Chapter 4

The Horrible Discovery

Seto walked into his house from work. Everything was still, quiet, empty, not that he expected a parade from Mokuba after what he had said, but he still expected Mokuba to be up at this hour.

Maybe he's asleep. After all, he's had a long day, Seto thought to himself as he hung up his jacket.

Seto was so busy that he didn't notice that there was no one at all in the Kaiba Mansion. He just groggily climbed the stairs, hoping to find his little brother sound asleep.

When he peeked inside, he found no sign of Mokuba anywhere. That's when Seto began to panic.

He ran down the stairs calling his name.

"Mokuba! Mokub-!" He stopped when he saw a tape lying on the dining room table. He picked it up to find there was a sticky note attached to it with the word 'WATCH' on it.

Seto walked over and put the tape into the VCR. He went over to the couch and sat down to watch, hoping that this was left by Mokuba.

A man in a ski mask came on. He was in solid black clothing from head to toe and was holding Mokuba with a gun to his head.

"Hello, Mr. Seto Kaiba, so nice to… chat with you although we cannot talk in person," said a man with a Romanian accent. "I know you don't like people wasting your precious time so let me just cut to the chase. I have your little twerp brother captive and I'll give him back to you if you give us 1.2 billion dollars in cash and you precious BEWD. If you report this to the authorities, you'll be lucky to get back a finger of you brother for his burial. Do I make myself clear because if I don't you are in big trouble, Mr. Kaiba."

The tape ended with Mokuba screaming and him laughing. Seto stared in shock. How could this happen, again?

"Mokuba," he said quietly.

"Where ever you are Mokuba, I will find you," he vowed as he rose up from the couch.

He slowly climbed the stairs, alone.