July 23rd, Time: God Knows
Secret Basement, Mason Mansion
This was it. As Espio descended the steel spiralling staircase, step by step, to the secret basement down below, he hoped that everything driving the case up to this point would be resolved. The mysterious treasure apparently hidden in a stone block in the basement, Vector's sudden disappearance and his whereabouts, all of it would be cleared up. Right here, right now. The chameleon quietly reached the bottom of the stairs with a sense of anticipation. There, he found Fang standing in front of a large stone block in the middle of the room. The currently invisible detective snuck silently to the other side of the block to see exactly what his former comrade was up to.
Fang smiled confidently as he quoted the poem on the top slab, "A lunar orb in a pitch-black galaxy,"as he took out a small orb resembling a moon and placed it into a small round hole on the slab. "Combined with a spiteful angel's litany,"he continued with a slight tone of delight and satisfaction while he took out a disc with the words that translated out as "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" and inserted it into a thin line next to where the moon was placed. Suddenly, the gears and gizmos on the walls started turning, making magnificent noises and unlocking noises, as the stone slab began moving backwards, revealing a bright, wonderful light from inside the box. The ecstatic sniper finished the poem "Shall unlock the secrets hidden within, All of which shall be at your whim!"
Espio stepped away from the large tomb as the slab hit the floor with a loud bang. Smoke escaped from the opened tomb as a large statue of some sort emerged from the shining pit while the chameleon stood still. As a tear of joy came to his eye, Fang noticed a strange blur in the smoke. Immediately, his joyful expression turned into an angered one as he pulled out his small revolver and pointed it at the blurring, shouting "I know you're there, Espio! Show yourself, don't move and keep your hands up!"Hearing some kind of annoyed groan, he witnessed Espio appear visible again in the smoke with his hands up in the air. Keeping the pistol aimed at the chameleon, the fanged sniper chuckled devilishly as he triumphantly said "Sorry but this time, I win."
The smoke hiding the statue-like object began to dissipate when a familiar nasally voice shouted from above the stairs "Espio!" The two purple Mobians glanced at the metallic steps as Mighty and Charmy scurried down them at an alarming speed with utterly horrified looks on their faces, as if someone had forced the poor sods to watch the horribly animated sex scene from the Lawnmower Man. Panting furiously, the petrified looking armadillo bent forwards with his hands on his knees as he looked up at Espio and very nervously stammered "Es…Espio, t-there's a-a…ghost u-upstairs…it's c-c-coming down, right now…"
"The 'ell are you on about?" Fang irritably asked as he looked back at Espio, keeping his eyes on the ninja detective, "There aren't any ghosts; they're all just 'olograms. If they was a ghost wandering 'bout the 'ouse, I'd know about it. 'onestly, if this is your excuse to come down and 'elp 'im," straightening his revolver's aim at his 'hostage' to demonstrate his point, "You really are the thickest load of fu-" Suddenly, Charmy started bursting out laughing, rolling on the floor like a mad loon as he pointed towards the stone tomb in front of the three older animals. The three of them looked at the young bee in confusion as the Downundian angrily asked "Alright, what the 'ell are you playin' at, Charmy?" He, Mighty and Espio then looked in the direction of the concrete block and then, it happened.
A big smile appeared on Mighty's face as he also started laughing hysterically, falling onto the floor with his legs kicking about in the air, while Espio folded his arms in a very amused fashion, chuckling at the sight. Fang's reaction on the other hand was…not so delighted; his eyes widened out to the size of dinner plates, his jaw practically fell through the floor and in complete and utter disbelief, he dropped his small revolver onto the ground as the reality of the situation hit him.
From the tomb were about five ten-foot tall body pillows decorated with the images of naked young teenage girls with breasts the size of mutant pumpkins, surrounded by several small figurines of similarly endowed women dressed in all kinds of outfits, from pirate whores to sexy ninjas to magic elves and beyond, many, many posters featuring animated women with enormous eyes making out and tons of cosplay outfits dedicated to several fetishes. The embarrassing truth had revealed itself at last: the secret treasure of Mason Mansion, the treasure that Fang had spent all his time working towards, the treasure that nearly killed a few people, was an enormous lolicon collection!
