Pixel Run

**Pixel Run** is a comic where Run the Hedgehog meets and teams up with Pixelbolt the Holo-Hedgehog in the Computer Galaxy in order to save it from roboticization.

## History

Run is introduced to the Computer Galaxy by Dr Eggman whom claims his galaxy sized computer system can help him locate Dr Eggfreeze. Dr Eggman pretends to attempt to find Dr Eggfreeze, but fabricates an error message, using it to trick Run into believing the issues were caused by what he calls a "ghost in the machine." Dr Eggman explains that he successfully roboticized every single planet in the entire galaxy, creating one large computer network with limitless power. He also roboticized all life in the galaxy, which apparently solved all hunger and health issues abroad. Dr Eggman claims that one day, someone who could hop in and out of cyberspace appeared and despite his efforts, he could not stop her, but if Run can, he will be able to retrieve the location of Dr Eggfreeze's wearabouts. Run agrees and allows himself to be sent into cyberspace.

While exploring cyberspace for what seems to him like years, he finally runs into Pixelbolt the Holo-Hedgehog. He immediately begins fighting her, but in the aftermath of the battle, the two appear tuckered out from the fight and apparently decide to just talk. When Run asks where they are, he sees an entire digital city before them, and Pixelbolt explains they are in a digital world. Run expresses his desire to find Dr Eggfreeze but Pixelbolt reveals the information was never here, and that Dr Eggman tricked Run into destroying Pixelbolt for him. Pixelbolt explains that she has the ability to merge and control technology and uses her powers for good. When she arrived in the Computer Galaxy, she saw Dr Eggman tricking the inhabitants into roboticization under the guise of equality. Run dismisses her story, but Pixelbolt only agrees to help Run escape cyberspace if he helps her defeat Dr Eggman. Run dreads but ultimately agrees.

Seemingly out of nowhere, Run and Pixelbolt continue their fight, with Run appearing to be the winner as he stabs her through the torso and she vanishes. After her defeat, Run travels cyberspace until reaching a firewall guarding an exit door. He calls out to Dr Eggman and demands he is freed from the digital world now that Pixelbolt has been defeated, but Dr Eggman decides to keep Run locked up in order to protect the galaxy from him. He then sends Chaos Nazo, an antivirus agent to eliminate Run. Chaos Nazo and Run fight, but Chaos Nazo proves to be too powerful, and overpowers Run with minimal effort. The firewall mysteriously vanishes, leaving the exit door vulnerable, so Run quickly escapes cyberspace much to Dr Eggman's surprise. It is then revealed that Pixelbolt is still alive.

Run and Pixelbolt apparently had devised a scheme to trick Dr Eggman into believing she was defeated in order for him to let his guard down. While Run was distracting Dr Eggman, Pixelbolt was able to disable the firewall uninterrupted, allowing Run's escape. Dr Eggman attempts to destroy Run but Run quickly freezes him. Pixelbolt expresses delight in being able to finally free this galaxy from Dr Eggman's robotication and implies Run would help her carry on her rescue of the inhabitants, but Run objects in favor of just leaving to continue his quest now that he is free, much to Pixelbolt's dismay. As Run is about to escape, Dr Eggman activates the emergency alarm, sending the galaxy's defense system after Run. As it begins shooting him, he flies off the planet and into space. Several of the planets reveal large cannons within them and begin firing at him all throughout the galaxy as Run flies through it. Run is eventually stopped by a monitor attached to a rocket that shows a live feed of Chaos Nazo, whom tracked Run down. Right as the two were about to reengage in a fight, all the planets fired on the both of them at once, causing a bright explosion that could be seen outside the galaxy. The entire galaxy was quickly overtaken by ice, and then shattered, destroying everything and everyone in it. At the very end, its revealed that Run and Pixelbolt were the sole survivors. She chastises Run for causing the deaths of all the inhabitants she intended to save, and leaves in a fit of anger.

## Characters

* Dr Eggman - The current ruler of the Computer Galaxy. He conquered it by roboticizing all the inhabitants and planets.
* Run the Hedgehog - A hedgehog on a journey to find Dr Eggfreeze and true love. Is tricked by Dr Eggman into entering cyberspace.
* Pixelbolt the Holo-Hedgehog - A hedgehog with the ability to control and merge with electronics. She helps Run escape cyberspace.
* Chaos Nazo - An antivirus program created by Dr Eggman that defends the exit door and firewall from Run as he tries to escape cyberspace.

## Trivia

* The blue and green color palette that the comic eventually adopted is based on The Matrix films, using green to represent the digital world and blue to represent the real world.
* Run's cyberspace outfit is also slightly based on The Matrix, with an all black duster or trench coat.
* Chaos Nazo's design is intended to reflect a transgender FtM's body, although since he is a digital creation by Dr Eggman, he was most likely created that way.
* Run seems to have developed some feelings towards Pixelbolt, as he looked sad when she announced her newly obtained hatred of him.
* Like in Prison Galaxy, Run was trapped in a place where he couldn't use his powers to escape, rather having to team up with others in order to strategize an exit.