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"Eight years," Zero informed.

"The exact amount of time between my disappearance and reappearance here," Near sighed.

"He appeared when you disappeared," Zero informed. "Fell out of a closet."

Near frowned. "A closet?"

"...The closet...just like at Chester's." Mail blinked at Near.

"What did you say Nate was doing in the closet again?" Near asked.

"We're going to have to do this later," Zero informed. "I need to get you two out of here. Trick, Treat... do you think you can create a diversion?"

"Are you kidding?" Treat smirked.

Trick's grin matched his brothers and Near lifted an eyebrow in amusement.

They both hopped out of bed and Zero pulled the door open. "Far, the twins are going to distract Roger."

"Then I'll have to distract him before he knows it was them." Far sighed before turning to go after the boys.

Mail blinked.

"...Far?" He asked Zero.

"That's him," Zero informed, glancing back at them. "He doesn't mean anything, Near... it's just hard for him."

"I know it is," Near informed. "It doesn't upset me."

"They were friends," Zero explained to Mail before he motioned for them to be quiet and follow him as he moved the opposite direction.

"...Did I miss something here?" Mail looked between them.

"Shh," Zero whispered as they headed through the halls. "There are plenty of kids here who will think turning us in will get them higher on Roger's scale, so if you have to talk, then do it quietly."

"It sounds more and more like Roger's the guy you want to be on the good side of." Mail whispered as he crept behind Zero and Near.

"I can't believe he is still in charge," Near admitted. "After eight years..."

"You know Watari," Zero sighed. "Roger's his best friend... he isn't going to see a darker side to him, even though he knows Roger hates kids."

They heard a crash somewhere off and the sound of yelling. Zero grabbed them both and made a run for it, throwing open a door and ducking into the garage.

"If there's something in here with wheels, I can get us out...unless the gate's locked and there's no crashing through that thing." Mail sighed. "Are they going to be okay back there?"

"The gate wont be a problem," A voice said and Near jumped a bit as a young man with dark hair poked his head up. "I've got my garage door opener wired to it. Hop in."

"Ender,"Near greeted, moving over to the other boy and climbing into the car without question.

"Who the hell is this?' Mail frowned as he climbed in the back with Near.

"Ender, the one who fixed the phone," Zero informed as he climbed in and Ender started up the car, pulling out of the open garage door. "He's our Hardware guy."

"So Matt's software and Ender is Hardware." Mail snorted. "Did you manage to reach anyone else by phone?"

He leaned in to get a better look at Ender.