Snowy Egypt: Hello again. It's me!

Joey: And her partner, me!

Snowy Egypt: That's correct. Now, disclaimer, s'il vous plait. (please)

Joey: O.K. Snowy Egypt doesn't own Yugioh. There'd be an entire T.V channel of Yugioh FanFictions turned episodes if she did.

Chapter 2: Kidnapped

"Araina… ARAINA!"

"Can you hear us? Say something!"

I heard someone calling me, but I didn't know if they were calling me or not. I wanted to respond, but I couldn't speak or open my eyes. Then I felt someone very lightly slap my face 2 or 4 times. That made me responsive.

"Mmm…Wha…What happened?" I said, somewhat alert.

"Thank goodness…" I heard someone say.

"You got knocked out back at my house. Don't you remember?" another person said.

"Not really…" I said, dreamily.

After I had rested long enough to open my eyes, I realized that we were in some building and that I was shaking. My vision was blurry and I was very dizzy. I was able to make out the silhouettes of 2 spikey-haired boys, and 2 blonds, a boy and a girl.

A couple of seconds later, my vision cleared and some of my memory came back to me. I could see Yugi, his counterpart Yami, Joey, and Mai. They were hovering over me with signs of relief on their faces. Joey and Yami sat me upright.

"Gee, Ace… you really scared us like 'dat." said Joey.

That's what Joey, and everyone else who knew me, liked to call me. I had gotten that nickname because I was an excellent detective. I always got my man. And when it came to archery and card games, like 21, Poker, or Duel Monsters, I was the best. (But Yugi was way better at Duel Monsters than me.)

"Sorry." I said.

"It's O.K." started Mai, "It's not your fault." 'It was those thugs.' she thought.

I felt myself blacking out again. Then I felt someone put their hand on my forehead, which jerked me awake. It was Yami. Then he said something, but I didn't know if he was talking to me or not. I was still out of it.

"She has a fever… and she's shaking like mad." he stated.

"Well it is cold in here, if you ask me." said Mai.

"Well, I stashed her coat under mine back at Yugi's crib." said Joey.

"JOEY!" both Yugi and Mai shouted.

"What! I was cold!" Joey shot back.

"Yeah, because you got scared of the movie." Yugi said.

"Movie…" I said to myself.

"No wonder you look fatter than usual." said Mai.

"Hey!" Joey said, semi-offended.

"Enough!" shouted Yami. "That doesn't matter now. Just put the coat on her. The shaking's getting worse."

I felt someone put my coat on me. Then warmth spread through my body. It also helped my memory, because I started staring at the floor, deep in thought.

"You OK, Ace?" asked Joey.

"Yeah, thanks to Yugi," I started,"cause now I think I remember how we got here…"

Snowy Egypt: The plot thickens!

Joey: Yeah, and while you readers were readin', Snowy Egypt said she was gonna have a surprise for me later!

Snowy Egypt: And you, the readers, will get to see what it is next chapter.

Joey: READ & REVIEW!