Out Of The Shadows

By: A silly 13 year old who has nothing better to do than write kick butt fan fics!! :D

July 11, 2003

Hello all! Sorry I didn't write yesterday, I was busy. I spent the night @ my friends, (Stayed up past 6:00! Boo-yah!) had my drama club thingy to go to, and for the cherry on top, something horrible happened yesterday morning. There was a horrible fire in a trailer park that was only about 5 or 10 minutes away from my house. And from what I heard, 2 people died. A little girl and her dad. I heard the Dad ran in to save his family but got burnt to a crisp. My friend's mom told me he died today. How sad. I was reading my town's newspaper and on the cover page it read- 'Fireworks kill man in Green Oak'. Good grief! This is so sad! And It's all happening so close to my home! *Looks around suspiciously* W, what if I'm next?? OMG! It's kind of ironic if you think about it. (Take the little speech I said in the last chapter about how we're lucky. The family that died were very poor. It's so ironic, it gives me chills. It seems like my whole life's has had irony in it. Scary.) ( Well, to take your mind off all that sad stuff, here's a sad chapter to Out Of The Shadows! :P

Oh yea! Before I forget. I'd like to wish Bijou a happy b-day, even though it's a day late! ^__^

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Chapter 6- Searching For The Search Party

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Boss's Flashback, you know the deal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bandit was gone.

Kablooie.

Kapeesh.

Well, sort of.

Boss scrambled up to the second level to help Iris out of the hanging basket. She was paler than her white spotted fur. "Thanks Boss, I owe ya!" Iris says, giving Boss a nugie. (Um, is that what's it's called? I dunno, I'm a clueless Otaku! *Sobs*) Boss grins a bit, but Iris and Boss both know that their mother needed help also. When they got down to her level, Melody opened her eyes and smiled weakly. "Mom!" Boss sobbed, thinking she was going to die or something like that. Melody sat up and dusted herself off. "I'm fine sweetie, just a little fall, nothing to it." Melody said, trying to hide the fact that her kid's father may never return. Boss's eyes filled with tears and he fell into his mother's arms sobbing. "I thought you were going to die!" Boss cried. Melody's eyes also watered up; she patted her son's back sympathetically. "It's okay, we're all okay. You saved me, and I don't know how to repay you." Melody murmured. Boss looked up at his mom, his eyes gleaming. "All I want is to be with you guys. As long as you're here, you've repaid me." Said Boss. Iris grinned, but her smile faded as she realized Bandit would probably never come back. "Mom," Iris murmured, trying not to sound upset. Melody looked at Iris. "What is it?" "Bandit, he, he," "I know; we'll have to go find him." "But. he's drun-" "I know. But, we're not a family without him." Melody turned down to Boss, who had his head to a side, asking "Heke?" Melody reluctantly set her youngest child down. Boss stared at her clueless. "I'm sorry Boss, but I can't repay you right now." Boss blinked. "Why?" He asked. "Because. We need to find your father." "You and Iris? Am I coming?" "No, you just proved that you can stand in the light and stick up for yourself. I think that you're old enough to care for yourself." "But," "I'm not sure if we'll come back. You watch this house." "But, but, but," "No, no buts this time." Melody kneeled down and hugged her son tight. Iris fiddled with her paw nervously. Boss turned to Iris. "Thanks sis." He said. Iris grinned and gave Boss and thumbs-up. "You'll be A-Okay Bossy Boy!" Iris said, trying not to cry. Before Boss could hug his sister, she hustled out of the room. "Mom, where's Iris going?" Boss asked. "Outside, waiting, for me." Melody stood up. "Boss, you watch this place, okay. Iris and I are starting search party." Melody made her way to the door. Her paw on the doorknob, eyes filled with tears, she said her last words to her son. "I'm proud of you Boss. I love you."

And the door shut.

The next morning, Boss searched the whole park for his mom and sis. No one.

He searched the alleys, the trees, trash cans, burrows, you name it.

But no success. He couldn't even find Lexie anymore. It was like everyone abandoned him.

Until the day she moved in.

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Ha, try and guess who SHE is. I bet you'll never know. Lol, actually, it's pretty obvious. Find out next chapter! It's the final installment of Out Of The Shadows!

Stay Tuned! Oh, and stay away from fires and fireworks!

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