Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Seto's Wish Alternate World Conclusion ❯ C54 The Rescue ( Chapter 54 )

C54 The Rescue

 

Mokuba, Joey, and Seto managed to (by some miracle if you asked Mokuba) follow the guard to Mokie's room.

 

They were presently trying to keep hidden from the guard keeping watch, and had barely been there 2 seconds before Seto already began to show his impatience.

 

“We can't just stay here and hide all day and hope the guard walks away.” Seto quietly argued. “We have to do something! We don't have a heck of a lot of time left!”

 

“I know that.” Mokuba whispered. But the fact of the matter was.....he wasn't sure what to do. His plan only went as far as following the guard to reach Mokie quicker. After that, he didn't really have a plan.

 

“I'm not sure what to do.” Mokuba admitted. “This guy looks kinda tough. He might be too strong to handle on our own. If my big brother was here, I know he wouldn't have any problem taking him down.”

 

Mokuba then looked over at Seto, saying, “I'm sorry, Seto....I just don't think you can handle it.”

 

Seto of course was immediately insulted by this, and childishly argued with the 12 year old, “Yes I can!!”

 

Even Joey rolled his eyes at that amazing response.

 

“No you can't!” Mokuba quietly spat. “My big brother could wipe the floor with you, without even trying. There's no way you could stand a chance against this guy!”

 

Seto was shaking, and it looked like he was just about to jump away from the cover of the wall and attempt to tackle the guy right then and there, if it wasn't for Joey grabbing him and quickly yanking him back before the guard noticed him.

 

“Hey, hold up a minute.” Joey said. He turned to Mokuba, saying, “No problem, kid....he's just one guy. Me and Seto here can just take him out together. That creep don't stand a chance!”

 

“I don't know…” Mokuba said, still not so sure.

 

“I know!” Seto said, suddenly having what he thought to be an amazing idea. “I have the perfect plan!”

 

“Uh-oh.” Mokuba thought, worried.

 

“Mokuba....you can be a distraction, making it seem like Mokie escaped! And then while you lure him away, we can get Mokie out of there!” Seto grinned, seeming so proud of himself.

 

Joey then knocked on Seto's head, saying, “Hey, genius....I think you forgot one thing. How we gonna save Mokuba, here? Then he gets captured, and Kaiba kills you!”

 

“Once we get Mokie, we can both jump that guard and take him out, just like you said!” he retorted. Seto then turned to Mokuba, asking, “So, what do you think? Do you think you can handle it?”

 

Mokuba actually liked the idea. It actually involved him in the rescue instead of being a tour guide. The outlay of the place was still the same, and was quite sure he could probably give the guard the slip on his own, without needing their help. But, most importantly he could be a part of the adventure instead of being protected all the time....he could prove himself to everyone. He looked back to them and nodded, saying, “Okay, let's do it!”

 

“Be careful.” Joey warned him. “You can't let the guard catch ya.” Joey said.

 

Mokuba grinned confidently, saying, “He won't know what hit him! You two just get the other Mokuba out.”

 

Once the plan was set, Mokuba casually walked out into the hallway, looking around like he was lost, muttering out loud, “Huh? How did I get back here?”

 

He then turned and seemed to spot the guard, just as the guard turned hearing a voice and noticed him.

 

The guard jumped in surprise, exclaiming, “Hey! How did you get out of your room?!!”

 

Mokuba looked instantly panicked, and ran for it. The guard immediately chased after him, abandoning his post.

 

“Damn, he's good.” Seto whispered. “You'd think he rehearsed it.”

 

“He's gone, let's go!” Joey said, and they snuck into the hall as soon as the two were completely out of sight.

 

They made it to the door, making Seto so happy that he would finally be able to save his new little brother. His hand moved to the door, and then......it didn't move.

 

“Oh, shit....it's locked!” he said. “How the hell do we get in there, now?”

 

“Relax....” Joey said, moving Seto aside. “Let the pro's do their job.”

 

Seto crossed his arms to see what his brilliant friend was going to attempt, this time. Joey pulled out some random things from his pocket....a penny, lint, an old button, and a paper clip. He kept the paper clip and put the rest back. Then bending it up, he shoved it into the lock.

