YUGIOH

Getting Back to Square 1

Narr: Warning! A lot of violence!

Chapter 14.

It was dark when Joey had finally gotten off the boat, thinking he would never get there. He could only hope Kaiba didn't already end up getting there and killed himself in the process.

'Dammit!' He thought. As if that wasn't bad enough, he had to find a way to get to the other side of town where Kaiba Corp was located, when he had no money for a taxi or anything.

The most he could do was run as fast as he could, while attempting to hitch a ride with someone.

The cars going by were merciless, with no one offering to pick him up. Finally, he saw a kid on a bike and pushed him off, saying. "Sorry, kid…but this is an emergency."

"Hey, give me back my bike!" The kid cried out.

Joey paid the kid no mind as he stole his bike and started peddling as fast as his legs could take him.

Being it was a bigger city, the bike ride wasn't terrible. If it was Domino during rush hour, he might actually be faster than the cars. But it wasn't rush hour, and he felt like he was moving at turtle speed in comparison to the traffic.

He hated it. Every minute that he wasted was one more moment that could be Kaiba's last breath. And for all he knew, he could already be too late. But he couldn't think that way and just give up. If there was any chance that this could help save Kaiba's life, he had to keep going…no matter how exhausted this bike ride was making him.

Suddenly, to his surprise a motorbike pulled over near him, almost causing Joey to slam right into him.

"Hey, Joey!" Tristan said. "Where'd you get the bike? I didn't even know you made it back, yet."

"Oh, man…what a sight for sore eyes!" Joey said, so glad to see his friend again. "Dude, you gotta give me a ride to Kaiba Corp, like right now!"

"Why? What's going on?" Tristan asked, while giving Joey room to climb on. "And what about the bike? You know if you get on, we can't take that with you."

"Forget the damn bike!" Joey snapped, getting on. "Kaiba's still alive…at least I hope. I got information that we gotta give Mokuba, like now!"

"Are you serious?" Tristan said, surprised to hear this news. He took off, as directed by Joey, heading to Kaiba Corp.

When they stopped, Joey hit the ground running, heading straight to the front doors…that were locked. He pounded against the doors, saying. "Hey, come on…open the doors, dammit!"

"I don't think they're open." Tristan said, calmly approaching. "Oh, wait…there's security."

Upon Joey pounding against the glass, it seemed to alert a security guard to approach and investigate.

"What's going on here?" He asked, a flashlight in one hand, and the other hand placed near his holster.

Joey approached, saying. "I gotta see Mokuba. Kaiba's still alive, and I know where he is."

The man shook his head. "Pal, do you realize how many whacko's we've had insisting to see Kaiba's dead body or his ghost?"

"He aint dead!" Tristan said.

"But, he will be if we don't act soon!" Joey added. "Listen, I aint just any whacko. I mean…I'm not a whacko! Mokuba knows me. Just call him up and tell him it's Joey Wheeler…he'll know who I am. Tell him I saw his brother and he's alive. But if he doesn't move fast, Kaiba's gonna do something stupid and get himself really killed this time!"

The man moved his hand away from his holster instead calling in on his radio. "Mr. Kaiba, we have a Joey Wheeler out here who insists he saw your brother alive."

"What?" Mokuba cried on the phone. "Get him up here, right now!"

"Yes, sir." The security said, quickly changing his tone. "Alright…let's go."

The security guard opened the doors for them and led them inside to speak to Mokuba about the matter.

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Kaiba circled the fence, looking for a weak-spot…or at least what he would see as the best way in. Fortunately, he found one.

Closer to the back of the complex, he noticed one of the guards was unsteady on his feet. He was stupidly leaning his back against the fence, not even watching what he was doing, with a radio up at his face.

"Give me a break, Carl!" He slurred loudly on the radio. "There aint no one out here anywhere! We got people watching the island near the water…what the hell do we need to be watching over here for?"

"Jack, you're going to get your ass fired if Luther finds out you're drunk again!" Came the voice on the radio.

"Oh, Luther –shmooter…uh, shmoother." The guy paused to laugh at his own lack of speaking correctly. "He can kiss my ass!"

"Listen you idiot! Don't call back on the radio anymore unless you have a good reason to. I don't want to get in trouble next." The guy on the radio said.

