Hey everyone new chappie alert. This is the chapter where Max gets his revenge on Malakye Taganoshi. Yeah I haven't forgot about him, but he has forgotten about Max in a sense. Since Max disappeared and he heard nothing else about him he assumed that Max had died or he fell from the face of the earth. Big mistake because Max gets him in this chapter. Oh, the way that I wrote this chapter is that each time Max gives a part of his plan, which will be italicized, I will write that part as it is being played out. If you don't understand it now you will later. Serena the answer to your question about the cuddle session between Seto and you is at the end of the chapter. Alright no more talking, all my reviewers enjoy the new chapter. And if you review this chapter could you all tell me if you want the prequel to this story. It won't be as long as this story. It takes place in ancient Egypt. Just let me know.
"Some of my informants have told me that Malakye Taganoshi bought out two game companies, which is the reason for his sudden growth in the gaming world. They have also told me that he will be attending a fundraiser to promote a new duel disk prototype for the Duel Monster's game."
"What? I thought that you gave that job to me."
"I did Seto."
"So how is Taganoshi doing it."
"Well Mr. Taganoshi has been borrowing some of your work. More like hacking into your computer and taking your blueprints and schematics."
"What! How do you know about this and why don't I?"
"To answer your first question, over the years I have downloaded and cracked every single security code on your A. I. It took me a while, but I finally gained access to all of the top security codes that protected your top priority files and prototypes. For instance, while downloading one of your personal files, I found out that you were building a gaming park called Kaibaland." Seto's eyes grew large and Max took this as a sign that he had Seto's full attention.
"You are so full of yourself, you just had to name the park after yourself. I guess you have to have all the glory."
"I'll ignore those remarks, now what about the second question. How did he take my info from right under my nose?"
"You knew about it each time that he tapped your computers. He just manipulated the malfunctions, so that you would think that your miscellaneous systems were malfunctioning."
"I would have caught on sooner or later right?"
"Well that depends."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Take this scenario for example, if you and Mokuba were home and your television stopped working what would you do"
"I would call a maintenance guy to fix it."
"Okay, what about this, what would you do if your light blew out?"
"Put a new bulb in."
"Well I guess you would not have caught on."
"I keep an eye on all of my main..." Seto's voice trailed off as he started to comprehend what Max had been telling him. "That slithering snake. Whenever he hacked into my system he made something unimportant malfunction, so I would over look it."
"Exactly."
"Many things have been acting up, I remember when it seemed that everything was breaking around the mansion."
"Was it about two weeks ago?"
"Yeah."
"That was the time when he hacked your system the most."
"I'm going to kill him."
"Sorry, but that pleasure will be mine."
"I was joking Max. I'll just sue him to death, but you didn't seem to be joking at all."
"That's because I wasn't."
"Max, why do you have such animosity toward Taganoshi and what vendetta do you have against him." Yami Bakura asked from the chair he sat in. "Ryou and I saw him when he visited Industrial Illusions. While I was in the Ring, I heard him say something about buying Industrial Illusion out."
"He was very snotty and full of himself." Ryou added on.
"He'll never get his filthy hands on my company. Maybe if I don't compile to his wishes he will kill me like he did my parents."
"Okay I now understand the animosity and the vendetta."
"I'm sorry Max I didn't know." Ryou replied sadly. Yugi sat beside him and held his hand.
"I never told anyone and from the looks on your faces, Tatanya and Joseph didn't tell you all either. I found out when I went to the will reading after my parents funeral that he did it. When I reached the attorney's office and we all sat down for the will reading Taganoshi and one of his goons showed up at the reading. He said that my parents had sighed the company over to him, but my mother being the genius that she was, changed her will before she died. She edited the will so that all Pegasus family members had to sign the company documents or they would be useless. When Taganoshi found out that my mother had changed her will he became furious, even blowing up at me when I refused to sign the papers. In the end I ended up taking the money from the company and splitting it among the workers. Taganoshi barged out of the room when I had done this and Tatanya, Joseph, and I followed a little later. I had to use the bathroom and that's how I found out Taganoshi had killed my parents. I hid in a stall and overheard Taganoshi and his lackey talking about how they murdered my parents and how they would come after me when they had the chance."
