CHAPTER 10: Party Gem Stalkers!
Mystery a combo of Johnny RocketBooster's and Pandamonium's!
And before I begin, I will announce the order of the last mysteries:
SakuraDreamerz
Aakash98
Aj the Human
And then the finale will be written by me. Well…Actually, I planned to put Aj's mystery in the middle of the final battle…OOPS! Spoiler!
This is really looking epic, you guys! Onto the story!
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"Bolt!" The three detectives shouted, all of them darting out the agency. But Mephiles had already gone to who knows where…leaving no trace.
"This is bad!" Charmy said.
"Understatement of the century!" Vector shouted. "How many clients have gone missing this time around? Josh, Luke…and now Bolt!"
"The worst part is there's nothing we can do." Espio walked back inside the agency, surveying the damage done to the back room. "Mephiles might have jumped dimensions somehow. The most we can do at the moment is get GUN on the case."
"What good will they do? They've never done anything!" Charmy exclaimed.
"It's better than nothing…"
THAT NIGHT…
"Um…excuse me…"
Vector looked up from where he was analyzing notes to see someone standing in front of the main desk.
He was a dark blue hedgefox with spiked messy blonde hair and cerulean blue eyes; he also had three quills on each side of his face going straight up. He was wearing a dark yellow green t-shirt that said "I'm multitalented, I can talk and annoy you at the SAME TIME" with blue faded skater jeans, red converse high tops with black laces, and blue, black, and gray fingerless steel plated X-Game gloves.
"Can I help you?" Vector asked, sighing.
"I have something I would like your help on." The hedgefox said. "You see, my friend Amy Rose is being stalked. We haven't found any clues on who it is, but she has seen the stalker around a lot more lately."
"Is he by any chance a brown hedgehog?" Vector asked.
"No…that much we know. He has black fur." The hedgefox said, extending a hand. "I'm Moonlight Booster."
"We'll help you find the stalker." Vector promised.
"He was last seen in Emerald Town. Amy reported him following her around the mall there. He was wearing a hat pulled over his eyes…I've never seen this guy following her before…" Moonlight shook his head. "Here, meet me at my house tomorrow. Here's the address,"ere'H
He handed Vector a small slip of paper.
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Amy answered the door as the three detectives knocked the next morning. "Hi, guys." She said. "Thanks for coming."
They entered into a small living room and sat on a couch, facing a small loveseat that currently held Moonlight. Amy sat next to him.
"Did you ever get a good look at this guy?" Espio began.
"No…just that he has dark fur." Amy said.
"When did you begin to notice him?"
"About a month back." Amy said. "He was following me around the mall. He looked slightly familiar, so I think he's been following me a bit before that."
"Has he ever sent you notes or items?" Vector asked.
"I found a box of chocolates on my doorstep one day, but I never ate them. Sonic did. He came over and ate them all and then vanished. It's like he knew I had candy." Amy rolled her eyes.
"Right…so that's it?"
"Yeah. He's never come close to me or done anything threatening. But I just feel…unsafe wherever I go. I need you guys to find him and get him to leave me alone." Amy said.
"Sure thing! We can begin by luring him out!" Charmy said. "So you have to go shopping tomorrow and buy me ice cream!"
"That actually is a good idea…" Moonlight thought.
Charmy turned circles in the air, excited by the thought of more ice cream. "Yey! When do we go?"
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"Instead of ice cream, can I get coffee?" Charmy asked.
"No way." Amy sighed, glancing behind her. Instead of the mysterious stalker, all she saw was Moonlight.
The Chaotix had decided on a plan. Amy and Charmy would go and get ice cream while Moonlight followed at a safe distance. When he saw the stalker, he was to approach him and demand him to follow him. Moonlight would then lead the stalker to the other two detectives, where they'd proceed to question him about the case.
Moonlight winked and then glanced away, going to look in the window of a shop.
Amy and Charmy got their ice cream and then sat at a small table, trying not to draw any attention towards themselves. "This is good." Charmy declared. Amy could barely hold in her laughter at his ice cream-smeared face.
"I don't know who's having a better time…you with your ice cream, or me finally feeling safe?" She chuckled.
"Um…excuse me, Miss!"
Amy glanced down at a small cat. "Yes? What is it?"
"There's a guy over there that wants to talk to you!" The cat pointed towards the door and ran away.
Amy stood. "Think you can guard my ice cream for me, Charmy?"
"Sure!"
"I'll be right back." As Amy headed away from the table, she couldn't help but notice Moonlight wasn't in sight…
"Are you Amy Rose?" A figure in a hoodie said. His head was bowed, so she couldn't see his face.
"…Yes?"
"You want me to stop following you?"
"You…leave me alone!" Amy stumbled backwards, but his hand had wrapped around her arm.
"Oh, I'll gladly leave. For a price."
"Moonlight!" Amy shouted.
From out of the crowd, the hedgefox jumped over a table and slammed his fist into the stalker's chest, shoving him backwards. The causal conversations and talk that had been going on between customers was suddenly silenced as everyone watched.
