The Big Five stood outside of the Kaiba Corporation building and
watched as the structure slowly melted away into ash. Five firetrucks, an
ambulance, and three police cars were parked haphazardly in front, and the
firemen were giving everything they had to put the blaze out.
Two paramedics emerged from the burning building, carrying a stretcher. On it layed Seto Kaiba, the man behind all of Kaiba Corp.'s technology.
"Seto!" a high-pitched voice called from afar. Seto's little brother, Mokuba, came out of nowhere, it seemed, and grabbed his brother's arm. "Is he going to be okay?!" he frantically asked the paramedics.
While one of them was hooking Seto up to an oxygen mask, the other said, "He should be fine. He was trapped in a terminal, but we got him out fine."
Seto Kaiba suddenly sprang up, took off his oxygen mask, and said, "I'll be fine!" He tried to step onto the ground, but he felt faint and once again laid on the stretcher.
A policewoman walked up to Mokuba. "Some of the firemen that came early on were able to bring us some survaillence tapes fro the inside before they burned up," she said. "From what we have seen so far, it's clear that those executives over there are responsible for the fire." She inconspicuously pointed at the Big Five. "They think that they have gotten away with it, since they are still here."
Mokuba, enraged, stooped his knees a little so he could dash towards the Big Five and give them the best beating that he could muster. However, two policemen held him back.
"If you get at them, they'll know that we're onto them, and then they'll run away," the policemen said.
"But -" Mokuba said. "They just burned up everything that Seto and I have been working for for years!" He began to wail. "Why???!"
"It must have something to do with insurance claims, according to some of the inside sources we've had."
"Those bullies have ALWAYS been after my brother!" Mokuba yelled, watching the paramedics roll Seto's stretcher into the ambulance. Mokuba quickly dashed off with him and held on tight as the vehicle zipped through the streets.
* * *
While Yugi was trying to do his homework, he noticed a strange smell wafting through his bedroom window. Curious, he went downstairs to the Game Shop. He saw his grandfather about to clean the floor, as it was just a few minutes after the Shop had closed for the day.
"Hey, Grampa," said Yugi.
"Well, what do you know, if it isn't my little Yugi," Grampa said. "Just in time to watch me mop the floor here."
Yugi walked up and took the mop from his grandfather. "Here, I'll take care of this."
Grampa took it back. "Aren't you supposed to be doing your homework right now?"
It was then that Yugi remembered the reason he had come down there in the first place.
"There's a weird smell coming from somewhere outside," Yugi said.
Grampa, whose allergies had been flaring that day, could not smell a thing. He gave up and gave the mop to Yugi.
When Yugi was finished with the floor, he went back upstairs to the living room, where he found Grampa watching the news.
"Firefighters predict that the Kaiba Corporation blaze will be fully contained within the next hour," Yugi heard the anchorman say.
His pupils darted. "What?! Kaiba Corp.'s on fire??!:
"I wonder how that could have happened," Grampa said.
The news took a break, and when the commercials began to play, Grampa dug around his seat for a remote control. He couldn't find it, but his eyes did catch the mail, lying on the left arm rest of the chair. He handed a letter to Yugi.
"Here, this came in the mail for you," Grampa said.
Yugi's eyes widened. "It's from Industrial Illusions." A bead of sweat rolled down his face. "I'm almost afraid to open it. I mean - remember what happened the LAST time I opened mail from Industrial Illusions?"
Grampa nodded. Just to be safe, Yugi didn't open the envelope. Instead, he put it back on the arm rest.
The news had come back on. It was reported the Kaiba Coporation building was indeed on fire, and that Seto Kaiba had to be hospitalized.
Yugi was concerned, but it was too early for him to know what he could do to help. He kept watching as the reports came in, while his homework was being neglected on his desk.
* * *
"What's wrong with my big brother?" Mokuba asked a nurse when they had settled in a hospital.
"Get out of my way, kid!" she shouted as she darted towards the ward that Kaiba was in.