Horrified beyond all comprehensible belief, as his peers laughed their arses off, the humiliated wolf/weasel fell to his knees and pounded the floor in silent frustration. A bitter frown formed on his fuzzy muzzle as he gazed at the cold concrete floor, noticing the steel pistol nearby. As strange metallic sounds started to ring out in the background, he glanced at the detectives, still laughing at the surprise, and then back at the small firearm as he picked it up and turned towards Espio, pointing the revolver at the chameleon, whose amused chuckling came to an end when he noticed this. Shortly after, Mighty and Charmy's eyes widened out and they stopped laughing as Fang angrily said "That's it! If the treasure's a fluke, then I can at least get one thing out of it!"
The clanking noises became even more louder while he clicked back the hammer on the back of the barrel as his frown became a bittersweet grin, sarcastically saying "It was nice knowin' ya, Espio. To steal your little quirk, sayonara…" Strangely enough, Espio stood still with a shocked expression on his face, though his gaze was not directed at Fang, but something that seemed to be over his shoulder. Confused yet curious, the wolf-weasel looked over his shoulder just as the metallic clanking suddenly stopped, right behind him. His jaw dropped in shock when he saw an ethereal knight looming over him, staring him down with angry demonic orange eyes in a very dark green mist emanating from his open helmet.
Completely, utterly and helplessly stumped, Fang's pupils shrunk to the size of fleas and left eye began to twitch as he offered the armoured ghost a strained smile that looked less like he was pleased to see the steel giant and more like he was about to go absolutely bonkers. The knight's response was to raise its right arm high into the air before ferociously bringing it down to hit the petrified sniper right on the head, causing him to drop the small revolver. Fang froze in place, stiff as a 14-year-old, with a dumbfounded expression on face before he fell right down to the floor, whacking the back of his head off the concrete as his eyelids closed.
Mighty, Espio and Charmy glanced down at the unconscious sniper and then stared in confusion at their medievil saviour standing in front of them. The angry orange eyes suddenly tilted upside down to what resembled cheery looking arches as the knight stepped forward and attempted to speak but ended up sounded incredibly muffled due to his helmet. The three detectives collectively raised an eyebrow at this as the ethereal ghost held a finger up in the air, mumbling something that very vaguely sounded like "Give me a minute!" It then placed its hands on the sides of its steel helmet before proceeding to pull upwards with a great force. The armoured knight groaned irritably as it struggled to get the helmet off but then, with a great, loud mumbling that seemed to sound like a shout that failed miserably, it successfully pulled the helmet off.
As the saviour held his removed gear high in the air triumphantly, the three Mobians' eyes widened out, staring in shocked disbelief at the sight. A very familiar looking crocodile lowered the helmet down and held it under his arm as he said "Damn, that helmet's tight! Oh, and you're welcome!" smiling very confidently.
An awkward silence lasted for several seconds until Espio asked very slowly "…Vector…can you explain exactly why…you're wearing a suit of armour?" as the look on the chameleon's face grew even more confused.
With his spare hand, Vector scratched the back of his head as he cheerfully replied "Well ya see, it's a pretty long story." laughing at the situation at hand when he remembered something all of a sudden, "And that reminds me; do you know anythin' about a couple a dweebs?"
"A couple of dweebs?" Mighty curiously asked as he placed his hands on his hips and tilted his head.
The armoured detective opened his great, big jaw to answer when suddenly a voice that sounded very much like a white Urkel asked from the steel staircase "What in the hell is that thing?!" The reunited detectives looked at the spiralling steps and saw two somewhat familiar people descending it; the first was a glasses-wearing shaggy-haired Overlander wearing camouflaged gear holding a camcorder up to his face and the other was a young man clad in a tracksuit with a darker tan and a crew cut.
As the two teenagers finished walking down the stairs, a bright smile appeared on Mighty's face as he walked towards them and excitedly said "Toji, Ken! I though you might've died but you're alright!"
