McBride hung up the phone despondently.
"Well? What did EMS say?" Mrs. Wingfield asked urgently.
"They can be here in less than two hours."
"He should be ok until then. The cold outside cut down on swelling and bleeding" Dr. Bennington, the man in gray, informed them. "He wasn't out for very long either, he should be fine." His wife breathed a sigh of relief.
The officer had been laid out on a couch in the living room by the fire. His injuries weren't as bad as first thought. However, he remained unconscious.
Brown addressed the party, "in light of the recent attacks, we should stay together. The streets will be cleared soon, and as soon as they are, we should leave immediately."
Mrs. Calisto put her hand on Mrs. Wingfield's shoulder. "Come on dear, I'll make you a nice cup of tea", the two ladies left for the kitchen.
"Look at her" Joey whispered, pointing to Stone. She was crying, gripping the arm of her boyfriend. The teens lingered in the hallway, not wanting to her heard by the others guests.
"Drama queen. She's behind it! Those crocodile tears are just to so she doesn't look suspicious" Tea muttered.
"Yea, Timbers took off right after you guys went upstairs" Mai told them, "he reappeared not too long ago either."
Kaiba looked closely at him. His brown eyes shown nervously in the firelight, as he held his whimpering girlfriend. But something wasn't quite right. "His shoes!" he cried softly.
"What about them?" Tristen asked.
"Kaiba's right! They aren't wet!" Bakura pointed out. "If he was just outside, they would still be wet."
"So it couldn't have been him who attacked Officer Wingfield" Yugi mused.
"He must have someone working for him hiding in here. The same dude who got Brown" Joey suggested.
Metanoia played with her necklace, lost in thought.
"You've been awful quiet," Yugi commented to her, "what's up?"
"Nothing, just thinking" she assured them.
"I say we go ask him a few questions" Kaiba proposed, "away from Stone."
"But how are we going to distract her?" Tea wondered.
Joey punched his fist into his palm, "I got it! Mai, you know a lot about clothing and girly stuff, and Stone is a fashion designer. You can go over there and talk about chick stuff with her, and that will us time to chat with Timbers!"
Mai raised an eyebrow at him, " talk about 'chick stuff' huh?" She sighed, "if that's the best idea we can come up with than ok."
Kaiba was watching the couple closely. Timbers nodded at Stone, then slowly walked over to the cocktail table. Brown was there too, getting more ice for his head. "He's away from her, go now" he told Mai.
She and Tea tried not to jog as they headed over to the young woman.
"Umm, Miss Stone? Hi, my name is Mai Valentine. I'm a rather big fan of your clothing line and I was wondering..."
Kaiba and Yugi took the chance to speak with her boyfriend.
"Pretty scary about Mr. Wingfield, isn't it?" Yugi asked him nonchalantly, pouring himself a soda.
"Yea" he said, his hands shook as he mixed two drinks. "He was a big guy too. The attacker must have been an even bigger guy. Not a comforting thought."
"No indeed" Kaiba responded coldly.
"I just hope nothing else happens. I just want to go home and go to sleep" Brown moaned.
Across the room, the others tried to read his expressions. "I don't think Yug and Kaiba are getting much out of the guy" Joey groaned.
"Hey Bakura, move a bit more to the left" Metanoia told him.
"How come?" he asked, backing up a bit. She followed, making herself more visible to the occupants in the other room. Her eyes darted quickly at the young man, and back to Bakura.
"I don't want to make it look like I'm watching" she explained, taking something out of her handbag. She slowly unfolded the infamous paper, holding it carelessly in her hand. "This should get a reaction," she said slyly, not looking into the living room.
She was right. Timbers, who had been chatting with the two boys, suddenly stopped his mixing. His attention was firmly focused on the note.
Tristen looked down at his shoes, "I think he's seen that before" he chuckled softly.
"We know for sure that it's his," she said quietly shrugging and putting the paper back into her bag. "I want to make him think I found it and have no clue what it is" she told them, pointing to the place where she originally picked it up.
Timbers picked up his drinks, and hurried back over to his girlfriend. He quickly said something to her, then took off.
