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Dreamer of Dragons: I LOVE your name! I always thought that Mokuba and Ryou didn't get enough attention in the series, so there wasn't really much charecter development going on, plus my sisters a big Mokuba fan... And, yeah, this fic started one boring lunchtime where we somehow got onto the subject of what Mokuba would be like at Fifteen... thus, this fic was born! I'm glad you like it- I'm flattered!

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Disclaimer: Title says it all. Enjoy the chapter everyone, this is one of my favorites!

7: When Boredom Sets in

"Does this seem weird to you?" Ryou panted as they ran down yet another corridor, perhaps one they had been down before, as they all looked the same.

"In what way?" Mokuba asked.

"Well, we've got here and yet we haven't seen a single guard! They must know we're here!"

"Are you complaining!"

Ryou was saved from answering as, right on que, they heard footsteps approaching from around the corner.

"This is all your fault!" Mokuba hissed.

"Never mind that now!" Ryou replied. "In here!"

They dived through a doorway and found they had made a rather bad choice of hiding place.

"Still your fault!" Mokuba accused.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"Where are you going? The map said to take a left!"

"I told you." Azreal replied, looking over her shoulder at Yugi. "We have to go and get the guitar repaired."
"Are you kidding me?" Yugi sighed. "You can't be serious…"

Azreal stopped walking and whipped around, her good humour gone. "Look! I may have lost my Musing powers sometime ago, but I'm telling you that we have to wait, that we mustn't go and save them yet, so in the meantime we are going to get the guitar repaired! And," She continued. "It's a hell of a lot harder for me to wait then it is for you, so I'd really appreciate it if you'd stop bloody moaning and get on with it!"

Yugi nodded in agreement, slightly scared, but he couldn't help but think that this rescue attempt was doomed from the start…

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Speaking of doomed rescue attempts, our heroes found themselves in a small room that was more like a cupboard and that was lit only by the two dozen or so monitors crammed in there. Apart from the screens, the room was empty bar a small chair and a telephone.

"It's some sort of security booth." Ryou said, stating the obvious. "But there's no-one here…" They both drew a conclusion from this at the same time. That guard who had been heading towards them…

"Oh bollards!" Mokuba exclaimed.

"Quick!" Ryou said to him. "Under the desk!"

They crouched and crawled under the desk that had the screens balanced precariously on top of it, finding themselves squashed, cramped, and trapped in a world of wires.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"Now can we go and save them?" Yugi asked warily.

"No." Azreal replied. "Not quite yet. But we can head over to the building if you like."

Yugi nodded and they began walking in the right direction this time.

"I really hope you know what you're doing…" He said worriedly. "I'm trying to trust you, Azreal, but it's hard."

"I know." She sighed. "But, hey, what could possibly go wrong?"

"Do you want a list…?" Yugi moaned.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"A hundred green bottles standing on the wall…" Jenna sang stuffily. She was slightly better now, and having come to the conclusion that she would not escape unassisted, she was trying to annoy everyone as much as humanly possible. Although she had been left all alone in the room, she knew there was a camera in the corner. So why not? That song was friggin' irritating and it was even worse through a bloodied face and a broken nose. And it would kill time till someone came, maybe even speed them up. Plus it would keep her amused for a while. It was pretty boring in here… "A hundred green bottles standing on the wall!" She continued "But if one green bottle should accidentally fall, there'll be ninety-nine green bottles standing on the wall! Ninety-nine green bottles…"

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Seto's eyes continued to bore holes into the wall.

He was so booooored….

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"Do you think it's safe to go out?" Mokuba asked quietly a few seconds after they had hid under the desk.

"Probably not." Ryou said. "That guard'll be hanging round in the corridor."

They both sighed deeply, and, after a while, were forced to resort to I Spy to keep themselves alive.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"Can't we just go in?" Yugi asked despondently. "I just don't see the point of all this hanging around! What are we waiting for?"

"For when they need us." Azreal replied.

"And when will that be?" Yugi wondered, sighing. They were sitting on the hillside, out of sight of the guards, and had been for some time. Boredom was setting in.

"When will it be?" Azreal echoed. "Hopefully before this daisy chain reaching record length!" She held up a daisy chain that was already getting pretty long. Yugi gave her a strange look. "Hey!" She defended. "I was bored!"

Yugi regarded her for a second, then gave a resigned sigh. "So…" He said, pulling an innocent daisy from the ground. "How do you make those things anyway?"

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Jenna was still going strong. "Seventy green bottles…" She sang.

