Thursday October 20th 1977 12:41 P.M. With a little over a hour till I had to meet Trista, I had to think of a way to get in and get out as fast as I could. I was really not in the mood for Trista's games today. As am sitting there, my phone started to ring. *ring, ring* "Hello?"

"Hello Samuel." I could tell by the quite voice that it was Amy. "Amy?!" I said looking a little surprised. "Why are you calling me? How do you even know my number?"

"I'll tell you later. I'm calling you because I think I might be able to help you out with your case." Amy said. "My case? How do you even know I'm working on a case?"

"Mina."

"Why am I not surprised?" I said rolling my eyes. "Anyway, I might be able to give you a diagnose of mental conditions for the people."

"Amy, this is really dangerous and I don't want to get you involved in this..." I said leaning my arm on my desk. "I know you want to look out for me and I'm grateful for that but... Mina told me to help you." I heart rate went up a little bit. "Mina told you to help me?"

"Yes, she told me at the school lunchroom table."

"Wait, so Mina's at school right now?"

"Yes. Samuel, you need to know that you're not allowed come to the school to try and see her..." Amy said. "Why is that?"

"Mina's mom told the school about what she thinks you did to her so the school put a restraining order on you were you can't come within 200 feet of the school." I told myself the next time I see Mina's mom that I was going to beat the living shit out of her. "Well even with that I have to try and see her..."

"I understand... Mina said she will try to see you tonight."

"Ya I remember, I told her to meet me at my house tonight, but I don't know how she will get away from her mother..."

"Hey, don't worry about it, I'll take of it." "Really? and how are you going to do that?" I said rising an eyebrow. "Don't worry about that, just make sure your home at 7:00 ok?"

"I will... thanks Amy." I said smiling. "Sure, no problem." *click* I just sat there for a little, thinking about Mina. I let out a sigh as I'm thinking to myself how I'm going to see Mina and have dinner with Lita at the same time.

I got up and walked downstairs to Michelle. "Who was that on the phone?" Michelle said not looking up from her papers. "It was Amy." I said taking a sit next to her desk. "Amy? the Amy that was with you and Mina that night?" Michelle said looking up at me. "Ya, that Amy." I said looking at ceiling. "She said that Mina is going to come over to my house tonight as planned."

"Well that's a good thing, right?" Michelle said smiling. I just looked down at the floor. "What's wrong?"

"She going to be at my house tonight at 7:00."

"Oh..." Michelle knew that it was going to be a problem. Nobody said anything for a few seconds. "So what are you going to do?"

"Well... I think I'm going to call Lita and ask if we can have dinner earlier or later." I said standing up. "Do we have Lita's phone number Michelle?"

"Well it should be in her file if I have it." Michelle said standing up and turning around and opening the L cabinet. "Hmm... well what do you know, I have it." Michelle said turning around and closing the cabinet with her hip. "Here you go Mr. Ownby." Michelle said handing me her file. "Thanks, I'm going to read this and then head for Trista's office." I said walking up the stairs. "Ok, just leave the file on your desk and I'll put it away later."

"Ok." I said closing the door. I sat down and opened Lita's file. "Here we are." I said picking up the phone. *555-4012* *ring, ring* *ring-* "hello?" I could tell right away it was Lita. "Hey Lita, it's Samuel."

"Samuel!? hi! how are you?"

"I'm fine, I was wondering if we are still on for dinner tonight?"

"Yes, I was just about to leave and go get some ingredients for tonight." Lita said with a happy tone in her voice. "Well I was wondering if it were possible to move the time around?"

"Why?" Lita said with a little sadness in her voice. I knew I could not tell Lita about Mina. not yet anyway. "Well... I have to go see a friend who just got out of the hospital and I just wanted to go check up on them."

"Oh, ok." Lita sounding a little happier. "Well sadly I can't, I have to go some were after dinner and I'll be too busy cleaning up the house when I get back from the store." Now I knew I was stuck. "Oh ok. I'll be there at 7:00."

"Okay Samuel! Bye!" *click* "Damit..." I said slowly pounding my fist on my desk. I was about to go down stairs but something caught my eye in Lita's file. I picked Lita's file back up and started to read it again.

