Hey guys! I hope you guys are having a great holiday out there, and I definately hope it continues to be the best! Okay, as always, tell me what you think of this chapter, maybe I can improve or something?
Disclaimer: Dark-Illusion-Detective does not own any of the Sonic Characters nor does she own Sega. She does however own her OCs, Sinister the Hedgehog, Angel the Butterfly, Apple the Fox/Racoon Hybrid, Ocean the Armadillo, and Hailey the Spider.
Here's another chapter to Family Matters!!
Chapter One: Red Eyes
As midnight drew closer and closer, the Chaotix building was lit up with lanterns that burned different colors, and streamers were hanging all over the building as though Charmy had gone on a huge sugar rushed rampage; um... right... he was in charge and he was on a major sugar rush when he was putting up the streamers. A good mistake on Vector's part as the crocodile was watching old episodes of the Olympics where he was one of the participants.
"VECTOR! CHANGE THE CHANNEL BACK! I WANNA SEE THE BALL DROP!" Charmy yelled from his room.
Vector muttered something as the channel was changed back. It showed that there was only an hour left before the ball would drop over the citizens of Casinopolis and already there were crowds of thousands, perhaps millions of people waiting for that one moment. The crocodile never really understood why on Mobius anyone would be so excited to see a ball drop. Then again it was New Years Eve, people were suppose to be happy and anxious to see if their wish for the new year would actually come true.
His wish was something for his own selfish gains. To have Vanilla admire him and hopefully fall in love with him; that was his wish. Even after he told Espio that wish the chameleon made the point that now that Vector told the wish it wouldn't come true. Thus explains why Vector was in a slightly good but yet horrible mood.
"You're thinking again."
Vector looked to the right of him and he felt a tap on his left shoulder.
"I'm right here."
In a few seconds, Espio appeared next to Vector. The crocodile nodded and Charmy peeked over the railing of the stairs and watched the duo talk.
Of course, even after a year, there have been a few bickering moments and moments where Charmy wanted to scream that he didn't need to listen to the arguments, but after a while the arguments died away. Espio walked over to the couch and sat down. A bored look was painted on Espio's face and Vector kept on watching the count down to the ball dropping get closer and closer to zero.
"A new year... wonder what kind of cases we'll get," Espio quietly said.
"We'll have to see."
Everyone turned to the door as it opened. Hailey walked in calmly while taking off her winter hat and jacket.
"Am I too late?"
"Nope! Right on time!" Charmy replied happily as he flew down the stairs and sat down beside Espio. Hailey smiled as she walked in.
"How's your father doing?"
Hailey's face dropped slightly and any one could see that something was up. Espio quickly interrupted.
"Vector. Lets wait until after the ball falls to interrogate the nice lady."
Vector rolled his eyes at Espio as he turned his orange eyes back onto the TV. Hailey walked over to where Charmy was and gave him a huge hug.
"Happy New Years Charmy!"
She turned to Espio and hugged him as well, "Happy New Years Espy!"
"Don't call me Espy!! Have you been hanging out with Rouge again?"
"Nonsense, we just got into a huge argument!"
There was dead silence until Charmy had the nerve to question, "about boys? And which guy you girls liked was better?"
Hailey's face turned slightly pink; Charmy always knew what kind of arguments Hailey would get into. The spider shook her head and quickly sat down between Espio and Charmy with a large grin on her face.
"I can't wait for the ball to fall! I bet you guys anything I made the best wish yet!"
"... How old are you again? Last time I checked you're fifteen but yet you act like a five year old."
Hailey glared at Espio but the dagger filled look didn't last too long as Vector exclaimed, "FIFTEEN MORE MINUTES!!"
Hailey squealed along with Charmy for the next five minutes. But then again you're probably wondering how it is that I know what was happening right about now. Well...
--- Outside ---
"Please explain this to me once more Angel... I'm so confused," Apple whispered quietly as she carried me. Oh I forgot to mention that whatever the... person hit me with, not only changed me back so I could be the Angel of Death's Apprentice again but it also changed me into a baby after about... two hours of walking to Westopolis.
