CHAPTER 1

"Scourge!" Fiona had cried out as she saw the green hedgehog falling to the floor after being punched in the face by the tall dark figure who stood before them.

The room was dark, dreary, and full of dust and cobwebs. They were in an abandoned children's orphanage that was located in the outskirts of Tech City.

While Scourge laid there on the dirty floor with blood coming from his mouth, he had looked up at the black monstrous figure who stood before him.

"How dare you!" He shouted angrily. "You are not to sire anyone without my consent!"

He slowly looked away from him and looked down at the floor. He gritted his teeth, "I'm sorry, Lord Dark..."

The black demon angrily looked down at him with his fists still clenched. He then saw the red fox woman kneeling next to him and resting his head on her lap.

She held him close to her and locked her blood red eyes upon Dark's. "Please", she begged. "This was my choice. Don't kill him."

The demon glared menacingly towards the two until a male gray fox stood beside him and spoke up while he shuffled playing card in his hands.

"Though it was a sudden and stupid move of him to do, my Lord. We do have to keep in mind that she is a weapon specialist after all."

A white male bat placed a finger to his chin while he sat on an old wooden crate. "Yeah", he added. "She could be quite useful to us."

A young white female rabbit with long white hair had placed her hands onto the white bat's arm. "I agree with, Sky-sama!" Her fangs had flashed within her smile, "Besides she's pretty! Let's keep her!"

Dark watched as Fiona held onto the green hedgehog lovingly as she tried to protect him. "...Very well. But this better not happen again..." He growled as he stormed away from the group. Leaving them all in the room.

Once he left, Fiona slowly helped Scourge from the floor. "Are you okay?"

He stood to his feet and wiped some of the blood away from his mouth from where Dark had punched him. He tried to form a small smile to let her know that he was okay. "Heh, don't worry. He barely touched me." He then watched as she hugged his body tightly.

"I'm sorry. I just wanted to be with you."

He placed his finger under her chin and made her look up at him. "Don't worry about it. I'm glad you're here, Fi."

Angel had arched an eyebrow, "You're lucky Lord Dark didn't kill you. I thought you knew we weren't allowed to sire mortals without permission?"

Scourge flashed his eyes over to the young rabbit girl while he held Fiona in his arms. "Well excuse fucking me! No one gave me a demon rule book or anything!"

Luthor had confronted the two while he continued to shuffle his playing cards. "Nonetheless, you do realize that you are now completely responsible for her right?"

He shifted his eyes over to the fox's in annoyance. "Don't worry, Luthor. I got this." He looked back to her and noticed that she was hungrily staring at Sky from across the room. He really got concerned when he heard a low growling coming from her. "...Fi? You okay?" He was then pushed to the side saw her charging her way towards Sky with her sharp fangs parted.

"Fiona, no!" He quickly grabbed her by her wrist and held her arm behind her back as he tackled her to the floor. She had then struggled to get him off of her while he held her down onto the floor. "Captain baby fangs is off the menu!"

Sky who didn't seem at all threatened by her had carelessly watched as Scourge tried to hold Fiona back. He rested his head in the palm of his hand as he fixed his yellow eyes onto them. "This is just pathetic..."

Angel held onto Sky's arm tighter as she watched Scourge trying to control Fiona. "Don't eat, Sky-sama! He's on our side!"

After struggling for a few moments, she had realized what she was trying to do and stopped struggling in Scourge's grip. Her eyes widened in horror while her heart raced inside of her chest. "Oh God...what was I gonna go?"

Luthor laughed under his breath. He knew she would go after Sky in particular just from the fact that he was the only mortal in the room and she could smell the blood in his body from a mile away. "This doesn't surprise me", he spoke while he placed his deck of playing cards back in the inside pocket of his black tailcoat. "You just turned her so I know she hasn't eaten yet. She needs to eat or else she won't be able to control her urges. She'll just aimlessly kill any mortal she lays her sights on."

After Scourge had helped her back off from the floor, Fiona suddenly felt weak in her legs and fell into Scourge's arms. "I feel so strange and weak..."

