Cold Case Investigation
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It's a hard not life for us…..that was only partially true. My life was barely hanging on to the edge of possibilities and my brother was dead. Why did the Demon Lord always have to come after me? Oh well, might as well live on. There's no point in mopping around about it. So I got up and dusted myself off from the hard fall and became responsible for myself. I had been dying for independence and now I had it. But the thing about independence is that you have to get a job, so with out a second thought I went through the morning paper one day while I was strolling down the sidewalk in the middle of down town. I flipped the pages glancing at all the possible jobs.
There was something that was holding me back from getting the first job that popped up at me besides common since. I wanted my brother's murder to be solved, but it was considered a cold case because there wasn't enough evidence. I wanted to find out who murdered my brother and why on my own if the cops weren't willing to help me. I would have thought they would have taken more interest into this case since it had taken place in the gang part of the city. But no they didn't even try. I wasn't too happy and I made up my mind that I needed to get into the area of crime investigation in order to solve my brother's unfortunate down fall. But what job could get me ready for crime school?
I turn the next page and something catches my eye. In big letters to the right of the page there was a job at Kaiba corp. for personal assistant and for personal secretary. I thought about it. The business environment would help, typing up reports, filing things, and running around being busy. But there was just one problem. I would be working for the world's biggest ass and cold hearted jerk of all, Seto Kaiba himself. Although that might be good too, because from what I heard most of the bosses for the crime investigation teams don't have hearts or feelings; I would be able to grow some thick skin in case someone insults me. There were no maybes. This job was it.
I toss the newspaper into a near by trash can and start heading toward the heart of Domino city; the Kaiba corp. building. I couldn't help but look up at the towering giant that they called a skyscraper. I had never been in the building before but it was so majestic, almost like a beckon. I inhaled and crossed the street coming to the double glass doors at the front. I opened one of them and I started to head for the front desk, but then I remembered someone saying that Kaiba's office was on the top floor. Of course were else would it be? With his big ego I don't think you could get him to go even a floor lower without him murdering you. Just an over reaction I know, but it's not too far from the truth.
I push the button for the elevator to come down and it makes an annoying beep once it has reached where I am. The doors open and I step in pressing the button for the top floor. I stare in awe at how many floors there really are; 20 freaking floors. I wonder what they are all for. It doesn't take too long for me to reach the top floor which kind of surprised me. Either the building was deserted because of lunch or Kaiba was exploding with rage. I don't want to think about the last possibility. The elevator makes the annoying beep again when it reaches the top floor and I step out of it once the doors open.
I look ahead and find a quiet hallway up to two large oak doors with gold door handles. There was a gold plate on the right door that said
Seto Kaiba CEO of Kaiba Corp.
I look to my left and see a secretary's desk pilled with files of paper work and one computer. An exhausted girl sits behind the desk near a filing cabinet. I feel sorry for her because she looks completely tired. I feel kind of good because I didn't have to do that job now if I got hired. But following Kaiba everywhere didn't sound any fun at all either. Of course it's not supposed to be fun. I knock and wait for permission to enter. For a while there isn't an answer and I was about to knock again until I heard a gruff "come in" from the other side of the door. I open the door and step into the office where the exhausted, grumpy, CEO awaited me.
The Office was roomy with only a black leather sofa with a coffee table in front of it; Kaiba's desk was at the very front of the room with two chairs in front of it. The walls were a calm blue color and I notice a wide screen TV in front of the sofa; the wallspeakers at all four corners of the room. There was also a radio/CD player near Kaiba's desk perched on a shelf surrounded by a CD rack. I was surprised by how normal it looked and then I felt those blue eyes on me. I turn my face towards him and he's glaring at me, a menacing one none the less. I wondered what I was doing wrong, and then I remember…. I was the sister of his arch enemy. But did he really remember me from the Battle City Tournament?
"What are you doing here Wheeler?" That answered my question. I look at him with a glare for calling me by my last name. I never liked being called Wheeler.
"Well excuse me for just trying to get a job Mr. Kaiba. I just wanted to see if I could be your personal assistant. I've been looking for a job since yesterday. I know you hated my brother as much as he hated you, but I want to put the past behind me if you don't mind. So I would prefer that you called me by my first name." I say pointedly putting a little bit of a business like manor into my tone.
"I would if I could remember what it was." I was now in front of his desk and I stared at him with a bit of confusion, but I snapped out of my stupor and came back to reality.
"It's Serenity. I brought my résumé for you to look at." I handed it over to him as he scanned my appearance he opened it looking at the first pages.
"You can sit down if you want." Kaiba stated in a kind of bored tone looking over my résumé. I sat in one of the chairs in front of his desk crossing my legs putting my hands on my knee waiting for him to speak.
