AN: Warning: have some tissues within hands reach.
The following week, everyone had their passports sorted, packed their bags and went to the airport for the next flight to Tokyo. Everyone went through the proper airport procedures; arriving to the airport, checking in for the flight, labelling their luggage so it wouldn't get lost or stolen, clearing customs and boarder protection, clearing security and now relaxing before boarding. Airport security did get a little iffy when they saw Goddard, but they let it go when Jimmy told them that he was a new toy(so they would not think otherwise). The kids brought backpacks with them with stuff they wanted to bring with them on the plane. Jimmy brought his iPod so he could relax on the flight, and sketches of the animatronic in a sketchbook with Goddard sitting next to him on the bench. Carl brought some travel sickness pills in case of getting on the way, and a llama plushy. Sheen brought a handheld console with a few games in a case, and the ultralord figure that was in the box of the photos he and his father were looking through. Libby and Cindy both brought their iPods, their cameras, some books and a translation book.
"I can't believe we're really doing this!" Sheen said as he moved back and fourth in his spot on the bench. "We're really doing this!"
"Sheen, how much sugar did you have before we got here?" Jimmy asked with a smirk.
"Only two bowls of coco puff cereal!"
Libby walked over to Sheen and leaned against the wall.
"Hey Sheen, can you do me a favour?" She asked with a light smile.
"Sure, my queen." Sheen replied with an eager grin.
"When we get to Tokyo, don't try to attack it. Please?" Libby requested of her Boyfriend.
Sheen almost laughed at the request.
"Don't worry, I won't." He replied, remembering the time he said he'd do it.
Just then, Mrs Neutron came up from the grown ups to the kids and blew a whistle with her fingers; gaining their attention.
"Alright children, we just need to make sure everything is in order before we board the plane." She remind with a cheerful tone. "So, has everyone made sure they have what they need?"
"Yes." Everyone replied, almost sounding impatient.
"Has everyone gone for a potty run?"
Jimmy went wide eyed when his mother asked that question.
"Oh, mom!" Jimmy said, sounding embarrassed.
"Don't they have toilets on the plane, Mrs Neutron?" Cindy asked.
"Yeah, but you could sucked out of the plane through them." Sheen interrupted with the false fact.
"That's not true, sheen." Mrs neutron answered. "But the plane will be crowded. So it's best to go before we leave."
Everyone nodded in agreement with Jimmys' mother. Just then, a female voice came through the airport intercom.
"The plane at gate nine for Tokyo, Japan is now boarding. First call for gate nine."
All the kids gasped at the announcement, as well as the adults. Mrs Neutron told the kids to go to their parents and head straight for gate nine. Everyone grabbed what they were bringing onto the plane with them and ran straight for the gate, only just being the first few people in the line to board the plane. When they were in, everyone picked theirs seats on the plane and got settled. Jimmy and the gang all sat together. He told Goddard to go into sleep mode and put him inside the overhead locker. Carl stared out the window from his seat.
"Wow. Everyone looks like ants from here." He thought to himself while everyone put on their seat belts for take off.
"You better put on your seat belt, Carl." Jimmy said, getting the boys' attention.
"Oh, yeah." Carl mumbled as he did so.
Sheen reached into his backpack and took out his Ultralord action figure, with Cindy watching from the opposite row.
"Really, you bought one of those with you?" She asked unemotionally, not at all surprised.
"Hey, this one is special to me!" Sheen protested to the blonde. "What do you bring anyway?"
Cindy reached into her bag and took out her translation book.
"Something that will help me Nihongo o hanasu. Which for your information means 'speak Japanese'." Cindy explained, making Sheen roll his eyes away from her.
Just then, a stewardess spoke through the intercom of the plane; instructing everyone on what to do during an emergency. Carl managed to get his hands on an orange safety Jacket that was under his seat, and somehow managed to set it off. As the kids started laughing, the plane began to take off and they stopped themselves from screaming as they went off the ground and into the sky.
...later...
Almost everyone on the plane was either sleeping(to prepare for Japan's time zone) or watching the in-flight movie. Sheen and Carl were playing with the two things they bought with them and pretended to have them fight like Kung fu warriors.
"You will never beat me, GanLlama!" Sheen said in a deep, heroic voice with his ultralord Figure. "I will defeat you and save the princess!"
"Well, we'll see about that Ultrawhimp!" Carl responded with a fake evil voice. "Prepare to face my fuzzy fury!"
The boys both rammed their belongings into each other, both making fake sound affects. With a quick motion, Sheen managed to knock Carls' llama pushy out of the boys' hand; sending it flying and landing on the floor.
"Whoops." Sheen laughed. "Guess Mr Llama thought he could fly."
"Sheen, you need to be more careful!" Carl said as he picked up the plushy from the floor of plane. "The floor is a very dirty place!"
