Chapter 3: Search to Find the Missing Kids

The next day after Aphrodite and her girls woke up, they returned back to the spot they teleported from. After they arrived, they were greeted by Peter, walking up to them, saying. "Welcome back."

"Dude, were you waiting for us?" Ember asked

"Yes." Peter said. "I'm sorry, but you said you would help, find the children."

"Yes, and we plan to do that." Katana said.

"I'm just so worried about my son, PJ" Peter said.

"PJ?" Rose asked. "Is that short for Peter Junior."

"No." Peter said. "It's short for Peanut Butter and Jelly."

"You named your son, Peanut Butter and Jelly?" Rose asked.

"Yes, it's a very unique name." Peter said.

"I love it!" Aphrodite exclaimed.

"Of course you do." Ember said.

"Shouldn't it be PBJ?" Rose asked.

"Huh, you make a good point." Peter said. "But it's too late to change it now."

"Alright, let us split up and look around the town." Katana said. "We will go in groups of two."

"I call Dite!" Ember said.

"No, I get Dite!" Rose said.

"You two will pair up together." Katana said. "Me and my love will search together."

"Why do you get to be with her?" Ember asked. "You spent all day with her yesterday."

"I am the strongest one here." Katana said. "That means I am the best choice to keep her safe."

"Do I get a choice in this?" Aphrodite asked.

"No!" The other three girls said.

"Fine, let's go flame brain." Rose said.

"Whatever." Ember said, as Rose and her headed off to the north part of town.

"You girls sure are energetic." Peter said.

"Yup!" Aphrodite energetically said.

"Let us go, my love." Katana said, heading to the south part of town.

"Coming!" Aphrodite said, following Katana.

"Good luck!" Peter said, waving to the girls as they walked away.

The girls searched the town for hours looking for any clues but found nothing. Searching in an alley, Katana signed, turned to Aphrodite and asked. "Do you really think we can find these children?"

"Of course we can!" Aphrodite said. "We have to, if we don't who knows what will happen to them."

"I know you want to help, but if the police of the town were not able find anything, then how can we?" Katana asked. "And what if they are already..."

"Don't say that!" Aphrodite yelled. "They're alive, I can feel it, and they're somewhere in this town, I just can't tell where."

"You two are looking for the missing children, correct?" Turning around Katana and Aphrodite saw a tall brown skinned man, sanding in the alleyway's entrance.

"Yes, do you know anything?" Aphrodite asked.

"I've heard rumors." The tall man said.

"What rumors?" Katana asked.

"Come into my bar and I'll tell you." The man said, as he turned around and left the alley, Aphrodite and Katana followed him out.

On the first level of the town is a park, a big section of the town covered in grass with a white marbel wall surrounding it. The park was full of playground equipment for children to play, but there was no one there, except Ember and Rose, who had been searching for clues, but to no avail. Annoyed Ember said. "There is nothing here, why are we wasting time, when we could be searching somewhere else."

"This is where, Peter's son was last seen, so there has to be some sort of clue to where he went." Rose said, sitting in the middle of the park, an old book open in her lap.

"What are you doing, anyway?" Ember asked.

"There is a spell that lets me see what has happened in the past." Rose explained. "It can take the leaves from the tree and recreate the event."

"So why aren't you casting it?" Ember asked.

"I'm trying to, but it takes a lot of concentration." Rose said. "And you constantly interrupting me doesn't help, hot head."

"What do you two think you're doing?" Turning to look in the direction of the voice, Rose and Ember saw a man was wearing a black suit, with a police badge on the side of his hip, a white stick ,sticking out of his mouth.

"We are investigating the miss children." Rose said.

Pulling out the purple lollipop from his mouth, the man said. "And what business is it to you?"

"We agreed to help find them for someone." Rose said. "Now if you don't mind, I need quiet to do this."

"Hey, you're the jerk that wouldn't give a lollipop to Dite!" Ember yelled.

"Are you talking about that annoying pink haired girl?" The man said.

"What did you say about her?" Ember angrily asked, her hair lighting on fire.

"William is everything alright here?" Mayor Youth said, as he walked into the park.

"Mayor, these girls are messing around in this serious investigation." William said, putting the lollipop back into his mouth.

Looking over to Rose and Ember, the Mayor asked. "Are you two friends with those two girls, who showed up here yesterday?"

"Aphrodite and Katana?" Rose asked. "Yeah."

"Well then, William, I have given them permission to see if they could find anything." The Mayor said. "Mabey a new set of eyes can discover something we missed."

"Fine, but if you go around causing trouble, you will be sending the night in jail." William angrily said, before he turned and walked away.

"Don't mind him." The Mayor said. "He's under a lot of stress trying to solve this case."

"Yeah, well that doesn't give him the right to be a jerk." Ember said.

"Your one to talk." Rose said.

"You want to start something, short stack!" Ember said, her hair still aflame.

