Plan Made and Destroyed
By Sailor Phoenix1997
"OK. So the plan is that Mana, Sara and I are going to get to Sara's supercomputer and try to get back Kaiba's company and in the meantime Mahad, Seto and Austin will be taking Kaiba Corp on head on as a diversion. After we've tried to buy back the stocks we'll get to the boys and then take down Olivander before he can unleash the Leviathan," Annabelle said as she drew out her plan into the sand. It reminded Seto more of the bunch of scribbles Mokuba used to make when he was two.
"And what of Mokuba, Noah and Bakura?" Sara asked.
"They'll be staying here. I've got three companies of troops stationed here at different directions. Nothing's going to reach them from the sea. And if something reaches them from the land well then blame your Dragon general." Sara shook her head.
"Bakura is a Millennium Item holder. His Millennium Ring can displace souls. It could be a huge advantage over Olivander," Sara said tempermentally.
"And you want to sink to the same low level as Olivander? No. We're leaving Bakura here. Anyway. How can the younger ones defend themselves without him?" Annabelle challenged. Seto pulled Austin aside.
"Are they always like this?"
"Ever since they could talk they've been challenging each other."
"What was that Austin?" Annabelle asked.
"Nothing."
"Good. Kaiba. Say your good-byes to your brothers and Sara get Mana and Mahad and fill them in." Sara almost snarled.
"Watch yourself general."
"Seriously. What is with them? Doesn't Annabelle know who she's talking to?" Seto said.
"Of course. But opposites constantly fight."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Think on it. Sara can talk to dolphins, Annie can talk to sharks. Sara's got water and lightning for power and Annie's got fire and thunder."
"Ah. I see."
Sara stuck her fingers into the holes of a sewer top. She managed to pull it up and reveal a perfectly clean sewer pipe with a ladder down the side.
"Now. This is where we separate. Boys can access Kaiba Corp from here. And in the meantime we'll try to help buy back to company." Sara placed a quick kiss on Seto's cheek before she climbed down the ladder with Mana and Annabelle behind her.
"Be careful!" Seto called down.
"Hey! It's a computer! What could go wrong?" Sara waved at the boys before she took off down the sewer.
"I find that the universal answer to that very question is yes," Austin said as Mahad put the top back where it belonged.
"Well. We can't cause a diversion by standing here."
Sara reached for the clasp of her dolphin necklace as the girls reached the door.
"The key's your necklace?" Mana asked as her Scepter glowed.
"Yep. It's specially made so no one else is going to ever be able to pick their way in." Sara said as she inserted the tail. Oddly the door opened before she turned it. "Millennium Summoner. Duel Mode." Sara put the necklace back on as the girls went in one by one.
"Well. Isn't this exciting?" THe lights flashed on and nearly blinded the girls. "I've been hoping you'd return to me sweet Sara."
"I know that voice." The lights dimmed and before the computer stood Alexander. "YOU!"
"Yes dear. Now. Let's just keep this bloodless. Come with me and we'll be free from all our troubles."
"YOU'RE THE DEFINITION OF TROUBLE YOU DISGUSTING PERVERT!" Annabelle snarled under her breath.
"So you're the Alexander. The son of the Rebel Mer leaders. Chris and Gabriella am I right?" Annabelle barked out.
"True General. My parents were rebel leaders. But they were fighting against Sara's true parents. WHen my mother told me of the man who slaughtered my father I thought his daughter would be something like a larvae in appearance. But yet, here she stands. A goddess among plain mortals." Sara rolled her eyes and breathed a long sighed.
"Flattery will get you nowhere. Especially since it's your fault I have no true parents now!" Sara made her bow and arrow and pulled the shaft to her ear.
"Truely Princess. Would your father want you to kill me?" Sara's hand shook.
"Sara don't listen to him!" Annabelle said. Her bright blue-eyes smoldered like the fire that burned within her. "Shoot him now!" Sara closed her eyes and looked away.
"I want to be an Empress my mother and father would be proud to call 'daughter,'" Sara said as she looked back at Alexander with tear-filled eyes, "How could you have done that? You were but two when you killed my father! And in his sleep like a coward! Then my mother's throat slit by your accursed mother. I would've been next had it not been for Head Advisor Maximillion." Sara aimed her arrow not at Alexander's chest but his Duel Disk. "I don't think my parents would want me to kill. But I will get my revenge one day for their deaths!" Sara let go of the arrow as the electricity crackled. The air in front of Alexander rippled and her arrow disappeared.
"What?" Mana asked.
"I see you survived my arrow of darkness little scorceress," Olivander stepped out of the shadows wearing a black suit with a red tie.
"Olivander," Sara said as she made another arrow.
"Now now sis. Mother would want us to play nicely."
"You're not my brother!" Sara let go of the arrow but Olivander caught it in his hand.
"We've played this game before. It didn't end well for your friends. Now. Come with me quietly or your friends will pay the price again."
"Don't let him get into your head and use us as bait! Get him now!" Annabelle shouted. Sara relaxed her bow and looked down.
"I've had many a hardship but losing my family is too great a cost to consider bearing." Olivander smiled.
"That means you'll be coming home with me now correct?" Sara nodded.
"Sara!" Annabelle screamed as Sara walked towards Olivander. She froze one step from him and smirked. A quick flash of lightning made a fine arrow in her hand. SHe leapt towards Olivander arrow ready but she went right through him and hit her head on the steel wall. "No!"
"An illusion?"
"Of course. But this nightmare is very real child. Soon my sister will be back where she belongs. At my right hand. And then the great Leviathan will rise again and take Kisara as it's mistress."
"You're nuts!" Annabelle screamed. She made a run at Alexander but found him no where to be seen. In his place was a projector. Annabelle looked over at where Sara had fallen. The girl was gone too. Annabelle crushed the projector in her hand and crumbled to the floor. Tears fell like buckets from her nose and chin. Mana walked over to her and touched her shoulder lightly.
"Annabelle."
"Empress," She looked up with tears still streaming down her cheeks, "I promise I'll get you back! You hear me?"
Seto was quite surprised that Olivander hadn't reset the codes to anything. It had been easier than expected to get to his office. Almost too easy. The room was darker than the moonless, cloud-filled night could ever dream to be. Seto snarled.
"Finally. I was started to think that no one would ever show up." A desk lamp turned on and standing there was Olivander in a black suit with a red tie. He had a smirk on his face that Seto didn't like. "Darkness. It takes more than sight. Am I right Kaiba?" Seto snarled. "It extinguishes light and if it finds some it does it's best to strangle it."
"What're you rambling on about?" Seto demanded. Olivander merely looked out the darked window at the blackness of the night.
"Not only light as the sight type. But also creatures of light. And beings of light. You know all about that. Eh Mahad?" Mahad leaned against the doorframe.
"I believe in another theory about darkness and light," Mahad said as he looked over the end of his Millennium Staff.
"Light. It's opposite is always supirior. Not only in power, but in strength, wit and experience."
"If you're trying to get at Sara you'll only see her when your back in your prison in the stars." Olivander turned towards him. That same twisted smirk on his face.
"I think I'll be seeing my sister sooner than that." He gestured towards the wall. Another light turned on and Alexander stood with a proud smile over his face. Like he'd won a victory. Behind him, curled up on the floor, with a few streaks of bright crimson in her hair was Sara.