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Chapter Ten

Seto contacted Ishizu and told her "Strickland sent me a message via the email telling me that he was coming after me and my family and especially Joey. He didn't say when he would try to attack us, but I'm really scared because I don't know how to destroy that monster." Ishizu assured Seto "that she'd let the other know and they will take care of it." When Ishizu told "Odeon what Seto had told her, he got really agitated and went to find the others and he told them we have to take out both Strickland and Verin and do it now, because he has threatened Seto and if he attacks that means not only will Seto, Joey and Mokuba get hurt, so will Yugi, Ryou and Malik and I won't let that happen."

Roland then said "we have to come up with some sort of a plan and not go running around like lab rats. Strickland must have a plan and he must really be desperate to try anything that daring, so lets put our heads together and come up with some plan of attack, because I'd rather die then let that bastard attack my loved ones."

Verin had gotten word about how Geryon had been destroyed and by whom and he was besides himself with fear and anger. How could a group of non-demons enter the shadows and get as far as they did without being hurt or killed. It just didn't comprehend how such a feat happened, but he was going to make damn sure that they weren't going to get him, he was going to kill everyone of them one by one and laugh when he killed them off.

Seto didn't let Joey or the others know about the message, because it wouldn't do any of them any good knowing because none of them could stop it. He just prayed that somehow the ones that they were relying on could take them out and keep anyone else from dying. Seto sat down on the couch, looked at all of them sleeping, and said a prayer that they would all be saved from harm and that their loved ones would too.

Back at the Ishtar residence:

Odeon told everyone about what Ishizu told him and at first there was total chaos, but then Bakura stood up an said "listen we have to keep our wits and come up with some kind of plan to get Verin to come out in the open and bring Strickland with him and if we're lucky we can take both of the out with one try." Marik and Yami stood beside their friend and they agreed with Bakura. Charlie then said "when we were in the mercenaries, and we were after some high profile person we'd set up a trap to entice them into thinking that nothing could hurt them and that would be their one and only mistake and then we'd just take them out without any causalities."

Odeon then said "can we do the same thing here?" Roland then told him "we can try, but if Verin is as suspicious as you say he is then it might take a little more coaxing to get him to come out of hiding, but hell we've got the best brains in the world right here so lets get to thinking of a way."

One day while Mokuba was messing with the computer, he came upon the email that Strickland had sent to his brother and he ran to get Joey and after Joey read it, he said "get Seto here now!" Mokuba called his brother and told him that Joey wanted to talk to him and as he was trying to tell his brother what Joey wanted, Joey took the phone from Mokie and said to Seto "when were you going to tell me that Strickland had contacted you, huh?" Joey then slammed down the phone and told Mokuba to go find Yugi and the others and tell them that I have to talk to them and then go and lock yourself in your room and don't come out till I come and get you."

Seto came storming into the Manor and he was yelling his brothers name when Joey appeared in the doorway and said "this doesn't concern him, but it sure as hell concerns us, now I want some answers and if you can't answer them then I'm going to find someone who will. God Seto, enough people have been either hurt of killed because of this bastard and it's about time he and that damn demon what's his name is taken care of once and for all and if you don't start talking in the next two seconds then I'm going to go find out what I want to know even if I have to go find Strickland myself!"

Seto stood there staring at Joey because he hadn't ever been this wound up before and he knew that if he didn't tell him what he wanted to know then Joey would go find Strickland and get himself killed in the process, so Seto picked up the phone and called Ishizu and told her that somehow Joey found the email and he wanted answers and he needed help talking Joey out of doing something stupid." Ishizu then told Seto "we'll be right there and to have the others there too."

Ishizu then told Odeon and the others what was happening at the Manor and if they didn't get the hell over there, then Joey was determined to find Strickland and Verin himself, and Seto is scared that he just might do it." Odeon then said "we need to get over there and talk to that jackass and let him know just how powerful Verin really is and maybe just maybe that might make him change his mind." So they all went to the Manor to talk to Joey.

When they got there, Odeon went over to Joey and as he stood there he told him "listen here, who the hell you think that you are anyway? Joey, you don't know anything about who these two things are. Verin is a demon from the shadows and he's very powerful and as for Strickland, well he has gotten some of his strength from making a deal with Verin and I ever hear that you're going to even try to find them, I'll beat the living hell out of you."

Joey stood there and he told Odeon "been there done that and believe me it wasn't fun having your own father try to kill you, but I'll be damned if I'm just going to sit here and let anyone else die without at least trying to stop them myself. Odeon, those me died because of what Strickland did to me and I never even got to tell them thank you, do you know what that feels like? Well I'm not going to just sit here while someone else dies so please let me help, I'm not afraid of anyone or anything."

Bakura then stood up and said "you know he just might be able to help after all. He went on to explain, what if Marik or I make ourselves look like Wheeler and get Strickland to believe that he is going to try to fight him hell he will jump at the chance and so will Verin and then all we have to do is to spring the trap and bingo we do away with both of them." Ishizu went to Bakura and said "I can help with the transformation but it would only last for a couple of hours, so we will have to make sure that Strickland gets the news that Joey is out looking for him."

Seto then said "how about if Joey send him an email telling him that he is tired of seeing people die because of him and that he wants to fight him, will that work?" Roland the went over to Joey and he said "young man if we weren't so pressed with time I'd take you over my knee and blister your ass till you couldn't sit down." Joey smiled and said "I love you too, so lets get this ball a rolling and get those two bastards for killing Jimmy and Benny." So Seto helped Joey make up a phony email and send it to Strickland and Ishizu went back with Bakura and Marik to start concocting some kind of magic spell that would make either of them appear to be Joey. All they could do was pray that this plan worked because they probably wouldn't get another chance to destroy both Verin and Strickland again.

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