Chapter Eight- The Mysterious Host,Revealed!

When he woke up, Christien realized that Mokuba was missing. "Uh oh…" He woke Andy and the girls up. "Come on you guys. I think something's happened to Mokuba."

"Like what?" Monica asked worriedly. She looked up at the older Roba wide-eyed.

"I'm not sure. Come on." He scooped her up."Andy, can you help the twins out?"

"Okay, Christien." Andy helped the girls up, and led them each by a hand. "I a big help?"

"A very big help." Christien smiled. He turned his head set on. "Jon, are you awake?"

"Yeah. Did you find E?" Jonathan sounded like he was still half asleep.

"No. But we've got bigger problems."

"What's bigger than our little brother missing?"

"Mokuba Kaiba's gone too. He must've been taken in the night."

"Oh no! My poor friend!" Jonathan stared at Randi and Kendra, who were sleeping beside each other, with little Lacey next to them. "Chris, do NOT take your eyes off of Andrew." Jon ordered. "We're going to have to keep our sets on for now. I want to know what you're doing and where."

"I know I know. I wish we could find each other,but it's nearly impossible!" Christien fretted. He was starting to get freaked out.

"Calm down. We don't want to scare the little ones. Look, I'm going to get my group going. Keep me posted."

"Right." Christien looked at his crew, smiling brightly with an effort. "Mokuba's playing hide and seek. Let's see if we can find him, okay?"

"Ooh…Hidenseek. I wikes hidenseek!" Monica squeaked.

"Me too! Me too!" The twins chorused.

"Alright. The only rule is we all hold hands. Don't let go." Chris took Andrew's hand now, carrying Monica. "Come on."

"Christien just told me Mokuba's gone." Jonathan reported to Randi and Kendra later, as he fished for some animal crackers for Lacey to snack on.

"Gone?! What does it mean? Your little brother, and now Mokuba?" Randi's eyes widened. "Do you think it has to do with who loses each duel?"

"That's a possibility. So…that means Kaiba lost to Joey." Jonathan calculated.

"How do you know who dueled who? We're in here." Kendra asked.

"My brother Espa. We're all keeping in contact via our old headsets."

"Good idea." Kendra admitted. "So.Wheeler beat Kaiba, so Kaiba lost his brother. That's not really a nice parting gift,is it?"

"No. But what I don't understand is why MY brother was taken."

"We're going to have to find out, but I've got a suggestion. We need to merge with your brothers." Randi watched Lacey reach her little hand into the cracker box for more. "There are too many small children, and I think if we were all together, we could keep a better eye on all of them."

"Hmm…you're right, but first we've got to find them." With that, Jon picked up Lacey,who clung to the crackers, and led the older girls down the corridor,and turned.

"Little E?? What are you doing here, buddy?" Mokuba crawled over to the baby's crib, and took him out. All the while, he kept looking around the cold room they were in. "I don't like this place one bit." He paced with the fussy Roba, petting his hair gently. "Shh….I'm here. I won't let anything happen to you."

"Isn't that touching?" A sinister voice spoke up.

Little Espa whimpered,tightening his grip on Mokuba's shirt. He whimpered. "Hurted mes…."

Mokuba glared in the direction of the speaker. "What did you do to him?! And who are you? Are you in charge of this so-called "fun day"?"

The speaker cackled, then came into the light. "I'm Lorelai. And I merely gave him a shot to put him to sleep. His incessant crying was quite annoying."

"He could've been allergic to that drug! You could've killed him!" Mokuba replied hotly, clinging to the little Roba. "When my brother finds you, you're going to pay!"

"Foolish young Kaiba….your brother will not find you. You aren't even above ground anymore. That's why it's so cold in here." Lorelai sneered. "Give me the boy. I'm sure you don't want him to be hurt again."

"I will never let you touch him!" Mokuba declared. He owed it to Jonathan and his brothers to keep Little E safe from this monster. He clung tighter to E, as the baby played with his locket. As he took a step back, a hulk of a man grabbed him, holding him still. "Hey! Let go!"

"You heard Miss Lorelai. Put the baby down." The man's voice sounded like gravel.

Mokuba stiffened. He looked down at the young Roba in his arms. "Alright…..just, please don't stick him again. He's just scared, that's all." Mokuba set the little Roba down.

Little E immediately started crying, and tried to go to him, but Lorelai scooped him up first. " 'Kuba! No wet takes mes!"

"Now now, Little Espa….we're not going to hurt you, as long your big brother stops snooping around." To her body guard, she said. "James, take Mokuba to his suite. I'm sure he'll find it much more pleasing than this room."

Little E watched helplessly,as Mokuba Kaiba was taken away. That room he was going to was worse than the one he was in now,but his young mind couldn't put it together right to warn Mokuba. "'Kuba! Kuba,tome backs!"

"Enough of that! You're as bad as your big brother Espa. Well,I'll fix that!" Lorelai found the baby Roba's pacifier, and dipped it directly into the drug, then gave it to him. "Here now…your pacifier. And I do mean pacifier."

Within twenty minutes, the baby was asleep once more, and Lorelai returned him to his crib. "Now, Espa…..you'll have to stop snooping, or I'm going to hurt every one of your precious siblings. And believe me,I can be very very cruel when I want to be." She smirked evilly, before returning to her room, to find out what the rest of her "guests" were doing.