"Yeah, thanks for the info, Captain Obvious!" Toji bluntly replied as he glared at the great lolicon collection nearby with a very disturbed look on his face, "Now…could someone tell me what that…'thing' is supposed to be?"
"That," Espio matter-of-factly replied as he looked towards the strange 'monument', "is the source behind all of the problems, hauntings and all manner of nonsense that's occurred today. A fabled treasure left behind by the King of Otakus that someone," glancing pitifully at Fang's unconscious body, "worked very hard to find…and this was his reward. Rather sad, isn't it?" Everyone stayed silent at the rather depressing suggestion until the chameleon spoke up "Anyway, it's done with now. The important thing is asking exactly what happened to you three stooges." pointing in Toji, Ken and Vector's general direction.
"Well," Vector immediately started off, "me and Charmy were checkin' round the town for some birds this morning, when Charmy had to go to da bathroom. I waited for da little guy when I suddenly got thwacked on da head. After that, I woke up in a basement next to these two dweebs!" thumbing towards the military otaku and the tanned teen.
An angry frown appeared on Toji's face as he stepped forward, frustratedly remarking "Will you stop callin' us dweebs? You got captured too and you didn't even bother puttin' up a fight!"
"Then who's da guy that just knocked out that little weasel?" Vector asked as he pointed towards the knocked out sniper. The track-suited teen opened his mouth to talk back but only silence passed through it before Vector continued his story with a small grin of satisfaction forming on his face "As I was sayin, I woke up and found out from these guys," thumbing towards Toji and Ken, "that I was in some haunted mansion, and that you guys were actually here too. Apparently, there was some kinda floatin' skull head that made these guys sink into the basement so I figured I'd put on this suit…just in case."
"Well, that explains why you're dressed up like that," Mighty commented to no-one in particular as he scratched one of his antler-ears, "But that still doesn't explain how you ended up here or how that Mansion Master thing said they were only three of us left after Ken and Toji sunk, even though you…well, the fake you, me, Espio and Charmy were still around."
"I think I know where to find the answers to that." Espio suggested with a knowing smirk on his muzzle as he knelt down to the unconscious Mobian and started checking through his leg pockets and the several cartridges on the wolf-weasel's belt until he eventually found two objects; a small business card of some sort and a remote with many buttons on it. The chameleon showed the business card to his peers first; the card had a small of piece of writing that said "Bolt Deliveries! For all your 'personal' deliveries!" and a phone number listed below. "Obviously, this is how Fang got you here without too much of a hassle, Vector." Espio said after a few seconds of silence before he placed the card back into Fang's pocket.
He then held out the remote and pressed a random button that had the text D-A55, when suddenly a voice spoke out "This is the Mansion Master speaking!" Toji immediately jumped into Ken's arms with a terrified look on his face, Vector jumped right out of the suddenly rusty armoured suit and took to hiding behind one of the moe body pillows, Mighty and Charmy stepped back in shock and Espio stood still as the voice changed to a more familiar Downundian drawl "…No, that doesn't sound scary enough…Oh! How about…" before the voice returned to its original deep, threatening voice "I am the Mansion Master and you shall leave my house before I call the cops!…Wait, how would I call the cops? I'm a frigging skeleton head; I don't even have any hands for crying out loud!"
The booming voice continued in its odd ramblings until Espio pressed the button again, cutting the voice off completely. Vector slowly crawled away from the huge skimpy schoolgirl pillow and Ken promptly dropped his track suited friend onto the floor as the ninja detective explained "For anyone who didn't get the hint, or if you're Vector," as the crocodile gave him a very irritated glare, "the whole Mansion Master fiasco was a load of pre-recorded voices. That's why he thought there were only three of us left; because he never suspected more people coming along with us."
"Then why'd he decide to bring us along if he never expected more people to show up?" Ken asked as he pressed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
Espio kept quiet for a number of seconds as he folded his arms once more until he shrugged and replied in a deadpan manner "Well, for all his smarts, he did have his stupid moments when he worked for the Chaotix. Guess some things never change, even after two years…" sighed softly and wearily.
