Sunday October 30th 1977 9:14 A.M. Waking up to the sound of a car honking outside my window, I opened my eyes and yawned. I turned over and was surprised to see Ray was not in bed. "Ray?" I said looking around. I got out of bed and started to look for Ray. She was nowhere in the house. I started to get worried when I heard some music coming from the roof. I went out in the back yard and started to climb up the fire latter to the roof. I get to the top and see Ray standing on the end of the roof with her bow shooting at some targets on the other side of the roof. Ray was listening to the rolling stones on the radio as she took a shoot, hitting the target dead in the center.
"Nice shooting Ray." I said walking up to her. Ray jumps a little as she turns to me. "Oh Samuel, I didn't hear you." Ray said turning the radio down. "Did I wake you?" Ray said walking over to the other side of the roof. "No, I was just wondering where you were." I said leaning on the chimney. "So what are you doing up here anyway? Trying to clear your mind?"
"Something like that." Ray said grabbing her arrows out of the target and walking back over. "I told myself last night that I would never be afraid again of fighting." Ray said taking aim at the target. Ray shoots the target in the center again. "You're growing up." I said smiling. "Huh?" Ray said looking at me. "You'll understand soon." I said walking over. "Mind if I try?" I said looking at Ray. "Oh, sure." Ray said hanging me the bow. "You know how to shoot it?"
"Ya, it's like a camera, just point and shoot." I said taking the bow. I looked at the target that was about 20 yards away. I drew back on the bow and aimed and fired. I hit the target in the corner. "Umm…the sun was in my eye." I said looking back at Ray.
Ray smiled and walked up to me. "Here, let me help you." Ray said grabbing another arrow. "Your form is a little off." Ray said walking up behind me. "Hold the arrow in your hand like this." Ray said next to my ear as she grabbed my hand and put it on the bow. I started to blush as I could smell Ray next to me.
"Open your legs like this." Ray said pushing my legs open a little more. Ray grabbed my hands and lifted the bow up. "Breathe slowly and focus." Ray said quietly. My heart rate was going up as I could feel ray's chest pushing against my back. "Aim and…" Ray said as she pulled the bow back with me. I let go as the arrow flew and hit the target right next to the middle.
"There you go." Ray said letting go of my hands. "Guess I'm a little rusty." I said smiling. I handed the bow back to ray. "So you hungry?" I said. "Ya, I could use a bite." Ray said. We both went back inside as clouds started to gather.
Ray turns on the TV as I start to cook some pancakes. As I'm cooking, the phone starts to ring. I walk over and pick it up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Samuel." Trista said a little too happy. "Hey Trista, what's up?' I said walking back to the kitchen carrying the phone. "Guess what I have." Trista said really happy. "What?" I said flipping the pancakes over. "I got a warrant for the talismans from the judge today. We can got get them whenever you're ready." Trista said. "Ok, I just woke up and I'm about to eat breakfast. So I can meet you there in an hour if that works for you." I said turning the stove off. "Ya that works. See you then." *click*
"Who was that?" Ray said walking over to the table and sitting down. "Trista, she has a warrant for the talismans." I said walking over to the table and putting the plate of pancakes down. "That's good." Ray said as she starts to eat. "I hope so…" I said thinking about how I'm going to have to let Trista do whatever she wants to me for a day.
"Where are you going to get them from?" Ray said taking a bite. "Where going to meet at the museum in 50 minutes to pick them up." I said taking a bite out of mine. "Cool, do you think I can come to?" Ray said drinking some water. "Where just picking them up."
"Ya, but I was hoping I could look around the museum for a little bit." Ray said with a little hope in her eyes. I was a little worried. but I knew Ray hadn't done anything really fun in a while. And I cant keep her in the house all the time. "Well I guess I can take you with me." I said smiling. Ray smiles. "Ok." Ray said standing up.
Ray put her plate away and headed upstairs to get dressed. I finished my plate and put it in the sink and walked over to the phone and called Lita.
*ring ring* Hello?" Lita said. "Hey Lita."
"Oh hey Samuel!" Lita said happy. "Hey, I wanted to tell you that where going to go get the talismans in 40 minutes at the museum."
"Really!?" Lita said. "That's great. I'll let Seiya know."
"Ok thanks Lita."
