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Locke cocked his head to the side a little in confusion.
"Me?" He asked.
Skye nodded.
"Yes, you." She said.
"About your family? Did you find any?" He asked.
Skye instantly frowned, looking down to the ground.
"Nope, but it's okay." She replied as she put on a fake smile.
"I need to talk to you about something else." She said.
Locke began to think a little bit. He honestly had no idea what she would need to talk to him about. He then let her inside and they both sat down on the couch.
"Okay, what do you need to talk to me about?" He asked.
Skye put both of her hands into fists and then held her hands in the air infront of her. Locke sat there confused until Skye spoke.
"My powers." She said simply.
Locke nodded, although he still had no idea why she would want to talk about that.
"What about them..?" He asked.
Skye put her hands down onto her lap before speaking.
"They're gone." She said simply.
Locke shook his head, how could someone have powers all their life.. and then just have them dissapear?
"What do you mean?"
Skye rolled her eyes, she was starting to get a little bit annoyed.
"I mean, they're gone, I don't know what happened but one day, I didn't have them." She said.
Locke nodded, still trying to process what she had just told him. He then noticed her shaking, she wasn't shaking rapidly, but you could defientely tell she was shaking.
"Cold?" He asked with a smirk.
Skye rolled her eyes but then nodded.
"Yeah, it gets a little cold on the streets." She replied.
Locke nodded and then got up and when to his bedroom leaving Skye behind without a word. When he got in his bedroom he went for his closet, walking into it his eyes landed on what he was looking for right away, considering there was not much in his closet. He took it and walked back into the living room.
When he got back in there he threw the object to Skye, having it land on her lap and he sat back down. Skye looked at it, it was a plain grey hoodie with a silver zipper. She shook her head.
"No, I can't take this from you." She said.
"Nah, it's okay, keep it. I have another one and I don't where either of them anyways." He replied.
Skye smiled and nodded, putting the hoodie on and zipping it up three quarters, it fitted perfectly. She smiled even wider, she liked it.
"How is it?" She asked.
Locke rolled his eyes. Girls, they always needed to know how they looked.
"Amazing." He said sarcastically.
Skye rolled her eyes, smiling a little bit, yup, Locke hasn't changed.
"If you want someones opinion, go ask Espio." He said.
Skye blushed a little, but perked up at the mention of his name which made Locke laugh a little.
"We can go see them after you tell me more about your powers." He said.
Skye nodded, she had a big smile but tried to hide it, she was looking forward to see the Chaotix.. mostly Espio but still, it'd be nice to see Charmy and Vector again, she missed them.
"Okay.." She trailed off a bit, blushing.
Locke suddenley remembered Espios' situation, which made him instantly frowned..but then he thought again, maybe Skye could break him out of it.. he was suddenley snapped back to reality when Skye kicked him in the shin.
"OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" He questioned, very loudly.
Skye shrugged.
"You looked spaced out." She replied simply.
"And you couldn't have clapped infront of my face? Flicked me even?" He questioned sarcastically.
Skye giggled and shook her head. Locke laughed a little too before settling back down.
"So, why do you think your powers are gone.. how could it have happened?" He questioned.
Skye shrugged, she was totally confused about what was going on when she first realized they were gone.
"I don't know, I have one power left though, I can still make water into glass and I can even make it into shapes when I do so." She said.
Locke looked at her in confusion.
"So you lost powers, but you also gained some?" He asked.
Skye nodded.
"Kind of I geuss, but something else is happening too.." She trailed off.
"Go on.." Locke let her continue.
"Well, I keep getting this weired feeling, and I sometimes light up." She spoke.
"Light..up?" Locke asked, now completely confused. Skye nodded.
"Yes, sometimes a dark arua surrounds me, and it feels like a shot of electricity going through my body." She explained.
"Oh, and my tattoos suddenley dissapeared." She added as she took off her gloves, showing him her hands which now had no tattoos.
"This is weird.." He trailed off, thinking.
Then something came into his head, when he was younger..
"I think I might know what's going on here." Locke said.
"Well what do you think it is?" Skye asked.
"I am not sure how to explain it.. but I think we should go see the others first, there is a situation." He said, trying to change the subject.
