Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Probationis Vitae ❯ Inside ( Chapter 12 )

Inside

AN: Sorry this took so long. I've been feeling kind of under the weather since about three days before Christmas and am just now feeling better. The fact that we had relatives over for most of that time didn't help either. It's not easy to write when the people borrowing your room start going to bed around nine and before that you're usually busy.

Thank you to all those who reviewed, I really mean it when I say you help me more than you could know:

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Anyway, I hope you all had a happy new year and enjoy this new chapter.

Symbols:

/…../ is Yugi to Yami.

//…..// is Yami to Yugi.

\…..\ is Ryou to Bakura.

\\…..\\ is Bakura to Ryou.

^…..^ is Malik (hikari) to Marik (yami).

^^…..^^ is Marik to Malik.

"~…..~" is someone talking on the other end of a phone, walkie-talkie, etc.

~*~*~*~Last time~*~*~*~

/I'm worried. What if this doesn't work? Then it'll be partly my fault. I should never have let them get Selene in the first place. And if they've hurt her...you know what's she's been through before. If something like that happens again...I just don't know what will happen to her if it does./ Yugi said, burying his face into his yami's chest.

//Don't worry Hikari. It will work. And Selene will be fine. You know better than anyone that she's one of the strongest people we could ever know.// Yami said, though he himself had had those same thoughts before.

/Thank you Yami./ Yugi said.

//Don't mention it koishii. Now, why don't we start on our decks.// Yami said, kissing his hikari's forehead tenderly before doing the same to his mouth.

/Okay then. And I mean it. You always seem to know just how to help me./ Yugi said before they both stood up and fetched their cards to prepare for the upcoming battle.

~*~*~*~On with the story~*~*~*~

The next week went by relatively smoothly. Everybody made sure that everything they did while preparing was as inconspicuous as possible. They also made sure that Anzu and Honda didn't suspect anything. They didn't like having to leave some of their friends in the dark, but all in all it was for their own protection.

It was one week later and Yugi was waiting at his house with Yami and Jason, who had just brought over the finished copy to be used for the fake, were all waiting for Yugi's father to arrive. Thankfully Yugi had been able to infuse the copy with some of his magic.

Yugi shot up straight from his slightly slouched position on the couch when he heard the doorbell ring.

//Hikari?// Yami asked and Yugi nodded and walked upstairs.

/Don't worry. He'll never know I'm here./ Yugi replied

Jason went into the kitchen after a quick nod to Yami who followed him as the copy went to the front door. CYugi (copy Yugi) opened the door with a very convincing scowl when he saw his father.

"Ready to go?" Adam said with a slight smirk at his `son.'

CYugi just nodded and picked up his bag before following. When the heard the door shut Yami and Jason came out of the kitchen to watch from the window as he drove off.

"Well, it seems to have worked," Jason said and Yami nodded before contacting Yugi.

//Tenshi, it worked. You can come back down now.// Yami said and he could pretty much feel Yugi smile slightly at his nickname for his hikari.

"We need to get to contact Seto so he can follow the copy as they move away. If we don't we may lose them before we get a chance to see where the base is." Jason nodded as Yugi said this and headed to the phone in the kitchen.

/All we can do now is hope for the best./ Yugi said, walking over to his Yami.

//It will work. Don't worry koishii. It will work.// Yami said, taking Yugi into his arms. They stood like that for a moment before Jason walked back into the room.

"Guys, the tracker worked. Soon we should have the location for the base and we can attack within the next 48 hours. Right now, though, everyone wants to meet over at Seto's for at least one last preparation meeting before we start out." Jason said and the other two nodded and followed Jason out to the car to drive over to Seto's.

When they reached the mansion they were escorted inside and led to what was, presumably, Seto's private office or some kind of private room so they wouldn't be disturbed. They walked in and found everyone sitting on various couches around a large circular table.

Jason went over to sit with Jake, Derek, and Damien on the largest couch and Yami and Yugi took the empty two-seater couch next to them. Seto and Jo sat in one similar to Yami and Yugi's and was next to the one containing Ryou, Bakura, Malik, and Marik which was just slightly shorter than the one the Venators shared and was situated right beside it.

"Okay, now that everyone is here we should start to plan for when we are to attack the `fortress'," Derek said and the others nodded in agreement.

"First of all," Seto said, "the car stopped shortly before Yugi, Yami, and Jason got here. I've been monitoring it on my laptop. We now know that it is located about two miles North West of the town."

"Good," Jason said, "now, we also need to figure out the groups we'll be in during the break in, the smaller the better because we'll have less chance of getting caught. I also suggest that at least on of us Venators be with each group. I know we have experienced people here, but this is our line of work, it's what we do best."

Yugi nodded and said, "I agree. With at least one in each group we'll have an easier time going unnoticed for the longest possible time."

