**** I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh ****
**** A/N: Ooh things are really stirring up! These are the very last chapters for "Red Lips, Blue Eyes" and within the New Year I'll have begun the sequel! But for now.let's see how Kaiba's gonna get Roux back, eh? ^_^
****
Chapter Thirty-Six
Kaiba's harsh blue gaze narrowed upon the most innocent-looking cruise ship on the water. He knew right away that it had to be Malik's. While he was
unconscious he could have sworn he heard one of the guards saying that Malik was taking Roux to a cruise ship. Even if it weren't the right one, he wouldn't care if it took him all night; he would find where Malik was
hiding.
Tapping the headset bound over his ears; he pushed the control stick forward and pressed a few buttons on his right. He looked out the window and at the ship. The helicopter was coming closer. Kaiba was very glad that he had taken the lessons to fly a helicopter. If he hadn't, he didn't know
what else he would have done to get out there.
The buzzing of the helicopter's motors and blades above him motivated him
in an odd way, and when he heard the buzz coming from the cruise ship's
landing pad, he pressed a button to affirm communication.
"This is Seto Kaiba of KaibaCorp," he spoke sternly into the headset. "I'm coming in for landing." He added, and steered the control stick slightly
downwards as he further approached the ship.
"Mr. Kaiba, we see your craft. Preparing the landing dock. Over." Came the
voice from the cruise ship's control cockpit.
Kaiba observed the calmness in the man's voice. Malik must have known he
was coming. No matter, maybe it would help to pull this thing along
quickly.
The landing dock was flashing little lights to show Kaiba where to land.
With a heavy heart but a motivated will, he narrowed his eyes.
~ I'm coming Roux. ~ He thought to himself.
~*~
Malik, still holding his Millennium Rod, left the cruise ship's interior and continued out onto the deck towards the back where the landing pad was.
Holding his arm over his eyes, he felt the gushing wind from the
helicopter's rotating blades. He could feel the wind starting to lower
there in the darkness.
Coming around the corner several men were on the deck with flashing lights, showing the helicopter where to land. Malik smiled when he saw Seto Kaiba hoist himself from the pilot seat and steer himself out of the window so he
was now hanging out, holding onto the bar with his foot hooked on the landing bar. His jacket flapping in the wind, his hair flying this way and
that, while his eyes remained stone calm and deadly.
The helicopter landed with a gentle thump, and the blades started to move
softly and the wind was dying down considerably. With a wide grin Malik came closer towards the helicopter to where Kaiba was standing. He held out
his arms, as if to embrace him.
"Well hello Seto Kaiba." He greeted Kaiba with a sneer. "I had a feeling
you would drop in."
Kaiba was not amused to say the least. With his eyes now burning with anger and danger all at once, he stepped away from the helicopter and speedily
came towards Malik.
"Where is she?" Kaiba demanded.
Malik grinned. He knew Kaiba would come after her, since he had been notified from his spies throughout the city that they were together. This
was all going according to his fine plan.
Just to torture and bug Kaiba, Malik gave him an innocent look, widening
his amethyst eyes. "Who?" he asked innocently, and then grinned.
Kaiba's hands balled into fists as he approached Malik. "Don't play games
with me, you asshole!" he spat, and grabbed Malik by the scruff of his shirt and slammed him against the nearest wall furiously. "Where is she?
Where is Roux?"
Malik could only smirk uncontrollably. "Ah, so that day in the park you
were lying to me." He mentioned. "You really do care about her."
Kaiba let Malik go and stepped back. As Malik was straightening out his shirt Kaiba snarled. "Yes I do, but I don't care for you in the least! So I
could easily-" the CEO meant to grab Malik again.
But just in time Malik held up his two fingers, cueing that he wanted at least a few words with Kaiba before anything drastic happened. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." He advised, and watched with a wicked grin as Kaiba
stepped back and looked at him expectantly.
"I hold her life in my hands." Malik stated, as though he were to brag.
"You lay one finger on me, and I will kill her myself in front of you."
