Dark Shed

Don't you feel the power? Soon everything will be corrupted! Including you!" -Nutrex to Vavakx, seconds before infecting him.

Overview
The Dark Shed is a highly radioactive substance created by Makuta Nutrex, known for its extreme mutagenic and energy producing properties. Many life forms can survive the subtance exposure, although the price to be paid is a horrible mental breakdown. This condition drives the subject to the point of mental instability and insanity. Life forms that survive its exposure usually gain new abilities, but suffer a decline in cognitive thought and general lifespan.

Description
The Dark Shed is a highly radioactive, mutagetic, and semi-sentient substance. It is also capable of self-reproduction, making it's ability to spread incredibly efficient. The Dark Shed also demonstrates a trace amount of sentience.

Exposure to any amount of its radiation can be deadly. Most bioforms in direct contact with Dark Shed dies within seconds. However, bioforms with prolonged exposure that do not die are mutated horribly. Exposure to the radiation destroys brain cells and cognitive thought in sentient beings, yet it also sees a gain muscle mass and other beneficial abilities. In turn, corrupted beings also have a natural instinct to protect the Dark Shed and its source.

Phazon, because of the intense radiation it produces and its mutagenic properties is a deadly toxic substance.

Dark Shed Creatures
Vavakx (formerly) Dark Vavakx