Lost and Found
- Test Results -
Sitting in the back of a small coffee dinner. They had been discussing what they been doing since their departure. Then there was a silence that spread across the table.
"Is it true you haven't heard from Kento and Cye?" Sage asked coming out of thought.
"Not a word, Sage." Ryo mentioned.
"The last I heard from was Cye. He said he was having a hard time getting a job, but didn't say where. I tried calling his family to. They said he hasn't been home for a while now and they haven't heard anything from him. I'm kinda worried. It's not like him to not keep in touch with his family." Rowen said looking at his cup.
"I'm sure he's okay, Rowen." Ryo assured.
"You said he called you…" Sage stated.
"Yeah… he managed to catch me when I was visiting my mother a while back."
"Do they keep old bills?"
"They used to… I don't know about now though."
"If they still do we could probably see where the call was from."
"Does that mean your coming with us, Sage?" Rowen asked with a grin.
"Why not… I can pick up my business basically any where." Sage said taking a sip of his drink.
"Hey, Rowen… instead of going all the way to your mom's. Why don't you give her a call and ask about it."
"It would be a whole lot quicker." Sage added.
"Sure… wait here and I'll be right back." Rowen said getting up.
Sage watched Rowen leave and turned his attention back on Ryo.
"Ryo… "
"What?"
"Why did you come looking? Where you challenged to?"
"You did meet him then? I… " Ryo began, but was cut off.
"I understand… it's the way it should be."
"What do you mean, Sage?"
"To be together… " Sage started, but was interrupted by Rowen yelling across the dinner.
"Cardwell!!! He's some where in Cardwell!" Rowen yelled to them as he walked over. "Cardwell… where's that at Rowen?"
"It's in Australia. I should have known he'd be some where like that." Rowen said sitting down: to join them again.
"That doesn't mean he's still there though." Sage added.
"No, but I bet he's still some where around the area."
"Once we get there though… how do we look for him?" Ryo inquired.
"I don't know there's about 1450 people there. It's going to be difficult."
"I wonder if he'd go back to Mia's?" Ryo Suggested.
"Doubt it. Don't worry Ryo. We'll find him… some how. Let's just get there first."
"Alright, Sage." Ryo said laying down a tip.
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Upon arriving in Cardwell. They had found a place to stay and sort out what to do next.
They'd split up the next day and search the coastline docks and boat rentals. That way they'd cover more area. They'd meet back at the hotel at the day's end to report what they had found or even hopefully come back with Cye. Three days went by of this resulting in nothing. Today was going to be last search on that side of the coast before they moved to the western side.
This time though, it was Sage who had found some thing he thought useful. He needed to get some gas before he could continue. So, he stopped at a quaint gas and shop. Where he seen an ad on the front door.
Reading: "Ship Mate Wanted!"
Getting back to the hotel he had seen the others were already there. When he got to the room he could see they were starting to lose hope.
"What's wrong with you two?" Sage asked digging in his pocket.
"Still no sign of him."
"We went all over… did you find anything?" Ryo asked.
"Sure, I found a sign alright." He said handing it over.
"What's this?"
"Read it."
"No way… " Ryo said handing it over to Rowen.
"Where did you find it?"
"It was on the front door of a gas station… the funny thing is… it's not far from here."
"I thought we checked that place." Rowen said getting up. Pointing at the location on the flyer.
"It's well worth another check." Ryo added.
"Well… what are we waiting for. Lets get going!" Rowen said heading out the door.
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They got to the docks and had a hard time finding the right boat. Due to fact that the docks were full and it seemed like everyone was there.
"This is going to be next to impossible." Rowen muttered.
"Don't say that, it's amazing we found what we did." Ryo added.
"Do you hear that?" Sage said stopping.
"What?"
"Listen."
Off in the distance they could hear some one rather upset with an English accent.
"Do you know how much that equipment cost! This messes up everything. All our research is lost! Do you understand that! I thought you had experience! It's all trashed!"
The voice screamed and then there was a big crash.
"That has to be him." Ryo said walking over to where they heard the argument.
"I said not to move it! Now it really doesn't work!" It was Cye.
"Cye!" Rowen called out.
"You said it was already trashed. How was to know it was that heavy!"
"Cye!" Ryo called out.
"Well, there's no difference now! Good Going!"
"Cye." Sage demanded.
"What?!" Cye yelled turning to see who was interfering.
"Still fussing huh?" Rowen said walking over to him.
Cye stood there in disbelief forgetting about his now ex-shipmate.
"You know you're hard to find." Ryo said walking up to him and gave him a hug.
"Ryo… " Cye was still astonished.
"You have no clue how long it took us to find you." Rowen added as he took his turn.
"… how are yous?" Cye asked not knowing what to say.
"Doing better now." Rowen said.
"Now that we found you." Ryo continued.
"What's going on? Is there some thing wrong?"
"Not really. It's just no ones' been keeping in touch."
"I tried contacting yous… but I could never find anyone." Cye added.
"That's alright. That's why I started looking for every one." Ryo told him.
"Are you ready to come back?" He added.
"Long time ago, Ryo." Cye said grabbing his duffel bag.
"Where to now… ?" Rowen asked.
"I'm not sure… let's just go home first."
"In other words… Mia's Place."
"Yeah, I called her and she said the place is open."
"Where is she?"
"I think she said she was away in Paris for business."
"What about Kento?" Rowen asked.
"I'm not sure, but I don't know about the rest of you. I need to get some rest."
"I agree." Sage said taking the duffel bag from Cye.
