SOOO sorry that this took a long time to update! I've been working on my latest fic "The Fair Seven" and almost forgotten this story!"
Enjoy.
It was hell for all the toys in the store. Every night Gurimo would stomp around like he owned the store and no matter what the toy soldiers do, it was not going to stop Gurimo. Most of the toys were put into the shelves and are forced to stay there by Gurimo's orders, while he had the rest go in a toy box in solitary confinement.
Valon, Raphael and the rest of the toy soldiers felt powerless to stand up against Gurimo. Raphael may be the captain of the
squad but without Alister as his prime negotiator they didn't have a chance against the Jack in the box. Raphael and Valon were absolutely miserable without their friend, Valon missed the arguments he had with Alister and badly wanted to quarrel with him again. Raphael missed him the most for the conversations they would have and being the voice of reason, even the all the toy soldiers missed the red head because of how he was able to stand up to Gurimo and whip them in shape. Even though they don't Alister on their cases and yell at them, they really want his guidance right now.
That night when Valon and Raphael were patrolling, the store looked completely empty and dark. It was no longer lively as it used to be, for the past two weeks since Alister was thrown out the window everything was dead and in complete darkness.
Valon suddenly threw his gun at the ground and punched the wall.
"Ah! I hate this!" Valon exclaims angrily, "the toy store is bloody ruined now! ever'thin''s gone downhill, and Gurimo's taken over and is now a dictator 'ho killed one of me best friends!"
Valon was breathing heavily in pit patterns. He tried to hide his tears from Raphael, he couldn't let his older friend see him cry like this especially when the other toys need them to be strong and take down Gurimo. Raphael puts a hand on the younger mans shoulder in comfort and he had a sad expression.
"Don't give up Valon, we got to be strong now for Alister's sake. We have to get Gurimo and bring him to justice, for everyone and Alister..and for Violet."
Valon looks up at Raphael with shiny eyes. "Speaking of Viole', where is the sheila? Gurimo's not with 'er is she?"
Raphael shakes his head. "I don't know where she is."
Violet was outside the toy store on the roof. It became a nightly routine for her for the past three weeks ever since Alister had been thrown out the window, she is still depressed and heart broken as a result and ever since then Gurimo ended up taking control of the toy store. He just hopped from the table and started dictating all the toys, not even Raphael, Valon or the other toys soldiers could stand up to him, to Violet he was worse than Hitler and Stalin combined.
Violet was absolutely miserable without Alister. Every night when Gurimo is around she would get out of the room as quick as possible so he wouldn't stand a chance to do anything to her. Now that Alister is gone she doesn't have any protection from the Jack in the box and was not going to take any chances of staying in the same room with him.
Violet was staring at the purple paper flower Alister made her. It was the only thing she had left of Alister's existence now, along with his soldiers jacket, hat and his gun, but even those items will not fill the void within her.
The cold night breeze blew in her hair and was blowing at the flower as well. She was trying to cope with the fact that this is what every night will be like from now on, she will look up at the night sky when the stars are out and only have the memories of the good times she and Alister had together. The laughs they shared, the arguments, when they talked about deep topics, when they danced together.
And when they had their first and last kiss.
Violet accepted that she will now and forever will be alone. Not even the tears that were streaming down her face were ever going to bring him back.
"Alister."
On the docks in the outskirts of Domino was a modest fisherman by the name Mako Tsunami. He was out on his fishing route at six o'clock in the morning so by eight he can start selling the fish he caught, he was reeling up his sixtieth fish and put it in his cart.
He stretched and grinned. "Well that's the last one! I better get to town and sell these fish."
Later that morning everyone was getting ready for work, Mako had already sold forty-six fish and business was going very well for Mako.
Solomon was walking through town and spotted Mako and greeted the young fisher.
"Morning Mako my boy!" Solomon says cheerfully, "how are you this morning?"
Mako smiled. "I'm great, and yourself?"
Solomon smiled. "Wonderfully, my grandson recently got married to his wife and they are extremely happy together."
