Random Encounters: Dimension 13

MIA

"Gwen?" AJ calls, looking around the hall.

The girls are gone, as they should be. Now Gwen is too...

"Something isn't right..." AJ mumbles to himself.

He begins to roam the house in hopes of finding his wife, even though it's very obvious there's no way she could've left without him seeing. When he reaches the dining room his stomach drops. A terrible thought plants its seed in his mind, what if Gwen was warped into his brain like Nate? AJ rushes up to his office, slams the door shut, and flops down in his large chair, closing his eyes shut as hard as he can. As he enters his brain, he quickly scans everything, every little thing. From the mines, to the Core. He looks everywhere, desperate to find Gwen before anyone can get to her. Nothing, nowhere. She's nowhere to be seen.

"AJ?" Noelle's soft voice asks, "What are you doing here?"

"I can't find Gwen," AJ responds frantically.

"Are you thinking we have a Nate situation here?" Noelle asks, tossing her braid behind her back as she walks down the dark hall.

"Yes? No? Maybe?!" AJ begins breathing faster.

"Hey, it's going to be alright. Take some breaths, I'll put people on the lookout for her, okay?" Noelle says in a soothing manner.

"You saw what being in the brain did to Nate, Gwen's a tough woman, but I don't think she's that tough," AJ says, "Why do I have to have such a dangerous brain?!"

"Calm down, it's going to be alright, trust me. You need to focus on where else she could be right now. If you get overworked about this it'll make the situation worse, do something to get your mind off it," Noelle suggests.

"Where are you headed?" AJ asks in a calmer manner.

"I'm on my way to Fates of Undertale, it seems Flowey is out of hand again," Noelle says simply.

"Alright, I'm going to... go work on music," AJ says, unsure.

"Don't be a stranger," Noelle smiles a bit.

"I'll try not to," AJ smirks back before opening his eyes.

He takes a deep breath and turns to his computer where Logic Pro X is opened, music ready to be worked on. He shakes his head, he can't work on the current song, it'll ruin it... Instead, he creates a new one and begins work on it, hoping and praying that Gwen missing is just his imagination running wild.