Hey, everyone. Currently I am in the car and can't believe I have wi-fi. Here's the first chapter of my newest story. WARNING: It ends in a cliff-hanger and I'm not sure when I'm going to get on here again. But please review! And for the people sitll with me, You guys are Amaze! ACTION!

Nicole's POV:

Not for the last time, I groaned as I pushed the old GUN motorcycle along the road. "You had to break down..." I scolded the bike.

After the month of recovering (or at least partial recovering) I decided it was time to head back in order to get to the speech on time. The only problem was I had no reserved chaos energy and no chaos emerald. So the only way I could actually get to the capital was by an old GUN motorcycle I found in the basement. The said bike was in very bad condition so it was no surprise that it broke down...an hour ride from the Capital.

It was January 1 about 9 am...and I was going to be late for Arianna's speech...great. I had had the whole thing planned out too. Arrive at the Capital Building two hours before the speech, have my little reunion and help my sister with her nervousness. Now it was five minute's 'til the ceremony started and I was still a half an hour away. Slowly, I dragged my feet forward as reality sank in and I wanted to kick the bike off the road. I was literally the worst sister ever.

"You had to leave the latest possible date..." I groaned aloud as the city finally came into view.

Shadow's POV:

I was mad. No, that is an understatement. I was furious. Not only did I have to attend a public event; not only did Arianna have to pretend she was recovering from being insane; not only was the event running behind the actual time; but Nicole was still missing.

About one in the morning, Arianna woke up screaming. I rushed to her room to comfort her, but it didn't help. After a little persuasion and chaos energy, she fell asleep around three am. Her nightmares were getting better about three months ago, but now...I wasn't so sure. As I tried to help her, I knew it was doing very little to cure her. True, she wasn't insane, but I felt like I was trying to cure her from something far worse.

About ten minutes after she fell asleep, I crept back to my room while pondering her recent dream.

This time she woke up because she had killed Cosmo...

I shivered. I wasn't sure how I actually felt about my clones, especially Arianna. Over those two, torturous, years, Nicole had grown on me...but Arianna... I shook off the thought. "Help her get through this, then work out your annoying feelings..." When I arrived at my sleeping quarters, I checked my phone again. No messages from Nicole, just a text the Faker sent me about wishing Arianna good luck. I snapped the phone shut.

Finally, my alarm went off at five am. I hadn't gone back to sleep... Since I was the only member of First Generation that actually was actively involved with GUN and Second Generation (and the only person who was willing), it was my responsibility to wake up the kids for early morning training...which always turned into a very interesting experience.

For instance, when Jr was woken up by anyone who liked to be loud, he usually jumped out of the bed and yelled something random. And since I usually just banged on the door or opened the door and yelled at them, he was very unpredictable. This morning, the random thing was...Miley? I shook my head. Note to self; no telling Annie about that.

Speaking of her, I usually had to duck when I woke her up. For reason's I never understood, the pink hedgehog liked to sleep with her hammer drawn. And it wasn't just any hammer...I had to deal with an exploding hammer. Always interesting.

Miley usually woke up with a new idea for some robot or other. This morning she rolled over to face me then started telling me about a new device she dreamed up. Something about a watch to turn you invisible...I knew she'd be working on it before the day was over.

Across the hall from Jr, was the red echidna. Arnold just sat up and stretched then remarked about how early you had to get up for an adventure.

My personal favorite one was Topaz (when she was here). She was usually already up and liked to try and sneak up on me. 99.99% of the time, I caught her. Of all the times, only once did she ever win. Unfortunately for me, that morning she wasn't with us, but she'd be at the speech.

The only one I didn't yell or bang at was Arianna. Everyday, I gently shook her awake and she quietly got up.

In fact, the only one I didn't wake up ever was Cosmo. She slept on the other side of the faculty and never joined us for training.

Anyway, after a short training session, we headed off for the capital building. When we arrived, the whole thing was a mess. As soon as we stepped out of limo the president sent, Arianna immediately ducked from a tomato. Without another word, we hurried through the many protestors and mob into the capital. At one point, Annie had to pull out her hammer and threaten the pressing people. They backed up pretty quick... By the time we got to safety, Arianna was crying.

Cosmo cleaned off any smashed fruit and spoke softly to her in a comforting manner. Sadly, Arianna wasn't very comforted.

She sobbed softly, "I want Nikki..."

I checked my phone for the hundredth time. Still no sign of Nikki. No sign of her when we were getting ready for the speech. No sign of her when the President finally joined us. No sign of her when the ceremony started at last. No sign of her when Arianna was pardoned. No sign of her when Arianna got up to speak. "Nicole, I'm going to kill you."

Nicole's POV:

I pulled up to the capital building just as the president finished his pardon. Silently, I cursed myself.

"You had to be late for you're own sister's speech..." I growled to myself. Before anyone noticed, I pulled the black hoddie over my head so no one would regonize me. Rather quickly, I rushed into the crowd before anyone noticed.

Arianna was already talking rather softly and gently. "Tha"nk you, everyone. Thanks for coming... I know that I've done a lot of terrible things to you, but I am so sorry. I know that is not enough to just apologize, I have to show it."

My sister went on like that for several minutes. While she was talking I looked around on the stage at who was actually a good friend. Shadow stood about 2 feet away on her right in a comforting manner...which didn't look as strange as it would have a year ago. Cosmo was on the other side for encouragement. On the chairs in the back row, we had the rest of Team Sonic...and an extra empty chair next to where my sister was sitting.

"You are a terrible sister..." I mumbled to myself again. Quietly, I listened to the rest of the speach and tried to figure out how to apoligize.

As Arianna finished up, I slowly began to make my way forward... Maybe I can catch her when she is leaving the area...

"Thank you all. Have a great day." Arianna smiled and waved. Over to the right Shadow nodded at the crowd then mumbled something to Ari. Probably something about leaving soon. Ari nodded and turned to go.

Suddenly, gunshot rang out. The crowd screamed out in alarm and began to run around in a panicked frenzy.

I felt my blood go cold as Arianna screamed out in pain and dropped to the ground.