"You're coming with me." Moonlight growled, grabbing the stalker's sleeve and hauling him up.
"No," The stalker said almost inaudibly before twisting Moonlight's arm back almost to the breaking point. Moonlight lost his grip and fell to the ground, allowing the stalker to escape out the door.
"Moonlight!" Amy helped him up. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine." He growled. "But that did not go according to plan."
He turned to face the crowd. "Go back to your business! Nothing to see here!"
The chatter quickly resumed. Amy walked back to the table she was sharing with Charmy, a bit surprised to find both his and her ice cream gone.
Before long the other two detectives came over.
"Well, we can give it another go tonight." Amy said.
"When and how?" Espio asked.
"There's a party tonight…a lot of people I know will be there. And I'm guessing you'd know a lot too. Want to come? I can almost guarantee that the creep will be there."
"He's more than just a creep…" Moonlight sighed.
"Yeah, he's a weirdo!" Charmy said.
"No," Moonlight growled. "I managed to see his face. I know who the stalker is."
"Who?" Vector demanded.
"He's my brother."
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Amy, Moonlight, Vector, Charmy and Espio arrived at a brightly lit house with music blaring on the inside.
"This the place?" Vector asked.
"How many other houses are this obnoxious?" Amy sighed, knocking on the door.
It was opened by a short, chubby panda about Knuckles' height. "Hi, Amy! Glad you could make it! Come in!"
"Sang-Yun, I hope you don't mind…but I brought along a couple of friends." Amy said. "These guys are Vector, Espio, Charmy and Moonlight." She pointed to each one in turn.
"Oh, good! This is really a party now!" Sang-Yun exclaimed, darting back into the house. "Hey, guys! Unexpected guests!"
"Sweet! Hey, Ames!" Sonic said. "Rouge, Knuckles and Silver are here too!"
"Silver?!" Vector glanced around just in time to see a flash of white fur as said hedgehog hid behind a chair. "You're under house arrest! That does not mean go out and join a party!"
"Why are we partying, anyway?" Charmy asked.
"Well, Shadow's locked up by GUN…" Sonic began, but quickly stopped once Rouge threatened to snap a chair like a twig over his head.
While Vector was chewing out Silver, the others began to talk amongst themselves until Rouge unclipped a beautiful diamond necklace from around her neck. "You won't believe what I got today!"
"Did you steal it?" Charmy asked.
"Of course not!" Rouge growled. "But I am willing to sell it to you at a reasonable price."
"Forget it, Rouge, no one here is that rich." Knuckles said.
"Make me an offer." Rouge said, placing the expensive piece of jewelry on the table.
"Nah, I'm good." Sonic ran off to the kitchen, probably to raid Sang-Yun's fridge. Silver and Knuckles followed.
Vector, Espio, Moonlight and Charmy all stayed together, muttering ideas about random things and people. Sang-Yun took a seat next to the necklace and examined it, finally saying, "I'll offer one thousand dollars, Rouge!"
"That's a joke, right?"
Sang-Yun frowned. "One thousand five hundred dollars!"
"For what? The chain?"
Sang-Yun stood again and muttered something about going to the bathroom before walking off.
"This is a great party!" Sonic exclaimed from the kitchen. "I found the ice cream!"
"OOOH ICE CREAM!" Charmy zipped after them.
"He's going to go into a sugar coma…" Espio facepalmed. He, Vector and Moonlight walked into an unoccupied room, mostly to get away from everyone.
"Remind me to lock all the things with sugar away when we get back to the agency." Vector sighed.
"I hate parties." Moonlight grumbled.
The three of them sat awkwardly for a few minuets before they heard Sang-Yun came back from the bathroom and exclaim, "Wow, did you really sell the necklace, Rouge?"
"No, it's right…" she trailed off. "The necklace! Where is it?!"
"Where were you for the past few minuets?" Sang-Yun asked.
"Right here, keeping an eye on those in your kitchen."
Vector, Espio and Moonlight had entered back into the main party room. "What's going on, now?" Vector asked.
"My necklace! Someone stole it!" Rouge wailed.
"Where's Amy?" Charmy asked, flying over with a huge bowl of ice cream.
"That's a good question! Amy!" Sang-Yun shouted.
Amy came running from another room. "I'm sorry…what?"
"Rouge's necklace is missing. Do you know what could have happened?"
"I was in there the entire time!" Amy protested. "Sorry, Sang-Yun…I found where you keep the éclairs."
"Why is everyone eating my food?" Sang-Yun pulled at his ears.
"Because you're hosting the party!" Knuckles shouted from the kitchen.
"Yeah!" Charmy added, shoveling ice cream into his mouth.
"Are you sure you didn't just pick up the necklace again, Rouge?" Espio asked.
"I'm certain!" Rouge exclaimed. "I wouldn't just lose something worth as much as that!"
"I never left the kitchen, so you can't blame me this time!" Silver growled. He was still in the said area, smothering some ice cream in fudge.
