Mission 6: The Memories Return Part 1

"Wait! TongTong!" he was crying. "Don't leave me!"

But the other boy kept running until he disappeared in the darkness.

He looked back and saw the big cranes shaped like an eight-headed dragon. He got scared more. He shouted when he saw the car chasing them. He continued to run wherever his feet take him. Then he saw a dead body in the nearby bushes.

"TongTong..."

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YiRu was having a jog early morning. It's his everyday routine to keep him energized. He saw a boy fell down on the road.

"H-Hey, what's the matter?" YiRu picked him up.

He wanted to say something but he fainted.

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"YiRu, it's almost time to open..." DaDong entered YiRu's room yawning. "What's going on, who's the kid?"

"Stop, stop! Please don't kill me!" the boy said on his sleep.

He wake up and screamed. "Help, go away!"

"What's wrong, what happened?" ChunNie asked.

"Please, don't kill me!" the boy was trembling.

"It's okay. There's nothing to be afraid of." YiRu tried to calm him down.

"Don't worry, we won't hurt you." ChunNie assured him.

"Have some soup, it's instant but..." DaDong offered his mug.

The boy stopped crying.

"What happened?" ChunNie asked him once again.

"What's your name?" YiRu asked.

"Shen Fu Hao." the boy answered

"Fu Hao, you're about in the sixth grade, right?" YiRu smiled at him.

Fu Hao nodded.

"Here you go. It'll warm you up." DaDong handed the mug.

Fu Hao accepted it and started drinking.

"Where do you live?" YiRu asked again.

"Di Shun Road," he answered.

"What about your parents?" DaDong asked.

"My dad is Shen Jiu Hao," he replied.

"Shen Jiu Hao, the president of Mail Order Angel?" DaDong was surprised. "Wow, your family must be rich."

"What's that?" ChunNie turned to DaDong.

"Don't you know? Haven't you heard the ads on tv and radio?" DaDong raised his eyebrows.

"What ads?" ChunNie had no idea.

"Mail order, mail order, cha cha cha!" DaDong chanted the ads jingle.

DaDong drove the car to take Fu Hao to his house.

"They killed TongTong," Fu Hao told the story. "We ran away together, but they caught him and killed him."

"They?" YiRu asked.

Fu Hao screamed when he remembered what he'd been gone through.

"Fu Hao, calm down." YiRu tapped his shoulders.

"They're going to kill everyone!" Fu Hao said.

"Everyone?" YiRu asked.

"There are lots of kids in a dark basement. We Were all together. They're all going to get killed!" Fu Hao hugged YiRu tightly.

"A mass kidnapping?" DaDong asked.

"Kidnapping?" suddenly a flashback came to YiRu's mind.

YiRu stared blankly and having a cold sweat.

"You don't look so good. What's wrong, YiRu?" DaDong glanced at the mirror.

"Huh? N-Nothing!" YiRu answered.

YiRu and DaDong successfully bring back Fu Hao to the Shen's residence. His mom was so thankful and cried a bucket of tears.

"Thank you very much!" Mrs. Shen told them.

DaDong, who's combing his hair at that time answered. "Oh, please. Tears don't suit a beautiful woman like you. This cattleya will suit you better."

DaDong handed the flowers to Mrs. Shen.

"DaDong..." YiRu rolled his eyes.

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Later that day...

"This rose is so pretty!" one of the girls said.

"Yeah," the other answered.

"What? $10 each?" the other one said.

"That's expensive!" the tallest exclaimed.

"I'll take all of these roses," Yi Zhen said from the back.

"What?" the four girls said at the same time.

"Thank you... Miss Yi Zhen?!" DaDong was surprised.

"I'm not asking you. YiRu!" she called him happily. "Can you wrap it up for me, please?"

"Huh? But I'm not the florist." YiRu answered.

"And in other news, the body of a young boy was found in a field of reeds at the river. His name was Zai TongTong and was a sixth grader. He's been missing for a week. His family had reported his disappearance to the police. The police are treating this as a murder investigation." the news on the tv reported.

YiRu quickly grabbed the Sunday paper and find the news. He saw the picture of TongTong.

"Excuse me!" YiRu ran outside.

"H-Hey YiRu, where are you going?!" DaDong asked loudly.

"What's up with him?" ChunNie asked.

"What is he doing?" DaDong scratching his head.

Zai TongTong...sixth grader, YiRu thought while riding his motorcycle.

"They killed TongTong. We ran away together but..." YiRu remembered what Fu Hao told earlier.

Then another flashback came to his head. About a boy crying over with his mouth and hands tied up.

"What is this?" YiRu asked holding his head.

"Is this your friend TongTong you were talking about?" YiRu showed Fu Hao the picture on the paper.

When Fu Hao saw it, he trembled.

"I thought so... you said there were lots of other kids with you. Do you remember where it was?" YiRu asked him. "Fu Hao, you said it was a basement right?"

"We were blindfolded. I don't remember!" Fu Hao shouted.

"It's really important! We might be able to find the others! You can't be scared! If you don't face your fears, you will never be able to get over them!" YiRu was very eager.

"Anything you can think of. Do you remember any sounds?" YiRu kept asking.

"There were machine sounds and car engine sounds too." Fu Hao answered.

"Could it be an auto repair shop?" YiRu's face brightened.

"And sometimes there were sounds of trains roaring and then clanging."

"That's great! That might be the sounds of a railroad crossing. What else?"

"Dragon!"

"Dragon?"

"I saw a big eight-headed dragon."

"An eight-headed dragon?"

Fu Hao's mom entered the room. "Please, stop. Leave Fu Hao alone. I do appreciate what you've done for us but please leave him alone now."

YiRu walked away and started his motorcycle. Fu Hao peeked at his room window.

"YiRu! I remember! Our bodies were swaying wherever we were, like we were floating." Fu Hao shouted.

"Thank you, Fu Hao!I promise I'll find the bad guys and save everyone!" YiRu assured him.