Chapter 2: Father and Daughter
The world was bathed in blood as the war continues. The Matthians inflicted pain and terror worldwide. Many people suffered and died. The government tried to do something about it, but they were crushed in numbers. The Matthians had changed their ways, like they became cannibals; they drank the blood of their opponents and stuff like that. The Koinonos, however, were doing more of rescue missions than slay.
And here's where the story begins…
Somewhere in Vatican City, everything was calm and the sky was magnificently blue, but the war torn buildings there were like a speck of dirt in a clean hanky. Vatican City is now a wasteland. No one dared inhabit these ruins. The Matthians desecrated this place; they had to rid every church doctrine they could find or anything, which has something to do with the Catholics. Even their supreme leaders, Serge and Joseph Matthian both spat at the basilica grounds, but that was then, this was now.
As two unsuspecting members of the Koinonos, twenty-nine-year old Yugi Mutou, and his eight-year-old daughter, Akina Mutou were sitting in an almost broken stool in an abandoned coffe shop, two kilometers away from the basilica. They were both discussing a strategy on how to complete their objective, and that was rescuing the pope from the Matthians.
"So, what's the game plan?" Yugi asked calmly and then fixed the collar of his shirt.
Akina took a piece of paper out of her pocket and scanned the paper. "It's the map of the Vatican city!" Yugi then looked at the map with a frown.
"Damn puzzles!" Yugi grumbled, taking the map off of his daughter's hands and then looked at it. He analyzed it well and saw a huge X mark somewhere on the right side of the map, which was the Borgia Courtyard. "Oh, I think we've hit the jackpot! There's a blind spot here, where they would never find us!"
Yugi pointed at the so-called 'blind spot' and showed it to Akina.
"I see," Akina said with fascination. "But why didn't they try and guard this place?"
Then Yugi looked closer to the map. "Maybe it's a trap or something. My guess is that they're trying to lure us in this place and then they'll ambush us! But something's not right here. Why would they hold the pope on The Pope's Office?"
"I don't know," Akina said as she took another piece of paper. "But I think it's a trap and I think it's a perfect opportunity for us to rescue the pope. Furthermore, dad, it's the only way in".
Akina paused a little as if she was thinking what words she should and should not say.
I just hope Akina knows what she is doing, Yugi thought, feeling it's an idiotic strategy to start with. "Why?" Yugi then asked boringly. Then he looked at Akina's brown eyes, glaring at her. "It's suicidal! Do you think we'll make it out alive? The Leader wants us to accomplish this mission. It's crucial, very crucial."
Akina didn't really listen and then replied, "I just remembered the reason why The Leader gave me this proximity bomb". She took out of her pocket of what seemed to be a baseball. It's painted black and has a timer with a maximum of eighty seconds. Its spring is located beside the timer. "It's because he wants me to blow up the gates".
Yugi's thoughts scrambled as he heard those odd instructions. "What? The Leader gave you all those instructions without my consent? And why blow up the gates?"
Yugi's suspicion started building up, trying to keep The Leader off of his mind. Why would leader plan such a thing? I just don't get it.
"Don't you see, dad!" Akina said. "If the gates are blown up, then there's no exit for those Matthians. There only way out is through Borgia and out to the Heliport where they can make their escape through air…"
The Yugi interrupted, "But then there's no entrance for us".
Akina grinned. "Yes there is. There's a drainage located just a few blocks away from the Heliport. I know you hate sewers, dad, but just as you said, this mission is very critical".
I hate sewers, Yugi thought. "You may have point there but I still think this is suicidal"
Then they paused for a few minutes. Yugi spoke.
"What are we waiting for? Let's get the hell outta here!" Yugi stood up and walked to the door, holding its knob and then turning it and then opened the door.
An idea sprang up from Akina's mind. "Wait dad, Jamad said he's coming to drop off the goodies we need!"
Yugi looked back at Akina and took a step. "I'm just gonna… Jamad!"
The Yugi stumbled upon a tall, dark man; he had a strange mullet cut that scared the hell outta Yugi. It was Jamad.