"I'm sorry Max."
"It's okay Ryou. Don't worry about it. I have used that memory over the years to fuel that fire that I refer as to revenge. I will take my revenge at the fundraiser that he will be attending and I will make him suffer like he has made me. There were nights when I woke up drenched in sweat from the nightmares I had about my parents. There were nights when I dreaded going to sleep because I knew that the vivid and horrifying dreams would be there to greet me. When I would go to sleep at night I could hear the gunshots or my mother screaming as that bastard raped..." Max stopped, letting his anger overpower his need to let the tears behind his eyes fall. "What ever he gets he deserves or in Duel Monsters, I call it Just Desserts."
"Max we are with you all the way. How can we help?" Malik asked walking toward the angry young man.
"What is your plan for getting rid of this bastard. I do good work." Yami Bakura said, standing behind Yami Malik's hikari holding a knife. Joseph abruptly stood up and crossed his arms.
"All of you stop it. Revenge is something that should be done alone, not in packs. Let Max take care of this on his own."
"Father, in our own way we also want revenge for what he did to Max's parents. He has not killed off all of his victims, so now he has made enemies and I plan on making him pay for what he did. Don't you not feel that he should be punished?" Everyone's eyes zeroed on Joseph and he turned away."
"I did not say that."
"Then help us Father." Tatanya turned to her husband and glared.
"Don't look at me that way. Come, we must leave." Joseph grabbed Tatanya's arm gently, but she snatched it away.
"I will do nothing of the sort. I will remain here and help them."
"It is not our place, Tatanya."
"Dammit Joseph to hell with our place. Two of my best friends are dead because of some greedy asshole who wanted their company and all you can think about is our place and these damn items. We have a chance to get him back and I suggest we take it. I can't get over the way they died, no matter how hard I try. I'm staying."
"Do you plan to use the items?"
"That is the only thing that can come out of your mouth. These items are all you care about." Tatanya said holding the Ankh in her hand. "What if I were to say yes?"
"You know that the Elders would banish you for using the items in such a manner. You are so difficult, you let your emotions..."
"Don't you dare say that again. Being difficult is why you married me. Because I didn't treat you like my master and I gave you a challenge, it made you respect me even more. You said that you preferred a woman who stood up for herself."
"That's different."
"No it is not. I won't do it when you feel that I should do it and I hate how you always bring my emotions into this like that makes me weak. You had them once, that is before you let them disappear while protecting these items." Tatanya took the Ankh from around her neck and threw it at her husband. Joseph caught it and glared at his wife.
"You never wanted me to have one anyway."
"Tatanya don't be foolish."
"When that Ankh returns to me I will follow the plan that Max has laid out and when he has killed Taganoshi I will do a cleansing spell to protect him, so you might as well go to the Elders now. They never liked me anyway because I wasn't the Egyptian woman they wanted you to marry, so this will give them the perfect opportunity to banish me to the Shadow Realm and then you can get the servant woman they wanted you to have."
"I do not want anyone else."
"Are you sure? The Elders changed your mind about many other things, so why can't they do it now?" Joseph stood staring at his wife in complete anger, but no one saw it. Only he felt it, his emotionless facade covered his face hiding all the feelings he felt at the moment. Joseph tossed the Ankh next to his wife and walked out of the room, shutting the double doors quietly behind him.
"Figures. He runs away from anything that requires him to feel and think with his heart." As Joseph closed the door, he could hear his wife talk about him through the door. He turned around and leaned his back against the door, silently trying to control his anger. Joseph grabbed the Scales and squeezed them in his hand until he felt it cramp up.
"She uses her heart too much. She's going to get us killed. You can't use your emotions while you guard the Items. You must remain neutral to all the things that happen around you." Joseph sighed and put his hand on his head. "What the hell am I saying? I don't mean any of that. Taganoshi does deserve what he gets. So why the hell am I fighting it.
/Because you have been brainwashed by the Elders to be the cold hearted asshole that you are./ Joseph listened to his conscious as he down rated himself, he turned to the doors and placed his ear on one of them. Joseph could hear Tatanya talk about him as the others remained silent.
