The Littlest Ninja (Rottmnt)

Parental Vanish

"And then your father's tongue swell up like a balloon! He couldn't talk for a whole week!" Topaz and Emma laughed as Topaz showed the picture of her father with a swollen red tongue with a freaked out face as Amethyst was covering her mouth trying hard not to laugh but Topaz was on the ground laughing hysterically.

"And that's when he learned not to mess with mutant bees." Emma giggles at the story, she looks at the picture of her father.

"Aunt Topaz w-where is my dad?" Emma asked her Aunt hoping she would know the answer, but Topaz just sighed

"I don't know sweetheart one moment he was in our lives the next minute he was gone."

"Well that doesn't sound right." Emma looked confused "That's more of mom's thing."

Topaz chuckles "Yeah but I'm sure where ever he is he's thinking about you." She brings her niece close to a hug.

Emma just sits there thinking long and hard

Her father couldn't have just disappeared without telling anyone

Maybe he went missing and  her mom went out to look for him?

Maybe something bad happened to him

Or maybe

He just ..... left

Emma shakes the last thought out of her head, that was the last thing she wanted to think.

"Well enough time down memory lane." Topaz jumped up from the couch "come on let's get dinner started.

Later on that night Emma say on the rug looking though the picture in photo album, there were so many pictures of her mom and dad. Sparring, cooking, formal events.

They looked so happy

She turns the page and saw a picture of her mother holding a newborn baby in her arms smiling as her father holds them in a big proud hug.

Emma takes the picture and looks at it close sighing deeply.

Sapphire walks by the room  but walks backwards looking into Emma's room as she stared at the photo

"You ok gemstone you've been in here for quite some time." Sapphire came into the room concern about her young niece

"Aunt Sapphire if you were trying to find someone what's the first thing you do?" Emma looks up at her aunt

"Well me personally I would try to retrace their foot steps and start from there." Sapphire put a hand to her chin, Emma nods soaking in the information "Why?"

"I was just wondering." Emma looks away like she was thinking

"Ooookay well come on sweetheart it's time for bed."
Sapphire picks Emma up walking towards the bed

"But I'm not tired." Emma whines

"But you know who is tired .... me!" Sapphire blows a raspberry on Emma's cheek making the little girl laugh placing her in the bed

"Good night baby." Sapphire kisses Emma's forehead ruffling her hair

"Good night." Emma smiles as Sapphire turns off the lights, closing the door. Emma couldn't help but sit in the dark thinking

She couldn't help but about her parents

Especially we father

No knew where he was

No one was looking for him

If no one was gonna look for him

Then she would