Thanks for the correction Amarie Miriel, when I wrote the chapter I didn't have a pic of Kaiba, but I think I was thinking of the color of his hair when I wrote that sentence (I always do that, think of one thing and write it as another). I'll correct the mistake eventually.
"There's nothing I want, and if there were I doubt you'd be able to get me it." K-Lyn turned away from Kaiba and walked out the hospital, denying she wanted anything even as her stomach growled.
Food—that was all she needed, but she couldn't bring herself to say that to the brown-haired teen. Who knew what he would think, if he'd figure she was homeless and if he did he'd probably pity her, and she couldn't stand pity.
"Wait." Kaiba's gruff voice called to her from only a few feet behind.
"Quit following me."
"Not until I pay you back."
"I don't need anything."
"Oh really? Heh, first of all, I said want, not need, and second, it seems you need a lot you don't know about."
"Like what?"
"Someone with connections to get your name dropped from the police report. Those punks claim you used excessive force on them." Kaiba smirked slightly when K-Lyn finally turned to face him, no longer trying to get away.
"I did not use excessive force."
"You call 'near castration' not excessive?" He crossed his arms in front of him as he waited for her response.
"With what he and his buddy were trying to do to your brother, he deserved worse."
"What?" Kaiba's eyes narrowed and his body stiffened as he glared harshly at K-Lyn. "They tried to do what to Mokuba?"
"They were putting their hands in places I dare not mention."
"WHAT!" Kaiba's face contorted with anger and his fists clenched. Turning back to face the hospital he clenched his teeth, his fist shaking from rage, but he remained where he stood and averted his gaze back to K-Lyn. She too stood staring at the hospital, eyes narrowed, lips pursed, but the next moment her eyes closed and she collapsed to the ground, unresponsive to Kaiba who rushed forward to catch her.
Horrified, he tried to awaken her but failed, muttering under his breath when he realized just how thin she was. Picking her up he brought her back to the hospital, thankful that she hadn't got too far away before he caught up—he'd have hated to carry her all the way to the hospital if she'd been more than a block away.
After K-Lyn situating in a room with the doctors making sure she was stable and diagnosing her, Kaiba returned to his brother's room oblivious to everything around him including the white blond haired man walking down the hall to a different hospital room.
Tensing when he saw Kaiba, Lloyd braced himself in case the CEO noticed him, and sighed in relief when the brown haired teen entered the room without looking his way. Reassured that Kaiba hadn't seen him, Lloyd hurried past the room the CEO had entered, down to the entrance of another hospital room, his suitcase in hand.
Upon seeing the person lying on the bed, he tensed again—in anger this time instead of fear, and he combed his fingers through his hair when he saw the bandage.
"What happened to you?"
"Some b— deciding to play hero jumped us—she nearly cut off my…."
Lloyd raised his hand up to silence the person—one of the punks who'd kidnapped Mokuba—and then he made sure no one was close enough out in the hall to overhear. Even though the door was shut, it was too risky.
"I can see what you mean—that bandage makes it obvious where she cut. However, you failed, I told you to take the boy and call his brother as soon as you got him." Lloyd said his voice only loud enough for the punk to hear. "From how wounded the boy is, you didn't do as I said."
"Ah…we had to hit him to quiet him, didn't want anyone to sit up in bed, however he settled on lying in bed when he felt a pain shoot through him from his groin. "You better get that girl on assault charges…."
"Assault? Assault? How idiotic are you? If Kaiba finds out this girl saved his brother, he'll do everything to clear her name from any crime—and he'll make sure you get arrested once you get out of here."
"You promised this wouldn't happen!"
"If you did everything right, it wouldn't've."
"I better get my share of the money you promised."
"I promised you the money if you succeeded." Lloyd hissed, his eyes narrowed and he rubbed his left temple. "You're giving me a headache, anyway, tell me who this girl is and I'll see if I can't get some dirt on her."
"I don't know who she is; she's not someone I've seen before."
"Fine, just give me a description of her."
"She's an inch or so shorter than I am, really skinny—and she has one hot figure…."
"Hem hem, how about her hair and eyes? Those would be essential bits of description."
"Sorry. She had short, greenish hair and blue, icy eyes. Her skin was pale and she looked anorexic—especially since she wore a trench coat too large for her."
"You seem to have a very detailed description of her even though she knocked you out so fast after ambushing you and your friend."
"I was only knocked out for a minute or so, though when I regained consciousness she knocked me out again and then tied me up. I watched her bit while I was tied up, she didn't realize I was awake at all."
"She tied you up?"
"Yes, I have slight marks on my wrists from the rope; I guess she feared we might regain consciousness and resume what we were doing. Anyway she tied us up, and she stole my phone."
