Sobibor Stories: The 10:00pm Park

     It is a rainy day, a dark day, and a day of death. Sobibor is walking around her library at home, thinking to herself. {God damn it! H did it, he didn't get the gem, but the girl lost her life, his own niece. The heartless monster, I can't believe it, how is he always one step ahead of me? He knows my every move, he is just... GAH! I let a girl die because I thought I caught him off guard. I let a girl die, her death falls on my hands... Okay. Okay. I can't sit on this, I need to think. H is a genius, as sick and twisted as he is, and I have the ability to catch him, I only need to catch him in his blind time. Last time I stopped him I rushed him to try to rush a robbery and took him down. But this time he is too cocky to fall for that again. If I could... no.. maybe though. If, IF I could get myself into his file at the station, I could compare his style in the start to when we caught him to now. I could see how he has been changing, but the Detective knows what I would do if I found H so he would never go for it...}.

      As Sobibor is thinking to herself, a buzz at the door is heard. The buzz turns out to be Kaito, covered in droplets and breathing heavy. Kaito opens his mouth to speak but Sobibor just pulls him in and hugs him. Tears begin running down her face as he hugs her back. Kaito tries to talk again, "Sobibor, I heard what happened, I am sorry you couldn't make it to the game but I get it. We can cancel this afternoon also if you would like that, plus the weather is out to get us if we did go to the park." Immediately as Sobibor lets out slight laughter to Kaito, the rain stops. Sobibor smiles as she looks out the window and replies, "The weather looks to be in your favor right now, c'mon let's go." Sobibor runs back to the library and grabs her coat before Kaito sees her running back toward him. They begin walking to the park and Sobibor continues the same thought train as before.

      Kaito is talking the whole time, but his voice is nothing more then a bubble from underwater as Sobibor is deep in thought. Kaito bumps Sobibor and she jumps then looks at him, waiting for a reason, "Have you been?- Nevermind, anyways we are here now." Sobibor stares up to prove Kaito correct. She smiles but her eyes are full of pain and questioning. They get to the front of the line and Kaito puts his hand in Sobibor's saying two words, "More realistic." Sobibor squeezes his hand then giggles quietly, and they get inside without a second look. Once in the park, Sobibor looks around and spreads her arms out straight as she spins around looking at the land of oppurtunity one day holds. Her eyes stop dead at a roller coaster and her mouth opens as she turns back to Kaito. He smiles and begins to walk toward the ride with her. They ride several rides and Sobibor begins to truly cheer up, the dark thoughts leaving her mind.

     At the end of the day Sobibor looks at the park's clock, 9:57, then looks at Kaito. "Kaito, I want to make it up to you for today, so come with me, it's really cool!" She grabs his hand and begins to pull him foward, and after a quick stop for a can of soda, she brings him to a huge circle with many small holes in the ground and they go to the center. Sobibor begins to speak as she starts to shake the can of soda, "I came here once when it opened, and they told everyone that we were the first people to knows this. At 10:00pm every day this circle erupts. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!". As her lips move to form the word one, the holes in the ground all shoot water up, and she opens the can. Several circles of water surrond the two, and for this one moment, Kaito and Sobibor are together alone, holding each other close. Kaito lightly puts his lips to Sobibor's cheek and then takes them away from the now red face.