{Such a long week; SAT testing, personal statements, applications, and writers' block. I have struggled to give you this new chapter, be happy and honored! Lol not really….it would be nice though. So now enjoy from where we last left Storm, at an alley way, attacked by a certain hyper active bee.}
"Vector! We have a customer!" Charmy yelled without looking who it was. The little bee flew onto the customer's face. "Hiya, you need hel-"Charmy stopped for a bit, looking at who he had jumped onto. The grey albatross just gave a nervous smile to Charmy.
"Ummm… Vector" Charmy called again. The sounds of Vector's shoes can be heard coming towards the two awkwardly looking pair.
"I'm going, I'm going. So what does the custome-"Vector stopped at his tracks, and stared at Charmy, who was still clinging onto Storm's face, and Storm.
"What do you want?" Vector glared some at Storm.
"I-I w-want you t-to find me my boss," Storm stuttered as Charmy flew over to Vector's side.
"Your boss? You mean that green parrot?" Vector asked, a bit confused.
"Hawk," Storm instantly corrected the crocodile.
"Yeah, yeah, green hawk. Wait, how did you lose him?" Vector examined his face.
"uh…," Storm looked toward his feet, shifting them some. He saw the flower in his hand and squeezed it some, not enough for it to be crushed. "He left me behind." Vector and Charmy stared at the sad looking Storm. They didn't know what to say or what to do, just stay there in silence. Vector cleared his throat, trying to take away this tension.
"Well, to really able to find your boss," Vector started clearing his throat again, "we need to know when and where you lost him."
Storm shuffled his feet again, "Well we landed our ship near a meadow, south from this city passing a plain." He pointed at the direction he thought he came from, a bit confused due to the police chasing him around. Vector nodded, Charmy now taking notes on his little notepad that Vector gave him to write down information, to make him feel useful.
"I got out and took a little ride," he tapped his gear, "And then I took a nap. When I woke up, the ship was done." Vector kept nodding, processing his thoughts. He placed his hand on his chin, nodding occasionally. Charmy gave him a look of annoyance, which was when Vector noticed and cleared his throat one more time.
"Hmm… it does look like they left you behind," Vector said, making Storm look down with a pained expression.
"But, you did the right thing of coming here because my team is the best and we can find anyone. So don't worry, you'll be with your boss soon!" Vector laughed, while Charmy smiled some.
"Would you keep it down? I'm trying to watch the news." A voice was heard in a room towards the back of Vector.
"But Espio, we have a case!" Vector yelled back at him. Footsteps were heard from the room and the door opening. Espio's first reaction was confusion, then even more confusion when Vector smiled at him.
"Are we turning him to the police or something?" Espio asked pointing at Storm, which caused the albatross to stiffen up.
"No, no, no. We're helping him," Vector said as he put up his hands and putting them in front so Espio can stop at that idea.
"Him? But he was just in the news," Espio pointed at his room, where you can hear the television on. Vector turned around and looked Storm, which gave him a scared look.
"What did you do?" Vector asked him.
"I-I-I d-didn't do anything. Honest. I-I barely got into the city and this woman just screamed and everybody started yelling and attacking me. Honest." Storm tried to explain.
"That's not what the news said," Espio folded his arms and closed his eyes, "They said that you robbed a museum at Emerald city."
"You robbed the Emerald Museum of History and Fortune?" Vector looked shocked, Charmy poked his near Vector's shoulder to listen better.
"It was boss' idea. But boss accidentally dropped it and we left without it or the police would have gotten us." Storm explained another one of his predicaments. Charmy and Vector looked at Espio for conformation in which he nodded at them.
"But it is attempted robbery," Vector copied Espio's stature, folded arms and closed eyes, and nodded. Storm started to get scared. 'What if they don't help me after all? What if they turn me in to the police? Then boss will really not want me,' Storm thought.
"Awww, come on. Let's help him out," Charmy broke the silence. Everyone then turned their attention to the little bee.
"He didn't really take the artifact and it wasn't his idea. Plus, he's just trying to find his friends." Charmy explained.
"It's still attempted robbery," Vector explained.
"Why don't we just forget about that attempted robbery stuff?" Charmy asked. Espio shook his head, Vector sighed.
"How will hide from the police?" Espio asked. Charmy thought about it, then smiled.
