Can Never Replace You
Disclaimer: Knuckles is mine!! Heh, I wish. No characters belongs to me, but-
Kero Guardian: (Swiping net after Knuckles.) Come back!!! SIGH! I'm beginning to think my story is as pointless as me trying to capture that echidna.
Rouge: That's right! He belongs to me!!
Kero Guardian: Well...grr...I like Eggman too!! (Hugs Eggman's arm and sticks out tongue.)
All including Eggman: (SWEAT!!?)
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Chapter 2: What the?!?
It was a normal "early" morning at the Chaotix Detective Agency, everything was right except for the fact that Vector wasn't snoozing on his chair, Charmy wasn't curled up on the fan, and Espio couldn't sleep in his locker. Not with his two friends playing twenty questions with him.
"What do you have to disagree with now, Vector?"
"What do you mean by that?! We send you to go buy some chow, but then you come home, in the middle of night, with a girl and let her..." The crocodile glanced down at the slumbering girl, who laid on the dirty rug about the floor, poking Espio roughly on the shoulder. "Stay at our place?"
Their office wasn't exactly any place to stay. With business running slow, and money running low-they had to reserve the money for food. There was a normal bedroom, not fancy, but comforting, at the end of a hall. Yet the rule was that all three members had to agree before allowing anyone to sleep there, somewhat of a privilege.
"Does the good Samaritan have something against her staying here?" He glared up at his eyes, unwavering. "Look, she told me she didn't have a place to stay and well...I didn't want to leave her out in the rain."
The proud chameleon tried to ignore the gawking stare he received from Vector.
Charmy was silently staring at her the entire time, only half listening to what his two companions had to say. A quiet smile suddenly lit over his young face, "Actually...I don't mind her staying with us."
"......ahem." Vector muttered before giving Espio a perplexed look and a bothered one to the bee, "Espio, did this little girl tell you how much money she'd offer to us for letting her stay with us?"
"............" Espio looked back at Maria, "No...why?"
"Just curious. Heh, well that settles it, the little gal can stay as long as she likes till we find out what to do. But in the meantime Espio, go buy breakfast. Our guest should be hungry." The three detectives weren't exactly excellent cooks. It was cheaper for them to purchase edibles rather than burning it by attempting to play chef.
The teen nodded, turning back to his locker, but paused to look at Vector. "Urm...thanks."
A long time after Espio left, a bewildered Charmy fluttered over to the grinning reptile and whispered, "Say, Vector. Is it just me or maybe he's been hanging around you too much? He sure isn't acting like himself!"
"Hmm...maybe." Vector rubbed his chin, winking. "But I don't think I'm the one making that self-obsessed ninja "soft", Charmy. Nope...not me."
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"Now I've got a plan!!" Tugging his crimson ears with a gloved hand, Gerald sneered, a Robotnik smirk. Then glared furiously at the angel stacking tissue boxes together. "Cut it out!!!" He almost hissed, pulling her over to his side by the wrist. "Look! I need YOU to distract the cops while "I" find the right time to fire off this!" He held a rubber balloon, grin widening.
She shook a finger at him, "Not nice...calling good guys cops!" He gave her another glare before roughly pushing her into view, while he fled behind an unoccupied desk.
"Well, I couldn't find anyone by the name of Gerald Robinson...you think these two were abandoned?" An officer spoke at the settle swing of a door.
That was Florina's cue. She skipped over to the man's side, and plopped her arms around his leg. She expand her eyes until they almost shined, like white crystals glittering in sunlight, her voice resembling a chao, "Coo, coo!" Her hand batted at her bangs, playfully allowing her cheek to gently rub his leg.
A bit surprised, he smiled down at her. "Hey there...heh. You look just like my niece. Funny eyes you've got there kid."
"Now Joe." A female officer shook her pretty, brown head. "Be nice. Sorry sweetie, Joe here isn't very good with kids." She snickered, shoving the other bluecoat humorously at the shoulders.
He laughed a little and was about to pat her on the head, but Gerald suddenly sprung up and hollered, "Get out of the way Florina!!!"
Florina opened up her arms pretending to be an airplane as she scampered a distance from the following explosion. Smoke created from chalk fogged the area and the snickering scientist caught the angel's wrist again, now escaping down the short halls.
