"Boss, the D-MONS have arrived with Joey Wheeler sir."

"Bring them in."

The D-MONS walked in and tossed Joey to the floor. Joey lay there, tied up and vulnerable. He'd kill them all if he got out of this.

"Good job boys. You will be paid in full," said the Head man.

"Sir, I think Wheeler needs to be properly introduced to all of us," said M.

"Be my guest," said the Head man.

M kneeled down and ripped the tape off of Joey's mouth. Then he yanked Wheeler to his feet and pushed him into a nearby chair. The D-MONS then removed their masks.

Joey gasped. It WAS his old gang, but why would they do this to him?

"Why in the hell are you guys working for him?" snarled Joey.

"Shut it J, you have no right to talk," said M slapping Joey hard across the face.

"Fuck you," growled Joey.

"How about you shut up and listen. There's some introducing to be done. We're the D-MONS, you probably remember us, your former gang. I'm M, short for Marcus," said M.

"I'm D which is short for Devon," said D.

"I'm S, name's Shane," said S.

"I'm N, for Nethren," said N.

"And I'm O, short for Otaris," said O.

"I know who ya are, ya nut bags. What I want to know is why you're doin' this?" said Joey.

"You abandoned us J, and Mr. Head man here offered to pay us for capturing you," said M.

"I see you took over as head of the gang Marcus. Always knew you were power hungry," said Joey.

"What part of don't talk didn't you understand?" asked M as he backhanded Joey as hard as he could.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" said the Head man, "and besides it's my turn to introduce myself to Wheeler."

Joey glared at the man behind the desk in the room. He seems familar, but I don't think he's one of the guys who raped me. Then again I could be wrong.

"My name is Trent McGarthy," said the Head man.

"YOU!" said Joey, eyes wide in horror. This man was his "uncle's" boss, this was the Head of everything Joey was "involved" in. This guy was the worst there could be. He didn't rape people, he abused them to within an inch of their lives. That's why I didn't remember him. I didn't see him a lot, but when I did I remember I wished that I was dead afterwards.

"Surprised?" said Trent, "Well no one cares. You've ruined a lot of my business Wheeler. Getting involved with Kaiba was the worst thing in the world that you could've done. So now you're going to pay for what you've done. D-MONS, leave...now."

The five boys left the room. They knew better than to disobey an order from this man. Bad things happened when you did.

A door opened into the padded cell that Kaiba was in and he looked up to see who was coming in. He raised an eyebrow when Bakura walked in.

"What the hell are you doing here?" asked Seto.

"Wanted to talk to you so I captured you," said Bakura, "Don't worry I'll release you when we're done."

"Because of you I can't help Wheeler," said Seto.

"I don't know what you're worried about," said Bakura, "He was at school and the only thing on his mind was you."

"He's in trouble you bastard, now let me out of here," growled Seto.

"When we're done talking, you won't care about him anymore," said Bakura.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean when you find out what he's really been doing behind your back, you'll wish you'd never seen him," said Bakura.

"What?"

"Joey's been cheating on you with Mai Valentine," said Bakura, "and I've been trying to tell you for the past week."

"You lie," snarled Seto.

"I can prove it," said Bakura as he threw a pack of pictures to Kaiba, "Take a look at those."

Seto glared at Bakura, but looked at the pictures anyways. His eyes widened as he saw pictures of Joey kissing Mai and doing other things... This can't be right...but the date on the pictures says they're from two weeks ago to last Friday. Joey...why?

"I told you," said Bakura.

"Why did you show me these?" asked Seto, he could feel himself on the verge of tears.

"Because I thought you'd like to know before he broke up with you for her," said Bakura.

"Are we done? I need to get home to my brother," said Seto, hate filling his once loving heart.

"You can leave. If you need anything, call me," said Bakura.

Seto stalked from the room. He couldn't believe Joey was cheating on him. Is that why he had the surprise? Was it hinting at a break up? Just one last good thing before I leave you? Seto used his pager to contact Mokuba, telling his little brother that he'd be home in an hour.

Mokuba rushed to the front door tackling his brother when he walked in. He was so happy Seto was safe.

"Seto, Joey and me were so worried about you, but now you're safe. But we have to help Joey, he's in trouble," said Mokuba frantically.

"He can get himself out of trouble," said Seto coldly as he walked past his brother towards the stairs.

