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Author's note: I'm really busy and will be busy until May. So, I'm not going to update too often, sorry about that. I'll still be updating, but slower. Thanks to all the reviewers! Hope you enjoy the new chapter…

The Pain of Letting Go

Chapter 3

Fear in the Hearts of Many

In the middle of a large and luxurious office, a man with silver hair was pacing back and forth in the room. The afternoon sun light shined on his long silver hair, making his hair looked extremely beautiful and silky. He was wearing a white t-shirt, a red suit, and red pants. He seemed like a gentleman. However, he was frowning and cursing with gritted teeth, which took away the gentleman-like quality.

The man with gray hair, black sunglasses, black suit, and black pants was named Croquet. He was Pegasus's body guard and employer. He had just received the news that Pegasus's limo had a car accident. Serenity and her daughter were taken away by, according to the crowds, the famous Seto Kaiba. Croquet had just informed Pegasus of the shocking news a minute ago, and that was why Pegasus seemed terribly frustrated at this moment.

"Why would he do that after all these years?" Pegasus suddenly roared out. He stopped at his brown desk, which was full of stacks of papers and files that he had to read by today, and slammed his hands angrily at the table. Veins started popping on Pegasus's forehead. He had no idea where Kaiba could have taken Serenity and Sapphirina, Serenity's daughter. He had no idea why Kaiba would want to take them away? "What is his motive? Why after three years? He didn't do anything when Serenity left, so why take her away now? Unless he still lov-" Pegasus suddenly stopped. His eyes widened in disbelief. Fears started to accumulate in his heart.

'Oh no, Serenity's secret! Kaiba must not find out about her secret! That is why she left him in the first place! And the hatred in Kaiba's cold blue eyes! We've seen how deep the hatred in his eyes was! What would he do to Serenity? What would he do to Sapphirina? What would he think about her?' Pegasus started to pace back and forth in the office again. He couldn't figure out anything right now!

"Croquet!" Pegasus stopped in front of his body guard. "Go check out the record at the airport. Check for Kaiba and Serenity's information. If they leave United States, inform me at once! If they didn't, try to search for them!" Pegasus ordered. All he could do now was try to find them, as soon as possible! Serenity's secret can't wait! Kaiba would soon realize what Serenity was trying to hide from him if Pegasus couldn't find them in time!

"Yes. I'll inform you as soon as possible if I get any information." Croquet answered formally. Then, he walked out of Pegasus's large office, ready to carry out his orders.

Pegasus remained in his office alone. He walked to the window and stopped. He looked out the window and saw that the city Los Angeles was right under his feet, since his office was located on the eightieth floor. Sunlight shone brightly outside the office, illuminated all the vehicles and people on the street. Such a busy city was where Industrial Illusion located at.

Pegasus stared at a fixed point in the sky, deep in thought. 'Even Los Angeles is such a large city, let alone the whole world! Kaiba could have taken Serenity and Sapphirina to any corner of the world! It would almost be impossible for me to search even only the United States for them… What am I going to do? How could I find them?' Pegasus continued to frown. It seemed so hopeless that he could have the slightest chance of finding them…

In a large and luxurious 'room,' Serenity was lying on a soft bed. A pink soft sheet covered her body up to her neck. Her auburn hair was spread out on the white pillow. She looked so beautiful and so peaceful when she sleeps, but in this case, she was still unconscious from the car accident.

The 'room' was very luxurious looking, with light yellow carpet covering the floor, one large table in the middle, two beds on each side of the table, two passage ways between the table and the beds, and several chairs and smaller tables in front of the beds. There were a lot of spaces for people to walk around. But the strange thing about this 'room' was that on the wall, there were many many small windows lined up in a row. Outside of the windows, all one could see was the blue sky and white clouds, nothing else.

Seto Kaiba was sitting in one of the chairs, staring at Serenity. His legs were crossed, and his hands on his knee. He was wearing a black shirt, black pants, a silver trench coat, and a silver belt with the word 'KC' imprinted on the belt. His cold sapphire eyes stared at her pretty face with mixed emotions, a little bit of desire, a little bit of anger, mostly hatred, but there also seemed to be a tiny trace of love, or maybe not…

He had been staring at her ever since they got here. He didn't even bother taking care of that little girl. When he got here, he just threw the little girl to one of his employee. The employee must have brought the little girl to another room on this plane. Yes, Kaiba had brought Serenity and her daughter directly to his personal plane. The plane took off right after they arrived, and they didn't even have to go through any security checks because he was the famous Seto Kaiba!

