Disclaimer: To the creators of Kazuki Takahashi, I thank you for allowing me the pleasure of fan fiction.
Recap: "Amelda . . . Amelda . . ." he screamed. Sweating, and dragging his paralyzed body to the door he pushed, pulled, and banged until his knuckles bled. Falling to the floor and rubbing his legs, the CEO kept repeating his brother's name over and over again.
Seto is trapped in a burning building in the Alps . . . . . Meanwhile his loyal employees are making their way to his aide . . . I hope.
Chapter 5: Joey's Plan, Escape
"Can't this pile of junk go any faster," Joey leaned forward looking through a pair of binoculars; his head glued to the front window of the jeep. Joey's eyes burned from unshed tears; his fear continued to mount.
"Whose idea was it to go undercover as hikers and rent this jeep," Bakura shot back at the worried secretary, the last bump almost cost them a tire.
"Joey we're all worried about the boss, but if we die out here, whose goin' find us." Ryou pinched his brother's upper thigh and whispered, "Slow down."
"Ouch!"
"Keep your eyes on the road and your mind on the job," Ryou glared at his older brother.
"Yeah, but Joey's more than worried, he's like a wife," Bakura laughed. He couldn't stop teasing Joey.
"Shut up!!"
"Baku the road . . . the road, you almost flatten that deer," Ryou grabbed the stirring wheel and swerved around the frighten animal.
"Idiot," Joey added.
"Grrr . ."
"Listen, Baku he's got enough on his mind, just slow down and look out for the trees and innocent creatures."
"Ok . . . . Ok I got it little bro."
"Joey did you ever think he just wanted a little down time," Ryou asked. "Maybe we shouldn't go chasing after him like this."
"No, I know my place, but regardless if it's personal or business he tells me everything." Joey threw the useless binoculars in the seat next to him. He knew it wasn't his imagination. 'Something wasn't right,' he thought. "I can feel it in my gut."
"How sweet," Bakura chuckled and ducked to avoid a smack from Ryou.
"He wouldn't go off with this guy, he's dangerous. Have you ever known Kaiba to go anywhere without his laptop?" Joey shouted out.
Both guys looked at each other and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it's like his stick or something." Bakura laughed, as he missed a ditch in the road. "It's always ready to go; like me." Bakura made a few gestures with his free hand.
"Freak," Joey smiled for the first time in two days, although his head continued to throb. He closed his eyes for only a moment and remembered . . . .
Flashback:
Joey stormed out of the Kaiba's mansion with a mission of his own he needed to find Kaiba. 'Mokuba could play with his new lover all day; didn't anyone see something was wrong with Kaiba's behavior?' he thought. With a heavy heart Joey went to Kaiba Corp and as he entered Kaiba's private office he ran into Amed coming out.
"Wait!! Who the hell are you!?" Joey cried out.
The boy continued to run, but Joey cut him off and grabs his arm.
"Let me go, I'm not for you." Amed cried out. It appeared the last few days have been nothing but pain. The young prostitute was about to snap.
Joey dragged Amed back into the office and he started to question the pretty boy. "Where is Kaiba and what have you done with him!?"
"Nothing, I'm just his servant?" Amed whimpered. "I want to go home, you're all insane." Tears were dripping down in buckets from his eyes.
"So you're the new toy Mokuba talked about how pathetic. I want an answer and it better be the right one. You spent the night with him. So what in the hell are you doing in his private office?" Joey was fuming and a bit jealous.
"He wanted to pick up some work, but . . . I guess he didn't want to leave me behind," Amed lowered his voice to a whisper.
"Don't pull that droopy eyed bedroom voice shit with me. Kaiba wouldn't care what you felt. You're the exact copy of that monster he met years ago. That's why you're here." Joey tightens his grip on Amed's arm and pushed him down on the bed.
"TALK . . . if you don't I'll make sure you lose the equipment needed for your work. Do you understand? I don't give a damn about you or your boss. I just want Kaiba."
"I don't know where he went, but I was instructed to give him a message; it's was on a disc." Amed pointed to the CEO's lap top. Joey rushed to the object and pushed a few buttons.
'Damn, Kaiba didn't even bother to turn it off. What was he thinking; unless this was a message he wanted me to find.' Joey smiled at the thought.
"Old Mill, purple clouds, black stars . . . what is this?"
Amed tried to use the time to sneak out but before he reached the door, Joey snatches the boy back. "Stupid fool, I'll tell you when I'm ready to release you."
"Please I don't know anything else, " Amed handed Joey his cell phone. A message appeared in bold letters.
"YOUR WORK IS DONE, GO BACK TO THE STABLE AND AWAIT YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT." Joey read out loud.
"What the hell. Who are you? Just a pretty boy; how much did you get paid, asshole?" Joey was pissed but his real anger centered on the fact this boy slept with Kaiba.