"Fine, whatever! Who needs you anyway!" The guy slurred, then tossed the radio down, pushing himself temporarily off the fence. "Ha, what do you think of that, ya stupid jerk!"

Kaiba noticed the other guards purposely avoided this section as well, probably also to avoid this guy so they wouldn't get in trouble because of him. He shook his head. This was what Luther got for hiring cheap help.

The drunk then once again leaned on the fence, as he pulled a small bottle of liquor he hid in his uniform to take another swig.

Kaiba waited until the lights passed by again, before he pulled two knives out and stabbed him in the back and the throat at the same time.

The guy stiffened up in shock, and a moment later he laid there dead. Kaiba tossed his trench coat up, climbing the fence while using the coat to keep himself from getting hurt by the barbed wire. He then expertly pealed the coat back off of there and leaped down.

He closed the bottle, tucking it away back on the body to get rid of it, then dragged the body and radio away from there before the light came back around.

Now hidden in the shadows near the edge of a building, he first stabbed the body of the guy in the throat to make sure he was dead, then searched him. In doing so, he got a more professional military knife, as well as a military rifle, and some ammo.

"Thanks, Jack." Kaiba mused, finding a parked jeep to stuff the body under and hoped no one would notice any blood trails until morning.

He now took a moment to gather his bearings, to figure out where he was. From where he stood, he could see the compound they originally kept him, where they constantly beat him up. He remembered the direction the guards headed to report to Luther every time they left. Plus, after he had circled the perimeter to scope the area, it was a very good guess that Luther was staying in the same building where the helicopter was perched.

It was a large building that they made the roof as an additional landing pad. Though there were a few helicopters and planes he could easily take and get out before they realized what was happening, he had to take out Luther. Hopefully, the guy also had an easy access to that chopper resting on the roof.

It was not very easy for him to slip passed people unnoticed to get to the main building. Sometimes, he had to just hold out and wait for someone to move. For awhile the main building had two guards outside of it. Finally, it reached a point where there was only one guard, and he realized this was the best he was going to get and had to act on it while he could.

He threw the military knife at the guy, hitting him in the throat, then quickly moved over there relieved to see the door wasn't locked. Then grabbing the body, he shoved it and himself through the door, praying he wouldn't be surrounded by guards on the inside.

It was a hallway with doors. Finding the nearest door, he used the dead body as a shield as he slammed through it with him, slamming into a table. The body came down to show a surprised guard on the other side starting to lift his weapon. But Kaiba used the military rifle that had a knife blade at it's end to stab at the guy's gut from a distance. He fell and collapsed.

Kaiba stabbed at them both again, to make sure they were dead…as he had done with the drunk guy earlier. He couldn't afford to have anyone he killed still be alive to warn the camp. Then taking his rifle, he wedged it against the door handle of the main door to the outside, in hopes to delay an attack from the outside.

"Halt, who are you?" A guard stupidly asked from behind him. Kaiba took his knife and thew it at him, hitting him in the shoulder of the arm that held his gun, making it impossible for his fingers to squeeze the trigger.

Kaiba moved on him quickly, holding a knife to his throat. "Where is Luther? Tell me which door he's in, and I'll let you live." He said.

The other arm still working moved, his trembling hand showing the door at the end of the hall.

"H-he's in th-there!" The guy fearfully said. "P-please don't…."

That's as far as the man got, before Kaiba killed him too, then dragged him in the room with the other two dead bodies.

This body also had a hand grenade and a handgun, which Kaiba was pleased to find, and armed himself with. Opening the door a crack, he noticed there was no one in the hall. But he heard the front door wiggle, then get pounded on. He was running out of time.

He left the room, ignoring the shooting noises outside the front door, walking down the hall with handgun in hand and headed towards the room that hopefully Luther was in.

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Joey and Tristan was led into the room by the security. Mokuba bounded from the desk he was sitting in, saying. "Joey! What is this about my brother still being alive?"

"He is, man…at least the last time I seen him." Joey said. "You gotta go get him before he does something crazy. He didn't plan on leaving, he planned on going back to get the guy that tried to go after you!"

