CHAPTER 21

SORRY

Kiba tried to back away from Margaret, trying to avoid a fight with her. "Margaret, wait! I don't want to..." Before he could continue with his words, he was suddenly knocked into the wall by the powerful strike of Margaret's hammer causing him to drop his guns. Before he had a chance to get up, he was struck again by her hammer and fell to the floor.

Ace gasped as he saw Kiba bleeding heavily from his wounds. He looked over to a confused Sky. "Captain Sky, what should we do? Should we help him?"

All Sky did was shake his head and continued to watch.

Ace thought something was wrong. Sky was always by Kiba's side and it made him wonder why he wasn't there for him now.

Kiba once again fell to the floor because Margaret's attacks were way too powerful for him to handle. He saw her walk over to him once again, but finally dropped the hammer she had onto the floor.

She kneeled down to the floor, picked him up by his collar, and made him look into her pink eyes. "Well, Kiba?" She growled. "Does it hurt? Just the way you had hurt Vector and I?"

He just looked at her while feeling the blood slowly trickling down his face from the beatings she had given him.

"I am pissed, Kiba! Very pissed! I don't appreciate how you ruined me! I don't appreciate how you kidnaped my husband and tried to kill him!"

Vector stood there with his mouth hung open by the way Margaret was tossing Kiba around. "Margaret..."

"You were the one who destroyed your friendship with Vector and if it's anyone who deserves revenge on someone, it's me!" She then raised her leg and kicked Kiba back down on the floor. She looked down at him and placed her hands on her hips, "Don't screw with me, Kiba! I will break your body in two if I wanted to! Remember that!" Before, she could turn away from him, she heard him speak in a hoarse voice.

"Mar...gar...et..." He spoke weakly.

The crocodile saw him trying to slowly get off of the floor with the remaining energy he had left after her beatings.

He finally faced her with blood dripping from his mouth as he faced her. "I'm...sorry. I'm sorry for trying to kill Vector...and I'm sorry about...you." He then began to softly sob afterwards.

Margaret's cold yet vicious look had never left her face. "You're sorry?" She spoke in a furious tone. "After all that's happened you want to get on your knees and apologize? Just like that! You worthless piece of shit!"

Vector saw her about to hit him once again and he thought that the next hit she would make on him would actually kill him. "Margaret, wait!"

She came towards him with her fists clenched ready to hit him again, until a white bat threw his body overtop of Kiba's.

"No! Don't do it!" The bat begged.

Margaret stopped in her tracks and glared at the bat in annoyance. "Sky? Get the hell out of the way! This is between me and him!"

The vampire bat shook his head, "No! I don't care about your personal shit! Kiba is my boss and I care about him!" He gritted his fangs, "If you kill him...then I'm killing every damn person standing in this room so freakin' try me!"

Shadow's eyes widened, "Whoa."

Jess was leaning on Kuroi for support and thought about how much Sky really cared for Kiba. 'Sky...'

Sky's eyes were full of tears as he glared at Margaret.

On a rainy night on the empty dark streets of Metal City, a young white bat boy sat on a wet sidewalk with his head in his knees shivering and sobbing after he had killed his beloved parents. He jumped when he heard a strange voice near him.

"What are you doing out this late at night?" A voice asked.

The bat peeked his head out of his knees and saw a male white wolf standing in front of him looking at him in worry.

"Do you have no where to go?" Once the boy peeked his head out more, the wolf's eyes widened when he saw blood covering the boy's mouth. "What happened to you?" He asked.

The boy hesitated to answer, "My parents...I...I couldn't help it."

As the boy talked, he saw fangs appearing from the boy's mouth. He figured he was a vampire bat that had not yet been vaccinated and his aggressiveness had finally taken him over. He seemed so helpless in his eyes. "What's your name?"

The boy bat sniffed, "Sky."

The wolf smiled and held out his hand towards him. "My name's Kiba and I can help you control yourself a little better if you come with me."

Sky was once again hesitant against him, but he knew somehow deep down he could trust him so he gently placed his hand in his.

Margaret stared at the bat for a few seconds then decided to turn away from him. "Fine."

Vector saw her walk past him and grab his wrist while at it. "Huh? Margaret?"

"The mission is complete. We're going home", she spoke coldly.

The Chaotix didn't know what was going on, but they began to follow Vector and Margaret out of the headquarters.

A/N:

Shadow: Is the mission really over?

Vector: Where's Charmy?

Espio: I...don't know.

Margaret: Someone please tell me that Charmy's still alive!