Everyone were walking out the park.

Espio was in the back, Kiko slowed down a bit to were Espio was.

"Espio, can I ask you a favor?" She whispered.

"Uh, sure Kiko."

"Do you think you can follow Cheveux?" Espio made a baffled face. "I don't trust her and I think she's hiding something. I'd do it myself but if Krypta know I'm gone she'd know I'm stalking Cheveux. Apparently she's smarter than she looks."

"Okay." Was all Espio said and turned around.

"And one more thing Espio." Kiko said, that made Espio stopped. "I need you to record the conversation." Kiko handed him a recorder. "Just in case something is wrong, Krypta wouldn't believe it. She can be very stubborn."

With that Espio and Kiko went their separate ways.

-o-

Cheveux was walking to the Mafia mansion. As she was walking on the sidewalk she kept looking behind her. It felt like someone was following her. She eventually made it and knocked on the door. She waited for a few moment until the door opened and she walked in. Espio who was invisible was behind Cheveux and walked in.

"What took you so long?" The leader asked.

"Sorry boss. It felt like someone was following me which made me stop a couple of times."

Espio became wide eyed and quickly turned on the recorded Kiko gave him earlier. Espio was on the other side of the room.

"So, is every thing in plan?"

"Yes sir."

"Once we kill them, we can get to their money."

"How much money do they have?" Another member asked.

"Over a hundred million." Cheveux answered with a large grin.

"Guys, we're about to hit the mother load."

Espio thought this was enough information. He stopped the recorded and noticed a open window. Just enough for him to fit through. He walked over to the other side of the room slowly and quietly.

"But before we kill them I want to have a quick match with Kiko. When I see her I'm gonna do a tornado kick." Cheveux made a tornado kick. She was close to the window that Espio was about to climb through. This made Cheveux kick Espio out through the window. She noticed it a bit. "Weird. It felt like I actually kicked something."

Espio got back up and sighed. Luckily for him he was still invisible. He ran rapidly from the area back to the rest.

-o-

Espio made sure he made it back to the motel before Cheveux. He started knocking on the boys door. Vector opened the door.

"Where have you been Esp?" Vector asked.

"There's no time for that. We need an important meeting with the girls." Espio walked away to the girls room.

Vector stared at the direction before looking back inside. "Come on Charmy."

Charmy got up from the bed and flew out the motel room.

Espio knocked on the girls door. Kate opened it up and Espio walked in.

"What are j'all doin here?" Krypta asked moving away from the mirror.

"Emergency meeting." He said.

"About what?" Vector asked.

"It's about Cheveux."

"What about Cheveux?" Krypta crossed her arms.

"She's not who you think she is."

"Hm… Kiko, why do I have a feeling jou have something to do with this?"

"Because its true." She said putting her nose in a book.

"Well, this is exigent. Cheveux is back stabbing y'all."

"I knew it." Kiko said out loud.

"What are jou talking about Espio?"

"Hold on, I need everyone to listen to this." Espio pulled out the tape recorder and pressed the replay button.

-o-

"That sneaky conniving little…"

"Lets not get to the details Kry. The problem is, what are we going to do?" Vector asked.

"First off, don't call me Kry. Secondly, jou really think I'd be unprepared. This happened to me once before."

"What do you mean once before?"

"Six years ago when this organization was called K Diamond. Before Kiko, Kate, and Cheveux joined. It was me, my brother, Beverly, Karen, and Kelly. Kelly wanted to be a thief and sabotage the team for money. So, my brother decided to trick her."

"So, all this long. You knew Cheveux was going to betray us." Kate argued.

"Not exactly. See the plan I had with betrayal has been around for a two jears just in case some other girl joined the team and decided to diss us."

"So, what's the plan?" Espio asked.

Krypta made a large devious grin.

-o-

"Krypta, I'm back." Cheveux said, walking in the room. She looked around and no one was in there. "Krypta… Kiko… Kate?" All do a sudden she heard a thud coming from the bathroom. "Hello?" She walked closer and closer. The door was wide opened. "Look Kate, its not the time to play around." She walked inside and saw it empty. Walking out the bathroom, she got punched in the head. She fell down unconscious.

"That felt good." Kiko said with a small smile; wiping her hands together.

-o-

"Cheveux wake up." Krypta was slapping her a little trying to wake her up.

As time past she did a hard slap. The afghan hound woke up startled.

"Wh… what's going on?" She found herself in a chair and tied up in some rope.

"We'll tell you what's goin on." Kate said walking up to her. "We just found out in precisely forty three minutes and two seconds… three seconds… four seconds…"

"Get to the point." Kiko told the husky that was looking at her watch seeing the seconds go by.

"Oh, okay. We found out from Espio the chameleon, that followed you, that you were planning on killing us along with the mafia to get to our money. And we're not having that."

"You girls, you have it all wrong." Cheveux said.

"Boys. If jou didn't like how I cutting Rouge's wings off, then jou REALLY don't want to be here."

"Fine by me, lets go." Vector rushed his team out the building.

They was in the abounded building that they was planning to do the assassination. The last thing they heard was tremendous screaming. As moments went by they started hearing shooting more than six times. Charmy put his hands around his helmet trying to cover his ears. The door then opened and the girls walked out as if nothing had happened.

"Okay, the mafia are coming in a half an hour. Lets set up." Krypta walked away, everyone else followed.

-o-

Time went by and thirty minutes went by quickly. Good thing they finished before a large van pulled out in from the vacate construction.

The gang got out the van. The leader opened the door and everyone else followed in. The building wasn't in a bad shape. It was empty but did have a few chairs and table in the middle.

'Their probably hiding. And I don't see no wires anywhere.' He thought. "Look around." He told his crew.

"Look where boss? There's nowhere to hide." The iguana said.

