Chapter 34: Mystery Man, part 3
TWO AND A HALF MONTHS LATER!
Simon mostly recovered from the accident. He had a very difficult time explaining the near hit collision to Theodore when he called the next evening. All that the youngest sibling kept saying was "...and you were all worried if Eleanor and I would be alright??" Simon assured Theodore that everything was ok now and that he was still alive. The last thing Simon wants to do is make Theodore worry.
Even though a traumatic situation happened, Simon decided to follow the 'Guardian's' advice and carry on with his life, but in a low profile. He was not about to live life in fear of what could happen. And besides, if Simon let on that something was wrong his family would worry and want details of what is going on. This was something that Simon didn't want to have to do. He had enough trouble explaining it to himself.
Today, being that Simon and Jeanette were both had the day off, and that Tom is now feeling much better, they decided to all go shopping in the Mall. The family moment defiantly became quiet an adventure. Aside the fact that 'naptime' was quickly approaching, and the babies were starting to get cranky. Especially Vincent.
At first they were fine, until Vince began getting into everything and pulling toys off the racks. Jeanette and Simon figured that he could be hungry and needed a short break. The five of them went to have lunch and play in the ballroom in the 'Kiddie Jungle Room' on the second floor of the Mall.
After they ate and allowed their little ones to play in the ball pit for an hour, Jeanette checked her watch. "Simon it's getting late, we should finish our shopping and get home." She said.
"You're right." With that, Simon got up, and walked over to collect their babies from the shallow pool filled with plastic colored balls.
He reaches in to grab each of the babies out from the ball pit and places them gently in shopping cart. First he grabs Mary-Anne, then Vincent. Simon turns after making sure they were safe in the cart and reaches to get Tom and realized he is missing. "Tom?" He cried. Quickly Simon dug around to see if he could find him near the bottom. He then began moving some of the balls on the top. Suddenly out popped Tom's head. "Da-Da." He said with his arms reached out to his father.
"Phew, there you are...Sank to the bottom, did ya?" Simon said as he lifted Tom out of the ball pit.
"Yea...Vince sat on me, Daddy..."
"He did? Well, we are just going to have a talk with him when we get home, won't we?"
"Yea..."
After Simon places Tom in the cart with Vincent and Mary-Anne the five of them head back out to do more shopping in the mall.
Both Tom and Mary were cooperative when it came to the point that Simon and Jeanette wanted to see if the clothes would fit or not. Then it was Vince's turn.
Vincent, of course was already getting on Simon's nerves by trying to touch everything, and the ballroom incident. Now he is being mischievous when Simon's requests him to try on some of the clothes.
"Ah Vince, come on! Please try on this shirt! I'll bet you'll look really handsome in it!"
Vincent gave his dad the look that said, 'you have absolutely no taste in clothes!' He then tried to hide himself behind the nearest cloth rack.
"Oh, now you get out of there!!" Simon screeched.
"No!" Cries Vincent from under the clothes.
"I really wish you two would stop fighting with each other!" Jeanette said as her patients were beginning to wear thin with the scene that the two of them were creating. She started to hide her face behind her hand in embarrassment as some shoppers walked by and started to stare at the 'crazy' chipmunk family.
"Then you deal with him!" Simon said giving up on his son's stubbiness. He starts to rub his head in the temple area of his left side. The strange thoughts were coming back, and this time they are louder.
"What's wrong?" Jeanette asked when she noticed Simon's pain.
Simon stopped; he didn't know how to explain this phenomenon. "Nothing. I just have a headache." He finally said.
He hands Jeanette the baby shirt and walks up to the isle in order to get his bearings together. After watching her husband disappear, she then turns towards the cloth rack to where her son is hiding.
"Vincent, get out of there!" Jeanette demands.
"No!" Vincent said, as he is still being persistent with his stubbiness.
Both Mary-Anne and Tom who were sitting quietly in the cart. They looked at each other and with a smirk on their face they shook their heads. It is obvious that their brother is just trying to be silly.