"Sixty green bottles…"

"Fifty green bottles…"

"Forty green bottles…"

"Thirty green bottles…"

"Twenty green bottles…"

"Ten green bottles…"

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Seto sat and wished something would happen, resisting the urge to kill himself.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with W."

"Is it wall?"

"Yes."

Both gave a sigh of discontent.

"Okay." Mokuba said. "I spy with my little eye something beginning with C…"

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"Now you're getting it…" Azreal commented blandly as Yugi tried to convince himself that he couldn't possibly be the only straight guy to have made a daisy chain.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"One green bottle, standing on the wall." Jenna concluded wearily. "One green bottle standing on the wall! But if one green bottle should accidentally fall… They'll be no green bottles standing on the wall! Annnnd… now I'm bored." She sighed deeply.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Seto decided to go temporarily insane.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"I think," Ryou said. "That it is most defiantly safe to come out now."

"Good." Mokuba grumbled as they crawled out. "Because we are most defiantly out of things to spot." He silenced anymore complaints on the tip of his tongue, realising as Ryou climbed stiffly out from under the desk that the older, taller boy had far more to complain about.

Especially when Ryou saw what was on the screens.

"No way…" Mokuba said slowly.

"I'll kill him." Ryou said dangerously. "I'll kill him!"

Mokuba wondered if now would be a good time to remind Ryou that they were there to rescue Seto, not kill him.

But then, glancing again at the monitors, he'd have to admit that Seto would deserve it…

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"You!"

"Me?"

"Come with me!"

"Fine. But you'll have to untie me." Jenna shrugged.

"Less of your lip!"

"Hey, it's already split. How much 'less' do you want?"

She stood shakily, her hands still tied behind her, and nearly overbalanced as her would-be-electrocuter kicked her viciously in the shins.

"Move." He spat.

"Where are we going?"

"You'll find out…"

"Are you sure you wouldn't rather sing a song? I know a great one! It goes: A hundred green bottles standing on the wall, a hundred green bottles sta-"

"Shut up and move!"

Jenna grinned. Even in the worst imaginable situation, she could annoy the hell out of everyone.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Seto stood as two men came into the room and over-write the lock on the cell door by swiping a key card down the side.

"You're coming with us." One said gruffly. Maybe his name was Mr-States-the-bloody-Obvious.

Oh well. It beat sitting in the cell getting bored stiff.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Jenna was shoved in front of two double doors, her guard behind her, only to find herself standing next to a certain CEO, calm as ever.

He glanced at Jenna, his face not showing the twinge of guilt he felt as he took in her split lip, bruised face and broken nose. He turned back to facing the front.

"They didn't kill you then." He commented.

"It was close." Jenna sighed, before remembering something. "Wait! What the Hell was that tone of voice for! This is all your fault!"

"I wasn't the one that hit you in the face." Seto defended.

"So? If you hadn't have got kidnapped… Well, you better appreciate this! I've been knocked out, kidnapped, beaten up, soaked, and came this close to being killed! I really hope you don't-"

"No talking!" One guard roared.

"Can't these people talk quietly?" Jenna demanded, more to herself. Seto ignored her. She was alright.

"What are we waiting for?" Seto asked one of his guards, but he was just about to find out as they got forced through the doors and they swung shut behind them. They were surprised that they had not been accompanied by guards into the room at first, but it quickly paled to insignificance.

The room was large, and Seto suspected it may once have been some sort of canteen. There were many little windows dotted right up next to the ceiling- too high and thin to climb through. But escape was not the thing foremost in their minds at that moment.

At the other end of the hall was another set of double doors. And, unrestrained, Ryou and Mokuba were being forced through them- though not if they had anything to do it, apparently, because they were doing as best they could to get back out. Backs to the room, they hadn't as of yet noticed that they had company.

"Ryou!" Jenna called out, but both turned. The momentary distraction was enough. The guards forced them all the way into the room and slammed the doors shut. They were trapped. The four moved almost as one, meeting in the middle of the room.

As Ryou carefully set about un-tying Jenna's hands and Mokuba did the same for his brother, Jenna made a simple statement.

"Tell me you were kidnapped and this isn't some cocked up attempt at rescuing us…" She groaned.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Ryou opened the door to the corridor cautiously. He couldn't see anyone. With renewed determination he stepped out, gesturing for Mokuba to follow.

Everything went fine for about a minute before at least ten guards jumped out of a room on top of them.

"Fight them!" Ryou yelled, hitting a guard in the face. "Well," He said, almost thoughtfully. "There goes three years of pacifism…" He shrugged and hit another one.

Mokuba however, had needed no encouragement. Considering his lack of experience, he hit pretty hard for a fifteen year old.

