"You're the killer?"
Clu's voice was
the same calm tone as it always was but his anger was evident. Clu motioned
for Jack to get up and once Jack got up and moved out of the way Clu went
to make his way towards Annie.
"No Clu! Jack!
Leave her alone!"
Carey stood in
front of Annie shielding her from Clu and Jack. Carey put his hand up stopping
Clu and Jack; his friends were no use to him dead. Carey let his eyes advance
to Fi who was still at the table; she looked as if she was in deep thought.
Fi sat the table in silence not moving, she was still in shock. Annie was the killer? Sweet Annie? Fi closed her eyes scanning her memory for something that would lead up to Annie's betrayal.
:::Start of Flashback:::
"Forget the old
hag Fi and run away, you and Clu can stay at my place and your lousy mom
will go back on tour and all of us will be happy. It's simple as that"
Fi stretched out
her legs letting out a tired yawn, she looked at Jack and shook her head.
"The only way I
can stay in New York is if the old bag croaked"
Clu smirked and
threw his cigarette to the ground.
"Did anyone ever
tell you smoking is bad for your health bro?"
Fi looked up at
Clu and laughed when he rolled his eyes. Jack smirked and scooted closer
to Fi and Clu and whispered something to Fi in her ear, which made her
smile. Annie looked at Fi closely and then all of a sudden jumped up.
"I have to go"
Fi nodded her head
at something Clu said and then she slowly looked up at Annie, she noted
the look on Annie's face, Annie was definitely up to something but at the
moment she didn't really care.
"Whatever"
Fi rolled her eyes
and watched Annie run off quickly and then turned around to face Jack.
"What's up with
your sister?"
Clu leaned back
against the brick wall waiting for Jack's answer.
"Heck if I know,
I think she was switched at birth and unfortunately she got switched into
our family"
Fi and Clu laughed.
:::End of Flashback:::
Fi opened her eyes
slowly and scanned the room looking for Annie, Fi finally found Annie hiding
behind Carey holding on to his left arm. Fi pushed herself up and walked
past Jack and Clu and headed towards Carey and Annie.
"You killed my
mom? But why Annie? What did I ever do to you? I initiated you in the gang,
no questions asked and how do you repay me?"
Annie emerged from
her hiding spot behind Carey and stared at Fi.
"I did it for you"
Clu walked up to
Fi with Jack and they both stood by her side staring back at Annie.
"How would you
killing our mom help us huh Annie? Did Fi ask you to kill her? Did she
come up to your stupid face and ask you to kill our mom?"
Annie lowered her
eyes.
"Fi said the only
way she could stay in New York was if her mom croaked. I thought I was
doing Fi a favor by killing her mom, I was making sure Fi could stay here
in New York"
Jack stared at
his baby sister and for a second his eyes were soft and caring and then
they grew cold and evil.
"You're so stupid
Annie, how can you be my sister? She was only joking around, even I knew
that."
Annie opened her
mouth to say something but suddenly closed it.
"I'm sorry"
Annie pushed her
way past Jack, Fi and Clu and ran out of the pizza place and slowly disappeared
out of their view.
Carey threw his
hands up in the air aggravated and looked around the room and saw a pay
phone. He walked over to the phone and for some odd reason picked the receiver
up and dialed seven digits.
"Hello Carey"
Carey stared at
the pay phone oddly.
"Alex? How—"
"No time for that
Carey. Go to this address, the door will be open, take Fiona, Jack and
Clu with you"
"What is it?"
Carey shoved the
paper with the address on it in his back pants pocket.
"It's an apartment
and in the apartment there is enough food for dinner tonight for you, Fi,
Jack and Clu and breakfast for tomorrow morning. In the morning I will
come to you and we will try to find Annie"
"But I don't under-"
Carey stopped in
the middle of his sentence when Alex hung up. Carey sighed loudly and slammed
the phone down and made his way over to Fi, Clu, and Jack.
"Come with me guys,
you guys can't go home tonight, you can stay at my place"
Carey grabbed his
jacket and proceeded to leave but stopped when Fi grabbed him by the arm.
"Why are you doing
this? Why are you going out of your way to help us? You don't even know
us"
Jack and Clu nodded.
"Because my friends
and baby brother are stuck in your bodies and the only way to get them
back is to help you guys, so that's what I'm doing. Now come on"
Jack and Clu looked
at Carey oddly but ran after him once Fi followed him out of the pizza
place.
"So this is your
place?"
Carey threw his
jacket down on the ground and plopped down in a chair.
"You could say
that yeah. Make yourself at home guys"
Fi sat down on
the couch with Clu and Jack and looked at Carey for a second before leaning
her head back and closing her eyes.
"Where would your
sister go Jack?"
Jack looked at
Carey and shook his head.
"I don't know.
Me and Annie may be brother and sister but besides for that I have nothing
in common with her."
Jack shrugged and
leaned his head back as Clu did and they both closed their eyes, letting
sleep overtake them.
Carey watched Fi,
Jack and Clu and then slid a footstool lifting their feet and grabbing
a blanket; he covered them up and walked back over to the chair dragging
a blanket with him, he yawned and closed his eyes. He would solve everything
tomorrow and then him, Fi, Clu, Jack and Annie will be able to go back
home. Or at least he hoped it
would be that easy.