"Okay, how do we split up?" Jake asked, none to happy about the prospect about being separated from his lovers again, but he didn't complain because he understood exactly why and knew it was for the best.

"For one thing, the Yamis and Hikaris will be paired up with their counterpart. I know I won't let Yugi go off alone and I doubt that Bakura will let Ryou or Marik Malik." Yami said and no one disagreed. That, after all, was probably the safest course. Personally, I'd hate to see what any of the Yamis would do to someone who tried to separate them from their Hikaris.

"So, then four groups of three. We can each take a different entrance into the building so we don't have to worry about that." Yugi said.

"Okay, how about like this: Damien will go with Yami and Yugi, Jason with Seto and Jo, Jake with Malik and Marik, and I'll go with Ryou and Bakura," Derek said and everyone else nodded, it worked.

"Finally, Seto," Jason said and Seto looked at him, "do you mind if I borrow you laptop for a moment. I think I may know how to get something that will make this a lot easier."

"What?" Jo asked as Seto handed his laptop to Jason with a very wary look. He wasn't too sure if he wanted to know what Jason had up his sleeve, the knowing grins sprouting on the other Venators' and Yugi's faces kind of frightened him.

"Blue prints of course. I wouldn't be the computer wizard if I didn't know how to hack into a company's or the government's mainframe for such a thing. It's essential to know where you're going when you have a specific goal in mind." Jason said and Seto groaned. He knew he hadn't wanted to know what Jason was doing.

Everyone fell silent for a while and the only thing that could be heard was the slight tapping noise as Jason worked on the computer. After about ten minutes they heard a curse issue from said person.

"What is it?" Ryou asked, wondering why Jason was getting worked up.

"I hit a password firewall. I'll have trouble getting around it if it isn't damn near impossible." Jason said.

Yugi frowned and said, "Can I see that for a moment?"

Puzzled, Jason handed the laptop over to Yugi who typed in a few codes before hitting the Enter key multiple times then entering more codes followed by the use of the Shift and Delete key in unison. The next thing they knew they were staring at the data bank of the government computer and the company computer both at the same time.

When Jason stared at him, dumbfounded, along with pretty much everyone else in the room Yugi blushed slightly and handed the computer back to Jason before saying, "I heard Selene talking about it a while back. She said it was supposed to be a code breaker. She still hadn't been sure if it would work and never got a chance to test it so I just did."

Jason only nodded slightly before heading back to work. After a few seconds everyone just turned to watch him work instead. A couple minutes later he grinned and then they heard the printer behind Malik and Marik's couch start to work and they saw several pages of blue prints print out.

The next few hours was spent working on how each group was to get in and where Selene would most probably be and where They would most probably be. Then they all left for their own homes to finish preparing with a promise to meet back at Seto's around ten so by the time they got out to the place it would be midnight and dark enough so they wouldn't easily be seen.

(You all have no idea how tempting it was to stop here, but I decided to go a little further since you had to wait so long for it.)

All went as planned and they were situated outside the base, waiting for the signal to head out, by midnight. Suddenly they heard the noise that was the border guards heading toward the entrance where the copies had evidently just been told to head out and each group went in, praying that all would work out.

~*~*~Malik, Marik, and Jake~*~*~

Malik, Marik, and Jake had the easiest time at the beginning because their entrance was located at the front. They were assigned to look at one of the two areas they believed Selene could be held in and, whether or not they found her, then report to the others through the portable headset walkie-talkies they all wore so they could keep in touch.

When they reached to appropriate floor they froze and heard several sounds that sounded like footsteps. It seems that, even if Selene wasn't here, there were a few guards, and, human or not, there was only one easy way to deal with them. Jake nodded to Malik and Marik, both of whom smirked in a VERY evil way and drew one card from their respective deck that hung at their waists. They had made sure that they each had a deck just in case they got separated.

The next thing Jake knew he was, yet again, facing two very alive monsters. They turned to corner and saw several of two different monsters, Souls of the Forgotten (900/200) and Guardian of the Labyrinth (1000/1200).

"Melchid the Four-Face Beast, attack," Malik said and Melchid (1500/1200) did just that. It managed to destroy a Guardian shortly followed by a SotF.

"Makiura the Destructor, attack," Marik called out and Makiura (1600/1200) along with Melchid made short work of the remaining Guardians and SotF's.

"Good job, now let's see if we can find her here," Jake said as Makiura and Melchid went back into their cards. Malik and Marik nodded and they headed out.

Unfortunately they didn't notice the remaining monster hiding in the shadows until it was too late. First they saw several Armed Ninja and then only black and they were knocked out and carried away.

~*~*~Ryou, Bakura, and Derek~*~*~

Ryou, Bakura, and Derek had a rather difficult time getting in because their entrance was one of the two closest to the door. Luckily Derek managed to make quick work of knocking out the guards after Bakura used a Chain Energy card to tie them up.

