Here is chapter 6, which will possibly be the last update on this story for a while...unless I get some reviews!
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From Chapter 5:
The rest of the pages had been torn from the folder. Serenity blinked back tears. She nodded. "Let's hurry!" She declared, running down the hall. The others quickly joined in her search.
Children of the Orichalcos
Chapter 6: Lost, Found, and the Return of the Shadows
The group found the room fairly easily. Serenity held her breath as Kaiba pushed open the door. Inside they saw an empty bed. Serenity collapsed to her knees, sobbing. Kaiba scowled, punching the wall in anger. "Damit! Whoever is doing this will pay!" He shouted, his voice echoing down the empty hallways. Valon walked forward in a daze and sat down on the bed. He blinked back tears. Mai looked up, a spark of new determination burning in her eyes. "No! We aren't just going to give up!" She told them sternly. "Maybe the person behind the disappearances is still around here somewhere." Zane suggested. Kaiba smiled, nodding to the brunet teenager. "Yes, we're not going to rest until someone pays for what they did to our family!" Kaiba declared. "Let's go. We have to find Joey before it's too late." He told them, leaving no room for argument.
"We should split up into two groups." Kaiba told the others. Serenity frowned. "We have to stay together!" She told him. Mai laid a hand on her shoulder. "I know how you feel Serenity, but if we are going to do something we have to do it fast. Splitting up would cut our time in half." The blond woman told her. Serenity nodded reluctantly. At an intersecting hallway, the group split. Kaiba, Mokuba, Serenity and Valon went one way; and Mai, Kyris, Zane, and Raiyu went another.
Seto Kaiba glared at the Australian brunet. "I'm only bringing you along because I want to keep an eye on you, got that?" He asked coldly. Valon glared back, but nodded in understanding. Serenity sighed. She wished the two could just get along, but didn't voice her opinion.
Valon stopped when he felt the tug of something familiar on his heart. He glanced along the hallway. A single room called out to him. Valon walked over to the door and slowly eased it open. Nothing but darkness greeted him. Cautiously, he took a few steps into the room. Valon stopped and looked around. This room was empty too. He frowned. The brunet was sure that he had felt something. Valon's eyes widened when a hand clamped over his mouth. "Relax, it's just me." A soft, semi familiar voice told him. Once he had been released, Valon turned to look at his captor. A blond boy who looked to be in his teens with piercing amber eyes stared back at him. Valon gasped. The blond grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the room. "Come on, it isn't safe here." He told the confused brunet.
Kaiba glanced around. He growled. "Where did that punk run off to?" He said angrily. Serenity gasped when she saw the two boys approaching them. "Seto, Mokuba look!" She exclaimed happily. The brother's turned in the direction she was pointing. Kaiba's jaw dropped. "J-Joey! How did you…" He trailed off as the shock overcame him. Serenity ran to her brother and hugged him tightly. "Oh Joey! We were so worried about you!" She told him. Joey smiled weakly and hugged her back. "Geeze sis, you got old!" He told her jokingly. She frowned and looked him over. Serenity sighed. "Darn, that makes me an older sister then, doesn't it?" She asked in the same joyous tone. The blond smiled back at her. "Let's get out of here." Joey told them, becoming serious once more. Mokuba blinked. "Good idea…but we have to find the others first." The black haired boy told them. Joey frowned. "Others?" He asked in concern. Kaiba nodded. "Yeah Mai and the boys are here too, we had to split up a while ago." Joey growled. "Damit, Seto! We have to find them!" He declared. Valon gulped. His sinking feeling was returning.
Mai rounded another corner, the three boys trailing behind her. She shivered, suddenly feeling exposed. "Stay close you guys!" She told them instinctively. Zane looked around. "Everything looks the same here." He commented. Kyris nodded. The blond boy's eyes widened when he noticed something. "Mai, where are we? The doors here don't have any numbers!" He told her frantically. She stopped and looked around. He was right. They were walking down a long hallway with two rows of unmarked doors. The halls stretched as far as the eye could see in both directions. Her eyes widened. "But…that can't be! We just turned a corner a moment ago…" She told them. Mai gulped and looked around fearfully. The stale air suddenly seemed colder and shadows seemed to creep out from beneath the closed doors. Her eyes widened. "I…I know this feeling! This is all an illusion! We've wandered into the shadow realm…" She told them numbly, tears welling up in her eyes as she remembered he last encounter with the place. Mai sank down to the cold hard floor, landing on her knees. "…Someone help us…" She begged desperately.
JouVal-Yaoi-Fanatik: Poor Mai...is anyone going to save her and the boys? Maybe...
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