Chapter Sixteen: Bad Past Memories

About that time the new kid started to wake up to Tania's, Rachel's, and Conan's screams. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"The corner of God knows where and filth street." Tania replied going over to her metal bed and lying down with her back against the way. "What's your name?"

"Jack." He replied.

"Okay Jack. Well I'm Conan, this is Rachel, and that's Tania." Conan said.

"So just to past the time why don't you tell us what happened to you." Tania said.

"Well what do you mean?" Jack asked.

"I mean tell us about your life and what happened to you to make these idiots want to shrink you." Tania replied.

"Ok well I was born in Osaka. My parents died when I was young so I went to live with my grandparents on their ranch." Jack started. "I lived there until I was 18 and then I moved to Tokyo to go to the college. After awhile I got my vet's license and got a job. One day on my way to work I saw this dog lying by the side of the road so I stopped. I took him to work and treated him and soon realized that he had been abused. 2 guys in black showed up asking about the dog so I filled them in on his condition and when they wanted him back I said no because I knew that he had been abused. The next thing I knew I was knocked out and then I ended up here."

"So what do you plan to do once you get your real body back?" Rachel asked.

"Well I was planning to open up my own clinic once I get enough money. When I was on my grandparent's ranch I fell in love with horses so I going to treat horses and dogs and cats and ya know that kind of stuff." Jack replied. "What about you guys?"

"Well." Conan started. "I was born in Tokyo and for the first 4 years of my live I was mostly a loner. I spent most of my time reading the manuscripts for my dad's new mystery books. Then when I was five I met the most amazing girl. She was really nice and we became friends quickly. We grew up together and one day I took her on a date to Tropical Land Park where, being a detective, I saw and followed a guy in black. I saw him make some sort of business deal and from behind another man in black knocked out from the back. The next thing I remember was being woke up by some police officer and when I realized that I had been shrunk I ran to my friend's house, Dr. Augasa's. He told me that I should keep my identity a secret if I wanted to protect the ones I loved. Then that girl I mentioned came over looking for me. So Dr. Augasa volunteered me to live with her. I lived with her for about a year and eventually my lies caught up with me and here we are."

"So this girl that you mentioned. Do you love her?" Jack asked.

"I do. Very much. After all she's always been right by my side." Conan replied looking at Rachel. He noticed that they both were blushing.

"Umm… Jimmy. I love you too." Rachel said.

"Wait you're the girl he was talking about?" Jack asked. Conan and Rachel nodded. "Once I get out of here I'm going to continue on with my detective work and hopefully marry the girl that I love." Conan said. Rachel was so embarrassed that she turned around blushing. Jack and Tania both laughed.

"Well I hope it works out for you 2." Jack said. "What about you Tania?"

"Well I have to say my life's no joy ride." Tania said. "I grew up State-side, Texas to be specific. At first everything was good for me and my younger sister Sarah Beth. Then when we got older Sarah Beth fell one day. After a few days the bruise still didn't go away so my mom and dad took her to the doctor who told her that she had cancer. It all started going downhill from there. Well except for Jason, Sarah Beth's boyfriend. He was so sweet. Because of the cancer all her hair fell out. The night of Sarah Beth's prom Jason showed up. He had shaved his head to make Sarah Beth feel better. After a while she died. My dad was a Texas Ranger and was killed in the line of duty so it was just me and mom. She was just so stressed out that she stared drinking. It got to the point where she started blowing up at every little thing. One day she got so made that she brought a gun home. I don't know where she got it. I tried to get away but she shot me in the back." At that Rachel winced. She didn't like hearing this. "She handcuffed me to the bathtub faucet. I had no idea how I stayed alive but I did. Once I got better she unhand cuffed me. Life was like that for a long time. She beat me every time I mentioned my singing career. Hell she beat me every time she felt like it. When I was 18 I told her that I wanted to leave. To venture out on my own. She said that I could only leave on one condition."

"What was the condition?" Jack asked horrified at what he was hearing.

"She had to get the bullet out of my back. I had no choice but to agree so she got me drunk to the point that I passed out. I don't know how she did it but she got the bullet out. After I recovered somewhat I ran. I decided to get out of the country because I wasn't sure what she would do when she found out that I left in the middle of the night. I moved to Tokyo to start my career and that's when I saw what happened to Jimmy. I took my awhile to finally track him own and once I did I lived with him and Rachel. Once I get my body back I'm going to continue singing and hopefully get back State-Side." Tania finished.