"She stole your phone?"
"Well, your cell phone you told us to use, but she put it back in my pocket after she used it."
"Ah, anything else you want to tell me?"
"There's one thing, the girl, well she looked poor as though she was homeless, but she wore what I swear was an expensive necklace. She kept it hidden under her shirt, but it for a moment or two it dangled where I could see it. Damn, that pendant it had silver outlining its wings, and a golden body, but its eyes were diamond—blue hued and…."
Lloyd's eyes widened at each word the punk said to describe the necklace, and his hands started trembling.
"Did…did the pendant have one of its antennae missing? Golden but silver tipped?"
"Yes, why? Do you know…?"
Remaining silent, Lloyd left the room, ignoring the boy's call to come back, his eyes blank as the description ran through his thoughts.
A girl, hair greenish, with blue eyes, wearing a butterfly pendant necklace—gold body, silver wings—blue diamond eyes, one antennae missing—its wings curled as though in mid flight—god, could it be her? After being gone for five years, could she have returned?
"Kailyn." He muttered rush walking down the hall, darting his eyes from door to door. Quickly he passed a door barely missing it as it opened.
"Lloyd? What are you doing here?" A gruff voice spoke from the open door way, surprising Lloyd who flinched at the sound of it.
"Ah, Kaiba…I went to the company to see you and your secretary told me you were here." Lloyd lied regaining his calm, detached demeanor quickly, fast enough so Kaiba hadn't seen him flinch as he thought of an excuse.
For a second Kaiba stared at him, and then looked at the hallway clock on the wall before looking back at Lloyd.
"I did tell you to meet me at noon. Did you arrive at my company early? It would've taken you more than ten minutes to get here and it is ten minutes after twelve." Kaiba asked, looking Lloyd over curiously before furrowing his brows and sighing. "Stupid city, even children are kidnapping other children."
"Hm? What…." Lloyd muttered, thinking it best to feign innocence of what Kaiba meant.
"Oh? My secretary didn't tell you why I was here?"
"All she said was it was a family emergency and that you had canceled all meetings for the afternoon." Lloyd closed his eyes as though peeved, but really because he needed to think of a good explanation. "That secretary's scatterbrained; I doubt she'd even remember talking to me."
"As soon as I find someone who's more qualified who's also interested in the job, I'll fire her."
"Care to tell me the reason you're here?"
"Some f—ing punks kidnapped my brother and beat him up. He's in that room." Kaiba jerked his head to indicate the room with the open door.
"Oh." Lloyd peeked into the room briefly only to appease Kaiba, since he'd already seen Mokuba when Kaiba hadn't been in the room. "How did he get away from his kidnappers?"
"A girl saved him, and beat those two punks up pretty good. I would've killed them if I'd been there but…."
"If you'd been there I doubt those punks would've had the courage to do anything."
"Heh…. Ah, Lloyd, I require your help, one of the two punks is trying to claim that the girl who saved Mokuba used excessive force on them, and I need you to make any charges on the girl go away. I owe her since she saved Mokuba and she refuses let me repay her in any other way."
"Yes, I'll get on it. Of course I have to know where this girl is, and her name."
"She said her name's K-Lyn and she's in the hospital room two doors down the hall on the right—she collapsed while I was talking to her. The doctor said she's undernourished."
"Oh, you seem to be calm seeing as your brother's the one in the hospital."
"I've seen him two times, and on the second he regained consciousness. He spoke a little to me before falling asleep—heh, he told me I should get back to work because he's all right." Kaiba sighed and closed his eyes briefly, speaking again a second before he opened them. "He told me that because he knows about what you have been talking to me about, and he wants me to find out from you all you know about my late stepfather's daughter."
"Well, I've brought the information I promised to show you today, including a photo." Lloyd opened the briefcase he carried, took out a manila folder, handed it to Kaiba and then closed the briefcase, his attention rapt on Kaiba.
Opening the folder, Kaiba lazily gazed at the photo paper-clipped to it, darting his eyes to the other papers briefly before focusing his attention back on the photo. Eyes widening, Kaiba gaped at the photo, disbelieving what he saw. It was the girl who saved Mokuba, he was sure of it; even though the photo was of a younger girl, he was certain that it was the same girl who saved his brother.
"That photo is five years old; I couldn't find any photos more recent." Lloyd said his eyes gleaming seeing Kaiba's reaction—the CEO's shock could only mean one thing, he'd seen the girl before and Lloyd was certain it was the girl who saved Mokuba.
"Excuse me Lloyd." Kaiba said and started down the hall before Lloyd could reply.