Zypher: Well, you will all get me for this later but it essential to the plot. Enjoy.
Pet Shop of Horrors
Chapter 10
Pegasus smirked as Kemo dragged Yami in. "Chain him up with the strong chains we have. We can't have him escaping, can we?" he said as Kemo did as he was told. 'Now all I need to do is find their owner and everything shall be set in motion.' Pegasus thought.
After Aqua told Bakura and Crimson about Pegasus, he headed home to see how Yugi was doing and if Yami got back. He landed and Laryns looked up to him before she let him inside. He went upstairs and into Yugi room where Keara and Veeshan were watching him closely. He was still asleep peacefully.
"Did Yami come back yet?" Aqua asked. Keara shook her head. "No. I haven't seen him come back for a while and I'm worried. If he found Pegasus then he should've been back now. What about you?" Keara explained. "I went to warn the others to watch out for Pegasus' men. They don't know about him so they needed to be warned before something happens to Jou, Diamond, Kaiser or Ryou." Aqua said.
-Maybe you should follow your trail. If Yami should have gotten back after finding Pegasus then something must have happened to him.- Veeshan said and Aqua nodded. "I believe you're right. I'll get on it and find out what happened to him. Yugi would be devastated if I don't bring him back unharmed." he said and left once more.
Later on, Yami woke up slowly and found out he was in one of the hotel rooms and he was chained up well. He tried to break the chains but they were strong and looked like they weren't giving way soon. He growled and looked around. 'This must be Pegasus' room. No doubt about that.' Yami thought as said man entered the room and he growled.
"Now, Yami. Don't act that way. You in my presence now and if you want your owner to be safe then I suggest you cooperate." Pegasus said and Yami stopped. 'He couldn't have found him already?' Yami thought worriedly. "We haven't found him yet but we happen to have found where the others pets that I wanted are and they shall been trapped with you soon enough." He said with a smirk.
"Leave them alone, Pegasus! They are perfectly fine with the owners they have chosen! Seeing your ugly face won't change anything!" Yami hissed but cried out as electricity ran through him. "I wouldn't say that again, Yami. Currently, you are wearing a shock collar and if you are disrespectful to me then be prepared for a huge shock."
Yami growled softly and looked down to the floor, worried about Yugi along with the other pets and their owners.
"Marik? You have to let me and Topaz go! I'm worried about Ryou and the others!" Malik said as he looked to Marik. "I can't. I don't want you to be captured by Pegasus." Marik said. "Please, Marik? We'll be fine. We have gotten past Pegasus before. If we didn't then we would have never met you and Toben." Marik sighed. He really loved Malik and the thought of him getting captured by Pegasus made him worried. He didn't want to lose him to Pegasus but if that what he wanted then he would let him do so.
"Ok. I'll let you both go but," Marik said softly as he wrapped his arms around Malik. "Please, come back safely." he whispered. He blushed a little before he hugged him back. "We will. I will not let Pegasus capture us so easily." Malik said. "Come on, Topaz. We have to hurry." Malik called and Topaz came downstairs. He looked up to Toben who had tears in his eyes and he was tempted to not leave him.
'I'll be back, Toben. I won't leave you alone.' Topaz thought as he and Malik left out the house.
Ryou sat curled in Bakura's arms, singing a soft song to him. Diamond has told them about Pegasus and that he was coming after them. It made Bakura furious about it because he didn't want to lose Ryou. But what made Ryou happy was that Bakura loved him back. He cared about him ever since they first met and he planned to keep in protected even if it meant his life.
Diamond and Crimson walked in a bit later. Bakura looked up to them. "Any sign of Pegasus?" Diamond shook her head. "No, but his goons are out there for sure. Nearly caught me if it wasn't for Crimson." she said. "He's hiding somewhere in the city but it would be dangerous if we tried to look for him." Crimson said.
They soon heard and knock at the door and Ryou stopped his singing. Bakura looked up as well. "Could that be them?" Ryou asked, moving closer to Bakura. "I don't know. Let me check." Crimson said as he headed downstairs. Diamond following from behind just in case they tried to take him away.
Back in the room, Ryou was shaking in fear. "I'm scared, Bakura." Ryou whispered. Bakura ran a hand through his hair. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him take you away from me." Bakura said.
