Chapter 2
They all waited silently in a cell. They said they had needed to keep them in there until said they could be let go. No one had spoken a word about the interviews or what they had said. Joey was looking up out the window that was blocked by bars; he could see the sunlight reflect off the metal of the bars, making a bright, sensation of sunlight. Serenity was curling up on the bench, her head resting on Joey's leg. She was scared beyond all reason; she didn't know what the police were planning to do next with them.
Tea was afraid as well, she paced back and forth in the cell as Tristan lay on the bed watching her with nothing more to do as Seto sat near the cell door, ready to be the first to get out when they came back. "Would you cut it out Tea? You're starting to annoy me." Tea stopped and glared at Tristan. "Well, SORRY. I'm only worried about being stuck in JAIL the rest of my life!"
"Your not going to jail Gardener, not as long as you said the right thing," Seto said, grinning when he saw that he was scaring Tea. "I wouldn't be talking Kaiba, your not gonna be going anywhere. You know you killed Yugi." Seto chuckled, "As if I would waste my time killing HIM, Wheeler, I have better things to do. More important people to kill." Joey stood up, clenching both his hands into fists. "Yugi was more of a man than you could ever be!"
"Oh really? Was that why he was so high on drugs and killed himself?" Tea's eyes widened, "Yugi was on drugs? But I thought"
"Don't listen to him Tea, he's trying to lie about what he did to Yugi!"
"But Joey"
"No buts, Kaiba killed him, end of story!"
"Is something going on in here?" they all jumped at the sound of another voice. They turned and saw a policeman at the entrance of the cell. "We're fine officer…" Tea said sadly. "Well, the county says that you all are free to go, but your going to be put under watch by the CIA until we get the evidence straight and put you all on trail."
"Trail!" Serenity yelped, standing up immediately. "But we didn't DO anything!" Serenity yelled, Joey looked at her and signaled her to be silent. "Your being trailed as witnesses for the crime that has been committed."
"My brother, what about Mokuba?" Seto eagerly asked, wanting him to get to the point. "Kaiba, Mokuba, right? Right this way sir" he said, leading Seto down the hall. Serenity watched as they both turned a corner and disappeared, she turned to Joey. "What are we gonna do now big brother?"
"Do we just go home?" Tristan asked. "I think we should, we had a long night, we need to be in a calm environment," Joey said, turning to go to the exit. "Uh… wait. Joey?" Joey stopped and turned around to face his sister, "Yeah Serenity?"
"Could we stay at Tristan's house… I don't… I don't wanna see Dad." She looked down. Joey stared at her with a serious face, he knew his father would probably be drunk and angry when they both came home after being gone nearly a whole day. Joey turned to Tristan, "Is that ok with you?" Tristan simply nodded. Serenity looked up as Joey, wrapped an arm around Serenity. "Don't worry Sis, you're gonna be ok." She smiled.
-Seto-
Seto walked swiftly and fast, all he could think about was Mokuba. He need to get to him fast. He needed to know he was alright. The way he had looked last night, it kept him worrying all the time they were apart. Finally the officer had stopped at a door. "I'll go get him, you stay here."
"I'll just come with you."
"I'd rather you stay" and without another word, he opened the door and closed, leaving Seto outside alone. Seto was ticked off at this, he could get all of these people fired in 2 seconds, he wasn't going to let this moron make him wait. Just as he was about to kick down the door, the knob turned and the door opened. The officer came out with Mokuba by his side, he held a strong hand on Mokuba's shoulder. He slowly let him go, "There you go little buddy, your brother is here to see you."
Mokuba looked tired and very pale, his face looked of sadness and depression. Before Seto could say anything, Mokuba walked over hugging him. Seto could feel Mokuba grip onto his trench coat, pressing his head against Seto's chest lightly. Seto slowly put his arm around Mokuba and hugged him. "Mokuba… are you alright?"
"He can't speak" Seto's eyes shot up. "What?"
"Well, he won't speak. Mokuba suffered from a lot of trauma, and since then hasn't spoken a word since the murder. We tried everything to help him, but there's just nothing we can do."
"He'll speak again, right? This is just a phase?" Seto asked, kneeling down and bringing his brother into a tighter hug. He then looked up at the officer when he didn't answer. "Well?"
"They said they don't know. It might take a day, or a week, or even a year. Trauma could last him his whole life." Seto was silent, staring down at the mass of black hair on his brother's head. "I'm willing to wait. I'll be leaving now."
"Don't think this'll be the last. This case hasn't been closed yet and we still have to put you on trail." the police officer advised. Seto merely rolled his eyes and had already begun to leave with Mokuba by his side. The police officer shook his head, "Son of a bitch."
-Seto-
When Seto got in the car, Mokuba sat beside him and immediately looked out the window blankly. "Mokuba… can you really not speak? Or are you trying to protect me?" Mokuba looked over and up at his brother with desperate eyes. Mokuba merely shook his head. "I see…" Seto said, it felt so different talking to Mokuba when, well, he couldn't say something back. "That whole Yugi murder really did a number on you, huh?" Seto said, looking down at his younger brother again. Flashes of images from Yugi's murder, the blood all over him, Yugi's eyes going completely white. They all ran through his head like a movie replaying over and over again. It brought tears to his eyes as he nodded sadly.
