Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Return of Noah ❯ The Distress File ( Chapter 1 )

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The Return of Noah

Chapter One - The Distress File

"Honey, come eat your food it's getting cold!" Yelled Ren's mom.

"What!?" Ren yelled back from her room.

"Ren! Come eat your food!" Her mom yelled even louder.

"Okay! Hold, I'll be right there!" Ren yelled aloud.
began to type as fast as she could on her computer so she could get her email done and sent to her friend.

"Okay, so are we going to eat?" Ren asked as she looked to her mom who was just about to sit down at the table.

"Yeah, but we have to wait for your father first." Her mom said as she sat in an empty seat at the table.

"He's probably still in his office talking to a client or something." Ren said annoyingly. "Maybe you should just take his food to him."

"Honey, now you know if it weren't for your father you wouldn't be eating. You need to be thankful." Ren's mother said as she placed a napkin on her lap. "But I'm afraid that if you father doesn't come soon I may have to take food to him."

"Allen! Allen! Come get you food!" Ren's mom yelled to her husband. Her husband quickly came out of his office from down the large hall and came into the dining room where he sat at the head of the table.

"Why didn't you tell me you had made dinner Diane?" Ren's dad asked as he piled layer after layer of the food his wife had prepared.
's mom laughed a bit. "I called you three times. I finally gave up and tried calling Ren since I knew that she'd probably be stuck to her laptop again and it would be harder to get her to eat."

"We'll that's still no excuse," He said as he shoved food in his mouth. "You know I can't hear you calling me when I have my door closed or when I'm on the phone."

"Allen, don't talk with food in your mouth it's rude." Ren's mother said before she took bite of her salad.
"Oh, Ren, I think I may have a job for you this summer," Ren's dad said as he grabbed for the mashed potatoes. "You can help organize some of the information in my company, sort of like a secretary."

"Dad, I told you I don't want to run you business." Ren said before taking a sip of her root beer.

"But Ren, don't you want to own your fathers company?" Asked Ren's mom. "You'll make a lot of money, and your very smart so the jobs perfect for you."

"But I already told you, I want to become a writer, and maybe even design games and stuff." Ren said as she played with her mashed potatoes.

"But if you run my company you'll not only be able to make money to buy the games, but you'll meet people who are writers and who make games." Ren's dad said enthusiastically

"I don't know.....

"Trust me, you'll like it." Ren's dad said with a smile on his face as he thought to himself "Why didn't we have a boy too."
ran to her room and closed her door. She then walked to her desk and began to finish a story she was writing. She had sent the first half to her friend before dinner, but she still had a few more chapters left before the whole story was completed.

"This will be my best story yet." Ren said as she began typing. "Yep, a story about a girl who runs away from home and finds herself in a town where the only friend she has is a boy about her age. They fall in love and that's basically it. I've pretty much got it all figured out."
continued typing her story and listening to her music on her computer as she thought of what her father had been bugging her about for the last month. He had always said she was to take over the company when she became older, but now that she was fifteen and almost old enough to inherit the company she was feeling a little differently towards the whole idea.

"I guess if I do take over my dad's company of science for the government I could always be a writer as a side job.....but what if I never had any time to write? What if I was always busy?"
saved her work in progress and got up from her seat. And then stressed from her thoughts she plopped herself on her bed.
next day Ren made her way towards the lab where her fathers company was and was put to work right away.
quickly worked hard on the computer given to her to place each file and piece of information in there proper places.
tired after three straight hours of working, headed towards the staff room and got a drink of water.

"Aw, that's refreshing." Ren said as she drank the cold water.

"You must be really thirsty." A voice said from behind her. A boy about seventeen or so walked towards the water container and grabbed a cup to put water inside.

"What makes you say that?" Ren asked as she threw her paper cup at the trash only to have it miss and hit the floor.

"Well for one thing this trash is full." The boy said smiling. He held a hand out to her. "Brian Foully. Pleasure to meet you. And you are?"

"Ren Narrow." Ren said as she shook his hand.

"Wow! You're the presidents daughter?" Brian asked amazed. "I'm so glad I finally met you. Your father says you'll be head of Narrow Tech some day."

"Um...maybe." Ren said with a fake smile. "So what do you do here?"

"I'm a scientist." Brian said as he pointed to his lab coat.

"Wow! You must be a genius!" Ren said.

"Yep, one of the best in the state." Brian said with a laugh.

"Cool!" Ren said rising from her seat. "We'll I better get back to work. Got a lot of files I have to sort through. See ya."
quickly walked out of the room, not even bothering to look back and ran to her office.
continued organizing files, on and off the computer and kept thinking of her conversation with Brian as she worked.

"He was really talkative, I wonder if he was flirting with me. Nah he couldn't be. Your just kidding yourself Ren he probably already has a girlfriend."
knock at the door was heard. Ren quickly ran to see who it was. A woman in her early twenties was standing in the hallway with a few folders in a box.

"These files were just shipped in yesterday. Sorry, I guess I kind of forgot." The lady said as she set the box in a corner of the carpeted room.

"Julie!" Ren called out before the woman walked out. "The new boy, Brian, he's a scientist right?"

