Hey guys! Not much is happening here except I'm sort of coming to a writers block on this story. (Crowd boos) But don't worry! I'll have an idea hopefully really soon.

Disclaimer: Dark-Illusion-Detective does not own any of the Sonic Characters nor does she own Sega. She does however own Amelia the hedgehog, Sinister the hedgehog, Ocean the armadillo, Avril the bat, Flame the swallow, and Angel the butterfly.

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Chapter Fourteen: Realization Part Two

Charmy felt like he was floating; he didn't know it at the time but in reality, he really was floating. Dr. Dead smirked as the bee floated in the blood red aurora of the two moons that shinned through the dark clouds. His eyes glittered with pure hatred and happiness, maybe it was because he had Charmy exactly where he wanted him to be, or perhaps it was his plan on what he was going to do to the small bee that made him cheerful.

"Finally... the day has come. My revenge will be fufilled!"

The demon couldn't have been any happier, he chuckled insanely until something caught his attention. A branch had snapped and soft voices were heard in the distance. Dead growled angrily as he slipped into the darkness and darted toward where he heard the disturbance. As soon as he left Charmy fell onto the ground. Hard.

"Owww..." muttered Charmy as he sat up and opened his eyes. He seemed alert as he looked around quickly, "w-where am I? Tails? Wave!? Sinister??"

No reply. Charmy sighed and stood up. His small wings fluttered and he flew into the air a few feet.

"This is just-"

Charmy stopped as he looked toward a very large, burnt tree; a small figure could be clearly seen behind it, but what made him stop was the color of the figure's eyes. They were an ice green color that made his blood freeze and made him feel like a giant icecube. But despite the coldness that the pair of eyes contained, there was a flicker of hope, of a person that needed help. And he remembered the Honey Water Policy; never to turn down anyone who needs help, no matter what.

"H-hello?"

The figure stayed behind the tree, but her eyes locked onto Charmy rather than staring at thin air.

"Hello? A-are you okay? D-do you need help?"

When the figure stepped out from behind the tree, Charmy landed on his feet out of shock. In front of him was a young butterfly that couldn't have been any older than he was, and he could tell that she was scared. She had pure white wings that were outlined with thick black marks that looked almost similiar to long scratches that could be caused by claws, and she wore a black robe that had ice blue markings all over it.

She nodded and seemed sad as she looked at the moon. Charmy walked over and she backed up slightly.

"It's okay. I'm here to help. Can I help you with something? ... Can you talk?"

"... it is not permitted for me to speak..."

Charmy found himself entranced in her soft spoken voice; her voice resembled an angel's, one that is very rare in the darkness and horrid places of Hell... it made him wonder, why was such a soft spoken girl here anyways?

"I grant you permission to speak."

The butterfly looked at Charmy and she seemed to smile slightly, "thank you Charmy Bee... I am at your service..."

Charmy smiled as he replied, "I-I don't need any help... I just... um..."

"Dead took you away from Mobius right?" she giggled as she saw Charmy nod. "Follow me. I know where your friends are."

"You do? How? Do you know me??"

The butterfly's eyes stared at the ground and suddenly ice began to form where her glance met.

"... I do. I know where they are because... it's a talent I've always possessed. As for how I know you, I am not allowed to speak of such a sensitive subject."

"Sensitive? You mean as in emotional? Like-"

The ice shattered like glass would if it was hit hard enough. It melted rapidly and a pool of dark blue formed. The butterfly smiled sincerely, "Charmy Bee... let me take you into a time where things are simple... where everything... or almost everything... will make sense."

She held out her hand and her eyes held a blaze of hope. Her wings spread out and thanks to the dark blue light that illuminated from the pool, it made her brilliant white wings appear to be a different color. Charmy was still confused; could he trust her? What if she was an apprentice or something to Dead?

"Charmy Bee?"

Charmy looked at her and she seemed scared, almost frightened. Something inside the bee made him want to protect her, he took her hand.

"Okay. Take me to where you're talking about... um..."

