Gokudera's eyes flutter open and he looks to his side, noticing that Phoenix isn't lying next to him.
"Aydan?"
The tanned teen suddenly sits up as he remembers what happened at the torture house.
"Aydan!"
Gokudera's wide eyes take in his surroundings, clouding with confusion as he finds himself back in his room…in his apartment…in Namimori.
"Was it all…a dream?" The silver haired teen looks down at himself and shakes his head. "No…it couldn't have been."
Before Gokudera could figure out exactly what was going on he feels another presence in the room and quickly turns his head, his eyes widening as he sees the intruder.
"Raven?"
Raven looks at the young boy with a deep sadness in his grey eyes.
"The first thing you say is her name." A humorless chuckle leaves his mouth. "Me to. Though for very different reasons." The man looks down and tosses something at Gokudera and the teens hand shoots out catching the object. As Hayato opens his hand he sees Phoenix's totem resting in the palm of his hand. "She asked me to give that to you…before they took me to."
Gokudera looks down at the totem and his breathing speeds up.
"She's still…alive…right?"
The teen holds the necklace to his chest and feels a slight beating that didn't match his own heartbeat.
"Is that…It couldn't be…"
"She's alive. You feel it right? The heartbeat in the totem? That's our proof; as long as we can feel her heartbeat then she's still alive."
Gokudera concentrates hard on the beat drumming against his chest. It was steady if a little faster than normal. The Italian teen sighs and glances back up at Raven.
"But why are you here? I'd think they'd keep you there too." He thinks for a bit. "Wait…why am I here!" He storms up and walks to the window. "We really are in Namimori…"
"You and I are both here because this is where they took us from, as to why they let us go...they are isolating her." Raven looks down and his hands begin to shake. "My…My father is going to execute Aydan…" His voice breaks and he takes a deep breath before looking up at Gokudera. "In one weeks' time, Aydan Annabella Lynch will be killed."
Gokudera feels his heart drop and he breathing catches.
"No…that…that can't be…" His fist bangs against the window. "No! She can't die! We need to…We need to save her!" The silver-haired teen turns around and grabs on to Ravens shirt. "We have to do something!" Gokudera pauses as an idea pops into his mind. "Juudaime…I need to go tell Juudaime!" Gokudera makes to rush out but Raven grabs his arm.
"She wouldn't want you to start a war on her behalf! You know she would hate the thought of more lives lost because of her!"
Gokudera wrenches his arm out of Ravens grasp and pulls his shoes on.
"I'll do anything to get her back!" He grabs his jacket and runs out the door calling over his shoulder. "Don't even try to tell me that you wouldn't do the same for her!"
Raven shakes his head and sighs, knowing that Gokudera was right. There were very few things that he wouldn't do for Phoenix. The amnesiac picks up a run to catch up to Gokudera, Phoenix would kill him if Gokudera went into this alone. As he catches up to Hayato Raven sees that his eyes are searching frantically for their destination.
"Come on. We're almost there. Damn it! Why can't I run faster!" Gokudera thinks just before seeing Tsuna home. "YES!"
Tsuna is looking around the yard for Lambo, but stops when he sees a flash of familiar silver.
"Oh look, it's Gokudera."
The brunette does a double take.
"Eh…? G-Gokudera-kun? Where have you bee-." Tsuna notices Raven for the first time and his eyes automatically travel to the large scar on his face and the knife on his belt. "Hieee! What happened!"
Gokudera feels relieved for a moment when he sees that Tsuna is alright before his dread and worry flood him again and he grabs onto Phoenix's shoulders.
"I'm sorry, Juudaime, there's no time to explain! I…we…Phoenix has…gha!" The silver-haired teen hands his head low in confusion as he tries to deal with all the thoughts running through his head before looking back up at Tsuna with a serious look on his face. "Juudaime…we need your help."