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Todd and Alexa entered the Chinese restaurant, and became awe just how big it was and it was filled with a lot of customers.

"Wow, this place must be a famous place, eh Todd?" Alexa asked happily.

"It sure is..." Todd said, raising a brow at this place. Soon, they looked around and found a suitable table they could sit on and sat down and waited. Later, a waitress came over and was wearing a white Chinese waitress outfit and had an Asian face, meaning that she was from China or Japan. She had black hair wrapped in a bun and greeted both Todd and his mother with a warm smile.

"Good evening, welcome to the Yummi Chinese Kitchen. My name is Wong and I shall be your waitress." The Chinese waitress known as Wong greeted them. "I'm so delighted to have new customers here in our restaurant."

"Oh thank you so much Miss Wong." Alexa smiled at her. Wong nodded and handed them their menus, showing different kinds of food in the Yummi Chinese Kitchen.

"So, what do you two like to drink?" Wong asked them politely.

"Hmm...I think I'll take a glass of water." Alexa suggested. Wong nodded and wrote the order down on her notepad before turning to Todd.

"And what would you like young man?" Wong asked.

"Oh...um...I'll just have some water as well." Todd replied, closing his menu in a huff. Wong nodded and wrote his order down her notepad.

"Alright, I'll go and get your drinks." Wong nodded and headed over to the kitchen to go and prepare for their orders. While they waited, Alexa decided to talk with Todd, hoping to understand him more and maybe bond and be close to her son.

"So...you enjoying your vacation, so far Todd?" Alexa asked with a warm smile.

"Yeah..." Todd replied, letting out a sigh as he tapped his fingers on the table as he wasn't paying attention to the conversation at all.

"Well, I was thinking that maybe after we're done eating here, we could explore more around Oakton City if you want." Alexa offered.

"Thanks mom, but I don't feel like in the mood right now..." Todd declined, glancing away.

"Todd...what's the matter?" Alexa asked in worried. "Come on, I'm your mother, I'll understand."

Todd let out another sigh and replied "Well...I was just thinking about what that bully did the other day..."

"Huh? You mean the one that you've punched in the face before that got you suspended from school again?" Alexa raised her brow at her son, who smiled sheepishly at her.

"Okay okay, let's not relive in the past, alright?" Todd chuckled before frowning a bit. "Anyway, it's just what he did that ticked me off the most."

"What? You mean breaking your PSVita?" Alexa guessed, but Todd shook his head and clench his fist in anger.

"No...he was calling my dad a loser..." Todd muttered, shocking Alexa.

"What?!" She asked, looking at her son in disbelief and felt heartbroken that someone would talk bad about her husband like that.

"Yeah, he kept talking how much a coward and loser my dad was..." Todd darkened his face as he reminiscence that day with the bully that broke his PSVita.

"That's so cruel! But even so, it still wasn't nice to punch him, you know." Alexa reminded him.

"But I had to do something! Anyone who talks bad about dad or anyone I look up to just makes me so...mad!..." Todd said angrily, crossing his arms in a huff.

"Todd..." Alexa said, smiling sadly at her son. "I understand how you feel. You miss your father, right?"

"Huh?" Todd asked, surprised that his mother brought that up. Unbeknownst to them, a woman was listening into their conversation as she hid behind a big house plant. She looked a lot similar to Wong, but except she looked a little older and had her hair strapped in a short ponytail and wore a black Chinese Waitress outfit and a charm bracelet on her left hand. Apparently, this little waitress was named Wang and was the owner of the Yummi Chinese Kitchen. She was minding her own business and checking up to see how her customers were enjoying their food until she overhears a conversation between Todd and his mother, Alexa.

"It's just that...I miss him too." Alexa said, looking at the table with a sad look. "From the day I met your father, he was a caring young man, and I always admired his cocky nature. He would always be there for me whenever I felt bad. He even did the same for you when you were young. He always cared and loved us no matter what, and would even sacrifice his own life for us. But if you keep remembering him, he'll always live by our hearts, I promise."

Todd looked at his mother in shock before darkening his face. "But I don't want him in my heart...I want him here...with you...and me."

