Gardenia 95 here! Yeah, I actually didn't have much to do today, so I decided to update this story! YAY! Yeah, I might actually be able to finish this story, but it will take a while, especially how busy I am. Even if I didn't delete Ask Team Chaotix, I still would not have had time to update that, because it takes longer. Thank you Animanizanny for that wonderful review! :D For those who have been reading this, and actually want to continue...HERE WE GO!

Chapter 4

I shouldn't be here. I really shouldn't. Aurora thought as she sat on the couch. She thought about her enemies. About how they might arrive any moment, and destroy this pretty little...building. She came out of her thoughts when she heard footsteps, and her ears perked up.

"Awake at last!" A loud voice boomed. Aurora looked up to see a big green...crocodile. She felt so small, compared to his size. This must be Vector, based on what that nice organism named Charmy told me, She thought, but she still couldn't help being a little scared at those massive jaws.

"I'm Vector!" Vector said proudly. "And I'm a crocodile! NOT an alligator! I'm the head of this-"

"Vector, do you really have to do that all the time? Doesn't it get boring? Your speech, I mean," Charmy yawned.

"MY SPEECH AIN'T BORING!" Vector yelled.

"Is too!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Is not!"

Charmy blew a raspberry at Vector. Vector growled. "Do that again to my face, ya little pest!"

Charmy did. Vector growled again and began chasing Charmy around the room. Because Charmy's wings were not repaired yet, he was a little slower than usual, but faster than Vector. The two were having a fun time (at least Charmy was) until they heard a small, cute, little sound from behind them. Aurora was giggling.

"She's giggling!" Charmy exclaimed, as if he had never heard such a thing.

"No duh!" Vector said, and smacked Charmy on the head.

"I-I'm sorry," Aurora said and she stopped giggling. "I just thought that that was kind of cute. It reminded me of a little kid getting chased playfully by his father."

"Heh, trust me, that was NOT playfully."

"It wasn't?" Charmy whimpered.

"Anyways, sorry, I actually came to ya to talk to ya, Aurora, not chase Charmy. Anyways, tell me, where are ya from?"

Aurora looked at the floor. "I come from many places."

"Oh...um...well who are your parents?"

"I-I don't know. I have had many guardians. You see, my home planet got destroyed completely when my enemies found out that I had been sent away to another planet to be protected-"

"Woah, woah, woah. Hang on. Your enemies? Tell us your whole story. From the top."

"POPCORN TIME!" Charmy cheered and went to the kitchen to make some. He came back a few minutes later with a bowl of fresh popcorn.

"Well, okay, um. When I was very young, barely born, my mother sent me away to another planet to be protected from an enemy, or so I was told. That enemy was coming. When the enemy arrived, they got outraged, and they destroyed the entire thing. Basically, they tore the planet into pieces, so now it is only pieces of rock floating in space. Anyways, when I arrived at another planet, immediately, the species there loved me. I was told that I was found with a note, explaining what happened and who I was.

"Some months later, the enemy knew where I was, and the species on that planet sent me away...and that planet got destroyed, just like my home planet...The same thing happened to twenty-eight planets, and now, I ended up here. On my way here, I transformed into a lynx, hoping I would not get found. But I was. And any moment now, I could get caught, and you guys could get hurt. I don't want them to catch me staying here with you guys, because if they think you guys took care of me..." Tears welled in her eyes. "They'll destroy you...If they don't catch me with you, your planet will be saved."

"But why you?" Vector asked.

"Because...I'm a princess...of my planet."

"A what?" Vectors mouth opened wide. Charmy's eyes were like dinner plates.

"Yes. And in my planet, princesses have extraordinary powers, especially when they become queen. I just haven't found mine yet. I guess I could be called a queen now..."

"Your highness! We'll protect you, no matter what!"

"NO! You can't! If they catch me with you, and they manage to take me away, they'll destroy your planet! Or they'll kill you guys! I can't have you guys take that risk! And please...don't call me 'your highness'".

"Yes we will! We are Team Chaotix! Nothing can hurt us! No matter what you say, You're staying! And we'll even do this for free!"

"VECTOR! She doesn't even work!" Charmy squeaked.

