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Sunday, June 26 20XX
Time 6:00
Mai smiled as she stared at the book Naru bought for her. Well, he had only bought the book yesterday, but she was half-way through it. Everything happened so quick after Krimson and Leon left.
~~~FLASHBACK~~~
Mai sighed and reached for her cellphone. Might as well do what Naru said, Mai thought. She went the list in her contacts. First was Ayako.
Riiiiing, Riiiiiiing. . . .
"Hello, It's Ayako." Ayako answered.
"Um. . . Hi Ayako, it's Mai. We have a new case. Are you available?" Mai asked. She heard Ayako mumble some thing until she finally replied.
"Yeah. I won't be able to come tomorrow though."Ayako said. "Just text me the address." With that, Ayako hung up. Mai quickly texted the address and moved onto the next one.
Riiiing, Riiiiing. . .
"Hello, this is John Brown." John greeted.
"Hey John, do you mind helping us on the case?" Mai asked.
"Sure thing," John replied.
"Okay we meet up at the office before 6:00." Mai hung up shortly.
It took her a whole 8 minutes just to call the rest due to some not answering her first call. John, Masako, and Yasu are meeting up here tomorrow while Ayako and Monk will come the second day. Mai sighed and looked at the time. It had been an hour since Yurevich-chan and Krimson-kun had left and now. Mai was bored. She had finished cleaning, washing empty tea cups and the kettle, her assignment for the night, and calling the gang so she had nothing to do anymore. Mai wanted to take the rest off the day off, but knowing Naru, he'd refuse.
"Mai. . ." Naru called. Mai looked at her boss. How long has he been standing there. "It's lunch break, let's go."
Naru and Mai always had lunch together, and went shopping if they had time. They'd usually take turns paying for lunch, but when Mai wasn't paying attention, Naru paid for it.
Mai stood up and got her purse. It was still raining outside, so Naru had borrowed Lin's umbrella. Mai enjoyed today. Since it was raining , Mai and Naru had to stand so close together.
"Naru, where are we going today?" Mai asked.
Naru thought for a moment. "The cafe across the apartment building." With that, they took 15 minutes to get to the cafe.
"Welcome, Ma'am, Sir." a kind woman greeted. Mai nodded in her direction as she led them to a table. She placed a small menu of sweets, drinks, and food. Then she left.
"What do you want Naru? It's my turn to pay today, so I don't mind you getting a lot." Mai said.
Naru scanned the menu for a minute or two. "Just call the waitress when you're ready to order." Mai puffed her cheeks and checked the menu out. A minute later, she raised her hand to call the waitress.
The waitress got her little notepad. "What will it be?"
"Earl Grey Tea and a piece of Black Forest cake." Naru said. Mai was shocked. Those were like, not as expensive as he'd usually buy. When it was his turn to buy he'd order pasta or something.
"I'll have iced coffee and a grilled cheese sandwich." Mai ordered. The waitress smiled and walked away.
"Mai, did Krimson say anything weird to you?" Naru asked. He has been acting weird since Krimson came.
"No, just a guessing game." Mai recalled. Naru nodded and it went quiet.
"When we're done with lunch, you are free to do whatever you want." Naru paused, glancing at his cellphone. "Just make sure to pack." Mai nodded.
Is he giving me the rest of the day off, Mai thought. I think since he came back, he's taken the 'be nice' medicine.
"Excuse me Ma'am, Sir, here is your order." The waitress placed the food and drinks down and smiled. She left the receipt to Naru and disappeared to the front door.
Mai and Naru ate in silence. Sometimes Mai would start a small chat, but it was her talking mostly. Today, she didn't feel chatty.
The brunette looked at her boss to see his cake untouched. "Why aren't you eating?" Naru shook his head and gave the plate of cake a push toward Mai. "You ordered it for me?" Naru nodded. A faint blush took over Mai's face as she took her first bite. Naru smiled in the inside.
While Mai was munching on the cake, Naru had secretly paid for the food. It won't hurt to pay for 3 days in a row, will it? Finally, Mai had finished.
Mai searched for her wallet. "Let me pay first."
"I already did." Naru said. Mai puffed her cheeks.
"You already paid for three days in a row, why can't I pay?" The puffy-cheeked girl complained. He didn't have to keep paying for her!
"Let's go?" Naru was already standing. Mai just nodded and they exited the cafe without another word. They started to walk towards the pedestrian lane until Mai got distracted once again.
"Ah! Naru look, its your book!" Mai looked at the displayed book. Naru stared at his published worked. Should he just give the original copy signed by him? "Naru is it alright if you go ahead, I'm gonna buy something."
Naru smirked. "If you really want my book, I'll give you a signed one." Mai fumed on his reply.
"No! I want to buy another book! I just finished that book." Mai was a cute cherry red at the end of her sentence. Has she read all my books, Naru thought.
"I can recommend good books if you want." Naru offered. What drugs are you on, Mai thought.
In the end, they bought quite a few books, but Naru paid for it all.
~~~~ END OF FLASHBACK~~~~
"Mai!" Yasu shouted. Her three friends were standing in front of her, worried why she hadn't responded in the two minutes they were calling her.