"Calm down, Carl." Jimmy reassured while looking through his sketchbook. "I'm sure they clean it after every flight."
Carl and Sheen leaned near Jimmy to see what he was doing.
"What's that, Jim?" Carl asked, referring to the sketches in the sketchbook.
"Just some sketches of components for the Animatronic." Jimmy explained as he drew more sketches.
"Ohh, techy." Sheen commented, even if he didn't know what any of the sketches were.
Sheen looked away from the other boys and observed some other activity in another aisle. He saw a little kid press the server button on the ceiling, and by coincidence, his mother came over.
"Ha, cute." He said out loud as he watched the sweet scene. "Press a button, get a mom."
"I've never seen a mommy button before." Carl added in awe.
"If there was such a thing." Jimmy added as he continued drawing.
Without warning, the pencil in Jimmys' hand slipped from his fingers and landed on the floor, rolling into the aisle as a stewardess came by and stepped on it; breaking the lead.
"Oh. A broken pencil." She said in a dull tone.
The stewardess looked at the boys with an unemotional face.
"Unfortunately, the Union forbids me from picking it up. That's a job for your mom." She sneered before walking away.
The boys watched the woman leave with looks of bewilderment on their faces.
"She reminds me of someone we know." Sheen said with his arms crossed.
"And I think I know who." Jimmy laughed.
Jimmy stopped and looked around when he realised that it was too quiet. Because the girls were no where to be found.
"Hey, where're Cindy and Libby?" He asked out of confusion.
"I think they managed to sneak into the fancy part of the plane behind that curtain over there." Sheen said as he pointed at a red curtain near the front row.
"What!? How did they get into first class!?" Jimmy questioned.
"Let's go find out." Sheen answered as he climbed out of his seat.
"Uh, Sheen, I-i don't think we're allowed in there." Carl said with a nervous shudder.
"Oh c'mon, Carl. Just because we don't have much money it doesn't make us look like garbage compared to those first class guys."
Sheen continued his way to the curtain, making Jimmy and Carl get up to follow him and make sure he would not get himself in trouble. In first class, Liddy was reading a book she brought with her while listening to her iPod. Cindy was just listening to her iPod with a set of headphones and bopped her head to the beat of the song she was listening to. Sheen peeked his head through the curtain and looked around, spotting the girls straight away. With a grin, Sheen went to where Cindy was seating and unplugged her headphones, causing her to freeze and turn around to face him. Her eyes formed a sharp and icy glare at the smiling boy.
"You've gotta be kidding." She said with an annoyed voice.
"Hi, Vortex." Sheen greeted as Jimmy and Carl came in.
"Oh for good sake. Can't you boys see that this is the no dork section?"
"Hey calm down, I just wanted to talk to Libby." Sheen protested, hoping Cindy wouldn't bite his head off.
"She's one seat ahead of me, Esteves." Cindy explained. "Now please, shoo."
Sheen just shook his head walked away, leaving the other boys with Cindy.
"You didn't have to be so rude." Jimmy said to the blonde.
"I wasn't trying to be rude." Cindy protested. "My ears hurt from takeoff."
As Jimmy continued his argument with Cindy, Carl just stood there until a heavenly scent reached his nose. Carl unintentionally walked off as he sniffed out the scent.
Sheen walked up to Libbys' seat and tapped her shoulder, getting her attention. Libby pulled out her earphones and turned her head to see her boyfriend.
"Sheen? What you doing here?" She asked, sounding both surprise and happy to see him.
"I just wanted to see what you were doin', my queen of the Galaxy." Sheen answered, calling by one of the nicknames he gave her.
"Just reading a book. First class isn't really as good as everyone says. A lot of the people in here are complete snobs."
"Yeah. By the way, how did you and Cindy get in here anyway?" Sheen asked out of curiously.
"Someone canceled their seats at the last minute."
"Oh."
Just then, a familiar scream came into hearing, making the kids jerk their heads up. Carl was on top of a cart with a basket of cookies and was rolling down the aisle, unintentionally knocking down luggage along the way. The cart rolled into a bump in the carpet on the floor and launched Carl into the air, flying into the red curtain back to second class. The gang looked at each other with nervous faces.
"Hey Libs, you can seat next to me in second class if you want." Sheen said quickly.
"Sure." Libby replied quickly as she leapt out of her seat with her stuff in hand.
The kids ran back through the curtain out of fear of what would happen if they got caught by the stewardess. The kids stopped to catch their breath when they made it to the other side of curtain and back to second class. Cindy went over to Carl, who was just getting up off the floor with the basket of cookies and lightly punched him in the shoulder.
"Ow." Carl moaned, even though the punch was not very hard.
"Nice going, Wheezer." Cindy said angrily as she went to where her parents were sitting.
