Remember kids, stay in school. It will keep you from appeasing the few fans you think you have.


Song: Sadness-Sonic Adventure

Gibx and Xayr were running through the woods. Tails was right behind them with Blyxil on his back. The rest of the Chaotix followed. Xayr led them to a shack in the woods and opened the door. The plant girl known as Cosmo peered out. Her eyes lingered on Tails for a second before she blushed and looked away.

"Alright Cosmo. You're going with them." Xayr sounded as though he were sad to see her off.

"What happened to Blyxil?" She asked. Tails huffed. 'She cares for her kidnapper? Then again, she was unconscious at the time. She may not know what happened.

"Don't worry. We'll take care of him." Gibx walked over to Tails and took Blyxil from him. He and Xayr then ran off, leaving the Chaotix with Cosmo.

"Uh oh!" Charmy began to freak out. Mighty walked over.

"What happened?"

"Vector! He isn't here!" This caused Mighty to start freaking out. Knuckles looked worried. Tails faked a calm face, but he was inwardly screaming as well.

The only one who was truly calm was Sonic. "He can take care of himself. He isn't our leader for just anything. We should head back to base for now." He looked at them for a second, then they all headed out. Tails held his hand out for Cosmo.

Cosmo hesitated. "Your sister is waiting for you." Cosmo relaxed and took his hand.

Song: Conquest-Sonic Adventure 2

Vector found himself in a room without windows. He looked up and saw three figures. The purple chameleon, a tall, peach furred rabbit, wearing a red dress, and a purple haired bat wearing a black dress.

"You have allied yourself with our enemy." The bat stated simply.

Vector smiled. "I had a job to finish. He wouldn't let me until I did one for him. Simple as that. He got what he was looking for, so now all that's left is for him to honor his end of the deal."

The chameleon took out a kunai knife and held it up to Vectors chin. "And that would be?"

Vector hadn't even flinched. "He returns the girl he kidnapped." He paused for a second. "He also promised a profit." He expected the chameleon to accept his answer, but he didn't change his stance.

"You're not telling us everything. Talk." The rabbit came up to him.

"Now now… no need for violence." She turned to Vector. "Is there anything else in that deal you made with… him?" Vector noticed a change in her demeanor, but chose to ignore it.

"A friend of his is looking for a frog. An apparently special frog. We haven't negotiated that bit yet, so it technically isn't part of the deal."

The rabbit seemed satisfied, and her peaceful look returned to her face. Vector couldn't help but stare. But he was snapped out of it when the woman in black spoke.

"What if we told you that that boy was the cause of much trouble as of late." She paced around the room.

Sonic was walking around the house after a restless night. He was thinking about the events of the last six days. 'Just who are these people? The black hedgehog, he was tough. Why was he so strong? His speed isn't something to laugh at either. And the pink hedgehog, she was so graceful. Why am I seeing her like this? Wasn't she trying to kill me? And Blyxil, what are his motives?' As he was thinking, he ran into Tails. He didn't look too focused.

"Oh, hey Nick."

"Ok. What's up? You haven't called me by my real name in a while buddy. What's wrong?"

Tails snapped out of his trance. "Oh… sorry. I'm just thinking…"

"About the last few days?" Tails looked up.

"How did you…"

"I've been thinking too. What's Blyxil's reason for dragging us into this?"

"I don't know. But I've got a bad feeling about this. And Vector… He's still there." Suddenly, the front door opened to reveal none other than Vector the Crocodile, along with the purple chameleon from last night.

"People are dieing. People like us." The bat spread her wings. Her purple velvet wings. The chameleon and rabbit did the same. The chameleons wings were also purple, but the rabbits wings were peach colored. "And people like you." She showed Vector a photograph of a cloaked mobian holding a sword with people lined up, kneeling before him as he prepared to swing. "He is to blame." Vector was surprised, and scared. "He's done more than just killing." The rabbit looked away.

"That can't be right. I'm an excellent judge of character. Blyxil's troubled. I'll give you that. But… I'm sure he isn't evil. He wouldn't just forsake someone's life like that."

The bat gave a dark chuckle in return. "And how long have you known him before you gave him your judgement?" Vector didn't reply. He hadn't even known Blyxil for a day. "I thought so."

Vector looked up at her. "Well what about you? I don't know anything about you. And how much do you know about Blyxil before he began to… kill?"

The rabbit interrupted. "It doesn't matter! The point is we have undeniable proof that he's the bane of our world! What else do you need to know?"

Vector was silent for a while.

"Espio." The bat called out. The chameleon answered.

"Yes my queen?"

"You will escort the detective to his friends. You will join them and make sure they aren't up to anything. Keep them under control."

"Yes my queen."

"Hey! Wait just a second! What makes you think I'll let just anyone on my team!?" Vector complained. He wasn't gonna let himself be pushed around.

"He's good at camouflage. A great asset to any detective agency. And, should you bring Blyxil to justice, you will be rewarded." Despite Vector's love of money, he wasn't to sure about this.

"How do I know you aren't just fooling me?"

"Have we given you any reason not to trust us? Was it not Blyxil who kidnapped the girl? Was it not Blyxil who forced you to cooperate with him? Was it not Blyxil who nearly killed one of my greatest warriors?"

Vector silently acknowledged her truths.

"Your majesty, what about the other two cloaked figures?" Espio inquired.

"We have no proof that they took part in any of those crimes. We don't even know if they know about those crimes. They were all committed by a lone figure in a blue cloak. For all we know, they too are being manipulated. Just like the detectives."

Vector thought about his new information. "Alright. Let's get going. The sooner we start, the sooner we can finish."

Song: Seascape-Knuckles Chaotix

They were all in the meeting room. Vector was bringing the Chaotix up to speed. They felt betrayed. Knuckles was especially angry.

"Let's put that aside for now. As I mentioned, this is Espio. He will be joining us. He will be a welcome addition to our team. Now introduce yourselves."

The first to come up to Espio were Charmy and Mighty. Next was… "You can call me Knuckles. It's nice to meet you. But I won't be here for the next few days. I've got somewhere to be."

"It's nice to meet you as well." Espio then turned his attention to Sonic and Tails.

"My name is Nicholas, but you can call me Sonic."

"I'm Miles Prower. But I would prefer it if you called me Tails."

"It is a pleasure to meet the two of you." Espio said.

"Now that the introductions are out of the way… I'm going to bed.