Tokyo Ghoul - NEST

Newfound Hope

" We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
- William Shakespeare

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Kaneki POV

All of us stared at the computer screen. I was standing over Levin's shoulder as he clicked on all of the files and scrolled through them all.

No one said a word, everyone didn't dare. Touka had her mouth covered with a hand, looking as if she might faint. Rize pursed her lips and stared at the screen, then shifted her gaze to Nashiro.

Nashiro was next to Levin in front of the screen, both of the stared with different looks. While Nashiro looked like she was going to cry, Levin just had a blank face on with his mouth slightly open.

The room for felt compressed. Until Ayato broke the silence, while turning to our small messenger. "Where did you get this?" He asked.

The girl didn't even look at him while answering, she was fiddling with her camera. "A man named Kuki Urie. He said I should get this to Kaneki or the Crow as soon as possible." She said, "but it seems like it was much more important than he was letting on."

"Important? This is ground breaking! V is hiding Yasuhisa in that dampened prison without even the CCG knowing!" Ayato bursts, flailing his arms in anger.

Touka put a hand on his shoulder. "We need to calm down and think about this." She suggested.

All of us nodded, including Nashiro, who finally pulled her eyes from the screen. I cross my arms and frown while looking down at my feet, then look up again to see everyone looking at me.

"This means that Quinn definitely back stabbed us. But we haven't seen him ever since he made off with Kurona..." I trailed off, glancing back at the screen.

The screen right now was displaying a video tape of Kurona in a large room, with a syringe. We had already watched it, but Levin was replaying it over and over, still with that blank look on his face.

It was of her Taking her blood and stabbing her eye with a syringe under orders. It was sick and made me want to go barging into Cochlea myself.

"Can you all... leave the room so I can think?" Levin suddenly said, getting everyone's attention. Nashiro seemed worried, but Rize put a hand on her shoulder.

Rize eased everyone out, even though I didn't want to, I went to. Rize spoke into the room before closing it behind her. "If you need to talk, were outside." She said to Levin.

He only nodded, then the door closed.

We all stood in silence for a short period of time, then Touka sighed and clapped, making everyone jump from the sudden loud noise.

"Get back to work. We'll talk about it when Levin is ready." She ordered.

We all reluctantly went on with our duties. To think that Quinn back stabbed us... but he had a clear record of helping ghouls, that I wouldn't think twice about trusting him back then. What made him do this? There has to be a reason.

I search through my mind as I sweep near the front entrance, then the back, and the cafe. Over time, it started to get dark quickly. Levin still hadn't come out of that room.

I frown while staring at it after work. A voice gets my attention from behind me. "Still worried about him?"

I glance behind me to see Touka there, crossing her arms and also looking at the door. I turn back and stare again. "Yeah, I suppose I am." I mumbled.

She walked up beside me and gave me a playful nudge on my arm. "C'mon, he'll be fine. He's been much worse. He's just in shock, is all." She said.

I glance back at her and then back at the door. "Its just... he thought that she was gone. And now she's suddenly back? If that happened to me, then I'd be too confused and overjoyed to even think." I exclaimed.