Lita Kino, Age 16, Sagittarius, 5 feet 9 inches, Blood type O, Brunette hair, Green eyes, 146 Pounds. Mother died in 1961 giving birth to Lita Kino. I sat there starring at that page. "Lita's Mother is dead? but she told me she was in France." I decided I would worry about that later and stood up and headed back down stairs.

"So how did that go?" Michelle said looking up from her desk. "She can't move the time around, so I'm going to go to her house at 7:00." I said just standing in the middle of the room. Michelle just stared at me thinking really hard. "But Samuel, what about Mina?"

"I'll think of something, I just need some time to think..." I said walking out the door. It was somewhat sunny today after we just had six days with nothing but rain and dark clouds. I started walking to Trista's office hoping that I would be able to think of what to do about tonight...

Thursday October 20th 1977 2:03 P.M. Walking into the police station, I looked around and saw there was a TV crew over in the corner looking at some papers as I Walked up to the front desk. "I'm here to see Trista?"

"Hey Samuel, Trista is in the middle of an interview right now, but she said that you can go wait in her office."

"Ok, do you know how long it will be before she is done?"

"Oh about 10 minutes."

"Ok, thanks." I said walking away to Trista's office. Opening the door, I saw that Trista was not back yet. I walked over to her file cabinet and looked at it. "Well at least she knows how to keep her files organized." I said looking for the Z part. Trista had 5 more file cabinets then Michelle had. so it took a little while longer to find the Z's. Opening up the Z file cabinet, I stated to look for Zoisite's file. "Bingo." I said pulling out Zoisite's file. I sat down at Trista's desk. "Man, this chair is really soft." I said opening up the file. Sadly there was nothing in his file at Amara did not already told me. Standing up, I put the file back and started to look for Jadeite's file. "Great..." I said closing the cabinet. Trista did not have a file on Jadeite. "Now what?" I said putting my hand on my head.

"I could think of a few things we could do." A voice said very sedative coming from behind me. My heart started to speed up as I turned around to see Trista standing by the door. She was leaning against the right side of the door frame and had her left hand on her hip and was giving me a smile. "Uh oh." I said to myself as Trista started to walk over to me. "Well, well, what do we have here?" Trista said still walking towards me. "I was just looking through some files." I said a little shaky. "Aww, but Samuel, don't you know it's rude to go through someone's things without permission?" Trista was now standing about 2 feet away from me as she started to twirl her hair. "But you told me I could go through your files."

"Yes, but what I meant was you could look through them when I was around so you didn't try to take any silly." Trista said walking towards me again but going a little slower this time. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to-" Trista puts her index finger on my lips. My face started to turn red as Trista moves her head next to my right ear. "You know I love it when you're honest with me."

"W-well I don't like to deceive people of their trust."

"And that's what makes you so different from the other men in the station." Trista said putting her hand on my shoulder. "You are what most women in this town dream of when they sleep. You are a true gentleman."

"Ya, that's what Mina says."

"Oh, who is Mina?" Trista said pulling away from my ear. "She's... a friend of mine." I said looking away from her face. "Well it seems that I have some competition." Trista said smiling. "What do you mean? were just friends." I said trying to back up. "Exactly, which is why..." Trista grabs me and pushes me onto her desk and climbs on top of me. "I need to hurry up and clam you as mine." Trista said as she began to unbutton her shirt.

"T-Trista!?" I yelled while grabbing my noise. By now Trista had her shirt half-way undone to the point I could see her bra. Trista was wearing a dark green lace bra with black trimming. I could feel some blood build up in my noise as Trista hung over me smiling. "What's wrong Samuel? never seen a mature woman before?" She said moving her face closer to mine. I was too shocked to say anything back. The one side of me wanted to get up and walk away, but the other side kept telling me to look at her. I had to admit, Trista had a very nice figure as she hung over me. "Do you like what you see?" Trista said as she put her check against mine.

