Hey! It's chapter six, thanks to those who reviewed and voted, I tallied the votes and they are probably going to influence some things. Well I have nothing else so let's get on with the story!
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Chapter six
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Kinta got up Monday morning and went to Domino high. She meet up with Bakura before class and started discussing their next move.
"We need to take him fast."
"We have some time." Bakura replied coolly
"No we don't." Kinta thrust the mornings' newspaper into his hand, "read it."
One of the cover stories was on Isis's death.
"But they won't connect it." He scoffed
"Anthy will, and besides they'll be on edge now once they realize the necklace is gone."
"So, okay we need to work a little faster, what's your plan?"
"Nothing all that hard, get Malik to trust me maybe, I'll play it by ear probably.. We can trap him easily if he trusts me."
"Okay, so you need to get closer to him then."
"Exactly" Kinta turned and walked away heading for a classroom. Bakura took another look at the newspaper before shoving it in a trashcan. He turned and walked away in the other direction.
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By lunch the gang all knew about Isis's death, they decided they would visit Malik after school to see how he was.
"Kinta, this is probably a little weird for you, I mean you didn't even know Isis, don't feel like you have to come with or anything we understand."
"No it's not a problem you see I lost my brother a few years back maybe I can help a little." Kinta replied lying though her teeth the more she could observe Malik the better and that little lie would give her some nice leeway in that respect.
And so it was decided, everyone would visit Malik after school that night.
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"Malik!" Yugi knocked on the door to Malik's apartment. The door opened a second later and rather surprised Malik stood facing them.
"Why are you all here?" he asked sharply
"We heard about Isis and we wanted to see how you were."
"Oh, well come in I guess." Malik backed away so they could come in.
Kinta was slightly surprised the place was clean; they all settled down in the living room, it was kind of cramped with everyone there, there were nine people not including Malik.
There was an awkward silence which Yugi broke.
"When'd you find out?"
"Last night, they found her Sunday morning but they had trouble contacting me, they weren't immediately sure who it was and then they had to look up any relations in the area."
"So what do they think happened?"
"They aren't really sure, they said it seemed random though, they were gonna start looking for any clues they said they'd call if anything turned up." Malik said calmly. He didn't seem severely fazed by it all so either he was hurt beyond emotion or he wasn't surprised or cared all that much. Kinta leaned towards the latter as more likely. Or maybe he was just really good at hiding his emotions. Kinta took a chance and ventured into his mind a bit; it was dangerous with Anthy there but she 'd be preoccupied with Malik, so she tried it. She was shocked when she found some barriers, she broke them though; she'd encountered better, they were formidable though; just not for Kinta.
He was hurt, not immensely but he had liked his sister. But he accepted her death, he was used to it. Ran though some other memories to learn a little more about the Egyptian.
Bakura was pretty sure he knew what Kinta was doing, she had to be going though Malik's head, she kept glancing at him, she was quiet and collected with a look of mild concentration on her face, yeah she was defiantly going though his head. Bitch. She trying to get us caught?
After awhile people started leaving because of one thing and another, finally it was just Kinta Bakura and Malik left. Malik looked from Kinta to Bakura then spoke. "What's with her?" he asked Bakura, "she safe?"
"Yeah, if she was one of them she'd have left by now."
"Hey I'm sitting right here I can hear you Bakura; bastard."
Malik chuckled, "So why did you come to this town of all places?"
"Good question truthfully I just wanted to get away didn't really matter where. Sorry bout your sister."
"Don't worry about it;" he shifted his attention, "Bakura, about Isis her necklace is missing, we may have some competition."
" Don't worry about it."
"You know something, what is it?" Malik demanded.
" It's nothing but think about it, it's not like I killed her or anything." He gave a sidelong glance at Kinta the one who had.
"True if you had you know I'd get you back. So Kinta what's your story?'
Kinta paused for a moment before answering, "well now that's a complicated question I'll tell you this, I'm not here for a vacation, and I don't play around, I'm here for a reason and maybe you'll find out why sometime," Kinta stood up and faced Malik, she caught his glaze and held it she then leaned in and whispered her last remark in his ear. "But all you need to know is this, if you play nice you'll live to see the end." Kinta stepped back and smiled coyly, she sat back down with an air of confidence, still holding Malik's stare. She tossed her dark hair and smirked before breaking his gaze.
Bakura started to chuckle; "I'm out, I'll see you tomorrow Malik; Kinta." Bakura nodded then left; it was time to let Kinta start her plan.
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15 minutes later Kinta closed the door to the apartment and looked at Bakura, who was waiting for her
"I knew it." She smirked
"So how'd it go?" he asked as they walked out of the building.
"Tomorrow night we're going out to talk. He's intrigued, we'll have him at the end of the night, on that here's what we're doing with him, we won't kill him he's just going to disappear."
"So where we keeping him?"
"Somewhere he can't escape."
"Which would be where?" he asked slightly annoyed.
" My soul room, your going to have some work to do."
"Really?"