"I love him, but he doesn't use his heart anymore, only his head. He might as well be Taganoshi. I wonder if he ever had to choose between his family and those Items which would he choose?" Joseph kicked the door when he heard his wife say those words. They hurt him and he didn't know why.
/Maybe it hurts because if it did come down to choosing between the two you would choose the items./
"Never over my family." Joseph said quietly.
/Prove it then./ Joseph kicked the door in a fury and then all of a sudden stopped.
"I'm sorry, Tatanya. You are right." Joseph yelled through the door.
"What?" Tatanya said, surprised that her husband was apologizing.
"I said I'm sorry okay."
"Joseph are you sick?"
"No, I just want him to suffer as much as you do." Joseph shoved the door, knowing that his wife had won him over. Tatanya walked to the door and opened it, revealing her husband staring at the ground and playing with the Scales."
"Do you really mean that?"
"Yes, but we are going to be in so much trouble when the Elders find out that we used the Millennium Items to go through with this. When the Elders find out we will be banished to the Shadow Realm."
"It won't matter honey, we'll all be together." Everyone in the little group smiled and Joseph just huffed.
"Not funny, eternal darkness is not fun."
"We'll find some way out of it. We always do."
"I think that my grandfather, Senrue likes you, so he might be able to persuade the others that the Shadow Realm would be too harsh of a punishment for his grandson and his friends."
"See we found a way out of punishment already. I could cook for him, he loves my cooking and so does your father."
"You had better cook some damn good food and as for you Max lets get this plan of yours started."
First we will all walk into the fundraiser disguised. We will not all come together, but at different times, so that we may seem that we are not together. I feel that ten to fifteen minute time intervals would be sufficient.
A young woman walked into the grand hall that the fundraiser was being thrown in. Her dress was a formal black with strap sandals. Around her neck was a beautiful necklace that drew all of the ladies attention, but hidden on it was a small two way microphone and a camera. Her dark hair was up in an elaborate hairstyle with small diamonds in it and diamond earrings adorned her ears. When the young lady had moved away from the group of women she radioed to the next person who would be entering.
"Are you and Malik ready Ryou?"
"Yes we will be arriving shortly." Ten minutes passed and a man with long, layered white hair enter the hall wearing a tuxedo with a gold pendant of some sort around his neck. To his side stood a young man in a white tuxedo with gold earrings and bracelets on his arms. The lavender eyed man winked at the woman and the two went their separate ways.
"Are you ready Yugi, Joey, and Seto? Malik and I just walked in."
"Yugi and Seto are makin' some last minute adjustments, but we should be on time.
"Good."
A few minutes after the radio conversation three men walked into the hall. In the middle stood a young man with lavender eyes and tri colored hair. He wore a black suit and his companions wore white and blue suits. A man with chestnut colored hair wore a white shirt with a gold tie with his white suit and the man on the other side of the man in the middle wore a white shirt with his blue suit.
"Hey Mrs. T are you and Joseph ready. We are all here except for you guys and Max."
"We are on our way Joey."
An older couple entered the hall and they both were dressed in white. She wore a slim fitting gown while her date wore dress slacks and a shirt. The woman's hair was done into a braid with white lace going through it and her partner let his flow freely. She and her date walked to a deserted corner of the room and called the last participant from her radio.
"Max dear are you ready. I don't know why you didn't let any of us see your disguise before you left. He might be able to pick you out of the crowd."
"I doubt it."
"Okay well we all are here and we are all tapped in to each other."
The next person to walk into the hall was a beautiful woman dressed in red. Her white hair was bone straight as it fell past her shoulders to the middle of her back. In her ears were diamond studs and on her feet red strap sandals with diamonds on them. Many of the men who were talking to their dates stopped to look at the new woman.
"Max you can come in now man. There is some really hot lady here dat everyone is lookin' at, man you could come in naked and I don't think anyone will notice ya."
"Thank you for the advice, but I am already here."
"Where are you Max?" Malik asked as he tapped into the conversation between Joey and Max.
"Look to the left, when you find me I will wink at you." Everyone near Malik's position turned and looked to the left. They saw the woman in red and then they saw Croquet.
"We still don't see you Max." Ryou radioed.
"Look slower and watch for a person who blows you a kiss."
"Max what's wrong with your voice? It sounds kind of feminine."
