Here we are at Chapter 2 of the fic, Espio's Little Sister! (In case you
forgot what the heck you were reading.) Like last time, I do not own any of
the characters in this fic. All Sonic characters are copyrighted under Sega
and all OCs belong to Skye Agony. Now let's get this chapter started!
Chapter 2:
Getting used to the Visitor
It was a pretty busy day at the city of Station Square. The streets were flooded with people driving home from work or going to the late shift. The sidewalks were the same. People walked around to get where they needed to. Meanwhile, right in the middle of the sidewalk, stood the same white Echidna from the White Jungle. But people didn't even notice him and even walked right through him, literately. He was now transparent at the moment. No one could see or feel him. He could even go through the people who came up to him. It was one of his many defensive moves he used to keep himself safe from harm. He held in his right hand his red Chaos Emerald.
"Do you think we'll find an emerald here, Master Phantom?" The dragon, Firethroat's voice was heard from the emerald.
"They could be anywhere..." Phantom said. "For all we know, one of these people could have one."
"Master... may I ask why you seek the emeralds when you already have one?"
"I want to keep them out of the wrong hands. The emeralds have great power. But you already know that. If someone found all 7, then the world could be in danger of destruction. The emeralds aren't meant to be all found."
Phantom spotted a pair of two chameleons among the crowds of people. It was Espio and Espirit, enjoying the day. They both walked right through Phantom. However, Espirit stopped for a second. She felt a strange presence in the air. But just as she felt it, it was gone.
"C'mon Espirit!" Espio called out to her.
"Kay!" She shouted excitedly and ran back to Espio.
Phantom watched the two from the top of a building.
"Did she sense me?" Phantom thought. "No... she must have sense Firethroat..." He turned visible and jumped off the building and into the street.
Heading towards him was a red Hummer H2 with the license plate "DA GR8 1" on it. The driver was Gamer from the radio station, W.A.R.T. When he saw Phantom, he panicked and slammed on the brakes. He skids to a stop just an inch from hitting the echidna.
"HEY YA JERK!" Gamer shouted in anger. He hit the "La Cucaraca" horn furiously. "GET OUTTA THE ROAD!"
Phantom looked around him and saw that he was surrounded by other cars. They all honked at him at the same time. "Oops..." He turned transparent and ran through the cars and followed Espio and Espirit.
Espio and Espirit both were enjoying their day in the city. The stopped into the costume store and bought a box of funny noses. Espio put his head in and pulled out the classic "Big Nose and mustache glasses."
Espirit put her head in the box and pulled a pineapple nose. "Aloha!"
Espio pulled out a beaker with a lab mouse in it nose. The mouse held up a sign that read 'All the stupid people should shut up!"
Espirit pulls out Drew Carey glasses. "The points don't matter!" She said happily.
They then stopped by the nearest arcade to play some video games. They played Dance Dance Revolution and a crowd formed around them to watch. Espio was so bad; he only got to play only 5 seconds before he fell down from exhaustion. Espirit, who was on the same level, danced gracefully as the arrows, appeared on screen. When the song was over, she had the highest score. Everyone cheered and applauded for her. After that they played Skeeball to win tickets for prizes. Espirit got over 600 tickets while Espio only got 10. Espirit got a giant stuffed teddy bear that was bigger than she for a prize did while Espio only got a fuzzy pen. He didn't care, however, because he got to spend the day with his little sister. After that, they played Air Hockey together and Espio lost 10-2.
After they played the games, they walked out and Espirit excitedly pointed to something. "Look Espi!" She pointed to a photo sticker booth. "Can we have some taken? I love collecting photo stickers!"
They both walked inside the booth and got a roll of photo stickers taken. The pictures were of he and her smiling. Pictures of roses covered the corners of the stickers He gave half to her and half for himself. They then walked to the park and Espirit ran over to the swings. She started to swing happily while her brother watched while sitting on a bench. He felt he had some serious thinking to do.
"I never thought Espirit would be such a great Air Hockey player." He thought to himself. "Or Skeeball player, or dancer. I didn't even know she collected photo stickers. In fact..." He frowned sadly. "There's lots of things I don't know about her... She was only 4 when I was captured. Darn Eggman! He took me away from her! It's not fair! But... if I didn't give myself up, he would've captured both of us. I had to do it, to say her." He thought about his sister and of his mother. His father died years ago, trying to protect his family from Eggman. This was why Espio was fighting against Eggman. To make sure no one else would suffer in his hands. He couldn't return home-knowing Eggman was still roaming the world. But he knew one day he would return to his forest and to his family. Espio smiled. "But now, I'm just gonna enjoy my day with Espirit."
Espirit ran back to Espio. "What else are we gonna do, Espi?" Her pretty blue eyes sparkled with excitement.
"I know!" Espio said. "Why don't we got to Twinkle Park?"
