Hey there peoples, it's me The MAAAAAAN! Sorry that it took me this long to make this chapter since it has finally happened to me. I have caught a bad case of the Writer's Block! But, I managed to make time to bring you the next chapter to this story so, enjoy it. Your ideas inspired me to keep this going.

Thanks for the reviews:

white pedal - You think I have the answers? I just make this up as I go. lol

Autobot00001 - Hey, when it comes to these types of things, anything can happen

Sunrise Phoenix - Keith don't know he's a wanted man, so he doesn't know. At least not yet.

Coka Cookie Cola - Well, I already have that part planned out.

Melan Anime - Yeah, but I won't be giving any spoilers away. That ain't how I roll.

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One week has passed and Tristan and Serenity are still hiding from Gozaburo since the Special Agents guarding their home has not reported anything of Gozaburo's whereabouts. It is now 9:00 in the morning and Serenity has started to feel sluggish. She didn't want to go anywhere or even move. Tristan walked in as she saw her still lying on the bed. He feels her forehead as it was normal.

"Huh, well you don't have a fever. And your blood pressure seems fine. What's up?" Tristan started to be concerned for Serenity's well-being as she spoke up.

"I don't feel like getting up today." She went under the covers to go back to sleep. Tristan tried shaking her out of bed, but didn't work either.

"Come on Serenity, my day won't be fun without you." Serenity didn't feel like getting up, so she had to do it for Tristan.

"Okay..." She gets out of bed and goes into the bathroom. "Now that Gozaburo is out there somewhere, we are just going to keep running like scared chickens."

"Because he is after you. I am going to be here with you, for better or worse."

"Thanks, but what if Gozaburo goes after you or Joey?"

"We will keep our guards up if he tries to." Tristan did his best to try to keep Serenity calm as possible unless he wants her to endanger their child. After they had their breakfast, Tristan went to talk to Joey.

"Hey Tristan. How's Serenity doing?" he asked.

"She's doing alright. A little moody, but that's normal. Anyway, we have to keep our guards up if we want to keep her safe. What she said to me really opened my eyes. What if Gozaburo goes after us first and then tries to make his move on Serenity?"

"That's not gonna come to that!" Joey said to Tristan. "If that creep thinks he can spar with the one and only Joey Wheeler, he's got another thing coming to him! I can take him down with my own bare hands!"

MEANWHILE

Téa was getting ready for work as Atem already left for work. She began to put on her uniform and pin with her name on it. She grabbed her shoes, her keys, and shut the door behind her. Atem had the car, so she had to walk to work, which isn't that far now than she thought. As she was walking, Souza watched from a far distance as she saw her leaving to work.

"Sir, the Hawk has left the Nest. What now?" he asked.

"Leave her, when she gets out of her job, I will deal with her myself." Marik said over his walkie-talkie.

"Understood, returning to base."

"You do realize that we do not need code names. Ugh, like I said before, leave her be. I'll deal with her."

"Alright. Heading back now." Souza put away his walkie-talkie and headed back until the same dog that attacked him before saw him and went chasing after Souza again. "Where is your owner?!" he shouted.

As Téa left for work, Atem was in his office filing job applications for new employees. Kaiba had him working around the clock for the day to get some extra work done. As he was doing so, he heard a knock on his door.

"Come in..." the door opened to show that it was Kaiba who had his tablet in hand.

"Atem, I need you to work late tonight. There are some papers that I need you to do for me. I have to deal with the court case with Gozaburo, dare I say his name."

"Alright Kaiba, if it will get me home faster, I'll do them." Atem didn't want the extra work, but he needed the money just help support his fiancé, Téa. Kaiba used his tablet to send the files he had onto Atem's laptop and closed his tablet case.

"I will expect these papers in my inbox by the end of the week Muto or else. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go prepare for my court case." Kaiba said as he stormed out of Atem's office and closed the door behind him. Atem sighed as he knew he was going to be in for a long day. He grabbed his phone and made a quick call to Téa to let her know. He dialed her number as he waited on the other line for her to answer.

"Hello?"

"Téa, it's Atem. It turns out that I am going to be working late tonight. Kaiba had some things to deal with, so he got me working around the clock until he is done."

"Okay, understandable Atem, don't worry about me. I'll wait for you until you get home tonight."

"That's the thing, I always worry about you."

"Atem, it's okay. I can handle myself. You do your work and I'll do mine, okay?"

"Alright Téa, I'll see you at home tonight."

"Okay Atem, I love you."

"I love you too, Téa." Atem hung up his phone as Téa went back to work herself as she was in the middle of serving coffee to her customers. Atem went back to his work writing papers and signing new employees.

"I just want to get this work done. That way, I can go back home and have a nice sleep with my bride to be." Atem said to himself.

The whole day passed by like a jet as Téa saw the time on her watch that it was already 4:00 p.m. and it's the end of her shift. Téa went to the back and took off her uniform and went back into her casual clothes. She waved goodbye to her employee friends as she began the walk back to her home. As she was walking, she spots Bandit Keith sitting on the sidewalk. He spots her as he has a microphone under his jacket.

"I see her."

"Good, see that you get the information out of her." Bandit Keith gets up and walks up to her.

"Excuse me miss, but do you know someone by the name of Tristan Taylor, I have to send him something important."

"Who are you?" Téa asked.

"I work at Kaiba Corp as one of his employees and I was wondering if you know where he lives." Téa had never seen him before. Tristan would know him since he works under his department and not Atem's.