Kaiba and Yugi returned to the group. "He left in quite a hurry" Kaiba said skeptically.
"That wasn't such a good idea showing him that you have the paper," Yugi warned her.
Mai and Tea joined them, "what did you find out?" Tea asked.
"The paper belongs to Timbers" Tristen told her, "so why did he leave all of a sudden."
Mai chuckled, "he told Stone he had to go to the bathroom."
Joey groaned, "that's a horrible excuse! I use it to get out of class all the time."
"So now what?" Bakura asked.
"Now we have to tell Mr. McBride and Mrs. Calisto what we know" Yugi announced.
Everyone agreed. Now that they had proof, Timbers and Stone could be caught.
"I'll get them in here" Metanoia offered, "I'm make up some excuse." She headed off toward the kitchen.
"We should keep an eye on Timbers" Kaiba suggested, "he's probably going to try to remove the drugs upstairs."
"Wait a second" Mai interrupted, "he's over there"
Sure enough, Timbers had returned. He smiled as Stone handed him back his drink. He kept running his hand tensely through his hair.
"He's sweating bullets" Bakura chuckled.
All of a sudden, a faint thud was heard from inside the kitchen, and a draft of cold air sailed through the house.
"What was that?" Mai asked, rubbing her arms.
"Don't know" Yugi shrugged, "boy, Metanoia is taking a long time."
The gang wandered through the cocktail room, and into the dinning room. Surprisingly, they found McBride, Mrs. Calisto, and Mrs. Wingfield sipping tea at the dinning room table.
"Mrs. Susan, didn't Metanoia talk to you?" Kaiba asked.
She shook he head, "no dear. She did come in the room, but it seemed she went into the kitchen to talk with someone."
Tea entered the room, "she's not here now. Where did she go?"
Bakura looked down at the floor, he knelt down and picked up something.
"What is it?" Tristen asked him.
Bakura opened his hand, it was Metanoia's necklace. The chain had broken.
Without warning, Stone stormed into the room. "Have you seen Brad? He's gone again!"
The teens exchanged looks of panic. "He drags me to this stupid dinner, then keeps disappearing on me all night!"
"Well? What did EMS say?" Mrs. Wingfield asked urgently.
"They can be here in less than two hours."
"He should be ok until then. The cold outside cut down on swelling and bleeding" Dr. Bennington, the man in gray, informed them. "He wasn't out for very long either, he should be fine." His wife breathed a sigh of relief.
The officer had been laid out on a couch in the living room by the fire. His injuries weren't as bad as first thought. However, he remained unconscious.
Brown addressed the party, "in light of the recent attacks, we should stay together. The streets will be cleared soon, and as soon as they are, we should leave immediately."
Mrs. Calisto put her hand on Mrs. Wingfield's shoulder. "Come on dear, I'll make you a nice cup of tea", the two ladies left for the kitchen.
"Look at her" Joey whispered, pointing to Stone. She was crying, gripping the arm of her boyfriend. The teens lingered in the hallway, not wanting to her heard by the others guests.
"Drama queen. She's behind it! Those crocodile tears are just to so she doesn't look suspicious" Tea muttered.
"Yea, Timbers took off right after you guys went upstairs" Mai told them, "he reappeared not too long ago either."
Kaiba looked closely at him. His brown eyes shown nervously in the firelight, as he held his whimpering girlfriend. But something wasn't quite right. "His shoes!" he cried softly.
"What about them?" Tristen asked.
"Kaiba's right! They aren't wet!" Bakura pointed out. "If he was just outside, they would still be wet."
"So it couldn't have been him who attacked Officer Wingfield" Yugi mused.
"He must have someone working for him hiding in here. The same dude who got Brown" Joey suggested.
Metanoia played with her necklace, lost in thought.
"You've been awful quiet," Yugi commented to her, "what's up?"
"Nothing, just thinking" she assured them.
"I say we go ask him a few questions" Kaiba proposed, "away from Stone."
"But how are we going to distract her?" Tea wondered.
Joey punched his fist into his palm, "I got it! Mai, you know a lot about clothing and girly stuff, and Stone is a fashion designer. You can go over there and talk about chick stuff with her, and that will us time to chat with Timbers!"