"Of course, Bye bye." *click*
I hung up the phone as Ray walked down the stairs. I started to blushed as I saw what Ray was wearing. She was wearing a Red button up shirt and a purple skirt with red shoes with a light brown jacket. "Wow." I said looking at Ray. "d-do you like it?" Ray said looking away. "Ya, you look wonderful." I said smiling. Ray blushed. "T-thanks. I had some clothes brought over from my house yesterday." Ray said walking over and sitting down. "You better get dressed before we are late." Ray said turning on the TV. "Ok, be back in a few." I said walking up stairs.
I looked in my closet and got a pair of light blue jeans and a red shirt with a white Stripe across the middle. I put on my white and blue Nike shoes and put some gel in my hair to spike it up, washed my glasses and grabbed a sweater. I put on my necklace and put my gun in my side holster and headed down stairs. "Ok Ray, lets go." I said walking over to the door with my keys in my head.
Ray turned off the TV and looked at me as she stood up. Her face grew Red as she tried her hardest not to look at me. I let out a small laugh as Ray walked out the door. I followed her and locked the door as we started to walk to the museum to pick up some new talismans…
Sunday October 30th 1977 10:33 A.M. Walking up to the museum, I saw that rain clouds where overhead. We waited by the lion statue for a little when I saw Trista pull up in her cop car and hopped out. Trista was wearing a black shirt with green shorts with a light blue coat over her and black and white shoes.
"Hey Samuel." Trista said walking over to us. "Hey Trista." I said waving to her. Trista looks at Ray for a minute. "Why is Ray here?" Trista said looking at me. "She wanted to look around the museum for a little bit after where done." I said. "Hi Trista, nice to meet you again." Ray said bowing. "Oh, nice to see you too." Trista said smiling and waving.
"You got the paper?" I said. "Ya." Trista said pulling a piece of paper out of her pocket. Trista handed me the paper and I unfold it as I start to read it. As I'm reading it, a rain drop fall in the corner. I wiped it off and handed it back to her. "Nice, we better get this done before it starts to rain." I said looking up as the sky was now nothing but rain clouds.
Me and Ray followed Trista into the museum and to the office. "Ok, wait here for a minute." Trista said as she walked to the office. Me and Ray sat down in the chair and waited for a few minutes. After a little bit, Trista walked out with an old man following her.
"Ok, let's go." Trista said motioning for us to follow them. We started to follow Trista down the halls to the japan war room when a certain someone called for me. "Hey Samuel!" A voice said coming from the main door. I looked over and to my surprise, I saw Lita Waving to me. "Lita!?" I said a little shocked. Lita walked over to me as Ray looked at me. "What are you doing here Lita?" I said smiling.
"Seiya said he wanted me to be here to make sure we get them." Lita said. Lita looked at Ray and raised an eyebrow. "I don't believe I've meet your friend here." Lita said turning to face Ray. "Oh, this is Ray, she's a friend of mine." I said turning to Ray. "Ray, this is Lita, a friend of mine." I said. "Hello Lita, nice to meet you." Ray said smiling. "Nice to meet you to Ray." Lita said smiling and waving.
"Hey guys, let's go." Trista yelled from down the hall. We all started to follow Trista again. but this time with Lita. We get to the war room and walked over to the case. "I'm going to need a few minutes to turn off all the locks." The old man said turning to us. Trista turned and looked at us. "Well you got some time if you want to look around." Trista said looking at the case. "Ok. we will be back in a few minutes." I said turning to Ray and Lita. "Is there anything you want to go see?" I said. "Can we go see the Mummies?" Ray said looking at the museum flyer. "Sure, lead the way." I said smiling.
Me and Lita followed Ray to the mummy exhibit. We get there and start to look at the old casings. "Wow, these things are thousands of years old." Lita said looking a mummy. "Ugh, these things are creepy." I said walking along the glass case. Just then, I bumped into someone. "Oh, I'm sorry." I said looking down. To my surprise, I saw a certain blue haired girl with a book in her hand. "Amy?" I said surprised. "Oh, hey Samuel, fancy seeing you here." Amy said closing her book and turning to face me.
"What are you doing here?" I said facing Amy. "I have a essay to write about the kings of Egypt, so I'm here doing some reading about them." Amy said. "What about you? I never figured you the type to like mummies."
