Chapter Four: A Trap
After school, the teens had changed out of their school uniforms and gone over to the abandoned warehouse at the docks.
"Sheesh, can ya believe what happened after school today?" Joey asked.
"I actually feel a little sorry for Kaiba," Téa asked. "He must feel terrible after having Mokuba kidnapped just a few feet away from him."
"That or now he's flying into a rage," Tristan said. "I can see the headlines now: 'Millionaire Goes on Rampage after Brother is Kid-napped; Thousands Fired from Corporation.'"
Spencer shook his head. "The things that people will do to just get a few bucks."
"How do you know that this is all about money?" Yugi asked him. "It could also be for revenge or something."
"Nope, it was about money. That's what the note said."
Everyone turned and stared at him. "How do you know what de note said?" Joey asked.
"Oh, I read Kaiba's mind while he read the note," Spencer said.
"I thought you don't like to read other people's minds," Bakura commented.
"No, I said I don't like to read minds unless it's absolutely necessary. And considering that the note was part of a kidnapping, I would consider reading one's mind to find out about it 'absolutely necessary'."
"So, uh, what did it say exactly?" Joey asked.
"It said, and I quote: 'Mr. Kaiba, you are now to follow these instructions: Bring one million yen in cash to the park at midnight. You are to come alone, as in no police, no bodyguards, no whomever. Fail to comply with these terms, and we'll be sending your brother back to you in pieces.'"
The others gasped. "That's terrible!" Téa cried.
"Well, dat's probably whatcha get when you're a rich jerk," Joey shrugged.
"Guys…" Yugi paused. He looked as though he was deep in thought. "For some reason, I get the feeling that Kaiba shouldn't be going there alone…"
"Hey, c'mon, Yug," Joey said. "Kaiba's perfectly capable of takin' care of himself."
"Besides, it's not like whoever took Mokuba has special abilities or something," Tristan said, "not if they come in a car and use a smoke bomb and other totally normal criminal items."
Suddenly, Bakura winced and placed a hand to his forehead. "Aah…aah…" he breathed out.
The others watched him for a moment. "Bakura? Are you all right?" Yugi asked.
Finally, Bakura opened his eyes. "Hmm…" he said.
"You had a vision, sí?" Spencer said. "What did you see?"
"Well…I saw Kaiba in the park at night, glaring at this one person with blond hair and black eyes…a girl with blue hair was behind him, looking through a briefcase full of yen…and two people in black were holding Mokuba back from his brother…"
Everyone stared at him in horror.
"What's wrong?" Bakura asked.
"A blond guy with black eyes, a girl with blue hair, and two others in black?" Spencer repeated.
"Yes. Do you know them?"
"Do we know them?!" Spencer screamed. "Bakura, that was Resheph, Susiros, and their two flunkies!"
Bakura's eyes widened. "Oh, my," he breathed.
"Those two were the ones who kidnapped Mokuba?" Tristan said.
"Wait a sec…Dat doesn't make sense." Joey said. "Why de heck would dey wanna kidnap Mokuba an den make Kaiba give up yen for im? It's not like dey could have some sorta grudge against im."
"Hold on…Let's think about this for a moment…" Yugi said. He started pacing back and forth across the warehouse. "Resheph and Susiros come and take Mokuba…they then want Kaiba to come over to the park to get him, and they emphasize in the letter that he has to come alone…why alone…"
"And why the money?" Spencer asked. "Yen is the currency of your world. It's practically useless in ours."
"And all dey use ta take Mokuba is perfectly normal, everyday criminal stuff…why not just use deir powers?" Joey added. "It'd be a heckuva lot easier and less risky for dem."
"Wait a minute…the money, the smoke bomb and car…if we didn't know it was them doing this, we'd assume it was just being done be normal people, and that they had to be from this world, right?" Yugi said. "You just implied before, Joey, that Mokuba was kidnapped because of who Kaiba was here, and you, Tristan, said that these people couldn't have magical powers."
"But why would they want to really make us believe that they're just plain ol', everyday people from this world?" Spencer asked.
Yugi stopped. A look of realization spread over his face. "Because then we wouldn't be worrying about being hit by something magical." he cried. He whipped around and stared at his friends. "Now I see! Resheph and Susiros are purposefully trying to get us to come over to them by doing this criminal act! They want us to think we're only dealing with a couple of normal kidnappers whom we could take down easily and when we least expect it…"
"Zap, pow, bam!" Spencer finished. "We're done and they're free of us!"
"Hold up, hold up!" Joey said. "We weren't about ta go an interfere wit dis! It was just Kaiba goin' over ta a couple a criminals and givin' dem a million yen for Mokuba! How in de world could dat attract us ta dem?"
Yugi stared. "That wouldn't…but the kidnapping of Seto Kaiba himself might!"
"By the gods, that's why they want him to come alone!" Spencer cried.
"Okay, I hate Kaiba and I ain't afraid ta say it," Joey said, pounding as fist into his other hand, "but dere's no way I'm gonna let dose two creeps take him widdout us puttin' up a fight!"
"All right then, so what's the plan?" Tristan said.
"Well," Yugi smiled, "instead of them taking us by surprise, I think we should take them by surprise…specifically at midnight tonight at the park…"