Chapter 3

Luxury Resort

Eight months went by, Nazo the Hedgehog and Anthony were unable to forget their experiences. Anthony shaved every last facial hair with an electric shaver. He checked to see if every single one is trimmed. Nazo took a long hot shower, letting the steam and water surround him. He didn't care about cleaning himself. It was his fourth time doing so. It was Friday and they were given the day off.

Anthony answered the door and Vanilla the Rabbit wearing her usual attire stood on the doormat.

He welcomed him inside and sat in the living room. Vanilla doesn't know about Anthony's traumatising episode. She was about to lose everything she loved about Cream and thinks her relationship with her is disintegrating. "I feel like a stranger. I don't know my daughter at all. Ever since she started her own gang she became a total stranger."

"She definitely changed into another person," agreed Anthony. "At least she fulfilled her purpose in killing Williams' terrorist group...with some help."

Vanilla felt relieved, she thought Cream might have gotten injured. "I'm happy to hear that. Did she say anything about me?"

Anthony didn't recall of Cream telling him a thing. "Not a word unfortunately. She looked like she's more capable almost as though she wants to forget about you. If only the two of you reconcile. Like I said: we helped her and she helped us."

Anthony didn't know how to solve the conflict, he just came up with the best advice he can give. Vanilla didn't judge him, she came to the right person to ask for help. "I don't know what I ever do without you."

"Don't push it," Anthony hesitated. "I'm just a friend, don't think that I'll always help a person in need."

"Is something the matter?"

"Let's just say I almost stared death right in the fucking face. I've been given psychiatric help and it's slowly working."

"For 8 months?"

"You could say that. GUN didn't guarantee that I'll be at full peek with my mental self. Ever since the economic decline years prior they didn't put in faith in their soldiers' mental health. "Hope Nazo's doing well."

Vanilla stood up and looked down at Anthony. He got to his feet and both headed for the door. He held the door with both hands. She turned to him and looked very pleased. "Thank you for the conversation. Once Cream and I have a talk, hope we'll be one family again."

"Fingers crossed just in case." He gave her one last commitment before she walked away from his house and he shut the door.

Nazo answered the door of his house and Cream caught his glance. He was surprised to see her. They entered the sitting room, Nazo didn't care on what she's feeling right now.

"You feeling fine?" wondered Cream.

"No, for about 8 months I felt that everything I do hasn't changed my spirit." He rubbed his hands on every quill on his body in regret.

Cream was confused, she didn't know what he was saying. "Your spirit?"

Nazo didn't know how to explain his failed hostage negotiation. So he explained it in the best way he can. "I'm going through a lot lately. I have a hole in the road."

"What is the problem?"

"I didn't save the life of a human."

"Hey, it happens to some people."

Nazo was nervous on what he's about to say afterwards. "It was a child. My hands have his blood."

Cream felt the pain, she had the same feeling after blowing off her own mother. She used rage to hide her emotion which sort of worked. "It won't take a short while to recover you know."

Nazo didn't think. He stared at Cream with a look that says I think I know what you mean. He still can't get rid of the thought of a dying minor. "It's just I didn't know that losing a creature this young could be unforgiving."

His eyes were filled with water, he wasn't starting to cry. It was the nights he had trouble sleeping. Cream began to feel sympathy, she brought Nazo on his feet and smiled at him. "I'm going to make amends with my mother."

"I didn't help much," Nazo protested.

"I just needed a talk that's it. Now I have a mother to daughter talk to make."

Nazo watched Cream leave, he asked himself was he really helpful without trying?

A gang of twenty-somethings were in a van listening to rock music. They were planning to stay at a hotel to stay in. They are your typical trouble makers, consisting of 4 guys. It reeked of cannabis and alcohol. They're in a Volkswagen Minivan.

"That deal we had with that Mafia boss was too good to pass," said Stefan gasping. "We made 50 million after a single exchange with heroin. Pity the Angelas can't top that."

"Hey, guys it's time we stayed for the night it's almost dusk," told Frank.

"Better not be some cheap hostel," reminded Gabe. He has a big turn-off of hostels mostly from the rooms he slept in.

"I know a place," suggested Boris. "The Cabfolone's right over there."

He pointed to a 15-storey 5-star hotel. It was just 5 miles ahead of them. Boris drew a charge card in front of Frank showing him that he's paying for the overnight stay. They parked near the entrance which is 50 metres from the swimming pool.

They entered and noticed that the lobby was empty. It was your typical 5-star hotel. Boris leapt in the lobby desk and accessed the computer. He typed in their names and used his card to pay for the night. While they weren't looking, he paid for the food. He didn't know why he just thought maxing out the card with piss off the user. He snatched some hotel room keys and tossed them to Stefan. Frank takes their weapons and headed for the stairs.

Just then the Babylon Rogues surfed in the air with their Extreme Gear. They surfed through traffic dodging every vehicle. They were having a blast and managed to avoid the attention of the police. They landed near Cabfolone Hotel and passed through the lobby. They were unaware of the group of humans staying there.

Gabe thought of an idea to bring some excitement. He took his cell phone and called the police. "I like to report a robbery near The Cabfolone."

He took a fire extinguisher outside of his room and went downstairs.

On another end of the spectrum, The Destructix arrived on top of the hotel via helicopter. Lightning Lynx, Sergeant Simian, Sleuth Dawg, Drago Wolf, Predator Hawk and surprisingly Fiona Fox.

Her phone rang and a voice spoke to her. "Fiona, I came back from the morgue. The fox that got attacked and killed during the subway hijacking is Flying Frog. He must have went rogue and went into hiding."

Fiona wasn't surprised, she was remember what exactly happen when she saw a police car driving closer. "Sleuth Dawg, make sure you give that cop a good time."

Sleuth went to the ground floor at a fast pace and hid behind a corner when he saw Gabe. The cop met Gabe outside, he was puzzled. "What's with the fire extinguisher?"

"I used it to foil the robber to no avail," Gabe lied to his face.

Wave and Jet went to see the commotion and walked slowly while keeping an eye on Sleuth who was crawling on the floor.

"Do you know where to robber went?" the cop asked.

"He might went by the pool and over the fence." He pointed to where the pool is and the cop turned his head.

Sleuth took a knife and threw it. The knife missed and hit the extinguisher. Gabe dropped it and the cop head for the car. He reported of an assault at the hotel and Gabe ran inside. He grasped Sleuth and bludgeons him with an ashtray made of hard stone. He smashed Sleuth's head so hard that his face was covered in blood. He hit him four times until he's totally lifeless. He tossed the dead Destructix gangbanger on the floor sliding across. He saw Jet and Wave and open fired, they escaped and everybody heard the gunshots.