Takeru scrambled out of bed and into some clothes. He hustled down the stairs (they are faster than the elevator) and outside the building. Nearly out of breath, he decided he should run to the police station rather than waiting 5 minutes for his car. 5 minutes later, he reached the door of the precinct. He pushed it open and ran up to the nearest desk. "I need to report a kidnapping!" he said hurriedly.
"Could you please state the first and last name of the victim?" the very bored clerk stated.
"Yes. Hikari Kamiya." Takeru said starting to calm down. The clerk brought up Kari's file on the screen.
"We'll have a team on it within 24 hours." The clerk said sounding very apathetic.
Takeru slammed his fist down on the desktop hard enough to crack it. "No damn it I can't wait that long!" The clerk gasped. "Look I already know who kidnapped her and I can tell you, but you have to find her! I can also tell you why she was kidnapped, what organization the kidnapper belongs to… anything you need to know, but you have to get on it NOW!" Takeru slammed his fist down again and cracked the wood a second time.
The clerk now held a very frightened look, "Sir, I would be very happy to comply with you, but if you hit the desk again I'm going to have to ask you to leave. Now please could you tell me the name of the kidnapper?"
Takeru calmed down. "Sora Takenouchi. She said she belonged to a group called the Tearers."
"The Tearers eh?" the clerk snickered as she brought up Sora's Record. "Never heard of them before. Oh yes, Sora. She was recently brought in on charges of stealing, but was found innocent. If you ask me she was guilty all the way. Anyway, the police have been keeping tabs on her. We know where she is all the time, thanks to a little thing called a homing device." The clerk brought up a screen of a map with a flashing dot on it. "She's at her current residence. I'll send a team to check it out. I'll have to ask you to sit down and wait now sir." The clerk said.
Takeru calmly sat down at a nearby bench. The clerk picked up the police radio. "Team 221? We've got a 23-19 in progress. Check the map I'm sending you right now for the coordinates. Good luck." She pressed some buttons and the map was sent.
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The police bust down the door to Sora's apartment. They rushed in, guns at the ready, pointing flashlights in all directions looking for anyone. To their surprise, there was no one to be found. There was no one at all. One of the police officers picked up his radio. "Uh, yeah. Precinct 19, there's nothing here. It is just walls, a ceiling, and one window. There is literally nothing else here. It is like whoever was living here already got up and left. I don't know why the homing device wasn't working properly." The police officer reported.
"10-4, keep investigating. There has to be a reasonable explanation why the homing device didn't work." The precinct responded.
At that moment another police officer responded. "I know why the homing device wasn't working properly. It's right here on the wall." Everyone stopped moving. "Well this has been an incredible waste of time. Let's get out of here."
Takeru was very exhausted when he found out they had no leads. He sat down on the bench and tried to center himself. While he was doing this, something in the back of his mind told him where Sora's faction and Kari were, The roof of Heighton View Terrace. Of course, Takeru decided he didn't want the police involved when Kari's life could be at stake. He would do this alone. Takeru got up, left the precinct, and boarded the bus to the origin of the digi-destined.
When Takeru arrived, the area seemed normal. There didn't seem to be any problems, but Takeru knew this was only a clever guise. He walked into the building, and walked all the way up the stairs. When he reached to door to the roof, he kicked it open.
"T.K.!" Kari shouted with a very frightened look on her face. She was tied to a large antenna, which was connected to a machine that looked very much like a generator. Suddenly Takeru was grabbed from behind, and a knife was drawn to his throat. Sora whispered in his ear.
"You see, Takeru? This is why we are called the Tearers." Matt, Joe, and Izzy stepped out from behind various 'hiding' places on the roof. "This is us. This is all four of us. The machine you see before you is named the Tearer. It is our namesake. In minutes, the machine will activate, and whether you have joined us or not, everything will be set. Oh, and in case you were thinking of opposing us, there is really nothing you can do." The four Tearers laughed as the blade of the knife slightly pierced Takeru's skin.
Recalling his martial arts training, he managed to stun Sora and escape from her grasp. The other three ran for him. He leaped over them and ran for the antenna. Just as he reached it, and grabbed hold, he was tackled by the three men. At that same instant, Sora activated the machine.
Instantly a surge of energy rushed through the antenna, keeping Takeru, Matt, Joe, and Izzy from moving. When the surge reached the top of the antenna, it burst into the air. A hole in the fabric of space appeared, sucking Kari, Takeru, Matt, Joe, Izzy and Sora into itself. The machine was not ready for the early blast and destroyed itself, closing off the hole. The Tearer's mission, no doubt, was not a success.
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They sat in blackness. To them, there was nothing but the overwhelming blackness. As each sat up, they one by one noticed the others. There seemed to be a floor in the blackness. It could not be seen. In fact, the only things that could be seen at all were the 6 humans standing in the blackness.
"It didn't work. You started it too early Sora." Matt said.
"Shut up! What do you know?" Sora responded.
"I know that we are now stuck in a time that is apparently nothing but black!" Matt said back at Sora.
Takeru spoke up. "Yes well thanks. Your damn plan didn't work, and you didn't even need me. Why did I get caught up in all this? Why did you people have to go and be stupid and get us stuck in the middle of nowhere! Literally!" Everyone stared at him dumbfounded. He turned around to face Kari. She ran into his embrace. "Are you alright? Did they hurt you?"
"I'm fine, they just tied me to the antenna that's all. Please T.K. don't be angry. Remember at one time these people were our friends, and still are." Kari said.
Takeru stood up, deciding on a course of action. "Alright, listen up, Tearers. We're going to find a way out of here. And I think I know how. We just have to -" Takeru stopped when he saw a light on the horizon. "There! We have to head in that direction! Quick, everybody, we need to head towards that light before we lose it. The light I mean, not our minds." Everyone agreed and they began to walk towards the light. As they were walking, they discovered a shaft of some sort. The blackness had walls and ceilings.
The light began to grow bigger as they continued to walk. It was still and indistinguishable object, but it was the light in the darkness, so what did it matter? After what seemed about 10 hours of walking, they seemed to be close to the light. In fact, the light was close enough and bright enough that they now had some depth perception. As they neared the entrance of their 'tunnel', they could not see outside, for their eyes had gotten used to the blackness. They eventually emerged into the light. They were standing next to a mineshaft in the wall of a canyon.
Takeru turned to face Sora very angrily. "You transported us to a MINESHAFT!" He saw a sign nest to the shaft noting on a map where it was. "In - In - In TEASDALE, UTAH! Damn it, Sora!" Sora began to smile.
"IT WORKED! You all may have thought the machine didn't work but it did! Well, sort of. It got the right place." Sora said.
"What, exactly, was the machine supposed to do?" Takeru asked.
"It was supposed to rip a teleportation hole in the fabric of space-time, suck up all of Tokyo, and put it in Teasdale, Utah. This would throw the world into utter confusion, as we began to transport more important cities to other countries. It would have worked, if I hadn't started it early." Sora looked at the ground. "But for now we are stuck here. Until we can scrounge up enough money to get back to Japan that is." Takeru collapsed on the ground out of utter exhaustion.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: I really liked this chapter. Of course I had to use my atlas to find Teasdale, Otah, but of course it was worth it. Anyway, I'm only going to continue this if I get five more reviews.