Wooohooo Its new years everyone!! We and the Bishies are all staying up and
drinking champaign ^^
*Yami is stumbling around (again) and grabs Seto*
*Hic* ...I LOVE YOU MAN!! FUCK THE HEART OF THE CARDS!!!
S: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH GET HIM OFF!!!!
Maria: . Carolyn....did you get him drunk?
C:....no....*scoots in front of a door*
*Maria pushes her aside. The door opens and she finds a very hammered Wufei and Duo* M: .......Carolyn...
C: OK FINE!! I GOT THEM DRUNK BUT I SWEAR I DIDN'T GET DRUNK...I only gave him a beer...or two...
M: then who....
*Alone in a room Quatre sits amongst a pile of kegs that are labeled "Zero Syst. Light." ...*
Q: BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA...FIRST THE BISHIES..AND THEN THE WORLD BHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! AND THEN ALL THE COFFEE SHOPS!!! I'LL SHOW THEM WHO HAS A SO CALLED "CAFFEINE ADDICTION!!!! ALL YOUR MOCHA BELONG TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
**** Hey everyone!! Sorry to leave ya hanging like that, go back to chappie 13!! It has story text now!! Go any further and you'll be extremely confused!! The following is all flashback!!! ***
Seto looked expectantly at Joey as the blonde placed the empty soup bowl on the night stand.
"All righty 'den. Here's the story." Joey said a she sat back down into the chair.
Seto nodded, and leaning back into the bed and settling into a comfortable position. "I'm all ears, pup."
Joey gave Seto an annoyed smile, and cleared his throat, " Okay...once upon a time...there was a boy named Seto Kaiba and he like to pick on the handsome and totally cool Joseph Wheeler...."
Seto snorted, "Alright, alright. I'm sorry. Be serious, ok?"
Joey grinned, "Ok. I'll be serious."
*** Flashback***
"Good Heavens!! What happened to him?" Anzu cried as Bakura and Joey came into view with Seto's beaten form.
Joey shook his head. "Not sure, but something major went down in 'dere."
Firefighters, ambulances, policemen, and news reporters were all over the Kaiba property. A pair of paramedics approached the teens and quickly began to tend to Seto.
"Is he going to be okay?" Yugi asked the medic, as one medic placed an oxygen mask over the unconscious boy's face, while another bandaged any of Seto's open and bleeding wounds.
The medic sighed. "Dunno kid, we're going to take your friend tot eh hospital. They'll be able to help him out."
Seto was loaded onto a gurney and into the back of the ambulance.
"Wait! Can we ride with him?" Ryou asked.
"Are any of you family? If not, no. Only family members can ride with a minor (1)."
Joey raised his hand. "I'm his cousin!"
The medics looked at the blonde quizzical. " Are you 18 or older?"
Joey looked at Yugi for help, "No..but..."
"We need a family member that is at least 18 or older to accompany him."
Anzu growled at the medics, "You mean you'll just sit here and wait for an adult, while Seto Kaiba is in need of medical help??"
The medic pushed Anzu back towards the group, "Yes, thats the rule. You kids go get behind the police tape, before any of you are hurt."
Joey ran forwards, trying to push past the medics, " I'm his cousin, and we are going to the hospital, NOW.."
The medics grabbed Joey, "C'mon kid, get out of here all of you!!"
"But he needs help!" Yugi yelled. " Beat it, you lousy kids!!"
"Yugi!!"
The teens turned around to see Yugi's grandfather running up the lawn towards them. "I just saw on the news what was happening!! Is everyone alright?"
Joey was struck with a brilliant idea. He grabbed Yugi's grandfather, and started moving towards the ambulance.
"Okay, docs, 'eres Seto Kaiba's uncle lets go!!"
The older man looked towards his grandson confused at the situation. Yugi shrugged his shoulders with an expression of "Just go along and we'll explain later."
Joey and Solomon Moutu climbed into the back of the ambulance, before the EMTs shut the doors and drove off. "I hope he's ok." Yugi sighed as he and the others watched the ambulance drive away.
