A/N: I can't believe I didn't say this before, but I'm saying this now. THANK YOU SO MUCH RAYANY AMOR! She was the awesome person who helped me figure out this entire story and plotline :) I wouldn't have been able to do this without her! -gives internet coke- :D It's been forever but I finally posted the second chapter. When I typed this on Word, it was 7 pages long without spacing! Longest chapter I've ever written in my life 0.o Please enjoy and review! Oh yeah, did I mention there's yaoi? Well, there is.


We watched silently as the woman screamed and thrashed around as the police dragged her off. Looking at her more closely now, I could tell why the woman was brought into custody. Her dark hair was tangled in knots and looked as if it wasn't kept for over a week. She was bone skinny and her eyes were bloodshot. A drug dealer. Muffled screams and thuds were heard from the woman until the last police officer got in the car and slammed the door shut. Just as the car was about to drive away, Nezumi shot forward, startling me and almost pushed me completely over.

"Nezumi!" I half yelled, afraid that the officers would hear me.

Nezumi didn't turn around but instead continued chasing after the speeding up car until he was right behind it. He slapped something on the trunk and he ran back to where I was still waiting for him.

"What are you doing? You could-" He cut me off my placing his hand over my mouth.

"I put a tracker on them." He smiled and I rolled my eyes.

"And who did you get that from?"

"Who do you think?" He left it at that and we walked away.

"By the way, where's the GPS?" I asked after a few minutes.

"Dogkeeper."

I sighed in exasperation. "You didn't even bother to get the GPS?"

"I didn't have enough candy." He gave me a look and I laughed.

OOOOOOOOOO

We went to the local convenience store and picked up five boxes of pocky.

"Dogkeeper!" Nezumi shouted and knocked on the door again.

We were in front of a small flat that was painted a comforting shade of blue. It looked slightly run down around the edges and a bit roughed up, but on the inside it had a really warm feel.

"I'm coming, shut up!" Dogkeeper shouted from inside right before the door was yanked open revealing an annoyed Dogkeeper with a hairbrush in her hand.

Nezumi rolled his eyes and invited himself inside by shoving past Dogkeeper. I gave her an apologetic smile and pinched Nezumi in the side making him flinch.

"Be nicer." I hissed under my breath and gave him a pointed glare. We walked to the living room and sat on the couches.

"Candy. Now." Dogkeeper placed out her hand and Nezumi put one box of pocky there. "Okay, what do you want?" She opened the box and took a stick out, sticking it in her mouth.

"The GPS." Nezumi stated and Dogkeeper sighed.

"You really were an idiot that day." She rolled her eyes and stuck her hand between the seats on the couch. She reached around for a bit before coming up with the GPS.

"Two more boxes." She held out a hand and Nezumi put two more boxes.

She handed him the GPS and he turned it on. I shuffled closer and put my chin on his shoulder. He looked over at me and gave me a quick peck on the cheek. I gave him a smile and would have given him one before Dogkeeper made a disgusted noise.

"Please, be lovey dovey somewhere else. I don't want to have memories of you two making out whenever I enter the living room." She shivered and walked out. I just laughed and went back to watching Nezumi play with the GPS.

"Where are they going?" I asked as I put my hand on his other shoulder, supporting myself as I leaned in for a closer look.

"The abandoned factory on the edge of town. You know, the place where we're not allowed into because they're 'testing mines' or something?" I nodded my head as we watched to dot move until it was in the factory and stopped.

"I guess we know where we're going." I stated and stood up from the couch. "Thanks Dogkeeper! We're leaving now!" I shouted as I grabbed Nezumi's hand and dragged him to the door.

"Hurry up and leave!" She shouted back and Nezumi chuckled.

OOOOOOOOOO

"Ready?" I nodded as we hid behind a large boulder looking at the factory. "Let's go."

We ran from rock to rock staying hidden in the shadows. It was night-time and we wore all black. I had to hide my hair with a black scarf since it was too noticeable. There was a sharp breeze that held hints of an early snowfall. It was cold enough for us to breathe out white puffs, but not cold enough for us to freeze in long sleeve shirts. The only thing heard was quiet breathing and the occasional chirp of crickets. We neared the building and Nezumi hid me behind the wall. He peeked around the doorway before slipping in and giving me an okay sign.

