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A/N: Thanks for reading :) Here's chapter 11 :) Enjoy! –- Razzleteddy

Cry of Echoes

Malik, Ryou and Yugi waited outside very eager for the others to come out, which Yami subjected. Yugi rubbed his forehead shakily, "I wonder what's taking them so long?" he creased his brow worriedly.

Malik frowned himself, "I don't know…" he wanted to go in but Yami said it would be better if they waited out there for them. Yugi's brother wanted to keep them out of much trouble as he could. "I hope they come out soon."

"Yeah," Ryou agreed, he then perked up when he saw the others hurry out of the museum, all with mixed looks. He gulped a bit when Marik and his brother spotted him, they didn't looked happy.

Marik stopped and crossed his arms at the sight of his brother and sported a stern look toward him. "And what are you two doing here?" He lined his face serious, "I thought we sent you home."

"Yeah," Bakura did the same, he crossed his own arms. Yami had failed to mention that he brought their brothers there. But he guessed his friend's mind was too preoccupied with the situation.

Malik and Ryou began to squirm a little. They were surprise to see both their brothers there and by the looks on both their faces, they were in trouble for sure, "Mmm, uh…" they only mumbled and started to explain. The two teens hoped that their brothers weren't too upset with them and would let them help Seto at least to some degree. Mokuba was in danger.

"I don't get it," Seto raised his brow in bewilderment as he walked pass the group of four. "This isn't a hard riddle. I mean I know the answer." He continued to walk to his car huskily with everyone now close behind him.

"Well, what's the answer?" Joey walked beside him to his car.

"Think about it Joey," They all crowed around when Marik crossed his arms. "What places has sand?" he smirked a bit and thought how easy it was to figure out.

"I know! The beach has sand," Yugi chimed in.

Seto put the clues in the backseat then paused for a second. "Yeah but the only beach we have is Ocean Shores," he turned around. "And that's like two hours away. It'll take too long to get there." He crossed his arms as he looked down then sighed while he thought. "What other places are there?"

Bakura rubbed his chin and thought for a moment then snapped his fingers when it popped into his mind. "I got it!" He looked up, "Playgrounds and parks sometimes contain sandboxes."

"Yeah, that's true." Yami turned toward Seto and watched his expressions. He lifted a brow, "Seto, what are you thinking?" he gave him a curious look.

Seto inhaled a worried breath and looked up with a very serious face. "I don't like this, the riddle is too easy. He could be planning something." He shook his head, "It doesn't matter. How many parks does this city have?"

"Well…" Joey leaned on his car somewhat causally, "I know one with a sandbox, Point Defiance Park."

"I know three parks."

"I know two as well," Ryou added.

Seto nodded. "That makes six all together," he straightened himself up. "We have to split up again," he went around and opened his car door. "Joey and I will go to the Point, the rest of you go to the others parks okay. We'll meet up at the children's center in about..." he looked at his watch, "Twenty-five minutes all right."

"Okay," Yami nodded in return. He still felt kind of out of place for doing this without the police's help but he couldn't do anything about it now. "I'll go ahead and get help for the guard," he sighed earnestly, "Good luck."

Seto nodded and smiled halfheartedly. "Thanks," he got in and started up the car. He prayed very deeply that the second clue would be there.

Joey got in as well then rolled down the window and peeked out. "Remember, check back at the children's center in twenty-five minutes okay!" he called out as Seto pulled away hastily.

Ryou and Yugi told the three remaining adults where the other parks were. Then in a hurry, they all wished each other good luck and went on their separated ways.

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Baiko slowly crept into the room with a leer and stood there for a moment. He watched Eizo hum a tune while Mokuba slept in the corner of the bed. Delightfully, he walked over to him, which startled Eizo out of his thoughts. "You may go now Eizo and tell the others I don't want to be disturbed," he said in low voice so not to wake up Mokuba. He gazed his eyes on the boy then thought how beautiful he was, like a sleeping angel.

Eizo stood up with a very heavy sigh and frowned a little. "Yes sir," he knew what Baiko had planned for the kid. He gave Mokuba one last look before he quietly left and closed the door softly behind him.

