Next chapter to At-Em-Oh! It seems everyone is at a suspense. Yako really did a good job with knowing when and how to take his hostage. Yeah, he's really REALLY freakin' scary. Let's see how Atem is ever gonna be rescued. Review please!
It was strange. Atem was nowhere to be seen in school. Joey was still angry for the argument he had with Atem. The others, on the other hand, thought this seemed strange. It was unlike Atem to be late for school, let alone skip it. They would've concluded that he was probably sick, except he usually told his friends ahead of time. Everyone was worried.
All the friends asked one another if they ever heard from Atem, but non availed. Ryan even tried calling Atem, but nobody answered. In fact, it went straight to voice mail. Joey didn't care! He thought that Atem probably was too busy at work to show up at school, which was the only place for them to ever hang out at. Though, Joey kept feeling guilty for the argument with Atem. It wasn't like he never tried spending time with his pals and he was extremely tired, which always made him cranky. Still...
After school was over, Tea, Duke, Hanaski, and Tristan started walking together on their way to the Game Shop. Maybe Atem was sick and forgot to call. There was no telling!
"I'm worried. Atem hasn't even bothered calling back! I hope he's okay!" Tea said with a worried voice.
"GUYS!" Serenity screamed to everyone. "I just saw a vision! I think Atem's in trouble! After school was over and I put on my necklace, I saw him in some sort of weird container! He woke up and... it wasn't him! Then, I saw two cards with Yugi's and Atem's picture in it and I heard their voices crying for help!"
"What? What happened to him?" Hanaski asked with fear in his voice.
Joey was found exiting from school and catching up with his friends. Serenity ran to Joey and pulled his arm to join in with everyone. He seemed confused of what was going on and why his sister was acting so scared.
"Ah... Serenity?" Joey questioned.
"Atem is in grave danger! Something must've happened to him while we were at school! I couldn't see this due to the no jewelry policy at school!" Serenity cried out to Joey. Domino High never allowed the girls to wear neck jewelry due to the amount of incidents with girls using them to choke the person wearing it.
"Whatever situation he's in, I'm sure he can take care of himself!" Joey said before Serenity slapped her brother across the cheek.
"LISTEN TO YOURSELF! IF YOU DON'T GET A GRIP, YOU'LL NEVER SEE ATEM EVER AGAIN!" Serenity screamed with tears bursting from her eyes. "I saw him in some kind of container and when he woke up, it wasn't Atem!"
Joey began feeling worried at that point, not to mention guilty. It dawned on him that Serenity's necklace couldn't see Atem due to him wearing the millennium puzzle. If Serenity could see Atem, that meant he didn't have the millennium puzzle. Joey furrowed his eyebrows and looked at his sister with more concern this time.
"What's happening to Atem?" Joey asked.
"I don't know. I can't see it. My guess is that whoever is doing this is using the millennium puzzle to do whatever he's planning on doing to Atem," Serenity replied.
"So whoever is doing this to Atem has the millennium puzzle," Tea concluded.
"Not really. I can see him, but I don't know who he is," Serenity explained. "Though... there seems to be two of them... twins?"
"Son of a bitch," Duke muttered.
"Do you know where Atem is at?" Tea asked.
"Kaiba Corp. Though... it has security. We're gonna need some help," Serenity said. "Follow me!"
Everyone followed Serenity. She seemed to be running, turning corners and passing through alleys. There was no doubt that Serenity was running on her way to the Game Shop and seemed to have determination in her eyes. Everyone was trying to catch up, a few of them being out of breath.
Finally, everyone made it to the Game Shop. Why would Serenity be aiming for the Game Shop? Uka stepped out onto the porch. She seemed very angry and worried about something. Serenity didn't need the necklace to know what it was.
"Serenity, where's Atem? He wasn't at school today!" Uka asked with folded arms.
"You're not gonna like the answer to that question," a voice answered from the left area of the Game Shop replied. This stranger appeared with a pink trench coat, with a black shirt and jeans underneath, and white gloves. Pale green hair moped over his head and reaching down his back.
"Hey, you're the coe-director of Industrial Illusions!" Duke said as everyone stared at him dumbfounded. "You didn't know?"
"My apologies. My name is Gekko Tenma and I came to warn Atem about my brother, but it seems I've come too late," Gekko said with his eyes furrowed.
"What do you mean too late? Where's my son?" Uka demanded with glaring eyes.
"I saw something in my vision. Atem was in some sort of container. When he woke up... it wasn't him," Serenity told Gekko and Uka. Gekko rose two eyebrows, then eyed the millennium necklace around the girl's neck. Uka began turning from angry to feeling extremely worried.
"You must be the holder of the millennium necklace," Gekko said with a soft smile. Then, it changed to a frown. "My brother is trying to revive our adopted father, Maxamillion Pegasus. He's using Atem's body as a vessel. By using the millennium puzzle, he's found a way to contain both Yugi's and Atem's souls inside it, then using the Kaiba Corp. machine to download their souls into a card like our father once was able to download souls into objects or Duel Monster cards. That's how he was able to create the Duel Monster cards."
"Wait, how do you know about the whole millennium items thing?" Joey asked suspiciously.
"My father taught me everything about the millennium items, Gekko and me. We've seen him do miraculous things with the millennium eye. He did research on Ancient Egypt and discovered how they would transfer souls into stone tablets. He used that theory to seal monsters from the stone slab into cards. The same can be done with human souls as well. Though, several cards are just regular Duel Monsters cards, half of them, created by Industrial Illusions, contained the souls of actual people or creatures. These type of cards are the rarest."
