Ryoma pulls out his cell phone, dials a number, and puts the phone to his ear. It takes a few minutes but someone answers.
"Trey?" Ryoma calls.
"Hey, Ryoma," the younger boy mutters.
"Where are you, Trey? Everyone's worried."
"Sorry. Didn't mean to upset anyone. I transferred to Southern Cross High School."
"Why did you leave?"
"Ask Inui. I'm sure he can figure it out."
Ryoma sighs. He goes to hang up but stops when he here's Trey speak again.
"Help me please." Trey sounds so scared Ryoma's blood freezes.
"W-what do you mean? Help with what?"
"Just help me, please. Find me. Get me out of here. Please. I don't want to stop being your brother." Trey's voice is broken.
"Stop being my brother? What are you talking about? What's going on Trey?" Ryoma is near panic.
"Please, just help me. Please. Before I lose control."
"I-I will," Ryoma stutters. "I'll find you. I'm going to help you. Just wait for me okay. I promise I'll be there soon."
"Thank you." Trey's broken voice fills with hope. "I have to go." He hangs up.
Ryoma hangs up his phone and rejoins Ryoga and Tezuka with their skype call to Japan.
"He wouldn't tell me why but Trey said he transferred to Southern Cross High School. He also said that he doesn't want to stay there. He wants help getting out," Ryoma tells the group.
"I made a call too," Ryoga tells him. "Dad says that Trey moved back to live with his birth father, Cory."
"What!?" Ryoma flips out. "Why would dad let him go back to that bastard!?" Ryoga races an eyebrow at the question. "You don't know." Ryoma realizes. "You and dad don't know."
"Don't know what?"
"Why Trey's father couldn't take care of him. Why Trey came to live with us. Four years ago, Trey's father, Cory Allen, was arrested for child abuse."
"What! We can't let him stay there!"
"Then let's come up with a plan to get him out." As usual Tezuka is the voice of reason.
"Southern Cross High School is located in a small town in New York," Inui provides.
"Echizen and I are in California at the moment but we can see about transferring over there," Tezuka decides.
"That sounds like the best plan," Fuji agrees. "There's not much we can do from Japan."
"Let me transfer too," Eto declares determinedly. "Trey's my best friend. I want to help him."