Baiko gently sat upon on the bed and watched the boy sleep peacefully. However, he saddened his eyes a bit and reached over to sooth his silky black hair ever so lightly. "Oh, how much you look like your-." He stopped himself and pulled his hand back. He forced that memory down into his mind then stood up ever so softly and laid Mokuba flat on the bed. He tied his ankles to the ends so he wouldn't be able to move. After that, he hardened his brow as he stared down at him with angry eyes.

Mokuba stirred awake from his movements. "E-Eizo?" he whispered nervously then noticed that he couldn't sit up. Baiko sat back down with a smirk and soothed his bruised cheek a bit. However, Mokuba recoiled from his cold touch, "Eizo? Is that y-you?" he started to tremble slightly.

Baiko pulled back his hand. "No... it isn't Eizo," he answered in a cold tone.

Mokuba gasped as he heard a different man's voice and began to struggle against his restraints. He felt his heart beat faster while panic filled him, he wanted to get away. However, Baiko just grabbed hold of his throat and forced him still. "Now, now, don't do that. You'll damage your wrists more."

Mokuba sucked in a breath then gasped a little from the chokehold. "P-Please don't hurt me," he managed in a whimper and cringed from the man's cold touch once again. "P-Please," he pleaded with him.

Baiko smiled with evil intent and let go of his throat. He inhaled a short breath, he loved to see him squirm, "Well, if you do as I say." He began to sooth his bangs, "I won't punish you."

Mokuba just turned his head to the side. He feared him and wanted him to stop touching his hair. It made him feel uncomfortable to say the least. "Who are you? What do you want?" he finally asked.

"W-Well, if your dear brother solves the puzzle," Baiko only laughed. "You'll find out soon enough."

Mokuba jumped a bit at the sound of a beep going off then stop. "I wonder what that was." Then unexpectedly he felt brave mix with anger. "My brother will come for me and when finds you! He'll make you pay for what you have done! You're nothing but a coward!" he answered back, he didn't care if he got hurt or not.

Baiko stiffened heatedly. He became cross with him and smacked him hard across the face. He hit him where his bruise was which caused Mokuba to cry out. "Don't you dare speak to me like that!" he ordered.

Mokuba began to sob somewhat, he felt his check sting more from the hit.

Baiko calmly sighed while he soothed his hurt cheek. "See now, look what you made me do," he then grabbed hold of his throat and choked him a bit. "DON'T irritate me boy, you wouldn't like it when I'm mad," he squeezed his throat more. "Do you understand me hmmm?"

Mokuba gagged for air then nodded his head a bit, he pulled on his fetters.

"What?" Baiko creased his brow, "I can't hear you."

Mokuba whimpered once again, he felt his heart beat fast. "I-I... u-unders-stand," he choked out.

Baiko released him with a smirk, "Good boy." He began to stroke his hair yet again. However, Mokuba just coughed as he sucked in lots of air, he laid there and wondered with fear on what he would do next.

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Seto went through the streets in rapid speed. He made sharp turns and floored through red lights while he kept his brother in his mind for motivation. He hoped and prayed that Mokuba wasn't hurt. He just furrowed his brow with dreadful thoughts while he took another sharp turn. "I'm coming," he thought.

Joey creased his brow with alarm, "Seto! Slow down! Do you want the cops to stop us!" he gripped the dashboard tightly as Seto made another sharp turn. "We're going to get into an accident! Please slow down!" he feared.

Seto breathed deeply at his lover's panic voice. He slowed the car down a little bit for him. "I'm sorry brown eyes," he saddened his eyes, "I-I just want get there, time is ticking by fast."

Joey nodded understandingly, "I know."

Seto then replaced the sadness in his eyes with narrowed ones "You should call your FATHER and let know where you are. We don't need him calling the cops on you," he stated unpleasantly.

Joey sighed with uneasiness, "Right babe." He took out his phone and dialed his apartment with shaky hands. He hoped that his father was already asleep and wouldn't notice him gone. But of course, he never had such luck, "H-Hello ... Dad? It's me Joey," he quivered a bit.

"Joseph, where the hell are you! When I get my hands on you..."

Joey cringed and pulled the phone away from his ear while he looked down sadly. Seto stiffened his body irritatingly as he heard Mr. Wheeler threaten his Joey on the other end of the receiver. "Give me the phone," his voice was cold.

He knew he should but Joey handed it over anyway. "Please don't make it worse, okay," he pleaded with him. He hoped his love would keep calm.