Angel sighed as she looked at me. She knew it was hopeless though.
"Sinister is the Angel of Death's Apprentice, some weird demon came by and changed her, and now we're here to see if it comes here."
Apple frowned as she put me down and held her bright green ringed tail; of course she would be nervous with the news of me being somehow connected to the person who kills people for a living and to a kid who controls time. Angel then looked at me as I looked completely bored out of my mind.
"Please tell me this isn't pernament Angel. I can't stay like this forever! Right? Please tell me I'll change back!!" my thoughts cried out.
Apple lifted me and Angel shook her head.
"I can't see anything that's related to you in the future."
"That isn't good right?"
"That's right. If I can't see her in the future then the worse that happens is that she either winds up dead or whatever she was hit with blocks her completely from my future sight," Angel explained as she looked through the window.
"They won't know who we are if we have to charge in and defend them from the demon... thing."
"I know... but Charmy..."
I didn't have to hear the rest of her quiet rant, I knew exactly how she felt. She cared for Charmy and unfortunately we were now all caught up in a mess that we had no idea what could happen. As I scratched my ear I squealed out in displeasure.
"What's wrong?" Apple asked in a hushed whisper. Her bright yellow eyes were filled with worry and I kept on squealing out of displeasure and annoyance.
Angel looked at me; she was ready to hear my... thoughts?
"Something's wrong...... I don't know what but-"
My eyes drifted over to Hailey who shot out of her seat along with Charmy and they cheered loudly for the ball that had just dropped. I suddenly felt two long shadows fall over us. Angel, and Apple turned to see two people I thought we wouldn't see until much later.
"Um... mind if I ask what you guys are doing?"
"Mighty?"
There before our very eyes, was Mighty the Armadillo and a younger Ocean the armadillo. Angel looked completely frozen and her grip on me tightened.
"... We're lost. And we didn't want to interrupt the happy vibe in there," Apple told Mighty calmly. I knew Apple was a great actress, but the change in her eyes that switched from fear to relief sort of caught me off guard.
Mighty seemed instantly concerned as a six year old Ocean looked at me with wide vivid eyes. I remembered Angel telling me that things would change if we changed Charmy's life; this must've been one of the things that changed, Ocean was born later than normal.
"So you guys wanted the Chaotix's help?"
Apple nodded, "please? I'm sorry if we haven't met. I'm Apple! And these are my friends Angel and Sinister. We got lost from West Side Island and we needed a place to stay and to get help. But... the hotel is closed right now so we had no other real choice."
Mighty seemed to be thinking about the options he could give us and Angel glanced at me, and that's when I wanted to cry like any young baby would.
"Well I don't see the harm. You guys seem like good people. Come with me, I'll introduce you guys."
"Really? Oh you honestly will?!" Apple asked with a voice that made me sniffle. The bad thing about being a baby was that everything was so loud! I then started to cry loudly; I wasn't sure why I felt irritated or even mad but all I knew was that I had to cry otherwise something bad was going to happen.
Ocean's eyes widened as Mighty walked over and lifted me up. I kept crying and I felt myself being rocked. Slowly I managed to calm down and Mighty grinned as he handed me over to Apple, "there we go."
So that's how we managed to become friends with Mighty; wow... that for some reason sounds so strange to say. Apple and Angel followed Mighty and they both started to talk to Ocean, who surprisingly knew quite a lot from the last time I saw her.
"And that's how daddy got his name."
Okay, so there was a few things she would point out that was a bit obvious; but I guess this is her first time with a group of people like us, and thus she wouldn't know what to talk about right off the bat.
"So mind if I ask why you're here with your daughter Mighty?"
Mighty turned to Apple who held me still, I smiled because I knew Apple's charm was working perfectly. By gaining information from Mighty and the Chaotix, we'd figure out who the demon would go after first. Just as Mighty was about to give his reason, a loud, ear shattering screech was heard from over the Chaotix building. Everyone looked up but me and my gaze met with a pair of ruby red eyes.
From the shadows, a slender, beautiful figure walked out toward us. I whimpered and everyone looked toward where I was looking.
