Ali's POV
You walked into Miya's room to find only a doctor sitting at the table. You looked around and saw the bathroom door open and walked over in that direction.
You knocked and poked your head in.
"Miya? Kaiba?"
"Come in Ali, just watch out for Betty." Kaiba said not taking his eyes off Miya.
When you walked in, Miya continued to stare off into the empty space behind you. You knelt down beside Kaiba and took Miya's hand tightly.
"I'm so sorry Miya. I wish I could have seen this coming and warned you about it."
You were never going to forgive Chris for hurting your best friend. Although he was your brother, Miya was like family too. Chris hurt your family and lost your trust and respect forever.
You looked up at Kaiba. The pain in his eyes was almost too much to take in. He was devastated. Just a day or two ago, he had promised to keep her safe, then Chris goes and does this.
"Kaiba, this isn't your fault. Don't be so hard on yourself, and don't worry about Chris. Ryan will take care of him. No one messes with his baby sister. Chris will rule the day he did this to Miya when Ryan gets his hands on him."
"Thank you Ali." was all he said before turning his eyes back down to Miya and becoming silent once again.
Ryan's POV
After doing a uncountable number of laps around the pool, you got out and sat across from Aaron at the table.
Tea had explained to him what happened since you weren't in the mind set to do so.
"Why would Chris do something like that to Miya? She was his best friend?!" Aaron almost screamed at you.
"I don't know Aaron. All I know is that if I ever see him again, he'll wish he was dead."
"Mhm. No one messes with our sister!" Aaron said smiling.
"Exactly. He better hope he's got back up if I see him again."
"Ali!"
You turned and saw Ali walking outside with her head hung low and looking almost green. You rushed to her side.
"What's wrong hun?"
"It's nothing. I just can't take that much blood."
"What? What's going on up there?"
"They're redoing her stitches. I didn't know someone could bleed so much from a little hole from a needle."
"Oh. Besides that, how is she?"
"She's not talking to anyone. Not even to Kaiba. I don't think she even knew I was up there."
You clenched your fists and your knuckles went white.
"Ryan, she'll be fine. Calm down." she said wrapping her arms around you and holding you close.
"Chris will be sorry for what he did. And I'm sorry but I don't care if he's your brother."
"You do whatever. He's hurt me, my best friend, and everyone around us. He's done too much to allow me to forgive him."
You laid your head on hers and took a few cleansing breaths.
"Can we go see her?"
"Not right now Aaron. She needs to recover before we send anyone up."
Your POV
Everything around you was dark. Ever since Chris started forcing himself on you, this was your world. You could hear Chris' words echoing through the emptiness. Your body was numb. You could feel no heat, cold, pain, pleasure. You tried to call out to people who you saw come and go before your eyes. Ali, Dr. Atoyot, the nurse. None of them could hear you.
"Miya?"
You turned and saw Kisara standing before you.
"Kisara!" you ran to her and fell into her arms. "I don't know what to do."
"You'll pull through this Miya. You're strong."
"I've tried. No one can hear me."
"That's because you've locked yourself in your mind. You've created your own shadow realm."
"I put myself in the Shadow Realm?"
"Well, your item did. It was trying to protect you from further harm. You've gone through a lot recently."
"So, how do I get out of this thing I've got myself into?"
"That's for you to figure out on your own. But before I let you explore the options, I have something to give you."
She handed you a duel monsters card.
"Aura Sword Duos?"
"This card is Priest Seto's soul monster. It will help you in your journey."
"Thank you Kisara." you said holding the card to your chest like your life line.
Kisara nodded and disappeared into the darkness leaving you alone once again. You stood up and transformed the charm bracelet into the full form of the Millennium Staff.
You felt it pull off into the darkness, and since it was the only guide you had, you followed.
"Miya! Seto! Help me!"
You turned to see Mokuba sitting in a corner crying. The Duos card that Kisara had given to you began to glow.
"So that's what she meant by my journey. I've got to make it out of here to save Mokuba."
You put it in your pocket and ran into the darkness.
-Don't worry Mokuba. I'm coming!-
Mokuba's POV
You curled up under the blankets. For being early summer, it was freezing wherever you were. You couldn't remember anything before getting in the car with Tea to go home, everything after that was a blur.
You had woke up to hear people yelling outside the door. It was Maxamillon and Nathen Pegasus.
"Uncle, why did we have to come all the way here? Couldn't we have kept the boy in Japan?"
"If I know Miya and Kaiba boy like I do, they would have easily found him there. This is the last place they will think of to look for him."
"Yeah, no one would think of the 3rd smallest town in Maine. But why here exactly?"
"Miya's parents, they use to own this building and the room here is Miya's old bedroom."
"Shh, I think the boys awake. We can't have him overhearing us."
The door opened and you faked to still be asleep.
"Hm, I guess he just moved in his sleep."
"I'll send a guard in to keep an eye on him while we set up your deck for your duel with Kaiba."
The door slammed shut again and you heard it lock. You quickly got up and tried to move, but found it impossible. They had chained you to the bed you were laying on. You saw that you had a shoe missing. The shoe that had the tracker in it, perfect.
That's when you noticed that you still had your watch on.
You watched for the guard outside and turned on the G.P.S. You got the address for the house and called Aaron, giving him the address as soon as he answered.
You were hoping that he got them all and that soon Seto and Miya would come and save you.
You laid back on the bed and curled under the blankets. You looked around. The room was still decorated like someone lived here, but it didn't seem like Miya at all. Maybe this was her before all the drama in her life. Personally, you thought the drama was a good thing. Judging on her room, you would defiantly like the new Miya much better.
(FF 11 p.m.)