"Twinkle Park?" Espirit asked.
The roller coaster slowly when ups the steep track incline. Espirit latched on to her brother's arm.
"I'm scared Espi..." She said nervously.
"Don't be!" He reassured her. "It'll be fun!" The roller coaster made it to the top and started to point downwards. "HERE WE GOOOOOOOOO!"
The coaster dropped down the track at an insane speed. Espirit, as well as other passengers, was screaming her lungs out. She grabbed on tighter to Espio's arm to the point where his circulation to his hand stopped. The coaster took several tight turns and twists. It made on final loop-de-loop and dropped down even further. It finally went back into the station and stopped.
"Welcome back riders!" The operation said over the speakers. "Please exit via the left and in an orderly manner.
"Uh... Espirit..." Espio started to say. "Could I have my arm back?"
Espirit let go of his arm and hugged him. "That WAS fun!" She squealed happily.
They spent the rest of the day at the amusement park. Little did they know Phantom was watching their every move. He was following them while still transparent. He saw two other animals walking towards them, 2 hedgehogs, a blue one and a pink one. It was Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose.
"Let's go on this one, Sonic!" Amy pointed to a roller coaster.
"I thought ya said there was a Chaos Emerald here!" Sonic argued.
"No I didn't..."
"Yeah ya did! You said 'There's a Chaos Emerald at Twinkle park!"
"Oh yeah... well I lied!" She smiled. "Let's just have some fun!"
Sonic turned to walks away when he saw Espio. "Yo! Espio!" He called out.
Espio turned and shouted back. "Hey Sonic!"
Sonic ran towards him and Espirit at light speed. This took the little chameleon by surprise.
"Wait for me!" Amy yelled as she ran towards them as fast as she could.
"Who's the kid? Ya kidnap her or somethin'?" Sonic joked.
"No..." Espio answered with annoyance. "She's my little sister, Espirit!"
"Hello!" Espirit greeted. "Pleased to meet you."
"Aw... She's cute!" Amy said.
"Are you Espi's friends?" Espirit asked.
"Yeah we are 'Espi's' friends." Sonic said almost tauntingly.
"You like to call your brother 'Espi,' right?" Amy said.
"Yes!" She said proudly. "Just like mommy likes to call him, 'Cutie Bootie!'"
Espio face instantly turned red when she said that. Amy and Sonic started laughing shortly after. They were cracking up.
"Cutie Bootie?" Sonic laughed even harder.
"That's... so cute!" Amy said while also laughing.
Even Phantom, who was still watching them, started to chuckle.
Espio quickly picked up his sister. "Let's go to the Merry-go-round!' He stammered out. He then ran away from Sonic and Amy.
"Later!" Sonic was still laughing. "Cutie Bootie!"
Phantom saw that Espio was running and kept on following him and his sister.
Night slowly came to the Mystic Ruins. Espio was carrying Espirit on his back since she fell asleep during the train ride back. He opened the door to his shack and stepped in. He saw the TV and lights were on, even though Vector and Charmy had long gone to bed. There was some Chinese food on the coffee table.
"They musta left some for me and Espirit..." He thought. He walked in to his room and put the sleeping Espirit in his bed. He then put her stuffed dog, Pudgy under her arm and tucked her in. He grabbed some blankets and pillows and walked to the living room and lay down on the couch. He yawns, "That was such a fun day..." He was too tired to even turn off the TV and instantly fell asleep.
Phantom was just outside the shack, and was walking past some windows. First, Vector's room, than Charmy's, and finally, Espio's room. He saw the little pink chameleon innocently resting. "This girl..." He thought. "Could see really be... a seer?"
While all this was happening in the Mystic Ruins, Eggman was in his lair looking through books after books about the Chaos Emeralds. Over 100s of books covered the floor.
"I know it's in here somewhere!" He shouted as he looked through another book and threw it on the ground. He grabbed another book off one of the shelves and looked through that one. "Nothing!" He dropped it and looked through another book. "Still nothing! I spent nearly all day looking through these books and found nothing about that dragon that came out of the emerald!" He remembered his encounter with Phantom, how he summoned from the Chaos Emerald a red dragon that with a blast of fire destroyed his Egg Walker. "If I can find out how he did that, I could use it to my advantage and finally control the world!" He threw the book down and looked through another book. However, the bookshelf started to wobble and tilt. It then fell right on top of Eggman. "AHHHHHHHH!" When the dust settled, a small book fell on top of his head and conked him. It opened in front of him and showed a picture of the dragon that was looking for earlier. "Huh?" He started to read it. "A group of warriors called seers have the ability to summon creatures that inhabit the 7 Chaos Emeralds?" He was amazed. "These Chaos Beasts, as they were called, had great and fearsome power and could only be summoned by seers. But every last seer died during a huge battle against a Tribe of Echidnas that held the Master Emerald..." He stopped reading and smiled evilly.
