Metal Virus

The Metal Virus is an artificial virus created by Dr. Eggman. It appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing. It is a substance that transmute organic matter into metallic.

Apperance
At a microscopic level the Metal Virus consist of nanobots that resemble bacterlophange and functions similar to it like a virus.

When observed and contained the virus appears like a metallic liquid.

Function
When a living, organic subject comes into contact with the virus the organic matter of the living subject will transmute into metallic, mechanical like matter. The virus will also rob the subject of their free will and cause aggressive need to pass the virus onto others.

The virus however can only transmute living flora and fauna. It cannot transmute processed or inorganic matter such as food, metal or stone.

History
The Metal Virus was created at some point after Dr. Eggman had his memroy restored. He began experimenting on it to see the extent of it's abilities. The first test subject was a flower which transmuted it into mechanical like appengages. The second test was with Vertibrae specimens as Dr. Eggman covered a Pocky with the Metal Virus which due to the ammount of the substance caused quick transmution. Some of the virus came into contact with the nearby Picky and began to cause gradual transmution due to only a small ammount of the virus came into contact. Dr. Eggman observed the behavior of the transmuted rabbit as it showed aggression for the Ricky.

For the last experiment, Dr. Eggman demanded the Ricky to pick the transmuted flower and touched various objects with it. The Metal Virus showed no signs of transmuting the objects, but having touched the flower the Ricky began transmuting at a slow pace.

Trivia

 * The transmutation that the virus caused is similar to Roboticization, a reoccuring process seen in the previous Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics, Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon and Sonic Underground cartoon.
 * The apperance of the Virus is similar to A.D.A.M., also from Arcie Sonic the Hedgehog. Unlike the virus, A.D.A.M. was sentient and could only take over machinery but was able to possess Tommy Turtle in the same metallic manner as the virus.