"I understand, but like I said, just keep remembering him and he'll stay in our hearts." Alexa assured, putting her hand on her son's cheek. Todd looked at her, and felt that she was right.

"Okay mom, I'll keep remembering him and never forget him..." Todd softly smiled at his mother, feeling happy that his mother would cheer him up. "Besides...I remember his promise to me that I can become a great man like him, and I still haven't forgotten about it."

"Well, I'm glad to hear that you haven't forgotten about that." Alexa smiled at her son. The waitress became a little surprised to see Todd's mother giving her son some encouragement about their deceased father.

"Poor little boy..." Wang muttered sadly as she felt heartbroken for the boy's father, but a little happy that Todd would never forget his father. She then that Todd took out his PSVita and began playing 'Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time".

His mother chuckled at him playing his game and asked "Wow, you must really like your thief and heist characters, don't you?"

"Yeah, but mostly Sly Cooper." Todd replied with a soft grin on his face. "I also like and admire other characters like Nathan Drake from Uncharted, Robin Hood from his movies, and RJ from Over The Hedge."

"I see..." Alexa softly smile with a sad expression on her face. "But you must know that stealing is wrong and you should never do that kind of stuff."

"Nah, don't worry mom." Todd assured with a small smile while he focuses on his game. "It'll be okay as long as they'd have a good side or change of heart, and it wouldn't be like I'll follow into their footsteps."

Alexa sighed and said "Alright, Todd. Just as long as you don'y steal...or cause any kind of crime or trouble."

Todd nodded and replies "Yes mom...and thank you."

"Hm? For what?" Alexa asked in confusion.

"For taking my PSVita to the repair and getting it fixed. I really appreciate that..." Alexa understood what her son meant as she nodded and let out a warm smile at her son.

"Anytime sweetie." Alexa said, happy to see her son smiling and relaxing at last on this vacation of theirs.

Meanwhile, back with Wang as she overheard everything from Todd and Alexa's conversation.

"Oh my..." Wang covered her mouth, depressed on how much Todd went through. "Poor little kid." She puts her hand on her chest and closes her eye, wishing if there was a way to help bring the child's happiness again. Luckily, she widened her eyes on knowing one way.

"Actually...I think I someone for the job, and someone else who has the same trouble as him." Wang said, softly smiling towards Todd and his mother. Soon, she noticed her sister coming towards the table with Alexa and her son's drinks.

"I'm so sorry that I'm late! It took a long while to get you both some waters, and...I'm so sorry!" Wong apologized.

"No no, it's quite alright, but thanks for delivering our drinks." Alexa assured with a nervous grin. Wong sighed in relief as she smiled softly at the two and asked "Okay, now with that out of the way, what would you two like to order?"

"Oh...let's see..um..." As Alexa and Todd took out their menus and went over whatever they would like to eat, Wong noticed someone hiding behind the pillar of the restaurant, and saw a glimpse of her older sister. Wang saw her sister looking at her as she was giving her a stern glare towards her, realizing that her older sister was up to something, and it has something to do with both Todd and Alexa.

"Umm...Miss Wong?" Wong blinked her eyes as she turned to both Alexa and her son, who was looking at her in confusion. "Did you hear what I said about what me and my son would like to order?"

"O-Oh! S-so sorry about that! I guess I was off in my own little world! Heh heh heh..." Wong chuckled nervously as Todd and his mother looked at each other in confusion before shrugging off. Soon after, Wong was able to write down their orders and told them that she would get right on it! As she took her leave, Wang looked over to see if her younger sister was gone, and seeing no sight of her, she lets out a sigh of relief.

"Phew...for a second there, I thought she would come over and try to annoy me with her stern talk." Wang sighed.

"A-HEM!" Wang let out a small gasp as she slightly turned around to see her younger sister tapping her foot while she made a serious and stern look at her. Wang made a sheepish smile and chuckled nervously and asked "Oh hey sis, what's going on?"

"Stop lying Wong, just what are you doing now? Why were you spying over one of our customers?" Wong demanded.

