Chapter 111

Mcfist's own plan

Rachel awoke later that night, shivering and trembling. She ended up having to cry herself back to sleep. Meanwhile Randy and Howard finished and Randy ended up falling asleep on the couch and Howard went to sleep in his sleeping bag. Rachel woke up the next morning and went to get something to eat. Her hair was down instead of up. Randy then woke up and wondered off to the kitchen, found Howard already eating. Rachel went for a walk and ended up being asked to sing. Randy sat down with a bowl of cereal. Rachel was singing. When she finished she headed back. Randy then headed outside. "Hey, Cunningham where are you going?" Howard asked. "Umm for a...walk." he replied. Rachel continued her walk. "To New York." Randy whispered as he went outside. "Maybe I'll come along." Howard replied, knowing he must be up to something. "I'm walking." Randy said. "Sure you are!" Howard called back. Nomi flashed in his bag. Rachel was heading to the park when she passed out. After a while she woke up in her room. "Rachel, you need to sleep." Alex told her.

Howard saw the Nomicon flashed and just waited for Randy to answer it. When randy didn't answer him, Nomi flashed brighter. Randy stopped to look at his book bag. "Oh right, almost forgot about you." he said and took the Nomicon out. Nomi shocked him lightly. Randy yipped a little and dropped Nomi. "Ow. What was what for?" Randy question him. 'For not paying attention.' He replied. Randy looked at the Nomicon. "Aaand?" 'You're going to New York, aren't you?' "Yes." Randy replied. 'You have a job to do randy...' "I know. I'm just going to visit the NY and be back." he explained. Nomi sighed. "Very well." he replied. Randy glanced around. "Is that yes?" he asked. Nomi sighed. "Yes." "Don't worry Nomi I'll be back before anything goes wrong here." Randy assured him. "You better." Randy grinned, ready to go to New York. Rachel was walking around. Randy then took the bus to New York and soon arrived by Kristy's Dinner. Rachel had not quite returned yet. She was still wandering about. She was slowly getting pale despite how long she had been outside and her vision was blurring up. She leaned against the nearest thing she could and her legs buckled from underneath her. She was near the park and fell unconscious.

Randy walked into the dinner. Kristy was serving food. "Oh hi randy!" she greeted as she walked past him. "Give me a moment." she was trying to finish serving. "Sure." he replied and waited for her to finish. Once she finished she came over. "Rachel's not here right now. She went for a walk earlier and hasn't come back yet." she explained. Randy nodded in replied. "Oh okay. So... how you been?" he asked. "Good. The café's been doing really well." she replied. Kristy noticed it been a few hours since Rachel left. "Hey could you go look for Rachel? It's been a few hours since she left." "Ok." Randy replied. He then head out to look for her, looking around the area. Rachel lied unconscious in the park near a tree and a lamp post. The sun was beginning to set. Randy saw that the sun was going down and walked by the park, only to see something or someone on the ground. Rachel was pale and shivering. Her hair was windblown and tangled. She looked like she hadn't eaten in a few days and hadn't slept well either. Randy was shocked to see Rachel that way. He then kneeled down and used his jacket to cover her and took Rachel back. Rachel was shaking and was a bit lighter than normal.

Randy hurried to back to the dinner, since that was the only place he knew Rachel stayed at. Rachel coughed a bit and was growing paler. Randy walked into the building. Kristy saw her and quickly brought them upstairs. Randy then put Rachel down on a mattress. Alex quickly came over. "Oh Rachel..." He muttered quietly, sitting beside his little sister. He ran a hand through her hair gently. Randy stood off to the side, silently. "Rachel hasn't been sleeping or eating right. She's been like this for a few days." Alex explained. Randy glanced at them. "She has?" he said. Kristy nodded. "She's been waking up in the middle of the night and crying herself to sleep." She replied looking at him. Randy looked down, feeling that it was his fault. Rachel coughed softly. Randy quickly looked back at her. She opened her eyes slightly. Her vision was blurred. Randy watched from where he was standing, not too close to the others. Rachel kind of glanced around tiredly. She knew Alex and Kristy were there but she saw someone else. Randy knew she must have noticed him by now and walked a little bit closer. Rachel tried to speak but couldn't because she was dehydrated and weak. It sounds like soft moans and whimpers.