"You'll understand when you find me, Ryou." The group looked around again until they spotted someone blowing them a kiss. Everyone in the group started to choke including Joseph who had been drinking a glass of wine at the time.
"He's right Malakye is not going to know it is him." Joseph said putting the glass down on a table. The woman in red winked and blew a kiss to the group and walked away from the crowd of people around her.
"So how do I look?"
"You are one hot bitch, Max."
"Why thank you Malik for putting it in such eloquent words."
"How in the hell did you pull that off? You changed your voice and I even see breast. How did you do it?"
"I'll explain in a minute. Let me sit down these heels are killing me." The group could see the lady in red sit down at a table and cross her legs. All the members of the group walked to the table and introduced themselves as if they had never met.
"Get to explainin'."
"Well I developed this little chip that synthesizes my voice to make it sound female. Deston thank your A. I., Nolee, for giving me the idea. She said that I would make a pretty lady as she put it. So I decided to go as a young woman and I also found out that Malakye has a thing for gorgeous women so I kill two birds with one stone."
"How did you get the boobs Max. Is all that underneath that dress a woman?"
"Yes, and I am using a holographic image on my body except for my face, so even if I remove the clothing I will look like a woman."
"Okay I think that we are drawing attention, so let's split up for the rest of the night." Joseph said as he and his wife rose from the table.
"Yes it is time to start the second part of my plan."
When we all get to the event you all can enjoy yourselves. I will search out Malakye and see if I can get him to talk to me. It would be perfect if I could get him alone.
Max walked around the hall looking for Malakye Taganoshi. All the while he had to constantly refuse invitations to sit down and speak with other guest.
"Where is he? He can't be late to his own event." Max turned around only to be met with Deston guiding Malakye right to him. To her side, Seto walked holding her hand. Deston walked up to Max and smiled
"My lady friend wanted to meet you Mr. Taganoshi. She has been a fan of your machines for the longest."
"Deston you have a very beautiful friend." Malakye turned toward Max and smiled. Max fought back the urge to hit the man in the mouth, instead he only smiled back sweetly. "As you know my name is Malakye Taganoshi. May I have yours?" Max thought quickly as he scrambled for a name.
"Adrienne Pastel."
"Well you are very beautiful Adrienne."
"Thank you."
"Would you like to join me at my table tonight."
"I would be honored." Malakye led Max away and Max gave Deston the thumbs up sign behind his back.
It was a couple of hours later, during the passage of time Malakye had made his speech and had led Max into one of the many VIP areas in the hall. When Max entered the room, he sat down in on of the chairs and Malakye handed him a glass of red wine. When Malakye had gotten his glass he sat down beside Max and rubbed his leg.
"Why you at this party alone tonight."
"I could not find a date."
"That is really hard to believe. Such a beautiful woman as yourself could not get a date."
"You flatter me."
"I could flatter you even more."
"And how would you do that?" Max asked in a sultry voice.
"Do you plan on leaving with anyone after the party."
"No, I don't have any plans tonight."
"How would you like to spend the night with me. We could stay at a nice motel."
"I prefer the best. I am a very expensive woman."
"Then you can pick the place."
"Okay, I promise to pay you back. I'll give you all that you deserve." Max said as he straddled the man's lap.
"That's nice." Malakye ran his hand over Max's jaw line and then slid them down to his waist.
"I like to have fun first, before we do anything. Could I to dance for you."
"Will you strip?"
"Yes." Malakye kissed Max on the lips, his kiss full of lust.
"Wonderful. We will leave in an hour meet me back here."
"Yes I will. I really would like your company tonight."
"You have a body to die for."
"Yes I do." Max said as he walked out of the room and back into the crowd of people.
If things go as planned then I should be in close contact with Taganoshi. I will be fitted with whatever is necessary for you all to trace me and for me to protect myself. An escape plan will be given depending on the situation and those of the group that are not needed will be free to leave.
He met up with his group again and explained the situation that he would be leaving with Malakye in an hour. Seto took Max by the arm and asked him to dance, while on the dance floor Seto stuck to small tracking devices to Max's earrings.