"Oh..well..." Wang rubbed her cheek in embarrassment before sighing. "Look, I was checking up to see how were our customers doing before overhearing a conversation from that little boy and his mother." She pointed towards the table where both Alexa and Todd were, who were still waiting for their food as Todd continued to play with his Sly Cooper game with his headphones on.

"Oh, you mean them? Why's that?" Wong asked, loosing her stern look and it was replaced with confusion.

"See...I overheard about what happened to the boy's father, and felt so bad for him, and it seems it still affects him to this day. Even his own mother is suffering from this as well." Wang explained, surprising her own little sister. "They may look okay and say that they're fine, but I could almost feel how much they still suffering from the boy's father demise."

"I see...I guess you couldn't let that stop you from hearing from that, eh?" Wong asked, making a sad smile at her sister. Wang nodded and said "Exactly, and after hearing how much he cares for thieves, I came up with an idea and know who can help him, and maybe the kid can help him as well."

"What? Who are you referring?" Wong asked curiously. Wang whispered through her ear, surprising her sister. "What?! Are you even sure that's a good idea?! I mean, how are you...Wait, no you can't!"

"Hey! This might be a good idea of mine! Besides, you know who you talking to?!" Wang pointed to the name tag on her chest, showing that she was the owner of the Yummi Chinese Kitchen. With a defeated sigh, Wong let out an annoyed look and said "Fine...you win. But what if things don't go as you planned?"

"Oh don't worry, I got someone else to help as well." Wang assured with a soft smile.

"Wait...you don't mean..."

"Trust me on this one, it's the only way. Sure, he may be...reckless and such." Wang chuckled nervously with a sweat-drop.

"And don't forget incredibly insane and weird." Wong added with a deadpan expression.

"Sis, trust me! I promise that things will turn out alright!" Wang assured with confidence. Wong let out a sigh and replied "Alright, I'll allow it...but don't come crying to me that things didn't go as planned."

"Oh relax sis, leave it ya older sister." Wang nudged her sister with a smile on her face. "By the way, you should probably get their order before they start to grow hungry and leave our restaurant to go and find another place to eat."

Wong realized this as she quickly made her way to the kitchen and went to inform the chefs of their next order. Wang looks back at both Todd and Alexa and lets out a soft smile at them before muttering "Trust me...this will totally work..."

Later

After finally getting their food, Todd and Alexa finally enjoyed their delicious lunch, Todd rubs his stuffed belly and let out a light burp, covering his mouth and blushing lightly. His mother chuckles and asked "I guess you enjoyed your food, huh Todd?"

"Y-yeah..." Todd replied with a shrug.

Alexa then smiles and asked "You know Todd, we could always have some dessert? I'm thinking of buying a delicious ice cream sundae!"

Todd chuckled at his mother, knowing that his mother was so addictive on ice cream. He just hopes that she doesn't overeats like last time.

"Oh, excuse me." Todd and his mother turned around to see Wang coming towards them with a smile on her face. "Have you enjoy your meal?"

"Oh yes, it was so good! Right Todd?" Alexa asked her son.

"Y-yeah, it sure was..." Todd glanced away before letting out a soft smile.

"Well, just wanna check over to see if everything's alright." Wang nodded before saying "By the way, I am Wang, owner of the Yummi Chinese Kitchen."

"Oh...Nice to meet you ma'am." Alexa said, surprised that she and her son would meet up with the owner. "If we're bothering you, we can always leave and-"

"Oh no, like I said before, I was checking up on my customers to see if they were enjoying their food, that's all." Wang assured with a light chuckle before showing them a tray of two fortune cookies. "Anyway, just wanna leave some of these good fortune cookies for you two. After all, we do always love giving customers their fortune before they leave. Just read them, and maybe it'll come true and find your purpose in the future."

"Oh, um...thank you so much." Alexa nodded before turning to her son. "Say thank you Todd?"

"Um...thanks?" Todd said with a shrug. Wang handed each of them a fortune cookie before she bowed and took her leave.

"You know, I wonder if my fortune will be a great one, what do you think Todd?" Alexa asked her son with a soft smile.

