Hi again. Thanks to all the reviewers, and sorry if the last chapter wasn't up to scratch. And, I knew the days, was something like three or five…oops. I'll address and replace that chapter after I finish writing this one. Once again, sorry for the small inconvenience.
Disclaimer: I don not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Voices are but spoken words. They can't hurt you…can they?
"Shit…" Seto muttered as he saw several figures shrouded in darkness. Because of the little light they had in the room, none of them could tell what the figures where, only that they looked like wolves. There were around, five, maybe six of them at least. And they were growling. There yellow eyes transfixed on them. Wait, yellow eyes…? Seto thought as he looked around at each of them, assessing the situation. Tristan and Joey slowly dawdled over to where Seto had gotten up.
"Great, how do we get ourselves outta dis one?" Asked Joey, quietly so he didn't provoke them.
"I don't know. Any ideas, Kaiba?" Tristan asked.
"Maybe. But you need to light a fire for this to work." Seto said motioning for them to go back and light a fire.
"How?" Asked Joey.
"If you rub two pieces of that wood together, the fiction produced may cause a fire to light, but you need to act fast. Well, what are you waiting for?" Seto said. "Mokuba, I want you to go with them, you'll be safer over there."
"Okay if you say so. Wait, why are they leaving?" Mokuba asked as they suddenly receded back to where they came from.
"Dunno." Joey said as he came back with tinder.
"Well, that was fast." Tristan said as Yugi and Tea came back.
"There was no water that way, so we are going to look everywhere else tomorrow." Tea said as they sat down and watched Joey and Tristan try and light a fire.
Seto also sat back down. It appeared to be quite late and the sun had now set, meaning all they could see now was the moon, from certain windows, and Joey and Tristan's failed attempts at lighting a fire. He sighed. With all the strange happenings, it was quite a relief to have some time to hear his own thoughts. What is that voice that is constantly in his head, questioning him? It's doing something, and he never thought he'd actually become violent. He looked down at his side, Mokuba lay there almost asleep. I wonder how this is affecting him? He thought as he drew his attention back to Joey and Tristan, who still hadn't succeeded in lighting a fire. He wondered if they ever would, now though, they had help from Yugi and Tea, who still couldn't light it. The concept of it is easy. He thought.
"Are any pieces of wood saturated?"
"No, oh wait, yeah. This piece." Joey said, removing a plank of wood.
"Moron." Seto muttered under his breathe. Then he heard a wolves howl. "Hurry up. Those wolves may have just been scouts."
"Huh?" asked Tea.
"We'll tell you two after we light this fire." Tristan stated. "Why would lighting a fire help our wolf problem, Kaiba?"
"It might help keep them at bay. Wheeler if you don't hurry up, we're feeding you to the wolves first!" Seto said, giving him a cold glare then looking up. What—
"I'm tryin' I'm tryin'! Why don't get down here and help?" Joey said, as he finally lit the fire. "What are you looking at, Rich Boy?"
"Wheeler, could you just shut up for five seconds." Seto replied as he heard a cracking noise.
"What was that?" Yami asked, hearing the same cracking noise Seto did.
"Told you I heard a cracking noise, Seto." Mokuba said quietly, half asleep.
"I don't know, maybe it's just a rat?" Tristan asked.
"I doubt it it's too loud." Tea said. Then there was an almost silent crack. Not silent enough though that Yami and Seto didn't hear it.
"Maybe it was a…" Joey never finished the sentence because Seto interrupted him.
"Shut your mouth, Chihuahua!" Seto said becoming angry. He listened again. There was silence. He and Yami stood up, looking around, until they saw a large mass of eyes in an east direction.
"Kaiba…?" Yami asked, kind of.
"We need to move, now." Seto said
"Why?" Mokuba asked as he got up and walked to his brothers' side. Seto though looked around the room. It appeared that it was too late to move now. As he observed the area, he took in every little detail. Including the fact that the wolves were surrounding every exit, yet not willing t come near the fire, the light. It was interesting that they wouldn't, normally it wouldn't bother them but now, it did. What was wrong? Why were they acting like this? It wasn't natural; did it have something to do with the voice? So many questions flooded into his mind, but he knew he had to answer them later. Right now, his main priority was keeping those creatures away from Mokuba. As he snapped back to reality, he noticed everyone standing. I think we might be safe, if we stay here. He thought. As he looked at the dogs' though, they appeared to be settling down. By that, they were actually laying down, ready to sleep.
"Does it strike anyone odd that the dogs' won't come near the fire?" Yami asked.
"What…?" Joey asked.
"So, what's you're point, Yugi?" Tristan asked.
"If we stay here, then there's a chance that they won't come near us, hopefully." Seto said.
"Then we just wait until morning and they should be gone." Yami said.
"Oh, okay." Joey said sitting down. "Can we sleep?" He asked as everyone else but Seto and Yami sat down.
"I don't know Joey…" Tea said.
"Yeah, it could be dangerous if the fire goes out." Tristan stated, motioning to the fire.
"Seto, is something wrong?" Mokuba asked.
"…No, Mokuba, not at the moment." Seto replied.
"At the…moment?" Mokuba repeated.
"Don't worry, Mokuba." Seto replied to his younger sibling.
As if I can't. Those dogs' look as though there going to sleep, and with them there, there is no way I can. Mokuba thought to himself as he stared up at his brother, whom seemed lost in thought. But that theory was proven wrong when he spoke. Why was he acting so …strangely?
"Yugi, we need to get both the electricity and the plumbing working tomorrow. Tell me, did you see any passages down to a basement on your little field trip?" Seto asked.
"No, unfortunately. Maybe there is down the east wing." Yami said. "Maybe you can answer my question now?"
"What is it?"
"Does the voice calling out to you, seem…familiar at all to you?"
Seto thought about it for a moment. Then replied. "…No, otherwise I might have some implication as to what's going on here."
(Hmm, Yugi, what do you think?) Yami asked.
((I don't know. This whole…manor thing is so, complex. I wish we knew more about it.))
(So do I)
Then, everyone heard a loud crack, causing the dogs' to run back into the east wing. Everyone who was sitting on the ground heard it as well, because they stood up. What was that? Seto thought to himself as he looked around, trying to see if there was anything was damaged. He thought about it, and maybe the crack was from somewhere else. And it could have been the fact that supports weren't stable, and part of the house could've collapsed in on itself.
'…Always coming up with an answer…'
Again! Look, I don't know what your deal is, but this whole thing is getting old…'…You want to know why I'm after you don't you…?'
Fine tell me…'…Heh alright…but there is a side effect…'
What'd the side effect…?
'…Hmmm, you will find out afterwards…'
Tell me NOW…
'…Fine…but you've go to agree first…'
Oh boy, what, oh what should the side effect be? Tune in for the next chapter! Sorry if this one was a little bit short. Bye!!!