Partners In Justice

Chapter Sixteen- The Investigation

"Where. Are. They?"

Henrik shivered as he put Dark on speaker, "w-who?" But Dark wasn't going to repeat himself. With his mood, he was far past pleasantries. "If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're useless to me." "V-vait! Please, just talk! You're missing people, too? Marvin and Jackie are gone as vell!" Henrik explained hurriedly, making sure Dark didn't hang up. On the other side of the phone, Dark sighed, "...Illinois and King are gone. They practically just came back, and they're... G o n e . . ." 

Chase's heart felt like it would burst. There was so much shit happening... And now they were missing four egos... Five, if you count Blank as 'missing'.

"It's... It's alright, guys... Everything will... Be alright. Like JJ said... We just need to have faith in our friends." Chase had to try to be positive... For once, he needed to be a good role model. This was his family... His sons, his brothers, his friends... He had to stay positive... For them.

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The next day...

"Mr. Iplier, I do apologize, I must inform you that we have nothing on these missing cases... But we do have something else. The footage from the night of your son's murder... We've found something... I hate to say, 'interesting'." A young policewoman led Dark to a room to view the footage.

"Alright... Let's see."

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Blank was walking down the sidewalk, when a menacing giggle sounded from seemingly nowhere.

"Wh-who's there...?" Blank looked around desperately for the source.

"Oh, you poor, poor soul~... A lost puppy whining for his owner to come back when things go dark... Don't worry, little one... I'll. Help. You."

"Wh- Who are you?! Where are you?! Pl-please stop messing with me! It's not funny!"

"Shh... Hush, child~ I'm here... I won't HURT you... Heheheheeheheh! I just need you to do me one favor..."

"P-please, just tell me what you want! I'm not supposed to be out here-..." Anti glitched out of the nearby camera, appearing in front of his victim. "I just need you to..." He stepped forward, causing the other to step back. "A-Anti?" The young one quivered in fear, yanking out their new phone.

Anti rushed forward, knocking the phone out of their hand.

"Trust me."

The screen cut to black, glitching and buzzing, and a loud shriek sounded. But then, muffled voices could be heard. Dark recognized the voices to still be Anti and Blank but couldn't hear what they were saying... Why were they talking?

Then, there was silence.

The glitching died out and they couldn't see Anti OR Blank anywhere... Until Anti teleported back, the screen glitching again. 

Fast forward about ten minutes... Anti was gone, and Blank's corpse was there.

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"That's it?"

Dark was baffled, to say the least, but this didn't really help at all. 

"Sorry... We figured it might mean something more to you egos." The lady looked ashamed and bit her lip as Dark just stared at the corpse on the screen. 

"It does... But it just raises more questions, if anything." Dark groaned but didn't comment further on it. He had people to take care of... Murderers to kill.

Dark frowned, thinking about what his next move should be... But he already knew he was being cornered. He had to stop it before it gets too far... He needed his partner.

'Con... I'm sorry... I don't think I can wait any longer.'

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Con paced, knowing that Dark could call any minute.

What could he do? It was too early... He needed to stop Dark, but how? He growled as he remembered yesterday's call. 

Why?!

'UGH! This is STUPID! Why am I worrying about it so much?! Why, why, WHY!? Stop it... Calm down. Meet up with Dark, then... Yeah... I need to stick to Plan A. No going off the path... Or we're screwed.'

Con fiddled with a knife, awaiting that phone call. 

'I just need to... Keep my head.' He giggled at his own joke, turning to his cat.

"You have no idea how hard this is..."