Whoosh. The sword cuts the air in half. A skinny boy with rosy cheeks is outside, surrounded by airborne autumn leaves. Ruka is practicing 3 hours a day, just as Okabe ordered. The evil demons have to be exorcised by someone, and he chose Ruka for the task. He apparently seemed the most suitable. Ruka has been taught the basic techniques by none other that Okabe and needs to perfect them for times in need. I haven't been to the lab in a while, he thinks to himself. I want to see Kyouma again, maybe I should ask Mayuri if I can come over sometime soon. He slashes the sword faster now, whipping imaginary lines into the atmosphere. Deeply concentrating, he flicks the sword up and brings it immediately back down again. He does this several times then alternates between hands. A twig cracks a little distance away from him.

"Who's there?" On guard, he points his sword at the area from which the sound originated.
"Whoa, it's just me Ruka! Ma-yur-i! Tu to ruuuuu!" Mayuri walks up to the porch.
"Oh hey there Mayuri! Sorry if I scared you there", Ruka puts his sword down and laughs with one hand behind his head.
"I just came over to ask, have you been to the Lab anytime today? I haven't had any calls from Okabe for a while, I hope he's okay." Mayuri is strangely worried about Okabe, she usually is so confident in him.
"No I haven't, I'm really sorry." Ruka says while blushing, feeling guilty that he can't help.
"I wonder where he is. Well, I'll see you round then." Mayuri sulks off.

"Hey wait!" Ruka rushes over to her. "Let's check it out now, we can go to the Lab after I finish up and get changed".
"But the sun is setting, we will have to walk home in the dark", Mayuri doesn't particularly like to walk in the dark alone, only for festivals and night events.
"You can stay at mine, or we could ask Okabe to let us sleepover at that lab, if that's what you want to do", Ruka reassures her. He wants to make sure Okabe is alright too, he helps him a lot with his training.
"Oh thank you Ruka!" She embraces Ruka with open arms.
"Haha, just wait here for a bit and we can head over soon". A smile widens across Mayuri's face.

However, back at the lab.........

Daru is confused beyond oblivion. First, Okabe disappears THEN Kurisu? He can't get his head around it. Just what is the phone? It can't be a normal phone for sure, is it some sort of time machine? PORTAL TO THE UNKNOWN?! Whoa, you're getting ahead of yourself, Daru tells himself. Do some research and you may find something useful. Still suspicious of his computer, he logs on and starts to type.

Goodle Search:

Phone a Time Machine

He ends up finding some trash articles that aren't even relevant to what he's looking for. He sighs, it's going to be a long night.

On the other side of Akihabara city, Moeka's phone beeps and the sound surrounds the shadowy room....

"What is this? I'm receiving some activity on the computer in the lab, no one should be there at this present time", Moeka was positive she erased all contact from the Lab to the outside world.
"What did I TELL you?" The evil Okabe is furious. He knew this would happen, and it's all her fault. Moeka is glad she had managed to hack into Daru's system, if she had not, she would not have realised that this was happening.
"I will head over now, all witnessed must me exterminated, right?", she looks at his cloak, it's soothing now into a silk-like material.
"Yes, we have to make sacrifices", he shows no mercy whatsoever.
"I will do as you wish", as she strides out the door, she feels the sting of regret in her heart. She didn't particularly want to do this, but she has to. She snatches the black case from the cupboard and leaves the deserted building. It's awfully lonesome and isolated, how does Rin stand it? Shining Finger runs though the city, aiming to complete her mission by midnight.

Mayuri and Rukako stroll though the city, observing the rainbow of stars above the city.
"Hey look! There's a shooting star! Make a wish Ruka!" Mayuri's slender finger points at a star zooming through night sky. I wish to fully complete my exorcism training with Okabe, no matter what. Ruka silently wishes. Soon enough, they are at the stairs heading up to the sacred Lab, above Mr Braun's CRT store and repair.

"You head up first, I'll be right behind you", Ruka says to Mayuri. Their feet on the peeling wood hardly makes a sound, creating more suspense for the both of them. Once at the door, Mayuri knocks and calls out-
"Hey Okabe! It's me, Mayushi-desu!" They hear some rustling and the door knob click.
"Hey guys......" Daru appears.
"Oh good Daru you're here! Where's Okabe? We haven't heard from him for a while", Mayuri is happy that someone is at the lab.
"He's.......", Daru falls to the ground and Moeka emerges behind him, gun in hand. Daru's blood seeps into the floorboards, a swirling pool of crimson.

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