The 13th Gate
Ch 2
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A gentle rain fell on the nearly deserted Kiaba Land Theme park, the main building was also just as empty as the lot that overlooked an expansive forest, all except for the highest office, the office of the president himself, Seto Kiaba. The florescent lights had begun to give the young CEO a headache so he had stepped out onto the covered porch, hundreds of feet in the air, and watched as the rain soaked his dream, not that it mattered today, it was a holiday, an American holiday to be exact, Thanksgiving. So he had been nice and given his employs the day off, and closed the park for the day. He sat at a small rounded stone table, letting the gentle breeze and cool mist blow against his tanned face as a light thunder echoed through the gray cloud covered sky, he took a sip from his mug, enjoying the warmth and relaxation for once, he'd let Mokuba go at his newest virtual game, it would keep the quite around just that little bit longer, something he was grateful for. Suddenly a familiar tune came from the inside of his black blazer jacket, startling him from his trance, hadn't he turned his phone off? He flipped it open and put it to his ear, nothing, not even static, "Hello?" He gives an annoyed snort, damn phone, it must've been turned off, he had three unanswered messages, piece of crap. He settled himself back into his soft seat, and slowly began to sink back into his trance. Once again his phone woke him out of his day dreams, he angrily flipped it back open as another wave of thunder enveloped the park, he checked the caller ID, unknown, unknown? He brought it up to his ear again, "Hello?" static erupted through the ear piece, nearly making him drop the phone, he sat there, glaring at the hissing phone, he cursed it to hell in his mind, and tossed it through the open door beside him, hearing it land roughly on the couch he turned back to the lush green forest and let out a deep sigh. Instead of enjoying himself, he was now thinking of the many ways he could who had called him, the light on the balcony suddenly flicked on, he looked up at it, and then to the switch that was several feet away from him, it was still on off, "What the hell....?" He glanced over his shoulder and then stood up, he reached over for the light switch. Millimeters away from the switch and he heard his cell phone once again ringing, he looked down at the ground for a moment and closed his eyes, just bad electrical, that's all, Yugi was always talking about that occult crap, he wasn't about to start believing it now, he strode over to his ringing phone and flipped it open once again, this time, a heavy silence met his ears, "Hello?" Nothing, then, "Seto....Seto Kiaba..."
"This is he, who is this?"
"That shouldn't concern you Seto...
"What the...why the hell shouldn't it!? Who are you?
"You really shouldn't be worrying abot me..."
"What do you want...?"
"Hehe...Seto...listen to me." it's heavy, dark voice spoke almost in
a whisper, "How is your little brother doing eh?" a smirk seemed to
crawl over the voice itself.
"What...? Mokuba...?"
"Seto...you now what would happen to someone's mind if the power where to be cut to one of your little machines...yes?
"Of course I do...they would be put into a coma..."
"Well then Seto...I do hope you can find a way to wake Mokuba then...hehehe" The porch light suddenly began to flicker, as did the lights inside the office. Kiaba's face suddenly became pale as lightning lit up the sky, over and over, like a strobe light, thunder became a constant background noise as all power to the Kiaba Land American Amusement Park went out. Kiaba made his way to the hallway outside his office, it was pitch black, he couldn't even see his hand in front of his face, he had to get to Mokuba, occasionally a burst of light would fill the hallway from an office window, or an emergency light flickering on. He felt his way down the hallway, all the while counting the doors, fourteen doors to the end of the hallway, the fifteenth door was the virtual game testing room, that's where Mokuba was, he counted them in his mind, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, he stopped. He had almost fallen over, something was at his feet, he looked down, of course, he couldn't see anything. Once again, a burst of light lit up the dark hallway, he jumped back, it was a body. Laying out in the doorway of room thirteen, Kiaba covered his mouth, trying to keep his lunch from escaping his stomach, in the seconds burst of light he was able to make out the gray matter of the persons brain, and the large pool of blood covering the white linoleum, he held himself up against the wall next to him, taking deep breaths, it was dark again, thank god, now he didn't have to look at that mess, who was it? It wasn't Mokuba, he knew that, "Damnit! Mokuba! Mokuba! Can you hear me!?" It was stupid of him to yell, if his brother was still in the game then of course he couldn't hear him. Another flash of light lit the hallway up, Kiaba's eyes widened, the body was gone, "What the..." He didn't have time to worry about that, he gathered himself and raced down the length of the hallway, coming to the testing room, he shoved the door open, when he did, everything seemed to stop, the thunder went quiet, the flashes stopped outside the large window, even the rain stopped. The lights above him flickered back on as the computers on the far wall hummed back to life, their monitors lighting back up, Mokuba was laying on a large leather chair that resembled a dentists chair, a large helmets on his head the visor down, covering his face. Kiaba stood there in the doorway, already knowing that Mokuba wasn't going to wake up, he staggered over to the computers, shutting down the programs, and releasing Mokuba's mind, he sniffed and wiped his ocean blue eyes with the sleeve of his blazer, he lifted the helmet of his younger brothers head, the raven hair falling down around the adolescents face, his eyes never opened as Seto lifted him from the chair, cradling him in his arms as tears fell from his eyes, "Mokuba...please, please wake up..." He shook him lightly, he knew, his only family was gone, nothing could be done, "I'll make that bastard pay Mokuba..." he took a deep steadying breath, "Mokuba...Get up..."
