Project Shadow
Seto sat on the edge of his bed, staring out across the city. "Why must it be me?" he muttered. "If I don't succeed, then Mokuba is in danger. Damn that Oni!" He buried his face in his hands. "But..." he looked through his fingers. "If I get rid of the Oni... Mokuba will be safe. Yami Yuugi must die!"
~*~
The ten agents crept towards the eerie glow of the building. The halls were bathed in a clean white light, reflecting brightly off of the white walls. Footsteps echoed through the silent passageways as they moved along them. Doors which concealed darkened rooms looked spooky; dark in the mass of glowing light.
As they reached a junction in the corridors, the path to their left was a dull grey. People could be heard talking faintly from somewhere at the bottom of the stairs it led to. The clanking of iron bars reverberated around them.
"I think it's this way." Ryou whispered. Bakura nodded. "Otogi, stay here and watch our backs. You two, stay with him." He pointed at two of the other agents. Himself and Ryou, with the remainder walked slowly down the stairs, towards a more golden glow.
~*~
"The Oni!" the man exclaimed, as he left the room and saw Yami. The Pharaoh's eyes narrowed, and dark blades glinting in the minimal light shot along his forearms. For this was one of the scientists who had caught both him and Yuugi.
He felt an uncontrollable surge of anger pulse through Yuugi's mind. Looking down at his young aibou, he saw an enraged crimson lining the soft violet velvet in his eyes.
//Yuugi; calm down. You can't take him on.//
/I know, Yami, I just can't help myself./
The scientist's cry had brought another, and a guard into the hallway. A gun was held tight in the guard's hand.
"You know Master Kaiba's orders!" the scientist said. "Eliminate them!" The guard raised his arm, aiming the firearm at Yami first, and pulling the trigger.
For the Puzzle pair, time slowed down. Watching the bullet move towards him, Yami prepared to protect himself as much as he could, but something impacted his side, just above the hip. Turning, he saw that Yuugi had pushed him out of the way.
"YUUGI!"
(I'll stop here. Actually, no, that's mean, and I want to know what happens too. But first, back to Bakura and Ryou!)
~*~
Bakura looked along the row of sleeping captives in their cells. Spotting Marik leaning against the bars of his, Bakura sneaked up, and poked the Rod Agent in the back. "Ow!" Marik yelled, jumping up. "Shhh!" Bakura said quickly. The yell had already woken up most of those surrounding him.
"We're here to get you out. Then you, Malik, Ryou and I are heading to Kaiba Corp. HQ. to catch up with Yuugi and Yami." Bakura announced. There was a jangling sound behind him, as Ryou held out the keys. Quickly, all the cells were opened, and the agents led upstairs.
"Listen up, people!" Ryou said. "This is Dice Agent." He indicated Otogi. "Follow his orders, and those of Red Eyes, Tauk, and Harpy." Turning to Malik, Marik and Bakura. "Let's go, guys."
There was no quick way to get halfway across the town. The streets were empty of cars, people, everything. The tall Kaiba Corp. building loomed over the city, illuminated with a peculiar glow. Bakura kept his hand tight around a gun; you could never be too careful in these dangerous times.
It took them nearly quarter of an hour to get to the structure. They slipped into the reception hall. They all jumped, as they heard a quick bang, a gun shot, muffled by layers of floor and ceiling. Without speaking, they raced up the stairs.
~*~
Yuugi fell to the ground, with a look of shocked pain on his face. Blood leaked out of a gun wound in his left upper thigh, staining his dark clothes even darker, and marking the floor. He could feel the hot piece of metal embedded in his flesh, feel it against his cracked bone. He could also feel Yami's shock, pain and anger, burning against his mind like a raging fire.
The Oni's eyes glinted a deeper blood red, as he let the flames loose, and attacked the two men. They slumped to the floor, dead from four quick movements on Yami's part. He turned back to Yuugi.
"Yuugi-chan..." he said, kneeling down. "Are you okay?" Yuugi smiled weakly at him. "Sort of; but I can't continue. Leave me here." he said, hands over the wound. Yami shook his head. "Never. You will be coming with me; you can share my body. The will still be there when we separate again, but we'll be in a better position to deal with it then." he said. The Millennium Puzzle glowed, and Yuugi's body dissolved into it as their minds joined.
//Ready?//
/Of course./
Yami turned, and continued his path up the stairs, desparate to reach the top soon.
~*~
The Ring and Rod agents arrived on the seventh floor. The smell of gun powder and death lingered around them. "We can't be far behind them; look." Ryou said, pointing at the two dead bodies. "No time to lose then!" Bakura said, stepping over the corpses. The group raced towards the stairs.
