As Mika and the others made their way towards the coffee shop she worried about the rest of her family. The change in her possible parentage concerned her. Shiro, while still obnoxious to his now twin sister, was slowly becoming tolerable. The relationship with Jennifer had done wonders for him. Shiro had gone from a bigot to accepting of Mika and Claudia’s relationship. Mika now wondered if the change in her parents could affect the person her brother had become.
The sound of Claudia’s phone ringing brought Mika out of her thoughts. “Whose calling you Claud,” she asked. Claudia glanced at the number before gaping at Mika. “It’s Jennifer,” she mumbled. Mika’s eyes went wide as Claudia answered her phone. Although Mika couldn’t hear exactly what Jennifer was saying the voice was loud and fearful. “Okay Jen slow down,” Claudia said anxiously. “Start at the beginning.”
Mika watched as Claudia’s face became grim as she listened to Jennifer. Sighing sadly she now looked at Mika. “Well Shiros been affected too,” she said grimly. “Unfortunately he doesn’t have a magic item so he only remembers Sasha as his mom. Jen says he started losing his memory of his parents. Jens freaked out and took him to Mary Elise, she’s trying to give your brother his memories back.”
“Tell Mary to bring them here,” Mika said quickly. “We could use all the help we could get and I’d like to see him.” Claudia nodded as she instructed Jennifer to tell Mary Elise to take the three of themselves to the park. Hanging up the phone Claudia sighed as she gazed at her girlfriend. “Jen is worried,” she said sadly. “She saw the whole thing, Shiro transformed just like you. At first he wondered what happened so the two went and got Mary’s Elise. Unfortunately he started forgetting who is real parents were shortly after transforming, Jen says he can only remember Sasha and Your dad now.”
Mika frowned as Claudia rushed towards her, hugging her tightly. “I’m okay Claudia,” Mika soothed. “I’m wearing the necklace remember. It keeps me protected so that I can remember how things are supposed to be.” Claudia nodded, wiping her eyes before looking at her girlfriend. “I know hon,” she said. “But the changes made already are bad. I mean it didn’t protect you from becoming half white. What if....what if you change even more.”
Mika smiled as she now attempted to soothe her girlfriends fears. “Hey it’s okay,” she soothed. “I mean we’ve been through worse magical accidents. Remember when we became teen moms.” Claudia gave a short laugh before looking up at Mika. “Okay True,” she sighed. “Still we gotta move.” Mika nodded as they started moving again. As they started to move forward they were startled by the appearance of Mary Elise, Jennifer and Shiro.
“Holy...” Mika gasped as she stared at the three of them.
Shiro, like Mika, had transformed becoming half Caucasian. Shiros features had softened losing a great deal of its Japanese characteristics. Shiros skin had also lightened while he grew a few inches in height. Shiro appeared slightly dazed as he looked at his sister. “Mika what the hell is going on,” he asked.
Mika sighed as she relayed what had happened to the others. Mary Elise and Shiro looked grim as they now looked towards Gloria, it was Jennifer though who was the first to answer. “You did this,” she yelled tears streaming down her cheeks. “You did this to him WHY! Why would you do this to Shiro, I should kill you both for doing this to him.” Gloria backed away fearfully as Jennifer approached, her hands clenched in fists, ready to strike. “Jen stop,” Shiro pleaded. Jennifer struggled against her boyfriend as she continued to glare at the young teen. “Jen,” he whispered. “Jen please It was an accident. They didn’t mean to do this Okay. They just wanted to help, you know how crazy that ring can be.”
Jennifer sighed, feeling defeated as she began to cry anew. “So what’s the plan,” Shiro said solemnly as he looked towards his sister and Claudia. Mika took a deep breath as she now anxiously looked at the others, leadership skills weren’t her strong suit but desperate times called for desperate measures. “Okay here’s the plan,” she said. “It looks like my parents are on dates right now, possibly getting coffee. We split up and search for them. Gloria your coming with me and Claudia. Jackie you go with Mary Elise. Shiro, take Felicia and Jennifer.” The group nodded as they split into teams. “And Jen,” Mika said quickly. “Try not to take your anger out on Felicia, she had nothing to do with this.” Jennifer nodded tersely as the group split up.
“Thanks Mika,” Gloria said timidly. “I thought Jen was going to kill me.” Mika glowered at the young teen causing Gloria to shrink back slightly. “She was,” Mika said stiffly. “And with good reason considering what happened to Shiro. I know this was an accident Gloria but things are not okay. We’re going to need your help now to fix this, after that...well we are all having a long talk with you’re friends, Kellie, and you’re sister.”
Gloria gulped nodding in stunned silence. She could only hope now that they couldn’t fix things quickly.