"Wait. Where's Honda and Mokuba??" Anzu said looking around the Kaiba property.
//Honda should have been out by now, Aibou// Yami said in a hushed tone.
"He was right behind us. All he had to do was check to see what was in that room." Ryou said.
"I wonder where Mokuba was during all of this. Where ever he is I hope he got out alright." The silver haired teen sighed.
"He's right over here." said a voice from behind.
The three teens turned to see Honda approaching them with Mokuba tucked safely in his arms. "Honda! Mokuba!" Yugi cried with relief. "We were worried about the two of you."
"Glad to be out of that hell" Honda smirked, "but... I'm not too sure about Mokuba."
Anzu brushed a few of the raven locks of hair out of Mokuba's face, "Whats wrong with him? Does he need a doctor?"
Honda shook his head, "I don't think a doctor would have a cure or believe what was really the matter with him. Take a look."
The taller boy gently laid Mokuba on the grass, and opened the younger Kaiba's eyelid. The blue-grey eye was glassy and emotionless. "His soul is gone again." Honda explained in a hushed tone.
Yugi, Anzu, and Ryou stared in disbelief. "What?" "Its gone. Mokuba's soul is gone. I know for sure because this is how he looked when I rescued him back on Duelist Kingdom."
Anzu look sadly at the child's still form, "If Mokuba's soul is gone then that means that..."
"Pegasus is control of the millennium eye again." Yugi hissed.
"Are you sure its Pegasus?" Honda asked.
Yugi clenched his fists, "It must be. Only certain people can wield millennium items. Besides that look whats happened so far, Seto hasn't shown up at school since the dance, Duelist Kingdom goes up in flames that same night. Which probably means that Mokuba was also attacked that night, and that Seto has been either devastated about his brother, or trying to locate Pegasus."
"How right you brats are." A voice sneered. The teens turned to see Anderson advancing towards them. The larger man chuckled as he approached the bewildered group.
"Heh, thats right. Master Pegasus took Mokuba's soul to torment Kaiba. It was like a warning shot to you punks that he has returned. Its been great watching that brat suffer. Kaiba's been moping around his mansion trying to find Pegasus, but he'll never see his brother again. Mister Pegasus figured that he'd have the kid's body too, since Seto won't be restoring Mokuba's soul to it any time soon." "You bastard." Bakura hissed. Anderson laughed again. "Big words, little punk. Now hand the brat over and I won't be sending ya to the hospital with Kaiba."
"CATCH ME FIRST, YOU ASS!!" Honda said as he scooped up Mokuba and sprinted away as fast as he could. Anderson lunged to grab the boy's trench coat, but Ryou tackled Anderson's legs, sending them both crashing to the ground.
Anderson savagely kicked Ryou away, and struggled to his feet to catch up with the escaping Kaiba.
He pushed past Yugi and Anzu who made brave, but weak attempts to hold him back. Anzu began to scream trying to alert the firemen and police.
Anderson managed to catch up with Honda. He grabbed the tan trench coat and dragged the running boy to the ground with his prize. "Give him up!" Anderson snarled as he attempted to pry Honda's body off of Mokuba's.
Honda'd tightened his grip on the smaller boy's body. "NO!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
Anderson grabbed Honda's thrashing form, and begian to lift him bodily off of the younger Kaiba.
"HEY YOU!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THAT KID??"
Anderson looked up to see three burley firefighters running towards them. Anderson cursed, and shoved Honda forcefully on top of Mokuba. "You won't protect them forever. Master Pegasus will get his way." Anderson hissed, and retreated into the bushes.
The Firefighters, helped Honda up.
"You okay, kid?"
"Yeah, I am thanks." Honda replied, as he check to see if Mokuba was unharmed.
"Is he okay?" One of the firemen asked, pointing at Mokuba's still form.
Honda nodded hastily. "Yeha, yeah, he's cool. This little guy is a heavy sleeper. A herd of elephants couldn't wake this one up."