Skye perked up at the mention of that, she became worried.
"What kind of situation?" She asked as she stood up.
"Just follow me, I will explain on the way there." Locke replied.
Skye nodded as Locke got up and they both led the apartment, heading for The Chaotix Detective Agency.
Charmy sighed as he walked into the kitchen.
"Vector, it's your turn!" He yelled.
Vector came into the kitchen.
"Charmy, I don't think he is going to come out of it anytime soon.." Vector trailed off, with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"But.. he will eventually, right?" Charmy asked, he looked like a lost puppy.
"Yes Charmy.. but not for a long time.." Vector trailed off.
"How..long?" Charmys' voice cracked.
Vector didn't know how to break it to him, but this could last for months.. and he had a feeling that it might. He sat down on a chair and motioned for Charmy to sit on another. The young be obeyed and sat in an empty chair across from the crocodile.
"For.. maybe months." Vector looked at Charmy, he was beginning to tear up.
"Charmy." Was all he could get out until Charmy got up and left.
He flew up the stairs, his vision blurry from the tears, however, he still kept going and flew into his room, slamming the door behind him.
He sat down on his bed, grabbing a pillow and crying into as hard as he could. This was all too much for him.. first Skye left, and now this. He couldn't take it anymore, he wanted to leave.
He looked up at the window.. it was just sitting there, closed, untouched, he could just walk over there, open it and he would be free.. free from all of this sorrow, and that is all he wanted.
He flew over to his closet, grabbing a backpack, he then filled it with all of the essential needs, some food, water, a journal to write in, an extra jacket or two. He picked up the unzipped bag and brung it over to the window setting it down infront of it.
He walked over to his dresser, picking up a picture frame that was on it. Inside ithere was a picture they had taken before Skye left.
If you were looking from Charmys' point of view, Vector was on the far left smiling, beside him was Locke, he was also smiling. Espio and Skye were on the far right, Espio was smiling and Skye was on his back, giving him a hug from behind, she too was also smiling. And in the middle was him.. smiling the biggest smile of the five of them, he remembered that.. before Skye left, before Espio went like this. When everything was perfect, now it was beginning to crumble.
His eyes then fell onto Skye and Espio, he had to admit. They were cute together, well, they weren't exactly together but they should have been. He remebered how Espio was taking her gone, at first he seemed to be okay, but then everything just started to go down hill after about a month and a half.. everyone just started to lose hope that she would come back.
Charmy sniffed and took the framed picture over to his bag, throwing it in and zipping it up. He then put the bag over his shoulders. He walked over to a desk he had in his room and began to scribble a note on a piece of paper and putting it on his dresser.
He then walked over to the window, he looked back. He then turned his head back towards the window and opened it, with the count of three he jumped out and began to fly off.. to who knows where.
"So.. Espio is like, in this state of shock?" Skye asked, still a little confused about the situation.
Locke had been filling in on Skye on everything that had been happening when she was gone.
Locke nodded his head.
"Basically, except he's just thinking..and can't snap out of it." He said.
Skye hung her head low.
"This is terrible.." She trailed off, a hint of sadness in her voice.
Locke wanted to comfort her, but had no idea how to. He could see the Agency a little farther ahead, he put a hand on Skyes' shoulder.
"It will be okay." He said reassuringly.
He didn't know if it helped much, but Skye nodded, however, she still kept her eyes to the ground. Soon they arrived at the front door.
"We are here." Locke said.
Skyes' ears perked up and she looked up, smiling a bit. Locke then knocked at the door as Skye stood beside him.
Soon, the door opened, it was Vector. He was rubbing his eyes, it look like he had just woken up from a nap so his eyes were half close. When he saw Skye, his eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
"Skye..?"
Skye just nodded her head with a big smile on her face before the two returned a hug.
"Hey Vector." She greeted.
"Hey Skye, nice to see you again.. did you find any family?" He asked.
Skye shook her head.
"No, but it's alright." She said, sadness filled her voice.
Vector felt bad for asking but just nodded his head, he then remembered Espio.
"Uh.. Skye, there is something we need to tell you about Espy.." He trailed off.
"I already told her." Locke told him.
