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A/N: Thanks for reading :) Here's chapter 16 :) Enjoy! –- Razzleteddy

Cry of Echoes

Seto unsteadily opened the note and stood there, he reread it to himself with a sober look. "That's odd..." he raised a brow, "Yami, go out and get the other clue for me please." He watched his friend nod and went to do so quickly then hurried back in, envelope in hand.

Joey lined a jagged brow as he watched him viewed the riddle with serious eyes. "Well…" he grasped his shoulder tenderly then sat down next to him. "What does it say?" he saw Seto rubbed his forehead.

Seto felt a small headache develop. He cleared his throat and read it aloud for everyone…

I see you'd found the second clue!

That wasn't so hard. I applaud you!

3 of the number that endure!

I know you'll find them, I assure!

goLdeN WingS liKe A prEtty swAn!

Here's the third to ponder on!

Bakura analyzed the riddle with a sigh, "Golden wings like a pretty swan. What the hell does that mean?"

"Look!" Yami viewed the note, "Some of the letters are capitalized. Maybe it spells something."

Seto nodded and pulled out his scrap paper then began to scribble down the letters once more. "L,N,W,S,A,E,K and A," he pondered the letters over.

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Toson sat on the roof from across the street and viewed the music store with an impish sneer. He spotted Seto while he pulled out his cellular phone and dialed a number. "Hello police ... Yes, I would like to report a break in at the G. M's Sweet Music Store … Located on Fifth Avenue … its a little ways from Point Defiance … Oh, it was my pleasure sir. Thank you." He hung up with a chuckle and sat back to enjoy the event. "Dear Kaiba… you're in for a surprise," he said amusingly.

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Seto lined his brow as he written down variety of words, which didn't make that much sense. Therefore, he breathed profoundly and started to doubt his abilities to solve this riddle. "Fuck, I can't figure this out," he continued to write down words with a nervous hand then cursed himself for feeling stupid. He just couldn't figure this out. He covered his eyes when some of his energy disappeared from him. He paused as a picture of his little brother entered his mind. How frightened and helpless his Mokie must be feeling right now.

Slowly, the word pain entered his mind. What kinds of pain he must be suffering. Oh my Mokie, he then lined his features angrily mixed with determination. No, cannot quit! Mustn't fail, mustn't fail…he pondered repeatedly as he started to get lost in his trance again.

Joey viewed him troubled. He knew his love was under horrendous pressure of mental stress and knew he could snap again at any moment. "Seto… maybe Yami should take a crack at the riddle." He rubbed his shoulder affectionately. "Give your mind some rest," he suggested.

"Good idea," Yami reached for it, "Here let me study the riddle Set..."

"No! I can do it." Seto pushed him away with a bit of anger, "I mustn't fail."

Joey pulled him into an embrace when he saw that and with a gentle hand, he took the scraps of paper from him and handed it over to his friend. "Here Yami," he inhaled a breath as he did this.

Yami accepted it and began to study the scribblings intensely while Bakura viewed Seto over with a deep sigh. "This is starting to take its toll on him," he said with concern as he watched his friend.

Joey felt his love's forehead with a softened eye. "He feels hot," he gave him a worried frown, "I think he might have a fever. I mean, he did lose a lot of blood." He then checked the wound on his leg with more worry in his eye, "I hope his wound isn't starting to get infected or something."

"I'm okay brown eyes," Seto mumbled just when he heard someone shout.

"All right, freeze! This is the Domino police. Let's see your hands up!"

The five of them look up startled at the sight of several police officers who had their guns pointed at them. Marik widened his eyes a bit and shot his hands up like everyone else. "Oh shit!" he exclaimed, it just became worse.

"Oh dear," Yami inhaled a breath as he stared down a barrel of the gun. He knew that by the way they had handled the situation that this was going to happen eventually. At second thought, he was almost glad that they had been caught before something much, much worse happened, he frowned.

"Lay down on the floor!" One of the deputies stepped forward. "All of you! You're under arrest for breaking in here!" He crumpled his face seriously when no one made a move, "I said down on the floor, now!"

"But officer," Joey gulped hard, "We-"

"I said now!"

They all jumped at his angry voice and one by one, they all laid flat on the floor. The deputy then inhaled a deep breath, "Okay put your hands behind your backs and no sudden movements." He then singled his backup to go and handcuff them, which they did.