They were also to head to one of the two areas that They were likely to have put Selene in. Unfortunately for them they, yet again, encountered resistance, this time in the form of Duel Monsters. They recognized Super Robolady (1200/500), Wall of Illusions (1000/1850), and five Princess of Tsurugi's (900/700) with Super Robolady patrolling while Wall of Illusions was evidently in defense since it seemed to be guarding the PoT's.

Derek looked at Ryou and Bakura who just nodded and each drew a card. They had done the same thing that Malik and Marik had done for the same reason, after all you never knew what could happen. And the next thing Derek saw were two Duel Monsters that looked like they came out of a nightmare and took a few steps away.

"Headless Knight, attack," Ryou said and the Headless Knight (1450/1700) galloped forward and destroyed the Super Robolady.

"Dark Necrofear, attack," Bakura called and Dark Necrofear (2200/2800) joined the Headless Knight in the attack, aiming for the PoT's, but the Wall of Illusions intercepted the attack causing it to be destroyed and Dark Necrofear to return to it's card. Bakura cursed. Headless Knight galloped toward the PoT's and attacked, destroying them one by one, but not before they retaliated. Three of them threw their ice throwing knives toward Derek, Ryou, and Bakura who were unable to dodge in time and were very effectively pinned to the wall behind them. The Headless Knight managed to destroy three and as he attacked the last two they combined their attack into one and attacked him so they were all destroyed at the same time.

"Well, this is nice," Derek said very sarcastically.

"Really," Bakura replied, sarcasm just dripping from his voice, "what ever gave you that idea. And here I was thinking that we were in a shit load of trouble."

They didn't get to say anything else because they saw three Harpie's Brothers (1800/600) flying their way. After that the next thing any of them saw was black as they were knocked unconscious and carried away.

~*~*~Seto, Jo, and Jason~*~*~

Seto, Jo, and Jason had a rather easy time in comparison. They managed to make it into the building without any trouble and were heading to their destination point through the air vents.

They were to try and make it to the control room to try and shut down any of the security, lock the outside doors so those guards couldn't get in, and, in general, cause hell for those they were up against. Because none of them had any Shadow Powers they were extra careful to make no noise what so ever. They knew if they went up against any of the stronger monsters they be done for.

After about ten minutes of crawling they reached a vent and Jason looked down before signaling to the others that this was the right one. With stealth born of being a thief, he silently worked the rather large vent out of place and silently put it beside the hole. Then, with one look around to make sure that they were alone, jumped down without making a sound and shortly followed by Seto and Jo.

"Okay Seto, Jo, time to get to work. You two work on the security system while I work on a little pay back." Jason said the Seto and Jo nodded.

They were at it for about five minutes when suddenly something popped up on the screen in front of Seto and Jo.

"What the hell?" Seto said as suddenly the screen froze. Without any warning the floor under Seto and Jo and they fell. Jason, hearing their shouts, turned and, cursing all the while, ran over to the hole in the gound. Unfortunately for him the same thing happened to him about two feet from his goal. Then the holes closed back over, leaving no traces of the three men that had just been there.

~*~*~Yugi, Yami, and Damien~*~*~

Yugi, Yami, and Damien were having a suspiciously easy time with things. They had run into two Protector of the Thrones (800/1500), one Rainbow Flower (400/500), and three Little Chimeras (600/550) all separate and all taken care of by Yami summoning Silver Fang (1200/800) and they were already over half way to their destination.

"I doubt that things are supposed to be this easy," Damien said, "it almost feels as if were being lured into a trap."

"I agree," Yugi said as Yami nodded.

Currently they were headed toward the center of the building to a room where they believed they would be able to find the boss. They knew that they'd have to face him before this was over so they were going to get it over with as quickly as possible and find the others.

/It feels like we're being watched. It's almost as if He WANTS us to make it to the center./ Yugi said looking at Yami, who just nodded.

//I agree. I wouldn't doubt that he probably has something set up. I also wouldn't doubt that he has figured out that the copies are copies by now. Unfortunately He is at least that intelligent.// Yami said, smiling reassuringly at his hikari.

"Guys, we're here," Damien said, interrupting the mental conversation between the two. Yugi nodded at Yami and Damien who nodded back. After a quick look around the entrance to make sure that they were really alone, they headed over to the massive doors and slowly pushed them open.

When they opened the doors they saw a huge room. It was lighted by several torch looking ornaments and along the edge were several glass cylinders that they were unable to see into. However what drew their gaze was in the center of the room, lying on a stone table, was an unconscious Selene dressed in a white dress that had a solid body up to about three inches below her breasts at which point it became two scarf like pieces that crossed her chest, covering her breasts, and around her arms.

TBC...

AN: So, does this satisfy all those who were prepared to take off my head for not updating in so long? Hope it does. Anyway, please read and review.

BTW, I thought you might want to know that just the story part of this chapter was about 3023 words in length and the whole damn thing was about 3471 words in length.