"I'm going to go on record for saying we're lost." Naoki said as he and Naomi walked along empty corridor after empty corridor.

"Well excuse me if it it's hard to find my bearings when I'm in a place I've never been in before!" Naomi exclaimed before giving Naoki a friendly punch to the shoulder.

Naoki rubbed his shoulder from the hit and laughed. "I know. I know."

Naomi simply sighed. "But still I'm worried. We haven't found anyone else here...you think we're really all alone?"

"I wouldn't doubt it." Naoki stated. He was worried as well. If Goda hadn't found them yet, he didn't know if he ever would. Naoki also couldn't get that note they found out of his mind. He had read it over and over agin just to make sure he understood right. The place we're in is causing things to happen to people. How long is it gonna be before me and Naomi start becoming affected?

"Hey! I found something!" Naomi exclaimed. Naoki noticed he had been walking slower while he was lost in thought. He quickly caught up with Naomi and noticed she had opened a door to a cafeteria.

"Oh, awesome! Maybe we can get some food." Naoki said.

"Yeah...wait. What floor are we on again?" Naomi asked.

"Well considering there was a floor below us before we went up, it has to at least be the third floor." Naoki answered.

"I would question why a cafeteria is on the third floor, but I think that's the least of my worries." Naomi said with a sigh. They walked into the room. Inside, all the tables had been thrown aside to make a sort of wall around the windows and doors looking out into the hallway.

There was also several piles of bones sitting around and there was a set of double doors leading to the kitchen. The room seemed as if to carry a strange odor to it, as well. While Naoki couldn't quite place it, he didn't want to find out what it was. "Well, it looks like people were surviving here for a while." Naoki stated out loud.

"That doesn't exactly fill me with confidence." Naomi said with a slight shiver in her voice. Naoki took note of this because she felt the saw way right before the creature appeared.

"Naomi...are you ok?" Naoki asked with concern.

Naomi looked at him with a vacant look in her eyes. Naoki couldn't quite explain why, but he started backing up from her. It seemed as if her entire soul had been sucked out of her body and all that was left was her empty husk of a body. She blinked and her eyes turned completely normal. "I'm sorry, what did you say?"

"Nevermind..." Naoki said. He was scared. Not only for himself, but for Naomi as well. Something was definitely happening to her, and he wanted to find out what.

Naomi seemed to start to look around before suddenly clutching her chest and panting really hard. She had one of her eyes closed and the other squinted as if she was in intense pain. She started to shake and fell down to her knees. "Naoki...we need to leave...now."

"What? What's wrong Naomi!?" Naoki exclaimed. He didn't understand what was going on, and he was too terrified to move. He noticed the kitchen door was slightly opening. He saw a dark mist pouring from the door, followed by a hallow voice, a voice no sane person would carry.

"Get...out...no one will have my YUI!" The voice shouted and Naoki could feel himself shoved back along with Naomi. Naomi had landed in a corner of the room, and was still shaking and holding her chest. "Naoki..." She stated before she passed out.

Naoki had been shot back into a wall, but was still conscious. He could feel the searing pain in his back, and he feared if he had received a more serious injury. He looked out with slightly bleary vision at the now open kitchen doors. He could see a vague human like shape standing in the doorway, however he couldn't make out any details.

It just seemed as if the shadows themselves had come alive and taken shape in front of him. "Who..." Naoki started to say but he could barely talk through the pain. As he started to slip into unconsciousness, he swore he could see someone come into the room from the wall. His eyes closed and he felt the room around him fade away.

When he came too, his back was in a significantly less amount of pain. He started to sit up and when he clutched his painful areas, he felt bandages. He looked around and saw Naomi sleeping in a bed beside him. I must be in Goda's hideout.

He heard Goda's voice from the other room. "I hear you moving around in there! If you can move I'd like to talk with you."

Naoki got himself up and walked over to where Goda was. "What do you need, Goda-San?"

Goda sighed. "Well first let me say I'm sorry you're back here. It seems I miscalculated Nyarlathrotep's abilities. Second, you should count yourself lucky I found you when I did. That spirit just about killed you."

"Spirit? You mean, like a ghost or something?"

Goda sighed. "Yeah. This world...when you die in here it doesn't let go of your spirit. You have to experience the pain of your death for all entirety. The husk of your body is thrown out into the human world, where more than likely the police will find it."

Naoki sat down in a chair beside him. "So those bodies the police found...were people that died in here?"

Goda nodded. "Sadly, yes. I take you can't see spirits if you got that close to one's "habitat" without knowing."

Naoki was surprised. "You can?"

"Yes, I can. And apparently so can your friend there." He pointed to Naomi. "She was so worked up when I first checked her I had to give her a sedative just to calm her down enough to follow me."

"So she wasn't passed out the whole time?" Naoki said.

Goda laughed a little. "No, actually. Once I shook her a little she got up. After explaining I wasn't gonna hurt her, she followed me back her carrying you. I was gonna do it, but she insisted she carry you herself."

Naoki almost laughed imagining Naomi carrying him by herself. "No wonder she's out cold." Naoki then remember what he wanted to ask Goda about.

"Goda, have you seen Makoto at all?" Naoki figured if he was here, Makoto and Viva were as well.

Goda frowned. "No I haven't. Do you think he is here as well?"

Naoki nodded. "I can only assume."

"Well I'm sorry then. But I haven't seen them at all." Goda said as he scanned all the cameras again, probably looking for Makoto.

Naoki sat there for a whole before speaking again. "Thank you...for saving us."

Goda turned around and seemed embarrassed. "Haha it was nothing. Honestly you should be thanking that mark on your hand. It led me to you."

Naoki smiled. It seemed Philemon's gift wasn't all bad after all. Then Naoki got an idea. "Wait. If you found me because of this, can't we use the same to find Makoto?"

Goda seemed to think about it for a second before responding. "I don't entirely know how it works. But it seems like I could only sense yours because you were in danger. So I suppose if Makoto is here, he must not be in any danger."

Naoki nodded. It made sense. He was still worried about Viva though. Even if they could tell when Makoto was in danger, Viva didn't have a mark. He also started thinking about the ghost that attacked them. The note he carried into there burned in his pocket as the kitchen door opened.

Is it possible he's the author of this note? If so...what happened to him? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I need to find the rest of his notes. And with Naomi out...it looks like I'll have to go out on my own.

Goda-San...how many floors is this building?"

"6 floors. I just picked you up on the 4th. Why?"

Naoki sat in silence before speaking. "I was wondering how hard my job was gonna be."

Goda shot up in his seat. "You're not going out there by yourself!"

"What other choice do I have!? I need to find answers to what the hell is going on here!" Naoki shot back.

Goda seemed to take those words to heart. "I see...well let me give you something then." Goda handed him a small communicator. "Keep in contact. I'll go after you if I don't hear from you in more than 15 minutes. Alright?"

Naoki nodded. "I understand. I won't go far."

"I hope you don't.." Goda said as Naoki left the room. Goda stared at the monitors and sighed.That kid is gonna get himself killed on of these days...but I guess Miroku was like that too, wasn't he?