 

Seto shook his head, and sighed. “Come on, Joey....this aint the movies. That's never gonna.....”

 

Click!

 

Joey grinned at him as Seto stood there with his jaw on the floor. “How the hell did you do that?”

 

“What....you forgot when I was busted for breaking into that guy's house once?” Joey asked.

 

Seto replied, “Well, yeah....but when you said you had an expert lock-picking technique, I thought you meant kicking the door in!”

 

“Well....yeah. That works, too.” Joey snickered, and opened the door.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

Mokie had been curled into a corner in the room for sometime.

 

After Noah had gotten him back, he made certain to punish him severely. The bruise marks were still on his body from the beating he had received.

 

Mokie by this time had already given up hope long ago. He knew it was a mistake to ever think of leaving Noah. No one dares cross Noah without paying the price.

 

While laying on the floor in depression, he had heard some noises. The guard sounded like he was running after someone. He wondered what it was about, assuming they were probably hurting someone else, and prayed Noah didn't try to take it out on his friends, as well.

 

He then heard what sounded like someone unlocking the door, and immediately looked down in submission, assuming Noah had return and waiting for his next bit of punishment.

 

The door opened and footsteps now approached, making him shake in fear, knowing it was Noah and waiting for the next bit of cold words before he struck him again.

 

Seto rushed in, asking, “Mokie, are you.....??” and quieted.

 

The boy looked up, seeming to be surprised from the entrance. But at first, Seto couldn't tell if it was him.

 

He was wearing a dog collar, and a leash that was tied to the wall. Noah had also placed a mask over his face that looked like something from Psycho.

 

A second later, he could tell it was Mokie from the hair and the clothes. “What did he do to you?”

 

“Seto!” he cried. “You shouldn't be here. Noah will hurt you, too....”

 

Seto rushed over to him, and held him. He was so enraged from how he looked, Mokie could feel him shaking. “No one's going to hurt anyone.....not anymore.” he told him.

 

Mokie looked up to him and smiled, tears streaming from his eyes. He couldn't believe it.....Seto was really here. And it was Seto....'his' Seto. He could tell.

 

But.....his Seto wasn't like the other one. What if his Seto got hurt from Noah? He would never forgive himself. No....he couldn't let himself escape again, and let them be punished like he was.

 

“No!” he suddenly cried out, trying to push him back. “Go away!”

 

“Geez, ya think the kid would be a little more grateful.” Joey muttered.

 

“It's not his fault!” Seto snapped, angrily. “He's just scared.”

 

Seto turned to Mokie and shook his shoulders slightly, “Stop it, Mokie....it's okay. We're not going to get hurt. Everything's being worked out. We either leave together, or we don't leave at all. Do you understand??”

 

Mokie looked down and sniffed, indicating he was crying again.

 

“We gotta get this thing off.” Seto said, looking at Joey. “Can you do that thing to this that you did with the door?”

 

“Yeah....gimmee a sec.” Joey said. He pulled his paper clip out again, reaching over towards Mokie, who saw something shiny and flinched away.

 

“Relax, kid....I aint gonna hurt ya. Just sit still.” he said.

 

After a moment, he clicked the mask off, once again revealing Mokie's face. Seto used his clothes to dry his eyes and face as Joey now worked on the collar. “Jesus, he locked everything.....didn't he?”

 

“We'll be out of here in a second, Mokie.” Seto said, nervously looking back at the door and hoping the guard didn't come back. He impatiently turned to Joey, asking, “What's taking you so long, you dumbass!”

 

“I'm trying!” Joey snapped. “This damn thing's stuck or something....”

 

Joey finally pulled away, saying, “I can't get it off.”

 

“Forget it!” Seto said. “We'll get it off later. Can you cut the leash? We gotta get out of here and help Mokuba, still.”

 

Mokie looked wide-eyed at that. Mokuba was back? He was alive?? Noah didn't have him too, did he??

 

Joey pulled out his pocketknife, and cut Mokie free. “Let's go!” Joey said; Seto pulled Mokie with him, as he and Joey ran out the door.

