Amy dragged Gerdarin by the ankle o the local police station. Sonic looked surprised as she flung open the door and threw the demon on a chair.
"Do I have to do you guys' jobs for you as well?" Amy said as she slung her hammer over her shoulder. The loud thump made Sonic jump. "Don't answer that question. Hi Sonic."
"Umm. hi? Amy where did you find this one?" He asked as the demon before him had dizzy stars flying around his head.
"He was robbing one of Mobius' best banks. Your welcome." She said as she stomped out still flustered.
Sonic shrugged.
"Okay then Ames. See ya.."
The demon looked at Sonic and gave him a confused look. "Were you not pink before?"
"Ah no I've always been blue." Sonic said as the demon was held down with metal straps to the chair. "It's for the safety of others that your restrained."
The demon struggled, but every time he did he got shocked. He hissed and spat curse words as Sonic left the room.
"What about my money?! Just let me know if it's safe please!" The demon shouted as he started to worry about his treasures.
Sonic wondered what the heck he was talking about as he watched the demon panic from the one way glass. What type of prison could hold demons? He wondered if he knew anybody who could imprison them. A few divine beings had been observing from a crystal ball from above. It was almost time for them to intervene, but not quite yet.
(Back with Vector, Espio, and Charmy.)
Vector started the search for the missing sister bright and early in the morning. The sky was still dark and that meant that the sister would still be up. Derilious had given him an old painted photo with a younger Iris, decorated in the Flame Cores' finest gowns and jewels.
"Don't you have a more recent picture?" Vector said examining the burnt around the edges picture. "Why is it burned? Are things in the Flame Core still flammable?"
Derilious shook his heads. "I don't want to remember that."
Vector looked back at the picture, then rubbed the back of his head.
"Anywhere you might think she may be?"
Derilious thought back to what his sister used to like to do. "Well, she likes crafting things and singing. That's all I know."
"We should try Karaoke Korner and the library then." Espio said as he watching Vector rummage through his bag.
"Oh! She also likes going to hand me down shops to scavenge." Derilious remembered. That was the day before she...
He was pulled from his thoughts as Charmy buzzed by his ear. "Let's go find the princess! Yay it's like my favorite game!"
"This isn't a game Charmy! Quit it!" Vector said as he held Charmy by his shoe to stop the buzzing.
"Didn't you do this last story?" Charmy asked as he slipped his shoe off. He wiggled his toes in Vectors' face.
"Gah! Charmy those stink!" Vector said as he shoved the bee's shoe back on. Charmy giggled.
"Don't act like this in front of a client you two. How will we ever be taken seriously?" Espio said as he apologized to Derilious.
"I don't mind much. If we could continue onwards."
"Of course your majesty. Alright Espio, you and Derilious go to the library, Charmy and I will check out Karaoke Korner, alright?"
"You got it boss!" Charmy said as he gave a small salute and sat on Vector's shoulder.
Espio and Derilious departed and headed for the other direction. They came across the storage facility Iris guarded and continued walking past as Iris sat in the guard both. Her ears perked up.
"What sort of disturbance is this?" She asked as her ears twitched about, picking up a faint voice she almost recognized. The feeling was soon gone. "How strange."
(To Mephiles!)
He sat in his well furnished office at the top floor of the Gold Skyscraper. He was about to get his first promotion and another step towards having more power. He typed at his keyboard in silence. The night shifts here were easy and he didn't have much paperwork to process. He sighed as he looked at his full coffee cup.
"Hey Jake! Want more coffee?" A co worker asked as she put on her blazer for break.
"I'm alright thanks." Mephiles replied with a heavy tongue on the work thanks.
The raccoon co worker pulled out a pack of cigars as the elevator dinged. Mephiles poured his coffee down the sink. why did his cup always have the nauseating liquid in it? He looked out into the starry sky and saw his daughter's glow of orange in the distance. He was also curious how Iris was getting along with her job. He looked around the office rooms quickly. He did have fifteen minutes before Jessica came back.
He opened up the window and jumped off the fire escape. He laughed in the night as the darkness seeped out of him.