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This chapter, even though it'll be spoiling, is the one where Max finds out his wife is pregnant. This is still dedicated to Mr. T, of course, but it's also dedicated to Golden and Mr. T's father, who, poor fella, had to hear the news five times.
A lot of people (Okay, EVERYONE) asked what happened when that Queliyg soldier dropped to the ground, twitching. It involved Shadow Magic, but you can develop your own theories if you like. (To be honest, there was a little "stepping in" that Seto was unaware of.) We're also happy you liked the "cute little mammal" line.
Chapter Six: A Jailbird Breaks Loose (FLY! FLY!)
Cecilia, Mai and Serenity sat silently in their cell, not really doing anything.
"You have beautiful eyes," came Weevil's voice from the cell he occupied with Rex. The three women looked at each other, eyes widening. A few seconds passed.
"Weevil," came Rex's somewhat wearied voice. "Why are you flirting with that housefly?"
Serenity began to giggle. "I'm not sure which is worse," Mai said. "What that sounded like or what it really was!"
Cecilia grinned. "Jailhouse humor has much to be desired, but I'm so tired right now I couldn't care less."
"EVERYTHING about jailhouses leaves much to be desired," Mai replied. "Especially the food."
"_Definitely the food!_" Cecilia cried plaintively while Serenity nodded.
A guard walked past, then came back and looked in. "Well, hellooo there," he said, a dark smile twisting his lips. Mai stood and set herself in a fighting stance.
"Go away, Panik," she growled. "You remember the last time we tangled."
Panik winced. "Yes, I'm still nursing that leg."
Mai grinned. "I noticed the limp." Serenity and Cecilia glanced at each other.
"I can... _reassign_ you three to different cells if you don't shape up," he threatened softly.
Horror struck Mai's face. "You don't have the power to do that!" she said, a little hopefully.
Panik came closer to the bars. "Are you sure about that, Mai Valentine?"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!!" screamed Weevil suddenly. Panik's head snapped toward the other cell, confusion on his ugly face.
Rex's voice soon followed. "They're HOUSEFLIES, Weevil, they only LIVE twenty-four hours!"
"_Why are you always so insensitive?!? WAAAAAHH!!_"
There was the smack of Rex trying to slap Weevil into sensibility, followed by Rex's scream of pain as Weevil drew blood, most likely with his teeth.
"YOU LITTLE TERMITE!!! I'M GONNA _STOMP YOU INTO MUSH!!!_"
Panik stepped away from the bars of the three women's cell in annoyance. "I'll deal with you later," he told Mai, and stomped off to break up the fight.
"_You two little runts had better cut that out,_" they heard him yell. "_Or I'll break you BOTH IN HALF!!!_" It suddenly became very quiet.
Mai looked over at Serenity and began rubbing her eyes. Serenity closed her own, cutting off the recording systems in her eyes.
"Somebody has to get out of here," Mai said softly, "to tell people how much help we need."
Cecilia made a face. "It won't be me," she moaned. "I can barely get off the bed before I decide I might decorate the walls using oatmeal."
Serenity smiled. "It would look more interesting than bare cement," she said, eyes still closed.
Mai shrugged uneasily. "I feel like I should stay too, to protect Cecilia. Serenity, it has to be you that goes."
Serenity's eyes flew open. "What?! But they-- Record what I see... They'll have no trouble finding me!"
"Record," Mai said. "Not transmit. You know very well they have to check what you've been seeing every twenty-four hours."
"As long as a housefly's adult lifespan," Cecilia said with a smile. "You can do this."
The pale violet was covered over again as Serenity closed her eyes. "Fine. What do I have to do?"
--
Serenity crawled carefully from the air vent and dropped to the floor. _I suppose it's so cliché they'd never even suspect it,_ she thought, brushing off her shoulders and arms. _Now I guess I'm on the home stretch._
She looked around nervously, resisting the urge to squeeze her eyes completely shut. _Hmm, a laundry chute._ She crept towards it cautiously, then opened it and began to climb in.
A little too late she realized how slippery the walls were. "OopssSAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!"
As she fell, she decided her life was not flashing before her eyes. That was definitely NOT how it worked. It was flashing behind her eyes. "Big Brother," she whispered, praying that somehow Joey would hear her in his dreams, "I'm sorry we couldn't see each other aga-" Impact.
_Hmm,_ she thought curiously. Having every bone in her body being broken was surprisingly comfortable.
Then she realized she was lying on what had to be a ton of clothing. "Laundry chute, duh," she reminded herself, trying to squirm off. It was difficult to do, as the laundry didn't seem to be packed together very tightly at all.
