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Seto to the Rescue!  Chapter Eight

The Final Frontier

Hong-Ming ran into DG's realm, dragging Cocriboh along behind her. "Hello, everyone!" they chirped in unison.

Malik looked at her thoughtfully. "You can bring back dead people and control them?"

Hong-Ming grinned. "Yeah, but technically, they're still dead.  I can put them in any soulless body, and I was lucky that DG had somehow managed to find Pegasus, though I don't want to know how."

The authoress shrugged. "Authoress powers, plus it'll make for good torture later."

"Can you teach me how to use those bells?" Malik asked.

Hong-Ming glanced at him. "Maybe.  Why?"

"So I can raise an army of Dead to stalk the Pharaoh." Yami glared at him, while Bakura burst out laughing.  Ryou and Yugi just rolled their eyes.

"If that's your plan, count me in!" the tomb robber chuckled.

HK and DG shared a glance, then grinned evilly. "There are better ways to find stalkers than by raising the dead…"

No one got to find out what they meant by that, as Ryou asked, "What about Isis?"

DG glanced at him. "What about her?"

Yugi blinked. "That's right.  Seto STILL hasn't rescued her.  And it must be dangerous, if the only person you'll allow as his guide is a dead guy you don't care about…"

HK grinned, swinging her finger at Yugi and Ryou. "Tsk tsk.  Haven't you two figured it out yet?"

Both boys blinked. "Huh?"

"It's Pegasus because DG wants to make it SEEM dangerous," Hong-Ming explained. "He'll be in for a pleasant – or unpleasant, depending on how you look at it – surprise when he rescues Isis."

"Besides," DG continued, "we can have some Pegsy-torture when he's done his job." All three girls grinned evilly, and Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Bakura, and Malik all shuddered.

"I don't envy Pegasus at all right now," Yami muttered, and the rest of the boys nodded agreement.
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As Seto followed a skipping Pegasus down the street, he wondered idly if the Millennium Rod could control him this well.  He'd have to ask Malik.

His guide abruptly slid to a stop in front of a tall building. "This is the place!" he sang. Seto sweatdropped. "Isis is in the basement."

'Someone really needs to give him voice lessons,' Seto thought. He said aloud, "What'll you be doing, O Master of the Flying Horses?"

Pegasus giggled – a very disturbing sound. "I'll be in the park!  I'm gonna catch me some pink bunnies, like Funny Bunny!" With that, he hopped away.

Seto sighed, shaking his head. 'Why must all my guides be so STRANGE?'

Walking into the building, he found two guards lounging around a door.  They sprang up immediately, yelling, "Halt!  Or we'll-"

One guard turned to the others. "Umm… what WILL we do?"

The other guard shrugged. "I dunno.  Threats aren't exactly my strong point."

A tick mark appeared on Seto's forehead. "Shut up and get out of my way.  I don't have time for this."

Both guards jumped at that. "Stop, or we'll… um…"

Seto sighed, walking towards the two guards.  A couple good punches, and Seto was opening the door that led to the stairs.  The guards were sprawled out on the floor, stars dancing around their heads.

"Hey," one guard groaned, "I know what to do."

"Save it for the next intruder," the other moaned as they both passed out on the floor.
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A few minutes (and about twenty KO'd guards) later, Seto reached a locked door, supposedly leading into the room where they were keeping Isis.  He rammed into the door several times, until it fell in and he could see inside.

Isis and the last of her kidnappers looked up from the two dueling mats spread out before them.  Upon seeing the famous Seto Kaiba, the kidnapper abruptly fainted.  Isis glanced down at him, then back up at Seto.  She smiled slightly.

"Oh, Kaiba, hi.  I just won again," she said, gesturing at the dueling mats and the man on the floor.  Seto stared at her in disbelief. "Wanna duel me?"

Seto looked around the room, noticing the empty glass of lemonade and opened booster packs scattered everywhere.  As giant tick marks appeared all over his face, he stormed outside, yelling, "DG!  I'll kill you!"

Isis blinked. "Was it something I said?"