Mighty looked at his chameleon friend in concern when something suddenly came to mind. He stepped forward and asked "But there's one other thing…me and Espio saw a ghost knight, that looked a lot like what you were wearing Vector," as he pointed down towards the pile of slightly rusted armour lying on the floor, "and it passed through the wall too. So wouldn't that mean there's an actual ghost living in the mansion?"
Toji, Ken and Vector stared at the armadillo in horrified silence for a few seconds before they started screaming at the top of their lungs as they scrambled up the steel staircase and out of the opening in the bookcase high above. The three remaining detectives stared up at the opening as the screaming grew fainter and fainter until Mighty looked at Espio, asking "Who knew Vector was scared of ghosts?"
"I'm still wondering how that huge snout of his actually fit inside that tiny helmet." Charmy remarked as he flew past his two friends over towards the stairs, "But can we go home now? I'm wrecked!" he said in a tired, whiny voice.
The shelled Mobian folded his arms behind his head as he walked forward and caught up with the young bee near the bottom of the stairs, replying "When we find Vector and calm him down. He'd probably be just at the gate outside, right Espio?" as he looked back and was surprised to find his chameleon friend walking over and carrying Fang's unconscious body over his back.
Mighty stopped and stared at the ninja detective in mild bewilderment as he walked past him up the stairs, replying "Well, we better actually take him down to the police for once, instead of just leaving him here. I mean, he did try to kill us after all. And for your question, it's quite likely he is at the gate."
"I don't care if Vector's at the gate or on the bloody moon!" Charmy whined as he flew over to the back of Mighty's head and sat on his shoulders, "I'm tired of being in this stupid house…"
"How the heck can you still be tired, buddy?" the armadillo cheerfully asked, as he started walking up the stairs once more, and chuckled, "You were konked out for God knows how long."
"…Shut your s-sloppy face." the young bee tiredly mumbled before he dropped off yet again on Mighty's shoulders.
July 23rd, 2:03pm
Front Gate of Mason Mansion, Wesker Hill
As the three detectives left the giant hole in the wall where the door used to be, Mighty held his hand over his eyes to stop the brightness of the afternoon sun from becoming too disorientating. The contrived dark clouds pouring rain from above that morning had dissipated into a clear blue sky, making the view of the town from the hilltop even more fantastic than usual. Just outside the gate, they found Vector crouching against the wall, apparently trying to hide from the ghost, but not doing a very goof job given that everyone and their mother could see his massive headphones peeking out from over the bottom of the wall. Reaching the gate, Espio turned around the corner and sarcastically asked "So, how's our courageous leader doing?"
Suddenly, Vector jumped off the ground, yelling in shock, as he turned around and saw his team-mates standing by the gate. Giving the chameleon an irritated glare, Vector folded his arms, saying "Just fine, thank you very much. At least, we escaped that horrifying menace! Honestly, I nearly tired myself out gettin' away from that thing."
Mighty raised a confused eyebrow as he asked "What menace? The worst thing that ghost did was ask directions to the bathroom! And how are you tired?! You had no trouble outrunning a massive truck for at least ten minutes but a short run gets you knackered?!"
"I said 'nearly' tired," Vector wearily replied as he waved a dismissive hand in the armadillo's direction, "and besides that truck thing was downhill; that's completely different. Anyways, how come there's an actual ghost living in the house?"
All eyes turned to Espio, considering that he seemed to be the only one sane enough to actually try and explain the rather…odd events occurring throughout their time in Mason Mansion. After several seconds of silence, a bitter frown creased the purple Mobian's muzzle as he shrugged and irritably replied "I don't know, maybe it thought the mansion would be a good place for haunting. Whatever the reason, I want nothing to do with haunted houses for the time being."
"Ditto!" Vector eagerly agreed as he gave Espio a thumbs-up, "Now how's about we get this sneaky sniper delivered?" looking towards the unconscious weasel slumped over the ninja detective's shoulder, "And after that, we can take off for home." And with that, the two reptiles began to walk off towards the police station when Mighty suddenly stepped in front of them.
"Actually guys," Mighty asked as he gently removed the snoozing Charmy from his shoulders and handed him over to the eldest detective, "could you two stay away from the HQ for a little while? It's just I've got something very special planned…" giving Espio a cheeky wink.
