(C) on chapter 1.

Chapter 2: An Old Evil Returns

Snow spent the next half an hour explaining what happened. The five listened carefully to the story. "And that's it." Snow finished. (Yeah, I'm too lazy to make a complete story.) There was a knock on the door before it came open. It was Vanilla. She looked like she hadn't slept in days.

"Vanilla, what's wrong?" Vector asked, guiding Vanilla to one of the two green couches inside the Agency. The rest of Vector's team sat at the opposite one, leaving a space big enough to fit Vector.

"He-he took Cream!" Vanilla sobbed.

"Who took Cream?" Kaity asked.

"My ex!" Vanilla cried. Espio, Charmy and Vector sat quietly, Malice 'Blackjack' the Rabbit, they had a couple dealings with him in the past. The most recent is when he shot himself, refusing to go back to jail.

"Didn't he shoot himself?" Espio asked.

"No, he apparently escaped six months earlier and had someone pretend to be him."

"Do you know who?"

"No."

"Don't worry, we'll find Cream." Vector smiled, putting a reassuring hand on Vanilla's shoulder.

"How'd you know he did it?" Espio asked.

"Cream came into my room and said her father was there and they were going to spend time together."

"So...she just went with him?"

"Yes. I mean, no! Well...kind of..."

"You didn't do anything to stop him?" Vanilla shook her head as new tears formed in her eyes.

"I'm a horrible mother!" Vanilla cried. Vector slapped Espio in the back of the head.

"No you're not, you're a wonderful mother." Vector said. Snow, who had been standing behind the Chaotix listening, now went over and hugged the rabbit.

"It's okay." She shushed, "They're gonna find her."

"Yeah, don't worry, we'll catch this guy." Vector put in. Vanilla looked deeply into Vector's warm cinnamon colored eyes.

"Thank you detective." She smiled. Vector got Vanilla's side of the story while Kaity and Charmy went to investigate Vanilla's house. Espio and Waffle found Malice the Rabbit's police file. Snow stood in the middle of it all, watching the detectives work like she wasn't even there.

"Hey, Snow, ya wanna help us?" Vector asked as soon as Vanilla left. Snow nodded. "Okay, go catch up the Kaity and Charmy and help them look over Vanilla's house. If Kaity complains, tell her I sent you."

"Got it." Snow said and dashed off in the direction she had seen Kaity and Charmy go.