The next morning, Espio woke up to the smell of a delicious aroma in the air. He quickly remembered the smell, Blueberry-Banana Pancakes that only one person in the whole world could make. His mother. But he wasn't anyone close to his home. He got up out of the couch and walked to the kitchen and saw the reason for the aroma.
Espirit was at the counter putting sliced bananas and blueberries in pancake batter and stirring it. She then made poured it onto a frying pan that was over a low flame. Espio looked at the table and saw a big stack of pancakes that smelled even better up close. Espirit turned and saw her big brother.
"Good morning Espi!" She said in a happy tone. "I made some of your favorite pancakes!"
"Espirit..." Espio was amazed. Only 7 and already she could make pancakes perfectly. "They look great! When did you learn to make pancakes?"
"Mommy taught me when I was 5." She said proudly.
Suddenly, a grumble could be heard coming towards the kitchen. Vector walked into the kitchen with half open eyes, but they sparked awake when the smell of pancakes entered his nose. "What's that great smell?"
"Breakfast!" Espirit said.
"Breakfast... I almost forgot what it smelled like!" Vector said excitedly as he dashed towards the table. He grabbed a stack of pancakes and a fork. He poured syrup already his food and began to chow down. "These are da best pancakes I've ever had!"
"Thank you." Espirit said politely.
"You made these?" He said amazed. "Are ya sure you're Espio's little sis?"
"Yes."
"Couldn't tell since da food isn't burnt to a crisp!"
Espio glared at Vector annoyed.
Charmy walked into the kitchen. "What's up? No pizza today? No fire in the kitchen?"
"No!" Vector said happily. "We're having pancakes made from little master chef, Espirit!"
Charmy flew towards the food and took a bite of the stack on his plate. He gave noisy sounds of enjoyment. "These ARE awesome!"
"If it's okay with Espi..." Espirit started to say. "I can make dinner, too."
"Uh..." Espio started to say hesitantly. "Sure... I guess..."
"Does that mean she'll be cooking for us from now on?" Charmy quickly asked.
Espio unnoticeably gritted his teeth. He didn't think that they hated his food so much that they'd ask a 7-year-old to cook for them. But, since she was only going to be there for 2 weeks, he didn't really mind that she cooked instead of him. Still, he was a little upset.
"Big brother..." Espirit started to ask. "Sit down and eat. Aren't ya hungry?"
"Not really..." He said. "I'm gonna take a walk."
"Okay... don't get lost like last time." She said.
"Lost?" Charmy asked.
"He once got lost back home when he was camping..." Espirit started to explain as Espio's face redden. "He was caught in a bush 2 feet away from the camp site."
Vector and Charmy started to laugh out loud. "Lost in a bush?" Vector said between laughs.
"2 feet away from camp!" Charmy said.
"That same night..." Espirit started to say. "He wet his sleeping bag and cried out, 'Mommy! It rained in my sleeping bag!'"
Vector and Charmy fell to the floor cracking up.
"My... my sides hurt!" Vector said while still laughing.
Espio's face was completely red and embarrassed. "Well... uh... Seeya guys later!" He quickly ran out the front door. "I'll be back at noon!"
Espio couldn't believe she told that story. He knew she was just a little girl and wasn't trying to embarrass him, but still...
Espio came home at noon, just as he said. He and Espirit decided to play catch outside, but after a while it started to rain and thunder. So now they were stuck in the house all day.
"Nice weather, huh?" The radio was on W.A.R.T. radio and DJ Gamer was on. "We got over 5 inches of rain, not to mention the thunder. Better stay in for this one. But that's okay! It's time for W.A.R.T.'s 'Prize of da day!'"
Vector was standing by the radio and phone, listening to the show very closely. "I gotta win this time!"
"Let's take over to Skye! What insane prize is this show gonna give away this time!"
A different voice was on the radio. It was radio DJ-ess, Skye Agony. "Today's prize is front row center seats to NICKELBACK'S CONCERT IN THE STATION SQUARE STADIUM!"
"I must win!" Vector yelled.
"All ya gotta do to win this is to be by your phone when we call our lucky number!" Skye shouted. "If you're phone rings, PICK IT UP! Time to call that number!"
There were dial tones on the radio. Suddenly, Vector's phone started to ring. He panicked and pushed the button to get the call. "Hello?" He shouted nervously.
"What is your name?" A voice said over the phone.
"V-vector..."
"Vector... You are the lucky winner!" It was Skye over the phone.
"YEEEEEEEEEESSS! I WON!" Vector shouted with joy.
"Hey! Don't shout in my ear! You still gotta answer the question to REALLY win!"
"Lay it on me!"
