So wow, just noticed this is a very Sora-centric round of updates. The last one is from Demyx's point of view. I think I'll focus a little on Namine's investigation in the next group of chapters.

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July 21st, 2012-Sora

Sora hung up his phone. He was already leaning forward in his chair, listening to the news when a half-awake Demyx stumbled in that morning.

"What the hell is goin' on?" Demyx asked. Sora shushed him and continued listening to the television intently.

"...And now we're bringing you scenes of the massacre. If there are any children in the room, we strongly suggest they leave. These images are very graphic in nature." Pictures flashed on and off the screen. Each was chock full of the corpses of teenagers and young adults. Most of them had been shot. Some had been stabbed. But all of them were young, and quite undeniably dead.

While the pictures changed, someone from the news station reported: "Today, Destiny City has been a place of mourning. After the police station was bombarded with missing persons reports last night, hundreds of bodies have turned up today. Most were discarded in the street. Some were found outside of clubs and local party scenes. Officials are still unsure whether or not this was an act of terror-"

"Who would do something like this?" Sora asked, as he turned to Demyx. "Dax?"

Demyx had his head in his hands. Sora walked over to him "You ok, Dax?"

"Oh, I...No, I'm not...I've been trying to call one of my friends but they won't answer."

"Oh god, Dax; I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked you to come in today...Go back home; take the day off."

"But-"

"No, It's alright. In fact, I think I'm gonna close the office. There's someone I wanna go see."

"But Sora, you know people are gonna be flooding in. After this? They'll want answers the police can't give them."

"...They'll have to wait another day."

Demyx nodded and walked back towards the door. Sora followed him out, flipping the sign on the front to 'closed'.

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Even in the fifth floor hallway, Sora could hear the news reports coming from her television. The door to Kairi's apartment rattled, then opened.

"Sora," she whispered. Her eyes were red; she must have been crying all morning.

"Kairi...I-" He pulled her in tight. "I was so happy when you called. I was so worried about you." They stood in her doorway for a while, just holding each other, tuning out the warnings on the TV.

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Hmm...more gore. Don't worry; I think that marks the end of the bloodiest moments in this fanfic. One more chapter for this week. As always, please review!