I forgot to tell everyone at the end of last chapter that Sebastian is just a butler I thought of. Besides Roland I don't remember any of Seto's other staff members. I want to thank you all for your kind reviews and keep this trend of quick updates. We have obviously reached the halfway point. Scary. I didn't even think a week ago I would get this far this quickly, but why should I stop writing something that keeps going even when I want to go to sleep. LOL. Anyway that's enough of my rant for today. Let's move on.
Warning: Violence, torture, profanity (same as last chapter) And the most important warning is rape. If this bothers you please don't read this chapter. I wish not to make any one uncomfortable or insult anyone by not warning you. Again I ask if it bothers you please don't read. I will not be insult nor disappointed if you choose to skip this chapter. I understand completely.
Chapter Three
Seto paced back and forth in his office. It had be several hours since Roland left and the CEO began working on his computer. The virus was meant to be deadly and force him to get another computer, but the man made one mistake. The virus wasn't the most deadly one Seto ever faced before. Complete reformatting the hard drive, Seto found it slowly coming back to life. He smiled at his skills and plugged his work laptop into the computer. He started transferring all the files he could between the computers, knowing that he would still have to redownload some of his other programs. Now he would be able to focus on that DVD. He pushed the play button and watched it over and over again. Jou's reactions at the beginning still worried him. "The man must have drugged him, but if that was the case then why did he react normally when that asshole kissed him," Seto thought, pausing the film to look again into the background. Everything was completely dark. "Hang in there, Katsuya," Seto whispered, looking back down at his computer. Everything transferred perfectly. He pushed the go button on the desktop, watching as the series of downloads began.
A quiet knock preceded the door opening. Roland walked in holding several papers. "Informants are cowards," he muttered under his breath. "Directly after Mr. Jounouchi's shift at the bakery, he took a different route home. Some of the employees said that he was talking about stopping to buy a few things for your return. I checked his bank account and realized that he did manage to buy something that afternoon. I talked to the employee who sold him the items. The young woman said that she saw Mr. Jounouchi being approached by a tall man with brown hair." Roland flipped through more of the papers and set a few down. "I checked the traffic cameras and spotted the man leading Mr. Jounouchi to a nearby alleyway. A few minutes later an unmarked white car left, but I couldn't see clearly if it was them, but I have no doubt in my mind. I tried to follow them through the cameras, but they went too far out of the city. I'm sorry, Mr. Kaiba. None of my informants know anything about a plot against any CEO or have seen a blond half American. Whoever this man is, he knew how to hide him even though Mr. Jounouchi would stand out in a crowd."
Seto sighed and walked away from his computer and over to the television. "You did well, Roland. It actually makes more sense. I didn't hear any traffic noise on the conference. He would have to take Katsuya somewhere private to hide him. He would stand out in a crowd, that's true. Plus he didn't muffle Katsuya's screams so either he soundproofed his house, or they are so far in the country that no one would hear them. The virus he used was deadly but didn't prevent me from repairing the computer. So either he doesn't know as much about computers as me, or he let me repair it. Either way this isn't about computers. He took Katsuya instead of Mokuba. Since he knows me so well he would have known that I would do anything for either of them, but I can't understand why Katsuya. Mokuba is at the dorms in high school right this moment. I don't have my security there so he could have went for Mokuba who would have been easier to hide. You increased security with Mokuba, correct?"
"Yes, sir."
Seto sat down at his desk and laced his fingers together, resting his chin on them. "He said he was turned on by what Katsuya and I did, but judging by his enter and leave time he wasn't in there for very long. That was the first time Katsuya ever did something like that. We would just talk to each other any other time. His obsession is obviously with me. This has to be more than just a ransom. He clearly wants power over me. He wants me to feel angry and helpless while I watch my lover being tortured. There's something I'm missing. I have to know this man. It can't possibly be an obsessed fan or some random person."
Roland watched his employer's expressions closely. This whole event was causing strain on Seto. He knew that regardless of how hard Seto worked on hiding his feelings, Seto was remembering things he shouldn't. "Sir, perhaps you should rest while the computer finishes its downloads. I'll inform you when the money is ready and if there are any messages."
Roland held his darkest secret and knew that Seto was remembering them. He sighed and walked over to the leather couch by the bookstand. He knew that he should be doing everything in his power to search for Jou, but with the computer working on restoring itself and Roland informing him that they had no leads, Seto felt drained. He couldn't deny the fact that the memories of his abuse were returning. Gozaburo's voice echoed in his mind. His taunts. The horrible smell of his cologne. How disgusted he felt when he was dragged over and over again into that man's bedroom. "Your body is so beautiful, Seto." Seto tried to ignore the voice as he stomach flipped and he clenched his fists into his hair.
