Day 2

12:00 AM

Ambulance

It was a dark, cold, night. Espio and Charmy sat next to their still conscious friend inside the ambulance. Charmy was still crying quietly. Vector slowly turned his head towards him. His eyes motioned as if he wanted Charmy to lean in. Charmy obeyed him and stood up to lean near him.

"It's not... Your fault... Charmy," Vector very quietly said. "Yes it is," Charmy replied quietly as well. "I should've known better not to go over there." Charmy had another tear come out of his eye. Vector closed his eyes. He didn't want Charmy to believe he was the reason he got shot, but he was starting to think that the so called fortune came true.

Soon, the ambulance stopped. Espio knew they arrived at the hospital. Once doctors got Vector out of the stretcher and into the hospital, Espio and Charmy followed.

"Is he going to be alright?" Espio asked a doctor inside the hospital. "Well," The doctor replied, "it might take a few days to answer that, since he's been shot. We will give you results soon." Espio nodded. "Thank you," Espio said as he turned around and leaved.

Once Charmy and Espio got out of the hospital, Charmy was still sadder than ever. "I should've listened," Charmy scolded to himself. "Vector's right, Charmy. It's not your fault," Espio comforted. Charmy looked up at him. "What are we going to do without him for a few weeks???" Charmy asked as another tear fell out. "We'll try to stay out of dealing with cases for now. I feel like we would just fall apart without Vector," Espio replied.

Charmy's head lowered down. He was stressed, traumatized, and felt horrible. "Let's just go home. We need sleep," Espio said. Charmy slowly nodded.

The two started to walk back to the office. Espio couldn't help but feel sad as well. His friend was really hurt. What would they do without him?

Day 2

8:00 AM

Chaotix Detective Office

Charmy was very tired. He couldn't sleep. He could only think about Vector. He could only think of everything that happened that night. That event went from the best party ever to the worst party ever. Charmy wished it was just a bad dream and Vector would come out from the hallway to remind Charmy to wake up, but it never happened.

Charmy got up to wash his face. He was done trying to rest. Once he turned off the faucet, it was really quiet. The whole office was quiet. Everything seemed dull without Vector. What would Charmy and Espio do? The answer seemed lost forever.

Charmy opened the door to look for anything to do outside. When he looked down, it made him feel much worse.

A newspaper. It wasn't any old newspaper. It was about last night. Charmy slammed the door shut. He couldn't bear another word about the night Vector had been shot.

"What's outside?" Espio asked Charmy. Charmy didn't say a word. Espio opened the door anyway and saw the newspaper. He picked it up and read it.

Charmy looked up at Espio as he read the newspaper. What is he trying to find?

Espio wanted to find about the assassins who did this. Why did they do this? Were they alone? If not, who told them to do this?

Espio put the newspaper down. He didn't find the answer. "The subjects are unknown," He said. Charmy just felt worse. First, his friend was hurt, and second, nobody knows who the assassins are?

"Why would they do this?" Charmy said in worry. Espio shrugged. "I don't know, Charmy, but let us not forget that they aimed for Mighty as well," He replied. Charmy forgot all about Mighty. He had been closer to Vector than Mighty because he hasn't been with them for years.

Then, Charmy started to see a flashback.

*BOOM**BOOM*

As Charmy suddenly jumped back into reality, he shivered. Espio saw everything.

"What happened?" Espio asked. "N-n-nothing," Charmy replied. "Come on, Charmy. Something obviously happened inside you. Why else would you shiver?" He said. Charmy couldn't hide anything. "I had a flashback," Charmy answered.

"Was it about Vector?" Espio asked. Charmy nodded as an answer. Just then, Espio remembered something.

"Charmy," He whispered, "do you remember what Vector said last night?" Charmy did not know what Espio was talking about. Vector had said a lot of things last night, so he shrugged.

"-but that didn't stop me, or my teammates. Whenever we get a case, we make sure it gets done," Espio repeated. "We make sure it gets done no matter how hard it is. That's it! That's the answer to our question! Vector had it all along!"

Charmy knew Espio was right. They had to finish this case without Vector no matter how hard it is going to be, just like he said in his speech.

"You're right, Espio!" Charmy said. "Let's finish this case once and for all!" He said as he lifted a fist into the air. Espio nodded.

"We need to go back to the hospital and talk to Mighty," Espio said. "Maybe we will get clues from him." Charmy nodded and the two left the office heading to Station Square.