The Millennium Ritual
Mr. Motto is Yugi's Grandpa, just to let you know.
Chapter 14: The Pure Hearts
Mokuba opened his eyes. He was lying down on a cold stone surface, feeling quite feverish. From what he saw, Mokuba seemed to be in a cold and dimly lit cell. The realization of this suddenly dawned on him.
He was a prisoner.
"Mokuba! You're okay!" a male voice called out to him. Surprised, Mokuba yelled in response, "Seto? Is that you?"
There was a sigh, then another voice, a female voice, said, "No Mokuba, it isn't your brother. It's me, Serenity, and Mr. Motto's here too. Are you alright?"
For a few moments there was silence, until Mokuba replied sadly, "I'm fine. Where are we?"
As Mr. Motto took an intake of breath to explain, the door slammed opened, with a hooded man framed in the doorway. Slowly he walked over to Mokuba's cell, his cape dragging along behind him. To Mokuba, the man seemed to be up to no good, as he stepped closer and closer.
"Hey, leave him alone you creep!" Serenity cried. Mokuba back up against the wall. The man didn't listen as he stepped closer to Mokuba's rusty cell. As he walked, he reached into his pocket, taking out a shiny metal object. Mokuba closed his eyes fearfully.
The man took out the cell keys and opened the door. Mokuba opened his eyes, surprised.
"Get out," Grunted the hooded crook, as he grabbed Mokuba's shoulder and threw him out of his cell.
"You too, old man," He barked to Mr. Motto, thrusting him out the cell by Mokuba.
"Ma'am," Said the Hunter politely to Serenity, who still threw her out.
Taking out a chain with three sets of handcuffs, he cuffed the three prisoners together. Holding on to the end of the chain in front of them, he ordered, "Move," and tugged the chain, making them move forward and march out of the door. As they went out and into a hallway, Mokuba noticed that there were many, many torches on the walls. Instead of the walls made up of the material used today to make them, the walls were made up of stone bricks that were precisely in place.
'Where are we?' Mokuba thought, seeing a group of hunters passing them.
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It seemed they were walking for hours, which was only actually a few minutes, until they reached their destination.
"Stop," the Hunter said, standing before two tall doors. He knocked four times, and then waited.
A few seconds later, a slot opened, and a pair of hazel eyes appeared.
"What is it?" The eyes barked, making Serenity and Mokuba shake in their cuffs.
"I've come to show Master Shanek the Pure Hearts, sir." The man answered in reply.
Giving him a skeptical look, the eyes said, "Very well," and opened the double doors.
As the doors opened, Mr. Motto saw behind the doors a somewhat small room, with two tables cluttered with paper, a somewhat comfortable lounge chair, and another hooded man, only his cape was the color black, as the others were a dark blue.
'The leader,' Thought Mr. Motto, as he, Mokuba, and Serenity was lead inside the room. The other Hunter bowed to the leader, then lifting his hood, said, "You wished to see the Pure Hearts, sir?"
Mokuba gasped at the sight of the man. "Th. . . The. . . The driver!" He exclaimed suddenly, pointing his finger at him.
"Leave," The black caped man said, and the driver obeyed, letting go of the chain, and walked out of the room, with the doorman closing the door behind him, leaving the pure hearts and the leader alone.
The leader called Shanek walked over to them, examining them quietly. Mumbling, he said to Serenity, "The bodyguard's sister," He walked over to Mokuba and said, "The High Priest's brother," And lastly, walked over to Mr. Motto, and said, "And finally, the Pharaoh's Royal Adviser." Shanek grinned menacingly. "Good, you're all here."
Walking away from them, he asked them, "Water?"
"What do you want from us?" Mokuba asked bravely. "And what do you mean by "bodyguard, High Priest, Royal Adviser, and Pharaoh"?"
Shanek held up his hands, and said, "Not so many questions, little one! They shall all be answered soon enough." His hand disappearing behind his cape, he slowly walked over to Mokuba menacingly. Quickly he took out a golden rod, with the Millennium Symbol, and pointed it at Mokuba's forehead. "We don't want to make you into a puppet, now do we?"
"The Millennium Rod," Mokuba whispered, shaking.
"Ah, so you are familiar with the Millennium Items? Good, that way I would not have to explain its power." He withdrew the rod.
"Where did you get that? I thought that belonged. . ." Mokuba started.
"To Merik? Yes, it was his. . . once. When he made the foolish mistake of giving it to Yugi, we stole it from him, and erased all memories of Merik ever giving the rod to him. So," Shanek said, shrugging, "All is well."
"But how? How can you erase someone's mind? It's impossible. . ." Serenity said questioningly.
"Ah, but anything is possible, my dear," Shanek said, grinning. "All you need is a little faith, determination, and a bit o' old man magic." He turned away from them, taking something from a nearby table. In that time, Mr. Motto looked at the cluttered desk, to see particular snapshots of different people. He saw a picture of himself, Mokuba, and Serenity, all doing a random everyday thing. 'Typical.' Thought Mr. Motto. The next pictures surprised him, for what he saw next was a picture of Yugi, with complete data on everything about him.
