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I don't own Yugioh or Doctor Who
As the first of the month grew closer, I found myself growing nervous. I'd made some serious strides with my brother's help. I'd reopened, much to many of my regular's relief. I took my back trucks and stored them in the small cellar until I could go through and sort them. My coffee had been restocked, with an extra order of the Egyptian brew. Customers were loving the new organized shelves, and as a result, I'd seen a flux in business. It would be a Tuesday afternoon when a truck of unknown origin would pull up, with a sleek, familiar town car. In came Seto, pouring confidence as he stepped inside and looking at the people gathered at the different tables. "Everyone out. Wizard's Asylum is closed for the day." My brows flew up and I looked over in shock. "What?" The room filled with the sounds of grumbling and people moving. "What the hell are you doing? You can't just walk in here like you own the joint." I said, standing before him with my hands on my hips. "But I do own it." He reached into his suit and pulled out a folded sheet, offering it to me. Snatching it out of his hand, I scanned the sheet. It held a lot of law jargon, but I caught sight of one thing. 'Kaiba Corporation will own the following properties forthwith; 'Wizard's Asylum' at 3604, Vacant property at 3605, and any and all tenant housing owned by one Jensu Teneki at 3627.' He owned all of Jensu's properties. But why? And more importantly, how? "What have you done?" I asked as the last of my customers stepped out. "Not surprisingly, your previous landlord had some sloppy dealings. One of them just so happened to be with a business associate of mine." He smirked. "One phone call is all it took." I was speechless. "Why..." "Later. Come on, we have an appointment." "We?" My brows pinned in confusion. "We." He offered an arm, and with little reason not too, I took it. "Apollo! You too!" The sound of the dog's nails clicked on the wood floor as he jogged to catch up with us. "Call me when you're done." Said the blue eyed man to one of the men waiting by the truck. "Yes sir." "Who's-" "Later." He hushed as he pulled open the door to the town car and pressed me in, the dog following right after.
"Where... are we?" I asked as I climbed out of the car and looked around. We were somewhere in the outskirts of Domino, in some sort of quarry or train maintenance yard, I could hear the locomotives in the distance. "You're brother's late." Said the CEO, checking his Rolex and crossing his arms. "Jack?" My brows pinned in confusion, which only furthered at the sound of an engine. Looking at the gate, a metallic blue mustang came through with a rumble. Pulling up to the middle of the clearing, my brother got out with a grin. "Hey Jamie Lamey! Look at what your boyfriend let me play with!" I felt a blush run over my nose and groaned, covering my face with my hand. "You're late." Spoke Seto. "Couldn't help it man, I had to take it for a spin." Said Jack with a bright grin. "C'mere Jamie! I brought you a present." Feeling the blue eyed man's heavy hand on my shoulder, I felt pressed towards the shiny car. "Get a load of the junk in my trunk." Drawled Jack, keys in hand as he popped the lid to the trunk. Shock would fill my form as I took in what laid inside. Jensu was bound with a pair of handcuffs and some rope, with a swatch of duct tape over his mouth. "What the fuck Jackson!" A muffled sound that could only be a curse came from the man inside the trunk. "What? You don't like it? That really hurts me sis, we went to a lot of trouble." Said Jack with a feigned look of hurt. "What were you thinking?! This is kidnapping!" I snapped. "It's gonna be a lot more then that by the time I'm done with'um." Replied my brother with a smirk, reaching in and yanking on the man's cuffs to drag him out. Dropping to the muddy ground with a sick thud, the bound man wiggled, but he wasn't going anywhere. "Let me have those." Jack lifted the man's cuffed hands up and rearranged them, freeing one and hooking the cuff through a tow hook on the car's bumper.
Jensu swung at Jack, but my brother just shoved the hand away and stepped on it, bending to level with him. "Hi... I'm Jack. That's m'sister. But ya'll met already..." The smile melted from his face. "Now I'm gonna give you one chance..." My brother's hand reached down and grabbed a handful of the man's cheap suit. "You're gonna look to that girl... and you're gonna apologize for what you've done to her. Then when you're done you're gonna beg her for mercy. 'Cause you're sure as shit not gettin' any from me." A hard yank would have the duct tape off the man's lips. "Fuck you." Were the first words out of the greasy man's mouth. "And fuck your bitch of a sister... She wasn't even that good." A sick grin would split the man's face. "She got a tight ass though." My brother reached up to a holster on his hip and pulled out a large hunting blade, causing the bound man to stop talking. "That's not an apology." Said Jack, that dark stare hardening before he leaned down and cut the rope around the man's feet. "I gonna show you what happens when you fuck with family where I'm from." That bright smile returning, my brother stood and reached into his pocket for the keys, looking to where the blue eyed man and I stood. "What's the fastest a human being can run?" "Go for the record." Spoke Seto, voice dripping with disgust. Jack stepped over and I felt unsure of how I felt on what was unfolding before me. "Don't kill him Jack..." I said quietly. "I promise." He replied, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't worry! I saw this in a movie once." He flashed another smile before turning and heading for the car. "You better get up!" He taunted the man at the bumper before climbing in and starting the roaring engine. Scrambling to his feet, I saw horror cover Jensu's face as the car shifted into drive and slowly started rolling. "No! Wait, wait, wait!" The car increased it's pace and I watched the awful man speed up into a jog, his hands coming to the trunk to balance himself in the mud and gravel.