Kaiba tried his best to contain himself. He swallowed and felt his heart beating rapidly in his chest but he tried to hold himself still. For Roux's sake. "Why are you doing this Malik? You can take her ring, what use is she to you?" Kaiba already knew the answer, but now that he had these feelings for her, he didn't dare want to think about what he knew Malik would do to
Roux.
Malik only grinned further and then he shrugged. "Well she is quite charming, beautiful, and alluring. I thought that perhaps after killing you
and taking the Egyptian god card, I would just keep her here with me. Afterall, I'm sure you wouldn't mind." He laughed heartily. "You won't even
be alive."
Kaiba clenched his teeth. "Shut up." he warned.
But Malik couldn't stop his torturous fun. "Of course once I have the stone
perhaps I could keep her for my lustful desires."
"You son-of-a-bitch!" Kaiba spat angrily. "Let me see her, let me see that
she's okay!"
Malik raised an eyebrow, and then he shrugged. "Very well. Follow me."
Slowly Kaiba followed Malik around the side of the deck towards a door leading into one of the cabins. Kaiba had the greatest urge to fling him over the side of the ship and watch him drown, but he knew it would result
badly for both him and Roux. So he held himself together.
They walked into a brightly-lit room where the furniture and everything was white. Once they were inside, Malik took a cell phone from his pocket and
dialed a number. Putting his ear to the cell he waited for a moment.
"Bring in the girl." He said into the cell phone sourly after a moment or two, and then slapped it closed. He turned back to Kaiba, and grinned at
seeing the CEO in so much pain.
~ This should prove to be a very fun evening! ~ Malik smirked to himself,
knowing that Kaiba would do anything to keep Roux from being hurt.
Kaiba stood patiently. He knew that he would see Roux in a moment, and he knew that if he cooperated there might have been a way to get out of this mess easily and without anyone, with the exception of Malik, getting hurt.
It was a risk he would have to take to save the world and to save Roux.
Momentarily a door behind Malik opened, and Kaiba's heart gave an eager jump when he saw a suit coming into the room with Roux, his hand a tight grip on her arm. Kaiba was so glad to see she was okay. He wanted to jump
forward and hold her.
At the sight of Kaiba Roux's eyes, slightly red from tears, lit up. "Seto!"
she cried.
"Roux!" Kaiba couldn't help himself, he darted forward, only to be stopped
by Malik's outstretched arm.
"Hold." Malik said. "I'm not finished with you yet, Seto Kaiba. I'm going
to give you a choice." He said,
Kaiba swallowed and awaited Malik's further words, keeping his sad eyes on Roux, watching to make sure the suit didn't hurt her, or to make sure Malik
didn't make a suggestive move towards her.
"The items, or the girl." Malik countered, giving him his two choices. "Although either way they'll both be mine. I hope you realize that." Malik
grinned and stepped closer to Roux.
Kaiba's bit down on his lip. He didn't know what Malik meant by "items",
and if he did he would have easily given them to Malik to get Roux back safely. But he wasn't too sure at all what Malik meant, so therefor he was
paralyzed to do anything at the moment.
Malik shook his head. "Hurry," he warned. "I'm sure Roux doesn't appreciate
waiting." Slowly he came to Roux's side and started to caress her cheek
with his hand gently.
Roux flinched away to avoid his touch, and Kaiba had to restrain himself to
keep from ripping Malik apart to pieces just for touching Roux. "Malik!
Don't touch her!" he growled.
Malik turned his menacingly eyes towards Kaiba and knew he had pushed a button, and he would continue if it meant getting the card faster. "I think I'll touch her just as much as I want." Malik stated, and suddenly kissed
Roux forcefully on her red lips.
Roux's eyes went wide at the contact and she tried with all her might to
push him away. Kaiba's eyes widened and he nearly picked up a chair and threw it at him just to make him stop. "MALIK!" he screamed out. "Stop it
now!"
Malik pulled from Roux's lips instantly, turning towards Kaiba, his eyes
glaring. Licking his lips hungrily he came towards Kaiba. "Then give me what I want!" he said. "Give me Obelisk the Tormentor. Then and only then
will I release Roux."