Aurora whimpered. "Don't worry! Nothing will happen! And we'll fight back! I'll get all of Mobius ta fight!" Vector said.

"But there's one thing. My enemy said that they would use me to-"

"Trust me! Nothin' will happen!"

Aurora sighed. "A-alright." She didn't like the idea, but there was no convincing the stubborn croc.

"YAY! Our new team name is CAVE!" Charmy cheered.

Vector stared at him. "…...CAVE?"

"Yeah! Charmy, Aurora, Vector, and Espio!"

"...Eh, I kinda like Chaotix better."

"Fine then!"

"By the way, is your friend okay?" Aurora asked.

"OH! Espio! Right! Charmy! Go check!"

"Yes ma'am!" Charmy said.

"WHAT?"

"Nothing!" Charmy zoomed off to Espio's room.

"I can't just stay here for free, without doing anything. I can do chores for you, and I can cook—" Aurora began.

"YA COOK?" Vector exclaimed, his mouth watering.

"Y-yes..."

"Like what?"

"W-well, basically...anything..."

"ALRIIIIIGHT!" Vector pumped a fist in the air. Suddenly, Charmy came the living room, scared.

"Vector! Espio is shaking! And he's really hot!"

"WHAT?"

Vector ran to Espio's room. Sure enough, the poor chameleon was shaking so badly, but his eyes were still closed.

"Espio! Wake up! What's wrong?" Vector bellowed. Espio did not wake up. Vector felt the temperature. Very hot. Aurora came into the room. "Is everything okay?" She asked but gasped at the sight of Espio. "That-! NO!"

"WHAT?" Vector asked.

"I-I'm afraid that I brought that rare kind of disease with me...some of the the species on the last planet I was on had a disease that caused these kinds of reactions. They usually never survived..."

"What?" The scaly crocodile couldn't believe his ears. Was he going to lose Espio? "Now listen ta me, Espio! You're a fighter! Ya can fight this disease! You're not gonna leave us like this, do YA HEAR?"

Charmy began crying. "Don't leave us! Espio!"

It broke Aurora's heart to see Charmy and Vector scared for the life of their friend, but she was used to that, because she had to see that a lot on the last planet. A cure has not yet been made for this, but I can try...Aurora scrambled to the kitchen, and grabbed stuff. She began mixing random things that were used to cure regular fever in the other planet, but she mixed in some other special stuff.

"Charmy! He stopped shaking! But his heart beat is slowing down!" Aurora heard Vector say. She closed her eyes. The last stage before they...Aurora grabbed salt and a teaspoon of water, and mixed it in. Then she searched around frantically for sunflowers... They had no sunflowers...

"No! They have to have some!" Aurora cried. She couldn't stand to see another person die, and friends mourn over it. Charmy came into the kitchen teary eyed, and noticed that she was looking for something. "What are you looking for?"

"Sunflowers! I need some!"

Charmy wondered why she wanted sunflowers at a time like this. But he tried to grow a sunflower. He never had before, but he concentrated with all his might. Aurora watched in amazement as a beautiful sunflower grew on the floor.

"That! That's perfect!" Aurora exclaimed and grabbed it. She took off the petals and mixed them into the "medicine". She rushed over to Espio's room with the bowl.

"Ya can't leave!" Vector was shouting. "I'll kill ya if ya die!" He noticed Aurora coming in with a bowl of something. "Now ain't the time to be thinking of food!" He snapped at her.

She ignored him. She opened Espio's mouth, and poured in some of the "medicine", hoping it would work. And they waited, and waited, and waited. And finally, Espio's heart stopped completely.

"What—what did ya do?" Vector gasped. "Ya killed him!"

Aurora dropped the bowl in shock. "I don't understand-"

"Ya killed him! Espio was right! Ya are a murderer!" He yelled, and swung a fist at Aurora. She barely had time to dodge it, when Vector swung again. He narrowly missed her.

"No! I-"

"Quiet!" Vector said, and aimed for another punch. She ducked. As she moved back, she felt herself get cornered. Vector snarled in an evil way. "No way for ya ta escape!" Just as Vector was going to attack, Charmy cried, "Vector STOP! Espio is alive! He's waking up!"

