Serenity awoke at eight the next morning, Kaiba nowhere to be found.

'Surprise, surprise.' She thought bitterly has she got up and walked towards the bay window overlooking the gardens in the back part of the property, Kaiba's robe wrapped tightly around her.

"Good Morning, Serenity." Long arms wrapped around her waist sending shivers up her spine.

"You're still here." She smiled slightly and leaned into his hold. "Of course, did you think I'd leave?" He whispered in her ear licking the shell.

"Well-"

"Seto I think you should come and see this, now." Mokuba's voice interrupted through the intercom sounding slightly frantic.

He immediately detached himself and pulled a black shirt out of his closet. "Come on." He walked out of the door pulling her with him.

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"Rebecca? What's going on?" Seto asked as soon as he entered the research room.

"They got a hit on the tracker last night, they found the necklace and a note but no Konic. Mokuba has been tracing the note but nothing has come up." She said not turning from the read outs she had been searching through when they entered.

"What did the note say?" Serenity asked while Kaiba walked over to Mokuba.

"Have 60,000,000,000 American dollars here by three tomorrow or the girl dies. They left the necklace and a lock of brown hair. We've compared the DNA to yours and Seto's and we're still waiting on the results." She said finally looking up, and raised and eyebrow at Serenity who was still in Seto's robe.

"Not even going to ask." She stated turning back to the results.

"Serenity!" Seto called signaling her over to him.

"Seto I don't know what going on but we can't find anything in the data base." She heard from Mokuba has she approached.

"Serenity, is this anyone you knows hand writing?" Seto asked handing her the paper the note was written on. She looked slightly confused as she took the paper from Kaiba.

"Oh my God." She looked in horror when she saw the writing. "Oh no, please. God, no, please God no." She collapsed to her knees, the note falling to the floor in front of her.

"Serenity, Serenity who is it?" Kaiba knelt next to her and put a hand on her back.

She looked up in horror, tears in her eyes. "I-it's Richard." She whispered.

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'Where am I?' Konic woke up in a dark empty room with stone walls.

"Uuggh." She groaned as she tried to rub her eyes only to realize she was chained to the wall.

"What the Hell?" She pulled again and again only to have the same results. She looked at her right wrist and examined the lock; it was old and rusty with iron hinges.

Her eyes squinted with effort as she lifted her hip to her hand and reached into her right pocket. Taped there was her lock-pick.

"Yes!" She whispered and stretched her right hand to her left wrist behind her back.

"Come on, come on, got it." The lock fell to the floor and broke in half at the hinges.

She picked the lock on her right wrist and stood carefully. Feeling along the wall and crouching at every small sound, she walked toward the only light source in the room. Only to find it was a door and the other side was occupied.

"I still don't feel right about this." It was the same red haired girl from the plane talking to the same blonde man and another person that Konic couldn't see.

"Then it's a good thing I don't give a shit about what you feel, isn't it?" The third person said.

"Sir, I didn't-" She tried to speak.

"No, lets get one thing straight you're expendable, and I don't suggest making me prove my point."

"Now see here-" The blonde rose but was instantly shot in the head by a silent bullet throwing him against the wall. "DEON!" The redhead screeched running towards him. Another silent shot to her left leg sent her violently to her knees.

"I warned you not to push me Gina." The voice had only started to sound familiar when the man entered the doorway view, and shot her in the head.

"Oh shit Richard!" Was out of Konic's mouth before she could stop it. She fell back has his head snapped towards the doorway. Jumping up and running toward the place where she woke up in the first place, she tried to place the chains around her wrist and fake sleep.

The door opened just as she settled the broken shackles around her left wrist and fell back against the wall. Richard walked forward and knelt in front of her.

"Nice try, girly." He said as her eyes snapped open. "But sadly not good enough." And she felt the prick in her arm again. "Sweet dreams."

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"What?" Seto looked shocked for about two seconds before he was barking orders. "Mokuba! Get into contact with the safe house! I want this entire country on lock-down if that's want it takes! We WILL find her! Move!" He dragged her up and pulled her to the door with him. "Rebecca, I want the time that note was written, where and what brand of pen it was written in am I clear?" He said slightly more gently, but not much.

Once in the hall, he turned Serenity to him and held her. "Oh my God Seto, this is all my fault! I'm a horrible mother! I never should have left you, or Japan I'm So STUPID!" She was hitting him in the process of screaming.

"Serenity I'm the stupid one. I was the ass, I fucked up, and this is NOT your fault okay it's not! Now calm down!" He crushed her to him in a hug muttering comforting sounds as she continued to sob uncontrollably.

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A/N: WOW. This was so quick it's sort of scary.