CHAPTER 1

"This sucks", a gray hyena spoke in a dull tone while he and the rest of the members of the Detective Council walked through the dirty and smelly sewers of Metal City early that morning.

The sewer they were walking through was dark so they all carried flashlights with them.

The hyena turned to the male black jackal who was walking next to him. "It's too early to be walking around in this armpit of a sewer. Wouldn't you say, Luke?"

The jackal who was walking beside him had white hair, wore a dark blue coat with a gray t shirt underneath, black skinny jeans, black and silver combat boots, a black gun holster was around his right leg, and he had a gold armband that was pinned on the right arm of his coat. He shifted his dark blue eyes over to the male hyena in annoyance.

The hyena had black hair and yellow eyes. He wore a dark green jacket with a white t shirt underneath, blue pants, yellow and blue boots, a black gun holster was on the right side of his leg and he wore a red armband that was pinned on the right arm of his jacket.

A black and red male hedgehog who walked behind the rest of the group had a female purple lynx walking beside him. He made an irritated look towards him, "Well no one asked you to come along, Rick."

Rick quickly spun his head around and turned to the hedgehog. "I had to be here just like the rest of you! So shut your mouth, Hedgehog!"

"For once I'll agree with Shadow", a female brown squirrel and chipmunk hybrid spoke while she continued to lead the group of detectives. When she turned her head slightly to look back at Rick, her long wavy red hair fluttered over her shoulder. "This specific field mission called for all leaders of the Detective Council. Last time I checked, you were a captain."

Rick couldn't help but to send an angry glare towards her.

The squirrel and chipmunk hybrid had blue eyes and wore a blue sleeveless vest with a black halter top underneath, black skinny jeans, blue knee high boots, a black gun holster was on the right side of her leg, and she wore a gold armband around her right arm.

Rick crossed his arms and clenched the flashlight he held slightly tighter. "For your information, Sally. Leon asked for me to take his place. He had other matters to attend to."

Sally arched her eyebrow and made a sarcastic laugh, "Right..."

Rick flung his arms down beside his waist in annoyance and continued to give her a hateful look.

The hedgehog turned to the female purple lynx who walked beside him. "Sally seems to be in a decent mood today", he spoke in a low voice.

The lynx made a soft giggle as she heard him being sarcastic about Sally. She had long pink hair that came past her waist and yellow eyes. She wore a light blue trench coat with gold buttons and a pink tube top underneath, a green skirt with a slit that was on the right of it, brown flat ballet shoes, white gloves with pink bracelets as the cuffs, a black gun holster was around her right leg, and she had a gold armband that was pinned around the right arm of her coat. "What are you saying, Shadow? She's always in a good mood isn't she?"

He sighed slightly and crossed his arms, "What? You haven't noticed that she hates everyone on the council? Except you of course."

She made a teasing look, "Maybe she just doesn't like men."

He arched an eyebrow after hearing her comment, "That makes a lot of sense actually."

She continued to giggle softly until something had occurred to her, "Oh! By the way, there was so much going on. I forgot to congratulate you and Rouge on your new bundle of joy."

He couldn't help but to be surprised that she congradulated him. She was the first out of the group to do so since Rouge had the baby. "Thanks. He's taken after me you know?"

"So I've heard from Captain Espio. His name is Spike right?"

"Yup."

Her face lit up in happiness, "How cute! I can't wait to see him." She and Shadow were interrupted when Sally had shined the bright light of the flashlight she held onto the two.

"You know we're on a mission right? We can chat after we're done here", she spoke bitterly.

Before Shadow gave the lynx a chance to speak, he angrily spoke out to Sally. "You know what? Amethyst is the only one out of you sorry sack of fucks that's actually nice to me." He turned to Amethyst with a warm look, "So Amethyst, thank you." He angrily turned to the group, "The rest of you d bags can go fuck yourselves."

