Here and Gone (part three)

Part Three - written by Disco Gryphon

(Continued from Part Two)


Reposted from Flowers and Sugar: The Recipe for Happiness  


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Yesterday was the worst day of my life. I've had bad days and horrible days, but yesterday was the worst. My Lily Blue is missing. My best friend Deliah Blue is missing. They are presumed kidnapped. This is what happened...

Usually, Lily comes to work with me, but yesterday...i had so many wedding cakes to finish that Blue offered to stay home with her. Blue is the best Auntie and godmother a baby could have. She was fixing Barb's ship when she realized that she needed parts. Blue took Lily and went to the parts store, or whatever you call it. While they were at the parts store a robbery was taking place at the jewelry store next to the parts place. The robbers took Blue and Lily. Maybe they thought Blue was a witness, it doesn't matter. They took them and left Lily's diaper bag behind. Her bottle, diapers, toys, change of clothes, blanket...left behind. My baby has no milk, no clean clothes...but she has Blue. Blue will take care of her, will give her what she needs. Lily is still nursing. That worries me.

Trying to stay calm is taking everything out of me. Inside i'm wracked with fear and worry and pain, and a whole lotta anger. Anger at the sleemos who took them. Angry at them for leaving her bag. I have to stay calm for Rose and Echo. Echo is my rock. He's strong and determined and will find who did this and make them pay. At this point I don't care what he does to them. I just want my baby back...now. Rose is being a trooper...she'd like that i called her that. She told us that Lily was ok. If that was an eight year old's way of comforting her mom and dad, or her force sensitivity, doesn't matter. I believe Rose. Lily is ok. Blue is ok. Blue is resourceful and clever, she'll figure a way to let us know where they are.

Barb has been staying with us. She's family and belongs there. The contacts she has in the bounty hunter world are going to help us. and she's trying to find Sarah and Siege to help as well. Bikoura  is back in town. He's used his Mando contacts to find out valuable info. A friends' reunion turned into this rescue mission. Both he and Barb are wonderful and dedicated to helping us. I called Azlyn  ...she's Blue's friend and a powerful Jedi, not to mention a former bounty hunter herself. She has an apprentice named Riku . I know they'll find something. I don't know who Echo's contacts are...but they've been invaluable. They discovered what happened. Why Lily and Blue didn't come home that night...

The biggest surprise was Cade. Out of nowhere he appeared with groceries. Just turned up at the door, like he'd been gone an hour, rather than 8 months. There will be time to talk to him later. We need to find Blue and Lily. Cade is connected to Blue. He can sense her. Hopefully the combination of Echo, Bik, Barb, Az, Riku and Cade will bring them home safely.

(to be continued)