Scourge held her securely in his arms and stroked his fingers through her red hair. "Don't worry, Fi. I'll help you get through this. I promise."

The next morning at the Radiant Guard headquarters, Amethyst and the rest of the group were gathered in the lobby getting ready to take on another full day of work. Amethyst looked up at the clock on the wall and turned away as she placed her hands on her hips. "This is not like her. I've tried calling and texting her but I'm getting nothing."

Lydia who stood next to her looked over to her. "Maybe she just slept it?"

Silas had set down a stack of papers on top of the front desk. "What? And Riley too? I haven't seen her all morning either."

Kevin who sat at the front desk looked over to Silas in concern. "I hope they're both okay."

Amethyst bit her lip slightly and turned to the white female rabbit. "I'm worried..."

Lydia saw how nervous and worried she was getting and attempted to calm her down by gently holding her hand and caressing it. "Don't worry. I'm sure they're..."

The group was interrupted when a green female porcupine rushed through the doors of the agency.

"Amethyst!"

She turned to her in concern. "...Riley?" The pink lynx rushed over to her along with Lydia by her side. "Riley, where have you been?"

She had a panicked expression on her face. "It's Fiona!"

"What about Fiona?"

"She's...she's missing!"

The entire group then had worried looks on their face.

She began to explain, "I've looked everywhere for her. I even went to her apartment and she wasn't there. The entire place was trashed and the only thing I could find was her ID badge that was thrown onto her bed."

Amethyst had gotten even more concerned when she said that she was her apartment a complete wreck.

She slightly shook her head, "Even her backup emergency weapons...they're all gone!"

Amethyst had then began to assume the worst. She thought maybe she was kidnapped and the attacker found and stole all of her weapons. She placed her hand over her mouth in worry, "Oh God..."

Kevin just knew that something bad had happened to her. He stood from the desk chair he had sat in. "Damn it. This isn't good."

Silas looked back over to Riley in worry. "Something must have happened."

Lydia turned back to Riley and tried to remember the last time everyone had saw her and it was early yesterday morning while she was training in the training room. "Riley, you were the last one who saw her. Do you have any idea what could've happened to her?"

Riley thought about the last encounter she had with Fiona and had remembered that she had thanked her for being a good friend after when she was so angry while she was training. Her eyes widened in horror as horrible thoughts came rushing to her head. "She was so upset..."

"...Upset?" Amethyst spoke blankly.

Riley slowly looked back up at Amethyst and debated if she really wanted to bring up Fiona's hidden relationship with Scourge before he had disappeared and joined The Dark Alliance. She knew that Fiona wanted her to keep everything a secret but this was all falling apart so fast. She had to tell her. "...About Scourge."

Lydia arched an eyebrow as she heard Scourge's name slipping from her mouth. "Scourge? Why? She never spoke of him before to us."

Riley slowly shifted her eyes away from them and placed her hand on the side of her forehead as she still debated on telling them all the full story with Scourge and Fiona. She then saw Amethyst place her hands gently on her shoulders.

Her eyes were fixed upon hers. "Riley, if there's something you know, you need to tell us. Otherwise we may not find out what happened to her."

Riley took a deep breath as she started to finally explain, "This is what happened..."

The next day in Tech City, the Chaotix group were gathered outside of a fairly big college along with a big crowd of other people who were seated and facing a large stage that was set in front of them.

Joyce happily turned to the black and red male hedgehog who had sat next to her. "Oh Shadow, thank you so much for taking time off your busy schedule to come see Freya graduate from her college."

He turned to her with a small smile. "Hey no problem. Freya wouldn't stop talking about how excited she was to finally graduate so we all decided to come see her. We're all proud of her." He then felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned to the white bat woman who sat next to him. He then saw her suddenly placing a video camera in his hands.

She formed a small smile and winked towards him. "Make sure you get a good shot of Freya when she grabs her diploma."

A sweat drop appeared on the side of his head, "Why can't you do it?"

"Because..." She began to gently bounce the male baby black hedgehog on her leg while he had waved his little hands around in happiness. She arched an eyebrow towards him, "My hands are already full trying to keep your son quiet."