"Getting out of our cell was easier than this," she complained, flailing around somewhat helplessly. She stopped, realizing that it was useless, making her tired and that it looked silly besides.
"Maybe if I try to swim with it," Serenity pondered. "Maybe swimming will be easier when it's not water." Of course, she hadn't been to the beach in years. Not since before the Queliyg. Only by a few days, in fact.
--
Some excruciatingly long time afterward, she was out on the street. Cecilia had told her to get out of the daylight quickly, since their captors had some small investment in her and would probably notice her disappearance fairly quickly.
Still, she hadn't been outside in too long. She headed for a subway entrance a little grudgingly, but took the time to skip.
--
Seto had been combing the subways and other tunnels for Mokuba for almost two hours and the little ten-year-old was still nowhere to be found.
"Why does he always pick the most inconvienent times to disappear?" Seto grumbled to himself. Footsteps sounded down the tunnel, and Seto slipped quickly into darkness.
A young girl was wandering the subways. She was probably about thirteen or fourteen and dressed in amazingly clean clothing.
She looked over to where he was hiding and he realized something seemed to be off-balance about her eyes. Then he realized she was looking straight at him.
"I can see you," she said. "Why are you trying to hide?"
_I don't know what you're talking about,_ he thought a little dryly. _I'm not here._
She walked toward him and he realized that her eyes were one solid pinkish purple. _Artificial eyes, no wonder she can see me!_
"I'm Serenity Wheeler," she said. "Who're you?"
"Seto."
"Do you have a last name?"
"No. Are you related to a guy named Joey Wheeler?"
Serenity stared at him in surprise. "You know him? He's my older brother!"
Seto stepped from the shadows and smiled wryly. "No wonder I could hear you coming from so far away. Joey's louder than an elephant."
Serenity frowned. "I seem to remember that. But I haven't seen him in ages."
"Why not? Where've you been?" He came a little closer to look down at her.
Serenity looked a little uncomfortable. "If he ever said anything about me you might know I was taken prisoner pretty quickly after the invasion."
Seto winced. "And you survived? Escaped, even."
Serenity started in remembrance. "Yes, escaped! I need to get the others out, too!"
"Woah, what others?"
Serenity stared up into his icy blue eyes. "Mai and Cecilia. They helped me get out, but--"
Seto stopped her. "Cecilia? As in Cecilia Pegasus?" The girl nodded. "Come with me. We'll get them out."
--
Seto entered Sub-Town, dragging Serenity by the hand. "JOEY! PEGASUS! Get out here!"
Sub-Town began waking up. "Hey, some of us is tryin' ta sleep here, ya joik!" Joey started, but then he saw his sister. "SERENITY!" He ran over and embraced her roughly, lifting her off the ground.
Seto stood to the side, arms crossed. "Very cute, but your sister says we're on a time limit."
Max soon strolled over. "What's going on, Seto?"
Yugi appeared at his elbow, followed by Tristan, Solomon, Bakura, Duke, Téa and Kel. Serenity saw the elf and her expression of joy changed to one of startled recognition.
"Kel! Everyone back at the estate thinks you're dead!"
"Ushio, too?" Kel asked hopefully.
Serenity shrugged. "I heard some doctors talking about him and apparently the only words they've been able to get out of him lately are 'Sah,' 'Mah,' and 'Skah.' No clue what it means."
Seto glanced at the girl. "Tell Pegasus about his wife, Serenity. He hasn't seen her in almost a month."
Max looked at both of them. "My wife?"
"Oh- ah..." Serenity smiled nervously. "She was one of my cellmates, with another woman, named Mai. They helped me escape, but they couldn't come with me, because Cecilia's not feeling well."
"Why?" Max demanded in alarm.
"It's not really a bad thing," Serenity started. "I guess I'm the first to tell you, ah-- Sir, your wife is pregnant!"
"Say-- what?" Max asked, and before she could say another word, his eyes rolled back and he fell. Fortunately, Tristan and Bakura were standing right behind him, and broke his fall before he hit cement.
Everyone stared at him. "He's fainted!" Yugi said a little obviously. Tristan and Bakura managed to get out from under him.
Max's eyes opened. He looked woozy. "Could you please repeat yourself a little more slowly?" he asked. Serenity shrugged.
"Congratulations?"
--
End Chapter Six. Boy, that was mean of us, wasn't it? Short AND a (sort of) cliffie! But where's Mokuba? 0.0 We still don't know if it should be a boy or girl, but if it's a girl we've got a name all picked out. However, Golden is being outvoted by Silver and the reviewers. ^_~ (All the names for boys that we found stunk. Any suggestions?) We'll let you know. (Duh!)