Seto sat on the edge of his bed, staring out across the city. "Why must it be me?" he muttered. "If I don't succeed, then Mokuba is in danger. Damn that Oni!" He buried his face in his hands. "But..." he looked through his fingers. "If I get rid of the Oni... Mokuba will be safe. Yami Yuugi must die!"
~*~
The ten agents crept towards the eerie glow of the building. The halls were bathed in a clean white light, reflecting brightly off of the white walls. Footsteps echoed through the silent passageways as they moved along them. Doors which concealed darkened rooms looked spooky; dark in the mass of glowing light.
As they reached a junction in the corridors, the path to their left was a dull grey. People could be heard talking faintly from somewhere at the bottom of the stairs it led to. The clanking of iron bars reverberated around them.
"I think it's this way." Ryou whispered. Bakura nodded. "Otogi, stay here and watch our backs. You two, stay with him." He pointed at two of the other agents. Himself and Ryou, with the remainder walked slowly down the stairs, towards a more golden glow.
~*~
"The Oni!" the man exclaimed, as he left the room and saw Yami. The Pharaoh's eyes narrowed, and dark blades glinting in the minimal light shot along his forearms. For this was one of the scientists who had caught both him and Yuugi.
He felt an uncontrollable surge of anger pulse through Yuugi's mind. Looking down at his young aibou, he saw an enraged crimson lining the soft violet velvet in his eyes.
//Yuugi; calm down. You can't take him on.//
/I know, Yami, I just can't help myself./
The scientist's cry had brought another, and a guard into the hallway. A gun was held tight in the guard's hand.
"You know Master Kaiba's orders!" the scientist said. "Eliminate them!" The guard raised his arm, aiming the firearm at Yami first, and pulling the trigger.
For the Puzzle pair, time slowed down. Watching the bullet move towards him, Yami prepared to protect himself as much as he could, but something impacted his side, just above the hip. Turning, he saw that Yuugi had pushed him out of the way.
"YUUGI!"
(I'll stop here. Actually, no, that's mean, and I want to know what happens too. But first, back to Bakura and Ryou!)
~*~
Bakura looked along the row of sleeping captives in their cells. Spotting Marik leaning against the bars of his, Bakura sneaked up, and poked the Rod Agent in the back. "Ow!" Marik yelled, jumping up. "Shhh!" Bakura said quickly. The yell had already woken up most of those surrounding him.
"We're here to get you out. Then you, Malik, Ryou and I are heading to Kaiba Corp. HQ. to catch up with Yuugi and Yami." Bakura announced. There was a jangling sound behind him, as Ryou held out the keys. Quickly, all the cells were opened, and the agents led upstairs.
"Listen up, people!" Ryou said. "This is Dice Agent." He indicated Otogi. "Follow his orders, and those of Red Eyes, Tauk, and Harpy." Turning to Malik, Marik and Bakura. "Let's go, guys."
There was no quick way to get halfway across the town. The streets were empty of cars, people, everything. The tall Kaiba Corp. building loomed over the city, illuminated with a peculiar glow. Bakura kept his hand tight around a gun; you could never be too careful in these dangerous times.
It took them nearly quarter of an hour to get to the structure. They slipped into the reception hall. They all jumped, as they heard a quick bang, a gun shot, muffled by layers of floor and ceiling. Without speaking, they raced up the stairs.
~*~
Yuugi fell to the ground, with a look of shocked pain on his face. Blood leaked out of a gun wound in his left upper thigh, staining his dark clothes even darker, and marking the floor. He could feel the hot piece of metal embedded in his flesh, feel it against his cracked bone. He could also feel Yami's shock, pain and anger, burning against his mind like a raging fire.
The Oni's eyes glinted a deeper blood red, as he let the flames loose, and attacked the two men. They slumped to the floor, dead from four quick movements on Yami's part. He turned back to Yuugi.
"Yuugi-chan..." he said, kneeling down. "Are you okay?" Yuugi smiled weakly at him. "Sort of; but I can't continue. Leave me here." he said, hands over the wound. Yami shook his head. "Never. You will be coming with me; you can share my body. The will still be there when we separate again, but we'll be in a better position to deal with it then." he said. The Millennium Puzzle glowed, and Yuugi's body dissolved into it as their minds joined.
//Ready?//
/Of course./
Yami turned, and continued his path up the stairs, desparate to reach the top soon.
~*~
The Ring and Rod agents arrived on the seventh floor. The smell of gun powder and death lingered around them. "We can't be far behind them; look." Ryou said, pointing at the two dead bodies. "No time to lose then!" Bakura said, stepping over the corpses. The group raced towards the stairs.