Kaiba swallowed, staring painfully at Roux, who was pleading to him. Absent- mindedly Kaiba reached for his deck, hidden inside his jacket. She started
to shake her head to him.
Malik crossed his arms. "Well?"
Roux shook her head. "No Seto! Don't do it." She cried.
Her desperation made Kaiba fall weak. He grabbed his deck of duel monster cards and nodded. "All right Malik, fine." He said, and flipped through his deck. He stopped at the card he was looking for, Obelisk the Tormentor, and
he took it out and presented it to Malik in no time at all.
"Here." He said.
Roux kept shaking her head and Malik came forward slowly, as if he were drawn to the card. With his eyes holding a playful look in them he reached
to take the card, a grin growing on his lips.
Suddenly, a stern voice shook them all from this entrancing presence that
stood between them all. "Wait Kaiba!"
Kaiba spun around in surprise, and Malik scowled unimpressed. Yami Yugi had emerged from his hiding spot in one of the rooms, and was standing a little
ways from them, looking very angry and tested all at once.
Malik rolled his eyes. "Oh great." He said. "The pharaoh."
Kaiba scowled. "Stay out of this Yugi. This isn't your concern!" he warned
Yugi.
Yugi took a step forward. "Kaiba if you give him that card the world will
be in great danger!"
"It's the only way, Yugi!" Kaiba said painfully, wishing deep down that it
wasn't the only way to save Roux, but indeed it was.
Yugi stood, and a small smile broke over his lips. "Not the only way." He
countered.
Kaiba's scowl fainted into a frown, and he wondered what Yugi could be talking about. Did he mean outsmarting Malik, or doing something of equal
chance? What could Yugi truly have meant?
Then Kaiba knew. The though struck him abruptly, but in his heart he knew it would be the best way to get all of this over with. He nodded in silent
thanks to Yugi, and then he turned towards Malik.
"All right Malik," he said slowly, tucking Obelisk in his pocket and facing the Egyptian boy fully. "I challenge you to a duel, to decide this matter."
Malik looked very surprised and shocked for a moment. His eyes went wide and blank and his expression fell tremendously. He was not expecting this in the least, and this was how Kaiba was so confident. He grinned, he knew
he had Malik cornered.
Roux smiled as well, smiling at Kaiba. She knew he would be able to think of something to outsmart Malik, and the Egyptian wouldn't stand a chance
against Kaiba in a duel.
Malik thought for a moment, his teeth grinding at the pharaoh for interrupting and now ruining his fine plans, but also at Kaiba for taking light of it. He knew he would have to duel Kaiba to get out of this mess,
but how could he beat Kaiba in a duel?
Suddenly he thought of something, and he broke into a wide, horrible grin that made Kaiba nervous. "I accept." Malik said and chuckled heartily in his throat. "If you win, you can take your lovely Roux and go. However if
you lose, I win everything. The stone, Roux, everything."
Kaiba wondered why suddenly Malik was in such an eager mood after looking so shell-shocked. But he didn't care. He wanted to get this over with as soon as possible. "Agreed." He said. "We'll duel first when the tournament
begins."
Malik threw back his head and laughed. "Oh my, no Kaiba. We're going to
duel right now." He said and grinned.
Kaiba was confused. "What are you talking about? This cruise ship couldn't
possibly have a proper duelist platform." He wondered if Malik was just
toying with him.
Malik chuckled. "You're right, it doesn't." he confessed. "But we won't
need one." He snapped his fingers, and a suit emerged from one of the small rooms, carrying two large things in his hands. Kaiba looked and his eyes widened when he saw it was his company's latest hologram machines, the
very ones he had used to fight off Malik's men.
"Thanks to your new KaibaCorp hologram disks." Malik said, taking them from
the suit and holding them out.
Kaiba growled. "How did you get those?"
Malik shrugged. "My men helped themselves to them when they searched the mansion for Roux. We have plenty of space on the deck, and we'll just use these." He tossed one of the disks to Kaiba, who caught it professionally.
"Please note, my men have made a few slight adjustments."
