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Lin's p.o.v.

It's been almost a month since Naru and I have reopened SPR. We found phone numbers and addresses for all the irregulars.

But no Mai.

I have stared at the screen of my laptop for the last 48 hours and still have not found any records, newspaper articles, phone numbers, or addresses containing any information about Mai.

"Well, she couldn't have just vanished," I told myself getting more and more frustrated by the second. I had asked all the irregulars except Yasu if they had any contact with Mai after Noll and I had left. So far none of them had and Yasu's phone was still off, thanks to it being close to the end of the college semester. He had been taking his final tests of the term.

Out of the blue Noll screams from his office for "Tea".

I remove myself from my desk and head to the kitchenette to make Noll his damn tea. I walk into Noll's office and hand him his tea.

Noll looks up from his book. "Have you heard back from Yasu yet?" Noll questions me with his usual blank face.

"No, not yet," I state blankly.

"If you don't hear from him by two p.m. call him again," Noll tells me coldly. "I will," I say while turning around to head back to my laptop.

Two o'clock finally comes I pick up the phone and dial Yasu number again. "I really hope he can tell me where Mai is."

The phone rings three times before I hear a 'Hello.' "Yasu its Lin, I was wondering if you would be interested in working for SPR again?"

Yasu was shocked to hear Lin's voice on the line. But he said. "Sure Lin. I'll come back but I can only be part time. I still have one more year of college left. But summer I'm free."

Lin: "That's fine I know you and Naru had that setup years ago as well. So it shouldn't be a problem. Yasu have you kept in contact with Mai at all while Noll and I were in England? She's the only one I can not seem to find."

Yasu: "Yeah about Mai... She had a major power spike awhile back and the last I spoke to her; some old friends of her dads were helping her learn to control them."

Lin: "She did! Why didn't she call Noll or I for help?"

Yasu: "She did. She called everyone. None returned any of the calls and she was told Naru and yourself we're on a case. So she didn't want to intrude on it."

Lin: "Do you have any way of contacting her?"

Yasu: "Sometimes she emails me. She says she never gets cell reception where she is. Last time I heard from her was maybe a month or two ago. I can try emailing her to tell her you're looking for her."

Lin: "Where is she?"

Yasu: "I know she's been studying with the Ming family. Where I really don't know."

Lin: "Ming that's a Chinese family name. Do you know any of their first name's?"

Yasu: "Yawl I think is the son's name. I do know that they were friends of her father's. Mai started looking into her family's past after the spike. Her dad had died when she was young. So she didn't remember much about him."

Lin: "Ming Yawl. That name sounds familiar. (Is Mai in China?) Yasu did you do any research on the Ming's?"

Yasu: "Yeah. They own an international trade company. There a distinguished Chinese family. Well, know for their fine china, and silk trading."

Lin: "Yasu when can you start working here again?"

Yasu: "Day after tomorrow."

Lin: "Great. Can you bring the research you have on the Ming's with you?"

Yasu: "Sure Lin. Do you think Mai's in trouble?"

Lin: "No no. But I think I might know the family that's helping her. Yasu what happened when Mai had her power spike?"

Yasu: "That's a long story to tell over the phone and I know Naru will wanna hear it too. So I'll tell you both when I come to the office."

Lin: "Alright Yasu see you soon."

Yasu: "See ya later Lin."

As soon as I hung up the phone Noll appeases in my office. Lin have you got a hold of Yasu yet.

"I just got off the phone with him. Apparently, Mai had a power spike while we were gone. So she looked for help in her family's past. Mainly her father's past."

Noll acts like he can't believe what he's hearing and asks.

"Why didn't she contact us or Takigawa? Hell, even Miss Matsuzaki could of at the least given her the charm to help her." I interrupted his rant by stating. "I know, I asked thoughts the same questions. But Yasu said she did. She called us first but we were on a case. The others never returned her phone calls."

Naru was livid, to say the least. He couldn't help but feel responsible for Mai's powers spiking. Lin didn't know but the office had told him of Mai's calls. But he said for them to tell her we were too busy to respond.