Rick made a disgusted look, "Oh please!" He pointed towards Amethyst, "If you haven't noticed, she loves everyone! Then again, what can you expect from a dirty tree loving hippie!" He suddenly saw a flashlight being flung in his direction at an amazing speed. Before he could dodge it, it was too late. The flashlight hit him hard in the head knocking him down to the ground.

Luke blankly looked down at the hyena who laid there with a giant bump on the side of his head. "That's gotta hurt", he spoke in a low tone.

Sally glanced down at Rick and then back at Amethyst in disappointment. "Amethyst!"

The purple lynx crossed her arms in no regret it seemed. "What? He had it coming."

Luke watched as Rick slowly stood from the ground while he held his throbbing head, "Should've kept your mouth shut."

The hyena turned away from him in annoyance, "Shut the fuck up...Lucas!" He watched him suddenly grab him by his shirt roughly.

"My name is Luke! Got it?"

Rick made an irritated look towards the jackal and grabbed his hand around his wrist. "What the hell ever!"

Sally sighed heavily in aggravation at how the group of detectives were acting. "Are you kidding me? Come on you guys! We're all supposed to be on a mission you know? Finding Kiba remember?"

"Yeah, yeah we know", Shadow spoke in annoyance.

Amethyst shrugged her shoulders, "But what if we don't find him?"

"That's true", Luke spoke as he forcefully pushed Rick away while he released him from his grip. "Kiba knows we're on to him. After Sarah got Ace, Zeak, and Kuroi to talk, he knows we're bound to look for him."

"That's why we're taking the sewers to get into the underground mansion." Shadow walked up to lead the group, "He won't suspect us if we come in at a blind spot."

As Shadow started to lead the group further into the sewer, Rick couldn't help but to mumble under his breath, "Yeah let's just follow the demon hedgehog through the dirty sewers."

Luke flashed his eyes over to the gray hyena, "Did that bump on the head not knock any sense into you?"

It was only a matter of time until the group came to a huge metal door that was at the dead end of the tunnel within in the sewers.

"So", Sally spoke. "This is it?"

"This is the main door to the basement", Shadow turned to the rest of the group. "Get ready. Once this door opens, expect the worst."

Everyone made a nod and decided to stand on each side of the door while having their handguns tightly in their grip.

Shadow took a deep breath and finally kicked the metal door open with a powerful kick. He jumped into the huge basement and scanned the room for any sightings of anyone.

The rest of the group had done the same until they all realized that their was no one in the room. Everything was deathly quiet. When they figured that they were the only ones in the room, they lowered their guns and began to explore the quiet basement.

Amethyst glanced around the room, "There's no one here." She was startled when Rick slammed his fist down onto a brown box crate behind her.

"Damn it! We're too late! He's gone!"

"I wouldn't say that..." Like had spoke while he looked down at the floor in the far right corner of the room.

Everyone decided to walk over to where Luke was and their eyes widened in horror at what they saw between a large box crate and the wall.

Amethyst placed her hand over her mouth in horror, "Oh God..."

"It can't be..." Sally spoke in an stunned tone.

Shadow also couldn't take his eyes away, "It's him..."

The group looked down at what appeared to be what was left of a decapitated body that looked like it had parts of it eaten off and the remains of the severed head beside it.

"...It's Kiba..." Shadow spoke in a low yet shocked tone.

Amethyst felt like she could no longer look at what was left of the horribly dismembered body that had a strong foul stench coming from it. "...Who or...what could've done this?"

Shadow slowly looked over at the decapitated half eaten body and then turned away as he thought of what had actually happened to Kiba's body.

Author's Note: And here we are again! The sequel to 'Welcome To The Family' is now in full effect! This story will introduce new characters and new enemies! So buckle up! Here's to another adventure!

In The Next Chapter...

Rouge: What happened?

Shadow: Kiba...is dead.

Kuroi: Sky...all along he...

Zeak: Traitor...

Tonya: You don't deserve this. You don't deserve me...

Espio: Tonya...