We'll be together again someday

Galactic Gumshoes

Nelson, Lindsey, and Chuck were gathered in front of Chris' portal and was Chuck pacing the floor.

"There's no doubt about it. Chris built this machine to teleport himself to Sonic's world." he said.

"Then let's use it to find him." Nelson said.

"Unfortunately, Chris seemed to have designed the machine so that nobody but him could be teleported."

"What?"

"Can't you reprogram it?" Lindsey asked but Chuck shook his head.

Lindsey cried into her Nelson's shoulder.

"There is one thing. Even though we can't teleport ourselves, it seems we can use the machine to teleport material objects to Sonic's world." Chuck said.

As Chuck typed on a computer, Nelson and Lindsey look up with hope.

"Really?" Nelson asked.

At Angel Island Vanilla was standing alone at the empty Master Emerald altar.

"I wonder where Cream and the others are and how they're doing... I hope everything's okay." Vanilla said.

Suddenly there was a bright light where the Master Emerald usually rests. When it dies down, there were boxes of stuff. A baseball fell off the pile and came to rest in front of Vanilla, who picked it up.

"This looks like-" she started but was cut off when a pile of clothes fell on her.

In the Chaotix' office Vector was resting when the phone rang.

"Charmy, get the phone." Vector said and a tired Charmy flew down from upstairs, picked up the phone and dropped it on Vector's head. "Gahh! That's not what I meant!"

"You'd better answer before they hang up." Charmy said.

"You little-" Vector started and answered the phone. "I already told you the check's in the mail!" he said on the phone.

"Vector, is that you?" Vanilla asked over the phone.

"Ah! Cream's mother! How've you been?"

At Cream's house Vanilla was on the phone talking to Vector.

"I'm calling because I need your help."

"My agency's at your service, ma'am!"

"I'd like to explain a job to you in person."

At the Chaotix' office.

"Sure! We'll come over right away!" Vector on the phone said blushing.

Then he hung up the phone, whose cradle was still resting on his sore head.

"Ugh!" he said an Charmy found the sight hilarious. "What are you laughing at?"

Charmy's laughter immediately turned to waterworks and Vector put the phone back.

"Hey, don't cry."

Then Charmy stopped crying.

"Oh. Okay." he said.

"Now where's Espio?"

"He's right there."

Espio was meditating in the corner.

"Get me the pepper mill!" Vector said.

"Sure, boss." Charmy said.

Soon Vector was grinding pepper over Espio's head then sneezed, looked up at a grinning Vector and Charmy.

"Can't you buy an alarm clock?" Espio asked.

At Angel Island the Chaotix were meeting with Vanilla.