I'm back! Just saying that this is humanised. Enjoy!

"Uncle Benny!"

I ran to Benny from the hallway before he could take his shoes off.

"Summer, hey! How're you doing?"

"Good thanks, you?"

He gave me a thumbs up in response.

"Uh, where's your Dad? I-I gotta talk to him- "

Before he could finish, I pointed to the kitchen door, where Dad was walking out of, holding a coffee mug. He looked up and smiled.

"Hey man, how things?"

Benny didn't answer him. "Emmet, Bad's found something he needs to show you. He's coming round now, and- "

Dad interrupted him. "What's it about?"

His voice took on the tone again.

Benny swallowed. "It's... it's about WyldStyle. He's found something that might be able to tell us where she is."

Dad's never told me who 'WyldStyle' is. But I'm guessing that it's a code name for Lucy. My Mom.

5 years. It's taken 5 years to get the tiniest bit of information on where Mom's gone.

To be fair, Bad Cop is a really good cop. He's also a Good Cop (haha, geddit?).

It's been a tough case. Mom just… disappeared. Gone. We asked everywhere, everyone and even everything (Dad tended to talk to plants sometimes).

"Where did you find it?" Dad questioned, clutching a black hoodie that had a blue and pink graffiti pattern on it. I recognized it immediately: Mom's favorite hoodie. Actually, I think it was her only hoodie, I never really saw her wear any other hoodie unless it was a special occasion.

"We found it in the ruin of a skyscraper in Old Bricksburg, explain Bad Cop, "and the rest of the police force have been searching the skyscraper and the surrounding ones too."

A thought came to my mind. "What if she's not there?"

Everyone turned around to face me.

"What do you mean, kid?"

I sighed impatiently. "What if she's not in Old Bricksburg?"

"Summer, please, leave this to us- "

"why can't I stay? I'm old enough!" I interrupted.

I was promptly kicked out of the room by Bad Cop- "No minors allowed past this point of the meeting."

I kicked the door weakly in protest.

"But it's my Mom you're talking about…"

About 15 minutes later, Benny walked out of the room.

"Did they kick you out too?" I snickered down from the floor where I was sitting.

Benny laughed. "No. Emmet and GCBC needed to talk about something I wasn't really involved in, and I took my cue to go."

"GCBC...?" I asked, very confused.

"Oh, that's what we nicknamed Good Cop Bad Cop for short. It's easier to say, and it's quicker too." He smiled.

"Benny?" I mumbled quietly.

"Yah-huh?" He sat down next to me on the floor.

I swallowed.

"I'm going to go find Mom myself."