The problem was that there was so many guards. While you were trying to get rid of one, there was another four or five stopping you. And by the time you dealt with the next, the first one was back!

They made it all the way down the corridor without sustaining major injury, but found themselves pressed up against a wall.

That wasn't a wall at all.

They fell backwards through the door-that-wasn't-a-wall, but recovered quickly. When the guards did not follow them into the large room, both came to the assumption that they wanted to keep them in this room.

Which meant Ryou and Mokuba wanted out.

"Ryou!" Someone yelled behind them. They turned, and the door slammed and locked behind them. But that didn't seem important right now.

Ryou headed straight for Jenna, and went to untie her hands. He saw instantly where the something had been cutting into her wrists, so he tried to be as gentle as possible.

""Tell me you were kidnapped and this isn't some cocked up attempt at rescuing us…" She groaned.

Ryou ignored her, and having finished his task, looked up, and got his first proper look at Jenna's face.

"Who did this…?" He asked, turning her face so he could see the bruised side better. It looked like she'd been punched… Not to mention she was wet, her lip was split and her nose was broken.

Jenna pulled away. "Don't." She grimaced. "It hurts. As for who it was-"

She was interrupted by Seto who appeared, having being freed by Mokuba. "They messed her up pretty bad, didn't they?" He gloated.

Mokuba closed his eyes. Especially after what they'd seen on the screens, he couldn't have possibly said anything worse…

As a result, he completely missed it as Ryou swung round and punched Seto so hard in the face that the taller boy fell over backwards.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"Well, at least I'm not the only one with a broken nose now."

"Shut up."

"Um… yeah… I really am sorry about that, Kaiba…"

"Shut up."

"Ah, C'mon Seto, you can't blame him…"

"All of you, Shut Up."

Mokuba shrugged and slumped back down. They'd been taken to some cells- He and Ryou were in one, Jenna and Seto in another oppisite. It also appeared that Ryou had broken his brother's nose. And it seemed that the footage on the CCTV they'd seen (Jenna and Seto in a vicious fight and Seto constantly having the upper hand, but not letting up) was completely faked. No wonder the movements seemed so similar to sprites from Street Fighter…

Seto had resumed his now-accustomed position in the corner of the cell, now with a bleeding nose. Jenna was leaning in the corner oppisite him, partly on the wall and partly on the cell bars. Mokuba and Ryou were both just sitting next to one of the hard walls. No-one was saying much.

"Well, this is just great." Jenna broke the silence eventually. "What a happy little party we have going here. I mean, first there's Mr Sunshine and Rainbows over there," She pointed at Seto, who scowled. "And Mokuba's here because he was trying to rescue him, Ryou's here because he was trying to rescue me, and I'm here because…because… I have no idea why I'm here!"

"They were looking for me because I knew where Mokuba was." Ryou said dully. "They just got you instead."

"I want to know what they wanted with me in the first place…" Mokuba commented. "Every other time, they've used me to get to Seto, but this time they already had him…"

Seto shifted slightly and prepared to join in the conversation. "They did use you to get to me." He sighed. "I knew they were coming for me, but the only reason I went quietly was because they threatened to go after you if I didn't." Mokuba reddened slightly, but Seto continued oblivious. "Now you are supposedly here to ensure my 'co-operation'."

"Co-operation for what?" Ryou asked. Seto shrugged and went back to his stony silence.

"But then…" Jenna said slowly, going pale behind the rather unattractive drying blood. "What use have they for Ryou and I…?"

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Silence fell in the room, and hung around for a long time. Therefore, 3 out of the four occupants jumped out of their skin when Ryou's watch began to beep elatedly.

"Oh." He said, trying silencing it. "I wish I could figure out how to turn that alarm off completely… Oh well. The Pizza guy is officially late."

"Pass it here." Mokuba ordered. "I'll get it to shut up." Ryou did so.

"Speaking of food…" Jenna turned to the camera that continued to stare blankly at them. "How about some grub down here, eh? Do you want us to starve?"

"Just leave it, Jenn." Ryou sighed. "We'll just have to wait it out."

"Try telling that to my stomach." Mokuba replied wryly.

"Sorry." Jenna said, slumping down. "It's just I haven't had anything to eat ore drink since Friday night, and it must be Sunday morning by now…"

However, someone had obviously heard their complaints, because a moment later none other then Gyle appeared, carrying a tray.

"Here." He taunted, laughing. "Here's your bloody food."

He tossed half a lemon each at all of them and left.

Ryou looked at his blankly, as though wondering vaguely what to do with it. It would be far too sour to eat.

