Niomie sat against a large oak tree, her hands behind her head like a pillow, though her eyes were closed. A lime-green iPod Mini rested beside her; it's headphones in her ears. She was singing along to one of the songs. Under her eyelids she could see a faint red glow from the sun and the warm rays against her face. Without a care in the world, she was almost calm enough to drift into the dream world. As the song ended, silence stretched through the forest she was resting in. The soft red glow was cut off suddenly, her eyes snapped open, and she tilted her head back to look into the sky. Floating hundreds of feet above the forest, blocking the sun, was the largest floating city Niomie had ever seen. But her keen eyes were not softened with interest, as the fortress moved on, the next song started. And she closed her eyes again to relax.
"Boo" A voice said, quite suddenly from above her. Niomie leaped to her feet, her headphones clattered to the ground as the fur on the end of her tail puffed out, her claws extended instinctively, and she let out a panicked hiss then looked around. She tilted her head back to stare above her. Perched on a branch, not directly above Niomie though, was an incredibly large, black leaf. Staring at it, she twitched. The leaf shifted, unfurling itself to reveal those wide eyes staring down at the panicked feline.
"My, my, my." The bat said shaking its heads slowly, disapprovingly. "'you should never let your guard down Niomie! You never know when someone might strike!'" The bat crowed expertly. Grinning with the strange bat-boy grin that seemed much too big for his face. Migro shifted on his perch again, hanging upside down. He flared his wings and dropped, spinning in midair so he'd land on his feet; folding his wings behind him he crossed his arms in front of him and clicked his tounge in a disappointed manner. Niomie clenched and unclenched a fist
"Migro,"
"Niomie! Pleasure to see you; tell me, you wouldn't happen to have heard that dying goat would you? Oh no, you see, I was calmly resting in one of the trees when I heard 'braalalabraaahaha!' so I decided to go see if this strange sounding goat was dying and I'd get an easy meal off of it. But no, I found something better. My Partner! How are you?" Migro taunted, slowly starting to pace around on of the trees. Niomie spat in the cat-like manner and shook her head
"We're not partners." She hissed, lashing her tail from side to side.
"We we're." Migro retorted, staring up at the clouds with a happy sigh. "We could always…you know, hook up again, we were a good team back then." He said, casting a sidelong glance at the Wildcat, and then continuing. "Besides, why are you wasting your time with that freak-of-a-fox Kylo anyway? I mean Blue fur? PFFT!" He cursed out loud, making Niomie flinch with anger.
"That was the 'old days' as you said. And as I recall, you left me at the crime scene to take the blame! If it weren't for that Freak-of-a-fox I'd be in jail, where you should be!" She said sheathing and unsheathing her claws simultaneously. She pointed an accusing finger at Migro, fur fluffed up with a mixed combination of slight fear, blinded by bad memories and anger. Migro clicked his tounge again
"Temper, temper. We should watch that temper." He said slyly, smirking to Niomie. "Ahh, I'll give you the chance, no more saving that Freak-fox's friends…No more listening to that freak-fox boss you around, dragging you over Mobius searching for me." He said, rolling his eyes at the memory. He looked up and then continued "We'd make quite a team again, we could terrorize this planet!" His voice rose with excitement at the mention of terror. He grinned, holding out a gloved hand. "So…whadda'ya say? I don't quote corny movie flicks for nothing 'ya know." He said with a wink. Niomie took one look at Migro, and then spat in the cat-like manner "In your dreams bucko." She said darkly, keeping her claws extended. She was well aware of Migro's abilities in the air, but on the ground? He was weaker than Kylo without a sword. Niomie dropped onto all fours, crouching in the dust and leaped at Migro, as if pouncing. Migro spread his wings and in one flap, was in the air. Though her claws snagged at his tail, they could not draw blood. She rolled over and hissed. But her vision was swayed by blackness. She felt pressure on her arms, and then her feet left the ground. Migro had grabbed her painfully by the shoulders and was hauling her into the air. Migro looked down at Niomie, whose arms could not move without pulling a muscle.
"Now, now, is Hissy-fit kitty stuck?" He teased, putting on a look of mock disdain. He flapped higher. Surprisingly fast while carrying extra weight. He grinned and stopped gaining altitude. "Let me fix that..." He said, and dropped Niomie from the sky.
