Location Unknown - USA
Ryou was returned to a different cell. This one had a bed and a toilet. He could see a camera in the corner. Despite being locked up, today wasn't a bad day. He did feel uncomfortable with how long they spent looking at the eye of Wadjet branded on his chest. It had been there ever since he'd been attacked by Slifer in Battle City.
He'd been locked up in worse places, such as his own mind when Yami was constantly in control, the Shadow Realm or the mental institution his father had him locked up in just before he finished high school. That had been the worst; he wasn't even possessed by Yami anymore. He was just getting his life back on track when his father had him committed.
There they kept him locked up and constantly drugged while. He had no idea what was going on half the time. Eventually, he started getting used to the drugs they had him on, becoming more alert. He didn't show any signs that he was getting accustomed to the medication. Otherwise, they would've changed it out, drugging him with different medications. He practised dislocating his arms to get himself out of his restraints. Hid behind the door when the nurse arrived one morning to give him his next lot of medication. Pickpocketed her door tag and walked out behind her. Locking her in the room. Then he walked to the staff locker room, changed his outfit. Walking out of the building. He'd gone to the only person he knew could help at the time and that had been Kaiba. He'd been surprised that Kaiba helped him when he'd asked, he was assuming that Kaiba would not even accept his call. He didn't talk to his father much anymore, not that he spoke to his father much in the first place. This place was pleasant compared to then.
Kaiba would know that things had gone wrong. He and Ishizu would be doing their best to get him out without getting themselves into trouble. Kaiba had probably been tracking his movements from the time he'd got on that plane in Japan. Yugi would only know he was missing when he didn't return from his holidays. No one else would even miss him. His father would probably like it if he disappeared off the face of the Earth.
He walked to the door and tried the handle. Locked. That would be too easy. He walked around his cell. Their only way out was by the front door. He didn't know where he was, but the layout he'd seen so far of the building was nothing like Area-51.
He looked at the bed. Sleep was a good idea. He was tried after the day he'd had so far. Waking after being tasered, or whatever they did to him to knock him out wasn't a restful sleep.
YGO
Ryou woke to the door opening. The person was an older man with very little hair. Going by his uniform, he was in charge of his current location.
"What are we to do with you, son?" The man asked him. "You haven't told us anything that would get you released from this place."
Ryou was confused about where he was at first. He briefly thought he was back at the mental health facility.
He sat up on the bed. Looking directly at the older man.
The man continued talking. "I wanted to see you for myself. You're really not going to tell us anything are you?"
"Just that the Millennium Items are dangerous," he repeated the same phrase once again.
"I know they are. Three of my men are dead because of one of the items. It killed several people before they were transported here. Tell me what I can do to stop this?" The man asked.
Ryou felt sick. He hadn't been fast enough to stop the Ring from killing people. It was what he'd been afraid of.
"Give me all the Items. Especially the Millennium Ring. If I have it, it should stop killing people. It can't kill me. I am the only one that it will not kill." Ryou replied to the General of the facility. He assumed that it wouldn't be able to kill Yugi, the Ishtar siblings and Kaiba but he knew the ring spirit would still try with his friends. "They need to be put back to rest. You cannot put the items back to rest I know who can. Things will only get worse if you don't hand them over."
"I thought you said you are working alone?" The General asked him.
"I am working alone," Ryou replied. Hoping he sounded convincing. He didn't want to get Kaiba and Ishizu in trouble because of him or even Yugi despite the fact he wasn't involved in him breaking into Area-51.
"What can you tell me about the goa'uld?" The General asked him.
Ryou looked at him with confusion. Goa'uld? He didn't know that word, was it some type of duel monster?
"What can you tell me about these?" The General asked when he didn't answer.
His Duel Monster cards. They were the only item besides the clothes on his back. If he got Yami back, he was hoping the ancient spirit would be able to use them. Most of his spirits powers revolved around Duel Monster."They're Duel Monster cards. It's one of my favourite games."
He'd left his favourites at home in case things went pear-shaped, which obviously it had.
"Why did you take them with you? You had nothing else on you?" The General asked with genuine confusion. To someone who wasn't familiar with Shadow Magic or professional Duel Monsters, they were just regular trading cards.
"Good luck charm." Ryou grinned. "Obviously, they didn't work since here I am. But then again maybe they did because I'm not dead.
"I'm sorry for no co-operating more General. I'd like to tell you more, but I don't want others to get hurt. I don't think I can say anything that will make you hand the Millennium Items over to me. They are dangerous and I won't stop trying to get them back."
"Back, that makes it sound like you've had them before." The General pointed out.
Ryou stopped talking. He turned away and sighed. If only the ring had been with the tablet, then everything would've gone so much better and he wouldn't be here right now. He'd be back in Japan at University with Yugi and his other friends.
The General left after a short while. Leaving his Duel Monster Cards behind. Ryou left them sitting on the table and went back to bed. He was still tired and didn't want them to know how important and dangerous those cards actually were, especially with the Shadows currently awake.