"You mean like my Red-Eyes Black Dragon?"
"Yes," Gekko replied with a short smile. "Anyways, our father also happened to use this transferring power to transfer Cecelia Pegasus' soul into a card as well. He wanted to use the Kaiba Corp. holographic technology to see her. Though, she could be seen, my father could not touch her. He decided to go as far as perhaps giving her a human body, though decided against it and began making plans to take over Kaiba Corp. with the Big Five's help and using their technology to make Cecelia a new body."
"Okay, we get it, now let's cut to the chase. Your brother is trying to do what Pegasus was trying to do with Atem right?" Joey asked.
"Not really. Father never intended on using Atem's body to bring back his wife. For one, it is the body of a male and using a male body for a woman is unheard of in his books!"
"I wouldn't be surprised, to be fair," Joey replied, then showed a smirk on his lips. "Seeing that Pegasus dresses like a premadonna and talks like he's flirting with us while you dress and sound like someone from a sex hotline." He, Duke, and Tristan chuckled in reply as Gekko glared deeper.
"You know, I don't have to waste my time with a bunch of retarded idiots like yourselves who can't take your friend possibly being dead seriously!"
"Sorry about them, just tell us what we need to know!" Tea said, knowing Gekko's help was needed in order to save Atem.
"Yako probably has the building in high security. You guys will probably need my help to enter. Knowing him, he probably has Atem's employers hostage as well, using his own guards to secure the area until the project is complete. If we don't hurry quick... Atem may not ever be the same again," Gekko replied.
"Then we'll go!" Joey said determined.
"I'll go too! Nobody messes with my baby and gets away with it!" Uka said determinedly. "Besides, it's about time I started joining in on one of your adventures."
"Good, we'll need all the help we can get! I just beg you not to call the police until I can get through to my brother. It might be the stress from our father's murder that hasn't been solved as of now, but something's very off about him. I need to get through to him before we do anything drastic!" Gekko pleaded.
"We won't, and I doubt the police would believe this, but once we find Atem, if he does anything to harm him, we're getting the cops on his ass!" Joey promised as Gekko nodded, hoping his brother didn't go too far with Atem.
"So, what should we do?" Hanaski asked.
"I've already called a limo," Gekko replied as a limo drove up. "Right on cue."
Everyone entered inside the limo and it drove on its way to the Kaiba Corp. building. Worry was building inside Uka after what she heard. She just hoped in her heart that her little boy was okay. Hopefully, Yako didn't harm Atem anymore than he already did. Though, there was still the unknown happening and whatever it was didn't sound great. Even Serenity was feeling scared.
Joey was determined to save his friend, even if he was still kinda mad at Atem. He was still Joey's best friend and always will be. There was no breaking that. Besides that, if Joey didn't save Atem, they will never have their time to makeup ever again!
The limo came to a stop and everyone came out. The Kaiba Corp. building seemed normal on the outside. What they all feared was what could be behind those doors. Their question was answered when a guard, not one of Atem's, appeared with a sick grin on his face. Everyone glared intensely.
"Seems Mr. Tenma was right about you arriving. I'm afraid this place is secured. I can't let you enter, except through a duel!" The guard smirked, showing his duel disk. He seemed tall with long black curly hair and a black suit and tie. "By the way, my name is Lew Deschutes."
"Wait, wait, hold on! You're meaning to tell me that this place's security is bypassed through winning a duel? That has to be the dumbest security I've ever heard of! If every bank was secured by that, then I might as well be robbing ten banks!" Joey thought aloud.
"My brother is up to something. Even he knows better than to put this kind of security. He must be wanting us to bypass security and only us," Gekko concluded.
"Oh... huh, I guess that makes sense."
"Before you all get start, I have a little present for you. Mr. Tenma is wanting to save the other one for when Mr. Kaiba arrives," Lew smirked before getting out, what looked to be like, a Duel Monsters card. He tossed it to the group, being caught by Hanaski. He looked at it and gasped in horror to see Yugi's picture on it, looking like he was in prison and trying to break out, but can't. Hanaski glared, giving the card to Uka.
"I won't forgive you for this!" Hanaski cried out before he climbed on the steps and dug into his book bag to get out his duel disk and deck. He strapped on his duel disk on his arm and shoved his deck into the slot. "I'll duel you!"
"Wait, Hanaski, are you sure?" Joey asked, knowing that Hanaski was still kinda new at the game.
"I'm sure!"
"Hanaski, don't think too irrationally!" Uka warned the boy.
"Why's he so pissed all of a sudden?" Duke asked before seeing the card inside Uka's hand. "Son of a bitch."
"What?" Tea asked, before seeing the card. "Yugi!"
"That must be Yugi's soul trapped in that card. That means Yako is saving Atem's card for Kaiba," Joey realized.
"Didn't know the asshole had a soft side for his employers, since he works Atem like a robot!" Duke smirked sarcastically. Uka glared at him rebukingly. She actually had grown to like Seto Kaiba as her own son and hated it when other people talked bad about him.
"Okay, small fry. Time to see if you can get passed me! Just remember if you lose from here, you'll never see your little friend again!" Lew smirked as Hanaski furrowed his eyebrows even deeper. He was more than determined to rescue his best friend no matter what!