A/N: From now on, I'm not going to be using past-tense words, because, now, it's the present (or whatever)
Oh, and BTW, the couch was one of those pull-out-beds
Also, they live in Ibaraki, the town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan XD
Natalie looks over at Annette, Kana, and Ray, who were now standing behind her. "It's the police," she says quietly, even though she knows they already know that. She peers back out the window and sees that the policemen are walking towards their house. How do they know we're here? Natalie wonders. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Natalie looks back at the others, wondering if she should answer it or not. When she looks behind Ray, she sees Beth, Celia, and Ronnie standing by the wall with worried faces.
She decides to only open the mail slot that's in the middle of the door. "H-Hello…" she says to the policemen. The taller policeman, who's very skinny and has brown hair, takes off his police-hat and bows. "Hello, ma'am," he says. The other policeman, who's sort of plump and has gray hair, does the same. "Excuse me, ma'am, but do you happen to be a survivor?"
Someone taps Natalie's shoulder, making her jump. She turns around and sees Annette. "Let them in," she says in a quiet voice. Natalie unlocks and opens the door. "Oh, my, look at this, Detective Holland," says the older policeman, nudging the younger one, whose name must be Detective Holland. "There's a bunch of survivors!"
Detective Holland looks at Natalie's uniform, which everyone was wearing. "They're defiantly from that one school!" Annette steps in front of Natalie and invites the policemen inside. They come in and sit down on the small couch that Kana and Ray had shared, while Annette, Natalie, and Ronnie sit on the big couch the exact same way they sat yesterday. Kana and Ray decide to sit on the other small couch while Beth and Celia sit on the floor in front of them. Natalie tells them everything that had happened and how they ended up where they were now. Every now and then, the policemen gasp and/or murmur something to each other.
Detective Holland clears his throat and looks at his partner. "No wonder those kids, along with the 2 police officers, looked like they were killed by a person, not the gas."
His partner nods and then looks at Natalie. "This must be very hard for you all… but trust me when I say that it's going to be okay."
Celia raises an eyebrow. "Who are you exactly? You never told us your name."
He chuckles. "Oh, excuse my bad manners. I'm Detective Pent and this is Detective Holland. We're from the police department in Oarai."
"Could you please tell us more about the poisonous-gas-accident that had happened a couple nights ago?" Ronnie asks Detective Holland.
"Well, there's this factory outside of town and there was a leak that somehow managed to create a poisonous gas." Detective looks down at the floor.
"And that poisonous gas spread throughout some of Ibaraki…"
"Exactly, Ronnie," Detective Holland says. He looks up and locks eyes with her. "All those people… going to bed without knowing they were never going to wake up…"
Ronnie thought about what it'd be like to go to sleep, only to find herself in Heaven. "Were you able to save anyone?"
Detective Holland shook his head. "No." Ronnie's heart sank. Her mom, dad, and pets had gone to Heaven without her, leaving her with nobody but the kids around her…
Suddenly, Ronnie felt alone, even though she was surrounded by Annette, Beth, Celia, Kana, Natalie, Ray, and the 2 police officers. She wanted her family. She wanted her friends. But they were dead. She was going to have to live with some of her relatives. She was going to have to go to a new school and make new friends. Hopefully she'll be able to live with her Aunt and Uncle, who live in Shirosato, and, since she's on really good terms with her cousin, she'll have someone to play with and talk to.
"So when are we going to leave?" Celia asks, breaking Ronnie from her thoughts.
Detective Holland looks at his partner and then back at Celia. "We'll leave tomorrow."
That night, Kana and Ray were going to have to share the bedroom that's upstairs so Detective Holland and Detective Pent can use the pull-out-bed/couch.
Around 2:30am, Ray groggily wakes up and looks over at Kana, who was sleeping peacefully next to him. The moonlight flowed in through the giant window that's closest to her side of the bed, making her look like she's glowing. He sits upright and rubs his eyes. After about 30 minutes of twisting and turning, trying to go back to sleep, he turns on the small TV that's in the room. Although, while he's watching his favorite show, he notices Kana's eyes opening. She yawns and sits up. "What're you doing?" she asks in a sleepy voice.
Ray smiles. "I woke up and decided to watch TV."
Kana gives him a weird look. "Why?"
"I-I woke up and wasn't able to go back to sleep…" he answers, scratching the side of his head nervously.
Kana laughs and rolls her eyes. "Ok, whatever, Ray…" Then she lies back down and goes back to sleep.
After awhile, Ray falls asleep. But then, around 7:15am, he's woken up by Kana, who tells him that he needs to get ready because they're leaving today. He gets up and brushes his teeth. Since none of them have anything else to wear, they have to sleep in their school uniforms, which helps them get ready faster. He goes downstairs and instantly sees Annette, Beth, and Natalie in the living room. A couple minutes later, Celia and Ronnie show up, saying how Detective Holland and Detective Pent had left a little earlier to go find their cars and drive them up to the house, since they had parked them somewhere else before searching for them yesterday.
When they came back, driving in their cars, everyone went outside. In the 1st car, which was being driven by Detective Holland, Kana is sitting in the front, while Annette and Natalie are sitting in the back, with Natalie sitting behind Kana. In the 2nd car, Ray is sitting up in the front next to Detective Pent, while Beth, Celia, and Ronnie are sitting in the back, with Beth in the middle, and Ronnie sitting behind Ray. Then they headed off to Oarai.