Wherever they had the Millennium Items, he couldn't sense them. He should have been more aware of his surrounding when he was at Area-51. How was it he didn't notice the guard following him? Maybe he should've tried summoning his Duel Monsters when he had realised the ring wasn't there. He hoped that Atem was alright and that he wasn't hurt when they'd been tasered.
Memories of the Past
Daniel was watching himself in Egypt, so young and hopeful. He was working on the dig with a female archaeologist from England. Her children playing close by as they examined the hieroglyphics on the tomb wall, discussing in great detail what they could mean. It wasn't unusual for an archaeologist to bring their whole family on a dig. His own parents had done it with him. A loud explosion was heard from nearby. A bus of tourists had been attacked, the bus exploding. The area they'd been working hadn't been as stable as other sections. The wall collapsed on top of them. He had seen her cover her daughter from the debris. He ran and covered her son. He was knocked unconscious by the roof collapsing. He woke up with shouts from the rest of their team digging them out. He'd been fine, as well as the boy. The boy's mother and sister had been hit the worst. Both were dead.
The woman's husband was an archaeologist on the same dig. The man cradled his wife and daughter, begging them to come back. Hugging his son so happy to see he was alright.
The memories stopped. He wasn't dead. Before him, he saw a young man. He looked every bit the Egyptian, except for his hair. His hair was grey. His most distinguishing feature was a scar running down his face. In fact, he looked like he could pass for the boy's older brother. They had very similar facial features.
"I was going to kill you, but you were there that day. You saved his life. I owe you a life debt." He said in disgust.
"How can you owe me a life debt for saving a child's life?" Daniel asked.
"Because that child is my chosen host. He is the only person who can house me long term. You've seen him before as a child which means I have a chance to find him. You're going to help me." The spirit demanded.
Stargate Command - USA
Daniel placed the ring on the table and ran out the door, slamming it shut. He ran straight into Jack.
"What the hell were you thinking putting that thing on!" Jack yelled at him. "I saw you from the security feed. Are you insane? Everyone else has died."
"I only went to study the item, Jack. I didn't mean to put it on. It has a pull, I couldn't stop myself." Daniel replied. He ran his fingers through his hair. "I did learn something, the ring is sentient."
SG-1
It was an hour later when Daniel was called in for a debriefing. Knowing where to look, he'd found the identity of the young man from his memory. He was the child from his memories. He looked very much like his mother whom he'd worked with years ago.
The whole of SG-1, George Hammond and Janet Fraser were in the debriefing room waiting to hear Daniels experience. He told them what the ghost-like man looked like and how his memories had flashed before his life. "He showed me an accident in Egypt, the temple I was working in collapsed killing the archaeologist I was working with and her daughter. The woman's son survived. The ring told me the only reason he didn't kill me is because I'd seen his chosen host and owed him a life debt for saving the boys life. The young boy is his chosen host. That young boy is the young man we have in the in the holding cell." Daniel informed them. "Knowing who his mother was I looked up the accident, I found his identity." He pulled up an image of the young man. "Ryou Bakura. He actually has an extensive amount of information about him doing a google search, as well as several fan pages." He bought up one of the fan pages.
"Those cards, they're the only thing he had with him," Sam mentioned. "Duel Monster cards."
"He has only competed in one Duel Monster tournament six years ago," Daniel told them. "The tournament was called Battle City and he finished in the top eight. The tournament was world ranked. He has never competed in another tournament. He is better known in the Monster World circle. Monster World is a Role-Playing Game. He's consistently ranked somewhere in the top three in Japan and the top ten worldwide. Several expansions for the game credited him as the creator, most are fantasy based or Egyptian based out the scenarios he's been credited with creating. The most interesting thing is up until six years ago he is regularly seen wearing this."
He bought up a picture from Battle City. Ryou Bakura did not look like the sweet innocent man in the holding cell. He looked cruel.
"I haven't got anything else at the moment," Daniel replied.
"You've done well Dr Jackson," Hammond replied.
"Dr Fraser, are you sure this boy's never been a goa'uld host in the past?" Hammond asked the doctor.
"He has no naquadah in his blood sir. If he was a goa'uld host, it's very different to anything we've ever seen before." Janet then turned to Daniel. "Daniel, the ring, it didn't dig into your chest when you put it on?"
"No," Daniel replied.
"General, I'd like to examine Dr Jackson and make sure he has no other side effects." Janet requested.
"Permission granted Doctor," Hammond replied.
"If there's nothing else, you're all dismissed," Hammond told them.
"Actually General, there is one more thing," Janet told them just as Jack and Teal'c stood. "The marks on Mr Bakura's chest. I believe they are from the ring. The marks line up with all the people the ring has killed."
"If the ring did that to him, why isn't he dead?" Sam asked.
"Dr Jackson said it himself; the boy is his chosen host. Maybe that is how he chooses a host." Janet replied.
SG-1
SG-1 were meeting up with General Hammond again with the results of a full background search on Ryou Bakura. They hadn't let Ryou know that they knew his identity yet.
"So what have we got?" Hammond asked his top team.
