AN: As Melody, Miley, Lilly, and Oliver arrive in St. Louis, they meet Michael's eccentric grandmother, and Miley meets his older sister. Wonder where the rivalry between Michael and Marie started? Well, it will start here, and continue in the next chapter. With that said, enjoy.

Chapter Three: The Show Me State

The plane ride was quiet among the four of them, well, between Miley and Melody at least. Oliver and Lilly couldn't shut up, but Miley noticed that Melody was ready to rip her head off at a moment's notice. Miley knew that she was either partially responsible for Michael running off, or completely. They really was on a mission here, because Melody and Miley were told to bring Michael back to Malibu, and don't come back until they did so.

Melody took a deep breath as their plane made a landing into Lambert Airport. She looked over at Miley and glared. Then turned her ear buds up. Melody sighed, and just stared out at the night sky.

Melody knew Michael, and the state of mind that he was in, that meant that he was going to do something that he was going to regret.

Little did they know, Michael had already killed someone else.

Michael sat on the nearby toy store, watching the detectives and what not run in and out the game store. He couldn't hep but to smile, because he knew that he was responsible for what happened, but the jerk had it coming. He didn't know who, or in this case, WHAT, Michael was, and he payed the big price for that. Michael watched, and soon saw a specific detective car pull in front of the store, and a familiar blonde get out the car. Michael knew that woman all too well.

That woman was his big sister, Marie. Michael was about to leave, but decided to stick around. This had just got very interesting...

Marie walked into the store, through all of the yellow tape, and right towards the body. She sighed at she saw the kid. Hell, Michael wasn't older than this guy, not by much anyway. She couldn't help but think about her troubled little brother as she entered the gaming store and looked around.

"Alright, who is he?" Marie asked the other detective on the scene.

"Name is Phillip John Clapp." The detective answered her. "He and two other friends came in, tried to rob the place, but he ended up getting it right through the head. Sad, the kid can't be older than seventeen."

"Exactly seventeen. His ID says so." Marie said, handing the ID to him. She stood from the body, and looked around.

"Where is the clerk?" Marie asked the detective.

"Outside, waiting for you to question her." The detective said once more. Marie sighed, and walked out to meet the young girl that was sitting wrapped in a blanket, slightly rocking. Marie took a seat next to her.

"Hey there. Marie Harris. Mind telling me what happened here?" Marie asked softly to the young girl.

"It happened so fast." The young girl, who was named Sonya, said. "I was sitting there, waiting on the customer that came in before the three robbers. He went towards the handheld section, and the three robbers came in after that. They grabbed me, tied me up, and began to grab the money from the register. Then they noticed the guy at the back of the store. One guy told him to get down, and the guy just went about his business as if nothing happened. He poked the guy in his head with the gun, and the guy just stabbed him through the head. The other two robbers took off, and left me there. The guy untied me, payed for his game, and left."

"Did you get a good look at him?" Marie asked her.

"He wore a short sleeved white hoodie, with a black dragon on the back, and he was a blonde." Sonya answered. "He looked a little bit like you."

"Thanks." Marie said. She stood up, and walked towards her car, then she noticed someone on a adjacent building looking at her. Marie looked towards him closely, but the figure was gone. She shrugged her shoulders, and climbed into her car, but a nagging suspicion remained.

Did Michael do this? She asked herself.

"Where are we going?" Lilly asked Melody as she drove into a place called Fox Drive.

"Michael's sister's place." Melody said. "Why stay at a hotel when we can stay there for free, hopefully." Melody wondered.

"What is she like?" Oliver asked her.

"She has a little girl. Her dad was a real nutcase, though, and that is why Michael put him down." Melody grumbled. She pulled into a white two-story home, and turned off the car.

"Stay here." Melody said to the occupants of the car. She climbed out of the car, and walked up towards the front steps. She knocked the door, and waited for a few moments. Then the door opened, revealing an old woman who was half her size, she looked at Melody with a look of shock on her face.

"Melody? What in the fuck are you doing here?" The old woman asked.

"Nice to see you too, Rachel, is Marie here?" Melody asked.

"No, she got called out to a robbery/murder, why?" Rachel asked.

"Michael is gone. We know he came out here." Melody stated. Then she pointed a finger right at Miley in the car.

"She ran him off. I don't know what she told him, but you and I both know that Michael is really unstable right now. If we don't find him soon, he might really lose it." Melody said.

"Well, she might be gone for the night, so you might as well stay here. That little bitch Miley can sleep in the car, I don't want her in here."

"Rachel, don't be like that. I hate her too, but that isn't right." Melody said, hating the fact that she is sticking up for that little tramp as well.

"Fuck her. She hurt my grandson, so why in the hell should I be nice to her?" Rachel asked Melody.

"It's the right thing to do?" Melody said, grasping at straws at this point.

"Fine, grab your stuff, and come inside." Rachel said.

Melody motioned for the three in the car to follow her inside.

All three knew that if Michael was that bad, his family was bound to be a bunch of nut cases, or even worse than he was, right? Is that what they had to look forward to?

Trust me, everyone is in for a big surprise, and that surprise is coming really soon.

AN: WOW, only 45 minutes to write this. Anyway, Marie comes home to find Melody, Oliver, Lilly, and Miley at home, and after what happens is revealed, you will see why Marie and Miley are enemies. Five stars to anyone who can tell me who Phillip John Clapp is. R&R to find out what happens next!