"You have the right to remain silence. If you choose to give up that right anything you say can and will be use against you in a court law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford attorney one will be pointed to you at your request. Do you understand these rights as I just address them to you?" the police officer inform them all.

The group nodded their heads as the officers went over. Being careful, they handcuffed them then led each outside to their police cars. Seto sucked in a panicked breath, "Officer! You cannot arrest me! You don't understand. You have to let me go here!" He pleaded with him in anger, he creased his brow hard, "Do you even know who I am!"

"I don't give a rat's ass who you are!"

At the same time Malik, Ryou and Yugi all looked ahead and gasped when they saw Seto, Joey and their brothers being hauled away by the police. They sucked in a breath, "Oh no!" they all got jumped out of their cars. Yugi ran up to Malik and Ryou. "What do we do?" he looked out in dismay when he saw Yami being put into a police car. "Malik?" he pleaded.

Malik watched with dread while he saw Marik being led out in cuffs. Suddenly, the two brothers locked eyes. He saw the serious in Marik's look and saw him mouth 'home, now'. By that he knew Marik didn't want them to interfere. He nodded back to him that he understood, "I'm afraid there's nothing we can do from this point Yug," he looked on worried.

"So what do we do?" Ryou viewed his brother with deep concern. He watched him being put into a cop car after Marik was. He knew of Bakura's criminal history and knew that this could be a very bad thing for him.

Malik inhaled a jagged breath. He looked around for a moment. Luckily they were the closet ones that live by the park. "The only thing we can do Ryou. We head back to our place and wait." He grasped hold of Ryou's hand and through an arm around Yugi's shoulder and very quickly guided them away from the scene before anyone noticed them there.

Meanwhile on the roof, Toson watched with a snicker while the officer took Seto outside in handcuffs and put him into a car. Boy, how he enjoyed that! "Well that's done, moving on." He then inched away from the edge of the building. He made sure that no one saw him as he jumped off the roof to go do his next task.

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Twenty-five minutes later, they brought Bakura, Marik, Yami and Seto to the police station to be booked on charges while they brought Joey to juvenile hall. Overall, it wasn't good for anyone and Bakura knew that. He paced back and forth in his cell with his arms crossed and clearly ticked off. "Damnit all bloody hell!" he huffed loudly, "How're we going to get out of this mess! We don't have time for this crap!" he worried for Ryou then.

Marik just leaned against the brick wall tiredly, "Love, calm down," he inhaled a breath. He watched him paced back and forth animatedly.

"Calm down!" Bakura faced him heatedly, "Are you freakin' serious!" his face showed some concern now. He took a moment to ease down before he continued, "With my kind of record," he sighed a bit nervous. "Do you know what might happen?" he rubbed his forehead.

Marik walked over to where he was and wrapped his comfort arms around him. "Nothing's going to happen to you Bakura," he tried to reassure.

"Oh sure…" Bakura pulled away from him, "They caught us breaking and entering. They found my loaded gun on me and some stylin' pick tools." He creased his brow more, "I'm sorry but that sounds pretty bad to me."

Marik frowned at that, getting arrested just wasn't good. He knew what kind of record his husband had. They were in deep trouble that was for sure. However, he needed to remain optimistic for his love's sake. "Don't worry. I'm sure Seto can help us out. I mean after all." He sighed again, "He did get us involved here," he reached out and rubbed his chest a bit.

"Right, if they don't throw HIM into slammer first." Bakura turned away, his attitude gray. He arms crossed with no enthusiasm in sight. He couldn't help but be concerned, especially for his brother Ryou. Marik had told him that he hinted to Malik to take him home and knew that he will be safe.

Marik drew in an uneven sigh, worried himself. "Well…" he scratched his head, he was lost for words. "Try not to worry, okay." Was all he could he come up with, he frowned once again and then viewed around their cell with tired eyes before he landed them on the old tin bed. Abruptly, an idea came to him and he curved his lips into a smirk, it was a splendid idea. He turned back to his love and embraced him from behind. "Hey, I got an idea love. It'll help keep our minds off our worries for a while."

"What?" Bakura bit his lip as he tried his best to think positive from their situation. He shivered a bit. It felt cold and uncaring here in their cell, trapped in animal's cage with no way out. It was an old familiar setting, a setting... he wished he could forget. He rested his head against the bars.