Jimmy went over to Carl and pinched a cookie.
"Don't mind her, Carl. She's just angry because her ears are blocked." He reassured as he took a cookie.
"Carl, what happened back there?" Libby questioned with her hands on her hips.
"I don't know! I just smelled some Cookies, them I started climbing on the cart and, and... I'M SORRY!" Carl panicked, getting shushed by the other passengers.
"Hey, hey Carl, calm down!" Sheen said as he grabbed Carl by the shoulders. "It may look like you may have got us kicked out of the fancy part of the plane. But one good thing has come out of it."
"Like what?" Carl asked, confused.
Sheen took a cookie from the basket with a wide grin.
"You got us some free cookies!" He answered before chomping down on the sweet treat.
The other kids lightly laughed at Sheen's little joke before hearing footsteps. Everyone turned around to see Mrs Neutron coming towards them.
"There you, Jimmy. Come sweet heart, time to sleep." She explained, wanting her son to adjust to the Japanese time zone.
Jimmy groaned before turning to his peers.
"Sorry guys. See you when we land." He said before walking to his seat with his mom and dad.
"I should go and nap too. I need to take my travel sickness pills anyway." Carl explained before walking back to his seat, stilling holding the cookies.
Sheen blinked at the sudden departure of his two friends. He turned to see Libby walking away.
"You're leaving too?" He asked, almost sounding like he did not want her to go.
"Well, Mrs Neutron is right about the time zone thing. See you on the ground." Libby explained before returning to her seat with her parents.
"...ok. See ya..."
Now alone, Sheen just went back to his own seat, thinking he should probably do the same. He looked over to where his dad was seated, who was already fast asleep. Sheen was not sure how, but for some reason he felt lonely and empty. He reached into his backpack and took out the Ultralord figure he brought with him, holding it close to him as he looked out the window.
"Least we'll be in Japan when I wake up." Sheen thought to himself as he fell asleep in his seat with his action figure close to his chest.
...(Flashback, four weeks ago)...
Mr Estevez and Sheen both had their eyes on the road as the father drove the car down the dusty and dirty old road. A small bouquet of flowers ranging from roses to daffodils rested on the back seat of the car. Sheen drummed his finger nails against the car door, almost bored. He grew bored of the hand-held games he brought with him for the trip and the destination of the two was a long way away. The boy turned to look at his father, who was still looking at the road.
"So, are we staying at a hotel or at Uncle Rico's place?" sheen asked.
"We'll be staying with Rico." Mr Estevez answered with his eyes still on the road. "But not before we pay your mother a visit."
Sheen just nodded in response. Both the father and son stayed silent for the rest of the way. At least one hour later, the father and son drove into a small Mexican village. It was not under populated, but it was not too crowded. After a few minutes of driving, Mr Estevez stopped the car in front of a graveyard. Sheen looked at the white tombstones within it and noticed how clean they seemed and how colourful the flowers made it look. He thought it was quite the opposite of graveyards that he has seen in the movies. Both men climbed out of the car and Sheen gently took the flowers from the back seat. Mr Estevez opened the gate for himself and his son, and started their trek through the cemetery.
After two minutes at the very least, Mr Estevez and Sheen found the grave stone they were searching for. Sheen peered at the words among the symbols carved into the white stone cross.
'here rests Marina Estevez,
compassionate woman,
Loving wife,
And caring mother'
The boy stared at the words for a couple of seconds before placing the bouquet next to the stone as Mr Estevez silently made a sign of the cross. Both the father and the son stared down at the grave in silence. After a while, Sheen sniffed the warm breeze coming from the east as he rubbed his right eye.
"I miss you, mom." He whispered, hoping his dad would not hear.
Mr Estevez gently placed a hand on his son's shoulder and smiled down at him.
"It's okay Sheen. She's in a better place now." He said to his son with a caring voice. "Besides. I have a feeling she's looking down on us and smiling at us."
Sheen just nodded, looking at the ground.
"How bout we head over to Uncle Rico's place now?" Mr Estevez asked, making Sheen look up. "I bet he and your cousins will be happy to see you."
Sheen smiled a little at the thought of seeing his relatives.
"Yeah. I'd like that." He said with a brief nod.
Mr Estevez laughed at the new smile on his son's face.
"There's the Sheen I know and love." He said as he ruffled up Sheen's spiky hair. "We better go before it gets late."
Mr Estevez began making his way back towards the entrance with Sheen following him. Sheen stopped midway and looked back at the stone. A small smile remained on his face as he stared at the grave.
"I love you, Mom." He whispered as he turned back and ran after his father.
AN: Told you to get those tissues ready. So that's why Sheen and his dad were in Mexico... Sad. Brighter on a more cheerful note, the gang are on there way to Tokyo! Happy reading everybody!