"Yes, that's right. And a cute one at that. What about him?" Julie asked.

"Well I was just....um. Nothing, never mind." Ren said. She couldn't ask if he was dating anyone, then Julie would know Ren liked him and then she'd say something.

"Okay. You better hurry and get those files organized. We have an hour left til closing and I want you to get as much of that done as possible. You may be the daughter of my boss, but I'm still your boss." Julie said as she smiled and walked out of the office.
sighed and shrank to the ground. She crawled on her hands and knees towards the box where the files were and searched through them. Suddenly the phone began to ring and Ren quickly got up to see who was calling.

"Hello." Ren said as she picked up the phone.

"Hey Ren!" Said as familiar voice on the phone.

"Katy!? Is that really you?" Ren asked as she quickly sat in her seat by her computer.

"Of course. I called your house and your mom told me you were working at you dad's company. So I grabbed the nearest phonebook and called. They finally transferred my call to you and so here I am talking to you."

"That's cool!" Ren said as she sat back in her chair and grabbed a pen to draw on a piece of paper.

"So are they treating you good, or are you bored out of your mind with all those old scientists?" Katy asked.

"Nah, it's okay. Actually, believe it or not there are actually young people here." Ren said.

"Really? Tell me then are there any cute guys?" Asked Katy.

"Well, there was this one...." Ren started to say.

"Really?" Katy began to say.

"Yeah, but I think my boss likes him." Ren said as she drew a flower on her piece of paper.

"What, you're letting your boss take your man?" Katy asked with disgust.

"He's not my man." Ren began to say.

"Well I still wouldn't let her take him." Katy said in an angry tone. "How old is she like forty?"

"She's twenty-three." Ren said with a laugh.

"And how old is mister cutie? Oh, oh, and you have to tell me his hair and eye color." Katy said laughing.

"Well I think he's about seventeen, and he had green eyes with green hair." Ren said as she smiled.

"What!?"

"I'm just kidding! His hair's brown." Ren said as she snickered.

"Ren, don't do that. Geez!" Katy said hysterically.

"Katy, your such a drama queen." Ren said, but suddenly paused as she saw a figure standing at the door.

"I told you to get to work Ren." Julie said as she pulled the rest of the files Ren had not gotten to out of the box. "I want you to get these files done now! And stop talking on the phone."

"Sorry Katy, I have to go." Ren said with a sigh.

"Okay, talk to you later." Katy said and Ren quickly hung up the phone.

"Now hurry with these files. I want this done." Julie said as she started to exit through the door.

"What's going on?" Asked Brian as he walked into the room.

"Nothing, were just discussing something." Julie said as she stopped. "Hey Brian, I was wondering if you might want to go out to dinner tonight?"

"Tonight, uh...tonight's not really good for me." Brian said. "Besides I'm going to be working really late tonight."

"Oh I see." Julie said in a disappointed tone. "Then perhaps maybe another time." Julie walked out of the office and was quickly back to her own.

"I'm not really her type." Brian said as he grabbed a chair from a corner of the room. "Girls like her are so selfish."

"Hmm, I guess. Of course I wouldn't know, I've only been here one day." Ren said as she began to organize the file on the computer.

"I knew it! I knew the moment I saw you. You're the kind of girl who isn't quick to judge. You wait to see what people are like and then classify them. That's what I like about you Ren. Your calm and considerate." Brian said with a smile. Ren just smiled back as she continued her work. "And I know that someday you'll make a great president."

"Hmm, I hope so." Ren said in a bit of doubt.

"Oh, you know what, your father invited me to eat dinner at your house on Friday. You know tomorrow night." Brian said as he stood up.

"That's not surprising since he has all his new workers have dinner with him so he can get to know them better." Ren said with a smile as she finished organizing the last of the files. "You'll love my mom's cooking."

"Of course." Brain said as he and Ren both walked out of Ren's office and towards the exit of the building. "Hey, are you walking home?"

"Yeah, why?" Ren asked curiously.

"Do you want me to walk you to your house?" Brian asked.

"Um...sure, of course." Ren said with a smile.
walked out of the building together and started towards Ren's home.

"So I'm assuming you don't have any brothers or sisters is that right?" Brian asked as they walked down the path to Ren's house.

"Yep, I'm an only child." Ren said with a smile.

"Same here." Brian said as they reached Ren's house. "Well I guess this is your stop."

"Okay then. I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Ren said as she stepped onto her porch.

"Yeah," Brian said as he began to walk away. "I'll see ya then!"
walked into her house as Brian began walking down the path back to the lab to finish his work.
night as Ren lay in bed awake she thought of Brian.

"I think Brian really does like me, at least I hope he does." Ren thought to herself. "Maybe I'll know by tomorrow. Of course tomorrow's going to be a busy day with the weird submarine dad's scientists found at the bottom of the ocean. He said they were going to open it tomorrow to see what's inside."turned to her side and starred out towards her window. She looked out at the stars and began to close her eyes as she began to get sleepier and sleepier.
next morning Ren got up bright and early. After eating breakfast Ren hurried as fast as she could to her father's company just down the road and ran right inside. Upon arriving she was greeted by several scientists in the lab.

