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Hope you like the chapter, thought the length of it (and future chapters) will be a bit shorter than normal since I want to get them out quicker so the story will be wrapped up and I can move on to my other works. Thanks again guys, and do R&R!

You know what I own and what I don't, though must point out new character in this chapter is not mine either, he is a guest author taking a role in the story, hope you like this DJ!

Enough of me, on with the chapter! Though I suck at action, which I apologise for.

Chapter 16: Hectic Rescue

The silence echoed along the empty streets, causing everyone to be more and more unsettled. The group of teens knew the sensible action was to turn and run inside, but there meaning in the madness, which was more than what could be said for the actions of the thugs who had only just stopped destroying the black limousine.

Though things had gone quiet, shaky breathing came from the terrified victims in the back of the car, anticipation hanging thick in the air. The threesome stood strong despite casual glances towards the battered vehicle, then back to the cool flaring eyes of the two bikers.

They growled like large beastly guard dogs, snarling and spitting hatefully at the group. The elder of the two started teasingly flick a knife in and out it's sheath, while the other twitched on some obvious narcotic effect, while gripping the chain he held even tighter. Sneering in amusement, they waited for the little fools in front of them to be stupid enough to make a move.

"Okay you two, enough is enough, why don't you back off! Unless you want to end up in a world of hurt, courtesy of yours truly!" Joey proclaimed in triumph, while the other two were a little unsure if it was a good idea to wind the two punks up.

"Joey, our priority is getting the people inside that car out in one piece, not picking a fight with these guys." Yugi muttered in hesitation.

"I know Yug, it's a distraction, we can handle them, right?" the blonde whispered, while nodding his head toward the young woman next to them. "Kitty can pull em out and get em inside, no problem."

Biting her lip at first, the girl smiled lightly in agreement, deciding it was the best plan they had, though how Joey came up with it was a mystery in itself. However, before she got the chance to side step and move towards the limousine, she felt a hand in hers. Looking over she sighed in seeing her dear boyfriend squeezing her palm tightly in his own in a desperate plea.

"Promise you'll be okay."

"Is that concern from you, great King of Games, for little old me?" she joked lightly in order to light the tension.

"Just promise, yell if you need help, besides…a King can't last one day ruling without his Queen rolling her eyes and smacking him over the head." he chortled, his arm now around her in a quick hug before she had to put the plan into action. "So?"

Warm soft lips covered his own, as hazel and amethyst eyes slid shut for a brief moment. As they separated, there was the constant tingling feeling between the pair while their noses nuzzled each other briefly, such tenderness the mark of pure and perfect love.

"What do you think?" Kitty teased before moving away and in turn creeping towards the distraught vehicle. Meanwhile, Yugi turned to face his own foes; Joey beside him, prepared to avoid their companion getting caught at all cost in her rescue mission. Despite this, the smaller of the two males was weary; why were they just standing there not doing anything? He just prayed they hadn't noticed his Kitten slip of behind them.

"Ok tough guys, let's see what you got!" Joey yelled in a mocking tone, bearing his fists, though the two bikers didn't seem to paying attention at all, not so much a mutter between them.

"Something's wrong… we best be careful Joey…"

"Come on Yug, they're just scared speechless, a good thing for us. Anyway, don't you wanna get torn into them, these are the creeps who've been messing with Kitty for so much of her life."

'To be truthful, I couldn't care less about them. These two are just dim lackeys who have no real force or power. I want the one who's responsible for making my beautiful Kitten's life a living nightmare from the start, the one who's tormented her day and night for so many years, who she still fears even now…I want Drake!' Yugi cursed inside his hear, swearing to himself when they came face to face, it would be just him and the Death Rider leader, one on one, and he would avenge the cruelty that beast had given to his beloved.

It was only when the youth returned to reality he noticed the change in the brutes before him, their cold steel coloured eyes were fixed on him, bearing their teeth in vicious malice.

"You can tell your friend there we ain't interested in tussling with him, not worth the effort, we are busy guys and wouldn't want to waste our time." the muscled man sniggered, continuously running his finger on the cold metal in this grasp.

"Then what do you want?"

"You runt! Just you!" the other almost squealed, close to foaming at the mouth though his pointed tongue licked his lips dry; it was enough to make anyone sick.

"That's right, you're the one who took out dear poor little Razor" the first one said in mock weeping, though he did seem extremely agitated about the entire matter.

"You tell em Switch! You mess with family runt!"

"Ok…that one obviously needs to stay away from the medicine cabinet." Joey muttered as he backed up slightly from the hyper and quite maniacal thug. "But what are you talking about?"

"We're saying no one interferes with our family and gets away with it!" the man growled, the knife now seemingly having no intention of slipping back into the sheath, unless of course it had the chance to draw blood.

The blonde looked in utter confusion, brown orbs blinking uncertainly. Glancing at his best friend, he saw something unusual in the normally happy and carefree eyes. The loving amethyst gems where now hard and born in a determined stare at the two primal punks.

"Razor…you're related to him." It was more of a statement than a question, and it received a smirk from the vicious pair in front of him.

