Thankyou once again to Jupiter's Magic for beta-ing this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or any of the characters

CH. 2

Mad Man behind this Mad Plan

"The more I think about kidnapping the Gardner Girl the more I come to realise it's going to be nearly impossible. There are so many difficulties to it and the risk of been caught increases," Raphael said. It wasn't often that the blond complained; he usually kept his thoughts to himself but after this task, he felt it was an exception.

"If you think positively then it's possible. At least it's Téa you're taking. If it was Tristan it would be a lot more difficult and most likely painful as he wouldn't come easy," Mai explained, taking a sip of her cappuccino.

"Oi Mai. You'll 'ave some female company. So you can now 'ave girl talks 'n' stuff," Valon said.

He wouldn't admit it, but he was looking forward for Téa coming. He didn't have a lot of experience with the opposite sex, and the only one he had ever been close to was Mai, but he was slowly realizing that she didn't hold the feelings he did for her. It hurt and sometimes he wondered why she didn't like him. What he had did wrong? He had never dared bring the topic up with Raphael-mostly because he was too scared of what he'd say.

"Wha' do girls talk 'bout anyway?" he asked suddenly after realising he had no idea what girls talked about.

With a cruel smirk, she turned to him "Well Valon we talk about boy's, periods, sex, babies, clothes, make-up, all sorts of things like that." She couldn't help but smile when she saw the look of horror on his face when she said babies, but the look of confusion on his face when she had mentioned sex and periods however made her start thinking.

"Oh tha' sounds lovely," Valon said, not really sure what a period or sex was. "'ow ol' is she?" he asked attempting to change the topic.

"She's 16 why?"

"I'm just wonderin',"

Raphael frowned. "Valon is that really why you wanted to know how old she was?" he asked seeing as the question of age had come up after babies, and sex.

"Well kinda – 'cause we're similar in age. I thought it would be pretty cool; we could play games 'n' stuff."

Mai couldnt help but laugh. For a 17 year old he really didn't have much common sense. "Valon, Téa is a girl. I very much doubt she'll want to play the games you have."

Valon said nothing but seemed to look a little down.

"Right now I know where she is," Raphael said. "Now I just need to know how and when to get her."

"Early morning," said Mai pulling out one of the chairs.

The three male bikers looked at each other in confusion and looked back at the female.

"Explain?"

"Capture her in the early morning. Téa always goes for a jog early in the morning around six am," Mai clarified.

"How you know that?" inquired Alister as he munched on his blueberry muffin.

"I used to be very good friends with her. Back in Battle city, she would always get up early and go for an hourly jog to keep in shape."

"So if I get down there for six I could take her as she is on her run?" asked Raphael making sure he understood the plan. Mai nodded, "Right then tomorrow morning it is."

"Where are you going Téa?" Tristan asked her the next morning as she put on her trainers.

It wasn't often he was up at this time but he couldn't sleep on an empty stomach-even if he had a giant meal the night before.

"I'm off for my daily run. I'll be back in an hour or so," she told him as she opened the door and stepped outside.

It was still rather dark outside and the cold draft made her shiver. The frozen mist of her breath danced in front of her; taking in a deep breath she began a steady jog across the vast ground. In the darkness she never saw a muscular blonde on his bike waiting to take her away.

Turning on her MP3 she sped up her jogging to a controlled run, her eyes focused on the horizon. Occasionally she would be looking down so she didn't trip and injure herself as she got farther and farther away from the caravan.

Looking over her shoulder she couldn't see the caravan and realised she had run further than she thought.

Slowing down she took a swig of her water and changed her song and continued to run towards the trees that were only a couple of minutes run away.

She never noticed a pair of blue eyes watching her.

Raphael couldn't help but admire her figure. He could do weights but he had never favoured running- usually running out of breath after 10 minutes. He knew Alister was quick but he didn't enjoy running either. However Valon seemed to enjoy doing anything energetic. The boy was always on the move so it wouldn't be a surprised if he loved to run

Looking at his watch, surprised to see he had been watching her for half an hour, he started his bike and started to ride closer to the girl, making sure the engine wasn't too loud.

He suddenly realised he hadn't thought how he was going to take the girl especially on the motorcycle. Cursing under his breath, he thought about his two options. He could ride straight past her on his bike and take her in one quick swoop, or knock her out so he could take her that way. Noticing the many faults in the second plan- like how he would keep her on the bike if she was out cold, he decided to go with the first option. He checked behind him to see how far they were from the caravan. Once he realized they were far away enough that if she screamed they wouldn't hear her, he took one look at Téa and roared the bike in to life.

Startled by the sudden noise Téa looked back just in time to see the motorcycle heading straight towards her. She didn't have to time to scream as a large arm wrapped itself around her petite waist and heaved her on the bike behind him. Once the initial shock wore off she screamed.

Luckily for her she screamed just before they reached the caravan.

