"Van, do you think that it was a great idea to send the three of them to do
this?" asked Fiona with a worried expression on her face. She didn't like
the idea that they were using ever since they came up with it. She was
worried that something might happen to her daughter and their friends'
children while doing this.
"I guess so. They are probably the only ones that can get in there because that guy doesn't know what they look like. Sakura and Aaron were too young at the time and they changed a lot over the years. Plus I am pretty sure that he is mainly keeping an eye on us and not as much on them. I am sure that they would be alright as long as they don't let him know who they are," said Van with a shrug of his shoulder.
"How long are we going to have to wait exactly before we might actually be able to try and do something? It is our child and we are stuck doing nothing to be able to help out," said Fiona in a sad voice that hurt Van to just see. She absolutely hated knowing and not being able to do nothing.
"As soon as we can get there without scaring him off again. We have come close so many times but he always gotten away before that. We have a good chance this time and I don't want to mess it up," said Van as he wrapped his arms around Fiona's shoulders. "Just think Fiona. If this works then there is a chance that we can get him back and be the family that we were supposed to be," said Van in a hopeful voice.
"I just hope that it happens really soon. I want our son back so badly but it hurts to know that neither of us could see him grow up like we wanted. Teach him the things that we wanted to teach him. My question is if he would even want to come back with us if we do get to see him," said Fiona with a frown.
"We will just have to hope for the best and wish that all will turn out as it was supposed to be," said Van trying to comfort his wife. "As soon as we get the signal, then we will go and get him back," said Van with a weak smile as he hugged his wife.
*****
"Nice place they were able to get us," said Sakura in amazement as she walked into the place they were going to be living in for a while, while they try to get done what they came to do.
Aaron couldn't help but whistle in amazement as he walked into the door. The first thing that he did though was head right towards the refrigerator. "Alright! Food!" shouted Aaron in excitement as he looked over all that they had to eat.
Sakura couldn't help but roll her eyes at how he was reacting but she also found that it was kind of amusing at the same time. "Come on you two. We had better get some rest because it have work to do tomorrow," said Sakura seriously as she walked into the largest of the rooms.
Aaron couldn't help but groan because he wanted to stay up and have some fun for a little while but that wasn't the case, so he just dragged himself to one of the other rooms with his sister right behind him.
Sakura couldn't help but just lay on the bed at that moment and stare around the empty room. 'This is all very strange. So many years of searching and we have finally found him with them running off,' thought Sakura a little happy at the thought.
She got up out of the bed and walked towards the suitcase that was placed on the far end of her room. Opening it up she pulled something out of it and a tear slipped down her face. It was a picture that had been taken years ago. It was taken just before her brother was taken from her. It had their entire family in it. Her mother laid in the bed holding her brother with a smile on her face, her father sitting right next to her with a proud smile on his face, and there she was at such a young age smiling at her parents and younger brother. She remembered that that was one of the happiest moments of her life. Sakura felt that she had to get this done.
*****
"Um, I have a question. How exactly are we going to do this?" asked Aaron in a confused voice as they walked down the streets.
"Easy, you two are going to try and get close to him and try to find a way that we might be able to get him to take him to my parents. It is very easy if you think about it. I will be helping as well, just not in the way that you," said Sakura with a smile.
They talked a little happily so as to not attract a bit of unwanted attention. "What is up with you Liz? You are awfully quiet. Is something wrong?" asked Sakura. Sometimes the girl was a big mystery. She didn't seem anything like her outgoing parents.
"It is nothing. I am just a little tired," said Liz with a slight yawn. "How long do you think that this is going to take exactly?" asked Liz with a tired expression on her face.
"As long as needed. If it takes a week or a year. We will stay here until I get my brother back," said Sakura with determination in his voice. A feeling then came to Sakura and she grabbed Aaron and Liz and pulled them back. It was just in time too because a moment later someone on a hoverboard came skidding out of an alley.
