Here we go! Ch. 2! Enjoy!
Mokuba's head fell and he started crying. Yugi seemed to get teary-eyed. Tristen seemed to have ignored it. Joey didn't believe it. No way... Thought Joey. He's lying... He looked at Mokuba. "Mokuba, you must be wrong. Is this a trick or something?" He asked, smiling. Mokuba shook his head violently. Yugi patted Mokuba's back and tears started falling down his cheeks. Joey sat down on a chair. Things, questions, thoughts, memories started racing through his head. Tears started to form in his eyes and trickle down his cheeks. K-Kaiba's dead? He thought. He didn't pay much attention to everything going on, but he did notice that now Tristen was staring at the ground. Tears seemed to form in his eyes as well. He heard the others start talking, but it was tuned out with his own thoughts. How could he-? Why would he-? How could it happen??? He continued to ask himself similar questions when finally, he was just barely able to notice Mokuba saying. "Guys in black suits!" Joey's attention then turned to Yugi and Mokuba's conversation. "Guys in black suits?" Asked Joey. "Yeah! All of a sudden they appeared at our front door! Seto told me to go upstairs. I heard a scream from Seto, so I ran downstairs and he was lying on the floor!" He exclaimed. "Dead!" He sort of choked up when he said dead, but somehow managed to avoid crying. "Are you sure, Mokuba?" Asked Yugi. "I'm positive!" The young Kaiba screamed. Joey had noticed that Mokuba had put his hot chocolate down on the table and he clenched his knees against his chest. "Seto wouldn't pull a prank!" Mokuba exclaimed.
The whole thing had Joey shocked. He got up and walked out into the game shop. Yugi came running after him. "Where are you going?!" He asked. Joey looked at Yugi. "To see if it's true!" He replied. He ran out the door, and into the rain. Yugi watched as his best friend departed. He walked back into the living room to comfort Mokuba. Joey ran through the rain, straight towards the Kaiba mansion. If this is a joke... Thought Joey. I swear both Kaiba and Mokuba are going down! He exclaimed in his head. He finally got to the mansion and he burst in. "Kaiba??!!" He exclaimed. He ran into the dining room, and he couldn't believe his eyes. There, before him, just like Mokuba said, was Kaiba, on the floor in a bloody mess.
Joey ran over and kneeled at his side. "Kaiba?! Kaiba?!!" He shouted. Kaiba's eyelids started to lift. "Wheeler..." He muttered. "Kaiba!! That's okay! Save your energy! I'll get you to a hospital!" He exclaimed. "Wheeler... it's too late." He said. He coughed and blood trickled down the side of his lip. "There is one thing, though." Said Kaiba. Joey looked at him, tears in his eyes. "Avenge me." He said. His eyelids closed and his breathing stopped. "NO!" Screamed Joey. He put his ear up to Kaiba's chest. Nothing. "Kaiba!!!" He screamed.
Joey sat. Tears descending from his cheeks. Kaiba's last words replayed through his mind. 'Avenge me.' Joey got up and wiped the tears away. "I'll do just that, Kaiba!" He exclaimed. He turned and ran out. He was determined this time, to get whoever killed Kaiba, and avenge his death. He finally got back to the shop. The rain had washed away the blood that was on the side of his head from trying to hear Kaiba's heart. He walked into the living room. Mokuba looked up at him. "I-is Seto okay?" He asked. Joey looked back at Mokuba, sorrow in his face. "I'm afraid... that Kaiba... is no longer with us..." Replied Joey. Mokuba buried his face in his knees and started crying. He cried harder than ever. Joey walked over to Tristen. "You've been pretty quiet, bud." He said. He gave Tristen a pat on the back and smiled. Tristen looked up at him. "How could you smile?" He asked. Joey chuckled. "Well, now, would the real Kaiba want us to be cryin' over him right now? I think not! Would he want us to sit around like a bunch of bumbling idiots? I think not!" He exclaimed. "So wipe away those tears and let's avenge Kaiba!" He exclaimed. Tristen smiled. "Your right, man!" He replied. He stood up. He had a more-than-ever determined look on his face. Joey smiled. "Yeah!" He shouted. Him and Tristen shook hands. Joey looked at Yugi. "Hey, Yug, you stay here with Mokuba." He looked at Tristen. "Don't worry about us." He ran out into the game shop and Tristen followed.
Joey and Tristen ran out into the street, looking each way. "Okay. These are the clues we have." Said Joey. "Number one. The guys in black suits. I passed them on my way to the shop. They seemed suspicious, so I took note of that, oh, and Mokuba mentioned them. Number two. Those kids that were in the shop when I came in. For some reason I had to note when they were there and when the left." Joey said. He looked at Tristen. "This is gonna be a hard puzzle to solve... You up for it, Tristen?" Joey asked. Tristen nodded . "Of course!" He exclaimed. They both ran in the direction of the Kaiba mansion. "I'm guessing that the black suits probably left a clue at Kaiba's house!" Exclaimed Joey. "Just what I was thinking." Replied Tristen. They finally made it to the mansion, and Joey and Tristen burst in. "Alright, search every nook n' cranny! Especially in the dining room!" Joey set off in the direction of the dining room, while Tristen ran up the stairs. Joey walked into the dining room. Seeing Kaiba made him want to start up his little fit again, but he ignored it and started looking. He eventually came upon a piece of paper that had some writing on it. It seemed to be an address. Joey stuffed this in his pocket, guessing that it might just have something to do with the whole incident.