"You shall know my name soon enough. As for where... don't you mean when?" she asked as she walked into the pool, gently pulling Charmy into it as well as though she wasn't capable of a huge amount of strength. The duo began sinking and Charmy yelled out of surprise, but at the same time he felt himself get a deja vu as they vanished from the surface of Hell.

The darkness that had surrounded the duo lifted and revealed a place that was very large; a palace was visible and all around the place were guards. One thing caught Charmy Bee's attention however and that was the guards, everyone around, were in fact bees just like him.

"W-when are we? Better yet, where are we?"

The butterfly was nowhere in sight and for a moment Charmy felt panic spread through his veins. It was a trick! The bee wanted to scream out how horrible the young anthro was to trick him, but something caught his eyes. It was a pure white butterfly, no black anywhere on her, but the ice green eyes convinced him to follow her.

The grand doors opened and inside Charmy stopped as the butterfly walked toward the wasp and honey bee that were beside the crib. Charmy realized that the butterfly seemed confident, bold, a lot braver than she was when or where he had met her. Charmy flew over and was shocked to see that no one yelled at him, no one even glanced at him.

"This is a palace, maybe I'm too-"

"Ah, Angel... What news have you brought to us?"

"No good news, that's for a fact Master," the butterfly, Angel, replied quietly as she got down to one knee and glanced up at the honey bee.

"What bad news have arrived?"

"The forces are failing. They're not going to be able to hold up for very long. Master, if I may make a suggestion, perhaps-"

"If you mean to tell me to abandon my kingdom, I shall not."

"B-but Master... Mistress, surely you-"

"I am sorry Angel. I can not accept your offer if it means taking me away from my husband," the honey bee quietly said. She lifted a small bundle from the crib, and Charmy's eyes widened when he saw a pair of all too familiar honey colored eyes stare right at Angel.

It... it was him as a baby!

Angel's eyes gained a spark as she quickly explained, "may I take Charmy Bee away from this place? It is no place, nor the time for a young child to bare witness to such horrors. Please Master, Mistress, with your permission I wish to take Charmy away, to spare him."

Charmy looked at what he suspected to be his mother and father, he felt horrible to see his mother's sad and horrified face, while he felt solemn as he saw his father's thoughtful look spread across his face.

"What will become of his future? Who will he be raised by?"

"I don't quite know. Only time will tell us. If all else fails, I will raise him as my own."

"You aren't even six and you wish to take Charmy?"

Angel nodded, "I can't watch him suffer if he winds up being a survivor. He will be too young to remember anything if I take him, and if he does remember, I will make sure he doesn't. The less he remembers the better in this case."

Charmy's parents looked at Angel then at the small bundle in his mother's arms; the pair of large honey colored eyes seemed to make his mother cry softly as she handed him to Angel.

"Make sure he has a family..."

Angel smiled kindly, "do not fret Mistress, I'll make sure he's got the best friends and family a person could ever wish for. I promise. I cross my heart and hope to die if I am lying or if I fail you."

A hand was placed on Angel's shoulder and she looked up and asked, "what is it Master? Is there something more?"

Charmy saw his father smile a slight boyish smile as his father replied, "don't be so hard on yourself. And do not punish yourself if you wind up making a mistake. We are after all only mortal, that is what we live to do. Good luck..."

Angel smiled as she whispered, "you have my word... Time Freeze."

Everything suddenly froze in place, as though she had frozen everyone but she gracefully walked to older Charmy. She took his hand and smiled.

"I-I don't understand... I-I'm a prince?"

Angel nodded as she rubbed one of her attenaes, "yes. You are Prince Charmy Bee. And I was to be your servant, your mentor... everything you'd ever needed."

"What happened next?"

Angel frowned and she closed her eyes as the scene turned dark and she held younger Charmy in her arms tightly. She let go and a copy of herself caught the younger Charmy and smiled at the baby.

"I will stay here and watch with you. You may need an explanation... perhaps not. Not that I'm underestimating your intelligence or anything..." Angel trailed off as the scene unfolded to one that Charmy remembered being told almost a million times by Vector. It was his favorite bed time story.

The scene turned very dark but a few lights of street lamps lit the scenery nicely; the bright moon was lingering over Westopolis and a crocodile and chameleon were quietly walking in the streets.

"Nice Vector. We're suppose to get a new place to stay and we're lost," muttered Mighty as he suddenly darted up to Vector and Espio. Charmy smiled as he saw the fifteen year old Vector, as tall and broad as usual, only with a completely different pair of headphones hanging off his neck. Espio, who must've been eleven, looked adorable and to Charmy, like the Espio that he wished he had gotten to know better when he was younger. And then there was Mighty, he was a little taller than Espio, but he carried around two boxes that was marked, Stuff For New Place. Charmy laughed at that; really, who would label their stuff like that? Obviously the Chaotix back then did, but Charmy fell out of his laughing fit when he saw a brilliant white and gold light appear in front of the trio.

"Whoa! Vector what is that?!" asked Mighty as he clenched his hands into fists.

Angel, or the clone of Angel, appeared in front of the trio, holding baby Charmy in her arms. Vector blinked along with Espio, and for a long moment no one spoke.

"Who are... is that a baby?" calmly asked Espio as he stood on his toes to look at the sleeping bee. Angel nodded.

"Yes. Please... I need your help."

"How can the Chaotix Detective Agency be of assistance?" asked Vector after a long moment of pondering over the word 'assistance'. Angel giggled.

"I would like you to watch over this young child. His name is Charmy, and I can't take care of him..."

Angel held out baby Charmy to the trio. Vector and Espio looked a bit confused but Mighty took him in a heartbeat.

"We will. And do you need any help to find your mother and father?"

The butterfly looked down as she smiled, "no thanks. My mommy and daddy aren't around anymore."

"An orphan? We can take you in."

Angel shook her head quickly, "n-no! I mean someone is taking me in. There is nothing to fear you three. I thank you... but may I have the privillege to know your names?"

"I'm Vector, this is Mighty... and this is-"

"My name is Espio," the young chameleon quickly said as he held up a kunai as though saying he was dangerous and to beware. Angel smiled at his cuteness.

"It is a pleasure to have met you. I will get out of your way so you can resume what you were doing."

Angel stepped aside and said, "Time Freeze."

Once again everything froze and Angel's clone walked toward the duo and faded away with a sly smile on her face. Charmy was amazed, Vector's bed time story for him had been true after all... he really was given to the trio when he was baby, every detail Vector had ever told him had really happened; he looked at Angel who was crying. Charmy frowned; he suddenly felt something horrible had happened.

"What's wrong?"

"It... it is something that happens shortly afterward. Something that could've killed me, and made me instantly fail at my duties as your servant."

"What happened?" questioned Charmy as his eyes widened without him really meaning to look surprised or scared.

"... I rather not say, for if I told you then bad things would happen. Time would be set off course."

Charmy nodded, actually glad he had no idea why she was crying. He then asked, "how old are you exactly?"

"Mentally I'm over sixteen years old, physically I'm only six years old, and emotionally I might as well be over thirty."

The bee just blinked as the scenery changed and Angel held out her hand, "I am sorry if I showed you the wrong thing... I know that the Chaotix are like family... possibly better than what your parents were able to provide."

"It's okay Angel. I'm just glad I know where I came-"

There was a scream; a female scream, and along with that was a pained shout. Charmy's attenaes perked up until they were perfectly straight, "Espio!" he shouted as he looked at Angel. "Take me back to Hell! Espio is in danger!"

Angel frowned, "I know..."

"How?"

"I thought you would know me after I demonstrated my power... but if you don't... that's fine."

She took Charmy's hand and the duo disappeared out of the darkness of the Westopolis streets.

-- Hell's Fields of Fire --

"Espio!" shrieked Sinister as she was sprawled on the burnt fields of Hell; her hands were quivering and bleeding heavily as her scythe was just out of reach of her hands, Dead had a grin that would make anyone faint on the spot, and his long, clawed fingers were drenched in something red. Blood perhaps?

Dead laughed hysterically as he looked at Espio who was on the ground, almost ten feet away from Sinister; he was motionless and he formed a sign with his hands and looked almost dead. Dead gripped Sinister's neck and Sinister couldn't scream for help anymore, and that's when the fear pulsed through her veins unlike the blood that suddenly froze in her body.

"Time Freeze!" came a shout. Everything froze and Angel and Charmy appeared next to Sinister and Dead.

Charmy looked at Sinister's panicked expression along with Dead's bloodlusted expression that made him shiver.

"Hurry Angel, do something! Don't let Dead succeed!"

"I can do that easily Charmy Bee. Give me a moment," she told him quietly as she walked over to Dead and placed a hand on his head. "Time Teleport."

Dead suddenly vanished and she knelt beside Sinister. She touched Sinister's neck and whispered, "Time Heal," and the marks on the hedgehog's neck vanished. "Time Resume."

Sinister greeted the duo with a scream of pure utter terror.

"Sinister!" shouted Charmy as he covered Angel's attenaes before the screams occcured.

Sinister instantly stopped screaming and she hugged Charmy, "oh my god... Charmy!!" Sinister started to cry hysterically.

"It's okay..."

"E-Espio!" cried the hedgehog. Charmy's hand that he put on Sinister's back to pat her back comfortingly went limp and his arm returned to his side. His eyes were wide and his iris had shrunk slightly. He turned his head and he saw Espio, wounded and near death.

Charmy struggled out of Sinister's hug and he weakly walked over to the ninja as though he had been in a massive fight and had only enough strength to make it to Espio. He fell to his knees and he shook Espio slightly.

"Espio? Espio?"

Angel had glowing tears falling from her eyes and Sinister watched with fear and pure sorrow. Espio didn't move, he didn't even respond to be shaken. His head tilted to the side and Charmy looked desperate as he said louder, "Espio?? Espio?!"

"Ch-Charmy..."

Charmy lifted Espio into a slight sitting position and he hugged him, "ESPY!! ESPY!! PLEASE WAKE UP!!"

"Charmy!"

Charmy stared at Espio even when he heard Vector shout at him. The crocodile ran over to the duo and he looked at Espio who was drenched in blood, and Charmy hadn't seemed to notice at all.

"Charmy, i-it's okay Charmy..." Vector said in a slightly freaked out voice but a voice a father would use with his son.

The bee didn't say anything as he was trying to proccess that Espio was dead. Charmy looked at Vector and the crocodile saw hatred, and an anger that Vector remembered seeing two years ago...

"Charmy?"

"... E-Espio... h-he's dead..." suddenly the anger turned into the highest stage it could go; into fury. "HE'S DEAD AND YOU WEREN'T HERE!! YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN HERE!! WHY DID YOU LET HIM LEAVE?! WHY DIDN'T YOU DO ANYTHING!?" he screamed at Vector who looked like he'd breakdown.

Flame started to glow with flickers of fire as she said, "Charmy! Apologize! You have no right to-"

Charmy's glare turned to her and the duo glared at each other with equal anger, but the hatred overwhelmed her and she looked down at her torn up sneakers.

"I have no right to do what?! Yell at Vector for making Espio leave?! For Mighty leaving?! For any of this happening?!"

Mighty looked hurt as he looked down, Ocean then said, "you were the one that left. You shouldn't have to yell at anyone because of your mistake."

If Hell could freeze over with a single glare and word, it was when Charmy glared at Ocean and whispered, "what?!"

"You heard me Charmy. You left the Chaotix and that was all your fault."

Charmy gently put Espio back into his normal position of the chameleon laying down, and the bee began shaking.

"Y-you're the reason that Mighty left! I know exactly why he left! He left because he was your father! He loved you more than me! He-he was my second father! A-And... h-he..." Charmy collapsed on his knees and began crying.

Ocean took a step toward Charmy and she asked quietly, "... who was your first?"

Charmy stopped momentarily and he looked at Vector, "... V-Vector was... h-he still is. I-I left and h-he didn't d-do anything... O-Ocean... h-he almost killed me just by s-saying... h-he was going to end the Chaotix Detective A-Agency."

Vector lifted Charmy and held him as though he was a baby and hugged him. Charmy cried into Vector's shoulder and Mighty walked over.

"I'm so sorry."

Charmy glanced at Mighty and turned back toward Vector's shoulder and kept crying. The red armadillo looked down, how would've he known that this was the result of him leaving? He couldn't begin to imagine how long Charmy had known this secret. The only person that knew was... wait a second.

"Charmy, how did you know about the reason?"

"... Espio once told me when I was four. I'm not stupid if that's what you mean."

"I never said that. But... that's impossible... Espio never told you did he?"

Charmy stopped crying and he looked at Mighty.

"Huh?"

"... I watched you when you were just four. I came back to watch you to see if you were going to be okay. One night though... you saw me."

No one dared to interrupt Mighty, not even Storm or Shadow as they along with everyone else looked at the armadillo.

"You were crying just like you were now, and I came into the room. I calmed you down and whispered that I'd be back with a new little boy or girl to play with. That you wouldn't miss me too much."

"I-it was a lie though... I-I never saw you again... until now anyways... a-and I missed you more than anything in the world..."

Mighty looked at Ocean, "Ocean, even though is older than you are, could never replace you. You're both like my own kids, but Vector had to take over the role of father and Espio got the role of brother. I never got over leaving you. I wanted to stay, but Celia needed me... Ocean needed me. Please understand that Celia and Ocean were my family just like you, Vector and Espio were..."

Charmy didn't cry as he got out of Vector's hug and he looked shamefully at Ocean, "I-I'm..."

"Um... not to be a pest or anything..."

"What is it Sinister?"

"Wasn't there a white butterfly here just a few minutes ago?" questioned Sinister as Charmy looked around. Indeed, Angel was no longer in sight.

Vector nodded, "I remember seeing her here as well. Where did she go?"

There was a loud clash, something that sounded almost identical to thunder. Everyone jumped and Avril shrieked, "where did Flame go?!"

Vector quickly looked around and frowned, "Flame?! Flame!"

Mighty looked fearful as everything turned dark. There were panicked shrieks but Charmy was quick to think and clung onto Vector and Espio. Ocean took a hold of Mighty and everything brightened up to the point where Charmy could see that Vector, Espio, Mighty and Ocean were still there.

Everyone else was gone.

"Is everyone o-"

Mighty stopped as he got into a defensive position in front of Ocean; Dead appeared wielding a sword that was radiating with darkness that made the darkest hours of night seem pathetic compared to the brilliance of the sword. Dead began to chant.

A calling from the faces of old

Can you feel yourselves getting cold?

Beating hearts can only last for so long

Let my sword destroy their hearts and make their soul long gone!

Ocean grabbed Mighty's hand, preparing to run but she realized she couldn't move her feet. Her eyes widened as she looked at Mighty as though wondering if he could move. He couldn't. Dead laughed as he charged toward the duo armadillos. Charmy looked at Vector who appeared to not be able to move as well. He then compared himself to the rest of them. He was the only one in the air while everyone was on the ground and he could move... wait... that was it!

Charmy flew toward Mighty and Ocean with his arms out toward them, "MIGHTY!! OCEAN!!" he screamed as he slammed into them with all the force he could manage. The duo fell to the ground, they skidded along the ground for maybe fifteen feet before Ocean screamed as Mighty hugged her.

Vector quivered before he suddenly fell onto his knees, he was staring right at Charmy and Dead just smirked.

"Ah, how the young have fallen," Dead told the trio with an amused tone as he looked at Charmy's body. The demon laughed insanely as he wiped the blood that was concealed on the sword.

No one shouted, no one could go to Charmy's body to help Charmy. Vector watched as Charmy took one last gasp of air and he remained motionless.

... He was dead...

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Before you all completely hurt me for doing that, please don't. It's part of the plot. (Smiles) I won't reveal what happens but you'll see. As for the little chant Dead does, it was just something weird that came into my mind and I couldn't get it out of my head. At least now it came into good use here. Hope you all slightly enjoyed the chapter... please tell me what you think.