Dark Gaia Creature


 * For the enemies in Sonic Unleashed, see Dark Gaia's Minions.

The Dark Gaia Monsters are a species that appear in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-off comic series published by Archie Comics. They are a race of hostile, supernatural monsters tied to a dark mutagenic energy that emerged during the Shattered World Crisis.

Anatomy
The members of the Dark Gaia Monsters are very diverse in terms of anatomy. Many of them resemble anthropomorphic lizards with horns, sharp teeth and and claws, or nightmarish cyclops. Others also come in more animal-like forms such as insectoid bees, bulldog-like dinosaurs, sphere-shaped bats and large horned eels. Physical characteristics they do share include blackish blue skin and differently colored neon markings on their bodies.

Their bodies are entirely composed of a dark energy that began leaking from the planet during the Shattered World Crisis.

Characteristics and Culture
The Dark Gaia Monsters are animalistic in nature, only giving off roars and growls. They are extremely ravenous, hostile and aggressive, attacking everyone near them and cause havoc wherever they go.

The Dark Gaia Monsters are exclusively nocturnal creatures, only appearing after nightfall.

Powers and Abilities
The Dark Gaia Monsters are amphibious, capable of roaming about both on land and beneath the sea without the need of air, hinting a total lack of respiration. While the smaller Dark Gaia Monsters do not possess exceedingly great strengths and relies on overwhelming their foes with numbers, the larger ones amongst them, such as the Dark Gaia Titan, possess superhuman strength and durability. When a Dark Gaia Monster takes enough damage, it dissolves into its basic energy form.

History
Shortly after the beginning of the Shattered World Crisis, the Dark Gaia Monsters began appearing out of nowhere, composed of the mysterious dark energy that had begun leaking from beneath Sonic's World. Due to the dark energies' properties, Bunnie theorized the Dark Gaia Monster are critters mutated by this energy.

With their arrival, the Dark Gaia Monsters began emerging in various locations across the globe, wrecking havoc wherever they went and complicating various group's attempts to resolve the Shattered World Crisis. One concentration of them appeared in Westopolis which were detained by the local law enforcement and G.U.N., while another appeared Pumpkin Hill Zone which Knuckles and the Chaotix had to clear out.

A large concentration of Dark Gaia Monsters began emerging from the Anostos Rift near the underwater city of Meropis and infected the waters at night, though they were kept out of Meropis by the city's watery shield. However, Coral the Betta, the sustainer of the shield, was eventually unable to maintain it due to emotional stress, causing the shield to break down and allowing the Dark Gaia Monsters to attack the city and the Eusebes Shrine. The Dark Guardian led the Dark Gaia Monsters to Meropis, which they not only clashed with the City Guard, but they also fought against Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose, Rotor the Walrus and Razor the Shark at the sacred grounds. Luckily, with the power of Chaos and Tikal, the Dark Gaia Monsters were obliterated by a chain-Mystic Melody caused by Coral, Pearly, and Tikal with additional power by Aquarius.

Dark Gaia Monsters also began climbing from the fault lines of the planet to the Aquatic Mine Zone, where a Dark Gaia Titan attacked Knuckles, the Chaotix and the Hooligans. While Knuckles and the Chaotix fought the Dark Gaia Titan, the Hooligans escaped with Chip and the red Chaos Emerald while trapping Knuckles and the Chaotix in the now flooding mines with the Dark Gaia Titan. However, Vector brew up an idea using the switches found throughout the mine to filter the water through a tunnel below the water. Activating the switch, the Chaotix and Knuckles managed to survive from drowning, but the Dark Gaia Titan followed them back. However, thanks to Charmy's quick thinking, Bean, told that the Dark Gaia Titan insulted his bombs, brutally bombarded his bombs to the monster. As the Hooligans left to find the Chaos Emerald, Knuckles successfully finished off defeating the Dark Gaia Titan.