Chapter Fourteen-Little E's Psychic Discovery

"E! Can hear me?" Andrew banged on the fiberglass partition that seperated him from his baby brother. Christien had already passed out, and Andrew was fighting it. He had to make sure his baby brother was okay, but the baby wasn't moving either. "E!"

The baby stirred, slightly, looking over at his older brother. " 'drew!"

"E…." Andrew felt himself starting to give into the tranquilizer Lorelai had administered to them all.

The littlest Roba pulled himself up on to his hands and knees, looking at him. "No sweep! We det outs!" He began to cry, instantly, when Andrew dropped off. The baby Roba sat there in his glass prison, watching the people he loved drop off one by one. He was getting very scared. There was no one to protect him, yet, somehow, the baby knew he would have to get them out. His eyes,blury from tears, caught sight of the control panel. With all his thought on it, the baby managed to move the controls to turn the air conditioning off. He looked over at the others, who were still bound to their chairs with tape. He beat his little fists on the glass, trying to get his older brother Jon's attention. "Donfin!"

Jonathan moaned, then looked up at E's prison. "E! You're alright…."

Little E smiled in delight, seeing that one of them was still conscious. He closed his eyes briefly, trying to send a mental message to his brother. ~~Jonfin, I fink I habe madic wike Epa.~~

Jon's eyes widened, when he realized what was going on. "It can't be….two psychics in one family?!"

~~Fink so.~~ The baby studied his brother's expression. ~~I gets us outs!!~~.

His older brother just shook his head in disbelief. Why were his baby brother's abilities just now working? Why couldn't they've helped before? "Can you see a way out, E?"

~~Yesh. People toming.~~ The little Roba stared at the door as the knob was being turned. ~~Dey can't gets in.~~

Jon turned as far as his bonds allowed him, to stare at the door. "Hello?!"

"Jonathan?" Seto Kaiba's voice came through the door.

"Mr. Kaiba!" Jon was elated.

~~Taiba!!~~ Little Espa giggled happily.

"Is my brother with you, Mr. Kaiba?" Jon asked, worried about Espa.

"No. He is somewhere in the park. We're trying to get the door open." Seto looked at the others in his group. The relief he felt was echoed on their faces. "We have to get them out."

"Yes, we do." Ishizu went to the door now. "Jonathan, is everyone alright in there?"

Jonathan did a quick evaluation of the state of his friends. "Yeah. But we've still not seen Mokuba anywhere!"

"We will find him, I'm sure." Marik assured Jon.

Little E had been working on the catch that would release him from his prison. Using his newfound telekinesis, Baby Espa got the prison open.

"Marik Ishtar? What are you doing here?" Jonathan asked.

"Helping." The Egyptian boy heard the click of something in the room. "What was that?"

Jonathan looked over at E. "It's my baby brother! He's gotten out of his cage!" The second oldest Roba blinked in surprise, as the baby toddled over to him, now, and started yanking the tape that held him prisoner.

Ishizu looked at the others. "Finally, his powers have come into being. They couldn't have come at a better time." She smiled knowingly at Kaiba's obvious disbelief. "You still doubt things after Battle City then?"

"Magic is strictly for fairy tales. The lock on his prison must've been faulty." CEO grunted.

"Mr. Kaiba, if it was, he still couldn't have gotten it open." Kenny spoke up now. "Little Espa is only two."

"Maybe, maybe not." Seto replied. "Can't we get the door open?" He wanted to see with his own eyes that this baby was setting people free.

"I tan." Little Espa headed for the door. He was already weakening considerably from fighting the tranquilizer, but he had to help where he could.

"Take it easy, Little Brother." Jonathan stood up, free from his chair. "I'm free now. I can help." The elder of the two conscious Robas looked around for something useful, and decided to start by freeing Randi. "Little E, you've got to find our headsets. We need to let Espa know where this place is."

"I get in minute." The baby agreed, as the lock turned on the door he'd been focusing on. Kenny walked into the room, having gotten out of Seto's arms. "Jonathan….where's Chris?"

"Over there. I can't figure out the controls to open the rest of them." Jon bent over Randi, trying to wake her up. "Come on, Rands…get up."

"Let me have her." Rishid walked over, speaking quietly. "You children are not alone anymore."

Jonathan backed off, and tried to help Kenny free the others. Suddenly, he heard a horrifying sound. "An alarm! We've been busted!"

"Do not fear. You will be hurt no more." Ishizu said firmly.

"Donfin!" Lacey ran to her older friend's arms, excitedly.

"Lacey! Thank goodness you are safe!" Jon scooped her up, as he studied the prison controls. "E, which control is it?"

~~One next to bwack.~~ The baby replied via telepathy. He'd been trying to locate his oldest brother. ~~Tan't finds Epa..~~ The baby looked like he was ready to cry.

"Shh…" Marik scooped him up. "We will find the others, Small One. I think Jonathan is right though. The rest of us aren't psychic, and we'd very much like to let Espa and the others with him know that you are safe." He looked up at his siblings. He heard that horrible Lorelai in the corridors. "She's coming for them!"

"No!" Lacey held on to Jonathan,clinging tightly.

"Don't worry, Lace. I'm not going away again." He'd found the control, and the glass prisons swung open. "Andy, Chris! Wake up!"