"Oops, sorry man!" Jamad apologized. He had a Jamaican accent. "I forgot to knock the door. Maybe this'll cheer you up!"
Jamad patted Yugi on the back with his big, pudgy hands.
Yugi growled at Jamad, "Okay! Enough already!"
Jamad then affixed his eyes on Akina and stopped his patting. "Oh Akina! I almost forgot!" Jamad said eccentrically.
Akina didn't look impressed with what Jamad was doing with her dad. She also remembered that Jamad's joke sounded so damn corny that no one ever laughed at them. She stood up and walked outside, sighing. "Yes, yes I know, Jamad. It's the supplies I've been waiting for".
"Wait Akina, the boxes are right there!" Jamad shouted hysterically as he ran out of the door and followed Akina.
Yugi was alone at last. He sighed and went back to his seat, staring blankly while closing his right eye. He remembered all those happy and sad moments when he was a kid. There was no war, no, conflicts, just plain dueling. It was those times when Duel Monsters was still very popular and he fought side by side with Atemu. But as he grew up, he started to hate Duel Monsters and Atemu went back to his world. He sold every card to random people, his neighbors and friends. He sold everything, except four, his Egyptian god cards and his Dark Magician. He thought of those cards as a reminder about the game. As he stared more blankly, he remembered how his wife died giving birth to Akina. His sorrow almost led him to the brink of oblivion, but he found hope through his daughter, Akina. He took care of her for ten years, training her on how to defend herself from jackasses and hooligans, educating her so that she can use this knowledge when she goes to college. He also remembered how he and Akina were baptized to become Catholics. They learned the basics of how to become true Catholics and how to strengthen their faith. Because of this, he and Akina were was saved from the brainwashing effects of The Mark and he joined the Koinonos to save the Catholics and its religion.
Akina and Jamad came back with two boxes, one was at the arms of Jamad, and the other was with Akina.
Yugi's mind went back to reality as he saw Jamad and Akina.
"Are we ready yet?" Yugi asked, yawning.
Both Akina and Jamad dropped the boxes in front of Yugi, both taking out a gun that resembles a dart gun.
"Heads up man!" Jamad threw the dart gun at Yugi and Yugi caught it. Jamad then took out another dart gun for himself.
Yugi carefully analyzed the dart gun. It had an odd zigzag shaped barrel with holes, a few inches near the front sight. The trigger guard was rectangular shaped and the gunstock butt plate and heel were made of titanium. All the other parts looked like parts of an ordinary dart gun. Yugi had seen this dart gun back at the Koinonos HQ. It was a standard dart gun used to stun or paralyze the Matthian initiate guards or scouts. It has been used in frontline combat numerous times and some people consider this weapon as the ultimate peacekeeping weapon that doesn't involve bloodshed or death. Yugi hates these kinds of weapons. He was always so hell-bent on killing the Matthians, using conventional weapons like Uzis, snipers and the like to the special weapons developed from his research like the plasma rifles, the dark matter guns and disintegrator cannons. Ever since the Matthians took away his close relatives, Yugi forgot all signs of happiness and engraved into his heart his objective, exterminating those who get in his way.
"So, what the hell is this?" Yugi asked in a disgusted tone, thinking of about how lame these weapons were.
Jamad and Akina both felt agitated about Yugi not appreciating the dart gun.
Jamad then glared. "Hey man, if you don't wanna use this, just hand it over to me, damn it!"
"Yeah dad! If you don't want it, then don't use it!" Akina added.
There was a pause and Yugi sighed. "Sorry Jamad, I was just too arrogant and unappreciative. You know what they say, you can't accomplish a simple mission without a gun".
Jamad nodded, accepting the apology while Akina dug out something from the box.
After a moment, she handed Yugi ten shells. These ten shells were made of gold. It was 8.5 inches and had black stripes all over the shell's base. "Here, load this to your gun".
Yugi did as he was told and didn't bother to even observe the shells. He thought at first this was live ammo but he sensed it wasn't what he thought it was.
"Don't tell me it's live ammo" Yugi chuckled lamely, thinking that Akina just tried to impress him.
Jamad shook his head in disappointment. "Don't you remember these shells?"