"T-T-Trista..." Was all I could say without letting go of my nose. I could taste my blood as it started to drip down into my throat. "What's wrong Samuel?" Trista said whispering in my ear. "Do you want me to read you your rights?" Trista said as she started to nibble on my ear. "This is not appropriate conduct Trista!" I yelled trying my hardest not to stare. "Oh, and who's going to arrest me...me?" Trista said as she pulled away from my ear and smiled evilly at me. "Enough playing around." Trista said grabbing my free hand and pinning it to the table. "I always wanted to know want kissing a real man feels like..." Trista said as she closed her eyes and started to move her lips to mine. Buy now my heart rate was over 142. I had to think of something, and fast. Truth be told, I've haven't been kissed by a girl in about 2 years. That would not seem so bad if it weren't for the fact at I've been kissed only twice in my whole life... and they were by the same girl. Trista got to the point where I could feel her breathing on me. I thought for sure it was all over when...

*knock knock* "Hello? Trista, you in there?" A voice said coming from outside the door. Trista stop what she was doing and gave a death glare at the door. "Who is it?!" She said rather rudely. "It's Amara." Trista's look changed into a more non-scary look and looked down at me. "Mark my word Samuel, I will finish what I started today." Trista said getting off of me. "We will finish this game later." Trista said buttoning up her shirt.

I stand up still holding my noise as Trista walks over to the door and open's it up. I ran as fast as could to the men's bathroom as I passed Amara. "Hi Amara!" I said running pass her still holding my noise. Amara looks back at Trista. "Uhh... did I interrupt something?" Amara said raising one eyebrow. "Oh no, you just staled my fun with Samuel." Trista said sitting back down in her desk. "I still can't believe Samuel is such a gentlemen." Amara said taking a sit in front of Trista's desk. "I know, which is why he will be mine." Trista said giving a scary smile. "Well... good luck with that." Amara said putting her hands on top of her head.

"So what do you think of Samuel so far Amara?" Trista said leaning back in her chair. "Well he is nice and kind, but he's not my type."

"Oh ya, I forgot, you don't like popular men." Trista said letting out a faint giggle. Amara rolls her eyes. "So did you find anything out about Jadeite and Zoisites location?"

"Well, as a matter of fact..." *Back with Samuel* As the water from the sink was washing the blood down the drain, I thought to myself how I always get bloody noises. Luckily it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Most likely what happened was holding my nose stopped it from ripping open more so it only dripped for a minute or two. But still... why do I get bloody noises whenever a girl comes on to me? As I wiped the last bit of blood from my nose, I started to think to myself about the first time I ever kissed a girl and got a bloody noise. "Mina..." I said looking down into the sink as memories from my teenage years started to rush through my head.

Tuesday October 22nd 1974 3:05 P.M. "Hey Sammy!" Mina said running up from behind me. I had just got done with school and was on my way home. "Hey Mina." I said as Mina caught up to me. "I was hoping I could catch you before the day was over." Mina said holding her backpack in front of her. "What's up?" I said turning my head to her. "I just wanted to say how proud I am of you that you finally got your high school diploma Sammy."

"Thanks Mina, and I thought I told you to stop calling me that."

"Aww come on Sammy, don't be so modest." Mina said holding my hand. I started blush red.

"Oh ya, happy birthday Mina." I said smiling at her. "Thank you Sammy." Mina said letting go of my hand. "So what did you get for your birthday?"

"Well I got some new shoes and a new book, a record player and some money."

"That's nice." I said waiting at the crosswalk. "So Sammy, what did you get me for my birthday?" Mina said walking backwards as we crossed the street. "It's a surprise." I said smiling and closing my eyes. "Awww." Mina said making a pouty face. I let out a faint laugh. "Hey Sammy?"

"Ya?"

"I was wondering... what do you do if you like a guy and you want to ask him to the fair?" I stopped walking. "Mina... are you going to ask a boy out to the fair?" I said raising an eyebrow. Mina blushes red. "Maybe..." Mina said looking to her right. "I haven't asked him yet." Mina said looking at me. "Really? then what are you waiting for?" I said as we started to walk again. "Well I just wanted to know what he thinks of me first." Mina said looking forward. "Ok, well what's this guy like?"

"He's really kind and he is really nice to me and the other girls in school."

"Well he sounds like a nice guy." I said looking forward and smiling. We both walked for about 3 blocks till Mina said something. "Sammy?..." Mina stops walking. "Want's wrong Mina?" I said stopping.

