Far From Here
A/N: Yo, yo, yo!!! I'm back, I'm back!!! Get down, get down!!! Heh, heh, heh!!! Crazy, crazy, craaaaaaazy!!! ^-^*
DISCLAIMER: I own only Dawnfaith's inhabitants
CHAPTER 3: COLD CASES
That night, Rei, Tyson, Max and Chief were all huddled over Dizzi, watching the pre-tournament ceremonies at Sunsrest on cyber-TV.
"No TV!" Tyson had groaned. "How can these people live???"
"Very easily, apparently," Kai had answered curtly and gone out, probably for some last-minute training.
Channel flipping had done nothing, so finally their channel had gotten stuck on a program on missing children, called Cold Cases: Unsolved Child Abductions.
"And now, a file that has been in our records for nearly a decade," the announcer intoned, then a home video clip started playing.
There was two dark-haired boys, mostly likely about four or five years old, who appeared to be having fun as they kicked a ball around in a yard. In the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, the numbers 08-93 kept a steady spot. After a minute or so, the two boys waved goodbye to the person holding the camera and ran off down the gravel road.
The video fizzled out to show the announcer again, with his ever-solemn face, saying, "This was taken in August 1993. In the tiny settlement of Dawnfaith, just outside of Sunsrest, Japan, this scene was not unusual in many ways. In fact, this was a regular occurrence. Nobody ever thought that anything would happen to these two boys: everybody knew everybody in Dawnfaith. But then one day, the unthinkable happened.
Two couples, sitting on a porch. The men were talking, the women seemed in shock. The text box at the bottom read, Glen and Isobel Yvan, David and Laili Camden; parents of missing boys Alexei Yvan (4) and Kai Camden (4).
The announcer's voice cut in again. "When best friends Alexei Yvan and Kai Camden left Alexei's house to play at Kai's house, a two-minute walk away, for a while, their parents hadn't worried. They had done the trek millions of times, with nothing happening. But this time, something did happen. The two boys never reached the Camden property; in fact, as far all police investigations pointed, they never made to the road. Not a single soul recalled seeing the two boys anywhere in Dawnfaith. They had seemingly disappeared into thin air."
Rei looked at the screen in interest. So this was the boy Dak had told them about.
"Kai's mother Laili offered police surprising information that might have aided in the discovery of the boys. When she first moved to Dawnfaith five years before, just a few weeks before her son's birth, she had left behind in Tokyo her child's biological father and his family, and her father. Threatening letters had been arriving at the Camden household for a few weeks before the disappearance, warning that 'the boy will drop off the face of the Earth and you will never see him again'. However, attempts to locate the child's biological father and both grandfathers have failed.
"With the help of the nearby police department, we have been able to use new technology to digitally age pictures of the two boys to their current age of 15. If there has been any sight or any information at all on these two boys, please call 1-800-FIND-ME. The number again, 1-800-FIND-ME. That's 1-800-2352-53."
Onto the screen came the computerized pictures, along with the stats of both boys.
YVAN, ALEXEI EMLYN (The boy actually, by the computerized image, looked scarily like Rei, except for the eyes.)
POSSIBLE ALIAS: ?
DATE OF BIRTH: December 31, 1988 ('Hey, that's my birthday!' Rei thought, surprised.)
DATE OF DISAPPEARANCE: August 11, 1993
PLACE LAST SEEN BEFORE DISAPPEARANCE: Dawnfaith, Japan
PLACE LAST SUSPECTED TO BE SEEN ON INFORMATION: Serov, Russia (2001)
HAIR: Black
EYES: Gold-brown
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: None
CAMDEN, KAI DAVID NOEL (The boy, besides the eyes, maybe, and the first name, looked not that much like Kai.)
POSSIBLE ALIAS: Kai Hiwatari
DATE OF BIRTH: December 25, 1988
DATE OF DISAPPEARANCE: August 11, 1993
PLACE LAST SEEN BEFORE DISAPPEARANCE: Dawnfaith, Japan
PLACE LAST SUSPECTED TO BE SEEN ON INFORMATION: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (2002)
HAIR: Black with hint of navy-blue
EYES: Crimson
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: None
**These two boys are suspected to be in the company of**
HIWATARI, SEBASTIEN VOLTAIRE ANDRES TOSHIHIRO MAXIMILIAN
OR
HIWATARI, MAXIMILIAN ANDRES TOSHIHIRO PIERRE VOLTAIRE
OR
HIWATARI, VOLTAIRE ANDRES TOSHIHIRO PIERRE DAMIAN
***ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 1-800-FIND-ME***
"Between October 1993 and December 2001, there was over 100 tips on these two spotted together from various places around Europe, mostly on Russian soil and during Beyblade tournaments. During 2002, there were more tips from Beyblade fans around the globe who claim to have seen a Kai Hiwatari at many tournaments with a Japanese team. Police are currently trying to locate the team and searching through team databases to follow up on these many accounts."
"Dude…" Tyson breathed finally, as the credits rolled past. "Our team captain is a fugitive from the law."
"No," Rei corrected. "He's a kidnapped kid from here."