Red Killer Bee

"The already tricky Killer Bee just got trickier: better, faster and stronger than before."

- Description of the Red Killer Bees in Sonic Unleashed (PS3/Xbox360)

The Killer Bee (Red Killer Bee) is one of the types of Dark Gaia's minions that is encountered in Sonic Unleashed and is a powered-up version of the Killer Bee. Even faster, stronger and smarter than the Killer Bees, these insectoid enemies are some of the most dangerous of Dark Gaia's minions than can be encountered. They only appear during the game's nighttime stages.

Overview
The Red Killer Bees and the other types of Dark Gaia's minions were created at the beginning of Sonic Unleashed. Following the premature awakening of the ancient entity Dark Gaia, the beast was unable to support itself and broke into a countless amount of fragments. These fragments then gave birth to Red Killer Bees by the influence of people's negative feelings and the rest of Dark Gaia's minions. They first in Arid Sands Night Act II: The City of Sand on the PS2/Wii version and in Dragon Road Night Act 1 on the PS3 /Xbox360 version.

As a empowered version of the Killer Bees, the Red Killer Bees are much stronger, faster, smarter and have more health than their relatives. They can fly about a foot above the ground which give them absolutely free movements. They are by far the fastest of Dark Gaia's minions and extremely nimble and acrobatic as well. They can easily and swiftly dodge the attacks from Sonic the Werehog and do so with great skill and technique which can lead to a direct counter attack. Their physical strength are also very high, and they can deal great damage to Sonic, if given the right chance. All of this together make the Red Killer Bees some of the strongest and most dangerous of Dark Gaia's minions, arguably only second to the mini-bosses and actual bosses

The Red Killer Bees maintain the same attack pattern as the regular Killer Bee, meaning they lack a projectile attack and resort to jabbing their foes with their stingers. They can quickly launch themselves at the enemy with their stringers first from long distances, or they can deal a lightning fast barrage of jabs with ther stingers to their opponent when in close combat, all which can deal great damage. Like the Killer Bees, they are highly vulnerable to damage from flying objects.

All of the Red Killer Bees were later reabsorbed by Dark Gaia following the beast reconstruction and was soon after resealed inside Earth's Core.

Appearance
Contrary to their name, the Killer Bees look more like wasps or yellow jackets than bees. They bear a strong resemblance with the Killer Bees, but their eyes have a more "angry" look on them. They have a long thin horn and antennas on their foreheads and their mouths look like a beak with tusks. Their thoraxes are spherical which have small spikes and four wings, and they have purple smoke emitting from their backs. Also, they have stingers on their abdomens that resemble arrowheads. Finally, they have pinkish-red skin with cyan markings.

Their size differs between the versions; on the PS3/Xbox360 version, the Red Killer Bees are a little larger than Sonic the Werehog, but on the PS2/Wii version, they are only about half this size.