Thank you for all your kind reviews. I figured this would take me a long time to update, but I didn't think it would be this long. I was thinking about a few directions that I could take this story until I finally settled on one and started this chapter.

Warnings: Violence and torture

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Chapter Two

When Kaiba awoke, not only was he warm, but he was lying down with a form pressed tightly beside him. He sighed and buried his noise into the soft hair, completely forgetting about being captured by two hooded figures. The person beside him shifted. "Are you awake?" Jou asked.

Kaiba hummed. "Not really."

"I didn't think so. Are you warmer?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

Jou chuckled. "You must still be asleep. Don't you remember being kidnapped?"

Kaiba finally opened his eyes still not being able to see far in front of him. "Sorry, Jou. How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, but you're not the genius you brag to be."

"What do you mean?" Kaiba rubbed his hands over his eyes. His head was pounding, and it impaired his thinking.

"Why did you wrap your blanket around me? You should have known you'd freeze to death."

"You needed it more."

Jou was shocked speechless. Either Kaiba wasn't fully awake, or he was seeing the caring side of the CEO that never surfaced. "That's very kind of you, but do you realize that those men would kill me if you ended up dying? I need you alive in order to get out of here." Jou explained, trying to sound more selfish than caring. He worried about what would happen to Kaiba. Even though he was emotionless and always teased him, Jou couldn't help but care about Kaiba. Jou pulled Kaiba's warm body closer. "Don't move so much. I finally got us warm."

Kaiba sighed. He'd be lying to himself if he said he didn't like being that close to Jou, but he kept those thoughts to himself and complied with Jou's demands. It did feel much warmer pressed against the blond even though he could still feel the cold ground below him. He ran his fingers up Jou's arm until he reached the bandage. Jou snickered, "Stop that! I'm ticklish."

Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Again, I can't see you so I have to feel where you are. I wanted confirm where your wounded shoulder was. I don't want to accidentally hit it."

Jou smiled, glad that Kaiba continued his generosity. He didn't know what day it was or even how long they were trapped in the darkness. Eventually, the door opened, blinding the two with bright light. Kaiba sat up and shielded his eyes. His head pounded more. A small child walked into the room and set a pile of clothes down in front of them. Kaiba frowned at the terrified expression the child wore. He softened his expression and smiled. "Thank you," Kaiba whispered.

The child jumped and ran out the door. The door slammed shut, forcing Kaiba to find the clothes. "That's sickening," Jou mumbled. "Remind me to kick their asses when I get free."

Kaiba smiled, pulling the clothes up to them. He admired Jou's persistence to always want to fight wrong doings. "Dually noted." He blindly ran his fingers along the fabric, finding two long sleeve shirts. He handed one to Jou before separating the pants. "Let me help with your shirt."

"Okay," Jou voiced, knowing full well that Kaiba would never see him nod. He was having difficult as it was trying to get the shirt on correctly without moving his shoulder too much.

"Hold out your wounded arm first." Kaiba slid his fingers down to the blond's fingers before he slipped one sleeve gently up his arm. He felt Jou take over from there, pulling his other arm and head through. "Can you get the pants on?"

"No problem." Jou slid his legs in first before standing up and pulling the pants up. Grateful for their new form of heat, Jou sat back down and waited for Kaiba to finish dressing. Kaiba grabbed the two blankets and handed one to Jou before leaning back against the wall to wait for whatever their captives were planning. Jou frowned about not being able to cuddle close to Kaiba's warm body, but he wrapped the blanket around himself and moved close to Kaiba without actually touching him. Fatigue made it difficult for the blond to keep his eyes open. He hated feeling that weak. Within a few minutes, his body collapsed back to sleep, accidentally sliding against Kaiba's shoulder. Kaiba moved his arm and gently coax the sleeping blond's head into his lap.

After several long hours, the door opened again. Kaiba placed his arm protectively across Jou's chest, holding him close. A tall hooded man walked in, dragging a chair beside him. He set the chair down a few feet in front of the captives and sat down, crossing his right leg over his left knee. "Had enough of the darkness, Mr. Kaiba?"

Kaiba glared at the man while Jou shifted in his lap. "What are your demands?"

"Right into business I see. Don't you know anything about kidnapping. We don't give our demands to the captives."

"Enough foolishness. If you wanted a ransom you would have kidnapped Mokuba because I would be able to get your money much easier than Mokuba retrieving money for my ransom. You need something from me directly. Tell me what you want," Kaiba growled.

"As wise as ever," the man chuckled. "We need your hacking skills. One of your ex-competitors is developing a new weapon, but seeing as you took Kaiba Corp. out of the weapon industry, you can't simply make the request for the schematics. You're to open up the channels I need to download the plans onto our drive. Do that, and I'll let both of you go. Refuse, give us trouble, or try to scam us and one of you will die."

"How do I trust your word?"

"You'll just have to take the chance."

Kaiba sighed and glanced down at Jou. "Which company?"

