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The perfect team
Chapter 7: Teamwork…
"Enough with the friendly talk! Let's get this over with!" Kaiba snapped. "I have a company to run."
"Our little sunshine is as bright as always, isn't he?" Joey commented, his voice full of sarcasm.
"Yeah, can you believe this guy?!" Tristan whispered fervently. "We offer him help, and he just orders us around like we're his employees. Who does he think he is?"
"Uh, he is the leader of the greatest crime association in the world--aside from Pegasus, of course." Tea suggested sarcastically.
"More like the greatest jerk in the world…" both men ground out. "How could you ever work with--let alone for--him?"
At this the Academy students were speechless. What were they supposed to say? They'd never met Seto Kaiba himself before today, so there wasn't much they could have said. Bastion opened his mouth to give some sort of lecture like always did when he was asked something, but no words could be formed in his mouth. He just had no idea what to say!
"..."
It was a once-in-a-lifetime situation to see Bastion speechless.
"Let's get inside, before Kaiba gets even more pissed off!" Tea urged them into the building. Since it was a warehouse, most of the building was used to store weapons, explosives and other equipment, but in the back there was a little meeting room to be found. It was all very simple, but it served its purpose: There was a table with sixteen chairs standing in a circle, so everyone could face each other. It reminded them of the legends of King Arthur, though Kaiba was surely nothing like him… The owner of Duel Academy now sat down gracefully and waited for the others to join him. Yugi was the first to do as expected, sitting down on the right of his old rival. After him, Pegasus took Kaiba's other side. Then, one by one, they all eventually sat down and the room fell silent.
(Scene Change)
"Ow…" was the only thing Blair could say when she finally woke up. She was lying on a bed in the hospital area of Industrial Illusions' complex. "Ow…damn them!"
"You're awake, I see."
Blair immediately straightened.
"Yes, my lord."
"They escaped."
It was a statement, not a question. Nonetheless, Blair responded: "Yes, my lord. I beg for forgiveness, my lord. It shall not happen again."
"Oh, I'm sure it won't!" the man said and she could almost feel him grin. "Because if it does… Well, you know the consequences for failing, don't you? My praised little traitor…"
Blair shivered and the man loved it. His grin widened even more, as he looked at her slim form, which was trembling with the fear of him and what he could do to her…
"I know the Pharaoh. He will try and join forces with Pegasus and Kaiba. Pegasus will surely be quite pleased to have the chance of teaming up with Yugi once again. However, who can predict what Kaiba is going to do… He is such a suspicious person, he could think of it as a trap. He doesn't trust the Pharaoh at all, even if he knows that Yugi would never lie to him on such an important matter."
"So, it is improbable that he joins in?" Blair asked, but the man continued as if she'd said nothing at all.
"However, there just might be the right person to make him team up with them. And then of course there are the Pharaoh's fellow friends, the ones that came here all the way from Egypt…"
"What should we do, my lord? Give me an order and it shall be done."
"Mmh. Nothing--for the moment. Just tell everyone to keep an eye open. Yugi is good at playing games, so there could be some ugly surprises in store for us."
With that the man stood up and began to walk out of the room. However, he stopped in the doorframe; looking back, he added in a cold, snarling voice: "And don't you dare disappoint me again!"
"Of course not, my lord…" Blair hastily answered, starting to shake in fear again. And to think that only half a minute ago she stopped trembling only half a minute ago…
Damn them all!
(Scene Chance)
The silence began to ring in Jaden's ears. They had sat there for at least fifteen minutes now and nobody had said a word. It was as if everyone else was waiting for the other to begin! They had no time for this, didn't they see that?!
"I mean, they're supposed to be the best…" he thought, disappointed.
Right then, Yugi decided to speak up:
"As you all know, we have been betrayed--some of us more than others. A girl named Blair, who is studying at Kaiba Corporation's Duel Academy, has infiltrated not only Kaiba's company, but Pegasus' as well. Obviously, she wants my friends and I dead. However, as we all realize, she cannot be behind all of this alone--there has to be another person, most likely someone who holds a grudge against all of us. Now, we have to discover who that person--or creature--is-"
"Like that would be easy to find out after all the butt we've kicked! Everyone we've met in the last couple of years is a potential suspect!" Joey half laughed, half growled.
"--and how to stop him/her. To do so, we have to cooperate. We have to team up and work together until we have achieved our goal. If we don't, we will most certainly cease to exist. We can't underestimate our opponent."
"That's nonsense!" Kaiba sneered. " 'Cease to exist', please! Quit being so pathetic. You really think a kid and a mysterious "creature" could take me and my company down?! I'm not a weakling; I'm not scared of the dark or the monster under my bed. I will take care of this myself."
"Kaiba…" Yugi started, exasperated.
"If there's nothing else, I will go now…" Kaiba interrupted coldly and turned his back. He was getting up now, wanting to leave the rest of them to themselves, but suddenly he stopped in front of the door as a little "flick" was heard. His hand rested on the doorframe, index finger and middle finger slightly parted. In between them an arrow was stuck in the wall.
"You might want to reconsider your decision, Seto…" Tea's calm voice floated through the room. As Jaden leaned forward a little, he could see that she was standing and holding the bow. The brown-haired spy already had another arrow in her hand, ready to shoot, if the situation was given. Seto turned around again, knowing all too well that she wasn't just threatening him; she would most certainly shoot that second arrow and this time, she wouldn't aim for the doorframe.
"What?" he snapped.
"I said: 'You might want to reconsider your decision, Seto'." Tea repeated.
"And you?" Seto directed his attention to Yugi: "Haven't you got anything to say to this? Threatening isn't really a good method to gain allies…"
"If it does the trick, I'm not going to complain--even if it only works because you are still a little… how do I put it? Frightened of your ex-girlfriend."
Yugi smiled warmly through the whole ordeal.
Tea raised an eyebrow at Kaiba, as if daring him to deny that.
The rest of the Deadly Seven, Kaiba's Egyptian guests, even Mokuba and Pegasus were trying to stifle their laughter. Of course it was a losing battle!
Jaden, Alexis, Bastion and Hassleberry were just dumbfounded. They looked like thunder had just struck them.
"Fine!" Kaiba finally said. "I'm joining in--but make your wife behave, Yugi."
At this everybody's laughter rang loudly through the room. Even Yugi cracked a wide smile…
A/N: Enough for now. Maybe in the next chapter we find out, who Blair is working for… Someone got an idea?