Okay, this is where Kaity has her first cameo in the story, and the first Avatar level is in the next chapter, the first few chapters was my way of setting things up for Kai, I didn't want to throw her right into the action, I wanted to show how she got to that point in time.

It was easier than I thought it would be to volunteer for the Resistance, I guess that things are a lot worse then I thought. I was able to pick up some new clothes on my way, since mine were ruined. A black jacket with pink stars, a t-shirt and my jeans, even though I had to cut them so that they reached just below my knees, since the fabric below that was ruined. My old boots had to go so I replaced them with a pair of black lace up work boots.

I was nervous as I waited for Commander Knuckles to introduce me to the others, I heard them talking and three of them, were familiar to me.

The door to the Command Room opened and I walked in, to stand by the Commander. He patted me on the back and it felt like a shove and I almost lost my balance.

A buzzing sound reached my ears and I looked up to see a black and yellow bumblebee flying over to me, he was wearing a helment with a orange vest and shoes with black cuffs on them and his white gloves. "Charmy?"

"KAI!" The young bee hugged me. "You're alive!"

"I know." I hugged him back.

"You guys know each other?" A silver hedgehog asked from where he was standing by a pink one.

"Of course we do." Vector said as he walked over and he patted me on the back. "You can say that we live in the same neighborhood."

"Have you seen Kaity?" Espio asked me.

"No, the last time that I saw her was six months ago." I told him. "Before this war started, before I left for the city, why? What happened?"

"We lost contact five months ago, during a mission, Rookie." Vector told me. "She vanished and we can't find her."

"Vector, I am not a Rookie!"

"You are now." He said.

I sighed. "I've been in the base that belongs to the resistance in the City, apart from a quick transfer to another base to cool my head after a fight and I've never since her in those bases. And have you seen my..."

"The last time we saw your sister was six months ago." Espio told me. "But we have heard from her, the last transmission was a week ago and it was pure audio. She's alive but..."

"But what..."

"They had to enforce Radio Silence since they live in one of the few places that remain free. Eggman is on their doorstep, unless we do something now to turn the tides."

"Hey kid." Knuckles interrupted the conversation to give me what looked like a red version of what the fighters that I had seen in the City wield. "Take this. We're depending on you."

I gulped and I let go of Charmy to take it and a wrist wire shooter that could act as a grappling hook. My hands were shaking but I knew that I had to do this.

"Okay, let's get going everybody!" The Commander said, knocking me out of my thoughts. "The world's not gonna save itself!"

And here I was, standing in a circle of heroes who were willing to stand up to Eggman and save the world, I was scared, I was frightened and I wanted to quit but I knew that I couldn't do that, I closed my eyes and I remembered the orphan kids, I wasn't doing this for myself, I was doing this for them, so that they could have a future.