I'm using the Tuskinos' Jap names
Damare!, meaning "Shut up!/Silence!"

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Everything seemed to slow down or completely stopped.

Ikuko Tuskinos, who was setting the table, potato salad dropped to the grass under her feet.

Kenji Tuskino burger flipped, what seemed to be in slow motion, went in a half circle the finally a full circle.

Shingo Tuskino, whose arms were up ready to dive into the pool, stopped and slowly turned.

Porky seemed to stop in mid air of another cannon ball then he slowly fell into the pool and splashed.

That is when time caught up

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"SERENA?!" It was Mama Tuskino, who was near the door, got to Serena before everyone else. She found Serena curled up in a tight ball crying hysterically mumbling something over and over.

"Honey, what happened?"

"He-he…" all she did was point to the phone.

Seeing the read light blinking, Mina pressed the New Call back button.

"Unknown?" She said softly, almost to herself.

Serena nodded.

"Bunny?" Papa Tuskino, whose voice usually boomed throughout the house, was now soft and full or worry. "Who was it?"

They waited…

Crying.

Waited…

Sobbing….

Waited long…

The sobbing slowly ceased.

"Al-Al-Alastair."

"Masaka! How-hell no!" Papa Tuskinos voice was back booming.

"How did he…"

The sobbing and crying started again.

"My purse…"

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"Nani! You can't track the call?"

"Mrs. Tuskino he called from a Private or Unknown line, unless a machine is hooked up so-"

"So? So? So, what?"

"Ma'am-"

"No…no, don't 'ma'am' me. Lieutenant-" Mrs. Tuskino bent over and read his badge, "O'Neil. Do you have a daughter?"

"No."

"No? Well then, you don't know how we feel! Our daughter was RAPED! R-A-P-E-D!"

"We understand-" He was cut off once again

"No you don't."

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Argument after argument.

Serena was sick of it.

People hugging her.

Telling her it was going to be ok.

Everyone was lying.

"Damare!"

The crowd in the room turned and faced her.

Serena's head was down, and she was walking softly back and forth.

"Just stop it…please."

"Honey…"

"Please just stop…nothing helping…no matter what, everything I lived for…" She looked at Darien, "everything I saved for that one special night…is gone."

Again, she touched her belly stroking it softly.

"Now…I don't know what to do."

Silence.

"I'm going to my room."

She got up slowly, nearly collapsing from exhaustion, Lita caught her right arm and Mina held the second. "C'mon…"

"Thank you…minna."

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Shingo watched as the men put to phone tap on the phone and another set up other equipment. Outside you could see a large black van parked across the street along other cars on the road.

He sighed softly, sitting down on the large armchair, almost sinking into it.

Right when he was on the verge of sleeping the phone rung, he jumped up out of the chair starring at one of the police men.

The man motioned him over.

"Fourth ring, pick pp the phone."

Second.

On that ring the ID once more shown: UNKNOWN

"Ok…"

Third.

"Uh…"

Fourth

"Pick up."

Picking up the receiver, he spoke softly but loud enough for the person on the other line to hear.
"Tuskinos, this is Shingo."

"I want…her."

Scilce.

Alastair had hung up.

"Kuso! Not long enough."

*

All day long the phone rung.

Alastair hung up.

"Let me answer it…"

"Bunny no!"

"Dad, if I answer the phone he'll stay on those 15-30 seconds! I know it."

"Maybe…she is right, sir."

"I don't need no dang rookie officer telling-"

"Kenji! Let her!"

"Mother!"

"Kenji…"

"Dad…please?"

Before he could answer the phone rung again.

UNKNOWN

Thrid ring.

Fourth ring.

She picked up the phone slowly. "Hello?"

"Oooh Serena. Baby, I miss you."

"Oh?"

She looked at the machine that was counting down seconds.

Barley 5 seconds?

"Yea…Mmm what you wearing?"

"A-a, um…T-Shirt, and uh…"

He chuckled softly.

"Doesn't matter, I bet you look sexy anyway."

10 seconds.

5 more to go.

"Miss me?"

"Uh…"

"I miss you."

12 seconds.

13 seconds.

"Gotta go baby."

"No uh…wait."

14 seconds.

"Hmmm why"

"Cause…"

15 seconds.

"Bye Baby."

The phone went dead.

Right before she hung up the phone a tall woman came through the door.

"Lets roll."

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Ooooh…another hanger.

Hehe gonna have to wait

Sorry my chapters are so short, but at least I get things out.