"Same here." Knuckles said. "We're witnesses for each other. But we can't say the same for Sonic. He left a few minutes ago and just came back."
"Bathroom," Sonic muttered, walking over towards the main group.
"Wait…" Espio said. "Sang-Yun was just in there."
Charmy snickered for seemingly no apparent reason.
"Be quiet, Charmy!" Vector growled.
"Sonic did it!" Rouge hissed. "Let me tell you that the necklace is worth more than you life! So hand it over before I-"
"Rouge!" Sang-Yun held her back from rushing into the kitchen and pounding Sonic to a pulp.
"You'd better run, Sonic…" Knuckles muttered.
"Where were you really, Sonic?" Espio asked.
"I was…uh…" Sonic blushed.
"He was talking to me." Amy spoke up. "Apparently I seemed 'worried and sad'. Let me say, Sonic…you're not the best at comforting."
"Oh? Sonic's talking to Amy instead of the other way around?" Silver grinned.
"Yeah, at least I'm not under house arrest!" Sonic hissed.
"As far as I know, Lover Boy's out of the question here." Vector could barely suppress a smile. "And as for Espio, Moonlight and I…we went into that room over there and simply enjoyed a bit of piece away from you people."
"Well, gee, thanks." Rouge growled. "At least I know that you're truthful. I saw you leave while the necklace was still on the table."
"What about Charmy?" Sang-Yun asked.
"I didn't do it!" Charmy said, licking the ice cream bowl he was holding. "There was too much ice cream to be eaten!"
"He didn't do it." Vector confirmed. "So that leaves…"
"Amy! Amy did it!" Charmy accused.
"Why would I do that?"
"Because you stole Sydney's memory card earrings! You might have done it again with Rouge's necklace!"
"Charmy, we don't have proof!" Espio sighed.
"I think she did do it." Rouge hissed. "Sang-Yun left for a while…and then I turned my back for literally three seconds and you were out of the room."
"I told you, I was talking to Sonic!" Amy protested.
"Oh, sure you were talking to him," Espio narrowed his eyes. "while you were stuffing Rouge's treasure into your glove." He pointed to Amy's left glove, where a small bulge was almost invisible.
Amy stared at the floor as she drew the necklace out of her glove. "I didn't think you'd notice." She said softly.
Rouge snatched it back. "Thank you." She said harshly.
"I didn't do it because I wanted to." Amy continued. "The stalker said he could be paid off. I was going to take the necklace and sell it so I could pay him to leave me alone."
"Yeah…that sounds like him, all right." Moonlight muttered.
"A stalker?" Sang-Yun asked, surprised.
"Yes. And if I were you, I'd act casual. I see him right outside the window." Espio turned to Vector as if he were talking to him. "Silver, is there a way out of the kitchen into the yard?"
"Yeah, why?" Silver reported.
"I want you, Sonic and Knuckles to charge outside. Keep the guy busy. We'll go out the front and get him."
"Flawless plan," Rouge muttered sarcastically.
"It's really all we've got." Espio said. "All right…go."
The three in the kitchen ran towards the door, shouting death threats and random war cries that sure sounded intimidating. Espio, Vector, Rouge, Moonlight, Charmy, Amy and Sang-Yun darted for the other door, throwing it open and running around the side of the house.
Silver had frozen the stalker with his power, Knuckles and Sonic standing nearby. "That went well." Sonic commented.
"You can release him, Silver." Moonlight said.
The stalker stood, rooted to the spot, for a few seconds more mostly out of fear. Moonlight grabbed him by the reddish shirt he wore and shouted, "What is wrong with you, Midnight?!"
"Oh, you realized it was me." The stalker, or Midnight, shrugged. "I was wondering when you'd come to that conclusion."
"What are you doing, stalking Amy like this?" Moonlight shook his brother's shoulders hard.
"Calm down, bro! I needed money. She pays me to stop following her, I get money to do with as I please. I need the extra cash…I haven't had a job in months." Midnight said.
"Well, you'll not be having one soon, either."
"What do you mean?"
"You're going to jail." Moonlight hissed.
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"Thanks for not arresting me too." Amy said awkwardly to the three detectives.
After the police cars had finally gone, Sang-Yun turned back to his group of guests. "Well, now that we've put a stalker in jail, that's a reason to celebrate, is it not?"
"Sounds good enough to me!" Sonic rushed back into the house.
"Sang-Yun has that cool whipped cream that you spray into your mouth!" Charmy exclaimed, quickly following.
"Eh…why not?" Vector shrugged.
"Thanks for your help." Moonlight said. "Here's all I can spare." He handed him a beautiful pearl. "I found it one day…I have no use for it. Hopefully you will. If not, you can always sell it for a good price."
"Thanks, Moonlight." Espio said.
Needless to say, Sang-Yun's food supply had greatly diminished by the next morning.
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That turned out better than I thought it would. Wow, these two mysteries really went hand-in-hand!
Thanks to Johnny RocketBooster and Pandamonium!
Next is SakuraDreamerz's mystery!
Hasta la Vista, Readers!
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