{Darn personal statements... they make you think too much… let's see if Storm is doing any better than I. Oh yeah, a scary knock at the door. (does expression like home alone kid}…ow I slapped myself too hard. –literally did it-}
Knock. Knock. Everyone was frozen in their tracks. Charmy finally made a move; he flew in front of Storm and braced himself for an attack. The door started to open, in which everyone got really nervous about, especially Charmy now rethinking his actions.
"We don't have a convict I swear!" Vector was now on his knees, "I don't want to jail!"
"Yo, Vex. I would be glad to send you to the slammer, but I left my handcuffs in my other jeans," a smirking armadillo stood in front of the cowering crocodile.
"M-Mighty?" Vector stuttered. Charmy and Espio let out a sigh of relief, while Vector got up from the ground and dusted himself. He cleared his throat and looked irritated at the yellow armadillo.
"You should really not do that," Vector scolded Mighty.
"Do what?" Mighty asked him, confused.
"Just forget it," the crocodile shook his head, and turned around. Mighty just sighed and looked toward Charmy, which looked like he was about to dispose some liquid from his internal organs.
"Hey, Charmy. You okay?" Mighty asked, while pointing at the bee.
"Y-yeah," was all that Charmy said before he, slowly, fell to the floor. Mighty stared at the young bee before he looked at Storm.
"Oh hey," he waved and smirked at him, which Storm waved back.
"He's a client, though he's running from the law," Espio explained.
"The law, huh? What did you do?" Mighty asked as the albatross. Storm was about to explain when Espio butt in again.
"His leader decided to rob a museum but fail to do so," his oh so cool manner didn't escape from him one bit.
"You didn't beat people or anything right?" Mighty asked and Storm shook his head; Mighty gave a nod.
"So what made you come here Mighty?" Vector said as he came back from whatever place he went to.
"Can't a friend just stop by and say hello to his fellow Chaotix members?" Mighty said with a smirk, while the rest of the Chaotix just stared at him.
"Whatever. I have to start on this case," he looked away from Mighty to Vector. "So where was the last place you saw your leader?"
"Uh…It was like at a meadow about 2 miles or so from here," Storm pointed at the direction he thought he came from. "Boss asked me to land the ship there at might so we can rest. I felt like going out for the ride and then I took a nap right outside of the ship and when I woke up, the ship was gone."
"Sounds like you have some work to do, Vex." Mighty said. Storm sulked some due to the comment which Mighty took notice.
"Uh…not it doesn't mean Vex won't find them. He's the best detective I know," Mighty tried to reassure him.
"He's the only detective you know," Charmy flew back in, landing on top of Mighty's head. He smiled some with a sweat drop slowly going down his temple. Charmy gave Vector the notepad he had with the information in it which Vector forgot he had. Vector reached over for his i-pod, which was charging by the computer, and started to head out the door. Espio followed him and started to close the door behind him.
"We'll be back," was barely audible inside the agency, leaving Storm, Charmy and Mighty alone.
"I barely come and they leave?" Mighty whined and then just shrugged his shoulders. "Hmmm… I wonder if the computer is unguarded?" he ran off to Espio's room.
"Wanna play?" Charmy asked, looking up at the tall bird.
"Uh… sure," Storm replied as the little bee started to fly to his room. Storm walked over to Charmy's room and peered inside of it. Charmy was looking for something under his bed, digging through all the toys and clothes that were cluttered down there. Storm looked at the little bee in awe, he could really fit under that bed. A little "got it!" from under the bed and then Charmy came out with a wireless controller.
"Here," Charmy said as he tossed the controller at Storm. Storm caught it, almost dropping it, giving him a little heart attack. Charmy ran to his ps3 and turned it on. After checking some settings and adjustments, dark background music came on: Black Ops. Charmy looked over at Storm who was grinning his head off though still standing in the middle of the room with his gear. Charmy patted the bed, since he was sitting on the floor, gesturing Storm to sit. Storm placed his gear on the bed and sat down, not taking his eyes off the screen. Charmy picked some of the necessities like some sniper rifles, attack dogs, black hawks, helicopter guns, and the other things players pick to kill massive groups of people. Charmy picked the multiplayer setting where it will be Charmy vs. Storm.
"No one can beat me," Charmy said as he grinned at the screen. "No one has ever beaten me."
"Not until now," Storm replied. The game started and the two got started to hide and set their positions for the hunt. After what seems hours of playing, a giant gasp was heard in the room, making the two players stop and turn.
"Is that an army game?" a stunned armadillo asked.
"Uh…it's just Black Op-"Storm began but was stopped by little hands covering his mouth.
"Don't tell him," Charmy whispered to Storm, which nodded at him with a confused expression.
"Violence is a terrible thing and games like this are supporting the thought of it being good," Mighty pointed at the screen which was on pause on the corpse of Charmy's character.
"It's just a game," Storm said, which made Charmy try to hide under the bed.
"Just a game? This game can start frying your brain with the thoughts of killing people with guns and grenades, and…" Mighty thought of whatever weaponry that he heard of.
"Sentry gun," Storm added.
"A sentry gun? See! Some weapon I have never heard of and it's stuck in your head, all thanks to this game," Mighty started to ramble on again. "You might go off right now, get into a fight and send some dogs to atta-"
"We're back!" Vector's announcement stopped Mighty's rampage. Mighty started to stomp his way toward Vector.
"Vex, did you know that our little buddy and our new friend was playing this atrocity called a video game!" Mighty explained to his green friend.
"Oh Mighty my friend, it is just a game. If you really don't want to see the game, I'll make sure Charmy doesn't play it," Vector sighed and scratched his cheek, while Mighty grinned.
"After I beat Storm at the Multiplayer mode!" Vector ran towards Charmy's room and got Charmy's controller where Charmy left it while he was still hiding under his bed. Storm jumped onto the bed next to Vector as he started to play as well.
"Hey!" Charmy flew out from under his bed and rubbed his bed. Mighty was in shock staring at his fellow Chaotix members and Storm playing the game, which he mentally put on his attack list.
"Just let it go," Espio walked by the room, Mighty still in shock. Mighty finally shook his head and went off to the kitchen. Storm was beating the Mobius out of both Vector and Charmy, which were both surprised by how he played.
"Go get your controller and call Espio to have a full on war!" Charmy said, having both fists in front of him. Vector was about to call Espio, when a certain cool voice yelled out.
"Mighty!" Espio yelled for Mighty, which was still in the kitchen. The players decided to go out and check what the commotion was about since Espio rarely screamed. Storm was the last one to get out of Charmy's room, he was able to see Mighty's head sticking out of the refrigerator while the rest of his body hidden by the refrigerator door.
"What happened? Did they destroy all the guns and weapons of war by melting them all into a giant statue of Gandhi Turtle?" Mighty's eyes sparkled.
"No! Why were you watching porn on my computer?" Espio uttered out, not wanting to say the word 'porn'.
"What? Porn? I wasn't watching that," Mighty was now walking towards him, with a soda at hand.
"What's porn?" Charmy asked as both Vector and Storm jumped at the little bee's question. Espio got a small blush and Mighty chuckled nervously, trying to think of something to say. It was silent for some seconds until Charmy got bored of waiting.
"Did you guys here me? I said, what's porn?" he asked again. Espio cleared his throat when he was about to explain to the little boy.
"It is, um… something that older people watch, which means you can't watch," Espio told him. "So explain to me, why were you watching it?"
"I wasn't watching that. I was checking an organization's website," the armadillo explained.
"What kind of organization?" Vector butt in this time, interested on what Espio will do to Mighty.
"It's a peace organization. They try to urge the thought of a world without violence and war," Mighty said with happiness in his eyes. Storm decided to look into Espio's room where the laptop was facing the opened door. Storm's eyes widened in shock with the image he saw. He covered his eyes with a hand and pointed at the room with the other. Vector seemed to notice him and looked inside, in which he started to laugh some.
"What is it?" Charmy was about to look inside when Espio ran to the little bee and covered his eyes.
"Why is that girl, well, you know…?" Vector asked Mighty, Storm was still blocking his eyes.
"Oh that's the leader's daughter," Espio's, Vector's, and Storm's jaw dropped; Charmy squirmed, trying to free from Espio's grasp. "She's very artistic," Mighty concluded.
"You know what, I don't want to hear about it. Just don't go and use my computer anymore," Espio ran to his room, closing the door behind him so Charmy wouldn't be able to see. Charmy flew over to Storm and took his hands away from his eyes. Vector and Storm gave a sigh of relief, seeing that Espio came back after turning his computer off. Mighty looked at all of them, one by one.
"Did I do something wrong?" Everybody ignored him, even the confused Charmy. Suddenly a loud growl was heard, it came from the depths of Storm's stomach.