"Well I'm here to pick a few things up for the case." I said looking at the clock. Just then, Ray and Lita came over. "Hey Samuel, Trista said the case is about done." Lita said walking up from behind me. "Oh, hello there." Lita said looking at Amy. Ray came up from the other side of me.
"Is this also another one of your friends Samuel?' Lita said looking at Amy. "You could say that." I said looking back that them. "Lita, this is Amy. Amy, this is Lita and I believe you already know Ray." I said pointing to everyone. "Hello." Lita said bowing. "Hey Amy." Ray said waving. "Hi Ray, Hi Lita, I'm Amy, pleased to meet you." Amy said waving.
Just then… all three of the talismans started to flash, a vision flashed not just through my mind, but everyone's.
*A vision of a castle in flames flashes as a man in a white robe rushes a woman atop the tower* The talismans lights fade as they go back to normal. "W-what was that?" I said a little shaken "Was that a castle on fire?" Ray said putting her hand on her head. "It looked like it." Lita said looking at everyone. "I can't help but think that…we have all meet somewhere before." Amy said looking down at the ground. We all looked at each other. We all had the same feeling as well. I thought to myself. I now knew that Amy's necklace was a talisman. But before I could say anything to Amy about it, Trista came into the room.
"Hey guys, what are you doing? Come on, we haven't got all day." Trista said motioning for us. We all put the vision in the back of our minds and followed Trista back to the case.
We all walked up to the case to see the man turning off the last laser. "There we go." The old man said opening the case. It was hard to believe, but 3 talismans where now in are grasp. Trista walked up and softly grabbed the talismans out of the case. "Thank you sir, we will take good care of them." Trista said turning to us. We all walked up and looked at them. "Wow…there beautiful." Lita said. "Such craftsmanship." Amy said. "And with these…" I said pulling out my necklace and ray pulling out hers. "…we now have six." I said as me and Ray put ours next to the others. They all started to glow brightly as Amy's starts to glow too. "W-what?" Amy said pulling hers out as well. "I guess its true then." Trista said looking at Amy. "Whats going on?" Amy said looking at us as we pulled them away. "Long story. I'll tell you later. ok Amy?" I said looking at her. "Ok." Amy said still confused but nodding as she put her necklace back into her shirt.
I looked at everyone and smiled. But before I could say anything else… "Hey where did the old man go?" Trista said turning around to see he was gone. I looked around to and for some reason He was nowhere to been seen. Just then I felt the barrel of a gun pointed right at the back of my head.
"Long time no see Samuel." A deep voice said from behind me. Instantly my heart rate went up to 140 as I looked at Ray and everyone as the face's where all pale. Just then, ten men walked in with MP5 pointed at us. I was at a loss. I didn't know what to do. I didn't move as the man reaches over and pulls my 45 out of my hostler. "Turn around slowly." The man said. I slowly turned around and was shocked to see a man with white hair…
"Kunzite…" I said looking him dead in his eyes. "So nice that you remembered my name, and here I thought you had forgotten about me." Kunzite said as the other men walked over. Kunzite looks over at Trista and walks over to her. He reaches over and pulls her gun out of her holster too. "How did you know we were be here?" I said as one of the men kept his gun pointed at me. "Come on Samuel. You didn't think we knew what you were doing at all times did you?" Kunzite said as he grabs the talismans from Trista's hand.
Kunzite walks by Ray and stops and looks at her. "Beryl runs this city from the shadows. We know what you're doing at all times." Kunzite says as he reaches over and grabs Rays necklace and pulls it off. Ray was about to grab it back but Lita stopped her. Kunzite walks past Amy but doesn't stop. Kunzite didn't know about Amy's talisman as he walks back over to me. "It was only a matter of time before we knew you were going to get the talismans here." He said with a smile.
"Then what about the drills?" I said looking at him. "Oh don't worry, we have something bigger planed for them, which you will see soon enough." He said as he reached over to grab my necklace. As he grabbed my necklace, I grabbed his hand. All five men pointed their guns at me as Kunzite looks at me.
"There you go playing the hero again, just quit before someone you love ends up hurt again." He said looking back at Lita. I thought for a minute and slowly let go of his hand. Kunzite smiles as he rips my necklace off. He walks away a little looking at all five talismans in his hands.
