Chapter 2: Follow That Car
"How was I supposed to know it would get stolen!"
"A five-year-old child knows better that to leave keys in the car! What the hell were you thinking, you idiot!"
"It was your idea to get gas in the first place! 'That meter says we're almost out of gas. Pull into that station.' Brilliant idea, you idiot Pharaoh!" Bakura yelled sarcastically.
"Enough. We've got to get it back. Unless, you want to tell Ryou you lost the car."
"It was stolen!"
"Just forget it. Can't you use your Millennium Ring to track it?"
"Yes, so what?"
"Well, we will track it down and recover it. But, we need a mode of transportation to even find it."
"For once, you're right," Bakura said going to the side of the gas station, "Taxi!"
The other Yugi almost fell down in dismay.
"A taxi! This isn't America, you baka! You'll never catch one out…"
The other Yugi was cut off when a taxi did pull over, much to his surprise. As Bakura crossed his arms in silent victory, he went to the driver, who told them to get in.
"So where you going?" he asked them.
"Go towards the city," Bakura ordered.
The cab pulled out of the gas station and got on the highway.
"Are you sure that's where they went?" the other Yugi asked.
"Of course. My Millennium Ring never lies."
As the other Yugi sat back and closely watched Bakura look at his ring and the road ahead, he became skeptical about the directions his "forced" partner was giving the driver. At first, Bakura told the driver to get off the highway just before entering Domino City. Then, he told him to steer into a dirt road and maneuver through the forested area they entered. The other Yugi could not decide what he was more surprised about: Bakura's seemingly outrageous directions or the driver's persistence to drive it. After about a ten-minute drive through a region that could be deemed as an obstacle course for vehicles, Bakura told the driver to stop.
"This is it," he announced.
The other Yugi looked through the front windshield to see a large, misty area blanketed by fog.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Don't you ever listen, idiot? I told you the Millennium Ring is always right."
"Get out!" the cab driver yelled in fear.
Both of the passengers looked at him confused.
"What's the matter?" the other Yugi asked.
"This is the hideout of that gang of car thieves! I read it in the paper they had some kind of place in the woods! I want to get out of here with the cab, if you don't mind!"
The two spirits got out and went to the driver's window.
"How much do we owe you?"
"Forget it! I'm getting the hell out of here."
The driver threw the cab in reverse and sped off back into the forest, leaving the two at walking distance to the fog perimeter.
"That was uncalled for," Bakura complained.
"Come on," the other Yugi commanded, "If this is where a gang of thieves is, then they must have the car."
"Fine."
"Let's try to stay together in this fog."
"Do you realize how sick that sounds?" Bakura asked looking skeptically at the other Yugi.
"Just get your mind out of the gutter."
The two took off to look for this place as they went through the heavy and dense fog. Unfortunately, neither of them could see each other. This lead to complications as they began to get lost.
"Bakura? Where are you?"
"I'm here! Where they hell are you?"
"I'm about ten feet from your position."
"In what direction?"
Both the other Yugi and Bakura seemed to stager around looking for the each other.
"You have the ring. Just hone in on my puzzle."
"Just tell me where you are!"
"I told you."
"I need a direction!"
"I can hear you. You're getting closer!"
"This is stupid! It's like that game of 'Marco Polo' those mortal children play!"
"You're the one who decided to get lost."
"Me?"
Suddenly, both of them felt a solid object hit their heads. Much to the surprise of the other Yugi, it was Bakura who knocked into him.
"You stupid Pharaoh!" Bakura shouted while rubbing his head, "Watch where you're going!"
"Oh be quiet!" the other Yugi shouted back doing the same action.
The fog suddenly cleared up, revealing a run down warehouse.
"The thief's residence, I presume?" Bakura joked.
"You should know."
"I only tried to steal souls for my games. Is that so wrong?"
"Only to people who have them."
Both of them went to the large doors that offered entrance to the condemned building. The other Yugi was about to knock on them when Bakura grabbed his wrist.
"What the hell are you doing!" Bakura questioned.
"I'm going to get in there and demand they give us back the car."
"I see. You're just going to knock and say, 'Oh! I demand you give me the car!'"
"Something like that."
"You injudicious fool! These punks will kill us if we do that! This isn't a group of honorable people! They'll shot you for looking at them wrong."
"I'm well aware of that. I think we can work this out."
"Do you have that hope for me!"
"No!"
"Then don't expect it from them."
"Unlike you, I don't try to fight evil with evil anymore."
"Let's just do this my way. We can sneak into the back and steal back the car."
"No! I will not resort to that level."
"Ok!" a voice said, "Put em' up!"
Both of them looked behind them and saw a band of gangsters with guns looking at them.
"Now look what you did, you spiky haired baka!"
"We's take en' you to da' boss," the punk commented.