"Koff! Koff!" Joe and the lovely woman slid a gun into their hands, took aim, and open fired. A net landed quickly after the "pow" sound, right next to the fugitives, emitting a snarl from the boy.
"You've got to be kidding me! Huh?" Gerald looked up when he felt a pair of arms slide underneath him, and found his feet no longer on ground. "What?! Flying??"
Florina latched his body closely underneath her, wings now flapping laboriously to gain speed. "Out there?" She asked innocently, eyes fixed on the door in front of them.
"Out? D-d-door!!!" A sharp pain, they slammed through the entryway and exit, soaring over skeptical citizens, and away from the police station. "Hahaha!! See you later and give G.U.N. my greetings!! Wahoo!!!"
They exchanged smiles right before crashing into a tree near the mall. "Ow..."
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:Amy's Room in Sonic Battle is scary!:
Sonic was standing on top of the huge picture of himself etched in carpet, and staring at it, laughed nervously. "Oh boy..."
"Sonikku! I'm so glad you came over to my house!!!" Amy giggled, not visible to the blue hedgehog. The drawers in her house were so large, each with a representation of her up top, different expressions for different drawers.
"You did say you wanted my help, right Ames? Well, what is it?" He just couldn't manage to take his eyes away from the portrait of himself.
"You remember all the clothes we bought at the mall?"
"You mean all the ones I had to carry?" Sonic asked sarcastically, rolling his pupils.
"Yep! I want you to help me put 'em all up!"
"What?!" He felt pretty reluctant now, "aalll of them?!" A foot instinctively stepped back, face now neurotic. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope! Catch!"
"But Ames, I can't I-mmph!" He couldn't finish his sentence after Amy tossed the fabrics over him, "mmphh...mph."
"You're so nice, Sonikku!" She exclaimed, hopping by his side, hands crossed behind him, smile wide and eyes closed happily.
"..." He finally dug his way out, "Yeah...nice. Sigh."
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:Tail's Lab:
Ring! Ring! Ring!
"Oh! Cream? Could you get that? I'm a little busy right now." Tails asked, from under his plane.
"Going! Thanks Cheese!" Handy as always, the chao had already gotten the phone for her, in which she gladly accepted. "...Hello? Oh, hi Ms. Tikal! Huh? No, I don't think Mr. Tails would know where Mr. Shadow lives. Could you please hold?...Mr. Tails! Do you know where Mr. Shadow lives?! "
"Huh? Ow!" Tails yelped, getting his tails tangled in one of the wires. "Uh, yeah...darn it...I think his and Omega's house are at Sky Rail." A short pause, as he tried to remove them. "My tails are stuck!"
"He says that Mr. Shadow lives at Sky Rail...your welcome!" Cream hung up, then looked back at her friend. "What did you say, Mr. Tails?"
"Help!!!"
The little rabbit glanced at Cheese and both giggled. "All right!" She nodded, hopping forward.
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:Station Square Mall – inside the Kitchen store:
Tikal hung up the phone, and placed her working apron on. "Well Chaos...looks like I'll have to call Knuckles to deliver Shadow's stuff to him."
Sky Rail wasn't a safe place for someone like her, not with all that grinding and Pumpkin Hill nearby. Luckily, Knuckles had learned how to grind during Sonic Heroes, so it wouldn't be much trouble. And he'd appreciate an escape from money spending on Rouge; Tikal smiled at the thought of that. "Silly."
"Blubleblub." The liquid form pointed at two youngsters approaching the counter.
"? Oh, it's a customer!" Tikal moved to the counter and bowed politely. "May I help you two?"
It was none other than the troublesome pair of non-living beings, Gerald was still picking twigs from his fur and Florina beamed brightly at the echidna, waving. A wave of recognition washed over the peach animal's face a split second after the angel stopped her hand motion. But she found herself unable to speak and her words stumbled for a few minutes later finally before blurting, "What are you doing here, Florina?!"
Florina blinked ignorantly, then grinned. "Tika-san, hiyo!"
"Why aren't you in Heaven!??!! Did you run away again?! Did you fall!!? D- do you at least have your halo with you?!!??" Her questioning slowly rose to shrieks. "What in the Lord's name is going on, chi-"
"I overheard you talking about someone named Shadow." Gerald huffed.
