Disclaimer: Sorry don't own the right to YugiOh, but life goes on...
Remember you write the story. It appears Seto had the most votes to be Joey's saver, but Pegasus was very close. So the surprise will come when you read. Enjoy...Even the chapter name needed to be change, but I think you will love this twist.
Chapter 3: Part I , He Came From the Sky, My Knight
Kaiba took one last look at Mokuba to assure himself he was okay to be left alone. He really had little cause for concern because Roland was attending to Mokuba. It was no secret Roland acted like a father to the boys. Mokuba enjoyed the fussing Roland always administrated over him and usually added sweets as a comforter. Roland always sneaked sweets to Mokuba late at night, against Seto's orders, usually following a mild punishment: Talking back to his teachers.
Kaiba needed to think and figure out a plan and not think about his feelings for Joey, or worry just how hurt he might be. The museum was quarantined off because it was entirely too dangerous, and the building had not been earthquake proof. 'How will I get inside without causing bodily harm to anyone? Yet clashing my fist into someone's jaw sounded like a great way to relieve the stress I am feeling right now, idiots.' Thought Kaiba. A man of action he had to think of something quick. Seto moved away from the limo, found a quiet place and opened his lap top, frantically he punched in the necessary words to set a plan in motion.
'Ok, its done,' thought the billionaire, smirking at his own brilliance. Within a few seconds, Kaiba on line bought the majority of the stock in the old Domino City Culture building. With personal threads to business associates to expose wrong doings, within the next two minutes Kaiba became the major stock holder. He owned the Domino City Culture museum and all the existing land surrounding it for a five-mile radius. 'Yes, I can do whatever I damn well please, I own it.' He walked back to the limo smiling.
Barking out orders and demanding immediate answers to questions, Kaiba felt his old self returning. His emotions were in tack. "Roland, where is that damn doctor, and has Pegasus reached you? He's not responding to my email."
"No Kaiba-sama, no word from Pegasus, and as for the doctor I can see his car, he's down the road as we speak," Roland left to greet Kaiba's private physician just to make sure no one stopped him going in, while Seto checked on Mokuba in the limo.
Without warning Kaiba's cell phone started to vibrate in his pocket which irritated him greatly. Calls were coming in from all over the city and especially Kaiba Corp. However thanks to his quick thinking Kaiba Corp was safe. The building had been constructed to withstand all disasters. Even Mr. Ice Man, Seto's nickname, understood the overwhelming pain in the city. He'd almost lost his brother. Over the phone he releases all of his employees to go home and find their love ones and closed down the building. Later in the week the Kaiba's used the lobby as a command post to look for missing people. He flipped on the phone, and flinched as he glazed into the eyes of Pegasus. Pegasus wore a bright red patch over the hole in his eye socket. He changed the patch depending on his moods. Today it was red with pink and purple flowers everywhere. "Where in the hell have you been? Damn it, Pegasus. This is a emergency and I would think you'd have your pompus ass here by now. Or do I have to explain the severity of it for your feeble brain to comprehend. Pegasus I need equipment and a crew now!!!"
"Kaiba-boy, such language from a cultured person. It's your charm I love so much." In all of the business world, Pegasus was the only man bold enough to approach Kaiba and strong enough to ignore his rages. Their relationship was born of mistrust, anger, greed, and pride. Yes, both understood the other quite well. Pegasus was no fool. The minute Roland called he boarded his private jet and handled all of the arrangements from the air.
Kaiba knew Pegasus had a commando squad from the days he'd kidnaped Mokuba. The squad consisted of some of Kaiba's former employees and they were fairly good at their job. Pegasus has convinced the fools with money that he was the better business man. 'Fools,' though Kaiba, but now was not the time to go back to the past. The squad would be able to assist him in his rescue of Joey and no questions asked or answered. These were trained soldiers and talking orders, without questions was a part of their job.
"Kaiba, as we speak, the squad should be there in two minutes and I am almost within the air space of Japan. I understand, from Roland's message Mokuba did not leave the build and may still be inside." The line went completely silent. But Pegasus understood Kaiba's heart had to be breaking into a thousand pieces. 'Damn the fool that got in his way,' Pegasus thought outloud. I have the original blue prints, which you will be receiving in one second on your laptop." Pegasus voice lost all its playfulness, because he understood if Kaiba called him regarding Mokuba it wasn't a game. So he would wait patiently while the CEO looked at the information.
"Kaiba talk to me, damn it. Pissing Kaiba off would keep him together and Pegasus knew how to do that well. How do you plan on getting inside, Kaiba-boy?
"Pegasus, Mokuba is fine, its Joey that is missing. He didn't return with Mokuba through the passage way. Joey is not the brightest person on the block, but a coward is not one of his traits either, and he would never desert my brother, unless he was physically unable to follow him.
