"Shut up you'll make me let you go," Seto said.

"Whatever you do, " Mai said, "don't let go..."

She began slipping through the rope.

"Mokuba! Grab the second rope!"

"I can't! My hands are burning!" Mokuba cried.

"Yes you can," Seto persisted.

Mokuba then let go of the rope. Mai began to slip quicker down into the toxic resource.

"Oh no! Mai!" Everyone said.

Meanwhile-

"Keep running!" Bakura panted.

"Guys I got Honda!" Anzu exclaimed.

"Run!" Yugi cried.

They saw the guards and Kojima running, then Kojima stopped.

"Wait! Who's watching the fire source?" He asked.

The guards looked at each other and shrugged.

"Are you stupid! Two of you go with me and the other two watch them! Damn, I shouldn't have hired such dumb-ass guards." Kojima snarled.

"Hey what's that? Upstairs ladder?" Ryou said.

"No, it's Kaiba's helicopter!" Anzu exclaimed.

"You guys get in it, I'm going to find the others!" Yugi said.

0o0Are you ready my Darkness?0o0

XxYes.xX

They switched positions.

Back into the building, they found themselves running back into Kojima and the 2 guards.

"You have no where to go now." Kojima smiled.

0o0I have a bad feeling about Kojima. He reminds me of someone.0o0

XxI know. I can't grasp who it is.xX

"I can hear your desperate thoughts and I think I can answer your question," Kojima said, "I am the son of Ather, a vampire. Perhaps you've already known my idiotic acquaintances. Risika and Aubrey? It's a good thing they're dead."

"You're sick, Risika and Aubrey learned their lesson! Ather was the one who turned them into a vampire!" Dark Yugi exclaimed.

"Yes," he chuckled. "I remember it all. She bit them and was left unconscious for day. Heh...it was great."

0o0Disgusting!0o0

"Yes, perhaps to you, other Yugi...But it is all fun and games to us vampires."

"Dammit. Are there always these many vampires?" Dark Yugi asked.

"Maybe you should be out more. We are all over the place, witches, vampires, magicians, dragons, monsters, we just have to disguise ourselves as humans," Kojima answered.

"Older Magic," Dark Yugi whispered.

"Yes, older is wiser isn't it? And wiser means it'll be hard to defeat. Your friends are close to being in the fire source aren't they? Perhaps we could submerge them in it, or let them suffocate. Whatever way is good for me. You decide." Kojima smiled, "I'd prefer the submerging although it is you're choice, like I said."

Dark Yugi tried to pass Kojima by. But the guards caught him.

Back with Jonouchi and the others-

Just when Mai began to quickly slipping, Jonouchi grasped her hand. He too had little strength.

"I'll manage to do what I can to keep you with me Mai." Jonouchi said with little breath to speak, "If you go, I'm going too. But I think we're not ready yet."

Mai slowly looked up, he gave a little smile.

"Alright! Mokuba, help me pull." Kaiba said. And at 3 they pulled. Each time and they finally got up. The two, Mai and Jonouchi were quite weak so Seto carried them down the staircase. They then ran into two guards.

"Get out of the way," Kaiba snarled.

"You wish," One of them said.

"What do we do now Seto!" Mokuba said scared.

"Stay back and watch these two Mokuba, these guys are with me," Seto said, "Who do you think you are? I'm not some pushover like your master I bet."

"Don't talk about our master like that," The second one cried.

Seto paused, "I'm sure he doesn't own a lot of money and a company either. "

The two cringed looking at each other afraid to talk about how Kojima treats them.

"I can see your face expressions, you're not too good at hiding things are you!" Kaiba chuckled, "You're not too smart either."

"Nobody says we're stupid,"

The guard took out a sharp dagger and tried to run towards Seto.

"Vampire," Mokuba cried.

Kaiba coolly stepped to the side nearly ripping the side of his pants into his leg. Luckily he only got the edge of his coat ripped.

"That'll cost a little to fix," he joked. Kaiba looked behind him noticing the vampire was right near Mokuba with the dagger just above his head.

"Don't you dare you...you sick minded fool!"

Mokuba sat quietly with the two, Mai and Jonouchi. He stared blankly afraid to move.

"Who's going to be the loser now?" he stated. The guard in front of Kaiba was snickering. Jonouchi slipped his foot under the vampires' and made him trip. Was being away from the toxins making him feel better?

"Guess who's back!" Jonouchi exclaimed.