"What's wrong Sin? What is it?"
"Can't you see her?! She's right in front of us!!"
Angel sweatdropped and shook her head, "there's nothing there Sin..."
Sure enough, I was proven wrong as the figure with the red eyes disappeared almost as fast as she appeared. What a way to look like a hallucinating idiot!
"Huh... that was a bit strange. Shall we go in-"
The door flew open and running out was Hailey who seemed way too frantic to form comprehendable sentences. Hailey ran right into Apple and I fell to the sidewalk. I didn't cry for a long moment as Hailey helped Apple up to her feet.
"Are you okay Miss?"
"I-I don't know what to do!!"
"C-Calm down miss-"
"The name's Hailey! And how can I?! They're hurt! A girl with red eyes came and hurt them!" Hailey exclaimed with slight anger toward Apple.
"Hey! Don't yell! She didn't do anything!"
Hailey glared at Angel and I felt warm tears burning my eyes as they threatened to fall. Mighty got in between them and for a long moment I couldn't hear anything, and darkness surrounded me.
The first thing I saw when the darkness cleared up was red eyes staring at me. Then a brick wall appeared with red paint dripping from it. I then read the message written.
In the Light you bid your farewell and go back to Hell; in the shadows you hide, refusing to hand out your goodbyes. You're lost in the cold wasteland, your destiny at hand. The shadows and light no longer accept you, soon no one will give you their hand when trouble finds you too. The last key to unlocking his past, hides in your very heart. Now make your answer fast, and tell us where to start.
I soon felt ice cold, and I felt like I was suffocating. The darkness surrounded me once more until my eyes opened to the sight of everyone surrounding me, even the Chaotix.
"Sinister?"
Angel seemed worried and I coughed as I got up to my feet. I looked over myself and froze. What happened? I was covered in red; if it was paint or blood I wasn't sure but when I saw Apple's wide eyes staring at me, I figured it was the second thing.
"What..."
"It didn't work!"
"Calm down for a second Angel-"
"NO!" Angel shouted at me. I backed up slightly and she picked up my scythe and pointed it at me, "You told me it would work! And guess what? It freaking didn't!"
Okay if you catch Angel ever using the word 'freaking' or shouting at anyone you know something is very wrong. I felt out of place though, almost in a deja vu moment as everything seemed to have happened before. Angel growled and slashed at me. I shrieked as I felt a pair of hands holding me.
"SINISTER!"
I closed my eyes and opened them to see Espio holding me. Everyone else stared at me with wide eyes as I blinked. The way Espio held me made me realize that I was no longer in a baby form but back to my old form.
"What..."
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to run into you."
I looked to see Hailey with a guilty look on her face. I looked at Apple, and my mind scattered. Angel hid behind Apple, fear seemed to run through her because she wouldn't even look at me. Then it hit me; anything that went through my mind she could hear or see. She probably saw everything.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes..."
I sat up and yelled in pain as I held my head with both of my hands. Darkness engulfed me and through the darkness I saw two ruby red eyes. It cleared up and I found myself back in Espio's arms, and I couldn't move.
"What's... going... on?" I asked in a scared voice.
It's rare to hear me scared, maybe it's because I've got Shadow's blood running through me and Shadow's rarely scared. Sure, Shadow can be a bit emo at times but he's hardly ever scared. Espio must've said something to everyone because his mouth moved and formed words.
I couldn't hear anything. The last thing that I saw was those red eyes, piercing through my conscious and into my soul. When the darkness made me numb to both the outside world and my own world, I knew it would be a long while before one of my main questions were answered.
"What's happening to me?"
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Yay! Another chapter done! Finally! Okay if you guys are confused let me quickly explain. Sinister was having multiple visions in a row. She saw Hailey get angry at Angel, then the message written on the wall, and finally she saw Angel attack her. Oh one last note, this story is mainly going to be in Sinister's POV because it would be a new thing to try out, not only that but I think it would make the story a bit more interesting. That's just me though. As usual I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I hope you'll tell me if I can improve on anything.