Finally, another chapter.

Chapter 7: Questions, No Answers

"So, are ya gonna tell me now?" Charmy asked, leaning over toward Kaity. Kaity looked straight ahead, then back to Charmy.

"No, not yet." Kaity said. "When we're some place safe." She assured.

"The train isn't safe?" Charmy asked.

"Nope, the guy could be on here, waiting to kill us." The chameleon answered in a low tone. This did scare Charmy for a bit and kept him quiet long enough to reach Station Square.

"Will ya tell me now?" the bee asked as soon as the train rolled away.

"Fine, the guy the chameleon was talking about was hiding behind us."

"He was!? How'd ya know?"

"I'm also a chameleon, Charmy."

"And?"

"Never mind, let's get back to the agency."

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Espio and Waffle walked back to Station Square with Waffle latched to Espio's arm. "Today wasn't too eventful, was it?" Waffle said.

"Nope, not at the least." Espio agreed with a sigh. "Maybe the others did better."

"Yeah...maybe. But, at least we got a suspect." Waffle smiled.

"From forty years ago. He could be dead by now." Espio pointed out.

"Well, yeah..." Waffle's voice quieted considerably. She stopped suddenly. Espio stopped with her.

"What's wrong?"

"That car..." she said fixing her eyes on a blue convertible. She walked over and looked at the inside, running her hand along the leather seats.

"Waffle, we can't steal a car." Espio said.

"No, this is that car that almost hit you." Waffle said, examining the interior.

"Yeah...it is..." Espio observed. "And look," Espio pulled out a license from a small compartment. "Devin Anaconda." Waffle took the license gently as if it would break at even the littlest amount of pressure.

"So, still think he's dead?" Waffle asked with a grin.

"I'm startin' to think otherwise." Espio shrugged. The chameleon mentally noted the license plate. "Come on, we better go." He said, pulling Waffle away from the car and toward the Chaotix Detective Agency.

OoOoO

Vector and Snow waited patiently as the other two teams arrived back at the Agency. Each pair told about what had happened.

"Each family was a bit crazy." Vector observed.

"Most families are crazy." Espio mumbled.

"The ones killed also were killed over a girl." Waffle pointed out.

"We don't know for sure, that chameleon guy was pretty paranoid." Kaity shrugged. "However, that anaconda was mentioned in both stories."

"Ya think he's out guy?" Snow asked.

"I dunno, but let's not check 'im off the list so fast." The gang searched their stories for another possible suspect.

"But the almost-hitting-me-with-a-car thing is kinda incriminating." Espio put in after a moment of silence.

"It could have been an accident." Charmy shrugged.

"No, that car was dead set on hitting Espio, I could tell." Waffle said darkly. A small silence came over the room. Kaity looked over her shoulder, she wasn't sure why until she looked. The black chameleon from before, John, stood outside.

"I'll be right back..." Kaity said quietly and headed toward the door.

OoOoO

The female chameleon quietly closed the door and away from a window.

"Okay, what is it?" she asked the black chameleon.

"I wanted to come by and see if I could help." John said.

"You can talk now?" Kaity asked in a surprised tone. John nodded. "Well, what do ya mean by 'help'?" Kaity asked.

"I'm starting to remember a bit more...from my death."

"Really? That can actually help a lot!"

"Yes, I don't have a clear look of who killed me, but it looked like a snake of some sort."

"An anaconda?" Kaity asked, excitement building inside her, but she refused to show it.

"Maybe..." John said thoughtfully.

"Anything else?"

"No...Not right now..." He lowered his voice. "Not while they're watching."

"Who?" Kaity asked. The chameleon didn't bother to show her.

"It's better if they don't know you're aware of them." He said at last. "But remember, others will do anything to stop the truth of this case." He turned to leave but stopped when Kaity suddenly spoke.

"How am I able to see you? My friends can't, but I can. Why?"

"Something must have happened to you if this isn't a normal thing."

"Believe me, it's not."

"Well, for now, you must use this gift to help us." With that, he disappeared

"I'd hardly call it a 'gift'." She said to the air, "More like a curse." She muttered hatefully. Kaity wasn't aware, though, of the ones watching her from the shadows.

I'd be kinda freaked out if I knew some guy was watching me. Maybe it was a good thing the black chameleon didn't tell her...I guess he kinda did actually...oh well. That Devin guy is gettin' a bit suspicious...