"If I don't get back, I could lose my job, please mister this is all I know." Amed whispered.
"Just go," Joey spoke sharply and released his hold on the guy. "Useless piece of shit! What in the hell are you thinking Kaiba."
Joey dialed Mokuba's cell and waited for the ring. "Mokuba pick up."
"Yo, what's shaking?" Mokuba chirped.
"Mokie . . . I have a message on Kaiba's laptop. It says he needs to meet a man at the Old Mill, under the purple clouds and black stars. Help me out, man!"
"Mmm . . . let me think?" Mokuba adjusted his robe which still hung lose on his shoulders. He was supposed to be eating breakfast with his new friend, but instead they ended up eating strawberries off of each other's chest.
Yami interrupted by the ring was latched onto a nipple coated with camel syrup and whip cream.
"Mokuba . . . what in the hell is that sound?" Joey heard something akin to a slurp. "Never mind don't tell me."
"Hey, I'm sending you a file. You there? It's coded, G-Devi l . . . Mmm …. That's a nick name for our step father." Mokuba's joy disappears the moment Gozaburo's name left his mouth. He moved to a bar stool and waited for Joey to receive the e-mail.
"Mokuba . . . these are just some pictures of an old factory. What's the meaning behind this; these people are?"
"That's an old factory he had hidden in the Alps. I remember it was a death camp; most of the people were crippled, blind, or rendered useless. I was too young to really understand but Seto was being trained to take over the business and become a monster like our step father. He often took Seto on tours of his vast holdings. Seto would come back distracted and spend the time alone with his laptop. He would be depressed for days and the G-devil would beat Nii-sama to toughen him up. I knew all about it. That beast was the worst piece of shit on this earth."
"Mokuba, why didn't I know about this?"
"You think you have the right to visit our darkest closet," Mokuba screamed out. "It's not something to put on a billboard, Nii-sama is a proud man; he's always protected those he loved."
"Sorry Mokuba to bring up this shit, but I'm here to protect you and Kaiba also."
Mokuba buried his head inside the loose folds of his robe. Yami walked over to the young Kaiba and put his arms around him. "Let me comfort you," Yami's kiss was very gentle on Mokuba's neck. The boy shivered and leaned against Yami's shoulder seeking more. They were sinking their souls into uncharted waters and the drowning of their hearts felt very warm.
"Yeah I know Joey, but the past is past. Seto destroyed all those old factories a long time ago."
"Mokuba I'm so sorry, but that can't be true. Why would he meet that guy up there? Explain that to me." Joey was almost hysterical in his attempt to get through to the young Kaiba.
"What guy?"
"The red head guy, you know."
"You mean Amed; his playmate . . . he's hot," Mokuba smile. "I asked Seto to buy me one but he didn't."
"I'm so glad," Mokuba shared a look with Yami.
"No damn it!! Listen to me; I mean the real one!!"
"Joey calm down, Seto is just out having a little fun, I know how you feel, but at least be a man about it," Mokuba's comment only served to piss the blond off.
"A few years ago Seto rescued that lunatic in the skies; he never told me what happened, but I believe it was a duel to take over your companies. I hated that guy. He's the same one on Seto's laptop and that pretty boy is his double. Whatever happened up there was dangerous and Kaiba covered it up."
"Joey, I think you're losing it, that can't be correct. I was there. Amelda disappeared and we haven't seen him since." Yami started to stroke Mokuba's back to calm him down. He was becoming fun of his prey.
"Thanks," Mokuba whispered to his lover. "We'll be leaving soon."
"Yes, Young Kaiba . . . . It's my turn to show you the pleasures of an older man." Yami tweaked Mokuba's strawberry nipple and moved his tongue to his navel. "Mmm . . . . A ruby would glow on such a creamy skin." He licked Mokuba's lower stomach with care and tugged gently on the baby hairs down below.
"Mokuba where in the Alps ; they run for miles?"
"Near the Swiss border, I think," Mokuba whispered. "I'm sure there is only one road in and out, plus its' only accessible by plane. Gozaburo made sure of that."
"Thanks."
"Ah . . . Joey I need a favor."
"What ?"
"The code, you know the one to the yacht."
"Honestly Mokuba, I'm worried about your brother and all you can think about is cruising with a man you hardly know."
"Joey comes on, I'll be good or would you prefer I just take off with Yami." Mokuba snarled.
"Ok, Mokuba, Seto will have to deal with you when he gets back." Joey was busy with some files of his own. He sent the code to Mokuba and called Bakura and Ryou, trusted bodyguards of Kaiba Corp. He had to go and find Kaiba.
"Kaiba I'm on the way."
Flash Forward . . .
"Earth calling lover boy. . . ."
"Uh . . . what happen?"
