Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Fanfic Series)

Chapter 19: A Snowy Situation ~ Part 2

The quest of finding the mysterious thief had begun and the whole group was split into five. The Chaotix were looking for him in the sewers. Tangle, Whisper, the wisps and Rouge were searching from the rooftops in Sunset City. Team Heroes looked for him in the streets of Seaside City. Team Rose and Cream's family were searching in places like the Floral Forest Village and Spiral Hill. Silver, Blaze and Aleyah looked for him in Central City while the others stayed in the Restoration HQ to search for the mysterious thief from top to bottom.

In the sewers, the Chaotix were still looking cautiously for the mysterious thief. At the same time, they (especially Vector and Charmy) made theories about who he is and why he's going to steal Christmas.

"Hmm, let's see," Vector said doing the same gesture when it comes to theories and planning processes. "If that mysterious thief has a reason, it could be because he was forgotten."

"If he's forgotten, then it must be someone we haven't met! But I'm sure it could be Eggman!" said Charmy.

"Then, exactly how do we know if Eggman's behind this?" asked Espio.

"I don't know," Charmy simply answered.

Groans and sighs were heard from Espio and Destinee. Espio did facepalm while Destinee just closed her eyes and groaned in low frustration.

Vector turned to Espio and Destinee as they all came to a stop,"How 'bout you two? Who do you think the mysterious thief is?"

"You're making good theories, but we cannot clear a name about who he is and why he's stealing Christmas," said Espio.

Destinee turned to Vector,"Espio's right. We can't be detectives if we jump to conclusions, but I have a theory. Whoever is the mysterious thief must come from the future as we all heard Aleyah explaining a little bit about him. We all don't know for sure though, but all that matters is that we have to look for the mysterious thief, report to Silver and Aleyah and ask if he's the one we're looking for and let them handle the rest. From the distance, if you still want to know who the mysterious thief is, you can watch the battle carefully as long as it's not too wierd for them."

The other three were speechless as they heard Destinee's theory. A while later, Espio broke the silence,"Okay. Let's all search for him. It is our only option."

And they all went to look for him. Carefully.

With Team Rose, Amy's looking for the mysterious thief in her house from top to bottom. Cream, Vanilla, Cheese and Chocola were searching for him in Floral Forest Village. Big and Gemerl were looking for him in Spiral Hill.

With Team Heroes, Sonic ran up to super speed while Tails and Knuckles tried to keep up with him. Tails by flying while lifting Knuckles to try to find Sonic. Eventually, he stopped and Tails brought Knuckles down on Sonic's left. Tails flew his way down to the snowy ground. On Sonic's other side.

After a few moments of breathing, Tails turned to his blue hedgehog best friend. "Sonic, we're trying to find you, but you're too fast to catch up."

Sonic rubbed his nose with his left index finger and his right hand was on his hips telling them,"Chill out, bud. You know we're all looking for the mysterious thief."

"And we all have to work together to find him," said Tails.

He chuckled. "Right. Like always."

In a few seconds, right in the corner of his eye, Knuckles spotted a shadowy figure behind the building on his front-left.

"Guys, there's something over there," he said pointing to a shadowy figure. The other two turned to the direction Knuckles was pointing at.

"It could be the mysterious thief Silver, Aleyah and Blaze were talking about," said Knuckles.