Disclaimer: I do not own psycho-Pass or the characters

Rated M

Summary: With Ginoza missing and his life on the line the team must race to find him before time runs out. Rated M for coarse language, sexual themes, rape violence and gore.

A Re-Boot of Gone. I've been asked to modify Gone so that's exactly what I will do. I will be modifying each chapters and more chapters will be added here and there.

- Chapter 1 -

Kougami

I would have given anything to have a day off today. It's just one of those days you know that you should have stayed in bed and do nothing. Kagari must be thinking pretty much the same thing as I am right now. Since we started our shift this morning he's been fighting with his computer none stop. The damn thing either freezes every ten to twenty minutes or just shuts down by itself.

That particular computer has always been a piece of junk deserving nothing more than to go in the trash but the technicians keep insisting that the thing is still in great shape. Sasayama used to say that computer was possessed by a ghost or something. Whether he was being serious about the haunted computer or if he just wanted to freak Gino out for the fun of it was never really certain but anyway that thing has never worked properly to begin with since I was transferred to division one when I was still an inspector and chances are it won't ever either.

"Will you stop abusing the machine? Just call the technician to come fix it Kagari."

"Yeah yeah Kunizuka. I say wreck the piece of shit, that way I'd finally get a new one that actually works." Kagari answers as he gives the computer's box another kick.

"Gino will kill you." I tell Kagari with a chuckle just thinking about how Gino would react to Kagari basically abusing that piece of crap of a computer if he was here would have made things rather interesting in this dull and boring morning.

I give my report a final revision before sending it to Gino but I won't know if it will actually be approved until he gets here to inspect it himself. I check the time, eight forty-five and he's not even here yet… Akane should be here soon too; maybe he decided to have breakfast with her this morning or something that would explain why he isn't here yet. Honestly I think it would do Gino some good to socialize with others once in a while and quite frankly it would strengthen his teamwork with Akane. To get to know her better that is and the same for her, they can't work as a team if they are not closer to one another.

"Nah Gino will nag but we all know in the back of his head he'll be like fuck yeah!" Kagari quickly exclaims with over exaggerated gestures as he sends a quick message for a technician to come fix his computer before turning his attention to his game as usual.

"Good morning!" Akane's voice quickly caught my attention, always cheerful no matter what happens. Her eyes quickly scan the room before setting her gaze upon me. "Mr. Ginoza isn't here?"

"No we haven't seen him. I figured you two decided to have breakfast together or something." I answer back as I send in my report not voicing at how odd it is that he's not here yet. That's just not like him to arrive at the last minute or late, he's always almost an hour early…

She puts her things on her workspace before sending a call with her terminal but nothing. I know Gino; he's not the type to come in late without notifying that he would be first. He has to be extremely sick to take a sick day and from yesterday he showed absolutely no signs that he was coming down with something. Actually he was fine… I quickly glance towards pops; he's been quiet all morning. I can tell that he's concerned and I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't either, it's just not like him.

"Again nothing…" Akane voices out into a mumble.

"Wouldn't he have notified the chief if he couldn't come in or something?" Kagari asks, his earlier enthusiast already faded away as he puts his handheld console away on his desk.

"If that would have been the case Akane would have been notified immediately and she hasn't so no, chances are that the chief has no idea that Gino isn't even here yet." I reply back, looking at Akane who is still just standing there in front of the door thinking about what she should do. Being the inspector and the one in charge at the moment, it's her call to decide; either way whatever she will decide, we'll follow.

"Isn't it obvious, we go knock on the good inspector's door. It won't hurt to go check what's going on and besides even if there was a stress level today, unit one is not even the unit on call." Pops states as he puts his jacket on.

"It wouldn't hurt I guess." She answers back after a few minutes of silence. I can tell she feels uneasy, being a rookie inspector can't say that I blame her.