The window rolled down and I saw my brother watching in the mirror, head turning every once in a while to see for himself. "You do cardio? You're not doin' half bad!" Pressing the car faster, it was clear the man attached was starting to struggle. A loud whistle left my brother's lips and the dog at my side took off behind the caravan, a loud snarl leaving the canine's lips as he lunged at the man's feet. Getting the back of the running man's calf, I saw one foot lose it's balance, followed quickly by the other. Powering through mud, and every puddle and pothole he could find, my brother only stopped when the man stopped moving. Pulling the car to it's previous position before us, I was relieved to see the man wasn't dead. The last thing I wanted was my brother charged with murder. Jensu panted heavily from his spot at the base of the car, covered in mud and scrapes from the rocks below. "Got somethin' to say?" Asked Jack as he came around to where the exhausted man lay. "Eat. Shit." Panted Jensu. "Alright. Round two." My brother moved to return to the car and the man cried out. "No! No! Wait, wait, wait! Please, no, not again!" Apollo growled from his spot beside the car. "Then you best be sayin' what you need to say." Said Jack. "I'm... I'm sorry." Panted out Jensu, eyes turning to me. He was scared, that much was clear, but it was genuine. "I'm sorry for what I did to you." "That's the ticket." Said Jack, stepping over and grabbing the front of his suit. "If I find out that you've gone anywhere near my sister... I'll be back." He dropped the muddy man back to the gravel and reached into his pocket for the keys to the cuff. Apollo gave a deep growl and trotted over, lifting a leg and urinating on the bound man, drawing my brother's deep laughter. Scraping the ground as if covering up a steaming pile, the dog trotted back over to where we stood, looking for my approval. I couldn't help but give it to him, a smile curling my lips as I stroked his soft ears. "Don't suppose you'd let me borrow this pretty car a bit longer, would ya?" Asked Jack with a grin to the man at my side. "I could part with it a while longer... take it to be cleaned when you're done." Replied the brunet with a smirk. "Sweet! C'mon Apollo, you can feel the wind through your dorky li'l sweater." The dog gave a yip and licked my hand sweetly before trotting over and jumping into the front seat. "Come on... I have something else for you." Large hands wrapped around mine and pressed a sweet kiss to the back.
He took me to lunch, which was nice, but I wasn't much company. My mind was turning, and thinking over my feelings. After we were done, we headed back to the shop. I pulled my keys out and through habit flicked out the familiar key to the deadbolt. My lips curled down in a deep frown as it stuck, unmoving in the lock. "Here." Long fingers held out a small ring of keys and after a bit of hesitation, I tried them. A soft chime sounded as the door opened, followed by a string of short chirps. Looking over, I found the source, the blue eyed man pressing a code in and silencing it. "I took the liberty of putting in a new system for you... there's cameras on the bottom and second floor, and it's hooked up through a new wifi system. Your router wasn't strong enough to handle the extra bandwidth." I spotted the small, noninvasive camera bulbs through out the store. "The good news is you could probably offer wifi to your customers now, and you can check the cameras any time you want from your phone." "Why did you...do all this?" I asked, looking to where he stood, face unreadable. "As your new landlord, I have an obligation to you as my tenant... Your safety is my number one priority." "So replace the lock! This is..." "You don't like it?" I felt a sob escape my throat, hands coming up to cover my face as tears welled in my eyes. "I love it." I whimpered. I hadn't felt safe in the shop since the attack, but without the funds to fix it, I'd been forced to deal with the store's meager precautions. He approached me slowly, and a soft hand would brush a tear away from the corner of my eye. "You deserve to be safe. And I will do all I can to make you feel that way." My hands came out to wrap around his waist and pull him into an embrace. He tensed a moment, clearly unused to such a motion, but I didn't care. "Thank you." His arm came around my shoulders and I felt him relax into the exchange. "You're welcome."
"I love you Jamie." I smiled into my brother's jacket. "I love you too Jack." He pulled back and gave me a wide smile. "Have a safe trip home... let me know when you get there." "I will... and hey..." He gave a glance to the brunet a short distance away and leaned forward to whisper in my ear. "You could do worse." I snorted and shoved him back. "Thanks." He moved to the CEO and gave a firm handshake. "I owe you one man. You need anything just name it." "I'll remember that." "Good deal!" He gave a parting grin and started for the gate. "Hey!" I took a few steps forward and he turned. "Boy or girl? I need to send something to send for the shower." The man shrugged, showing he didn't know. "When all else fails..." He tugged on his jacket. "Camo!" I scoffed and he gave me one last grin before turning and heading for the gate once more. "The fuck if I'm putting a child in camouflage." I muttered as I met back up with the CEO and headed out of the terminal. As the sun hit my face, I took a deep breath of the sweet air. Spring was approaching fast, the nights weren't so chilly, and the trees were starting to bloom. As we climbed into the waiting car, I spoke up. "I was wondering... If you could spare Mokuba tonight?" He looked over, brows up. "I have some back stock I need to sort, I could use the extra hand. I haven't seen him in a while and I miss him..." He was quiet a moment before replying. "I told him you needed some time...that you've been going through a bit of a struggle and your brother was here to help you through it." It wasn't a lie, and it was close enough to the truth that I felt grateful. "I don't think he has any plans after school... I'll send him your way."
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