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:Chapter Eighteen and Marik's Sixth Answering Machine:
Tristan switched his glare alternatively between his phone, the phone number Espa had given him, and the general direction of Joey's apartment.
He decided to give the number a second try, in the event that the loopy looking number was actually an eight, not a three as he had previously thought. And the four a nine...and that seven a one...
Tristan was beginning to see the merits of having good handwriting.
So he dialed the er...corrected number...sort of corrected...and prayed.
Unfortunately for Tristan, the greater deities were asleep at the moment.
"Hello all you foolish mortals..." There was a pause. "Is it just me, or is that line getting a bit old? Damn that Bakura, wasting perfectly good lines on Tea Gardner, when it can apply more to other...less intelligent beings. For example, Tristan Taylor and Joey Wheeler."
Tristan made a noise that sounded very much like a strangled cat.
"But they wouldn't know what mortal is anyways. They know foolish, cause they define it, and there's that one incident where Kaiba took the time to define it for them...using small words...but I digress. Lemon drop, anyone? Wait, that was the evil villan from somewhere else. Or perhaps an evil villan disguised as a good guy...ah...good memories. But again, I digress. Whether you are a foolish mortal or Tristan and Joey, don't bother to leave a message. If you do, I only have more incentive to hunt you down. If you are Tristan or Joey, that means I will really want to hurt you...with wooden stakes (wait, that's vampires), knives, or other pointy objects. (I like pointy objects...) Ah...the reaper has a pretty scythe. But I digr...oh whatever. Goodbye, foolish mortals and Tristan and Joey."
O.oo.O
Tristan felt quite proud of himself. Finally,finally he had hit upon the ultimate good idea. Take that, Marik's answering machine.
Seto Kaiba, hacker extraordinaire,must have a way to uh...'access'...Serenity's number, right?
Ok...so maybe Kaiba didn't quite have the motivation necessary to help him on his epic quest of great proportions and would slam the phone down upon hearing the voice of a hated enemy (well, third hated...or friend of first and second hated, anyhow). Besides, if Tristan could keep him from hanging up, when had Kaiba ever not taken up the 'challenge' of baiting Joey?
Of course, the whole plan hinged on Kaiba actually answering the phone in the first place, but Tristan had a bad habit of overlooking small details.
He found Kaiba's numbers, chose one of the five listed, and prayed (again). And yet again, praying really wasn't doing him a whole lot of good.
The constant ringing he heard at the other end was REALLY getting quite annoying. The click followed by the sound of what was obviously the answering machine was getting quite old too.
What he heard though...
"Oh boy...Seto Kaiba, I am going to KILL you for this..." Tristan eyed his receiver. Perhaps it was time to get a new one, if he was hearing things? Could someone explain why TEA's voice came on KAIBA's answering machine?
"By the way, this song is copyrighted by...somebody..."
"We've been friends forever looking for the same thing
True love can be so hard to find
Maybe we've been looking in all the wrong places
'cause we keep coming back here every time
Talking to each other
Comparing our heartaches
Confessing the ways we long to be satisfied
Maybe there's something going on here
Maybe there's something here for you and me
We should be making love
Instead of wasting time with someone else
We should be making love instead of going home all by ourselves
Oh, now I've told you I want to be your lover
Why don't we discover where we go from here
I don't want no other
Do you feel it too everything we get together?
Telling our stories
Comparing our heartaches
Confessing the ways we long to be satisfied
Comparing our heartaches
Confessing the ways we long to be satisfied
Telling our stories
Comparing our heartaches
Confessing the ways we long to be satisfied
I know there's something going on here
You know it's so obvious to see
We should be making love
Instead of wasting time with someone else
We should be making love instead of going home all by ourselves"
By all means, it sounded as if Tea had finished singing. Tristan reflected on why Tea was intent on being a dancer, not a singer.
Tea also did not sound very happy, at least, not until a voice sounding suspiciously like Kaiba added, "That sounds like a good idea..."
There was the sound of giggling, and Tristan hung up quickly.
He looked at the receiver oddly. That didn't sound right. Poor Tristan's mind was a bit boggled.
What in the world?
Perhaps this was the time to contact Joey about their "deal". A more urgent matter had arisen, one that Joey would like to hear about- even if he would be Not Pleased.
:End Chapter Eighteen: