CHAPTER 1

PREPARATION

While Sky was flying Tonya out of Tech City, she still continued to struggle in his grip. "Put me down!" She screamed. "Put me down now!"

The bat gave her a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry I had to do this, Tonya. What you saw back there not too long ago...was not me and I apologize."

The cat crossed her arms, "Yeah right and I'm sure the love bite you gave me earlier was just your way of showing me your little psychotic slip up?"

"Tonya", he spoke softly. "Please forgive me. You'll be taken to a much better place than where you once were."

"No!" She shouted. "Take me back! Take me..." She then started to feel lightheaded as she noticed that Sky had injected a needle with some kind of clear liquid in her neck. She soon felt tired, "Sky..." She whispered before peacefully falling asleep.

Back at the Chaotix, everyone was getting ready to head into the garage to use the X-jet to fly to Metal City to go to rescue Vector and Tonya.

Charmy flew into the air with his usual hyperactive self. "Yay! We're gonna save the boss and Tonya!"

With a cigarette in her mouth and her arms crossed, Margaret didn't think this was the time to be playing around. "Settle down, Charmy. We're in a rash situation here. Vector's been lured into a trap and Tonya's been taken from us."

Espio held his throbbing head that still hurt even though bandages were wrapped around it to prevent anymore bleeding. He looked over to Margaret full of questions he wanted to ask her ever since Sky had gone completely insane. "Margaret, I would like to know...The Silver Fangs...what are we exactly going up against here?"

The crocodile sighed and turned to the group who also had the same question in their minds. "I'll explain as we're getting there", she said as she started to get aboard the plane.

Meanwhile inside of a large tall white tower in Metal City, a brown mongoose with black hair wearing a black bandana ran out of his room and into the dark hallway with panic. He began to run down the hallway while looking down at his watch. "Oh no!" He exclaimed. "I can't believe I'm gonna be late again! The boss is so gonna kill me!" By the time, he looked away from his watch, he had rammed his head into a door that had just opened. He immediately stopped in his tracks and fell to the floor while rubbing his head in pain. "Ow!" When he saw the door close, a brown owl with black goggles on his head had appeared in front of him while giving him a cold look. "Zeak?" he spoke. "You think you could've given me a warning next time!"

The owl simply turned away from him and began to walk down the hallway with his hands in his pants pockets. "Idiot", he spoke calmly.

The mongoose clenched his fists in annoyance at the owl's attitude. "What!"

"No running."

The mongoose started to shake his fists around in frustration because of the owl's insults. "Oh, yeah? Why don't you come back here and say more crap to my face you freakin' mute!" By the time he said that, the owl had already walked away.

"Ace?" A female had called from behind him.

The brown mongoose turned his head and saw a red fox with black wavy hair standing behind him with a black female coyote standing beside her with a worried look on her face. "Jess and Kuroi?" He then saw the fox walk up to him, grab him by his ears, and throw him onto the floor.

"Are you a freakin' idiot!" She yelled.

The black coyote placed her hands over her mouth and turned to the fox. "Jess, you promised me you would stop doing that to Ace."

The fox smirked and placed her hands on her hips, "I'm sorry, but it's just a habit of mine you know?"

The mongoose stood from the floor in anger. "What is up with everyone always pushing me around?"

"Because", the fox spoke. "You're annoying."

"I am not!" The mongoose shouted back.

She began to sing, "Ace, Ace always the nutcase."

"What the hell are you talking about? I am not a nutcase so stop singing that stupid song!"

The black coyote studied the two as they both argued and looked down at her watch, noticing what time it was. "Oh my God!" She began to run down the dark hallway. "We're late! Hurry!"

The mongoose and fox quickly stopped their arguing, looked at each other with their mouths hung open, and began to dart down the hallway as well.

The three then rushed inside a huge room with much more light than the hallway had. The room had looked like an arena because of the huge floor they were standing on and the seats that were around them. They all looked around and only saw a brown owl sitting in one of the seats waiting patiently.

The fox continued to look around, "Are you sure the boss told us to meet him here?"

"I'm positive", the coyote said.

The brown mongoose saw a metal pipe on the ceiling and smiled in delight. "Sweet! It's my favorite spot!" The mongoose climbed towards the ceiling, jumped over on the metal pipe, and began to hang down from it with his tail. "This is so relaxing!"

The coyote's eyes fell upon the brown owl and began to wave as she walked towards him with the fox slowly following behind her. "Zeak, hi!"

The owl took his eyes away from the floor and turned to the black coyote who was approaching him.

She sat beside him and gave him a friendly smile. "Wow, I guess you were only one who wasn't late huh?"

The owl sighed and turned away from her.

"Eh?" The coyote couldn't help but to think to herself, 'Why does he only say one or two words and if it's a special occasion, why nothing at all?'

The fox was getting annoyed by the owl's attitude and confronted him. "Hey, Zeak! Didn't you hear her? She was talking to you!"

The owl stood from the his seat and faced her with his hands still in his pants pockets. "Shut up."

"How dare you! Is that anyway to talk to us...or to even talk at all? Show some respect for once!"

The mongoose who was hanging from the ceiling gasped and was surprised that she had talked to him that way. "You shouldn't have said that, Jess", he murmured.

The owl once again sighed with annoyance and took his hands out of his pockets exposing the black gloves that he was wearing on his hands.

The coyote gasped as she saw blue electricity beginning to flow through the gloves. "Please Zeak, put them away", she begged, but he did not listen.

The fox smirked as she looked at the owl who was ready to fight her. "Oh, I'm so scared." She raised her black gloves towards him with a green aura coming from them with little specks of green light forming around her. "Bring it. I'll cut your mute ass into pieces!"

The coyote placed her hands over her eyes and decided that she could not watch the fight that was about to happen until she and everyone else had heard a familiar firm voice.

"What the hell do you two think you're doing? Put your weapons away right now!" A male voice had demanded.

Everyone froze and saw a white male wolf wearing a black suit appear from the shadows from the other side of the room.

The mongoose's eyes widened in panic, "Th-the boss!" He was so in shock from their leader's appearance, he fell onto the floor and landed on his head. "Ow", he groaned.

Everyone looked away from each other coldly and turned to their leader.

"You all should be ashamed of yourselves", the wolf spoke. "Fighting? Have you all forgotten that we are a team and we must love and protect one another?"

"No, sir", everyone spoke.

The wolf sighed, "You all need to get along and fast. Do you understand me?"

"Yes, sir", they all said.

The wolf decided to change the subject, "Now for the real reason why we're gathered in the first place...first off the fall of the Chaotix team is becoming a huge success. We captured their leader and I've received word from Captain Sky that he's on his way here at this very moment."

"Captain Sky is coming back?" The fox said full of excitement.

The wolf made a small nod, "Yes and with the disk he took, their will be without a doubt that the Chaotix will come to try to attempt to save their precious leader. That's when the real challenge begins."

"But I don't understand, sir", the brown mongoose spoke. "Why do we have to fight the Chaotix all of a sudden? Shouldn't we make peace with them? They...they've done nothing wrong to us."

The wolf shook his head, "That's when you're wrong. They've done too much and we must stop them, but be cautious. I've heard that they are very strong. I've especially heard rumors about one of their employees being some kind of monster."

The coyote's eyes widened, 'Monster?'

He began to start calling their names, "Kuroi! Jessica! Zeak! Ace! Prepare yourselves for the fight of your life. This is a fight for dominance so do not let me down! Is that clear?"

Everyone saluted, "Yes, sir!"

A/N: Well here it is. The beginning of the sequel to Bitter Reunions. I hope you all enjoy it!