Crimson walked over to the door and looked back to Diamond who was in her panther form, ready to attack if it happened to be one of Pegasus' goons. He opened the door and it revealed to be Malik and Topaz. She shifted back into her human form and looked to them. "Malik? Topaz? What are you doing here?" Diamond asked as Crimson let them inside, unaware that one of the suits saw Malik and Topaz and was planning how to get them along with Diamond.
"We came here to see you." Malik said. "A while ago before Pegasus came and tried to adopt us, we heard that you and Ryou got adopted. We then ran off from Pegasus and were taken in by Marik and Toben. They said they knew where you were so we planned to come over and see you both along with Jou and Kaiser." Topaz said.
"Where's Ryou?" Malik asked. "He's upstairs with my half-brother." Crimson said. Before they knew it, a smoke bomb was thrown through the window and they didn't react in time. "Crap! They must've saw Malik and Topaz! Hurry and get upstairs!" Diamond yelled as they headed upstairs. Croquet along with some other suits entered through the broken window.
"Where are you?" Croquet said as he looked around the smoke filled room. "I believe they headed upstairs, sir." One of the men said. "Ok then, come on. Pegasus is waiting for them." Croquet said as they went for the stairs.
Diamond and the others burst into the room, scaring Ryou slightly. "Sorry Ryou but we need to get out of here." Diamond said. "Why?" Bakura asked. "Pegasus' goons found out were here." Diamond said. "Oh no," Ryou whispered quietly. "They're heading up here now. We need to get out of here." Malik said as he locked the door.
"We can head over to Kaiba's. He has his own bodyguards so they can let us stay there." Bakura said. "Ok then. Let's get out of here." Malik said as he opened the window. They all shifted into their animal forms. Malik climbed out first and made a leap for the building across from them, the window leveled with the roof of the building. Diamond let Crimson climb onto her back and she jumped out the window as well.
Ryou was still shaking a bit and Bakura tried to comfort him. "Please, Ryou. Don't be afraid. We need to get out of here and now." Bakura whispered. That was all he needed as Ryou nodded and flew out the window, waiting for Bakura to come out as well. He came out as well and Ryou grabbed him by the shoulders and flew up a bit.
The last to leave was Topaz but the door slammed opened and a rope was tied around his neck. He growled and tried to fight them off but he was outnumbered. "Topaz!" Malik yelled and jumped back inside, biting through the rope easily and they ran for the window.
"Tranquilize them!" Croquet ordered and they pulled out their tranquilizer guns and shot at them. Malik was down in an instant, trying to fight off the effect of the tranquilizers but it was too much. Topaz stayed up a bit longer but he felt the drowsiness creep up slowly as he tried to get to the window. Diamond ran over to the edge of the roof and reached out for him. He did the same but he was starting to fall into unconsciousness and he felt to the floor of Bakura's room.
Two of the men picked them up as Diamond backed away. "Come on, we best take the roofs all the way to Seto's." Diamond said. Ryou nodded and flew off, still holding onto Bakura with his talons as Diamond jumped from roof to roof, her mind falling into depression that Malik and Topaz were caught. 'Marik and Toben will be hurt to hear about this.' Diamond thought.
Aqua landed by the hotel Pegasus resided in and walked inside. He looked around to make sure none of his men was around and walked around the desk and into the elevator. 'If I know him, he must have the top suite.' Aqua thought as he pressed the number of the highest floor of the hotel.
Once the elevator reached that floor, he walked out and went to the only room that was on the floor. 'I hope Pegasus is gone.' Aqua thought as he picked the lock open with his claw and opened the door.
Yami looked up to see if it was Pegasus again but instead it was Aqua. "Aqua, is Yugi ok?" Yami asked as he ran over. "Yes, he was still asleep when I got back." Aqua said as he picked the lock that held the chains tight around Yami's body. "Come on, let hurry up and get out of here." Yami nodded as they were about to leave but they heard the click of a door locking and they saw Pegasus come in.
"Aqua, how nice of you to join us." Pegasus said. "Let us go Pegasus." Aqua growled, baring sharp teeth. "On no, now that you're here. I'm almost done with my search and then we can all head home so I can break you all." Pegasus said with a sneer. Aqua growled again and went to attack Pegasus but he pulled out a shock collar and threw it. It clasped around his neck and he cried out as it shocked him.