"You be careful. You gave us the place where you will be, so we will be keeping track on you. Deston and Malik will be on the roof of the motel waiting for you when you have gotten rid of Taganoshi. They will have the hang gliders ready as soon as you tell them. When you are finished run to the roof and remove the hologram body. We are expecting for Malakye's body to be found when the maid comes to check the room. A maid checks on the guest every two hours so do what you need to do within two hours. Tatanya and Joseph will teleport into the room after you leave to do a cleansing spell and then teleport into one of the limos waiting by the dock on the other side of town. You will hang glide until you see me. I will flash a bright light at you, Deston, and Malik. You will land in the roof of that building. We will radio Joseph and he will do a teleportation spell when we are all together. After that we are home free."
"Great plan."
If all goes correctly Taganoshi should be dead in no time and I should escape without anything being pinned on me or leading back to any one of you. Malakye will finally find his demise and I would have gotten my revenge.
Malakye and Max walked up to the motel room together, Malakye slightly drunk from the festivities at the party, swaggered some and Max had to help him to the door. Malakye swiped the card though the card slot and the door opened. Max pulled Taganoshi's large coat around him and walked in after the man.
"Hmm Mr. Taganoshi you are a little drunk."
"Is that a problem?"
"Well yes, you see I like for the men to remember the experience they have with me and you won't enjoy my dancing if you are drunk." Max wanted Malakye to be sober so he could know who killed him
"How are you going to sober me up then?" Max opened a small vile and passed it under Malakye's nose. Malakye grimaced at the smell of the liquid inside and quickly pushed it away. "Damn I'm sober now."
"Are you sure."
"Yeah."
"Good." Malakye stood from the sofa and wrapped his hands around Max's waist pulling him closer. He began to remove the accessories on Max's body and then the dress. Max slapped his hand and gently pushed him back onto the sofa.
"I thought that you wanted me to strip for you?"
"I do."
"Well I can't do it if you take my clothes off for me."
"Go ahead."
"First put this on." Max handed Malakye a piece of fabric to cover his eyes.
"What's this for?"
"Cover your eyes. You sense of touch is more sensitive when you can't see."
"You put it on." Max tied the blindfold around Taganoshi's head, covering his eyes.
"Are you alright."
"Yeah I'm fine, but does this work?"
"Let's see." Max grimaced as he undid Taganoshi's shirt and rubbed his hands delicately across the man's chest.
"It definitely works. Let me touch you" Max grabbed Taganoshi's hand and guided it along his body.
"I have been waiting for this for awhile."
"So have I." Max pretended to dance for a couple of minutes, pulling Taganoshi into the whole masquerade. As he danced and touched Malakye, he removed the dress he was wearing and dropped the holographic image. When everything had been removed, the real Max stood there in a dress shirt and slacks. He kept the voice synthesizer on to keep Malakye entertained and make sure he was not discovered to early.
"May I handcuff you?"
"You really are wild aren't you?"
"Yes, so can I?"
"Yeah." Max pulled the handcuffs out of the slacks he wore and handcuffed Malakye's wrists together.
"Do you like this?"
"Yeah, but when are we going to start the good stuff."
"Right now, just let me remove the blindfold." Max took off the voice synthesizer and pulled out the gun he had been carrying in a holster. Max pulled the blindfold from Malakye's eyes and waited to see the look on his face. Malakye looked at the young man who stood in front of him in shock.
"Who the hell are you? Where is the woman who I was here with."
"I look nice as a lady don't I?"
"Is this some kind of joke?"
"No. But I can't believe that you don't remember me. You changed my life with what you did."
"I don't know who you are. I've never even seen you before."
"You must forget your victims and their families."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"You forget fairly easily, too bad I don't. See I had to live with some of your dirty handiwork for four years. Are you sure you don't remember me?"
"I don't know who you are." Max aimed his gun at Taganoshi's head.
"Will this make you think harder?"
"I swear to God I don't know who you are."
"Here let me give you some hints, but each hint has a cost." Max said as he screwed a silencer on the front of his gun.
"What happens if I don't want the hints?"
"I'll kill you. After each hint you get one guess at who I am, if you get it wrong then you have to pay the price. Understand? So do you want the hint?"
"What the hell is it?"
"Two people in my family were murdered by you."
"That could be anyone."
"My you have been busy, now guess."
"I don't know."
