I hope you like this one! This will go back and forth with Joey's group and Hanaski's group. You'll also catch Seto Kaiba later on. It shouldn't be long. It's just he's traveling half around the world, so it will take a while for him to reach Japan. Review please!
Hanaski, Duke, and Gekko were walking together to find Yako. There was no telling where the guy was. They decided the best way to find him would be to go to the security room and figure out Yako's location. It was possible he was inside the security room to keep an eye on the gang. Luckily, they found the map for the entire Kaiba Corp building. They knew the security room's location, or at least Gekko did.
Gekko was willing to find his brother and bring him out of his madness anyway possible. The question still pounded on his head about why Yako was doing this. Why was he willing to take the life of someone else to raise their mentor/father from the dead? The idea seemed too absurd. It also wasn't like Yako to take someone else's life when he or she had done nothing to him. Yako couldn't remember a time when Atem or Seto did anything against Industrial Illusions. Yes, there were issues with kidnapping Mokuba and the soul of Atem's grandfather, but that was still not a true reason.
The trio made it to the security room where they would hopefully discover where Yako could be located.
"This should be the place!" Gekko said.
"Looks like it!" Hanaski agreed, seeing the sign 'SECURITY' above the door.
"What if it's locked?" Duke asked.
"I have my ways," Gekko smirked in reply. He turned the knob, noticing it was locked. He took out two pickers and placed them inside the top lock. He slowly turned the lock and unlocked the security room.
"Wow, you're good," Duke complimented Gekko. The three ran into another employer. This one had crazy white hair, almost like Ryan's hair, glasses, a red cap, and bright blue eyes. He could be mistaken for a stunt performer.
"Mr. Dixon, I expected you to be part of this fiasco," Gekko glared as the guy's smirk grew even deeper.
"Is that so?" The opponent asked rhetorically before letting out a dark chuckle. "Nice friends! I must introduce myself. I am Kirk Dixon, of course Mr. Tenma here would know."
"Surprised you still call me by that name, despite you no longer being of my services."
"Actually, I support your objection to this project, but I have a family to support, so I'm sure you understand my situation," Kirk said, still holding his normal tone.
"Working for an asshole, I suppose. You working for an asshole, who's about to take someone else's life? No," Duke replied plainly.
"I suppose we have our own opinions," Kirk smirked, then got out his duel disk. "So, which one of you will duel me?"
"I will!" Hanaski said with a determined look on his face.
"Okay, is this really a joke? I was hoping to duel against Mr. Tenma," Kirk smirked.
"You always were into a good challenge. Believe me, this kid's good. I'm sure he's a good enough challenge for ya. If this was too hard for Hanaski, I would be dueling in his place," Gekko assured.
"Hm very well, I'll duel the kid!" Kirk agreed, turning his duel disk on. Hanaski also turned on his duel disk and they both drew five cards. "I'll let you go first and see what you've got!"
"Okay! I'll start with setting two cards face-down, then I summon Woodsman in defense mode!" Hanaski declared as a half wooden half green super hero with built muscle, who wore rag-like brown boots and shorts, appeared in a defensive position. "I end my turn!"
"I'll give you credit for summoning an appropriate monster," Kirk smirked as he drew his next card and peered at his hand.
"Thanks!" Hanaski thanked Kirk with a fun-loving smile on his face.
"But, it'll take more than wood to defeat my machines! I summon Machina Soldier in attack mode!" Kirk declared as a green robot-like monster appeared on the field with a sword-like hand.
"Wow, and here I thought Kaiba's XYZ monsters were a Transformers rip-off," Duke smirked with a slight chuckle as Kirk shot him a glare. "It's true! It looks like a Transformers cartoon!"
"Shut up!" Kirk shouted, then continued his move. "I set one card face-down and activate Ties of the Bretheren from my hand! By paying 1000 life points, I can special summon two level 4 monsters that are the same type as my Machina Soldier!" Kirk was left now with 3000 life points remaining. "I bring out Machina Sniper and Machina Defender in attack mode!" A yellow robot with some sort of machine gun in its hand and a blue robot with missile guns on each shoulder that could shoot four missiles at once appeared on the field in an attack position.
"Oh yes, definitely not a transformer rip-off," Duke said sarcastically. "Really, if they turn into automobiles, that'll really take the cake!"
Kirk groaned while rolling his eyes. Gekko snorted and said, "just be glad he's not Joey!"