He fell to the ground, slightly paralyzed and Pegasus walked over to him. "You are such a disobedient pet, Aqua. Just like I told Yami, if you are bad then I will shock you. If you try to leave or take it off then you may be paralyzed for a while." Pegasus said as Kemo brought out more chains and clasped it to the collars and then to a hook that was in the wall.
"Sir, I got a call from Croquet. He said he caught two more. The Bengal tiger and Egyptian jackal that you adopted yesterday." Kemo said. "Good, we'll be leaving sooner than I thought."
Yami looked down quietly. 'Great, that only leaves Ryou, Diamond, Jou and Kaiser. Please, don't let them be captured.' he thought.
Ryou and Diamond landed in front of the gate that led up to the Kaiba mansion and Bakura looked to the guards as Ryou perched on his shoulder. "You have to let us in. Some men are coming after us for our pets." Bakura said and they nodded as the gates opened. They ran in and up to the door. Crimson knocked in the door and Seto opened the door.
"What brings you guys here?" Seto asked as he let them in. "Pegasus' men are coming after us. They already caught Marik and Toben's pets. They're next." Bakura said, pointing at Ryou and Diamond. "Great. You guys can stay here. You'll both be fine with my guards keeping a eye out for Pegasus' men." Seto said. Jou came downstairs and looked to them.
"Diamond? Ryou? Why are you two here?" Jou asked. Seto looked to him. "They are being chased by Pegasus' men. They're going to stay here with us. I better call Yugi and tell him what's going on." Seto said as he went to the phone by the kitchen and called Yugi's house.
Keara looked up when she heard the phone ring and she picked it up, knowing that Pegasus couldn't know about Yugi just yet. "Hello?" she answered. "Keara? Is that you?" Seto asked. "Yeah. What going on?" she asked. "Bakura, Crimson and their pets just arrived here. I want you to come over and bring Yugi with you. He might be in trouble if Pegasus' men come over to the game shop." Seto explained.
"That would be a good idea. I'll bring him over right away before I go and look for Yami and Aqua. They might be in trouble since they never came back." Keara said. "Ok. Hurry now." Seto said and hung up the phone. She hung up the phone right after him and looked to Veeshan.
"Veeshan, I want you to head back. I'm going to take Yugi over to Seto's. Try to not start anything with Laryns, Innoruuk and Cazic and tell them to head back into their stones." Keara said. She nodded and went to do so as she picked up Yugi and went out the window, unfurling her wings before she flew off to Seto's.
Two of Pegasus' men brought Malik and Topaz in and placed shock collars on them as well before they chained them up next to Yami and Aqua. Malik woke up slowly and looked to them. He was shocked to see that they were caught. "How did you two get caught?" Malik asked. "I got hit with too many tranquilizer darts and Aqua came here to save me but he was caught by Pegasus when he placed these damned shock collars around his neck." Yami explained.
"How are we supposed to get out of here?" Topaz asked, regretting himself for getting caught. He promised to Toben he wouldn't get caught and now look at him. "I don't know. Pegasus has the key to unlock these collars without shocking us and we couldn't do it or else they will paralyze us." Aqua said. "And if we break these chains and try to leave, it will do the same." Yami added.
Malik sighed. 'I promised you, Marik. I said we weren't going to get caught but we did. I might not see you ever again. I love you.' Malik thought, a tear sliding down his face.
Yugi woke up during the flight and looked up to Keara. "What's going on, Keara?" Yugi asked. "I'm taking you to Seto's. I think Yami and Aqua got captured by Pegasus along with Malik and Topaz." Keara said. Yugi was close to tears when he heard that. "Don't cry, Yugi. I'm going there to see If I can free them." Keara said. "Take me with you. I can't leave them alone or else they may kill themselves just trying to get away from him to reach me." Yugi said.
"I can't, Yugi. Yes, I know about the rules for caring them but I can't put you in danger." Keara said. "Please? Let me come. I can't bear to be away from them." Yugi pleaded. She sighed and nodded. "Alright, I'll take you but you have to be careful. You're the only key Pegasus will need to make them cooperate if they aren't now." Keara said as she turned away from the mansion and flew off in the direction she last saw Aqua going.
