112 Little detour

Just before the next drawing. The family has finished eating and were paying. Yona and Aisling splits up at this point. Aisling following Salali and Yona followed the kidnapper. They were going into the Wax museum. Following them inside she stays close while trying not to draw their attention. Aisling notices that Salali keeps looking at her. She is worried that her disguise has slipped. Looking at her reflection in a mirror she sees it's still in place. Pretending to take a selfie in front of the Ghostbusters display. While keeping a watchful eye on the family. Yona texts her that the man is going crazy looking for them. He has gone into several stores trying to find them. Right now they are at a outdoor cafe . He figures he is watching for them. She looks up and sees them going to the next floor exhibit. She texts Yona to alert her if the man moves. Also to scout out where the police may be at just in case.

Aisling stays close to the front of the doors so she can notice if they leave. She doesn't want to keep following them incase Salali gets suspicious. She wonders around watching for them . Aisling thinks about how things work out. Her best friend and her sister in law falling in love. They have such a gorgeous little girl. Thinking of her makes Aisling smile thinking of how adorable she is. Her almond shaped eyes and with her dark hair. She can't wait to meet her when she arrives . Looks like she will have another wedding to plan for. After about two hours they have visited the entire museum and are heading out. Aisling is not far behind.

She texts Yona to let him know. Staying at a distance she keeps watch. She sees Yona sitting pretending to read a tourist map. The man notices the little girl. He gets close and when Randy and Salali stop to ask about having a caricature drawn. He snatched her before Salali can grab her hand back. Everyone begins to scream for help . The man has the little girls mouth covered so no one can hear her scream. He ducks into a alleyway behind a dumpster. Telling her to shut up , not to make a single sound. Aisling is not far behind him with Yona on her heals. They meet up looking down the different streets Aisling says a little prayer for someone to show them where she is. Her crystal begins to heat up as she gets close to the alleyway. She motions for Yona to follow her. They begin to look behind everything to see if they see her. Just as they think they have lost them the Uktena crystal begins to glow. Aisling asks for Uktena to guide them

" show me what is hidden

Return what was taken

Reveal the child of thine

That brought me through the passage of time"

When she finishes the chant a stream of lighting shoots out and throws the dumpster away. There behind it is the man holding the child. She looks at her and asks

"Hey sweetheart are you ok? " the little girl nods. She looks at the man he sees her eyes change from a dark black to that of a grey stormy sea.

"Release the child. Give her to me." He spits the ground in front of him and sneers at her.

"What is a skinny little thing like you going to do ?She is mine I'm her father." Aisling of course knows he is lying

"Really funny she doesn't look anything like you. Your eyes are blue hers are dark brown. Your hair is blonde hers is black. I saw you take her away from her parents. You need to give her back. " he sneered at her

"Why don't you try taking her?" By this time the police and Yona are at either side of the only way out of the alley. They hear them talking.

"Why did you take her?" Aisling is trying to make sure they can hear him confess taking her.

"I heard her playing in the restaurant she predicted every keno number for six games. This little girl is my meal ticket. Her parents didn't even pay attention to what she could do. I will make sure to put her to good use. Then when she is a little older she can take care of all my needs. I won't have to look any further for anything. They don't know how to make a good use of her talents but I can." He pulls a gun out and aims it at Aisling.

"Now if you want to live to see tomorrow move out of the way and mind your business. I have some money to win." Aisling hears Yona's bird call she knows that it's ok to move out of the way. Just as she moves to the right he goes to pull the trigger and she smiles as a stream of lighting huts the gun and knocks it away . The force of the hit knocks the child from his arms and Aisling grabs her away and they run behind the cans . The police seeing the gun in his hand open fire and he is on the ground. Aisling stays hidden with her body covering the child's to block out as much of the noise as possible. They hear him screaming in pain from where they shot him in both legs to immobilize him. When she hears the cop reading him his rights she picks the child up and carries her out of the alley. Telling her it's okay that everything is over. She sees Salali and carries the child to her.

"You need to be more careful with her and her gift. It will cause her problems if you don't. " Salali notices the crystal her eyes get big. She opens her mouth to say something but Aisling places a finger in front of her lips. She knows her cover has been blown. Winking at her she takes Yona by the hand and they walk into the crowd . Salali keeps looking for them but they have disappeared. She knows it was Aisling by her crystal pendant. Uktena must have brought her here to save her child. She hugs her tightly and says a prayer of thanks. The officer tells them that since they have a recording of him stating why he took her and the fact that he was armed. He would be going away for a long time.

Yona and Aisling are back at the lake as promised with only a short time gone. No one missed them. They begin to walk towards the house. Yona looks at this small woman.

"I hope they let you have the rest of your pregnancy in peace."

"Me to it's been exhausting having one thing after another . It hard enough sometimes just keeping up with family stuff. Thank you for today and now that we know what is going to happen. We can stop it our niece will never have to go through that. I will make sure of it. We can't tell them though Salali and Randy are just starting to figure out their feelings. We need to let them have their romance as if we know nothing ok." Yona grins at her and hugs her. "Fine by me but I must say you are one very strong woman and fearless when it comes to protecting what's yours. " she laughs up at him

"Just remember that you are my family also there was no way I was going to let you get hurt."

They are still holding each other when they hear a cough. Turning towards the sound there standing a few feet away with a very agitated look on his face is Astila.

"Do I need to worry about my big brother trying to steal my wife?" You can hear the humor in his voice.

"No way she is not easy to handle not with this circus always around. Though I don't mind getting to spend some time with my new little sister. She is all yours good luck. I need to go and give my other sister a big hug." With that he walks away leaving the couple to catch a few quiet minutes before the chaos that is Christmas Eve begins.