Seto just gripped the steering wheel hard and put the phone to his ear, he darkened his voice. "Hello Mr. Wheeler, this is Seto Kaiba ... I just wanted to inform you that your rudeness is unacceptable and I certainly don't appreciate YOU threatening your son."

Joey groaned and covered his face, Oh no! he thought and could only imagine what his father was saying back. He cringed even more at the thought.

Seto smirked as he continued. "Now Mr. Wheeler there's no need to worry, Joseph is with me. We're doing something very important ... Well use your imagination if your mind isn't that small."

"Seto…" Joey looked over with his arms crossed a bit angrily.

Soon enough, they've arrived at the park. When Seto parked the car, he ignored him and continued. "I assure you Mr. Wheeler that I will have Joseph back home by tomorrow morning, safe and sound. Now I'll leave you Mr. Wheeler but not without saying this. If you lay a FINGER on him, I'll make sure you'll regret the day you ever heard of me. Have a nice evening, goodbye Mr. Wheeler." With that, he hung up before he gave Joey's father a chance to reply. He leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek, "There ya go," he handed back his phone then got out of the car.

Joey shook his head. He shut it off and put his phone back into his pocket. He got out of the car himself, "You know that's not going do any good."

"Yeah well…" Seto then shrugged his shoulders not caring. "I'm piss right now and I needed someone to vent on." He gave him a tiny smirk, "And your father is the perfect target."

Joey just inhaled a heavy breath. He looked up and skimmed around the grounds for moment before he spotted what they were looking for. "Look, there's the sandbox!" he exclaimed then frowned at what was next to it. "Oh no, it looks like we've got company." He viewed a group of four guys there all dressed in what appeared to be gang clothes, they were blocking the sandbox. He creased his brow a bit gravely, "I don't like the looks of them."

Seto creased his brow just as intense while he viewed the group of guys as well. However, he just straightened up with a stern look. "Don't worry," he headed toward them and not once did he show them any fear.

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"Hey Spike!" Roku, a dark haired boy pointed, he spotted the two walking their way. He grinned wildly at the fun that they were going to start with them, "Here they come now!"

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It didn't take long for Seto and Joey to walk up to the sandbox. They paused and viewed the group as Spike turned around with a sneer. "Well, well, fellas. Who do we have here?" he walked around them slowly. "Isn't it a little late to play?" He stopped in front of them then viewed them up and down. "Hey, they forgot their shovel and pail. How are you supposed to build a sandcastle? With your hands!" he snickered with his friends who had laughed along.

"Look, just step aside. We have business here." Seto crossed his arms and tapered his eyes dangerously at the spike haired boy. He wasn't in the mood for any bullshit from anyone, especially from a punk.

"Hey! I know him Spike. He's that Kaiba guy we've seen on TV," Roku smirked himself.

"Well, well…" Spike grinned evilly at the CEO then snapped his fingers for one of his boys to hand him a wooden bat. "It's the little rich boy," he began to bang it in his hands in a threaten manner.

"Look," Joey breathed a bit nervously as he viewed the bat in the guy's hands. He didn't like the look of that at all. "We don't want any trouble okay. We just want to check the sandbox and then we'll be on our way."

"Oh?" Spike laughed a bit, "Well, I-I could let ya look... for a fee."

"A fee…" Seto hardened his brow and started to get annoyed.

Spike just nodded, "Yeah, how does a million sound?" he laughed more which caused Spike's friends to laugh too.

"Or how about that nice looking car you got there?" Roku sneered himself.

Joey then hardened his own brow and finally had enough. They didn't have time to play around with a bunch of punkasses. "Yeah well, forget! You're not getting nothing!" he shook his fit at them.

"Oh really blondie," Roku gave him a slight shove.

Joey clenched his teeth, "Oh no you didn't." He was about to push him back when Seto stopped him from doing so and good thing too. He just shot glares at the punk who shoved him, he wanted bust his teeth in.

"Spike RIGHT?'" Seto viewed him with a chuckling smirk. "Isn't that a dog's name," he tilted his head to the side. "I thought they didn't allowed mutts in park without a leash."

Spike narrowed his eyes at him, "Pardon ME?"

Seto just laughed more, "Y-You think I'm intimidated by riffraff like you. Ha, think again!" he narrowed his own eyes. "Now step aside!" he demanded.

However, Seto and Joey saw as the group of guys just laughed and surrounded them with mischievous looks.

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