Home; Almost Alone
Dan jumps onto his bed and sighs. "This sucks,"
"That's all you have to say?" Shun snarls. "People are disappearing Dan! Don't you care? What about your parents?"
"Calm down Shun," Dan replies. "We'll get them back."
Shun glares at Dan before storming out of the room and slamming the door behind him. Julie, standing by the door, flinches from the impact. She taps the door frame with a speculating look on her face. The others gather together to talk about what happened and what they're going to do. Runo sighs and walks away.
"Runo, where are you going?" Ace asks.
"To find Shun," she replies. "No one should be alone if people are disappearing."
The silence afterwards is ominous. Then Julie runs out with Alice close at her heels. They're gone so quickly that no one moved fast enough to stop them, or see where they went. They start talking about their situation again with more seriousness this time.
Half an hour after they suddenly left, Alice and Julie come back, with Shun. They look out of breath and extremely exhausted.
"Runo's gone," Shun states, calm and composed.
"WHAT?" Dan yells.
"We looked everywhere," Julie wheezes. "She's just gone."
"No Dan!" Shun snaps, grabbing his friend by the shoulder. "None of us are leaving this room. Do I make myself clear?"
"Oh yea. Who made you boss!" Ace snaps.
"Do you want everyone else to disappear too Ace?" Shun glowers. "because that's what's going to happen if we start wandering around."
"What about Runo?" Julie gasps.
"She can take care of herself," is his immediate reply.
His voice is so cold. Almost as if he doesn't care at all. As if Runo was just a thorn in his side which is now gone, and Dan couldn't be angrier. Shun ignores him though. All he has to worry about now is disappearing without the group splitting up. It would do him no good if they weren't all grouped together. He just needs to wait for the right moment. Then he can put his plan into action.
Author's Note: Sorry about the late update. Things seem to be taking longer and longer now. Please review, because you could really help me. I'll take any suggestions because I know that this is getting worse and worse and I feel like it's only going to get even worse as time goes on. Thank you for reading this fanfiction.
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