CHAPTER 2; Remember the Clues

TheFoxyNerd's mystery!

Because of shortened time tomorrow...I upload today. I may be dead by tomorrow night at 9:06 Eastern Standard Time. Or asleep. ca't tell at the moment...

Still time to send stuff in! I close by Friday, August 11!

Oh, and important announcement at the end of the story under the Author's Notes. I NEED THAT QUESTION ANSWERED!

"I think GUN is secretly working for Scourge!" Charmy said, wielding a fork like a sword. At his height…it would make an ideal sword, too.

"I think not." Vector said, grabbing his fork from the bee and eating his pancakes.

"Yeah, well, that's MY opinion!" Charmy protested. "And I think they're in cahoots!"

Espio just sighed and ignored the two and focused on his food. As far as he could tell, these pancakes hadn't just come out of the freezer…

"Vector, did you make these?"

"No. I thought you did."

The group was struck silent.

"Did…Did GhostKing actually make something edible?!" Charmy gasped.

"Yeah, with a little help." The group turned to see their boss flanked by cyborg lynx with light blonde hair in a messy bun. She was wearing a NOFX band t-shirt with denim shorts and black ankle high all stars. She had black eyes and light brownish orange-ish fur. She was wearing a black headband and had two golden hoop earrings in her ears.

"This is Sydney." GhostKing said. "She's a great cook."

Vector leapt up and grabbed Sydney's hand in a greeting. "Thank you! Thank you so much! Thank Chaos you've heard our cries of help! Our boss can't cook anything!"

GhostKing facepalmed.

"Oh. Well…uh…thanks." Sydney shrugged. "I have to go now. See you soon."

She left quite fast.

"Really?" GhostKing asked.

"What? It's true!" Vector protested.

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THREE DAYS LATER…

"Luke, we still haven't found out anything. Things like this take a while, especially when you're trying to not draw attention to yourself." Espio said into the phone.

"I know…I'm just worried. A lot of weird things are happening lately." Luke sighed. "I'll try not to call too much."

"We'll keep you updated on whatever we learn." Espio promised.

He had just set the phone down when it rang again.

"Hello?"

"I need your help!" Tails shouted. "My friend Sydney is missing! I haven't seen her for three days!"

"Uh…is Sydney by any chance half cyborg…?"

"Did you meet her before?" Tails asked.

"She came to the Agency and taught GhostKing how to make pancakes." Espio said.

"Oh, yeah, that sounds like her." Tails chuckled. "But she's gone! I don't know where she went, but I think it might have to do with her memory card. It's had probablems before and she's wondered off…I think it might have happened again and I need your help to find her!"

"Fine. We'll meet you at your lab in an hour." Espio hung up.

XxXxXxXx

They met Tails on his front porch, where he hurriedly filled them in with details about where Sydney last was.

"As far as I know…the last place she was before she went missing was with you." Tails said. "She could have gone anywhere…"

"We need to find her!" Charmy exclaimed. "If we don't, GhostKing will burn the Agency down! Come on, you guys! Hurry! Before that happens!"

"Where was she found the last time her memory card went nuts?" Vector asked.

"She was knee-deep in a pond, sort of staring at a water lily. The time before that she was in an abandoned building. She could be anywhere…but I've come to notice she's never around huge groups of people."

"Should we start searching the fields and such, then?" Espio asked.

"I guess so. I'll stay here and try to track her." Tails said, hurrying back into his house.

XxXxXxXx

The three detectives had been searching around the outskirts of the town for at least an hour. No sign of Sydney. Tails wasn't having any luck either.

They were keeping in touch with a device that resembled an iPhone, but produced a 3D image of the caller. These awesome inventions were given to them by Grock, a past client after they stopped his runaway robot that was taken over by something called the 'Weegee Virus'.

"Maybe she just started walking and never stopped." Tails gasped. "If that happened….she could be miles and miles away!"

"..Tails, I'm pretty sure that didn't happen," Espio said.

"Why? How would you know? You don't even know Sydney! You don't…nevermind. Why do you say that?"

"Because she's wondering around a field in front of us." Espio said calmly.

"I'll be right there!" Tails cut the link.

"Thank Chaos she's safe! Now let's get her back to the Agency and get her to make us cookies, and not the kind that are already made and you have to put them in the oven!" Charmy said.

