Shattered
Part One: Byrne
Chapter Three
Missing
I woke up late the next day and hurried down to the main room. I rubbed my eyes and blinked. No one else was up.
"Hey!" I yelled, knocking on a door. "Get up! We're late! Hey! Deets! Loogie! Byrne! Fizz! Get up!"
One by one they trickled into the room. All except Byrne.
"Where's Byrne?" Deets asked sleepily.
"I dunno." I said.
Fizz slid into a seat in front of a computer. After a second she turned to look at me.
"Byrne didn't come back after his walk last night." She reported. "Oh, and we've got quick Drop scheduled in like, two minutes."
"Looks like we'll have to go without Byrne." I said. "Ok, Dojo, Suit Up!"
Like Fizz said, the Drop was quick. We had no trouble.
And after that we went looking for Byrne.
We started back at Dojo, and followed his footsteps with my optigogs.
But we lost the trail.
We simply couldn't find Byrne.
The next few weeks were hard for Dojo Deliveries. We weren't the same team without Byrne.
We got jacked a lot during those weeks, but not too drastically.
Byrne was missing.
But he was still out there.
We kept strong for him, always expecting him to just. . .walk in on us suddenly.
But he never did.