There was no point in trying to explain what was really wrong with Mokuba. The Firemen nodded, and left Honda to finish their work. "That was crazy."
Honda looked up to see Yugi, Anzu and Bakura running towards him.
"So now what?" Honda asked, lifting Mokuba into his arms once again.
Yugi shook his head. "This isn't good. Pegasus is back and after Seto and Mokuba. We need to figure out what his goal is, and where he is hiding. Its going to be difficult because Pegasus can be any where waiting to strike."
"I think the best course of action," said Ryou, " Would be to take Seto and Mokuba to a secure place, and then figure out how to deal with Pegasus."
Anzu nodded, "Thats right. We'll figure out away to protect our friends!! Seto and Mokuba need us."
"But where can we take them?" Yugi wondered. "I mean Pegasus is willing to do anything to get his hands on the Kaibas and the other millennium items."
Honda stood up, "Lets figure that part now. Right now, Seto's pretty safe at the hospital, but what about Mokuba? We need to hide him. "
"We can take him to someone's house." Anzu suggested.
"He can stay with me."Honda offered.
Yugi shook his head. "He can't stay with you, Honda. That guy heard your name, and this is the second time you've saved Mokuba. Pegasus' goons would search your house first. I'll take him."
"No you can't either, Yugi, because Pegasus would also look there as well, and who knows if Pegasus is also after your grandfather. Its too dangerous there for Mokuba. Anzu you can not take Mokuba either, because neither of your parents are home during the day, and Mokuba would be a sitting duck for Pegasus to take. I'll take him." Ryou said.
"Your parents are in another country, Bakura!!" Anzu pointed out.
Ryou smiled, "I know. But I do have Mrs. Tweed. And I am pretty sure she wouldn't mind having another person to fuss over."
***
Joey and Solomon sat outside the emergency room waiting for the doctor's report on Seto's condition.
The door of the waiting room opened and Anzu and Yugi entered.
"How is he?" Yugi asked
"No news yet." Joey responded as slouched further into the chair.
Yugi and Anzu sat next to each other on Joey's right side. Yugi leaned close to Joey so he could whisper to Joey what had gone on back at the Kaiba mansion.
"Someone's after them. We think its Pegasus."
Joey nearly fell out of his chair. "SAY WHAT??"
"Joey! You idiot, keep it down!" Anzu snarled at the blonde as people turned in their seats to stare at them.
"Sorry."
Yugi pulled Joey closer and whispered hurridly, "Mokuba's soul is gone. Thats why Seto wasn't at school. He has been looking for Pegasus to get Mokuba back. A guy attacked Honda trying to get Mokuba's body, so he could take him to Pegasus."
Joey looked at his friends which much concern, "Holy shit, Yug." "I know." Yugi sighed. "Well where is the lil' squirt now?"
"At Bakura's. For now it's the safest place. Honda's over there right now."
Joey nodded. "Well, where's Seto going to st.."
The doors of the ER opened and a doctor came out to address them. "Mr. Kaiba's uncle?" The doctor asked.
Solomon raised his hand.
"How is he?"
The doctor re-adjusted his glasses and looked at his clipboard.
"Well, He's going to be alright. The boy was in bad shape; he had two broken ribs and a lot of bruising, that should heal in time. According to our tests however, it seems that Mr. Kaiba wasn't at peak condition before hand. He was dehydrated and malnourished which seemed to have been brought on by stress and serious fatigue.
As of now, he is still unconscious, but breathing on his own. He shows signs of waking and will stabilize soon. When he stabilizes we will discharge him from the hospital after keeping him under observation."
The doctor paused a minute to re-adjust his glasses yet again, and then continued.
"However, because Mr. Kaiba is a minor, and you are not his legal guardians, he will be discharged to a state program unless he is taken into custody where an adult is present and will allow for at home treatment."
"State program?" Anzu asked. "It is a program where we keep an eye on children who are orphans or do not have a stable home to for proper recuperation. Its basically a foster home run by nurses."
"Where is it." asked Yugi.
