GUILT & THE RESCUE

Seeing him in the arms of the one who he tried to keep away from, Jesse barely was able to see him, to see the brunette unconscious in the arms of Giese Trapper he wanted to avoid that. But now it has begun there was only one way to get him back safe and sound...

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"Jesse, Jesse!" a voice was calling to the one who was laying on the pavement floor.

"Sarge, can you hear us?"

By hearing the voices, Jesse took the time to opened his eyes as he saw two faces who were somewhat fimiliar to him. Still in pain from before, he managed to ge himself up but slowly.

"Easy there, mate." a Australian voice suggested. "Don't push yourself."

Regaining his sight back, the bluenette glanced around. He leaned his head against his palm feeling the dizziness still going through.

"Hassleberry? Jim?" he asked unsure.

Jim gave a slight nod, even though Jesse wasn't looking at him, his hand held Jesse's back for support.

"Everything is alright, Jes. We got you." Jim assured the bluenette.

But then something hit Jesse. His eyes widen by the thought of it. It wasn't alright. Jesse's hand gripped. It was his fault. He was gone.

Just by having that moment in his mind, Jesse clutched his hands against his face, in frustration, as he were to let lose streams of tears coming down.

"No, its not, Jim." Jesse mumbled. Both Jim and Hassleberry looked at him with a confused look. But then glanced at each other seeing how neither of them knew what he'd meant by that.

"What do ya mean, Jesse?' Hassleberry asked.

Then something caught Jim's attention by it. As he looked around the abandoned warehouse, he noticed that it was only Jesse who was in.

Reliazing, by now of what those words had meant Jim was hesitanting on asking, but he knew he had too.

"Jesse, where's Jaden?" hearing it, Hassleberry looked at Jim. Jim's eyes squinted. "Jesse!" his voice gave out more of a shout that time.

Knowing that he could not answer the Obelisk didn't. All he gave was a shook from his head. He just sat there along with the other two, as Jesse's mind began to suffer by the thought of it.

"I told him..." he started to explain. "I told him not to come. I told him to stay away from the building, but he didn't listened."

"Sarge." whispered Hassleberry.

Not moving for seemed like forever, but only a moment, the three of them sat there as they thought of the possible idea of it. That Jaden was kidnapped by Giese Trapper. After getting his head straight, Jesse explained to them of the rest of the details behind his sudden of action and how they met Trapper and as well as how he got hold of Jaden.

Now with only to realise it, Jesse wanted to know of how they founded him. Neither both he or Jaden had told anyone about their whereabouts.

"How did you guys find us?" Jesse asked. "We didn't told anyone about it."

Jim looked up. "Syrus did. Well, more to say was that he told us that Jaden went looking for you and that he didn't see him afterwards. So we figured something might have happened. Then it was only matter of tracking you through the PDA."

"Oh. I see." the bluenette muttered.

Pounding into the floor, with anger, Hassleberry couldn't stand it. Both Jim and Jesse looked at him.

"So, what are we doing to do now?" he asked. "This Trapper guy has Jaden, right? What does he want?"

Jesse narrowed his eyes. As he squeezed his arms, while having both of them on top of his legs, as he was transforming into a ball.

"Jesse, you know, don't you?" Jim asked.

Hassleberry glanced at him as Jesse gave a slight nod. "Its because of me. It's because of the Cyrstal Beasts cards that are in my deck."

"Are you saying that he's using the Sarge as a bribe?" Hassleberry questioned.

"Unforchantly, Yes. Trapper has been eyeing them for the longest time I've known. Since when I first got them, I suppose."

Now that he thinks about it, back then, Jesse had felt as if from a long away distances, that a pair of cold stale eyes were watching him as soon as he got his hands on the cards. He thought it was only his imagination playing tricks on him. But knowing now he should have seen it coming.

"No matter how many times, I've warned Jaden about it, he insisted on coming and helping me. Things were arlight until now."

"Where would the Trapper be at now?" Jim asked.

Jesse glanced at him, as he shook his head. " I don't know. Its hard to say, since he's on the most wanted criminal list, he doesn't stay in one place. Once he finds a prey that he likes, he sticks too it until he catches it. From what I heard of the rumors, only four out of five of his victims, has managed to escape. But I hear that the victim is in his worst shape then before when he met Trapper."

"What do you man by worst, Sarge?" The bluenette took a moment to think. By the thought of it, he didn't want too, because of Jaden.

"Jesse, we know this is hard on you, but we need to know in order to get Jaden back." Jim reminded him.

Jesse's eye glanced at him. "I know, Jim. But its hard to say. Knowing Trapper, he wants to duel me for my cards. That's probably why he took him. And its one more reason to get him back." his hand gripped tighter onto his sleeve.

Jim gave out a sigh. Seeing how this wasn't going to be easy. The Obelisk stood up. As he had his back towards the both of them.

"I'm going." he muttered.

"And we're coming with you." Hassleberry added on.

By that respone, Jesse flashed his eyes back at them. It was wth the situation with Jaden all over again. He knew that their intentions were good, but then again...

"No! I already got Jaden involved enough in this and if you two were to come along and-"

"You should realize by now, that we won't turn down your offer, mate." Jim said as he smiled and placed a hand onto Jesse's shoulder. "Jaden's bad habits has gotten a hold on to us now. We can't turn a blind eye to this, Jesse."

"That's right. We owe the Sarge anyways for the times of when he helped us out." Hassleberry reminded him.

Jesse was about to say something, when he thought back. To the time of when, before Jaden was taken, that he stood into the eyes of his enemy and he frozed on the spot. Remembering that, instead of saying something, he just smiled.

"Thank you." he muttered.

"Of course, what are friends for?" Jim asked.

The bluenette nodded his head to agree. As the rescue team was ready, it was only matter of time before they got to Jaden. Hopefully it wasn't too late.