"Hey! Why don't you watch where you are going?" yelled Aaron as he picked up a small rock and threw it at the person hitting him in the back of his head and sending him falling off the board into a food stand that he was passing. Aaron then started into a fit of laughter.
"Oh no," said Liz as she ran up to the person who wasn't moving with Sakura right behind her leaving a still laughing Aaron right behind them.
The two ran up to the person seeing him struggling to get up but he looked to be in a bit of pain. "Are you alright?" asked Liz with worry in her voice. She held out a hand to try and help him out of the slippery mess that he was in.
"No thanks to you," said boy a little roughly. He tried to get up but ended up falling right back down. "Sorry, I didn't mean to put it that way," said the boy as he got up with Liz's help.
"My brother tends to overreact a little bit. It is just the way that he is most of the time," said Liz with a apologetic look on her face. Liz couldn't help but notice that Sakura seemed awfully quiet at that moment and couldn't help but wonder why.
"I can tell," said the boy as he picked up a piece of the fruit that was scattered which happened to be an apple and he chucked it right at the still laughing Aaron nailing him right in the side of the face sending him straight to the ground. Neither Sakura nor Liz seemed to have any problem with what he just did.
'It's him. I don't believe it,' thought Sakura as she looked at the boy. He looked exactly like Van at an earlier age. She knew that it had to be him and not just some mistake that she could be making.
"My name is Drake it is nice to meet you," said Drake who despite him not even knowing was Sakura's younger brother Mathew. Great, I am going to get it from my dad for this," said Mathew taking a look around the trashed place. He was happy to see that no one was around.
"If you want, you can get cleaned up at our place. It is the least we can do because it is our fault," said Sakura finally speaking up for the first time.
"Thanks. My dad would kill me if I came home a mess like this," said Mathew indication his dirty clothes. "He is strict enough as it is," said Mathew with a sigh of aggravation.
"Just help me drag the bonehead to the car and I will take you there," said Sakura with a smile as she pointed towards an unconscious Aaron laying on the ground at that very moment.
*****
"Nice place that you got here. Are you rich or something?" asked Mathew as he took a look around the place as he walked into the room and then he started to look around the other places. "Awfully plain though," said Mathew indicating the bare walls and furniture less room.
"We just moved here and haven't gotten anything unpacked yet. Also, no, we aren't rich. We just no a number of people that were capable of getting us a place like this," said Sakura with a smile on her face. It felt good to have a small conversation with the brother she hadn't seen for sixteen years.
"Where can I wash up?" asked Mathew because he had no idea where anything was in that place.
"Down the hall to the right. It should be easy to spot," said Sakura pointing in the right direction. "So you father is strict huh?" asked Sakura with a smile as she tried to get as much information out of him as he could without sounding suspicious.
"Yeah, I have never known anyone who can be more demanding than him, but he is the only family that I have despite the fact that he is very mean," said Mathew from the bathroom as he ran some water over his face.
"What about your mother? What happened to her?" asked Sakura knowing that he might not have an answer to the question. She then went into the kitchen and poured a glass of water.
"She was killed when I was a baby according to my father. He said that she and my uncle were both killed by Van Flyheight," said Mathew. He didn't know why but he could have sworn that he heard the sound of glass shattering and a frustrated growl. 'Alright, that was kind of weird,' thought Mathew with a weird look on his face.
After finally getting cleaned off he walked into the living room to see Aaron sitting on the couch with an icepack on a bump on his head. His sister Liz was right next to him and Sakura was still in the kitchen picking up pieces of glass. 'So that is what shattered,' thought Mathew with a smirk. "Hey, thanks for letting me wash up. I had better get going now," said Mathew as he headed towards the door.
"If you need a ride I would be glad to give you one since you forgot your hoverboard," said Sakura and she smirked when she saw he brother smack his head in annoyance.
"I guess that would be ok because it is on the other side of town," said Mathew as he walked towards the door.
