Alright! Here's the next chapter of "The Meaning of Life", that is to say…chapter 3! ^_^ I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, although I still wish that I did. *sigh* Oh, and yeah, so you pretty much know who is going to come to Serenity's rescue, but come on, remember that it is a S/S fic. Don't blame me if it's *predictable* I'm doing my best here to make it interesting! ~bows~ Thank you. Oh, and don't forget to R&R!
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3. A Tragic Night
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"Uhhh…" Serenity groggily opened her eyes. "Wh-where am I?" Dazed, she looked around. She seemed to be in some small van or something; it was really dark. The only light came from somewhere outside, probably from where a streetlamp glared and made its way into her surroundings.
"Oww…" She moaned to herself, bringing one of her hands up to rub her head, "My head…" Suddenly she gasped when she heard another, deeper voice from coming from somewhere to her right. "Well well," the voice said, "looks like Sleeping Beauty has finally woken up."
Suddenly, everything that had happened came back to her in a rush. "N-no" She stammered. "W-who are you? What do you want with me?" She could hear her voice rise in hysteria and realized that that only served to make her heart pound harder. She tried to swallow and realized she couldn't.
'Joey' she thought, but she knew that where ever this creep had taken her, Joey wouldn't be around to rescue her soon. She didn't even know where she was at, how would he? With this realization, she began to cry.
"Boy, you sure know how to pick em" Came another voice, this one towards the front of the vehicle. Serenity looked quickly in that direction and vaguely saw an outline of another man's face. She realized that this was the one who, earlier, had driven the van away as soon as the other man had tossed her in at the park.
The strange man edged closer and continued, "She sure is a looker." Suddenly Serenity was terrified of the look she saw in the man's eyes, and, proving her worst nightmare true, he reached forward and touched her leg softly.
Serenity had both the urge to vomit and to scream, and decided that it would serve her better to scream while she still had the chance.
She opened her mouth wide, only to have the first man clamp his hand over it in a grip that felt like steel.
Serenity could do nothing but stare with wide eyes while the man said, "Ok, you have her first, while I keep her silent. But then it's my turn." The other man looked at him with a sly smile on his face and quickly nodded. Then he reached towards Serenity's blouse.
Eyes wide with fear, all she could do was struggle as best she could while it seemed as if all hope were lost to her. No one was going to save her.
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Making his way to the parking lot of KaibaCorp, Seto couldn't help but frown. Everything that he wanted to achieve in life had been done, and he wasn't even in his twenties yet. He was successful, he was rich, and he was superior to anyone who had ever crossed his path.
He smirked at the thoughts of how he had effortlessly climbed his way to the top, stepping on all of those fools who only dreamt of it instead of actually doing it.
He no longer had to deal with his stepfather, KaibaCorp was finally where he had aimed it to be, and he had provided an ideal life for Mokuba. Mokuba would never have to go through what Seto had to.
So not only had Seto provided the life he wanted for Mokuba, but he had also provided the life he wanted for himself. Or so he thought. Why did it all feel meaningless to him then? He was the youngest, richest CEO in Japan's history, so why did he feel so empty?
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted when he realized he had reached his car. It wasn't like him to walk without regard to his surroundings, but this had been an unusual night all around. He reached for his keys, opened the door, and threw his briefcase onto the passenger side seat.
Before climbing in himself, he closed his eyes and stretched his neck from side to side. When he opened them again, his vision was drawn to a white van parked some distance away in the KaibaCorp parking lot. 'Damn.' He thought. 'Why do they always pick my parking lot?' Sighing, he got into his car and started to drive towards the van.
There were numerous times before when he or his staff had caught a van full of teenagers either doing drugs or having sex. Or both.
His car drew to a stop along side the van. He stepped out of his car, but then noticed that the van was rocking a bit. 'Shit.' He thought. He wasn't in the mood to bust up an orgy. He had too much on his mind and he didn't want to deal with a bunch of hormone-driven fools who might be a little upset at his intrusion.
Not that he couldn't handle them, he could. He just didn't feel like dealing with a bunch of crap right now after having to deal with crap from the imbeciles that worked at his company all day. Although he did love to fire them. He smirked at the thought.
Suddenly he yawned, and was again reminded of how tired he was. Looking back at the van one last time, he decided that it wasn't worth it. 'Let them have their fun' he thought in disgust.
He reopened the door of his BMW and got back inside.
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Looking down at Serenity's papers in disbelief, Joey sank to his knees in the cold, wet grass of the park. "Serenity" he said softly. How could his little sister be gone? 'I failed her,' he thought, 'I was supposed to keep her safe, and I didn't!'
Tears of sadness and anger stung his eyes. Rapidly, however, he could feel that rage was beginning to take him over. At his sides, his hands balled themselves into fists, crushing Serenity's papers in his grasp. How could he have failed her like this? He was so angry at himself.
'Joey, come on man, you've got to think of something!' he yelled at himself. 'Sitten here like this ain't gonna help her at all.' He made himself get up and the tears that were threatening to spill down his cheeks made good on their promise.
He stood there, looking down at his feet, trying to think of something. Then, quickly, he grabbed all of Serenity's books and papers that he could find and raced back to his car. He had decided to enlist the help of Yugi, Tristan and Duke whether they wanted to come or not. He knew they would though. That's why they were his best buds.
Hopping into his car, he quickly put the key into the ignition and sped away into the night. He was on a mission, and there was no way that he was going to fail Serenity this time. No way. He was going to find her if it was the last thing he ever did.
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Well, that's all for chapter 3! How did you all like it? I hope very much. (Just go ahead and review, you know you want to! Well…at least you know that I want you to. ^_^ ) Thanks everyone!
~Seren147