Jeanette sighs deeply and as she turns away to see if any other shoppers that are still staring. That's when she notices a shadow of a man from behind other clothes racks in the toddler's sport's section. The man slightly turns his head to look at her, and Jeanette immediately recognizes the hood from the jacket. It is the same green hooded army style coat with the hood that exposed only a part of his face.
Nearly in a panic, Jeanette runs up to the rack and reaches down to grab her son from under it. He immediately thinks it's a game and starts to play hard to get. But Jeanette is in no mood to play games; she manages to grab him and places him in the cart with his siblings. She then begins the search for her husband.
"Simon?" She cries out.
"Yea, what?" Simon said as he came around the corner.
"Simon, I think we're being followed!" Jeanette whispered harshly.
"By whom?"
"He's over by the toddlers' sports section!" She whispered again.
Simon looked over her shoulder and saw the hooded stranger. His blood began to boil, this was starting to really bother him more then scare him. He felt that he had enough of these Founders and started to walk up to the man.
"Simon what are you doing?" Jeanette asked in a shock.
"I've had it Jeanette! I'm not going to let these people run my life anymore! It's time that I take control! They have threatened lives for the last time, and to know that they are following us to where ever we go...?" Simon shakes his head in disbelieve. "Well, I am just not going to put up with it any more."
"Simon, what are you talking about?"
"Never mind...Stay here!"
And with that he marches straight up to the stranger. He wondered if he was the man from the park and at the accident scene or if he was the 'Guardian'. Who ever he is he will regret the day that he'd threatened Simon Seville. He reaches up to the man's arm and spins him around to tell him face to face on how he feels. Simon was about to speak when he suddenly recognizes him. His jaw drops down as far as it would go, and turns pale like he had just seen a ghost, which of course wasn't far from the fact. When he finally finds his voice.
"Rob...?" He says in a barely auditable whisper.
TO BE CONTINUED...!
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I hope you are enjoying this saga so far... heh hehe :D
I also want to say that I appreciate your reviews and comments about this story, Thanks, and Take Care!
Raven Child.
TWO AND A HALF MONTHS LATER!
Simon mostly recovered from the accident. He had a very difficult time explaining the near hit collision to Theodore when he called the next evening. All that the youngest sibling kept saying was "...and you were all worried if Eleanor and I would be alright??" Simon assured Theodore that everything was ok now and that he was still alive. The last thing Simon wants to do is make Theodore worry.
Even though a traumatic situation happened, Simon decided to follow the 'Guardian's' advice and carry on with his life, but in a low profile. He was not about to live life in fear of what could happen. And besides, if Simon let on that something was wrong his family would worry and want details of what is going on. This was something that Simon didn't want to have to do. He had enough trouble explaining it to himself.
Today, being that Simon and Jeanette were both had the day off, and that Tom is now feeling much better, they decided to all go shopping in the Mall. The family moment defiantly became quiet an adventure. Aside the fact that 'naptime' was quickly approaching, and the babies were starting to get cranky. Especially Vincent.
At first they were fine, until Vince began getting into everything and pulling toys off the racks. Jeanette and Simon figured that he could be hungry and needed a short break. The five of them went to have lunch and play in the ballroom in the 'Kiddie Jungle Room' on the second floor of the Mall.
After they ate and allowed their little ones to play in the ball pit for an hour, Jeanette checked her watch. "Simon it's getting late, we should finish our shopping and get home." She said.
"You're right." With that, Simon got up, and walked over to collect their babies from the shallow pool filled with plastic colored balls.
He reaches in to grab each of the babies out from the ball pit and places them gently in shopping cart. First he grabs Mary-Anne, then Vincent. Simon turns after making sure they were safe in the cart and reaches to get Tom and realized he is missing. "Tom?" He cried. Quickly Simon dug around to see if he could find him near the bottom. He then began moving some of the balls on the top. Suddenly out popped Tom's head. "Da-Da." He said with his arms reached out to his father.
"Phew, there you are...Sank to the bottom, did ya?" Simon said as he lifted Tom out of the ball pit.
