"Where to next boss?" Vector asks early in the morning, pointedly staring at Espio, patiently waiting for him commander and chief to tell him where the group is off to next. Espio turns to the large green alligator, a scowl set on his face at being addressed in such a mocking tone.

"We should try the Golden Hive Colony." Espio states drily, Charmy gasps in the background, though he isn't all too sure why. He places a hand delicately over his heart, as if the organ is being wrenched from his heart.

"Be-Bees live in colonies, don't they Espio." The small bee says in a delicate voice. Espio turns his head in the bee's direction, and a pained expression quickly crosses his face. Charmy however, doesn't seem to catch it because he doesn't look at Espio any differently than he had a moment ago.

"Yes." Espio finally deadpans, and he sighs. "Charmy, you are from the Golden Hive Colony." Espio finally admits, and there is a collective gasp through the small grove.

"How are we going to get to a place that doesn't exist?" Vector asks, and Charmy's eyes bulge. He then starts stuttering, trying to say something, but coming nowhere close to saying something actually coherent. He was currently speaking worse than Ray.

"The Spirit World is the same way it was before Eggman took over or at least that's what this layer of the spirit world is. There are many layers in the Spirit World, each layering a period of time within history, we are in the Mobius that we were, well most of us were born into, and therefore, there is no Robotropolis or anything like that." Espio explains in a rather calm voice, a small smile finding its way to his face. "That's why I spend so much time meditating. You honestly didn't think I just sat there with my eyes closed, did you?"

A stunned silence is what meets Espio's description, there were other parts of the Spirit Plane, and that's where Espio is whenever he completely ignoring them. He was able to travel here whenever he wanted, no wonder why he knew so much about this place without seemingly…everything made sense.

"Well, are you guys coming?" Espio asked his back to the group. Mighty grunted and started off after the chameleon.

Charmy's P.O.V

Everyone starts heading to the place that I am supposedly from, but Vector says it no longer exists. I wonder what that means. Did it just disappear or something like that? Hmm, I guess the only way to find out is to follow my brothers, and sister, so that's just what I do.

We start walking in a random direction, leaving the area and walking across the blue space towards another mass of green. The sky above is a beautiful bright blue, and it just reminds me of Angel Island. I want to go home now, this place is scary.

"Shit, run!" Espio screams at the top of his lungs as he takes off in into the mass of blue. I quickly look behind me and see that we are being chased by just a white mass. A small squeak finds its way from my mouth as I turn around and fly as quickly as I can in the other direction.

Of course, Ray and I being the smallest don't move as quickly as the others, and we quickly fall behind. The white monster seems to be moving faster, and its teeth seem to be pointed. I swear that if I don't hurry up, I'll be eaten.

I notice that Mighty stops and grabs Ray by the arm, pulling him in so that he is being cradled, and I am left all alone in the back. I feel my heart pounding, and I am terrified. What if I die? If I die here, does it affect the real world?

"Espio!" I call out as loudly as I can. Espio turns around and quickly sprints towards me, grabbing me and putting me in the position that Mighty holds me in the position that Espio was just holding me. I relax on his chest, feeling the very pounding of his heart against his head.

"Espio, this place isn't fun anymore, I want to go home." I whine softly, tears starting to run down my cheeks. I can feel Espio's chest rise and fall, his breathing speeding up, but all of the sudden Espio takes a slow breath, and I tense. Is he okay, is he hurt, is he about to die.

"I know Charmy, I agree." I can just make out Espio's deep voice through all the pounding in my head. However, hearing Espio's deep melodic voice soothes me, and I find myself relaxing, and the pounding in my head and heart decreasing.

Espio's P.O.V

I spare myself a look backwards, and quite unsurprisingly, I am back to the front of my group, Mighty, having picked up his speed to keep up with me. Behind Mighty, a way off is Honey, and Vector seems to be carrying up the end. The white stuff is a bit further back now, but I won't feel safe until we are at least a hundred miles away from it, and I have enough time to analyze the area.

I take another look at my group, and I notice that both Honey and Vector seem to be running out of gas. I sigh, they need to work out a bit, and we have much more running to do.

"Hurry up guys!" I scream behind me, suddenly aware of the whipping wind that is trying to tear us apart.

"I'm trying." I hear Honey whine, I guess this is more of a whisper, but it is probably due to the whipping wind and her heavy breathing from all this running. I sigh, but suddenly I feel my knees over my head. I cradle Charmy as we hit the ground hard.

I do one roll when I hit the ground and land in a seat position. I move one arm away, and I see Charmy clutching onto me for dear life.

A terrified screech is what meets my ears, and I turn to see Ray being torn away from Mighty. I hop up to try and grab Ray, but it's no use, the boy is taken away by the wind.

Mighty turns to me, his eyes full of hate and blame, I just sigh in defeat, doing my best not to meet Mighty's eyes.

"C'mon guys, we need to get going." I say bluntly, quickly pushing the thought of Ray out of my mind. It's not that I want to forget him or anything, but we can't really save him without moving on.

"ESPIO, I KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS STICK TO THE PLAN, BUT SHOULDN'T WE GO AFTER RAY?" Vector asks, and I keep my eyes downcast. I mean, technically, he is my boss, so I should be listening to him, but I also know that he knows nothing about the Spirit World.

"I would, but that would be counter intuitive. We would probably only end up losing more people. The only way to get Ray back is to keep going." I say in a low voice.

Within a few seconds I feel a tight grip on my shoulder, and I look up to see bright red eyes glaring back at me. I try to take a step back, but nothing happens.

I try to look around, but the only thing I learn is that I am being glared at by Mighty. I pause for a moment at that realization. I know that Mighty lost someone extremely close to him, in the Spirit World, but, is there something more that I don't know about.

