Chapter 1

Battle Plans and Emotion scars

Upon walking into the base, Niko walks up to the Director and told him everything that happened to him, from being arrested by the G.U.N. to escaping and finding out that his own father and Platinum were trying to capture him and suppress his powers by isolating him. After telling his tale he looked at the Director.

"So that's my story." Niko said. "And I'd seriously appreciate it if you didn't smoke right now, because I can now see where Sapphire, who I love to pieces, gets her habit to smoke."

"Huh?" Niko said confused. "You did?"

Without looking back at Niko, the Director nodded. "I know everything that goes on in this galaxy, boy. Your little incident was no exception." He rested his cigarette on the ash tray that sat nearby on his desk.

"Niko, I advise you try to stay out of trouble, and you should not go digging places where you have not been asked to do so," the Director added. "People can get hurt that way. You of all people should know that. You are now dismissed."

Niko wasn't exactly about to let somebody order him around but he knew The Director was right. His actions were getting people hurt. He was snooping around in places he had zero business being in and due to this, he has almost gotten Sapphire and others killed. He nodded and left. Upon leaving the base and getting home he looked at his phone and saw that Caramel had called. He decided he needed someone to talk to so he called her back.

"Niko?" Caramel said sleepily. "What's up?"

"Nothin' much." Niko replied. "Sorry to wake you. I just got back from somewhere and didn't notice the time. Listen how soon can you meet me at the spot you and I first met?"

"Uh..." Caramel said thinking. "In about a few hours. Why?"

"There's something I need to tell you." Niko said "Something about what I've been doing that I feel you should know."

"Okay." Caramel said. She knew this wasn't like Niko but if he felt she needed to hear whatever he had to say, the only plausible option would be to hear him out.

Back at the Insurgent base, Sapphire walked around and stretched out her arms, heading towards the Leaderboard to see if there had been any recent changes with all of the commotion. The Leaderboard was exactly what it sounded like. It ranked the top eight Insurgents, and it made competition fierce amongst the group. It was what made Silver the grumpy, headstrong woman she was. She was once upon a time just quiet and distant (Albeit angry), but when the Leaderboard showed up, she expressed her feelings way more openly.

As she approached the meeting room (Which was one of the only places you could look at it from), her eyes were wide and furious. She had gotten a glimpse of the board from a distance, and was not happy to see her spot as number one had been given to Garnet. How the hell did that happen? Was it because of her absence? That was the Director's fault! He told her to take some time off, even though she didn't want to. She thought she had been doing well, but apparent, she needed to do better. She stomped off to go train into the late hours of the night, deciding she'd check on the information Platinum had given her in the morning or something. She needed to get that spot back.

After explaining everything to Caramel, Niko looked at his friend and saw her face of shock.

"I figured you'd react that way." Niko said laughing. "But it's all true."

"I believe you Niko," She replied, breaking herself out of her shock. "I really do, but what I'm concerned about is why Tails would be trying to kill you. I thought he was your dad.

"He is." Niko sighed. "But I can't figure out why he'd wanna isolate me and remove my powers. Where's the point in it all?"

As Niko's talking, he sees Sapphire and beckons her over.

"Hey, Sapph!" Niko called. "Come take a break from regaining your spot and eat some ice cream!"

Sapphire shook her head as she picked up her pace to get to the training room. "Sorry, Niko. Like I said earlier, I have bigger things to worry about than ice cream. I'm busy after training too, so have fun with whatever you decide to do."

As she entered the training room, Sapphire's armor suddenly felt heavy, but it went light quickly. She always felt sluggish entering the training room again, like she wasn't good enough, and that's why she had to train. No matter, she walked to the middle of the room. "P.H.I.L.S., activate training simulator one," she ordered.

"As you wish, Agent Sapphire," the AI replied, and two rows of green circles started moving around Sapphire.

"Why isn't Sapphire coming?" Caramel asked.

"She lost her spot on the Leaderboard so she wants to train her ass off to get it back" Niko explained, licking his Strawberry ice pop.

"Hey!" Caramel said getting an idea. "Why don't you try helping her out? I'm sure the Director won't mind."

"You know?" Niko said after mulling the idea over. "That would be a good idea. I'll see if the Director's cool with that!"

Caramel and her awesome ideas huh? Well let's see if the Director will take that idea. If he refuses, we all know Niko's gonna do it anyways, right? Tune it next chapter! Make sure to R&R!