"Ha ha, ha…HA HA HA!" Kunzite starts to laugh to himself as I tried to think of a way to get us out of here. "You might have gotten away from nephrite by the skim of your teeth last time…but this time" Kunzite said walking over as he pointed his gun at me. "No one is going to save you this time."
"NOOO!" Lita screamed as two of the men held her back as a 3rd pointed his gun at her. "Please! Don't!" Lita yelled as she started to cry. Ray and Amy where on the verge of crying at they looked at me with their sad eyes.
"Goodbye Samuel!" Kunzite Yelled as he pulled the trigger back and put the gun right at my head.
"NOOOOO!" Lita screamed. As she tried to pushed the men off of her. My eyes got big as I looked death in the face. And then…
"Venus Crescent beam Smash!" *phhtttt!* …
I looked down to see blood coming from kunzite's chest with a hole in it as blood started to pour out. "Ughhuh…" Kunzite said as he looked at me and fell to the floor. The other men looked around with their guns pointed at whatever they saw moving.
I looked up at the window of the museum and saw a figure standing there with the window open as the breeze softly blew in from behind her. I was amazed by her. She wore a orange sailor outfit with a dark blue ribbon on the front with an orange skirt and orange high heels. I blushed at how beautiful she was.
"Up there!" One of the men yelled as all five of them opened fired on her. Trista grabbed Amy and Ray and ducked behind the display case. Lita ran over to me and grabbed me. She pulled me over to another case next to the wall as we took cover behind it. I looked over the side to see the figure dashing across the ceiling almost as if she was flying.
The firing stopped so the men could reload. The girl did a 360 on the crystal chandelier and flew down at the men as she gave the first man a kicked to his face sending him flying back several feet.
"Why you!" one of the men said she he finished reloading his gun at tried to point it at her. The girl dashed up to the ceiling and ran around the edge. I saw Kunzite slowly moving around as my gun and Trista's where a few feet away on the ground. I made a dash for the guns. As I get right to them, one of the men sees me. He started to point his gun at me. But unfortunately for him, my heart rate was over 160 by this point. I lean on my good side and as he points his gun at me, I push myself forward with my legs strait as I kick the gun out of his hand. As I'm sliding across the floor, I grabbed my gun and took aim and shot the first guy 3 times. All through his left lung. As the other men turn around to see me. The girl dashes forward and spin kicks one of the men in his throat. sending him flying.
As the girl kept 2 of them busy, I looked at Trista's gun as the other 2 men opened fired on me. Timing my breathing. I waited a few seconds and then flew across the floor. I shot 5 rounds at the men. 2 in the first guy, one through his leg and one through his foot. He fell to the floor screaming. 2 in the 2nd guy. Both in his gut. He falls to the floor, dead.
I grabbed Trista's gun and tossed it at her as she peeks out from the corner and grabs it. I ducked behind the case across from Lita as Trista starts to shoot at the last 2 men standing. The 2 men look over as I looked at my clip. I had 3 shots left. Trista took 4 shots. All made their mark. all into one. One through his heart. 2 through his right lung. And one into the other one. Through his neck. The man started to shoot at Trista as she took cover. I Ran over to a pillar on the other side and peeked out as I shoot my 3 bullets into one of them. Two through his liver. One through his spine.
The last guy falls down as I kept my gun pointed at him. After a few seconds, me and Trista walked out.
"Trista are you ok?" I said catching my breath. "Ya…" Trista said catching her breath too. Just then, we started to hear sirens. "Speck of the devil." Trista said. "I'll go let them know what happened." Trista said as she jogged of to the door. I ran over to Lita and see if she was ok.
"Lita!? Are you ok?" I said as she slowly gets up, shaking a little. "Y-ya I'm ok." Lita said trying to take deep breaths. I ran over to check on Amy and Ray.
"Amy, Ray!" I said looking behind the glass case. Amy and Ray where both curled up and shaking rapidly. I leaned down and picked them both up, as they didn't seem to know where they were. "Amy, Ray its ok. It's over now." I said softly as they both cried on my shoulder. I held them for a few seconds as I thought to myself how horrible of a person I was to have gotten them dragged into this.