"But Seto...he needs your help...why are you acting like you don't care?" asked Mokuba, confused.

"BECAUSE I DON'T CARE! I NEVER WANT TO SEE HIM AGAIN AND I NEVER WANT HIS NAME MENTIONED IN THIS HOUSE EVER AGAIN!" yelled Seto as he threw the pictures to the floor and stalked off towards his room.

Mokuba picked up the pictures. They were of Joey and Mai. But this can't be true. Joey loves Seto. I know he does. Whoever gave Seto these pictures is lying. I have to tell Yugi. Mokuba headed for the door, hot tears streaming his face. Someone was trying to hurt them all. He stopped and head back towards Seto's room. He'd get his brother to listen to him.

Seto looked up as Mokuba walked in, his eyes cold as ice.

"What do you want?" asked Seto.

"Seto you're not being fair to Joey. You don't even know if these pictures are real," said Mokuba.

"I said never to talk about him," snarled Seto.

"Have you even talked to Joey, Seto. Because if you haven't – "

"SHUT UP!" yelled Seto as he backhanded Mokuba, "I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!"

Mokuba glared at his brother coldly, tears streaming his face.

"I hate you," whispered Mokuba, then he fled from the room. He was going to Yugi's, at least Yugi would listen to him.

Seto stood there stunned. He felt like everything had just shattered. Oh god... I didn't...I hit him...god damn it!

Joey cried out as his body was slammed up against the wall once again, more of his ribs cracking. His clothing was soaked with blood from all the abuse. He wasn't sure he could take much more.

"Had enough yet Wheeler? Want to give in? Ready to work for me in place of your uncle? Or do I need to hurt you some more?" snarled Trent.

"I'll never give in, and I'll never work for you. You can kill me, for all I care," snarled Joey as he spit out a mouthful of blood.

Joey hit the floor and lay there motionless. He looked up at Trent and glared. He wouldn't let this man get away with this.

"I'm going to let you go," said Trent, "But you had better come back here tomorrow at three sharp. Otherwise I might hurt a friend of your's. I believe his name is Mokuba Kaiba."

"You leave him out of this," growled Joey.

"Then I suggest you show up here tomorrow," said Trent as he untied Joey's wrists and ankles.

"Only if you promise to leave Mokuba and Seto out of this," said Joey.

"I promise, but only if you show up," said Trent.

"You have a deal then," said Joey as he got weakly to his feet.

"Good day Mr. Wheeler, see you tomorrow."

Joey left without a word. He was bloody, bruised, in pain, and he just wanted to see Seto. He managed to find his way out of Trent's office building and headed to what he believed to be his home.

"Mokuba, calm down," said Yami as he comforted the small boy.

"Something's wrong, I just know it," sobbed Mokuba, "First Seto disappears, then Joey's in trouble, Seto comes home saying he never wants to see or hear of Joey again. And he hit me. Seto's never hit me before."

"Mokuba what do you mean by Joey's in trouble and Seto 'hates' him?" asked Yami.

"Joey went to work after he picked me up, but I guess something happened on the way there because he paged me, saying he was in trouble. Then Seto came home and said he hated Joey and he had pictures of Joey supposedly cheating on him with Mai," said Mokuba.

"Do you think Joey would do that?" asked Yami.

"No, Joey loves Seto more than anything in the world. I don't think the pictures are real. I think they're fake and I think whoever gave them to Seto has something to do with Joey being in trouble."

"Well how about you stay here tonight and we'll figure this all out in the morning," said Yami.

"Okay," sniffed Mokuba.

Joey walked up to the front door of Kaiba Manor and went to open it. The door was locked, that wasn't normal. Usually it was open because Joey still didn't have a set of keys yet. He rang the door bell, maybe Mokuba had locked the door just in case. He looked up as the door opened and he came face to face with Seto.

"Seto, you're back," said Joey shocked, "Where've you been, Mokuba and I were worried."

"Shut it Dog," snarled Seto, "Get away from my house. You're not welcome here."

Joey stood there stunned. What the hell! This isn't the Seto I know.

"Seto, what's gotten into you?" asked Joey confused.

"I said leave Dog, go back home where you belong," said Seto coldly.

"Seto," started Joey, until the brunette pushed him down the steps.

"Leave before I call security," said Seto and with that he slammed the door shut.

"Seto..." whispered Joey, tears streaming down his face, "What did I do?"