Snatcher

A Kaiba brother's story, typical me, hehehe. Had this story on my mind for quite a long time and decided to finally write it up.

What starts as a virus, or so they thought, turns into something much more. Mokuba starts seeing changes in Seto, is he just imagining it or is something wrong really happening? Kaiba brother's fic.

Mokuba let out a light sigh of relief, to know that his brother was alright after that bazaar machine incident. Mokuba had went and called their GP right afterwards to check on Seto, much to his big brother's protests, and found that he was totally alright.

"Why did you feel the need to call that quack out for?" Seto frowned, the second after the GP left.

"He's our family doctor, Seto! Needed to make sure that you were alright, the electric sparks could've gotten on you or something." Mokuba defended.

"Now look at whose acting paranoid." Seto shot back.

Mokuba just frowned at his big brother; looks like Seto hadn't totally forgotten their argument from earlier. "Well excuse me for caring." He scoffed back, feeling unappreciated. He turned away from Seto to leave; he had more than enough of things today.

"I'm sorry, Mokuba." Seto murmured, seeing that he just upset Mokuba with his last comment. He didn't mean to annoy or upset him, he was just feeling uptight with what had just happened and the fact that he still believed that there must be a virus in the system, well also that he had to see that stupid family doctor for nothing too. Was the same thing that had been messing around with his companies system could be held responsible for what had just happened with that machine? "Just a little.... Stunned from what happened with that training machine. I might go into the virtual chambers later to practice."

"Are you sure that's such a good idea, Seto?" Mokuba questioned, still not sure of those virtual chambers.

"I need to train Mokuba. Besides, it makes me feel better when I go in there and train privately." Seto replied bluntly, not allowing Mokuba's questioning to put him down.

"Makes you feel better?" Mokuba's questioning continued, not understanding how duelling could make someone 'feel better'.

"Yes, it just does." Seto snapped back, he had his reasons and was speaking the truth but wasn't going to speak to Mokuba about it.

Mokuba raised a comical eyebrow a little, still not understanding anything of what Seto was saying. Duelling in the virtual chambers does not make you physically feel better; it often drains energy more than anything else. Was he missing something here? "Are you sure? Especially after we tried training earlier and things just went up in smoke."

"It'll be fine, Mokuba." Seto replied in an insistent voice. "I just want to train, that's all. Why don't you go and have some relaxed time in your room or something?"

"I guess..... Or go for a walk or something?" Mokuba replied, still not totally believing Seto. After knowing Seto his whole life he could often tell when his brother was lying or covering something up and it definitely looked that way at this point in time. Possibly something to do with that virus thing from earlier? Seto had him all confused.

"I really don't think so, Mokuba. Stay inside the house." Seto corrected Mokuba.

"What!?" Mokuba gasped. "Why can't I go outside? Are you thinking someone's going to kidnap me again?"

Seto frowned a little, not liking how he was being questioned about his decision. "No it's just......" Seto started but stopping himself, he felt that he didn't need to explain himself to Mokuba. Plus he didn't really want to either, how would he explain everything that was going on behind Mokuba's back, especially those emails. He especially didn't want Mokuba to go outside alone, what if the person or thing that's messing with the system is out there? It could put his baby brother into danger. "Just do as I say. It's dark outside and I don't want you outside......... On a school night."

Mokuba just turned his head a little and nodded slightly before heading for the door and leaving Seto alone in the room. His face said it all though, he didn't believe a word of what Seto was saying. Definitely trying to cover something up, something that Seto obviously found serious enough to keep away from him. He also didn't buy into Seto's, 'it's a school night' thing either. Sure, it was and Seto didn't like him going out by himself much but it was the way Seto had said it and looking stressed and wasn't keeping his cool like he usually does.

Seto watched Mokuba leave in total silence and hoped that Mokuba wasn't catching on that something was wrong. He didn't want Mokuba involved; it wasn't his problem to sort. It was himself that needed to sort it; he was the big brother and needed to protect his baby brother.

Mokuba's sigh could clearly be heard, even though it was a soft one, throughout the halls and corridors as he walked down them in total silence. This old large mansion could be extremely quiet and creepy at times, especially after all the help had left for their homes for the day. Mokuba personally wasn't fond of the mansion at times like this, plus sometimes found it a little silly to have such a massive place when it was only himself and his brother that ever stayed here.