I softly patted them on there heads as I tried to calm them down. Ray and Amy pull away a little and wiped they tears away. "Are you ok?" I said to both of them. They both nod as Amy stands up and walks over to the bench and sits down and looks at the floor. Ray sat there for a few more seconds. "It's over Ray." I said helping her up. "…I did it again." Ray said still looking at the ground. "Huh?" I said looking at her. "I did it again… I froze up with fear." Ray said wiping tears from her eyes. "Don't worry too much Ray, I know one day you will be the bravest person I know." I said smiling at her. Ray looks up at me. "Thanks Samuel…" Ray said as she walked over to the wall and leaned on it.
Just then I remembered Kunzite. I looked around to see he was gone with a blood trail leading out the back doorway to the alley. I started to follow the blood trail. It was raining by this point as I opened the back door and saw the trail of blood stop as tire marks went south down the alleyway. "Damit." I said to myself as I saw something shining on the ground. I looked over and saw three talismans on the ground. I picked them up and wiped them off. It was mine, Rays and the Dark colored P one. "Kunzite must have dropped these when he left." I said looking down the alley.
I was too busy thinking to myself that I didn't hear someone walking up from behind me. *click* I turned around to see one of the men holding his side with his gun pointed at me. I pointed my gun at the man and fired. but it was empty. "Oh no." I said to myself as my eyes got big. "Ha ha ha ha!" the man yelled as he points the gun at my face and then...
"Pftthhh!" A yellow light flew over my shoulder and into his neck as he fell to the floor dead. I turned around and saw no one as the talismans started to shine. "Huh?" I said looking at them. "Why are they shining?" I said as I looked around again. As I turned around, I saw her… The girl who saved my life.
She stood a few feet away looking at me as a yellow light faintly shone from her chest. I looked at her light and then at mine. I looked backed at her as she smiled and started to walk over to me. She stopped when she was two feet away from me. She was so pretty. I started to blush as she started to giggle. "You never could talk to a girl while she was wearing a sailor uniform." She said smiling at me. "How did she know that?" I said to myself. Just then it hit me like at 44 magnum…
"M-mina?" I said looking at her. "Nothing gets by you huh Sammy?" Mina said Smiling. "M-mina?" I said as I started to cry. I walked over to her and hugged her. I haven't seen Mina in two weeks. But it felt like two years. I feel to my knees and started to cry on her shoulder. "Hey now, it's ok Sammy, no need to cry." Mina said patting my head. "Mina…I've missed you so much." I said with tears in my eyes. "It's ok now. I'm here now…for good." Mina said looking at me smiling.
It has been so long sense I have been so happy. Just then I remembered what happened. I stand up and pull away from Mina looking over her. "Mina, why are you wearing a sailor uniform?" I said looking at her, wiping my eyes. Mina thought to herself for a second.
"Sammy, a lot has happen sense the Last time I saw you." Mina said looking at me. Before Mina could say anything else, it started to rain harder. "Let's talk about this tomorrow ok?" Mina said. "Ya sure. Do you want to come over to my house?" I said as the rain started to land on my glasses. "Let's meet at my house at 10 ok?" Mina said smiling. "Ok… sure." I said thinking to myself. Before I could say anything else, Trista came out the back door.
"Samuel, you here?" Trista said looking at me. "Oh, there you are." Trista said walking over to me. "What are you doing out here?"
"Oh, I was talking to my frie-" I turned around but Mina was gone. I looked down the alleyway in awe as a lot of thoughts ran through my mind. "Who?" Trista said holding her hand up to stop the rain from landing on her face. "…Never mind." I said looking back at her. "Anyway, we need you back inside. Where getting the place cleaned up." Trista said opening the door. "Oh ok." I said as I gave one last look behind me as I walked back into the museum...
Sunday October 30th 1977 1:44 P.M. As the ambulance started to take the bodies away, I finished up my statement with Trista. "After that, I followed the blood to the alleyway where I found three of the talismans." I said leaning against the wall. "Ok then." Trista said writing it down on her notebook. Trista puts the note book in her pocket and looks up at me.
"I can't believe he got away with two of them." Trista said looking over the mess. Blood was all over the place and bullet holes where in all the priceless stuff. "He won't last long though." I said. "He won't make it through the night with those wounds he has."
"Specking of which." Trista said turning to face me. "Was that the vigilante Sailor V that helped us?" I wasn't sure what to say. "…Ya I'm sure it was." I said looking at the ground. "She was so beautiful. I'm glad she helped us out. I though for sure we were done for." Trista said looking out the window.
