Wonder Wall

Chapter 2

"Ten minutes? I think we might be a bit longer than that, hun." Serenity said, Kaiba continued to stare at the road, he knew she was right but he couldn't bring himself to admit he was wrong. He barely ever could, it was one of the things Serenity disliked about her husband.

Most of the time, the couple were always talking, today was different. Kaiba was practically downing in work while Serenity was sleeping and trying to avoid the waves of nausea coming over her.

The silence was deafening to Serenity, so you could imagine she was relieved when her cell phone rang. She didn't even bother to look at the caller ID; she just needed to kill the quiet. "Hello."

"Ren? Hey, it's Yugi. Sorry to bother you but Joey needs you." Serenity took a breath as another wave of nausea ran through her. "You okay?" Yugi asked, "Fine, just the baby. If you don't mind me asking, why would Joey need me?" Now it was Yugi's turn to take a breathe. "He and Mai kind of had a bit of a fight. He's over at my place."

'Typical, so typical. Get two fiery tempers together and they cause an inferno.' Thought Kaiba, he could hear Yugi and Serenity's conversation. "I'll be there soon; we should be passing the games shop and minute now." "Thanks Serenity, he'll appreciate it." With that Serenity hung up.

"Do you need me to drop you off?" Kaiba asked, Serenity had a guilty look on her face. "I'm sorry Seto, but their fights have been getting worse and worse lately and he doesn't take it well." Kaiba turned the corner, "Sometimes I think you're too kind for your own good, Serenity." "He's my brother, Seto, I have to be there for him just like he has been for me when we've gone through our rough times." Kaiba sighed, "And who do you think is to blame for our issues Serenity? Me?"

These few words came out sounding poisonous and cruel, and as much as she was hurt by that comment, she stayed silent. The moment she didn't reply Kaiba knew he had said too much.

One other thing about Seto Kaiba, he was horrible at apologizing. He pulled up in front of the Games shop, Serenity slid out of the passenger's seat, "If that's really what you think." She said before shutting the car door and walking up to Yugi's door.

Kaiba just sat there, dazed and confused, but mostly regretful. He took a deep breath, put his foot on the ignition, and drove off to KaibaCorp.

The Game Shop

Serenity knocked on Yugi's door, and attempted to wipe the dumbfounded, hurt expression of her face. She saw Kaiba driving away out f the corner of her eye and looked away. 'He didn't mean it.' She thought hopefully, she knew Kaiba could say some stupid things, and that he usually didn't mean it. And although he hated to apologize, he always did, to her at least.

But what if he meant what he said this time, what if all their issues in the past were her fault?

These negative thoughts were vivid in her mind, but as she heard footsteps come to the door she put these thoughts behind her. She was here to help her brother, she could wait.

The door opened and it wasn't Yugi, or Joey, it was a black masked man with a gun. All of a sudden, her mind went blank. The man grabbed her arm roughly and dragged her up the stairs, she struggled slightly but put her focus on her stomach. She held it with her spare arm in a cradled style and prayed silently for help. For Kaiba to turn around, for Joey and Yugi's safety, and for her baby.

Finally they reached the top of the stairs and the man threw her roughly against the floor, once again Serenity grabbed her stomach. She was eight months pregnant and in a excruciating amount of pain, but she didn't dare show it.

She closed her eyes to try to block everything out, but one voice brought her back in again. "Get ya filthy hands off ma sista!" It was Joey, he was only a few feet away from her, his hands tied behind his back and feet bound together. His face was a mix of anger and pain, but mostly anger.

Yugi sat beside him, only hands tied, he looked more scared than anything. Serenity crawled up to Joey, which was about all she could manage before feeling another wave of nausea. "What's going on?" She whimpered, she sounded pathetic and she knew it, that wasn't the worst part. They knew it too, the two large men in front of them, and they would, and could play off of her fear.

Losing her her brother, ne of her closest friends, or even her unborn baby. Or maybe they would play of off Yugi's or Joey's, either way, this wasn't going to work out well.