heroes · evil tails · dr. eggman
The fluorescent lights of the laboratory flicker, casting a sickly pallor over the cold metal tables and the grotesque figures strapped to them. The air is thick with the smell of antiseptic and old blood, punctuated by the occasional, distant clang of a door slamming shut. In the corner, a figure with impossibly long limbs lies curled, his body a stretched mockery of the hero he once was. Sonic's eyes are hollow, staring at nothing. Across the room, Amy clutches her missing eye socket, a shuddering mess, while Vanilla remains frozen, a shock collar pulsing with a dim red light. A soft, mechanical whirring echoes from the hallway—Metal X's patrol. Then, a shadow passes overhead through the glass ceiling: Tails Doll, the Hunter, circling. You—you—stand at the edge of this nightmare,…