Sorry for the delay! I've been preoccupied by the Megaman X Collection!

Chapter 4: Preparations

Trez stood at the hospital window looking inside. He saw his nemesis, Ghost sitting with his pals.

" Why do they fight when the odds are stacked against them?" He wondered. The evil spirit then moved to the next window where the little girl lay asleep. He then remembered back when he was a chao in the Hero Garden.

" Hey, Let's toss this chao around!" a teenager laughed as he threw a gray hero chao to a pal of his. The teen's friend sidestepped the little creature, causing him to hit the ground. The friend then kicked him around.

" Stop it! Leave him alone!" a girl screamed as she ran to the crying chao. The teens glared at her for a minute, shoved her, and left. The chao looked at his rescuer. She had blonde hair and glasses.

" Are you okay?" she asked. The chao wiped tears out of his eyes and nodded, still sobbing.

" Do you have a name?"

" I-it's T-Trez…" the chao cried.

" I'm Erin." Erin said as she picked Trez up and hugged him. Slowly the tears stopped. Erin plucked a fruit from a tree and gave it to him.

" Erin… You were the only friend I had. Then those humans took you from me! I'll never forgive them!" Trez yelled as he ran off. Inside, Ghost sat by Spic as Scribbles held the folded sheet of paper.

' Ghost, That paper. Aren't you going to read it?' Scribbles wrote. The pale chao took it and read it.

" My son, if you are reading this, then the Dragon fang has been destroyed. Take this note to Espio immediately.

Phantom" Ghost read. It was then that Spic began to stir.

" Ghost… I failed you." She moaned.

" Who did this to you?" Ghost asked.

" Three robots that looked like chao. They looked like you, Flash, and Scribbles. They took Spirit and Rocky." Spic replied.

" Great, now we have Trez, Black Doom, and now these guys!" Flash yelled. Ghost rose and started out.

" W-where are you going?" Spic asked.

" To see Espio for something…" Ghost replied. Flash and Scribbles jumped up and raced out the door. The trio made their way to the ninja's house. Ghost knocked on the door and Espio answered it.

" Do you have any idea what time it is?" the chameleon asked.

" I have this letter from my dad. It mentions you." Ghost replied as he handed over the letter.

" Come on in…" Espio said, letting the three chao in.

Wonder what's going to happen? Chapter 5 coming soon!