This chapter, even though it'll be spoiling, is the one where Max finds out his wife is pregnant. This is still dedicated to Mr. T, of course, but it's also dedicated to Golden and Mr. T's father, who, poor fella, had to hear the news five times.
A lot of people (Okay, EVERYONE) asked what happened when that Queliyg soldier dropped to the ground, twitching. It involved Shadow Magic, but you can develop your own theories if you like. (To be honest, there was a little "stepping in" that Seto was unaware of.) We're also happy you liked the "cute little mammal" line.
Chapter Six: A Jailbird Breaks Loose (FLY! FLY!)
Cecilia, Mai and Serenity sat silently in their cell, not really doing anything.
"You have beautiful eyes," came Weevil's voice from the cell he occupied with Rex. The three women looked at each other, eyes widening. A few seconds passed.
"Weevil," came Rex's somewhat wearied voice. "Why are you flirting with that housefly?"
Serenity began to giggle. "I'm not sure which is worse," Mai said. "What that sounded like or what it really was!"
Cecilia grinned. "Jailhouse humor has much to be desired, but I'm so tired right now I couldn't care less."
"EVERYTHING about jailhouses leaves much to be desired," Mai replied. "Especially the food."
"_Definitely the food!_" Cecilia cried plaintively while Serenity nodded.
A guard walked past, then came back and looked in. "Well, hellooo there," he said, a dark smile twisting his lips. Mai stood and set herself in a fighting stance.
"Go away, Panik," she growled. "You remember the last time we tangled."
Panik winced. "Yes, I'm still nursing that leg."
Mai grinned. "I noticed the limp." Serenity and Cecilia glanced at each other.
"I can... _reassign_ you three to different cells if you don't shape up," he threatened softly.
Horror struck Mai's face. "You don't have the power to do that!" she said, a little hopefully.
Panik came closer to the bars. "Are you sure about that, Mai Valentine?"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!!" screamed Weevil suddenly. Panik's head snapped toward the other cell, confusion on his ugly face.
Rex's voice soon followed. "They're HOUSEFLIES, Weevil, they only LIVE twenty-four hours!"
"_Why are you always so insensitive?!? WAAAAAHH!!_"
There was the smack of Rex trying to slap Weevil into sensibility, followed by Rex's scream of pain as Weevil drew blood, most likely with his teeth.
"YOU LITTLE TERMITE!!! I'M GONNA _STOMP YOU INTO MUSH!!!_"
Panik stepped away from the bars of the three women's cell in annoyance. "I'll deal with you later," he told Mai, and stomped off to break up the fight.
"_You two little runts had better cut that out,_" they heard him yell. "_Or I'll break you BOTH IN HALF!!!_" It suddenly became very quiet.
Mai looked over at Serenity and began rubbing her eyes. Serenity closed her own, cutting off the recording systems in her eyes.
"Somebody has to get out of here," Mai said softly, "to tell people how much help we need."
Cecilia made a face. "It won't be me," she moaned. "I can barely get off the bed before I decide I might decorate the walls using oatmeal."
Serenity smiled. "It would look more interesting than bare cement," she said, eyes still closed.
Mai shrugged uneasily. "I feel like I should stay too, to protect Cecilia. Serenity, it has to be you that goes."
Serenity's eyes flew open. "What?! But they-- Record what I see... They'll have no trouble finding me!"
"Record," Mai said. "Not transmit. You know very well they have to check what you've been seeing every twenty-four hours."
"As long as a housefly's adult lifespan," Cecilia said with a smile. "You can do this."
The pale violet was covered over again as Serenity closed her eyes. "Fine. What do I have to do?"
--
Serenity crawled carefully from the air vent and dropped to the floor. _I suppose it's so cliché they'd never even suspect it,_ she thought, brushing off her shoulders and arms. _Now I guess I'm on the home stretch._
She looked around nervously, resisting the urge to squeeze her eyes completely shut. _Hmm, a laundry chute._ She crept towards it cautiously, then opened it and began to climb in.
A little too late she realized how slippery the walls were. "OopssSAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!"
As she fell, she decided her life was not flashing before her eyes. That was definitely NOT how it worked. It was flashing behind her eyes. "Big Brother," she whispered, praying that somehow Joey would hear her in his dreams, "I'm sorry we couldn't see each other aga-" Impact.
_Hmm,_ she thought curiously. Having every bone in her body being broken was surprisingly comfortable.
Then she realized she was lying on what had to be a ton of clothing. "Laundry chute, duh," she reminded herself, trying to squirm off. It was difficult to do, as the laundry didn't seem to be packed together very tightly at all.
