Sweeten the taste
Chapter 5:
"Kaiba?"
"What?"
"Sheesh! Why are you so grumpy?"
"I'm sorry Marik. But I tend to get a little testy when two people I know send a whole plane of innocents to their doom!"
"You saw that?"
"Yes, I saw that! What's wrong with you two?!"
Marik looked to Malik and shrugged, "Uh, but we needed to get to Mexico City."
"You're not in Mexico City."
"Were not?! Where are we?"
"Your in close to Tampico. On the coast of Mexico."
"Well, how do we get to Mexico City?"
"You could hijack another plane," He was being sarcastic, "Or you could drive."
"Driving!" Malik said.
"Good-luck." Kaiba hung up.
Malik looked around and sighed, "Were are we going to find a car? And it's almost night time!"
He pointed to the sun setting on the horizon. "Well," Marik said. "I guess we'll have to walk by night."
"What?!"
"They say that moonlight is really beautiful." Marik started to walk.
Malik followed, "What about coyotes? Or birds?"
"Birds?"
"Yeah, big birds! They could swoop down and get us!"
"And you think that of we were sleeping, they couldn't still get us? At least when were awake, we can run away."
"..."
They walked for about two hours and then Malik started to get really sleepy. "Marik... I'm tired."
"So am I."
"Why don't we stop?"
"There's a town forty yards away." Marik pointed ahead.
Malik looked up from the ground. "Oh."
They soon entered the little city and walked to what looked like a town square they sat down on the ground. Marik stretched his arms, yawned, and laid down on the ground.
"Marik?"
"..."
Malik put his head on Marik's stomach and soon fell asleep...
It was about 6:30 in the morning when Malik woke up from a throbbing headache. "Oh..." He held his head while he sat up. "Marik?"
He looked down and instead of seeing his yami he saw a monkey. "Wha...?" The monkey turned to face him. "..."
"Oh no!" Malik stood up.
"Eek?"
"Marik has turned into a monkey! I can't believe this! This is awful!" he started to pace around the monkey.
"..."
He stopped and looked at the monkey, "That's okay Marik..."
He picked the monkey up and hugged him, "I still love you."
Just then Marik drove by in a gray jeep, "I'm gone for an hour and you fall in love with a monkey?"
"Huh?" Malik looked at him then the monkey, "Oh, hey Marik!" He jumped in the passenger seat.
"Let's go." Marik stared to drive off.
"Uh, wait a minute." Malik hopped out of the jeep, picked up the monkey, and then got back in. "Now we can go."
"Were not taking a monkey with us." Marik said.
"Sure we are, I can't just leave him here. Were taking him with us."
"Ugh! You're impossible."
They were driving for about a half an hour when Malik asked Marik a question, "Where did you get this jeep?"
"In that town."
"I mean did you pay for it?"
Marik smiled, "You know we don't have any money."
"Marik! You stole it!"
"What? Kaiba said we should drive to Mexico City."
"Yeah, but we shouldn't steal anymore on this trip. We've already taken a plane, and now a jeep."
"And a monkey."
"Oh yeah..." Malik looked at the monkey on his shoulder, "But I don't think he belonged to anyone."
"..." Marik said nothing.
"You know, I think if he's coming with us... he should have a name."
"What?!"
"I think his name should be...Monkey."
"You're going to name a monkey... Monkey?" Marik looked at him, then kept driving.
"Yup. What do you think about that name, Monkey?" Malik looked at Monkey.
"Eek!"
After about four hours of driving they came to Mexico City. They drove past a bunch of people and animals then came to a Supermarket parking lot. Marik stopped there just to radio Kaiba but Malik wanted something else.
"We'll be back Marik."
"Who's we?"
"Me and Monkey."
"And just where are you going?"
"To get monkey chow."
"Monkey chow?!"
Malik and Monkey went inside and Marik called Kaiba, "Hello?"
"Hello."
"Well, were here. Where's the puzzle?"
Kaiba searched, "It's under a small bridge."
"Bridge? So the guy's a hobo now."
"I guess. Hey and word to the wise. Try and stay low from now on, meaning no more hijacking planes. It was on the news this morning, they've got your pictures too."
"What? Oh great."
"Alright I gotta go."
Malik and Monkey came out of the store with a white bag. "Did you find out where the puzzle is, Marik."
"Yup," Marik started the car, "Did you get your Monkey chow?"
"Sure did." He climbed in and Monkey curled up in his lap.
Marik drove down towards every little lake or brook, but found no bridge. They finally came to this brook where this boat celebration was being held.
"What is this?" Malik said, feeding Monkey.
"I don't know, but there is a bridge." Marik pointed to a red bridge.
They walked down to it, "Malik you stay here and I'll go see."
Marik tip-toed down to the waters edge then peeked around the corner of the bridge. He saw the millennium puzzle just sitting on the grass. 'This will be easier than I thought.' He went up to it but just then that same man they'd been chasing jumped on him.
"Ah!" Marik took his millennium rod out and whacked the guy on the side of his head with it.
"Ugh!" The man held his head and ran with the puzzle in hand. He ran right past Malik and over the bridge.
"Malik!" Marik ran after him, "Let's go!"
Malik dropped Monkey and ran after his yami and the thief. "I'm coming, Marik!"
They ran till they saw where the stream empties into the sea. It was a big cliff and the man was at the edge of it.
"Okay," Marik said. "You can't go anywhere. Just give the puzzle to us and maybe we'll let you go."