Ch 2
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A gentle rain fell on the nearly deserted Kiaba Land Theme park, the main building was also just as empty as the lot that overlooked an expansive forest, all except for the highest office, the office of the president himself, Seto Kiaba. The florescent lights had begun to give the young CEO a headache so he had stepped out onto the covered porch, hundreds of feet in the air, and watched as the rain soaked his dream, not that it mattered today, it was a holiday, an American holiday to be exact, Thanksgiving. So he had been nice and given his employs the day off, and closed the park for the day. He sat at a small rounded stone table, letting the gentle breeze and cool mist blow against his tanned face as a light thunder echoed through the gray cloud covered sky, he took a sip from his mug, enjoying the warmth and relaxation for once, he'd let Mokuba go at his newest virtual game, it would keep the quite around just that little bit longer, something he was grateful for. Suddenly a familiar tune came from the inside of his black blazer jacket, startling him from his trance, hadn't he turned his phone off? He flipped it open and put it to his ear, nothing, not even static, "Hello?" He gives an annoyed snort, damn phone, it must've been turned off, he had three unanswered messages, piece of crap. He settled himself back into his soft seat, and slowly began to sink back into his trance. Once again his phone woke him out of his day dreams, he angrily flipped it back open as another wave of thunder enveloped the park, he checked the caller ID, unknown, unknown? He brought it up to his ear again, "Hello?" static erupted through the ear piece, nearly making him drop the phone, he sat there, glaring at the hissing phone, he cursed it to hell in his mind, and tossed it through the open door beside him, hearing it land roughly on the couch he turned back to the lush green forest and let out a deep sigh. Instead of enjoying himself, he was now thinking of the many ways he could who had called him, the light on the balcony suddenly flicked on, he looked up at it, and then to the switch that was several feet away from him, it was still on off, "What the hell....?" He glanced over his shoulder and then stood up, he reached over for the light switch. Millimeters away from the switch and he heard his cell phone once again ringing, he looked down at the ground for a moment and closed his eyes, just bad electrical, that's all, Yugi was always talking about that occult crap, he wasn't about to start believing it now, he strode over to his ringing phone and flipped it open once again, this time, a heavy silence met his ears, "Hello?" Nothing, then, "Seto....Seto Kiaba..."
"This is he, who is this?"
"That shouldn't concern you Seto...
"What the...why the hell shouldn't it!? Who are you?
"You really shouldn't be worrying abot me..."
"What do you want...?"
"Hehe...Seto...listen to me." it's heavy, dark voice spoke almost in
a whisper, "How is your little brother doing eh?" a smirk seemed to
crawl over the voice itself.
"What...? Mokuba...?"
"Seto...you now what would happen to someone's mind if the power where to be cut to one of your little machines...yes?
"Of course I do...they would be put into a coma..."
"Well then Seto...I do hope you can find a way to wake Mokuba then...hehehe" The porch light suddenly began to flicker, as did the lights inside the office. Kiaba's face suddenly became pale as lightning lit up the sky, over and over, like a strobe light, thunder became a constant background noise as all power to the Kiaba Land American Amusement Park went out. Kiaba made his way to the hallway outside his office, it was pitch black, he couldn't even see his hand in front of his face, he had to get to Mokuba, occasionally a burst of light would fill the hallway from an office window, or an emergency light flickering on. He felt his way down the hallway, all the while counting the doors, fourteen doors to the end of the hallway, the fifteenth door was the virtual game testing room, that's where Mokuba was, he counted them in his mind, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, he stopped. He had almost fallen over, something was at his feet, he looked down, of course, he couldn't see anything. Once again, a burst of light lit up the dark hallway, he jumped back, it was a body. Laying out in the doorway of room thirteen, Kiaba covered his mouth, trying to keep his lunch from escaping his stomach, in the seconds burst of light he was able to make out the gray matter of the persons brain, and the large pool of blood covering the white linoleum, he held himself up against the wall next to him, taking deep breaths, it was dark again, thank god, now he didn't have to look at that mess, who was it? It wasn't Mokuba, he knew that, "Damnit! Mokuba! Mokuba! Can you hear me!?" It was stupid of him to yell, if his brother was still in the game then of course he couldn't hear him. Another flash of light lit the hallway up, Kiaba's eyes widened, the body was gone, "What the..." He didn't have time to worry about that, he gathered himself and raced down the length of the hallway, coming to the testing room, he shoved the door open, when he did, everything seemed to stop, the thunder went quiet, the flashes stopped outside the large window, even the rain stopped. The lights above him flickered back on as the computers on the far wall hummed back to life, their monitors lighting back up, Mokuba was laying on a large leather chair that resembled a dentists chair, a large helmets on his head the visor down, covering his face. Kiaba stood there in the doorway, already knowing that Mokuba wasn't going to wake up, he staggered over to the computers, shutting down the programs, and releasing Mokuba's mind, he sniffed and wiped his ocean blue eyes with the sleeve of his blazer, he lifted the helmet of his younger brothers head, the raven hair falling down around the adolescents face, his eyes never opened as Seto lifted him from the chair, cradling him in his arms as tears fell from his eyes, "Mokuba...please, please wake up..." He shook him lightly, he knew, his only family was gone, nothing could be done, "I'll make that bastard pay Mokuba..." he took a deep steadying breath, "Mokuba...Get up..."