Mai raised an eyebrow at him, " talk about 'chick stuff' huh?" She sighed, "if that's the best idea we can come up with than ok."
Kaiba was watching the couple closely. Timbers nodded at Stone, then slowly walked over to the cocktail table. Brown was there too, getting more ice for his head. "He's away from her, go now" he told Mai.
She and Tea tried not to jog as they headed over to the young woman.
"Umm, Miss Stone? Hi, my name is Mai Valentine. I'm a rather big fan of your clothing line and I was wondering..."
Kaiba and Yugi took the chance to speak with her boyfriend.
"Pretty scary about Mr. Wingfield, isn't it?" Yugi asked him nonchalantly, pouring himself a soda.
"Yea" he said, his hands shook as he mixed two drinks. "He was a big guy too. The attacker must have been an even bigger guy. Not a comforting thought."
"No indeed" Kaiba responded coldly.
"I just hope nothing else happens. I just want to go home and go to sleep" Brown moaned.
Across the room, the others tried to read his expressions. "I don't think Yug and Kaiba are getting much out of the guy" Joey groaned.
"Hey Bakura, move a bit more to the left" Metanoia told him.
"How come?" he asked, backing up a bit. She followed, making herself more visible to the occupants in the other room. Her eyes darted quickly at the young man, and back to Bakura.
"I don't want to make it look like I'm watching" she explained, taking something out of her handbag. She slowly unfolded the infamous paper, holding it carelessly in her hand. "This should get a reaction," she said slyly, not looking into the living room.
She was right. Timbers, who had been chatting with the two boys, suddenly stopped his mixing. His attention was firmly focused on the note.
Tristen looked down at his shoes, "I think he's seen that before" he chuckled softly.
"We know for sure that it's his," she said quietly shrugging and putting the paper back into her bag. "I want to make him think I found it and have no clue what it is" she told them, pointing to the place where she originally picked it up.
Timbers picked up his drinks, and hurried back over to his girlfriend. He quickly said something to her, then took off.
Kaiba and Yugi returned to the group. "He left in quite a hurry" Kaiba said skeptically.
"That wasn't such a good idea showing him that you have the paper," Yugi warned her.
Mai and Tea joined them, "what did you find out?" Tea asked.
"The paper belongs to Timbers" Tristen told her, "so why did he leave all of a sudden."
Mai chuckled, "he told Stone he had to go to the bathroom."
Joey groaned, "that's a horrible excuse! I use it to get out of class all the time."
"So now what?" Bakura asked.
"Now we have to tell Mr. McBride and Mrs. Calisto what we know" Yugi announced.
Everyone agreed. Now that they had proof, Timbers and Stone could be caught.
"I'll get them in here" Metanoia offered, "I'm make up some excuse." She headed off toward the kitchen.
"We should keep an eye on Timbers" Kaiba suggested, "he's probably going to try to remove the drugs upstairs."
"Wait a second" Mai interrupted, "he's over there"
Sure enough, Timbers had returned. He smiled as Stone handed him back his drink. He kept running his hand tensely through his hair.
"He's sweating bullets" Bakura chuckled.
All of a sudden, a faint thud was heard from inside the kitchen, and a draft of cold air sailed through the house.
"What was that?" Mai asked, rubbing her arms.
"Don't know" Yugi shrugged, "boy, Metanoia is taking a long time."
The gang wandered through the cocktail room, and into the dinning room. Surprisingly, they found McBride, Mrs. Calisto, and Mrs. Wingfield sipping tea at the dinning room table.
"Mrs. Susan, didn't Metanoia talk to you?" Kaiba asked.
She shook he head, "no dear. She did come in the room, but it seemed she went into the kitchen to talk with someone."
Tea entered the room, "she's not here now. Where did she go?"
Bakura looked down at the floor, he knelt down and picked up something.
"What is it?" Tristen asked him.
Bakura opened his hand, it was Metanoia's necklace. The chain had broken.
Without warning, Stone stormed into the room. "Have you seen Brad? He's gone again!"
The teens exchanged looks of panic. "He drags me to this stupid dinner, then keeps disappearing on me all night!"