The hallway was dark and you couldn't see much with only the moonlight. It smelled faintly of mildew and a bit of various chemicals. We navigated through the hallways quietly but quickly, relying on Nezumi's photographic memory. After a long series of twists and turns, we arrived in front of a dimly lit door. There were two emergency lights on either side that were pointed at the door. I looked at the right side and found a card slot. We didn't get a keycard, who has one?

"Nezumi, we need-" I whispered before I heard a voice talking loudly and approaching us from behind. I swore and warned Nezumi about the person. He grabbed me and we hid in a dark hallway before he pulled out a dagger. Was he planning to kill the man?

"No! I told you, the supervisor wants you to continue. Yes, start the operation now! I don't care if it's against the rules, I don't care if you need an official there! This is an order from the higher ups, do it now! Good. I'll be there in a few minutes." The man ended his call right before he walked past us. "Those idiots think they're so-"

Nezumi shot out, covered the man's mouth and hit him in the head with the back of the dagger. The man crumpled in Nezumi's arms after being knocked out. He proceeded to drag him over to where I was hiding, and I helped him find the keycard.

"Found it!" I whispered and jogged to the door. I swiped the card and the light flashed green. I jerked my head towards the door while looking at Nezumi. Time to move.

The moment we walked through the doors, we were in plain sight. Nezumi thought fast and pulled me over to the side where there was a stack of boxes. We hid behind them and after a few seconds, peeked out. I gasped as I saw the humongous machine in front of me. The room was large enough to fit two car companies and all the walls, floor, and ceiling were made of cement. In the dead centre of the room, there was a greyish-white circular platform with plastic walls surrounding it. At the top there was a machine that looked like an oversized lamp with way too many lights. There were several wires as thick as my arm coming out of it.

"No! Stop! I'm sorry! Please, please don't put me in there!" My head whipped towards the screaming figure and recognized her as the women we saw getting pulled into the car. She kept screaming and thrashing until she was thrown inside the machine. Her screams were muffled until almost nothing was heard.

"Okay, turn it on." A man ordered and the machine whirred to life.

Her brown eyes widened even more but with more fear and panic now. She started kicking the clear plastic walls and punching it. Tears were streaming down her face as she sobbed hysterically. Maybe it was because my white hair peeked out from under the bandana, maybe we didn't hide well enough, or maybe it was fate. The woman looked our way and her eyes sparkled with an ounce of hope. She started pounding the wall harder as the lights above her turned on and the whirring became unbearably loud. I lip-read her last words. Help me.

The lights brightened until it reached its limit. I closed my eyes until the light dimmed enough for me to see what was happening. I eased my eyelids open bit by bit and they flew open the rest of the way. She was gone. The lady before…was gone. The machine started getting quieter until all that was left was a dull hum. Nezumi grabbed my hand and I looked at him. His eyes were full of curiosity and tinged with sadness. We don't know what just happened, but we were sure as hell going to find out. We looked back towards the centre when we heard another voice.

"Take her out and get me the replacement." The voice ordered and the people around him started moving.

The door to the machine was opened by one of the workers and they grabbed the air. It took the man a few tries but they finally grabbed onto something. Wait, what? I watched curiously as the man dragged something invisible out and dropped it on the ground by his feet outside of the machine. He grabbed a handcuff and…cuffed the air? I looked at the empty space more closely and I swear I could see a little blur around the edges of the bottom of the machine. I squinted harder and I could faintly trace out the general shape of a body on the ground. I gasped and squeezed Nezumi's hand.

"Can you see her on the ground?" I whispered into his ear and he nodded.

He was squinting as well and I could tell he could also faintly trace out her form. We heard two pairs of approaching footsteps and looked behind us. Shit, someone was coming through the door. Nezumi pulled us the other side of the boxes until the people passed us. We shifted around to hide in our previous spot. Thank god for good hearing.

"Here she is." A woman with the same brown hair and eyes as the woman from before walked with a guard although her eyes seemed dead. The guard stopped and so did the woman. The man who stated the orders turned towards the woman and looked her up and down.

"She looks in good shape, although she seems a bit lifeless." He tipped her chin up and looked into her eyes, "Have to fix her eyes too." He turned her head to the side and pressed something behind her ear. Her eyes lit up and her back straightened. She blinked a few times and stared at the man confusedly.

