Chapter Thirty-one

That's It

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"Hello?"

"Yella, sorry it took so long to call back." Raye told her.

"It's okay. So where's Serena?" She asked anxiously.

"I-I don't know. She disappeared. We don't know where she is. We think someone took her."

"Wh-what?" Yella whispered.

"We have no idea how, or why."

"I'm coming out there."

"But-"

"I'm leaving now. See you soon, bye." Yella hung up before Raye could protest any further.

"She's coming out here now." Raye told the other girls.

"We should go inside now." Amy said, turning to the police station.

"The sooner we report it, the sooner they can find her." Lita sighed.

"Maybe we can get that Detective Bruter guy. He's covered all Serena's cases." Mina said.

They walked inside and asked for Detective Bruter.

"Hey girls." He greeted, walking out. He saw their faces and immediately knew something had happened. His expression changed. "What happened?"

None of the girls could say a word, so Lita handed him Serena's phone with the text still open.

He read it. "Whose phone is this?"

"Serena's." Amy muttered.

"I'm going to have to ask you guys a few questions."

"K" They all said.

"Well, when and where?" He started off, pulling out a notepad and pen.

"About five minutes before the text was received." Lita answered.

"And in front of the Crown Arcade." Mina finished.

"And do you have any idea who could've done this?"

"No, we hardly know anyone." Raye said.

"Okay, I'm going to have to keep her phone for a while so we can try and get something off it."

"K" They all mumbled.

"I'll call you girls if we find out anything." He informed.

"Thank you." They all said. "Good-bye." They walked out of the station.

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"WHO THE HELL COULD'VE DONE THIS?" Darien shouted. "She hasn't ruined any lives. She doesn't have enough hate to kill a fly letalone ruin a life." Darien had been sitting in his room trying to figure out who took his love. "She's talked to us, the girls, Andrew...who else. It's not like she killed anyone. Yah, we both put someone in jail, but-" He thought for a minute. "THAT'S IT!" He got up and rushed out the door to the police station.

"Who's the detective working on Serena Tsukino's case?" He asked the person at the main desk.

"I am, hello Darien." Detective Bruter recognized him from before.

"I think I know who took her." He said.

"Let's go into my office. Right over here." He said, turning to a door.

Once they got in and sat down, Darien blurted out who he believed did this.

"It could be either Jarrett or Conner's parents."

"Well that's a start. They are brothers, so that would give their parents a motive to want to take her. I'll have cars sent to their house now." He called the main desk.

"Thanks. She doesn't deserve to be put through this because of their kids' mistake." Darien grumbled.

"Don't thank me yet." He sighed, putting the phone down. "Their house is on fire."

"I want to go out there. If she is there, I want to see her."

"No, too dangerous. You wait here and I'll go see if they found anyone inside."

"But-"

"No, you stay."

"Fine." Darien grunted.

Darien sat there for a good hour before Detective Bruter returned.

"There was only one body found, but it belonged to a male, believed to be that of the fathers. Serena or the mother wasn't there."

Darien was relieved, but he was still worried at the same time. That meant she wasn't hurt in the fire, but that also meant that she was still missing...and now they had even less of a chance of finding her.

"There's another thing. The firefighters believe this was arson." He informed.

"Maybe the mom figured we might know who took Serena, so she burnt the house and relocated." Darien sighed.

"That's a possibly. But that doesn't explain the male body." The detective pointed out.

"I'm going to go tell the girls." Darien said, getting up from his seat.

"Okay, I'm sorry we couldn't be of further help."

He waved off the apology and walked out the door, calling Mina.
"Hello?"
"Mina, its Darien."

"Hey, what's up?"

"Are you with the girls?"

"Yah, and Yella too."
"Where are you?"
"My house."

"I have some news about Serena. She's still missing, but I have news."

"You can come over now if you'd like."
"Okay, I'll be there in a few, bye."
"Bye."

He hung up and headed towards Mina's.

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"You have news?"

"Yes. I was thinking about who could possibly of done this. Then it hit me, Jarrett and Conner. I think it was their parents. When I told Detective Bruter, he sent cars to check, but the house was on fire. It was believed to be arson, and only a male's body was found there." Darien explained. "They think the body is the fathers, so Detective Bruter thinks it was their mother who took Serena."

"So Jarrett and Conner are brothers?" Lita asked.

"Yes."

"That makes since, so we don't have any better leads?" Raye asked.

"No." Darien's voice was barely above a whisper.

"Okay, so now what?" Mina asked.

"Well there's nothing really we can do." Yella said.

"But-" Raye started to protest.

"There truly isn't anything we can do at this point." Darien interrupted.

"All we can do is go on with our daily routines and wait for news from Detective Bruter." Yella said, fighting tears.

"Well I'll see you guys later." Darien said, turning to leave. He didn't want the girls to see his tears. My daily routine revolved around Serena. He thought as he left, ignoring the salutations from the girls behind him.

"I feel so bad for him." Mina said after Darien closed the door.

"I know, imagine how he feels. We're just her best friends, he's her boyfriend, he loves her." Raye added.

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Saturday the eighth

The following weekend, the weekend Yella got to move in; all the girls and guys were helping. All of Yella's stuff was already moved in; it was Serena's stuff they were having difficulty with. They still hadn't heard any positive news on Serena's case. They were determined that Serena would return, they just didn't know when. Yella and Serena had put Serena's old house up for sale last Monday, and it sold the next morning. Yella was very surprised when she received a call when someone said they wanted to move in as soon as possible. Yella had met the lady Tuesday evening to give her the keys. They lady moved in that evening.