Kaiba's lip started to curl in anger, but he held the disk tightly.
"Grr.fine! We'll duel! You and me now!" he pointed at Malik.
Again the Egyptian boy laughed, and Kaiba wondered what was so funny this time. Malik looked at Kaiba and grinned. "I never said you would be dueling
me." He said, laughing, and then turning to look at Roux.
Kaiba looked at Roux in horror, and suddenly his mind screamed out. No!
Roux looked very confused, she looked between Kaiba and Malik, unsure of
what had just been said. Malik grinned and put his arm around Roux's shoulder steadily. "Just to make things more interesting, you'll be dueling
Roux."
Roux gasped. "What?"
Kaiba growled. "What? Malik-"
The Egyptian boy held up his Millennium Rod, and in an instant a bright light flashed there in the room. Kaiba covered his eyes, and when the light
had vanished, the suit was holding Roux up. She was unconscious.
Kaiba gasped and darted forward to help her. "Roux-"
But suddenly Roux's head jerked up, and Kaiba gasped to see that it wasn't Roux at all. There was something odd about her eyes. They seemed.blank. As
though someone had.
Kaiba shook his head. It couldn't be true. He turned to Malik
furiously. "You monster!" he growled.
Malik laughed. "It's too late now, CEO. One minor thing my scientists
did to your gizmo." He pointed to the disk in Kaiba's hand. "Once a
person's life points are minimal, the last attack from their opponent
will cause plenty of real damage. Consequently, the person with the
lowest life points.will die."
Kaiba's breath caught in his throat and he looked at Roux, the
lifeless Roux before him, being controlled by Malik and his Millennium
Rod. He was now being forced to duel her, and if one of his attacks
were too strong on her.she would..
Malik could only laugh. "Time to duel."
~*~
**** Grr.ooh that Malik! He sure is a tricky one, isn't he? Well now
Kaiba is forced between two decisions. Will he let himself become
defeated by Roux as Malik has his control over her, or will he be
forced to duel Roux.and kill her? Find out in the next chapter! ****
**** A/N: Ooh things are really stirring up! These are the very last chapters for "Red Lips, Blue Eyes" and within the New Year I'll have begun the sequel! But for now.let's see how Kaiba's gonna get Roux back, eh? ^_^
****
Chapter Thirty-Six
Kaiba's harsh blue gaze narrowed upon the most innocent-looking cruise ship on the water. He knew right away that it had to be Malik's. While he was
unconscious he could have sworn he heard one of the guards saying that Malik was taking Roux to a cruise ship. Even if it weren't the right one, he wouldn't care if it took him all night; he would find where Malik was
hiding.
Tapping the headset bound over his ears; he pushed the control stick forward and pressed a few buttons on his right. He looked out the window and at the ship. The helicopter was coming closer. Kaiba was very glad that he had taken the lessons to fly a helicopter. If he hadn't, he didn't know
what else he would have done to get out there.
The buzzing of the helicopter's motors and blades above him motivated him
in an odd way, and when he heard the buzz coming from the cruise ship's
landing pad, he pressed a button to affirm communication.
"This is Seto Kaiba of KaibaCorp," he spoke sternly into the headset. "I'm coming in for landing." He added, and steered the control stick slightly
downwards as he further approached the ship.
"Mr. Kaiba, we see your craft. Preparing the landing dock. Over." Came the
voice from the cruise ship's control cockpit.
Kaiba observed the calmness in the man's voice. Malik must have known he
was coming. No matter, maybe it would help to pull this thing along
quickly.
The landing dock was flashing little lights to show Kaiba where to land.
With a heavy heart but a motivated will, he narrowed his eyes.
~ I'm coming Roux. ~ He thought to himself.
~*~
Malik, still holding his Millennium Rod, left the cruise ship's interior and continued out onto the deck towards the back where the landing pad was.
Holding his arm over his eyes, he felt the gushing wind from the
helicopter's rotating blades. He could feel the wind starting to lower
there in the darkness.
