YUGIOH

Amnesia

Chapter 17.

The week passed before they knew it, and they were anxious to see this new project that Kaiba made, and was allowing them to try out. Everyone was excited about this. Yugi looked up, saying, "Gee....I wonder why he picked this time to show it to us. It's almost night time...."

"Maybe it's some really neat 'glow in the dark' thing!" Joey said. "I hope they got food, too!"

They made it to the front gate, where two security greeted them, letting them into the fenced area, closing it up behind them.

"Tight security." Tea outwardly noticed.

"Well, of course. Seto doesn't want anyone else breaking into the park. This is for all of us." Serenity said.

"I wonder what Kaiba has planned." Duke said, giving a glance at Serenity, who sharply turned away. She had thought of another reason not to mention what happened, as well. If Joey found out, that would be it for Duke.

Everyone was here, and headed towards the tower. Then everyone's mouth opened, as the lights all came on, to see the biggest, baddest, coolest roller coaster they ever saw. "Oh, wow.....this is so cool!!" Joey said.

"It's a Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Yugi said, smiling at Kaiba.

Kaiba remembered Yugi telling him about his deck at the store, causing a twinge of pain, and Kaiba glanced away, not looking at Yugi.

'Yugi....I have a bad feeling about this. Something's wrong.' Yami warned.

'You're being paranoid. Kaiba made this, and invited us special to be the first ones to try it....what could go wrong?' Yugi answered him.

"I'm glad you like my newest ride for Kaiba Land. I figured this'll be a great hit for the kids. But before we go on, I know that atleast Joey likes to eat wherever he goes.....so I got some refreshments over here. But I warn you, you better have strong stomachs to be able to eat before you ride." Kaiba announced.

Both Tristan and Joey looked at each other, and charged saying, "I'm first!!"

No one else dared eat, in fear they'd yuck it up on the ride, while the others pigged out. Kaiba just smiled, thinking, 'I might as well give you your last supper before your demise, fools...just like a bunch of stuffed pigs, before the slaughter.' He also hoped they'd get sick on the ride to their deaths, just for good measure.

Tristan said, "Ohh.....I think I ate too much!"

"You're not sitting near me!" Tea said.

"All right, I'm ready!!" Joey said, looking energized and refreshed. "Let's tackle that beast!"

As Joey made his little speech, Yugi noticed Mokuba was there, hiding behind Kaiba, and strangely enough looking very sad. 'Huh? That's strange....I wonder what's wrong with Mokuba? Maybe he's afraid of roller coaster rides....'

As per a normal roller-coaster ride, everyone tried to hog the very front or the very back, to get the greatest feeling from the quick drop. But before they got on, Joey went over to Kaiba, and put a hand on his shoulder, saying, "Hey Seto, I just wanna say thanks, for everything, man. I mean that. And I wanna say that....you gotta be the best friend a guy could have."

Kaiba was smiling at the time as Joey approached, but as he talked, there was something that seemed to melt inside of Kaiba, as his smiled faded, looking almost....sad.

"You okay, man?" Joey asked.

"Yeah....go on Joey, have fun." Seto said, offering a weak smile.

Joey turned, and joined the cart, but he was also troubled by Kaiba's expression. 'Is something wrong? Mebbe I'll talk to him about it, when we get off...'

Kaiba then asked, "Are you all ready?"

"Wait a minute, Seto....what about you?" Serenity asked, expecting him to ride, too.

"Sorry Serenity. Someone's gotta operate the machinery, to make sure you're all okay, and I'm not planning on trusting my brainless security force. Don't worry about it, once it's officially open, we can ride together plenty of times." He smiled. Then once everyone was securely in their seats, he pulled the lever letting the cart begin to move. Kaiba's smile then became cold and ruthless, as he moved to his proper position. "This is it, Mokuba.....the moment I waited all week for!"

"But why, Seto....why are you doing this? Why don't you think they're your friends, anymore?" Mokuba asked.

"Don't you get it yet, Mokuba? They were 'never' friends with me....Serenity 'never' cared for me. This was all one sick game to them. The only thing they haven't yet realized, is that I learned their game and their little rules. Now I'm taking over the game, and they're going to learn just what happens to anyone when they try to make a fool out of me!!" Kaiba snarled. He looked up and laughed, "That's right, fools! Enjoy the ride....the ride to your doom! Hahahahahaha!!"

'They were using Seto? But why would they do such a thing? Why would they hurt him like that?', Mokuba thought, feeling heartbroken, and confused. They invited Mokuba over a couple times, too. He thought they really cared for them. All this time it was one big joke, because why? Because his big brother had amnesia? But....but, they wouldn't do that, would they?' He didn't want to believe such a hurtful thing after all they've been through, even before his brother got amnesia. But then who's he going to believe....them or his brother?? Mokuba sat their down-trodden, believing in his brother, no matter how ridiculous the idea sounded. 'My brother doesn't lie. They'll pay for hurting him....'

As the cart flew down the tracks, Joey tried to enjoy himself, but in honesty he was still thinking of Kaiba. 'I figured after saying that to him, he'd be happy. Instead, it was almost like....he was sad from what I said. Don't he wanna be one of my best friends?'

As the cart continued on, with the roller coaster all lit up, music blaring, everything whipping passed them....they brought their hands up and screamed in delight. Just as it seemed everything was going great.....the worst that could possibly happen...happened!

There was a weakness in the track causing the car to slightly slide off the track. It quickly hit a dead-stop, as one of the cars were dangerously teetering on the edge. They tried to call down, "Seto, Seto!! Help us!!" But then, all the lights to the roller coaster turned off, as well as the music. For a moment, it was pitch-black.

"What the hell's going on here?" Duke asked.

"I don't know.....but this is scary, guys." Serenity said.

"Hey, Seto! You hear us down there, now?? Your coaster came off the track....there's a real problem here! You hear us??" Joey called down.

Lights returned back on, but not for the coaster.....instead it lit up a stage, showing Kaiba and Mokuba below. They could hear him from where they were, laughing up at them.

"Kaiba.....no!" Yugi said in hushed whispers, as he realized......Kaiba did this intentionally. It was all a trap.