"You're name is now Miranda Lotto, not Amanda Lotto. You live in 301Fourth Avenue, understand?" He let go of her face as she nodded. "Let's test your memory. What's your name?" The man asked while watching her with a critical eye.

"Miranda Lotto."

"Age?"

"26."

"Birthday?"

"January 1."

"Where were you born?"

"Germany."

"Blood type?"

"O."

"Favourite food?"

"Pears."

The man nodded his head and walked away.

"She's good enough. At least she knows everything about herself." The guard nodded and brought her back through the door they came from.

In my peripheral vision I saw the handcuffs move and instantly, my eyes were focused solely on it. The handcuffs moved high enough to make me believe that the woman was now standing. The handcuffs spun in a circle and that seemed to catch the attention of everyone in the room. No one moved as they watched the hands freaked out. The hands lifted up and I think I heard something. It sounded like a gust of wind that blew across a building, making a high pitched shrieking sound.

"Take her out." The man ordered and at once, the handcuffs started running away- or should I say the woman started running.

Now when I think about it, I finally understand why they put the handcuffs. This way they knew where she was. Other than that, she was almost completely invisible unless you were actually trying to find her. The man who got her grabbed her arm, took off the handcuffs and dragged her out the doors.

"Time to leave." Nezumi leaned over to me and whispered.

I nodded my head and followed the guard out. We slipped in through the door unnoticed just as they were about to close. Our steps were as quite as a feather floating to the ground. We followed deftly behind the pair until we reached outside. I was glad they didn't have cameras in here since everything was confidential. The moment we stepped foot outside, we ran to the side wall and scurried off the 'mine' grounds. Just what the hell happened in there?

OOOOOOOOOO

We burst in through our front door and Nezumi slammed the door closed. He breathed out loud puffs and I rested my hands on my knees trying to get my lost breath back. My throat was sore and I swear I could taste blood. Running all the way from the factory to the house wasn't such a good idea, but we had to make sure we weren't caught. Otherwise we would end up like that woman Miranda. Nezumi leaned his back on the door and slowly slid down to a sitting position on the floor. I stood upright again and walked over.

"What's going to happen now?" I asked quietly and sat down beside him. He shook his head.

"I don't know." He gently grabbed my head and lay my head down into his lap.

My stomach was feeling uncomfortable with the new information but I calmed down a bit once my head was situated on his leg. His warmth was comforting and I felt myself getting sleepy. He stroked my hair and I looked up at him. A frown was tugging on his lips and his eyebrows knit. I knew he was thinking deeply since his eyes kept on moving like there was something in front of him. He was sorting out the information and what was going to happen next. I feel bad about leaving everything on him, but I knew this was the time I have to be quiet.

His hand didn't stop stroking my hair and I was getting sleepier by the second. I fought to keep my eyes open as I watched Nezumi. This was the least I could do for him.

"Shion." I flinched and saw that Nezumi was looking at me. He gave me a sweet smile and leaned down to kiss my forehead. "Let's go to sleep, we'll talk about this tomorrow with Dogkeeper." I nodded my head and pushed myself up. We walked to our bedroom hand in hand and got ready for bed.

"Goodnight, Nezumi." I kissed him softly on the lips for a few moments and snuggled under the blanket. He pulled me up next to him and we fell asleep together.

OOOOOOO

We walked to Dogkeeper's house the next morning and told her the entire situation. She sat there in silence for a few minutes before jumping up and closing all the curtains. She locked all her doors and ran into her bedroom. After a few minutes she came out with a charger and a laptop.

Now this wasn't your normal thin laptops that weighed less than twenty sheets of paper. No, this was a big chunk of metal, plastic, and hardware. It was a good ten centimetres thick-which the screen was only half a centimetre thick- but as wide as a normal laptop. Dogkeeper plugged one end of the charger into the computer, and the other into an outlet. She pressed the power button and waved us over to her couch, indicating for us to sit down beside her. I sat walked over first to sit on her left, and Nezumi on the right.

"What's this?" I asked as I watched a black screen with thousands of white letters scroll down.

"It's a computer, duh." She rolled her eyes but continued, "We can use this to hack the government." She gave Nezumi an evil smile which he replied with a neutral expression.

"But the government can track all of our computers." Nezumi raised an eyebrow and I nodded my head in agreement.