"Hmm….interesting. You wrote that you are determined to find out who murdered your brother and you don't intend to give up until you've captured the person who did it. You want to be a crime investigator, but according to your teachers you would do great as an artist." Kaiba looked up at me with expectation and an answer. I fidgeted a little bit. This was a touchy subject for me. I felt my feelings already building up inside of me and I tried to think of happy things.
"That's all true, but ever since Joey died….I haven't been able to draw or paint without crying. It's going to take me a while to get over the drama of him being gone." I looked down not wanting to look at Kaiba afraid that I might cry if I do. "But anyways I'd rather not talk about that." I glanced up at him and I saw him nod in understanding. Wait a second. Since when does he ever have any feeling showing in his eyes? And how can he be sympathetic towards me? He never liked Joey, so why was he being so sympathetic?
"Okay, so why do you want this job?" I knew this question was coming, but it felt like I was being interrogated. I wanted this interview to be over and done with.
"Mostly so I can support myself, but other wise to get me ready for the business world that I'll be entering when I go into crime investigation. Anything else?" I asked looking up finally making eye contact with him. He looked into my eyes for a long while as if searching for something. I'm confused once again, but I don't voice my questions.
"Everything looks good. So when are you able to work?"
"I can work anytime after school and on the weekends I'm free usually." I found my hands quite fascinating as he looked at me; probably contemplating on how to dismiss me in the most embarrassing way possible. Then I heard something. It was music that had apparently been turned down when I knocked. I listened and smirked looking up at Kaiba amused yet relieved that he was human after all.
"What are you smirking about?" He eyes were narrow slits of irritation looking at me with their cold gaze.
"You like Rascal Flatts." I stated plainly and he growled knowing what I was referring to. I just smiled softly at him though. "It's not a bad thing. He's pretty good for a country singer, but I prefer Carrie Underwood. She just totally rocks." I closed my eyes crossing my arms when a heard a chuckle and I opened my eyes looking at him. He was smiling and chuckling softly to himself.
"You've changed a lot since the last time I saw you Serenity." I blushed a little bit remembering what I did on the blimp. I had whined to Kaiba to land the blimp and have Bakura taken to a hospital.
"Well a lot of things change in the course of a year." I looked to my right not wanting him to see my faint blush.
"When can you start?" I couldn't believe it. He was agreeing to let me be his personal assistant. I kept my cool on the outside, but on the inside I was jumping around yelling "yes" and hugging Kaiba with thanks. Wait…since when did I want to hug Kaiba? I passed the thought quickly and faced Kaiba with a smile.
"I can start today if you want?"
"Good. I'll be explaining to you what your job is then." Kaiba opened a draw taking out a clipboard with a pen and a notebook. "These will be the things you'll need to keep me on track. The clipboard will have my schedule for the day on it and the note book will be for note taking. I will want to take down certain things, so I can remember or refer back to them; you'll be the one writing down whatever I tell you to write down. I'm usually too busy listening to take down the notes myself or else I would. I suggest that you write neatly or write in note hand. Knowledgeable note hand please though, I don't have the time to translate things. That's all there is to it, besides doing whatever I tell you to of course, but it's all very simple. Any questions?" Kaiba had been pretty thorough on the job description, so I didn't know what to say.
"Good now what's on my schedule today?" I'm startled by the speed of everything so suddenly. Kaiba was actually wanting to be busy it seemed like.
"First is a meeting with Paradious' president, Dartz. Second is lunch with Mokuba, third is to go to the engineering department and see what's going on with the duel disks. And forth is a meeting with Shroder corp. then you get to go home. I would have thought you would have a lot more to do?"
"I usually do, but things have been moving smoothly around here ever since I hired a new head of engineering. I don't want to say anything more because I'm afraid I might jinx my good luck." I laughed at that. "What's so funny about that?"
"I'm just laughing at the fact that you actually believe in good luck and bad luck yet you don't believe in magic. It's kind of funny that even though you make all those speeches about it being fake you still believe some of it." I couldn't help but laugh and I felt Kaiba's anger rising by the minute. I tried calming myself down so that I wouldn't end up getting fired for laughing at him.
"I don't necessarily believe in luck but it's a lot more believable than what I've seen lately."
"Hmmm, too true. I don't really believe in magic all that much so it's all good. Dartz should be here any moment now." Suddenly there's a knock on the door. I smile. "Oh I'm so good." I gracefully walk to the door and open it finding Dartz there.
He was a couple years older than Kaiba but he wasn't as gorgeous as Kaiba. Dartz had long light, light green hair in a ponytail at the base of his neck that slinked down to his ankles. Golden eyes that were slits making him look snake like. His skin was a pale peach color and he stood six feet three inches. He wore a suit of white with a black tie that made his physical features pop out.
I move to let Dartz enter and he glances at me as he approaches Kaiba calmly not saying anything at first.