But Mr. Motto had no time to wonder about this, for then Shanek came back, with a medium sized slab of a blue stone.
"Lapis Lazuli. . ." Mr. Motto said, awed.
"One of the most valuable gemstones in Egypt," Shanek said, taking a key and unlocking the handcuffs. "Don't even try to get out of this room," He said, setting the stone in the middle of them. "The door is being guarded by my best men, and they'll cut your damn throats in a minute if they see you step out of here without my permission. Sit down." They sat.
"Now I know you all are anxious to know what is happening to your loved ones, so I decided to show what exactly what is." He said. Shanek closed his eyes, and muttered something under his breath, and waved his hand over the stone. For a few moments, nothing happened, but then suddenly, the Lapis Lazuli glowed, and in the center of the stone, shown Domino High School.
First it had shown Yugi, talking to Joey, Tea, and Bakura happily.
"Yugi!" Mr. Motto exclaimed, relieved.
"Joey!" Serenity said happily.
Next it showed Seto Kaiba, reading his book quietly.
"Big brother?" Mokuba said.
Suddenly the picture slowly vanished, and in it's place stood a girl, with black hair and four blond hairs, with a small one hanging on her forehead.
"Aura?" Mokuba said, surprised.
"Well, looks like the Riordan kid finally came into the picture," Said Shanek.
"Whose she, Mokuba?" Serenity asked.
"An old friend of Seto and me, but why is she here? I thought she moved to Egypt."
Then once again, it showed events that happened days later, the plane ride, the healer's home, and now the marketplace. The stone showed Aura, Yugi, and Kaiba talking to a white robed man, who then followed him out of the marketplace. As they walked however, Aura turned her head. . . and stared right into the eyes of the captives and Shanek. Alarmed, Shanek waved his hand again, making the image disappear.
"Shit, she saw me scrying." Shanek said angrily, standing up and walking to the double doors. He opened the slot, and ordered to the guard, "Tell the wise man to bring his ass down here!" then he closed the slot and said to the captives, "Don't you dare move an inch." He then walked out, slamming the door behind him.
Mr. Motto and Serenity was quite alarmed by this, but all Mokuba could think was, 'Where are you, Seto? And why is Aura here?'
As Mokuba thought about these questions, Serenity was thinking of a way to get out of there. She stared at the slab of Lapis Lazuli, and thought, 'We can use this.'
To Be Continued. . .
Yeah, yeah, I know, I put in a few cuss words, but I thought the cuss words better explained the character of Shanek. I might be putting in more later on, so don't be alarmed when you see some. Please review!
Mr. Motto is Yugi's Grandpa, just to let you know.
Chapter 14: The Pure Hearts
Mokuba opened his eyes. He was lying down on a cold stone surface, feeling quite feverish. From what he saw, Mokuba seemed to be in a cold and dimly lit cell. The realization of this suddenly dawned on him.
He was a prisoner.
"Mokuba! You're okay!" a male voice called out to him. Surprised, Mokuba yelled in response, "Seto? Is that you?"
There was a sigh, then another voice, a female voice, said, "No Mokuba, it isn't your brother. It's me, Serenity, and Mr. Motto's here too. Are you alright?"
For a few moments there was silence, until Mokuba replied sadly, "I'm fine. Where are we?"
As Mr. Motto took an intake of breath to explain, the door slammed opened, with a hooded man framed in the doorway. Slowly he walked over to Mokuba's cell, his cape dragging along behind him. To Mokuba, the man seemed to be up to no good, as he stepped closer and closer.
"Hey, leave him alone you creep!" Serenity cried. Mokuba back up against the wall. The man didn't listen as he stepped closer to Mokuba's rusty cell. As he walked, he reached into his pocket, taking out a shiny metal object. Mokuba closed his eyes fearfully.
The man took out the cell keys and opened the door. Mokuba opened his eyes, surprised.
"Get out," Grunted the hooded crook, as he grabbed Mokuba's shoulder and threw him out of his cell.
"You too, old man," He barked to Mr. Motto, thrusting him out the cell by Mokuba.
"Ma'am," Said the Hunter politely to Serenity, who still threw her out.
Taking out a chain with three sets of handcuffs, he cuffed the three prisoners together. Holding on to the end of the chain in front of them, he ordered, "Move," and tugged the chain, making them move forward and march out of the door. As they went out and into a hallway, Mokuba noticed that there were many, many torches on the walls. Instead of the walls made up of the material used today to make them, the walls were made up of stone bricks that were precisely in place.
'Where are we?' Mokuba thought, seeing a group of hunters passing them.
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It seemed they were walking for hours, which was only actually a few minutes, until they reached their destination.
"Stop," the Hunter said, standing before two tall doors. He knocked four times, and then waited.
A few seconds later, a slot opened, and a pair of hazel eyes appeared.
"What is it?" The eyes barked, making Serenity and Mokuba shake in their cuffs.
"I've come to show Master Shanek the Pure Hearts, sir." The man answered in reply.
Giving him a skeptical look, the eyes said, "Very well," and opened the double doors.
