TOYLB: Growing Pains - Season 5-13

[they soon made their way to The Biotics mansion]

Rodeo: [looks out the window n went downstairs n outside to chk it out as soon as they were parked at the driveway] Woah, what's with the police escort?

Rouge; 8helped the girls out8

Rodeo: [recognize them] Woah, wat r they doing here, bro? U didn't kidnap them, did u?

Rouge; 8venomously glared at him8

Rodeo: Geez, OK [held up his hands in surrender] I'm just kidding. Wat exactly r they doing here? Where's Loki's mom?

Rouge; 8sighs, looking at the kids8

Hera: [looked dwn] Our Mommy is dead... She killed herself out of guilt. We hv nowhere else to go

Rodeo: Oh... I'm so sorry to hear tht...

Klepta: [came out n heard everything] It's OK, ur Loki's family, which means ur our family now. Our home is ur home

Freyja: Th-Thank u... [was blushing at the sight of Klepta n Ambrose nxt to him, completely starstruck]

8everyone soon got out8

Ambrose: Come in, everyone. We've got plenty of room for u all

[The Phillion kids soon made their way into the house, choosing their own room]

Klepta: [sees the little amt of things they're carrying] Is that all they're bringing from home?

Rouge; There's more at the apartment but it was too much to bring atm

Klepta: It's OK, we can do it. U just get them settled first. Ambrose, bring the jeep over, we're going to help them with the move

Ambrose: Right [nodded n made his way to the garage]

Rodeo: Did u get any leads abt Loki? [turned to Oz n Thrax]

Thrax; Just the address of their uncle

Rodeo: I'll stay n get the kids settled. U guys go on ahead n follow tht lead

Ozzy: [nodded] /Shall we, babe?/

Thrax; 8nods9

Ozzy: [waved goodbye at Klepta n Ambrose who left to the direction of Loki's home, then waved goodbye to Rodeo as he went bk into the car, aftr giving an appreciative nod to the police escort]

Dieter: Vhere are ve going now?

Thrax; To see the last person who saw Loki, his uncle

Dieter: Hy see...

Ozzy: [looked at the rearview mirror] /U gonna be OK, both of u, Di? Rouge?]

Dieter: [nodded] Hy'll be vunderbarg vonce hy have Sal in mein arms...

Rouge; Once I have Loki with me, I'm never letting him go

Ozzy: /Good, keep tht in mind n we'll get thru this in no time/ [starts the car n made their way to their destination]

Thrax; 8looked out8

[apparently while Loki n his family lived at the right kidney area, Loki's uncle lived at the left kidney area, which was slightly better looking, bt at a sort of lower class area, with the occasional middle-class houses ard, tho the address seemed to lead them into a trailer park neighbourhood just outside where the middle-class suburbs are]

Ozzy: /We're here. Now all we need to do is find trailer no. 18/ [got out of the car to survey the area]

Dieter: [got out as well too to look ard]

Rouge; 8scanned the area8

Ozzy: [looked abt trying to find the trailer] See anything, guys?

Dieter: Nein. Not at mein side. Vat abt jou, Thrax mein bruder?

Thrax; 8looked round8

Ozzy: /U see Trailer no. 18, bro?/

Rouge;  Not yet

Ozzy: [looked further dwn n saw a red, rusty trailer with a couple of busted windows, n the number 18 right nxt to the door] /I think I found it, guys/

Thrax; 8sweatdropped8

Ozzy: [came up to the trailer n knocked on the door]

Dieter: [caught up with him n waited for an answer]

Thrax; 8stood by8

[it took a while, bt finally the door open to reveal a middle aged Salmonella virus with a beer belly n disheveled face, n he reeked of booze]

Mars: Yeah~? Wat can I do u for?

Rouge; 8felt his eye twitch8

Ozzy: [flinched bk at the smell of the booze on his body]

Dieter: Ve're here to talk abt Loki

Mars: Wat abt him~? [still in a blur coz he's drunk]

Rouge; 8started to shake8

Ozzy: [telepathically to Thrax] /Tell him we're here to ask him abt the information of his "neighbour", the one who took Loki/

Thrax; We're here to question you on your so-called neighbour

Mars: [stared at them drunkenly for a moment before jerking] Oh right. Them. Yeah, wat abt them? We've already talked to the police abt 'em. They'll do their job

Thrax; It won't be enough

Mars: Well, I'm gonna trust the cops on this one. I didnt pay my tax money for them to sit ard n do nothing. Good day [prepares to shut the door in their faces]

Rouge; 8rammed it open8

Mars: [got thrown backwards by the ram] What the--?? Wat is the meaning of this?? I'm calling the police!

Thrax; 8hauled him up8

Mars: That's it! I'm calling the police! U will regret this! [reached for his cellphone​, only to be stopped by Oz]

Dieter: Jou r going to tell uz vat jou know abt hour neighbor, everyzing to ze last detail

Mars: N why should I do tht?!

Rouge; 8cracked his knuckles8

Mars: U can't do that to me! I got rights!

Ozzy: [shook his head, as if saying something telepathically]

Dieter: Mein bruder in law says "Not ven ve charge jou vith conspiracy to kidnap und profit over a family member vith a vanted felon. Hym ex-cop und hv ties to ze police. Who jou zink zey believe over a drunk like jou"

Mars: U wouldn't dare...