"Will… you go to the fair with me tomorrow?" Mina said looking down at the floor. I just stood there thinking about what Mina just told me. After I turned 18, my mother sat me down and talk to me about Mina. "Mina... you know we can't be seen together, that's how rumors start." I said facing her. "Ya but my mother said she would be there to watch us." Mina said looking back up to me. "Oh, that's sounds like a wonderful idea." I said rolling my eyes. "What's wrong with my mom coming?"

"Mina, you and I both know your mom does not like me, and the fact that I'm over 18 now just gives her more of an excuse to watch me."

"I know but still..." Mina said looking at me. "Well if I go to the fair tomorrow I will hang out with you ok?" I said as we got to the front door to Mina house. "Ok..." Mina said trying to put on a smile. Mina waved goodbye as she walked into her house. I waved back as I started to walk to my house to get my stuff ready for the army bus that was going to pick me up in two days.

Wednesday October 23rd 1974 7:12 P.M. "Hey mom?" I yelled coming down the stairs. "Yes Samuel?" My mom said, who was in the kitchen. "I'm going to the fair now!" I said getting to the bottom of the stairs. "Hold on Samuel, I want to talk to you." My mom said going into the living room. I walk into the living room and sit down in the chair. My mom took a sit on the couch. "What's up mom?"

"Samuel, I want to talk to you about Mina..."

"Bye mom." I said standing up. "Come back and sit down." My mom said pointing to the chair. "But mom, we already had this talk, twice, what more is there to talk about?" I said sitting back down. "Samuel listen, I want you to be on your best behavior tonight with Mina ok?" My mom said smiling. "Mom?" I said raising an eye brow.

"Samuel... Mina is a very lovely girl and I'm happy you two are the best of friends. but we both know what will happen if your friendship goes any farther." My mom said with a stern face. "I know mom, I'm just going to hang out with her for her birthday gift ok?" I said standing back up. "Ok." My mom said getting up and walking me to the door. I open the door and walk outside. "Samuel... I know you care for Mina a lot and I'm fine with that, but the city would not understand if they found out you were going with her tonight."

"I know mom... and thanks." I said giving my mom a hug. "Bye mom!" I said running to the fair. "Be good and have fun!" My mom said going back into the house.

*25 minutes later* After getting to the front gate, I give the man my ticket and walked in. The fair got some new rides and they now let a band play up on the stage if anyone wants to rock out. After walking past the barn animals, I saw Mina with her mom by the popcorn stand talking. I walked around and put my back to the back of the popcorn stand to see if I could hear them talking. "I don't care Mina! If Samuel shows up, you are going to come back home with me understand!?" Mina's mom said with her arms folded. "Yes mom..." Mina said holding her face down. "Mina, one day you will understand why I don't want you around that sick man." Mina's mom said walking away.

Mina just stood there for a little bit and then she walked up to the popcorn stand and got some popcorn. "Hmph! meanie mom." Mina said as the guy handed her, her popcorn. "That will be 50 cents." Mina puts her hand in her pocket. "Oh no." Mina said with a sad look on her face. "My mom forgot to give me my money." I walked up behind Mina pulling my hand out of my pocket. "Here you are my good man." I said handing the guy 50 cents. Mina gaps and looks at me. "Sammy!" Mina said giving me a hug. "You came to the fair!" Mina said smiling at me.

"Oof, ok Mina, you can let go of me." I said as I get a uneasy feeling that people staring at me. "When did you get here Sammy?" Mina said letting me go. "Oh about 5 Minutes ago, I had to wait for your mom to leave before I could come over."

"Oh... you herd what my mom said about you?" Mina said with worried look on her face. "ya."

"...I'm sorry you had to her my mom say that about you." Mina said looking at her popcorn. "It's ok Mina." I said putting my hands on top of my head. "So how long do we have before your mom shows up?"

"We got one hour."

"Well then, we better get started, shall we?" I said walking to the rides. "Ok Sammy!" Mina said following behind me. Time seemed to fly by as we played some games, rode the bumper carts and went on the Ferris wheel. After I got Mina to stop crying after we got out of the haunted house, we went over to the bleachers and sat down.

"Today was the most fun I've ever had in my whole life!" Mina said sitting next to me. "Ya well, It was fun hanging out with you before I leave." I said looking up at the stars. "Leave? what do you mean Sammy?" I didn't tell Mina that I was going to join the army yet. I knew she would not be happy. "Mina... I'm leaving tomorrow to go join the army." Mina gaps and gives me a look that said she was horrified. "But Sammy, why?" Mina said with a sad tone in her voice. "Mina... this is something that I just have to do for myself..." I said still not looking at her. Mina was speechless. She just kept staring at me. She then looked up at the sky with me.

