Chapter 24: Date and a Misfortune

Princess Sango

"Let's go to the theme park Jimmy!"

"Are you sure you're a teen?"

"Yes, why?"

"Oh, nothing… Alright let's go Rachel-chan."

Rachel smiled and pulled his hand towards the park as Amy and Ai had done when they were trying to get him somewhere fast. Smiling Jimmy kicked into his soccer skills and ran with Rachel towards the entrance. Rachel was like a little kid; it seemed some effect the pill had on girls kept it there. To Jimmy, that was great, it meant she would be forever young.

After they paid Rachel pulled them to the nearest ride, which was Big Ben, and was also the one where Jimmy didn't exactly like. "Umm…Rachel do I have to go on this one?"

Rachel looked around confused, "Nani?"

"Can I not go on this one?"

"Why?"

"Well I really don't like this one."

"It's going to be fine Jimmy-kun, I promise you!" she begged him and Jimmy caved in.

"Alright, I'll go."

"Thank-you!" she exclaimed and hugged him. Jimmy smiled and kissed her cheek.

"We're next!"

Jimmy felt uneasy and fidgeted when Rachel pulled him to the seats. When he sat down and felt the locks come on to him and his feet leave the ground, Jimmy closed his eyes. Feeling his ears pop and hearing Rachel telling him to open his eyes, Jimmy reluctantly opened them. "See Jimmy, look how high up we are!"

Jimmy nodded and gulped, "Yes, I see how high Rachel-chan."

"Are you afraid of heights?"

"Look Rachel-chan you were only a child for a few weeks, I was for a year. I was small and the height was well…"

"I understand Jimmy, well here we go, ready?"

They bobbed like a yoyo and then they were slammed back down to the ground where they were released to the ground. "See, you made it through Jimmy! Let's go here next."

Ai…

Ai awoke in her mother's room and walked out of the room to a fresh smell of cookies. "Grandma, are they done yet?"

No one answer young Ai's yells so she headed to the kitchen. Opening the door slightly she heard some screaming going on. "Where's the girl?" shouted a scary man.

"What girl?" she heard her grandma ask.

"I believe you call her granddaughter," asked the scary man.

"No, we don't have one," answered grandpa.

Why were they lying? I'm their granddaughter! Ai Kudo, granddaughter of Richard and Eva Moore, that's me. But then, they only lie when necessary, so I'll go back to mom's room and hide in that hidden room she had showed me.

Nodding, Ai opened the to her mother's room and opened the closet and unearthed a door. Opening it, she walked inside and closed it. She knew she was safe inside there, so she stayed in there. Ai could still hear the fighting and she could also smell the sweet aroma of cookies. Then Ai heard a bang, gasps, and yelling. Also a door slamming.

Waiting, Ai stayed in the small place until she heard the door open from the other side of the closet. There was grandpa, his eyes red from tears and his shirt and hands a crusted red color. I smiled at him and hugged him gratefully, "Grandpa, are you alright?"

Richard shook his head no, but they remained inside the small hole the rest of the day.

Jimmy and Rachel…

Jimmy led Rachel out of the park and they headed over to the house Rachel once lived in. When they arrived Rachel ran up the stairs and opened the door, running inside the kitchen she gasped and ran to her room. There was no one inside and Jimmy went to investigate the crime scene and then called out to Rachel.

"Call Inspector McGuire, quickly!"

Rachel nodded and ran to the neighbor's house to use the phone. Jimmy looked for his daughter in Rachel's secret places to find Richard and Ai in the closet door.

"Hi guys, why don't you come here?"

Ai ran up to him and he gave a sigh of relief as he saw his little girl hug him. Richard looked on the other hand, to me, haggard. Blood was on his hands and shirt and he looked like he was ready to open a bottle of whiskey to drink it all away. "I'm sorry man."

Richard looked up and nodded as he crawled out. Then Jimmy saw Rachel come inside and let out a huge sigh and ran up and hugged Ai. Rachel looked at Jimmy, they both knew it wasn't safe till they figured out what the cause was for this accident and Rachel decided then that she would take her somewhere, like the mall, not a house.

"Hey Ai-chan, you want to come with me to the mall?"

"Sure!"

Rachel read Jimmy's eyes and he nodded to her, before letting them leave. He wanted the two girls as far away as possible from everything in this house. Then he turned to Richard.

TBC…