A/N: Guess what...still don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. No closer to hitting lotto either...darn

Chapter 4

It was Sunday, normally a day of rest, but for Seto Kaiba it was an ordinary day. He had reports to read through and budgets to disapprove. He frowned as he looked down at Domino. The people below were enjoying leisure time, recouping from a hard week's worth of work. He knew if you took time off you could easily go soft. So, despite mental and sometimes physical exhaustion he toiled on. He retook his seat behind his desk and began poring over the quarterly reports. As usual KC was doing amazing. His newest invention was going out of the prototype stage and into mass production soon and that would mean even more money sweeping in. He liked it this way, improving his own devices meant everyone wanted the latest and greatest. He smirked.

"Excuse me sir?" His secretary's tentative voice interrupted over the intercom.

"What trivial annoyance are you wasting my time with now?"

"There is someone here to see you sir."

"I don't take business meetings on Sundays, today is the day I go over reports and such. Send them away." He clicked off the annoying device. He hated his Sunday secretary; she didn't respect how precious his time was.

The door suddenly opened, "how dare you try to send me away!"

Kaiba looked up at the person the booming voice was coming from. Kaiba's eyes remained cold, devoid of emotion. "How dare you invade my office?"

The man standing before Kaiba was fuming. "I warned you not to try my patience Seto Kaiba and you didn't heed my warnings."

Kaiba's eyes narrowed on the man. "What are you ranting about?"

"The designs were mine! I created the original prototype that enabled long distance links of duel monster disks. You stole the blueprints from me!" The man lunged at Kaiba, but Kaiba sidestepped him quickly.

Security rushed in and grabbed the man off of the floor. He struggled against them, but then slumped, he knew it was over.

"You better watch your back Kaiba. I'm not the only one who's after you. There were a few of us involved in this and I can assure you we will be avenged. You will pay...dearly."

"My company created the technology for the new device. If you were a few steps behind I can't help that. I won't feel sorry for a bunch of lowlives like you and your group. Suck it up and stay the hell away from me. It's patented to Kaiba Corp. The design is mine and will remain as such. Maybe you should try working harder as opposed to threatening." Kaiba was quite matter-of-fact. The way he spoke reminded his guards of how a teacher would reprimand a student.

The man was led from the office with no more resistance. Kaiba grunted and decided he would go out and celebrate his little victory. He hadn't stolen any ideas. He had figured out that a small underground group of infiltrators had paid for a copy of the prototype for his new device. After firing everyone affiliated to the small espionage scheme, he rushed to patent and, in usual Kaiba fashion, succeeded.

Lunch at his favorite restaurant would be perfect. He suggested to his secretary that she call ahead and make sure he had his favorite table or else come Monday she would be cleaning out her desk.

He picked up his briefcase and was on his way. He decided to take his Mercedes rather than have the limo drive him. He had a stop to make before he could indulge his appetite for food.

Serenity walked through the museum, not lingering at any exhibition too long. She frowned, this hadn't helped her figure anything out about Kaiba. If anything it just frustrated the hell out of her. He was one of the trustees, but she wasn't sure if he ever ventured into the museum itself, was it merely funding? She started towards the entrance, she was leaving, when she saw a familiar figure entering, it was Tristan.

Oh Joey, you didn't!

She turned and ducked into an exhibit of reptiles, hoping that the boy hadn't seen her yet. She turned a few corners and entered the ice age fossils area. She desperately didn't want to see Tristan today, how could her brother tell him where she was? She knew Tristan wouldn't come to the museum for laughs so it had to be for her. She spotted him again, but luckily she was able to duck around a wall, how long could she run from him?

She felt a push from behind and turned quickly.

"Excuse me." A flustered man said as he exited the door that he had just slammed into her. She noticed the door was about to close, she caught it and entered. It was dark, but light enough to see. She walked down a long hallway, sure that an exit out of the building had to lay in here somewhere. Several doors loomed ahead of her, none marked 'exit' unfortunately. Should she try one or continue through the labyrinth? She slowly tried the first door on her right-janitor's closet. She tried a door on her left-copy machine, fax, etc.. This wasn't getting her anywhere. She tried another on her right-bathroom. She decided this wasn't the best hallway to try for an exit. She turned down another hall to her right and noticed the lights were dimmer here. There was a door at the end, she turned the knob. It opened into a huge staging area. It looked like a major warehouse with shelves stocked high with all sorts of interesting things. She started down one of the aisles when she heard voices. She stopped and stooped down, not wanting to be seen, she knew she was breaking several laws at this point.

"I can't believe I had to bail you out of jail. You should have watched your step, honestly how could you try to assault the man in a setting where he had guards at his disposal?" A small man asked a much larger man.

"You told me to confront him today, but he denied everything and to top it all off the patent went through! Our stall tactic failed now we don't stand a chance against him!" One man said.

