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Chapter 12

Missing Link (part 2)

I've already told you that Jonouchi used to be in a gang, and that he'd gone back to the same gang once. What we didn't know was why he went back. It was to protect all of us.

Well, now it was our turn to protect him.

000

"Yugi, Anzu, Selena, you guys stay here." Honda said when they'd reached the gang's hideout: some place called J'z.

"No way," Yugi and Selena said in unison.

"Sorry, but I can't let you two fall to my level." Honda replied. "Thanks, but no thanks."

"I'm still going in there with you." Selena said stubbornly. "If there's one thing any of you guys have learned it's that I'm stubborn as hell. Besides, there's a whole gang down there."

"All right," Honda sighed. "If you're going to be that way, let's get Jonouchi back!" the two of them shot down the stairs.

"Be careful you two!" Anzu called after them.

"You punks had better run because the Honda is in!" Honda said as he kicked the door open. "Give Jonouchi back or I'll—" he cut himself off, and Selena found out why when she entered the room.

It was empty.

"Damn," Honda muttered as they re-emerged. "They're gone."

"What do we do now?" Anzu asked.

"I say we keep looking." Selena said. "Something happened down there, I could feel it."

"Then we'll split up." Honda said. "I'll go with Anzu. Yugi, you head off with Selena."

Yugi nodded. "Right," he said, and the group split up.

000

Selena brushed her soaked hair out of her face. "It's almost 6:00," she said, looking at her watch. By now it was raining, and she and Yugi were both drenched.

Yugi nodded absently. He was holding his Millennium Puzzle, with his eyes closed concentrating on something. Clearly he found it, because he opened his eyes suddenly.

Except that it wasn't Yugi. The stranger with the strong, black aura was back.

"You again," Selena said, wonder why he'd shown up again. Just like the last time they'd met, she struggled to keep her Demon Eye under control.

The stranger looked at her. "I'll explain later." He said. "Jonouchi's in trouble!"

Selena nodded, ignoring the questions nagging at her. Time to find out if this guy is a good guy. She thought as she followed him.

000

"An abandoned warehouse…?" Selena asked.

Yugi—the other one—nodded. "Don't tell me you can't pick out his aura." He said.

Selena stared at him in shock. "You're not the only one who knows about your power." Yugi said. "Why else do you think I called it the Demon's Eye when we first met?"

So he knows about the Demon Eye, Selena thought. I thought his calling it that was wild guess. She rolled up the sleeves on her blazer. "You said Jonouchi was in trouble, right?" The "other" Yugi nodded. "Then what're we standing out here for? Let's get in there and get him out!"

"Yugi" took the lead, Selena following close behind. Yep, Jonouchi's in here. Selena thought as they entered. She moved away to start a pincer movement. But I can't see him.

Yugi (May as well call him by the name I'm familiar with, Selena thought) had just stridden into the middle of a bunch of thugs. No way he can handle all of them, Selena thought. Moments later, she heard a punch thrown and a splash, followed by a shock of familiar spiky hair. Damn!

Selena whistled. Loud. "Hey, monkey-butts!" she shouted. Some of the gangsters turned to face her. "Yeah, I mean you pansies." She flipped them the bird. "Come an' get me, if you bozos have the balls!"

"You little—!" One of them shouted. About three or four punks—two of them with stun guns, maybe more—started after her. Selena ran. "Not so tough now, aren't ya girlie?"

Please shut up. Selena thought. "Sorry, I don't speak stupid!" She called over her shoulder.

"DIE BITCH!" One shouted. Selena just laughed.

Now where can I go? She thought. Then she spotted a stair leading up to a kind of balcony and a bridge. Perfect! She shot up the stairs, pleased to see that the gangsters following her had been promptly confused.

"Where'd she go!" One demanded.

"Come out, little girl!" Another jeered. He looked like he was a little anxious to use his stun gun.

Selena kept silent for a while to let them stew. She looked over to where Yugi was and was pleased to see that her little distraction had decreased the number of punks he had to deal with, but it still looked like he was overwhelmed.