Chapter 5:
"Kaiba?"
"What?"
"Sheesh! Why are you so grumpy?"
"I'm sorry Marik. But I tend to get a little testy when two people I know send a whole plane of innocents to their doom!"
"You saw that?"
"Yes, I saw that! What's wrong with you two?!"
Marik looked to Malik and shrugged, "Uh, but we needed to get to Mexico City."
"You're not in Mexico City."
"Were not?! Where are we?"
"Your in close to Tampico. On the coast of Mexico."
"Well, how do we get to Mexico City?"
"You could hijack another plane," He was being sarcastic, "Or you could drive."
"Driving!" Malik said.
"Good-luck." Kaiba hung up.
Malik looked around and sighed, "Were are we going to find a car? And it's almost night time!"
He pointed to the sun setting on the horizon. "Well," Marik said. "I guess we'll have to walk by night."
"What?!"
"They say that moonlight is really beautiful." Marik started to walk.
Malik followed, "What about coyotes? Or birds?"
"Birds?"
"Yeah, big birds! They could swoop down and get us!"
"And you think that of we were sleeping, they couldn't still get us? At least when were awake, we can run away."
"..."
They walked for about two hours and then Malik started to get really sleepy. "Marik... I'm tired."
"So am I."
"Why don't we stop?"
"There's a town forty yards away." Marik pointed ahead.
Malik looked up from the ground. "Oh."
They soon entered the little city and walked to what looked like a town square they sat down on the ground. Marik stretched his arms, yawned, and laid down on the ground.
"Marik?"
"..."
Malik put his head on Marik's stomach and soon fell asleep...
It was about 6:30 in the morning when Malik woke up from a throbbing headache. "Oh..." He held his head while he sat up. "Marik?"
He looked down and instead of seeing his yami he saw a monkey. "Wha...?" The monkey turned to face him. "..."
"Oh no!" Malik stood up.
"Eek?"
"Marik has turned into a monkey! I can't believe this! This is awful!" he started to pace around the monkey.
"..."
He stopped and looked at the monkey, "That's okay Marik..."
He picked the monkey up and hugged him, "I still love you."
Just then Marik drove by in a gray jeep, "I'm gone for an hour and you fall in love with a monkey?"
"Huh?" Malik looked at him then the monkey, "Oh, hey Marik!" He jumped in the passenger seat.
"Let's go." Marik stared to drive off.
"Uh, wait a minute." Malik hopped out of the jeep, picked up the monkey, and then got back in. "Now we can go."
"Were not taking a monkey with us." Marik said.
"Sure we are, I can't just leave him here. Were taking him with us."
"Ugh! You're impossible."
They were driving for about a half an hour when Malik asked Marik a question, "Where did you get this jeep?"
"In that town."
"I mean did you pay for it?"
Marik smiled, "You know we don't have any money."
"Marik! You stole it!"
"What? Kaiba said we should drive to Mexico City."
"Yeah, but we shouldn't steal anymore on this trip. We've already taken a plane, and now a jeep."
"And a monkey."
"Oh yeah..." Malik looked at the monkey on his shoulder, "But I don't think he belonged to anyone."
"..." Marik said nothing.
"You know, I think if he's coming with us... he should have a name."
"What?!"
"I think his name should be...Monkey."
"You're going to name a monkey... Monkey?" Marik looked at him, then kept driving.
"Yup. What do you think about that name, Monkey?" Malik looked at Monkey.
"Eek!"
After about four hours of driving they came to Mexico City. They drove past a bunch of people and animals then came to a Supermarket parking lot. Marik stopped there just to radio Kaiba but Malik wanted something else.
"We'll be back Marik."
"Who's we?"
"Me and Monkey."
"And just where are you going?"
"To get monkey chow."
"Monkey chow?!"
Malik and Monkey went inside and Marik called Kaiba, "Hello?"
"Hello."
"Well, were here. Where's the puzzle?"
Kaiba searched, "It's under a small bridge."
"Bridge? So the guy's a hobo now."
"I guess. Hey and word to the wise. Try and stay low from now on, meaning no more hijacking planes. It was on the news this morning, they've got your pictures too."
"What? Oh great."
"Alright I gotta go."
Malik and Monkey came out of the store with a white bag. "Did you find out where the puzzle is, Marik."
"Yup," Marik started the car, "Did you get your Monkey chow?"
"Sure did." He climbed in and Monkey curled up in his lap.
Marik drove down towards every little lake or brook, but found no bridge. They finally came to this brook where this boat celebration was being held.
"What is this?" Malik said, feeding Monkey.
"I don't know, but there is a bridge." Marik pointed to a red bridge.
They walked down to it, "Malik you stay here and I'll go see."
Marik tip-toed down to the waters edge then peeked around the corner of the bridge. He saw the millennium puzzle just sitting on the grass. 'This will be easier than I thought.' He went up to it but just then that same man they'd been chasing jumped on him.
"Ah!" Marik took his millennium rod out and whacked the guy on the side of his head with it.
"Ugh!" The man held his head and ran with the puzzle in hand. He ran right past Malik and over the bridge.
"Malik!" Marik ran after him, "Let's go!"
Malik dropped Monkey and ran after his yami and the thief. "I'm coming, Marik!"
They ran till they saw where the stream empties into the sea. It was a big cliff and the man was at the edge of it.
"Okay," Marik said. "You can't go anywhere. Just give the puzzle to us and maybe we'll let you go."