"Bad guess, here's one bullet for the hint and one for the wrong guess." Max took the blindfold and gagged Malakye with it. Max aimed the gun at Malakye's knee and pulled the trigger. Then did the same to the other knee.
"Do you want the second hint. Nod or shake." Malakye nodded his head and Max gave him the second hint.
"The two people who you killed were a couple and were extremely rich. Do you have an idea?" Malakye nodded his head and Max leaned down to Malakye's ear,
"If you yell or scream I will kill you, so be a good boy." Max removed the gag slowly.
"The Prescotts."
"No, wrong again." Max put the gag back over Malakye's mouth and shot him in both shoulders.
"How about this I'll give you a free hint. Does that sound nice." Malakye quickly nodded his head and closed his eyes.
"Well I did some digging and found out that the female was once your girlfriend. What she saw in you I don't know, but people make mistakes. The woman left you for some rich tycoon and the two got married. They had a son, me, and when he was seventeen they attended a party that you were at. On their way home the next morning they were murdered. The man shot and the woman raped and shot in the back. Now I gave you more that one hint, so I suggest you guess correctly this time. Well?" Max removed the gag once again and Malakye looked at him with wide eyes.
"I thought that you were dead."
"Surprise. Now guess."
"The Pegasus boy."
"Boy you are so intelligent, it took four gunshot wounds for you to get it."
"What are you going to do to me?"
"Same thing you did to me, make you suffer and then kill you."
"You are not dead!"
"I died when you killed my parents." Max, becoming angry fired to more shots at Malakye's body before he reloaded and fired three more shots.
"That doesn't feel good does it. This is the emotional pain you put me through all these years because of your greed. But that's okay because my heart will be lifted when I kill you tonight." Malakye started to yell and Max quickly gagged his mouth.
"Bad decision." Max shot him in the leg again and his captive yelled around the gag.
"Let me ask you a question Taganoshi. Are you afraid of me now? You weren't before." Malakye glared at him and remained still.
"Answer me." Max said putting the gun to the man's head. Malakye nodded and Max stood up.
"That's nice to know." Max looked Malakye in the eyes and fired the gun. The bullet went right between the man's eyes, killing him instantly. Max spit on the body and smiled. He pulled out a new holographic chip and radioed Joseph and Tatanya.
"I am finished here."
"We are teleporting now. Get out of there." Max activated the new chip, which was a brunette with green eyes, and exited the room. Max walked calmly to the roof as if nothing had happened. When he reached the roof he heard a woman scream, but he didn't worry because Joseph and Tatanya had already left the scene.
"Come on Max. This place is going to swarming with cops in no time. Deston has you hang glider. Max deactivated the chip and ran over to Deston helping to open the hang glider.
"How do you feel baby?"
"Like a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders, but I still don't feel complete. Something is missing."
"We'll figure it out later, right now we have a rendezvous with Seto on a roof top."
A/N: Alright how did everyone like this chapter? Max finally got his revenge. The story is winding down it has about two or three chapters left. The last part deals with Joseph, Tatanya, and Max's dead parents. Also the flashbacks, which will be explained in the prequel to this story. It will talk about all of the guys and their previous lives in Egypt and how Max and Deston are in love, but can't be together. It's already in the works if you guys want it, so let me know.
Me: It seems that Seto and Yugi are fine. *Seto has one pant leg and scrapes on his body and Yugi is coughing up dirt*
Malik and Ryou: 0.0
Me: Hey Seto, Serena wanted to know if you enjoyed the cuddle session.
Seto: Where is she? Please don't let her get me.
Ryou: What happened?
Seto: I have bruises from the hugging and I think that she punctured one of my lungs. I haven't been breathing right ever since. that horrid day.
Yugi: So you enjoyed it.
Seto: -__-0
Me: Well Serena there is your answer, but you know Seto doesn't know how to show his real feelings.
Seto: She nearly killed me.
Malik: See that means that he loves what you did.
Ryou and Yugi: Hee Hee
Seto: Stop laughing, it's not funny.
Me: Okay everyone read and Review please.
Seto: *holding up a cross* Stay away Serena or anyone else with the same name.
Ryou: That means he loves you Serena and all girls with your name.
Everyone: *snickering*