Things Unseen; Sequel to the Millennium Ritual
Disclaimer/Authoress Note:............ Whippersnappers
Chapter 11: Sadiki's Plan
Sadiki and A ran fast, his hand clutching hers hard. People surrounding them moved out of the way, outraged by the behavior. The sun beamed down on the two, Sadiki sweating hard. 'Got to get her safe. . . Somewhere safe. . .' They made a turn into a market place as A flailed behind, her black hair flying behind her. For a moment she couldn't see anything, feeling quite sick.
His golden eyes brightened as he saw the iron door. Catching his breath, he knocked on the door three times rhythmically saying over and over 'Got to hurry. . . Got to hurry. . .' A hole in the door slid open and a pair of cerulean eyes peered before him. The eyes looked worried; Sadiki's face was warped into millions of emotions. A groaned aloud as Sadiki held her around her waist, her arm on his shoulder.
"Falling Lotus," he cried out, "And hurry Hassan!"
The eye hole closed and the door opened quickly as Sadiki pulled A inside. They went through another door and flew past the men in their stalls, going this way and that.
"Sadiki? A? What is amiss?" they cried out, but Sadiki ignored them, going into their own stall and hiding inside it, heaving in and out. Sadiki looked over to A and saw her discolored face, immediately alarmed. Going over to a box he grabbed a bottle of water, reassuring her and giving the bottle to her to drink. She took it hastily, gulping it down to its last drop. They were silent as this continued, not quite ready to speak.
After a moment she asked in a pained voice, "What's g-going on Sadiki? I feel sick. . ."
As he was about to answer, he saw that the thieves were standing over the stall, a worried look on all of their faces. Growling, Sadiki yelled out, "What are you doing!? Get back to work! Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Apparently not Sadiki," one thief said with arms crossed. "Hassan here told us something was wrong with A, isn't that right?" He turned to a tall man with sleek sliver hair and blue eyes, who replied back with hand motions similar to sign language, staring at Sadiki hard.
Sadiki glared at him, saying, "There's nothing wrong! A is just a little sick; why can't you just leave her alone?!"
"Well there must be something we can do to help," another thief replied, scratching his head, "I mean I'm sure we have some medicine we can use for A that we stole, can't we?" The thieves nodded in agreement.
Sadiki was silent for a moment as Adio, Badru and Zuka appeared, waiting for an order. For a moment he stared at A, her face filled with pain. In the corner of his eye he saw Hassan giving hand motions, asking what to do. Giving out a sigh, he said, "Hassan, can you take her back to the boat and take care of her? Make sure she doesn't do anything that could endanger her health. Badru, Adio, I want you to keep an eye out for Yugi Moto and Seto Kaiba, watch them, see what they're doing. As for you Zuka, I need your help with something. . . personal."
Nodding their heads, Adio and Badru picked A up around the arms, telling her that it was going to be okay. Hassan walked over to one of the thieves and asked in hand motions to watch over the door, then walked with Adio and Badru. Walking away, the other thieves slowly disappeared to their own stalls, a cloud of suspicion and concern still above their heads. Staring at Zuka, Sadiki nodded and walked back into their stall, staring at the box of the abandoned computer chips.
"Hack into Kaiba's computer Zuka," he ordered.
. . .
Chike and Chuma ran off to the streets in hysteric laughter as Yami, Kaiba and the others ran after them, yelling and raising their hands in hopes to stop them. But sooner than they expected the twins disappeared, concealed in the crowd of Egyptians. Yami slowed to a stop, heaving in and out. 'I lost them again. . .' Kaiba breathed hard, glaring out in front of him. Mokuba, Joey, Tristan, Tea and Ryou stood up, a worried look on all their faces.
"You. . . You saw it, didn't you? That girl. . . she looked like Aura," Mokuba whispered as Kaiba and Yami shot up in surprise.
"But, but how is it possible? I mean, she's dead. How did she come back to life, and if she did, why now?" Ryou wondered. Everyone was silent, unsure of what to say next.
"Maybe. . . Maybe it was just a hallucination," Tea suggested, laughing nervously.
"But that guy who took her away, it was the same person who talked to the three women who killed the Healer last year," Tristan said, Yami's eyes growing in surprise.
"What do you mean Tristan?" he asked.
