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A/N: Thanks for reading :) Here's chapter 13 :) Enjoy! –- Razzleteddy

Cry of Echoes

Rage and desperation was all that Seto felt at that very moment. Swiftly, his mind drifted away from reality and only repeated one single thought, Mokuba. Nothing else mattered. He saw the life of this person drain away from his own hands but he couldn't stop himself, he froze in a trance of his mind. He was falling over the edge of the darkness and he had been there before, yes, the darkness, it swallowed him up like an endless void.

"Seto!"

He heard someone call from a distant.

"Seto!"

It sounded familiar, a sweet voice he knew so well from memory. Slowly, he traveled back to reality and his mind began to come back into focus. He followed that sweet voice that beckoned him forward to the present.

Joey limped over to his love then tried to pull him out his trance. He has seen this look before, yes, on several private occasions, flashbacks. "Seto!" he called while he pried Seto's hands away from Spike's throat. "Seto, let go! You're going to kill him!" he screamed, he gripped his shoulders tightly and started to shake him. "Seto, let go please!" he pleaded.

Bakura creased his brow in a panic and saw the distant look in his friend's eyes. He knelt down to him, "Damnit Seto! Let him go!" he tried to pry his hands away as well but no such luck, they were locked on tight. He looked up briefly, "Marik, help!" he furrowed his brow a bit frantic.

Marik then went over and knelt down. He helped his husband pry Seto's hands away from this person's throat. He watched Spike rolled over and gasped frantic for air. The guy's face was red and his throat bruised from Seto's death grip. Spike laid there having an urge to run but then thought against it and closed his eyes instead so to regain back his senses.

Joey inhaled a worried breath when he saw Seto still lost in thought. He frowned more and gripped his shoulders once again, "Seto?" He shook him a bit firm, "Seto, snap out of it." He then took his face in his hands, "Seto?"

Bakura crawl over to them, "What's wrong with him?"

Joey ignored him and instead gazed deep in love's eyes. He hoped to bring him back from wherever he was. "Please Seto. It's me, brown eyes." He rutted a brow, "Can you hear me?" he soothed his cheek slowly.

"J-Joey?" Seto whispered, he blinked few times and felt his mind started to come back. He was pulled into Joey's arms strongly and his hair smoothed.

Joey nodded with a soft smile, "Yeah... Joey." He then looked over to Spike and lined his eyes with a bit of anger. "Marik, check and see if he has the envelope." He asked then watched Marik nod and went to do so.

"The envelope…" Seto breathed a little and tried to stand up. However, Joey still held him tight in his arms and stopped him from doing so. Instead, he let out a hurtful groan, "I-I have to see if it's there…" he sighed jagged.

"Shhh... don't move. You're hurt," Joey then put pressure on his wounded leg, he tried to stop the bleeding with his hand but it didn't seem like it was working that well, "Shiiit," it was really bad, that scared him quite a bit.

Ryou crawled over to Seto with concern of his own and pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket. He bandaged his cut hand and hoped it would stop the wound from bleeding too. While he did that Malik knelt down next to them with a worried expression, "Seto, are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah… I'm… fine." Seto wiped some blood away from his nose. He looked over and spotted Marik still checking Spike's pockets. He saw him crease his brow angrily when his friend didn't find anything on him.

"All right!" Marik grabbed his throat and yanked him up a bit, "Where is it?"

Spike breathed shakily, "Sand ... box," he gagged out.

Marik released him and stood up with a very serious look. "Bakura, come here for a sec will you," he motioned for him.

Bakura then stood up and went over to him, "Yeah."

"Shoot him if he tries to run," Marik gave a glance of disgust to Spike before he stalked over to the sandbox to search it. Bakura smirked with a nod. He pointed his gun at him and watched the guy very carefully.

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Yami pulled the car up to a stop, "Look, there they are!" He got out of the car and ran over to them while his little brother followed after. He halted abruptly and viewed in dismay, "What happened?" he asked as he knelt down. "We got worried when didn't show up at the children's center." He creased his brow fearfully at the sight of Seto's wounds bleeding heavily and Joey all beat up, "My lord!" he exclaimed in shock.

"We got set up..." Joey replied. He reached up briefly to his left eye and tried to soothe his bruise he knew that was developing. When he did that, he cringed a little at the puffy sore. "Boy…" he mumbled tiredly.

