Nothing happened.

Mikado had thrown the cards in the air and nothing happened. Giving an annoyed huff, he reached down to pick up the cards and placed them in his pocket. Then the phone beeped again. Mikado didn't gasp this time, but instead glared at it and flipped it open.

Hello again!

I can't believe that you actually did that! I was wondering if you would really do something as silly as that, but you did! But don't be too mad at me, k? Now really, go grab the stuff you left on the pillars, pick up the bag and go out the door. Follow the arrows and you'll be fine, k?

~Soldier

Mikado gaped at the phone in disbelief. This… person was making fun of him! That's just not right! Grumbling to himself, Mikado made his way across the floor to the pillars and grabbed the scarf, knife, sunglasses and bandages. As soon as the bandages left their pillar, another light lit up, the same color as the center stencil. But all that it illuminated was a black messenger bag. Mikado picked it up and put the four items inside the bag along side another phone, which was blue, a wallet, a keychain that held only a single key, and a piece of paper. Pulling the paper out, Mikado saw that it had two addresses, a website and its access password, two website logins and two passwords, presumably for the website. They seemed to be for two different accounts, the only thing differentiating them was the small a under the first login and password set.

All of a sudden, a sliding noise jolted Mikado out of his examination. Gasping, he turned around to see a door glide open. Mikado grabbed the bag and poked his head out the door. Seeing nothing but black, he stepped out from the room and as soon as his foot pass through the doorway, it slid shut. Panicking, Mikado turned and tried to force the door to open. It remained stubbornly shut, resisting all efforts made to open it. But, thank god, a blue arrow lit up pointing away from the door. Within a couple of seconds, several more appeared, every one about ten or so feet apart. Some faced forward while the last one pointed left. Once again, the phone beeped.

Mikado-sama!

Please follow the arrows out of here! When you get out, wait for my next message, k?

~Soldier

That was it. Mikado officially hated this person. Absolutely, irrevocably despised this infuriating and aggravating individual. If he ever met Soldier, he would not be held responsible for what he would do. Grumbling, Mikado followed the arrows, twisting and turning until he didn't know which was which. To top it all off, once Mikado passed an arrow, it went out, leaving him no other choice but to continue. It was driving him crazy; he blamed Soldier.

"You know what?" he asked himself. "From now on, if anything goes wrong, I'm blaming Soldier. For anything and everything. Even if it rains, it's his fault" Before Mikado could continue, his phone beeped. Again.

Mikado-sama!

That's not nice! And here I am helping you. Please don't be so mean!

~Soldier

Now Mikado was going to be paranoid. For the rest of his life, he would not be able to get rid of the feeling of being watched. During the time he spent thinking over the whole paranoia issue, Mikado had arrived at another door. This too slid open to show the outside world in all its glory. The light hurt his eyes after being in the dark for so long. Blinking, he stepped outside and the door slid shut behind him. He came out of a small grey door that matched with the side of the abandoned building. Mikado looked out and saw a parking lot that had no cars in it.

"I guess this is the end. I wonder what I'm supposed to do now." Mikado's question was answered with another phone beep.

Mikado-sama,

Please follow these instructions carefully! Please log into the website with the first set, the one with the a. Then please repeat what I say, k? "Pick up at first address, Tanaka Taro, boy, around 16, with black hair and blue eyes wearing a white and green jacket. Please get him to the second address" Then put in the two addresses. The wait should only be about 15 minutes! I'll text you when you get there!

~Soldier

"What?" Now Mikado was confused. But even if this was a prank, he had no choice. Picking up his new phone, the red one, not the blue one, he logged into the website using the first login name available. It signed him in as admin which was strange. Why would Soldier give him the admin login? And what in the world was DOLLARS? But he persisted and typed out the message with the proper addresses and instructions.

"And send." Mikado murmured under his breath, wondering if anyone was going to pick him up. It was a strange concept that a random person would pick him up, just because an admin left a message. He sat down, musing.

His thinking was interrupted by the sound of a vehicle coming to a stop. Surprised, Mikado looked up to see a grey van pull over on the opposite side of the parking lot. A man with straight brown hair and dark eyes poked his head out and called over to Mikado.

"Hey! Are you Tanaka Taro-san?" Mikado stared at the man in abject fascination and horror. Did this person really drive over here because of a post left on a website? Realizing that he had been staring, he nodded.

"Well, then get in already." Another voice this time, but it sounded annoyed. Mikado peered around the brown haired man to see another man who was wearing a black bandana and a blue jacket. Mikado nodded again, not trusting his voice.

"My name is Kyohei Kadota, and this is Saburo Togusa." The man with the bandana spoke, motioning to the driver as he said the second name.

The rest of the ride was quiet. The two men up front spent the time talking about two other people, a Walker and an Erika, who were at some book store getting more books. They both had a resigned look on their faces, as if something bad was going to happen.

"HELLO! Please let us in!" When the two upfront heard the demand, they winced. Mikado could hear the smiley face added at the end of the exclamation as well. But before he could ask a question, the door of the van slid open and two people jumped in. They looked at him with big, wide eyes.

"Hey! Who are you?" The two stared at him. The girl in the black hat and dress turned around to ask Kadota-san a question. "Hey Dotachin! Who's the kid in the back seat?"

"Yeah! Is it Tuesday already?" The blonde man in the light blue jacket laughed along side the lady. Apparently it was a joke of some sort since the two upfront groaned and Kadota-san face palmed.

"The one in blue is Walker Yumasaki and the lady in black is Erika Karisawa. Ignore them."

"Nice to meet you!" Karisawa-san and Yumasaki-san sang. Mikado just stared. These people were weird. Really weird.

"Hello." Mikado said. He just hoped that he could get away from all of these people soon. He needed to figure out who the people on the cards were and who the hell Soldier is and where in the world is he now. But thinking of that topic.

"Excuse me," he said quietly, but it still got Karisawa-san and Yumasaki-san's attention. "Could you please tell me what city we are in? And do you know these people?" He held out two of the four cards, which he had dug out of his pocket. Karisawa-san grabbed them with an excited look on her face.

"This one," she said, holding up the card with the blonde man in the bartender suit. "Is Shizou Heiwajima. And this one," She held up the one with the man in the black fuzzy jacket. "Is Izaya Orihara. Where did you get these made? They're really well done! Is it possible to order some and can you get them custom made?"

"I-I was given them." Mikado stuttered. Who was she and what did she want? What was with all the questions?

"Leave him alone Erika. You too Walker."

"Fine Dotachin. But only cuz you asked nicely!"

"Thank you Kadota-san." The rest of the ride was spent in silence, if you didn't count the two newcomers whispering and gesturing about a new manga that had come out a few days ago.