"I will be back in a little while so you two had better behave," said Sakura to the two quiet teens.
"Yes mom," said Aaron sarcastically. He then got up and headed towards his room to get a little bit of sleep because the entire day had made him a little tired despite the time that he was knocked unconscious.
'This is a good thing. I can see what that bastard looks like to it will make it easier for us to find him if we need to,' thought Sakura with a small smirk.
*****
Sakura could only help but look over the place with little interest at that moment. It was just a medium sized house nothing that would really stand out all that much. 'It is something that would be perfect to hide in,' thought Sakura as her car came to a stop.
Mathew quickly hoped out of the car and started to head towards the door. He wasn't able to reach it before it opened and a man stood there with an angry look on his face. "You're late," growled the man.
'It's him,' thought Sakura with a low growl in her throat. He had changed a little from the short encounter all of those years ago. He was much older and it looked like he had intentionally changed his looks to try and not be found. She would remember his face anywhere though.
"Sorry, there was a little problem and she helped me," said Mathew as he pointed to where Sakura was.
Zane took a look and saw Sakura sitting there and he couldn't help but get this strange feeling. "I hope that you don't expect some sort of payment, because you won't be getting any," said Zane in a mean tone.
"No I don't want any Mr.?" Said Sakura trying her best to look like she hadn't seen him anywhere before.
"I am Zane. I am his father. Who are you and have I met you somewhere before?" asked Zane as the strange feeling came back. He just couldn't seem to get it to go away at that moment.
"No. I haven't met you before. My name is Lina," said Sakura with a very forced smile. At that moment, the only thing that she felt like doing was strangle the one man that brought suffering to her family for the past sixteen years.
"Well Lina. Thank you for you help. Now go away and leave us alone," growled Zane as he grabbed Mathews arm and pulled him towards the house very roughly as Mathew struggled to get out of his grasp.
Sakura would have done something but she knew that if she did that it would end up blowing her cover and that was something that she just couldn't afford to do at that moment. She watched them until they disappeared into the house and then she drove off with a very pissed off look on her face. 'The nerve of him,' thought Sakura angrily.
"I guess so. They are probably the only ones that can get in there because that guy doesn't know what they look like. Sakura and Aaron were too young at the time and they changed a lot over the years. Plus I am pretty sure that he is mainly keeping an eye on us and not as much on them. I am sure that they would be alright as long as they don't let him know who they are," said Van with a shrug of his shoulder.
"How long are we going to have to wait exactly before we might actually be able to try and do something? It is our child and we are stuck doing nothing to be able to help out," said Fiona in a sad voice that hurt Van to just see. She absolutely hated knowing and not being able to do nothing.
"As soon as we can get there without scaring him off again. We have come close so many times but he always gotten away before that. We have a good chance this time and I don't want to mess it up," said Van as he wrapped his arms around Fiona's shoulders. "Just think Fiona. If this works then there is a chance that we can get him back and be the family that we were supposed to be," said Van in a hopeful voice.
"I just hope that it happens really soon. I want our son back so badly but it hurts to know that neither of us could see him grow up like we wanted. Teach him the things that we wanted to teach him. My question is if he would even want to come back with us if we do get to see him," said Fiona with a frown.
"We will just have to hope for the best and wish that all will turn out as it was supposed to be," said Van trying to comfort his wife. "As soon as we get the signal, then we will go and get him back," said Van with a weak smile as he hugged his wife.
*****
"Nice place they were able to get us," said Sakura in amazement as she walked into the place they were going to be living in for a while, while they try to get done what they came to do.
Aaron couldn't help but whistle in amazement as he walked into the door. The first thing that he did though was head right towards the refrigerator. "Alright! Food!" shouted Aaron in excitement as he looked over all that they had to eat.
Sakura couldn't help but roll her eyes at how he was reacting but she also found that it was kind of amusing at the same time. "Come on you two. We had better get some rest because it have work to do tomorrow," said Sakura seriously as she walked into the largest of the rooms.
