CHAPTER 13

SATAR'S PUNISHMENT

Later that night at the Chaotix, Tonya was doing research on the fourteen demons while Rouge was secretly admiring the orange jewel in the necklace that Satar dropped.

Vector walked over to Tonya, "Find anything?"

"It says here that back in the past fourteen siblings gathered to go on a killing spree. Once they were caught, they were immediately executed."

Rouge then got interested in the conversation. She put the necklace away and ran over to them, "How did they die?"

Tonya faced her, "They were hanged."

Rouge crossed her arms, "Serves them right."

Tonya read more information on the computer screen, "It says here that they killed over two hundred people."

Rouge's eyes widened, "Two hundred people? That's unbelievable."

"Wait, didn't you say they were executed?" Vector asked.

Tonya nodded, "yeah."

"But that's impossible if they died years ago, then how did they come back to life?"

"It couldn't be Nails, she would never mess with the dead like that", Rouge thought.

"Dark obviously revived them. He would do anything to remove us from his evil plans", Tonya said.

Vector agreed with Tonya's theory. He then heard panting coming from the doorway. He looked over and saw Espio with Michelle and Charmy. "Espio, what are you doing out the hospital so early?"

Tonya ran towards Espio and hugged him tightly, "Espio!"

Espio hugged her back, "I take it that you missed me the last few hours?"

"What happened?" Vector asked.

Espio answered tiredly, "Satar followed me and killed everyone in the hospital."

"What? I don't believe it!"

"Yeah, but unfortunate for him we got away."

Tonya leaned on him, "My poor Espio."

Vector slammed his fists down on the desk, "That's it! This thing must be stopped!"

"But how? Espio shot three rounds in the guy and he was still swinging those chainsaws around like a madman", Charmy said.

Rouge walked up to Espio with an advanced looking gun in her hands. She held it up to Espio, "This was for Shadow, but since he isn't here to help us you'll have to do it. You have to kill that demon."

Espio took the gun from her and looked at it for a couple of seconds, "What is it?"

"It's a new weapon I came up with. It's called the Z-X. You can use it against Satar."

Espio smiled at her, "Thanks, Rouge."

Rouge smiled back. She was glad to help a friend.

Tonya looked into Espio's yellow eyes and her lips slowly met his.

Rouge watched as the new lovers shared their first kiss. It made her miss Shadow even more. She even wondered if he was still alive.

Tonya finally broke away from him, "Be careful okay?"

Espio nodded, "Sure, but one thing. Where is he?"

Then an orange glow came from Rouge's pocket.

Michelle noticed the glow, "Rouge, what's glowing in your pocket?"

Rouge then noticed the glow as well. She took the glowing necklace out her pocket and showed it to everybody.

"Rouge, you had that necklace the whole time and didn't show it to us?" Vector said shocked. "Give it to me." He held out his hand.

Rouge slowly placed the necklace in Vector's hand and sighed, "There goes another precious jewel."

Tonya was annoyed by Rouge's obsessions with jewelry, "You are pathetic."

Rouge looked over to Tonya in anger, "Shut up!"

Vector studied the jewel's glow, "I don't understand."

Charmy began to look at it, "Hmm, it looks like it can track any demon in a great distance."

"You think?"

Charmy nodded, "Yeah."

Espio took the necklace away from Vector and held it in the air, "If this leads to Satar, I'm going." He looked at Michelle, "By the way Michelle, thanks for the save back there."

Michelle smiled, "You're welcome."

He began to leave out the door with Rouge's new gun in his holster. He turned to his team one last time, "I'll be back...I promise."

Later on the dark streets, Espio was still trying to look for Satar with the necklace until he heard a laugh coming above him. He looked up and saw a huge dark figure sitting on the rooftop of an old supermarket. "Satar.." he muttered.

"Heh, looking for me?" He jumped down and confronted Espio. "Ready to dance?"

Espio pulled out the Z-X and pointed it at Satar, "I thought you'd never ask."

Satar swung his remaining left chainsaw at Espio. He was still injured from Michelle cutting his right chainsaw off his wrist. "You won't get away this time."

Espio kept dodging his chainsaw, but he didn't know how long he could keep it up.

Satar soon got tired a little and eased up on swinging his chainsaw so much.

Espio then thought it was the perfect time. He pointed the gun at Satar's head and pulled the trigger. Then a red bullet came from the barrel and made an impact in Satar's forehead. The bullet made a beeping sound as it hit his forehead. Espio figured it was detonator. As the detonator exploded the demon's head exploded from the inside and blood arose from his eye sockets, and mouth.

The demon fell to the ground dead.

Espio put the gun back in his holster, "One down, thirteen more to go."