As they drove passed she heard the guys scream her name in unison. The boys couldn't help but just watch their friend being taken away.

"She's been kidnapped. Yug what do we do?" panicked Tristan starring in the direction that she had been taken.

Yugi couldn't speak as he too, watched his best friend disappear. Close to tears, he looked up at Tristan and shrugged his shoulders sadly.

"Pharaoh, what do we do?" he whispered weakly in his head.

"I'm not sure Yugi" the Pharaoh replied, "They must have taken her for a reason, but what could that reason be?" He noticed Yugi starting to shake and comforted the young boy. "Téa is a strong girl, Yugi. She can handle herself."

"It was one of those Grease Monkeys that got her!" snapped Joey growling slightly.

All three of the boys were determined to get her back.

"...Does anyone know how we get her back?" Joey asked, breaking the silence amongst them.

She was furious, but also scared for her life. She could see a helicopter in the distance. Her heart sunk as her eyes filled with tears. Her mind told her she was trapped. Under normal circumstances, she would have hit and kicked this guy senseless, but going 90 miles an hour on a two-wheeled object and the kidnapper been the only one who had any clue how to ride one of these, she decided she would rather be alive than dead.

She noticed that he had begun to slow down as he neared the helicopter. Rummaging through his pocket, he pulled out an object pushed a button and the large back door of helicopter opened. He drove straight into it, and then stopped.

Getting off the bike he closed the door and started to walk towards the control.

"What do you want from me?!" she screamed.

Téa gasped as he took off his helmet. She instantly recognised him from the duel between Yugi and that guy who resembled the Grim Reaper.

"Answer me!" gritting her teeth. The blond looked back, scoffed and started the engine of the helicopter.

"Man this guy is so insufferable" she muttered as he blatantly ignored her.

She gulped as she looked out of the window; the helicopter had already started to rise. She now knew she was trapped and the guys were unable to rescue her. Letting out a sigh, she looked to her left to examine her kidnapper further.

She noted that he was very tall and extremely muscular, but had never noticed he had his ear pierced. His face was strong and defined. His neck, like the rest of him, was broad. His t-shirt was tight but not too revealing.

She then noticed his eyes, how bright they were, in addition to the colour. "Like the colour of Mai's eyes," she mumbled quietly.

"Pardon?" Téa looked towards the direction the gruff voice came from. She realized that it had come from him.

"Oh, oh nothing I just realised your top was the same colour as Mai Valentine's eyes."

She saw his eyes widen and couldn't help but be amazed as she noticed the dark blue shade his eyes were; they were beautiful, the colour of a rough sea.

"How do you know Valentine's eye colour," he asked, his tone softer.

Startled she looked at him; she knew he was Raphael, the leader.

"I used to be very good friends with her before she betrayed us," she spat out the last part angrily. She felt her blood boil at how easily she threw away their friendship in search for power.

"You can have her back if you like. The only problem would be that Valon would object," Téa looked up at him as he smirked.

"I think Joey wants her back."

Raphael chuckled at this, he had noticed from their first meeting the Wheeler boy and Valon were so much alike.

"The name is Téa," she suddenly said startling him out of his train of thought.

"Raphael,"

"I know, you're the leader correct?" she decided simple small talk would be the best way to start.

"You can say that if you want," he explained to her. "And yes I know you're Téa."

"Ah, so why have you kidnapped me?" she answered quickly, doing a victory dance in her head. He had dropped right into the topic she wanted to ask him.

"I was told to," he said simply focusing on where he was driving.

"Huh?" confused she looked up at him. "What do you mean you were told to kidnap me!"

"I'm just following my master's orders," he said to her, the Orichalcos stone shining when the sun reflected on it, he decided that he wouldn't tell her the whole truth.

"Great. So not only am I stuck with you then I get to meet the madman behind this plan?"

Raphael chose to ignore her, as she continued to mumble under her breath.

Taking a quick glance to the side he studied her. He will admit that she's not ugly, that she does indeed have the body of a dancer. Her eyes were large blue orbs that were calming and her hair was a dull typical brown, similar to Valon's.

As he looked at her attire he realized there was one small problem with his plan. She was wearing a tight top and a pair of tight running shorts. Her clothing was much tighter than what Mai wore. While he wasn't too bothered about it all, he knew one individual would be.

They sat in silence till they reached the hide-out. Téa gasped as she looked at the supposed building in front of her. It was something she had seen in books at the school Library.

She watched Raphael flick a switch that said autopilot; he got up and walked towards the bike taking two helmets off the stack he handed one in her direction.

"Put it on." His gruff voice was back she noticed.

"Wait, you're not exactly going to do what I'm thinking are you?" she asked, as her eyes widened as she stared at the motorcycle.

"I'm no mind reader Gardner." He said rolling his eyes.

"We must be a thousand feet up!" she cried afraid.

