Disclaimer: I don't own Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. Neither does my co-author.
A/N: Hello readers! So this is a story I'm writing with a friend of mine. I'm gonna get warnings out of the way right now. Future chapters of this story may include, but aren't limited to: physical and psychological torture; PTSD; Stockholm Syndrome. Alright, now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's get to it! You guys know the drill!
Captain Marvelous looked around the main cabin at his crew, feeling a distinct feeling that something was wrong. He quickly took a head count and realized that Gai was missing from the group. It really should have been obvious, given the lack of screeching about Super Sentai for the past few hours.
"Hey, has anyone seen Gai?" The other members of the crew stopped their various activities and looked around at Marvelous' words.
"I think he said something about going out shopping," said Doc after a moment of thinking, "He didn't say when he'd be back though."
"He probably got distracted by something shiny," Luka added with a grin. Ahim giggled and nodded in agreement.
"Gai-san is rather easily distracted." Despite his crew members' assurances Marvelous still felt uneasy.
"He's fine Marvelous. Stop scowling," Marvelous looked over at Joe, who had paused in his usual exercise routine.
"I'll stop when that idiot comes back," he turned back to Doc, "Trace his cellular and we can drag him back here." Doc looked slightly exasperated at his captain's insistence that something was wrong but got up to trace the cellular anyone. It was the easiest way to pacify Marvelous. He typed in the tracking code for Gai's cellular and was shocked to find that it was offline.
"What? What's going on?" He tried again with the same results. By this point the rest of the Gokaigers had gathered around the monitor and were all staring in surprise at it.
"Could Gai-san's cellular have been damaged somehow and that's why it's appearing as offline?" Doc shook his head, hurriedly typing to try and figure out a solution.
"No, even if it was damaged I should still be able to track it. The only reason it should be offline is if the signal is being blocked somehow. But there's nothing in the city that's able to block it and Gai would have called if the Zangyack had done something." Marvelous glared at the screen displaying the 'offline' message.
"We're going to look for him. Split up into groups and search everywhere in the city." They all nodded. It was obvious now that something truly was wrong and if one of their own was in trouble then it was their job to help.