Vector turned around, and saw that this was true. Espio's eyes opened slowly. His breathing was back to normal, and his temperature was going down.

"ESPY!" Vector cried, and pulled Espio into a rib-breaking hug. "You're okay!"

"Vector...I can't...breathe!" Espio gasped. Vector released him, and then turned to Aurora, who had her mouth open in shock. "Ehehe, Listen, I'm sorry 'bout what just happened. I didn't mean ta."

Aurora fell to the floor, and began crying. "I-I can't believe it...It worked...It actually worked!" Vector picked her up, and gave her a big hug. "Thank you so much! Ya saved 'im! But, how did ya know what ta use? Ya said that in the other planet, there was no cure."

"I used a combination of many home made medicines." She replied.

"And I helped!" Charmy said proudly. Aurora smiled. "Yes, he helped. I find it wonderful that he can grow flowers. Thank you, Charmy."

"And she's only six! Like me!" Charmy added.

Vector's jaw dropped. "No way!"

"Yes way!"

"Yes, I am six," Aurora confirrmed.

"Ya see, Espio? She saved your life!" Vector told the Chameleon, who stared at his bed sheets. "Thanks," He muttered. Aurora smiled.

"Vector! My wings?" Charmy finally remembered. Vector snapped his fingers. "Oh yea! Bring me the glue thingy."

Charmy sped off to get it. "Seriously, I don't know how ta thank ya! Yeah, really sorry 'bout attacking ya..." Vector told Aurora.

"That's alright." She turned to look at Espio. He still looked too weak to move, but he was alive. Now with that problem gone, Aurora wondered how they were going to defeat her biggest problem of all. That was when she felt it. A loud ringing in her ears, of that voice she hated so much.

WE HAVE FOUND YOU!

Suddenly time seemed to slow down. Aurora jumped. She pushed Vector to the floor, just as a bomb exploded above his head. The window shattered. Glass showered them both. The room caught on fire. Another bomb was set off on the side of Espio's room. Espio yelled in surprise, and he fell off the bed.

"Espio!" Vector yelled and picked him up. The chameleon wasn't hurt. "Can ya run?"

Espio nodded weakly.

"Heh, I don't think so," Vector said and began to run out of the room with Espio in his arms. Aurora was following closely. He then heard a cry of pain. Charmy!

"CHARMY!" Vector shouted as another explosion was heard in some room. Aurora dashed to Charmy's room, ignoring Vector's shouts of "HEY!"

She found Charmy in the corner of the room, cowering and screaming with something in his hand. Aurora ducked just in time as the window exploded. "Charmy! Come!" Aurora extended her hand towards him, but he didn't take it.

"CHARMY!"

"I'm Scared!" Charmy whimpered. "Why are we getting attacked?"

Without answering, Aurora grabbed his hand and sped out the room. As she made a dash towards the door, the ceiling came down, blocking their path.

"Vector! Espio!" Charmy shouted. There was no sign of them in the office. A piece of wood came tumbling down. Aurora let go of Charmy's hand and they separated as the wood fell right where they had been. Another bomb went of on Aurora's side, and it blew her forward. She screamed.

"Aurora!" Charmy shouted. He rolled out of the way as another piece of wood tumbled his way. The office was on fire. Flames scorched their bodies on all sides. Charmy began gasping for air. He tried calling his friends once more, but nothing came out, except for a few coughs. Aurora searched around desperately for a way out. Then she saw the window! She grabbed Charmy's arm, and headed straight for the window, only to be blown back by a bomb. The two kids cried out in pain. Charmy fell unconscious. Aurora couldn't even move. A piece of the ceiling fell on her, and she gave one last cry of pain before she fell unconscious. The last thing she saw was a dark figure heading towards them.

The enemy, the cloaked enemy leader, stood watching from a cliff. He smiled. "I hope that served as a warning for them."

Yeah, so this chapter was sort of... "meh", as some say it, and possibly a bit rushed, and short. I had so much to write, that I sort of made it all fit in six pages...and yeah. Hopefully next Chapter will be better, and hopefully I update soon! Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's out there! ^-^