The reptilian ninja's frown became even more angered as his muzzle gained a very slight hint of red while Vector placed the sleepy bee on his own shoulders, making sure to not get the kid's prominent stinger into his back, replying "Yeah, sure. At least, then I can check out a couple of my favourite clubs, if ya know what I mean, Espio…" giving the furious chameleon a knowing dig as he chuckled, "So, what time ya want us to get back home?"
The shelled armadillo scratched his chin for a couple of seconds until he replied "I think about half 5 would be fine. Oh, and could you bring Honey along too?"
"Sure we will, you lucky dog." Vector cheekily said, much to Mighty's blushing embarrassment. He then turned around and walked off down the hill, followed by Espio, as he said "C'mon Esp, we've got chicks to deliver and weasels to check out!"
Espio pinched the space between his eyes as he commented "I think you mean weasels to deliver and chicks to check out…
"I know what I said!" The emerald crocodile's Brooklyn accent yelled out as the two detectives kept walking down the hill until they vanished out of sight. Mighty gave the duo a small wave before he eagerly took off in the opposite direction, heading for home. He needed all the time he could get in order to make the possible surprise, not just for Espio, but for them…
July 23rd, 5:24pm
Mission Street, Emerald Coast
"So, let me get this straight." Honey asked with a puzzled, yet also amused, expression on her face as she walked alongside the three detectives on the sidewalk towards a large department store, "You," as she pointed at Vector, "were kidnapped and impersonated by Fang, you," pointing at Espio next, "got shot in the leg and then you all ran out of the house because there was a ghost in i-"
"We didn't all run out," the now-awake Charmy pointed out, "Vector was the one wh-" when his mouth was suddenly covered by one of Vector's enormous hands. As he smiled nervously, the older detective did his best to ignore the young bee's teeth digging into his fingers in protest.
Staring on in bewilderment, Honey paused before she continued "Anyways, all of that happened…for a lolicon collection?! What kind of weirdo even hides something like that in a giant stone block at the bottom of the basement?"
"Apparently," Espio sarcastically suggested with his arms folded, "someone similar to an idiot I know of who's taken to hiding hundreds of skin-mags somewhere in our HQ…" glancing towards Vector with a smartass smirk appearing on his muzzle.
The crocodile pushed the gnawing bee away from his hands as he looked at Espio with embarrassed, widened-out eyes as he remarked "I have not hidden my skin-mags under my bed! Stop asking about them, you damn perv…" before he realized his mistake and promptly shut his trap to stop himself spilling out anymore important secrets, if there were any that could still be hidden.
Reaching the Onett Department Store, the four Mobians walked through the slightly off-timed automatic doors and entered the old building. Walking past aisles filled with merchandise of shows that went off the air long ago and stuffy, uncomfortable furniture, Honey looked around her as she commented "You know, for a detective agency, I was expecting your HQ to be a bit more…professional, I guess."
"Ah, just wait 'till you see our real HQ!" Vector gleefully pointed out with a big grin on his face, "You'll be really surprised then." They reached a checkout, where a very bored looking red squirrel sat, leaning on one arm as he read through a newspaper lying on the counter. The green crocodile gave a cheerful wave to the weary squirrel as he said "Hey Ben, is Mighty still in the HQ?"
The squirrel known as Ben's eyes glanced from the newspaper up to Vector in pure indifference, the rest of him unmoving, and tiredly replied "Yeah, he's still here, doing God knows what…But, before you go, just remember you'll have to pay this month's rent in two weeks, in addition to the rent you forgot to pay last month."
Vector's eyes widened out to the size of dinner plates as he froze in place with a very distressed looking expression on his face. Suddenly, he started laughing nervously as he replied "Don't worry 'bout that; we'll have the rent…eventually." Ben gave the croc a dismissive glare before going back to the newspaper as the three detectives and Honey passed by the counter into a small corridor.
"You know," the yellow feline said as she played with one of the little tufts that popped out from her fluffy muzzle, "This is actually the first time I've ever been to your place; feels kinda surreal…so what's Mighty doing here, exactly?"