"Whatever!" Kirk replied with furrowed eyebrows. "I end my turn!"
"By the way, why did he summon three monsters if he can't attack or sacrifice two of them?" Duke wondered with furrowed eyes.
"He could fuse them!" Hanaski replied to Duke with a shrug as Gekko slapped his forehead.
"At least you're not a duelist. Otherwise you'd just be stupid," Gekko muttered through his speech.
"Okay," Hanaski said, drawing his next card. "I set one card face-down, then I activate Woodman's special ability. During my standby phase, I can add 1 Polymerization from my deck or graveyard to my hand!" He searched through his deck and added 1 Polymerization. "Now, I use Polymerization to fuse Woodsman and Ocean to create Elemental Hero Earth!" Elemental HERO Woodsman and Elemental HERO Ocean, from Hanaski's hand, fused together in the light and created what looked to be like a white super hero monster that would almost be mistaken for white clay, only it was strong and mighty.
"Why do I get the feeling that someone's gonna be ripping-off this monster ten years from now?" Duke wondered with furrowed eyebrows.
"I have no idea!" Gekko replied, then shrugged. "It seems every Duel Monsters card here is getting ripped-off."
"Since I can't attack, I end my turn!" Hanaski declared.
"That's too bad! I summon Commander Covington in attack mode!" Kirk declared as a red robot, who seemed to be wearing a robotic version of a Shakespeare outfit, appeared in attack mode. "Then, I use his special ability by sending all three Machina monsters to the graveyard, combining them to special summon Machina Force!" All three of the Machina monsters broke apart and transformed into a huge robotic death machine with two missile launchers each side, a shield on one arm and a machine gun on the other, and two robotic legs.
After Machina Force was summoned onto the field Duke burst out in laughter. Kirk glared at Duke, who was getting out his camera, and then taking a picture of the holographic monster. He couldn't take this anymore. It was just too much.
"Okay, this has got to be a f***ing joke! Did your dad create these monsters, expecting us to take this seriously? Dude, that has to be the worse rip-off of transformers than the XYZ monsters! At least those machine-type monsters had some originality, with being based off of animals and tanks as well, but this... this takes the f***ing cake!" Duke said, laughing his guts off. Gekko covered his face with his full hand and shook his head.
"One of the very things that annoyed Yako and I the most about our father was the fact he loved watching cartoons. Transformers was one of his childhood favorites unfortunately," Gekko admitted.
"DAMN! That's just... wow. Go figure!"
Kirk growled in annoyance before declaring, "for Machina Force to attack, I must pay 1000 life points to do so!" His life points were now 2000. "My Machina Force attacks your Earth monster!" Machina Force aimed its missile launcher, aiming it at Elemental HERO – The Earth to shoot it down.
"I play De-Fusion, returning your Machina Force back into its material monsters!" Hanaski declared, revealing his face-down card. Kirk gasped and his Machina Force changed back into Machina Soldier, Machina Sniper, and Machina Defender.
"Oh... crap," Kirk responded with a pale look on his face. "I end my turn."
"Good!" Hanaski smirked, drawing his next card. "My Earth attacks Commander Covington and that's game!" Elemental HERO – The Earth flew jumped in the air, then punched Commander Covington from the upper jaw and it burst from the field, leaving Kirk with 0 attack. "That was a great game, but try not to waste your life points next time."
"Okay, little buddy," Kirk agreed, then looked at Gekko, who held a smirk. "You were right, this kid's got game!" He then turned to Duke with a grim look. "You're annoying!"
"I'll take that as a compliment," Duke smirked as if he didn't care.
"Well... the room's yours. I'm going home!" Kirk said, then walked down the hall to the elevator.
"Guess he really isn't completely on Yako's side," Duke said.
"Of course not, he was going easy on Hanaski! That's why he lost so many life points!" Gekko said as if it was plain obvious.
"So, I didn't really do that good?" Hanaski asked with disappointment.
"No, you did great! He would've gone easy on me too. It's just as he mentioned before, he doesn't agree with my brother's terms. He's aware that he's putting someone else's life in danger and is wanting out of it as soon as possible. If he loses, he's out," Gekko explained.
"Ah, I guess that makes sense," Hanaski shrugged, still slightly disappointed that Kirk didn't really give his best. Then again, Hanaski knew he wouldn't give his best either if he were in Kirk's shoes.