"Don't you think I've already thought of that? I installed a program that makes everything we do 'invisible' so to speak. They'll never even know we were there."

"What about hacking into the government files? Wouldn't they know then? If anything hacks it, they'll know." I added to the conversation and they both looked at me. It was a good point wasn't it?

"True," Dogkeeper nodded and signed in to the computer, "but I've already thought of that." She typed in a few words and the login to the government files popped up.

"What do you do in your spare time…" Nezumi mumbled and I couldn't help but think the same thing. She opened up a file and the login disappeared putting us straight into the files.

"Whoa, how did you do that?" I asked and watched as she scrolled through the files.

"I simply changed the format a bit and made a little loophole through the login. Now we're just like the readers in a story. We watch and look, and go through stuff, but we can't change anything." She kept scrolling until she found the file we were looking for, 'Project X: Disappear'. "Now let's open this baby up." She smiled and clicked on the icon. It brought us to a page with a basic description of what the project was, but not much more than that. At the bottom of the page, there was a hyperlink that read 'More information'. She closed the cover down and passed Nezumi the computer.

"It's all yours now." She smiled and I gave her a hug.

"Thank you so much!" I let go and we walked back home.

"I'm surprised."

"What?" I looked over at Nezumi confusedly.

"She didn't ask for candy." Nezumi smiled and I laughed.

OOOOOOOOOOO

We locked the doors, shut the curtains and sat down on our living room couch. I flipped up the screen and the same page we were on before popped up. I clicked 'More information', and suddenly the screen went black.

"What's wrong?" Nezumi pressed the power button but nothing happened. Then I remembered the charger.

"It probably just ran out of battery." We both seemed to relax in relief. We both thought that the government caught us.

"I'll plug it in." Nezumi got up and grabbed the charger.

I stared at the screen and suddenly something small and white popped up in the corner and I looked closer. I flinched back into the couch when I read what it read but it disappeared as soon as Nezumi plugged the charger. It said 'die'. It was probably just my nerves getting to me. I shook my head and forced myself to calm down when Nezumi sat back down.

"Is something wrong?" Nezumi smoothed down my hair and looked at me worriedly. He could see the fear in my eyes. I knew it.

"Nothing, it's just my nerves getting to me." I gave a small smile but I knew he didn't believe me. He didn't push it and looked back at the screen. He looked through the list of names and went to the most recent. His eyebrows furrowed as he looked over the list again.

"This isn't right." He told me and I took a look myself.

He was right. Miranda's name wasn't there. Not even her real name was there. There were names on here that I didn't even know of. Our community was pretty close so we knew everyone at least by their first name. When I think of it now, there were some people in my school that changed their name out of nowhere. For example, my best friend Safu changed her name into Lenalee! What kind of name is that?

She's the same and everything but for some reason she died her hair so dark that it had a green tint to it. She also decided to grow her hair long! Now it reaches mid-back. She also decided it would be cool to get purple contacts. I thought she was just going through a change but now, not so much. I knew the government made her 'disappear' like this project said. But what did she do?

"Something's wrong-" There was a knock on our front door and both of our heads whipped up.

"It's the police; we'd like to ask you a few questions." I recognized his voice as the man who gave the orders yesterday.

Nezumi shot up and so did I. Crap. We've been caught. My heart started beating fast and my hands got clammy. I looked back at the screen and the screen turned black. White words popped up 'Don't Run'. Hell, as if I'm listening to them! Nezumi seemed to see too and he swore loudly. We both ran to the secret doorway hidden on the side of the fireplace and Nezumi opened the lock. He ushered me in just as we heard the man say something again.

"Please open up. We know you're in there." I knew I should've told Nezumi about the black screen before.

He followed me and just as he closed the door, our front door was knocked down. He locked the door from the inside and we ran down the steps. We were always a pair of misfits. We got into trouble with a bunch of people and we decided it would be a smart idea to make a secret passageway in case something big happened. Thank god for planning ahead.

"Come out, we have you surrounded." The man shouted and we ran faster. We had at least a twenty minute head start. The steps stopped and I picked up two flashlights by the ground. We turned them on and Nezumi grabbed my hand.

"Run!" Nezumi whispered loudly and we sprinted down the narrow hallway. This hallway was long enough to bring us almost all the way to the edge of the city. As mentioned before, our city was surrounded by walls and only one gate to get in and out. This was the first rule that we should never break, never go out of the city gates. The rules of this city are:

Never go out of city gates.