Coming around the corner several men were on the deck with flashing lights, showing the helicopter where to land. Malik smiled when he saw Seto Kaiba hoist himself from the pilot seat and steer himself out of the window so he
was now hanging out, holding onto the bar with his foot hooked on the landing bar. His jacket flapping in the wind, his hair flying this way and
that, while his eyes remained stone calm and deadly.
The helicopter landed with a gentle thump, and the blades started to move
softly and the wind was dying down considerably. With a wide grin Malik came closer towards the helicopter to where Kaiba was standing. He held out
his arms, as if to embrace him.
"Well hello Seto Kaiba." He greeted Kaiba with a sneer. "I had a feeling
you would drop in."
Kaiba was not amused to say the least. With his eyes now burning with anger and danger all at once, he stepped away from the helicopter and speedily
came towards Malik.
"Where is she?" Kaiba demanded.
Malik grinned. He knew Kaiba would come after her, since he had been notified from his spies throughout the city that they were together. This
was all going according to his fine plan.
Just to torture and bug Kaiba, Malik gave him an innocent look, widening
his amethyst eyes. "Who?" he asked innocently, and then grinned.
Kaiba's hands balled into fists as he approached Malik. "Don't play games
with me, you asshole!" he spat, and grabbed Malik by the scruff of his shirt and slammed him against the nearest wall furiously. "Where is she?
Where is Roux?"
Malik could only smirk uncontrollably. "Ah, so that day in the park you
were lying to me." He mentioned. "You really do care about her."
Kaiba let Malik go and stepped back. As Malik was straightening out his shirt Kaiba snarled. "Yes I do, but I don't care for you in the least! So I
could easily-" the CEO meant to grab Malik again.
But just in time Malik held up his two fingers, cueing that he wanted at least a few words with Kaiba before anything drastic happened. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." He advised, and watched with a wicked grin as Kaiba
stepped back and looked at him expectantly.
"I hold her life in my hands." Malik stated, as though he were to brag.
"You lay one finger on me, and I will kill her myself in front of you."
Kaiba tried his best to contain himself. He swallowed and felt his heart beating rapidly in his chest but he tried to hold himself still. For Roux's sake. "Why are you doing this Malik? You can take her ring, what use is she to you?" Kaiba already knew the answer, but now that he had these feelings for her, he didn't dare want to think about what he knew Malik would do to
Roux.
Malik only grinned further and then he shrugged. "Well she is quite charming, beautiful, and alluring. I thought that perhaps after killing you
and taking the Egyptian god card, I would just keep her here with me. Afterall, I'm sure you wouldn't mind." He laughed heartily. "You won't even
be alive."
Kaiba clenched his teeth. "Shut up." he warned.
But Malik couldn't stop his torturous fun. "Of course once I have the stone
perhaps I could keep her for my lustful desires."
"You son-of-a-bitch!" Kaiba spat angrily. "Let me see her, let me see that
she's okay!"
Malik raised an eyebrow, and then he shrugged. "Very well. Follow me."
Slowly Kaiba followed Malik around the side of the deck towards a door leading into one of the cabins. Kaiba had the greatest urge to fling him over the side of the ship and watch him drown, but he knew it would result
badly for both him and Roux. So he held himself together.
They walked into a brightly-lit room where the furniture and everything was white. Once they were inside, Malik took a cell phone from his pocket and
dialed a number. Putting his ear to the cell he waited for a moment.
"Bring in the girl." He said into the cell phone sourly after a moment or two, and then slapped it closed. He turned back to Kaiba, and grinned at
seeing the CEO in so much pain.
~ This should prove to be a very fun evening! ~ Malik smirked to himself,
knowing that Kaiba would do anything to keep Roux from being hurt.
Kaiba stood patiently. He knew that he would see Roux in a moment, and he knew that if he cooperated there might have been a way to get out of this mess easily and without anyone, with the exception of Malik, getting hurt.
It was a risk he would have to take to save the world and to save Roux.
Momentarily a door behind Malik opened, and Kaiba's heart gave an eager jump when he saw a suit coming into the room with Roux, his hand a tight grip on her arm. Kaiba was so glad to see she was okay. He wanted to jump
forward and hold her.