"You got it runt! You got it! You bad; killed our brother! Killed Brother!" the high pitched man squeaked in an overly exaggerated tone, grey eyes wide and maddening.

"My dear sibling is right, you did kill one of the Suicide Brothers, we're really close. Razor was the baby; we always looked out for him. You're smarter than I though pipsqueak, you figured us out." The tone of the beast's voice lowered as he kept fingering the stainless steel. Though he was surprised to see Yugi chuckle at him somewhat.

"It wasn't hard, since you two are as ugly as he is, or at least he was." he stated firmly, glare never wavering, but now the brute looked really mad.

"Well," he snarled as he and his brother straightened, now staring with pure venom at our hero. " Now you face the wrath of Switch Blade," he spoke brandishing his own blade before nodding at the crazed man beside him. "And Overdose."

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With a fleeting glance, Kitty fixed her silver framed glasses, taking a last hopeful look at her boyfriend before finally sliding down next to the beaten door to the back of chauffeured limousine. The large chunk of metal was about to fall of the hinges anyway, but she had to pry it off slowly, just in case the creaking alerted the gangsters facing up to the boys. Gently, it soon swung open, and she peered inside.

At first the compartment seemed empty, until a shudder came from the far corner in the extra seats at the other side. Wedged at the back under the broken sunroof, light poured through the gaping hold to show several people curled close together. One suddenly lifted their head up at the intrusion, only for his purple-grey eyes to light up a bit.

"Kitty! It's you, we…"

"Sshh, Mokuba, you have to be quiet. You have to get out of here before those guys figure out what's going on." she whispered to the teenager, who was slowly crawling over a little towards her. In the light Kitty could see some flakes of plastic in his hair from the roof being bashed in, a bruise from obviously hitting his arm against the door during when the car swerved, and a small cut on his cheek.

"What's going on anyway? Are we outside the Game Shop, we didn't get a chance to take in the scenery as you may have guessed." he moaned, rubbing his sore arm.

"Yeah, if we can you in the store you'll be safe. But better be quick, I don't think Yugi ad Joey can stall dumb and dumber for too long."

Rasping a little, Mokuba shook his head in a way of understanding, but glanced behind him, the pause catching the girl's attention. Curious, she squinted a little into the dark corner, wondering what she was looking for, when a small amount of movement caught her eye. Someone else was in there, as three figures stood silhouetted clearly amongst the wreckage littering the cars interior.

"Mokuba, who…" she questioned before incoherent trembling words in a language she couldn't understand babbled softly from one of the shapes, and as it shifted, she saw a cute little girl cuddled fearfully against a larger form. She didn't have time to examine the small creature, as she remembered they had very little time on their hands.

Taking a brief moment to check the activities outside, everything was still clear, but they had to move quickly, or risk getting caught. In that, she ushered Mokuba out of the car, as the little girl, and another small shadow which showed to be a young boy watched in fright, but also some hope in their somewhat exotic features. Meanwhile the larger figure watched them still uncertain.

Quietly, the teenage boy turned once he was out to look at the remaining people inside the damaged car. He waved the children towards him, who hesitantly turned to look at the other older form. More whispers in a foreign tongue coaxed them into the daylight, as they were hushed by Mokuba to be quiet. Kitty thought it best to ask questions later and looked at the other person huddled in the beaten hunk of metal that was once a vehicle.

"Here," she shushed, leaning in a little to stretch her arm out. "Take my hand, I'll pull you out. We have to move or those creeps are going to figure out what's going on. Come on, it's okay."

In this act Kitty got a closer look at the figure, seeing it to be a young woman, around her own age. Not much else registered to her about looks at the moment; only the fear in the large crystalline coloured eyes, something she knew about all too well.

"Come on Melisanne, we have to get out of here." Mokuba whispered frantically, while holding the younger kids close in protection.

"Okay…watch Jun and Zi Mokuba, I'm coming." She woman uttered while sliding along carefully as not to make the groaning metal creak underneath her weight.

Kitty smiled gently, though this girl was obviously scared, she held a sense of responsibility to the children with her, her siblings no doubt. It was quite admirable; it showed a sense of courage that she herself had to bring out everyday in her old life. Like now it was not optional, but a matter of survival. What she was doing in the Kaiba limo was a good question, but it would have to be asked when they were not in danger of being sliced to pieces by a maniac with a knife and a lunatic on a drug high.

She was about to touch the trapped girls hand to yank her out of the wrecked car through the busted frame, when the door on the opposite site door ripped open, burning light pouring in as the jagged remains of metal and glass crashed on the pavement. Before anyone had time to react, Melisanne was pulled away from Kitty's reach. The kids all ducked down near the back tyres to hide, while the auburn haired girl had to rush round the opposite side in horror, whilst indicating for the three youths to lay low and keep quiet.

Yugi and Joey was standing in astonishment, the brute had shred the door off the car like tearing a sheet of paper from a notebook! No effort at all! Overdose had strength even if he didn't possess sanity, as he juggled the metal in one hand till it smashed on the ground, his other holding Melisanne above the sidewalk by her wrist. Sadly he must have also had good hearing to suddenly turn in the middle of his brothers rant about revenge, just when they were about to fight, and shred the door off it's hinges, assuming something was going on from soft noises inside the car. By the look on her face she was in pain, but too weak and tired to struggle out of the grasp.