Niomie was in a freefall towards the earth "Ohhhhhmyyyygodddd!" She yelled, in the pure adrenaline of the fall. She attempted to glide. But Wildcats aren't particularly built for flying. She was short the wings. "OhcrapOhcrapOhcrapOhcrap" She said as she fell, she covered her eyes with her hands and cursed, aware of Migro watching contently from above. As the ground rushed up to meet her. She held her breath. Suddenly, her ears were filled with a low buzzing sound. She felt a pressure on her wrists. Her fall slowed as she neared the ground, then she felt the air stop rushing around her. All she could hear was the low buzzing sound. And-
"Hi Nio!" A young bee floated above Niomie. His wings were flapping to fast for even her eyes to track each movement. She remembered meeting the bee back on Mobius. She liked the little bee. Of course, this bee was none other than our Charmy "What's up?" He asked whilst carrying Niomie by her wrists. Niomie blinked
"You and…him!" She motioned with her tail to Migro who was hovering above the young bee. In a movement to fast for the bee to see, Migro lashed out, a deep scar showed on Charmy's Arm. But he did not drop the Wildcat. "Charmy, you've got to land; He'll tear you apart if you don't." Niomie stated logically. Charmy nodded and flew, weakly, to the roof of a sky scraper
"I'll stay out of the way, but If you fall, call me and I'll help you back up." He dropped Niomie on the roof and shot towards to ground. Niomie flicked her gaze back towards the sky, where Migro was watching the little bee flee. He looked ready to eat the kid-bee. So Niomie waved her hands to catch the Bat's attention.
"Over here!" Niomie called. Migro turned quickly to face the Feline.
"You purposely trying to provoke me?" He asked darkly, flying forwards slightly. Closer to Niomie, reducing the hazard of being seen or heard. Niomie nodded, placing a hand on her hip
"You bet, loser" She said, glaring at the Bat as he flew. He turned into a Dive and shot towards Niomie, fangs bared. Niomie rolled aside in time to see Migro dip upwards, just missing a collision with the building. Niomie hissed, the fur on her tail bristling. Migro swooped back up, circling above the Wildcat. Niomie raced towards the edge of the roof as Migro dived at her again. He dipped upwards as she sprinted away, avoiding yet another collision with the skyscraper. As he aimed another dive at Niomie, who was trapped along the edge of the building he grinned
"Any last words?" He asked, firing a burst of echolocation to lock onto the feline. Niomie grinned and nodded
"Yeah, just two. Hey Charmy!" Then she spun around and dove towards the ground, just as she came closer to the ground, a little bee shot from the ground and grabbed Niomie's wrist, carrying her back into the air. Migro circled above.
"You know I'll just rip your little friend apart," He said as he hovered a few feet away. Niomie ignored the cocky bat and looked up to Charmy
"Got a safe haven?" She asked, keeping her keen eyes on Migro, incase he threatened to attack. Charmy nodded
"You bet,"
"Go there."
"Why?"
"Just do it." Niomie said as Migro doves towards them. Niomie took her free hand, extended her claws and swiped at Migro before he could do the same to Charmy. Migro stumbled backwards in the air. Clutching his bleeding arm. Niomie didn't give him a second chance. "Move it, Charmy!" She said as Charmy winged off towards the cabin in the woods. Migro chose not to follow; the pain in his arm was enough to remember Niomie by. Niomie waved cruelly to the bleeding bat as Charmy lowered into the woods, where even Migro could not hope to follow the Feline.
"Hey Vector!" Charmy called as he burst through the Chaotix Cabin. A middle-aged crocodile was lounging on the couch, doing nothing in particular. Niomie hung back at the door as Charmy rushed in. Vector turned his head to the hovering bee
"Did you find Espio?" He asked, tilting his head to Charmy. Charmy shook his head rapidly "But I did pick up someone else! Literately!" He said, motioning to Niomie who was standing at the doorway. Niomie had listened to the chatter
"Espio? Who ever he is…is missing?" She asked, leaning against the wall, looking to Vector.
"Yeah, you see, I got a call from Chris saying that Kylo had turned Traitor and captured Tails. He said she'd taken him to Eggman. So as soon as I told Espio…He vanished. He just disappeared. We presumed he'd gone to help sonic get Tails back…But he hasn't called us, or contacted us. He's been gone for a while. And it's not like him to vanish without a good reason. So Charmy and I went to look for him, I gave up an hour ago, and came back here." He explained. Shrugging as he spoke. Charmy nodded
"I was looking for him when I found you Niomie!" He said, zipping up and down, but staying in one area. He grinned "You wouldn't happen to know where Espio might've gotten to, do you?" He asked, tilting his head again
"As a matter of fact…" Niomie explained to the pair the flying city she'd seen before he encounter with the Vampire bat. "If anybody has given Tails up to Eggman, that might be where he's kept. If Kylo is a traitor, then she'll be there. If she isn't, she'll be with Sonic and buds. I bet, if this Espio dude is everything you say he is. He'll be there to. Convinced that Kylo is the Traitor." She said, logically. Tilting he head and putting on an 'I told you so' expression for the sake of it. She put her hands on her hips and grinned. Charmy was speechless, Vector rose from his seat and took a step towards Niomie
"Alright, so then, let's go there!" He declared. Vector lead the way out of the cabin
"How will we get there?" Niomie asked as she followed
"Charmy will carry us!" Vector said as he stepped outside.
"How can a 6 year old carry a crocodile AND a wildcat?" She asked out loud. Vector shrugged, grinning as Charmy zipped around the lawn.
"I don't know, ask the author!"