"Damn phone!" Joey cursed. "I'll teach you who can cut me off." He went to kick it but noticed the man behind the counter of the store getting ready to come after him if he did. He turned his back to the phone and took a few steps closer to the street. He looked up it in the direction he'd been heading and then turned back to look down the way he'd come from. "I don't know what I said but I'm going to kill Kaiba the next time I see him." He looked in the direction he'd been going again and thought about what Kaiba had said. ' Walk that way to the end of the street and you'll know.' He wondered if he should continue on or wait to see if Yami and his other friends showed up. But they didn't know where he was any more then he did and the street just seemed to go on forever. Joey looked back at the fish store. "Well if this is here, then I guess it can't be too much farther. But I should leave a message just in case they do come looking for me and actually find this place." He shrugged and walked into the store. "Hey! If a bunch of people come in and ask if you've seen me could you tell 'em that I went that way?" Joey pointed. The man just gave him a half bored half skeptical look. "Fine. I guess it's just you an' me for the next few hours." Joey sat down in one of the chairs in the waiting area and crossed his arms. "So do you just sell fish here? What made you decide to get a job like this? Does your wife like fish? Do you even have a wife? What's her name? Is she nice? Do you live around here?" The man stood up and approached the counter.
"Shut up!" he growled. "What do your friends look like?" Joey smiled.
"Well I won't describe all of them but the one that you'll recognize the easiest had spiky black and magenta colored hair with blonde bangs. He's about this high but with his hair he's like this high." Joey moved his arm to indicate. "There's actually two of them like that but..." Joey saw the man growing impatient. "I guess I'll be going. I'm going that way...okay?" Joey pointed again. The man nodded and walked back to his spot. Joey left the store and started up the street again.
At Yugi's
"Well the only person I know who even HAS a car is Kaiba but if Kaiba isn't with him then I don't know if that means something bad happened and he wouldn't want to see Kaiba or if he just got lost out there by himself," Yugi said thinking about the question.
"Well since we don't know how dangerous this situation is then I don't think we have much time to think about it," Yami returned.
"Does anyone know Kaiba's number?" Yugi asked.
"Home or cell?" Tea said pulling out her phone book. Yugi and Yami looked at her surprised. "What?" she asked feeling a little uncomfortable. " Are we going to go get Joey or not?" she asked before they could question her further. Yami picked up the phone.
"Cell," he said. She rattled off the number and he dialed. Kaiba picked up on the second ring.
"What do you want?"
"Joey called and said he was lost and we need a car to go find him." Yami could almost see Kaiba rolling his eyes.
"I'll take care of it," he said and hung up. Yami looked at the phone for a minute and then hung it up.
"Well..." Yugi looked at him expectantly.
"He said he'd take care of it."
"I don't believe him. What if there really IS a problem between them? I bet Kaiba's just going to leave him out there," Tea said getting annoyed.
"Well the beach is only two miles away. We could walk," Yugi suggested. There was a silence as they all thought it over.
"Okay. Let's go," Tea jumped up and they all headed for the door.
Back with Joey
He stopped as he approached another store and contemplated whether or not he should try calling his friends again. Seeing that the store appeared abandoned he guessed that the payphone was probably unusable and continued on again. Suddenly a loud ringing started up. Joey jumped so high that he almost fell over. He spun around and eyed the dusty old payphone as it rung again. "Well, what could it hurt?" he said and walked over to pick it up. "Hello?"
"Joey! What are you doing?" Joey's face paled.
"Answering the phone. What are you doing?" he asked trying to keep his cool.
"Don't tell me that you don't know who this is," the voice continued. Joey thought about it.
"No. But the line is kinda...scratchy..." It was quiet on the other end of the line and Joey thought that maybe the other person had hung up and then he heard a sigh.
"It's me, mutt."
"What?! Now I really want to know what you're doing. Where the hell are you and why did you just leave me here? I've been walking for like an hour, it's hot, I still don't know where I am, and I'm supposed to meet my sister in like twenty minutes."
"Turn around."
