(A/N): I'm ready for the end of independent study.

Rafael was sitting on a step outside of the hotel that he, Julian, and Kim were staying in. He sighed as he rested his arms on his knees.

"Hey," He heard someone say behind him. He turned around to see Kim sit next to him. "What are you doing out here at three in the morning?" She asked as Rafael smirked.

"I could ask you the same thing." He said as he stared in front of him at the darken street.

"I went to check on you in case Julian tried to kill you and I didn't see you. I saw you out here and you seemed to have a lot on your mind." Kim said as Rafael sighed. "Does it have to do with what Julian said?" Kim asked.

"It's not like I made it my conquest to send Renegade away. I didn't have a choice about who I got with. If I did I would have picked someone single." Rafael said.

"Do you regret being with Alana?" Kim asked. She's been pondering that ever since the blow-up between Rafael and Julian.

"No. I love her, but I just wish I didn't have to hurt anyone in the process." Rafael said as he turned to look at her. "I know it wasn't only Alana who was hurt about this. A lot of you, practically the whole group, were upset about Renegade's leaving. Even Goldeye – who didn't have the greatest time with Renegade – was a little bummed. Bolt told me how Renegade led them when they had to save their parents and stop that guy and how he was just around to help anyone. I just hate being that guy." Rafael said looking back at the street.

"You're not that guy, Rafael. Even though you don't think so the group really does like you. Donovan grumpily admitted to me one night that you were actually a cool guy and Bolt and Hydro like you too. Goldeye is practically your best friend now." Kim said as Rafael shrugged his shoulders.

"Yeah, but to Julian and probably some others I will always be that guy who drove away Renegade. The outsider who has no right to be apart of this group." Rafael said as Kim put a hand on his shoulder.

"You're not an outsider. Everybody accepts you into this group. It's a little hard for Julian and Conner because Renegade has been their best friend for the past four years. They're trying to cope still." Kim said as Rafael sighed.

"Do you think…Do you think he might come back?" Rafael asked as Kim looked up at the stars.

"I really don't know." She said.

"Ok, so far we know Kim, Julian, and Rafael are in Italy. Serenity, Black, Wilmer, Ruby, and Andrew are in India. Goldeye, Roddy, Aiden, Nessa, and Luca are in Australia. Bolt, AJ, Suzy, Nicole, and Sean are in Thailand. You guys were in France and with the help of Tails we found out Chrissy is in Greece." Derek said as Alana crossed off names from a white board. They had everybody's name written on it and wrote the country they're in by the side of the board. Alana was crossing off names of the people they already received.

"Does any of the other parents have any tracking thing?" Donovan asked as Derek stood behind Tyler who was typing furiously on the computer.

"I'm pretty sure Shadow and Amy would have one on Ebony and Shade. Maybe Winter and Spark or Static and Midnight." Tyler said as he popped up locations on the map.

"Nah, my parents never did that stuff to us." Flash said as Derek sighed.

"Spark did." Shawn said as everybody looked at him. "What? He told me one day. Jeez…" Shawn said as Ginger picked up the phone to dial the parents.

"Guys! What are you doing?" Hailey exclaimed as she looked at Conner and Jeff slamming a payphone receiver against the wall.

"Uh…it wouldn't work." Jeff said as Alex rolled her eyes.

"Maybe because you had no money to put in it." She said as they both sighed.

"What about calling in emergency? This is an emergency. We should be able to make a call without having to pay." Conner said as Hailey shrugged her shoulders.

"Some things just don't work that way." She said as Onyx skated silently by the moving group.

"Well, how are we going to get home then?" Jeff asked as Alex shrugged her shoulders.

"Uh Hailey…why are you beeping?" Onyx asked as Hailey looked down before gasping.

"I totally forgot my parents put a tracking device in my locket! They're probably tracking us now!" She exclaimed as the group cheered.

"Woo…sweet freedom from Chinese people!" Conner yelled. "No offence." He said to some people who were staring at him.

"When will they come?" Alex asked as Hailey shrugged her shoulders. "Well, let's go wait in the airport then. They'll probably arrive there." Alex said as they all walked towards the airport.

"Wow…I'm seriously the only guy." Shade said as Amber and Ivy hugged him tightly.

"You're a fashion designer. You're going to have to get use to it." Izzy said as she kept a constant cool breeze around them.

"I'll design guy clothes!" Shade exclaimed as Izzy laughed. "Have you guys found any way of contacting home?" Shade asked as Emma shook her head sadly. Shade raised his eyebrow before pulling Emma to the side.

"Um…" Emma said confused before Shade started talking.

"I know you have some weird bond thing with Goldeye. So, couldn't you guys like attract each other somehow or something like that?" Shade asked quietly as Emma rubbed her arm nervously.

"Kind of, but it's kind of hard because I don't know where he is-"She began to explain as Shade cut her off.

"Just concentrate." Shade said as Emma nodded and closed her eyes. She thought of Goldeye and tried to send out some sort of pull towards him wherever he was. Goldeye sprung awake from his bed and rubbed his eyes.

"What's going on?" Roddy asked sleepily.

"Nothing…" Goldeye muttered as he looked down to the marking on his palm. He touched it as it sparked something in his body. He could feel a dull pull in a certain direction as he closed his eyes. He could see Emma standing on the beach with Shade in front of her. "I can track her…" Goldeye whispered as he smiled a bit.

"I feel him. He's somewhere far, but I can feel him!" Emma exclaimed as Shade cheered.

"Woo! So now if Goldeye gets found he can find us!" Shade said as all the other girls looked at him confused. "Just be happy we have a possibility to be found!" He said as they all cheered.

"Ok, we need to go to Thailand, Australia, India, Greece, China, and Italy." Tyler said listing off all the countries as their maps popped up from the world map.

"We should all split up." Derek said as Tyler stood up from the computer.

"My dad has enough planes. They all have autopilot and a tracking device." Tyler said as the guys nodded.

"I'll stay here in case anything comes up." Alana said as everybody nodded. Ginger and Derek said bye to Elizabeth and everybody was off to the airport. Tails was there with six planes.

"Wow, you got here fast." Shawn said as Tails shrugged his shoulders.

"Eh, I've been faster." He said tossing a set of keys towards him. "I plugged in the coordinates in the planes already and autopilot is set. Except for Tyler's and Donovan's because I know you guys know how to fly. Tyler you're going to head towards China, Donovan you'll head towards Italy. The other planes are set up for India, Greece, Thailand, and Australia." Tails said as Tyler and Donovan got into their planes.

"I call India!" Shawn said as he ran towards the plane. Everybody else got into planes and took off into the sky as Tails waved goodbye.

"Guys, Mason and his group might try something so be aware." Derek said into his speaker.

"Got it chief!" He heard Donovan said as he rolled his eyes.

"How are we going to find a way home?" Bijou exclaimed as she collapsed into the sand.

"I don't know…" Brice said sadly as Stephan came running back to them tripping in the sand.

"Phone…Call…Alana…Coming…" He panted as Lazarus cheered.

"Yes! He called Alana and they're coming to get us!" He said as Topaz and Bijou cheered and Brice hugged Stephan.

"I knew you were smarter than you looked!" Brice exclaimed as Stephan smiled before looking at him confused.

"Thanks…?" Stephan said confused.

"When are they coming?" Lazarus asked.

"Alana said that they're getting everybody else and she'll call one of them to get us." Stephan said as Lazarus sighed in relief.

"Hopefully one of them would be with Tsunami." Lazarus said as they all looked at him. "What? I miss my girlfriend. It's been a week." Lazarus said.

"It's been five days." Bijou corrected.

"Same difference!" He exclaimed crossing his arms.

"Tyler, Stephan called and he, Lazarus, Brice, Bijou, and Topaz are in Dominican Republic." Alana said into a headset as she sat in front of the computer.

"Roger that. Dude, my dad is going to be over at Derek's place soon. We kind of took all his planes so he has to chill there until we get back." Tyler said as Alana froze.

"Oh…um…ok. I'll see you soon, 'kay?" She said as she moved sleeping Elizabeth from her arms into her bassinet.

"Yeah. Tyler Prower over and out." Tyler said. Alana sat on the couch as she fiddled with her fingers nervously. Alana never really talked to Tails. She's made small talk with him, but never actually sat down and talked. She could hear a knock on the door and she pushed herself off the couch and walked towards it. She opened the door to see Tails behind it smiling.

"Hey Alana." Tails said as Alana open the door wider for him.

"Hey Mr. Prower." Alana said as Tails looked at her strangely.

"You should know by now to call me Tails." Tails said as he sat down at the computer. He looked at the screen and clicked a few things. "My son's good. I should know. I taught everything he knows." Tails said as he got up from the computer. Alana laughed as he walked over to the couch. "How's it going, Alana?" Tails asked as Alana sat next to him.

"Oh…just finals. They're all next week. I'm sure when the guys get back they're all going to cram." Alana said as Tails chuckled.

"I see you're coming along." Tails said as Alana ran her hand over her swollen belly. It wasn't huge, but it was still pretty big.