The younger Kaiba proceeded to walk through the corridors and felt a shiver go through his spine, felt like someone was seriously watching him. He stopped himself and quickly dashed his head around to look at his surroundings but couldn't see anything, still didn't stop the feeling though.

"Hello?" Mokuba called out cautiously, not sure whether he was actually saying it to anyone.

Mokuba's eyes turned into slits, he just knew someone was watching him. Why couldn't the person just show his face? Mokuba suddenly heard a mechanical noise moving over above him, his head darted up to see the security camera fixated on him. Mokuba felt himself blush to a little, feeling stupid and paranoid when nothing was wrong. Must just be the security camera........

Mokuba shook his head, clearing himself of his paranoid thoughts and couldn't believe how silly he was being. Mokuba continued his path down the corridors but after a couple of moments the paranoid feelings soon returned and he couldn't stop himself from a creepy shiver that came from his body.

"Look! I know your there!?" Mokuba yelled, he couldn't be that paranoid, could he? "Seto? Is that you?"

Mokuba had stopped once again and was looking around himself; he was now a couple of corridors down from where he last stopped. Once again Mokuba heard the mechanical noise from above him and saw another security camera that was totally fixated on him. Ok........ Now those things were giving him the creeps. They don't usually fixate like that on him when he walked down these corridors. He quickly started to walk off down the corridor but his face remained on the security camera and he noticed that it creepily changed its angle totally to follow him precisely. He changed his head direction to see another doing exactly the same thing, by now Mokuba felt a bit of panic and started to run through the corridors and to his bedroom. He tried desperately to ignore all the cameras that were following his every move as he ran. Sure it seemed a little stupid to feel scared from security cameras but something didn't feel right.......... Someone was watching him........

Mokuba quickly swung the bedroom door open and ran inside, slamming the door immediately behind him. He started taking in deep breaths from all the running and was thankful to be out of the security cameras sight.

What was with those things? Mokuba quickly thought to himself. Now I'm sounding stupid...... Security cameras.... Aren't really a real threat..... No... Well not usually. But those things....... They didn't feel like security cameras that were observing the area. Their stare....... Almost felt like an actual person watching over me. Something creepy about those things......

Mokuba shook his head, why was this happening to him? He couldn't tell Seto that either, Seto will then know for sure that he has totally lost his marbles. Mokuba turned around to face the rest of the room and let out a little gasp when he saw the laptop that he left just before having dinner. Not only was it turned on again, the light flickered from the computers camera system and had moved position to totally face him.

"Ok...... Who's in here?" Mokuba demanded, trying to hide his shock and scared feelings. "I'll call my big brother if you're not supposed to be here."

Mokuba waited for some kind of reply but received nothing. He looked directly at the laptop and the cameras lens and shiver yet again, it gave off exactly the same feeling as the security cameras outside in the corridors. Looking at him intently, it didn't feel like a piece of metal looking at him but almost like an actual person......... Who had turned his laptop on and moved it to look at him in this direction? Who had turned on his computers camera? He remembered that he definitely turned everything off.......

Mokuba couldn't take anymore of the creepy staring he walked forward and slammed the lid down on his laptop. He then proceeded to lean down the side of his desk and pulled the wires out of the laptop, totally turning it off.

"Like to see you turn on after that." Mokuba muttered at no one in particular but was glad to finally feel comfortable and that he wasn't being watched. But even though he felt more comfortable... What was going on? He couldn't have imagined the whole thing...... Could he? Plus should he mention something to Seto? Maybe not....... Seto would just think Mokuba's imagination was getting the better of him.

Seto walked down the corridors and tried to ignore the feeling that he was being watched, he knew it was most likely him over thinking again. He was also hoping that Mokuba had listened to him and hadn't gone off without permission; he couldn't risk Mokuba's safety....... Mokuba's safety to him wasn't something he even wanted to gamble with.

He entered the virtual chambers and went over to the computer equipment to start them up. Granted that it was getting late but he felt like he needed it to relax, he wouldn't be doing it for too long though. After setting the machines up he walked over to the main capsule and proceeded to lay down in it and put all the necessary wires and things on him. He then clicked the button to say he was ready, the machine continued on and lowered the lid and pushed the head gear close up to the sides of Kaiba's head. With that Kaiba visually went unconscious and looked dead to the real world and transported himself to the virtual world for some training.

Meanwhile a nearby computer screen flashed up a little box of indication of what it was doing. The message read:

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Hope you enjoyed the new chapter and tell me what you think, everyone loves reviews, lol. Hopefully should update soon.