Chapter Four-Martina's Courage

"I'll never tell you anything!" Martina spat at the man who was restraining her roughly.

"Are you sure, Martina? I would think about that, if I were you." The man who'd introduced himself as General spoke softly.

"I'm sure! Where's Cloris?!" Marty struggled to get free from him.

"She is unavailable right now. You will be dealing with me." He replied, smiling a bit cruelly.

"What did you do to her, you creep!" That earned the girl a slap across the face.

"Didn't your parents teach you any manners?" He nodded to the man holding her. "Take her away. Maybe some time in the basement with the rats will wake up her common sense."

"You're going to pay for messing with us! I'm warning you!" Martina shouted bravely, as she was yanked away.

"Foolish child. There's not a thing she can do to stop us now. She should've gone to the police the night she ran." General turned to his cronies. "What of the older sister?"

"She will not talk either." His head henchmen responded. "They're both stubborn brats."

"Perhaps when she knows that we have Martina, it will loosen her tongue a bit. That Jewel must be found. It is the last of it's kind."

"Yes sir." They nodded, waiting for more instructions.

"Bring Cloris to me. I will make her talk." Their leader turned and walked to the window of his den. "Make it clear I will not tolerate any of the disrespect she showed me last night."

"Yes sir." They left the room to do his bidding.

In the basement, Martina shivered on her cot. She was terrified. She wondered if her wish for Mokuba's appearance had been negated when she was stolen. She certainly did miss him, that was for sure. The men were those of her father's rival company, though she didn't know to much about it. She'd been a week old the last time their family had heard from them. It seemed that all they wanted was the jewel that she guarded. She fingered the silver locket. "I won't give it to them, Mama. I made a promise!" She realized that it might mean she died protecting it, but it didn't matter anymore. All that mattered to her at the moment was rescuing Cloris. She thought about how Mokuba would've handled this. He'd been in plenty of situations like this. This was her first time. She looked around ,trying to see if there was a way out. She spotted a window, but it was really high. She was terrified of heights. "Well…. that's that." She sank back on to the cot, bursting into tears. "Oh Mokuba…..I really need you."

Meanwhile, Mokuba was having his problems too. He was in Martina's mansion again, at the fountain. His problem was that he didn't have a coin to toss into it to make a wish. He needed a coin. He walked around a little bit. The thugs that'd kidnapped the girls had done one heck of a job tearing things apart. "Oh man…" The only thing he found was a mounted coin collection. "Here goes…" He opened the case, and took a quarter. "Forgive me." He said to the portrait of Martina's father over the mantle. He returned to the terrace fountain. All right. So all I have to do is toss this coin into the fountain, and wish for Seto and Yugi to come,he thought, as he looked into the water. "I hope this works…." He tossed the quarter into the water. "I wish Seto and Yugi were here!" He waited. Nothing happened. He frowned. How had Marty done it? He waited a little longer,before going into the kitchen. His stomach was growling. "I'm sure Martina and her sister won't mind if I eat a little bit of cheese." He got a block of it out of their refrigerator, and walked back to the fountain, nibbling on it. "I guess I just have to wait." He sat down, leaning against the fountain wall. Before long, Mokuba was dozing off. He curled up beside the fountain, wrapped in the coat that Martina had given him. He allowed himself to go to sleep, hoping when he woke that Yugi and Seto would be there. He couldn't rescue Martina alone, and he wasn't sure how these creeps were going to treat her.

"Where is the Millennium Jewel?" General tried again. He glared at Cloris.

"I have no idea. No one in my family has seen it since Martina was born." She glared back at him.

"Ahh…Marty. Yes. She does know something. Little brat. She would not tell us either."

"S-she's here?! What have you done with her?!" She moved to tackle him, but was halted by the leg chains.

"She's perfectly safe, Cloris. For now." General glowered at her. "How long she stays that way depends on how long it takes for her to crack. "

"You….you bastard! Leave her alone!" Cloris' eyes filled with tears of anguish.

"I'm afraid that is impossible. She's withholding information that we so desperately want. "

Cloris looked down, as the tears streamed. Her baby sister…whom she'd been so cruel to the morning before she'd disappeared. Now it came down to this. Martina was in trouble, and she was helpless to stop them. "Please…don't hurt her."

"I told you, it all depends on her." General blew on his ship whistle. "Take her back."

"No! Please! She's so young!" Cloris pleaded uselessly as she was herded out of the General's study.

"Mokuba….wake up." Seto Kaiba stood over his little brother.

Mokuba stirred, rubbing his eyes. "Seto! Big Brother! You're here!" He stood up,and hugged him tightly.

"Yes…but where exactly is…here?"

"It's a different world, Seto." He explained everything.

"So your friend's been kidnapped?"

"Yeah, and I don't know what to do."

"Well,I'm here now. Maybe I can help you get her back."

"Is Yugi here too?" Mokuba looked around, as if looking for his friend.

"I think he's upstairs." Seto took Mokuba's hand. "Let's go see what he's doing."

He was thinking other things. How is this going to work? Yugi and I don't work well together, or has my little brother forgotten that? Oh well. Can't do anything about it now. I'll have to humor him, again.

"Yugi? Can you help us?" Mokuba walked into Marty's room.

"Yeah. I will." He was gawking at Martina's walls.

Mokuba laughed. "That was my reaction too. She adores us all. Come on. We're wasting time."

"Okay. Come on." Seto led the way out of Martina's mansion.

(There's Chapter Four….A bit long,but I wanted it to end just right)