"Dimo Industries."

"Impossible. The security would be ten times worse than breaking into a federal system."

"What did I tell you about refusing?"

"I'm not refusing. I'm telling you it's impossible. A part of my security measures were written by their computer technicians. There would be no way for me to hack in. Even if I did, it would lead his small army directly to you. All I have to do is claim that you'd force me, and I'd be free. By now everyone knows you kidnapped me. Once they realize it's not a ransom all smart companies would increase their security. And, I guarantee that Dimo has already done that. Oh, and one more thing, if you kill him, I will not give in to your demands, and I'll kill you myself," Kaiba added. He didn't want them to get any ideas about kill Jou.

The hooded man grinned from under his mask. He knew there was something going on between those two that would allow him to push the CEO into the task. He remained silent for a while, looking at Kaiba. He contemplated his options. He knew that if he killed the blond Kaiba would never do what they asked from the start. He also knew about the security on Dimo's system, but Kaiba should be able to get around it. He glared at the CEO. He'll make him comply. "Bring both of them," he shouted as he left the room.

Kaiba shook Jou awake seconds before the two men grabbed them and dragged them out of the darkness. Jou staggered behind Kaiba, barely awake and blinded by the light. He didn't know what was going on, but he followed Kaiba regardless. The two guards pushed them into a giant computer room. Kaiba glared at the obvious leader. He motioned for Kaiba to sit in the chair. Under protest, he was violently shoved into it while the other guard grabbed Jou's arms and painfully pinned them behind his back. The blond hissed from the pain, praying that his wound wouldn't reopen.

"We're going to try this again. You have ten minutes to get at least partly into Dimo's system."

"I told you that I wouldn't be able to get into their firewall without setting off alarms." Kaiba turned in the chair just as the man holding Jou pulled out a knife and slid the blade from Jou's non-wounded shoulder to his elbow. Jou hissed, attempting not to scream, as his blood poured down his arm. "Stop! I'll do it," Kaiba hated how quickly Jou's face paled. "Stop his bleeding first." The guard closet to Kaiba moved over and tightly wrapped a cloth around the new wound.

Kaiba watched until the man backed away. He knew it was a temporal fix, considering that Jou was already bleeding through it. "Tick tock, Mr. Kaiba. Oh, and don't get caught. We'll kill both of you before anyone comes."

The CEO grunted and twirled the chair around. He took a quick look at the software that was running before closing a few off and opening a command screen. His fingers danced across the keyboard entering in the broken language of computer code. No matter which direction Kaiba moved, he found it blocked. He cursed under his breath. He knew that it would be nearly impossible to get far, but it was more difficult getting pass one layer of firewalls.

His fingers paused for a second as he read through the commands on the screen. If he went one direction, he'll set off alarms all over Dimo, but if he turned the other way, he might be able to set off a small alarm and leave cookies for them to trace. Just as he was about to start typing again, Jou screamed followed by the sound of flesh hitting flesh. Kaiba jerked off the chair and tried to get to Jou who was being abused by the two guards, but the leader stood between them. "Times up."

"I'm pass one firewall. Tell them to stop."

The man sneered under his mask. "You're not going fast enough. Plus, I know you've been leaving cookies. Erase your steps, and I'll tell them to stop."

Kaiba hit two keys on the keyboard and watched as everything he did erased itself, and the desktop was seen again. The leader turned towards the guards and a now bruised and bloody blond. "Take them upstairs. I'll need them later." The two men instantly stopped the abuse and lifted the barely conscious blond off the ground. The leader sat down on the chair and went through the fields that Kaiba was just in, double checking the progress. Kaiba was violently shoved forwards as he followed the one half dragging Jou out of the room. They walked down the same dirty, barely lit hallway, but instead of being pushed back into the dark room, they moved further until they reached a staircase.

They passed a child curled up in the corner, shaking and trying to hide from them. Kaiba frowned, wondering how long they had that boy and mentally noted that when they freed themselves, he would be taking the child with them. One of the men slammed open a door and pushed them both inside. Jou stumbled and fell on the floor. Kaiba was instantly by his side, helping him towards the small bed that lied in the center of the hollow, empty room. He ignored the door being slammed shut. The floors were stone, and the walls painted white. An opening towards the end of the room revealed a bathroom with a sink and a toilet. Kaiba smiled at his good luck and pulled down the blanket before lying Jou on the bed. He walked over to the bathroom and found a dirty looking towel sitting on the corner of the sink. He turned the water on as hot as possible, attempting to clean anything that would be on the towel off. The last thing he needed was Jou to get an infection on top of his wounds. At least he had something to wipe the blood off Jou.

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Sorry about the sudden ending. If I would have kept it going it would shorten the next chapter. I'm in the process of writing it now. I'm going to try to get it out before the end of the week, but I'll have to see where I want to stop that chapter. And I apologize for the silly company name. I couldn't think of anything better and that was the first thing that popped in my head. Thank you for reading, please review.

Angel Dove