Honey groaned, her pain was starting to coincide, but it left an empty feeling inside. Mighty on the other hand sat completely still, contemplating life. Espio was watching Honey with extreme caution, while Vector seemed interested with sitting still and twiddling his thumbs. Charmy as hipper as ever was flying around in circles, and Ray, who just somehow got there was looking through the rooms.

They needed a plan or course of action that would help them find out what exactly was going on. Everyone except the clueless Ray had the slightest idea, or had some clue what was happening to them, but they did not dare tell the young recruit. They didn't want to add more worry to what was already happening between everyone.

Mighty looked toward the young squirrel, how did they meet? More so, why was he here. Not only did he no longer know the girl, but other parts of his memory were slipping away as well. "Uh, who are you, all of you?" Honey asked which cut straight through Mighty's train of thought. Everything about life for all of them was changing. Up was no longer up, instead it was down. Love seemed to be changing to hate, and power was being swept away. But, this was what happened to anyone in the prophecies; they had to find out who they really were.

"We already told ya," Charmy squeaked, coming to a halt. Honey looked down; she honestly couldn't remember them mentioning anything. "Oh," she replied, feeling guilty. She hated to feel redundant, and useless. She was powerless, losing her memory, and somehow completely lost in wherever she was. If anything, her world was falling apart the quickest.

"Look," Espio stated firmly. Everyone's eyes quickly snapped towards the chameleon. "If you guys haven't noticed, something terrible is going on. We must've been called here for a reason, and must've been reunited for some reason," he said, quickly glancing over at Honey, "That means, that we must do whatever we can, or whatever it takes to fix this," concluded the chameleon. Everyone was silent for a moment before a loud croc stepped in, "AND WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO OR EVEN HAVE ANY AUTHORITY," thundered the crocodile. Espio took a minute to think, "I, unlike you guys have traveled this plane. I know the ways of this plane and know the three Demi wannabes. Those people who came and hurt Honey, they were here for a reason. They wanted something from her, and now they will terrorize the entire plane to get it," stated Espio coolly. Mighty felt a few tears before speaking, "My parents were here, but then, those monsters took them, they tainted them," Mighty's eyes grew fierce and cold, "they made my parents demons," hissed the armadillo. Espio felt some pity for the armadillo though; he had been an orphan for almost all his life.

Espio in his mind was putting puzzle pieces together. "We must go to Mother Aleena," stated the chameleon, "And I don't mean the queen," he added shooting Vector a look. "Who's that," Charmy and Ray asked in unison. Espio took a breath before continuing on. "She is the mother of this plane and is the only one who can save it. She created it, and she is a loving woman who will know how to save us all," the chameleon taught.

Honey thought for a moment. This person, she seemed so loving, as if she knew exactly what to do. Yet, at the same time, Honey sensed a form of danger that seemed so close, as if it were right around the corner. Espio was forgetting something; he had left out a huge piece of the puzzle. "Mother Aleena, where is she exactly?" Honey then asked, trying to push away her nervous thoughts. At times she wished that she could only have good memories, or thoughts, anything terrible in her life just gone.

"That's unknown, for this much evil to be going on, someone must've gotten to her. Someone must've locked her spirit in a place where she's completely powerless," Espio lectured, which cut through Honey's thoughts. "OR SHE MIGHT'VE BEEN LOCKED IN THE NEGATIVE ZONE," Vector yelled. Espio took a moment to think it over, "The negative zone technically doesn't exist in this world." Espio fully explained, but he couldn't help feeling slightly bad that only he knew what was going on.

Mighty glanced at Honey again, he gave her the look that Espio was crazy, but the Lyra ignored it. Mighty sighed, his mind was turning into a black hole in which nothing returned. All information he was trying to absorb was also being sucked into that pit, making his life harder. Mighty thought about raising his hand, and asking for Espio to repeat himself, but decided against it in fear of embarrassment.

"WELL IF YA KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, TH EN WHAT DO WE DO?" Vector asked, causing Espio the slightest worry. "Well, the smart thing to do now is actually try and find Mother Aleena. But, that's gonna be a task, one cause she's missing, and two cause those things are gonna keep attacking us, until we're dead." Espio answered, the news sent a chill up just about everyone's spine, but Ray sat there completely dumbfounded. This was the squirrel's time to speak. "What exactly is going on," Ray muttered.

Mighty turned to look at his friend, he opened his mouth to answer, but he couldn't, he could barely remember what had just happened. Mighty abruptly closed his mouth and lowered his head, he was so embarrassed. Espio watched the entire thing, he knew something greater was going on inside Mighty's head, and he also seemed to notice the emptiness within Honey. This situation even though it endured, more and more was not going to be easy or short, and it would take a lot of courage, faith, and pure power to get through. "Something bad, Ray, that's all we know," Espio answered. Mighty looked up, his eyes full of water, as if he were about to cry. He wasn't even to sure if it were good or bad.

Ray looked at his best friend and lightly hugged him. "Mighty, it's okay," he cooed into the armadillo's ears. Mighty got up and stared at Ray. His mind was now in complete turmoil, and he was on the edge of losing any sanity still within him. Ray, on the other hand, stared back at Mighty. He was trying to find his friend in those fierce eyes, but he couldn't. Mighty looked like a shell missing the soul within it. Mighty once again went through what he could remember, yet, the best image was his parents distorted faces. The armadillo opened his mouth to scream, let all his anger out, but instead, what washed over him was confusion. Sure, he was tough, but on the inside, he was lost. Nothing made sense anymore. Mighty fell to his hands and knees and had a complete emotional breakdown in front of his so called friends.

Ray gawked at him. That was his best friend, on all fours, crying for an unknown reason. Ray then went over to Mighty's side and tried to cheer him up. Vector too got up and walked over to his friend. He tried his best not to be loud, but that was impossible for the croc, "C'MON MIGHTY, IT'S OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU GET BACK TOGETHER." Mighty tried to let the information soak in, but it made it worse, he was in no position to accept sympathy. He wanted this to end, he wanted to go back to his old life, the one that he couldn't remember, but he knew it was better than this.

Honey stared down at Mighty. "I'm so sorry," she murmured. Mighty got up, a demonic fire in his eyes. 'You," he hissed, "Before you came around it was perfect for me. You came into my life and ruined it." The armadillo muttered under his breath; he had gotten up and walked to Honey, one arm outstretched to strangle her. Espio who was watching leaped into action tackling Mighty to the ground. "What the hell?" He asked, looking to see Honey in a trance of her own. Espio got up and quickly helped Mighty up too.

"Vector," he called. The crocodile's head snapped to face the chameleon. "I need you to watch Mighty and make sure he isn't driven any further. I will be accompanying Honey," he commanded and stated. Vector had an evil grin on his face, "Espio and Honey sitting in a tree-," Vector started singing, before being cut off by a ninja star just missing his head.

"Look, I would let you guys get rest, but it is too late now, we must start before things get worse," Espio commanded. Ray looked at the chameleon, "And where to chief," he asked and saluted Espio. Espio smirked, "We're going to Downunda above," he answered, and with that they were off.

Author's Notes

I am sorry for the late update. I ended up getting preoccupied and forgot to update the story. So here it is, the next chapter. Is it just me, or is Downunda anyone else's favorite place on Mobius?