CHAPTER 11

Meanwhile, Ker had wandered into a huge room that was full of books. It almost seemed that he was mesmerized by how many books there was in the room. His mouth dropped at the sight. He never thought in his life that he was surrounded by so many books. "Whoa", he spoke in amazement. "A library..." He began to wander around the huge library. He came across one of the bookshelves that was full of old and dusty books. One of the books had caught his eye. The book was a faded and thick black book with no title on it. He reached out to it and took it off of the shelf. Once it was placed in his hands, he opened it and began to glance through the pages.

His eyes were full of amazement as he skimmed through the pages. He read some of the descriptions and realized that the book had told of the life and history of humans. It even told of past wars. "What?" In interest, he eagerly glanced through more of the pages.

After when he was finished looking through the book, he placed the book back on the shelf. He turned away from the bookshelf and observed around the library. "...This mansion...was it once owned by humans? Just how old is this mansion anyway?"

"Much older than you I'm sure."

Startled, he turned to where the voice was coming from. He had then looked upstairs within the library. There he caught sight of a male brown owl who was looking down upon him from the balcony. "...Zeak..."

Zeak crossed his arms and made an evil smirk towards him. "It's been awhile, demon."

Ker stepped back when he saw him jump down from the top floor and stood in front of him. He stood in a fighting stance at the sight of him. "What do you want? And where's Tikal?"

A chuckle escaped from him. "Like I'd tell you."

"Well if you won't tell me, I'll have to beat the answers out of you", he spoke as his eyes began to glow.

When he held up his clenched fists, the black fingerless gloves he wore had electricity flowing around them "I won't hold back, demon." He had then began to charge towards him.

Meanwhile back in the sewers, Espio had dodged yet another acupuncture needle Ace had threw towards him. 'I have to be careful', he thought. 'Every needle he throws is full of poison. If I get hit with one, it'll be enough to take me down and it'll be all over.' His eyes widened when he saw him throw another needle in his direction. Before the needle could even hit him, he had ducked just in time making the needle barely touch him.

Ace made a frustrated look. "Damn you!" He yelled angrily. "Why won't you stay down!" As he yelled, he constantly continued to throw more needles at him.

Espio continued to dodge his poisonous needles, "Enough is enough!" When he dodged another needle, he took out a small shuriken star and threw it towards him.

Aces's eyes shot open when he saw the shuriken star being thrown in his direction. He quickly got out of the way and allowed for it to completely miss him. His body hit the floor when he had dodged it. Before he could attempt to get off of the floor, he saw a handgun being pointed at his forehead.

Espio stood in front of him holding the gun tightly in his grip and his finger resting on the trigger. His angry eyes locked onto his. "It's over." His angry expression soon formed into a confused one once he heard him suddenly chuckle.

His chuckling had turned into hysterical laughter.

Espio's blood boiled with every chuckle he made. "What the hell is so funny?" He asked in a growl.

He began to reply when he had tried to contain his laughter. "You're so pathetic, Espio. Acting all big and bad. You and I both know that you could never have the balls to kill me."

As her remained silent, he gave him a hateful glare, "...You know what? You're right."

In confusion, he watched as he took the barrel of the gun away from his forehead.

With the gun still in his hand, he slowly kneeled down in front of him. "What you did to me and my girlfriend...you deserve nothing but the worst." He murmured to him in a low but hateful tone. "You deserve death. But you know what? I am a ninja. I follow my own path and my own code of honor. And I know I don't have to sink to your level to make you suffer and to feel the same pain you've caused me."

He watched as he leaned closer to him and whispered to him, "All I know is you're lucky Tonya lived. If she didn't, we would not be speaking right now."

With a shocked look on his face, he watched as he started to walk away from him. "Wha-What? Where the hell are you going? Don't...don't walk away from me!"
Espio continued to walk away and didn't bother looking back.

"E-Espio! D-don't you walk away from me!" He began to yell, "Bastard!"

Meanwhile, Kuroi quickly dodged a strange oncoming black aura that came in her direction.

When Nails saw her dodging her attack, she held up both of her hands that had a black aura around them towards her.

Kuroi's eyes widened when she felt like she had lost all control of her body. It felt like her entire body had froze. "Wha-what's going on?"

"Let's try this again", Nails growled as she started to step closer to her. "Where is Tikal?"

She gave her a hateful glare. "Let me go, you bitch!"

She had stopped in her tracks and gave her a menacing look. "Looks like we have to do this the hard way." She held her hand up towards a plant vine that was on the wall across from her.

Kuroi's eyes widened when she saw the plant vine strangely starting to move on its own. She saw the plant vine come towards her and wrap around her wrist.

Nails had used other plant vines within the room and made them magically seek out to Kuroi.

Kuroi struggled to get free but couldn't. She watched as three more plant vines came towards her and wrapped around her other wrist and ankles. Now she felt completely helpless. She couldn't move her body at all. She was trapped. She tried to get free but it was no use. She watched as Nails confronted her with an evil yet sadistic look on her face. Just staring at her expression towards her had frightened her somewhat. "Wh-Who the hell...what the hell are you?"

"...A very pissed off witch", she growled angrily.

Her eyes widened in disbelief. She was a witch? A real witch? She never thought in her life that she would encounter one. "A...witch?" Before she could say anything else, another plant vine had came at her and had wrapped around her neck tightly. She gagged and gasped for air as the plant vine tightened around her neck.

"Now I won't ask again", she growled. "Where is Tikal?"

She continued to gasp for air as the plant vine tightened around her neck. "I-I...don't know..."

Nails didn't hesitate to loosen the plant vine away from her neck. "...Don't lie to me. I'll kill you right now."

The plant vines continued to get tighter and tighter around her neck.

"And I don't go back on my threats."

"I-I don't know. I swear!"

After looking at the way she had said it, Nails figured she didn't know where Tikal was after all. She sighed heavily and released the plant vines from her body.

She dropped to the floor as soon as the plant vines released from around her neck. She kneeled on the cold floor and had her hand gently around her neck while she coughed and gasped for air. She paused when she had heard distant footsteps. She glanced up and saw the black bat woman angrily walking away from her.

As she paced away from her, she growled, "You should be fortunate. You live...for now."

With a now terrified expression on her face, she watched as Nails stormed out of the room.

Meanwhile in the monitor room, Kiba stood in front of the many video monitors watching the Chaotix detectives roaming around their underground base. His eyes caught sight of a black bat woman storming down one of the long narrow hallways. He was caught off guard when the live video feed was shut off. He then watched as the rest of the monitors showed nothing but static. He lightly bit his lip as he scowled in frustration. Suddenly he couldn't help but to form a slight smirk. "Looks like they're not as stupid as I thought", he murmured as he turned away from the monitors that were full of static. "No more hiding", he spoke as he walked towards the door. He placed his hand on the doorknob and gently opened the door. "Time to finally settle this little dispute", he spoke as he walked out of the room.

In The Next Chapter...

Jess: Guns girl...

Rouge: What you did to Vector...to us! Unforgivable!

Shadow: Sky...

Sky: Who is more superior? Vampire or demon?

Tikal: No! Stay away!

Author's Note: Sooo I came back!...AGAIN! I know a lot of you probably thought I disappeared off the face of the earth and would leave the story like this forever...naw that's not the case. I had a busy year and couldn't get around to writing like I wanted to but it's all different now. I have returned with new chapters, new stories, and new characters. You all can get an idea from me by visiting my profile page to see what I mean. Anyway, I hope you guys can forgive me with my absence. But this time I'm not going away for awhile. Count on it! ^.^