Seto's POV
You sat at your desk staring over at Miya's sleeping figure on your bed. You had just finished the entry form for the I.I duel tournament. You were worried. Miya was in no state to go and conduct her rescue mission, or to duel if you threw the duel to Nathen. Ryan had left about 2 hours ago to go assist Nathen, but there was no time to prep Miya's deck to defeat his. You knew Miya wouldn't need it anyways, if she was back to herself by tomorrow. If not, she would need all the help you could give her.
You jumped when Miya started screaming in her sleep.
"Seto! Wait! Please don't leave me!"
You ran over to her side and shook her awake.
"Miya, it's okay. I'm right here. I'm not going to leave you."
Her eyes opened, and they were the most gorgeous blue you had ever seen.
"Seto?"
"Yeah Miya, I'm right here."
"Oh my god!" She threw her arms around you and had a death grip on you.
"Are you okay?"
"I am now." she said almost crying.
You relaxed and wrapped your arms around her and laid down next to her, laying her back down.
"What was with the screaming?"
"It was all just..so dark. I couldn't see, and no one could hear me screaming. Then I saw you, and you were walking away. When I screamed for you, you turned around and then I woke up."
"I would never leave you Miya. Never you hear me?"
"Yes Seto I hear you."
She then took her arms off your neck and curled up to your chest, breathing deeply.
Your POV
You opened your eyes to see Seto's sapphire blue eyes staring down at you.
"Miya, it's okay. I'm right here. I'm not going to leave you."
"Seto?"
"Yeah Miya, I'm right here."
"Oh my god!" You threw your arms around him and held on to him for fear he wasn't really there.
"Are you okay?"
"I am now." you said trying to hold back your tears of relief.
"What was with the screaming?"
"It was all just..so dark. I couldn't see, and no one could hear me screaming. Then I saw you, and you were walking away. When I screamed for you, you turned around and then I woke up."
"I would never leave you Miya. Never you hear me?"
"Yes Seto I hear you," you said yawning.
You unwrapped your arms from around his neck and cuddled up to his warm body and took a deep breath, taking in his wonderful, calming scent. It was only moments before you were sleeping peacefully.
FF Next Morning
Your POV
You awoke before anyone else. You took a quick shower and changed into a nicer set of clothes since you had work to do today at Kaiba Corp if you got what you needed. You quietly shut the door behind you, leaving behind the sleeping Seto as you made your way down to the library.
"Good Morning Miya. Seto still sleeping?"
"Yeah, and I'm planning on just letting him sleep until I'm finished."
"Hm, well instead of overriding the system every time you want in, I'll set you up a profile. Find the green book titled Life and Business over there on the bookcase."
You walked over to the shelf that you had seen open the other day and began searching for the book. Green books took up most of the shelf, so it was a bit harder than you thought. Of course, as you expected, there were 30 or so volumes of Life and Business.
"Oh. There you are." you said pulling on the newer book of the volumes.
You pulled the book down and the bookcase moved over to reveal the door and eye scanner.
"Now, step up to the scanner and please don't blink." Veronica said in a plead.
You stepped up and tried not to blink like Veronica had asked.
"Hm, that's strange."
You looked around confused.
"What?"
"Your retina pattern and iris color is very similar to Seto's. The system recognized you as Seto too."
"That is kinda odd."
-Guess Seto and I are more alike than we thought.-
You stepped into the room and the computer screen flashed on filling up the entire room, which of course wasn't much space to light.
You took out Seto's deck, which you had grabbed before you left the room.
"What can I do for you this morning?"
"I need to find out what strategy Pegasus is planning on using in his nephew's duel against Seto."
"How do you plan on doing that?"
"Hacking their transmitter system. Run a search for an Industrial Illusions satellite in orbit above Maine."
"Search in progress."
You took a breath hoping this would work. You had worked for Pegasus before, and you knew a way around every blockage he could set up. You remembered everything you had seen while working for Lex. Nothing had changed in the 3 years since your parents set it up.
"Search complete. Satellite location: Above York Harbor."
"Perfect. Now prepare a small virus."
"What will that do to a satellite?"
"It'll be enough for me to work with. I can rewrite it to attack the security systems."
"Rewriting a virus? Now that's something I've never heard of."
"I'll take over an manual from here."
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
"Yes Veronica. My parents were the ones who set up this system. I know how to break through it. I've done it before without being detected."
"Hm. Well."
You could tell she was impressed. Normally only Seto could do something like this, and even then he probably got caught. You smirked, knowing Pegasus had lost his Millennium Eye in the Duelist Kingdom tournament made this a lot easier.
"Hack complete? You are now allowed to all data history."
"Search for the Blue Eyes White Dragon."
A ton of results were being listed on the screen. Apparently this had been a very well thought out plan. Pegasus had dueled Seto before, and won.
"Which monsters did Pegasus use in his last duel with Seto?"
"His toons I believe. But I thought this had to do with his nephew?"
"It does. Maxamillon won't take the chance of Nathen loosing. Nathen is a pretty weak duelist and Seto could take him down easily. They would want to make sure they looked serious and that the duel wasn't staged, so they're making it as real as possible. Search for victory results."
Only one appeared on the screen. Like you had thought, all the monsters were toons. Now all you had to do was find a way to keep Nathen from playing Toon World and spending life points to enable his monsters to attack.
"Thanks Veronica. Download all data on to disk drive F." you said plugging your flash drive in.
"Download complete."
You grabbed your drive and rushed out of the Manor and into the garage. You grabbed the nearest helmet and threw Seto's deck into your deck belt and jumped onto his white and blue motorbike. You revved it up and tore out of the garage and out towards Kaiba Corp.