Author's Notes:

Man I really stretched those two months. I'm sorry about that. Well I have decided to let you guys know the ages of all the characters.

Mighty-17

Honey-16

Espio-17

Vector-21

Charmy-6

Ray-6

The next morning Espio was still awake watching Mighty. Both Mighty and Espio had remained unmoving throughout the night, and remained calm. Honey was a couple feet from Vector curled up in herself. Vector was snoring loudly; it's a wonder how the others continued to sleep. Ray and Charmy ended up curling up within each other to keep each other warm. Espio let a small chuckle out seeing that, but he was well aware that they could easily blackmail him for what happened last night.

Honey's P.O.V

We wake up the next morning, and I admit that I am excited for the day to come. Maybe we'll get to wherever we're going and find whatever we are looking for. I mean we should be almost there by now.

I'm scared though. Mighty has tried to strangle me two times now. What if he tries again? I don't even know what I did to hurt him so badly. "I wish he would just tell me," I muttered to myself, just hoping that maybe I am lucky and my wish would come true. Who knows, it might, my first wish did, in a sense.

I force myself to my feet and nod towards Espio to tell him I am ready to move on. Poor guy, he was up all night, he has to lead us everywhere, and there is that thing that he won't tell us about. I wish he would, it would be easier to help him if I knew what was bothering him.

We start off again, and well, all I see is white for a while. I am still walking by Vector for a false sense of security, I know Mighty hates me, and I know he wants to kill me, so I allow that sense of security to flow within me. I look ahead and see Espio glancing over at a calm Mighty every now and then and I can't help but feel sorry for him. He is losing his mind for a reason unknown to us, well besides...wait he had said something hadn't he? Wait, what happened yesterday? Why am I losing my memory so quickly? I dash up to catch up to Espio and shake his arm violently. He looks back at me his yellow eyes boring into mine. "I-I can't remember what happened yesterday, or any of the recent days," I complained. Espio didn't even look surprised. "Of course you don't, you two wished you had never met, so you guys are going to forget everything about each other, until it was like you never met," he replied. I don't remember saying that.

Mighty then turns to me and eyes me suspiciously. Espio turns back to him and is surprised. "He's usually much nicer than this, I don't know what has gotten into him." Espio explained peacefully. Mighty's face turned to a half sneer, "You're the reason that my parents have turned into those demons I saw, and the voices, they're telling me that if I get rid of you then I will get them back."

Espio and I stopped walking as soon as we heard that. "Mighty, what voices," Espio asked in a low calm voice. Mighty shrugged, finally stopping in his place, "Well there are these voices that I hear, they are telling me to kill you," Mighty explained as if it were nothing. Espio walked up to Mighty and grabbed his arm, I was scared to see what he would do to Mighty, and I was scared at what Mighty could do to him.

Espio quickly spun Mighty around so that they could face each other. Espio glared into Mighty's eyes and I could tell that he was searching for something. "What are you doing?" I called out to Espio. He completely ignored me and kept up with what he was doing. He finally released Mighty from his death grip, but held onto him so that he couldn't go anywhere.

"Ray, you're Mighty's best friend right," the chameleon asked. Ray nodded, and could tell by the nod Espio gave him that he was needed by his friend's side. Ray, however, after sustaining so much injury was in no position to keep up with either of them; in fact, walking alone seemed to be taking a toll on the two smaller Chaotix members.

Espio walked over to pick up Ray, and in the process also picking up Charmy. He walked over and gave the young squirrel to Mighty, who held the squirrel close as if it were a nursing child. Espio looked as though he was taking mental note as to how Mighty reacted on different people, or well at least that is what I am doing.

After that, we continued on with our walk. I quickly walked to catch up with Espio, and once I was within reach of him I grabbed his arm.

"What did you find?" I ask as soon as I catch up with him. Espio doesn't meet my gaze, I'm not even sure if he heard what I had to say. I tap on his shoulder, and when I see his face, I can see the pain that he is going through.

"Look," he mutters, and I realize that he probably doesn't want me to know. "Mighty is going through an extremely rough patch, and the Spiritual World isn't being fair to him. With that said, there might be a demon trying to-" Espio didn't finish however. Instead, his eyes fell to the young bee in his arms, and I understood that I was not only intruding, but threatening to scar the young boy for life. "I'm sorry," I whisper before dropping back in the group.

As I continue walking I think about what Espio just said. There might be a demon trying to what? Is it trying to hurt Mighty? Probably not, the demon keeps using Mighty to attack me, so does that mean that the demon is trying to kill me? I ponder this as I walk along.

Third P.O.V

"Hmm, we should be arriving at Downunda soon," Espio mused with a small smile on his face. "I must admit though, I can't promise that this is where the demi-gods are, but this as good a starting point as any." After saying that Espio took one pitiful look at his team, Ray and Charmy were both once again fading in and out of consciousness, Mighty and Honey were both slowly losing their memories, and Vector seemed to be finding every loophole in the Spiritual World that could slow them down, this isn't an easy task.

As the group approached Downunda above, Vector seemed to become more and more apprehensive. Espio smirked at the fact, he knew exactly what Vector was hiding, he had told the others already, but they probably already had disregarded it.

"I see it," Honey stated. She was hoping that she could get her old self back, she hated this tired feeling, and she hated even more the fact that she was slowly forgetting her friendship with the armadillo ahead of her. No matter how much she strained her memory, all she could remember was him attacking her the day before.

Espio at first didn't see what Honey was talking about, but regardless he broke into a run. He was then followed by Mighty and Honey. Vector continued his walk, slowly decreasing in speed.