Joey shrugged and replied, "Well, you left in such a hurry yesterday, we didn't get a chance to explain. . ." So Tristan and Ryou started, telling how they were just getting ice and suddenly found Sadiki talking to three robed women, the same women who murdered the Healer a year ago. Then they told him how they planned to murder him and Kaiba for this Little One they spoke of. After they left, another woman appeared and spoke to Sadiki for awhile, until she walked away.
Joey pondered a bit, saying, "That woman must have been Aura! Those two must have known each other all year!!" Kaiba was silent as he stood against the brick wall, looking off to the side.
"It. . . It must be. . ." Yami said slowly, "For I had seen her before." Yami then explained how Yugi was pick-pocketed by the same twins yesterday, and they stole the pieces of the Orb, which was why she had it.
"You. . . You had the Orb?" Ryou asked in amazement as Yami nodded.
"And today a group of six men were ahead of me, and it seems as if they all knew Aura. In fact, the man who took her and the twins were in the group," Yami continued, the answer dawning on him.
"So that means. . ." Tristan said.
"That Aura has been with those men all this time!" Tea exclaimed, jumping.
"Does. . . Does that mean that Aura's alive?!" Mokuba asked, excitement rising in his voice.
Suddenly Kaiba made a fist and smashed it against the wall, quieting everyone around him. Mokuba and the others gasped, wondering what Kaiba was feeling. Yami stared at him with silence.
"You're wrong," Kaiba said, glaring at all of them, "You're all wrong! She is not alive; I should know! She asked me to drop her in that stupid, fiery pit a year ago! Aura wanted to be with her family, you idiots! Why would she come back? HOW could she come back? I've forgotten about this whole thing a long time ago, and you should too!"
"But Kaiba--" Yami started.
"That's enough! The only reason I came to Egypt was to search for my lost chips! That's all! Not to go look for dead girl who was stupid enough to be suicidal!" Kaiba yelled out, turning around and flipping on his laptop computer. His fingers went fast across the keyboard, everyone quiet.
"What are you doing big brother?" Mokuba asked quietly, sitting down beside him.
"I'm going to show you," he muttered, staring at the screen, "that Aura is dead." As Yami looked over Kaiba's shoulder, he saw that he was going through the Osiris Tournament data base, searching for people with WingWeavers. As it trickled down to one, Kaiba grinned and said aloud, "There, now we'll see that she is not ali--"
The screen turned black as everyone stared in silence, blinking. Suddenly a cursor appeared in the middle of the computer, and slowly it began to type.
-Hello Kaiba.-
Kaiba gaped; Mokuba stared at it with pure wonder. Joey leaned forward and tapped the screen to make sure that his eyes weren't playing tricks with him. People passed by them but did not notice the stunned silence around the group of teenagers.
-I believe that I have something you want.-
The CEO shook his head, holding his bangs above his eyes to see the text clearly. Ryou looked at the screen and wondered who this person was. Tristan wondered if it had anything to do with that news report a few days ago. Tea was worried, fiddling with her thumbs nervously. Yami was silent, hand on chin, thinking. Glaring a bit, Kaiba typed back:
-Who is this?-
The computer screen was blank for a moment until it answered back:
-I am the one who stole your computer chips.-
Mokuba gasped aloud, exclaiming, "Seto! It's the thieves we've been looking for!" Kaiba nodded, unable to speak. Quickly his fingers typed, saying:
-How did you hack into my computer?-
-My team is very talented.-
'Well, no doubt about that,' Kaiba thought, quickly replying:
-What do you want?-
-My team and I have a proposition to make.-
"A proposition?" Tristan repeated, staring over Kaiba's shoulder, "Is that a good idea Kaiba?"
"Yes, we don't know who this man even is. I believe that you shou--" Yami started.
"Quiet Yugi," Kaiba said, typing again.
-So what's your offer?-
-I want to talk.-
Kaiba raised an eyebrow as he answered back:
-What do you mean?-
-Meet us at the pier south of where you are standing now. Come to the docks, and you'll get your chips back. My team is watching you from a distance.-
Suspicious, Yami looked around him, thinking that anyone could be this mysterious person. Kaiba licked his lips, his fingers flying over the keyboard.
-When do you want to meet?-
-Now.-
Kaiba was alarmed; Now? But why?
"Kaiba. . ." Yami said in a warned voice. He ignored him, saying:
-Deal.-
The screen was blank for awhile, until one message appeared.
