Things Unseen; Sequel to Millennium Ritual
Disclaimer: I do not own YGO, only my characters.
Chapter 3: Computer Chips
Kaiba paced back and forth in his New York loft as Mokuba stared at the TV. Kaiba ruffled his hair, glaring at the news report about yours truly. The incompetent anchor woman sat in the flat screen TV, blabbing about the heist made in Egypt, showing a video taped during the time his precious computer chips were stolen. On the screen seven hooded and caped people walked into the plane, passing surveillance and disarming the people surrounding it. Kaiba groaned and sat beside his little brother, eyes glued on the screen.
They were shown inside the plane, looking through the boxes of shipment. As they were searching through, two of the men looked into the camera itself and waved, literally waved, to it. Mokuba had to restrain his brother from destroying the TV. Their eyes filled with amusement, they suddenly pointed to a box that had the Kaiba Corp. logo on it, being held by another man. Two other men walked toward the camera, holding up weapons and boxes from other companies. Kaiba gritted his teeth. The five men all examined their new booty in front of the camera, making sure that Kaiba (and other owners of the stolen shipments) saw what they were doing.
Suddenly another man with a gold mouth mask (they all wear mouth masks, the others masks are silver), the leader, made a signal, and they all started piling out of the plane. The leader waited for the last of the seven, who happened to be a woman. As she started forward, she turned back to the camera and threw a heavy object towards it, the screen blank. Suddenly the anchor woman was back on the screen, but before she said anything, Kaiba turned off the TV, standing once more.
There was a moment of silence, until Kaiba said aloud, "How is it possible? How is it that a bunch of. . . of barbarians like them, can go past one of the best security systems in the world and steal my chips? How? Why would they even want it?"
"Well. . . if they went past one of the best security systems in the world, they must be pretty smart, wouldn't they?" Mokuba answered quietly, fingering his duel monsters locket. Kaiba glared at his brother, his white business attire not fitting his mood.
"Or maybe they were just lucky, Mokuba. Have you ever thought of that? Did you? There must have been a glitch in the system or something. Something must have happened to it, that's all." Said Kaiba, stroking his chin and pacing once more.
"Why did you even need it? What's so important about it anyway?" Mokuba asked bravely. Kaiba eyed him closely.
"The chips were designed so duelists can feel, think, and become the duel monster themselves. A part of my new game that I was planning to do, until they were stolen." He sighed heavily, walking over to the large window. Outside, they could see the vast New York buildings and Empire State Building as well.
"But Seto, why can't you make more? Or send for other shipments? You did that before when a buyer asked for your duel disks." Mokuba questioned.
"Apis Enari wanted the duel disks, and he offered much money for them. Besides, I had more back in Japan, so I could spare those lost ones. But those chips that were stolen were my only ones, there isn't any more in Japan. In fact, now that I think about it, the duel disks were also lost in Cairo," Kaiba said, not answering his first question, "How interesting."
"So. . . Are you saying that Mr. Enari might have something to do with it?" Mokuba asked, walking beside his brother. Kaiba was silent, looking outside the window.
"He's a suspect, but why? He already has enough duel disks, but he might want more. . . But that still doesn't explain about the computer chips."
They were silent, as Mokuba stared at the ant-like cars passing by.
"So what are we going to do about it?" Mokuba asked, already knowing what to expect.
"We're going to have to go there ourselves, if the authorities won't do anything about it. Pack your bags, Mokuba. We'll be leaving tomorrow morning." Kaiba announced. Turning around, he went across the large room and left.
Mokuba sighed and plopped down on the couch beside him. Delicately he took off his locket, and opened it with a click. Inside was a picture of his brother, about to move a chess piece, but that was not what Mokuba was looking for. Instead, he took out the picture and behind it was a folded duel monsters card. Unfolding it carefully, it revealed what it was. The Wingweaver card, Aura's favorite card.
'Great. We're going somewhere again. Egypt. Great. My birthday's coming up, and Seto doesn't even remember. Sometimes I don't think he even cares. But he did give me Aura' s card last time, that was pretty thoughtful. . . But I don't care. I just wish that things were back to normal. That's what I want.' Mokuba thought, replacing the card and the picture back inside the locket.
"Well, I guess I better start packing," said Mokuba, walking out of the room and closing the door shut behind him, "I wonder if Seto's going to join Mr. Enari's tournament there."
Egypt
"Morning, sleepy head!" the twins said aloud, removing the covers off of the golden black haired girl. The girl opened her right eye annoyingly, her other eye blind.
She groaned aloud, saying, "Leave me alon' Chike, Chuma. Can't deal with your crap in the morning."
They laughed, their dark black hair bouncing. Suddenly Chike took her in his arms, stumbling a little. The girl stared at him, startled.
"What in God's name are you doing?!" she said, pounding his head with her fists.
"Ergh, A, you've got to lose some pounds!" Chike announced, stumbling.
"Yeah A, go on a diet!" Chuma chuckled, slapping A's bottom. Now that went too far. A jumped down and pushed Chike away, and held Chuma by the collar.
"If your grubby little hands ever touch my ass again, I swear--" A threatened. Suddenly the door opened, and the leader Sadiki, a man with medium length brown hair tied in a ponytail, walked in.
