CHAPTER 1

I PROMISE

That day Charmy was at the hospital visiting his sister, Michelle. He was telling her about his recent mission with the Chaotix.

His sister, Michelle was only a sixteen year old girl. She was in the hospital for a reason. It turned out that she was very sick. She was in the hospital for so long it seemed that she lived there. Charmy visited her almost every day. Charmy had always made her laugh even at sad times. He was her little laughing pill. She chuckled a bit as Charmy explained his story, "What happened next, Charmy?"

"Within ten seconds our headquarters was going to explode because of a bomb hidden in the weapon room. I took out my trusty pliers and focused on which wire to cut. It was hard, I practically had to think for the whole ten seconds until it came to me. You had to always cut the green wire. Before I knew it I saved everyone's lives and our headquarters."

"How did you know it was the green wire?"

"Because green is a lucky color."

"You must have been pretty lucky for your team."

"Yeah, those guys are always there for me. I don't know what I'd do without them."

"Believe me I do."

Charmy checked his watch, "I guess I'd better be going."

Michelle wanted to say something before he left, "Charmy, wait."

Charmy turned to her and walked towards her bed, "What is it?"

"I have something to ask."

Charmy nodded his head paying attention, "I'm listening."

"I fear that my day will come sooner than I thought. Each day it seems that my cough gets worse and worse. So I want you to promise me. Promise me that if I'm not with you, you must always be happy no matter what."

Charmy tried to stay happy like she said, "Don't say that, Michelle. You lived this long. If you say you're going to die that will bring nothing but bad luck."

Her eyes began to water, "But it's the truth. I know sometimes the truth hurts, but...you have to understand."

Charmy almost cried as well, until he reminded himself to be happy, "Hey turn that frown upside down!"

Michelle smile a bit, "That's my Charmy. When you get back to the Chaotix, tell Vector that he's doing a great job raising you."

"I'll tell him." He waved goodbye to her, "I'll see you tomorrow okay?"

She waved back with a smile, "You too, Charmy."

After when he left she made a terrible cough with some blood along with it.

Later at the Chaotix, Shadow and Rouge was fixing up the X-jet.

Rouge was under the engine of the plane screwing in a loose bolt. She noticed she needed a smaller screwdriver. She got from underneath the plane and walked over to the toolbox over to where Shadow was.

The only thing he was doing was smoking a cigarette and playing with the screwdriver that Rouge needed. He looked up at Rouge, "Need something?"

"Yeah, that screwdriver. Do you mind?"

He handed it over to her, "Why are you working on the plane for? That's Charmy's job."

"Because that was the assignment Vector gave you and me to do."

"Why do we have to do it?"

"To appreciate Charmy's work that's why."

"But all he does is annoy us to death."

"That's not the point, Shadow. Get your lazy ass in gear and fix this plane."

"I'm the second in command around here. I give the orders."

"Then tell yourself to help me!"

"Smart ass", he muttered. He put away his cigarette and walked over to the plane.

Later in the main lobby Charmy bursted through the door telling Vector what Michelle had said to him.

Tonya was at her computer with Espio looking. She looked away from her computer and looked at Charmy, "Hi Charmy."

"Hi Tonya, hi Espio." Charmy looked at Vector.

"How was your visit?" Vector said.

"It was great like usual. Michelle said you're doing a great job rasing me."

Vector smiled, "I had some help you know."

"Tonya, what are you doing?" Charmy asked.

Tonya was still focusing on he computer, "Trying to figure out what Hao's next plan is. He's been very quiet lately. He's planning something. I just know it."

Charmy looked around, "Hey where's Captain Shadow and Rouge?"

Then they all heard a loud slapping sound coming from the garage. "YOU GOD DAMN PERVERT!"

Everyone quickly ran into the garage. When they got in there they saw Shadow laying on the floor with a red hand mark across his face. They had no idea what happened, but from the looks of it Rouge was very pissed at Shadow.

Shadow stood from the floor holding his burning cheek, "What the hell was that for!"

"For being a pervert!" Rouge shouted.

Vector held Rouge back, "What the hell is going on?"

Rouge started to explain, "When I accidentally dropped the screwdriver on the floor, I bent down to pick it up and the next thing I knew Shadow's hand was grabbing my ass."

"I couldn't help it. I could've sworn she was trying to seduce me."

Vector sighed, "Kids..."

The next day Charmy went back to the hospital. He had made her a get well present. He made her a bracelet with different color beads all over it. He held the bracelet in his hand. He walked up to the front desk to talk to the nurse.

"Can I help you?" She asked.

"Yeah, I want to see Michelle Bee."

The nurse was silent for a moment, "...I'm sorry. She's dead."

Charmy's eyes widened, "...What..." He dropped the bracelet to the floor.