"Let's go pay the Casegrandes a visit."
Aqua and Terra walked up to the house of the Casegrandes determined to get the information that they came for that morning.
Eraqus had told them not to be too forceful, but come on. They were kids, when were they ever forceful on kids?
Aqua knocked on the door.
"What if they're not home?" Terra asked.
"Of course they're home." Aqua replied. "Their cars are right there."
Terra looked back and realized what he had just said. "Oh."
The door opened, and the Casegrande daughter, Leanna was standing there.
"Aqua? Terra? Uhhmm.... Hi. What are you doing here?"
"We'd like to talk to your brothers. Chris and Keegan." Terra clarified.
"Uhh, ok. They're inside."
As the two walked into the house, they saw Bonnie look over at them and smile. "Guys! Hey!"
Aqua waved. "We're here to talk to Chris and Keegan."
The boys walked up to them, feeling a little intimidated.
"Hey." Chris said. "You wanted to talk to us?"
"Yeah. It's about Ven." Terra replied.
"Let's go somewhere private." Aqua suggested.
They all walked up to the brothers' room and closed the door.
"Is there a problem?" Keegan asked.
"Ven's missing."
"What?" They both said, looking a little shocked.
Aqua noticed that Keegan looked genuinely surprised, but his brother looked slightly less, but the bluenette didn't say anything.
"He didn't come back from school. And since we took his phone away because of last time, we discovered something."
Keegan's eyes widened. "What happened?"
"He's been texting a man named Russel Hobbs." Terra informed. "He's part of a band called Gorillaz and we think Ven might be with them."
"And you came to us because...?" Chris asked.
"We think you know something." Terra said plainly.
"What?!" Keegan exclaimed. "Why would you think that?"
"Because when Terra found a picture of him, I recognized him from the day your friend "Ray" dropped you off here. You can drop the act. We caught you."
After a little bit of silence, Chris hung his head. "You're right. You deserve to know the truth."
Terra perked up. "And what is the truth?"
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Ventus awoke in Noodle's room, where he had slept the last night, and the other night after Murdoc's kidnapping incident.
He saw Noodle sleeping there on her bed, peacefully. He hoped that Chris was keeping the secret well enough and that Terra and Aqua hadn't found anything out yet.
It was morning, and Ven could hear rustling over in the kitchen which was most likely Russel making breakfast.
The boy got up and touched Noodle on the shoulder to wake her up. She opened her eyes and smiled.
"Morning, Noods." He whispered. "You ready for a good day?"
"I am." The girl replied softly. "Is Russel-San already up?"
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The Demon Days
AdventureThe house near The Land of Departure gives Ventus and his friends the creeps. But what's going to happen when they find out that it's home to someone? More than one person, in fact? Join Ven and the gang on the final journey through scary, crazy, f...