As the doors opened, Mr. Motto saw behind the doors a somewhat small room, with two tables cluttered with paper, a somewhat comfortable lounge chair, and another hooded man, only his cape was the color black, as the others were a dark blue.
'The leader,' Thought Mr. Motto, as he, Mokuba, and Serenity was lead inside the room. The other Hunter bowed to the leader, then lifting his hood, said, "You wished to see the Pure Hearts, sir?"
Mokuba gasped at the sight of the man. "Th. . . The. . . The driver!" He exclaimed suddenly, pointing his finger at him.
"Leave," The black caped man said, and the driver obeyed, letting go of the chain, and walked out of the room, with the doorman closing the door behind him, leaving the pure hearts and the leader alone.
The leader called Shanek walked over to them, examining them quietly. Mumbling, he said to Serenity, "The bodyguard's sister," He walked over to Mokuba and said, "The High Priest's brother," And lastly, walked over to Mr. Motto, and said, "And finally, the Pharaoh's Royal Adviser." Shanek grinned menacingly. "Good, you're all here."
Walking away from them, he asked them, "Water?"
"What do you want from us?" Mokuba asked bravely. "And what do you mean by "bodyguard, High Priest, Royal Adviser, and Pharaoh"?"
Shanek held up his hands, and said, "Not so many questions, little one! They shall all be answered soon enough." His hand disappearing behind his cape, he slowly walked over to Mokuba menacingly. Quickly he took out a golden rod, with the Millennium Symbol, and pointed it at Mokuba's forehead. "We don't want to make you into a puppet, now do we?"
"The Millennium Rod," Mokuba whispered, shaking.
"Ah, so you are familiar with the Millennium Items? Good, that way I would not have to explain its power." He withdrew the rod.
"Where did you get that? I thought that belonged. . ." Mokuba started.
"To Merik? Yes, it was his. . . once. When he made the foolish mistake of giving it to Yugi, we stole it from him, and erased all memories of Merik ever giving the rod to him. So," Shanek said, shrugging, "All is well."
"But how? How can you erase someone's mind? It's impossible. . ." Serenity said questioningly.
"Ah, but anything is possible, my dear," Shanek said, grinning. "All you need is a little faith, determination, and a bit o' old man magic." He turned away from them, taking something from a nearby table. In that time, Mr. Motto looked at the cluttered desk, to see particular snapshots of different people. He saw a picture of himself, Mokuba, and Serenity, all doing a random everyday thing. 'Typical.' Thought Mr. Motto. The next pictures surprised him, for what he saw next was a picture of Yugi, with complete data on everything about him.
But Mr. Motto had no time to wonder about this, for then Shanek came back, with a medium sized slab of a blue stone.
"Lapis Lazuli. . ." Mr. Motto said, awed.
"One of the most valuable gemstones in Egypt," Shanek said, taking a key and unlocking the handcuffs. "Don't even try to get out of this room," He said, setting the stone in the middle of them. "The door is being guarded by my best men, and they'll cut your damn throats in a minute if they see you step out of here without my permission. Sit down." They sat.
"Now I know you all are anxious to know what is happening to your loved ones, so I decided to show what exactly what is." He said. Shanek closed his eyes, and muttered something under his breath, and waved his hand over the stone. For a few moments, nothing happened, but then suddenly, the Lapis Lazuli glowed, and in the center of the stone, shown Domino High School.
First it had shown Yugi, talking to Joey, Tea, and Bakura happily.
"Yugi!" Mr. Motto exclaimed, relieved.
"Joey!" Serenity said happily.
Next it showed Seto Kaiba, reading his book quietly.
"Big brother?" Mokuba said.
Suddenly the picture slowly vanished, and in it's place stood a girl, with black hair and four blond hairs, with a small one hanging on her forehead.
"Aura?" Mokuba said, surprised.
"Well, looks like the Riordan kid finally came into the picture," Said Shanek.
"Whose she, Mokuba?" Serenity asked.
"An old friend of Seto and me, but why is she here? I thought she moved to Egypt."
Then once again, it showed events that happened days later, the plane ride, the healer's home, and now the marketplace. The stone showed Aura, Yugi, and Kaiba talking to a white robed man, who then followed him out of the marketplace. As they walked however, Aura turned her head. . . and stared right into the eyes of the captives and Shanek. Alarmed, Shanek waved his hand again, making the image disappear.
"Shit, she saw me scrying." Shanek said angrily, standing up and walking to the double doors. He opened the slot, and ordered to the guard, "Tell the wise man to bring his ass down here!" then he closed the slot and said to the captives, "Don't you dare move an inch." He then walked out, slamming the door behind him.
Mr. Motto and Serenity was quite alarmed by this, but all Mokuba could think was, 'Where are you, Seto? And why is Aura here?'
As Mokuba thought about these questions, Serenity was thinking of a way to get out of there. She stared at the slab of Lapis Lazuli, and thought, 'We can use this.'
To Be Continued. . .
Yeah, yeah, I know, I put in a few cuss words, but I thought the cuss words better explained the character of Shanek. I might be putting in more later on, so don't be alarmed when you see some. Please review!