"652, to be precise," he said with a smirk as she began to turn paler. "What's the matter? Afraid of heights?" He now found himself nervous; he couldn't have someone afraid of heights suddenly pass out on him. He could handle vomit, blood, fights, you name it and he knew what exactly what to do, but when it comes to someone passing out, that's a different story. He wouldn't know how to bring her back around or anything.

"Yes," she whispered quietly. "But if you're planning on exiting the helicopter on your bike 652 feet high in the sky then its suicide!" She was terrified she was now contemplating if his master was in fact the mad man and not him.

"Look I've done this hundreds of times, trust me," he reassured looking into her eyes.

"Trust You!?" she exclaimed. "How on earth can you expect me to trust you when you have kidnapped me?" she cried walking backwards away from him.

"Okay maybe telling you to trust me might not have been the best thing to say, but if you don't come this way with me, then I'll just have to leave you and you'll be stuck on the island and no one will come and find you." It was a long shot and he knew that. If she didn't come with him willingly, he would have to take her by force.

Téa thought about it; she knew he was bluffing but she didn't want to be stuck here if the autopilot accidently switched off. At least if she was going to die, she could die with someone else and not on her own.

Cautiously she walked over to the bike and swung her leg over the seat, she sat on the bike and looked around. "Erm where should I place my hands?" she asked meekly. She couldn't remember where she had placed them on the death trap before.

With a sigh, he took her arms and wrapped them around his waist.

...Now he could openly say he was uncomfortable.

Téa herself was embarrassed and refused to look at him. "How exactly are you going to jump out of here and where are the parachutes?" she whimpered as the bike began to reverse slowly.

"Were going out backwards, and there is none."

Téa paled more at this and dug her head into his shoulder. The bike's engine reverberated and she screamed into his shoulder as she felt the bike leave the safety of the helicopter. Scrunching her eyes up tight she couldn't wait for it to end, she saw her life flash through her eyes, and then suddenly she looked down, the ground had once again became their friend. Now safely on the ground, she loosened her grip and looked at the direction they were headed.

They reached the top of the building, but Raphael didn't stop he continued to drive down passageways. In the distance, she saw a light; as the bike drove nearer the light grew larger. She could hear a voice and then all of a sudden the bike roared into the air and then landed in a stone room.

Turning the engine off Raphael stood, quickly letting go of him she stepped off the bike and looked around.

Her eyes widened when she saw Mai standing staring at her fingers. Scowling, she turned to the brunette who was staring at her with his head cocked to the side. Her eyes shifted to the red-head who looked as if he was staring right through her.

"Master Dartz, I have brought you Téa Gardner."

Hearing her name, she whipped around in time to see Raphael bow in front of a peculiar man.

"I can see that you fool," the aqua haired person said. Her eyes widened at the way he spoke to his henchman.

He turned his gaze on to her and stepped forward. "Hello my child, my name is Dartz. Now I'm sure you're wondering why I have brought you here."

She said nothing, just nodded her head and trying to overcome the shock of his appearance; the long aqua hair and mix-matched eyes, she just stared which amused the two younger bikers.

"I've brought you here, as I have noticed that in a group you're unbeatable. However, if you break the little puzzle by taking someone, then the puzzle isn't complete."

Tea looked at him as if he was talking nonsense. "Are you trying to say that without me being with the guys it'll be easier for your…" she looked behind, the four stood there looking back at her. "..pet monkeys to take their souls?" said Tea. The aqua haired man, whose name she had forgotten but reminded her of a turtle, glared at her.

"That is exactly what I am saying. With you out of the way, then the Pharaoh, Wheeler and Kaiba will be less of a challenge for my henchmen."

"You really are a mad man behind this mad plan; which unfortunately will not work. Seto Kaiba is independent; he doesn't want anyone cheering him on anyway. All he wants is to be the best and taking me won't affect him. With Joey and Yugi your plan has backfired; they'll be even harder to defeat as they'll try to get me back meaning they'll fight even harder. I'm sure you saw how Joey duelled when he realized he could save Mai before the buffoon over their jumped in," she said, pointing to the brunette. Turning around she looked at both Mai and Valon scowling.

She faced Dartz once again. "So yeah, sorry you have just made it worse for yourself, because you can't get rid of me as I know exactly how to get here. All I have to do is tell Kaiba and he'll come here along with the others, so it's really a lose lose situation."

Dartz seemed to think carefully about what she said. Smirking he stared over at the four young adults behind her.

"You will take her back with you. She will live with you until I see fit. It's been a pleasure Miss Gardner," closing his eyes he turned away and walked into the darkness.

"Great, does this mean I'm stuck with you lot?"

"Yup," said Valon chirpily. Téa groaned as she followed them. She glanced at Mai who looked at her, however she couldn't hold her eye for long. Rolling her eyes she wondered what was in store for her now.

What ya think? You like it? Please review...