The trio entered inside the Security Room where video cameras showed the rooms inside Kaiba Corp, except the bathrooms. Each row of cameras represented a curtain floor. There were many employers shown on almost every camera. Every employer was ready to duel whoever came in their way. Gekko looked closely at each employer, knowing their skills in dueling.
It was true that the duelists in floor BB were going to be a challenge for Joey and his crew the closer they get to Atem's location. There, inside the laboratory, stood Atem inside some sort of pod container laying on his back. He seemed very unconscious and breathing steadily. There were employers guarding this room, ones that were more into combat training. There was no doubt Joey was going to run into trouble very soon.
"Hey look!" Hanaski cried out, pointing to the camera showing the laboratory where Atem was located. He seemed to be pointing to some sort of object inside the machine above Atem. There, inside the machine, was a golden pyramid, the millennium puzzle.
"So that's how he was able to seal Yugi's and Atem's soul inside a card," Gekko realized, his eyebrows furrowed.
"At least Joey's on his way there with Yugi's card," Hanaski said.
"That's right, you gave Mrs. Moto Yugi's card," Duke remembered.
"Though, I still can't find my brother in any of these cameras!" Gekko glared with frustration. A sigh escaped from his mouth, then looked closely at the cameras, knowing which duelist was more skilled than the other. It seemed that more skilled duelists are located at the very top level near the roof. Something in his gut told him that his brother is near the roof. "Seems my brother is near the roof. That's where we'll be heading."
"How do you know?" Duke asked.
"There are more trained duelists around the rooftop. My guess is that he's probably there waiting for Kaiba," Gekko guessed.
"What if it's a trap?" Duke asked. "For all we know, we could end up stepping on a part of the floor that will rather lead us to the basement or down the garbage shoot!" Everyone looked at him funny. "It's possible!"
"There's no doubt my brother will be setting a trap for us, though not the ones you mentioned, but we still need to go after him. I have to let this madness stop! If not, Yako will be making the biggest mistake of his life!" Gekko said with furrowed eyebrows.
"The real question is why isn't he showing up in the security cameras?"
"I'm not sure. He could be inside one of the restrooms, but there's still him getting out and I doubt if the restrooms have windows. Only those with dark powers have the ability of disappearing and even that takes alot of power. I don't get it! Yako shouldn't have that sort of power... unless."
"Unless what?" Duke asked Gekko, who was deep in thought.
"No, he wouldn't! He wouldn't be that desperate... would he?"
"What are you talking about? What is it you're not telling us?" Duke asked threatening, grabbing Gekko by the pink coat.
"It's a slim chance, but... when our father was still alive, he created the three Egyptian Gods-"
"Yeah, we already know that!" Duke glared, wanting more answers.
"But he also created their antis!"
"Anti?" Hanaski questioned with two raised eyebrows.
"The Wicked Gods," Gekko explained as Duke slowly let go of him. "It was by mistake, he thought they were the Egyptian Gods! When he found out the true source of their divine powers, he locked them in a safe and made us promise to never open them or give them to anyone. He tried destroying them, burning them, but the cards remained as they are!"
"You think Yako might've taken them?" Duke asked.
"No, he knows they're dangerous! No mere mortal has ever wield them without being controlled by their dark powers! The Wicked Gods will tap into a person's true dark nature and... but... no..." Gekko said, then realized that the reason for Yako's madness could've possibly have been the fact he was being controlled by the Wicked Gods, if he did wield them. "He can't."
"Guess that explains everything. After wielding the Wicked Gods, your brother turned from Yako to psycho," Duke smirked, halfly joking. In a mere second, he found himself pinned against the wall with Gekko's hands clutched against his shirt.
"Don't test me, boy!" Gekko glared with darkened eyes.
"STOP! NO FIGHTING!" Hanaski cried out as Gekko sighed, putting Duke down. "I know you're hurting! I promise we'll do whatever it takes to get your brother out of whatever brainwash he's gotten himself into!"
"It won't be easy, Hanaski! If Yako is wielding those cards, he won't hold back in taking your life! These duels are just for distraction!"
"We'll find a way."
"How can you have such faith?"
"Because Yugi and Atem had faith in me... even when I seemed helpless by sight," Hanaski replied, staring down at the floor. His eyes furrowed. "And I won't give up on them no matter what!"