"Getting out of our cell was easier than this," she complained, flailing around somewhat helplessly. She stopped, realizing that it was useless, making her tired and that it looked silly besides.
"Maybe if I try to swim with it," Serenity pondered. "Maybe swimming will be easier when it's not water." Of course, she hadn't been to the beach in years. Not since before the Queliyg. Only by a few days, in fact.
--
Some excruciatingly long time afterward, she was out on the street. Cecilia had told her to get out of the daylight quickly, since their captors had some small investment in her and would probably notice her disappearance fairly quickly.
Still, she hadn't been outside in too long. She headed for a subway entrance a little grudgingly, but took the time to skip.
--
Seto had been combing the subways and other tunnels for Mokuba for almost two hours and the little ten-year-old was still nowhere to be found.
"Why does he always pick the most inconvienent times to disappear?" Seto grumbled to himself. Footsteps sounded down the tunnel, and Seto slipped quickly into darkness.
A young girl was wandering the subways. She was probably about thirteen or fourteen and dressed in amazingly clean clothing.
She looked over to where he was hiding and he realized something seemed to be off-balance about her eyes. Then he realized she was looking straight at him.
"I can see you," she said. "Why are you trying to hide?"
_I don't know what you're talking about,_ he thought a little dryly. _I'm not here._
She walked toward him and he realized that her eyes were one solid pinkish purple. _Artificial eyes, no wonder she can see me!_
"I'm Serenity Wheeler," she said. "Who're you?"
"Seto."
"Do you have a last name?"
"No. Are you related to a guy named Joey Wheeler?"
Serenity stared at him in surprise. "You know him? He's my older brother!"
Seto stepped from the shadows and smiled wryly. "No wonder I could hear you coming from so far away. Joey's louder than an elephant."
Serenity frowned. "I seem to remember that. But I haven't seen him in ages."
"Why not? Where've you been?" He came a little closer to look down at her.
Serenity looked a little uncomfortable. "If he ever said anything about me you might know I was taken prisoner pretty quickly after the invasion."
Seto winced. "And you survived? Escaped, even."
Serenity started in remembrance. "Yes, escaped! I need to get the others out, too!"
"Woah, what others?"
Serenity stared up into his icy blue eyes. "Mai and Cecilia. They helped me get out, but--"
Seto stopped her. "Cecilia? As in Cecilia Pegasus?" The girl nodded. "Come with me. We'll get them out."
--
Seto entered Sub-Town, dragging Serenity by the hand. "JOEY! PEGASUS! Get out here!"
Sub-Town began waking up. "Hey, some of us is tryin' ta sleep here, ya joik!" Joey started, but then he saw his sister. "SERENITY!" He ran over and embraced her roughly, lifting her off the ground.
Seto stood to the side, arms crossed. "Very cute, but your sister says we're on a time limit."
Max soon strolled over. "What's going on, Seto?"
Yugi appeared at his elbow, followed by Tristan, Solomon, Bakura, Duke, Téa and Kel. Serenity saw the elf and her expression of joy changed to one of startled recognition.
"Kel! Everyone back at the estate thinks you're dead!"
"Ushio, too?" Kel asked hopefully.
Serenity shrugged. "I heard some doctors talking about him and apparently the only words they've been able to get out of him lately are 'Sah,' 'Mah,' and 'Skah.' No clue what it means."
Seto glanced at the girl. "Tell Pegasus about his wife, Serenity. He hasn't seen her in almost a month."
Max looked at both of them. "My wife?"
"Oh- ah..." Serenity smiled nervously. "She was one of my cellmates, with another woman, named Mai. They helped me escape, but they couldn't come with me, because Cecilia's not feeling well."
"Why?" Max demanded in alarm.
"It's not really a bad thing," Serenity started. "I guess I'm the first to tell you, ah-- Sir, your wife is pregnant!"
"Say-- what?" Max asked, and before she could say another word, his eyes rolled back and he fell. Fortunately, Tristan and Bakura were standing right behind him, and broke his fall before he hit cement.
Everyone stared at him. "He's fainted!" Yugi said a little obviously. Tristan and Bakura managed to get out from under him.
Max's eyes opened. He looked woozy. "Could you please repeat yourself a little more slowly?" he asked. Serenity shrugged.
"Congratulations?"
--
End Chapter Six. Boy, that was mean of us, wasn't it? Short AND a (sort of) cliffie! But where's Mokuba? 0.0 We still don't know if it should be a boy or girl, but if it's a girl we've got a name all picked out. However, Golden is being outvoted by Silver and the reviewers. ^_~ (All the names for boys that we found stunk. Any suggestions?) We'll let you know. (Duh!)