Disclaimer: I just wanted to say that I don't own Where's My Teddy the book belongs to Jez Alborough as the writer, and I think Walker Books as the publisher.
A/N: This chapter is going to be sort of a flashback/past chapter. This means that it won't be an actual episode of SJA but it will explain a bit about why Emily is raising the children alone, and about the relationship between Emily and her children, and the relationship between Kamdyn and Evangelina.
That said, if you don't like flashback chapters then feel free to skip this chapter.
Evangelina sat on the sofa with her favourite book. The two year old girl liked looking at the pictures of all the different animals. She looked up at the man who entered the room.
"Daddy!" Evangelina called out to the man. Pike took a seat next to the young girl.
"What are you looking at, Angel?" Pike asked the toddler, using his nickname for his daughter. Evangelina handed him the book, and the man began to read it for her. Evangelina looked at the pictures as she listened to her father's voice.
"… Then they ran and they ran through the dark woods back to their homes as quick as they could. All the way back to their snugly beds, where they huddled and cuddled their own little teds. The End." Pike finished, smiling at the sight of his daughter curled up on the sofa asleep. Pike picked the two year old up and took her to her own bed where he tucked the little girl in.
Evangelina and Kamdyn Brookshire ran into the living room of their house, chasing each other. Four year old Evangelina giggled as six year old Kamdyn chased her. She saw her father walking towards the pair and giggled again as she hid behind his legs.
"Daddy! Save me from the monster!" Evangelina looked up at her father.
"Monster?" Evangelina's father looked down at the four year old girl. "What monster?"
"Kam is the monster!" Evangelina giggled. Kamdyn grinned up at his father. Pike watched his children as they continued to play, regardless of their father's disinterest. Part of him wished he didn't have to leave his family, especially when his children were so young, but he knew he was needed.
"Pike?" Emily entered the room. Pike smiled sadly at his wife.
"I must leave, Emily." Pike told the twenty-two year old woman.
"Are you coming back?" Emily asked the man.
"I will return. I do not know when." Pike kissed her, before walking out of the front door. Emily watched the man leave, with a sinking feeling that she would never see him again.
Six year old Evangelina and eight year old Kamdyn sat together on the school bus home. Evangelina looked to her brother, who was reading a book.
"Kam? Do you think Daddy will be there today?" Evangelina asked the older child.
"I'm not sure, Eva, but he might be." Kamdyn replied. He wanted to protect his sister from the ideas swirling around his head - what if their father never came home? What if he came home and he was no longer the mostly-caring man that Kamdyn remembered? He hadn't seen his father in two years, he was the same age as his sister when their father left.
"I hope Daddy is there. I want to show him Tarzan." Evangelina giggled. Kamdyn smiled, they'd recently watched a new Disney film and Evangelina named their new puppy after the main character of the movie.
"I'm sure Dad will get to meet Tarzan soon." Kamdyn grinned. Evangelina smiled back and hugged her brother.
When they got home they found their mother in the kitchen talking to a man.
"No! Your not taking my children anywhere!" Emily shouted at the man.
"You must understand. They must come home, to be properly trained to use their powers." The man replied. "They do not belong here. You know this."
"No! They are my children, I will decide when they are ready to leave." Emily scowled at the man before seeing the children enter the kitchen.
"Mummy? What's going on?" Evangelina asked.
"Nothing. Go and make a start on your homework, I'll be there shortly." Emily gently pushed the children out of the room then turned back to the man. "They are not coming with you, Tuval. That is the end of this conversation!"
The man sadly shook his head. It seemed the Earth woman did not fully appreciate that her children needed to return to his world with him, to be taught to use their powers. He dreaded to think of the results of them finding out about their powers by accident.
A/N: I'd love if you could take the time to answer the poll I have created for this story. If you let me know what you want to see in future in-between chapters (flashbacks, bonding between the Brookshire family, Evangelina bonding with the other Bannerman Road gang members etc) I can write those chapters for you.