Yugi knelt down and saw their wounds as well, "Oh no!" he viewed Joey's already busted lip cut opened more, a black eye and a bruised cheek. Then he viewed a cut on Seto's hand, cheek and a deep cut on his leg. He wrinkled his brow at them deeply concerned. "Are you guys all right?"

"Well, I am Yug but I don't think Seto is." Joey turned to Yami, "He's bleeding pretty bad Yami." He inhaled a shaky breath, "We gotta get him to the hospital."

"No."

The five of them looked down at the sound of Seto soft voice. Joey then put on an upset look, he couldn't believe on what he just heard. "What the hell do you mean no!" he raised his voice a bit.

"I mean no," Seto wiped sweat off his forehead with a very shaky hand as he finally came to realization. "I can't stop the game… time is running out."

"For god's sake Seto!" Joey gasped with shock, "Do you want to bleed to death!"

Yami nodded then, "Joey's right. We're taking you to the hospital," he said matter-of-factly.

Seto shook his head, "I'm not going." He stood up slowly and cringed at his pain. Suddenly, he felt lightheaded and started to fall down but fortunately, Joey caught him in time.

"Seto please... you're hurt."

"I-I could say the same about you, brown eyes." Seto laughed a bit then groaned, he felt like he was going to faint. So, he covered his eyes and leaned on Joey for support. "The e-envelope?" he managed to say.

"Right here," Bakura walked over to them with Marik close behind and handed it over to Yami. He then rutted his brow with seriousness. "Take him to the hospital. We'll follow in a few, okay."

Seto sighed tiredly, he didn't want to go but he knew he had to. "All right, I'll go," he gave in and handed his car keys over asking the former thief to drive his car to the hospital, which Bakura accepted. Yugi then helped Yami led Seto and Joey to their car to get them the help they surely needed.

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Baiko grinned and leaned in back in his chair then crisscrossed his hands at the back of his head with some amusement. "W-Well that was entertaining wasn't it boys," he laughed more. "Toson... you know what to do."

Toson nodded, "Sure thing boss." And with that, he left to do his task.

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Back at the park, Marik and Bakura crossed their arms while they glared furiously at Spike. They both stomped over to him with fury in their eyes, which caused Ryou and Malik to back away a bit. They knew that look. The two teens watched Bakura take his gun and put it back in his pocket while Marik grabbed hold of Spike and pulled him up roughly. He narrowed his eyes dangerously at him, "Okay, here's the deal you little cuss. We'll ask you questions. You'll give us answers. Understand?" he hissed at him.

Spike gulped and nodded his head fearfully. Then Bakura grabbed hold of his shirt and pulled the guy toward him, he looked just as piss as Marik. "Who hired you?" he asked seriously.

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Seto breathed a bit heavily and suddenly felt very sleepy. "W-What's... in the envelope?" he leaned on Joey as his energy drained away from him. He could tell the lack of blood was starting to get the best of him now.

Joey creased his brow in dismay as he held pressure on his wounded leg. He tried to stop the bleeding. "Yami, hurry," he said desperately which caused Yami to nod and drive a little bit faster.

"The... envelope Joey," Seto pleaded as he thought about Mokuba.

"Okay babe, please don't fret," Joey tried to soothe him down. "Just stay awake, okay." He then reached behind his back and pulled out the envelope. "Yug here, open it," he handed it over to him.

Yugi took it from him with a somber expression, mostly for Seto. He ripped it open and peeked inside for a second. "Huh?" he wrinkled his brow puzzled.

"What is it?" Yami asked.

"There's nothing in here!" Yugi sucked in a small panic breath. "Except for this..." he pulled out note.

"What! There has to be more!" Joey raised a brow. He looked over to his love and spotted his eyes closed, "Seto, Seto? Stay awake babe," he nudged him a bit. Seto groaned and opened his blurry eyes. He mumbled something then started to shiver, he felt cold. At the sight of that, Joey looked at him with alarm and pulled him into his arms to warm him up.

"Mmmm…" Yami narrowed his eyes a bit, "What does the note say?"

Yugi swallowed a bit nervously and opened it with a shaky hand. He viewed it over for a moment then cleared his throat and read it aloud…

Ha! Ha! Fooled you didn't I!

I'm such a wise guy!

Wanna know where the Second might be?

It's not very far, I guarantee!

The Music is such Sweet Grand!

Don't fret Seto the answer is in your hand!

"What's does that mean?" Yugi thought bewildered, "The answer is in our hand?"

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