"What?" Joey said turning around. Kaiba hung up the phone and looked at him pathetically. Joey hung up his phone as well and walked up to him angrily. "What the hell did you think you were doing?"
"You were only supposed to walk down one block. But I guess you forgot to look both ways before crossing the street." Kaiba smiled finding humor in that.
"Huh? What are you talking about? What was I supposed to be looking for?" Kaiba shrugged.
"It doesn't matter now. I'm actually surprised you made it this far." Kaiba raised an arm and the limo pulled up. He opened the door for Joey. "I'll take you to see your sister. She's leaving today right?"
"Yeah..." Joey said, wondering if he should really trust Kaiba again. He looked at his watch and decided to take his chances.
"Shut up!" he growled. "What do your friends look like?" Joey smiled.
"Well I won't describe all of them but the one that you'll recognize the easiest had spiky black and magenta colored hair with blonde bangs. He's about this high but with his hair he's like this high." Joey moved his arm to indicate. "There's actually two of them like that but..." Joey saw the man growing impatient. "I guess I'll be going. I'm going that way...okay?" Joey pointed again. The man nodded and walked back to his spot. Joey left the store and started up the street again.
At Yugi's
"Well the only person I know who even HAS a car is Kaiba but if Kaiba isn't with him then I don't know if that means something bad happened and he wouldn't want to see Kaiba or if he just got lost out there by himself," Yugi said thinking about the question.
"Well since we don't know how dangerous this situation is then I don't think we have much time to think about it," Yami returned.
"Does anyone know Kaiba's number?" Yugi asked.
"Home or cell?" Tea said pulling out her phone book. Yugi and Yami looked at her surprised. "What?" she asked feeling a little uncomfortable. " Are we going to go get Joey or not?" she asked before they could question her further. Yami picked up the phone.
"Cell," he said. She rattled off the number and he dialed. Kaiba picked up on the second ring.
"What do you want?"
"Joey called and said he was lost and we need a car to go find him." Yami could almost see Kaiba rolling his eyes.
"I'll take care of it," he said and hung up. Yami looked at the phone for a minute and then hung it up.
"Well..." Yugi looked at him expectantly.
"He said he'd take care of it."
"I don't believe him. What if there really IS a problem between them? I bet Kaiba's just going to leave him out there," Tea said getting annoyed.
"Well the beach is only two miles away. We could walk," Yugi suggested. There was a silence as they all thought it over.
"Okay. Let's go," Tea jumped up and they all headed for the door.
Back with Joey
He stopped as he approached another store and contemplated whether or not he should try calling his friends again. Seeing that the store appeared abandoned he guessed that the payphone was probably unusable and continued on again. Suddenly a loud ringing started up. Joey jumped so high that he almost fell over. He spun around and eyed the dusty old payphone as it rung again. "Well, what could it hurt?" he said and walked over to pick it up. "Hello?"
"Joey! What are you doing?" Joey's face paled.
"Answering the phone. What are you doing?" he asked trying to keep his cool.
"Don't tell me that you don't know who this is," the voice continued. Joey thought about it.
"No. But the line is kinda...scratchy..." It was quiet on the other end of the line and Joey thought that maybe the other person had hung up and then he heard a sigh.
"It's me, mutt."
"What?! Now I really want to know what you're doing. Where the hell are you and why did you just leave me here? I've been walking for like an hour, it's hot, I still don't know where I am, and I'm supposed to meet my sister in like twenty minutes."
"Turn around."
"What?" Joey said turning around. Kaiba hung up the phone and looked at him pathetically. Joey hung up his phone as well and walked up to him angrily. "What the hell did you think you were doing?"
"You were only supposed to walk down one block. But I guess you forgot to look both ways before crossing the street." Kaiba smiled finding humor in that.
"Huh? What are you talking about? What was I supposed to be looking for?" Kaiba shrugged.
"It doesn't matter now. I'm actually surprised you made it this far." Kaiba raised an arm and the limo pulled up. He opened the door for Joey. "I'll take you to see your sister. She's leaving today right?"
"Yeah..." Joey said, wondering if he should really trust Kaiba again. He looked at his watch and decided to take his chances.