Morning Sickness
Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh
Seto got out of his car which was parked in front of the KaibaCorp building. It stood at fifteen stories and shone like the top of the Chrysler building. Kaiba had a lot to be proud of; he had everything from an amazing career and company to a beautiful and caring wife. He felt a twang of guilt, she was the best thing that ever happened to him and he just called her the cause for all their problems.
Kaiba shut his car door, pulled his brief case out of the trunk, and headed into the building. Mokuba stood by the door, unseen by Kaiba until he said, "Hey, your missing a person." Kaiba turned his head, "Oh, hey." He replied evenly.
Mokuba cocked his head, "Where's Serenity?" Kaiba ignored this, "I'm sure everyone's been waiting for me, Mokuba, let's get this test done." Mokuba didn't retaliate, "Did you two get in a fight? Is she with Joey? He'll be mad of you…" Kaiba spun around with an angered look on his face, "I don't want to talk about it."
Mokuba shut his mouth and followed his brother into the lab. Kaiba stopped at the elevator about thirty feet away from the main entrance and pressed the 'Call' button. Maybe he should call Serenity, say sorry; get reservations to some fancy restaurant downtown. Heck, he could go all romantic even! As long as she would forgive him.
"Seto, the elevator." Mokuba brought Kaiba out of his thinking mode, the elevator was indeed open. He walked in and the doors shut, and they headed for the lab on floor seventeen.
"You should call her." Mokuba said after a few moments of silence. "She loves you, and she would forgive you for anything. You know that." Kaiba took his brothers words to heart, he was right, he should call. So he picked up his phone and dialled her number, the dialling tone rang a couple times before Serenity picked up.
"Seto," She began, but Kaiba cut her of. "Serenity, I'm sorry, I was a…" "Seto, listen to me," She was sobbing, a blood-curdling sob. One a husband would never want to hear from his wife. "I'm at Yugi's; there are people here and their trying to take…" He could hear a mans voice from the background, and it was not Joeys or Yugi's
"Serenity? What's happening, are you hurt?" "I don't have much time. Yugi's knocked and Joey's… he's… Oh God, Seto I'm so scared." More sobbing, then a door slamming. "I love you." His face must've shown his emotion because Mokuba looked genuinely concerned. "What's happening?" He asked.
Seto held the phone close to his ear, "I love you to, just hold tight," He tried to disguise the fear in his voice. "It'll be okay." He could hear her heavy breathing and soft crying; he could also hear his heart breaking.
"Their here, Seto. Their here." She whimpered, then came the low beeping. The call ended. Seto took a breath, trying to conceal his anger, but the same time letting it flow through him. Mokuba looked at his brother with that shocked look.
"Some bastards have Serenity," He fumed, "And Joey and Yugi too." The elevator door opened and Kaiba raced for the stairs screaming, "Cancel the testing! Call the police!"
At the Games Shop
Serenity listened to the men talk outside of Yugi's bedroom. It was not sounding good either, "We've got them, plus one." Silence, "No! She's just as important, the blonde's sister and Seto Kaiba's wife." Serenity didn't want to hear the rest; she closed her eyes and cried softly. Joey snuggled up to her as much as he could, she lay her head on his shoulder. Her hands were tied behind her back, making movement difficult, not that her inflated stomach made it any easier.
"It's gonna be a'ight, Ren." Joey said, trying to keep his voice even. She nodded vision blurry, but it wasn't from tears. Yugi spoke up, "I have no idea what this is about, but we'll figure it out. Better yet, get out of here."
That's when Serenity had an idea. "I still have my phone!" She whispered. "Really?" Yugi asked, that's when he got it. "Could you get to Kaiba? Call him, tell him we're in trouble." She nodded, "But not without getting some decent time first."
"We could distract 'em." Joey said, "We seem ta be good at it." "Bt you could get hurt." Serenity whispered, "Too risky." "Not doing anything is risky." Yugi pointed out. She considered this, he was right. "Okay, I think I can get downstairs, I could lock that storage closet from the inside if I can get in it."
Indeed, Yugi had a storage closet that could only be opened from the inside, locked from outside. It would be perfect, but Serenity was still heavily worried for her brother and friend.
"Ren," Joey whispered, "Be careful, and I love you." She smiled weakly, "I love you too."
"Hey! I need to take a leak!" Joey screamed, Serenity guessed this was the distraction. The door opened slowly, and she prepared to get up on her knees and get out. "Seriously?" One of the men asked, peaking his head through the door. Joey nodded, and the man sighed.
He trudged over and pulled Joey up by his hair, who gasped in pain. The man held Joey's upper am and dragged him out the door, now it was Yugi's turn, but he looked at Serenity. "Change of plan," He whispered, "Tell the guy you need to go the washroom too, but the downstairs one, I can probably trip him and give you the chance to get down there." Serenity nodded, it could work.
"I need to go too." She yelled, and the second guy stuck his head though the door, "Can't help you there gorgeous." He replied. "I'm eight months pregnant, and need to go." Her voice has rose to a more assertive tone. He rolled his eyes, "Fine." He walked into the room and went to grab her upper arm when Yugi, who was less than a foot away kicked his ankles.
Serenity got off her knees and used her opportunity, she raced for the door, as fast as a heavily pregnant woman could go at least. She hobbled down the short hallway and got to the top of the stairs before hearing the man Yugi kicked down scream "The girls getting away, Caleb!" Joey, who was still being led to the washroom kicked his captor's groin, she saw the man fall to his knees, but quickly recover and smack Joey in the back of the head with a photo frame that had been hanging on the closest wall.
Serenity went to grab her phone, but it had already began to ring, the caller ID said Seto, perfect. "Seto…" She started sobbing, she couldn't hold it in anymore and she started crying. Seto had already spoken "Serenity, I'm sorry, I was a…" She cut him off, "Seto, listen to me,"
She was still moving down the stairs, and still crying. "I'm at Yugi's; there are people here and their trying to take…" Caleb had started yelling at her, a string of curse words. "Serenity? What's happening, are you hurt?" Seto asked, she could hear his voice trembling, trying to be brave, that was so like him. "I don't have much time. Yugi's knocked and Joey's… he's… Oh God, Seto I'm so scared."
She had reached the storage closet, the door was shut. So she went for the next best thing, the bathroom. She ran in and slammed the door trying to lock it, she fell on her knees and started sobbing again. "I love you to, just hold tight," He said in his deep voice. "It'll be okay."
There was a banging on the bathroom door, and she began to whimper. "Their here, Seto. Their here." The door flew open and knocked the cell phone out of her hand against the wall, smashing it to pieces.
Serenity looked up to the angry face of one of her captors, "I'm going to die." She whimpered, and placed her arms protectively around her stomach. "I love you too, Seto."