"C'mon Vector," he could hear Mighty yell over his back. Vector however didn't speed up a bit. He looked slightly scared, as if there was something he didn't want to see, and this worried the chameleon in the lead.

Espio quickly stopped and turned, he then sped back to Vector to see what was keeping him. Vector saw this, and completely stopped, he didn't know what to do. He really didn't want to go back to the place of his birth.

"Vector, is something bothering you," Espio asked, his face full of worry and concern. Vector tried to look away so that Espio couldn't see the few tears running down his face, but the chameleon with his ninja skills had already picked up on it. "Does this have anything to do with your parents?" the chameleon asked. He knew that this was a touchy subject for ALL of them, but he had to know. Vector nodded, and Espio knew he couldn't help him. He wasn't born an orphan, his life was always fairly easy, he's only betrayed his friends twice, and neither of those times by choice; but now was not the time for him to dwell on HIS past.

Vector sighed, "I'm gonna have to face the music sooner or later, aren't I?" Espio nodded, Vector sighed again, he then looked down to Charmy, and he thought about Charmy's situation. How could he complain, the young bee's entire nation had been destroyed, save him and Saffron. Even if he didn't believe it, and even if he didn't remember, one day he will know, and he will have to face the fact that in truth, he couldn't save any of them.

"Let's go," Vector stated walking towards the entrance of the continent. Espio nodded and followed behind the older reptile.

Vector's P.O.V

I can't shake this feeling that something bad is going to happen, or that I am going to learn something that I don't want to. What if I do find my parents? Then that means that they are dead, and I know I'm twenty-one, but who really wants to learn that the parents you have never met are dead. Then there is also the chance that they aren't here, which means I can go and find them when all this is over. Then there is the worst thing, what if they have also turned into demons like Mighty's parents? How would I ever survive knowing that fact? Would I be able to survive? I need some answers; I need to know, just to be safe, just to be sure.

"Espio," I call out to him realizing how slowly I have been walking. Espio turns to be and raises an eyebrow (do they have eyebrows?), "What's up Vector?" he asks. I realize then how much more informal his speech has become since he's met us, and I snicker to myself. "Um, I gotta go, I wanna go check somethin out, if ya know what I mean."

Espio nodded, and I was off. Wait, since when did I answer to him, I'm four years older than him, I am in charge of him, not visa-versa. Oh well, I needa know if my mother and my father are here anywhere.

I take off to the place I hatched from, knowing that that was probably where they would be. Once he got there he stormed into the house to find his parents sitting still drinking tea. Vector was completely shocked, there seemed to be no one else there, so why were his parents sitting there, as if nothing were going on.

"Mom, Dad," I addressed when he saw the two. They turned to him, and that's when I realized that they had red eyes. I took a step back realizing that there was something wrong. "Uh, m-mom, d-dad," I mutter again, but by then the demon like monsters were getting up to walk towards me.

I walked backwards until my back was up against the wall. I then felt around behind him for the door handle, but nothing was there. The door had disappeared, just like in horror movies.

By the time I had turned back to look at my parents they were right in front of me, my father and I almost snout to snout. I can't believe this is how I meet my parents for the first time. "I was hoping for a much happier meeting," I said thinking aloud, while seizing my father around the waist and throwing him against the wall with a lot of force.

My father hit the wall, hard, causing it to crack a bit, and that's when I got an idea. If I couldn't walk out of here, I will break a way out of here. After that thought came to mind I smiled, this was going to be harsh, but I knew I could do it.

My mother was now advancing on me. She threw a fist my way, and I quickly grabbed her fist, just dodging it. I grabbed her fist and threw her into the same part of the wall that I had thrown my father. She let out a yelp as she hit the wall, but with that the wall broke and I had formed my way out.

I quickly ran out of the house, looking back only to see my parents turning into demons, and then quickly dissipating back into smoke. I kept running as fast as I could, I needed to get away from this place. Those aren't my real parents, my parents love me, and they aren't demons, I know they are.

Third P.O.V

Vector soon came to a stop, due to being completely out of breath. He decided to take a seat and rest, when he heard a very familiar voice. "Vector?" the voice rang out. The crocodile looked up to see Espio running toward him.

"Hi…Es," gasped Vector. The chameleon came to a stop in front of his longtime friend. He immediately noticed that something was off, "Vector, you look as though you have seen a ghost," commented the chameleon. Vector let out a heavy sigh, "That would be the understatement of the century." Espio looked slightly more worried, and knew something was up, but when his friend wanted to tell he would. "Just remember if there is something bothering you, you can always tell me," Espio reminded him aloud, while switching the position of Charmy in his arms.

"Well, c'mon Vector, we should probably catch up with the others. We have already decided that there is nothing here, but we decided on staying here for the night," the chameleon explained. Vector looked slightly worried about that, "Uh um ok," the older reptile finally concluded, getting up to follow Espio back to the rest of the group. From what Espio could tell, Vector desperately did not want to stay in this area. It was like when he was a child, he always wanted to desperately leave the place, and he is now going through that same trauma again.

Author's Notes:

Well that's the chapter, and this is currently the longest chapter in the story. I apologize for anyone who has been patiently waiting for this story to be updated, and about that promise from chapter 7. I meant for it to say once every two months. I do have quite a bit going on currently in life, and I am supposed to be writing other stories along with this one. Maybe I have too much on my plate, maybe I just can stay focused on one story for long. Oh well, whatever the problem, I am working my best to fix it, and to update ALL my stories I have neglected.