"The building has been blocked off, but I have complete access to it. I've acquired ownership of this property. The rescue mission is private and I am not waiting for this damn ground to stop shaking," Seto felt he was finally getting his point across.
Pegasus mind tried to comprend the turn of events because it was obvious Seto's concern for the Joey, was deep. It came across in his voice. His curiosity would have to wait for another time. "I'm going in to get him and no body is going to stop me."
As if on cue, the blue-print started to rolled out of his special printer and simultaneously popped up on the screen of his la top. Next a van painted in dark camouflage colors of black and green parked in front of the limo.
A huge man emerged from the back of the van and quickly surveyed the scene. He sniffed the air taking in the scents of destruction, fire, smoke, and even death. His assessment of the area spelled danger. With a purposeful stride, Keno, leader of the group walked toward Kaiba.
The guy stood about six feet, eight inches tall and had black spiky hair hidden by a military helmet. 'Impressive,' thought Seto, 'He is not afraid of anything, I can see it in his eyes.' This met with Kaiba's approval because he needed someone a little bit insane to follow through with the operation. Keno's voice was deep and demanding as he spoke to Kaiba. "Hello, my name is Keno, head of the Elite Commander Toon Squad. Pegasus said you have a mission of grave importance: a matter of life and death, then I am your man. I await your instructions." Three other men came and stood next to the general, dressed in similar attire. They were geared up and ready for a rescue.
Kaiba, not bothering to look up at the man, waited for a second copy of the blue print to emerge and laid out the blue print on the ground so they could survey the insides of this crumbling giant. There was no need for introductions, time was running out. "Pegasus are you listening? I have you on a speaker phone.
"Yes, I'm here," Pegasus's pilot circled around and began to make his final decent, while Pegasus focused on Kaiba's voice and the laptop in front of him.
Seto spoke, "According to (my brother) along this wall and climbed up, then were stopped." The CEO now in command gracefully moved his fingers over the paper and retold the story for the team to see Mokuba path of exit. He continued to speak. " Here the building split and created a passage way for Mokuba to escape into this outer room. This put him near an exit of sorts which is why he met the tourists who were leaving because I had requested a private tour for my brother and Joey. Joey realized he was close to an exit and forced him to go on, even at the risk of endangering his own life. 'I have to find him,' thought Kaiba. ' Not only for Mokuba, but for myself, as well.' Seto took a breath and continued with his plans.
Up to this point Pegasus listened, as the limo rolled down the streets littered with wires and uprooted trees, now was his time to speak "Seto, you say the building split from the inside at that exit," interjected Pegasus.
"Yes, there was another tremor which propelled Joey away dropping him back down into the building. Mokuba remembered his voice, it was the last thing he heard as pieces of the building broke away." Seto's words dropped to a whisper in an effort to hide the trembling in his voice, as his heart raced out of control.
" I think if you can enter through the south side you will find the remains of a metal door, used for emergencies and this will take you around to the last spot the two boys were before they were separated. The door is well hidden, but it leads down a passage way well into the heart of the building. You can access almost any level . There is also a huge fountain near my internal passage way.
"Pegasus there is no exit on the map. What in the hell is this all about?" Seto eyes blazed at the screen, and drifted down to the blue print for conformation. He would kill that bastard the moment he arrived.
"Kaiba, remember I build the museum and as you well know a smart business man always has a way out of his private hell. I'm sure you have your secrets too," Pegasus fired back at Kaiba.
"Shit Kaiba-chan!! If we are going to succeed, you've got to trust me. I know the stakes here. This is my building we are talking about!"
'Yes,' though Kaiba, he had remembered reading in an old article how Pegasus built the museum and brought over the first Egyptian art pieces. "Continue Pegasus."
"From there we will have to see which way you can go. I don't know the damage. The guys can go with you as far as the exit I spoke of. After that I don't know." Pegasus ran his fingers through his hair as he spoke, even thought the eye was missing, his face itched.
Kaiba knew Pegasus was right, he just did not like surprises or not knowing at the factors involved.'Damn it to hell, I have to trust him and I do. I know that is why I called him,' thought Kaiba. "Ok, lets go, I'll be there in five minutes after I check on my brother, be ready to go." Seto still not making eye contact with the leader, pointed to the building and walked away.
Keno, along with his team disappeared around the building and completed the assembly of the standard equipment: ropes, pulleys, straps, and a first aid kit, now that the mission was clear. Kaiba went back to the limo to see his brother one last time.
"Doctor, is he ok.?" Seto voice and expression softened at the site of his brother. Mokuba could have still been in the building and the though sicken Seto heart.
"Seto, I'm ok, really, what are you going to do ? Do you have a plan, I saw that van and those men. Who are they?" Mokuba moved out of the limo and stood beside his brother.
Seto placed both of his hands on Mokuba's shoulders and silenced his chatter with a glare. "Mokuba there is something I have to tell you. Pegasus will be here shortly to assist in finding Joey. He and I have been in business for some time and he is the only one I trust to help me out.
