Target: Seto Kaiba
The Doctor went directly for the computers while Yugi and Donna remained at the table. "Yugi, what was so special about the tournament for Joey?"
"He was fighting for his little sister. Serenity has had eye problems since she was born and she needed surgery. But Joey's family couldn't afford it and we were coming up to the point of no return. I helped Joey enter Duelist Kingdom because the prize money would be enough for the procedure. He didn't actually win of course but he had grown so much as a person and had fought so bravely, that I gave him my winnings. He didn't argue because Serenity needed it and he had earned it."
"Wow! I had no idea that so much could ride on a trading card game."
"One thing that I've learned, Donna, is that it doesn't take much to turn the most innocent of games into a deadly war."
"It sounds like my adventures with the Doctor. It's fantastic but very dangerous."
"I can tell from your stories last night. And yet you keep going?"
"Of course, my plan is to travel with that man for the rest of my life. And before you get any ideas, I have absolutely no romantic interest in that skinny man. He's simply a great friend."
"Nice!"
"Yeah; oh did Joey's sister turn out alright?"
"We're not totally sure yet but the doctor's are very confident and hopeful."
"Brilliant, my thoughts are with her." A moment or two passed and Donna asked "What happened earlier when you seemed to become a different person?"
Yugi was about to answer but was interrupted; "Bingo!!" The Doctor's voice boomed so loudly that heads turned all around. His embarrassed companions rushed to his side and he went on "It seems that a locket matching this description was recently bought by a company called Kaiba Corporation along with some other old artifacts."
"Kaiba Corp!?" Yugi exclaimed "I know Seto Kaiba; I can't believe he's involved!"
"We don't know that he is yet. We need to pop over there and check things out."
Suddenly, a shadow loomed over them and they saw three tough looking teens looming over them. They all had murderous eyes and were cracking their knuckles.
"Hello chaps, lovely day isn't it?"
The one in front said "A nice day to die!"
He swung down a knife but the Doctor was too quick for him. The three friends ran for the cover of the book shelves. Only a handful of library patrons seemed shocked; most of them laughed and shouted threats.
"Our little beast has been busier than I thought: we need to get to him ASAP."
Donna wanted to know how he planned to do that; "I mean we haven't even found the locket yet."
"We don't need it; I could take us straight to Necropheles."
"Then why are we cowering in the back of a library instead of doing something? Why did we even was time here?"
The Doctor didn't answer because he was too distracted by the loud thumps that meant the shelves were falling like dominos. They dove to the side just in time and found themselves near an emergency exit. The Doctor pulled out the strange wand again and used it to disable the alarm before opening the door.
"That might buy us a few minutes head start. Come on you lot, back to the TARDIS."
They had luckily come out in the alley where it was parked and was soon inside. "Now to answer your question about the locket; we need to be as prepared as we can be when we face our wily foe. If he was really sealed in it then maybe we could re-seal him."
Yugi said "That makes sense but how are going to take us to him?"
"With this" he produced the vial containing Joey's blood "The TARDIS will isolate the alien energies and take us to whatever spot contains an exact duplicate of those energies."
He began to fiddle with the controls and the screen began to flash all kinds of strange symbols. It settled on one and the Doctor said "We've got him!" He threw a switch and they were off yet again.
"What ever happened to being prepared?" Yugi wanted to know.
"No time; half the city could be infected for all we know." The TARDIS settled to a stop and he continued "Here we go!"
They exited and found themselves in a very nice corridor in what seemed to be an office building. Yugi was shocked; "Your certain that we were on our way directly to the Shadow King?"
"As near as we could get. Why?"
"Because, unless I'm very much mistaken, this is Kaiba Corp!"
An office door opened and Seto stepped out of it. He appeared to be innocently surprised but his eyes flashed from the Doctor to the TARDIS and back in less than a second. The Time Lord noticed an angry, greedy look in that glance and knew they had found the beast.