"Why don't we head over to the bed and…" Marik whispered into his ear.

"How can you think about sex at the time like this? We're in jail for crying out loud." Bakura turned around with his face a little serious and viewed his husband's devilish smirk. "I mean, really," he rutted his brow a little and wondered if he was joking. However, from the twinkle his husband's eyes he knew Marik wasn't kidding.

"Oh come on. What not make the best of it?" Marik again smoothed his chest tenderly, "We're already in trouble." He smirked more and wanted to uplift his love's spirits. "What's the worst that could happen?" With that, he grabbed his hand and pulled Bakura toward the bed then threw him down upon it. He gave out a short laugh and settled himself down on top of him. "Ready for me?" he kissed him lightly on the neck.

"Marik, sometimes…" Bakura shook his head but couldn't help but smile at the thought. Therefore, he pulled him into a deep kiss then pulled away out of breath. He smirked himself and already felt much better. Who knew this could be fun. "Hey, wanna ask the guard if we could borrow his handcuffs for a while?" He raised his eyebrows up and down in a kinky sort of way which caused Marik to laugh aloud.

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Meanwhile, down the corridor into another cell, Seto grabbed hold of the steel bars, "Officer!" He yelled, "Let me out of here god damnit! You can't do this! You don't understand! I must get out!" he yelled again.

"Please!" He bowed his head helplessly, "Oh god. What am I going to do?" he mumbled, he had to try his best not to let his emotions go. What could he do? Spill his guts about the whole thing. However, that could cost Mokuba's life. No, in his mind that was not an option. What then? Should he call his lawyer down here to bail him out? If he did, the process will take time, time that his brother didn't have. However, if didn't get out here time would surely run out on him. In whatever way he chose to go, it could end in disaster, he felt stuck.

Yami viewed his friend's face with sad eyes and knew what he must be thinking. Therefore, he stood up from the bed that he sat on and walked over to him. "Don't worry Seto." He softened his face and hoped to calm him down, "We'll get out of here," he put an encouraging hand on his shoulder.

"Yami, you don't understand…" Seto turned to him, fear in his eyes. "Mokie's in danger. I- I-"

Yami gripped his shoulders with strong encouragement and looked firmly within his eyes. He could tell Seto needed to hear this. "We will him save Seto," he rutted his brow hard, "Okay."

"Yami…" Seto grabbed hold of his arms as he felt them shake. He looked deep within his friend's eyes and was about to reply when he was interrupted by one of the guards.

"Mr. Seto Kaiba?"

Seto turned around to the officer, "Yes? Right here..." he pulled away from Yami and instead walked up to him. He gripped the bars with eagerness and wondered what he wanted.

"All right Mr. Kaiba," The deputy took his keys from his pocket and opened the cell door. "You must come with me," he gave him a serious look.

"What's going on?" Seto raised a brow.

"Just come with me." The deputy sighed a bit.

Seto nodded and limped out of the cell. He gave Yami once last look and noticed how disheartened his eyes were. Funny, he almost felt sorry for getting him mixed up in this, but he couldn't worry about that now. With that, he followed the officer down the opposite end of the hall where the exit was when he came to a brief pause. He heard another guard yell from behind him and sounded appalled. He furrowed his brow somewhat.

"My god, what are you two doing in there!"

"Having sex, what does it look like!"

Seto then rolled his eyes at the sound of Mark's smartass comeback. He shook his head then showed a small smirk and continued to follow the officer along down the corridor. He inhaled a deep breath, "Can you please tell me where we're going?"

However, his question was answered when the officer snuck him outside into a back alley. "What are you doing?" Seto gave him a curious look, he wondered if this was a trick of some kind.

"Here, now go." The officer handed him the brown envelope with the clues inside.

Seto sighed with confusion, "I don't understand."

"Just get going… time." The officer pointed at his watch with a small simple grin.

Seto blinked hesitantly, he didn't know if he should trust this person or not. Why was he doing this? He wondered, must be working of that creep. However, he shook his head, it didn't matter though. Instead, he carefully limped away from him and disappeared into the night.

The officer then turned to his right with the same grin and nodded his head. Toson nodded in return. What people do for money amused him. He grinned back then moved his eyes to Seto's direction. "Well Kaiba... you're on your own now," he laughed as he drove off to his next destination.

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