'Hmph! Poor Pegasus is probably worried sick right now about Serenity. Ha ha ha… He won't be able to find any record of Serenity leaving the United States through the airport. Because there is no record! Ha ha ha…' Kaiba thought evilly. He smirked at the thoughts of Pegasus's worried face. 'Too bad I can't see his expression right now; it must be amusing!' The smirk on Kaiba's face grew larger, until some noise interrupted his thoughts…

"Mommy… I… … … my mommy… … … … …" Kaiba couldn't exactly hear what was being said, but he was sure all those noises were being made by that little girl, Serenity's daughter. "... … … … I want… … … mommy… …" The noises were accompanied by sobbing, that Kaiba could tell. Kaiba frowned and stoop up from his seat. He walked toward the door and opened it.

Two employees, both wearing white shirts, black suits, black pants, and black sunglasses immediately greeted Kaiba. "Yes sir?" One of the employee asked. "What's wrong sir?" The other employee asked. They both bowed their heads in respect and fear of their boss.

Kaiba had an impatience and annoyed expression on his face. He glared at both of his employees with icy looks, as if scolding them that the child was making too much noise. The employees were now sweating profusely and began to shake in fears. Finally, after several seconds of silence, Kaiba opened his mouth. "Why is the child making so much noise? Didn't I tell you guys to look after her and shut her up if she wakes up?" The words that came out of Kaiba's mouth were extremely chilling.

"Sorry, sir. She… she just w-woke up…" One employee stuttered while trembling in fear. He must not lose this job; he still needs the salary to feed his family… "She wanted to… t-to see h-her… um… mother…" the other employee couldn't even finish one complete sentence without biting his tongue several times. Both employees bowed their bowed their heads and bodies lower, showing how much they feared their boss. It wasn't that they were cowards, but Kaiba loved, yes LOVED, to fire his employees anytime he was in a bad mood!

"Hmph! I don't care how, but you two imbeciles better shut her up in two minutes. Otherwise, you two will be fired!" With that, Kaiba turned around and shut the door with a slam. The two poor employees were shaking, and one even fall on his knees because of fear. They quickly rushed into the room adjacent to the room Kaiba was in, and churned their brains for ideas to keep the little girl quiet.

"I don't get why Mr. Kaiba seems so disgusted by such a cute little girl… I feel so sorry for her and her pretty mother…" One employee mumbled. He was searching in the room for anything that might appear to be a toy so that the little girl can play with and be quiet.

"I want my mommy… huh-huh…" The little girl was crying and sobbing. "Mommy… where are you?" She had never been alone before. Serenity never leaves her alone before, so she was very scared now for not seeing her mother. The little girl curled her body in the corner of the bed, while the two men were searching for toys to calm her down.

"Ah-ha! I just remembered that I bought a teddy bear in Los Angeles for my daughter. Maybe that will keep her quiet for a while!" One employee suddenly stood up and exclaimed. He had a teddy bear in his luggage, perhaps he could lend it to this cute little girl, just for the plane ride. The other employee smacked him in the head. "Why didn't you say so earlier? I was searching so hard for a toy! You could have said so earlier to save us some trouble, you know?"

"Ouch! Why did you do that for?" The employee who got smacked in the head protested while rubbing his head. He went to his luggage in another room and took out the cute, cuddly, and soft teddy bear. He walked back to the room where Sapphirina was and handed her the teddy bear. "Shh… it's going to be alright, little girl. Here, hug the teddy bear and go to sleep. Your mommy will be here when you wake up, I promise." The employee said softly, trying to calm her down.

"Huh…" Sapphirina took the teddy bear and snuggled it. Tears stopped flowing out of her beautiful eyes. "Promise? Mommy will be here?" Sapphirina asked, with her eyes wide open. She looked at the man who gave her the teddy bear, he seemed to be a nice man.

"Yup. So, go to sleep for now, you must be tired. Your mommy will be here when you wake up." The man reassured the little girl, with a soft smile. He patted the girl's head and wiped the tears on her face away. Then, he pulled the cover sheet to her chin to make her go to bed. Even though little Sapphirina didn't say anything, she closed her eyes and hugged the teddy bear closer to her. She quickly fell asleep, with a smile on her tiny face, thinking that her mommy will be by her side when she wakes up.

