Chapter 8: Cliffhanger Resolved and a Change of Scenery

After Playing My Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, my luck just went uphill. I destroyed all his monsters and wiped out the rest of his Life Points in a few measly turns. My ego was thoroughly stroked. I like it when I win. I like it a lot.

We went out for ice cream to celebrate. It's nice to know that even in the future they have ice cream. It makes me happy. The only bad part about it was that all the couples sat together, gawking over each other the entire time. The only ones not in a relationship with one another were Duke and I. And he apparently had another girlfriend who we're not even going to mention in this fan-fic because she doesn't do anything for the story or the plot. So I had to sit next to Duke Devlin. Great.

The only couple who wasn't gawking over each other, or making out in Joey and Mai's case, was Téa and Yugi. And that was because he was talking to Duke about Duel Monsters while Téa pouted and glanced every once and a while at the other couples as if she wished it could be her and Yugi doing that. This is extremely important men of the world! Never under any circumstances talk to your friend about what you like to do when your girlfriend is sitting at the table! Otherwise you will, like Yugi, always remain a virgin.

I spent another night in the Game Shop. Thankfully tomorrow we were going to go to Egypt. Jeeze, it took long enough. I decided to talk to Yugi to pass the time, since it was way too early to go to sleep yet. Maybe I could help Téa with her 'Yugi-needs-to-give-me-more-attention' dilemma.

"It's time Bakura."

"I know, Marik."

"It's been eight chapters, and we're finally going to make our move. The world will be ours!"

"I know, Marik."

"A-ha, ha, ha, ha! I feel so evil!"

"That's nice, Marik."

"Now where's my f-ing drink?"

"He'll be back with it any second now, I assure you."

Just then the third person who lived there walked up with the anticipated drinks. "Yes, Excellent!" Marik exclaimed as he took a drink. Living in the same stupid place as Marik was about all that he could handle. But soon the world would be his and he wouldn't even have to look at Marik's face ever again. Bloody tart.

"Actually Téa, all I figured out was that he has a gaming fetish. Sorry, but I'm as lost as you on this one." We were walking down the road to meet the others. Yugi was with us, but he was ahead of us and just looking through his deck as he walked, so he didn't hear us.

"Oh, it's alright Alora. I've been dating him for almost two years now, and I still don't have him figured out." She looked from me to where he was and sighed.

"You can go stand by him if you want. I don't mind." I really didn't mind, and this poor girl needed all the time with her non-attentive boyfriend that she could get.

"Really?"

"Really."

"Thanks." She smiled and caught up with Yugi. I don't know how she did it but soon she had managed to draw his attention away from his cards and to her. It looked like they were having an interesting conversation. I just walked along behind. Pretty soon my mind began to wander. It does that when I have nothing else to do. What happened next caught me entirely by surprise.

I was sauntering along thinking about nothing in particular, when I was suddenly pulled sideways. A had went over my mouth, and another went around my arms and waist. "Hello, darling. Might you join us for a spell?" I knew that accent! It was Bakura! Oh snap!

"Ha, ha! Excellent!" Bakura turned, pulling me with him. Marik, who was standing behind him, had just exclaimed his delight.

"Marik, shut up! They'll hear us!" I tried kicking, but it was no use. Bakura carried me along no problem, holding me up with only one arm, the other hand always on my mouth. Marik led the way through the alleyway I had just been pulled into. I tried to memorize our path in case by some stroke of luck I would be able to escape, but memorizing was not one of my strong points and the maze of brick we moved through was too complicated to tell right from left, let alone memorize the whole thing.

We exited the twisting pathways and came out onto a small pier. There was only one boat; a speed boat. Other then that the place was abandoned. We climbed aboard, which seemed like an amazing feat to me since Bakura's grip never even loosened.

Once on board, Marik started the engine and we started off. I didn't even try to struggle at this point. What was the use? They had me on a boat in the middle of abandoned nowhere, and I had no idea how to get back. Bakura noticed that I wasn't struggling. "You aren't going to try anything funny, are you now?" I shook my head. He loosened his grip slightly, testing if I was going to try to make a break for it. I did nothing, so he removed his hands completely.

"Thanks." I said. I know it might seem weird and wrong to thank someone who just kidnapped you, but I was glad that he wasn't squeezing all of the air out of me anymore. Seriously, I could do worse than being kidnapped by the two hottest characters on the show. Way worse.

"Marik, do you even know where you're going?" asked Bakura.

"I certainly do! Don't question my sense of direction!" We traveled along the shore, but far enough away so that I couldn't make an escape. I had to sit next to Bakura. It was… interesting.

He kept looking me over. Every time he looked my way, he subconsciously got closer. As he got closer, I scooted away. Eventually I was backed up against the side with his face only inches from mine. I leaned further out, and almost fell over the edge into the water.

"Bakura, stop trying to molest her!"

"I'm not trying to molest her."

"Then what the heck are you doing? She's about to fall out!"

"No she's not."

"What are you doing to her?"

"Nothing…" he looked from me (finally) to Marik. "I'm just looking…" He saw the questioning and somewhat creeped-out look on both our faces and backed up. "Never mind." He continued to glance my way for the rest of the voyage, though.

We arrived at our destination. It wasn't exactly what I had expected, but I guess it was as good a place as any for an evil hideout. It was an old, semi-abandoned marina warehouse. Bakura grinned evilly and said, "Welcome to hell."

Character's Note: I got kidnapped again. Perfect. I just hope the author isn't one of those Twilight Nerds who have to make every character unlucky just because they worship Stephanie Meyer. I refuse to be Bella Swan! I will not be silenced!