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Chapter 16

The police came the next day. Mai was awake and alert. Ayako and Monk stayed by her side as she told the police everything. Tadashi was taken away in handcuffs. He was going to be charged with a whole slue of charges from accessory to murder and kidnapping.

The rest of the group stood outside the cottage. Tadashi had shown the police where he had disposed of Gene and Katsumi's bodies. They would be sending in a team of divers as soon as they finished with the cottage. Tadashi admitted that he didn't tamper with the anything down there because he was too afraid to go down there.

Luella and Martin were flying to Japan. Madoka would be meeting them and then they would take care of Peter. Naru and Lin were going to remain there until Gene's body was recovered and then they would all head back to England to lay him to rest.

"We have a big job to do here. We won't be able to get to the car till after the bodies from the swamp are recovered." The officer told them.

"What's going to happen once you finish there?" Naru asked.

"We'll have to bring special equipment to get the car out. So that may take a few days." The officer in charge explained.

"What's going to happen to Mai?" John asked.

"She will have to be taken into custody. She is a witness and must receive special care. This is the part that I dislike the most about these kinds of crimes. The poor kids involved get put through more hell." He answered.

"What do you mean?" Masako asked. "You can't take her away. She needs us more than ever now!"

"She is an orphan her legal guardian is being taken into custody. She is a ward now. She will also have to testify in court and recount everything that has happened many times." The officer continued. "I don't like how the system does things, but we have to follow it. For the time being she is allowed to stay here, but until the courts figure this out she is still a ward."

A few days later…

They brought in the equipment needed to recover the car. The SPR team stood on the shore and watched. Mai had been ordered by the judge to be present. No one knew how she would react to seeing the car again. She had to verify that it was in fact the car used in the murder of Gene and identify the remains of Katsumi because Tadashi was now in police custody in Tokyo.

"They seem to have hooked the crane up to the car now. I guess they will extract the bodies from it once they have it on land." Yasuhara said.

"Say their names." Mai said staring out at the water.

"What do you mean?" Ayako asked Mai. She and Monk had her protectively in between them.

"Don't just say the bodies. Say Katsumi and Gene. Everyone deserves that." She said. Naru had been very quiet he and Mai hadn't spoken since that time she had woken up. She had been sleeping a lot more. The strain was physically taking its toll. Mentally and emotionally she was putting up a front, to keep the others from all worrying about her too much. Ayako had taken to sleeping in the same room as Mai. They were afraid leave her alone. They could hear her at night screaming and crying from her nightmares.

The divers signaled and the crane lifted the car out of the water. Mai let out a small whimper and Monk and Ayako held her tighter.

"Miss Taniyama, we need you to come and verify this now." An officer came over to them.

"But they haven't even taken the bod- I mean Gene and Katsumi out. Can't it wait till then?" Monk asked. The officer nodded and left.

Mai was led to the car after the bodies had been removed. They asked her to recount what happened that night again and then to verify that this was the car. They could hear the strain in her voice as she repeated how Gene died and how Katsumi had been struck by lightening. Tadashi may have been a horrible guardian, but he was at least willing to claim that his brother had been killed by lighting. They didn't need more questions and attention focused on Mai.

"That's the car." Mai said. They led her to the area where the bodies were laid. They lifted the sheet and asked Mai if she could identify the body. She nodded and began to tear up. They were about the take the bodies away when Mai spoke up. "Please wait. I want to say goodbye and thank you to Gene." They technicians stopped and Mai walked over to the body. "Could you guys give me a minute alone?' they rest of the team moved away, but they were still watching her.

Mai began to speak. "Hey Gene, I guess it's been awhile since we've seen each other in the physical world…. I sorry I was so mean back then when I got you out of jail. I was so confused; I didn't know what to think. I probably would be dead by now if it hadn't been for you. I was dead on the inside, but you kept talking to me and telling me everything was going to be okay and I started to come back. I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I'll always have those great memories of you, me, and Peter. Thank you for finding me." She pulled back the sheet and looked at his body. Naru watched as Mai began to break down and collapse.

He realized that she was stronger and braver than him. She had had the courage to look at the man who had tortured her and then to look at what had become of Gene. Naru had to have Lin make the identification. He couldn't sum up the courage to look.

