Mobius

Chapter 2- Chilling Out

Okay, this had to be split up into two parts. I don't like it when I have over four thousand words at the beginning of a fic, unless it's a more serious story.

But this isn't really one of them. I am currently trying to come up with an idea for an adventure fic with the Sonic crew. So, this is basically an experiment. Which is why I really need as much constructive criticism as I can possibly get from you guys so I can improve. Characters, plot, grammar, anything.

~KF

Back with Team Chaotix, Vector the Crocodile was found in the living room, his laptop resting on the glass table. Currently, he was reading one of the many articles about the Shadow and Rouge dating rumors. Since he and the rest of the Sonic crew were famous for a reason, of course they were almost always being bombarded by the news, paparazzi, and of course, fangirls.

Now since there were apparently many stories about Shadow and Rouge going out, it was quite obvious that something like that would cause the world to turn to them so they could play twenty questions about their 'relationship'. However, the crocodile was not astounded that Shadow easily managed to ignore them. Yet at the same time, he wasn't sure of the black and red hedgehog's intentions if things took a turn for the worst.

Then again, people like Vector found it to be humorous, even though he would be feeling some type of way if people question him and Vanilla together. Regardless of that, the adult actually did have a crush on Vanilla. He simply never took the time to ask her out. On the bright side, there wasn't as much gossip like the 'Shadouge' pairing online, or any celebrity news television series. So for the time being, he didn't have much to worry about...

...Except for the many potato chip bags, soda cans, candy wrappers, and many other food items that dispersed across the floor. Adding onto it, he didn't even bother to pay attention to the mess at all. And if he didn't notice it, then Charmy didn't either.

They both knew how Espio preferred things to be kept in order in case company shows. And the last thing they need is to have their guests tripping on stuff scattered across the place and injuring themselves.

Although, it was almost as if Vector couldn't care less as the report he was reading clearly got his attention. Next thing he knew, he was scrolling through the comments the fans made. Some of them he found amusing, one in particular made him chuckle so hard he fell out the couch and landed on the floor on his back with a thud. It didn't take too long for the tears of laughter to form in his eyes, as well as him holding his stomach.

Unknown to him, Espio the Chameleon was walking towards him with a very irritated look on his face. Nonetheless, since he was known to be one of the more calm members of the Sonic crew, he kept his cool and crossed his arms, tilting his head to the side.

"Vector..."

It didn't take him long at all to realize that his giggles were too loud for him to hear.

"Vector..." He raised his voice, but it still had no effect on the captain of Team Chaotix. And so, he sighed heavily. Not wanting to raise his voice any higher, he simply wandered over to him to tap him on his shoulder.

In an instant, Vector stared straight above to see his younger friend's head emerge seemingly from nowhere.

"...What are you doing?" He asked calmly, still keeping his vexed expression.

"Oh, just checking those Rouge and Shadow stories online." He grinned, subsequently pointing at his laptop. "I mean, it's all over SmashBook! You have to come see this one! Heck, even you would laugh your head off!"

"We don't have to this!" He promptly responded. "It's 9:30! The guests will start coming in thirty minutes!"

That was more than enough to make Vector widen his eyes in sudden realization. Despite the fact that he told Espio that he never procrastinate on anything, he done so just then.

"You've just lied to yourself, Vec." Espio told him. "Now get up, find Charmy, and finish straighten this place up. It's your turn to vacuum, and I've already done my part."

Not saying another word, the green Mobian creature watched his fellowi member walked back to his room, resuming his meditation.

He was then replaced by the bee himself. The six year old was flying towards the kitchen again to grab a blender. Not even caring that Vector was eyeing his every move, he just took the blender right out of the kitchen to head straight back to his bedroom. If he was a little more cautious about who was watching, he probably would have made it just in time.

The crocodile beat him from getting into said room as he blocked the door.

"...Charmy...?" He was perplexed more than ever. "...What are you planning to do with the blender?"

"...I ...I... uh..." The poor bee was nimbly shifting his eyes from left to right in attempt to come up with the best excuse, whereas he was already failing miserably."...Well, why shouldn't I put this stupid thing on sale!?"

"...CHARMY!" He was enraged indeed.

"This thing is old!" He argued. "I was gonna borrow your laptop so I can record a video of me telling our fans that I'm putting this on sale! And I was also gonna sell your first baby tooth!"

"...WHAT!?"

"...Well, it's only gonna cost a dollar..."

It was a power struggle, of course, but somehow the trio of Chaotix members finally got the apartment together, almost just in time for the first few people they were expecting to be at their door.

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Even though Vector was standing directly in front of said door, he was on his phone listening to loud rock music on his headphones that he got for Christmas. The volume being almost as loud as it could go, there was no possible way he could have heard that knock.

That being stated, when Espio walked by, he stopped in his tracks and perceived his teammate oddly, then at the door, before back at him again. What he had seen was enough to explain to him why he wouldn't get the door. Heaving a heavy sigh, he knew he had to go do it himself. The chameleon lightly shoved Vector out of the way, causing him to be slightly confounded at Espio, not even being aware he was near him in the first place. Nevertheless, he noticed what he was doing. So he stepped out of the doorway to avoid being hit by it when Espio swung it open.

And when he did, in came Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Jet. The fourth Mobian who came in was the one that was unexpected. Even so, Espio and Vector shrugged it off as Charmy came in from his room, looking like he had an attitude, which he did. He was still irked about being told not to sell the blender or Vector's baby tooth. If he did the latter, Vector threatened that Charmy would be crying like a baby. Espio overheard the conversation, and he couldn't figure out whether he should take it seriously, or another one of Vector's lame threats.