-By the way, why don't you bring your little friends with you? The people beside you right now?-
He stared with wide eyes, wondering why this person wanted them to come also. Kaiba turned his head and stared at them, wondering what the catch was. As he turned back to the computer, it slowly typed its last message:
-Don't you want your chips?-
Everyone was silent as they saw that message blinking on the screen over and over, as if it was a clock counting how long it would take them to get to the pier. 1, 2, 3, 4. . .
"I have a bad feeling about this," Yami murmured.
...
Kaiba, Yami and the others all stood at the entrance of the pier, watching boats coming in and out of the docks. There was much yelling and throwing in the air as distant birds flew over the clouds, almost covering the sun for a moment. Yami found it comforting; he always found strength and hope in the sun. He sighed and let the warm touch of sunlight wash over him as everyone else covered their eyes from it.
"Where are they?" Joey asked, acting as nervous as a thug in a court room.
"We did come as soon as we can, didn't we?" Ryou asked, staring at a box of rotting fish off to the side.
"But why do they want to meet us too? I mean, to me this should only involve Kaiba," Tea said, cradling herself.
"This guy," Tristan said, looking around, "may want more than just a talk." Yami was silent once more, but agreed with Tristan's thought. Mokuba kept a straight face, but couldn't help but feel a dreading feeling.
Suddenly Kaiba saw something in the corner of his eye. Turning around, he saw a man hooded and caped, his face covered with a silver mouth mask. Yami looked over to where Kaiba was staring, and soon everyone saw the mysterious man leaning against the wall.
Mokuba glared and said, "That's the same clothes the thugs who stole the computer chips wore."
The man lifted his head, revealing dark blue eyes. Lifting up a hand, he flung it toward himself and turned around into an alleyway. Kaiba clutched his briefcase and took long strides across the road into the alleyway, Mokuba following from behind. His brows furrowed, Yami and the others followed.
As they entered the pathway, Kaiba and Yami looked at all sides, searching for the man who led them there. There was nothing however; only dark shadows pierced the mud-brick walls around them.
"Where are they?" Kaiba asked a dissatisfied look on his face. But he spoke too soon.
Suddenly the shadows were moving. They went to one spot to another, a flash of cloth appearing for a second. The group all crowded into each other, remembering the last time they were surrounded by Millennium Hunters in Domino. Yami's eyes shifted from one place to another. How many were there?
A person appeared, caped and with a silver mouth mask. Instead of a hood, a bandana covered his hair, clutching onto several sword hilts around his waist. Then beside him another man appeared, caped and with a silver mouth mask also. His hood was down, revealing wild golden hair with a bandana across his forehead, his bangs almost covering his serious eyes.
On the other side of the group a man appeared with the same attire, his hood down revealing a shiny bald head. He put out his muscular arms and cracked his knuckles, glaring at them. Beside the man two men came out of the air and landed on their feet, capes flying and hoods down, revealing a silver mouth mask and brown eyes, their messy black hair aroused to life.
Kaiba looked at all of them, his eyes landing on the two men's faces. Yami looked at them with wide eyes, saying, "You two. . ." Their eyes showed amusement as they waved their hands at them.
Suddenly another man appeared, caped and hooded. Shadows covered his face as his golden mouth mask glinted in the limited sunlight. As he looked up, his gold eyes stared at Yami and Kaiba menacingly, taking off his hood and revealing brown hair tied in a ponytail, his bangs drifting above his eyes.
Kaiba stepped forward with determination and ordered, "Who are you?" The man didn't answer; he threw a box in front of Kaiba. The CEO opened it and saw his beautiful chips carefully inside.
But Kaiba still didn't understand. What does this man want?
"Why are you doing this?" Kaiba asked, glaring at him.
There was silence for a moment as he slowly unclasped his mouth mask from behind his head, all the while saying, "Seto Kaiba, Yugi Moto. If you ever go near Aura again. . ."
Sadiki took off his mask and snapped it in half.
"I'll tear you apart with my bare hands."
To Be Continued. . .
Muahaha. Ha. Ha. This chapter is dedicated to Cowboy Bebop; Shooting Star, where I got the idea for the computer thing. Don't you like? I like lots. So anyway, you will realize that Sadiki knows A's real name. How? How much does he know? When will the Black Breeze actually tell you? SOON. Review please.