"So what now?" I said. "We wait. I'm going to have to get this whole mess sorted out and then we need to rethink how we do things around here…" Trista said looking at her men. We both knew we were played by beryl. "She has to have men working for her inside the police station." Trista said. I thought to myself for a second.
"Trista, I think it would be better if you looked after one of the talisman." I said pulling the P talisman out of my pocket. Trista looked at me as I handed her the talisman. "Do you think that's a good idea?" Trista said taking the talisman. "If we keep them apart, we don't have to worry about them getting all of them." I said looking at the talisman. "Ya your right." Trista said looking at it. For some strange reason, Trista seem to be out of it while she was looking at it. "Umm Trista?" I said looking at her. "Huh?" Trista said coming back too. "You ok?" I said looking at her. Ya…just thinking to myself." Trista said putting the talisman around her neck.
"I better go take care of the news cameras." Trista said walking to the front door. I followed behind her as we went outside, the rain was coming down as the paparazzi was all over the place taking pictures. "Get them back!" Trista said waving to the police who were trying to keep them back.
Just then, a news crew came over to us. "Miss Trista! Sera Tuner, fox 11 news." The lady said holding her mic up to her. "Who were these people that attacked you in the museum?" Trista started to talk to her as I stood behind her thinking to myself. "Trista, I'll give you call later ok?" I said as I started to head back inside.
"Ok Samuel. Stay safe." Trista said as more cameras came up to her. I walked in and looked over to see Amy sitting on a chair. I walked over and sat next to her. "You ok?"
"Ya... just trying to take everything in." Amy said looking down at her necklace. "Samuel, why did that man want our necklace's?" I took a deep breath as I started to tell Amy everything that has happened... *25 minutes later* "I see..." Amy said leaning back in her chair. "That makes a lot more sense now."
"Ya...sorry for dragging you into this Amy." I said looking up. "Its ok. I'm glad I know why my father guarded this for so long." Amy said standing up. "What are you gonna do now?" I said standing up as well. "I'm gonna head home and try to relax. I'm not use to getting into shootouts like you are." Amy said giving me a weak smile. "Ok, I'll be in touch with you." I said hugging Amy. "Be safe." Amy said hugging me back. "I'll try." I said pull away and smiling. Amy smiles back and walks out of the museum, heading home. I looked over and saw Ray sitting on a bench looking down at her talisman. I started to walk over to Ray thinking about what I had just put her through. "Hey…" I said smiling. Ray didn't say anything as she kept looking at her talisman.
I sat down next to Ray and let out a sigh. "I'm sorry Ray." I said cupping my hands and leaning forward. Ray turned and looked at me. "For what?"
"I was careless today, and it almost cost me." I said looking at her. Ray put her necklace back on and put her hand on mine. "Samuel, you didn't know what was going to happen."
"Maybe… but I should have been more aware." I said lost in my thoughts. I made a promise to Rays grandfather I would do everything I can to keep Ray safe and make her happy. And so far, I'm not doing a good job. And that was when I made up my mind.
"Hey Ray?" I said looking at her. "Yes?"
"I was thinking, how about you and me go out and get something to eat" I said smiling. Ray was taken back a little and blushed. "You mean like a d-date?" Ray said shyly. "Ya." I said Smiling. Ray thought for a second before she said something. "S-sure, I would love too." Ray smiling and blushing a little. "Sounds like a plan." I said standing up. "Wait, wheres Lita?" I said looking around. "Oh, I think she said she was gonna go back and fill Seiya in on what happened." Ray said looking up at me. "Oh. ok. Well let's get out of here and get something to eat." Ray stood up and nodded.
We both started to walk out of the museum. The rain was coming down harder as a few landed on us. "Aww it's raining." Ray said zipping up her coat. "Hold on." I said walking over to costumer serves desk. I walked back with a umbrella. "This should help." I said opening it up.
Ray stood next to me as we both started to walk down the steps. "So where do you want to go to eat?" I said as we walked down the street. "I don't know a lot of places to eat, do you know anywhere we can eat?" Ray said looking at me. "Hmmm." I thought to myself for a second. "Well, there's a Denny's that I use to go to when I was little."
"Sure, let's go there then." Ray said smiling. And so me and Ray started to walk down the raining streets hoping to clear our minds of today's events with something to eat...