Hey how you doin today, hope your enjoying the story. Happy 10th chapter! Welp I can't believe we made it this far, considering at one point I was seriously considering scraping this idea. But I've learned now to take all criticism with a grain of salt…. Or know the difference between reasonable criticism and just someone who uses a story to complain about dubs vs. subs, and no Logan I'm not over all that shit you said early on during this. Sorry I digress, to all my reviewers thank for sticking with me through this and I'll promise you a ending that you'll love, no this isn't the end just me saying I promise that when it eventually does end it'll be great as can be. with that out of the way onto the next chapter!
Crow yawned with a stretch as he sat up in his bed. He hooped out of bed then stretched his arms behind his head and was preceeding to crack his knuckles when he heard the clank of metal from downstairs
"Huh?" he said to himself as he preceeded to the ledge and look down at the garage to see Yusei working on their broken runners with his one good arm. "Hey Yusei" Crow said as Yusei momentarily looked up then waved at him
"Morning Crow" he said as he kept wrenching a bolt in his runner then started typing in his laptop, fastly Crow noted.
"How long have you been up?" Crow said with mild concern as he walked down the stairs
"Didn't fall asleep" he responded then turned around back to his runner then un plunged a cord and started up is runner's onboard computer
"All night? Dude that's not healthy especially since you should be taking it easy"
"No I'll be fine" He said then pressed something on his runner and it roared to life. Upon further inspection Crow saw black around Yusei's eyes along with bags. He could even hear the shallowness in Yusei's breathing, he wasn't one for all nighters. And even if he did pull a all nighter the first chance he could he'd crash on his bed but it didn't seem like yusei had any intention of crashing anytime soon. He started to get on his runner before Crow stopped him by putting his hand on Yusei's chest
"No"
"Crow let me go I'm going to…"
"Go find Luna? Yusei your hurt, trying to ride with a busted arm is not a really smart idea"
"I just broke my shoulder blade, and I modded my runner so I can use just my right hand to drive. Now let me go" he said determined, ever more determined then when he got the parts to fix their runners last night
"No Yusei I can feel your heart beat, I can hear your breathing, and…. BLECK I can smell you!" Crow said as Yusei rolled his eyes
"Crow what if one of the orphans went missing wouldn't you go find them?" Yusei said as Crow took a breath, low blow
"Yusei… of course I would go look for them" he said calmly moving his hand from yusei's chest to his shoulder as he looked him seriously in the eye "But that's because I was in the satellite and I was the only one who would've tried to find them. But times are different and trudge and Mina are our friends now, they're not gonna just sit around while Luna is god know's where. They'll find her, trust them. Heh I mean look at how many times trudge found you" he said as Yusei did stop to think, he didn't doubt Trudge and Mina, heck he was the one who told Leo to put his faith in them to find them. But he just felt like he should be out looking for Luna too. It wasn't his fault at all but he couldn't live with just doing nothing while a friend was in danger. Crow could see the thought going through Yusei's eyes and knew that from indecesiveness in them that Yusei wasn't going to let this go. Crow sighed as he looked at his runner, all fixed up by the genius mechanic. "Ok here I'll go look for her ok? Just please go sleep…. Or shower. Seriously man" Crow said as Yusei chuckled then decided that yeah he did feel really tired. And it did set him at ease that crow would go try to look for her
"Ok you win" he said as Crow cracked a grin "I'll go take that shower"
"And I'll check down town" Crow said as he walked over and hopped on his runner. Revved it up then put on his helmet and speed off to look around downtown and ask some people some questions.
Meanwhile…
Trudge was at the scene of the kidnapping; the incident had shaken up the customer flow into the park but not too much, there were still tons of kids willing to make their parents take them. Trudge was looking at the pavement in the parking lot. He had reviewed the footage from the waterparks parking lot camera's and found the spot where the truck had been, a little ways away from a post light. Trudge knelt down to the ground and looked at the skid mark the truck made when it peeled out of the lot. Not a lot could be determined by the mark other than the driver had a huge lead foot. Not much else could be seen around the area, the workers must've swepted the lot. Trudge growled because he was told they would cooperate with the investigation. Then as he double checked the skid mark he saw something protruding from the ground. Upon further inspection he pulled this tiny black sliver out of the ground, about the size of a clipped toe nail and grinned. He the call button on his Bluetooth in his ear as he dug out for a small plastic evidence bag
"Mina I found something at the park, anything on your end?" he asked as Mina was looking around the crash accident sight with 2 other cops.
"No were trying to find the bullets that hit the others runners" she said as Trudge got his evidence in the bag and put it away
"Did you ask the guys to check their runners for the shots?"
"I called up Yusei, he was fixing their runners. He said there was no sign of the bullet anywhere on them, not that there would be it shattered through their wheels." Mina said as trudge nodded on his end
"That's no easy feat; the metal on duel runners is almost classified as body armor type of metal"
"Yeah but it's too heavy. Your right about it being no easy feat though, this must mean that our criminals must be using armor piercing weapons. The only ones with clearance to that is our men and any government agency."
