Chapter 2

The area was cold, and I could already feel the desperate need of getting out. Someone managed to frame me for a terrible war crime, and there was undeniable proof, so there was no way of me getting out. I thought these kind of things were only possible in the movies. Only "dangerous criminals" such as myself and the ones working here were to know that Prison Island had been rebuilt. One of the guards working there opened a cell that was very empty, and only a black fox could be seen in it. He was in some kind of meditating stance.

"So what's this?" I asked the guard.

"We figured that it would be safe to have one of few women here with this guy. I dunno why, I'm just doing as I'm told. But whatever, it's cute to see two foxes share the same cell." the guard said.

I walked inside the cell right away without resisting. I wasn't here to cause any problem, unlike most real criminals. I sat down on the bed in the cell, looking at the black fox for a little while. I was a bit scared that someone would hurt me here, so I was too shy to talk to anyone. But after a while I decided to ask this fox a question.

"Hi... what's your name?" I asked carefully, being afraid that he would cause any strong reactions and hurt me.

I got no answers from him. All he did was to keep sitting there and meditate, ignoring everything around him.

I looked at him for a while being amazed over how calm he was until I got interrupted by a guard saying it was lunchtime. I stood up and walked out of the cell. I turned around and looked back on the fox, wondering why he stayed there instead of going to eat.

"It's like he doesn't exist... he pays attention to nobody and nobody pays attention to him. But how?" I said to myself.

"Because the guards are all a bunch of chickens, that's what!" said one of the prisoners behind my back. I almost got scared to death and turned around, looking at the man in the face.

"All that guy's doing is to sit there and rot away, but the guards are are scared that he might pull off some stunts just because he used to work at the G.U.N Counter-Terrorism Unit. I wouldn't mind kicking his ass by suprise if he wasn't so boring." he said.

I wasn't really the mood to make friends with a criminal who actually deserved his punishment, so all I did was to shrug and go away to eat my lunch. I kept walking until I bumped into a big muscular human. He gave me a big smile that was probably one of the scariest things I've ever seen.

"Hey, new guy... I mean girl. I have a favor to ask of you." he said.

"Not interested. Go find someone else." I replied.

He delivered a powerful punch against my head, causing me to fall on the ground. I was about to cry, but I had decided not to show my weakness to a common criminal. I tried to keep in mind that I was better than him, I was innocent. I gave him and angry glare trying to show him who was better.

"Listen here, bitch. It's not hard. To begin with, what's your name?" he said.

"Fiona Fox. Now what do you want?" I asked.

He dropped a shiv to the ground and looked at me with a smile on his face.

"You're a fox, and a woman, wich makes things easy... kill that black fox for me. You're the one he'd least expect. He thinks he's so much better than me just because he worked for G.U.N. Kill the bastard, and I'll repay you. It's easy."

I tossed away the shiv, looking at him angrily.

"I refuse. Go kill him yourself if you want him dead so much. Or could it be that you're afraid?" I said.

Before I had a chance to react, he kicked me in the stomach. Then he delivered a punch right to my face. I tried to crawl away in order to survive, but before I could get away he put his foot on me.

"No one says no to me! Especially not a retarded red-furred bitch! Remember this..." he said.

He grabbed my head and hit it to the ground. I had lost conciousness. And no guard was left there to help me. I was powerless to do anything.

I could feel something soft. I opened my eyes and found out that I was in the bed in my cell, late on the night. I wondered who could have put me here. I couldn't imagine anyone who would be caring enough to put me in the bed and relieve me from the pain I felt earlier. I didn't even feel dizzy or anything. But I was a bit sleepy, so I closed my eyes and tried not to worry about the kind of nightmares that could haunt me after such an event.

I heard a loud cream that woke me up several hours later, early in the morning. I wondered what all the talking could be about.

"Someone killed Nick!" one prisoner yelled.

"But how? There's not even a single wound on him!"

Since the cell was open, I walked out of the cell to see what they were talking about. I tried to get through the whole crowd to see what was going on. I could then see what had happened. Someone had killed the prisoner who tried to force me to kill the black fox. I could come to the conclusion that it was the same person who had put me in the bed, but I had no idea who that could be. I did my best to keep away a smile, since I'd only end up being suspected if I did smile. I walked back to my cell and lied down on the bed, looking up at the roof.

"I guess I should be thankful." I whispered to myself.

Suddenly out of nowhere I heard a loud noise, most likely an explosion. I stood up and looked around desperately to see what was happening. Several prisoners entered the corridor and shot all the guards nearby with modern high-tech weapons. I couldn't believe a riot had started on my second day in Prison Island. Since I wasn't as guilty as everyone thought I was, I decided to run away from trouble instead of causing it just like everyone else. It felt like I was slower than anything else and that I couldn't run away from all this trouble that was caused. I managed to find a room that I was safe from gunfire or other trouble. At least that's what I thought until about three humans appeared and looked at me in a scary way.