At the sight of Kaiba Roux's eyes, slightly red from tears, lit up. "Seto!"
she cried.
"Roux!" Kaiba couldn't help himself, he darted forward, only to be stopped
by Malik's outstretched arm.
"Hold." Malik said. "I'm not finished with you yet, Seto Kaiba. I'm going
to give you a choice." He said,
Kaiba swallowed and awaited Malik's further words, keeping his sad eyes on Roux, watching to make sure the suit didn't hurt her, or to make sure Malik
didn't make a suggestive move towards her.
"The items, or the girl." Malik countered, giving him his two choices. "Although either way they'll both be mine. I hope you realize that." Malik
grinned and stepped closer to Roux.
Kaiba's bit down on his lip. He didn't know what Malik meant by "items",
and if he did he would have easily given them to Malik to get Roux back safely. But he wasn't too sure at all what Malik meant, so therefor he was
paralyzed to do anything at the moment.
Malik shook his head. "Hurry," he warned. "I'm sure Roux doesn't appreciate
waiting." Slowly he came to Roux's side and started to caress her cheek
with his hand gently.
Roux flinched away to avoid his touch, and Kaiba had to restrain himself to
keep from ripping Malik apart to pieces just for touching Roux. "Malik!
Don't touch her!" he growled.
Malik turned his menacingly eyes towards Kaiba and knew he had pushed a button, and he would continue if it meant getting the card faster. "I think I'll touch her just as much as I want." Malik stated, and suddenly kissed
Roux forcefully on her red lips.
Roux's eyes went wide at the contact and she tried with all her might to
push him away. Kaiba's eyes widened and he nearly picked up a chair and threw it at him just to make him stop. "MALIK!" he screamed out. "Stop it
now!"
Malik pulled from Roux's lips instantly, turning towards Kaiba, his eyes
glaring. Licking his lips hungrily he came towards Kaiba. "Then give me what I want!" he said. "Give me Obelisk the Tormentor. Then and only then
will I release Roux."
Kaiba swallowed, staring painfully at Roux, who was pleading to him. Absent- mindedly Kaiba reached for his deck, hidden inside his jacket. She started
to shake her head to him.
Malik crossed his arms. "Well?"
Roux shook her head. "No Seto! Don't do it." She cried.
Her desperation made Kaiba fall weak. He grabbed his deck of duel monster cards and nodded. "All right Malik, fine." He said, and flipped through his deck. He stopped at the card he was looking for, Obelisk the Tormentor, and
he took it out and presented it to Malik in no time at all.
"Here." He said.
Roux kept shaking her head and Malik came forward slowly, as if he were drawn to the card. With his eyes holding a playful look in them he reached
to take the card, a grin growing on his lips.
Suddenly, a stern voice shook them all from this entrancing presence that
stood between them all. "Wait Kaiba!"
Kaiba spun around in surprise, and Malik scowled unimpressed. Yami Yugi had emerged from his hiding spot in one of the rooms, and was standing a little
ways from them, looking very angry and tested all at once.
Malik rolled his eyes. "Oh great." He said. "The pharaoh."
Kaiba scowled. "Stay out of this Yugi. This isn't your concern!" he warned
Yugi.
Yugi took a step forward. "Kaiba if you give him that card the world will
be in great danger!"
"It's the only way, Yugi!" Kaiba said painfully, wishing deep down that it
wasn't the only way to save Roux, but indeed it was.
Yugi stood, and a small smile broke over his lips. "Not the only way." He
countered.
Kaiba's scowl fainted into a frown, and he wondered what Yugi could be talking about. Did he mean outsmarting Malik, or doing something of equal
chance? What could Yugi truly have meant?
Then Kaiba knew. The though struck him abruptly, but in his heart he knew it would be the best way to get all of this over with. He nodded in silent
thanks to Yugi, and then he turned towards Malik.
"All right Malik," he said slowly, tucking Obelisk in his pocket and facing the Egyptian boy fully. "I challenge you to a duel, to decide this matter."
