Chapter Four

The day went by slowly as Team Chaotix were doing outdoor work; everything from mowing the lawn to helping install a new window. Charmy was cleaning the newly installed window from the outside, Espio was on the wall, making sure the other newly installed window was in tightly and had no chance what so ever to fall out spontaniously, and Vector was mowing the lawn. It was already 4 in the afternoon and luckily this was their last job of the day.

Espio had kept the amount of money they had earned in a small bag as he climbed down from the wall.

"How does this look Espio?" asked Charmy as he showed the chameleon the shinny window. Espio nodded.

"Looks good."

The bee smiled brightly and kept cleaning it. Espio walked toward Vector who had yawned and stopped mowing.

"So... how's it going?"

"Tiring," replied Vector.

"Ah..."

Charmy figured it was time for a quick break and he flew down over to the duo, "what do you think of that Aurora girl?"

"Interesting."

Vector looked at Espio and asked, "that's all? Interesting?"

"Think about it. No one gets up earlier than Charmy so it's kind of shocking to hear that someone did and didn't look tired at all. Not only that but she knew what we were doing today."

"What surprised me was that she actually cleaned Vector's room! I didn't even know his room had a floor to it!"

Vector looked at Charmy and muttered, "shut up! Besides, I just want to know where she put everything."

The bee shrugged, "the closet? Under your bed? Somewhere where no one would ever find it?"

Espio sighed and stretched for a moment.

"Interesting isn't even a word for her!"

"More like amazing!"

"... Maybe so... what do you guys think she does?"

The duo looked at the chameleon and shrugged, "sing?"

"If she was a singer, she probably would've lost her voice by now," remarked Espio quietly. Charmy buzzed around Vector's head until they heard a shout.

"GET BACK TO WORK!! I'M NOT PAYING YOU TO STAND AROUND ALL DAY!!"

The trio instantly ran back to where they were before and went back to work. Espio frowned as he inspected all the windows, "something's definately strange about Aurora... Maybe we should look into her past, or get someone to tell us about her. Nah, now I'm being paranoid about her," thought Espio as he smirked.

Aurora held numerous bags that were filled with everything from food, to drinks, to anything else the trio might've needed like bandages, antibiotic spray, etc. She soon made it to the rental building and she somehow managed to get the door open after a lot of tries of getting the door opened with her hands full. Once inside, she put the bags down in the living room and she sighed.

"Hectic day," she said tiredly as she dug through the bags and took out all the refrigerated items out and swiftly ran over to the refrigerator. About a few minutes later, she realized that everything she bought wasn't going to fit. She frowned and put the rest of the items in the freezer; sure it probably wasn't a good place, but at least it was better than letting the food spoil.

Before she got to the items that were going into the pantry, the phone rang. Aurora walked toward Vector's desk in the living room and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"..."

Aurora frowned as she repeated, "hello?"

There was still no answer as she said, "erm... bye," and hung the phone. She had no idea why, but she felt like something bad was going to happen... no way. She had no right to think that something bad would happen. Aurora walked back over to the bags of pantry food and after spending almost 30 minutes, she had finally put everything away.

The bags she stored away under the couch just in case the Chaotix would need to use them. Aurora then laid down on the couch and sighed happily.

"Finally, some me time before they come back."

Her tail flickered and her ears twitched; something rarely happens. She sat up and sighed, "what now?"

The phone rang once again, making Aurora jump out of surprise. She walked over to it and she answered it, "hello?"

"Hiya! Who's this?"

"Um... Aurora the cat. Who's calling?"

"Taylor the Racoon, I was the waitress from the Moonlight Cafe yesterday and I called to see if Team Chaotix would be kind enough to take a job."

"What's the job?" she questioned almost as though she'd been instructed to do this.

There was a pause and Taylor replied, "the shooting at the cafe. I want to know who's responsible for it and I was too scared to call on the cops."

Aurora was surprised; 'too scared to call on the cops'? What was that suppose to mean? Why was that?

"How come?"

"Erm... boyfriend problems. Thinks I'm too paranoid and so on."

The cat remarked, "OOOH! So you called to see if Team Chaotix would do it instead?"

"That's right! Are they around?"

The cat frowned, "I'm afraid not. They left to do a few other jobs, I'm just here because I decided I'd help around."

"That's awfully nice of ya. Want me to come around and lend a hand?"

"Do you want to?"

"Of course I do!" exclaimed Taylor before she added, "besides, it's not like I'm on my shift at the moment. I don't have to work until 9 at night."

Aurora smiled, having another girl at the place may make things seem a little less boring and she could really use the company for the next 2 and a half hours.

"Okay, just stop on by and I'll fix you up something nice to eat."

"You don't have to. I just ate."

"Either way, I'll see you soon?"

"You can expect me over in about 30 minutes," replied Taylor as she hung up the phone. Aurora hung her phone up as well and she walked over to the couch. She sat down, no longer feeling like resting. She felt hyper suddenly, but it wasn't a good type of hyperness. It was the type you got when you get scared. No, it wasn't hyperness... it was adreniline.

Before she could question why she felt so pumped, she heard a knock on the door. Aurora blinked, thinking she imagined it. A few seconds later, another knock was heard. She frowned as she walked over to the door, "hold on! I'm coming!" she called.

She gripped the door knob and she froze. Something didn't seem right to her, but she let the feeling pass or at least fade to the back of her mind as she opened the door. Aurora frowned, there was no one there. After closing the door she then heard the phone ring. She was definately losing patience with whoever was calling; maybe it was Taylor saying she was going to be late, or perhaps it was Team Chaotix wondering if she was there.

Aurora answered it, "hello?"

"..."

"Hello? Who's this?!"

"... I see you..."

Her light blue eyes widened as she looked around her; there definately was no one around her.

"T-this isn't funny you know."

"Hehe, to you it's not. For me it is."

"S-stop calling here."

"How come? Your nervousness is much better than your performance was yesterday," remarked the voice in an intimidating voice.

Aurora looked around herself again, no one but her and the shadows. She then questioned, "what am I doing right now?"

"..."

Suddenly the line went dead. Aurora put the phone back on the receiver and she whispered to herself, "no one's here... no one's here..."

"If only that was true," she heard a voice whisper. She yelped as she darted for the front door but when she turned the knob, she found out it was locked. Aurora then darted toward the windows and sure enough they were all locked. "Hehe... no where to go little girl, no where to run now... you're trapped now and that's just how I like my victims."

She felt an adreniline rush enter her as she tried the door again, "LET ME OUT!" she yelled.

"That's right. Scream. Scream like you've never screamed before. Who knows, you might just lose your voice."

Aurora shrieked as she kept trying to open the door. A few minutes later, her voice had turned into a hoarse whisper. The voice was right. She then felt a hand grip her shoulder and throw her back into the living room. She landed in the middle of the room and her eyes widened when she saw a hooded figure, shadows that concealed this person's face, and dark blood red eyes that held pure horrid intent in them.

But that's not what scared Aurora the most... it was the fact that there was not only a gun in this person's hand, but a blade as well. The figure's calm laugh seemed to send a shiver down her back. She felt herself try to scream for help once again, and fail miserably when the figure quietly said, "what you're doing now is fearing me."

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Hiya again guys. This definately was one of the hardest chapters for me to focus on, mainly because it's almost 3 in the morning, and because I had no inspration for this chapter until my friend came over. Yea I know, scary thought. Anyways, I hope you enjoy. Oh yea, almost forgot the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Sega related, I do however own Aurora and my friend's insane character.