A sky blue and white vixen looked down at the city and the palace, thankful that the cloak of night kept her hidden from those on the streets below. To the world, she was the Princess of the Chaos Realm and the younger sister of Shadow the hedgehog... err... Commander Shadow now. Her full name was Gabriella Nikki Cumulus, a.k.a. Wing the vixen. She had been driven underground for the last 200+ years protecting the two biggest mistakes that Ivo Robotnick had ever made... the two children, Strider the hedgehog and Ixion the winged equidna. Created by DNA combination in one of the egg-head's laboratories, Wing probably should've told Sonic and Knuckles about them long before they took separate paths.

Strider was a mixture of Sonic's and Amy's DNA, so no surprises there. His speed was like his dad's and his bonus power of Chaos Fire he mastered not too long ago. If Sonic had ever known about him, Wing was sure that he would've been very proud of Strider. Amy too... but she never told Sonic either. Amy and Wing were the only ones who knew where the boys had come from and now? Only Wing remained to keep the secret safe.

Ixion however, was a completely different kettle of fish. He was created in the same way, only his DNA was a combination of Knuckles and Wing herself! To Wing, that was as weird as things got. She was keeping THAT secret between her, her robotic pal Androuge, Ixion, and Shadow if he ever asked. Ixion had his own episode of powers unique to himself. First, his razor claws could slash though anything if he had his gloves off, and he was strong enough to move whatever else got in his way. Then of course he flew as fast as Strider ran, and he could summon electricity to his claws.

Then of course there was Wing's adopted younger son Carter the porcupine who transformed into the vampire Nephelzo every night when the sun set. Carter had no powers on his own but Nephelzo had the typical powers for a vampire: super strength, speed, razor sharp claws, deadly fangs, able to see in the dark, and unable to be hurt by mortal weapons. Nephelzo and Carter were as kind as it got and they were the worry-warts of the family and Nephelzo hated his nightly routine. Regardless of Nephelzo's vampirism, Wing loved them both as her sons.

She shook her head clear of her thoughts of the boys. Wing had left the boys back home under Androuge's watchful eyes. She was here in this city because of the publishers of her latest book (( Screws in the Works: A History of the Original Freedom Fighters )) had made her go on a book tour and they wanted her to do a presentation at a high school. She had agreed but the presentation was only an excuse that she used to come here. The real reason wasn't because she wanted to see her brother, that was a bonus. It wasn't because of the worried letters from Blaze wanting to get Wing's advice on her own son Marice and his nightmares, Wing had written back to let Blaze know that nightmares were just dreams and they'll pass. The reason that she was here was because one of the other Chaos Emeralds had been calling out to her. That, and she sensed Light Gaia was awake which meant Dark Gaia wasn't far behind which was never good.

Her best friend, Bolt the werehog was tracking Chip's chosen one as the seconds ticked by. Wing herself was now off to the school with her presentation and a copy of her book just in case any student had already read her book. She climbed down from the roof and into her room in the hotel, chuckling at herself for forgetting that it was night time and no one was at the school. She would head over to New Mobotropolis High School in the morning, in the mean time... she believed that she owed Silver and Blaze a long overdue phone call.

She dug her cell phone out of the pocket of her coat and dialed Silver's cell phone number. She hoped that she didn't wake anyone up when the phone rang. Thankfully, Silver seemed fully awake when he picked up.

"...I'll only be a moment Blaze," Wing heard Silver telling his wife before he addressed whoever was on the phone. "Hello? This is King Silver."

"Do you ever look at the caller ID rookie?" Wing replied with a laugh and Silver's old nickname.

There was a clatter on the other end, probably from Silver dropping the phone in surprise at hearing Wing's voice. It wasn't long before he got back on though.

"Wing! Geeze," His surprise and pleasure were obvious in his voice. "It's been years since you've called us. How have you been Gabriella?"

"I'm fine," Wing sat down on her bed as she talked to the kid who had grown up when she wasn't looking. "But the boys back home miss their 'Cousin Silver' if you know what I mean."

Silver laughed. "I figured they would!"

"I wanted to bring them but my book tours bore them," Wing informed Silver. "I'm in town because of my book tour and to give a presentation at one of the high schools around here."

"So we can expect a visit from you?" Silver knew what she was going to say.

Wing giggled. "You know me all too well rookie! Yeah, I'll try to drop by after the presentation. Hey, how's Marice doing Silver? Blaze wrote that he was having some pretty rough nightmares."

"Better," Silver sounded like he was glad she asked. "He doesn't wake up screaming anymore but he's still not getting much sleep."

"Hmm..." Wing was afraid of that, because nightmares like what Blaze had described to her didn't just vanish. "I'm sure he'll be fine Silver. If not, just let my Emerald use its light to get rid of the nightmares for him."

"Thanks Wing," There was a chuckle from Silver. "I appreciate the offer and we'll keep it in mind."

Wing heard a second voice on Silver's end but couldn't make out what it was saying.

"Well, I gotta go Wing." Silver sounded disappointed. "Blaze and the kids are waiting for me to come eat dinner. We'll talk more when you come by Princess."

*click*

Wing's ear twitched in annoyance at her title but she didn't have a choice. Silver was calling the shots now and she couldn't stop him. She tossed her phone onto her table and then slipped under her blankets into an uneasy sleep.

A old rp between me and my good buddy Wolfpup.