Vic and the Secret Door- Chapter 28

Vic and the Secret Door- Chapter 28

That which has been lost



It was only a moment before Vic and the rest of the gang realized that they were now on solid ground, something that was treasured dearly at this point.

"Ah, this is starting to hurt my head..." one of the groups' member mumbled, still a little dazed it was hard to tell who was who, what with everyone having the same voices and all.

Ed scoffed "It only started hurting you now? I feel like there's a fire blazing in my head." He was rubbing his head intently when he stood up. "Where are we now, anyway?"

As Vic stood up, he noticed that his fiancée, Michele, was no where to be seen.
"Ah, Michele, where's Michele??"

"It would appear..." Zero began "That we are in a forest."

"Is anyone listening to me? Michele's gone missing!"

Greece stood up "A forest? Then what world could this be?" he was obviously beginning to get more of a grasp on the situation.

"I only just got her back, too! This is no fair…"

There was a moment of silence as each member of this large, unlikely group thought to themselves. It's not like forests were uncommon in most of their worlds.

"Ah, wait, got it." Vic announced. "This must be Naruto."

"Naruto?" They asked in unison.

"Oh, you're listening now? Then I can tell you that Michele is missing!"

"That's not really a surprise." Sprit spoke up, "Seeing as though she's not 'voiced' by you."

"But that doesn't explain why she was here in the first place." Vic added, his voice tinged with concern.

"Who knows," Ed was losing his patience, "But that doesn't matter now; so what is this 'Nah-roo-toe' you were on about?"

"Yes, it's the world that Obito is from."

Everyone turned to look at the young ninja as Obito pointed to his own face "The world I come from isn't called 'Naruto' or whatever."

Vic decided he may as well elaborate to avoid further confusion. "No, but it's the name of the anime you're from. You see, you're just a minor character who ends up-" He was cut off by a sudden thought

If these people really are... well, who they claim to be; I should probably keep what happens to them a secret.
If he gave things away, it could cause all sorts of problems in the long run.

"But how do we know if this is Obito's world?" Tamaki asked, an unusually intelligent question, considering who it came from. "I don't know about all of you guys, but even I have forests in my world."

"That's a good point, this could be any one of our worlds." Dark added.

Fai stepped forward "That's not true, if Obito's box has the correct number on it, then we'll know this is his world."

Once again, all eyes were on the thirteen year old.
There was an awkward pause before Spirit asked "Obito, where's your box?"

Obito looked at the questioning faces on the members of his group, and then looked around himself; panicked.
"I-I was sure I had it on me a moment ago!" he thrashed around, searching each pocket until he realized it couldn't be on his personage.
He then proceeded to dash about the surrounding area, searching under rocks and logs desperately hoping that he would find it.

"Uhh…" He murmured, as he dropped a rock back down, his little escapade proving futile.

"You lost it, didn't you?" Ed asked, rather bluntly.

"Well, I…"

"Oh GREAT." Ed began, losing his composure completely. "NOW what are we supposed to do?"

Each member of the group began complaining, arguing, debating, squabbling, whining and downright yelling. Just as Vic was about to tell them all to can it, a large ripping sound broke them all apart.

"What was that?" one of them asked

"AHH!" They all turned in Obito's direction to see what he was yelling about. "THE FOREST, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY FOREST?"

They all unanimously gasped as they each noticed the gaping hole where part of the forest should have been.

It almost looked like a tear, almost as if someone had gotten a piece of paper and ripped in partway down.

"It's just like in the white room!" Ikkaku noted.

"But this isn't some un-related non-existent room, you said this is my world!" Obito looked as if he were about to cry. "There are people living here, we can't just leave a rip in it!"

"What could this mean…?" Fai murmured, looking concerned at the large gaping hole.

"I don't know, but…" Vic began "This tells me one thing."

Everyone tore their gaze away from the tear and faced Vic to hear his conclusion.

"Whatever it is we're doing now is affecting each of our worlds."

"And how exactly do you figure that?" Ed asked, voicing all of their wonderings.

"Well, recall how the white room we were stuck in tore because of everyone's fighting?"
They all nodded.
"I think it's the same thing we're seeing here."

"Old man, that's the stupides-" Just as Ed was about to insert an obligatory insult, they heard a slight ripping sound and all looked on as the hole got just that tiny bit larger.
Alongside Obito's cries, Ed continued "Ugh, I guess I should have expected as much."

"So everything we do in these worlds, actually affect them?" Spirit wondered out loud.

"I've got it!" a loud dramatic and somewhat fabulous voice piped up. "It's like we're heroes!" the crowd spread out giving Tamaki some room, as he struck a dramatic pose with one hand raised in the air, "It's like we're a group of handsome young men, traveling from dimension, to dimension, saving each world on our epic quest to find our way home to our loving daughters!"

"Heroes?"

"Handsome?"

"Dimensions?"

"Saving?"

"Daughters??"

Tamaki ignored each one of their comments and continued sparkling in all his glory.

"If anything we're more like villains." Dark broke the awkward silence, "Although we have no idea why this is happening, I'm sure the people of each world wouldn't have had any trouble if we didn't come near them in the first place, not that we had a choice in the matter or anything."

While all the others squabbled and such, Obito, who was standing closest to the hole, noticed a small piece of paper float out and caught it before it hit the ground.

"Find that which has been lost." He read out loud, almost as a whisper.

Vic; who had been rubbing his head in pain due to all the noise, heard said whisper and turned to face Obito.
"What was that?"

The group settled down a little at the development.

"It says;" Obito spoke in a loud clear voice so that he wouldn't have to repeat himself. "Find that which has been lost."

"What do you think it could be talking about?"

"I have no idea."

"Michele!" Vic squeaked

"What's that?" Ed inquired

"My fiancée, She got lost! Or well, went missing."

Obito looked a little crestfallen "But what has that got to do with me?"

"No Idea." Vic admitted "But it seems like a reasonable assumption."

"Ah but wait!" The booming dramatic voice burst from the crowd yet again, revealing Tamaki, with a smile plastered on his face. "Before we go on our little rescue mission to save this damsel in distress, I suggest we do something about this hole!"

The others just looked on, not really listening to what he was saying, but watching none the less.

"I know; we'll just have to compliment each other like last time!" he strolled right up to the hole, until it was somehow hovering right behind him.
"Edward, I think that hair of your is absolutely fab-"

The tall blond teenager was cut short as he was sucked into the black hole screaming something about Haruhi and disappeared from their current world altogether.

Before any of them could do anything the hole spat out another piece of paper and then closed up completely.

Speechless, the crowd just stared on in shock- except for Greece, who was currently snoring.

Vic cautiously walked towards the place where the tear had once been and picked up the scrap of paper from the floor.

"Find that which has been lost."