"Well, I'll leave you two to do your thing, I hope you can find something useful." The Mayor said. As The Mayor left the park Ember turned to Rose and said. "We're not gonna find anything useful here."

"If you'll be quiet I can concentrate and we will have an answer." Rose said.

"Have you ever cast this spell?" Ember asked.

"No, I've never needed to before." Rose replied.

"So, how do you know it will work." Ember asked.

"It will, if you just shut up!" Rose yelled.

"Forget this, I'm going to go looking somewhere else." Ember said walking away. "Have fun, sitting there all night."

At Gunter's bar, Aphrodite and Katana sat at the bar while Gunter was behind the bar handing a glass of milk to Aphrodite. With a smile Aphrodite said. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Gunter said. "Are you sure you don't want anything?"

"No, I am fine." Katana said. "Can you tell us about that rumor?"

Putting one hand up to the side of his mouth, and looking around quickly, he bent over the bar right in the girl's faces and said. "I shouldn't tell you this, but I heard that Mrs. Backer was seen at a hotel with a man other than her husband."

"No way." Aphrodite said, shocked. "Does he have any idea?"

"I don't think so." Gunter said.

"That is not the rumor we were expecting." Katana said. "Can you please tell us about the missing children?"

"Oh, yeah, sorry." Gunter said. "I shouldn't tell you this, but I heard that the first child went missing a month after Fredrick and his gang arrived here."

"Rose and Ember already told us, about them." Katana sighed. "I guess we will just have to find them, and ask them if they know where the children are."

"The police have already asked them." Gunter said. "And they have just denied being involved."

"Then we will not ask nicely." Katana said.

"Is there anything else you can tell us?" Aphrodite asked.

"Yes, actually, I shouldn't tell you this, but Officer William was made chief of police at the same time as Fredrick's gang appeared." Gunter said.

"So, he might be involved." Katana said.

"Who is Officer William?" Aphrodite asked.

"The Mayor said, he was the cop that would not give you a lollipop." Katana said.

"That meanie!" Aphrodite said. "He's involved, now I really don't like him."

"I shouldn't tell you this..." Gunter started to say.

"But, you heard" Katana finished.

"Officer William really loves lollipops." Gunter said.

"We knew that already." Aphrodite said.

As the girls were talking to Gunter, a man with tan skin, short spiky dark brown hair, and a mechanical right hand, walked up to the bar, put two gold coins on the bar, and said. "Hey, Gunter one beer please."

"Coming right up." Gunter said, as he reached under the bar and handed the man a juice box.

"Thanks..." The man said, taking the juice box, before realizing what he was holding. "Dude, I asked for a beer, you want me to tell Fredrick you trying to trick me."

"No, but acohol is very..." Gunter started to say.

"Dangerous, yeah yeah, so you keep saying." The man said. "Look, I'm paying you for a beer, so give me a damn beer."

Gunter reached under the bar and handed the man a can of beer. The man smiled and said. "Thanks, and here's a little something for your trouble."

The man tossed a bronze coin an Gunter, who caught it with one hand. The man turned and walked away. Katana watched the man as he walked to an empty table in the back left corner of the bar, sat down and opened his beer.

"You really don't like alcohol do you?" Aphrodite asked.

"Alcohol is bad for you, it can cause liver problems." Gunter said. "Also, when people drink they say things they shouldn't."

"Like what?" Aphrodite asked.

"I shouldn't tell you this, but I heard that..." Gunter started to say, but Katana wasn't paying attention to what he was saying, instead she was watching the man drink his beer. When the man was done, he got up, tossed his beer can on the floor, and left the bar.

"My love, I think we should head out." Katana said, getting off of her seat.

"Okay." Aphrodite said, getting off her seat and following Katana to the door, before she exited the building, she turned around and said. "Thanks for the help, bar guy."

Aphrodite and Katana followed the man out of the bar, and down the road, then the man turned into an alley. As the girls approached the alley they heard a man say. "It's not polite to follow people."

Turning around the two girls saw they were surrounded, in front of them was a brown skinned man wearing a top hat, on their right was a pale skinned blonde woman, holding a mace, and on their left was a white and black bunnyman, holding two hand axes in his hands. Walking up behind them was the man they were following, his mechanical hand, transformed into a big hook, smiling, he said. "You girls should be more careful about who you stalk."

"If you wanted to talk, you could have just asked." The brown skinned man said.

"Are you Fredrick?" Katana asked, her right hand wrapped around the hilt of her sword.

"Yes, but there is no need for this to turn violent." Fredrick said.

"Where are the missing kids?" Aphrodite asked.

"Why do you want to know?" The blonde woman asked.

"Because we promised to find them for Peanut Butter and Jelly's dad." Aphrodite said.

"I don't think this ones all there in the head, cheek cheek." The bunnyman said. "But she sure is hot, cheek cheek."

"Uh, thanks?" Aphrodite said. "But you're not my type."

"Enough, tell us where they are." Katana said. "Or else."