"Yeah, here we'll go there now, I can show you." She grabbed his arm and as a flash of gold light they were inside her soul room. Kinta grabbed the torch from the center of the room and she crossed to the back wall and she pulled a switch that was hidden by another torch, part of the wall slide back revealing a dark passage. She walked down the hall;
"C'mon you need to know what we're doing." She turned back and continued walking.
Bakura followed her, after a minute she stopped searching for something on the floor as she stood another wall opened a very faint light coming from it, she walked in and he followed, the passage split, she turned
To the left he peered down the other way but the light from the torch on the wall was faint and Kinta wasn't stopping.
"So what's down there?"
"A dead end, there are a few in these passages."
They walked for another few minutes the passage turned a few times and she passed right by a turn off, finally she came to the end of a passage a torch was on the wall and there were no more turns.
"Go the wrong way?"
"Hardly."
Kinta hit a wall switch and the wall with the torch slide away revealing a chamber, they walked in it, Bakura noted the several pairs of chains on the walls and a prison like cage built into an alcove.
" This is where we're going to keep him, I'm going to lure him in and you, are going to be waiting here helping if he gets violent or anything unexpected, one thing though, your going to have to be in my head the whole time, before I meet him I'll bring you here, then you'll have to sit here til I bring him, you'll be able to talk to me mind to mind and you'll be able to see what's happening if you want, at least until we enter here then well just be able to talk.' /like this, you can hear me right?/
/I can/
/good/ "then we can leave." Again she took Bakura's hand, the light flashed and they emerged into the real world again.
"I'll be seeing you tomorrow then." Kinta continued walking and she left Bakura who turned and also headed home.
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"Hey Bakura, so how's Malik doing?"
"He's fine
"How about Kinta, did they talk?"
"Yeah, they got off well, they're going to get together tomorrow too."
"That's good that she can help him." Ryou smiled then went upstairs to sleep, he wanted to get away so Bakura wouldn't get angry again, he seemed in a good mood and Ryou didn't want to change that.
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Tuesday passed. Kinta got ready to meet Malik, he walked around her apartment getting ready, she slipped a danger in her boot just in case, she also slipped a vial of sleeping potion in her pocket she decided against mere persuasion, knock him out, and chain him up, less work for her. It was a mixture of hemlock and asphodel, it wasn't deadly but it knocked you out for awhile, and had no taste, she'd have liked to use something stronger for a guy like Malik but everything else had at least some taste to it. She needed something undetectable.
She checked the time then grabbed a jacket and left to find Bakura. She found him outside the club.
"Ready?"
"Yeah."
She led Bakura to the passage, "this is where you got to stay hope you don't get to bored and don't go wandering, you'll get lost or killed, so stay put. I'm going." And with that she disappeared into the golden light Bakura was left sitting in the passageway.
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"Hey Malik."
"Hi, lets go in shall we?"
"Yeah lets go."
They walked into the club; they ordered some drinks at the bar and sat down at a vacant table. While Malik took off his coat Kinta poured the vial into his drink, he didn't notice.
/what was that? /
/just a little sleeping potion Bakura, it'll ease our job a lot, now I must get back to him/
" So what have you been wondering about me?" Kinta took off her jacket and took a sip of her drink. "What do want to know?" she just had to keep him busy until the potion took effect, after ten minutes he'd be out, even if he just took one sip.
"Tell me why you really here."
"Told you just play nice and you'll live to see the end, that's all I'm saying."
"Oh c'mon you have to tell me something else."
'Like what?"
"Is it revenge?"
"A part of it is."
"How'd you find the band?"
"Pretty simple-I found it, but I assume you want to know where right?"
"Right."
"Well in all truth in Egypt."
"Egypt?"
"Yeah, 5,000 years ago." She said coolly sipping her drink.
"What!" Malik was shocked, he was silent for a while but Bakura wasn't
/you told him?!/
/yeah, just trust me./
/just don't screw this up../
/like that's possible. Look he has the potion in his drink, we're fine/
Malik took a drink, /perfect/ Kinta thought, /see Bakura he's ours/
" so your from the item, not from this time but back in Egypt?"
"yes I am."
" and your other half, the one who set you free?"
"she's back in Egypt, where she lives."
" so you left her, why?"
"a few reasons, I have things to finish with someone here and besides, who wants to hang around with a goody two shoes?"
" okay so your from ancient Egypt and are here to get revenge on someone, and something else. Anything else you are willing to tell me?"
"mmmm, possibly, if you ask the right questions that is." She didn't have to say anything else, he'd be out in a few minutes, she was just going to toy with him now.
"so are you just being ambiguous to watch me squirm or what?'
" well it is fun to watch you squirm but really" Kinta leaned in across the table, "why should I trust you? What reason do I have?" she remarked softly, making it clear he had to work for her respect. She returned to her original position, looking him in the eye, waiting for an answer.
/your playing this well he thinks you're trying to hide something he's interested for sure/
/I know he has no idea either, I'll keep it up til he's out and then I'll bring him in/
" you have no reason not to trust me."