"He can stay here with us," the bee said enthusiastically.
"If the police find him here, they will also lock us in jail," Espio explained with his oh so cool manner.
"I don't want that to happen," Vector jumped some, Charmy and Storm looking at him with puppy dog eyes. Vector tried not to fall for this trap, as he has so many times. Espio shook his head again, thinking this is all childish.
"Oh, come on Vector. He's just trying to get back with his friends. He's all alone and scared. Strong yet, scared," Charmy pleaded. Vector looked at Charmy then at Storm, which gave him his best puppy dog eyes. Vector shook his head, still looking at him. Charmy then flew in front of Storm and gave his best puppy dog eyes. Vector resisted, or more he tried to.
"Oh! All right!" Vector gave in to the double attack. Charmy fist pumped while Storm jumped around, Espio just shook his head and went invisible until he gave a little sneeze. He wiped his nose but was confused and looked around.
"Though, we are not going to do this free," Vector said as he gave a smirk.
"Uhhh… but I don't have anything," Storm checked what he had which were only his goggles, gear, shoes and the flower.
"What? How can you not have anything other than your board?" Vector asked, wanting some money. Strom looked down; he might not get help after all. Espio walked around, sniffing the air, sneezing once again.
"What are you doing Espio?" Vector looked at him with an annoyed look, Espio just kept sniffing. He started to sneeze again, and again. He looked up and found out he was next to Storm, who gave him a confused look. Espio sneezed again; he decided to look towards Storm's hand. The chameleon's eyes grew wide at what he saw.
"We can take this as payment," Espio pointed at the flower. Both Charmy and Vector looked at each other and then at Espio and lastly at Storm, which didn't know what to do.
"A flower?" Charmy asked flying next to the flower and examining it.
"Why would we want that?" Vector asked, scratching his head.
"Yes, a flower. If you guys read more, you would know that this is the - flower," Espio explained to his "narrow minded" friends.
"So?" Vector still couldn't get it.
"So it is rare. There isn't that many of them and nevertheless, its beauty is non-comparison," Espio nodded at his knowledge.
"It's rare, which means… it can get us some money?" Vector started to slobber some, while Charmy rolled his eyes.
"It will not get us money," Espio said, Vector sighed.
"It will get us a fortune," Espio gave a serious look at the bunch. Vector's eyes grew dollar bills, while Storm and Charmy looked shocked.
"Alright then, we shall take that as your payment, Storm," Vector smirked as he extended his arm for his prize while Espio sneezed again. Storm looked at his flower, his only friend that he had for the couple hours that he was alone, I know it feels like it has been days.
"Come on Storm," Vector insisted. Storm gave it one more look; he smirked and gave the flower to the crocodile.
"Alright, we will do all we can do to fin-"Vector was stopped, as everyone looked towards the door. Knocks were heard from the door again. Loud knocks that kept repeating. Knock, Knock.
{E-gaspo! Who could be at the door? Did they find Storm? You all gonna have to wait (yes, gonna. That's how I really talk.) until next week. Mwuahahahahahahah-choke-….im okay. So yeah, applications and personal statements are killing me, especially the one about me having to explain my community and stuff. Idk why though. Well either way, I have some people I have to thank:
Sisterpups: Can't believe that you reviewed! I love your stories. You're one of the main reasons why I decided to write again because of your awesome Babylon Rouges stories; especially the one about Wave and Jet. 3 Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speedstriker34567: NMG! Thank you for your reviews. You got my writer's block partially gone. It made me start it, and I got caught half way but at least I started it. I'm sorry for posting up my chapter right when you finished. I was actually doing some research in the library and took the advantage to post up my chapter quickly. I shall check your Deviant art later on, perhaps this weekend due to not having internet. Either way, thank you.
If you are wondering how I checked reviews without internet, my phone lets me get on fanfic (which is how I read stories because the little hours I spend at the library doing research, looking for scholarships and checking out colleges isn't enough for me to read as well…I still need to read High School and Figure Skating due to the chapter being too long and my phone being…my phone) but I cannot log onto my account because my phone is stupid! (Gets phone, "I'm sorry. I didn't really mean it") So all I can do is check my story and reviews without really able to commenting back. That is all for now, must go back to make my personal statements awesome…guh… college. So, see you next week on Leaving A Storm Behind! }