Tea covered her eyes in disgust as the rest of the group watched open mouthed at the horrid scene unfolding in front of them.
Seto Kaiba, a belt in his mouth bit down hard, trying to swallow his screams as he used a flathead screw driver to dig the bullet out of his wounded side. Finally, after minutes of struggle, the bullet emerged from the open flesh and landed onto the wet blood soaked carpet.
He sat and rested for a moment, his breathing labored. Looking at Yugi he said "Well the worst parts over, Ill pay for your couch and carpet, by the way."
All Yugi could do at this point is nod, still shocked from what hed just seen.
Seto slowly began to pull himself off of the couch, Joey giving him some leverage, trying to help the best that he could. He limped over to the kitchen where the iron was plugged in on the counter. "Joey, Im going to need you to do something for me." Kaiba said, looking at Joey seriously.
"Yeah rich boy, anything." Joey replied.
"Im going to put the belt back in my mouth, when I do I need you to take the iron and cauterize the wound for me, so I wont lose anymore blood. Can you do that?" Seto asked.
"Uhh, yeah, I umm, Yeah I got it money bags." Joey had some trouble finding his words.
"No matter how much pain im in, or how much I struggle, dont stop until I give you the okay." And with that he returned the already tooth punctured belt to his mouth and nodded for Joey to begin.
His skin simmered under the heat of the iron. The burning smell was almost unbearable for Tea who at this point had left the room. Everyone watched Seto as he bit down once again on the belt, and scrunched his face holding back screams, making them only harsh grunts.
The color in Joeys face was almost gone, All he could do was stand and watch repeating over and over again in his mind just do what he said and itll all be over soon.
After about thirty seconds Seto motioned him to stop. The blonde set the iron back down onto the counter next to Seto who was leaning over it trying to stay concious. Between heavy breathes he spoke "Now.. give me.. the bandages."
He stood up straight although it pained him to do so. He began wrapping the white bandages around his waist until the wound was covered completely. At some point during all of this Yugi had gone upstairs, and was now making his way back downstairs with a new set of clothes in hand.
"Here, these should fit you well." He handed Seto a black v-neck shirt and a pair of blue jeans.
"Thank you, all of you. Ill go change, and then well get down to bussiness." He said weakly, his breathing finally beginning to sound normal again. He made his way to the bathroom and came out minutes later finding a clean spot on the couch to sit at.
The group of four gathered around him and listened contently.
"Okay, so I did kill those scientists, but for good reason." He began "They have partnered with a very evil man, with plans that threaten all humanity. If we dont stop them, then, how exactly do I put this? We are all fucked."
"What exactly are they doing that will threaten the entire world? Thats insane." Tristan asked
"Ill start from the beginning, About four years ago, when I was thirteen I happened to stumble upon a laboratory. What I saw there was.. It was just, everything about it was evil. They had been experimenting on animals. Rats, dogs, cats, goats turning them into these monsterous creatures. I hacked the system to see what all of it was about." He paused to take a breath "The name of it was Project Ambrosia, After perfecting this virus that they were trying at. They had plans to put it into the water system in our very own Domino City. Turning animals, humans, everything into these creatures. Changing them into what these people saw as perfection."
"Hence the Ambrosia part, Elixer of the gods. Itll make you powerful, strong, but at the cost of being a bloodthirsty monster. After the virus is spread to Domino, all it takes is a bite for someone else to change as well. Itll spread through the world like cancer spreads through the body if I dont stop it, and Im going to need all the help I can get."
"Your our friend Seto, And I think I speak for everyone when I say that we will do whatever we can to save this world and bring peace back to it." Yugi said, the rest of the group hesitently nodded in agreement.
"Ill go ahead and warn you now then, this is no shadow game. If you die, you are dead. We are dealing with some evil fuckers here. So if you think that duel mosters cards will help you then your no help to me. Well need weapons. Are you in or out? Make your choice."
Everyone thought over this for a moment, and almost in unison said "Were in"
"Good, thank you, our goal then is to find the source. Kind of like these creatures master, You find the source, you give it a shot of the cure to this shit, and it fixes all of the others. a few problems though." He paused.
"And what might they be?" Tea asked.
"For one, Ive yet to find the cure.. For two, The files I did find when I was thirteen, I took the liberty of destroying, but If this all powerful master is smart, he had multiple backup files, meaning that the plans are still on and the virus will be released into Dominos main water system at approximitely four oclock today."
"Thats in thirty minutes!" Yelled Tea.
"Exactly, meaning that we have thirty minutes to find some good weapons, and clean water if we plan on surviving this. I honestly thought that I had set them back when I destroyed those files. I thought I had more time than this. Then they took my brother, saying that it was gods choice for Mokuba to be the first of perfection. I found there hideout in the library. But Mokuba wasnt there, and neither was the virus. It was a ploy to set me back, they were a step ahead the entire time." Seto hung his head in disappointment.
"Were going to fix this Kaiba." Yugi said strongly
Seto looked up at Yugi with determination in his eyes "We have thirty minutes, before our fair City, turns into our worst nightmare."