Malik looked very surprised and shocked for a moment. His eyes went wide and blank and his expression fell tremendously. He was not expecting this in the least, and this was how Kaiba was so confident. He grinned, he knew
he had Malik cornered.
Roux smiled as well, smiling at Kaiba. She knew he would be able to think of something to outsmart Malik, and the Egyptian wouldn't stand a chance
against Kaiba in a duel.
Malik thought for a moment, his teeth grinding at the pharaoh for interrupting and now ruining his fine plans, but also at Kaiba for taking light of it. He knew he would have to duel Kaiba to get out of this mess,
but how could he beat Kaiba in a duel?
Suddenly he thought of something, and he broke into a wide, horrible grin that made Kaiba nervous. "I accept." Malik said and chuckled heartily in his throat. "If you win, you can take your lovely Roux and go. However if
you lose, I win everything. The stone, Roux, everything."
Kaiba wondered why suddenly Malik was in such an eager mood after looking so shell-shocked. But he didn't care. He wanted to get this over with as soon as possible. "Agreed." He said. "We'll duel first when the tournament
begins."
Malik threw back his head and laughed. "Oh my, no Kaiba. We're going to
duel right now." He said and grinned.
Kaiba was confused. "What are you talking about? This cruise ship couldn't
possibly have a proper duelist platform." He wondered if Malik was just
toying with him.
Malik chuckled. "You're right, it doesn't." he confessed. "But we won't
need one." He snapped his fingers, and a suit emerged from one of the small rooms, carrying two large things in his hands. Kaiba looked and his eyes widened when he saw it was his company's latest hologram machines, the
very ones he had used to fight off Malik's men.
"Thanks to your new KaibaCorp hologram disks." Malik said, taking them from
the suit and holding them out.
Kaiba growled. "How did you get those?"
Malik shrugged. "My men helped themselves to them when they searched the mansion for Roux. We have plenty of space on the deck, and we'll just use these." He tossed one of the disks to Kaiba, who caught it professionally.
"Please note, my men have made a few slight adjustments."
Kaiba's lip started to curl in anger, but he held the disk tightly.
"Grr.fine! We'll duel! You and me now!" he pointed at Malik.
Again the Egyptian boy laughed, and Kaiba wondered what was so funny this time. Malik looked at Kaiba and grinned. "I never said you would be dueling
me." He said, laughing, and then turning to look at Roux.
Kaiba looked at Roux in horror, and suddenly his mind screamed out. No!
Roux looked very confused, she looked between Kaiba and Malik, unsure of
what had just been said. Malik grinned and put his arm around Roux's shoulder steadily. "Just to make things more interesting, you'll be dueling
Roux."
Roux gasped. "What?"
Kaiba growled. "What? Malik-"
The Egyptian boy held up his Millennium Rod, and in an instant a bright light flashed there in the room. Kaiba covered his eyes, and when the light
had vanished, the suit was holding Roux up. She was unconscious.
Kaiba gasped and darted forward to help her. "Roux-"
But suddenly Roux's head jerked up, and Kaiba gasped to see that it wasn't Roux at all. There was something odd about her eyes. They seemed.blank. As
though someone had.
Kaiba shook his head. It couldn't be true. He turned to Malik
furiously. "You monster!" he growled.
Malik laughed. "It's too late now, CEO. One minor thing my scientists
did to your gizmo." He pointed to the disk in Kaiba's hand. "Once a
person's life points are minimal, the last attack from their opponent
will cause plenty of real damage. Consequently, the person with the
lowest life points.will die."
Kaiba's breath caught in his throat and he looked at Roux, the
lifeless Roux before him, being controlled by Malik and his Millennium
Rod. He was now being forced to duel her, and if one of his attacks
were too strong on her.she would..
Malik could only laugh. "Time to duel."
~*~
**** Grr.ooh that Malik! He sure is a tricky one, isn't he? Well now
Kaiba is forced between two decisions. Will he let himself become
defeated by Roux as Malik has his control over her, or will he be
forced to duel Roux.and kill her? Find out in the next chapter! ****