The doctor sighed. "Not too sure. Whichever one has availability. The closest one it about two hours away."
A nurse approached the doctor and gestured him towards the ER. "Please excuse me." He told the group.
Yugi sighed, "this isn't good. Even if Seto is taken into a state program, he's still in danger. Pegasus could go after him and we'd never know, nor would anyone at that place care if he went missing."
"Yeah, and I doubt Seto has the fondest memories of the foster home he lived in as a kid. That last thing he needs is to be two or more hours away from his home." Joey added.
"We could take him in." Solomon said, placing a hand on Yugi's shoulder.
Anzu shook her hand. "No Mr. Moutu. Even though it's nice at the game shop, Seto's not safe there. It would be the first place Pegasus would look."
Yugi nodded, "Yeah. Even if we weren't friend's Pegasus would know we would shelter the Kaibas."
Joey got up and started heading towards the lobby.
"Where are you going Joey?" Solomon called after the retreating blonde. "Ta call my dad. Gotta ask him about something."
****
When Joey got back to the waiting area, the doctor had returned and was speaking again with Solomon, Yugi, and Anzu. "The hospital is getting very busy." The doctor said. "I must move on to the next patient, and this paper work needs to get in order. Do you have a place where Mr. Kaiba can go to?"
"Yugi. We have to take him. We'll risk Pegasus finding him." Solomon said to his grandson.
"You don't have to risk anything, Mr. Moutu!" Joey said. "What do you mean Joey?" Said Yugi.
"What I mean is, that Set's gonna come to my house! So fork that paper work ova here. My dad is on the way." Joey said with a look of triumph.
The doctor nodded, and handed Joey a sizable stack of paperwork. "I am sure that he will be in good hands." The doctor said with a reassuring smile.
After the doctor left, Solomon looked at Joey, "Are you sure that you want to take Seto? I am willing to take the boy in."
Joey grinned. "Positive. You heard the doc, Set'll be in good hands. He'll be good as new!!"
"Or checked into a mental institution..." Anzu smirked. ***
To be continued!!! ^^ Please R and R!!
*Yami is stumbling around (again) and grabs Seto*
*Hic* ...I LOVE YOU MAN!! FUCK THE HEART OF THE CARDS!!!
S: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH GET HIM OFF!!!!
Maria: . Carolyn....did you get him drunk?
C:....no....*scoots in front of a door*
*Maria pushes her aside. The door opens and she finds a very hammered Wufei and Duo* M: .......Carolyn...
C: OK FINE!! I GOT THEM DRUNK BUT I SWEAR I DIDN'T GET DRUNK...I only gave him a beer...or two...
M: then who....
*Alone in a room Quatre sits amongst a pile of kegs that are labeled "Zero Syst. Light." ...*
Q: BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA...FIRST THE BISHIES..AND THEN THE WORLD BHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! AND THEN ALL THE COFFEE SHOPS!!! I'LL SHOW THEM WHO HAS A SO CALLED "CAFFEINE ADDICTION!!!! ALL YOUR MOCHA BELONG TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
**** Hey everyone!! Sorry to leave ya hanging like that, go back to chappie 13!! It has story text now!! Go any further and you'll be extremely confused!! The following is all flashback!!! ***
Seto looked expectantly at Joey as the blonde placed the empty soup bowl on the night stand.
"All righty 'den. Here's the story." Joey said a she sat back down into the chair.
Seto nodded, and leaning back into the bed and settling into a comfortable position. "I'm all ears, pup."
Joey gave Seto an annoyed smile, and cleared his throat, " Okay...once upon a time...there was a boy named Seto Kaiba and he like to pick on the handsome and totally cool Joseph Wheeler...."
Seto snorted, "Alright, alright. I'm sorry. Be serious, ok?"
Joey grinned, "Ok. I'll be serious."
*** Flashback***
"Good Heavens!! What happened to him?" Anzu cried as Bakura and Joey came into view with Seto's beaten form.
Joey shook his head. "Not sure, but something major went down in 'dere."