"Just go look." He grumbled.

As his posse were looking around it didn't take long for one of them to find something.

"Boss, I found this fedora. It's the same one as Cheveux had on earlier." A monitor lizard said, with the hat in his hands.

Snake Charmer looked at the hat in astonishment.

He lit a cigar to think what was happening. He took a very large puff. When he tried to put the flame out from the lighter it didn't go away. He then realized what was happening.

"It's a set up." He said to his gang.

"Well, I'm getting the hell outta here then." The Komodo dragon said, opening the door.

"DON…"

It was too late. When the guy opened the door, it set of a trigger making the place explode.

-o-

Away from the explosion Team Chaotix and Diamond watched the building falling apart in stupefaction. They were on another tall building looking over. (Its the same building that their jet is on.)

"WHAO!" Charmy reacted with a huge smile.

"That's that." Kiko said from the front, with her arms crossed.

"Do jou always have to be so dramatic?" Krypta said, getting a gun out.

"What are you doing?" Vector asked watching Krypta putting some bullets in.

"Someone is about to crawl out the fire." She answered getting ready, pointing to the building's exit.

"What?"

"Look." Kate pointed out.

Everyone faced the building and saw Snake Charmer crawling out.

"Oh. Ya know you can be a detective with a mind like yours." Vector said.

Krypta made a smirk and focused on the snake. Before she pulled the trigger she turned her head a little facing the large reptile beside her.

"Ja know what? Why don't jou end this Vector?" She handed him the gun.

"Ya sure?"

She nodded with a weak smile.

"What? He get to use the gun while I been around longer, waiting to use one." Kate bemoaned.

"I swear to my spiritual god Osiris. If you don't shut the foda up about using a gun, I'm gonna punch you in the stomach." Kiko spoken, teeth almost fully bare.

"Okay, calm down Kiko." Krypta said then faced back to Vector again. "Hurry up and make the shot before he gets away."

Vector turned forward viewing the snake trying to crawl away somewhere. He picked up the gun to his face. He focused on the moving body. He then took a deep breath, pulling the trigger, the gun made a small pop noise. The bullets flew quickly and hit the target in the head.

"Yes." He said, under his breath.

"Fantástico Vec." Krypta reacted with a smile. "It only took you one time."

"Can we go now?" Charmy asked.

"Yeah Charms." Kate said, walking to the jet.

"Charms?" Krypta whispered and giggled.

"Come on, we don't have all day." Kiko said getting on the jet.

"I'm coming." Krypta said getting on the jet behind Kiko.

-o-

They were only half way till they get back. It's been pretty quiet during the trip back. Vector happen to be napping in his seat.

"She stole my boyfriend." Kiko said quietly.

"Espio faced her with a confused look. "What?"

"She stole my boyfriend. That was the main reason why I didn't like her." Kiko answered the question that was repeatedly asked by everyone.

"Kiko had a boyfriend?" Charmy whispered to Kate.

Kate nodded for her answer. They started giggling that turned into loud laughter.

"Yeah, yeah. Laugh all ya want." Kiko grunted.

-o-

When they finally got back Krypta had to receive the money. Everyone waited outside of a building in Central City. It took forty minutes for her to come out.

"Sorry it took so long. There was a meeting." She went through her pocket in her jacket, that showed a wad of cash. Here ja go homem. Thirty six hundred dollars." Krypta handed Vector the money.

"Well, thanks for the money." Vector said.

"Jou're welcome." Krypta responded with a nod. "Uh, ja know, there is a rule in the Diamond rule book that the person that worked with a assassin would hug in truths."

"I don't remember that in the book." Kiko said pulling the rule book out her jacket. Krypta punched Kiko in the stomach. "Mavi." She grumbled in Swahili and landed on the ground with a loud thud. Everyone watched in awe.

"Apparently you haven't read the new edition Kiko." Krypta said looking down watching the echidna getting up. "That book was made in 2005 by my brother."

"It says it was made 2011." Kiko said looking on the very first page. Once again Krypta punched her in the stomach. "Kinyesi Krypta." She groaned in Swahili and landed on the ground again with a thud.

"Alright, are we going to do this or not?" Krypta asked, no longer paying attention to Kiko. She opened her arms.

'This girl is a psycho.' Espio thought.

The next part had changed the moment. Krypta and Vector extended their arms and embrace a hug. It only lasted for three seconds when Krypta split apart.

"Aww." Kate cooed.

"Shut up." Krypta played slapped her.

"So, she gets a fake slap while I get punched in the stomach. What the hell is that Krypta?" Kiko complained.

"Shut up Kiko." Krypta said, walking the other direction back to their house.

-o-

Vector came into the landlord's office with the 3600 dollars. When he was in front of the desk he put the money on the desk.

"There you go Mr. Nelson all of 3600 before due date." Vector said proudly.

"Well Vector. I guess I'll put this as your advance three month payments." Mr. Nelson said.

"What do you mean?" Vector asked baffled.

"Your bills has been paid for a week now."

"And what do you mean by that? Who paid them?" Vector asked again.

"This large snowy white dog woman came in and paid your bills a week ago. Even a month advance."

"She did?" Vector asked. Mr. Nelson nodded as a answer.

Vector couldn't believe this. He left out the office seeing Espio and Charmy waiting outside.

"Can we go home now Vector?" Charmy asked.

"Yeah Charmy." He said smiling.

"Yay!" Charmy shouted and quickly headed back to the detective office.

"Why are you smiling like that?" Espio asked. "I mean I can see you smiling since you finally paid the bills but…" Espio was cut off by Vector waving him off.

"Krypta…"

Finally finished this story:) it was soooo hard not to write a 'more than a fluff' romance between these two or the other two. Anyway, REVIEW! I actually finished this on the twenty fourth.