"Okay!" She said excitedly. "Station Square was the host of the greatest rock show in the 1980s. There, the unknown band, 'Julius and the Julius 7' shocked the crowds by playing a rock version of a popular song. Name that song and the tickets are all yours!"
Vector opened his mouth to answer when he made a shocking realization. He never heard of the rock show, or the Julius 7. He started to stammer nonsense into the phone.
"Time's running out..."
"Uh...uh!" He saw Espirit walking towards the bathroom. "Wait!" He called to her.
"Huh?" Espirit looked at Vector. She yipped when he picked her up.
"Rock show! 1980! Julius 7! The song!"
"What?" Espirit was confused.
What's the song that the Julius 7 played that shocked crowds in 1980s in the greatest rock show at Station Square?" Vector said in one fast sentence. "Hurry!"
"Uh..." Espirit smiled nervously. "Pop goes the Weasel?"
Vector just stared at her in disbelief. He put the phone to his mouth. "Pop goes the Weasel?"
"Wow..." Skye said in disbelief. "You have to be the first guy to ever use that 'answer'." She then got excited. "AND YOU'RE THE FIRST GUY TO EVER GET IT RIGHT! YOU WIN!"
Vector's jaw dropped and his eyes were wide open. "I wo...I wo..."
"Back in 83, band leader, Christopher Julius, forgot the next song he was supposed to play, so he started to sing 'Pop goes the Weasel' and the band started to play a rocked out version. Although it shocked audiences, it was a big hit, but you can find this all out when you go to Station Square Museum of Rock!"
Vector eyes widen even more and he kept stammering.
"Not only do you win the tickets, you win a VIP pass to the Museum of Rock opening this Sunday. And... NickelBack's latest CD, autographed by NickelBack themselves!" Vector was so stunned, that he dropped the phone. "Hello? Hello?"
Espirit picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hey!" Skye said happily. "Who are you, little girl?"
"My name is Espirit!" She answered. "I'm 7! Was 'Pop goes the Weasel' the right answer?"
"Yes it was!"
"I gave Vector the answer."
"You're so cute! How would you like a plushie of W.A.R.T.'s mascot, Mogo the Moogle and backstage passes to meet NickelBack in person?"
"Kay!"
"Did ya hear that Vector?"
"I think he's taking a nap, standing up."
"Well, wake him, cause the prize wagon will be there with all your prizes in just moments!"
"Okay!"
Well, I gotta go now. Do you know our slogan?"
"No one rocks louder that W.A.R.T.! Espirit shouted.
"Bye-bye!"
"Bye!" Espirit hung up the phone and looked at Vector. "Night, Vector." She then walked to the bathroom and left Vector standing there in shock.
Espirit walked to the living room with a new stuffed toy in her hands. It was a stuffed FFTA moogle toy with a black shirt that had "W.A.R.T." on it. (Nuthin' like the constant plugging of my other fics, huh?) She saw Charmy on the couch playing "Kirby Air Ride." He was losing.
"ARRGH!" He shouted the words "Retire" appeared on screen. "I'll never beat that penguin at this rate!"
"Can I play?" Espirit asked.
"Huh?" Charmy looked at her. "Yeah... go ahead..." He hands her the controller and she happily sits on the couch and starts playing.
After a while, she faces off against King Dedede. Charmy watched the TV as Kirby did one final plasma blast and defeated Dedede. He looked at the time and was shocked. She beat him in only 15 seconds.
"How did you...?" He started to say.
"Wanna play two player?" She asked Charmy.
"Sure." He said confidently.
They played in heated competition for hours. In the end, Espirit beat Charmy with a score of 12 games to zero. Charmy was stunned. He was undefeated at video games. Not even Espio can beat him.
Espio walked and saw that Charmy was just staring at the game. "Somethin' wrong, Charmy?"
"Your sister...just beat...me in video games..." He stammered.
"Don't get too upset at her. She's just a kid!"
"Upset?" Charmy laughed. "I want her to teach me all who best moves!" Charmy got on his knees and started begging. "Please Sensei! Teach me all you know!"
"Kay!" Espirit said.
"To think someone could beat ME at video games... She's better than you, Espio!"
"How bout some 3 player games?" Espio suggested.
"Later, Espio." Charmy replied. "She needs to show me how to beat Dedede first!" He started to play. "Could ya get us some snacks?"
"Uh... sure..." Espio said hesitantly. He was a little upset. Charmy had NEVER turned down a challenge. Instead he seek training from a 7-year-old. He started to think to himself as he walked towards the kitchen. "They rather play games with her... eat her cooking... plus all the embarrassing stories... I don't know if I could stand Espirit to be here for 2 weeks..." He walked past Vector, who was still stunned and standing by the phone.
Meanwhile... Phantom was standing just outside the window watching all the things that were occurring. He had a serious look on his face as he looked at Espirit.