Mighty no longer looks at me, but instead he stares at Charmy, who I now notice is trembling within my arms. I curl Charmy closer to me with one arm, and with the other, I grab Mighty's wrist and apply a slight pressure. I then use his pressure point to make him turn so that I am pinning his arm behind his back.

That doesn't last for long though, because I feel a pressure right by my temple, and I watch as everything goes black, only noticing a faint scream coming from somewhere in the distance.

Mighty's P.O.V

To be quite honest, I am just sick of these people, namely Espio, telling me what to do. Do they not understand that if Honey had never brought us here than none of this would have ever happened? Damn straight I know what's going on! I never forgot my memory, I remember every little thing that girl has done to me, she's a demon, and she is not an angel in any way.

I look at the two unconscious figures on the ground, and I hear the sound of Charmy crying. We need to get him on our side, he doesn't have any parents left, he knows the pain, and he will clearly support the reliving of all dead creatures.

I walk over to Espio and kick his limp body, watching as the body moves at my will and reveals a crying Charmy.

The small bee cowers closer to Espio, his tears wetting the chameleon's scales, it disgusts me. I yank the bee out from under Espio's arm. The boy whimpers and tries to get away, but I put a firm grip on him, making him stop, and cry out in pain.

"Shh, Shh," I say, trying my best to calm the small frantic bee. Said bee calms down and I start rubbing his head, actually removing his helmet, and trying to get the bee to stay calm.

"That's better." I coo, and Charmy looks up at me, his big auburn eyes full of questions he wants to ask, and I am more than happy to give them to him.

"Why did you hurt Espio?" The boy asks firsts, then looks over at Honey, "and Honey too?" he continues, and I feel a nasty grin spread across my face.

"Because Charmy, the Spirit World is being taken over, and these people want to give all the dead spirits a chance of life, but Espio and Honey, they don't want that to happen." I explain, still rubbing the young bee's head.

"Why not?" He asks, and the innocence and youth possessed within him shine like a star. I pity the boy; he can only see the good in people, never the evil.

"Because, they haven't lost anyone. They have their entire family waiting for them somewhere, they are all alive, and they are all well. There is nothing wrong in their life. They don't feel the pain we do; they have nothing to worry about. And frankly, they just don't care about our feelings. Espio only saved you because he knew we would be on his back if you didn't. I mean, look what he let happen to Ray." I paused and waited for the information to sink in.

"Okay, I want everyone to be with their loved ones too! We need to stop him, but how?" Charmy asks cutely, and I smile.

"Well, first, we need to get you initiated, and the only way to be initiated is by a dead loved one. So, I guess Espio was helping us by taking you to the Golden Hive Colony. I guess I'll have to carry Honey, and Vector, you take Espio." I command, watching as Charmy shifts to rest on my back, and I scoop up the unmoving body of Honey. I turn back to see Espio secured in Vector's arms before nodding, or telling Vector that it is time to move on.

Line

Wow, I completely forgot that Charmy was a prince (thank you Vector), this place is huge. I mean, I know I was here once before the place was destroyed, but it just seemed that it was smaller back then, I mean seriously, this place is amazing.

Before me stands a great castle, there are many honeycomb in the front, filled with rich golden honey. The entire castle is that same golden color except for the pointed tops of the towers, which are a deep maroon in color. Everything about the area seems grand and majestic, and I can't help but watch as the bees fly in and out everywhere.

Vector bumps me from behind, and I keep walking, scowling in front of me, so that he can't see my face. I mean sure, I can take him if I need to, but I need people working for me if I want this to get anywhere.

I walk through the front doors, and immediately I get that normal adrenaline rush I feel when I know I am among supporters. Do you honestly think that wind came out of nowhere? I conjured it to make sure that I didn't have to worry about Ray, but, I can't hurt him, because truthfully Ray is all I have left.

I look in and see the Bee King, Queen, and Princess sitting on their thrones. Now, I admit, that I am not an overly big fan of royalty (coming from a family of thieves in Mercia), but them, I think I can get to like them.

Their eyes wander towards us, eyeing all of us softly, but all sets of eyes stop just to the right of my head, right where Charmy is resting. A nasty smirk finds its way onto the king's face, and I can't help but smirk along with him.

"I know that none of you are dead…yet…so, I guess that means you are here to initiate my son. Is that not true?" The king asks, and like I said earlier, this is a very likable person.

"Of course your majesty." I hiss in delight. I never even knew that I could hiss, oh all these wonderful new powers, intriguing aren't they?

"Bring him here." The king says happily, and I walk over to the king, handing him the heir to his non-existent throne.

Charmy smiles up at the old man in a way a six year old would, and I wipe a small tear from my eye. See this, this is the reason I want them to come back. The boy is six, and he has absolutely no family left, and there are those people who don't even care, sickening isn't it?

All of the sudden, the kings eyes grow red, and the bright red glows, and I can only see a faint glow from the back of Charmy's head. Then, the boy is silent. He is breathing heavily, but is father doesn't pull him close and try to comfort him; instead, he tries to push the boy back more.

I walk towards the king and take the small boy, his auburn eyes glistening with tears. I hold the boy close and thank the king. We quickly move out, and we get a safe distance away from the castle, I then look to Vector, another thought on my mind, and Vector seems to be thinking the same thing, because both our eyes go wide at our realization.

"They're waking up."

Author's Notes;

Finally, another chapter for you, my lovely viewers. I am so sorry for the wait, but now that I have gotten my laptop, hopefully this story will update sooner. This is a laptop/computer story, so hopefully the updates will be sooner.

So, I let some secrets lose this chapter, hmm, I wonder what will happen next, don't you?

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