 

Quickly, they found another door a couple rooms down, and Seto moved Mokie inside. Then grasping both shoulders, he said, “Okay, Mokie.....listen. We need you to hide here. We still have to find Mokuba and make sure he's okay. Then we'll be right back for you, okay?”

 

Mokie was still confused by all that was happening, but he nodded his head blankly and stayed inside, as they closed the door and rushed off. Immediately after, he ducked away to keep hidden as Seto said.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

While this was happening, Mokuba was running from the guard feeling very confident with himself. What he didn't expect was how easily exhausted he became from running around. Since he was starting to feel a little better, he had forgotten this cold he had.....and was quickly becoming winded. It caused him to slow enough for the guard to suddenly catch up and grab him.

 

Picking Mokuba up, the guard then started carrying Mokuba back, kicking and screaming the whole way.

 

“Shut up, brat.....or I'll tell Master Noah and you'll be punished for not only trying to escape but daring to talk back!” the guard snapped.

 

“Go ahead, I don't care! He can't tell me what to do!” Mokuba said, still flailing around and giving this guard a heck of a time.

 

Personally.....the guard couldn't understand it. He had never seen such rebellion in Noah's pet slave, before. It was like he was a different kid, entirely.

 

And as the guard turned the corner, he froze.....not only seeing the door to Mokuba's room open, but Seto and Joey right outside of it, as well.

 

They also froze, looking at him in surprise. Their surprise also caused Seto to quickly look back to make sure Mokie was safely inside and not being noticed, before turning back to the guard.

 

The guard snapped, “Who are you? What are you doing here?”

 

They looked at each other and immediately charged at the guard. But the guard dropped Mokuba, pulling out his gun and aiming it at them.....causing them to stop in their tracks.

 

“I get it, now.” he grinned. “You two must be those kids who slipped away from the duel. You got pretty lucky getting this far.....but that's as far as you get!”

 

But the guard didn't pay attention to Mokuba, who immediately moved behind the guard and kicked as hard as he could in the back of the guy's knee.

 

The guard crumbled to the ground, dropping his gun and gripping his knee in pain. Joey noticed a nearby vase, and grabbed it.....smashing it over the guard's head. Seto, seeing what Joey was doing, decided to repeat his friend's action, grabbing an even larger vase and doing the same.....just for safe measures.

 

The guard was quickly out cold. They then dragged him into Mokie's room and closed the door.

 

Seto turned to Mokuba about to say something, but noticed him quickly leaning against the wall, not looking very well. “Hey, you okay?” he asked.

 

“I guess… I'm still sick.” he said weakly, feeling like he could sleep for the next two days.

 

Seto nodded and turned to Joey, “You carry Mokuba....I'll go get Mokie.”

 

“It's okay, I'm fine.” Mokuba mumbled.

 

“You sure don't look it, to me.” Seto said. “We have to get out of here quick, and we can't take the chance of you collapsing on us, and maybe getting captured again.”

 

“Me captured?” Mokuba smiled weakly. “That never happens.”

 

It was a personal shot at his own expense, since being captured seemed to almost be a natural for him. Sadly, it was wasted on two people that didn't know his history.

 

Instead, Joey bent down, saying, “Here, kid....get on my back.”

 

Mokuba nodded, feeling too crappy to argue. And he didn't want to be a burden to anyone more than he was already becoming. So, he accepted and did as Joey said.

 

They quickly ran down the hall, and Seto whipped the door open to where they had hid him. He was hidden quite well out of sight, since he still didn't see him, and quietly called, “It's okay now, Mokie....you can come out now.”

 

Mokie poked his head out from hiding, then walked over to Seto. He then looked up, and blinked in surprise seeing Mokuba on Joey's back. Suddenly, he smiled and ran over to him and did his best to hug him, surprising everyone.

 

“You're okay! I was so worried when you disappeared....I was afraid you died!” Mokie cried.

 

Mokuba was confused on so many levels from this other Mokuba's response, but chose for the moment not to question it. “I'm fine.”