"Well Sammy, be careful and come back in one piece ok?" Mina said smiling. "Huh? you're not upset?" I said raising an eye brow. "Well... I'm a little upset but I know you have to get strong so you can protect the people you care for." Mina said looking at me. I smiled. "Thanks Mina."

"What time are you leaving?" Mina said facing towards me. I'm leaving at 12:30 in the morning." I said looking down. "I'll be in school..." Mina said looking back down. "How long are you going to be gone?" I did not want to tell her because I knew she would cry. "Well if I pass the test. I'll be shipped off to Vietnam for... 4 years." I closed my eyes in anticipation for Mina to start crying but she didn't. "Which means tonight will be the last time..." Mina said getting teary eyed. "Mina that's if I pass, If I don't pass, I will be back in seven months." Mina seemed to feel a little better. "Ok..." Mina said looking up at me with a little bit of water in her eyes.

"Well I have something that might make you feel better." I said pulling out a small box. "Really? what is it?" Mina said turning her head. "Happy late birthday Mina." I said handing her an orange box wrapped in yellow paper and a white bow. Mina gaps. "Oh Sammy!" Mina said taking the box from my hand. "What is it?" She said looking at the box. "Well open it and see." I said smiling. Mina ripped off the paper and opened the box. Mina pulled out a red bow out of the box and held it up. "Sammy..." Mina said getting chocked up. "You have very nice hair Mina, but I think it would look even better with a red bow in it." I said blushing and taking the bow from her. "I'll help you put it in ok?" Mina was on the verge of crying as she turned around. Wrapping the bow around her soft hair made my heart race a little bit for some reason.

"There you go, all done." I said making a camera with my hands and looking at Mina through my hands. Mina turned around and felt her new ribbon and looked down. As I looked at her, she started to cry. "Mina? what's wrong?" I said a little sad. "This is the most beautiful gift anyone has ever given me." Mina said crying. "Mina it's just a bow." I said looking at her. "Yes, but it's from you and that makes it worth more than anything money can buy." I smiled at her. "Thanks Mina."

"I probably won't see you before you leave tomorrow huh?" Mina said wiping her tears away with her arm. "ya..." I said looking up. "Well I guess I won't have to live this down then..."

"Live wha-" Was all I could say because the next thing I knew, Mina grabbed my hands and kiss me as she stopped crying. What I felt...was nothing like I've felt before. Mina's lips were so soft...and sweet. I didn't know what to do. I just wanted that moment to go on forever, but... something was happening to me. My eyes started to dilate and everything I saw seemed to pulse. I grabbed Mina's arms and pulled her away gasping for air as blood started to drop from my nose. "Sammy, are you ok?!" Mina said with a worried look. I tried to talk but nothing was coming out of my mouth. "I *pant* have to *pant* go..." I said trying to stand up. As I stood up, it was very hard to walk and I fell off onto the floor which was six feet down. "Sammy!" Mina said running down to my side. "Are you ok!?" Mina said helping me up. Everything I heard seamed to slow down. I heard Mina but I didn't understand what she was saying. I slipped out of Mina's hand and started to run for the gate. Mina just stood there. wondering if she made a horrible mistake...

As I was running past people, they seem to be nothing but a blur to me. Everything seem to be like if someone was taking my vision and rocking it side to side. All of a sudden, everyone seemed to turn a different color. I saw a few people who were yellow and a few who were red. "What the hell?" I said shaking my head. The colors went away as my hearing seem to be turned up to 11. I could hear people talking on the other side of the fair. I shook my head as I started running up to the front gate.

I saw 4 people standing in front of it. Without even thinking, I ran to the left and wall run up the side of a stand that was next to the gate. The stand was about 5 feet tall and when I got to the top, I turned around and pushed off and went 3 feet. Grabbing the top of the gate, I pushed myself up and swung my legs to the left of me and fell 6 feet to the ground. I didn't know what I was doing but I knew something was happening to me. I started to run down the street trying to get home. It seemed for a moment that I wasn't in control of my body as I started to run behind houses in the dark. Hopping fence after fence with no Evert at all. I was gasping for air but I wasn't tired.