Randy stared at Rachel with wide eyes. "I'm going to get glass of water for her." he said. Alex nodded. "Thanks." he replied. "You're welcome." Randy said as walked out of the room. Rachel was trying to stay awake. Randy came back and handed the glass over to Rachel's brother. Alex took the glass and helped Rachel hold it so she could drink. She drank from it until it was empty. Randy watched to see if it help or not. "Randy?" She asked after she finished. "Yes." Randy replied. "What are you doing here?" "Visiting." She smiled weakly. "For how long?" "...Um just for a little while." he replied, not sure. Rachel shakily got up and hugged him. She slightly started crying into his shoulder. Randy patted her on the back. "...Don't cry." Rachel smiled softly. Randy then slightly pulled away from her. She stumbled slightly. Randy glanced at Alex. Alex had her sit back down. Randy stood back, knowing he couldn't just go but he couldn't stay long either. Nomi gave a small flash. Rachel looked at him. "You have to go, don't you?" "Yeah. I do." Randy replied noticing the flash. "I'll see you soon?" she asked. "Yes. You will." Randy replied. "I gotta go, Bye." he said and went out of the room. "Bye." Rachel replied quietly. She sighed and Kristy and Alex left. Randy was heading for the door. Nomi flashed again. Randy slipped into the restroom and closed the door. "Ok. What now Nomicon?" he said as he took the book out.

'I was just telling you it was getting late and you need to head back.' Randy blinked. "I was." he replied. "But didn't you notice Rachel?" Nomi sighed. "I don't know what to do about her...Nicki and I have warned her before. Maybe if you to visit together more often that will help." Randy looked at Nomi. "Hm... ok." he replied. Rachel had fallen asleep. Once out of the ninja Nomicon, Randy return back home and turned in for the night. Rachel slept better than she had in a long time. The next day Randy went and did what he usually does, which is go to school and fight a stank'd student or robot. But now to add to the list he tried what Nomi had suggested. Rose and Nightshade had taken notice of Rachel's absence and alert Mcfist and Viceroy about it. Mcfist then talked to Viceroy about it. "You think she's dead?" "Possible. Question is, if she is dead then, how did she die?" he replied. Nightshade and Rose stood there waiting for orders. "I don't know, natural causes?" Mcfist said with a shrug. "And why is the Ninja still around? He should be destroyed ages ago?!" he shouted. Nightshade sat there with a slightly smug look on her face for knowing information that Mcfist lacked. She disappeared and went to find Randy. Mcfist brought up an idea (of his own) that the Ninja might know but that's as far as it got. Meanwhile Randy was at his house, just finishing up some training.

Nightshade appeared sitting on the table. "Where's Rachel?" she asked. Randy looked at her. "When did you starting caring about her?" "Since she's disappeared." she replied. "All I'm saying is that she's away." Randy said and kept a little distance from Nightshade. "Mcfist and Viceroy were debating over her being dead or not." she told him. "...You're going to attack me even if I tell, aren't you?" Randy asked. "No. I'm just curious." she replied. She wasn't making sudden moves and looked rather bored. "Yeah, sure you are." he said not trusting a word she said. "If you want me to attack you, I will. Without Rachel here I don't really have anything to do at the moment." she replied. "No, no I'm good." Randy quickly replied. Nightshade smirked. Randy then uncomfortably walked away from the room. "So she's somewhere else?" "...Yes." Randy replied. Nightshade nodded. Randy looked back to see if she was gone yet. Nightshade had disappeared. "Oh good. She's gone." Randy said but still a little alarmed with Nightshade's visited. Nightshade returned to Mcfist's. Mcfist didn't really notice Nightshade's absents. "The ninja says she has left town." She informed them. "Oh. Wonder what caused that?" Mcfist said.

"From multiple observations they were getting in each other's way." "Then that means if we get the Ninja now. No will come for him." Mcfist said happily and looked at Viceroy. He nodded in agreement. "Now we just need to find the Ninja." Mcfist declared. "We will get him." Nightshade said. Mcfist looked at them. "Great." he replied. Nightshade and rose went to get randy. Randy was playing an online grave puncher game with Howard. The power suddenly went off. "Why now?" Randy complained and went to see what had caused it. Nightshade pinned him to the wall. "OW! Hey what do want now?" Randy questioned, knowing right way it was Nightshade. "Mcfist sent us to get you." Rose said as she approached. "... Uh no." Randy said quietly and pushed Nightshade back. Nightshade twisted his arm. "Aaah! Ok, ok." Randy yelped but still tried to resist. "You might want to put your mask on." Nightshade hissed at him releasing him and tossing him the mask. Randy looked her and then put the mask on. Nightshade waited. Randy was not sure what the two were waiting for but he wasn't going to stay and find out. "Smoke Bomb." Randy quickly said as he made a break for it. Nightshade smirked and appeared behind him and grabbed his arm again. Randy stop and glared at her. "So not bruce." he grumbled. She twisted his arm, gripping it tightly. "You should know better than to run without backup." She hissed. Randy flinched in pain. "Backup?" he said. "Rachel?" She purred. "She doesn't know you're in trouble." Randy then realized what she was getting at. Ever since he begin to work with Rachel, one would help the other but now...it was not going to work that way. Nightshade smirked and took him to Mcfist's.