"Mr. Kaiba?" Roland didn't like the reaction he was getting. He quickly walked over to Seto and knelt in front of him. From many experiences prior, he knew not to touch the young man in this state.
"You're mine forever, Seto."
"Mr. Kaiba!"
"You never planned this far ahead did you, Boy Genius?" He felt himself shaking. He needed to get that voice out of his head. He wasn't there. Gozaburo was dead.
"Seto Kaiba!"
Finally he snapped and focused on Roland in front of him. "Roland," he whispered, collapsing against the couch.
"This is affecting you too much. I should get your prescription."
Seto reached up and grabbed Roland's arm. "No. I'm fine. You need to worry about Katsuya not me."
Roland knelt back down in front of the still shaking CEO, dropping the formality for a few moments. "I couldn't help you back then when he did all those horrible things to you. I'm not going to abandon you to your thoughts and memories. The therapist said that in moments of high stress it was normal to have these attacks, remember. She said just take your medication and you'll calm down. The voices will go away." Roland walked over to the desk and reached into a secret door, pulling the prescription out. He knew that Seto still hid everything from Jou. He wasn't ready for Jou to know how darkest secret. The CEO hadn't had an attack like this in years. Even before Jou walked into his life he didn't have an attack. This event was taking it's toll on his employer.
"He's dead, right? He's not doing this to Katsuya, is he?"
Roland stopped half from reaching into the small refrigerator for a bottle of water. "Mr. Kaiba, he can't hurt you or anyone you love. He's been dead for years." He sat down next to Seto and handed him both bottles. Seto opened the water bottle and drank it slowly, debating on whether he should take the anti-anxiety pills. Thinking about how Roland was always looking out for him solved his question as he reached in and took one of the pills. Roland was always there for him. He was the one that first noticed what Gozaburo was doing to him. With his help, Seto was freed of the man and able to take over Kaiba Corp. The calming affects of the prescription began to work as his shaking hands calmed and his mind began to focus again.
"Thank you," he whispered slipping further into the couch. He was exhausted. He didn't sleep the night before his flight, too excited about coming home and now he didn't want to sleep for fear that something awful would happen to his blond lover.
There was a quiet knock at the door. Roland got up to answer it as Seto fixed himself on the couch. He never let anyone else see him in his most vulnerable states. Sebastian walked in, carrying two large suitcases, struggling to keep them in his hands. The butler set them down in front of the desk and walked over to Seto. "Another letter arrived right after the truck dropped the money off." Seto took the letter and walked back towards his desk. "The chef is going to prepare a stew for you. Did you want me to bring it up for you when it's finished?"
Seto was so tempted to shake his head, but he knew that he shouldn't worry his staff. He nodded and sat down first clicking on the next set of downloads for his computer before opening the brown envelope. His hands shook not sure if he wanted to know what was inside of it. A small silver ring slid out of first followed by an index and another postcard. The index card read "He's no longer yours." Seto stared at the silver ring he gave Jou when they first began to notice that they cared for each other more than friends or even sexual partners. His eyes drifted up to the postcard picture of Jou. His pants were almost all red from the obvious wound being allowed to bleed freely. Seto glanced up at Jou's chest noticing "whore" carved into his chest. He gasped and forced himself to keep looking at the picture for any new clue. Once finished, he handed it over to Roland without even looking at the message on the back.
Roland frowned at the amount of blood that Katsuya lost in such a short amount of time. They needed to get to him quickly before he died. Like all the other communications, not a single clue led them to Jou's whereabouts. He flipped the postcard over and read the message, "Punishment has to be done for those who think they are mighty. Bad mistake trying to trace me. Sign on the second you get this message and you might see the reason for the message on your lover's chest along with everyone else that's curious."
The color in Seto's face drained as he cancelled the remaining downloads. He didn't care how vulnerable his computer was at that moment. He had to see what the man was talking about. Once signed on to the website, he noticed a bulletin that made him never want to eat again. "Torture of Seto Kaiba's lover." The room had next to a hundred people already in. Clicking it with shaking hands, the video instantly started. Jou was chained to the foot of the bed on his hands his knees. The bloody message on his chest dried. The man was pushing something in and out of Jou's entrance, causing the blond to grunt. The sick individuals in the room where messaging, saying that they wanted to see more of Jou's dick. Seto clenched his fist and grinded his teeth. He couldn't believe that people would actually watch this and say such disgusting things. He wondered if they thought it was all play or whether some of them thought it was real. "Patience," the man's robotic voice echoed through the room, clearly addressing those who were sending message. "Ah, the main guest has arrived." The man leaned over Jou's back and licked his ear. "Look, Jounouchi, your lover has finally joined us."
