Chapter 7
Out of the 3 of them, Yoshi kept up with the bus the easiest. Luigi and Daisy were running out of breath, eventually they left Yoshi on his own.
"Huff. Huff. You-a go on without us. We'll catch up later." Luigi managed to gasp. Just then, he and Daisy heard what sounded like a crying child. They looked in the direction of the noise to find a small sobbing girl. She looked about 4 or 5 years old, had short black hair, and a brown T-shirt with a small skirt. Despite her cries she was ignored by the passing city goers.
"I don't know why... But for some reason my-a gut tells me we should stop and help her." Luigi confessed.
"Ah, what the heck? Yoshi isn't stopping for anything. It seems like the right thing to do anyway." Agreed Daisy. They went up to the girl who stopped crying for a moment when she saw the 2. She examined Luigi for a bit, but then went back to sobbing.
"Hey little girl, what's your name?" Luigi asked. The girl stepped back a bit. Then she spoke very softly and cautious.
"My mommy and daddy said not to talk to strangers..." She explained.
"Your parents have the right idea, but we are different! We want to help with whatever's on your mind! We can start by introducing each other. I'm Daisy, and this is Luigi. What's your name?" Daisy asked calmly. The girl was still very cautious about the 2. She paused for a moment then talked a little more.
"... Lucile. My friends call me Lucy." She admitted.
"Is there a problem Lucile?" Luigi asked.
"My family took a trip to the city today. I was watching my daddy work at his cool job when I got distracted by a man with balloons! I went to get one, then I lost my daddy!" Lucy explained.
"That's not so bad, do you know your pop's a-number?" Luigi wondered. Lucy pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket. It read: "EMRGNCY PAPER!" At the top, and had a list of phone numbers on it. One of them was her dad's. Daisy looked at the number, went to a nearby pay phone, and dialed the number. The voice on the other end of the line was barley hearable.
"Um, hi. Listen we found your daughter. Her name was Lucy right?" She asked. Daisy couldn't hear the man's voice because of the people in the background, he must have been on the street looking for her. "So... Where and when do you want to pick her up?" Daisy still couldn't hear a thing he said except for one thing.
"Central Park."
"Central Park?"
"Yeah, see you." The father confirmed as he hung up. Daisy walked over to the other 2 again.
"He said to meet him in Central Park, wherever that is." Daisy informed them.
"Central Park. That's here on my map." Lucy explained as she pulled out a map which showed all of New York.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's a-go!" Luigi declared.