Her shaking eyes gazed at the boy, "...yes" She hesitated, turning her stare to the girl, who was pointing at Chaos and mumbling baby words, "he's a friend of mine." She didn't notice her hands still holding onto the bag. "C- chaos?!"
Chaos abruptly leapt in front of her, shifting a watery arm in a protective manner. "Blubbly, blub. Blub!"
"Hmm." The laboratory technician smirked quietly, and nodded. "I guess we're not welcome here are we, Florina? But I'll be willing to deliver his things."
He tried to snatch the bag from Tikal's grasp, but her friend swatted his reach aside, making the older man trapped in a child's body growl. "Look you creature ripped off of Biolizard. Get out of our way!"
Florina let out a shrill titter, swinging a crucifix around and hooked the surprised Ancient's neck, swinging her around and into a shelf.
"Ah!" Tikal cried, pots tumbling over her. Chaos was momentarily distracted by his fallen friend so he didn't notice Gerald grabbing a nearby toaster on display and tossed it into the Guardian of all Chao, electrocuting him.
Florina let out a happy shout of triumph, grabbing the bag then settled out, her partner close behind.
The echidna tried to push herself up, a involuntary moan escaping her lips, as she felt the pain in her neck. "Chaos! Cha-aos!! Can you still hear me...I...uggh.."
The two left alone fainted quickly.
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Kero Guardian: (Sob!) Well, maybe a plot's developing a lot better than last time now! But thanks for the reviews! You guys are sweet!!! Sorry Tikal! Like you a lot, are you all right?!
Tikal: No worries...most of the pots missed...but my neck, urm...may be broken?!??
Kero Guardian: You've got to be kidding me!!! (Panics.) I've got to use you for other chapters!!! Arrgh!! Uh...I'll be moving "House of Fallen Angels" to the Sonic Section soon, so you'll know that how Tikal and Florina met, sorry for that confusion.
Tikal: (Rubbing neck.) Just joking. (Smile.)
Kero Guardian: You guys... (Bored look.)
Florina: (Confused look.) Me evil??
Gerald: (Upset.) Me too? Hey I tried to destroy the world but this is ridiculous!!!
Disclaimer: Knuckles is mine!! Heh, I wish. No characters belongs to me, but-
Kero Guardian: (Swiping net after Knuckles.) Come back!!! SIGH! I'm beginning to think my story is as pointless as me trying to capture that echidna.
Rouge: That's right! He belongs to me!!
Kero Guardian: Well...grr...I like Eggman too!! (Hugs Eggman's arm and sticks out tongue.)
All including Eggman: (SWEAT!!?)
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Chapter 2: What the?!?
It was a normal "early" morning at the Chaotix Detective Agency, everything was right except for the fact that Vector wasn't snoozing on his chair, Charmy wasn't curled up on the fan, and Espio couldn't sleep in his locker. Not with his two friends playing twenty questions with him.
"What do you have to disagree with now, Vector?"
"What do you mean by that?! We send you to go buy some chow, but then you come home, in the middle of night, with a girl and let her..." The crocodile glanced down at the slumbering girl, who laid on the dirty rug about the floor, poking Espio roughly on the shoulder. "Stay at our place?"
Their office wasn't exactly any place to stay. With business running slow, and money running low-they had to reserve the money for food. There was a normal bedroom, not fancy, but comforting, at the end of a hall. Yet the rule was that all three members had to agree before allowing anyone to sleep there, somewhat of a privilege.
"Does the good Samaritan have something against her staying here?" He glared up at his eyes, unwavering. "Look, she told me she didn't have a place to stay and well...I didn't want to leave her out in the rain."
The proud chameleon tried to ignore the gawking stare he received from Vector.
Charmy was silently staring at her the entire time, only half listening to what his two companions had to say. A quiet smile suddenly lit over his young face, "Actually...I don't mind her staying with us."
"......ahem." Vector muttered before giving Espio a perplexed look and a bothered one to the bee, "Espio, did this little girl tell you how much money she'd offer to us for letting her stay with us?"
"............" Espio looked back at Maria, "No...why?"
"Just curious. Heh, well that settles it, the little gal can stay as long as she likes till we find out what to do. But in the meantime Espio, go buy breakfast. Our guest should be hungry." The three detectives weren't exactly excellent cooks. It was cheaper for them to purchase edibles rather than burning it by attempting to play chef.