"Okay." Mokuba said, not surprised in the least that his brother would try something like that, but was just pleased to hear he wasn't already killed…especially with that guy constantly ranting on the news that he killed Kaiba and buried him in a secret place.

Even though Mokuba didn't believe this guy for a second that he was the one that killed his brother, he was starting to lose hope that he would ever see him again.

This was the first time since Kaiba's disappearance that he heard of anyone still seeing him alive. He'd had all sorts of reports of supposedly finding his dead body or his ghost somewhere. It was depressing to hear. And it didn't help having the whole world try to accuse him of being crazy.

"Joey, we need to know where you saw Seto. Come here." Mokuba said, practically dragging Joey over to where he was sitting.

"This is a map of Japan. Where did you see him?" Mokuba asked.

"Naw, he's not on the mainland…he's on an island." Joey said. "It's this fishing spot where they bring criminals. But I guess it's also some base for some psycho that wants Kaiba dead."

"Okay, hold on." Mokuba said, bringing the map farther back with a couple commands on the computer. "Is it a nearby island? Is it one of these?" He asked.

"Uh…yeah, it's near Domino." Joey said. "But I couldn't point to you where I been. I was just boated there and back…I don't know shit about directions."

"You didn't talk to anyone? You didn't find out where they were taking you?" Mokuba asked, unable to believe this.

"Yeah. It's this place my Dad normally went to. He just told me to call these people, who had me meet these other people at this place that brought me to this dock and boated me to this island." Joey said. Obviously, this information wasn't helping. "Listen, I just got off this boat like a half hour ago. Maybe you could…"

Mokuba ignored Joey, turning to the security. "Check out what boats docked a half hour ago, and find out where their destinations were from."

"Yes, sir." The security said and left the room.

"I'm sorry, Mokuba…maybe I should a questioned the guys on the ship, but they were pretty shady guys and had no qualms about killing someone for the hell of it. I was lucky just to survive the boat ride!" Joey said.

Mokuba looked down, saying. "It's okay, Joey…you tried."

At this point, Joey drooped hoping he had not failed Kaiba. Straining to think of anything else, he came up with something. He turned to Mokuba and added. "Hey, if it helps…Kaiba said that guy trying to kill you both is called Luther. He's supposed to be the brother of the guy from the Big…"

"Luther? Are you kidding?" Mokuba asked, shocked to hear the name. He knew the name of Leichter's brother. He just didn't know what the guy looked like, which was why he didn't recognize him.

"No, I'm not…"

Again, Joey was ignored, as Mokuba immediately got on the phone with his security. "Listen, the guy that took Seto was Luther Daimon! Are there any known military bases nearby owned by either Kaiba Corp, or the Daimon family? …I don't care if it's still listed as active or not!"

Mokuba shut up to hear the security on the other end, giving him information. Joey was pleased to see his brother brighten immediately. "That's great! I want the Japanese government alerted to this possible hostile threat, and I want Kaiba Corp security converging on that island immediately!"

He got off the phone, looking up at Joey. "Thanks, Joey…that was a great help!"

"Great!" Tristan said. "Then there's a chance he'll make it!"

But Joey looked worried. "I just hope it's enough time. He said he'd be going after this guy as soon as it got dark."

Mokuba understood the concern Joey was feeling all too well. He didn't know what his brother had said to Joey or how they even saw each other at this place, but he couldn't count the amount of times he was worried that his brother may not make it back to him alive, during all those times his brother had fought to protect him. And every time that happened, he had a feeling that one of these days, he really wasn't going to come back. For all he knew…this could be the day. But he couldn't give up on his brother. He knew whatever the risk he was taking…he was doing it for him.

Mokuba came over and touched Joey's shirt, then smiled. "All we can do is wait and hope for the best. But, my big brother is tough. If anyone can make it through…it's him."

Joey then smiled down at him. "Yeah…you're right, Mokuba. We gotta hope for the best."

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Narr: Part 1 of Kaiba storming the military base is complete! Next chapter is part 2: Kaiba vs. Luther!

Also, I'm sorry, guys…but that time has finally come: next chapter is also the final chapter! Will Mokuba get his brother back, will Kaiba survive? Will Joey ever get to see Kaiba alive ever again? Will Kaiba succeed? All will be answered next week!