Thrax; Try us you bastard

Dieter: [grabs Mars by the collar n threw him onto the couch] Now start talking!

Mars: Ugh! OK, OK, geez! [massaged his temples to sober himself up a bit n sighed] Look, I didn't expect this to happen, OK? I just mentioned in passing one day wen I came to visit my sister Neptunia, Loki's mom, after I moved into this neighborhood that I know a guy I cleaned cars for has a son who's recently made it big in the doctor business n is ready to settle down. She called me 3 weeks ago asking me if this guy is still single n available. She said tht Loki had went thru a bad breakup n needed a distraction, said he lost his job over some failed office romance or something. I thought I was doing 'em a favour

Rouge; Some favour

Mars: Neptunia, Loki n I met up with them at this fancy-shmancy restaurant n everything seemed legit. This guy who calls himself Mr Peter Burke introduced his son Neil Caffrey Burke, registered surgeon n has enough fortune to feed five families over. We even went to Mr Burke's home, which is pretty swanky, btw, to discuss wedding matters, n during the courting weeks, his son Neil even showed us his mansion at a beach front. We were sold, especially Neptunia. She has a thing for water view homes; before our family broke apart, we used to live in this awesome cabin by the lake with all the trimmings

Thrax; /Explains the scenery when we talked/

Dieter: [hears Ozzy's question n repeated] Und nozing zeems out of ze ordinary? Nozing suspicious tht makes jou question?

Mars: No, evrything was legit. Their con was flawless. We fell into it hook, line n sinker. We were all set to hv them engaged as soon as possible, evn allowed Loki to move in straightaway with this Neil guy. Then two weeks ago, Neptunia n I went ovr to talk abt wedding plans, venue, food catering, guest lists, the works, wen we found their home empty. They left a notice at the door saying tht they've left to go meet up with their extended family to introduce Loki to them, n will be bk in a couple of days. So we waited, n wen we went bk again a couple of days, someone was living in tht house n it wasn't the Burkes. He said he was the real owner of the house n was on vacation n had no idea his home was being used as base of operations. Evn the mansion was actually a house-for-sale display, n used it during the realtor's off day

Thrax; 8pinched his brow8

Mars: We went n lodge a police report after that, n we found their names weren't even Burke. Something called the Gangland family? I dunno. Neptunia was beating herself up abt it n got sick, n I... Well, u see how I am now...

Ozzy: [telepathically at Thrax] /Should we tell him abt Loki's mom?/

Thrax; 8nods8

Ozzy: [jerked his head to let Thrax tell him]

Thrax; Your sister passed away earlier today

Mars: [blinked in disbelief, not sure he heard tht right] Wait... What...?

Thrax; You heard me

Mars: W-Wha... H-How...?

Thrax; Suicide

Mars: [his face went into shock, staring​ blankly at nothing]

Ozzy: [could tell tht there's nothing they can get out of him anymore at this state]

Thrax; 8looked at his mate8

Ozzy: [telepathically] /Just leave our business card for him n tell him to call us if he's got anything else he remembers/

Thrax; 8tok the card out n gave it to him8 If you remember anything else

Mars: [doesn't reply, still staring in space]

Ozzy: /Let's go, guys/

8they all headed out8

[they made it all the way to the car wen a distant gunshot coming from Mars' trailer was heard]

Dieter: Vat the...

Thrax; 8ran back in8

[an almost all too familiar scene as Mars was found dead on the couch where he sat, a smoking gun on his right hand, a bottle on another, n a through-and-through bullet wound across his right temple to the​ left]

Thrax; Fuckin' dammit

Ozzy: [followed after him n saw the mess] /Oh Frank.../

Rouge; 8looked in n groaned8

Dieter: [also looked in] Vat is vith zis family und suicide?

Thrax; One in serious need of therapy

Ozzy: /Can't fully blame em. With their mother screwing their entire childhood ovr, their minds r prolly long gone even before all this happened/

Thrax; 8nods8

Dieter: Vat r ve gonna do vith heem?

Thrax; Call it in

Ozzy: [nodded n texted Devin]

8they waited outside8

[moments later, Devin n his crew came in]

Devin: [sees the dead body] Gee, u guys reli hv a pretty exciting life, huh?

Rouge; 8snarled8

Ozzy: [shrugged n typed] U can say that. Sorry to hv to bother u all day today

Devin: It's alright, it's a bit of a slow day today as usual anyways. Thanks to u guys, we've got more excitement than we've ever had since our precinct was built

Thrax; You call this excitement/ 8motioning behind him8

Devin: Well I don't exactly mean wat u think I mean. I'm just saying ur bringing more cases for us, n that's sort of a good thing. We won't be accused of wasting tax payer money now, will we? We were in the verge of shutting dwn before u guys showed up

Ozzy: [typed] We get wat u mean. We still need to follow our lead. U guys r OK to take it from here?

Devin: No problem. We're good here

8the group nodded to him then headed back to the car8

Ozzy: [started the car] /We need to get to that fancy restaurant Mars mentioned. It may be a long shot but hopefully someone remembers how the so-called "Burke-s" look like/

Thrax; Unless they got 'work' done

Ozzy: /Probably not too soon after they just did a con. But here's to hoping/ [driving to the direction of the restaurant, following the address of the said restaurant brochure he managed to pick up before they left]

Rouge; 8looked round8