"Ashley is currently seventeen years old, and she had gone missing about ten years ago," Allie began.

"Allie! Allie!" a voice yelled as knocking was heard on Allie's door. At this time, Allie was about 28 years old and she had just been starting her career as a police officer.

"Coming!" Allie yelled, yawning as she pushed herself out of bed at about 8 in the morning. She opened the door to see her Aunt Saori looking very panicked. "Auntie Saori? What's wrong?"
"Ashley. It's Ashley," she said panting. Allie guessed that she must have ran all the way from her house to Allie's house seeing as how Allie only lived about a 15 minute walk away.

"Calm down. What about Ashley?" Allie asked.

"She-she-she's gone! I can't find her anywhere!" Aunt Saori yelled. Allie felt her heart drop to her stomach.

"What?" Allie asked, not believing what she was hearing. "Uh, couldn't she just be playing with Kenichi somewhere?" Her aunt shook her head.

"No, Kenichi and Honoka are at home as well as their father."

"Was anyone with her when she went missing?" Allie asked, immediately going into police officer mode.

"Yes, she was playing with Kenichi and Honoka at the park just this afternoon," she said. Allie nodded. She went inside and grabbed her coat. It was the dead of autumn outside and quite a chilly morning. "What are you doing?"

"Just getting my coat and shoes. We'll go back to your house so I can ask Kenichi and Honoka if they remember anything that happened. Who knows? We might get a lead," Allie said. She grabbed her keys and headed out, locking the door behind her. They went into Allie's car and drove down to Aunt Saori's home.

"Kenichi! Honoka! Could you two please come here?" Aunt Saori yelled, trying to hide the panic in her voice. Allie's little cousins, Kenichi who was 6 and Honoka who was 2, came running into the room.

"What is it, Mommy?" Kenichi asked, holding his little sister's hand.

"Your cousin Allie is here to ask you about what happened at the park today," Aunt Saori explained as calmly as she could. Kenichi and Honoka looked down, as if trying not to cry. Allie kneeled down in front of them.

"You guys, I need your help. If you can do this for me, I will be able to find your sister. Will you help me?" Allie asked. They looked up and nodded. "So, what happened?" Kenichi sniffed.

"Well, the three of us were at the park and were playing on the swings. Then this man and lady came up to us and said that they wanted to talk to us. Ashley told them to leave us alone and then she told us not to trust them, no matter what they said. After the man and lady heard her say that, they picked her up by her shirt and made her go to sleep," Kenichi said. He stopped talking since he was on the verge of crying. It was Honoka who provided Allie with more details.

"Yeah, but before big sister went sleepy, she told me and big bwother to run home and tell Mommy and Daddy," Honoka said. Allie's eyes widened. Then she took out a notebook and wrote down everything they just told her.

"Got it. Do you two remember what the man and woman looked like?" she asked. They shook their heads and Allie quietly sighed. She stood up and told her aunt and uncle that Allie would look all over town and notify her fellow officers on patrol on what kid to look for. She left the house and drove to the police station, doing just what she said she would do. About an hour later, she received a call on her cellphone. An officer had seen a man and woman dragging away a screaming child who looked like Allie's little cousin. He gave her the address of where he was at and that he was following them.

"I'm on my way. Make sure you don't lose them!" Allie said. She hung up, got in her car, and immediately went to the specified address. However, before she could get there, she saw a man and woman, dragging a screaming toddler who looked a lot like Ashley. Allie immediately pulled over and reached towards her compartment for a gun. She cursed when she didn't find one and remembered that she had taken it out of the car for safe keeping. She got out of the car and quietly followed the threesome around a corner; eventually catching up to the officer she had spoken to before. It turned out that the officer didn't have a gun on him either.

"Okay, on the count of three we run up to them, punch them, and get that girl away from them as fast as possible. Okay? One, two," Allie said. Before she could get to three, the man had looked behind him, saw that there were two cops on his tail and he pulled out a gun.

"Stay away! We're taking this child and there's nothing you can do to stop us!" he yelled.

"Oh yeah, we'll see about that!" Allie yelled, but she didn't dare move. However, her fellow officer wasn't aware of the gun and ran towards them. The man shot the gun and the officer fell to the ground. Allie gasped just as the gun was pointed at her.

"Now it's your turn!" the man yelled. Allie couldn't move. She didn't dare. One wrong move could cost her and Ashley's lives. The man pulled the trigger and Allie closed her eyes, waiting for the bullet to pierce her skin and kill her instantly. However, all she heard was an empty click. She opened her eyes to see the man staring at the gun in shock and fear. He cursed and threw the gun away. He told the woman to go on ahead and that he would stop Allie. Allie ran at him, trying to get passed. Unknown to Allie, this man knew a little Karate so he was able to kick Allie's butt and send her flying into a cement wall, making her unconscious.

"I woke up about a day or two later in a hospital. I saw my fellow officers around me as well as the Shirahama family. My family was glad I was okay, as were my fellow officers. I wasn't so happy. I let Ashley get away, all because the man was too powerful for me to overcome. That day I turned in my badge and swore that I would make myself stronger until I found Ashley and brought her home, safe and sound," Allie said, ending the story. Everyone seemed at a loss for words.

"So you and Ashley are actually cousins?" Kensei asked after a long moment of silence. Allie nodded.

"Well, now the name 'terror cousins' makes sense. Does Haley know you're Ashley's cousin?" the Elder asked. Allie nodded once more.

"And she's Kenichi's older sister?" Sakaki asked. Again Allie nodded. The room stayed silent until Akisame pointed out that it was getting late and that he needed to get Allie home. She said her goodbyes and Akisame walked Allie home.