But what really got her was not only was he outnumbered, but also he was just standing there. On a tire, surrounded by water. What was more, none of the gangsters were moving. Then she saw that he had his Millennium Puzzle hanging up, and all of the gangsters had stun guns.

And each and every one of them, including Yugi, were soaked.

Selena smiled. Yugi's using their own tactic against them. He's using that tire he's standing on as a shield against the electricity. She thought. She looked back down at the punks she'd drawn away. Guess I'd better finish these ass-wipes off.

She turned and called over her shoulder. "Hey, jackasses!" They looked up at her. She slapped her butt at them. "Kiss. My. Ass." She said, and then ran as the four stooges came chasing her up the stairs.

"Get back here!" They shouted as they chased her along the bridge of the warehouse to the other side.

"Sorry, can't do that!" Selena called as she came to the second balcony. She ran to the end and stopped. She turned to face the oncoming gangsters and shoved her hands in her pockets, a bland look on her face.

"Gotcha! You're cornered now, bitch!" one of the punks said. He had his stun gun raised. "Prepare to die!"

Selena stared at him with a bland expression as he came closer. When he was about two feet away, she flung her foot out and tripped him. He crashed to the ground and the stun gun clattered away and off the balcony. "Oops, I twitched." She deadpanned.

"You little bitch!" another one screamed. He came at her with another stun gun. She dodged, came down on his arm with her elbow to disarm him, and gave him a solid punch to the back of the head, dazing him.

The third guy didn't have a stun gun, but he did have fists. Selena dodged most of them, but did wind up on the receiving end of an uppercut. She paid him back with a kick to his balls and a footprint on his face.

Number four acted tough, but he turned out to be a chicken. He ran away when Selena broke his nose. All bark and no bite. Selena thought.

She turned back to see that the guy she had tripped was back up and had picked up his buddy's stun gun. Selena took up a fighting stance, but the thug was faster. Before she got fully out of the way, the thug managed to tap her with the stun gun.

And it was active.

Selena screeched as the 200,000 volts coursed through her body at the same moment the gangsters around Yugi got zapped. She collapsed to the ground, gasping when it was over a few seconds later. Shit, those things should be illegal! She thought.

"You die now, bitch." The thug said. He advanced on her, clicking the stun gun on.

"I don't think so!" Selena said. In an instant she had grabbed his trigger arm and pulled it behind him into a half nelson. "Let's see how you like getting blasted to hell." She pushed the active stun gun against the guy's back, giving him a shock from his own weapon. He screamed as he got payback. Selena let him go and he collapsed to the ground, out cold.

"Selena! Are you all right?" Yugi called. He'd gotten Jonouchi free (How I'll never know… Selena thought) and was supporting him.

"Yeah!" Selena called. "I just got done taking out the trash!"

"Great, then get down here. I need some help getting Jonouchi out of this rain!" Yugi replied. Selena nodded and dashed down the stair to meet up with Yugi.

By the time she was down, Yugi was back to normal.

"I got him," Selena said. She and Yugi dragged Jonouchi over to a drier area where the roof wasn't leaking.

"What happened…?" Yugi asked.

"You don't remember?" Selena asked. Yugi shook his head. His aura's back to normal. This is the Yugi I know. "I took care of the punks who had been torturing Jonouchi. You'd passed out."

Yugi nodded. Selena took out her cell and texted Anzu that they'd found Jonouchi. She and Honda were there a few minutes later.

Jonouchi was coming to by then. "G-guys?" He asked. "What…?"

"Jonouchi, you're all right!" Yugi said. "Beaten up, but all right!"

"Let's get home you guys. We're all soaked." Anzu said. Selena and Honda helped support Jonouchi back home.

000

That's how that little horror show ended. Of course, another one was sure to begin a week later when an Egyptian exhibit came to Domino Museum. What the heck is with the strange Egyptian guy in the turban!

Don't worry, I'll tell you about that guy next time.


For those of you who were missing Selena being badass, I hope this appeased you guys. I'm still a few chapters away from introducing Melhana, but I'll let you know ahead of time when she shows up. Right now it looks like somewhere after chapter 20...as long as people keep reviewing!

Peace out!

~HikariHellion