Tee x Ringo: Sudden Change of Plans

Chapter 4: Investigation

Morning dawned on the Andou residence and Ringo had been up all night. She couldn't sleep because of the millions of questions that floated around her head. What came over me last night? I've never seen Tee so broken down before... And yet, I didn't do a thing...
She thought as the sun began to rise over the horizon. Ringo sighed for she couldn't come up with an answer. She turned and walked away from the window as the morning light filtered in. Ringo slipped on a bright blue dress with apples on it and disabled her alarm so Tee wouldn't have to worry about waking early. She quietly shut her bedroom door behind her and went into the kitchen, where her mother was preparing breakfast.
"Good Morning, you're up early!~"
"Yeah, I promised Risukuma that I'd help him investigate the crash."
"Ok, well, be careful and make sure you come home before sun-down."
Said her mother cheerfully before kissing her daughter on the forehead. Ringo smiled and grabbed an apple. She waved and headed out of the door without waiting for a response.

*At the Abandoned Ship*

Risukuma slipped some gloves onto his paws for protection and Ringo did the same.
"Be careful for any loose metal or shattered glass" Risukuma warned before pushing his way into the abandoned ship. Ringo nodded and headed over to the cockpit.
She heaved the door open and took a peek inside. There was a smashed control panel with a puddle of dried blood on top. She remembered finding Tee around here before turning back into the hallway after searching the spot a moment longer.
After a long day of searching, her eyes locked into the playroom, where the roof had crashed down. She carefully examined the room and caught sight of a trail of blood coming from under the collapsed roof. Her eyes widened with fear. Elle... she thought, rushing over to trail in hope of finding Jay's lost sister. Ringo tried to search under the fallen roof but didn't find any sign of the young crewmate anywhere. Then, she followed the trail in the opposite direction as it led out a window. The window was, of course, shattered into pieces. Ringo cautiously stepped around the shards and glanced through the hole in the glass pane. On the grass below, was more of the dried red fluid. She winced at the sight thinking of how painful that would've been. The patches on the grass soon had ended the trail, no sign of where she could've went afterwards. Ringo sighed in frustration and decided to report back to Risukuma for now. She retraced her steps back to the entrance to wait for her upperclassman.
"EUREKA!!" boomed a voice from the other room. Ringo looked towards the room with surprise, scrambling in to investigate the find. Risukuma came towards her shortly after her arrival.
"Look what I found!"
He exclaimed, holding out one of Zed's limbs. It looked to be ripped off his body as the wires were frayed and the metallic exterior looked damaged. Ringo's eyes sparkled in a painful sorrow.
"His arm..."
She responded, her voice husky with pain. Ris nodded and turned it over, scanning for any clues as to where he could've went. They sat there in unsuccessful silence for a bit before heading out. She waved a good-bye to Risukuma as he took off towards his home.
The sun began lowering below the horizon as Ringo sat down onto the grass with the large arm. How am I going to break the news to Tee? She thought, the helpless look of his face when she revealed the piece to him flashed through her mind. She groaned and shoved her face into her palms. Perking up at the sound of cheerful voice.
"Everything going well, sweety?~"