Yugi couldn't remember. Maybe because Yugi just doesn't want to do anything with the shells or he just completely forgot about it.
Akina then interjected, remembering the only time Yugi used the shells, "Don't you remember Drill no. 48?"
Yugi placed his pointer finger on his temples, thinking. "Drill no. 48 does look familiar…"
Damn it! We need to move now! Akina interrupted, "Damn it dad! It's the Ventnor Shells!"
Yugi now remembered it. He remembered he was at the Koinonos Research Facility in Texas testing out a golden shell named the Ventnor Shell. He remembered testing it to a specimen, namely an orangutan. He remembered that when he shot the orangutan on the head, the shell pierced through its forehead sent a wave of shock, temporarily disabling the orangutan. The orangutan lay there like a frozen slab of ice. Yugi never knew when the expiration would occur and he never noted of any side effects of the shells powerful shocker.
When Yugi's thoughts went back to reality, he simply nodded. "Yeah, Akina, now I remember it. Poor orangutan"
Jamad couldn't bear it anymore. He wanted to go home and he wanted to get the hell outta there. "Well Yugi, I better be off now. The Leader is waiting".
And with that, Jamad stepped out of the door and disappeared.
I hate it when he teleports! Yugi thought.
A few minutes later, they got ready, and headed for their destination, the Borgia Courtyard.
Two hours later, they arrived at the Borgia Courtyard, via teleportation scroll that Jamad gave them.
The Borgia Courtyard lay in ruins; buildings destroyed, gardens eroded, and the whole placed was littered with trash. The hall leading to the gate was dirty, dark and terrifying. It's like the once beautiful courtyard has been reduced from a work of architecture to scrap.
Right now, they're pinned down beneath some tall bushes, scouting for guards ahead, when they saw the hall, five guards appeared, walking towards the exit of the courtyard. Akina had to time her assault. She timed herself: ten seconds
"Hey Akina! Are we gonna go head-on with these guys?" Yugi whispered slowly to Akina's ear.
Akina replied with a whisper of her own, gazing at the guards, "We'll give 'em hell in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…"
They both charged at the five guards, shocking them with their battle cries. They began shooting at them blindly, but as they got nearer, the guards drew their pistols and fired back, but Yugi and Akina were both trained how kick ass not only with firepower, but with agility too. They both dodged and evaded every shot that tried to hinder them. One tried to run away, but Yugi mercilessly shot him anyway. He remembered a quote from The Leader; Leave no one alive, which was what The Leader always told him when he hesitated to shoot someone.
Everyone lay there, writhing in pain as the Ventnor Shot began taking its toll on the guards. Yugi kicked their arms, making sure they were all shocked. Minutes later, they stopped moving. Yugi nodded at Akina, confirming they were all shocked. Akina folded each of their sleeved shirts and revealed their tattoo. It was shaped like a bowl with two whips, one on the left, and one on the right.
Yugi approached Akina. "Their rankings…they're all Servants!"
And with that Yugi and Akina heard an explosion from the hall. A few seconds later, even before Yugi and Akina could move; the explosion had reached them.
"Noooooooooo!" Yugi's face turned pale as the flames made contact with him. Akina shouted the same thing.
The aftermath was great; there was a huge cloud of smoke and a huge pile of debris everywhere. Yugi and Akina lay unconscious and a little burned. There was shrapnel on Yugi's head, a large one.
A/N: I hope you guys like this fanfic. Please stay tune to my next chapter, Chapter 3: Hell at Boston.
Here is a brief update about Yugi and Akina 'now'. (I want to inform you guys of the twenty-nine-year old Yugi Mutou and his eight-year-old daughter, Akina)
-Yugi Mutou is now five foot five while Akina was four foot nine.
-Yugi dyed his hair black ever since Pharaoh Atemu left him.
-Yugi got married at the age of twenty.
-Yugi's sorrow and anger deepened ever since his wife died. All his other emotions dispersed into thin air.
-The Koinonos hired both Yugi and Akina as 'The Agents'.
-Yugi stopped playing Duel Monsters when he reached college.
That's all you need to know… for now.
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