"Well, just go up that street over there and keep walking until you hit the corner of Saki and Fukuoka street." Téa pointed out the directions to where he lives as he bowed to her as thanks. Keith rushed off to Tristan's home as Téa went home herself.

"Whoever he was, he did look creepy. I'm sure Tristan knows who he is so he can get whatever he was missing." She said to herself. As she reached her home, Marik saw her walk in as he started to sneak in behind the nearest bush.

"Souza, bring up the van when I say." Marik said on his walkie-talkie.

"Roger that." Souza replied.

Téa heard rustling as she turned around and saw nobody there. She got a little scared as she unlocked her door and walked inside. Marik saw her walk in the house and he started to make his move as he was able to keep the door open without being noticed. Téa went into the kitchen as she put her keys into a small bowl. Marik kept as quiet as possible as he saw Téa over by the stove. He walked in as she turned around again. Marik knew how to camouflage in plain sight as he hid under the table unnoticed. Téa turned back around as she began to put in hot dogs into the boiling water since she was going to be by herself for the night.

'You're mine now...' Marik thought. He had a piece of cloth damp with chloroform as he grabbed her arm and covered her mouth with the cloth. Téa screamed as she looked to see it was Marik, but before she could fight back, she began to lose conciousness.

'No... Atem...' She thought before she was knocked out. Marik grabbed her as he wiped her face with a clean cloth and licked her face.

"Say goodbye to your boyfriend Téa because you and I will be going on a little trip." Marik carried her out of the house and ran swiftly back to his home. "Souza, bring up the van." Souza heard his cue as he drove up in a black van to pick up Marik and their new prisoner. Marik carried Téa over his shoulder as she was motionless. He put her in the van as Marik went inside and shut the door. "Drive, Souza. That chloroform won't last long." Souza drove back to Marik 's home as he finally had Téa to himself.

A half hour passed and Keith was in front of the Taylor household as the two FBI Agents were inside playing a small game of "Smash Fighters" on the TV.

"Come on, is that the best you got?"

"No, THIS IS!" The second agent tapped buttons as he did a final move on the Agent's character and destroyed him. "Aw yeah!" As they were playing, they heard a knock on the door. "Yes, can I help you?"

"I'm looking for Serenity Taylor?" Keith asked.

"I'm sorry, she isn't here." The agent said crossing his arms.

"Do you know where she is?"

"I'm sorry, but I cannot give out that information." Keith had to think of another way to get information, so he had another idea come into his mind.

"Do you know where her brother is?"

"Oh, you want Joey Wheeler. Well, he is in this address, but I suggest you not to give away his location." Keith was given the address to where Joey was living, which was also the location where Serenity and Tristan were hiding out at. Keith bowed to the agent as thanks as he closed the door. The agent went back in the living room to see the second agent playing single player.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"You took too long, so I played Single Player."

"What the hell?"

"Hey, it's your fault for taking too long."

"Fine, I didn't want to play anyway. I'll go draw boobs on the Etch n' Sketch."

"Go ahead, they always come out square." The agent walks away as the Second agent continued playing video games. Outside the house, Keith went out of plain sight and gave the address to the Hidden Gozaburo.

"Here's your information. What now?" Keith asked.

"Now, this." Gozaburo pulled out a gun as he shot Keith in the chest. Keith grabbed his chest on the wound and fell to the ground as Keith began to lose blood by the second. Gozaburo suddenly shot Keith in the skull to finish him and end his life. "You're next, Serenity..."

LATER THAT NIGHT

Atem just finished typing out the last piece of paperwork as he was exhausted from doing both his and Kaiba's paperwork. He worked all day and Atem watched out the window looking at the sun starting to set. He looked at the time and it was 6:45 p.m. and got up to stretch. Atem suddenly heard his office phone ring as he stopped to stretch and answer it.

"Hello, Kaiba Corp. Office." Atem didn't hear anything on the other line as it was totally silent. "Who is this? Hello?" The person on the other line hung up as Atem got up, collected his papers into his briefcase and headed towards the elevator. "Something isn't feeling right. I can feel it in my heart."

Atem got off of the elevator and went straight to his car. He drove for about fifteen minutes as he got back into his house to find out it was empty. "Téa? You home?" He didn't hear any reply. Atem searched the house and Téa was nowhere to be seen. "Where could she have gone?" Atem heard his cell phone ring as the caller ID was blocked.

"Hello?"

"Is this Atem Muto?"

"Who is this?" Atem said in an angry tone.

"I have something that you may want." The caller hung up as he sent a picture to Atem's phone. He opened it to reveal it was Téa lying on a couch tied up and her mouth taped up. Atem was in complete shock to see what he is looking at.

"That guy took Téa. He will pay!" Atem grappled his phone as he began to tear up. He put his phone back in his pocket. "Whoever that was on the phone, I need to track down who that was and stop him before he does serious damage to Téa."

Well, I left you guys in enough cliffhangers. I know I took my "swell" time writing this chapter, but at least I got it done. But, I maybe updating like this since I got work that needs to be done. Bet besides that, Atem has a lot on his plate on finding Marik since he don't know it was him that took Téa. What does Marik have in store cor Téa and about Gozaburo, what has he got planned for Serenity now that he knows where she lives? Leave those reviews and I shall come back with a new chapter when I'm done with my class working. See You Next Time!