"Hey that's great," Mako says, "I'm glad they are."
Solomon smiled. "I'm just here to get some fish for my granddaughter in law, her cravings are starting to kick in and as soon as Yugi helps her through her morning sickness she will have a healthy appetite."
Mako's eyes went in realization. "You mean Yugi and Tea are expecting a child already!?"
"Yes they are," Solomon says excited with flushed cheeks, "I am so excited that I'm gonna a great grandpa! I never thought I'd live to see my grandchild have his own children. Yugi is already panicking and is getting the nursery ready, he is an absolute wreck." Solomon laughed.
Mako laughed as well. "Well who wouldn't be panicking, he is going to become a father and this is his first child."
Solomon laughs again. "I know, I was exactly like that myself when my wife was pregnant with Yugi's father."
Mako takes a fish and hands it over to Solomon, then something fell out of the fishes mouth and landed on the ground. Solomon and Mako looked down and Solomon was in shock. The item was almost the size of a Barbie doll, it had a red mushroom cut that was a mess, it was in a white undershirt that was wet and stained. It had a serious look on its and Solomon recognized it right away and picked it up in disbelief.
"Hey, this one of my toy soldiers from my toy store! I've been looking for this fella for weeks!"
"That's odd," Mako says, "I wondered how your solider got into the ocean in the first place?"
Solomon shook his head. "I have no idea, three weeks ago he just disappeared from the other toys soldiers."
The old man smiled."Well no matter, I'm just glad to have him back. I'll just need to clean him up a bit and he'll be good as new, and I'm sure the other toys will be happy to see him again."
Mako gave him a disapproving look."Well I don't think the Jack- in- the- box will though. No offense Solomon but when I went into your store and saw that thing it gave me nightmares. And it looks like it gives everyone the death stare, even your toys."
Solomon looks at Mako. "Yeah, Yugi and Tea also have a problem with it to. They don't want it around when the baby is born so it won't scare it, and I feel like I'm getting a gut feeling that I need to move it someplace else like the attic."
"You should follow that instinct Solomon," Mako suggest, "besides I wouldn't want that creepy thing scaring your grandsons child either, it gave me nightmares and I'm a grown man."
"Tea doesn't want the Jack- in- the- box near her ballerina clock either. This morning before she had morning sickness she told me her ballerina looked very sad and she thought that it was undressing her ballerina with his eyes."
Mako shuddered. "I know they are just toys and everything, but I believe that statement."
Solomon looks at the clock. He pays for the fish and heads back to the toy shop, while Tea ate her breakfast Solomon went into his office and washed the toy soldier clean, fixed his hair and he made him a new soldiers jacket and gave him a new hat and weapon.
Solomon smiled, "There, don't you look handsome!" he gave the soldier a sly smile, "I'm sure you're very popular with the girls huh?"
Solomon looked around and saw Tea's ballerina clock with Violet. Solomon saw the sadness in the ballerina and frowned.
"You poor dear, I guess even toys get lonely." Solomon looks in the other direction, only to be startled as he saw the Jack in the box.
Solomon brought them up because Tea wanted to do something with the clock so it can attract customers while the Jack in the box will be going to the attic (he made that decision after he got home before fixing the soldier).
Solomon scowled. "They're right you are creepy, I don't understand why I even kept you!"
He turns his direction back to Violet. "No wonder you look miserable."
Solomon looks at his hand with the toy soldier, then looks back at Violet. He did it for a minute and smiled.
"Here sweetheart, this soldier can keep you company and protect you from the creeper next to you."
He places the soldier next to Violet and takes a look at them. "You know, you two make a very cute couple."
"Grandpa!" Yugi exclaims from downstairs. "We need to go get strawberries and watermelon's! Tea's having cravings again!"
Solomon shook his head and laughed, he turns his direction back to the soldier and ballerina again.
"I'll be back soon, in the meantime you two can get acquainted."
Solomon gave a wink and he left.
The final chapter is already in the works:)
Please R&R