THE HOUSE OF MYSTERIES CH. 18
Megan was approaching the mansion when something wet had hit her on the head.
"Huh, is it raining?" Megan touched her head and looked up, there were white specks falling from the sky.
"What is this stuff?" she said looking around. Once she discovered no one was around she held out her hand to investigate. A flake of white landed on her hand and melted into water.
"Is this….snow?" Megan had never seen snow before, she had only heard of it a long time ago. It was falling from the sky like rain, and soon she was covered with a thin layer of snow.
"Hey I wonder…." Megan pondered, then stuck her tongue out and caught a few flake. Megan started running around and laughing like a small child when she remembered what she was doing before she had seen the white sparkling snow.
"This was the first time I've been happy like this in a while," she said to no one and then continued walking on the path that led to the Lupin mansion.
Jigen and Lupin were walking around the shops in Tokyo looking through store windows, trying to think of something.
"Damn, this would be a lot easier with Fujiko," Lupin said.
"She's a girl, she should know what they like," he continued.
"But that kid isn't some normal girl," Jigen muttered putting his hands behind his head.
"Huh," Jigen looked up.
"What is it," Lupin looked up from a window to see what Jigen was staring at, it was snowing.
"Well what do you know? A real white Christmas," Lupin chuckled gazing at the sky.
"I friggin hate snow, too much shoveling," Jigen muttered and continued walking, that's when Lupin saw the shop next door to him.
Megan got to the gates of the mansion when she heard a car pull up. Fujiko was just getting back from god only knows where.
"Hey! Megan!" Fujiko waved from the car and hopped out.
"Do you know what today is?" Fujiko said, her face gleaming.
"Uh," Megan thought, but couldn't really remember, it was the 24th wasn't it?
"It's Christmas," Fujiko said smiling, then it came to Megan that it was exactly midnight, meaning it was technically the next day, in other words, it was Christmas.
Megan was brought back to reality when she saw Fujiko move her hands from behind her back.
"What's…" but Megan couldn't even finish her sentence, it was a present, she had never gotten a present in a LONG time.
Megan's face turned red and her eyes began to glitter, she had almost forgot what it was like to get something from someone. Megan opened the present, it was a deck of cards.
"See, now you can play solitaire in the real world too, or play other card games with us too," she said, but Megan was still staring at the cards. The sound of a car engine broke the moment of silence. The two looked up to see Jigen, Lupin, and surprisingly enough, Goemon pull up in a car.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!" Lupin yelled and jumped out of the car which had presents in it.
"Wow I've never gotten this many presents before," Megan said, and Lupin noticed something, for that spilt moment she sounded like a REAL kid, instead of acting so mature, she was acting like any normal kid; hell Christmas does that to ya!
Everyone exchanged gifts, and as it turns out, Megan had gotten something for everyone too. She got Goemon a sword cleaner and spiritual beads for it, she gave Jigen a fancy bottle of Scotch along with a cool new bottle opener, Lupin got a new wrist watch from her, since his old one second hand stopped moving years ago, and for Fujiko, she got her a pair of emerald earrings.
Lupin was looking at his new watch and watching Megan open her gifts. Goemon had got her a PC chess game, and she was just about to open his and Jigen's present.
Megan tore open the bag to see a golden frame with a picture inside, she took a closer look, it was her sister.
"You know you can't just keep pictures lying around they might get ripped, you lucky it hasn't torn yet," Lupin said smiling. Megan looked at the picture frame and turned it over, it had engraving on the back: 'Merry Christmas Megan From Lupin and Jigen'. She smiled a deep heart warming smile.
"Thanks guys, Merry Christmas," she said and gave them all a hug.
Megan was wondering around the house a couple hours later while everyone was getting ready for their flight. She opened the door to find an envelope lying on the doormat.
"Hey, is this yours," some guy was standing near the gates in a postal outfit. "Some guy mailed this, but didn't put an address so we just started going to every house around, and I got lost and found this one, up past the woods," the man was about to go on when Megan spoke.
"Yeah it's mine," she said from pure interest of what would be so important. She turned the letter around to see an Interpol seal.
"Hey wait!" she yelled. The man turned around. "Do you know who sent this, if they knew where this place was?" Megan called out.
"I'm not sure exactly, I just got it from another mailman who said to just take it to random places until I found some random place to dump it off," he yelled back.
Megan had a temporary tired look on her face from what the man just said, "Ok, thanks!" she said waving.
Megan stepped inside and opened the letter it read:
Dear Computer hacker and Lupin Gang,
I don't know if this was some kind of inside joke or if you really meant it but either way……THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY I DRESS! This doesn't mean I'm not going to be on your case on your next move….BECASUE I AM! I'll get you and your new little member too! ...wait did I just rhyme? Well I'll expect to see you all soon behind bars!
Signed,
Zenigata of Interpol police
Megan began laughing hard, "He only wishes he could catch us," she said laughing and stuffed the letter in her backpack.
"Well I have a feeling our next encounter's gonna be very fun," Megan giggled and picked up her bag.
"HEY ARE YOU GUYS READY!" Megan heard Lupin call from upstairs. Jigen and Goemon were walking down the stairs with a bunch of suit cases, and as they walked pass Megan towards the door she could have sworn she heard a 'freakin Fujiko' escape from Jigen.
With one last look Megan ran out the door and hopped in the car. "I'm ready," she said.
NO THAT WAS NOT THE ENDING! Anyways I'm back once more from studying and school is almost out so…more will be added soon! -Himino