They walked for a while, getting tired, but they finally made it to Kong, talking the whole way. It seemed they had a lot more in common than just their predicament.
They walked up to the door. 2D sighed. "I hope it's still unlocked," he said. "I forgot my keys." It was, so he opened the door and they walked in. Nobody was around. "Erm... let's go find paper and a pen or something first, then we can look for everyone," 2D said. Tara nodded.
Tara followed 2D as he searched for paper and something to write with. He found two pens and a notepad. "Okay, so we've got those," he said. They walked to Noodle's room. "I think she'll be nicest about this," 2D said.
He knocked on the door. "Yes?" Noodle said. 2D opened the door. Noodle stared at the doorway. "Hello?" she said. 2D held up the pen and notepad, and Noodle said. "What?" she said. Floating paper and pen?
2D walked to the middle of the room and sat down, and began to write on the first page. "Noodle, can you see this?" Noodle stared at the words being written on the floating notepad. "Yes," she whispered, "I can see it..."
"It's 2D," 2D wrote. Noodle blinked. "2...D?" she asked quietly. "Are... are you dead?" 2D sighed. "No, not dead," he wrote. "I'm missing. I was there in the kitchen, but you can't see me, can you." Noodle read it. "No, I can't see you..." she said. "Where are you?"
2D thought for a little, then started to write. "Here, but not here. I can't explain it. I'm here and I see you but you can't see me. I'm confused." "I am too," Noodle said. "What happened?"
"No idea," 2D scribbled. "Tara says we might be in another dimension but we don't know why." "Tara?" Noodle asked. "My new friend," 2D wrote. "No one can see her either. How are Russ and Muds?"
"Murdoc went out in the Geep to look for you, but he couldn't find you and he came back. Russel and I stayed here to look," Noodle said. 2D smiled. "Does Muds still think I'm dead?" "Yes, he seems to because he couldn't find you. Russel and I still believed you were alive," Noodle said.
2D grinned. "Can you go get them so I can show them too?" he wrote. Noodle smiled. "Sure! I'll be back," she said, and left. 2D smiled at Tara, who gave him a thumbs-up. "Although we still don't know how to get back," she said. 2D shrugged. "We'll figure it out," he said.
Tara smiled. "Yeah..." she said. Then she kissed 2D. He blinked. Tara smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, man. Pressure," she said. "It's alright," 2D said, smiling. He decided he liked Tara. Even though they had known each other for only a short while, it seemed almost like an eternity because it was only them. 2D kissed Tara back. "Maybe there was a reason we ran into each other," he whispered.
Noodle walked back in, followed by Murdoc and Russel. "What do you mean, dullard's alive?" Murdoc was saying. 2D tore a sheet off of the notepad and started to write. "I'm alive!" he wrote, and held up the notepad. Murdoc read it in disbelief. "What the..." he said. "Yeah, 2D hastily scrawled. "I am. But in another dimension. I think. It's weird." "No shit..." Murdoc mumbled.
2D looked at Tara. "So, what else should I tell them?" he asked. "I dunno, I think that's it," Tara said. "You got anything else?" "How about we ask them for help?" 2D asked.
"How are they gonna help?" Tara asked. "I don't know, but isn't it worth a try?" 2D said. "Well, I guess," Tara said. "What've we got to lose? Go for it."
2D started writing on the paper again. "Help?" he wrote. Murdoc stared at it. "Oh, now he wants help. What can we do, dullard?" "I don't know," 2D wrote. "I was hoping you could help us somehow." "Well, we can't!" Murdoc said. "We can't even see you! Christ, I can't believe I'm talking to nothing here." "I am here, you're talking to me," 2D wrote. "Oh, shut up," Murdoc said. "Or... stop writing."
"Or I won't shut up," 2D wrote. He and Tara laughed. "We need help, have any ideas?" he wrote. Noodle and Russel shook their heads. Tara blinked. "I have an idea," she said, grinning.