Mikoto sat at the kitchen table, a blanket wrapped around her shoulders and a cup of hot tea in her hands, the police force had sent out search parties that afternoon, but it was now nearing midnight and there was still no word, she had cried and cried until her tear ducts were sore, and now there were no more salty water droplets to shed, she sat there silently, wondering, waiting, praying that someone would come in at any moment with some news, any news at this point, she was desperate.

Then the front door slid open.

Her older son walked in, a tired expression adorned his young face as he looked down, not able to stand the pleading look of his mother's eyes, telling her that nothing was yet known about the whereabouts of his otouto. He stood where he was and watched in disinterest as Mrs. Uchiha stood up and walked into another room, she was already emotionally and physically strained, and this was a blow she couldn't handle, she went and collapsed into her bed, her drink left to become cold and stale on the small wooden table.

(At the police station)

"ok, first team will secure all the gates leading in and out of the city, just in case, second team, search the woods, I want every tree combed" the police commander barked his orders out harshly, he was a good friend of the head family, and had known little Sasuke since he was just a baby, and he wanted more than anything to see him back home.

"Yes sir!" the scouts answered, feeling the urgency of their latest mission.

"Wait" a deeper voice ordered from behind, they all turned to see none other than their superior commander standing in the doorway.

"Finding my son is not going to distract you all from your more impending duties, I advise you return to them. IMMEDIATELY." The men made a slight bow before running back to their usual assigned posts.

"But, chief-" the lower ranking commander started, but he was cut off.

"No buts about it, I will not have this village's security compromised, no matter what the minor consequences may be"

"Yes sir" he answered back, his eyes downcast, what was going on here?

"Good, now back you your duties" the head of the clan turned and walked out, as if none of it had ever occurred.

The man dressed in green made his way outdoors where he started his usual patrols, when a young man came up to him, and unsure look in his eye.

"Umm, commander……s-sir, I may have s-something to report about the m-missing Uchiha, sir"

(Sasuke POV)

You regained consciousness to realize you were laying on something cold, hard, and wet. Peering your eyes open, you saw several other small children, staring wearily back at you.

(No one's POV)

Sasuke bolted up as if he had just seen something frightening. Where was he now? He pushed himself back until he felt himself hit a wall, there was a good yard between him and the little strangers, he took this time to look around and his senses calmed.

There was darkness all around, it was like they were in a giant warehouse, Sasuke tried to pull his knees to his chest but found he couldn't, both his ankles were shackled with metal bands chained to a ring that was melted into the foundation of the building, the small Uchiha's dark eyes followed the trial of rings, there was always one right after another, leading a perfect line down the middle of the structure, then he notice that for ever ring the were two chains, fro every chain was a child shackled, on the opposite wall form each other, it was then his small black orbs widened open and he realized, there was at least 100 other children in here.

"what is this place?" he whispered under his breath, his body jumped an inch when a sudden light shone and the door at the other end of the building, revealing what was on the walls………meat hooks like that used at a slaughter house…….chains on the walls that seemed to have only one use in store torture……and tiny skulls pinned as trophy's, officially making this place a living nightmare for little Sasuke

(back at the Kohona Police Force HQ)

"y-you see sir, I had guard duty last night, and I know it was f-foggy and my eyes may have been playing tricks on me but-…..I swear…..a saw Fugaku Uchiha leave with his now-missing son from the village and came back a half-hour or so without him."

The commander stood in shock. Can what this guard be saying true? His mind sped as thoughts of accusing Mr. Uchiha spread like wildfire in one part of his mind and other thoughts telling him it simply wasn't possible roaring out in the other.

"umm, sir?" the guard asked, obviously uncertain about something.

"yes?" the commander answered, his mind going in several different directions at once.

"we have security c-cams if you wish to take a l-look" (A/N: I know they probably don't have security cams during that time but plz work with me here)

"lead me there" he ordered, he was silent the entire walk there but on the inside he was screaming 'there is no way…'

With a few short-cuts of jumping rooftops they arrived at the southern gate security tower, in which was a little room filled with screens, monitors, lights, and wires. The young man sat down at the chair and slid in a cassette, fast-forwarding it to about 12:37 A.M, 2 figures, barely visible through the fog, can be seen leaving, one big, the other much smaller. The commander placed one hand on the desk, his eyes squinting to get a better look at the video as the guard sped it up until a lone man came walking back through, but they couldn't see much of him.

"can you slow it down?" he asked, his heart beating wildly, his every sense begging for this to not be true. He rewinded the video back up and played it through, this time at a slower pace, and right when the unidentified figure came through the screen, he paused it altogether, and there, coming back into the village with an indifferent look on his always passive face, was none other than Fugaku Uchiha, a man who led the police force, oversaw the great Uchiha Clan, and had a blood stain on his uniform that wasn't there when he had left the gates…………..