"Well, whatever it is, if he does 'it' right," the eldest detective jokingly commented, "then who knows? Maybe you'll be comin' here more often!"
Honey glared at the very possibly insane reptile in pure confusion as she slowly asked "Just…what do you mean by th-"
"Don't ask!" Espio quickly advised, as he glared at Vector derisively, "At least, if you want to go home tonight with needing a truckload of brain bleach…"
"Or, y'know, she could stay here tonight," Vector suggested with a cheeky grin forming on his massive mouth, "if you know what I mean…huh? Huh?" as he softly elbowed Espio in the gut.
The purple chameleon covered his face with his hand and groaned in annoyance at this until the older reptile stopped digging him. He lowered his hand into one of his leg pockets as he said "Well, anyhow, here we are. Welcome to our 'amazing' headquarters." The four of them stopped in front of a small door that had "Chaotix Detective Agency - We take any job that pays!" written out on a small cardboard sign dangling from a small tack. Espio stepped forward and knocked on the door softly, saying "Mighty, we're here. Can we come in?"
A second or so passed when a sound that sounded suspiciously like someone falling off a stepladder rang out from the other side of the door, shortly followed by a familiar voice replying "Just a minute! Ah…my back…Alright, it's ready. Come on in!" Espio grabbed the door handle and tilted it, pushing the door open to enter the HQ's living room, where the four Mobians saw a heck of a surprise
(Mood music - Hitori no Tame no Lullaby - Welcome to the NHK)
The small table in front of the very uncomfortable couch was covered in open boxes showing off large, tasty looking pizzas of different flavours, though some of them looked slightly burnt at the edges, and a few six-packs of fizzy drinks and one four-pack of Katsuragi's Batch, much to Vector's delight. A number of DVDs looted from Espio's room and a few DreamCast games sat on top of the small box-like TV facing the couch. And finally, there was a banner hanging from the top of the ceiling next to Vector's special desk; the banner had "Thanks for everything, guys!" written out across it. At that moment, Mighty came into the room, wearing a very messy looking apron, and a big smile appeared on his face upon seeing his friends as he said "Well, here it is. So…what do you think?"
Espio tilted his head in confusion as he slowly asked "Just…what's this all about?"
"It's my little surprise I was on about earlier," the armadillo replied as he scratched the top of his pointy nose, "It's been a month since I came here and I wanted to say thanks to you guys for…well, everything. Maybe it's a bit much but I mean it; thank you all…" He started feeling something show up in his eye when suddenly a loud ding went off behind him. He turned around and looked towards the kitchen, then back at his friends as he said "Sorry, just give me a sec! Help yourselves!" waving his arm in the direction of the pizzas as he took off into the kitchen.
Honey walked into the hall just behind him and said "You might need a little help with that, Chicky!" Charmy flew over to one of the pizzas and helped himself to one of the larger slices of cheese pizza, gulping down as quickly as he could while rubbing little tummy in delight. Vector bent down to pull out one of the cans of Katsuragi's Batch as he opened the top of the can and chugged it down, releasing a very satisfied sigh.
Espio walked over to the hall and saw Mighty and Honey fussing around the microwave in the kitchen, saying to himself "He is right about it being excessive…" Hearing some kind of confused humming behind his back, the chameleon turned to see Vector leaning on the wall with a curious look on his face. Assuming that the croc was asking about what he said, Espio said "I don't know about you, but all this, it seems like a bit too much, especially when he's only been here a month."
A few seconds passed in silence as Charmy gobbled down more and more of the cheese pizza nearby until Vector replied "I can't remember when he said this but Mighty said that he'd been travelling the world for seven years, right? He probably doesn't settle down for too long before taking off again…must get pretty lonely, sometimes." before taking another big chug of his beer can.
A somewhat-guilty looked crawled onto the chameleon's face as he considered Vector's words. Suddenly, Mighty's voice exclaimed from the kitchen "We did it!" The three detectives looked towards the hallway, where they saw Mighty walking into the living room with a tray covered by a small towel, followed shortly after by Honey. Chuckling at the odd situation in the kitchen, the armadillo remarked "Got 'em out just in time. Any longer and they would've been fried." He then turned to Espio and with a slightly burnt hand, he pulled off the towel to reveal a tray of seven magnificent chilli dogs, saying "Ta-dah! I made just for you, partner!"
