There's a bit of lime in this chapter at the end, so skip the bold are if you don't like that.
Some violence and torture in this chapter.
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Chapter 8- Questioning
Ryou, Heba, Malik, and Joey were the only ones up at seven the next morning.
"So, how do we go about question them?" Joey asked.
"The fact that Cringe ran tells me that he isn't going to easily tell us anything." Heba said.
"So, we get to do some torturing." Malik said with a wicked smirk.
"If you don't mind, I won't be joining you." Ryou said.
"We know, Ryou. You just leave the torturing to us." Joey said.
"How do we go about this, Heba?" Malik asked.
"We go to Cringe first." Heba said.
"Will we be questioning Vivian as well?" Joey asked.
"I don't know yet. We'll see what we get out of Cringe." Heba said.
Cringe sat in a chair with his hands handcuffed behind his back and his feet were cuffed to the legs of the chairs.
Heba sat across from him with his arms crossed, watching Cringe with a piercing look.
Cringe was getting unnerved by the fact that Heba was watching him with a look like that. "What are you starring at?" Cringe demanded.
"Do you have any idea what I am?" Heba asked.
"You're someone with a death wish." Cringe spat.
"Really. Would that be because I am interfering with what Falcon wants?" Heba asked.
"You're not worth Falcon's time!" Cringe said angrily.
"I'm not? Well, that's so sad. I've foiled a few of his assassination attempts on people." Heba said.
"So you managed to get those eight out alive. When Falcon finds them, they're dead anyway, and he'll kill you just for the fun of it." Cringe said.
"Really? We'll see who's faster with the gun." Heba said.
"Yeah, right. You don't know Falcon." Cringe said.
"Has Falcon ever pulled the trigger and killed another person before?" Heba asked.
"That's none of your business!" Cringe shouted defensively.
"You became defensive. That's obviously a yes. You're scared that he'll kill you." Heba said.
"Falcon kills anyone who double crosses him." Cringe said.
"Really? Then why is it that Vivian is still alive? She betrayed him by telling us what little she knew." Heba said.
"That may be true, but she's nothing but a whore. She let's any guy that Falcon sends to her fuck her and she gets to live the lavish lifestyle that she has wanted for so long. Nothing more. She doesn't need to be killed because she knows nothing." Cringe said.
"I would have thought he would have killed her or at least had her killed. Send a message to anyone else who works for him to tell them that if they cross him, that's what will happen to him. That's what most people would do." Heba said.
"Falcon knows no one will truly betray him. Vivian doesn't count because she's a lowlife whore. She wouldn't know Falcon if she saw him." Cringe said.
Heba leaned back. "You would, though?" Heba asked.
"Like I'd tell you who Falcon really is." Cringe said.
Heba stood up. "I didn't expect you to. I want to know why Falcon wants those eight dead." Heba said.
"I'm not telling you that." Cringe said.
Heba walked around "Really?" Heba asked.
Before Cringe could react, his head was slammed onto the metal table hard.
"Ah! You bastard!" Cringe shouted.
Heba grabbed a fist full of Cringe's hair and jerked him back up. "Want to try that again?" Heba asked.
"Not a chance." Cringe said.
"Okay." Heba said.
To Cringe's surprise, Heba un-cuffed him.
"You know, I have ways of finding out what I want to know." Heba said.
"You'll never get anything out of me." Cringe said.
"I think you'll change your mind." Heba said.
In attempt to escape, Cringe reached out to grab Heba, but Heba grabbed his arm and slammed his wrist down on the edge of the metal table.
"Ah!" Cringe screamed as his wrist snapped.
Heba watched as Cringe leaned over the table, cradling his wrist. Tears were falling down Cringe's face. "You know, you're not a very good agent. You can't even handle a little pain." Heba said.
"You bastard!" Cringe growled.
"Tell me why Falcon wants them dead." Heba said.
"No." Cringe growled.
"You're loyal. That's a good trait, but one that is going to bring you pain." Heba said. He grabbed Cringe by the shirt and slammed his against the wall.
Cringe winced as a sharp pain when up his back.