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One thing about being an enforcer that is always hard to get used to would be the damn paddy wagon. Sitting in a dimly lit box of darkness with the other enforcers and the moment you get to see the light of day is the moment you are no longer viewed as a human being but nothing more than a hunting dog… Being viewed as a beast isn't what bothers me; it's the lack of respect that we get. We could have been the greatest of human beings but the moment the collar gets put on you, your words mean little to the public…

After I became a latent criminal, Gino accepted for having me as a replacement for Sasayama although he was recommended otherwise he still chose to keep me in division one and then he chose Kagari himself to fill the empty gap we had. Why Kagari? He never told me, not that I ever expected him to do so considering my status now but at first it was an odd feeling not having the person you've been the closest to for so long not tell you anything anymore when you know you were their go to person for anything and now it's as if I no longer exist.

I understand why, he's worked hard to get to where he is I'd hate to see Gino fall like I did. Pops would never forgive me if I'd allow that to happen, he would allow himself to die if it meant that Gino could continue walking the path that he's currently on. Being an enforcer, I know how this life is and it's the last thing I want to see Gino become. Its fine if it's me, I can bare it…

The paddy waggon comes to a stop, the doors slowly opens after a few minutes allowing the light to flow in as my eyes quickly adjust from being in the dark a little too long. I get out followed by the others as I look at the building that Gino lives in. It's a quiet neighborhood near a large park… Just the perfect place for him.

"I wonder which condo is Mr. Ginoza's?" Akane asks as she checks the building's structure.

"Shin Chiyoda-ku, Hitotsubashi four seventy-six-D" I say as I walk towards the building after taking my dominator as Akane quickly follows in tow. As usual the place is quiet with nothing much going on, everyone just keeping to their own not bothering anyone but the vibe is calm and friendly still just like I remembered.

"How can Gino live here? I mean there's no action, I'd lose my mind living in a place like this." Kagari voices out.

"It's nice…" Kunizuka states in a neutral tone.

"Exactly it's girly." He replies mockingly.

"This is it." I say ignoring Kagari and Kunizuka's small argument as I knock on the door.

"Doesn't look like Mr. Ginoza is home. Where do you think he could have gone Mr. Kougami?" Akane asks as she gives Gino another quick call but nothing.

"Do you hear that?" I ask.

Akane closes her terminal as she listens for possible sounds. "Hear what? I don't hear anything."

"Exactly, where the hell is Dime?" I ask to myself, something isn't right.

"Dime?"

I ignored Akane's puzzled expression. I know something is wrong and I know pops has that same feeling as I do. I think he's had a bad feeling all morning, the subconscious telling you that something isn't right but you just can't put your finger on it until it's too late. I quickly back up and kick the door as hard as I could leaving Akane shocked that I just busted open Gino's door and I wasted no time entering the condo with my dominator ready to fire if need be.

Nothing seems out of place, everything is exactly where I remembered them to be. It's almost unbelievable how he hasn't changed a single thing in here. I quickly look around, scanning the room for anything suspicious as the others enter.

"Mr. Kougami! Mr. Ginoza is probably not even here!" I could sense the frustration and concern in her voice as she spoke but she's missing the bigger picture here.

"Dime isn't here but his leash is right there so he should have been barking the moment I knocked on that door and yet he's not here." I state as I point out the leash still hanging on the hook right next to the door and his harness is also there on the second hook so again it's impossible that Gino went for a walk with Dime without it.

"Maybe Ginoza decided not to use a leash." Kunizuka says as she searches around for anything odd.

"Dime is a Siberian Husky; Gino wouldn't be foolish enough to go on a walk with Dime without putting him on a leash and more importantly without the harness. Something's not right here." I state as I walk into his living area, inspecting everything I can see and so far nothing catches my eye.

Everything shows that he came home after work; his terminal is on the side table at the entrance and his jacket on the hook next to the door just like he always does. Everything shows that he came home but no signs that he actually left the condo and yet its dead quiet in here. The noise alone would have been enough to wake the sickest person out of bed and right now it's not the case.

