CHAPTER 2
THE PLAN FOR FORMATION!
Shadow's eyes flashed over to a clock that was hanging on the wall in his living room and sighed heavily. "That damn boy! He is late again!"
"Oh, don't have a heart attack, Shadow", a white bat had spoken as she came into the room. "Maybe something urgent came up."
The black and red hedgehog leaned his back against the sofa tried to calm himself down. "Urgent my ass! I told him to be here ten minutes ago! Stupid boy! His heard is as hard as..."
"Yours?" The bat finished with a giggled.
The hedgehog crossed his arms in annoyance, "Not funny, Rouge."
Rouge giggled once again, until she heard a loud sound that came from an engine it seemed from outside. "That sounds like him now." She peaked out the window and saw Spike, Lynn, and Takashi rushing to get off of the motorcycle and run towards the door. A smile formed on her lips, "Here they come."
Suddenly, the door had flung open and Spike, Lynn, and Takashi fell on top of each other on the floor.
Spike looked and saw his furious father standing before him with his arms crossed over his chest. He could tell he was furious so he tried to calm him down. "Hey...daddy."
The black and red hedgehog arched an eyebrow and his angry expression never left his face. "Where the hell have you been?"
Spike got off of the floor and confronted his father. "Well you know. Just a little of this and a little of that...hero stuff."
"Hao again?" Shadow had thought.
Spike made a nod, "Yeah, but you know. The guy's a total pushover."
"Yeah", Takashi added as he helped Lynn off the floor. "For Spike that is." He suddenly lost his balance and fell back on top of Lynn.
"Takashi!" She yelled, "Get off of me!"
"I'm sorry!" The hybrid apologized. "I'm a little uncoordinated you know?"
"Yeah! I can tell!" She then pushed him off of her and stood from the floor.
Spike sighed and turned to his father again. "So, what's the big emergency? It's not often I have to visit you and mom."
"Well", Before Shadow could explain a man with white hair down to his shoulders, pale skin, and wearing a black cloak had stepped into the room.
The man smiled warmly as he stared at Spike. "Oh hey there, Spike. Nice to see you again."
The ebony hedgehog arched an eyebrow towards the demon, "Ker? What are you doing here?"
The young demon stood beside Shadow and turned to him. "Oh, you didn't tell him yet?"
Spike scratched his head and tried to catch on to what Ker and Shadow was getting at. "Wha-what are you talking about?"
Ker turned to Shadow with excitement. "Oh! Can I tell him, Shadow? Oh please! Please! Please!" He begged.
Shadow laughed a bit over Ker's childish begging. "Heh, okay Ker, you can tell him."
"Oh yay!" The young demon turned to Spike, "Spike, your father and I have been doing a lot of thinking and...we want you to form a new detective team."
Spike practically wanted to collapse to the floor in disbelief. "Wha-what? A detective team? But dad, I thought you and the others..."
"Spike", Shadow spoke. "Me and the guys...we're not that...active like we once were. So we think it's time that someone else took our place."
Spike was still a tad confused about the situation. "You trying to say you guys are too old to fight bad guys?"
A sweat drop appeared on the side of Rouge's head as Spike pointed out that she and the rest of the Chaotix were too old to do much of anything. "Don't say it like that."
Lynn disagreed with the situation. The Chaotix didn't look old to her at all. "But you guys don't look old at the least! What are you guys talking about anyway? Why haven't my parents mentioned this to me?"
Shadow shrugged, "Maybe Espio and Tonya didn't want to tell you that they were planning to retire like the rest of us."
"Retire?" Spike repeated blankly. "Dad, I don't know if I should be taking your place. Besides, I don't know much about anything on creating a detective team. Let alone running one."
"But that's when Ker comes in", Shadow began.
Spike turned to the snow white looking demon. "Huh?"
"Since Ker is a demon and can never age physically like us, he'll be teaching you and your team about the importance of delivering justice."
"Wait a minute", Takashi had spoken. "Ker was a Chaotix member too. Does that mean he'll be playing a big part in the team?"
Shadow made a nod, "You bet. At the moment, Ker will be the leader of your detective team."
Spike, Lynn, and Takashi's mouths had hung open and locked their eyes on the demon.
Ker formed a warm smile, "And as the new leader, I recruit the following individuals thus far. Spike and Lynn Hedgehog and Takashi Nagi. Welcome aboard!"
Spike slowly turned his head to his father with plenty of exceptions. "But...but..."
The black and red hedgehog swayed his finger at Spike's face. "No buts! Ker is far wiser than any of us and has plenty of experience by being a detective. So you will listen and obey every word he says got it?"
Spike slumped his head down in disappointment. 'What? I have to listen to Ker? This isn't fair! I wanted to be the leader! I can't believe dad is still treating me like a child!'
A/N:
Lynn: Who is that woman!
Spike: Grr! I hate her so much!
Tori: I hate idiots!