Missing

Why Don't You Do Right

Stan was in the kitchen when she entered. Dressed in his wifebeater and boxers, he was sipping from a soda. He looked up when she entered. "How it go?"

Amelia stared at the inside of the fridge. The eye was bandaged now, along with her wrist. "It went fine. He agreed to help me."

Stan sighed, taking a sip of his drink. His stress was showing. Running the Shack with the twins missing, Soos in Portland with Melody, and Wendy getting married was taking its toll. "Well, that's good."

Finally, she settled on the leftovers of breakfast. Hunger rumbled in her stomach.

"Oh, you got a call."

Amelia closed the fridge. "My parents?" She asked, placing the pancakes in the microwave. The green numbers counted down. The timer beeped when it was done.

"No. From Mayor Cutebiker. He wants you to join him at the Club tomorrow for lunch."

Amelia nodded.

-_-

In six years, the Club had transformed into a even more posh supper club. The mayor sat at a table near the new stage. He was nervous, of course. The Pines were so wise, so strong...

"Mayor Cutebiker?"

He yelped, looking to his right. Amelia Pines stared at him, one eye covered by gauze and cloth. It matched her wrist. The other blue eye stared at him with intensity.

"Ah, Miss Pines." He said, pulling out a chair. She sat down, still staring at him as he pushed her in and then sat down.

"You wanted to talk to me?"

"Um, yes. I was hoping to help you."

She nodded. "How?" Her voice was thick with doubt.

Tyler chuckled nervously, wishing Manly Fan was here. "I remembered everything about the twins' friends...and enemies."

That caught Amelia's attention. She leaned forward, staring at him. "Okay. Why here?"

"Because the singer who's gonna be performing was Mabel's girlfriend."

"Mabel's..."

She was cut off by the men cheering as the curtains opened, revealing a blonde woman...

And the show began.

-_-

Pacifica Northwest.

Lawyer student, daughter of the ex wealthiest people in town, and part time singer.

She missed the twins.

It was the Pines hair floof that caught her eye during the show. She followed it down to a blue eye gazing intensely.

When the piano played the last notes, the Pines headed backstage.