"Are you threating us?" Fredrick asked. "You don't know who I am do you?"

"You are just some, low life punk." Katana said. Out of the corner of her eye Katana saw the blonde girl run up to her, and swings her mace at Katana's head. Katana blocked the woman's attack with her sword, the sheath still on it, the woman lifted up her mace preparing for another attack. Seeing an opening Katana swung her sword, hitting the woman in the head, knocking her out.

"You b***h!" The tan skinned man said.

"You're gonna pay, cheek cheek." The bunnyman said, bending his legs and jumping up high into the air, as the tan man charged at Katana, preparing to strike her with his hook. Katana swung her sword and hit the man charging at her, knocking him out. As the bunnyman started to descend, holding his axes above his head, he started to spin his body forward so fast that he became a blur.

Katana raised her sword above her head, and blocked the bunnyman's attack. Landing back on the ground, the bunnyman held up his two axes and said. "As a bunnyman I have tons of energy, cheek cheek. So I can go all night, cheek..."

Before he could finish this sentence, Katana had appeared in front of him and swung her sword, hit him and knocked him out. As the bunnyman landed on the ground, Fredrick said. "Nice, you are very strong, but now I'm sorry to say, is the day you die."

Fredrick charged at Katana with incredible speed, pulling back his fist ready to strike, but before he could land his hit, Katana struck him with her sword in his stomach, sending him falling to the ground on his back.

Standing over him Katana, unsheathed her sword, pointed it at Fredrick, and said. "Now tell us where the children are, unless you want to lose your head."

"I don't know." Fredrick said. "We had nothing to do with it, I swear."

Katana turned her head to look at Aphrodite, who said. "I think he's telling the truth."

Returning her sword into its sheath, Katana hit Fredrick in the head, knocking him out, and said. "We need to regroup with the other two."

As Katana was fighting Fredrick and his gang, Rose was still sitting in the park, her book on her lap, and her eyes closed. Suddenly the leaves on the trees, flew off toward wear rose was sitting, and merged together to make the shape of a young boy. Opening her eyes Rose saw the recreation of Peter's son standing right in front of her, smiling to herself, she said. "Yes, I told that hot head, it would work."

Watching as the boy started to run towards the playground, Rose followed him, but soon he disappeared into a green blur. Rose said confused. "What was that?"

Rose closed her eyes and the leaves replayed the scene this time, Rose used her magic to make the leaves freeze. Staring in shock at the scene in front her, Rose saw the boy being picked up by Officer William. As she stood there, she heard in her head, Aphrodite say. "Regroup."

"Meet at the park." Rose thought back.

The other girls soon arrived at the park, and informed each other what they had learned, Ember her hair on fire, said. "The jerk, I can't wait to kick his a*s."

"We should inform the Mayor about this." Rose said.

"Do we know where he is?" Ember asked.

"No, we need to go look for him." Katana said.

"Okay, let's split up!" Aphrodite said.

"We should stay together this time." Rose said. "If he learns that we know, he may try something."

"That'll take too long, we need to tell him about Officer Meanie before he takes someone else." Aphrodite said.

"Fine, we will all go search the town for him." Katana said. "If you find him explain the situation, and then contact Aphrodite."

The girls agreed and ran off in different directions. Running through the town Aphrodite sees The Mayor talking to some townsfolk. Running towards him, Aphrodite yells. "Hey, Mayor Big Nose!"

The townsfolk walked away from The Mayor as Aphrodite reached him, and he said. "It's Mayor Youth, if you please, big lollipop girl."

"We found out who is responsible for the missing children." Aphrodite told him.

"Really?" The Mayor asked. "And who is it?"

"Officer Meanie." Aphrodite said.

"Officer Meanie?" The Mayor asked. "Who is that?"

"The mean guy who wouldn't give me a lollipop." Aphrodite said, pouting.

"Oh, you mean Officer William." The Mayor said. "And how do you know it is him."

"Rose used her magic, and it showed us." Aphrodite said.

"Oh, really?" The Mayor said. "This is not good."

"I know we have to go find him and make him tell us where the kids are." Aphrodite said.

"You're not going anywhere I'm afraid." The Mayor said.

"Why?" Aphrodite asked.

"Because, you've interfered with my plans." The Mayor said, his whole body glowing gold. When he stopped glowing, The Mayor stood in front of Aphrodite, but he was not the same old man, instead he was younger, his grey hair was now golden, and his frail body was now muscular. Smiling, he said. "And now you must die."

Chapter notes:

So Fredrick and his group of characters were meant to be a fake out for the real villain, hopefully it worked. Fredrick and his group were all based off of the original four animatronics from Five Nights at Freddy's.

I hope that I did an okay job with the fight scene for this chapter, next chapter will have more complex fights, hopefully I can get them right.

Also this chapter shows one of Aphrodite's powers, that of Telepathy.

I'm very much having fun writing, hope there are some of you out there that like reading this. As always criticism is always welcome.