In This Together- Tokio Hotel☆ (2005)

A thousand stars away

The next day is completely flooded in silence... Everyone just sits on the couch from the living room, looking at each other.

Bill wants to tell the others what he saw last night but he doesn't know how to phrase it, he also remembers Elise telling him not to say a word.
Elise just sits there, thinking if what he told Bill to do is right... He doesn't want to worry the others more. He knows it's hard for them...

Tom is also stressed by the whole situation, he sees that Bill is hiding something from him. He knows him well and can tell when he is hiding something, like the time he didn't want to tell him that he broke the vacuum cleaner. Tom is so stressed that his stomach starts to hurt a little. He wants to ask his brother about what he's hiding, but he knows it'll be no use. After a while he decides to try anyway...

Tom: "So... What happened last night?" He asks with a serious expression.

Bill flinches a bit at the question.

Bill: "Oh, last night?... I just got hungry and got a midnight snack...!" He replies nervously.

Tom doesn't buy Bill's excuse, but plays it off.

Tom: "Alright then..."

He is still curious and somewhat worried about what Bill might've got himself into, but he can't make any conclusions yet...

Elise watches the two and gets a bit concerned. He ignores it but still keeps an eye on Tom. It's not like he wants to harm the guys or anything, he just wants to make them feel better and forget about everything that makes them feel bad.

Just like that, another boring day passes... Now everyone's in bed, sleeping. Except for Tom. He decided that this is the perfect occasion for him to sneak into Elise's office and use the teleporting device himself to see what is happening in Germany right now.

(1:12 am)

Tom first makes sure that everyone's asleep, then he sneaks out of the room quietly. He goes to change in his normal clothes and gets a zip up hoodie in case it'll be cold. He goes upstairs to the workshop and searches for the device. After he finds it a lot of thoughts seem to be crossing his mind. "Should I do this?" "Is this the right decision to do...?". In the end he agrees to do it as he opens the sphere carefully. The bright light shines out of it as it teleports him to his home country.

(22nd August; Munich, Germany. Currently 10:26 pm)

Tom gets teleported at a bus station from Munich. He puts the device in the pocket from his hoodie, he realizes that it's raining and puts the hood on his head. He doesn't know where exactly he is or what he should do. He doesn't even have money. He only wants to find out what is happening in his country right now, so he gets up and starts to walk on the street.

*In Tom's mind*: "This probably isn't the best choice huh... But I mean, Bill's choice to eat a lot on the tour bus wasn't good either... We all make bad choices!!... speaking of food, I am kinda hungry... I don't have any money tho, meh, I'll get breakfast tomorrow morning..."

As he keeps walking he passes by a lot of shops and pharmacies, suddenly a tv store catches his attention, as the news were showed on screen. Tom stops and looks through the store window.

*In Tom's mind*: "Just some boring news again... I honestly don't really care, but I'm pretty bored right now... so why not...?"

......

Reporter: "It's already been almost a week since the band "Tokio Hotel" has been reported missing, no one has claimed to see them after the robots attacked Berlin."

Tom's eyes widen as he hears this and looks intrigued at the screen. The headline is "TOKIO HOTEL GONE MISSING ALMOST A WEEK AGO. Rock band "Tokio Hotel" formed of 4 young boys went missing on the 16th of August. If found any information please contact *insert phone number*"
He just keeps looking at the tv screen. For him the thought of them being declared as missing and people searching for them is... something...

Reporter: "Tokio Hotel fans across Germany are devastated about the whole situation. So are the boys' parents."

Suddenly some pictures of them are shown on the screen, giving informations such as their appearance, height, weight and age. Tom just looks, speechless.

Meanwhile, a random man comes and leans on the window while smoking. He looked like he was a criminal or something, he had messy black hair with a small beard, his clothes also had some stains on them. He notices Tom and smiles.

???: "Interested in the news, huh?"

Tom: "huh?"

???: "Don't mind me, I just happen to be here..." the man says as his smile fades.

Tom is a bit uneasy about the strange dude, he doesn't have a good feeling about him...
The man looks at him for a bit, he notices Tom's lip piercing and cap. He thinks that he looks quite familiar, but he doesn't know it for sure... He takes a look at the news where there are pictures shown of Tokio Hotel and looks at Tom then at the tv and realizes. He gets closer and pulls down his hood, seeing his dreadlocks.
Tom gets scared and gasps a bit. He thinks he might get kidnapped or something.

Tom: "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" He yells as he takes his hand away.

The man raises both his arms.

???: "Hey hey, calm down!... You're... Tom Kaulitz... right?" He asks as he looks at him up and down.

Tom pauses for a moment,  but then speaks.

Tom: "yeah... that's me..."

???: "I thought so..."

.....

The silence between the two is broken by Tom's stomach rumbling. He presses his hand on it and grunts a little, he hasn't eaten much for dinner and now the hunger starts to get to him. The man notices this.

???: "Hungry?"

Tom looks at the man and then back at his stomach.

Tom: "Mhm..."

The man stays quiet for a moment, then starts to speak.

???: "You know, I could get you something, I have some money right here." He says as he shows the money to Tom.

Tom would absolutely go for some food right now, but he's suspicious about the man's intentions.

Tom: "No... I'm fine..."

Tom's stomach rumbles again.

???: "Alright then... but your stomach seems to be begging for food right now..."

Tom: "It's fine, really..."

He starts to walk away now...

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