"He's a major pain in the ass. I figured we could keep him busy with that stupid prototype plot while we continued our real work here." The small man sounded frustrated.

Serenity snuck closer towards the voices, finding a break in some of the items on the shelf she was able to see them. She recognized the small guy, but had no idea where from. Who were they talking about, she wondered.

"Has anyone noticed anything suspicious?" The big guy asked the smaller one.

"Of course not; my work isn't as sloppy as yours. The boss thinks it's time for a change. You've become quite a liability."

"What's that suppose to mean?!" The big guy was clearly agitated.

Serenity remembered she had her camera around her neck. Maybe she should take a picture or two. Something big was clearly happening here. She crouched lower and aimed her lens through two stacks of items. She had them in her sights and she fired off a few shots. She was thankful their yelling covered up the clicking. She dared not take many, as she could be caught. She froze to the spot when she saw the small man pull a gun.

She almost gasped, but stilled herself. If she was discovered she could well be facing down the same weapon. She could feel the sweat start to trickle down her back. Her legs were starting to cramp from her position, but she didn't dare move.

She realized Tristan would have been a safer bet than this. Just what in the hell had she stumbled into?! Back in Domino less than two days and here she was in total peril! New York City was safer, walking in Central Park at night would be a dream compared to this.

Her eyes opened wider as the man raised the gun and fired two rounds into the man before him. She thought it would have been louder, but she realized there was a silencer on his gun. She snapped off an extra picture as the blood flooded than man's shirt and he slumped to the ground. She had a murder captured on film! Her heart was racing; her ears filled with her heartbeat, if she wasn't in the position she was in she would have fallen to the floor. Her whole body was shaking, almost violently. She slowly realized she had been sprayed with a fine mist of blood. Had she been that close? Please don't pass out Serenity...she chanted to herself...please don't be sick Serenity...

The man looked around, making sure that they were still alone. He left through a door. Serenity saw this as her opportunity for escape and stood quickly. She wasn't aware her foot had fallen asleep, she turned to grab onto the shelf closest to her and knocked over a porcelain item. It shattered as it hit the ground.

"Shit!" She cursed; she turned quickly to make sure the man didn't open the door he had just left by. She was in luck. She quickly made it over to the door through which she had entered. She left and started walking as fast as her 'needle and pins' would let her. Finally, as blood started flowing easier she started running, she turned the corner, taking one last look over her shoulder at the door behind her and collided with someone.

She hit the floor falling on her backside; immediate panic filling her-she knew it was the murderer before she even had to look up.

"What the hell are you doing here Wheeler?!" A very irate Set Kaiba yelled at the poor girl. He was already rising onto his knees when she realized who it was. She was so panicked she threw herself into his arms.

"Thank God you're here!"

Kaiba looked down at the disheveled girl hugging his waist as they both kneeled on the floor. He tried prying her arms off, but her grip was vice-like.

"Are you almost done molesting me Wheeler?" Kaiba growled at the girl.

She slowly began to realize what she was doing. She pulled away and he stood to his full height. Suddenly, she felt like the little girl she had been all those years ago on the blimp. He held his hand out to her, if he didn't help her up it appeared she would have stayed on the floor all day.

When she latched on and pulled herself up she looked into his blue eyes and felt a gentle weakness in her knees that had nothing to do with the murder she had just witnessed.

"We have to get out of here Kaiba," she whispered as she grabbed his arm in an attempt to pull him towards the door she had entered this maze through.

"What do you mean 'we'?" He was annoyed at what had happened at his office, now here she was distracting him further.

"Please Kaiba, don't fight me...pleeeese!" She was tugging hard and desperately.

I don't know what game you're playing Wheeler. You seem terrified. Maybe I could use this against that mutt. His sister coming to me for help as opposed to him, what a treat it will be to inform him. This could actually be an interesting afternoon for me after all.

He pulled her the opposite way and led her through an exit onto the street, next to his parked car. As soon as she hit outside air she allowed herself to breathe.

"What are we running from exactly?" Kaiba asked nonchalantly, as he opened the passenger side door for her. He was oblivious to the events in the museum, so he was taking this very lightly.

"Let's just go and I'll explain as you drive." She slid into the car and he shut the door, circling to his door. He sneered wondering what she had in mind. Was this a way to get his attention? He absently licked his lips wondering how the events of the day would turn out.

Serenity was still shaking as Kaiba entered the car. She had to tell him, but how?

Suddenly the rear window blew out ripping a scream from her throat.

"What the hell?!" Kaiba yelled.

"Drive Kaiba!" Serenity yelled as he threw the gear into reverse and stomped on the gas. Within seconds they were out on the street, racing towards an unknown destination.

A/N: Thank you all for all the reviews, without them this wouldn't have gotten out as fast as it did! I was totally inspired and so, keep reviewing and I'll keep writing!