Espio starting to doubt having his sister around... and Phantom is watching his and Espirit's every move. What's gonna happen next? Gonna hafta wait for a while, cause I got other fics to work on. Seeya later!
Chapter 2:
Getting used to the Visitor
It was a pretty busy day at the city of Station Square. The streets were flooded with people driving home from work or going to the late shift. The sidewalks were the same. People walked around to get where they needed to. Meanwhile, right in the middle of the sidewalk, stood the same white Echidna from the White Jungle. But people didn't even notice him and even walked right through him, literately. He was now transparent at the moment. No one could see or feel him. He could even go through the people who came up to him. It was one of his many defensive moves he used to keep himself safe from harm. He held in his right hand his red Chaos Emerald.
"Do you think we'll find an emerald here, Master Phantom?" The dragon, Firethroat's voice was heard from the emerald.
"They could be anywhere..." Phantom said. "For all we know, one of these people could have one."
"Master... may I ask why you seek the emeralds when you already have one?"
"I want to keep them out of the wrong hands. The emeralds have great power. But you already know that. If someone found all 7, then the world could be in danger of destruction. The emeralds aren't meant to be all found."
Phantom spotted a pair of two chameleons among the crowds of people. It was Espio and Espirit, enjoying the day. They both walked right through Phantom. However, Espirit stopped for a second. She felt a strange presence in the air. But just as she felt it, it was gone.
"C'mon Espirit!" Espio called out to her.
"Kay!" She shouted excitedly and ran back to Espio.
Phantom watched the two from the top of a building.
"Did she sense me?" Phantom thought. "No... she must have sense Firethroat..." He turned visible and jumped off the building and into the street.
Heading towards him was a red Hummer H2 with the license plate "DA GR8 1" on it. The driver was Gamer from the radio station, W.A.R.T. When he saw Phantom, he panicked and slammed on the brakes. He skids to a stop just an inch from hitting the echidna.
"HEY YA JERK!" Gamer shouted in anger. He hit the "La Cucaraca" horn furiously. "GET OUTTA THE ROAD!"
Phantom looked around him and saw that he was surrounded by other cars. They all honked at him at the same time. "Oops..." He turned transparent and ran through the cars and followed Espio and Espirit.
Espio and Espirit both were enjoying their day in the city. The stopped into the costume store and bought a box of funny noses. Espio put his head in and pulled out the classic "Big Nose and mustache glasses."
Espirit put her head in the box and pulled a pineapple nose. "Aloha!"
Espio pulled out a beaker with a lab mouse in it nose. The mouse held up a sign that read 'All the stupid people should shut up!"
Espirit pulls out Drew Carey glasses. "The points don't matter!" She said happily.
They then stopped by the nearest arcade to play some video games. They played Dance Dance Revolution and a crowd formed around them to watch. Espio was so bad; he only got to play only 5 seconds before he fell down from exhaustion. Espirit, who was on the same level, danced gracefully as the arrows, appeared on screen. When the song was over, she had the highest score. Everyone cheered and applauded for her. After that they played Skeeball to win tickets for prizes. Espirit got over 600 tickets while Espio only got 10. Espirit got a giant stuffed teddy bear that was bigger than she for a prize did while Espio only got a fuzzy pen. He didn't care, however, because he got to spend the day with his little sister. After that, they played Air Hockey together and Espio lost 10-2.
After they played the games, they walked out and Espirit excitedly pointed to something. "Look Espi!" She pointed to a photo sticker booth. "Can we have some taken? I love collecting photo stickers!"
They both walked inside the booth and got a roll of photo stickers taken. The pictures were of he and her smiling. Pictures of roses covered the corners of the stickers He gave half to her and half for himself. They then walked to the park and Espirit ran over to the swings. She started to swing happily while her brother watched while sitting on a bench. He felt he had some serious thinking to do.
"I never thought Espirit would be such a great Air Hockey player." He thought to himself. "Or Skeeball player, or dancer. I didn't even know she collected photo stickers. In fact..." He frowned sadly. "There's lots of things I don't know about her... She was only 4 when I was captured. Darn Eggman! He took me away from her! It's not fair! But... if I didn't give myself up, he would've captured both of us. I had to do it, to say her." He thought about his sister and of his mother. His father died years ago, trying to protect his family from Eggman. This was why Espio was fighting against Eggman. To make sure no one else would suffer in his hands. He couldn't return home-knowing Eggman was still roaming the world. But he knew one day he would return to his forest and to his family. Espio smiled. "But now, I'm just gonna enjoy my day with Espirit."
Espirit ran back to Espio. "What else are we gonna do, Espi?" Her pretty blue eyes sparkled with excitement.
"I know!" Espio said. "Why don't we got to Twinkle Park?"
"Twinkle Park?" Espirit asked.
The roller coaster slowly when ups the steep track incline. Espirit latched on to her brother's arm.