Seto put his arm around Mokuba's neck and pulled him into a tight hug. He was gonna make sure Mokuba was going to make it through this, with his older brother by his side at all times.
-Crime Lab-
Grisome was looking over the body carefully, mostly at the head and the formation of where the bullet had hit. Bill ran into the room. "I got some prints on the gun"
"Good, and who do these prints belong to?"
"Well, there were 2 sets of prints. One of Kaiba's and one of Yugi's. So what's it mean?"
"They might be telling the same stories."
"But Joey said that Kaiba had pulled a gun on Yugi. Kaiba had said that he had given his gun to Yugi for protection of his brother."
"But if you look at the bullet mark, it shows that Yugi was shot in the middle of his forehead. If people are planning to commit suicide by using a gun, they usually put it to the side of their head."
"So what are you proposing?" Grisome paused for a moment, thinking. "Maybe there had been a struggle between Yugi and Kaiba?" Bill asked. "No, not possible. There weren't any bruises or scars on him. There couldn't have been a struggle."
"Then what then?" Bill asked. There was a long pause as Grisome was deep in thought. "Have we got anything on the Duke character?"
"Stacy says she's looking up his current location now and we'll be sending men over there shortly" Bill replied. "Good, good" Grisome said, looking once more at the body.
Grisome scratched his beard, "What of Kaiba's brother?"
"Suffering from trauma. He's not able to speak at the moment, we haven't gotten anything out of him."
"And knowing Kaiba he probably won't." Grisome said. Bill looked at him, "Are you saying that he could be covering up his tracks?"
"Well, part of it. In a case like this, when a child is part of a murder, usually their parent or guardian will be very protective of them, not wanting them to be influenced or afraid. But Mokuba could just be using this as an excuse to protect his older sibling. I mean, Kaiba is all he's got, so why would he want to talk if Kaiba was the one he would lose?"
-Tea-
Tea unlocked the door to her house and opened it. It had seemed like it had been forever since she was last there, but in reality it had only been a night. Tea walked on in, "Mom! Dad! I'm home!" She called out as she dropped her purse on the couch. She looked around, no one was home. She shrugged, she guessed that she would just have to hang out by herself for a while.
She remembered all that had happened, a chill went down her spine as she realize just how alone she was. She wrapped her arms around herself as she decided to fold some laundry knowing that would calm her down. That usually always did.
She took off her jacket and went into the laundry room, taking up some newly washed clothes and beginning to fold them. She smiled, beginning to feel much better and comfortable folding clothes like she usually did, like none of the events from the night before had ever happened. She went on merrily folding clothes, beginning to hum to herself, not noticing the door creek open as a dark figure slipped into the house.
Tea began to sing along to the sing she was singing, doing some twists and turns as she began to put the clothes away. The darkened figure went into the kitchen, swiftly grabbing a butcher knife and slipping into the laundry room. Just as Tea turned to put the last shirt away, a knife lunged into her neck, killing her instantly, with the murderer gone by the time she hit the floor.
-Joey-
"She's what!" Joey yelled, as the police had informed him of Tea's murder. Serenity was already crying her eyes out, Tristan was hugging her patting her back as she cried into his chest. "We have no idea who it could have been, but whoever it was must've knew Tea and where she lived."
"Damnit… how could you let this happen?" Joey yelled. "We're sorry, we least expected this to happen." Joey shook his head, looking at the ground. Then he looked up as a thought ran through his mind. "What about Kaiba?"
"Excuse me?"
"Kaiba could've done this. He knows where all of us live, I bet he killed her to cover up his tracks!"
"We have no evidence of that whatsoever."
"Well, is he locked up? Or did you let that mad man who carries a gun loose?"
-Seto-
Seto watched Mokuba gorge down all the food that had been served to him. He must've been so hungry. He probably hadn't been eating when he was apart from Seto, Mokuba was very attached when it came to his older brother. Mokuba still continued to eat at the pace of a dog and his treat, Seto set a hand on Mokuba's back, "Slow down kid, you're gonna choke if you keep eating that fast." Mokuba looked up at his older brother, then swallowed the food in his mouth.
Mokuba pushed the plate away when he was finished, then let out a burp. Mokuba giggled. Seto smiled, Mokuba finally had some color in his face and he actually looked pretty happy. Seto grinned, as he poked his brother in the stomach. Mokuba laughed, then got up and poked him. Soon they were tickle fighting each other, with Mokuba laughing the hardest. Seto laughed as well as Mokuba. There was a loud knock on the door. Both of them stopped laughing, Seto looked at Mokuba, and Mokuba looked at the door. There was another knock, one even louder.
Seto could feel Mokuba move closer to him. Seto picked Mokuba up and off his lap, and set him on the couch as he got up and opened the door. It was the police again. Mokuba was close behind him. "Can I help you?" Seto said coldly. They showed their badges saying, "Seto Kaiba, you are under arrest for the murder of Tea Gardener and Yugi Mouto."
So0o0o0o0o0, what do you guys think so far? Tea's dead, Seto's the suspect, and there's a mystery figure out to get them, how good could this get? Review!