"The mystery is solved." Pops' voice takes me out of my thoughts as I quickly join him in the kitchen and there he is lying in a pool of blood, Gino's faithful dog. Kagari quickly goes into the hall and comes back a few minutes later in short breath saying that there isn't anyone in the condo. Whatever happened here, Dime fought and lost, and Gino's gone.

"Ms. Kunizuka go get the Forensic Bots. Maybe they can help us figure out exactly what happened here. Mr. Kougami and Mr. Masaoka I need both of you to search for clues as to where Ginoza could be and what happened here." Akane quickly orders.

By the looks of the blood and the stiffness of Dime's corps, it's safe to assume that it's been dead for over seven hours and if that's the case all of this must have happened late last night or early morning at best. The thing is before I busted the door down there wasn't any forced entry so how did this criminal enter in here? The windows are perfectly intact; everything is as it should be nothing out of place, no signs of a struggle or anything that seems to be missing…

"Did you find anything Mr. Kougami?" Akane's question takes me out of my thoughts, she's doing her best to keep calm but I can tell she's anxious about all of this.

"Nothing is out of place and there aren't any signs of a struggle." I state as I keep looking around.

"Could it be possible that whoever did this is someone that Mr. Ginoza knows? Anyway I just finished speaking with the chief; she's greatly disturbed about Mr. Ginoza's disappearance. Our priority is to find and locate Mr. Ginoza." She states before continuing. "However, I must know something Mr. Kougami. The chief as recommended me that I should remove Mr. Masaoka from this case. Why?"

Why doesn't that surprise me from the chief? She seriously is a pain in the ass that woman, being an enforcer is at least one thing I don't miss.

"You still haven't figured that out yet? Pops is Gino's old man." I blurt out. I thought she would have figured that one out by now. You look at Gino and it's just the spitting image of pops but younger with black hair and green eyes.

"I had no idea… Asking Masaoka to remove himself from this case would be-"

"If you told pops that he could not be part of this case he'd find a way to be in it. It would not matter if it was against the law or not but if you're worried that his personal feelings might cloud his judgement, don't be." I cut her off as I continue searching for anything that could pin point to what happened.

Pops would be the last person I'd fear that he'll let personal feelings disturb him in his work, no matter what he'll get the job done that's without a doubt so Akane doesn't have to worry about it and honestly it be foolish to take him off this case. We need to find Gino and taking Pops off it would be like giving Gino to the slaughters.

"Kou I think we found something." Kagari's shout made Akane jump in surprise, I guess she's on edge or heavily in thoughts and I don't blame her. Every investigation we've done so far, Gino was the one doing most of the technical work, she simply observed or just tagged along with the enforcers. Right now she's found herself having to lead all four enforcers on her on, good thing we're not like most enforcers.

"What did you find?" I ask as we joined the others in the living area carefully stepping so we don't step on the forensic drones.

"When it comes to solving crimes, detectives would become famous depending on their success rate in the past. In this day and age, the number of inspectors has greatly dropped so there aren't many to acknowledge." Pops explains as he walks away into the hall and we follow.

"In the past many detectives would find themselves victims of numerous crimes and we've stumbled on a bad one. We're dealing with a sociopath." He adds as we enter Gino's bedroom revealing Gino's unmade bed which is odd considering how much I know Gino to be a neat freak.

"A sociopath, like a serial killer?" Akane asks.

Serial killers are one thing but sociopaths are another thing making me wonder exactly what got Pops to come to that conclusion. Anyhow that question was quickly answered as pops yanked the covers off the bed to reveal what he had found causing Akane to cover her mouth to control the urge to vomit at the sight.

"It's a game, how long it will last, will be up to us and him." He Pops states as he looks at us and my eyes go back to the mattress, the white fitted sheet soiled with four words written in blood.

"Let's play a game."

This could either go very well or be just hell. Who knows.