Happy New Year! Hope you all had a great time!

Can't believe it's the start of another New Year! Let's hope it's a good one!

Anyway, here's a fic I've been planning for a while, where we see more of Monalisa's past and also her two brothers, who after ten years since their older sister's disappearance have come to New York for closure, but where will this lead them?

Well read the fic to find out!

WARNING: Contains content that may be upsetting some readers.

Oh Sister Where Art Thou?

Chapter One

The Worst Day

The wind blew through the trees as the summer sun set over the horizon in a rural town in the state of Wisconsin.

In a house just outside of town, the lights of the living room and one of the upstairs rooms danced out in the coming darkness.

In the living room a couple laughed at the television as they watched a comedy show whilst sharing some tea.

"I swear Gina!" the male laughed as he almost spilled his tea but he placed it on the coffee table in front of him "He gets funnier every-time I watch him!"

"Tell me about it!" his wife chuckled as she took a sip of her tea and leaned back on the sofa "That man does tickle your funny bones Caledon!"


Just then, a knock at the door made them both jump.

"Hello?" Caledon said as he sat up "We weren't expecting anyone!"

"I wonder who it might be?" asked Gina as she carefully put her mug down "Unless it's Arlene from next door."

"Nothing would surprise me! She's often popping over at funny times." said Caledon "I'll go and see who it is."

As he stood up from the sofa, groaning as he did, the doorbell went off again.

"Alright! Alright! Hold your horses I'm coming!" he shouted annoyed. He walked to the door and frowned as he opened it.

As he did, his frown turned to alarm as he saw two police officers standing there looking grim.

"Oh, good evening officers." He said confused "Is there a problem?"

"Are you Mr Caledon Freeman?" asked the first officer who was a tall male, his colleague was a young female.

"Yes." Said Caledon, his face falling slightly "That's me."

"Can we come in please?" asked the officer "I'm afraid I have some bad news."

"Um...yes, come in." Caledon said, inviting the officers inside.

At the same time Gina had stood up from the sofa turning the TV on mute as she did so.

"Honey?" she called "Who is it?"

"It's the cops." Caledon answered "They want to talk to us."

"What!?" asked Gina, she walked to the entrance of the living room as the officers walked in.


As that was happening, two young boys stood at the top of the stairs wondering what was happening. They had been playing a video game in one of their bedrooms but hearing the doorbell they had decided to investigate.

Gina looked up and saw them.

"Jake, Callum." She said "Stay upstairs okay? We'll come and get you when the police go."

The two boys nodded, yet they stayed put as they watched the officers go into the living room where Gina offered them some tea but they politely declined.

"I wonder what's happening Jake?" asked Callum.

"I dunno Callum." Jake replied "But let's sit here and listen."

Callum nodded in agreement and they both sat at the top of the stairs and listened.


As they did so, they heard the voices of the officers speaking in grim tones.

"Mr and Mrs Freeman, we don't quite know how to tell you this, but..."

"What is it officer?"

"It's about your daughter...Monalisa." the female officer spoke softly.

As soon as they heard their sister's name, the two boys froze in horror and Jake gripped the banister in stress, Callum bit his lip and strained his ears to listen to what was to come next which would strike them both like a sword through their hearts.

"I'm afraid your daughter is missing..." the first officer said, almost forcing the words out.

The boys soon heard a devastated shriek from their mother followed by sobbing.

"No! Oh god no! Mona! My baby girl!"

"Sis?" Callum gasped as he looked at Jake "Our sister!"

Jake said nothing but stared in shock at the door of the living area before shushing his brother so he could listen more to what was being said downstairs.

"According to the New York Police department, she was doing some late night shopping for her friends and was returning to the hostel they were at before she vanished."

"She can't have! It can't be true!" Caledon was saying "My daughter is a tough girl! She's a black belt in Karate and a practitioner in Kung Fu! She's a fighter! She'd never allow herself to get into trouble!"

Jake and Callum then began to creep downstairs so they could hear more clearly, and they soon saw their parents sitting on the sofa holding each other heartbroken as the Police sat on the opposite chairs and continued to speak.

"I'm very sorry sir." said the police officer, "But according to the New York City Police, she left the Youth Hostel she was staying at with friends and she never returned, the last person to have seen her was a shop keeper at an all night store in the city she had recently purchased the supplies from."

"No..." Gina sobbed "No! Please no!"

Caledon just sat there shaking his head.

"No..." he whispered "Not my Mona! Not my daughter!"

"They're doing everything they can." said the second police officer "They're searching the whole city, her body's not been found so there may be hope she's still..."

"Stop!" Gina barked making everyone jump "Don't say it! Don't say it!"

"Gina..." Caledon tried to calm his wife, but she couldn't be consoled.

"NO!" she screamed "NO! She can't be missing! She can't be gone! She was such a strong girl! She knows how to fight! She's got to be fighting to get back to us!"

"Ma'm." The police stood up and tried to stop her but Gina stepped away.

"NO!" she screamed, to which the two boys froze and the police stepped back, this was one of the worst parts of the job, being the messenger for bad news, like the family before them, they too had loved ones, and would pray they would never be in the opposite position.

"No!" Gina screamed, "There's been a mistake! She can't have gotten into trouble! She always stays away from it!" she then began sobbing to which one of the police officers started to tear up and Caledon took his wife into his arms and held her as she pounded his chest before sinking to the ground weeping hysterically.

Jake and Callum stood frozen in shock as they looked at the scene before them, and Caledon saw them.

"Boys..." he said half in shock seeing them there as well as stuck for what to say to them about their sister.

"Dad?" asked Jake.

"Is it true?" asked Callum "Is our sister dead?"

"No!" said Caledon "She's not dead, she's...she's only missing."

"Missing?" Jake repeated "You mean...?"

"Look boys." Said Caledon, his voice breaking and waving his hand towards them, "Go to your rooms, we'll be up later."

"But dad..." Jake said.

"Go to your rooms!" Gina screamed as she looked up from sobbing "NOW!"


Both boys jumped out of their skins and quickly turned and ran back upstairs not wanting to agitate their parents further, they soon made it to the top of the stairs and looked back downstairs as they heard the police trying to calm Gina and Caledon and offer support as well as ask if there was anyone else that could be contacted, like any other family or close friends.

Callum looked up at Jake and tears filled his eyes as put his arms around his brother and held him close.

"She can't be gone Jake." Callum wept "She just can't! She was a fighter!"

"I know Cal." Jake replied "She can't be gone, she must be trying to find a way to get back to us! She will! I know she will!" he looked down the stairs and saw the Police officers leaving with Caledon opening the door for them.

Jake quickly pushed Callum and himself out of view and into his room so they couldn't be seen but could still hear what was being said.

"Listen, we'll help in any way we can." one of the officers said, "New York City Police will keep us updated with any news and you have the contacts we've given you."

"Thank you officers." Said Caledon in a broken voice "Thank you for all you've done."

Gina meanwhile sobbed and as soon as Caledon closed the door, she screamed and cried to which her husband grabbed her and held her close.

Jake quickly pulled Caledon close to him as he felt his heart shatter in grief and Callum buried his head in his big brother's chest.

Both boys then sank to the floor as they listened to their parents cry in the hallway and they couldn't help but weep and hold each other as they thought of Mona and how they had no idea where she was or what had become of her...

Such a sad scene. It's never easy for a police officer to deliver such terrible news.

Bit of a sad chapter to start the New Year off really, sorry about that.