The first chapter where I can choose the music as I type the story. YAY! But seriously, At this point, I've written chapter 5 for both other stories, and Am still listening to Suitable Opponent from the end of ch 5 for Darkness Within. Enjoy.

Song: We can-Sonic Heroes (What was I thinking with this song?)

The Chaotix were trying to decide what to do.

"I say we go after that creep Blyxil! I'll tear him apart." Knuckles exclaimed. Espio seemed to agree.

"I think we should go after Eggman. He's been too quiet lately. He says he's got a way to beat us, then doesn't follow up. That means it must be something big." Sonic stated. Mighty and Tails seemed to like that idea.

Charmy was just simply zipping around, but Vector was actually concentrating. "Not yet guys.

"Why!?" Everyone yelled.

"Espio may be the only one joining us, but I have a feeling we'll be working with the rest of the Soreans as well. We can't work well together if we don't know and trust each other. So I propose a gathering tomorrow. Does that sound like a good idea, Espio?"

"The sun will burn us." He stated.

"Tomorrow will be very cloudy, and you have cloaks to protect yourselves. Right?"

"That is true."

"And if it get's too bad, we can always go inside the nearest building. I have a feeling we'll be inside at some point any way."

Espio nodded. "I'll go tell the others."

Song: Station Square-Sonic Adventure

"Come on, Shadow, cheer up." Amy, the pink hedgehog said.

"I'm not enjoying myself." the black hedgehog said.

"Come on, Shady, let's race!" Sonic shouted. Knuckles could see Shadow scowel.

"I don't like nicknames, Sun-Walker." Shadow growled.

"But nicknames are fun! My name sounded slow, so I opted to be called Sonic. Tails didn't like his name, Miles. Knuckles won't even tell us his real name."

"Those are examples of people not liking their names. Shadow happens to like his name." Rouge stated.

"I just don't care."

"Charmy doesn't hate his real name. He just thinks Charmy sounds more fun."

Amy giggled. "If you could give me a nickname, what would it be?"

"Hmmm. I'd call you Hammer, cuz you nearly took my head off with one."

"That one's your fault for trespassing." She looked over towards two new people. "Hey, who're you, over there?" She walked up to them. Sonic saw that they were a big, purple cat, and a small yellow squirrel.

"My name's Big. And this is Ray." He turned in his friends direction to see that he was walking towards another group. "Huh?"

"Don't worry about him. Let's have some fun!" Sonic yelled.

"So you're kind of allergic to sunlight, and your cloaks are meant to help with that?" Tails asked.

"Yes. That's exactly it." Espio answered.

"The sun really burns when it touches us." Cream said.

"That's a little odd. Me and Cosmo, being plant life-forms, need the sunlight. It was odd meeting people who can survive without it." Galaxina said.

"Well, we still need it, but just not as much." Tails replied. He turned to Cosmo and saw a yellow squirrel walking up to them. Cosmo turned as well.

"Well hello there. My name's Cosmo, what's yours?" She asked. The squirrel looked at her for a second.

"My names Ray. It's nice to meet you." Tails turned slightly to see that Espio was looking towards another group."

Song: Memory of Youth-Sonic 06

"Why did you decide to become detectives?" Vanilla asked.

"Because, I wanted money, and this was all I was cut out to be. It really brings in the cash though. Charmy just thought it would be fun, Mighty and Sonic wanted adventure, and Knuckles and Tails tagged along because we're close friends. What about you three. What's your backstory?"

"I'm from the distant future. A man named Eggman Nega ruined everything, and my father defeated him." Silver explained.

"Eggman Nega must've found his way to my dimension, because he began wreaking havoc there, and forced me to flee." Blaze continued.

"Hmmm…" How did Eggman Nega travel through dimensions and time? "What about you, Vanilla?"

"I've lived in Twilight Station my whole life. My only real family is Cream, my daughter, but I see everyone else in the Station as my family as well."

"That's a pretty cosy life. I wish I had that many friends." A voice stated. Blaze turned around.

"It's not nice to interrupt a conversation."

The oddly colored Mobian ignored her. He had a blue head, red body, and yellow arms. "My name is Samuel. You seem a little young to be that girls mother." He smiled. "You're barely out of your teens, it looks like." Vector noticed Vanilla's flinch.

"You don't talk about a lady's age."

He just chuckled. "Sorry."

Song: Knuckles-Sonic and Knuckles

Knuckles and Rouge decided to follow Shadow away.

"Leave me alone." He said.

"And what, never find out where you're sneaking off to? Fat chance!" Rouge replied.

"Ya know, friends should stick together." Knuckles stated.

Shadow blanked. "Friends?"

"Yeah." Knuckles stated.

"You just met me today." Shadow said.

"What's your point?" Knuckles said.

Before Shadow could reply, they ran into another group. A blonde girl, a white haired boy, and two brunette guys.

"Hello Shadow. Who're your friends?"

"These are Rouge the Bat, and Knuckles the Echidna. Guys, this is Maria, and her cousins, Chris and Ivo." Knuckles gasped, but Shadow ignored it.

"I prefer to be called Julian now."

Rouge, on the other hand, showed a bit more worry. "What is it?"

Knuckles chose to whisper into Rouges ear. "Doctor Eggmans real name is Ivo Julian Robotnik."

Song: Eggman-Sonic Adventure

Four days later, Eggman was being Eggman, so the Chaotix went to stop him, but this time, he was using a GIANT robot.

"Let's break some bots!" Sonic yelled. He ran right into battle, and jumped into them. Tails either used his tail spin, or dummy rings. Vector and Charmy just plowed through them, and Mighty punched them away. Knuckles and Espio ran in after them.

"Let's crack these robotic skulls!" Knuckles proceeded to punch straight through some robots, and Espio through his shurikens.

Tails looked towards Sonic and noticed a robot sneaking up from behind him. "Sonic, look out!"

Before Sonic turned around, Blyxil arrived and tore the robot apart. "Hey there!" He left right there. Sonic ran to Tails.

"That was Blyxil! "

"Yeah, but… why would he save you?" Tails asked. "Maybe he thinks he can get more use out of you."

"Let's just let things happen as they may. We've got robots to smash!"

"Right!"