Vector nodded his head and then let them in. Locke stood beside the couch, Vector sat in the chair and Skye stood on the other side of the couch, frowning at what she saw.
He was still in the same position, sitting there staring at the wall, not blinking, not even moving an inch.
"What has.." Skye couldn't get anything else out, she put a hand over her mouth.
"We could wake him up." Locke suggested.
"How do we do that?" Vector asked.
"Well, remember what I said about something or someone that was the cause of this could bring him out of it?" Locke asked.
Vector nodded his head and let Locke continued.
"Well if we knew the cause, we could wake him up." He explained.
Vector nodded his head slowly, looking dead at Skye who just felt creeped out.
"So, do you have any idea?" Locke asked.
"I do.." Vector trailed off before beginning to speak again.
"Well, when Skye left.. he was fine for a little while, but then.."
"But then what?" Skye asked.
"But then he didn't think you were going to come back, ever. He started skipping meals.. he couldn't sleep and when he did, he had nightmares about you, he wouldn't talk much.. and he usually stared out in space, he couldn't even meditate anymore either.." Vector trailed off, trying to hint that the cause was Skye.
Skye stepped back a little a covered her mouth with one hand again.
"This is because of..me?" She asked, not really wanting an answer.
Vector nodded slowly. The room went silent, Locke and Vector were looking at Skye and she was just looking at the ground.. she couldn't believe it, she never wanted to hurt anyone when she left..but she did.
"Skye.. you know what you have to do.." Locke said.
Skye nodded a little bit, walking up to Espio and standing infront of him. She bent over a little bit to level her height with his, she looked into his eyes. They looked so dull and lifeless..
"Espio, snap out of it." She said, waving a hand infront of his face.
Nothing.
"Please Espio, you have to snap out of this, please." She begged.
Nothing.
"Espio.." She trailed off.
Nothing.
She then put her hands on his shoulders, shaking him lightly.
Nothing.
She got frustrated, tears falling down her face slowly, she then got an idea, she pulled Espio into a tight embrace.
"Please Espio wake up." She sobbed on his shoulder.
Nothing.
She let go of him, walking over to Locke and Vector. Just then, Espio blinked, but only Locke saw it.
"Hey, he blinked!" Locke exclaimed.
Everyone looked over at Espio, he blinked again. Then, his hands started to move a little too. All of a sudden, he shook his head, like he was just coming out of it. He could move all of his body parts again, he looked at the three, his eyes widened when they landed on Skye.
She was.. back. Or was it just an illusion? Or was he just dreaming? Nope.. this was real. This was really happening and Skye was actually there, the one who had left for over four months in search of her family, he never thought she'd come back..but there she was.. and as beautiful as ever.
He slowly got up, looking at her, she had tears streaming down her face, but they were tears of joy and she had a big smile.
Suddenley, the two lept for eachother, connecting into a deep, warm embrace. Locke and Vector smiled.
Espio never wanted to let go, and neither did Skye.
"I missed you so much." Espio whispered.
"I missed you too." She whispered back.
The two continued to hug for a good akward twelve minutes, when they finally broke, they look into eachothers eyes.
"Good to have you back Espio." Vector patted him on the shoulder.
"It's good to be back." The chameleon replied, not taking his eyes off of Skye, when he finally did, Vector spoke.
"I wonder why Charmy isn't down here yet..then again, he was pretty upset." Vector said mostly to himself.
"Upset?" Espio asked. Vector nodded.
"Yes, he ran up to his room crying a little while ago, he couldn't take it. You know, Skye leaving and then you went into that thinking stage." Vector explained.
He then walked to the bottom of the stairs, yelling.
"CHARMY!" He called up.
Nothing.
"Charmy, we have a surprise for you!" He called again.
Nothing.
Vector sighed, walking up the stairs with Locke, Skye and Espio following. Espio right beside Skye, holding her hand. When he realized this he quickly let go, blushing which made Skye giggle.
When they got up there Vector opened Charmys' door and walked in with the others right behind him, they all looked around.. they couldn't see the young honey bee anywhere.
Yay! Chapter two doone! Whew, poor Charmy.. he doesn't know that problems will follow him if he just trys to runs away from them.. geuss he'll have to learn that the hard way..
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