It was a normal day for the trio as Vector listened to his music, Espio meditated in a corner and Charmy flew around the room being annoying as usual. That was until a phone call came later in the day...Charmy quickly flew over to the phone but Vector grabbed it before Charmy.

" Hello. Chaotix Detectives how may we help you?" Vector

The person on the other side as though they were out of

" Please come quick, something is happening" The Voice said.

Vector asked quickly where they were.

The voice replied anxiously "Cryptic Castle."

The phone suddenly went dead. Vector stared at the phone in his hand. Vector snapped out of his trance.

" Espio! "

The Chameleon opened his eyes and trotted over to Vector, sensing something was wrong. Vector told him about the phone call and as Vector finished, Espio went into his room to collect his weapons as Vector got Charmy.

Leaving their office, they made their way to Cryptic Castle.

It didn't take them too long to reach their destination but once they did each Chaotix member had a chill run down their spines. Espio shivered, he didn't like this at all and he decided to ask Vector.

"Vector?" Espio said as the crocodile turned to them "I don't like this one little bit."

"Espio you've always got a bad feeling about these places...You're not scared are you?"

"No, of course not" Espio quickly replied as he diverted his eyes away from Vector.

Vector looked at Espio again and shrugged while Chamy flew round to face Espio

"You Sure."Charmy sang with a stupid grin.

Espio quickly walked past him and caught up with Vector.

As they opened the steel doors, Espio hesitated but unfortunately for him, Vector had noticed. Vector walked up to him and placed an arm around his shoulders.

"You're ok" Vector quietly asked but Espio shook it off

"I am not scared"he said without Charmy hearing him.

The castle was like any other castle, dark, creepy but Espio couldn't shake the feeling that someone was following them. He kept looking behind him every few steps and this eventually made Vector uneasy as well.

Everything was going fine as they searched for clues to where the person who had called them could be. Everything was silent until they heard a series of bangs. Charmy, being as curious as he is, flew up to the wall and knocked twice and to their surprise, they got an answer of two knocks. Charmy spun round to smile at the others. Vector walked up to Charmy and Espio stood there not understanding his feelings.

"Am I scared?" Espio thought to himself.

"Hey." Vector said as he approached the Chameleon.

This made Espio jump, startled and go invisible. Vector stared at the spot where Espio had been. Espio eventually became visible again. Vector knew that Espio only did that when he was scared or if he was in combat but Vector knew he wasn't fighting.

"You sure your OK" Vector asked only to get silence as an answer.

Espio tried to find his voice but to no avail. Instead he gave Vector a reassuring smile. Vector pulled him into a quick hug making Espio flinch. Vector then lead him down the hall.

Vector came to a locked steel door. They could hear murmering on the other side and this made Vector determined to get this door open. He flung himself against it, making the door fly off its hinges. What they saw was unexpected...a body lying on the floor...surrounded in blood...

That's the first chapter one will be up soon...