Heartaches

Chapter 66

By Kellyq

Breo looked at his teammate's damaged motorcycles and sighed as he watched the mechanics work on the repairs. After the commotion with his teammates, Breo had their motorcycle's towed to the apartment that he shared with Jean and Andore.

One of the mechanics 'hmm'ed as he checked the back wheel. Breo stepped back when he noticed that the wheel wasn't moving.

"The wheel locked? Can that happen?" Breo pondered aloud.

"It can if you tamper with it, or push your bike too far," one of the mechanics answered. Breo nodded his head, remembering what happened to Jack when his motorcyle crashed. "I also see other hand prints besides your and ours."

Breo looked closer and the mechanic was right. Fingerprints could be seen on the braking system. We're onto something, Breo thought. He turned and walked inside. A quaint three bedroom one bathroom with all hardwood flooring. Breo grabbed his camera that was on the counter and made his way back to take some pictures.

Bruno looked over his shoulder and noticed that Yusei had stopped paying attention on getting information about Team Catastrophe and was looking at the heart shaped key that Hakse had taped to his diary. Bruno frowned. "Do you want to take a break? We have quite a few thing about Team Catastrophe that should help us, I'll take care of this."

"You sure?" Yusei asked, snapping out of his thoughts.

Bruno smiled. "Don't worry about it. I think I can handle things ..." he paused when footsteps reached their ears and they both knew who was knocking at the door. "Besides ... Jack wants to talk to you."

"Yusei ... we need to talk," came Jack's muffled voice from the other side of the door.

"Just a moment!" Yusei put the key in his bag, got up, walked to the door, and opened it. "What's going on?" Yusei reached for the door, stepped up as Jack moved out of the way so that Yusei could close the door.

"I got a text message from Akiza ... she's worried about you," Jack said, as they both walked into the living room and sat down on the couch.

"Martha has chickenpox through the nerves, and she's in a lot of pain right now," Yusei explained as he lowered his gaze, so that Jack couldn't see his eyes. "Also, the nurse looking after her knew about my father, and she was really nasty about it."

"What did this nurse say?" Jack probed.

"That he was responsible for the lab exploding and countless lives gone when it happened and that her parents were caught in it," Yusei explained, shifting uncomfortable. He still had his head down so that Jack couldn't see his eyes.

Jack frowned. "I thought it was Rudger who caused the building to explode?"

Yusei shook his head again. " Rudger was caught it in, including a few other people," he explained again.

"Are there any clues in your dad's diary about what caused the lab to go?" Jack asked.

Yusei shook his head once more. "My dad didn't know what happened. The only evidence he got was a few twisted wires. After that, my dad focused mainly on getting Rudger the care with my mom's help."

"I take it that your parents weren't even together at that time, right?" Jack inquired.

"I explained everything to Rudger and he apologized for what he did to my parents," Yusei answered. "I felt sorry for him, considering how messed up he was before he died with all the lies that Yiliaste fed him."

Jack narrowed his eyes. "Who's that?"

"Someone who worked in the same lab ..."

Yusei paused when there was a knock at the door. He got up, walked to the door, and opened it to see Breo standing there with a hopeful look on his face. Yusei stepped out of the way, let the blonde-haired man in, and closed the door behind him. Breo followed Yusei toward the computer room just as Bruno walked out with a small handful of papers. Jack got up and made his way over.

"Jean and Andore's motorcycles were tampered with. I took some pictures of the hand prints," Breo explained, holding up the camera, and handing it over to Yusei.

Jack and Bruno looked over Yusei shoulder, as he pressed on some buttons.

"We're going to need to go down to the police station," Bruno said, looking through the pictures.

Jack nodded his head. "I know someone who works there that can help us. I'll see if Kaz can take this case, and send a text to Crow and fill him in on the details." He pulled out his cell phone and started to text message Kaz first before Jack text messaged Crow. After waiting for a few moments, he got two text messages back. "Kaz will have time and Crow will meet us there and he's going to bring Kiryu with him."

"Tell Crow that's not going to work. Kiryu might have a seizure if he stays in that type of an environment too long. Have him take Kiryu to Martha's. Aero and Blister are at her place looking after the kids."

Jack nodded his head, understanding.

To Be Continued ...