Firefighters, ambulances, policemen, and news reporters were all over the Kaiba property. A pair of paramedics approached the teens and quickly began to tend to Seto.
"Is he going to be okay?" Yugi asked the medic, as one medic placed an oxygen mask over the unconscious boy's face, while another bandaged any of Seto's open and bleeding wounds.
The medic sighed. "Dunno kid, we're going to take your friend tot eh hospital. They'll be able to help him out."
Seto was loaded onto a gurney and into the back of the ambulance.
"Wait! Can we ride with him?" Ryou asked.
"Are any of you family? If not, no. Only family members can ride with a minor (1)."
Joey raised his hand. "I'm his cousin!"
The medics looked at the blonde quizzical. " Are you 18 or older?"
Joey looked at Yugi for help, "No..but..."
"We need a family member that is at least 18 or older to accompany him."
Anzu growled at the medics, "You mean you'll just sit here and wait for an adult, while Seto Kaiba is in need of medical help??"
The medic pushed Anzu back towards the group, "Yes, thats the rule. You kids go get behind the police tape, before any of you are hurt."
Joey ran forwards, trying to push past the medics, " I'm his cousin, and we are going to the hospital, NOW.."
The medics grabbed Joey, "C'mon kid, get out of here all of you!!"
"But he needs help!" Yugi yelled. " Beat it, you lousy kids!!"
"Yugi!!"
The teens turned around to see Yugi's grandfather running up the lawn towards them. "I just saw on the news what was happening!! Is everyone alright?"
Joey was struck with a brilliant idea. He grabbed Yugi's grandfather, and started moving towards the ambulance.
"Okay, docs, 'eres Seto Kaiba's uncle lets go!!"
The older man looked towards his grandson confused at the situation. Yugi shrugged his shoulders with an expression of "Just go along and we'll explain later."
Joey and Solomon Moutu climbed into the back of the ambulance, before the EMTs shut the doors and drove off. "I hope he's ok." Yugi sighed as he and the others watched the ambulance drive away.
"Wait. Where's Honda and Mokuba??" Anzu said looking around the Kaiba property.
//Honda should have been out by now, Aibou// Yami said in a hushed tone.
"He was right behind us. All he had to do was check to see what was in that room." Ryou said.
"I wonder where Mokuba was during all of this. Where ever he is I hope he got out alright." The silver haired teen sighed.
"He's right over here." said a voice from behind.
The three teens turned to see Honda approaching them with Mokuba tucked safely in his arms. "Honda! Mokuba!" Yugi cried with relief. "We were worried about the two of you."
"Glad to be out of that hell" Honda smirked, "but... I'm not too sure about Mokuba."
Anzu brushed a few of the raven locks of hair out of Mokuba's face, "Whats wrong with him? Does he need a doctor?"
Honda shook his head, "I don't think a doctor would have a cure or believe what was really the matter with him. Take a look."
The taller boy gently laid Mokuba on the grass, and opened the younger Kaiba's eyelid. The blue-grey eye was glassy and emotionless. "His soul is gone again." Honda explained in a hushed tone.
Yugi, Anzu, and Ryou stared in disbelief. "What?" "Its gone. Mokuba's soul is gone. I know for sure because this is how he looked when I rescued him back on Duelist Kingdom."
Anzu look sadly at the child's still form, "If Mokuba's soul is gone then that means that..."
"Pegasus is control of the millennium eye again." Yugi hissed.
"Are you sure its Pegasus?" Honda asked.
Yugi clenched his fists, "It must be. Only certain people can wield millennium items. Besides that look whats happened so far, Seto hasn't shown up at school since the dance, Duelist Kingdom goes up in flames that same night. Which probably means that Mokuba was also attacked that night, and that Seto has been either devastated about his brother, or trying to locate Pegasus."
"How right you brats are." A voice sneered. The teens turned to see Anderson advancing towards them. The larger man chuckled as he approached the bewildered group.