"Could it be that she killed Nick? After all, she's the one Nick messed with last night." one man said.

"Who cares, let's kill her. I hate foxes anyway..." replied another man with a knife in his hand.

I tried to find an escape, but this room was a dead end since the door leading to the next room was a new high-tech door that was now locked. All of the men ran towards me. I didn't want to die. I had so much to live for. As they rushed towards me, I screamed in terror more than I had ever done before. Just when I thought my life was over, the prisoners stopped themselves when hearing a small bouncing noise on the ground. They looked down and saw some kind of grenade.

"What the..." they all said before being interrupted by the explosion of the grenade, filling the whole room with smoke.

All of us coughed too much to pay attention to anything. I tried to escape now when I had my chance, but I couldn't see anything, causing me to bump into one of the prisoners. He quickly grabbed my throat with one hand and held me against the wall, holding a knife against my throat with his other hand. When the smoke started to fade I could see some kind of silhouette of a fox with two tails. His eyes were glowing red with what looked like some kind of rage. Because of the tails, I came to the conclusion that this was my cellmate, but I had no idea how he could be so scary after looking so calm before. He walked a few steps closer, then stopped himself. He breathed heavily with a furious face expression, as if he'd be suffocated by his own rage.

"I've been pretty cold lately. Your fur could help me with that." one of the men said smiling, while walking one step closer to the fox.

Another man walked closer to him, laughing a little.

"Is this a wierdo or what?" he said laughing.

The fox delivered a kick fast as lightning against the men, giving away some kind of loud furious wailing noise. Both of them had been knocked out in one hit.

"You... let the woman go. Now." the black fox said, cracking his knuckles.

I now realized that this fox was the one who had been so kind to me. He was the one who had taken care of me and killed this Nick person. When the man who held me as hostage only laughed at the fox's threat, he grabbed me and pushed me away. He looked angrily at the criminal. The fox removed his prison shirt and tore off the pants. He stood in some kind of fighting position without moving a muscle. The criminal raised the knife in the air and ran towards the black fox. I wondered why the fox didn't run away or pick up any weapons from the dead bodies. But all I could do was watch. I thought the black fox was going to be killed. But he wasn't. He hit the criminal at least fifteen times, screaming in the same way he did before. But he didn't hit the man with clenched fists. Instead he had pierced his body by striking it using only two fingers every blow. I knew that the fox I had met was not someone to joke with.

"Who exactly are you? What's your name?" I asked him, since he didn't seem to have anything against me.

"Name? I don't even have a proper name anymore. But you may call me... Night." he replied.

I smiled a little, realizing that I could be comfortable with this fox as long as I knew how to behave.

"So why did they lock you up here? You look more like a hero than a bad guy to me." I asked.

"Basically, I was starting to fall apart, so I left G.U.N without telling anyone. And someone managed to find out that I had done some illegal activities with the Eggman empire."

"Why would you do that?"

"To get some answers... such as finding out a little of my lost past, since someone or something erased my memory a couple of years ago. But look at me now, I know exactly who I am. But I have no intentions of babbling about it at a time like this."

Night walked towards the door, and to my big suprise he managed to break it open with a powerful kick, then he ran off. I didn't want to be here for a crime I didn't commit, so I decided to follow him.

"Why are you following me?" Night yelled while running.

"Basically, I was framed for a crime I didn't commit. Kinda like in your avarage clichéd action movie." I replied.

The place was like a maze, but it was easy to get out of the prison thanks to several walls being blown apart because of the riot. When we were outside I stopped myself after seeing several areial units guarding the place. I didn't move a muscle, since I didn't want to get shot. Night stetched out his hand to me.

"Put your hands up in the air." he said.

I wondered what he was planning, but I decided to do what he said. He jumped up in the air and started to spin his tails, then he grabbed my hands and lifted me up in the air. I was quite suprised that he was able to fly like that, and that he managed to carry me. He flew with a lot of precision so that we wouldn't get detected. It actually made me feel kind of guilty because I was having fun and enjoying the view while he was struggling to carry me long enough. After a little while he landed and dropped me on the ground, close to a boat on the beach. I explored the boat a little until something came to mind.

"But... this is only a one-man vehichle. Only one of us can fit there." I said.

"And that will be you. I'll find another way out." Night replied.

Night crouched, and ran off, far into the darkness. I had no idea why this fox had been so kind to me, but I knew that I owed him one now. I would never forget the kindness of this fox.


I suppose I got nothing to add here, since I've already mentioned what characters I do or do not own and no new characters have appeared. Well, there is Nick... but he was a nobody who died in his sleep anyway. And I might as well say again that Night belongs to me, especially because he's a character that represents and is a lot based on me. You might not see chapter 3 in a while, since I have some research and other things to check or learn that's going to be useful in the series. But oh well, you could either stick with these or read something else while waitnig.

Oh, and I obviously would LOVE to have some ratings and reviews.