 

“Come on, Mokie....we have to get out of here!” Seto said.

 

Mokie nodded. Then ran over and grabbed Seto's hand. They ran, hoping to get out the same way they came in. But, as they continued to run back the same path, all the alarms suddenly started going off.

 

They stopped. “What's going on?” Joey asked, startled.

 

“The guards must have found out that the alarms had been off and turned them all back on. We must have crossed one of those areas, making the alarms go off.” Mokuba panicked.

 

“This is just great!” Joey said.

 

“We have to hurry....come on!” Seto said, dragging poor Mokie by the hand, while Joey did his best to keep up while also carrying Mokuba. They were now in full panicking mode, and hoping they could get out in time before the guards surrounded them.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

Kaiba had finished his meeting, and was just leaving Gozaburo's room with a contract copy in hand, and calmly walking away. As he did.....suddenly, the alarms started to go off all over the building.

 

“What?” Gozaburo asked in surprise, turning to glare at Kaiba. “What is the meaning of this?” he demanded to know.

 

Pretending he was in control of this all along, Kaiba merely smirked, “Let's just say it's an insurance policy to make certain that you won't also back out of the deal, and try to keep my brother. Mokuba is mine.....don't ever forget that.”

 

“Only if you win this time, Seto....” Gozaburo told him.

 

“Hmph......I won't lose.” Kaiba then calmly walked away.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

 

Seto, Mokie, Joey, and Mokuba finally made it back to the secret hallway, and were on their final stretch to escape.

 

But, just before they could enter the hallway, they hear a guard yell, “Freeze!”

 

It came from behind. They turned and the guard looked shocked to see two Mokuba's, asking, “What kind of trick is this?” Then with gun still in hand, he ordered, “All four of you get back here, right now. I think we're going to have a nice little chat with Master Noah!”

 

Everyone looked panicked, as Mokie looked down feeling it was his fault. He should have never left. Now, he ended up getting them all in trouble.

 

Seto and Joey were both panicked not sure what to do. Joey felt Mokuba wiggling to get him down, and he blankly let him make it to a stand. Mokuba moved up to his other self, taking his hand to reassure him, knowing his brother would want that. He was probably the only one in the group trying to devise a plan. He was hoping to either play cute and innocent, then attack the guard long enough for hopefully Seto or Joey to do something. Either that, or play sicker than he was and collapse next to the guard to distract him.....something. The problem was, he was counting on Joey and Seto to do something without giving them any hints about it, and felt no matter what.....his plan was probably doomed from the start. But, it was better than doing nothing. If only his brother was here to help.....

 

Then suddenly, to their surprise.....the guard suddenly collapsed. And as he collapsed, the dark foreboding figure of Kaiba could be seen directly behind where he was.

 

Mokie looked up, both of them seeming so happy to see him. But Kaiba didn't look very happy. He eyed both Mokuba's being there, then glared up at both Seto and Joey, looking like he was about to murder the both of them.

 

He approached them quickly, and easily chose Seto as the one to blame as he grabbed him by the collar, stating, “I thought I made it more than apparently clear to you not to put my brother in danger! Not only does he look just as sick as he did earlier, he could have very easily been captured in there, at any time!”

 

“Don't blame me for this!” Seto snapped. “Maybe if you kept your end of the deal, we wouldn't have had to make this kind of risk in the first place!”

 

“Stop it!” Mokuba cried, as he and Mokie pulled the two Seto's apart. “We don't have time for this, now! We gotta get to safety and back before the duel's over.”

 

Kaiba looked down at Mokuba, then back up at Seto, stating, “Fortunately for you, we are short on time. Let's go.”

 

Bending down, Kaiba scooped up both Mokie `and' Mokuba in each arm, and headed down the hall.

 

The gesture only made Seto more jealous that after doing everything he did to save his brother, Kaiba has the gall to pick up his own brother like he owns him!

 

Joey slapped Seto on the shoulder, saying, “Come on, man.....Mokuba's right. We don't have time for this. You two can spit at each other, later.”

 

Grudgingly, Seto followed behind as they headed out of the mansion and to safety before the guards found them.