The teen nodded, turning back to his locker, but paused to look at Vector. "Urm...thanks."
A long time after Espio left, a bewildered Charmy fluttered over to the grinning reptile and whispered, "Say, Vector. Is it just me or maybe he's been hanging around you too much? He sure isn't acting like himself!"
"Hmm...maybe." Vector rubbed his chin, winking. "But I don't think I'm the one making that self-obsessed ninja "soft", Charmy. Nope...not me."
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"Now I've got a plan!!" Tugging his crimson ears with a gloved hand, Gerald sneered, a Robotnik smirk. Then glared furiously at the angel stacking tissue boxes together. "Cut it out!!!" He almost hissed, pulling her over to his side by the wrist. "Look! I need YOU to distract the cops while "I" find the right time to fire off this!" He held a rubber balloon, grin widening.
She shook a finger at him, "Not nice...calling good guys cops!" He gave her another glare before roughly pushing her into view, while he fled behind an unoccupied desk.
"Well, I couldn't find anyone by the name of Gerald Robinson...you think these two were abandoned?" An officer spoke at the settle swing of a door.
That was Florina's cue. She skipped over to the man's side, and plopped her arms around his leg. She expand her eyes until they almost shined, like white crystals glittering in sunlight, her voice resembling a chao, "Coo, coo!" Her hand batted at her bangs, playfully allowing her cheek to gently rub his leg.
A bit surprised, he smiled down at her. "Hey there...heh. You look just like my niece. Funny eyes you've got there kid."
"Now Joe." A female officer shook her pretty, brown head. "Be nice. Sorry sweetie, Joe here isn't very good with kids." She snickered, shoving the other bluecoat humorously at the shoulders.
He laughed a little and was about to pat her on the head, but Gerald suddenly sprung up and hollered, "Get out of the way Florina!!!"
Florina opened up her arms pretending to be an airplane as she scampered a distance from the following explosion. Smoke created from chalk fogged the area and the snickering scientist caught the angel's wrist again, now escaping down the short halls.
"Koff! Koff!" Joe and the lovely woman slid a gun into their hands, took aim, and open fired. A net landed quickly after the "pow" sound, right next to the fugitives, emitting a snarl from the boy.
"You've got to be kidding me! Huh?" Gerald looked up when he felt a pair of arms slide underneath him, and found his feet no longer on ground. "What?! Flying??"
Florina latched his body closely underneath her, wings now flapping laboriously to gain speed. "Out there?" She asked innocently, eyes fixed on the door in front of them.
"Out? D-d-door!!!" A sharp pain, they slammed through the entryway and exit, soaring over skeptical citizens, and away from the police station. "Hahaha!! See you later and give G.U.N. my greetings!! Wahoo!!!"
They exchanged smiles right before crashing into a tree near the mall. "Ow..."
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:Amy's Room in Sonic Battle is scary!:
Sonic was standing on top of the huge picture of himself etched in carpet, and staring at it, laughed nervously. "Oh boy..."
"Sonikku! I'm so glad you came over to my house!!!" Amy giggled, not visible to the blue hedgehog. The drawers in her house were so large, each with a representation of her up top, different expressions for different drawers.
"You did say you wanted my help, right Ames? Well, what is it?" He just couldn't manage to take his eyes away from the portrait of himself.
"You remember all the clothes we bought at the mall?"
"You mean all the ones I had to carry?" Sonic asked sarcastically, rolling his pupils.
"Yep! I want you to help me put 'em all up!"
"What?!" He felt pretty reluctant now, "aalll of them?!" A foot instinctively stepped back, face now neurotic. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope! Catch!"
"But Ames, I can't I-mmph!" He couldn't finish his sentence after Amy tossed the fabrics over him, "mmphh...mph."
"You're so nice, Sonikku!" She exclaimed, hopping by his side, hands crossed behind him, smile wide and eyes closed happily.
"..." He finally dug his way out, "Yeah...nice. Sigh."
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:Tail's Lab:
Ring! Ring! Ring!
"Oh! Cream? Could you get that? I'm a little busy right now." Tails asked, from under his plane.