Never enter a government facility.

Never commit crimes of murder.

Never deal illicit drugs.

People who know of any government plans will not tell anyone else.

We were going to do rule number one, we already broke rule number two, we were probably going to break rule number three today, we already saw rule number four broken, and we broke rule number five too. Well, doesn't our life just suck.

OOOOOOOOO

We finally arrived at the door and Nezumi let go of my hand to open up the trap door. He eased it up just a centimetre or so to see if the coast was clear and then opened it up all the way. The trap door was behind a big rock so no one could sneak up behind us. Nezumi jumped out and stuck his arm out for me to grab onto. He pulled me up and we sat there for a few seconds.

"I think we lost them for now." Who knew that I spoke a second too soon? At once, ten armed police jumped out from behind trees and the rock. They grabbed Nezumi first and I screamed.

"Nezumi!" He thrashed around in their grip and I ran over to help him but was stopped by three pairs of arms. "Get off of me!" I yelled and kicked one guy in the leg. If it was one on one, I might have been able to face them, but one on three? Not a chance. Soon the guards got fed up with Nezumi and took a gun out.

"No! Nezumi! I screamed but blacked out just before I saw what happened.

OOOOOOOOOO

I felt a pair of arms holding me bridal style and I looked up at the sky. It was still light out so it hasn't been long since I blacked out. My body felt as heavy as lead and I could hardly even find enough energy to blink. What did they do to me? I looked at the man holding me and tried to clear my vision. It wasn't Nezumi. It was one of the guards and it seems he didn't notice I was half awake. I thought about screaming, but my body wouldn't let me. Maybe sleeping was a better idea. Yeah, it is…

OOOOOOOOOO

The next time I woke I was looking at a grey floor. It was really bright and it hurt my eyes a lot. My body felt less drowsy and I looked at the floor around me. There were one, two, three hands. But I only have two. My eyes traveled from the third hand up to the arm and found the person's body. Nezumi! My body seemed to jolt and I was almost fully awake now. My limbs were still a bit sluggish but at least I could move. I crawled on my knees over to Nezumi and sat down beside him. I flipped him on his back and put my hands on his face. He was pale. I felt something moist on my left hand and brought it up. Blood.

"Nezumi!" I shouted and focused back on his face. "Nezumi wake up!" I felt tears trail down my face and wiped them away angrily.

No, Nezumi definitely wasn't dead, so why am I crying? I kept urging him to wake up, both nothing happened. I finally decided to look up and dread overwhelmed my entire being. I was in the machine. The machine. The one that makes people disappear. Forever. Fear widened my eyes and I started hyperventilating. Right in the middle of the room I saw the man who ordered the machine to be turned on. He gave me a sick smile as he watched me panic.

"You asshole!" I shrieked and ran to the edge of the machine.

I started pounding on it and swearing at him. He deserved to die. Everyone here did. Instead of fear, it was anger now. It wasn't fair. Why do people have to 'die' just because they broke the rules of this stupid utopia? After all the anger left my body, I slumped and slid over to Nezumi again.

"I'm sorry, Nezumi. I'm so sorry. If only I warned you about it." I cried and held his face.

This may be the last time I would ever see him again. I placed a sweet gentle kiss on his lips and hugged him close to me. I saw the lights brighten and I hugged Nezumi even tighter. This will be our end. We told Dogkeeper about it, but she probably couldn't help us.

"I love you, Nezumi." I whispered sadly, my voice almost breaking as I closed my eyes. The lights were getting unbearably bright and it hurt too much to keep my eyes open. Right before The lights flashed, I swear I heard Nezumi say something, but it could've been my imagination.

'I love you too, Shion.'


A/N: -wipes away tear- so how was it? -hides eye drops behind back- Don't worry! The story IS NOT FINISHED. There's still four chapters left. They will all have varying lengths though. This one just happened to be excessively long...Anyways, for those wondering when Allen will show up, don't worry. He's coming. Reaaaally soon. Trust me. Well I'm looking forward to the next chapter, I hope you are too!...okay I'm going to shut up now because now it's getting too cheezy. Review! :3

P.S. If you find anything wrong, please tell me. It's hard reading over 4,500+ words without giving up halfway...