As the shelled Mobian placed an arm around Espio's neck, he stared at the deadly bowel destroyers in rage as he groaned through gritted teeth and bitterly said "…I hate you…"
Mighty laughed as he cheekily replied "And I love you too, buddy!" before leaning forward and giving the chameleon a quick peck on the cheek. As Espio's muzzle became as red as ripe tomatoes, Charmy and Vector fell to the floor in laughter while Mighty asked "So, how's about we get this little party started?" Everyone else except for Espio cheered in approval when the phone on Vector's desk started ringing. The five Mobians looked at the phone as the emerald crocodile got up from the ground and walked over to his beloved desk, picking the phone up from the receiver.
Vector held the phone up to his ear as he eagerly, albeit somewhat drunkenly, said "This is the Chaotix Detective Agency, where we take anything that pays! What's up?" Some sort of indecipherable mumbling came from the phone as the reptilian detective replied "Yeah…there's a stolen gem at the local museum…Ya want us to take care of it?" As the mumbling continued, the croc turned towards his team-mates and saw that Mighty's antler-ears drooped and a disappointed frown appeared on his muzzle. When the person on the other side of the call stopped talking, Vector replied "Sorry ma'am, we're busy right now. Call us tomorrow or somethin'." And with that, he placed the phone back on the receiver and turned to face the other four Mobians as he said "Don't worry about it. It'll probably be less urgent. Now," as he gleefully rubbed his hands together, "shouldn't we be partying by now?!"
Mighty's antler-ears perked up and his frown turned into a grateful smile as they all cheered in approval once more, even Espio to an extent, before Charmy went back to eating as much of the cheese pizza as he possible could. Vector walked over to Mighty and gave the young armadillo a small noogie, jokingly saying "This party better be worth it, kid!" Mighty started chuckling once more as he urged Espio to have one of the chilli dogs. Very reluctantly, the chameleon picked up one of the chilli dogs and took a small bite out of it. Though he didn't want to admit it, it was actually quite delicious but it was the aftermath that he couldn't stand…
Suddenly, he felt a horrible feeling in his stomach. As he covered his lower torso with his hands, he ran off to the bathroom, mumbling something along the lines of "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, noooooooo!" He opened the door and walked into the bathroom, shutting it with a tremendous force. Seconds later, a loud rumbling could be heard from the bathroom as the entire street started shaking, followed shortly after by an enormous boom, blowing the door out of its hinges as what resembled a mushroom cloud passed through the entrance to the bathroom.
Mighty scratched his head sheepishly as he remarked "Maybe I shouldn't have cooked so many chilli dogs."
The End
Next time of The World's Greatest Detectives - In an attempt to circumvent the use of performance enhancing drugs in MMAs, Vector encounters someone from his past and in his pride, he challenges this person to a fight to resolve this entire mess. Can the croc really pull it all together and actually beat the champion of Emerald Coast? Will the Chaotix actually be able to pay this month's rent? Will the author take less than 2 and a half months to finish this episode? Find out the answers in Episode 06 - The Karate Kroc!
Message from the Author - 24/Jul/2013
(Thank crap, I've finally finished this episode! And it only took almost two thirds of my summer holidays!…Good God, I'm lazy! Anyhow, I realize that ending might've been a little anti-climatic, especially after what happened in the last chapter, but hey, sometimes it's fun to just subvert expectations and see how people react. And if you're curious about whether or not the sex scene from the Lawnmower Man is truly horrible, look it up. But don't come crying to me if it basically ruins 90's CGI for you, permanently!
And as usual, give your thoughts on not only this chapter, but Episode 05 in general. If I can make improvements to my writing style, spelling, grammar or whatever, then please tell me! And with that, I'll see you all for the rather bizarre events of Episode 06, which I actually do have some sort of plan for this time around. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter and this episode! Until we meet again, have a great day y'all! - FrDougal9000)