"Yea...Vince sat on me, Daddy..."
"He did? Well, we are just going to have a talk with him when we get home, won't we?"
"Yea..."
After Simon places Tom in the cart with Vincent and Mary-Anne the five of them head back out to do more shopping in the mall.
Both Tom and Mary were cooperative when it came to the point that Simon and Jeanette wanted to see if the clothes would fit or not. Then it was Vince's turn.
Vincent, of course was already getting on Simon's nerves by trying to touch everything, and the ballroom incident. Now he is being mischievous when Simon's requests him to try on some of the clothes.
"Ah Vince, come on! Please try on this shirt! I'll bet you'll look really handsome in it!"
Vincent gave his dad the look that said, 'you have absolutely no taste in clothes!' He then tried to hide himself behind the nearest cloth rack.
"Oh, now you get out of there!!" Simon screeched.
"No!" Cries Vincent from under the clothes.
"I really wish you two would stop fighting with each other!" Jeanette said as her patients were beginning to wear thin with the scene that the two of them were creating. She started to hide her face behind her hand in embarrassment as some shoppers walked by and started to stare at the 'crazy' chipmunk family.
"Then you deal with him!" Simon said giving up on his son's stubbiness. He starts to rub his head in the temple area of his left side. The strange thoughts were coming back, and this time they are louder.
"What's wrong?" Jeanette asked when she noticed Simon's pain.
Simon stopped; he didn't know how to explain this phenomenon. "Nothing. I just have a headache." He finally said.
He hands Jeanette the baby shirt and walks up to the isle in order to get his bearings together. After watching her husband disappear, she then turns towards the cloth rack to where her son is hiding.
"Vincent, get out of there!" Jeanette demands.
"No!" Vincent said, as he is still being persistent with his stubbiness.
Both Mary-Anne and Tom who were sitting quietly in the cart. They looked at each other and with a smirk on their face they shook their heads. It is obvious that their brother is just trying to be silly.
Jeanette sighs deeply and as she turns away to see if any other shoppers that are still staring. That's when she notices a shadow of a man from behind other clothes racks in the toddler's sport's section. The man slightly turns his head to look at her, and Jeanette immediately recognizes the hood from the jacket. It is the same green hooded army style coat with the hood that exposed only a part of his face.
Nearly in a panic, Jeanette runs up to the rack and reaches down to grab her son from under it. He immediately thinks it's a game and starts to play hard to get. But Jeanette is in no mood to play games; she manages to grab him and places him in the cart with his siblings. She then begins the search for her husband.
"Simon?" She cries out.
"Yea, what?" Simon said as he came around the corner.
"Simon, I think we're being followed!" Jeanette whispered harshly.
"By whom?"
"He's over by the toddlers' sports section!" She whispered again.
Simon looked over her shoulder and saw the hooded stranger. His blood began to boil, this was starting to really bother him more then scare him. He felt that he had enough of these Founders and started to walk up to the man.
"Simon what are you doing?" Jeanette asked in a shock.
"I've had it Jeanette! I'm not going to let these people run my life anymore! It's time that I take control! They have threatened lives for the last time, and to know that they are following us to where ever we go...?" Simon shakes his head in disbelieve. "Well, I am just not going to put up with it any more."
"Simon, what are you talking about?"
"Never mind...Stay here!"
And with that he marches straight up to the stranger. He wondered if he was the man from the park and at the accident scene or if he was the 'Guardian'. Who ever he is he will regret the day that he'd threatened Simon Seville. He reaches up to the man's arm and spins him around to tell him face to face on how he feels. Simon was about to speak when he suddenly recognizes him. His jaw drops down as far as it would go, and turns pale like he had just seen a ghost, which of course wasn't far from the fact. When he finally finds his voice.
"Rob...?" He says in a barely auditable whisper.
TO BE CONTINUED...!
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I hope you are enjoying this saga so far... heh hehe :D
I also want to say that I appreciate your reviews and comments about this story, Thanks, and Take Care!
Raven Child.