"I...guess." Todd shrugged, unsure about that. Soon, both him and his mother opened the fortune cookies, showing which of their fortune says.

"Change can hurt, but it leads a path to something better." Alexa read her fortune out loud before making a warm smile on her face. "Huh, I guess it's right about one thing." Alexa muttered before turning to her son. "So what does your fortune says, Todd?"

"Umm...let me see..." Todd replied as he looked over his fortune cookie and read what it says.

"A journey soon begins, a prize reflected in another's eyes. What you see is what you lack, then selfless love can change you back." Todd read his fortune cookie aloud, but became confused on what it meant.

"Huh...what the heck does that mean?" Todd questioned.

"I have no idea, but it's just a fortune, those things never come true, anyway." Alexa waved it off. Todd looked at her for a second before looking back at his fortune. Todd was thinking just what his fortune could possibly mean? He just shrugged it off and puts it inside of his pocket, deciding to hold onto it for a while. He sighed and went back on and decided to have that dessert with his mother, not knowing that the owner of the Yummi Chinese Kitchen was making a sly smirk at him.

Soon after, they finished up their dessert and Alexa paid the check as they began leaving the Yummi Chinese Kitchen and decided to head back to the hotel.

"Oh boy, that food was so good! I barely couldn't contain myself, huh Todd?" Alexa asked her son with a happy smile on her face.

"Y-yeah, it...sure was..." Todd said, feeling a bit tired for some reason. He put his hand on his head, feeling a bit dizzy all of a sudden. Alexa noticed this and became worried about him.

"Todd, is there something wrong?" Alexa asked in concern.

"Y-yeah mom...just a little headache, that's all." Todd assured, before letting out a moan. "Man, must be from the food or something. But I'm sure it'll go away."

"Well...okay sweetie. Come on, let's go back to the hotel and unpack our things to see if we got everything." Alexa said as she and Todd began walking through the streets to see more tourist sights around the city. Todd began rubbing his head as his eye began swirling in dizziness for some reason but decided to shake it off and ignore it. Unbeknownst to them, a white squirrel was watching them afar on top of the Chinese restaurant that Todd and Alexa exited out as he lets out a small smirk.

"Huh...something tells me this is gonna be interesting." The white squirrel said to himself as he walks off somewhere into the unknown parts of the city of Oakton.

The Next Day

It was another beautiful day in Oakton as Todd and his mother had already exited out of the hotel building and began to go explore around Oakton City after unpacking and seeing if they had everything they need for this vacation. With all of that done yesterday, they began to head out to enjoy their awesome trip around Oakton.

"Hmm...I do want to see what's in store for this city..." Alexa muttered, deciding where to go around the city. Todd was still trying to ignore his headache and the dizziness. Apparently, he tried to go to sleep and ignore the headache, but it didn't work and wouldn't just go away. His mother began growing worried for him, but he assures that it's just a headache and it's just nothing. While they walked around the city streets, Alexa noticed a small jewelry store, which perks up her interest.

"Hmm...I do want to see what kind of jewelry they have." Alexa rubbed his chin in thought before making an excited grin. "Alright, I think I'll buy something here."

"At a jewelry store?" Todd asked, raising a brow.

"Well I do want to buy more jewelry, so yeah." Alexa shrugged. "Anyway, I'll be right back in a flash." With that, she entered the store, leaving Todd outside. Todd sighed and leaned against the wall and sighs before noticing a boy and his father hanging out and spending time as the little boy was holding onto his father's hand and they were chuckling happily.

Todd sadly smiles, remembering his father and the promise he made with him. He sighs sadly upon remembering his dad until he widened his eyes, seeing that the dizziness was getting to him, but even worse.

"W-what the?...What's going...on...?" Todd began to lose his balance and tries to walk it off, but it wouldn't go away. He then stumbles into an abandoned alleyway and tries not to fall down.

"Getting dizzy...what's...happening...to...me...?" With that, Todd slowly closes his eyes and collapses on the ground, blacking out and soon a bright light shined on his body, making everything blacked out.

To Be Continued