"That he was reported missing in Nevada three days after his break in at Area-51. Teal'c and I picked up his belongings from his hotel room." Jack informed the General.
"What do you have?" General asked.
"Clothes, knick knacks, computer, phone, wallet, money, driver's licence and two passports," Jack told him.
"Two passports?" The General inquired.
"Mr Bakura had dual citizenship. One's for Japan and the other for England." Sam replied. "His belongings all suggest he was here for a holiday. His computer is clean. Just monster world scenarios, assignments a few computer games and photo's. The most interesting photo's are these ones." Sam turned on the projector. It displayed a picture of Ryou with the Ring. A woman with the tauk and a boy with the upside down pyramid. The other people in the photo didn't have any items.
"I know her." Daniel pointed to the woman. "She's Secretary-General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, Ishizu Ishtar. She apparently tried to stop the items and tablet being shipped out of Egypt. She's still trying to get the items from the temple returned. She has mentioned what the items are, but if she really did have the tauk, she may know what is in the temple."
Daniel added her to his list to investigate.
Sam continued. "He had Ishizu Ishtar as a contact, the other one which is interesting is Seto Kaiba. He's the president of Kaiba Corporation. He's been on our radar for a few years since his technology is far more advanced than anything else. His holographic technology in particular. He refuses to deal with anyone else, concentrating his efforts on improving entertainment. His company was formally one of the biggest suppliers of military grade weapons for the East. Then out of nowhere, he stopped the company from producing weapons. Seto Kaiba is well known in Japan. Normally it would be odd to have someone as famous as he is as a contact; Ryou Bakura went to school with him." Sam flicked to another picture. This one a school picture. It had most of the same group from the Battle City photo. The boy with the upside down pyramid in the photo had the item in this picture. Ryou didn't have the ring in this image. Money wise he does not have an overly large amount of money it's enough to cover a holiday and a smaller emergency."
"Investigate him, I want to know his connection," Hammond instructed. "Take Teal'c with you."
Daniel continued. "In recent years he's been attending Domino University, he's studying to be an archaeologist. His best class is linguistics. He's mastered several languages already. Fluent in English and Japanese, which he grew up speaking, Arabic, Mandarin and German. He can get by in French, Cantonese and a couple of other languages. Yugi Moto, the boy with the upside down puzzle is studying the same course. Their professor, Professor Lemaire, I've worked with in the past. Mr Bakura has been doing well overall in all his classes. High school, on the other hand, he went between doing extremely well to doing poorly regularly. He's been expelled from fifteen schools and is no longer allowed to study in England."
"We had to do a lot of digging to find out why he'd been expelled." Sam continued. "He had a string of people fall into coma's after 'playing' with him. Starting six months after Mr Bakura's mother's death. These are just the ones we know about." She had three photo's for each person. A photo of just before the coma, when they first were in a coma and now or just before the person had died. "It's possible there are more. They also believe it's possible he's responsible for three murders, no one has been able to prove anything. This one was his teacher at one of his English schools. He was found in an abandoned warehouse with his penis cut off." She bought up a photo. "Sato Kiwa. He was found in an alleyway in Japan also with his penis cut off, he was a known paedophile. And lastly a female teacher, her name had been withheld by her family, we can find it with further searching if needed. She was found in the school basement of the school Mr Bakura had been attending at the time. No one has ever been able to prove Ryou Bakura was involved."
"The most interesting thing is the coma's and murders only happened after he's first seen wearing the ring." Daniel bought up a photo of eight-year-old Ryou wearing the Ring. He looked so small and fragile. "This was taken four months after his mother's death and two months before the first coma patient.
"When he was thirteen, he was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder and depression. Ryou had no memory of how those people got into coma's. He mentioned a voice in his head that would constantly tell him that he could play with his friends forever. The depression was a result of his constant blackouts. His father stopped taking him to psychiatrists when he was fifteen when they kept falling into coma's."
"We believe that the blackout was caused by the ring. That the ring is the one who put all these people into coma's and the one who killed those people. How he's done that, we don't know. It's possible that the ring works similar to the goa'uld hand device and he's destroying enough of the mind to put them into coma's."
"What about the one's he killed?" Jack asked.
"We believe they were also put into coma's. Just that no-one found them in time." Sam replied.
"Just before he turned eighteen his father had him committed to a psychiatric ward in Domino City Japan. He was there for three months before he escaped." Daniel continued.
"How did he escape?" Hammond questioned.
"Just watch," Sam told them. Playing the security footage. It showed him escaping from his restraints, stealing the pass and walking out the factuality in clothes he'd taken from the staff locker room. The footage then changed to CCTV footage with him walking down the street to a payphone and being picked up several minutes later. "He was picked up by Seto Kaiba. Ryou Bakura then took his father to court so he no longer has any say in what happens to him. He has had no recorded incidents since that time. The most important thing to note is, he hasn't had the Ring since that time."
"That makes it all the more important that we keep it as far away from him as possible," Hammond told the team. He dismissed them after they'd finished discussing everything to do with Ryou Bakura.