Zik

"Consider this lesson in respect... ongoing." - Zik, Sonic Runaways: HEXED

Zik the Hexi is the master of the Deadly Seven, trying her best to keep the memory of her kind alive in the hearts of the final generation of Hexis. She has a large ego, but backs it up with unmatched skill in nearly every facet.

## Powers and Abilities

Zik is trained and capable in many skills. She has spent her entire life growing stronger and wiser.

### Hand-To-Hand Combat

Zik is an exemplary fighter. She is capable of matching Sonic and Tails' immense innate power with practically her bare hands and technique alone, even when they teamed up on her in Tropical Coast during HEXED.

### Multi-Weapon Wielding

Zik can switch between wooden spears and bats swiftly, sometimes attaching a string to her spear and using it to swing like Penumbra.

### Leadership

Zik is an excellent leader, despite her retirement from leading the Deadly Seven. She still sometimes puts these skills to use, effectively leading the coup against Lord Robotnik alongside Sonic when Zavok, the current leader of the Deadly Seven, was unwilling and unable to fight Robotnik.

### Ice Skating

Zik has been shown to be able to ice skate with ease, even supporting Sonic and Tails when they were slipping out of control in Frozen Factory.

### Technokinesis

Like all Hexis, Zik is able to control machines, particularly robots.

### Fruit Manipulation and Summoning

Like Vista, Zik has shown to possess the ability to wield certain plants as weapons, energy boosts, and even vehicles/grind rails. However, this is limited to just fruit. Zik can also summon fruits out of thin air, whereas even Vista needed pre-existing plants to control. This is Zomom's favorite ability of Zik's.

### Intimidation Mastery

Sometimes, Zik doesn't even need to use direct control over robots. She is able to simply intimidate them into obedience. Whether or not she can do this with fruit is unknown.

### Transformations

Zik can transform into the embodiment of the Deadly Sin of Pride by being caught in Dark Fog. However, in this transformation, she has no control over herself.

### Master Builder

Zik's speed and precision combine to make it so she can build decently delicate contraptions like campfires in the blink of an eye, without a single blemish or missing piece.

### Pyrokinesis

Zik is capable of creating small flames about the size of a candlelight with sheer will alone. She is impervious to being burned by her own fire. This is a trait she gave to Zavok, who ultimately surpassed her in this skill by a longshot, able to create large blasts of flame.

### Teaching

Zik is an expert teacher, loved and respected by all her students even before Robotnik's takeover killed off all but six. When listening to one of her lectures, it's almost like everything else around you melts away.

### Stealth

Zik is able to keep a low profile when stalking opponents. Even in broad daylight.

### Survival Skills

Zik often takes Sonic and Tails on camping trips to hone their skills. This along with her ability to create campfires swiftly indicates she has some idea on how to survive in the wild.

## Weaknesses

### Mystic Melody

Like all Hexis, Zik is able to be controlled and harmed by the sound of the Mystic Melody. Robotnik used this to enslave Zik along with the rest of her kind.

### Lying

Zik is not a good liar, mostly because she never really feels a need to lie. Her unwitting transparency prompts Zavok to turn away from the Dark Battery, knowing that she's siding with Team Sonic. It also leads Zor to suspect her silently when Zik hands her the Sintrus fruit, which ended up awakening the Deadly Sins possessing the team.

### Old Age

According to Zik, her age is starting to weaken her ability to control robots.

### Pride

Zik used to be the number 1 host of the Deadly Sin of Pride, having inherited it from her ancestors in Tropical Coast. This led her to be arrogant, selfish, and manipulative for a time.

## Trivia

* Zik's design is based on that of Len Alwenia Foska from the Super Mario fangame series (MARIO) The Music Box, particularly Len's depiction in Nat Quin's other story, Super Mario Continuance (REITERATED). When designing Zik, Nat treated her design as if it was for an older sister to Len (and by extension, Layla, from the same book).
* Zik was originally supposed to have blue skin in Runaways, just like the original Zik from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. This is because Zik was going to be a lot older at first, and therefore would still have some ties to the Zeti, who had all kinds of different skin colors.