Seto glanced at his, wondering… then he put it to one side.

Mokuba was also looking at his lemon half, but in a different way to Ryou. His eyes were far away, calculating… He looked down at the watch still clasped in his hand, and back to the lemon again, figuring something out.

Jenna watched the three guys stare at their fruit as though it would manifest itself into an escape route and shrugged. "At least the juice'll give me a drink…" She said, lifting it to her lips.

"No!" Mokuba yelled suddenly. "I need it!"

Jenna looked at him in confusion. "What, do you have a lemon obsession or something?"

Mokuba sent a swift glance up at the camera and nodded. "That's right." He said, thanking his lucky stars that none of his classmates were there to hear him admitting to a lemon obsession.

But Jenna caught on fast.

"Alright." She said. "You better have this or you'll hurt me…" She tossed it clear across the room until it landed square in Mokuba's own cell. She just hoped he knew what he was doing, because if she didn't get a drink soon…

"Have mine to." Seto said "It's not like I'm going to use it." He tossed it across the room.

"Uh-huh." Ryou said finally, handing over his. Now with a grand total of two lemons, Mokuba nodded gratefully, and began to head over to the back of the cell.

Ryou felt the younger boy take his screwdriver from his pocket and couldn't help but wonder what the younger Kaiba was up to… The fact that he was a Kaiba was perhaps the most worrying.

Seto smirked to himself. He hadn't been betting on Mokuba turning up, but it certainly seemed like his little brother could hold his own. He had figured out the plan only moments after Seto himself had realised it. What a brother to be proud of.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

"Sooooo…" Yugi began. He was becoming steadily more doubtful and was barely restraining himself. "Any ideas when they'll need us to go and save them?"
"Nope!" Azreal said cheerfully. "Just not now! Not yet."

"I hope you know what you're doing…" Yugi sighed.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

The door swung open again, and in came a man. Jenna recognised him instantly, not only by the way Seto bristled on sight but because he was so weedy and covered in what could only honestly be described as bling.

He was dressed in a white suit that hung loosely over his skinny arms, not that you could see much of it under all the medallions, necklaces, rings, and chains he was wearing. Jenna wondered how he managed to carry it all around without it weighing him down. He stank of wealth and sweat; his eyes were small and beady in contrast to his long, black, greasy hair and miss-shapen nose.

Before Jenna could even begin to demand their release, he held up a hand to stop her.

"Not now, dear." He said. "I'm just here to have a word with Seto."

"'Dear'!" Jenna howled "Just get rid of the bars, buddy, and I'll-"

"Jenn. Stop." Ryou said quietly. Jenna didn't look happy about it, but she stopped.

"That's better." Bling-Man smiled, before turning to Seto. "Well, well, well… Isn't this a happy gathering? Now I was only expecting two of you… Don't worry. I'm sure we'll find some way to…dispose… of the other two.

No-one gave any obvious reaction, though when she blinked Jenna kept her eyes closed for slightly longer then normal. Mokuba just continued with whatever he was doing, hoping to remain unnoticed. Hold on…he thought silently I'll get us outta here…

"Okay, you have what you want." Seto said tiredly. "Now tell us what you want."

"I expect…" Bling-man said dramatically. "That you already know. I certainly wouldn't put it past you."

Seto glared.

"Oh!" He chuckled in delight. "Perhaps not. But don't worry, the time is almost at hand. There's just a few little things you have to do first. And I can't promise that all of you… Even your brother… will come out alive." He laughed, and then laughed harder as a tear crawled unbidden down Seto's face. "What's this? Tears?"

"Something in my eye." Seto spat sarcastically, turning away. Seeing that there was no further reaction to be gained from him, Bling-man walked away, cackling to himself.

Jenna and Ryou looked at each other. If Seto was going to pieces, things really were getting bad…

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Oblivious to what Mokuba was doing inside, Yugi and Azreal continued to wait.

"Now." She said suddenly.

"Now?"

"Now!" She roared, scrambling up and belting up the hill, oddly enough still holding the guitar.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

Ryou became aware of a quiet beeping in the cell. He turned to see Mokuba standing up, holding what he assumed used to be his watch. He felt his heart sink a little.

"Mokuba." he said, trying to be calm. "What is that?"

Mokuba didn't answer at first, then said slowly: "I don't want to worry everyone, but I'm going to strap this round the bar here and then I want you all to get as far back as possible…"

Ryou and Jenna glanced worriedly at each otherbefore hurrying to comply.

Seto smiled, feeling proud.

o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o

A/N: Wow, that was long. Which is good, because the next one is short. And all I have to say is: Poor Seto…