"I'm the head of this organization, so there is no one that is going to try and stop me." Heba said before he slammed his fist into Cringe's stomach, making Cringe double over. Heba then pushed Cringe back into the chair.
"Is that all you've got?" Cringe asked through the gasps.
"I'm not even getting started." Heba said.
Cringe looked up. "What makes you think that I'll tell you anything?" Cringe asked.
"Because everyone has a limited about of pain that they can handle." Heba said.
"I have a high threshold for pain." Cringe said.
Heba smirked. "We'll see." Heba said.
The eerie smirk made Cringe worried.
Malik and Joey watched through a one-way glass window like the ones police used.
"I wish that he would let me in there." Malik said.
"Come on, Malik. You know that Heba's way is very effective." Joey said.
"I know, but I wish that he would have let me do something." Malik said.
"Maybe you can do something to Vivian. Besides, you know that Cringe isn't leaving here alive. If anything, he'll be dead before this day is over. Heba might let you kill him." Joey said.
"I hope so." Malik said.
Heba easily dislocated Cringe's shoulder, making Cringe scream. "Ready to spill yet?" Heba asked.
"No." Cringe said through gritted teeth.
"Well, maybe it's time that I move things up a notch." Heba said. He pulled a dagger out of his coat.
Cringe's eyes widened. "What are you going to do?" Cringe asked.
"Simple. We'll see how much pain you can really stand." Heba said.
Before Cringe knew what happened, Heba drove the dagger into Cringe's left shoulder.
Cringe screamed as the dagger went in and as Heba pulled it out.
"Ready to talk?" Heba asked.
"No." Cringe said through the pain.
"Well, I guessed we're going to have to see what you can really stand." Heba said.
Ryou was sitting in the meeting room when Atemu, Yami, Marik, Mariku, Seth, Seto, Bakura, Akefia, Amara, and Aknankanon entered the room.
"Morning. Did you all sleep well?" Ryou asked.
"Yes. Where are the others at?" Yami asked.
"Questioning Cringe." Ryou replied.
"Will they be able to get anything out of him?" Amara asked.
"If I know them as well as I think I do, then yes. They will be able to get a lot out of them." Ryou said.
"Do we want to know what they're doing to get the information out of him?" Seth asked.
"Probably not." Ryou replied.
"How long will it take?" Akefia asked.
"Don't know. It depends on a lot of things." Ryou said. 'Like what kind of pain tolerance they have.' Ryou thought.
"Well, I hope that they are able to figure this out soon. I don't like being trapped down here 24/7." Mariku complained.
"It's that or-" Ryou started.
"I know. It's stay here or take the chance of being killed." Mariku said.
Cringe was gasping for breathe through the pain of what Heba had done.
Heba sat perched on the table with the bloody dagger in his hand.
Other then the shoulder, Heba had also driven the dagger into Cringe's leg, arm, and upper back.
"All right! All right! I'll talk!" Cringe cried out.
"Good. Why does Falcon want them all dead?" Heba asked.
"Because of their businesses." Cringe said.
"I'm going to need more than that." Heba said, tossing the dagger up and catching it by the hilt.
"Falcon kills off any competitors that he has." Cringe said.
"Really? So, I can understand killing Atemu Sennen and Seto Kaiba since they own gaming companies. I might can eve see wanting to kill Bakura Mao since he is a vice-president, but why the others?" Heba asked.
"He wanted their lovers killed. Yami Akana was a lover, and he could be a threat in the future, so he wanted him killed. Marik Ishtar works with Yami Akana and could know something vital that could destroy him one day." Cringe said.
"Hmm. So, it has to do with the business that they are in." Heba mused.
"Yes!" Cringe said, not wanting any more pain.
"Why does he kill the businessmen in his line of work?" Heba asked.
"The last few years, his business has done badly, so he decided to kill off his competition. After the CEOs were dead, he would buy out the company." Cringe said.
"He wanted his company to be the only one that was left untouched." Heba said.
"Yes!" Cringe said.
"Was it just the competition in Japan?" Heba asked.
"Yes." Cringe said.
"Then, he is from Japan, too." Heba said.
"Yes." Cringe said.
"Who is Falcon?" Heba asked.