"Going! Thanks Cheese!" Handy as always, the chao had already gotten the phone for her, in which she gladly accepted. "...Hello? Oh, hi Ms. Tikal! Huh? No, I don't think Mr. Tails would know where Mr. Shadow lives. Could you please hold?...Mr. Tails! Do you know where Mr. Shadow lives?! "
"Huh? Ow!" Tails yelped, getting his tails tangled in one of the wires. "Uh, yeah...darn it...I think his and Omega's house are at Sky Rail." A short pause, as he tried to remove them. "My tails are stuck!"
"He says that Mr. Shadow lives at Sky Rail...your welcome!" Cream hung up, then looked back at her friend. "What did you say, Mr. Tails?"
"Help!!!"
The little rabbit glanced at Cheese and both giggled. "All right!" She nodded, hopping forward.
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:Station Square Mall – inside the Kitchen store:
Tikal hung up the phone, and placed her working apron on. "Well Chaos...looks like I'll have to call Knuckles to deliver Shadow's stuff to him."
Sky Rail wasn't a safe place for someone like her, not with all that grinding and Pumpkin Hill nearby. Luckily, Knuckles had learned how to grind during Sonic Heroes, so it wouldn't be much trouble. And he'd appreciate an escape from money spending on Rouge; Tikal smiled at the thought of that. "Silly."
"Blubleblub." The liquid form pointed at two youngsters approaching the counter.
"? Oh, it's a customer!" Tikal moved to the counter and bowed politely. "May I help you two?"
It was none other than the troublesome pair of non-living beings, Gerald was still picking twigs from his fur and Florina beamed brightly at the echidna, waving. A wave of recognition washed over the peach animal's face a split second after the angel stopped her hand motion. But she found herself unable to speak and her words stumbled for a few minutes later finally before blurting, "What are you doing here, Florina?!"
Florina blinked ignorantly, then grinned. "Tika-san, hiyo!"
"Why aren't you in Heaven!??!! Did you run away again?! Did you fall!!? D- do you at least have your halo with you?!!??" Her questioning slowly rose to shrieks. "What in the Lord's name is going on, chi-"
"I overheard you talking about someone named Shadow." Gerald huffed.
Her shaking eyes gazed at the boy, "...yes" She hesitated, turning her stare to the girl, who was pointing at Chaos and mumbling baby words, "he's a friend of mine." She didn't notice her hands still holding onto the bag. "C- chaos?!"
Chaos abruptly leapt in front of her, shifting a watery arm in a protective manner. "Blubbly, blub. Blub!"
"Hmm." The laboratory technician smirked quietly, and nodded. "I guess we're not welcome here are we, Florina? But I'll be willing to deliver his things."
He tried to snatch the bag from Tikal's grasp, but her friend swatted his reach aside, making the older man trapped in a child's body growl. "Look you creature ripped off of Biolizard. Get out of our way!"
Florina let out a shrill titter, swinging a crucifix around and hooked the surprised Ancient's neck, swinging her around and into a shelf.
"Ah!" Tikal cried, pots tumbling over her. Chaos was momentarily distracted by his fallen friend so he didn't notice Gerald grabbing a nearby toaster on display and tossed it into the Guardian of all Chao, electrocuting him.
Florina let out a happy shout of triumph, grabbing the bag then settled out, her partner close behind.
The echidna tried to push herself up, a involuntary moan escaping her lips, as she felt the pain in her neck. "Chaos! Cha-aos!! Can you still hear me...I...uggh.."
The two left alone fainted quickly.
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Kero Guardian: (Sob!) Well, maybe a plot's developing a lot better than last time now! But thanks for the reviews! You guys are sweet!!! Sorry Tikal! Like you a lot, are you all right?!
Tikal: No worries...most of the pots missed...but my neck, urm...may be broken?!??
Kero Guardian: You've got to be kidding me!!! (Panics.) I've got to use you for other chapters!!! Arrgh!! Uh...I'll be moving "House of Fallen Angels" to the Sonic Section soon, so you'll know that how Tikal and Florina met, sorry for that confusion.
Tikal: (Rubbing neck.) Just joking. (Smile.)
Kero Guardian: You guys... (Bored look.)
Florina: (Confused look.) Me evil??
Gerald: (Upset.) Me too? Hey I tried to destroy the world but this is ridiculous!!!