"Geezz . . . you zoned out. We should be nearing the mountain pass." Ryou volunteered.
"According to that old man at the lodge, its only five miles up. He said it hadn't been used in years."
"Wait . . . Stop the jeep" Joey screamed. "Turn over there . . . . Off the road!!!"
"Joey it's nothing but trees, I can't see anything." Ryou had his head hanging out of the side of the jeep. His ears were freezing. Joey hand me those night goggles. There should be extra pairs for you and Baku."
"I said stop THE CAR!!! I mean keep on going through the forest. "
Bakura swirled off the road into the forest and continued to drive through the thickets. There were times when Bakura couldn't see the road but he drove on like a mad man deeper into the bush, Joey's fear had become infectious.
"There . . . stop the car!!" Joey breathing was ragged, and his heart began to beat wildly. Seto was near.
Bakura brought the jeep to a screeching halt. Joey jumped out of the road monster and started running. Shit he could almost smell the CEO, he loved him so much.
"Look over there!!" Ryou spotted the wing of The Blue- Eyes White Dragon Jet; even in the dead of night it glowed. Joey opened the cockpit; but it was empty. The others scouted the area and feared the worst.
"Ok we know he landed the jet, so maybe the factory isn't too far away." Ryou had calmed down; he was the thinker in the group.
"I knew it, God where is he . . . Ryou we gotta find him . . . Bakura do you believe me," Joey grabbed Bakura shoulders and started to shake him. He was out of control and his fingers dug deeply into the bodyguard's shoulder blades.
Bakura slapped the hysterical man, he was out of control. "Listen Joey . . . can you hear me. Look around for footprints . . . pull it together . . ."
"Ahh . . . ok," Joey touched his burning cheek and wiped tears from his eyes.
"BAKU, JOEY . . . I think I figured it out," Ryou directed his voice to Joey, "someone took a jeep going west and there's a set of footprints going towards those trees. Seto met someone and made them walk down the mountain most likely to a hidden car. The prints leading to the jeep are deep but firm; it's the way Kaiba walks. So if we follow the tracks left by the jeep, I think we should be able to find Kaiba."
"Then let's go!!!" Baku gunned the engine and drove the jeep hard. After five minutes Bakura shared a look with Ryou. Ryou nodded his head in silent understanding.
"You smell it too," Bakura whispered.
"Yeah it's smoke." Ryou answered.
"Step on it man."
"Ryou if I go any faster it'll blow."
"Yeah tell that to Joey. He's freaking crazy. I swear my shoulder is still bleeding." Bakura complained.
"Just move it. I think Kaiba's in grave danger," Ryou whispered.
"The sky oh my God it's on fire!!" Joey's eyes doubled in size.
"Baku," Ryou whispered.
"Don't say it . . . Don't think it," Bakura communicated with a look.
"Kaiba!!" Joey screamed, just as the sky exploded.
The jeep rolled over and crashed into a large tree throwing the boys injury free down a small slope. Ryou was the first to recover. He checked Bakura and Joey and determined they were still alive. Next he looked around to make sure they were not in immediate danger.
Ryou recovered two guns from the over turned jeep, he was poised and ready to go for action. "Come on sucker, you want a piece of me!"
"Bakura . . . come on man; wake up." He pulled on his brother's torn shirt. 'It appears Joey was right. Why didn't they take him seriously?' Ryou asked himself that question over and over. They needed some serious back up.
"Ryou help me up, where's Bakura?" Joey started to moan and move about. He looked at the guns in Ryou's hands. "Is that necessary?"
"Hell yeah, this is war. Look at the jeep, that wasn't a cherry bomb, man. I'll kill the son of a bitch, who dares to hurt my brother." Bakura was pissed. " This is personal, Joey."
Both boys helped Bakura to his feet and walked towards the sound of the explosion. Just beyond the trees they ran into piles of rubble, burnt trees branches, and blackness in the air. A purple mist hung over the site. Only the remains of a steel door and metal frames loomed before their eyes. Smoke filled the air and their lungs started to hurt; this wasn't normal smoke. Joey ran to the wreckage; tears blinding his view.
"Please God he's got to be alright."
They searched through the wreckage, not even a piece of cloth was visible.
"This guy is really sharp; he used special explosives meant to put out the fire and turn everything to ash. Even a body would disappear in this shit." Ryou analyzed the situation.
"Yet the entire forest is untouched," Bakura added. "I don't like this."
"I won't believe this. " Joey wiped at his tear stained face. "He can be dead . . . not Kaiba."
"Joey . . . ."
"No he's alive! I know it." Joey screamed. "I'd feel it if he were dead; my soul would cry.
Bakura and Ryou nodded in agreement.
Baku over there; I think I see someone." Ryou grabbed his brother's arm and spun him around. Joey followed the outstretched hand with his eyes.