"I'm heading back to HQ to run a analysis on some rubber I found from a skid mark. While I'm waiting for the lab boys I'll hop down to dave and ask him if we got any mistakes in the weapon depo book"
"Roger that I'll be around" she said as she hung up and Trudge swung his foot around his runner and zipped off to do what he needed. While Mina looked around she noticed a shiny remnant on the side of the road. She bent down to pick it up with her gloved hand and smiled when she saw the better part of a shattered bullet. "got it" she grinned as she put the bullet in her coat pocket
"Detective Mina" she heard a low voiced man call out as she looked behind her without getting up and saw 2 men in black suits.
"Yes?" she said as she got up
"Hi I'm agent black and this is agent white we were sent personally by the governor" he said as Mina crossed her arms
"Agents for who?" she asked
"Government investigation bureau…" He said as he flashed his badge to show Mina he was legit "…as the governor's daughter has been kidnapped we've been deployed to investigate"
"Well I thank you but I'm in charge of this investigation, I've got my men searching the seen for evidence and…."
"You will hand all information on the subject to us. We will take care of this detective" he said as Mina looked at them curiously
"Mame is there something wrong?" the other agent asked as Mina shook her head
"No, if you want any evidence on this situation come by sector security and will give it all to you to finish the investigation" she said
"Thank you for your cooperation, we'll be by your station within a hour. Call off your men in this crime scene"
"Yes sir" she said slightly reluctantly as she walked away and pressed on her ear piece "Men abandon the investigation and return to HQ"
"Yes mame" both them said as Mina turned into a alley way, the hum of 2 runners echoed in the street as her men left. Mina peeked back towards the 2 agents as they just stood on the sidewalk. One of them broke out their phone and called someone, Couldn't tell what the call was about but after he hung up she could hear what he told his partner
"Governor wants us back now, and he'll give us that raise he promised" the other agent chuckled
"Aw yeah nice night at the titty bar tonight!" he said while the other guy sighed
"Black seriously?"
"What? After that bullshit story we gave to that detective we gave I want something big and round in my face while I have a drink"
"Do you realize what you just said?" the agent said as he stepped toward his car
"What?" he said as they both hoped in the car
"I should've just said that's what she said" that was last thing Mina heard before she saw them drive off.
"Hmmm… this doesn't sit right at all. Why would the governor send agents to find his daughter then just call them back?" she said to herself as she emerged from the alley "it's all bass akwards, hmmm…" she said as she rubbed her chin as she pondered "senator Hideo is in town for Akiza, he has to deal with the governer a lot so I'll run by and ask him somethings before I start suspecting anything further" she said then started heading for her patrol car and drove off for the senator's house.
Meanwhile
"Another?" a waitress asked jack as she lifted his cup
"Yes please, make sure it's fresh too"
"Yes Mr. Atlas" she said as she went into the café while Jack sat alone and took in some fresh air to relax as he kept his eyes shut and enjoyed the gentle smell of his favorite coffee brewing.
"JACK!" he mentally groaned as he was taken out of his moment and looked across his table to see no one other than Carly there looking mad
"What do you want?"
"What do i….? Jack! Did you forget so quickly that one of your friends has been kidnapped!? We gotta do work to find Luna!" she said as she opened up her bag and brought out a folder that had pictures and notes that she had written the night prior. "So I talked to some of my really scummy contacts and they think one of the big crime lords took her, and not just one of small time couple of dealers lords but one of the ones that everyone reports to. Now according to sector security there's some knowledge of these big crime lords and they think 3 of them may be centered somewhere here. Now I was thinking…"
"Here's your coffee sir" the waitress said as Jack was handed his coffee
"Thank you, and could I please see a menu I may want something sweet too"
"Right away" she said then went back to the café while Jack sipped his coffee
"Jack are you even…?"
"MMmmmhhh this is quite a good batch they brewed" he said taking another sip
"JACK!" Carly said yanking his arm while he was sipping spilling some of his coffee on his jacket. Carly pulled back and gasped as Jack glared at her
"WHAT!? Carly what the hell?"
"Jack I'm sorry but… it almost seems you don't care about what I'm saying" she said in a slightly scarred voice, she knew jack mad was bad and if you messed with his coffee then you were in big trouble.
"Well I don't and you know why? Because sector security has this handled, trudge and Mina are heading the investigation. They'll find her in no time they don't need our help, they have better resources and were trained to find missing children." He said irritated as he set his cup down and started wipping the hot mess off his jacket, it slightly stung where it spilt on his skin
"But… but don't you care about Luna?"
"It doesn't matter if I care or not, caring won't get her back. The best thing any of us can do is sit and live our lives while better hands find her now if you please…." He said taking one more sip of what was left of his coffee and then being handed a dessert menu
"Thank you"
"Your welcome" she said as he opened the menu and looked.
