The Dark Hour

--------Ty--------

I was wondering around the base. It was lonely without Seto here but there was nothing I could do about it. I think I was going in a circle, I passed the lab twice. I was walking past the medical bay when a boy quickly ran out and down the hall.

"Get Gabriel!" Someone shouted. I peeked inside and watched as a few people quickly rushed around someone on one of the medical beds. I quietly walked in and watched from a distance.

"What happened?" Someone asked.

"He came back like this, I don't know exactly what happened but he's asking for Gabriel."

"Why?"

"He has something to tell him."

"I'm here," Gabriel sighed walking in. "What happened?"

"He came to the base like this, he wanted to tell you something." I quickly stepped into the shadows and got closer to the kid and Gabriel. The kid was sweating and there was a growing blood stain on his midsection.

"Bryan? Oh god what happened?" Gabriel asked worried.

"W-We got caught," He said shakily. "I-I tried to escape to get help and I got hurt. S-Sorry."

"No you don't have to be sorry. What happened to the others?"

"Th-They were going to in-interrogate them. I-I don't know how but they took Cassie first. She didn't come back."

"Ok, is there anything else?"

"Um one of us got hurt."

"Who?"

"Um the kid, I-I can't remember his name."

"It's ok, just rest. I'm going to get someone in here to heal you, ok?"

"I-I'm not-"

"You're going to be fine," Gabriel said firmly. Bryan shook his head then his eyes closed. I quickly got away from the group as they tried to bring him back. I quickly stood outside the room and a few minutes later Gabriel walked out. I followed him from a distance and he went straight to Michael's office. I hid in the shadows again and eavesdropped on them.

"Michael we have a problem. Mission Northwest has been caught. Bryan managed to escape but... He was injured and he's gone now," He said quickly. I could tell he was trying to keep his voice steady.

"They've been caught. Are they ok? What happened to them?" Michael asked worried.

"Bryan said that they were being interrogated. They took Cassie and he didn't see her come back, and that the kid was hurt. He couldn't remember his name."

"Seto?" I left. I quickly ran to my room and shut the door. No, no no no no no no no no no. I-I- Everything blurred around me and the next thing I knew I was on the ground.

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"Mom?"

"Shh, stay quiet," She whispered. I held her hand tightly and she looked down the hallway. I heard soldiers run down the other hallway and she held my hand tightly.

"Come on." We ran down the hall and into the kitchen. She smiled and sighed. "Finally, I hated all of those meeting." I smiled at her.

"I don't like them either, so what are we going to do?" She got into the freezer and pulled out a tub of ice cream.

"Ice cream and a walk?" I nodded.

"Yeah." She got us ice cream cones and we went outside.

"Mom, why won't the guards let us outside?" I asked licking my cone.