Roland walked around the desk and watched, knowing that Seto wasn't recording this time and the reactions that was playing over his employer's face was worrying him. The man removed the object that he was using on Jou and pulled the obviously hazed blond into his lap. The motion revealed his body to everyone. The messages flying a second later made the CEO gag and force his own bile back down his throat. Roland ran a soothing hand up and down his back, attempting to calm Seto. This was worse than he ever expected. That's when he noticed Jou's wound was stitched on his leg. Suddenly he remembered that all of the wounds that Seto received from Gozaburo was always either stitched or cleaned. "The doctor," Roland thought as he moved around the other side of the desk and pulled out his cell. The sudden motion of Roland caused Seto to focus on him. He figured Roland must have noticed something, and he felt stupid for not thinking about looking for clues instead of worrying about what these sick individuals were saying.
He looked back just as the man entered into Jou, causing his haze eyes to focus and widen. He screamed in agony, but Seto tried to focus on everything around him. "I'm sorry, Katsuya," he repeated over and over again in his mind. He couldn't handle much more. The skin hitting skin was making him ill not to mention the repulsive things that the other people were saying about Jou. The man whispered something to the blond, something that only he could hear.
Jou's fiery eyes locked onto the camera. "Don't you come, Seto." He hissed from the sudden change of angle. The man behind him was clearly upset that Jou was able to focus enough to talk. "I've felt worse pain at the hands of my old man. Remember the past." Seto's worried face changed back to his expressionless face. He knew about the abuse he suffered from his father, but why would Jou tell him to remember the past. He looked up at Roland holding a quiet conversation with whoever was on the other side of the phone. Roland realized something. Maybe it was more linked to Seto's past than just a random person.
The man was speeding up, gaining more grunts of pain from Jou. Seto knew he was nearing the end and was grateful that this torture would be ending soon for his lover. The man grunted before releasing deep inside of Jou. Jou whimpered from the burning sensation as the semen mixed with his blood. The man pulled out of Jou and walked over to the camera unashamed of his own nudity and carefully keeping his face hidden. He pushed a few buttons which closed the session for everyone but Seto. "I warned you not to rush me or trace my signal. You forced me into this, Mr. Kaiba," the voice echoed more and was out of breath. He returned to the bed where Jou lied panting, sweat washing some of the dried blood away. The man pulled on Jou's hair making him sit up again. "He enjoyed someone else fucking him while you watched. I didn't get any response from him until I told him you were here. Sick little whore don't you think? Look at how hard he is." The man grabbed Jou's member, causing the blond to whimper and attempt to close his legs.
"Get your hands of him."
"And what if I don't? You going to kill me? I already know that outcome. But unfortunately after I'm done using that beautiful body of yours, you wont be able to move a centimeter. I'll be long gone before anyone finds you or you manage to free yourself." The man continued to pump Jou's now fully erect member. "Ten o'clock tonight. You'll stand outside of your lover's job. From then you'll follow all the prompts until you get to where I want you. Bring the money." Jou climaxed with a whimper cry. The man tossed him backwards on the bed like a piece of trash and faced the camera fully. "Oh and loosen up that tight ass of yours. It'll be less painful for you." The man shut the session off, sealing Jou to whatever fate the man had planned.
Seto closed the window and slammed his hand down on the desk hard enough to rock everything on it. Roland flipped his phone shut and glanced back at Seto. His face was no longer pale, but red from all the anger boiling inside of him. "Tell me you found a clue," Seto whispered, hoping that the prescription would help this attack he felt starting as well.
"Yes, Mr. Kaiba. It was a split second, but there was enough time for me to figure out who this person was. Do you want to drive or do you want me?"
"You can drive, but I get to kill him." The real reason was he didn't know if he could focus enough to drive them to wherever they were going. This man was going to pay for everything he did to Jou.
Long chapter. My apologizes. I couldn't stop writing it, but now I did and I'll continue in the next chapter. Sorry for the cliffhanger. Don't worry. It won't take me long to get the next chapter up. I promise. I'm working on it right now. I hope that wasn't too bad for anyone. I'm still divided on which direction I'm going for the ending. I'll figure it out when I get that far I promise. Thank you for reading please review.
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