"I'm scared Espi..." She said nervously.
"Don't be!" He reassured her. "It'll be fun!" The roller coaster made it to the top and started to point downwards. "HERE WE GOOOOOOOOO!"
The coaster dropped down the track at an insane speed. Espirit, as well as other passengers, was screaming her lungs out. She grabbed on tighter to Espio's arm to the point where his circulation to his hand stopped. The coaster took several tight turns and twists. It made on final loop-de-loop and dropped down even further. It finally went back into the station and stopped.
"Welcome back riders!" The operation said over the speakers. "Please exit via the left and in an orderly manner.
"Uh... Espirit..." Espio started to say. "Could I have my arm back?"
Espirit let go of his arm and hugged him. "That WAS fun!" She squealed happily.
They spent the rest of the day at the amusement park. Little did they know Phantom was watching their every move. He was following them while still transparent. He saw two other animals walking towards them, 2 hedgehogs, a blue one and a pink one. It was Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose.
"Let's go on this one, Sonic!" Amy pointed to a roller coaster.
"I thought ya said there was a Chaos Emerald here!" Sonic argued.
"No I didn't..."
"Yeah ya did! You said 'There's a Chaos Emerald at Twinkle park!"
"Oh yeah... well I lied!" She smiled. "Let's just have some fun!"
Sonic turned to walks away when he saw Espio. "Yo! Espio!" He called out.
Espio turned and shouted back. "Hey Sonic!"
Sonic ran towards him and Espirit at light speed. This took the little chameleon by surprise.
"Wait for me!" Amy yelled as she ran towards them as fast as she could.
"Who's the kid? Ya kidnap her or somethin'?" Sonic joked.
"No..." Espio answered with annoyance. "She's my little sister, Espirit!"
"Hello!" Espirit greeted. "Pleased to meet you."
"Aw... She's cute!" Amy said.
"Are you Espi's friends?" Espirit asked.
"Yeah we are 'Espi's' friends." Sonic said almost tauntingly.
"You like to call your brother 'Espi,' right?" Amy said.
"Yes!" She said proudly. "Just like mommy likes to call him, 'Cutie Bootie!'"
Espio face instantly turned red when she said that. Amy and Sonic started laughing shortly after. They were cracking up.
"Cutie Bootie?" Sonic laughed even harder.
"That's... so cute!" Amy said while also laughing.
Even Phantom, who was still watching them, started to chuckle.
Espio quickly picked up his sister. "Let's go to the Merry-go-round!' He stammered out. He then ran away from Sonic and Amy.
"Later!" Sonic was still laughing. "Cutie Bootie!"
Phantom saw that Espio was running and kept on following him and his sister.
Night slowly came to the Mystic Ruins. Espio was carrying Espirit on his back since she fell asleep during the train ride back. He opened the door to his shack and stepped in. He saw the TV and lights were on, even though Vector and Charmy had long gone to bed. There was some Chinese food on the coffee table.
"They musta left some for me and Espirit..." He thought. He walked in to his room and put the sleeping Espirit in his bed. He then put her stuffed dog, Pudgy under her arm and tucked her in. He grabbed some blankets and pillows and walked to the living room and lay down on the couch. He yawns, "That was such a fun day..." He was too tired to even turn off the TV and instantly fell asleep.
Phantom was just outside the shack, and was walking past some windows. First, Vector's room, than Charmy's, and finally, Espio's room. He saw the little pink chameleon innocently resting. "This girl..." He thought. "Could see really be... a seer?"
While all this was happening in the Mystic Ruins, Eggman was in his lair looking through books after books about the Chaos Emeralds. Over 100s of books covered the floor.
"I know it's in here somewhere!" He shouted as he looked through another book and threw it on the ground. He grabbed another book off one of the shelves and looked through that one. "Nothing!" He dropped it and looked through another book. "Still nothing! I spent nearly all day looking through these books and found nothing about that dragon that came out of the emerald!" He remembered his encounter with Phantom, how he summoned from the Chaos Emerald a red dragon that with a blast of fire destroyed his Egg Walker. "If I can find out how he did that, I could use it to my advantage and finally control the world!" He threw the book down and looked through another book. However, the bookshelf started to wobble and tilt. It then fell right on top of Eggman. "AHHHHHHHH!" When the dust settled, a small book fell on top of his head and conked him. It opened in front of him and showed a picture of the dragon that was looking for earlier. "Huh?" He started to read it. "A group of warriors called seers have the ability to summon creatures that inhabit the 7 Chaos Emeralds?" He was amazed. "These Chaos Beasts, as they were called, had great and fearsome power and could only be summoned by seers. But every last seer died during a huge battle against a Tribe of Echidnas that held the Master Emerald..." He stopped reading and smiled evilly.
