Yes! Finally an update and new story! I wanted another story for this, but I couldn't quite find a good way to start it off...Anyways, copyrights; Espio, Vector, and Charmy (C)- SEGA and Kaity the Chameleon (C) me.

Summery: The Chaotix are summoned to solve a case of robbery...only it seems like nothing was stolen. From their client, the detectives gather that a robbery did happen, but the stolen object, a family heirloom, was returned before authorities could arrive. If it really is robbery, perhaps it was a mistake? Or did the theif have something else in mind?

Chapter 1: A Mighty Vine Theft

"And then Rose jumps me and starts stranglin' me. Then Amy tried ta get 'er off, but Jack threw Amy off and Rouge ended up savin' me, though I fell into a row of seats, but that's beside the point. I'm not really sure what happened for a while, I think I passed out for a while, but I remember cuffin' Jack and Rouge knockin' Rose out. And that's 'bout it." Kaity finished her re-telling of her case.

"Not bad detective work." Espio said, opening one golden eye from his place against a wall. "Even without our help, you found the criminals."

The younger chameleon nodded, "So, you haven't told me 'bout your little case." She looked over at Espio, expecting the story.

"He'll have to tell you later." Vector interrupted, walking into the Chaotix Detective Agency. "We just got a case." Both chameleons looked at the bigger reptile with interest. "He's gonna explain on the way, hurry up, his limo's waiting outside.

Both chameleons spoke in simultaneous surprise "Limo?" They spared only a second glancing at each other; obviously they had just gotten a wealthy client. The chameleons followed after Vector to a sleek, black limo waited out front. Charmy was already looking at everything within his reach as Espio and Kaity sat down in the limo.

"Whoa! What's this do? What's that? Vector, look at this! What's it do? Oooh, a TV!" the youngest detective looked eagerly around the limo, and settled on the TV which was changed to cartoons for the little bee. A middle-aged hound dog smiled at the little bee, and turned his attention to the three, more mature detectives.

"I'm sorry to bring this on you at such short notice, but it's a rather important matter." The dog began.

Vector shook his head with a smile, "It's no problem, now, what's this…artifact you were saying about?"

"Oh, yes, it's an heirloom of my family; it dates back to times of B.C.E."

Vector whistled, "Wow, and it hasn't fallen apart yet?"

The hound chuckled at the obvious joke, "No, no, it's actually in a stable condition. Worth very much on the market." The hound handed Vector a picture of the item in question; a necklace. A gold chain attached to an impressive amount of diamonds, crystals, emeralds, sapphires, and rubies, all dangling freely from their chain. The three reptiles stared at the picture in awe.

"That's a lotta gems…" Kaity murmured counting how many of each gem on the necklace. Three of each precious stone, twelve in all.

"Yes, there are a lot on the necklace, which is why I so proudly display it in my study. I'd always felt it was safe there, I spend so many hours in there, no thief would have time to come in unnoticed and steal it. But somehow, someone did."

"And you called the police, but they dismissed the case...you haven't told us why they dismissed it." Vector said, looking up at the ceiling thoughtfully.

"Well, I called the police as soon as my maid told me she saw someone going off with my heirloom. But when the police got there, the necklace was right there in its place."

"And the police assumed the thief had put it back." Espio added matter-of-factly

The old hound nodded, "Yes, it's the oddest thing. No security alarms were set off either during the robbery, and we have such a high-tech security system."

The Chaotix looked at one another, already the case was getting interesting. "We'll have to look around before gettin' to any sure answers." Vector answered, seeing the bloodhound open his mouth to ask a question. The limo drove up to an iron gate, clearly new, and down a smooth driveway before coming to a stop.

The hound nodded, "Very well, come in." The old dog stepped out, followed by the Chaotix after a few moments of trying to pry Charmy away from the TV.

OoOoO

"I don't think we ever got your name." Kaity said, as they entered through a pair of French doors and into a well-sized white mansion.

"Oh, yes, forgive my rudeness, my name is Edmund Hound." Edmund answered. A young bloodhound boy came around the corner in a hurry, hearing the older dog's voice.

"Uncle Edmund!" the boy said cheerily, hugging the hound. "Mindy said you were getting detectives to investigate. Are these them?" he asked, looking back the four detectives.

"They are." The older dog smiled, petting the bloodhound. He turned to the Chaotix, "This is my nephew, Thomas." He introduced.

Thomas smiled at the four. "Hello. I hope you can find out who tried to take Uncle Edmund's necklace before they come back for it."

The oldest detective gave a small smile and turned back to their client. "Where do ya keep the necklace?"

"In my study. This way, please." He answered, leading the detective up a flight of stairs and down a hallway carpeted with an intricate design of interweaving vines on a red background. "Mindy, my maid, saw the robber, perhaps she could be of help to you?"

Vector nodded and entered the study Edmund took the team of four to. An automatic instinct made both chameleons gravitate toward the necklace in question, looking over it carefully.

"I'll have Mindy come up right away." Edmund Hound said, leaving the group to their business. Charmy watched the older hound leave and Thomas come up. The bloodhound was staring at the ground, stepping only on the red between interwoven vines of ivy on the carpet. Charmy watched curiously, he flew over to the little canine.

"What're you doing?" he asked.

Thomas looked up, suddenly embarrassed of the habit. "It's sort of a thing I need to do…" he explained, looking back down to the floor and weaving through carefully. "I can't really help it…every time I come down this hall, I can't step on a vine. My uncle made a rhyme for it; step on a vine, count to nine."

Charmy chuckled, "Lucky for me, I fly everywhere."

OoOoO

Back in the study, Vector and Kaity combed the room for anything that would give away any detail of the thief's identity. Espio stood in front of the door, scanning to room carefully. 'A place for everything and everything in its place.' He thought, scanning the neatly shelved books, stacked papers and filed documents.

"So we're assuming the motive was robbery?" Kaity asked flicking through a file cabinet filled with various boarding school brochures in it.

"Seems like the only one right now." Vector nodded. Espio moved from his place by the door and studied the books on the shelves, multiple books on spine mending; which would explain how so many old titles were in perfect shape on the bookshelf, several medical books, books on poisonous creatures and a majority of fiction stories.

"Mr. Hound certainly loved to read." Espio smirked. His golden eyes cast down to a notebook that had been carelessly thrown on an easy chair in the study. It looked old, obviously someone had looked through it a number of times during the years. With a quick hand, Espio grabbed and hid the notebook to look through later.

"Hey guys." Kaity said, turning from the necklace they had been sent to investigate. "This isn't the same necklace."

If you think really hard about it (Or not so hard XD) You can already tell how the theif is, but maybe not a motive yet.