"I don't know his real name. I only know him as Falcon. Only his too guy knows his real name." Cringe said.
"What does he look like?" Heba asked.
"I won't tell you that! You can't do anything that would make me tell you that!" Cringe said.
"Maybe. You know, I'm bored with you." Heba said. He jumped off the table and turned to the glass. "Tiger! Get in here!" Heba ordered.
The door opened, and Malik instantly walked in.
"Malik, your turn." Heba said.
Malik's eyes lit up with a sadistic gleam. "Any rules?" Malik asked.
"Keep him alive and make sure he can talk." Heba said.
"What are you doing?" Cringe asked, getting scared.
"Well, since you won't tell me what Falcon looks like, I'm letting Tiger take over." Heba said.
"Now, what shall I do first?" Malik asked.
Without warning, Malik broke Cringe's arm without much effort.
Cringe screamed at the pain.
"Now, what else should I do?" Malik asked as he walked around Cringe.
Heba sat down in the chair and waited. 'I wonder how long he will last.' Heba thought.
Malik decided to break Cringe's leg next. After that, he fractured his other leg.
Cringe was nearly sobbing from the pain.
"All you have to do to end this is tell us what Falcon looks like." Heba said.
"I've only seen hi from behind! The only thing I can tell you is that he has silver hair!" Cringe said.
"That's enough." Heba said. He stood up and turned to leave along with Malik. Heba stopped and turned to Malik.
"He doesn't leave this room alive." Heba said.
Malik nodded. "Now or later?" Malik asked.
"Now. We don't need the wait." Heba said.
Malik nodded.
Heba left the room.
"You've been very helpful, Cringe." Malik said.
"Yeah. You'll never get to him even if you figure out who he is. He has so many agents protecting him that you'll never get in." Cringe said.
There was a tap on the window, signaling for Malik not to carry out Cringe's death.
Malik walked out without a word.
"What do you think?" Joey asked as the three watched Cringe.
"He didn't say anything that we didn't already know." Heba said.
"Should I leave him alive, or kill him?" Malik asked.
"Kill him. I don't have a use for him now. We'll figure the rest out on our own." Heba said.
Malik nodded and walked back into the room.
Cringe looked up.
Malik fired the gun and hit Cringe right between the eyes, killing him instantly. He then walked back out to join Heba and Joey.
"Now what?" Joey asked.
"We try and figure out who Falcon is. We have narrowed it down a lot. He's a businessman in Japan with silver hair." Heba said.
"Think it'll help?" Malik asked.
"We'll find out soon." Heba said.
"What about Vivian? What do we do with her?" Joey asked.
"I think that we'll just take her to a place in town and let her go. She never saw anyone, so it would be hard to say anything helpful." Heba said.
"When do we do that?" Joey asked.
"Later. Come on." Heba said.
The three headed down the halls.
Ryou was playing a game of poker with Bakura, Akefia, Mariku, and Marik.
Atemu, Yami, Seth, Seto, Amara, and Aknankanon watched the game.
"I call." Bakura said.
"So do I." Mariku said.
"I fold." Akefia said.
"I'll bite. I think Ryou's bluffing. I call." Marik said.
The four showed their cards.
Ryou had won.
"Damn it! He's won every hand." Bakura said.
"Even when he's had a terrible hand he wins!" Mariku growled.
The doors opened, and Heba, Joey, and Malik walked in.
"Ah. I see that you've learned about Ryou's rather excellent poker skills." Malik said.
"How is he that good?" Bakura asked.
"Simple. Ryou's good at bluffing." Joey said.
"When do you find time to play poker?" Yami asked.
"You don't think that the only thing we do here is work, do you? We have to have some fun." Malik said.
"Do you all play poker?" Seth asked.
"Yes." the five said.
"Okay. Enough of the poker talk." Heba said.
"Did you learn anything?" Amara asked.
"A good bit, actually." Joey said.
The group sat down.
"What did you find out?" Ryou asked.
"That the reason you were targeted were because of the businesses you ran." Heba said.
"You mean KaibaCorp and Sennen Games Inc.?" Seto asked.