" what if I told you I did, I don't trust anyone without reason, why should you be an exception?" she smiled at the last remark, wondering what he'd say, oh this was fun.
"well, if you won't make an exception what might I have to do to gain your trust?"
'I'm not going to tell you just like that, that'd be too easy." Kinta laughed to herself he was buying into it completely and he'd be out in another minute or two.
" you like being difficult huh?"
"well it' not something I object too." Especially now she added mental, Bakura snickered in her head.
"well if told you a little about myself would that help?"
"possibly"
"you are so aggravating you know that right?" he didn't wait for an answer before continuing; "you tell me just enough then you won't reveal a thing you keep dropping hints but I'm sure they can't all be truth your something for sure but what? obviously not something good-"
"that depends on who you are." she cut him off.
He eyed her a second before speaking "how about for me? good or bad."
" depends, not the worst surely but if you play your cards wrong I can't promise happy ending."
" so what's the worst that might happen to me?"
Kinta took her time in answering, the potion should be taking affect, and it did, Malik slumped over on the table out cold, laughing Kinta answered the sleeping boy's question, "the worst that could happen is I drug you, steal, and lock you up, which I'm going to do right now." She continued chuckling as she dragged him out of the club and into the alley where she'd meet Bakura earlier, anyone who saw her would just think Malik had passed out drunk. She took Malik into her soul room, she dragged him down the passages, he wasn't light but she managed, finally she saw Bakura, waiting where she told him to,
"c'mon lets chain him up quick before he comes to."
"what, how long does the stuff last?"
"hopefully another ten minutes, but he didn't have a lot and he's not exactly small. He could wake up before we're ready"
Bakura helped her carry Malik around the next corner, she pulled the switch and the wall slide away, they carried him in, "over here, I want to chain him up now." Kinta led him over to a set of wall chains, she locked shackles around his wrists and ankles. "there, much better, he's trapped."
Bakura took the millennium rod from Malik's side, "And now we have his item."
"I wonder if he'll wake up soon, I don't want to wait long." Kinta said wondering out loud
" why are you going to wait?"
"if I just leave him eventually he'll wake up and start yelling, just like I could here you . I'll be able to hear him, it'll be annoying and it's no fun gagging someone who's out cold, besides, I want to see his reaction."
Well they didn't have to wait, Malik started to stir, he looked around, seeing Bakura and Kinta, he was confused, then of course he realized he was chained to a wall. "What the fuck? What happened? Where are we? Bakura why am I chained to a wall!?!"
"you're chained to a wall because we need you out of the way." Kinta replied
"out of the way?"
"oh yes, I told I'm here for a reason, if you think a second I'm sure you'll realize why."
Then Malik realized that Bakura was holding the millennium rod. "you bastard! Give it back!"
"you aren't in a position to demand things Malik, at the moment you're in my soul room's dungeon and you aren't getting out, we have your item, that's why I'm here of course, collecting the items. Now you can either listen to us or we can just leave you here to wonder."
Malik nodded he wanted to hear this.
" good, now you aren't getting out that's final, for the time being, Bakura and I can't have someone who knows our secrets out and about, it might ruin our plans."
" you can trust me! Bakura you traitor, you swore!"
"point being? Look Malik, in five days we've achieved more than you and I did in four months, I go with who benefits me the most, you know that."
" you bastard, she'll turn on you, only one can rule! Why are you helping her?"
"as much as I'd love to watch the two of you banter on about this, I can't we have things to do, so Malik, you're stuck here, deal with it. Maybe when we're done you can go free, or maybe I'll kill you, doesn't really matter. But now it's time for you to shut up." Kinta pulled the dagger from her boot and advanced on Malik,
"what? Your killing him?'
"I'm not, just shutting him up, if you know how to slit a throat right, they won't die just won't be able to talk above a whisper for about a month and a half, it's an extremely reliable gag, and I know the right way."
Kinta put her knife to his throat then stopped and backed away, " I can't do it those ridiculous gold rings are in the way, well they saved you." Annoyed Kinta cut the bottom of Malik's shirt away, and tied the fabric around his mouth, "that'll have to do. " Kinta turned to Bakura, "let's get out of here, we need to make it look like Malik split town." They disappeared, and reemerged in the alley. They took Malik's bike and drove to his apartment, they loaded some clothes and things onto the bike and Bakura forged a note making up some reason Malik left, they finished around 9:00 and Kinta drove off with the bike and clothes, she'd hide the stuff in her apartment building; Bakura took home the millennium rod.
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Anthy sighed to herself as she hung up the phone, she'd been talking to Yami and when she brought up Kinta he dismissed it.
/how can he be so blind!/ She raged, / she's evil! How can everyone be so stupid! I'm going to bring Shadi here soon, I can't convince them alone, it's not working/
Anthy was upset to say the least. Even more so because around seven thirty she felt something happen, something bad, she guessed Kinta was up to something but she couldn't do much, no one would listen to her. She would just have to wait, but she did know one thing, tomorrow she was calling Shadi if they didn't believe her.
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end of chapter! A bit late but the worth the wait huh?
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