"Yeah…my doctor says I have about a month and an half. He says the due date is July 29th." Alana said as Tails nodded.

"I remember when Tyler was born. Cream went crazy!" Tails said as Alana laughed.

"I find that hard to believe." Alana said as Tails shook his head.

"Oh no…she was cursing up a storm and she wanted me dead." Tails said as Alana laughed. "But I don't think it would be that bad for you since you can control emotions." Tails said.

"Yeah…but I don't think I'll suppress the pain. I kind of want to whole experience. Plus, it will seem like nothing when the baby is born." Alana said as she smiled softly.

"Are you anxious about finding out?" Tails asked seriously as Alana sighed.

"Yes, but all I really want is Renegade back. Not for us to be together, but back with the group. I love him and I just want for him to be safe." Alana said as Tails placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sure he is and he'll come back. He's probably working things out right now." Tails said as Alana smiled at him.

"Thanks Tails." She said.

"No problem. Now, is there any food here?" Tails asked as Alana laughed. Goldeye was sitting outside of the inn letting the cool wind blow past him. He could still feel the dull pull to Emma and he more than ever wanted to be back with her.

"She's different, isn't she?" He heard a small voice asked. He turned around to see Nessa standing behind him. She sat down next to him as he looked back out in front of him.

"Who?" He asked, but already knew who she was talking about.

"Emma. She's different." Nessa said as she looked up at the dingo. "Like really different." She said as Goldeye sighed and picked her up putting her in his lap. For some reason he felt like he could talk to her better like this.

"How do you know that?" He asked as Nessa pushed back her hair.

"I may only be eleven, but I can tell. She knows a lot about those stone things and you guys both have weird symbols on you. You have to be something special." Nessa said as Goldeye sighed.

"Perceptive. Very perceptive. What I tell you can't be told to anyone, ok?" Goldeye asked as Nessa nodded. "Emma is an angel." Goldeye whispered as Nessa's eyes widened.

"A-Angel?" She stuttered as Goldeye nodded.

"A very special one. I'm her protector. It's my job to keep her safe because if she's killed then the world will fall under a great evil. The Fallen angels. They – along with the stone Death – would take all the happiness and good in the world and replace it with sorrow and hate. It's Emma's job to protect the world. Along with other angels and the stone holders she becomes her angel form." Goldeye explained as Nessa listened in awe.

"Is she pretty when she becomes an angel?" Nessa asked.

"I haven't seen her, but I'm betting she's beautiful." Goldeye said with a small smile on her face.

"Why do you need to protect her? She's strong." Nessa said in confusion.

"Yes, she is. But since so many people are after her it's good for me to protect her. It goes from the stone holders to her family to me. She's constantly protected. Especially during her angel form." Goldeye said as Nessa looked at him in even more confusion.

"Why?" She asked.

"Because when she's an angel it's easier for her to be killed." Goldeye said sadly as Nessa looked down sadly.

"I don't want her to be hurt." Nessa said as Goldeye patted her arm.

"That's what I'm here for." Goldeye said as Nessa smiled at him.

"I think you're doing a good job." Nessa said before hugging Goldeye. "Thanks for telling me. I won't tell anyone." Nessa said before running back into the house. Goldeye smiled softly and looked up at the sky.

"You told someone." He heard a voice in his head as he sighed.

"She's a child. A good one. She won't tell anyone." He said as he looked back down on the ground.

"She's more than a child." The voice said as Goldeye furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"What are you talking about Jeremy?" He asked in suspicion.

"She's the Holy Child, Goldeye. She must be protected as well. That is why you feel a strong connection with her." Jeremy said as Goldeye's eyes widened a fraction before returning to normal. "Protect her at all costs." Jeremy's voice said before fading away. Goldeye sighed as he leaned back on the grass. He closed his eyes and wondered if Nessa knew what she was. Hailey squealed as she saw Tyler walk into the airport. She ran towards him and engulfed him in a hug.

"Hey! You guys saved me the time looking for you." Tyler said as the rest of the group.

"Let's just go home." Alex said as everybody nodded.

"Uh, we got to make a little detour to get Lazarus, Brice, Stephan, Topaz, and Bijou." Tyler said as they all groaned.

"I just want to go home." Conner whined as Tyler rolled his eyes.

"It's not that bad, guys. It's practically on the way." Tyler said as they all groaned. Tyler walked back with Onyx by his side to the plane.

"You had your skateboard, dude?" Tyler asked confused.

"Dude, you should know by now I always have my skateboard." Onyx said as Tyler laughed.

(A/N): Woo…next chapter I guarantee everybody will be back home.