Turning a corner I ran into two guys who were really drunk and pissed off at something. I fell to the floor trying to look up. "Hey, watch where you're going you little shit!"

"Must *pant* run. *pant* "

"Hey I'm talking to you!" The other guy said grabbing me by my arm and lifting me into the air. "You just made a very big mistake." He said pulling out a small knife. "Hey, save some for me." The other guy said picking up a bat. "I'm going to enjoy killing you, you little punk!" The guy said thrusting the knife into my head cracking my skull a little bit. I felt the pain but didn't yell in pain. I just stood there looking that the two blurs who were in front of me.

"My turn!" The other guy yelled as the swung the bat at me. Then something happened... something came over me. something opened up deep inside of me that was beyond my control. What happened next was something I would not understand for a very long time. I grabbed the bat with my left hand and while spinning around to the left, I spun the bat around to his back and took my right palm and slammed it up into his armpit which dislocated his shoulder. "Aaghh!" The guy yelled as I took my foot and slammed it on his back knee causing him to fall to his knees. I then grabbed his head and slammed it sideways down to my right knee, cracking his skull. The other guy just stood there looking like he saw a ghost.

"You... you killed him..." The guy said backing up. "I'll kill you!" he yelled running towards me. He went for a forward thrust with the knife in his right hand. I pushed his knife to my left and punched is throat with my right hand. He fell to the floor gasping for air as he started to cough up blood. I picked up his knife not knowing why and started to walk away. when I got about 10 feet away I heard a click noise. Without even thinking, I turned around and threw the knife right into his left eye. I just stood there only seeing two red blurs as I turned around and started to run for home. My house was about a 25 minute walk from the fair and I got to my house in 6 minutes. Crashing through the front door, I feel to the floor gasping for air. as blood dripped down my face. I last thing I remembered was my mother stand over me screaming my name as drifted into unconsciousness...

I woke up in my bed feeling pain in my head. I put my hand up to my forehead and felt a bandage on my head. As I stood up, I found it was a little hard to walk. Grabbing my glasses off the night stand, I opened my bedroom door. I walked down the stairs and into the living room to the sight of my mom talking to some guy.

"Samuel!" My mom said running up to me and hugging me. "Are you ok!? what happened last night!?" My mom said putting her hands on my shoulder. "I don't...know?" I said walking over to the chair in the living room and sitting down. "Samuel, this is the doctor that fixed you up last night." My mom said pointing to the man sitting on the couch. The man was white who looked about my age. he had a red shirt on and red pants. His hair was black and he had somewhat of a long pony tail "Are you ok Samuel?" The man said. "I'm in a little pain but I feel fine."

"You are a very lucky man, that knife wound almost killed you, If it went in just other inch into your skull..." The man said looking at me like he was trying to read my mind. I just sat there thinking to myself how I almost died. "Samuel, we need to know what happened." My mother said. "I don't know..." I said closing my eyes. "Samuel! this is a serious matter! what happened last night!?" My Mother said yelling. "I don't know ok!?" I yelled standing up. "All I know is that I was talking to Mina when..." *flashback of Mina kissing me on the bench*

"Aughh!" I said falling to my knees holding my hand over my eye. The doctor and my mother ran to my side. "Samuel!? are you ok?" My mom asked. "Just rest for now ok?" The doctor said standing up. "We can talk about how you got hurt later. I'm sorry but I have to go. if anything happens just give me a call." The doctor said handing my Mother a piece of paper and walking out the front door.

*click* "Samuel... is everything alright with you?" My mother said looking at me with a sad face. "I don't know... why is this happening to me?" I said putting my hand on my neck. "Why is my body acting weird?" My Mother looked down for a few minutes and then walked away into her bedroom. 40 seconds later, she came back out with a small box.

"Samuel... there's something I need to tell you..." She said getting teary eyed. "Mom? what's wrong?" I said with a worried look on my face. "Samuel, take a seat and I'll tell you." I took a seat on the couch and my mother sat next to me and handed me the box. "Samuel, there's something you need to know..." My mom said as I opened the box and pulled out a latter and necklace...