It was getting close to night and the man that saw Jou and Kaiser earlier made his way over to the mansion with a few more men. Pegasus told him to capture them along with any other pets that may be hiding there and bring them back to the hotel so they can leave before Seto and Ruby finds out.
He opened the window quietly and stepped inside along with the other men. "Ok, search this mansion completely. Search every room, look through every hallway. We will not leave without those animals." The man said and they nodded as they did as he ordered. They were able to find Ryou and Diamond easily but it was a problem for Bakura and Crimson were holding them close.
They were able to pry them out of their grip but it almost caused them to wake up. They tranquilized Ryou and Diamond so they wouldn't wake up and left the room. The other men found where Jou and Kaiser were but it was a little harder to get them because Seto and Ruby were light sleepers.
It was a tough fight but they manage to knock Seto and Ruby unconscious and took Jou and Kaiser away. "We have them all sir. We're coming back now." The man said. "Good. Hurry up before they find out and try to follow you back." Pegasus said over the phone and hung up.
Yami looked up when he heard Pegasus hang up the phone. "Well, we'll be leaving soon so make your goodbyes to your hometown." Pegasus said as he left the room. Malik sighed. "What are we going to do? It will take a miracle for someone to find us here." Malik said. Yami had to agree. With the last pets on Pegasus' list captured and being brought here, who could possibly find us?
Then he remembered Keara and hope flared through him. "We still have one person left." Yami said. Topaz looked to him. "Who?" Topaz asked. "Keara." Aqua said, catching on. "The shop's helper? When did you meet her?" Malik asked. "She helped me save Yugi from a demon that captured our owner that he was planning to take to a girl that we didn't like. She is staying with us and we told her to watch Yugi but she must be suspicious by now since we haven't come back yet." Yami said.
"So she may know where we are by now and is coming to help us." Aqua said.
As soon as he said that, Keara landed outside the window of the room that held them and placed Yugi on her back while she opened the window silently. She slipped in and made sure Pegasus wasn't around and Yugi climbed off her back and ran over to Yami and Aqua.
"Yami! Aqua!" Yugi called and they looked up. "Yugi! What are you doing here?" Yami asked. "I came to get you two out of here. I said I wasn't going to break the contract and staying away from you both any longer would have cause you two to do something rash." Yugi said. Yami smiled at the determination his little owner possessed and made a move to hug him but the chain held him back.
Yugi walked over to them and unhooked the chains that held them to the wall. Malik and Topaz shook of the feeling for sitting so long while Yami and Aqua walked over to Yugi. Unfortunately, the moment was ruined when Pegasus came back in. "Ah, so this is your new owner? How nice of him to show himself." Pegasus said and they growled but got shocked by the collars.
"Leave him alone, Pegasus." Yami growled out. "Oh but I can't. He will be needed in order to make you two obey my commands and do what I wanted you to do when I first saw you." Pegasus said and shocked Yami and Aqua again as he walked over to Yugi. "Leave him alone!" Keara yelled but was hit with a strong paralyzing dart and stood stock still as she watched him grab Yugi before he could run and tied his hands together behind him.
"Let them go, Pegasus!" Keara yelled. "No and you are in no position to stop me. Come on, the plane awaits." Pegasus said and took them out from the hotel room. Keara struggled, still feeling the paralysis affecting her. "Cazic! Innoruuk!" she called. -What?- Cazic responded. "Get out here now! I need you two to follow Pegasus and get Yugi and the others back before they leave Domino." Keara explained and they nodded. /We're on it!/ Innoruuk said as they appeared and followed Pegasus.
They were soon being loaded onto the plane, Yugi along with the other stolen pets being taken into the cargo hold. "Hurry up! That dragon will be un-paralyzed soon and I don't want her to follow us out." Pegasus commanded and soon, they had Aqua loaded in with the others after a bit of struggling.
Just as they got to the airport, they saw them take off. "Shit! They already left!" Innoruuk said. "We have to tell Keara along with the other owners. They will be devastated but we need to locate Pegasus and fast." Cazic said and he nodded as they ran back to the hotel where Keara was still in.
Zypher: I'm so evil! Must be because I'm hanging around Innoruuk too much.
Innoruuk: Hey!
Zypher Shush! Anyway, please review so you can help save them from Pegasus.