In the middle afternoon, the Chaotix Detective Agency office sits still. The sun gives off a golden glow outside, and the sound of Mobian citizens can be heard. Inside of the office, Vector sits on his chair, head bopping to his music. His desk is scattered with paper work and a folder with finished crime cases, and to top it all off; A mug filled with pencils and pens with the text, "#1 DETECTIVE". Espio stands in the corner, crossing his arms while he meditates. After a while, Espio hears a familiar buzzing sound coming from the outside getting louder, louder, and louder...
"I GOT THE MAIL JUST LIKE YOU TOLD ME TO, VECTOR!!" Charmy shouted excitedly as he busted through the door.
This causes Vector to jump at the sudden interruption, but Espio is unaffected by the noise, and remains in meditation.
"What did I tell ya about knocking, Charmy?! You almost gave me a heart attack!" Vector boomed angrily.
"Sorry, sorry! But look— we have mail from the landlord!" Charmy pulls out a letter while still buzzing with energy.
"Gimme' that!" Vector swipes the letter out of Charmy's hands.
Vector carefully opens the letter and pulls out the note. He unfolds it and reads the words aloud;
Dear Chaotix,
Your rent is due this week on Friday, so I expect the EXACT amount of payment by then. If you don't pay by the due date, I will have to evict you from your property due to multiple days of paying rent late. I am done with giving anymore chances, so your fate is in your hands.
- Signed, Your Landlord
"... Uh oh..." Vector said.
"What does 'evict' mean?" Charmy asked innocently.
"It means that he'll kick us out of our office for good." Espio replied calmly.
"Oh!" Charmy says. "OH NO! I DON'T WANNA LIVE ON THE STREETS!!" Charmy begins to scream.
"Calm down Charmy, I'm sure we'll get a client soon." Espio reassures Charmy.
"It's Wednesday! We need clients, and quick!" Vector said. "I have an idea, boys!"
"Ooh! What is it? What is it!?" Charmy asked excitedly.
"We'll start advertising! Charmy!" Vector says as he points to Charmy. "Make a poster that advertises the Chaotix! Make sure you add the location and phone number. Once you're finished, I'll take a picture of it on my phone and make duplicates on the printer. Now, get to work!"
"Okay!!" Charmy said proudly
Charmy sits down and grabs a blank sheet of printer paper. He grabs some of his colored pencils and markers and begins to write, "CHAOTIX DETECTIVE AGENCI! CALL OUR NUMBER (XXX-XXX-XXX) OR FIND OUR LOCATON (XXXXXXXXXXXXX) GET YOUR CASE SOLVED NOW!!". Charmy grabs some colored pencils and draws a picture of the building.
"Charmy, you spelt 'Agency' and 'Location' wrong!" Vector said.
"Whoops, my bad!"
Charmy begins to scribble off the spelling mistakes and writes the correct spelling on top of it. He then hands the paper to Vector.
"Hmm... GOOD ENOUGH!" Vector takes a picture of the paper and downloads it on his computer. He begins to print multiple amounts of the poster and hands even parts to everyone and himself.
"Listen up! We'll all separate into different parts of here and tape the posters wherever we can. Espio, you go into the city, Charmy will go into the forest, and I'll go in the plaza. Right now it's 4:25, so I want all of you back in 40 minutes. Got it?"
"Rodger." Says Espio
"Sir, yes sir!" Charmy cheers.
"Good, now let's go!"
They all go outside and separate to their destinations.
Espio makes it into the city, and walks on the sidewalk. He looks around to find a spot to put his first advertisement on as he passes people around him. Eventually, he finds a streetlight and begins to tape the advertisement on it— until he feels a firm but hard bump on his shoulder.
"Woah!!"
Espio looks behind his shoulder and sees a white hedgehog stumbling, but he manages to regain his balance. The white hedgehog was holding a grocery bag from the Chaos Market. Espio picks up the apple that fell off the bag for him.
"Here you go. Be more careful now." Espio said.
"I'm so sorry!" The white hedgehog says awkwardly. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, thank you." Espio replies.
The white hedgehog sighs in relief. "That's good to know.. So you're not mad at me?", he asks sheepishly.
"No, why would I be upset?" Espio says raising an eyebrow.
"You're right, dumb question, huh?" The hedgehog chuckles awkwardly again. "Dang it, I'm talking too much again..." He whispers to himself. "Well, I best be going now, I'm wasting you're time— Sorry, again!" The white hedgehog speed walks along in embarrassment.
Espio watches as the white hedgehog walks along, and sighs in pity. He tapes the advertisement on the streetlight, and walks along to find more places to put the advertisements on.
About 40 minutes later, the Chaotix return to their office.
"That was soooo boring.." Charmy complained. "But I saw a cool house in the woods!"
"Please tell me ya didn't look through the window—"
"And then I looked through the window and saw this purple cat lady!"
"CHARMY!" Vector yelled.
Charmy rolls his eyes. "She didn't even see me, relax."
Vector sighs and shakes his head. "So, how was your little adventure, Espio?"
"Flawless effort, no doubt. I made sure to find a place filled with Mobian citizens, that way more people can see our advertisements." Espio says with pride.
"That's good. I almost got ran over, but that's okay! Now, we wait for the clients to come knocking on our door." Vector sits back on his chair and relaxes.
One hour later...
Vector taps on his desk with his finger impatiently, Charmy got so bored he fell asleep, and Espio sits in the corner meditating.
...
"AAAAGGH!!" Vector shouts furiously.
"Ugh.. What time is it?" Charmy asks, barely awoken from his nap from Vectors yelling.
"Not even one phone call?! I can't stand this anymore!" Vector slams his desk in frustration.
"Calm down, Vector. I'm sure a client will arrive any minute now." Espio says, keeping one eye open.
"C'mon, Espio. You can't just expect someone to magically come knocking on our door! That's too cliché—"
A frantic, yet rhythm like knock interrupts Vector.
Authors note: ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE IVE WROTE A FAN FICTION 😭
