Chapter Two- The Millennium Jewel and an Invasion

"Cloris! Cloris, where are you?!" Marty was in last room of the house. Her sister hadn't been in any of the others. She looked at Mokuba, really worried now. "This isn't like her, Mokuba. She always comes home."

"Maybe she got held up?" Mokuba knew how the girl felt. The first time Seto hadn't come home right after work, he'd been scared. "Come on, Marty. Let's go watch some of those videos of yours. I'm curious." He hoped to distract her from her sister's absence.

"Okay…." She didn't look too thrilled about it. "What if she got stolen? What if they try to steal me?"

Mokuba licked his lips,thinking. She had a point. Her family was a carbon copy of his. "Don't worry, Marty. I'm sure Cloris is okay. Come on." He led her by the arm into the den. "Which one should we watch?"

"This one. It's called Tag Team Takedown. This is when Marik kidnaps you ,Joey and Tea,and forces Yugi and Seto to a duel." She put it in the VCR, and sat on her couch. "Come on, Mokuba."

He quirked an eyebrow, as the opening credits came on. "My brother isn't that vicious looking." He went and sat beside Marty. "Why do you like this one so much?"

"Because, Kai-I mean,Seto has to work with Yugi, and it's funny."

Mokuba shrugged, and watched the four episodes. Marty had a warped sense of humor. The events the episode depicted were not funny. "Those weren't funny. I was scared to death."

"I'm sorry, Mokuba." Marty gave him a sad look. "I didn't even think about that."

"It's okay,Marty" He turned off the video, looking at the clock. "Wow. It's almost seven thirty."

"Oh no…" Marty went into their kitchen. "Maryella, where's dinner?" There was, however, no cook in the kitchen. "Maryella! I'm hungry, so is Mokuba!" She looked back towards the doorway. "She's not here." It was then that it dawned on her. The whole house was dead silent. "Mokuba…. we're alone."

"Alone? How can that be?" Mokuba shivered. Something was definitely wrong. "Come here." He had to protect her, if indeed, things were taking a dark turn. "We have to go for help,Marty."

"No! What if Cloris comes home?" She was losing hope of that though.

Mokuba sighed. It didn't look good for Cloris, or her. "Marty…if you wanna see Cloris again, we have to get help." Boy this situation was all too familiar.

"Alright, Mokuba. We can be sure of one thing. Pegasus and Marik aren't suspects." She pulled on her coat, and looked at Mokuba. "You don't have a coat…." She handed him one of her old ones.

"I…thanks." Mokuba smiled, and put it on. It didn't even look like a girl's coat.

"Let's go." He led her out of the estate, and gasped. "Can you climb fences, Martina?"

"I don't know. I never tried."

"Here's your chance. Look." He pointed. The gates were locked. "Someone is trying to keep you here."

Her eyes widened. "This is bad, isn't it?" She was terrified.

"Not if we work together. Come on." He put a comforting arm around her.

She nodded, and started to climb. "It's so high…"

"Don't look down. Keep going."

"Hey! You little brat! Come back here!" A very sinister sounding voice came from the shadows.

"Mokuba!" Marty was halfway up the gate.

"Your invisible friend can't save you now,Martina. Just come on down from there."

Mokuba's eyes narrowed. Invisible? Well, good! "Keep going, Marty. I'm here!" He climbed up and over the gate, which happened to be very much like the ones to Seto's private lab. "Come on,Marty!"

As she was getting to the spiked ends of the gate, a hand grabbed her ankle. She screamed. "Get off me! Mokuba,help!"

He watched, in horror. "Martina!" He climbed back up, to grab the hood of his friend's snow coat,and clung to it. "Don't worry. I've got you."

She kicked, trying to free herself from the gloved hand. "Help!"

"Turn around,Marty. You have to climb!" Mokuba's grip was slipping. "Hurry!"

One last kick freed the little girl,and she scrambled up and over. "I did it!" She didn't have long to celebrate, because Mokuba grabbed her sleeve, and ran with her.

****A Little while Later****

"Who WERE those creeps, Marty?" Mokuba put a blanket around his friend to keep her warm in the warehouse they were hiding in.

"They work for Daddy's rivals. They keep trying to steal our Millennium Jewel."

"Millennium Jewel, huh? Well, what do they want with you?"

She snuggled up close to him. "I don't know. I bet they're the ones who have my sister though." Tears brimmed in her eyes. "I'm so scared, Mokuba. I don't have a Yugi to go to for help the way you do."

"No, but you have me." He hugged her close, wondering what to do now. "We can stay here for a couple of days, then we'll decide what to do. Where is this jewel located?"

"Here." She held up a locket, and opened it. There inside was set a aqua colored stone.

"No wonder they're after you! You have the jewel? Why?"

"I took it from the vault when I was six, to protect it. Mama told me to. She put in this locket."

"Oh." Mokuba chewed on his lower lip. This presented a problem. They would go after her no matter where the hid,unless…."Marty, do you think that fountain would work again?"

"Why?" She looked up at him, her eyes barely visible in the darkness of the warehouse.

"Well, we might have to use it, to get us more help."

"Really?"

"Well, it brought me here, didn't it? Maybe it'll bring Seto or Yugi." We might need them both, he thought to himself.

"Maybe, but we'd have to get back into my house, and they'll catch me." Her lower lip trembled fearfully.

"Shhh…we'll think of something, Martina. Don't cry." He held her close. He hoped he'd be able to come up with something while she slept that night. He didn't think it would happen though.

(Well,there's chapter two. Please R&R,and tell me how you like it!)