"Yeah. Apparently, the man behind all this, Falcon, is a businessman, probably in the gaming industry. Apparently, his business has done poorly, so he decided that he would have the CEOs of the corporations killed and then buy out the company. He probably wouldn't have stopped until he was the only one left in business." Joey said.
"Then why go after the rest of us?" Akefia asked.
"Well, we figure go after Bakura because he is the vice-president of Sennen Games Inc. We also found out that because what Falcon is doing is illegal, he wanted Yami killed because he was a lawyer, and he would look into his lover's death. Marik was a lawyer's aid, so he would have access to those kinds of files. As for the others, he just wanted their lovers dead, too." Malik said.
"The why us?" Amara asked.
"We don't know yet. We didn't tell him that you two were alive." Heba said.
"Hold on. Dad, weren't you involved with a gaming company of some sort?" Yami asked.
"Yes. We were only stockholders, though. I had no place in the business other than that." Aknankanon said.
"That could explain why." Heba said.
"So, do you know who Falcon is?" Seth asked.
"No. Cringe didn't even know. He only knew that the guy had silver hair." Heba said.
"Silver hair? That's odd." Aknankanon said.
"I think I know someone who has that hair. Maxamillion Pegasus. He has silver hair. He owns a gaming company call Industrial Illusions." Atemu said.
"Yeah. His company had started to go south a while back. It has picked back up, though." Seto added.
"Well, that's who we go after." Malik said.
"Malik, we're not rushing in and killing him." Heba said.
"Why not?" Malik asked.
"One, we don't know for sure it's him. We're going to do research and make sure that there is no other businessman with silver hair." Heba said.
"He's right. You need to be sure it's him." Amara said.
"I take it we're going to be doing research, Heba." Ryou said.
"Yes. We need to find out who it could be." Heba said.
"Well, I did find out something." Ryou said.
"What?" Heba asked.
"Cringe's real name is Craig Michaels. He has a criminal record. Mostly petty stuff. Breaking and entering and few thefts. Nothing major." Ryou said.
Heba looked at the file. "He hasn't been seen in ten years. That's probably how long he's been working for Falcon." Heba said.
"Well, I guess we wait for now." Joey said.
"Is that all there is to do?" Seto asked.
"We can't do anything until then." Malik said.
"Joey, take and Ryou and do that one job." Heba said.
"Which one?" Joey asked.
Heba looked up at him. "Get her out of here." Heba said.
"Oh! That one." Joey said.
"Can't I go?" Malik whined.
"Malik, we're not killing her, and you have an itchy trigger finger. Ryou's going with him." Heba said.
"Fine." Malik said, sulking.
"Come on, Ryou." Joey said.
The two left the room.
"What are they doing exactly?" Seth asked.
"They're taking care of Vivian." Heba answered.
"You mean killing her?" Amara asked, feeling sick.
"No. They're taking her somewhere in the city and letting her go. She never saw any faces, so she can't do anything except say she knows someone captured her and Cringe." Heba answered.
"Well, I guess there's nothing to do." Bakura said.
Heba was at the firing range again. Instead of a simulation, he was just firing at a target, hitting it in the kill positions.
"Do you do this often?"
Heba turned to find Atemu watching him. "Yes. I like to keep in practice." Heba said. He reloaded his gun and fired three times at a new target, hitting it in three kill spots.
"If you're that good on the job, I'd say that you have nothing to worry about." Atemu said.
"What are you doing here?" Heba asked.
"I wanted to talk to you." Atemu said.
"You'll get out of here when we get Falcon, not before." Heba said.
"That's not what I wanted to talk about." Atemu said.
"Then there is nothing to say." Heba said.
"Heba, I'm not leaving until we talk." Atemu said.
Heba set the gun down and turned to him. "If it does not involve this situation, then I don't want to hear it." Heba said.
"Well, you're going to." Atemu said.
"Why are you pressing this?" Heba asked.
"Because I want to! I want you to listen." Atemu said.
"To what?" Heba asked.
"Heba, you know that Yami never meant to hurt you back then." Atemu said.
"I have gotten over that." Heba said.
"Have you? What we did was wrong." Atemu said.