"BIG BROTHER!!" Mokuba shouted to the ceiling, closing his eyes and clenching his fists.
(To be continued.)
Two paramedics emerged from the burning building, carrying a stretcher. On it layed Seto Kaiba, the man behind all of Kaiba Corp.'s technology.
"Seto!" a high-pitched voice called from afar. Seto's little brother, Mokuba, came out of nowhere, it seemed, and grabbed his brother's arm. "Is he going to be okay?!" he frantically asked the paramedics.
While one of them was hooking Seto up to an oxygen mask, the other said, "He should be fine. He was trapped in a terminal, but we got him out fine."
Seto Kaiba suddenly sprang up, took off his oxygen mask, and said, "I'll be fine!" He tried to step onto the ground, but he felt faint and once again laid on the stretcher.
A policewoman walked up to Mokuba. "Some of the firemen that came early on were able to bring us some survaillence tapes fro the inside before they burned up," she said. "From what we have seen so far, it's clear that those executives over there are responsible for the fire." She inconspicuously pointed at the Big Five. "They think that they have gotten away with it, since they are still here."
Mokuba, enraged, stooped his knees a little so he could dash towards the Big Five and give them the best beating that he could muster. However, two policemen held him back.
"If you get at them, they'll know that we're onto them, and then they'll run away," the policemen said.
"But -" Mokuba said. "They just burned up everything that Seto and I have been working for for years!" He began to wail. "Why???!"
"It must have something to do with insurance claims, according to some of the inside sources we've had."
"Those bullies have ALWAYS been after my brother!" Mokuba yelled, watching the paramedics roll Seto's stretcher into the ambulance. Mokuba quickly dashed off with him and held on tight as the vehicle zipped through the streets.
* * *
While Yugi was trying to do his homework, he noticed a strange smell wafting through his bedroom window. Curious, he went downstairs to the Game Shop. He saw his grandfather about to clean the floor, as it was just a few minutes after the Shop had closed for the day.
"Hey, Grampa," said Yugi.
"Well, what do you know, if it isn't my little Yugi," Grampa said. "Just in time to watch me mop the floor here."
Yugi walked up and took the mop from his grandfather. "Here, I'll take care of this."
Grampa took it back. "Aren't you supposed to be doing your homework right now?"
It was then that Yugi remembered the reason he had come down there in the first place.
"There's a weird smell coming from somewhere outside," Yugi said.
Grampa, whose allergies had been flaring that day, could not smell a thing. He gave up and gave the mop to Yugi.
When Yugi was finished with the floor, he went back upstairs to the living room, where he found Grampa watching the news.
"Firefighters predict that the Kaiba Corporation blaze will be fully contained within the next hour," Yugi heard the anchorman say.
His pupils darted. "What?! Kaiba Corp.'s on fire??!:
"I wonder how that could have happened," Grampa said.
The news took a break, and when the commercials began to play, Grampa dug around his seat for a remote control. He couldn't find it, but his eyes did catch the mail, lying on the left arm rest of the chair. He handed a letter to Yugi.
"Here, this came in the mail for you," Grampa said.
Yugi's eyes widened. "It's from Industrial Illusions." A bead of sweat rolled down his face. "I'm almost afraid to open it. I mean - remember what happened the LAST time I opened mail from Industrial Illusions?"
Grampa nodded. Just to be safe, Yugi didn't open the envelope. Instead, he put it back on the arm rest.
The news had come back on. It was reported the Kaiba Coporation building was indeed on fire, and that Seto Kaiba had to be hospitalized.
Yugi was concerned, but it was too early for him to know what he could do to help. He kept watching as the reports came in, while his homework was being neglected on his desk.
* * *
"What's wrong with my big brother?" Mokuba asked a nurse when they had settled in a hospital.
"Get out of my way, kid!" she shouted as she darted towards the ward that Kaiba was in.
"BIG BROTHER!!" Mokuba shouted to the ceiling, closing his eyes and clenching his fists.
(To be continued.)