"Shall we begin? I know how impatient you get Mr. Kaiba."
The meeting didn't last long and I didn't do anything but be bored to death because all they did was discuss what would happen to Paradious. Dartz was leaving to go and be dead like he should be with his fellow Atlantis people. Joey told me about that adventure and I was in awe that he had been almost eaten by a giant beast. I didn't let my guard down the whole time he was there and Kaiba looked pretty tense too.
"Well that settles it. I hope that we will meet again soon Mr. Kaiba." Dartz stands and shakes Kaiba's hand ending the meeting.
"Don't worry, until we do your company's in good hands." Dartz turns to leave and glances at me as he goes out the door. I sigh in relief that some of the tension in the atmosphere is gone.
"Glad that's over. Looks like it's time for lunch." I state and I hear Kaiba sigh deeply. I hear the door open and I pop up in surprise, but see that it was only Mokuba.
"Hey big brother! Serenity?!" Mokuba's eyes pop out with shock and his bursts into a joyful grin.
"Yep! How are you doing Mokuba?" The small raven haired boy rushes over to me and looks up at me with happy gray/blue eyes and I laugh a bit.
"Great! But what are you doing here?" Mokuba's smile disappears with curiosity.
"I'm now Kaiba's personal assistant. You should go and eat or else your brother's going to be late for a meeting."
"Aren't you coming too?" I was shocked at his question.
"Well, I don't know. I don't want to be a burden."
"You won't. It's no use in arguing with Mokuba so you might as well join us." Kaiba stated plainly and I smile.
"Alright. If you're sure-"
"Of course I'm sure. Now let's go. We have no time to waste." Kaiba was already up out of his chair ready to go and I was flabbergasted. I drop my stuff on the coffee table and Mokuba starts to jump around.
"Yeah! Come on Serenity! You're so going to love the restaurant where we eat at regularly!" I was suddenly being pulled along by Mokuba to the elevator as Kaiba followed us.
I was overwhelmed by the luxury of the Italian restaurant we went to. The menu had names I couldn't pronounce, but bellow the names were descriptions of what the food was, so I got through the meal alright. It was quiet as we ate though but that was only because Mokuba was busy eating plates of food. We were practically done when Mokuba started talking.
"Man that was good! Joey would have loved that!" He suddenly gasped and covered his mouth with both of his little hands and Kaiba glared at him.
"It okay. By the way…" This was hard for me. I had never talked about my brother in a while and I hadn't even seen Yugi and the others since his death. It brought back so many memories, but I had to face it sooner or later. "How are the others doing?" I look down at my hands and I feel both of their gazes on me.
"They miss you. They're having a hard time with this too, you know?"
"Yeah. And Yami?" There was a palpable pause and Mokuba sighed.
"He misses you most of all. He told me to tell you that he doesn't hate you for what you did. He understands why you did it, but he still wants you back with him." I felt tears arise in my eyes, but I held them back.
"What are you talking about Mokuba?" Kaiba asked and I sighed catching his attention and looked up at him.
"Yami and I were together before my brother died. It was really his influence. Joey had gotten us together for the school dance and then it just gradually grew. We fell in love and then Joey died. I died as well that day. Yami knew this but yet he stayed by my side. He still loved me even though I was full of hate and sadness. I couldn't feel love. I pushed him away coldly on the day of the funeral. I didn't even cry that day. I was so empty…." I trailed off not wanting to go on. I looked down again feeling stupid.
"You should be getting back." Mokuba broke the uncomfortable silence and Kaiba nodded. I got up along with them and Mokuba quickly ran up beside me grabbing my hand. I smile down at him softly and he smiles back.
Kaiba pays the bill and we leave. Mokuba was going the other way, so we said good-bye and went our separate ways. The limo took me and Kaiba back to Kaiba corp. and the whole ride back was stone silent. I was still remembering that extremely horrible day when we arrived and went to the elevator. I was holding in my tears to my best ability so that I was not crying in front of Kaiba. I still cared for Yami so much and it hurt to remember anything about him. I needed to burn off all of my emotions.
Then suddenly something unexpected happened. There was huge bang sound from above us and then suddenly the elevator started plummeting down at top with no way to stop it. I screamed and braced for the end of my life. Then suddenly Kaiba called out a command and the brake system started to work and the elevator slowed. There ear piercing screeching sound came from the brakes trying to stop our descent and Kaiba looked worried.
Bang! One of the brakes had apparently broken off and there were only three brakes left. Bang! Another one broke off. Bang! Then another! We were down to the last brake and our velocity had decreased a lot but we had no idea how far from the bottom we were. Bang! The last brake broke off and we started to speed down with the force of gravity. Crash! We hit the last floor and it threw me along with Kaiba. I blacked out and didn't remember anymore.
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