"Hey, boys." Vector greeted, his headphones now hanging around his neck. "What's up?"

It was Sonic's turn to shrug his shoulders. "Nothing much. Morning run, Jet wanted to come, nothing special. ...What's up with Charmy?"

The crocodile groaned. "He tried to sell our blender because it was too old for him, and he tried to sell my first baby tooth!" He held his index finger up.

At first, all four of the guests had their mouths opened slightly. Then about three seconds later, the oldest two busted out laughing, the echidna dropping to the floor.

"...What?" He was dumbfounded, yet embarrassed at the same time. "...It was my first one! ...Who knows what my fans would do with it!"

"Vector the Crocodile's baby teeth!" Sonic took a few steps backwards to slam against the door. Still laughing ridiculously loud, he slowly slid down. "Just thinking about it is the funniest thing ever! Thanks for the laugh of the day! ...Oh, and you know what? I'm gonna tweet about it on SmashBook right now!"

The adult's eyes grew large. "You are not tweeting that on SmashBook!"

All eyes were locked onto Sonic and Vector as they stood frozen in place glaring at each other. Moments later, Sonic chose to make the first move by speeding into the living room couch as Vector almost immediately dashed after him. He strived to grab the hedgehog, yet when he thought that he had him, the blue hero sacrificed one of the brown pillows on the couch. Vector did manage to catch the object, though now Sonic was running towards Vector's room only to lock himself in.

"NOOO!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, beginning to bang on the door. "WILL SOMEONE HELP ME?"

"Nope!" Jet shook his head.

Espio only smirked. "Well, because of the fact that you couldn't even keep your word on dawdling, this could be what you get."

"And I'm too amused to help!" Knuckles answered, looking at Charmy playing Super Mario 3D Land on his blue 3DS.

Tails had seen Vector looked straight at him, so he quickly glanced in another direction, only making him even more frustrated. Knowing that he was defeated, he groaned as he slowly slid down the wall just to sit on the ground.

About fifteen minutes later, everybody was back in the living room sitting either on the couch, or on the floor. Vector gave up and decided to let it go and turn on some music to past the time. While he, Espio, and Charmy were chatting with the rest of their guests about random topics, a knock was heard on the door again.

"Espio, go get it."

The mid-teen inspected his captain as if he had two heads for a body. Following yet another sigh, he rose up from his spot on the floor and wandered to answer the door to find Shadow and Rouge. The black and red hedgehog and the white bat were holding cups of Coffee they got from Mobiusbucks.

"Hello."

The rest of the group eyed their guests walking in the living room to joined them.

"There you are." Sonic showed a slightly angered stare at the other anthropomorphic hedgehog. "You haven't answered any of my calls since you woke up this morning."

"That's right." Shadow wasn't afraid to admit it. "As a matter of fact, I've literally turned my phone off so you wouldn't bother me anymore. I assumed that you've got the message that I didn't want to talk to you, but I've forgotten that it takes you a while to comprehend certain things in life..."

Sonic's jaw dropped at the statement. "...You know, Shadow, it that wasn't insulting, I don't know what is..."

"That's the point."

A low growl was his fellow hedgehog's response. "Faker."

"I heard that..." He glared, taking a sip from his coffee.

"Anyways," Rouge was gradually getting tired of Sonic and Shadow's argument. "I've wanted Shadow to hurry up and get out of his bed as well, but then he decided that he needs his beauty sleep. What happened to 'Early to bed, early to rise'?"

"Actually, I don't blame the man." Knuckles butted in. "Sonic over here wanted me to get up that early in the morning, but I swear if it was you, Rouge, I would-"

"You're cute when you're angry."

"... ... ..."

It took a long while for the yelling to subside, but Rouge and Knuckles finally put their argument on hold, after the latter told her that she was so lucky that she was a woman.

"Is it always like this with you two?" Jet shifted his head to Knuckles.

"It's just like me and Shadow..." Sonic said shaking his head.

"I heard that."

"You were supposed to..." He stared angrily back. "So besides that, I'm bored. What do you guys think we should do today?"

"Well, tomorrow's Blaze's birthday..." Tails reminded them.

"I know that, I'm talking about today..."

"Can't we use this day to prepare for her-"

"What restaurant can we go to for lunch?" Jet questioned.

"Well, I've heard of this new Japanese restaurant just down the street." Vector brought up. "They've just opened last week and actually has a lot of buzz. Who's going?"

The crocodile viewed the entirety of the living room to see every last Mobian holding his or her hand up.

"...Alright, I'm in..." Tails was curious about the place as well. "We can go to that place for lunch and then later while we're there, we can discuss about how are we gonna plan Blaze's birthday party, which we haven't even started, yet?"

Taking a quick second to eye Vector, Espio glanced back at the rest of the group. "We're only lucky that Blaze is not here, right now. So we can all come back here, or whatever place we're having the party to prepare for it tomorrow until we finish. We don't know how long it would take to get everything done, so we're going to start today. And Charmy, you're helping..."

Nonetheless, Charmy's mind was still focused onto his 3DS game, only making the teenage chameleon facepalm.

Alright, so this part of the fic is going to have four chapters. Need to remind you all that it's not always gonna be like that. I bet I can probably have five chapters for one part and then have a oneshot the next chapter. I'm gonna keep on going until I have fifty and go from there.

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