"Heh, thats right. Master Pegasus took Mokuba's soul to torment Kaiba. It was like a warning shot to you punks that he has returned. Its been great watching that brat suffer. Kaiba's been moping around his mansion trying to find Pegasus, but he'll never see his brother again. Mister Pegasus figured that he'd have the kid's body too, since Seto won't be restoring Mokuba's soul to it any time soon." "You bastard." Bakura hissed. Anderson laughed again. "Big words, little punk. Now hand the brat over and I won't be sending ya to the hospital with Kaiba."
"CATCH ME FIRST, YOU ASS!!" Honda said as he scooped up Mokuba and sprinted away as fast as he could. Anderson lunged to grab the boy's trench coat, but Ryou tackled Anderson's legs, sending them both crashing to the ground.
Anderson savagely kicked Ryou away, and struggled to his feet to catch up with the escaping Kaiba.
He pushed past Yugi and Anzu who made brave, but weak attempts to hold him back. Anzu began to scream trying to alert the firemen and police.
Anderson managed to catch up with Honda. He grabbed the tan trench coat and dragged the running boy to the ground with his prize. "Give him up!" Anderson snarled as he attempted to pry Honda's body off of Mokuba's.
Honda'd tightened his grip on the smaller boy's body. "NO!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
Anderson grabbed Honda's thrashing form, and begian to lift him bodily off of the younger Kaiba.
"HEY YOU!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THAT KID??"
Anderson looked up to see three burley firefighters running towards them. Anderson cursed, and shoved Honda forcefully on top of Mokuba. "You won't protect them forever. Master Pegasus will get his way." Anderson hissed, and retreated into the bushes.
The Firefighters, helped Honda up.
"You okay, kid?"
"Yeah, I am thanks." Honda replied, as he check to see if Mokuba was unharmed.
"Is he okay?" One of the firemen asked, pointing at Mokuba's still form.
Honda nodded hastily. "Yeha, yeah, he's cool. This little guy is a heavy sleeper. A herd of elephants couldn't wake this one up."
There was no point in trying to explain what was really wrong with Mokuba. The Firemen nodded, and left Honda to finish their work. "That was crazy."
Honda looked up to see Yugi, Anzu and Bakura running towards him.
"So now what?" Honda asked, lifting Mokuba into his arms once again.
Yugi shook his head. "This isn't good. Pegasus is back and after Seto and Mokuba. We need to figure out what his goal is, and where he is hiding. Its going to be difficult because Pegasus can be any where waiting to strike."
"I think the best course of action," said Ryou, " Would be to take Seto and Mokuba to a secure place, and then figure out how to deal with Pegasus."
Anzu nodded, "Thats right. We'll figure out away to protect our friends!! Seto and Mokuba need us."
"But where can we take them?" Yugi wondered. "I mean Pegasus is willing to do anything to get his hands on the Kaibas and the other millennium items."
Honda stood up, "Lets figure that part now. Right now, Seto's pretty safe at the hospital, but what about Mokuba? We need to hide him. "
"We can take him to someone's house." Anzu suggested.
"He can stay with me."Honda offered.
Yugi shook his head. "He can't stay with you, Honda. That guy heard your name, and this is the second time you've saved Mokuba. Pegasus' goons would search your house first. I'll take him."
"No you can't either, Yugi, because Pegasus would also look there as well, and who knows if Pegasus is also after your grandfather. Its too dangerous there for Mokuba. Anzu you can not take Mokuba either, because neither of your parents are home during the day, and Mokuba would be a sitting duck for Pegasus to take. I'll take him." Ryou said.
"Your parents are in another country, Bakura!!" Anzu pointed out.
Ryou smiled, "I know. But I do have Mrs. Tweed. And I am pretty sure she wouldn't mind having another person to fuss over."
***
Joey and Solomon sat outside the emergency room waiting for the doctor's report on Seto's condition.
The door of the waiting room opened and Anzu and Yugi entered.
"How is he?" Yugi asked
"No news yet." Joey responded as slouched further into the chair.