Mokuba tried to pull away, but instead only managed to ball his fist up in anger. "Seto he's a monster, just a piece of shit who tried to kill you! Why would you trust him, when you have me?!"
Seto anticipating his reaction held him firmly in place not breaking eye contact. "This is why, Mokuba even now you are only thinking about your own feelings. You are emotional and irrational, I don't have the time for this type of behavior. Should I stay here and referee you two together, because he is coming. Stay out of his way and let me focus on Joey. Joey's life depends on this, can't you understand?"
"Ok Seto, I get it, but I still don't like it." Seto released his grip and allowed Mokuba to calm down. Next Seto turned to leave and take care of business. Mokuba wouldn't say another word, so Seto left. Mokuba leaned up against the limo, watching and waiting for something to happen. He watched Seto's retreating back and realized he was being a child. Mokuba ran after Seto and called out his name.
"Seto! Be careful, and ... well...Seto ...I... love you. Nii-sama. Please hurry back. Seto gave Mokuba a high five and a low four, and continued around to meet the team.
The group led by Keno, walked into the rear exit and started to dig through the rubble just inside the south entrance at the back of the museum. They climbed up the wall and walked dangerous along ledges inside. Sometimes only pieces of the floor remained . Finally after twenty long minutes, the large metal door appeared to be in sight across the floor of the room they had just entered. The room was littered with over turned chairs, broken sculptures, and pictures throne everywhere. Beams jutted out at odd angles from the ceiling, which could easily crush a man's skull if one happen to fall. Surprisingly, the room structure was in tack, but the floor was wet. So much destruction of priceless art. Even still, the men understood the urgency of the mission and couldn't stop to save anything from the plaster still falling causing more damage.
Seto held up his hand to signal the men to stop, he did not like the water. Seto could smell water coming from the right side of the room behind a curtain, which was partially blocked by a large overturned palm tree. They removed the plants and broken urns and gasped.
A busted pipe protruded from an Italian water fountain and sprayed water all over the floor. Instead of the once beautiful angels on top of the water fountain it now sprayed water from all sorts of holes gaping from their broken bodies. The scene was ghostly to watch.
The metal door appeared to be the only thing holding back the water from flooding this part of the building Water ran down the walls and also along the seams of the metal door. It was obvious to Seto that a main valve must have broken, ripping the fountain to pieces.
Keno noticed the swelling in the walls, it mirrored the fire in Seto's eyes. He needed to talk to Pegasus now. 'My God, if this burst, the entire floor could be flooded and this side of the building will fall.'Keno thought. The situation did not look very good. Keno spoke to Pegasus on the walkie talkie, "Boss we got flooding down here, should we continue on or is there another way in. It looks like this floor is flooded but the water somehow has backed up into the next chamber which is supported by that metal frame door. If we open the door. I don't know what will happen."
"Give me a minute boys, all that water can't be coming from the fountain, maybe a water vain, something, ...Wait I got it Seto." Pegasus fingers taped quickly over the key board and he gain access to all the water lines in the city. The museum indeed rested right on top the old fire house station. Somehow the pipes had broken through the ground and flood the second level of the building. After receiving the information from Pegasus, Seto walked up to the door and placed his head against the warm metal. The door appeared to be slightly warmer towards the top so the water couldn't be that high. He still had time to break through if they acted now."Pegasus, I'm going in. The water can't be that high. The door is too hot!"
"Seto, wait a minuted! You don't know that for sure."
"Wait what am I waiting for Pegasus? I can do this. I don't have a minute or a second. Don't we have air tanks or masks somewhere in all this equipment?. If not then hold your breath. You are trained to do that. I figure we got ten minutes before we drown."
All the while Kaiba spoke he started to strip down to his shorts. He rolled up his clothes and placed them in the pack which he re-strapped to his back. Next Seto lighten the load to only a first aid kit, rope and a harness. Only two of the men followed suit. The rest would wait on this side. The mission was on.
"Seto if you look in the vest there is a mini tube for short term breathing ten to fifteen minutes at best."Pegasus was frantically starting to pace in circles around the laptop. Mokuba, realizing something was wrong walked over to Pegasus demanding an answer.
"What's wrong, why aren't you talking to Seto?" Mokuba attacked with words at Pegasus. He started to beat on his back. Where is he? Seto!!! You lost him. I just know you are trying to get us all killed. Give me that computer!!!"
Listen get to the south side of the room and the passage way should be right head. You won't
have much time."
"Not now Mokuba, just shut up, I have to think. He had to push Mokuba away. But not before the screen went blank. Precious second were lost while the lap top rebooted up.
Roland grabbed Mokuba, "What have you done, Mokuba !!!"
Finally two minutes passed and the screen was up.
"The guys only had seconds before Seto forced open the door and the water came flooding in.
good night , don't kill the author yet, I will update soon...smiles, reveiw...