Chapter 3

Kaiba was sitting in his desk chair when Pegasus walked into his office. "Kaiba! What are you doing here?"

"I've come to a very difficult decision, Pegasus. One that I think you will be very interested in."

"I'm listening…." He folded his arms, glaring at the teenager with his good eye.

"I'm going to sell Kaiba Corporation." Kaiba smirked, as he saw Pegasus' eye widen. "I don't really know why I've decided to do this,but my choice is final. I am offering you first bids."

Pegasus thought about it. "What's you asking price?"

"Two point seven million. Which is a lot less than the amount of money it's actually worth."

"WHAT?!" The older man looked at him in astonishment. "You're insane!"

"Maybe, maybe not. Do you accept?" His eyes never left his prey.

"Accept?! What's in it for you?"

"She is. I want the girl you took in."

"What?! I haven't taken in any girls."

"Yes you have. Her name is Elizabeth."

"How did you know that?!" Pegasus glared at him now.

"Think you're the only one who has spies, Pegasus?" Kaiba smiled.

"Uh….." Pegasus was about to come up with a good answer, when his servant Jonas came rushing in. "Well, what's the meaning of this?!"

"She's gone. The little brat got away!"

"What?! That's impossible!" He glared at him. "Well! Don't just stand there! Find her!"

Kaiba smirked, listening. Bakura must've used his Ring to find her. If everything was true, Elizabeth's Millennium Pyramid would've given her holding place away right away. He turned away from them, and climbed out the window using the trellis. His job was done.

"Just a little bit farther,Elizabeth…" I urged. While Kaiba had gone to distract Pegasus, I had been trying to get Elizabeth out of her prison. That had been easy enough. With the help of my yami, I'd broken the lock. Now, I had the child on my back, and we were above the floor, on a plank, climbing outward. She was whimpering, and terrified. I didn't blame her, so was I. One wrong move, and we'd both be caught. "All right, Lizzie. " I knelt,sliding her around to my lap. "We're going to have to climb down that ladder over there in order to get out."

"No….." She bit her lower lip, trembling.

"We don't want to go back with Pegasus, do we?"

She shook her head. "No…"

I urged her forward then started down after her. "Just stay with me. I promise, nothing's going to happen to you."

"tay, Wyou."

I smiled at that, and kept an eye on her, as I followed her quickly down the ladder. When we got the bottom, I scooped her into my arms, and turned around to flee with her.

"Stop!"

I bristled, hearing Pegasus' unkind voice. I turned around, glaring at him. "What do you want with this girl?"

"That's not your concern. Hand her over!"

"I will do nothing of the sort!" I looked down at my Millennium Ring in dismay. I had to get her away, before Rakura reared his ugly head.

"And what do you want with her?" Pegasus glared back at me.

"To love her, and protect her from people like you!" I shot back. I turned and fled into the air duct with her. I would not let Pegasus cause her anymore pain if I could help it. "We're almost there, Elizabeth. Just a few more inches…" I held her close to me, and felt her wheezing again. Uh oh…she's having another breathing attack, I thought. I ran out into the open with her. "Joey! Tea!" I saw them come running with our supplies.

"Is she okay? Are you?" Tea reached us first.

"I'm fine, but she's having another attack. She's problems breathing, I think."

"It's asthma, Bakura. My cousin gets that." Joey took her from me, and wrapped her up in a blanket. "She needs a doctor. Come on." He didn't even bother using the bus. He called a taxi. "Tea, I need to use your cell phone to check on my sister when we get to the hospital, okay?"

"Sure Joey."

Wyou….?"

I looked over at her, taking her little hand. "Shh…it's okay. These are my friends. Joey, and Tea."

Joey smiled down at her. "Don't worry, Elizabeth. We're going to take care of you now."

Tea nodded in agreement. "You're going to be okay."

Once we got to the hospital, I signed her into the receptionist. "Oh man. How am I going to pay for this? I don't even have a job yet!"

"Relax, Bakura. I'll take care of everything." Joey pulled out his wallet, and showed me his dad's credit card. "Never leave home without it." He smirked smugly before taking Tea's cell phone outside to call his sister.

"He's unbelievable." I was cuddling Elizabeth tightly.

"I know. I can't believe how he's come through for you tonight." Tea smiled.

"You too, Tea. We could've all been seriously hurt."

"You're welcome, Bakura.." Tea seemed to have something else on her mind.

"What is it?"

"What happened to Kaiba? I don't remember seeing him leave the building."

"I'm not sure. Maybe he took his limo home."

"Maybe…." Tea didn't seem any less worried.

"Elizabeth Bakura?" The nurse looked over at us.

"Come on, Lizzie. Let's go see if we can't get that wheezing fixed." I carried her into the exam room.

"We'll just wait for you two out here." Tea called to me, as the door closed.

"Did you bring her home, Seto?" Mokuba looked at his brother anxiously.

"No, Mokuba. Bakura and his friends have her. She's safe."

"I thought you wanted her?"

"I do, Mo-Mo, I do. But right now, Bakura needs her more than I do. He's all alone."

"Oh. Hey, some new shipments came for you today." He handed the manila envelope to his older brother.

"Not now, Mokuba. It's late." Kaiba walked upstairs to his room. "We'll talk more in the morning. Go to bed."

"Good night, Big Brother." Mokuba went to his room, but he wouldn't sleep. He was really disappointed. He'd almost had a little sister. He wondered what had happened to the old Seto, who would've taken what he wanted. His brother certainly wasn't acting like himself these days. It was too late at night to think about this. He closed his eyes, laying his head on his desk.

I awoke suddenly. Something was different. As I looked around, I spotted the little girl sleeping deeply on the floor beside the couch. She has chronic bronchitis and it will never go away, I thought. Whoever had left her on the streets had been heartless and hadn't been able to deal with it. I would deal with it. The doctor had given me two different inhalers for her, and some pills to calm her other symptoms.

"Hi hi." She grinned up at me.

I smiled, pulling her into my lap. "Good morning. Did you sleep well?"

She nodded. "Uh huh." Her breathing was regular again. "Tan habe bweakfas'?"

"Of course. I was just about to heat up some rice." I carried her into the kitchen, and sat her at the table. "You do like rice, don't you?"

"Uh huh." She smiled at me. "Whewe Doey and Aya?"

"Joey and Tea? They went home. Joey's got a little sister too. Her name's Serenity."

"I your siser?"

I thought for a minute. "Sure! You're my baby sister from now on, Elizabeth Lynn Bakura."

She clapped, giggling gleefully. "My bwoder."

"Yes, that I am." I gave her a small bowl of rice. "See if your brother's a good rice maker."

After a few bites, she stood up in the chair, and hugged me. "It's dood."

I knew from that minute on, that Elizabeth and I were destined to be together.