A/N: Sorry for such a long wait! I've been busy on other stories and the website was experiencing problems where I couldn't update. So, again I'm really sorry! I realize some people actually like this story! Thank you peoples! ^^ Anyway, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
Wave met up with the boys in the hallway.
"Ok, so what do we do?" She asked.
"We look for him!" Storm answered. "But this airship is so big that he could be anywhere!"
"Ok, just relax! If you were an annoying 6 year old keyed up on sugar, where would you be?" Jet asked, silencing his worried team mates.
There was a silence.
"Where would YOU be?" Wave broke the silence. "You were always on sugar rushes when you had chocolate and candy. Where would you go?"
Jet chuckled. He remembered his sugar rush days.
"Well…I'd probably be outside." he replied plainly. "Nothing to do in here once you've destroyed everything." He shook his head.
"Ok, here's the plan. Storm you check the lower part of the airship and the weight room. And Wave you check the upper part and the control room."
"And what are you going to do, boss?" Storm wondered.
"I'm going to search outside."
"You mean while we're in the air? What if you fall?" the worried albatross gasped.
"I won't fall. I'm not that stupid. OK, let's go!" After that word the three bird took off to their places to search.
Wave burst through the control room doors like a maniac. She looked around with a careful eye and slowly walked with light steps.
"Here, you little devil with wings. Come out, come out wherever you are!" she called. She checked every counter, the box with the wires in it, she even looked under the carpet, growing more worried by the second.
But she had no luck in finding him in the control room.
"Ok, I guess I could search Jet's office." she thought as she sped off towards her leader's office.
Once she slowly opened the doors, it was pure silence except for Jet's desk fan.
"Charmy?" she called over and over again. Like before, she looked around in every spot that could be hiding the hyperactive bee. No luck. Suddenly, her eyed feasted upon Jet's bedroom door.
"He couldn't be in there….could he?" she wondered. She felt it hard to reach for the door handle.
"Jet would kill me if he found out I was in his room." she whispered to herself as she sucked at her teeth. It would only be for a second anyway…
She slowly opened the door and seen nothing in particular. No bee. This was the last place that she could look too. So she spent her time well browsing through the hawk's room. Nothing special, but she felt nosy the whole time. She saw a few pictures that hung on the wall, and was shocked to see that he had a picture of all three of them when they were younger.
Wave was turning 11 in the picture. It showed the boys behind her. She was covered in cake and she guessed that they probably did it to her, accounting that they had handfuls of cake. Memories…something she never stopped to think about…She looked around to find more pictures, but her eyes were glued on an open window.
An open window…!
What if Charmy went out the window?
She stumbled to the window and stuck her head out. "Charmy? Charmy!" she called. She STILL didn't see the 6 year old.
'Oh well…' she thought. '..Maybe one of the guys found him.'
Storm panted heavily as he burst into the weight room. He paused and looked around. Nothing but heavy weights and a large stereo.
"Charmy? We're not playing anymore!" Storm hollered, waiting for a response. He already checked the bottom part of the airship, as directed by Jet. And he didn't see the first glimpse of Charmy. He searched the weight room; lifting every weight to see if he was under one. He gave up and sat down. An idea flashed into his mind. If he couldn't get to Charmy, maybe he could get Charmy to come to him!
"Hey Charmy! I know you can hear me!" Storm called out. "I got more Chocolate!"
Nothing.
"I also got candy and soda!"
Nothing.
"We got three seasons of Barney on DVD!" He guessed. "UHH! Where are you?"
Suddenly, there was a thump near the corner of the room and a silent 'ow'.
Storm chuckled.
"Charmy! I guess I'm going to have to eat this chocolate by myself!" he teased. He spotted Charmy's large eyes behind a large weight. But he didn't say anything.
"…And I guess I'll have to tell the alligator and the rhino you've been bad!"
"NOO!" Charmy came flying out from behind his hiding place. "Espio will be so mad at me! Don't tell him!" he pleaded.
"Good. I found you. Let's go.." Storm went to grab the bee's arm.
Charmy bit him.
"OW! You little brat!" he snapped as he shook his throbbing hand in the air.
"You tricked me! That's cheating!" Charmy stated.
"Cheating?"
"We're playing hide-and-seek now! Your it!" Charmy flew out the door.
Storm stomped in frustration.
"And by the way, Espio's a chameleon!" he called from a window at the end of the hall. Storm growled….then gasped. The window!
"NO CHARMY! Don't go outside!" he howled. Too late…
"Oh, please let boss get him…" he prayed to the gods as he looked outside frantically.