He then felt Joyce gently tugging at his arm. He turned to her while she had pointed at the stage in front of them in excitement.

"Oh! Oh! Here she comes!"

He raised the video camera up and watched as Freya walked on stage to get her diploma while she wore a long dark blue graduation gown. He heard Rouge, Joyce, and the others cheer for her within the crowd.

"That's my girl!"

"You go, Freya!"

"We knew you could do it!"

Once Freya had her diploma in her hand, she looked back at the crowd of people and made a wide and excited smile. Once she walked off the stage, she was tackled with a hug by Risa who also had on a graduation gown.

"Freya! You did it, girl!"

She tightly hugged the female yellow lemur in return. "Hey! You didn't look too bad up there yourself", she giggled. The two were then interrupted when they heard a fake cough next to them. They both turned to a male black wolf with red hair who had held a bouquet of flowers in his hands.

Risa made a teasing look towards the red ferret. "I'll give you some privacy with your man." She playfully pushed her over to the wolf and then walked off to talk with talk with her other classmates.

When Risa had left her alone with him, she turned to him with a small blush on her face. "I'm so glad you could make it."

"Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss this for the world", he held the flowers over to her.

She took the flowers and held them in her hands, "Oh Midnight, you're so sweet."

He wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him. "Congrats, babe."

"Thanks, Midnight." She had then leaned in and pulled him into a passionate kiss. The two were then interrupted when they heard Appex's voice.

"Okay you two. Don't make me get the water hose."

Freya and Midnight broke their kiss and turned to the group of detectives who approached them with happy looks on their faces.

Freya smile warmly at the group. "Guys! I'm so glad you came out to see me!"

Tonya smiled warmly towards her while she slightly leaned against Espio's chest while he had his hand on her waist. "We are so proud of you, Freya."

"Yeah!" Ker happily exclaimed. "We knew you had it in you!"

She smiled warmly at the group, "Thanks, guys!" She slightly looked around and didn't spot Shadow and Rouge within the group, "Hey where's the boss and Miss Rouge?"

While holding Spike in her arms, she turned to Shadow with a worried look while she saw him turned away from her while he talked on his cell phone.

He had his hand in his pants pocket and stood there with his back turned to Rouge while he spoke in a frustrated tone over the phone. "What? Now? Can it wait?"

Rouge didn't know what was going on but she had heard bits and pieces coming from the conversation. From how he had sounded, it didn't sound good.

"Fine. I'll be there as soon as I can."

When she saw him getting off the phone, she gave him a concerned look when he spun back around to her. "What's wrong, hun?"

He placed his hand on his forehead in frustration as he started to explain. "Sarah's calling for an emergency meeting down at her office. All Council members has to be there."

She slightly sighed, "...Can it wait? I mean it's Freya's graduation."

He slowly shook his head, "Sorry, hun." He leaned over to her and kissed her forehead, "Tell Freya I'm sorry. I'll catch up with you guys later" He held her hand before he started to walk way. "I love you."

A saddened look appeared on her face as she watched him walk away. "I love you too...", she spoke sadly under her breath.

Author's Note: Oh geez! Shadow is such a busy guy! And looks like Rouge has taken note of it! Wonder how she'll cope with him being gone so much? Hmm!

And here she is in all of her glory! New story! Hooray! Now this story does take after Whispers In The Dark so if anyone's a little confused, you might wanna go back a story and check into that. Anyway! This story will reveal many things! It'll reveal how Scourge and Fiona adjusts to the life of being demons together and it'll tell why Sally is such a raging bitch all the time. Also this will focus on Shadow and Sally's blossoming friendship...perhaps something even more...

Anyway, I'm really excited for this story, guys and I hope you all will enjoy it as well! Get ready! You're all in for a ride! See you guys on the flip side!

In The Next Chapter...

Espio: Something wrong, Rouge?

Rouge: Shadow's been gone so much. He's never around anymore...

Sarah: You are to assist Sally with her assignment to Acorn Kingdom.

Sally: You've got to be kidding me!

Shadow: I'd rather take a beating than travel anywhere with Princess bitch over here...

Sally: Abomination!

Sarah: Christ! You two are impossible...