Ayako and Monk were taking Mai away now. He watched as they load up the bodies in the coroner's van and drive off. He would be leaving soon to meet up with his parents, Peter, and Madoka. He wondered what would happen to Mai.

Meeting up with his Parents.

They had been renting a house near in Tokyo. They had recovered Peter from the mental institution he had been a prisoner at. He had already known Gene was dead when he had tried to find him and Mai. He wanted to talk to her, but told that might not a great idea.

"So Noll or Naru… Is she ok?" Peter asked about Mai.

"I don't know." Naru didn't know anything regarding Mai. He had been told that Mai was going a care facility to start treatment. Other than that he didn't know anything. There wouldn't be a murder trial because the murder was dead and Tadashi had already plead guilty and would be awaiting sentencing. Naru was not allowed to be present.

"So she had been working for you and didn't even remember what had happened?" Peter asked another question.

"I guess so." He replied. He didn't want to talk about this.

"Oliver. Peter. We will be leaving in a few days. We had to make the necessary arrangements for bringing Gene back." Martin told them. Luella came in now and was reading a paper. "What do you have there?"

"This is an article about what happened. I guess the story broke last night at the sentencing. There was a service for the women victims. It says…

The most gruesome story to ever come about. Katsumi Kei was the responsible party for the disappearance of over 30 women within the past 10 years. He first began with …

A group of teens, Mai Taniyama, Peter Lukes, and Gene Davis, discovered what was happening. The only surviving victim, Mai Taniyama, reported the activity to guardian, the brother of Kei. Tadashi Kei was the one responsible for covering up the crimes. He told his ward to forget about what she had seen. Katsumi turned his attention on the young girl. He began to sexually harass her. She and her friends planned their escape. One night while staying alone at the cabin where her friends, Peter and Gene, were staying. Katsumi Kei snuck in and sexually assaulted her. He dragged her to the bathroom where he raped and held her head under water. Later when the friends returned, they discovered that she was gone. Gene went to the house and was arrested for trespassing. After Miss Taniyama bailed him out, she was taken by Katsumi Kei to his torture chamber and held prisoner. She remained there for almost a month receiving the harshest and most brutal treatment. He taped all of his actions towards Miss Taniyama and the other victims. Gene and Peter should be called heroes. Gene and Peter remained in Japan and planned to help Miss Taniyama. Gene found Miss Taniyama chained and took her away. He began to hitchhike his way to the next town carrying Miss Taniyama. Katsumi Kei in his car struck the young man down, killing him. He would have taken her back to his chamber if he hadn't been killed by lightening. Due to the traumatizing events Miss Taniyama forgot the entire ordeal. Tadashi Kei covered up the crime by dumping the car with the two bodies in the lake. When Peter returned to look for his friends, he confronted Mr. Kei, and then was imprisoned in a mental institute. The crimes were not discovered till Miss Taniyama and her guest went to explore the old cottage. As they made the horrible discovery, Miss Taniyama remembered what had happened. Mr. Kei pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years for his part. Miss Taniyama was taken to a psychiatric facility to receive treatment. Another hearing will be held to appoint a new guardian for her till then she will remain at the facility. Once the bodies were recovered the family members of the victims, held a service…

"That's about all that it says." Luella put down the paper. "That poor girl. I already asked if we could take her with us and adopt her, but that was out of the question. Apparently, it would be too much for her. She already feels guilt about what happened. I wish I could meet her…" Luella said softly.

"She really a great girl, I wish I could talk to her again too." Peter said. Luella hugged him.

"Thank god you're alright. We're so lucky that you and Mai survived." She said.

Naru walked away. He kept thinking about Mai. How she was doing? Where she was? Would he ever see her again? He had found his brother, but lost Mai in the process. He had realized how much she meant to him and that she had felt the same. If they ever met again would she still care about him? Could they still have a future? Naru knew that possibility of that was slim to nothing.

Please Review. I hope you guys like the story. I was originally going to kill Peter too, but I for some reason thought that I couldn't do that. It would be too sad. Someone had to live. I got really attached to his character so I kept him alive. I technically didn't kill Gene because he was already dead and I couldn't keep him alive. Even though I wish I could have.