Aaron couldn't help but groan because he wanted to stay up and have some fun for a little while but that wasn't the case, so he just dragged himself to one of the other rooms with his sister right behind him.
Sakura couldn't help but just lay on the bed at that moment and stare around the empty room. 'This is all very strange. So many years of searching and we have finally found him with them running off,' thought Sakura a little happy at the thought.
She got up out of the bed and walked towards the suitcase that was placed on the far end of her room. Opening it up she pulled something out of it and a tear slipped down her face. It was a picture that had been taken years ago. It was taken just before her brother was taken from her. It had their entire family in it. Her mother laid in the bed holding her brother with a smile on her face, her father sitting right next to her with a proud smile on his face, and there she was at such a young age smiling at her parents and younger brother. She remembered that that was one of the happiest moments of her life. Sakura felt that she had to get this done.
*****
"Um, I have a question. How exactly are we going to do this?" asked Aaron in a confused voice as they walked down the streets.
"Easy, you two are going to try and get close to him and try to find a way that we might be able to get him to take him to my parents. It is very easy if you think about it. I will be helping as well, just not in the way that you," said Sakura with a smile.
They talked a little happily so as to not attract a bit of unwanted attention. "What is up with you Liz? You are awfully quiet. Is something wrong?" asked Sakura. Sometimes the girl was a big mystery. She didn't seem anything like her outgoing parents.
"It is nothing. I am just a little tired," said Liz with a slight yawn. "How long do you think that this is going to take exactly?" asked Liz with a tired expression on her face.
"As long as needed. If it takes a week or a year. We will stay here until I get my brother back," said Sakura with determination in his voice. A feeling then came to Sakura and she grabbed Aaron and Liz and pulled them back. It was just in time too because a moment later someone on a hoverboard came skidding out of an alley.
"Hey! Why don't you watch where you are going?" yelled Aaron as he picked up a small rock and threw it at the person hitting him in the back of his head and sending him falling off the board into a food stand that he was passing. Aaron then started into a fit of laughter.
"Oh no," said Liz as she ran up to the person who wasn't moving with Sakura right behind her leaving a still laughing Aaron right behind them.
The two ran up to the person seeing him struggling to get up but he looked to be in a bit of pain. "Are you alright?" asked Liz with worry in her voice. She held out a hand to try and help him out of the slippery mess that he was in.
"No thanks to you," said boy a little roughly. He tried to get up but ended up falling right back down. "Sorry, I didn't mean to put it that way," said the boy as he got up with Liz's help.
"My brother tends to overreact a little bit. It is just the way that he is most of the time," said Liz with a apologetic look on her face. Liz couldn't help but notice that Sakura seemed awfully quiet at that moment and couldn't help but wonder why.
"I can tell," said the boy as he picked up a piece of the fruit that was scattered which happened to be an apple and he chucked it right at the still laughing Aaron nailing him right in the side of the face sending him straight to the ground. Neither Sakura nor Liz seemed to have any problem with what he just did.
'It's him. I don't believe it,' thought Sakura as she looked at the boy. He looked exactly like Van at an earlier age. She knew that it had to be him and not just some mistake that she could be making.
"My name is Drake it is nice to meet you," said Drake who despite him not even knowing was Sakura's younger brother Mathew. Great, I am going to get it from my dad for this," said Mathew taking a look around the trashed place. He was happy to see that no one was around.
"If you want, you can get cleaned up at our place. It is the least we can do because it is our fault," said Sakura finally speaking up for the first time.
"Thanks. My dad would kill me if I came home a mess like this," said Mathew indication his dirty clothes. "He is strict enough as it is," said Mathew with a sigh of aggravation.
"Just help me drag the bonehead to the car and I will take you there," said Sakura with a smile as she pointed towards an unconscious Aaron laying on the ground at that very moment.
