I don't own Sonic or Sega. Say hello to the new Bucc! I've improved alot and I hope I get more readers this time! Thanks!

1. A Strange Turn of Events

Ares the Mesmer was looking over a hill, his top hat on his head, his bladed playing cards in his hand. He was presumed dead by G.U.N, but he had survived Ryko and that other pest.

"ARES!" Shouted a familiar voice.

Ares turned around to see Hades the Hedgehog walking towards him.

" Hades. An unexpected surprise. I thought you were dead all this time."

"I could say the same for you! Ryko may have failed, but this time I will finish the job that assassin barely started! Prepare to die, fool!" He charged Ares with flaming fist.

Ares flipped out his deck of cards and started throwing them and Hades. Hades dodged them all.

"You can't mesmerize me, hedgehog! You know that! Try with your cards all you want, but to kill me you'd have to do your tricks, which won't work!"

"Exactly. That would be why I'm leaving." He melted into the air and disappeared.

"I'm going to find Ryko and I'm going to teach him a few things he should have known before he foolishly believed someone like Ares was dead that quickly. He may be an assassin for G.U.N, but that doesn't mean he isn't a fool." He summoned his portal to the underworld and hopped through, transporting him to another location of his choosing.

G.U.N Headquarters, 12:30 AM

Ryko was only half awake. He had a new contract and he had to study it for a whole day. Everything was going as normal until a portal of fire opened in the room. A black hedgehog with a black muzzle and red eyes stepped out.

"Hello Ryko." He said.

Ryko pretty much thought he was dreaming so he didn't care about this guy until a fireball soared at his head. His instincts alone made him jump out of the way and take a battle stance.

"You aren't dreaming, Ryko. My name is Hades." He said.

"Obviously not. What else can you do that I don't know about? "Asked Ryko.

Hades' body burst into flame. Ryko could hear the heat cackle and feel it on his face.

"I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to tell you some information you might need to know. "

"First a mentally unstable Echidna, now a pyromaniac Hedgehog? I love my job! What's next, Buccaneers6?"

"Don't break the forth wall in my presence! Ares the Mesmer could hear us! He could be here!"

"Are you mentally unstable as well? Ares the Mesmer is dead, I did the job last time we met. Besides, what's your proof?" Ares the Mesmer then appeared out of nowhere, his blade playing cards in his hand and ready to fly.

"Proof enough?" Asked Ares.

"… Wow. I coulda sworn… oh well, my Riddler rip-off, we meet again. Do me a favor and not tell the Commander about this? He doesn't like it when my targets resurrect themselves."

"I faked my own death, you idiot! Truly you are if you think that I truly perished. Well, I suppose the secret is out. Now Ryko, in the game of assassins, you just lost a life. I have presented myself; fighting you wouldn't do anything. So I leave wishing you to know this: watch your back!" He threw 3 bladed cards at Ryko before disappearing.

"Welcome back, Ares. Now, what is it you want, uh, Hades? Cool name, by the way." Said Ryko.

"I want Ares dead." Said Hades.

"Why, might I ask?" Asked Ryko.

"We know our demise, but not the hour. It is because of this that we experience fear. It all starts from a flame." A tiny flame appeared in his palm.

"Then it gets bigger. And bigger. And bigger. And bigger still. Until…" He was shooting a jet of fire now.

"It dies." The flame went out.

"You see, Ryko, as long as Ares remains alive, the flame still burns. People fear, and fear is the most dangerous enemy of all."

Shade and Laoch's apartment, 2:43 AM

Laoch's phone rang in the middle of the night. He reached for it slowly, then finally picked it up.

"What do you want, Ryko?"

"How did you know it was me?" Asked Ryko.

"Who else would call me at 3:00 in the morning?" Asked Laoch.

Ryko laughed a little before explaining.

"So, A pyrokinetic Hedgehog visited me in the middle of the night, who then told me that Ares the Mesmer was still alive. I didn't believe him until he appeared himself and attacked me before leaving again. Then the Hedgehog went into this proverb crap about fear and now I'm calling you." Ryko inhaled deeply.

"Stranger things have happened. Well, I can't help this time, big bro. Shade and I are getting married at Casino Night in a week, you will be there, right?"

"Of course."

"That, and the Nocturnus need help with a little something, on top of the fact that Tails crashed his Tornado and shattered the Master Emerald, which was powering the plane."

"Stranger things have happened." They both said at the same time. They started laughing.

"Well, I need sleep for tomorrow. Gotta go, big bro."

"See ya, Laoch."

G.U.N Commander's Office, 12:00 PM

"Ryko, you look terrible." Ryko was struggling to keep his eyes open.

"Sir, Ares isn't dead. I saw him last night." The commander's eyes widened.

"Well don't stand around here! Go-" He then saw what Ryko looked like. "Second thought, you could use some rest."

"Thank you, sir. I'll assure you I'll be on the hunt tomorrow." He walked out the door, hopped in his car, provided by G.U.N, because even thought he could run at 300 miles per hour he still required transport, and drove home.

Ryko's House, 5:00 PM

Ryko was sleeping soundly, having good dreams, when Team Chaotix burst through the ceiling.

"Wow, Bucc! This chapter is extremely random! How come you never did this to Laoch, I really could use some rest!"

Team Chaotix looked around a bit.

"Yea, we got the right place, Espio!"

"He had a front door, Vector." Said an annoyed Espio.

"But then we couldn't have interrupted his sleep!"

"Would you two shut up and tell me why you're here already!" Vector frowned.

"We found out that your friend's wedding is going to be sabotaged. They told me to come to you. We need your help."

'