Jet didn't like this. Not at all. He felt weird being outside in the air on his own airship without his gear under his feet. He looked down. Well over 600 ft.
One little slip and he's done for. He held onto the poles and sides of the airship as it sped in the air and took careful steps.
"BOSS!" Storm's sudden yelling freaked the hawk out.
"AHH!" he screamed as he fell backwards but grabbed on just in time before falling completely. He shook violently. "What Storm? You almost killed me!"
"It's C-Charmy! He's out h-here! Grab him!" the albatross stuttered. Jet looked around quickly and spotted the bee climbing a ladder to the top of the ship.
"Charmy!" Jet yelled. The bee looked down.
"Aww man! You found me!" he whined.
"Get down here! And be careful!" Jet ordered. He watched how Charmy sighed and went back down the ladder. Suddenly, he slipped and slid down the airship, screaming.
"AHHH!" his scream was very high pitched, like a little girl's. He grabbed onto the edge of the airship, dangling on the side and holding on for dear life.
"Jet help me!" he cried. The hawk gasped and went his direction.
"Jet be careful!" Wave's voice was heard. "You could easily fall! Do you want me to grab your gear in case you do?"
"No time! Just hang on!" the hawk retorted. Truthfully, he was scared to death. He had no protection and there was no point in sending Wave to grab his extreme gear. All he could do was pray.
He got on his hands and knees and inched his way towards the scared child. "Jet I'm going to slip!" Charmy sobbed.
"Just hold on. I'm coming." Jet assured him. He laid flat on his stomach and reached out to grab Charmy's wrist and pull him up. Once he grabbed him, he felt how Charmy was shaking and…how heavy he was. He didn't think the bee weighed so much.
"Just let go! I got you!" Jet shouted over the roar of the wind.
"I-I'm scared!"
"I got you!"
Jet felt the weight increase when Charmy let go. He found himself slipping too, towards the edge.
"WAVE! STORM!" Jet shrieked in terror. Now both were dangling helplessly off the edge, saved by Jet's foot being caught in the gutter.
"You said you had me!" Charmy growled.
Jet groaned as he kept his grip on the bee's hands.
"I do, don't I?" he smiled weakly. Charmy just stuck out his tongue.
"You're a horrible-"
"Shh!" Jet hissed.
"NO! You are the worst-"
Jet just swung the 6 year old around, terrifying him. He felt his finger's digging into Jet's bones in his hands.
"Don't do that!" Charmy wailed.
"Then do what I say and shut up!" Jet snapped back. There was a creaking sound. A sound of something starting to break…
The gutter was about to give out.
"STORM! WAVE! HELP US!" Jet bellowed, his voice echoing through the clouds. Then he felt himself being pulled back from his ankle. It was Wave. She had a harness on and Storm was in the window with a fishing line.
"Hold onto me!" she ordered. Jet held Charmy close as he wrapped an arm around the swallow. "Ok Storm! Reel us in!" she said.
Storm gave a thumbs up and yanked the three in without a struggle. Wave hugged onto Jet tightly. "Don't scare me like that!" she snapped.
"I'm sorry! I thought I-"
He was silenced when he was lifted off the ground by Storm when he was giving him a big bear hug.
"B-Boss! I was so worried! You could've died a-and-""I'm fine! I'm fine!" Jet gasped for air. "Put me down! I can't breathe!"
"Oh, s-sorry boss…" Storm set him down. Then they all faced Charmy. The bee was shaken up and silent for once.
"Don't EVER do that again!" Jet stated harshly. "You could've killed us!"
"I'm sorry, guys." Charmy hung his head in shame. "It's just that nobody ever plays with me…I guess I got carried away. I'm sorry…"
The rogues were silent.
"Well, I guess we're sorry too…" Wave broke the silence. "I guess you never knew that we we're the ones to really have fun. We should've known better…"
"And what we're you going to call me?" Jet interrupted.
"Huh?""Back outside. You were going to call me something? A horrible…something. What was it?"
Charmy shuffled his feet. "Oh that…I was going to say your…a horrible hide-and-seeker!" he even chuckled. "What?" he asked.
"I was hiding right behind you the whole time! Every time you turned around, I would hide somewhere near you. Until I decided to play with Storm." Charmy explained.
Jet stared dumbfounded.
"So you were behind me the whole time?"
Charmy nodded. "Yup!"
Jet sighed as he slapped himself in the face. "Look, until your friends come to get you. Let's just relax for the rest of the afternoon….ok?
"Deal!" Charmy laughed.
A/N: Whoah…sorta a long chappie huh? Oh well! I had fun writing it! J Next chapter will be the last! Review please!
