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I ran through New Mobotropolis in utter disbelief and panic, my face being pelted with the freezing rain "NICKI!" I screamed in false hopes to hear an answer "NICKI!" I yelled once again in despiration. With every drop of rain that fell Nicki's scent and trail became more and more unrecognizable.

I thought back to a few minutes ago when Nadi- La had told me Nicki was taken away. I remembered I just stood there for a moment my face full of shock, and ran off without a word. My actions must have looked pathetic to both Nadi- La and Rotor, however I had to know for myself, Nicki couldn't be gone. Could she? That thought alone produced another yell from me "NICKI!".

I followed her scent all the way to an area around the Lake of Rings. As I sniffed the air I realized that it wasn't just Nicki's scent here, it was mixed with a few other familiar smells. A growl formed in the back of my throat "The Destructix!" Even though it was dark from the rain clouds above me I was able to make out a muddy trail that continued into a small clump of trees on my right.

As I followed the trail it became more and more obvious by tracks on the ground that there was a chase going through here, I estimated that the trail was only about three hours old. I grit my teeth in determination and sped up making sure not to loose sight of the tracks. I ran and ran until the trail suddenly ended, and Nicki's scent was the stronger than anywhere else in the entire city.

I circled the area searching, but Nicki was nowhere to be seen. The only thing that was worth recognizing was charred tree trunks and burns grass almost as if someone was using a flame- thrower. There was a battle here.

The awful realization spread through me like searing hot lava, I fell to my knees. Nicki was gone, Finitevus took her… again! I clenched my teeth and slammed my fist to the ground, If I wouldn't have gotten caught Finitevus would have never known where she was going to be! I sat there in silence for who knows how long, listening to the pitter patter of rain around me until the clouds finally cleared and the morning sun peaked over the horizon. It wasn't long until I heard frightened/ confused citizens start to emerge from underground bunkers. Even then I didn't move until I heard a voice penetrate my thoughts "It wasn't you're your fault, you know? You preformed beyond what anyone would have expected from you."

I looked up irritably "Nadi- La do me a favor and stay out of my thoughts!" I said while looking up to a tree branch to see the pale pink echidna herself. I sensed her surprise at my statement, but she kept her usual wide eyed composure, except this time she had a hint of a glare.

"What gave it away?" she asked

"When Benedict was about to kill Nicki, the voice that spoke in my mind and told me to go check on her. I have to admit it was well disguised, but…" I pointed to my ear with the smallest smile on my face "I was able to detect the smallest hint of your own voice in it." Pride spread through me as I saw Nadi-La become bigger eyed than normal. My smile grew, she never did give me enough credit, and this time, it cost her.

She quickly regained her usual composure and hoped down from her branch landing in front of me with an apologetic look on her face. "I wanted to tell you but-"

"It's okay Nadi-La" I said while gently pushing her messy hair out of her face "I know, we were all hardly accepted as it is. Thought I may not agree the way you handled it, it was probably for the best."

The pink echidna nodded her head sadly "So what are we going to do about all of this?"

"You should already know…" I said while starting to stand up, ignoring my aching joints "I'm going after Nicki!" As I started to walk away Nadi-La sped in front of me and came to a sudden halt.

"You can't do it alone. I'm going too…"

I wanted to protest but as much as I hated to admit it, she was right. Finitevus took me down and stole information without breaking a sweat, and if I went after him alone who knows what would happen to me. Not to mention, Nadi-La's abilities could prove to be very useful, and not to mention she cared about Nicki almost as much as I did. A smile appeared on my face "Nadi-La-"

I was suddenly interrupted by a small, but strong, glint of light, which shone right in my eyes. I squinted, and saw that the source of light was coming a crevasse in a tree.

"What's that?" I asked, as I cautiously approached the trunk of the suspicious tree. I carefully lowered my hand into the indent and was surprised when my hand grabbed ahold of something solid. Intrigued, I quickly pulled at the object until it slid out of the crevasse.

To my surprise I hsaw the object was a knife, but not just any knife, this knife had an padded black hilt (which I was holding onto) and a gracefully curved silver blade with one side blunted, I recognized it as Nicki's knife. As I looked it over I noticed that an ink colored fabric was fluttering gracefully off the center.

I swiftly slipped the knife out of the fabric and handed it to Nadi-La. The smooth fabric looked eerily familiar, so I raised it up to my nose and gave it a whiff. I immediately recoiled when I smelled the sickeningly sweet scent that I knew belonged to Dr. Finitevus. But as I finished gaging I realized something. I could track this!

I looked to Nadi-La and her hopeful face told me we were thinking the same. We had found our first lead to finding Nicki!