*****
"Nice place that you got here. Are you rich or something?" asked Mathew as he took a look around the place as he walked into the room and then he started to look around the other places. "Awfully plain though," said Mathew indicating the bare walls and furniture less room.
"We just moved here and haven't gotten anything unpacked yet. Also, no, we aren't rich. We just no a number of people that were capable of getting us a place like this," said Sakura with a smile on her face. It felt good to have a small conversation with the brother she hadn't seen for sixteen years.
"Where can I wash up?" asked Mathew because he had no idea where anything was in that place.
"Down the hall to the right. It should be easy to spot," said Sakura pointing in the right direction. "So you father is strict huh?" asked Sakura with a smile as she tried to get as much information out of him as he could without sounding suspicious.
"Yeah, I have never known anyone who can be more demanding than him, but he is the only family that I have despite the fact that he is very mean," said Mathew from the bathroom as he ran some water over his face.
"What about your mother? What happened to her?" asked Sakura knowing that he might not have an answer to the question. She then went into the kitchen and poured a glass of water.
"She was killed when I was a baby according to my father. He said that she and my uncle were both killed by Van Flyheight," said Mathew. He didn't know why but he could have sworn that he heard the sound of glass shattering and a frustrated growl. 'Alright, that was kind of weird,' thought Mathew with a weird look on his face.
After finally getting cleaned off he walked into the living room to see Aaron sitting on the couch with an icepack on a bump on his head. His sister Liz was right next to him and Sakura was still in the kitchen picking up pieces of glass. 'So that is what shattered,' thought Mathew with a smirk. "Hey, thanks for letting me wash up. I had better get going now," said Mathew as he headed towards the door.
"If you need a ride I would be glad to give you one since you forgot your hoverboard," said Sakura and she smirked when she saw he brother smack his head in annoyance.
"I guess that would be ok because it is on the other side of town," said Mathew as he walked towards the door.
"I will be back in a little while so you two had better behave," said Sakura to the two quiet teens.
"Yes mom," said Aaron sarcastically. He then got up and headed towards his room to get a little bit of sleep because the entire day had made him a little tired despite the time that he was knocked unconscious.
'This is a good thing. I can see what that bastard looks like to it will make it easier for us to find him if we need to,' thought Sakura with a small smirk.
*****
Sakura could only help but look over the place with little interest at that moment. It was just a medium sized house nothing that would really stand out all that much. 'It is something that would be perfect to hide in,' thought Sakura as her car came to a stop.
Mathew quickly hoped out of the car and started to head towards the door. He wasn't able to reach it before it opened and a man stood there with an angry look on his face. "You're late," growled the man.
'It's him,' thought Sakura with a low growl in her throat. He had changed a little from the short encounter all of those years ago. He was much older and it looked like he had intentionally changed his looks to try and not be found. She would remember his face anywhere though.
"Sorry, there was a little problem and she helped me," said Mathew as he pointed to where Sakura was.
Zane took a look and saw Sakura sitting there and he couldn't help but get this strange feeling. "I hope that you don't expect some sort of payment, because you won't be getting any," said Zane in a mean tone.
"No I don't want any Mr.?" Said Sakura trying her best to look like she hadn't seen him anywhere before.
"I am Zane. I am his father. Who are you and have I met you somewhere before?" asked Zane as the strange feeling came back. He just couldn't seem to get it to go away at that moment.
"No. I haven't met you before. My name is Lina," said Sakura with a very forced smile. At that moment, the only thing that she felt like doing was strangle the one man that brought suffering to her family for the past sixteen years.
"Well Lina. Thank you for you help. Now go away and leave us alone," growled Zane as he grabbed Mathews arm and pulled him towards the house very roughly as Mathew struggled to get out of his grasp.
Sakura would have done something but she knew that if she did that it would end up blowing her cover and that was something that she just couldn't afford to do at that moment. She watched them until they disappeared into the house and then she drove off with a very pissed off look on her face. 'The nerve of him,' thought Sakura angrily.