Yugi and Anzu sat next to each other on Joey's right side. Yugi leaned close to Joey so he could whisper to Joey what had gone on back at the Kaiba mansion.
"Someone's after them. We think its Pegasus."
Joey nearly fell out of his chair. "SAY WHAT??"
"Joey! You idiot, keep it down!" Anzu snarled at the blonde as people turned in their seats to stare at them.
"Sorry."
Yugi pulled Joey closer and whispered hurridly, "Mokuba's soul is gone. Thats why Seto wasn't at school. He has been looking for Pegasus to get Mokuba back. A guy attacked Honda trying to get Mokuba's body, so he could take him to Pegasus."
Joey looked at his friends which much concern, "Holy shit, Yug." "I know." Yugi sighed. "Well where is the lil' squirt now?"
"At Bakura's. For now it's the safest place. Honda's over there right now."
Joey nodded. "Well, where's Seto going to st.."
The doors of the ER opened and a doctor came out to address them. "Mr. Kaiba's uncle?" The doctor asked.
Solomon raised his hand.
"How is he?"
The doctor re-adjusted his glasses and looked at his clipboard.
"Well, He's going to be alright. The boy was in bad shape; he had two broken ribs and a lot of bruising, that should heal in time. According to our tests however, it seems that Mr. Kaiba wasn't at peak condition before hand. He was dehydrated and malnourished which seemed to have been brought on by stress and serious fatigue.
As of now, he is still unconscious, but breathing on his own. He shows signs of waking and will stabilize soon. When he stabilizes we will discharge him from the hospital after keeping him under observation."
The doctor paused a minute to re-adjust his glasses yet again, and then continued.
"However, because Mr. Kaiba is a minor, and you are not his legal guardians, he will be discharged to a state program unless he is taken into custody where an adult is present and will allow for at home treatment."
"State program?" Anzu asked. "It is a program where we keep an eye on children who are orphans or do not have a stable home to for proper recuperation. Its basically a foster home run by nurses."
"Where is it." asked Yugi.
The doctor sighed. "Not too sure. Whichever one has availability. The closest one it about two hours away."
A nurse approached the doctor and gestured him towards the ER. "Please excuse me." He told the group.
Yugi sighed, "this isn't good. Even if Seto is taken into a state program, he's still in danger. Pegasus could go after him and we'd never know, nor would anyone at that place care if he went missing."
"Yeah, and I doubt Seto has the fondest memories of the foster home he lived in as a kid. That last thing he needs is to be two or more hours away from his home." Joey added.
"We could take him in." Solomon said, placing a hand on Yugi's shoulder.
Anzu shook her hand. "No Mr. Moutu. Even though it's nice at the game shop, Seto's not safe there. It would be the first place Pegasus would look."
Yugi nodded, "Yeah. Even if we weren't friend's Pegasus would know we would shelter the Kaibas."
Joey got up and started heading towards the lobby.
"Where are you going Joey?" Solomon called after the retreating blonde. "Ta call my dad. Gotta ask him about something."
****
When Joey got back to the waiting area, the doctor had returned and was speaking again with Solomon, Yugi, and Anzu. "The hospital is getting very busy." The doctor said. "I must move on to the next patient, and this paper work needs to get in order. Do you have a place where Mr. Kaiba can go to?"
"Yugi. We have to take him. We'll risk Pegasus finding him." Solomon said to his grandson.
"You don't have to risk anything, Mr. Moutu!" Joey said. "What do you mean Joey?" Said Yugi.
"What I mean is, that Set's gonna come to my house! So fork that paper work ova here. My dad is on the way." Joey said with a look of triumph.
The doctor nodded, and handed Joey a sizable stack of paperwork. "I am sure that he will be in good hands." The doctor said with a reassuring smile.
After the doctor left, Solomon looked at Joey, "Are you sure that you want to take Seto? I am willing to take the boy in."
Joey grinned. "Positive. You heard the doc, Set'll be in good hands. He'll be good as new!!"
"Or checked into a mental institution..." Anzu smirked. ***
To be continued!!! ^^ Please R and R!!