"I guess I'll order pizza," Espio said walking to the phone, not caring what kind of pizza the others wanted. Hearing those words, Storm and Vector started to drool while Charmy went to go see if anything happened to his ps3. Hearing the clicks and switches of the ps3, the two larger humanoid animals went inside of Charmy's room to battle once again. After 30 minutes or less, the pizza arrived which was when Vector ran to the door. Storm and Charmy started to stretch, due to playing too long, and started to go towards the kitchen.
"Yo, Silver. You're doing great at this job," Storm heard what Vector said as the crocodile received some boxes of pizza. A muffled "whatever" was heard and a "hey you haven't paid fo-"before Vector closed the door between him and the pizza delivery guy. Vector walked over to the table where everyone decided to sit. They all got the slices they wanted from the selection of pepperoni, meat lovers', and Hawaiian.
"So, Storm," Vector said in between bites. "We weren't able to find your boss" Storm looked up surprised, have forgotten that he was lost.
"Oh yeah, the case. I forgot we had one," Charmy said as he munched on his sweet pineapple pieces.
"Yes, but we were able to get some leads. We searched around the city and asked if they saw a weird ship or something. –Munch- .And, some people did see something going north from this city to - . Tomorrow we will try to contact people we know in that direction and see if anyone has seen your leader or his ship." Vector concluded, munching on his meat lovers' pizza. (A/N: This is getting me hungry.)
"So I guess, he has to stay here for the night, huh?" Charmy asked. Vector nodded and a giant grin appeared on Charmy's face. "You can stay at my room."
"Are you sure he fits?" Mighty asked, looking at Charmy.
"I think that's least of our problems," Espio said. Both Mighty and Vector looked at him confused, which Espio started to play with his pretend wireless controller.
"I don't think he'll do that," Vector said, occasionally looking at Storm and Charmy which were munching away on their pizza slices.
"You'll never know," Espio concluded as he took his plate to the sink and left to his room. Everyone was about finish and putting their dishes away. Mighty was about to go watch some television when a green hand stopped him.
"It's your turn to wash," Mighty put his head down and went over to the sink. For the rest of the night, Storm, Charmy and occasionally Vector, would play Black Ops, ignoring their armadillo friend. Vector then told Charmy that it was past his bedtime. He whined and complained but decided to go to sleep because he started to yawn uncontrollably. They got some blankets and pillows for Storm. Vector said his goodnight and turned off the lights. Storm and Charmy stayed quiet for some time as they stared at the ceiling.
"Is it cool to go around places on a flying ship?" Charmy said as he broke the silence.
"Yeah, it's really fun," Storm replied.
"Cool," Charmy said, still staring at the ceiling, yawning once again. Strom stared at the ceiling, thinking of how it looked like the dark skies he would see when he was on the ship with Jet and Wave. All of this thinking made Storm let out a big sigh.
"Don't worry," Charmy began, making Storm turn to face him in the darkness. "Vector will find your friends. He won't stop until he finds them. I promise." Storm smiled in the dark room, forgetting that Charmy couldn't see, yet the little bee knew. After some few minutes, little snores were heard from the little bee. Storm was still able to hear the bee's words, 'don't worry…I promise'. Storm thought of his room back on the ship and of Wave and Jet, without notice, Storm had started to snore some.
Everything seemed peaceful in the little room. It was about midnight and the two were knocked out completely. Vector had fallen asleep in his room and a certain armadillo slept on a table, fussing around due to a dream. A door started to slowly open in the detective agency; the door belonged to the little bee. When the door opened up even more, no one was seen opening it. The door silently closed after something was fully in the room.
{Spooky~. What could have entered the annoyance's room? Have to wait until next week to find out…wait not next week 'cause I will be taking the darn ACT plus writing test again. –Sigh- Darn college preparations. Thanks to sisterpups again for reviewing. You motivate me so. Lol I tried making the chapter longer seeing how short they really are. I know Mighty the armadillo, but I don't really know his personality so I kinda guessed his attitude and also with the help of Sonic Wiki. So sorry if I messed things up. I'm not that into Black Ops either, I just watch my nephew and I play occasionally. If I got some things wrong, I'm sorry as well. Now about Gandhi Turtle…I was just going to put just Gandhi but I wanted him to be some kind of animal and well since turtles are wise I decided to do that. Silver had some time on the big screen and I decided to do the pizza hut meme from youtube by shadow(enter numbers that I don't know here), I really like his videos. I think that's it so please review and I will see you next time on Leaving a Storm Behind!}