Al and Owen didnt think about comming up with an alias they took passage from a cargo ship that was helping thouse with little or no money. you got helped aslong as you were not on a wanted poster in the states. they were hopeing she would have done the same. even though passage out of the states was cheep cause every one wanted in you still had to give your name. that wasnt the case with the cargo ships they normaly didnt ask cause they knew some might be trying to get away from bad siduations at home and didnt want to be found. however, when they got abord and didnt see her they ralized she proberbly came up with an alias and took the regular passage. Owen's worry was growing dispite his uncles attempts to calm him.

"we are going the same way she is. also we gained something by going this way we learned that shes useing an alias knowing that now will save us a lot of trouble we know its no use trying to find a record with her name."

"If we cant go by her name what else can we go by?"

"look for recacureing names, there isnt any passiage directly from the states into germany which is likely where shes headed. keep going that way and if on the paper trails we find one name that keeps showing up than its likely to be her."

"ok it sounds simple enough. but can you blame me for being worried?"

"no i cant its natural to be worried. You might think you dont have too much of your dad in you but there are defintly a few traces."

"really?"

"yep, your just as protective of her as your dad was with me. and you sometimes show the same temper. but instead of seting off due to being called short yours gets set off when someone says or does something aginst Elsa."

owen smiled shyly he knew that was a fact

"Its not a bad thing at all. its the ballance of your shyness."

"whats elsas balance?"

"good question... well there are a few things that seperates her from your dad. one big one that can either save her or bite her later is that she understands and generaly accepts rules. the way your dad was that he would try to bend the rules to fit what ever he wanted. and that was the undoing that brought us to try and bring your grandmother back. granted sometimes you have to bend the rules the key that makes it hard is desifering when it is not ok to bend the rules and when you have to. "

"how do you know?"

al sighed "I wish i could give you a strait answer on that. but you never stop learning the right and wrong times to bend the rules and what rule."