The next morning, Espio woke up to the smell of a delicious aroma in the air. He quickly remembered the smell, Blueberry-Banana Pancakes that only one person in the whole world could make. His mother. But he wasn't anyone close to his home. He got up out of the couch and walked to the kitchen and saw the reason for the aroma.
Espirit was at the counter putting sliced bananas and blueberries in pancake batter and stirring it. She then made poured it onto a frying pan that was over a low flame. Espio looked at the table and saw a big stack of pancakes that smelled even better up close. Espirit turned and saw her big brother.
"Good morning Espi!" She said in a happy tone. "I made some of your favorite pancakes!"
"Espirit..." Espio was amazed. Only 7 and already she could make pancakes perfectly. "They look great! When did you learn to make pancakes?"
"Mommy taught me when I was 5." She said proudly.
Suddenly, a grumble could be heard coming towards the kitchen. Vector walked into the kitchen with half open eyes, but they sparked awake when the smell of pancakes entered his nose. "What's that great smell?"
"Breakfast!" Espirit said.
"Breakfast... I almost forgot what it smelled like!" Vector said excitedly as he dashed towards the table. He grabbed a stack of pancakes and a fork. He poured syrup already his food and began to chow down. "These are da best pancakes I've ever had!"
"Thank you." Espirit said politely.
"You made these?" He said amazed. "Are ya sure you're Espio's little sis?"
"Yes."
"Couldn't tell since da food isn't burnt to a crisp!"
Espio glared at Vector annoyed.
Charmy walked into the kitchen. "What's up? No pizza today? No fire in the kitchen?"
"No!" Vector said happily. "We're having pancakes made from little master chef, Espirit!"
Charmy flew towards the food and took a bite of the stack on his plate. He gave noisy sounds of enjoyment. "These ARE awesome!"
"If it's okay with Espi..." Espirit started to say. "I can make dinner, too."
"Uh..." Espio started to say hesitantly. "Sure... I guess..."
"Does that mean she'll be cooking for us from now on?" Charmy quickly asked.
Espio unnoticeably gritted his teeth. He didn't think that they hated his food so much that they'd ask a 7-year-old to cook for them. But, since she was only going to be there for 2 weeks, he didn't really mind that she cooked instead of him. Still, he was a little upset.
"Big brother..." Espirit started to ask. "Sit down and eat. Aren't ya hungry?"
"Not really..." He said. "I'm gonna take a walk."
"Okay... don't get lost like last time." She said.
"Lost?" Charmy asked.
"He once got lost back home when he was camping..." Espirit started to explain as Espio's face redden. "He was caught in a bush 2 feet away from the camp site."
Vector and Charmy started to laugh out loud. "Lost in a bush?" Vector said between laughs.
"2 feet away from camp!" Charmy said.
"That same night..." Espirit started to say. "He wet his sleeping bag and cried out, 'Mommy! It rained in my sleeping bag!'"
Vector and Charmy fell to the floor cracking up.
"My... my sides hurt!" Vector said while still laughing.
Espio's face was completely red and embarrassed. "Well... uh... Seeya guys later!" He quickly ran out the front door. "I'll be back at noon!"
Espio couldn't believe she told that story. He knew she was just a little girl and wasn't trying to embarrass him, but still...
Espio came home at noon, just as he said. He and Espirit decided to play catch outside, but after a while it started to rain and thunder. So now they were stuck in the house all day.
"Nice weather, huh?" The radio was on W.A.R.T. radio and DJ Gamer was on. "We got over 5 inches of rain, not to mention the thunder. Better stay in for this one. But that's okay! It's time for W.A.R.T.'s 'Prize of da day!'"
Vector was standing by the radio and phone, listening to the show very closely. "I gotta win this time!"
"Let's take over to Skye! What insane prize is this show gonna give away this time!"
A different voice was on the radio. It was radio DJ-ess, Skye Agony. "Today's prize is front row center seats to NICKELBACK'S CONCERT IN THE STATION SQUARE STADIUM!"
"I must win!" Vector yelled.
"All ya gotta do to win this is to be by your phone when we call our lucky number!" Skye shouted. "If you're phone rings, PICK IT UP! Time to call that number!"
There were dial tones on the radio. Suddenly, Vector's phone started to ring. He panicked and pushed the button to get the call. "Hello?" He shouted nervously.
"What is your name?" A voice said over the phone.
"V-vector..."
"Vector... You are the lucky winner!" It was Skye over the phone.
"YEEEEEEEEEESSS! I WON!" Vector shouted with joy.
"Hey! Don't shout in my ear! You still gotta answer the question to REALLY win!"
"Lay it on me!"
"Okay!" She said excitedly. "Station Square was the host of the greatest rock show in the 1980s. There, the unknown band, 'Julius and the Julius 7' shocked the crowds by playing a rock version of a popular song. Name that song and the tickets are all yours!"
