As Vince and his gang stood in one of their favourite alleyways, they became aware of someone walking towards them. Looking away from what they were doing, they noticed the light grey cat walking towards them. They didn't notice her smirk as their jaws dropped.
"Hello pretty lady, you come looking for us?" Vince asked, trying to sound flirty.
"Yeah, I did. Do you mind telling me that you attacked Viola?" Winter asked.
"Well yeah of course we....shoot!" one of the other bears said, cursing when Vince whacked him over the head.
"You idiot! Get her!" Vince shouted, ordering his group to attack just as something snow white dropped from above.
"No chance bear boy," Snow snarled, amber eyes blazing and shimmering white fangs bared. Without his sunglasses and hat, he sparkled like the winter morning sun shimmering over fresh snow. As the gang of bears charged, he simply grunted as he easily dodged each attack, a blur of white as he dealt high speed blows. After taking out the four lackeys, he pinned Vince to the wall by his neck.
"What are you!?" the large bear yelled, struggling in the vampire's vice-like grip.
"Plain and simple, I'm a vampire, and I'm hungry," Snow growled, bareing his fangs close to the bear's neck. "Of course, I could let you go, but on one condition. Confess that you attacked Viola to the Chaotix, and I'll let you go. If you lie, just remember, I have your scent, and next time, well, I think you can guess," Snow whispered before his fangs touched his prisoner's flesh.
"I'll confess! I swear it! Just don't hurt me," the bear cried, looking like he was about to break down crying.
"Wise choice," Snow muttered, smacking the bear's head against the wall, rendering him unconscious.
"I know we don't bite humans and mobians, but can I just bite one of these four," Winter whined, her eyes almost pleading.
"Fine, just bite him and make him immortal, twice as strong and super fast, be my guest," Snow shrugged, already walking out of the alley. Winter paused before following behind, plonking the large hat on the hedgehog's head.
While all seven Chaotix sat in the comfort of the living room, they all had one question on their minds. Who had sent the robots? Thankfully, an hour earlier, they had found Vince the bear and his gang lying in an alley unconscious. The moment Vince woke up and saw them, he couldn't confess fast enough.
"Well, apart from.....most of the people in jail and Eggman, who else have you guys ticked off?" Miranda asked, lying on the floor with her head leaning against the couch. Mighty was sitting on the couch with Cynder, Espio was meditating, Vector was writing a list of people in his notepad crossing off each name, Charmy was buzzing around in circles to "help himself think" and Skyfire was resting on a beanbag, reading previous case files.
"Fear would have the ability to send robots, but prefers to do things himself. Malice would go after Cream himself, plus he isn't smart or resourceful enough to create robots like that...." Vector mumbled, stroking off more names.
"Apart from Eggman, none of these cases have robots involved. And the only robot Eggman's created that acts like those are, as Espio mentioned, Metal Sonic. Him and Shadow Androids," Skyfire mumbled, putting down yet another case file.
"Wait, did you say similar to Metal Sonic?" Mighty asked, bolting upright. When Skyfire nodded, Mighty clicked his fingers.
"There's a reason why we can link them to a case. I encountered them before during my travels in the east. Based off of Metal Sonic, these bots are made to be agile and swift rather than big and clumsy. And I know who uses them...." Mighty exclaimed before diving to the ground, dodging a bullet as it shattered the window.
"Not again," Espio muttered, leaping from his meditation to his feet. As another bullet flew, Mighty jumped between it and Cynder, blocking it with his hard shell. Almost instantly, Espio, Skyfire and Miranda were outside, looking for their attackers. Expecting to see the ninja robots, they were caught by surprise by a smaller female figure clad in black.
"Finally we see one of our enemies," Miranda whispered, lunging with fangs bared and violet eyes alight in rage. Being half vampire, she took the assailant off guard with her speed, only a blur signifying her move. Skyfire and Espio were kept busy by the robots, streaks of blue and purple flashing between each mechanical foe.
"Why are you attacking us? We did nothing!" Miranda snarled, blocking her opponent's quick attacks with her speed.
"I am only following my orders! I didn't have a choice, I never did!" her opponent yelled, her rage making her sloppy as she struck Miranda in the mouth with her fist. As the echidna fell back, she grabbed her foes mask, revealing a brown furred face with tanned muzzle, long echidna like spines with long black hair. What gave her away were her large bat ears.
"There's always a choice. You just need to make your own," Miranda gasped, wiping blood away from her mouth. Before she could say any more, she collapsed, blood escaping from a wound on her head. The bat looked to see the attacker, a tall human, stand there, glaring at her through his mask before they both disappeared through the use of a smoke bomb.
After finding out that their case was solved, Magenta had proposed the three of them go out for dinner, picking a particular night club. Much to her sisters' mild agreement.
"What is it about this night club that Magenta likes so much?" Viola shouted, trying to be heard over the music.
"She loves the music and atmosphere. That, and Lilith's dad owns the place," Scarlett mumbled, barely audible over the thumping beat from the song. The two looked to the dance floor, watching their sister execute multiple complicated dance moves, stunning many other dancers.
"For the sake of anyone who attacks her, I hope she doesn't learn self defence," Viola joked, electing a small smirk from her red haired sister. She was just about to get a drink when she heard Magenta scream. Almost instantly, Scarlett was on her feet and storming through the crowd while Viola flew above it with her wings.
"Aw shoot," Scarlett muttered, watching Magenta dodge blows from familiar black clad figures. Cracking her knuckles, Scarlett charged, landing a solid punch to one of their faces, a well aimed kick at one's knee before striking a third with a twirl, her ponytails catching it in the face with each spin.
"Come on sis," Viola whispered, picking up Magenta and flying out of the club. The instant they were in open air, Viola tried to fly into the night, groaning as two more robots struck, both striking her wings.
"Vi, please tell me you can still fly!" Magenta yelled as the two sisters fell, hitting the ground with a bone jarring thud. Weakly, Viola tried to push herself up, only to slump onto the ground.
"Come on Vi, please don't do this now," Magenta panicked, trying to shake her sister awake. Before she could glance behind her, she felt a prick to her shoulder, instantly feeling her body go numb. As her eyes fluttered shut, she could only see the ground grow further away as her captor leapt away with her slung over his shoulder.