Joey then switched his search to surround Kaiba. He walked over to Kaiba and noticed that he had something clenched in his hand. Joey gasped, grabbed a pair of gloves out of his pocket that he just happened to have, and grabbed the paper. He opened it and read it. 'Wheeler, there is only one place that has the clue to lead you to the bottom of this... the bookcase.' It said. Joey scratched his head. He walked over to the bookcase and examined it. One of the books wasn't pushed in all the way, and as some sort of reaction Joey pushed it in. Suddenly the bookcase started to shake and it started rotating itself all of the way around. Joey got stuck on the other side of this rotation, but there was a room and a torch lighting the room. He gasped. He walked forward, barely able to see anything ahead of him. He got to a table and examined the objects on it. A candle, a picture of Mokuba, and a disk. Joey snatched the disk. "Could this...?" He said aloud. All of a sudden a siren went off and almost made Joey jump three feet into the air. He ran back over to the bookcase and tried pushing the same book back in again, but nothing happened. He thought for a second, and instead of pushing the book he pulled it. The bookcase turned back around, and when he got to the other side he saw Tristen. Fortunately for Joey, Tristen was facing the other direction. "Tristen!" Exclaimed Joey.
Tristen turned around. "We gotta get outta here!" Tristen exclaimed. He grabbed Joey's wrist and they ran out of the mansion. When they got away, about two blocks away to be exact, and they sat and rest. "I... found... this disk... and address..." Joey panted, holding out the two things he found. "I found... this..." Said Tristen. He held out a piece of black clothing. "Oh, and this." He added, holding out a folded piece of paper. Joey snatched it and opened it. It had a bunch of numbers and started with... '1337' Joey cocked his head at the paper. He folded it back up and handed it to Tristen. "It's possible we may need that." He said, giving out his last pant. He stood up straight now. "Well, should we try the address paper?" Asked Joey. He took the paper and looked at it. "Well, this road is obviously in Domino. I've passed it, and I also used to have a friend that lived on it at one time!" Joey exclaimed. He started running to the South and Tristen followed.
The two finally got to the street named 'Sakura' and Joey sighed. "Okay, now we need to find the address '2450'" Joey said. He looked around. He spotted an address sign and it read '2000' Joey sighed. "This is going to take us a while..." He muttered. Regardless, he grabbed Tristen's wrist and they were off. They went through the road, looking for the correct address. They asked a few people, hoping for an easier way. "That last guy wasn't really helpful..." Muttered Tristen. "None of the people we talked to were helpful, Tristen." Replied Joey. "They all either said, 'Oh, it's the big blue house at the end of the road near the sign that says 'slow; children at play'' or 'It's the house with the big green truck in the driveway.' Well, we've passed about twelve houses like that and none of them have this same address." Said Joey, holding out the paper. "Yeah, but..." Muttered Tristen. "What?" Asked Joey. "Did we try... putting them together?" He asked. Joey's eyes got wide. "That's it, Tristen!" He exclaimed. Joey grabbed Tristen's wrist once again and dragged him forward. "Look, Tristen!" Joey exclaimed. He was pointing ahead of them. Tristen looked. "Hey, yeah, it's a house that matches both descriptions!" He exclaimed.
The two got to the gate of the house. "Now... let's see if there's an add-" Joey started, but then he saw a sign near the door that read '2450' Joey gasped. "This is it!" He exclaimed. He slowly opened the gate and walked forward. "Hey... Joey..." Muttered Tristen. Joey looked at him. "What?" He asked. Tristen acted as if he was kind of nervous and he looked around. "I don't know if you noticed, but this is a ghetto street." Whispered Tristen. Joey shrugged. "So what?" He asked. "There are people staring at us!" He muttered through clenched teeth. Joey looked around and discovered that he was right. He shrugged once again. "It's not their business, so they shouldn't care!" He exclaimed. He continued forward and knocked on the door. "Hello?!" He yelled. He started banging on the door. "Hello?!" He shouted. The door slightly opened. "What do you want?" Came a gruff voice from inside. "Yeah, uh, can I come in?" Joey asked. "What are you thinking?" Whispered Tristen. "Who are you?" Asked the person inside. "My name's Joey Wheeler, and I have a friend with me and his name is Tristen Taylor." Joey stated. "Didn't your mother ever tell you to not talk to strangers?!" Asked Tristen, quietly. "My mom's in a totally different zip code!" Muttered Joey. The door opened wider, but no one was there. "Come in." The voice said. Joey walked forward. Tristen reached forward and grabbed Joey's arm. "Dude, I have a bad feeling about this..." He said. Joey rolled his eyes. "Fine, Tristen, you can stay out here if your so scared." Said Joey, continuing forward. Tristen followed.
What's to await Joey and Tristen? Will it be their death?? Or something better? We'll see! Thanks go out to: