The sun peaked over the horizon, casting the first rays of daylight over the Ring. All was calm and quite at first. Then, inside a tidied little house decorated with a row of yellow flowers in front, a bedside clock flipped it's numbers from 5:59 to 6:00. The music started instantly, though some might refrain from calling it music. The sudden roar shook the room, waking the Vixen who had been lying topless in the bed. She reacted by rolling over and pulling her blanket up over her head. She let out an expletive before grabbing her pillow and whacking the clock with it. Both items crashed to the ground, the clock making considerably more noise. Then the clock radio in the kitchen went off.

"Look alive, Sunshine..."

She swore again.

"109 in the sky but the pigs won't quit. You're here with me: Dr. Death Defying! I'll be your surgeon, your proctor, your helicopter. Pumpin' out the slaughtermatic sounds to keep you alive."

She sat up and stretched her arms out. "I'ma freakin' murder that radio."

"A system failure for the masses, anti-matter for the master plan! Louder than God's revolver and twice as shiny! This one's for all of you rock'n'rollers, all you crash queens and motor babies! Listen up!"

She jumped out of bed and grabbed a shirt, walking out of the room as she put it on. "I can here you loud and clear, you motherf-" She tripped and fell down the stairs, letting loose a constant stream of profanities.

"The future is bulletproof! The aftermath is secondary! It's time to do it now and do it loud! Killjoys, make some noise!"

By the time she reached the kitchen, the song was half way through. She punched it and it turned off. The house fell silent. Then there was a knock at the door. She slowly stepped to the door, wondering who would know where she was. She moved to the Ring to get away from everyone and everything. Had someone found her?

She opened the door to see a Lynx, taller than her and with a far better build, and a short overlander wearing a green coat. The overlander smiled, though it was a fake smile.

"Hello, Li Moon."

"Go away."

He stepped forward. "No, no, no. We're not leaving. Let me lay it out for you. Either you do as we ask or we beat you, tie you down, and burn your house down on top of you."

Li Moon growled. "Then make it quick. What do you want?"

"First, allow me to introduce myself. I am Colin Robotnik. I'm sure you've heard of me."

"Name doesn't ring a bell. Who the hell is she?" Li Moon indicated the Lynx. Both looked somewhat surprised.

"She's... the Conquering Storm... you're from the Dragon Kingdom, you should recognize her."

She laughed. "Right... one of those Raiju thugs. That's all you guys are now, isn't it. Hired thugs trying to claw your way back out of obscurity?" She sensed the Lynx's anger beginning to boil over.

Colin broke back in before she could start at anything. "Listen, can we come in."

Li Moon smiled briefly, quickly replacing it with a scowl. "Oh, uh... No. Tell me what you want or get the fu-"

"Revenge."

She coughed, unsure what he meant. "Revenge?"

He grinned maliciously. "We're offering you a chance for revenge."

"Forget about it. I'm not going back to the Dragon Kingdom. The Iron King and Queen are too strong for me anyway. There's no way I could-"

"That's not what I mean." He shook his head and sighed. "No... think about it. Why did you leave the Dragon Kingdom? The place you always called home?"

She remained silent, not wanting to give into it.

"Who was always there to stop it? Who wasn't there that one time?"

"Don't..."

"Who abandoned you when you were waiting for your hero?"

She couldn't take it any longer. "Khan."

"No. Not the Monkey king."

This surprised her. How did he know who she looked up to. Scratch that, who she used to look up to. "Sonic?"

He chuckled. "You're not as smart as you look. I mean Miles Prower. He's the one who abandoned you, let your world crumble around you. He's the one who didn't save you."

"What do you want from me, hairless freak?"

"I know why he wasn't there. I know who held him back. Who kept him in this place, and kept him from rescuing you."

"Right, and who would that be?"

"Fiona Fox."

Li Moon froze. She had heard that name years ago, the last time she had met Miles... Tails. He had come to the Dragon Kingdom with his friends Sonic and Sally to help Monkey Khan defeat the Iron Dominion. They had stayed with her and her grandfather at the time. Later, they had told her of an encounter with Fiona. Sonic had let slip that Tails had a thing for Fiona.

Li Moon felt like she was burning up. At first, she thought it was anger and rage, but then she realized it was jealousy. She realized that he was right. She wanted at Fiona, but not for the reasons Colin thought. She wanted Tails, loved him even, and Fiona had kept him away from her.

"Where is she."

Colin smiled knowingly. "She lives just down the street from you." When she immediately began to move out the door, he put his hands up to block her. "Hey, not so fast. We need you to follow her around, find out what she's up to."

"So, keep it quiet?"

"Yes... Conquering Storm will go with you."

Li Moon looked over at the Lynx, suddenly remembering that she was there. "Why do I need her?"

Conquering Storm spoke for the first time. "Because I actually am as smart as I look."

"I also had her bring some Gears for the two of you. It'll help with transportation."

Li Moon watched as Conquering Storm unstrapped the two hover boards from her back. She handed Li Moon one of them. "The orange one's mine, you can have the pink one."

Colin bowed. He had intended it to be a mockery, but Li Moon bowed in response. He turned around and walked away. "Now excuse me, as I must return to my empire."

Once he was out of hearing range, Conquering Storm snorted in the direction he had gone. "His empire, indeed. His uncle only keeps him around for nostalgia." She looked at Li Moon briefly before slapping her on the back of her head and walking inside. "Let's get to work. I want to get out of this hole in a week at the most."

The young Vixen followed her in. "What? We have a week?"

Conquering Storm turned to look at her. "No, I just want to be done within a week."

"And you get to decide that?"

"Yes, I'm in charge here. You have a problem with that?"

Li Moon closed the door behind her. "No. Of course. You're in charge. It's just my house, that's all." She rolled her eyes while saying that last part.

The Lynx noticed this. She laughed, shaking her head and sitting on the couch. "So there is a problem. You wanna talk about it?" Li Moon sighed and shook her head, taking off up the stairs. "No? Should I watch out for a knife in my back? Poison in my tea?"

Li Moon called from the second floor. "You can't have any of my tea!"

She stretched out across the couch, getting herself comfy. "How about an apple?"

"I don't have any apples!"

"Of course you don't... Get down here! We need to get started!"

Li Moon stomped down the stairs and sat down in a chair across from Conquering Storm. "So, what? Just sneaky our way around, acting like it's nobody's business, following Fiona all over town?"

"Yes, pretty much."

Li Moon shrugged. "Then I know what I'm doing. But I'm not starting this early in the morning." She stood up and there was a small, sharp popping sound. Conquering Storm tried to stand, but fell on the floor. She looked up to Li Moon, who was now standing over her and holding a gun with a silencer stuck on the end. She smirked at the fallen Lynx. "And you're not gonna make me. By the time you wake up, you'll be tied down, beaten, and left in a burning house. Even if you escape, I'll be long gone."

Then Conquering Storm blacked out.

Author's Note: The song that plays on the radio first is just supposed to be generic screaming music. The second one is the first track from Danger Days, the fourth studio album by My Chemical Romance.