Chapter 10- May I Have Some More
Author Note: Sorry it took so long. I've been busy on my other fic. ^^; Enjoy.
"I appreciate the visit, detective." The man said as he led Lavi, Bookman, and Milly down the hallway of the orphanage.
Lavi glanced into the rooms as they passed and several kids were starring at them.
"No problem. We just wanted a look around really." Lavi said with a smile and the man nodded before opening the door to his office.
"Please, come in." The man said and the three walked in before sitting down in front of the man's desk.
"So what is it you wanted to know?" The man asked and Lavi got right to it.
"Have you heard of Phantom?" He asked and the man nodded before holding up the latest newspaper that had the article about Phantom's death on the front.
"I heard about it. We try to make sure the children don't though. It sometimes messes with their heads." The man stated and Bookman nodded calmly.
"Well, what if I was to tell you that the Phantom was from here?" Bookman asked and the man stared at him in shock.
"It can't be. Nobody has adopted any child in twenty years!" He stated and Lavi thought about that for a moment.
"How about any runaways?" He asked and the man thought before shaking his head.
"No, none. If you want, there are records right in the library through that door. Help yourself." The man said as he stood up and opened the door near the three that led to a room filled with books.
Milly gaped at the books while Lavi sighed sadly. "This is going to take a while…"
"This is boring…" Milly muttered three hours later as she flipped through a book she thought she already looked through.
"We're getting nowhere, Jiji. The guy was telling the truth. No one has left until they were old enough, but everyone that was that age left Sheer City right after. Courtesy of the owner we just spoke with." Lavi stated and Bookman nodded before putting his book down.
"But that doesn't make sense unless Phantom came to Sheer City from outside, but why Sheer City?" Bookman wondered and the two younger ones shrugged in unison.
"Maybe he heard about the empty gold vein, but didn't find out it was empty till he came here. After that he got mad and threw a tantrum." Milly wondered and Lavi grinned nervously.
"That might actually make sense."
"Might?" Milly grumbled bitterly as Lavi opened another book until the door opened and the three looked over to see the man smile at them.
"Find anything yet, detective?"
"Not much." Lavi said truthfully, and the man sighed sadly.
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you more." He said and Lavi shrugged again before putting the book down.
"No worries." Lavi said before the three left the orphanage and back into the car.
"Great, that was three hours off my life." Milly muttered angrily and Bookman smiled slightly as Lavi was deep in thought.
"What are you thinking about, Junior?" Bookman asked as he looked into the rear-view mirror at Lavi.
"Could it be possible for Phantom to be abandoned without going to an orphanage? Like just dropped on the streets and left there fending for himself?" Lavi wondered and Bookman thought about it before starting the car. "Good question…"
Allen groaned as he slowly opened his eyes to see the crumbling ceiling above him.
"Ah, you woke up." The old man said and Allen sat up to look around.
"Where am I?" He asked and the old man looked around before shrugging.
"Some abandoned house I call home." He said before handing Allen a cracked glass of water.
"Don't worry, it's clean." The old man said when he saw Allen's nervous grimace at the water.
Allen took his word for it and gulped it down before coughing. "Sheesh, you must be parched if you gulp that stuff down!" The old man said with a laugh while Allen coughed.
"I thought you said it was clean!"
"The glass is. The water is putrid." The old man stated with a chuckle as Allen put the glass down and coughed more.
"So who are you?" Allen asked and the old man shrugged before closing a cracked window.
"I go by many names. You may call me Deek."
"Well, that was an enjoyable day."
"No, it wasn't." Milly said automatically after they had reached Bookman's house again.
Bookman chuckled quietly before getting out of the car with Milly behind him.
Lavi got out on the other side, and closed the door behind him before the driver drove away.
"Well, please come back anytime in case you find anything. This case has made me quite interested." Bookman said and Lavi nodded as Milly grumbled something bitterly about Lavi and stormed inside.
The wind blew by as Jas and Debi stood there with their guns pointed at each other as they stared at the empty chair behind a desk that had a plaque saying Mayor.
More wind blew by and so did tumbleweeds as a nearby rooster crowed.
"WHERE THE HELL IS CROSS?!"
"Bruck bruck!"
"What's with the rooster…?"
"Rooster! Rooster! … What's this?"
"…"
"DAMN YOU, CROSS!"
The white-haired Allen tapped his finger on the railing as he stared down at Jas and Debi with a rooster of Jas's head.
"So… The Mayor wasn't there… and you had the strangest notion to bring back a rooster you found there?" Allen asked and Jas and Debi glared angrily at him.
"That damned Cross! He's our prey!" The two shouted and Allen smiled calmly with a small wave.
"Regardless. Please continue your job."
"That Cross will be dead!"
"Dead! Dead!" The two shouted until something fell from Jas's jacket and Allen perked up when he noticed.
"What's that?" He asked while pointing to it and the two froze up before answering annoyed.
"That damn Cross stuck us with his debt!"
Allen was silent for a second before falling backwards and laughing his head off as Jas and Debi rushed up the stairs and Debi grabbed him by the collar.
"What's so funny?!" The two snapped with the rooster joining in and Allen chuckled nervously as Debi pinned him against the wall.
"Don't worry about that debt. Just kill him and you won't need to worry about him." Allen stated and the two grinned before letting go of Allen.
"Deal, Boss!" Debi said before swiftly jumping onto the stair's railing and sliding down and out of the mansion with Jas right behind him.
Allen chuckled quietly as he slowly walked down the stairs and stopped to pick up the pile of papers.
"How much did he give them for debt anyway?" He wondered before looking and the number and freezing up.
"H-Holy…!"
"Bruck bruck!"
Yes, I played off of the actual series with Jasdebi. :P