Chapter 1: Obey me or else
Joey opened his eyes in a groggy fashion. He realized he was on a flat bed inside a gray room. He was sitting up when he heard something.
"Time to rise and shine, Joey."
"Huh, who said that?"
Looking around, Joey scanned the room he was in. It looked like a dungeon cell with a heavy steel door. However, it had a drop TV screen besides one of the walls, which did not match the environment. Not only that, but for some reason, there was a table with a pen and paper on it. He heard the sound on a large lock being opened and turned towards the door. Two men in suits with machine guns came in with the weapons fixed on him.
"Woah, woah!" he said rising his hands in the air, "I don't know what dis' is about, but I didn't do nothing."
"Oh you have, Joey," the voice came again, "You have."
"Hey, I recognize that voice."
"You should," it said again as someone came thought the doorway.
Joey couldn't believe it. With his unique red-shaded suit and frilled collar and wrist ends, Pegasus stood smiling.
"What's wrong, Joey-boy? You look shocked to see me."
"You're dead!"
"Shaken, yes, but not dead."
"How? I saw your goons take your body away: me, Yugi, the others."
"Yes, that was embarrassing. I did managed to barely pull though, and it did carry some physical consequences," he said pulling his hair back, reveling a large patch over his eye socket, "But, I think I was wise in have my best medics on the island with me."
"Ok so you survived. Is that why you got me locked in here?"
"If you only knew. You're here for my plans, Joey."
"What kinds of plans?"
"My plans of revenge, of course. Here's the deal, Joey-boy. I want to get Yugi's Millennium Puzzle. All you have to do is write a letter, which I will send, to Yugi telling him to come to West City or I'll kill you. Simple?"
"No way!" he protested, "You want me to set my best friend up, so you can do what you want with him? Fuck you, Pegasus!"
"Now, now. There's no need to resort to profanity," Pegasus said waving his finger back and forth, "Besides, I think it's not only in your best interest to do what I say."
"What do you mean?"
"Just look," he said pointing to the drop TV screen.
Joey saw it turn on and display a map of Domino City. One spot was blinking.
"I don't get it."
"Just watch," Pegasus said with almost restrained joy.
It switched to a picture of a hospital, then to a window. Joey looked closely at it and saw his sister, Serenity.
"Recognize her?" Pegasus asked sarcastically, "You should seeing as she's your sister."
"What's it mean, Pegasus?" Joey asked in a threatening voice.
"Oh nothing. It's just that someone has ordered my men to be posted on a nearby building with a sniper rifle aimed at poor Serenity's head. I do hope they don't pull the trigger."
"You son of a bitch!" Joey shouted as he lunched for the sick man.
One of the guards ran to Joey and hit him with the butt of the machine gun. He fell back near the bed.
"Now, now, Joey-boy. I'm not going to kill her if you just do what I want. All you have to do is write a letter, which I'll even help you with. This is it make sure Yugi knows it's you."
"Enough, you sick bastard! Just stay away from her!"
"I will, but only for the next five minutes. If I don't make a certain call, Serenity never gets the chance to see again. HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"No!"
"Then make your decision. Now this is a real duel, a duel of ethics. Do you betray Yugi's trust and bring him into my clutches, or do you save your sister? Life is just full of these questions, isn't it?"
Joey wanted to just charge one of the guards, take his weapon, and blow off Pegasus's head but didn't want to take the chance of Serenity really being in danger. He knew what he had to do. He walked to the table, got in the chair, and looked at Pegasus.
"What do you want me to write?"
All Pegasus did was laugh.
Yugi was walking home from school thinking about his friend.
"This is odd. The last time I saw Joey was after he left the game shop a week ago. He didn't show up at school even though today is Friday, and I called his home, but his dad didn't even know where he was. Did something happen to him?"
He entered the shop door and began to go to his room.
"Yugi," his Grandpa said as he was heading up the stairs, "This letter came for you."
"Really?" he asked taking the envelope, "Who's it from?"
"I don't know. It was in the other mail, but this looks like it wasn't delivered by the mail man."
"How do you know?"
"Look, no postage, no stamp, not even a returning address. The post office wouldn't mail that out."
"I guess your right. I'll find out what's in it."
He went up to his room, took off his backpack, and put in a corner. Suddenly, the Millennium Puzzle glowed, and Yami came out.
"Hey, Yami."
"Yugi, I've got a bad feeling about that," he said pointing to the envelope.
"So bad you have to come out?"
"Yes. You better let me open it."
After taking it, Yami opened it and unfolded the letter. A quick scan later and Yami gasped in horror.
"What is it, Yami? What does it say?"
All Yami did was hand Yugi the letter, who began to read it.
Yugi,
I'm in trouble. I've been taken hostage by Pegasus. That's right Pegasus. He's survived his ordeal with Bakura's Yami and is now holding me in some creepy place. He wants you to come to some place called West City in twenty-four hours…alone. Call this number: 555-TOON to contact him. He wants your Millennium Puzzle and is going to kill me by sunset tomorrow if you don't give it to him. Please help me. He's going to torture me until you come.
-Joey
"No! Joey! What are we going to do?"
"Who ever did this must have made him write this letter. It's just like Pegasus's sick and twisted ways."
"Yami, I've got to go to West City."
"Yugi, you don't know what this person has in store for you, if he is Pegasus. It's most likely is a trap."
"I don't care! Joey is in trouble! I know he would do the same for me! I've got to go, Yami."
After looking at Yugi's pleading face, Yami made his decision.
"Ok, but we've got to hurry. We need to find a ride to West City and fast."
"Yami," Yugi said opening up the envelope.
Inside was a bus ticket to West City leaving in an hour.
"It's Pegasus all right."
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