Glaring at the twins, Sadiki said in an annoyed voice, "If either of you touch A again, I'll throw you off this boat with my own hands. Got it?"
"Yes sir!" Chike and Chuma said in unison, running out the door like deer.
Sadiki rolled his eyes and walked over to a very red A. She glared at him, and Sadiki said, "Hey, at least they're gone now, right?"
"I won't be satisfied until you got them in chains heading for the Bermuda Triangle," A pouted, walking behind a curtain to dress in her work clothes. Sadiki sat down, used to this arrangement. "Or, you can give me a lock. That way, I can keep ALL of you out."
"Badru and Zuka need help on the stuff we found on that plane," Sadiki said, changing the subject.
"Why?" A asked.
"Because they do. Now hurry up and get dressed. We got to get it to the outing soon," Sadiki ordered.
"We have one more day left," she muttered. A stepped away from the curtain, dressed in Aladdin style pants and a top. Sadiki stood up, looking a little red, and walked out of the room with A. As they stepped onto deck, they saw a muscular bald man with a very green face.
"You okay Adio?" Sadiki asked, as they both stopped to a halt. He nodded, holding a thumb up, until he threw his head over the side of the boat to throw up.
"N-Never better. . ." Adio replied, after resurfacing.
"After all the years on the boat, you'd think he wouldn't get sea sick," A whispered, as they approached two men huddled together over a table. Zuka, with wild light blond hair and a sweat band on his forehead, examined a chip with a magnified glass, while Badru, a man with a bandanna on his head, examined the weapons. They looked up as Sadiki and A walked forward.
"Ah, did you have a good morning, A?" Zuka asked, putting away his magnified glass to examine the chip with his own eyes.
"You can say that," she said, seating herself onto a nearby chair. In the morning air a light breeze blew, rocking the boat a little.
As Sadiki sat down beside A, Badru held a rifle and said to him, "So, do you think A here will have any idea what the chips are?"
"Well she has to," Sadiki said, glancing at A, "She's the only one here besides Zuka who knows how to work the newest technology." Adio, Chike, and Chuma arrived at the table, standing for there were no more chairs.
"What did you find out so far Zuka?" A asked, as she held a chip and stared at it closely.
"Not much. All I found out was that the chip was designed for human and some sort of technology connection. Oh, and this logo is on every one." Zuka explained, pointing to a small sign 'KC' on the chip. A took the chip and examined the logo.
"'KC' huh?" A thought, thinking hard. Turning back toward Zuka, she asked, "Can I use your laptop?"
"Why do you need it?" Adio asked, as Zuka handed over a silver laptop to her. A didn't explain as she began typing on the computer. Everyone's eyes were glued on the screen as A went to search engine to search engines on the internet. A few minutes later, A sat back, satisfied.
"So? Whatda find?" Chuma asked, looking over her shoulder.
"That logo belongs to Kaiba Corporations. According to this, the CEO has been working on some chips, but I can't get further info on it. It's classified." A said, pointing to the screen. Now the six men crowded behind her, trying to see the information shown.
"Hey, isn't that short for Kaiba Corp?" Chike asked Badru.
"Yeah, why you ask?" he said, as everyone stared at him.
"Isn't the CEO Seto Kaiba, the world champion of Duel Monsters?" Chike answered. Zuka's eyebrows raised in surprise.
"Not anymore. He lost his title at Duelist Kingdom, remember? The tournament that was held by Pegasus himself." Sadiki stated, turning back to the screen.
"That Yugi Moto kid got him, right? And at Battle City Tournament. Weren't you invited Sadiki?" Badru asked. Sadiki didn't answer.
A looked up from the screen, saying, "You're right. The CEO is Seto Kaiba. And last year he moved to America to make a new game."
"Then that's it; the chips were for his new game," Zuka said, "I wonder what the game is."
"It doesn't matter. We'll make good money with it anyway. Nice work, Zuka, A." Sadiki said, as everyone stood to leave to their own matters. As Sadiki walked away, A ran after him, her black ponytail swinging.
"Sadiki, what about the CEO? Won't he come after them? After all, I heard that he doesn't take losses very happily." A said.
"It doesn't matter; the chips will be long gone before he comes over here." Sadiki reassured, leaving A.
"But what if he comes for Mr. Enari's tournament?"
Sadiki stopped and looked back toward A. Saying nothing, he walked away and onto shore, disappearing in the crowd of Egyptians. A sighed loudly.
"Men," she muttered, walking back toward her room, "Sadiki is a man of small words. Wonder if he knows that I'm invited to Enari's tournament." She shrugged to herself. "Probably, 'cause he would be invited too. But if that Kaiba character comes to the tournament, that'll cause quite a problem."
As she closed the door, A did not notice the three women spying on her.
To Be Continued. . .
Thanks to the people who reviewed. Hopefully the people who read The Millennium Ritual will find out that the sequel is up. Anyway, if you have any questions about the story, say it in a review. Criticism is accepted. Except for The Silent Reaper and Eboo Eboo, they just like to mock my story, which is not very funny. They correct every mistake in my story, like little annoying robots.