Chapter 3: A Hectic Ride

They packed their stuff, waved goodbye to their houses, and drove off into the horizon. They played road trip games, ate snacks, played music, told tales, etc... After a while Yaban and Chiteki would be the only ones awake, and they both talked to each other about their nightmares. " It felt so real, it was like I was there." Chiteki said to Yaban . " Do you think we're somehow connected to them? " Yaban said laying his head down on Miru's shoulder. Chiteki thought for a while then shrugged, he switched the radio to a different channel and then heard about the police trying to find a suspect that escaped their custody. They started giving a description then he saw a similar person that fitted the description. He slowly drove near then rolled down his window a bit. " Are you lost? " Chiteki asked the person. They shook their head no and then asked him if he could give them a ride somewhere, Chiteki shook his head no and then sped away. Before he could speed away they grabbed ahold of the window and started hanging onto the side of the car. Yaban started screaming and trying to get them off but was struggling too, chiteki told Yaban to take the wheel and started trying to kick the person off. Miru and the others woke up and screamed, they started panicking but Miru got an idea. " Yaban open the car's sunroof. " Miru said looking at him. Yaban nodded and then opened the sunroof of the car, miru unbuckled their seat belt, climbed up and used their power (wings ) to fly up, Miru grabbed the person and then tried pulling them off. Chiteki rolled down the window a little bit and then hovered their palm above one of the person's arms. " Miru you ready? " Chiteki said looking at Miru. Miru nodded as they held the person tight, Chiteki counted and then combusted the person's arm. They would scream and let go of the car's side, miru held them and then flew above the car. They made a stop at a gas station and got some essentials, they made a call to the police station and played pinatá with the criminal. " Well the police station is a few miles away so let's get moving." Chiteki said walking to the car. Everyone got into the car (except Miru) and they went to the station. " How did you catch the criminal?" One cop asks the group. " With a little bit of them hanging and 2 people using their powers you could have ahold of them, kachow. " Chiteki said to the cop. " Wasn't there a reward for the person or people who caught them? " Yaku asked tilting his head. " Oh yeah. " the police said handing them a whole bag of cash. " How much is in here? " Gimansha asked taking the bag. " About as much as the reward thing said " the police officer responded. Chiteki shrugged and then started walking towards the door, his friends noticed and started following them. They got in the car and went back to their road trip. " So how long until we reach our destination? " Miru asked, bored out of his mind. " We're almost there, just a few more miles to go then we've reached our destination " Chiteki answered. " How about we play a game while we're at it? " Yaban said pulling out a metal tin out of their bag. " We'll be playing truth or dare with a twist. " Yaban said with a sinister smile. " I'll go first. " he says as he puts his arm in the tin and pulls out a dare. " I dare you to yell out the first thing that comes into your mind " he read as he opened the sunroof and yelled at the top of his lungs. " Geez even the school can hear you." chiteki said sarcastically. All of them laughed it off and then arrived at their destination. Chiteki knocked on the door and then waited, a family opened it and asked what they needed. " I just need to ask you a few things about this house and then I'll be on my merry way " Chiteki answered. They both nodded and invited Chiteki in, Chiteki sat down and looked around. " Would you like some tea or snacks? " The mom asked Chiteki. Chiteki declined and got his notepad out. He started asking the questions on the notepad and got a little bit more info . " so let me get this straight, the realtor told you it's a new house, they lied to you, you found out the truth, you tried talking to them but they wouldn't budge and they left unexpectedly, so now your stuck with this house correct? " Chiteki said. The mother nodded and sipped her tea, Chiteki had an idea and planned something with the mother. He waved goodbye as he went back to his group. " so I have an update but we have to drive again. " Chiteki said twirling his car keys. " Where to? " Gimansha asked . " a realtor's home, I have some words of concern for them. " Chiteki said walking back to the car. The rest follow and hit the road again. They turned on the radio and heard a familiar name, then saw two cars driving the other way and saw one was a rundown car and a cop car. " follow those cars " Yaban said pointing . " way ahead of you " Chiteki said swerving the car the other way. They followed the cars to a desert and saw the realtor surrounded by cop cars and many police officers, all the cops were pointing their guns at the realtor trying to defuse the situation. "sir you are under arrest for fraud, identity theft, money laundering, and theft now put your hands up and drop the weapon " one of the cops says . " what do we do we need him for info ? " miru said pointing at the situation . " we help the cops and we can use that opportunity to interrogate the guy "  Yakunitatta said getting out the car. they follow and get closer to the situation . " kids you shouldn't be here , leave it to the adults " one cop said to the group. " but we wanna help and need to talk to them " Ataeru said sounding serious.  The cop was hesitant but agreed, Miru flew up and distracted the person. They tried shooting Miru but Miru dodged the bullets, Chiteki and Ataeru ran at them and disarmed the person. Chiteki grabbed the weapon and handed it to the cops while Ataeru carried the criminal into the cop's car. When they were in the police station, they went and talked with the realtor/criminal. " So mister, why did you sell a house that belonged to people from a murder case and what happened to their stuff? "  Gimansha asked. " What are you talking about kid ? shouldn't y'all be in school instead of being here ? " the realtor asked. Chiteki slammed their hand on the table and the atmosphere became tense. " answer the question or I will have to either cut or break those precious fingers of yours, your choice. " The realtor stayed quiet and locked their eyes on the table. Chiteki sighed as he pulled out a toolbox and pulled out pliers and a whole knife, he sharpened the knife and gestured to one of his friends to grab him. Ataeru grabbed the realtor and held both their hands out. The realtor started flailing and trying to get out of his grip. " Fine I'll talk but please don't break or cut off my fingers, the realtor said getting teary-eyed . " now Mr.Uso, I see that you're a criminal that is a part of the murder case of the 6 bodies found in a warehouse. Care to explain? " Chiteki said raising a brow. Uso looked at Chiteki dead in their eyes looking angry. " I didn't do it , it was the who made me do it. They said if I didn't get the job done they would do something to my family. But they already did before I knew  " . " what do you mean by 'they' ? " Gimansha asked tilting their head. Chiteki gestures to Yaban to get more files that relate to the warehouse case. Yaban walks away and comes back with 5 more files . " now point to who 'they' are " Chiteki said laying the files out . Uso points to three out of the five files . " it was them " Uso said looking down.