Chapter 9 - Hittin' the Town

It turned out that Ekyt and Roxy (Violet_Rose) would meet by chance. He had been out, scouting a new place to live. A more permanent residence. The hotel was good and all, but it looked like he would be on his own for a while. He picked out an old warehouse, abandoned. It was perched up on a hill, and was high enough to where he could see for miles. He kicked open the long-nailed shut door. He swept a cobweb out of the way and was greeted by a nearly empty room.





There was, however, a vehicle in the corner of the room, covered with a tarp. He yanked off the tarp and it revealed a open-topped Jeep thing. It looked like heck, but it ran.





He explored the rest of the room, finding nothing of interest. He climbed out onto the fire escape and sat up on the roof. Collecting his thoughts.





First Rouge. Then Amy uses me. What about Roxy? I just dont know. He put his hands to his head. He saw himself again, then saw Rouge flying away, and Amy skipping of, hand in hand with Sonic. Rouge with Eggman. Shadow had Violet (Violet_Rose). He shook his head. His gloved hand made a fist, like it had a mind of its own. Focus. Anger. Harness the anger. Sadness&useless emotion. Despair&no, dont go there. Anger. Anger& He sighed. He was so far into his own thoughts he hadnt even heard the tell-tale flutter of Roxys wings. Only when she put her hand on his shoulder did he look up.





Something on your mind, kid? Nothing important. He said, tactfully avoiding the subject. Roxy, kindly, almost condescendingly, said No, youre thinking about Rouge again, arent you? I can make you forget all about my lowlife cousin. You just come with little ol Roxy. Ekyt looked out, over the city, then saw police cars. Um, gotta take a rain check. Duty calls, unless you wanna come along for the ride. Roxy, surprised he had a ride. It wasnt what she expected. He floored it toward the city.





He looked over at her, and she made sure to let her fur flow in the wind. Guys seemed to eat that sort of thing up. Anything to crack this guy open. Hes not gonna be the easiest patsy in the world, but hell work. Kinda cute, anyway.





The police cars had Shadow and Violet cornered. Ekyt stopped the car short and jumped out, and ran to Shadows defense. Out of the way, punk! Hes a criminal. A police officer yelled to Ekyt. Ekyt called back What exactly has he done? None of your business. Ekyt shot back Im making it my business.





Shadow and Violet looked at him darkly. We dont need your help. Shadow snarled. Ekyt snarled back. I didnt say you did. Like it or not, Im here to help. You two split. Lets go Shadow. This kid bugs me. Violet said. Fine. You handle the cops. Shadow chaos controlled himself and Violet away.





The policemen looked at Ekyt, then filed out. Great job kid. One cop said. Ekyt stopped him from leaving. What exactly did he do? He stole a bunch of jewels. Chaos emeralds? No, just regular jewels. The officer left.





Roxy had split. Ekyt, somewhat confused, drove over to the Thorndyke mansion. Amy answered the door, took a look at him, then scurried away. Chris came next. Good to see you Ekyt. Whats up? Im looking for you and Tails actually. Do you think you guys could help me out. Sure! What do you need? You know that warehouse on the outskirts of town? The grey one? Yeah, my dad used to own that! You and Tails come down in the X-Tornado, and well talk business. Whatll I owe you?





Chris shook his head. You dont owe me anything. Friends do this sort of thing. Ekyt lowered his head. Friends? Never had one of those before. Chris looked down too. Yeah, I know the feeling. Before Sonic and the others came I was lonely too. Chris, would you mind telling Amy not to worry, I understand. Oh yeah, invite the others too.





Ekyt walked back outside to find Roxy sitting in his car. Where we headed kiddo? Gonna go have some fun? Huh? Whered you go? I had to go to the bathroom. Take it easy, if youre thinking I stole those jewels, think again. Rouge is probably behind it. Im not like her. She took him by the arm. Cmon champ, lets hit the town.





TO BE CONTINUED:











NEXT TIME: THE THIEF REVEALED IN: A SHOULDER TO CRY ON

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