Alright everyone, say hello to chapter 8!

Espio the Chameleon

Nicole followed me nervously through the bamboo forest. "Sally told me allot about the dragon kingdom after the iron dominion incident." She said. "How do you like it?" I asked her, squeezing between a tightly pressed together clusters of bamboo. She smiled, "it's as beautiful as she said it was."

We made our way towards the iron fortress. "Now remember Nicole," I said, "if they are working for Eggman, by now they would be heavily legionized. They won't only be armed with their skills... but weapons as well..."

"Espio!" I heard her cry out, I turned around. I didn't see her anywhere. I ran back the way we had came, "Nicole? Nicole!" I heard her call out for me again. I ran faster, driven by panic. I was too concerned about Nicole to hear the footsteps behind me. I felt some one kick me to the ground. I got up off the ground and turned.

No one was there. I felt something hit the back of my head. Everything went black.

Meanwhile...

Lightning Lynx pov

I took a step out of the warp ring Fiona let me use into the dragon kingdom. I yawned and stretched. I hadn't realized how tired I was till then. I looked around. I was in the iron fortress. I sighed and made my way down the hall way. I could hear music coming from Ghost's room.

I stood at her door, she hadn't noticed me yet. She was strumming on her guitar and singing softly to herself. She had a nice voice. "Hey Ghost." She jumped up in surprise. "MEOW!" she rolled off the bed and on the floor on the opposite side of me. She stood up quickly.

I laughed, "Did you just meow?" she looked a little annoyed. "No I barked. Of course I meowed! I'm a cat! What do you think I do?" I smirked and walked over to her. I sat on her bed. "So, what happened while I was gone?" I asked. She sat next to me. "Nothing much... dad visited... that was about it." I sighed and lay down on her bed. I groaned. "I am so tired." I said, closing my eyes.

"Well... then I guess I should wait to tell you..." I heard her say. I opened my eyes, "tell me what?" she smiled. "Well, we have some... news for you." I sat up. "What kind of news?" I noticed her lean in a bit. I didn't say anything. "Well... I'll let you decide when you hear it."

I closed my eyes, already feeling stressed. When I opened them, I gave her a smile and said, "well then, sweetheart, how's about you tell me where your sister is?" she blushed and started to giggle. "She's in her room." She said.

I smirked and stood up. "Thanks." I said. Once I was at her door, I turned and said, "Your music's sounding great, by the way." I gave her a wink and left. Leaving her to her thoughts.

I knew I shouldn't have flirted with Ghost like I did. I was the one who always told her I was too old for her. What I just did probably didn't help at all. And I also was in a relationship with her sister. Well, a secret relationship, but still.

Today though, I wasn't exactly in the mood to care. After seeing what had happened to my friends, and how broken Fiona was.

I finally reached Conquering Storms room. I knocked on the door. She opened the door quickly I smiled, "hey, darling... I ..."

She looked around quickly pulled me into her room. "Good your here!" she quickly closed the door behind her. She turned to me. I gave her a grin. "Ghost said that you had news for me..." I was interrupted again. She ran up to me and pressed her lips to mine. I kissed her back, wrapping my arms around her waist.

We stood like that for a while. We finally pulled away, gasping for air. "Sorry, she said. "I've just been really worried." I gave her a sad smile. "Why? What's wrong?" she gave a long, sad sigh, "well... my dad heard about you coming back... and he... wants to meet you" I looked at her for a while. "Lightning? You okay?" I blinked. "That's... that's not good." I said.

She smiled, "well, it could be a good thing too." She said taking a step towards me. "If we can convince him that there's nothing going on between us, we'll be left alone."

I looked at her for a while, and then smiled. I pulled her in for another kiss. "Alright," I said ", we'll make this work."

Ghost the cat pov

I lay on my bed and sighed. I closed my eyes and replayed the whole event in my head. "Well then, sweetheart, how's about you tell me where your sister is?" the way he had called me sweetheart! And then how he had winked at me! I opened my eyes. I was so in love. And I knew it was wrong.

He was with my sister. He belonged with her. But I couldn't help but feel confused. Why had he called me sweetheart? And why had he winked at me. I sighed. Just forget about it Ghost. Just forget about it.

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