"Look it's him . . . . Hurry!!!!!" Ryou cried out between coughs.
Joey couldn't run fast enough almost tumbling down the hill crashing into trees along the way. Righting his body with the algidity of a high school gymnast, he was the first to reach Seto.
It was devastating to see the CEO crawling, and then he lifted his body up with the aid of a stick. Seto hobbled a few steps then fell and once again struggled to his feet; both arms shaking. In the wind the word Mokuba echoed over and over. Seto didn't see the arms that circled his waist from behind.
"Seto, I got you." Overwhelmed with emotion he brought both Kaiba and himself down to the warm earthen floor. Seto appeared to be ok, just exhausted and weak. Somehow he'd escaped from the fire and the blast.
Bakura leaned over Joey's shoulder and Ryou kneel down beside the blond.
"Come on Joey, we have to get him to safety, it's too dangerous here. That guy could be close by and the explosives could be hot."
"Yeah, let's move out," Joey answered. It took all three of them to lift Seto up from the ground but it was Joey that carried him up the hill on his back. It was Seto's steady heart beat that gave him courage.
Finally Bakura got the jeep running and Joey reluctantly laid him in the back seat, he cradled Seto's warm face to his chest. He had no idea Seto's skin was so soft. Joey could have left the world behind at that moment and kept driving. Half way down the road, Seto woke and started to mumble. "Amelda . . . don't leave me."
'Damn it,' Joey thought, 'I'd give anything to have him say my name like that.'
"How's our little babe doing, " Bakura teased Joey.
Ryou took the time to refuel the gas tank at the lodge.
Joey blushed and pushed Seto's bangs out of his eyes. Seto knocked his hand away, he hated being weak. He'd been awake for some time. Joey's warm arms only served as a rest stop for the CEO to gather strength.
"Ok, that's enough. I'm not sick. " Kaiba barked out loud. He looked at Joey for a moment with care but insisted on going to the john to relieve his body and think about his next move.
"I'll wait right here," Joey called out. Kaiba completely ignored his savior. He had too much on his mind; he needed air and the company of his allusive red-haired beauty.
Once inside he threw handfuls of cold water on his face and reflected on Amelda's words. A hand snaked up around his throat and forced his body against the rim of the basin. The cold marble cut into his sensitive groin. Amelda rubs his body against Kaiba's backside and pulled his long chestnut hair painful back. "You cheated . . . . I didn't think you would need help in defeating me. Why I thought this was our dance. But if you want to share it's fine. It makes the game interesting."
Kaiba could feel Amelda's heat and hard shaft dig into his butt cheeks between the clothes that restricted them both. Moments ago this man tried to kill him and now he pleasured his body shamelessly.
"Rest Son of Gozaburo and get your affairs in order. I want you to say good bye to everyone you love before I destroy your world completely. I want you to see Mokuba again before I take him away forever. I want you to wonder when it will come and when it is over we will visit his grave together.
"Ahh . . . I'll kill you first," Kaiba hissed.
"Before or after you have me . . . that is what you desire," Amelda taunted the CEO. "Do you still want to make love to me, Seto Kaiba?" the words dripped with honey, warming his neck.
Amelda took both of Kaiba's hands and forced them flat against the counter top of the old basin. Seto felt the thickness of Amelda's shaft as he continued to grind between his willing butt cheeks. Seto's world exploded, he was helpless to resist.
"Mmm . . . . You're such a slut." Amelda purred.
Seto moaned.
Teasing the excited man, Amelda inched his zipper down along with his pants over Kaiba's narrow hips. He eased his hands inside and around Kaiba's throbbing shaft. "You want more. I can feel it," He pushed harder against Seto's butt and started to stroke his shaft, relentlessly.
"Ahh . . ." Kaiba's legs buckled under Amelda's sweet torture. Sounds he didn't know he could make left his lips.
"You've never really known the pleasures of a real man, just sex." Amelda licked Kaiba's ear.
"Call me SETO, please. Mmmm," The CEO was near tears. He wanted Amelda's hands over his entire body. His hair smell of burnt ash and wild honey, Kaiba wanted it all. He wanted to drown in this man's beauty.
"Hah . . . You'll never have this . . . never!" Amelda chuckled as he withdrew his hand slowly.
"Rest well Kaiba," and with the skill of an assassin he brought Kaiba to his knees and left.
Once again Kaiba found he was on the floor leaning against a door. Only this time he wasn't screaming for his brother. His felt as though he'd lost his mind to this beauty and he was powerless to resist the temptation even at the risk of his life. He'd become a whore to his own body, a body under Amelda's control. Seto whispered in defeat to this monster, his lover, his executioner, 'I love you.'
Wow !! I really put my heart into this one, so give me a little love. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the ride.