Carly didn't know how to react. She felt angry, disgusted, sad, and almost insulted. She tried to think of something to say, one thing more to say to him that would change his mind, make him think there was a reason for him to try to help find her. But she knew he wouldn't listen, at all. He put his faith in the police and that was that. So she got up, forcing back a tear as she left him at the café. She walked down the sidewalk, breathing a little shallowly and not really paying attention to where she was going. Then when she looked up she noticed she had walked into down town, or the edge of down town. It wasn't too bad there but the buildings were a little more dated than the more modern steel and glass buildings of the cities sky line. She knew her apartment wasn't too far from where she was so she was starting for there when she heard a familiar voice.
"Excuse me have you seen this girl?" Carly turned around to see Crow holding up his phone with a picture of Leo and Luna on the screen
"No sorry I haven't"
"Well thanks for your time" he said as he proceeded to the next person who gave him the same answer.
"Hey Crow!" Carly said as Crow looked over her way
"Carly?" he asked as Carly ran over to him
"Looking for Luna?"
"Yeah, for Yusei. He wanted to look for her but I didn't think he should be out with his broken shoulder you know?"
"I understand and it's kinda nice of you to do so" she said as she smiled, happy that someone was at least trying to find Luna besides sector security. She didn't have a problem with sector security but she figured the people closest to Luna would at least try to find her.
"Thanks Carly, what'cha got there?" he asked as Carly looked at her arm and realized he was referring to her folder
"Oh well I was doing some research and I think I might have a lead on Luna"
"Really?" he asked as she nodded
"Yeah I think a crime lord might've kidnapped her. I mean she is the governor's daughter and it did look like those thugs that took her seemed like they planed this instead of it being more stir of the moment" she said as Crow seem genuinely interested, he didn't know Leo and Luna had a governor for a parent and didn't even think of this being a organized crime.
"Really, sound's like you did your research"
"I always like to keep my facts straight"
"Well how about we go grab a bite and talk about this over lunch, I'm straving" he said as Carly smiled
"Sure" she said as Crowed nudged his head for her to follow and took her down the sidewalk talking the whole way about the stuff she dug up and her theories
At the Izinski residence…
"Ahhhhhhh…" Leo said as he had his mouth wide open while Akiza looked in his mouth.
"Doesn't look red anymore and you look a lot better"
"Yeah I feel a lot better" Leo said as he closed his mouth "Or as best as I can be" he said while moving his casted arm and then his casted leg. Akiza chuckled at that
"Good to see your sense of humor is ok" she said as Leo nodded with a small smile. In the couple of days Leo had been at Akiza's house he'd been through hell. The pneumonia really took its toll on him and the aches and pains from the broken bones didn't help. But with Akiza, her mother, and Patty stopping by everyday but today, she had to help her mom, Leo got better. The only ones he knew about what was going on with Leo was Akiza's family and Patty, she didn't tell Dexter or Bob yet because she didn't see them much since the instant school ended she went straight for Akiza's house to help Leo, so they didn't see each other much. Hideo had been trying over and over to call Jacob to give him a piece of his mind and saying how he could get a lawyer and call the police on him for what he's done, he of course didn't answer at all
"You know when those casts come off?" Akiza asked
"they said about 10 weeks before the casts come off I think" Leo said
"Well only 9 weeks left then?" she said as she handed him his crutch
"Yup" he said as he got up with some help from the crutch
"C'mon let's go for a little walk you need the exercise" Akiza said as Leo nodded. "Dad we're going out"
"Ok Akiza be caraful" he said as Leo and Akiza left the house and out into the bright sunny world. Hideo sighed as he rested his head on his hands, he wanted to help Leo he really did but he was failing at every turn to help him. In a weird way when Hideo see's Leo, he see's Akiza. He can see a child neglected by his father and know how wrong that is, Akiza and his relationship may be fine now but if he wasn't the way he was when she was a kid then maybe just maybe some things wouldn't have ended up like they did. He needed to help Leo, not only was it the right thing but he felt like it would redeem him in some small way for what he's done with his own daughter. In the midst of his thoughts his phone rang, without looking he reached for it and answered it.
"Hello…Detective Mina?"
At the airport…
Jenifer was in a redcoat with her usual sunglasses and Trevor and Luna were given black trench coats with Luna wearing a scarf and hat to match the coat while Tony was behind Luna and had a gun firmly pressed against Luna's back while he had his other hand firmly on Luna's shoulder, making sure she wouldn't run off while out in the open. The four looked at a nice expensive white private jet with a stairway lead up into it with a stewartist looking out and waving them to come into the plane.
"Let's get going it's going to be a long flight to dice city" she said as she started for the plane with Trevor walking by her side. Luna stayed still for a second and looked back toward the city and almost cried, she might not see her home again and God know's what will happen to her after this point.
"Move girl" Tony said as he proded her with his gun and it jolted Luna into moving, with a small tear and fear mixed with sorrow etched on her face as the wind gently brisked over her face as she boarded the plane with Tony and took one last look out the window at the city she was born in.
Oh geez this chapter, I loved working on it but even I have to admit this chapter had so much crammed into it that probably would've made better individual chapters. Why didn't I do it? Because well it doesn't need to take any longer for stuff to start happening damnit that's why! Anyway review if you like and get ready for more