"You love each other. There is nothing wrong with that!" Heba said, getting angry.
"Maybe not, but how we did it was wrong. Heba, Yami cheated on you with me. I know that, and you know that. You may not want to hear this, but I'm saying it. We shouldn't have went around behind your back like we did. We should have told you everything." Atemu said.
"It's in the past, so forget it." Heba said.
"Heba, you don't know everything." Atemu said.
"I know enough." Heba said, starting to leave.
Atemu grabbed his wrist. "Heba, you need to know that we both love you." Atemu said.
"Please stop trying to fool me. I don't this." Heba said.
Before Heba could react, despite quick reflexes, Atemu pulled Heba into a soul-searing kiss.
At first, Heba tried to fight it, but he soon fell into the kiss and started to kiss Atemu back. He brought his arms up and wrapped them around Atemu's neck.
Feeling Heba respond, Atemu wrapped his arms around Heba's waist. He ran his tongue over Heba's bottom lip, and Heba opened his mouth in response, letting Atemu inside. Atemu slipped his tongue into Heba's mouth and tasted Heba for the first time.
At that time, Yami walked in and stopped at seeing Atemu and Heba kiss. Yami blushed as he suddenly felt himself become hot and bothered at seeing the two kissing each other. He was happy that Atemu and Yugi were kissing he was hoping that maybe they were making progress. Not wanting them to see, he left.
Soon, the need for air arose, and Heba and Atemu were forced to break apart.
The two starred at each other for a moment.
Heba then realized what had happened and backed away.
Heba, are you-" Atemu started only to be slapped by Heba.
"What did you think you were doing?" Heba demanded.
"I believe it's called kissing, and why the hell did you slap me?!" Atemu demanded.
"You shouldn't have done that." Heba said.
"You seemed to enjoy it. Heba, I'm serious when I say that I love you, and so does Yami." Atemu said.
"I can't be involved with you two. Understand that." Heba growled.
"Why not?" Atemu asked.
"I just can't." Heba said before leaving.
Atemu sighed. 'This is harder than I thought.' Atemu thought.
Atemu entered his room and didn't see Yami anywhere. He walked toward the bathroom and saw Yami in there, stroking a hard erection. He smirked.
After getting back to the room, Yami realized that his erection wasn't going away, so he went into the bathroom to relieve himself.
"Problem?" Atemu asked.
Yami opened his eyes and met Atemu's. I, well, um-" Yami wasn't sure what to say.
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Atemu smirked. "I'll help." Atemu said. He dropped to his knees and quickly took Yami into his mouth.
Yami suppressed a scream at being engulfed.
Atemu started to suck on Yami's member, rubbing the slit with his tongue.
Yami tangled his hands in Atemu's hair and moaned.
Atemu continued to suck and lick Yami's member.
"Atemu!" Yami groaned as he came.
Atemu swallowed every drop of Yami's release before he let him go.
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Yami leaned back against the wall, tired.
Atemu stood back up and kissed Yami on the lips. "What brought that on?" Atemu asked.
"Um, well, I saw you and Yugi kissing, and I got sort of hit." Yami said.
Atemu smirked. "That was a good thing for me." Atemu said.
Yami redid his pants and said, "How did things go with Heba?"
"As far as the kiss, great. Afterwards, not so good." Atemu said.
"What do you mean?" Yami asked as they walked back into the bedroom.
"He slapped me. I could tell he enjoyed the kiss, but he doesn't want to get involved with us." Atemu said.
"Why not?" Yami asked.
"I don't know unless it's because he's an assassin, and he doesn't want us mixed up in all this." Atemu said.
"I was hoping you were making progress." Yami said.
"So do I." Atemu said as he wrapped his arms around Yami, who rested his head on Atemu's shoulder.
Heba walked into his room, cursing. 'Damn it! I said I wouldn't get involved with them!' Heba thought.
Heba sat down on his bed, very angry with himself. 'I can't get involved with them. They don't know who I am. They don't know anything about me.' Heba thought.
Swearing not to let it happen again, Heba left the room, intent on finding out who Falcon was.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Amara and Heba talk, and Heba reveals why he doesn't want to get involved with Atemu and Yami.
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