Finally done with it. ^^ Enjoy..
Ch. 4 Of cars and rats
- That was so cool! – Mokuba exclaimed excitedly.
Neither Seto nor Alice replied to him, so the boy quieted down and looked out of the window. Seto was driving so fast he could only see a black-grey blur instead of the buildings. However, he did notice something strange.
- The streets are empty… - he muttered to himself then turned to his brother. – Seto?
- Hmm?
- Don't you think it's weird that there isn't anybody on the streets? I mean, it's a big city after all.
Seto nodded.
- I was thinking the same. Yes, Mokuba, it is strange. I wonder how big Dartz's control is here. – He said quietly.
Mokuba shivered at this.
- Tea said the police were working for him too. – He reminded.
Seto nodded.
- That means we might encounter a few problems. – He said grimly. – Not only does he have those creatures, but now the police and who knows what else.
Alice moaned quietly from the back seat. Mokuba could see the reflection of her eyes in the mirror. They were filled with fear. The boy knew she was still against Seto going to Dartz, but he also knew she was helpless to do anything about it. He had noticed that sometimes it seemed like his older brother had some sort of power over her, while other times it seemed just the opposite. He couldn't find any explanation for this and he knew neither Seto nor Alice would give him an answer.
- Uh… If he is so powerful, why do we have to go to him? It will be dangerous. –Mokuba asked.
- Because we are one of the little people who can battle him. – Seto replied.
Mokuba was surprised. He had expected his brother to say something about Kaiba Corp. But this was a very unusual thing for Seto to say. The boy looked at the back seat and saw Alice was smiling. This confused him. She was scared and yet happy?
- But then … couldn't we have stayed with Yugi and the others? – Even as Mokuba was asking this he knew his brother's reaction.
Seto stopped the car abruptly an Alice hissed like a cat from the back seat. The CEO looked at his younger brother angrily.
- You know why we couldn't. I don't want to be around people who hate me and Alice! – He almost yelled.
- They don't hate you… - The boy muttered, but even he didn't believe his own words.
Seto sneered.
- They hate us and I hate them as well. – He repeated and Mokuba saw Alice's reflection nodding in agreement.
He sighed and looked out the window. They had stopped on a large street which had various stores and cafés on both its sides. Of course, at the moment they were shut down, dark and empty.
- We better get going. – Seto spoke after a while.
He started the car again and they drove a couple of minutes in silence.
-Well, at least we aren't in very big danger because there is no one out in the streets. – Mokuba said still looking out of his window.
Seto suddenly halted the car again.
- Don't be so sure… - he muttered.
The little boy looked at him confused then looked out of the front window of the car. He saw at least a hundred of Dartz's minions standing in front of the car, staring at it. Mokuba yelped surprised.
- How are we going to get pass them? – He asked scared – there were too many of them!
Seto smirked.
- We already know how. – He replied, preparing his deck and duel disk.
- But there are too many! – Moiba exclaimed.
- The more, the merrier. – His older brother said shrugging.
He got out of the car and Mokuba followed him. He knew he couldn't do anything to help Seto fight the minions, but he wanted to be close to his brother anyway. Alice exited the car as well and she quickly went to Seto and stood beside him, looking at the minions with contempt.
Seto summoned his Blue Eyes White Dragon. It attacked the minions and destroyed some of them but there were still too many.
- Big brother, it doesn't work. – Mokuba whined scared.
- Mokuba, what have I told you? If at first you don't succeed, blast them with your Blue Eyes again!
Alice chuckled at this. Mokuba also smiled lightly, but his smile quickly disappeared as one of the minions grabbed him.
- Seto! – The boy yelled.
A second later the minion was destroyed by Blue Eyes and Mokuba was pulled behind his brother's back.
- Are you alright? – Seto asked.
- Just a bit freaked out. – Mokuba replied.
After ten more minutes all of the minions were gone. Smirking, Seto summoned back his dragon and turned to Alice. She smiled at him and kissed him lightly on the lips.
- Come on, let's go. – Seo spoke after a couple of minutes of holding the girl in his arms and stroking her hair.
Once again they got in the car and headed towards Dartz's lair. Mokuba was again looking out of the window, thinking. Dartz had complete control over the city – he had minions, the police and the power of that Oricalcos thing. Who knew what could be waiting for them somewhere in the city, hiding in the dark empty streets. The little boy was so scared that this time they were against a foe who was much stronger than them, that when his brother stopped the car again, the boy jumped in his seat and looked around, sure that some deadly monster was attacking them.
But he didn't see any monster. He saw Tea and Tristan …. and Tristan was carrying Joey! Mokuba quickly got out of the car.
- Hey! – He greeted them and then pointed to Joey. – Did he…?
- Yes. – Tristan replied sadly. – But we found Valon's soulless body as well. Someone else had beaten Joey in a duel.
- Really? I didn't know Dartz recruited 5-year-olds. – came Seto's sarcastic comment.
Mokuba was so shocked about Joey he hadn't noticed that Seto and Alice had got out of the car as well.
- Shut up, Kaiba! Can't you keep your mouth shut at least this time! Joey lost his soul and Yugi ran to Dartz all by himself and we're really worried for him so the last thing we need right now is your insults! – Tea said.
To her displeasure Seto had only heard a few words out of her rant.
- Yugi ran to Dartz all by himself? – He asked. – Is he crazy? He saw what happened to the mutt and still acts like a complete idiot.
Mokuba sighed. Why did Seto always act so rude to other people? Why did he have to insult almost everyone around him? The boy was hardly listening to the others, who were now arguing about whether it was right of Seto to insult Joey while they were fighting a common enemy. However, the boy did hear something else. It was behind him. He turned around. What he saw scared him more than anything – rats. Hundreds of rats were running towards them. The boy cried out scared.
- … he is still a third-rate … What is it, Mokuba? – Seto asked quickly, hearing his brother's cry.
Mokuba just pointed. He couldn't say anything.
- Rats! – Tea screamed in a loud girly way which annoyed Seto.
Good thing Alice never acted like that, he thought.
He looked around and saw a fire escape with a ladder hanging about 5 feet above the ground.
-There! – He said.
He grabbed Alice's hand and dragged here there. He placed his hands on her waist and held her until she had safely climbed up. Then he helped his brother climb the ladder too. Then he also climbed up.
Everyone watched the rats as they ran through the alley. Alice pressed herself at Seto, she was shivering. He hugged her tightly.
- Everything is going to be ok. – He calmed her.
- Where did all of these come from? – Mokuba asked.
- I think I have a hunch who might be behind this. – Tristan said.
Needless to say, everyone had the same hunch.