CHAPTER 2

A NEW ALLY

"Hey, Shadow wait up!" Espio was falling behind him more and more on a count of Shadow was faster than anybody else.

Shadow stopped and waited a couple of seconds for him to catch up, "Hurry, Es. I want to find the punk who kidnaped Rouge."

Espio finally caught up to him panting, "Yeah Shad, I understand your upset, but can we

please-"

"No." He already knew what he was going to say.

"Please?" He asked again.

"No, I said." He walked on.

"There's no getting through that skull of yours." Espio followed.

Shadow stopped looking ahead of himself seeing something green heading his way, or was it someone?

"Hey why'd you stop?" Espio looked ahead as well. "Hey who's that?"

The green bird made his way passed him, not stopping by to say anything.

"That punk." Espio wished he could teach him a lesson.

"That'll be the last time he does that to us." Shadow began to catch up with him. As he ran beside him he saw a green board he was riding on, it wasn't touching the ground so he figured it was an air board. "Stop, now."

The bird looked over to him, "I don't take orders from slow pokes." He rode on.

"I don't think so", a yellow light came from his hand and aimed at the bird's board and knocked him off of the board.

The bird fell to the ground painfully, he turned to face the black hedgehog. "What's your damage, hedgehog?"

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"None of your business." He almost ran off, but he had ran into Espio and fell on the ground again. "Where did you come from?"

"A long ways."

"Who are you?" Shadow wanted to know.

The bird got back up and brushed himself off, "If you must know it's Jet."

"Why do they call you Jet?" Espio had wondered.

Jet picked up his board and held it in his face.

Espio then got it, "I see now."

Shadow wanted to see what he was doing roaming around the city in a hurry anyway. "Jet, just tell us why were you in such a hurry. We can help you, we're detectives."

"Wait are you the Chaotix detectives?"

Shadow and Espio nodded.

"Thank god, that's who I've been looking for, you guys. I have a problem, somebody kidnaped my girl."

"Really? Small world we're on the same case." Espio knew it was too much of a coincidence.

"Awesome, mind if I tag along." Jet had offered.

Shadow shrugged, "Why not. By the way my name is Shadow, second in command at the Chaotix."

Espio introduced himself also, "The names Espio."

Jet held his hand out to Shadow, "Once again the names Jet."

Shadow smirked and shook his hand.

Later at the Syherin Desert base three girls found themselves in a jail like cell. Rouge and Tonya were with a purple bird.

Tonya had her hands on the bars, she had a tight grip on them, "Let us out, you stinkin' robot! I can't stand this place anymore!"

Rouge held her back, "Relax, Shadow and the rest will realize that we vanished and come for us."

"Yeah, into a trap." A blue wolf appeared in front of them.

"Hao!" Rouge and Tonya said together.

Rouge crossed her arms, "Should've known you were behind this."

"Once your boyfriends get here they'll run straight into a robot ambush."

"Espio and Shadow will stop you!" Tonya was hoping anyway.

"I don't think so." Hao was feeling very confident this time.

"Lets see, you kidnaped me which had nothing to do with getting revenge on this so called Shadow. So why did you kidnap me?" The purple bird said with annoyance.

Hao shrugged, "I just wanted to have some extra fun. Now excuse me I have to prepare." He walked away.

The purple bird muttered under her breath, "Psycho."

Rouge and Tonya walked towards her and sat beside her.

"He kidnaped you too?" Tonya asked.

"Yeah, my only hope now is Jet to come and find me."

"Jet? Is your..."

"Yes, he is."

"What a coincidence, all of our boyfriends are trying to find us. Kinda weird huh?" Rouge had thought.

The purple bird sighed.

"By the way my name is Rouge."

"And my name is Tonya. What's yours?"

At first the purple bird eyed the floor because of her sorrow then she looked up at the hopeful girls trying to make her feel comfortable, "Wave."

Tonya tried her best to cheer her up, "Have hope Wave, the boys will find us, just have confidence."

Wave made a slight smile, "If you say so."