"Put her down you oversized chimp! She's done nothing to you!" Kitty screamed suddenly in rage, and would have stormed over if her boyfriend had not held her back with his arms around her waist for her own safety.

"Heh, looks like you still have a lot of moxy eh Kitty Kat, Drake will be pleased…" Switch Blade never said more for he was rewarded with a sudden kick in the stomach by Yugi, who was burning in rage.

"Message for your boss: he lays one hand on her and I swear he won't live long enough to laugh about it!" he growled, only calming as his sweetheart, ran her fingers through his hair, muttering how they weren't worth it, as he leaned into her touch.

Overdose was in an angered hype now, rattling incoherent words while swinging Melisanne in his movement. In a rage, he growled and screamed, only silencing when his wild eyes flickered to the back bumper of the vehicle stranded at the roadside; he had seen movement.

This was obviously taken seriously by his brother, who in his struggle to get up, smirked in the general direction before looking smug at the three teens.

"Since you all think you're so great, let's see you try and stop me from having fun with those pipsqueaks hiding back there."

He swayed in the direction, drawing closer and closer, his breath heaving. The others were distraught, hearing the light whimpers from the children as the thug came closer. This was it they had to act now as he bent down grab them by the scruff of their necks…

SLASH

A strangled cry tore from Switch Blades throat and he tumbled backwards clutching his face in agony. In the opportunity, the three kids ran from their hiding spot to the elders, Joey meeting them halfway before hurriedly pushing them inside the shop for safety.

Looking back in wonder, they saw a figure glaring at the thug from behind the limousine wreck, his fingers of his right hand stretched out, like he was brandishing a set of claws. Sure enough, when the beats lowered his hand, deep scarlet scratch marks had tore through his skin.

The figure smirked, gave a clear friendly nod to the three and tossed a small slip of paper to them, before he decided to run behind the open houses in the street and vanish from view. Seeing Switch Blade still clearly in a state of outrage, Joey took the chance to punch him hard on the chin. The brute fell to the ground; not moving at all as the knife fell from his hand.

Everything seemed to have gone silent again, up until Yugi clutched the puzzle close to his chest, letting it glow lightly as the same shadows he and Yami used before devoured the older Suicide Brother as he disappeared completely.

"Fitting he and Razor should face the same fate." he muttered, turning to cuddle his Kitten close after the sudden terror, Joey sighing in relief, only to glance around…

"Let go of me!"

They turned to see Overdose once again in a mad spurt; taking the chain and proceeding to wrap it round the Melisanne's neck. Calls from Mokuba, Jun and Zi could be heard from inside the shop, though Joey made sure they didn't try and run out to the girl, it would only give the maniac more hostages.

"Runt and Kitty Kat surrender! Or neck go snap!" he jittered in a wicked underhanded tone as he tightened the hold, making the woman grimace in pain. No one was sure what to do, the wind was trilling over the dead street; the beaten limousine creaked in agony, the roar of a car engine…

What?

A black blur tore up the tarmac as it sped down the road, suddenly breaking as it skidded to one side. Taken aback, Overdose didn't have a chance to react as the car bashed into him explicitly. His hold on Melisanne slacked, and the others feared she was going to be smacked against the sleek car frame. Instead the driver's door swung open, and a pair of strong arms grabbed her before she fell on to the road. Gasping for breath, her vision was blurred as she soon locked on to amazing blue orbs.

"Seto…"

"It's okay, I've got you, it'll be fine." He soothed like he would his little brother when he had a nightmare, but anyone could tell he was thoroughly relieved she was safe.

Everyone breathed a sigh of final relief, listening as distant sirens had finally decided to sound in action. Mokuba and the younger children ran over to hug the elders. Thankfully, there was no great hassle in hustling everyone inside the Games Shop to treat wounds and determine what to do next, not to mention there being need for much explanation.

Yugi and Kitty were last to go inside, as the girl watched as the young man sent Overdose to the Shadow Realm to be with his brothers. He paused for a second, wondering curiously over the empty road, sure he heard a motorcycle tear off. He could almost picture Drakes confident and evil smile as he watched them as always, ready to strike soon, and harm his friends and the love of his life, he couldn't let that happen!

"Yugi, come on inside." Kitty coaxed, tugging his arm and kissing his cheek gently. Gazing into those wholesome hazel eyes, his anger faded. Holding her as close as possible, nuzzling her neck in a protective manner while she squeezed his hand they entered the Game Shop in time to see Joey in a real huff and Kaiba sniggering.

"Don't be so bloody childish mutt!"

"You got my hopes up rich boy, dashing my dreams like that! It ain't fair, I can't believe it was you in that black bad ass sport dream machine…"

"Disappointed then?"

"Yeah, for once moment I though we were getting helped by that cool car from that Night Rider show!"

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A.N Lame ending I know, what was I thinking. Maybe it's because it's a bit late and my hair is still dripping! Oh well, R& R!