They approached Sydney, who was holding a small flower and twirling it around in her fingers. There was a blank look in her eyes and she didn't seem to notice what was going on around her.

"Uh…Sydney?" Vector asked.

She glanced up at them and asked, "Sydney?"

"Yeah, you. We were looking all over for you! What happened?"

"Who's Sydney?"

"Never mind. Just sit down for a while, ok? Tails will get here in a few minuets and find out what's wrong with your memory card…" Vector sighed.

"Ok." Sydney sat down and smiled at the sky. "Look…it's blue."

"Oh man…I hope Tails can fix her memory card!" Charmy said worriedly. "If he can't…we're doomed!"

They waited a bit longer before Tails literally dropped out of the sky next to them, scaring Charmy so bad he forgot that he needed to flap his wings to fly and Espio grabbed two ninja stars from out of nowhere.

"Sorry!" Tails squeaked.

"Next time, just give us warning!" Espio growled.

"Ok!" Tails backed away from them and approached Sydney. "Oh, her memory card wasn't just messed up…it's gone!"

"What do you mean?" Vector asked.

"Those earrings she wore? Those were the memory card…well, cards. I've never seen them both just fall off…someone did this."

"Any suspects? Anyone that would be jealous about jewelry?" Vector asked.

"Well…Rouge would be, but as far as I know…she's never met Sydney." Tails shrugged.

"Anyone else? Come on, there's got to be someone-"

"And Amy!" Tails shouted. "That's right! Not two days ago she was muttering to herself about how Sydney has 'style' and 'all that'…and she was really interested in the earrings, which both Sydney and I told her a thousand times that those weren't just earrings, they were her memory card!"

"All right, that's a good lead. We'll start with Amy." Espio nodded.

"Sydney, come on!" Charmy said happily.

"Who? Where are you going? Can I come too?" Sydney followed them, occasionally straying off in the wrong direction.

XxXxXxXx

Tails knocked on Amy's door and stepped back. Within a few seconds, the door opened and Amy stood in front of them, a confused look on her face. "Can I help you?"

"Amy, I told you…those earrings were Sydney's memory card." Tails motioned to the cyborg lynx, who was currently exclaiming about how nice the world was.

"Whoa…no kidding." Amy almost burst out in laughter. "But what makes you think I did it?"

"Because you're wearing them." Tails growled.

Amy ducked her head in embarrassment. "Sorry, Tails! I couldn't help myself! They really were pretty earrings!" She quickly took them from her ears and handed them back to the fox. "I won't ever do it again!"

"It's ok, Amy. Just next time…listen to me." Tails shrugged and proceeded to reunite Sydney with the memory card.

She blinked a few times and asked, "Where are we and what happened? And who are you?" She turned to Amy

"That's Amy Rose. And I'll explain a bit later." Tails said.

"That ended well." Vector said.

XxXxXxXx

"Here. It's all I can spare for the moment, but thanks a ton!" Tails handed Espio a couple of twenties. "There's no telling how much trouble Sydney could have gotten into…thanks for finding her!"

With that, he flew off. Espio walked back inside the Agency and stashed the money in their safe.

That was when the phone rang. Since the others were all in the other room watching the Olympics or something, Espio answered it. "Hello? Chaotix Detective Agency."

"It's me, Luke." Came the voice on the other end. "And I think I found something out."

"What?"

"Scourge survived." Luke said softly, as though afraid of being overheard on his end. "And he's not working alone, as far as I can tell. I don't know if that means anything to you, but it's all I can say."

"Luke, this is really important. Probably the most important thing we've discovered so far. Good job. I have to inform my colleagues about this." Espio hung up and walked into the back room, where the group indeed was watching the Olympics.

"It has been confirmed that Scourge has survived." Espio reported, causing everyone to turn around and stare at him as though he were an alien.

"What?!" Vector demanded.

"He's still alive somewhere. And he's not working alone. Something tells me that we need to prepare for another attack."

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DUN DUN DUUUUUUN! Suspense! Again! Hurray!

Hope you liked it, TheFoxyNerd!

Next up is Species Unknown's mystery!

Hasta la Vista, Readers!

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

Anyone know who Silver's dad is…? I know it's a weird question…but can anyone answer it?