Mai laughed nervously. This wan't the first time. "Yeah?"
"Kazuya said to rock-paper scissors with Masako to see who will ride where." John explained. Mai nodded and prepared to play against Masako.
"One point only. No lates or earlies." Yasu pointed out. Mai had to win, but Masako had no intention of losing either.
"Ready. . ."
Mai and Masako were face to face.
'MAI PICK PAPER' Gene shouted. She flinched a bit due to how loud he was shouting in her head.
Yasu cleared his throat. "Rock."
'SHE WILL PICK ROCK! I SWEAR!' Gene once again shouted. Mai started to ignore Gene.
"Paper. . ." John didn't like how the two girls looked at each other. They looked like they were ready to kill.
'GENE! Stop.' Mai demanded. Gene was messing with her for sure.
"Scissors."
. . .
Mai goes with Naru, Masako goes in John's car.
'I told you so.' Gene said. The boy was right, Masako picked rock, and Gene made Mai choose paper.
Mai sighed and went to to the van. They weren't even going, and Mai was already sleepy.
Finally, she went to La La land.
Mai opened her eyes to see nothing except for darkness.
"Welcome Ms. Sunshine." Gene greeted. Mai rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah. I come in peace. We don't have much time." Mai nodded and Gene showed the scene that sent shivers down Mai's spine.
Children were covered in bruises, scars, wounds, and scabs. They were all playing happily, but they all had a different game. One group was playing 'Ring Around the Rosey' , the other group was playing 'London Bridge', and the last one was 'Jack and Jill'. Even if it was a friendly game, something seemed off. Their eyes were blank, and their smiles were plastic. There was only two adults with them, but the vibe they gave the two teens the creeps. A man in a lab coat walked in.
"The children who have lost the game, approach." the man coldly said. His facial expression showed disgust. The children who have lost at their respective games reluctantly went to the man. The man, the three other adults, and the children left the room.
"Wasn't Lisa in the group?" a kid asked. His friend nodded and they hung their head.
"Gene what's going on?" Mai asked. Gene shook his head and changed the scene.
This time, it was in the same room, but it was horrifying. Children's screams echoed the room. Mai couldn't help the tears that were starting to fall. She saw children being beat to death. Blood had stained the pure white carpet, some children were not even moving- let alone breathing, and what she can't look away from the most, is what the man was doing.
"Where is Lisa?" the man asked. The children just remained silent, causing something to trigger something in his insanity. "WHERE IS LISA?!"
. . .
They kept quiet. The man picked up a child by the neck.
"If you don't tell me where she is hiding, Jin will join the others!" the man shouted. The children just kept yelling. . . colorful words.
"Gene, please change the scene I can't take it. . ." Mai begged. Gene just covered Mai's mouth.
"We can't get discovered." Gene whispered. Mai's tears just kept falling and falling as she watched the child, Jin, be beat to death and thrown like a rag. Two or three more children had joined Jin in the pile of. . . lifeless bodies.
"Don't hurt them anymore!" Mai's eyes roamed to the door. It was a girl.
"Where the fuck did you go, Lisa?" the man asked. He approached her and started to strangle her.
This man has issues. . .
"Don't. . . hurt them. . ." Lisa struggled in the man's grasp. Finally, she stopped, but she was still breathing.
Gen stopped the scene there. "Mai, I'm sorry if I'm putting you through this. This is important, but if you can't handle it, I'll just tell Noll." Mai shook her head.
"I can do it." Mai wasn't sure if she can really handle it, but she knew she had to do this to gather the information and visuals.
Gene finally went to the last scene, or so he said. It was outside, and there was a wooden box in the middle of the field that was the size of Lin. You can see that from the house, a man exited carrying a kid. The kid had her hands tied behind her back while she was gagged. She was really fighting her way out.
"London Bridge is falling down." The man threw the kid down so hard, a crack was heard. The kid started crying, her screams were muffled too.
Mai's screams of protest were muffled by Gene.
"Falling down, Falling down." He put the noose loosely around the kid's neck.
Mai was biting Gene as hard as she could trying to break free.
"Mai don't, he'll notice us too." Gene whispered as Mai kept biting him.
"London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady." The man had fixed her hair. Then he suddenly tightened the noose so tight, the poor girl started choking already. Then, the man hung her, but she still wasn't close to dying.
Mai stopped biting Gene, and put her hand over her ears to block the muffled scream of the poor girl . Gene hung his head low, not wanting to see the next part of the scene.
"Take the key and lock her up." The man sung. He sealed the wooden box and grabbed the gas can next to him.
No. . .
"Lock her up, lock her up." He doused the box in gas. He proceeded to drop the can next to the box.
Stop it. . .
"Take the key and lock her up." The man lit a match and threw the match at the box. He laughed as he watched it burn.
MONSTER. . .
"My fair lady." He bowed and stayed in the position.
"MAI!" Gene yelled as he was blasted away, then disappeared.
"GENE!" Mai screamed in horror. She felt no one else's presence.
"I found you."