"Hey, you're pretty good at calming the little girl down, you know?" The other man commented. "Sure. I always have to do this thing with my daughter. Sometimes she wouldn't go to sleep, so I have to do that. Besides, the little girl is so cute, don't you think so? What did she do to deserve being deprived of the love of her mother anyway?" The man answered. "Shh! Be careful, Mr. Kaiba might hear that! He's right next door!" The other man made a silent sign to that man. They walked out of the room and went back to guard to door Kaiba was in. Everything went back to silence. Sapphirina was not crying and making noises anymore, and the two employees weren't talking. All was silent once again…

In the darkness, Serenity was all alone. She couldn't see anything, not even herself. There was no one there, only silence. She felt that she had lost something very important to her. She was supposed to be hugging something, no someone, her daughter! Serenity tried to hug Sapphirina closer, but found that little Sapphirina was gone!

'Oh no! Where's Sapphirina? Where's my daughter?' Serenity panicked. She started fumbling around for the little girl in the darkness, but it was too dark. She couldn't see anything, and also couldn't hear any sound. Cold sweat started dripping down her pale cheeks, and wetting her clothes.

Serenity started running in one direction. "Sapphirina! Sapphie!" Serenity started yelling, hoping that her little daughter would answer her calls. Tears started dripping down her pale cheeks. Fear crept into her body, paining her heart. "No… no… I can't lose her… please… give me back my daughter…" Tears continued to flow down her cheeks like a clear stream.

After a long time, Serenity finally collapsed to the ground. She fell on her knees and brought her hands to cover her face. She shook her head in hopelessness. It seemed to her that she would never be able to find her daughter. She had lost everything, everything that was important to her; first it was the man she loved deeply, then it was the colorful world she lived in, and now her daughter… There was nothing left for her in the world.

Just when Serenity was still submerged in her hopeless thoughts, vague noises that seemed to come from a very far place slowly billowed into her ears. Serenity's hazel eyes suddenly opened largely. What she heard was… was Sapphirina's voice! Serenity stopped crying, and she focused all of her attentions on the voice, trying to hear clearly what her little daughter was saying…

"Mommy… I… … … my mommy… … … … …" Serenity couldn't exactly hear what was being said, but she was sure all those noises were being made by little Sapphirina "... … … … I want… … … mommy… …" The noises were accompanied by sobbing, that was pretty clear to her. Tears were forming in her hazel eyes again. Her beloved daughter was crying and sobbing. Little Sapphirina wanted her mother!

Serenity struggled to stand up, she must get to her and calm her down as soon as possible! "Sapphirina! Mommy's coming! Don't cry… wait for me..." Serenity started running again, but she still couldn't see anything. She was completely surrounded by darkness.

Just when she seemed to get a little closer to Sapphirina, the crying and sobbing stopped abruptly! Serenity halted immediately, trying to hear any voice that might be able to guide her to the exit of the darkness. At the thoughts of being able to see once again, Serenity's face crumpled up. 'Don't be so naïve, Serenity. Able to see again? Right, like that's going to happen anytime soon…' Serenity again fell into the abyss of gloominess.

She would never forget that morning when she got the call from the hospital. That call changed her whole life. She was forced to give up the most important thing in her life. If she had the choice, she rather not go for the examination, not knowing the truth, instead of making that heart throbbing choice of giving up 'him.' But there was nothing she could do to change what had already happened.

"No! Don't give up, Serenity! You can't lose Sapphirina! She's the only thing left in the world that belonged to you!" Serenity opened her eyes. She wasn't going to give up her daughter. She would find her no matter how hard it might be! Serenity started walking forward again, even though she had no idea which direction might lead to her daughter. It might take her a very long time, but she will find her daughter! She must fight off her fear of darkness, she must! She must be strong, for herself, and her daughter…

Author's note: I have to stop here. Sorry that this chapter is so short.

Just for those who are curious, yes, Serenity still didn't wake up from the car accident yet, so she was still unconscious. Let's count how many people had fears in their heart: Pegasus, those two employees of Kaiba who were afraid of being fired, Sapphirina, and Serenity. Hee hee, the evil Kaiba caused so much fears in other people's lives…

Speaking about Sapphirina, can anyone figure out why I named Serenity's daughter Sapphirina? It will be reveal later. It might be unclear right now, but the important clue is the eye color of Sapphirina, which I didn't give any information just yet. Oh, and what is this secret that Serenity tried to hide from Kaiba? Can anyone guess?

Serenity will wake up next chapter. Okay, I'll try to update more, but I can't promise anything… By the way, sorry for the cliffie, hee hee. (Dodge under the table to avoid the rocks and other things angry readers throw at me :P)