Vector opened his mouth to answer when he made a shocking realization. He never heard of the rock show, or the Julius 7. He started to stammer nonsense into the phone.
"Time's running out..."
"Uh...uh!" He saw Espirit walking towards the bathroom. "Wait!" He called to her.
"Huh?" Espirit looked at Vector. She yipped when he picked her up.
"Rock show! 1980! Julius 7! The song!"
"What?" Espirit was confused.
What's the song that the Julius 7 played that shocked crowds in 1980s in the greatest rock show at Station Square?" Vector said in one fast sentence. "Hurry!"
"Uh..." Espirit smiled nervously. "Pop goes the Weasel?"
Vector just stared at her in disbelief. He put the phone to his mouth. "Pop goes the Weasel?"
"Wow..." Skye said in disbelief. "You have to be the first guy to ever use that 'answer'." She then got excited. "AND YOU'RE THE FIRST GUY TO EVER GET IT RIGHT! YOU WIN!"
Vector's jaw dropped and his eyes were wide open. "I wo...I wo..."
"Back in 83, band leader, Christopher Julius, forgot the next song he was supposed to play, so he started to sing 'Pop goes the Weasel' and the band started to play a rocked out version. Although it shocked audiences, it was a big hit, but you can find this all out when you go to Station Square Museum of Rock!"
Vector eyes widen even more and he kept stammering.
"Not only do you win the tickets, you win a VIP pass to the Museum of Rock opening this Sunday. And... NickelBack's latest CD, autographed by NickelBack themselves!" Vector was so stunned, that he dropped the phone. "Hello? Hello?"
Espirit picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hey!" Skye said happily. "Who are you, little girl?"
"My name is Espirit!" She answered. "I'm 7! Was 'Pop goes the Weasel' the right answer?"
"Yes it was!"
"I gave Vector the answer."
"You're so cute! How would you like a plushie of W.A.R.T.'s mascot, Mogo the Moogle and backstage passes to meet NickelBack in person?"
"Kay!"
"Did ya hear that Vector?"
"I think he's taking a nap, standing up."
"Well, wake him, cause the prize wagon will be there with all your prizes in just moments!"
"Okay!"
Well, I gotta go now. Do you know our slogan?"
"No one rocks louder that W.A.R.T.! Espirit shouted.
"Bye-bye!"
"Bye!" Espirit hung up the phone and looked at Vector. "Night, Vector." She then walked to the bathroom and left Vector standing there in shock.
Espirit walked to the living room with a new stuffed toy in her hands. It was a stuffed FFTA moogle toy with a black shirt that had "W.A.R.T." on it. (Nuthin' like the constant plugging of my other fics, huh?) She saw Charmy on the couch playing "Kirby Air Ride." He was losing.
"ARRGH!" He shouted the words "Retire" appeared on screen. "I'll never beat that penguin at this rate!"
"Can I play?" Espirit asked.
"Huh?" Charmy looked at her. "Yeah... go ahead..." He hands her the controller and she happily sits on the couch and starts playing.
After a while, she faces off against King Dedede. Charmy watched the TV as Kirby did one final plasma blast and defeated Dedede. He looked at the time and was shocked. She beat him in only 15 seconds.
"How did you...?" He started to say.
"Wanna play two player?" She asked Charmy.
"Sure." He said confidently.
They played in heated competition for hours. In the end, Espirit beat Charmy with a score of 12 games to zero. Charmy was stunned. He was undefeated at video games. Not even Espio can beat him.
Espio walked and saw that Charmy was just staring at the game. "Somethin' wrong, Charmy?"
"Your sister...just beat...me in video games..." He stammered.
"Don't get too upset at her. She's just a kid!"
"Upset?" Charmy laughed. "I want her to teach me all who best moves!" Charmy got on his knees and started begging. "Please Sensei! Teach me all you know!"
"Kay!" Espirit said.
"To think someone could beat ME at video games... She's better than you, Espio!"
"How bout some 3 player games?" Espio suggested.
"Later, Espio." Charmy replied. "She needs to show me how to beat Dedede first!" He started to play. "Could ya get us some snacks?"
"Uh... sure..." Espio said hesitantly. He was a little upset. Charmy had NEVER turned down a challenge. Instead he seek training from a 7-year-old. He started to think to himself as he walked towards the kitchen. "They rather play games with her... eat her cooking... plus all the embarrassing stories... I don't know if I could stand Espirit to be here for 2 weeks..." He walked past Vector, who was still stunned and standing by the phone.
Meanwhile... Phantom was standing just outside the window watching all the things that were occurring. He had a serious look on his face as he looked at Espirit.
Espio starting to doubt having his sister around... and Phantom is watching his and Espirit's every move. What's gonna happen next? Gonna hafta wait for a while, cause I got other fics to work on. Seeya later!