"Five more minutes, Espa……" Christien replied drowsily.

Jon chuckled. "No, Chris. You've to get up now! We're free!"

Monica, meanwhile, had crawled inside Andrew's cage. "Up, Andy! We gets out,find Wex!"

"Monnie?" The third youngest Roba stirred, and curled the girl close to him. "She catched you?"

"No, Andrew, get out of there. Lorelai's coming back! Look, the Ishtars and Mokuba's brother are here to save us!" Christien was at his brother's side now. "I'm going to get our headsets back!" He left the prison area, and went searching up a set of stairs the others hadn't seen.

Jon got Andrew out his prison, and after detaching a clinging Monica, managed to carry Andrew to the adults. He looked around. Lorelai's footsteps had subsided, and he worried about what that might mean for them. He called up to Christien now. "Did you find them?!"

"Yes. They're here!" Christien turned one on, and tossed the other below to Jonathan. "Espa! Big Brother, can you hear me??" He waited patiently for a reply, hoping Espa had his turned on.

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"This place is creeping me out!" Joey exclaimed, as they turned another corner. "I don't know how those little guys managed to stay so strong!"

"The same way we did. They were all enemies too, remember? Especially Kenny and my brothers." Espa told the Brooklyn boy. "Lacey wouldn't have known to be an enemy. She was only five when we had our duel."

"They had to learn to work together, just like us." Rex commented. "I guess we all learned something valuable this weekend." The dinosaur duelist was certain that after this ordeal, none of them would speak ill of each other again. Even Kaiba. "Monica was so happy to see Andrew though. I didn't realize they were in the same kindergarten class."

"I tried to tell you that." Espa told his friend. "Mokuba and Jonathan are in the same classes too." He added, as he heard a faint hum from his headset. "My brothers!" He adjusted his set, and flipped the switch all the way on. "Jon, Chris?!"

"Big Brother! Thank God you're safe!" Christien's voice sounded nearly broken. "We're in this woman Lorelai's lair. Seto Kaiba and the Ishtars are with us."

"The Ishtars?" Espa was only slightly surprised. "Is everyone alright? Monica and them?" He looked over at Rex, Weevil, Joey and Cedric.

"Yes. Although, Monica's a little upset about being away from Rex." Jon spoke now.

"I have an idea. Give her your headset." Espa handed his own to Rex. "Your sister isn't handling separation very well."

"I didn't think she would." Rex spoke carefully into the mouthpiece. "Monnie?"

Monica's eyes widened, then filled with tears as she replied to her older brother's voice. "Wex! Tome finds me…."

Rex's voice almost cracked. "I'm trying, Baby. We're going to see each other really really soon, I promise!"

"I love yous, Wex…." Monica replied tearfully.

"I love you most." Rex said softly. "Hang in there, Baby Sister. Brother's coming." He handed the set back to Espa, as Weevil put a hand on his shoulder. "That witch is going to pay for this!"

"Yes she is, you better believe it!" Joey agreed in anger.

Espa was talking quietly to Jon and Chris. "He did what?! It must be true then! He's like me!"

"He couldn't get you though. It must be he's not strong enough to do long distance telepathy yet." Christien decided aloud.

"That could very well be it." Espa agreed. "So everyone's alright?"

"Yes, but we haven't seen Mokuba for a long time. That scares me." Jonathan said.

"I'm sure he'll turn up eventually. In the meantime, I want you guys to stay with the Ishtars and Kaiba. No more splitting up."

"Yes, Espa. We intend to. Robas signing off." Christen looked down at Jonathan, sending a silent message to him.

Jon nodded, as he handed Alexandra Wilson to Rishid. . "We should go, Mr. Kaiba."

"I'm not leaving without Mokuba!" Seto replied through gritted teeth.

"Then you're going to put them all in danger again." Rishid told him,as he watched a recovered Randi talk to Kenny. "Your brother would want his friends safe, would he not?"

"I know he would." Marik said suddenly, hugging Cynthia Wilson to him. "If Lorelai hasn't come back yet, she still might. We need to get as far from here as we can."

"Marik is right. Come." Ishizu led the group of still groggy children out of the room, and down the corridor, which they had come. She looked back at them all, sadly. This has been a very tiring weekend for them all. It's so sad that people have to hurt innocent children this way.

"We're out!" Christien proclaimed needlessly, holdiing on to Andy now.

"Yes, but the danger is far from over. Do you really think that evil woman will just let us walk out of the mirror maze?" Jonathan asked, as he held on to Lacey.

"Maybe not, but you needn't worry about that. We will deal with it." Marik told the young Roba.

Kenny was walking beside Randi, with Monica in her arms. "Are you okay, Randi?"

"Yes. I'm just exhausted."

"That makes two of us." Kenny smiled a little. "I can't wait to see my brother again."

"Ditto for me." Randi grinned. "Cedric's probably going mental if their in here. He's scared of everything!"

"Not Weevil. He's not even afraid of Yugi Moutou."

"Why would he be?" Randi asked. She'd never seen or heard of Yugi.

"You don't know about Yugi?!" Kenny was incredulous. "He beat my brother in four turns in duel monsters!"

"Then my brother better stay clear of him!" Randi giggled. The girls continued to catch up, as they walked on.