"Hi Ren." Brian called out as he ran to greet Ren.

"Hey!" Ren yelled as she ran to meet him as well.

"I thought you might not show up," Brian said as he smiled. "We've been planning how to enter the submarine since five in the morning."

"Wow, and I thought seven was early." Ren said scratching her head. "So where's the submarine?"

"Oh yeah, It was to big to fit in the lab," Brian said as he led her towards a computer. "The submarine was huge! About as big as the lab. Were not sure what exactly is in the submarine, but were hoping to access any data from any computers that may possibly be inside using these high tech computers in the lab."

"Cool, sounds like you guys pretty much got this figured out." Ren said as she turned to face the computer. "I brought my laptop just incase I needed to scan for data or something, just a precaution."

"Okay cool. None of us have laptops with us that I can remember so yours may be of some use to us." Brian said as he turned away from the large screened computer.

"That's weird, cause usually most of the scientists have there laptops with them." Ren said very puzzled.

"Uh....I guess we were all just tired from stay up so late when we were planning last night." Brian said as he sighed.

"Ren! Are you ready to see the submarine?" Ren's father walked towards them and smiled. "If you want to Brian you can ride with us in my helicopter. What do you say?"

"Um, sure! That would be great." Brian said smiling.
Brian, and Mr. Narrow all boarded the helicopter piloted by two men and soon the machine began to take off towards the location of the submarine.

"Yes, we found it yesterday." Ren's father said answering Ren's questions. "Were hoping to find out where it came from and who build it as soon as possible."
"How much longer until we get to the location?" Ren asked her father as she looked through the helicopter window.

"Actually were almost there." Her father said pointing to a far away dock. "The dock we placed the submarine is just ahead, and soon we'll be able to see what exactly is inside of it."
helicopter landed in the sand next to the dock that led to the submarine.

"Good morning Dr. Samuel, has there been any word of being able to get into the submarine?" Asked Mr. Narrow as he stood before Dr. Samuel and the submarine.

"Not so much as one crack has been found that we can enter through," Dr. Samuel said with a sigh. "We may have to blow a hole so we can get inside."

"And what about the top entrance, you didn't have any luck with it?" Mr. Narrows asked.

"Nope," Dr. Samuel said as he pointed to the top of the submarine. "If we can't get through there, or find any other way through I have strong explosives that could bomb through just about any metal."

"I don't think that will be necessary Dr. Samuel. Brian here is a wiz when it comes to figuring out how to open things." Mr. Narrows said as he pat Brian on the back. "Isn't that right Brian?"
looked at Ren and then at her dad who had just made up the fake rumor.

"Uh...yeah, I'm really smart, I should be able to figure it out in no time." Brian said nervously.

"Is that so," Dr. Samuel said as he glared. He then smiled warmly and grabbed Brian's hand to shake it. "Well alright then, Mr. Narrows you've got yourself a great scientist."

"Ren, Brian and I are going to the roof of the submarine to see if we might be able to open it. You stay here and I'll come get you if we're able to open it." Ren's dad said as he headed towards the stairs that led to the top.

"But Dad, what am I suppose to do here by myself?" Ren asked angrily. "I wanna come with you."

"I'm sorry honey, but I can't let you come up here until we've opened it." Said Ren's dad as he reached the first step of the metal stairs. "Work on your computer for a while okay!"

"But Dad!" Ren was mad that her father hadn't taken her up to the top, but angrily she did as her father said and sat quietly in the chopper as she worked on her computer.

had only been a few minute, but Ren was beginning to wonder if her father or Brian were ever going to open the top. As Ren worked on the web, sorting out files and fixing her website, she couldn't help but feel that she belonged up there. After all she was an employee, and the presidents daughter. Suddenly Ren heard a loud sound as something began to move on the submarine. Ren turned away just as Brian and Ren's father opened the submarine. Not knowing of what had happened she simply ignored it and assumed it was just an experiment or some sort of explosion.

"What's this? Hmm...looks like I have some email." Ren said as she entered her email box on her computer. "Noah...Kai.. ba? At virtual dot com. Huh, I wonder who this is?" Ren opened the email and began to read it carefully.

Please help me! Inside of this email I have inclosed a program you must download! Please this is an urgent message, I need your assistance.

Inside was indeed a file. Ren thought for a moment, considering the file and thinking of the possibility that it could be a virus. But maybe if it were a virus she could deactivate it somehow. She had always been good at finding her way around computer problems, so perhaps she could find her way around this one.

"Alright Noah Kaiba, if you really want me to download this then here it goes." Ren waited for a while. The download kept loading and loading. But before she could see it finish it's loading process she heard her father call her name.

"Ren! Ren! Hurry, we've opened the submarine!" Ren's Dad said as he ran to the chopper.
hopped out, leaving her laptop behind, and ran to meet her father.

"Cool! Can I go inside now!" Ren asked excitedly.

"Yeah, come on! Brian's waiting inside the submarine." Ren's Dad yelled from the stairs as he climbed as fast as he could. "You wouldn't believe what's inside there!"
and her father finally made it in the submarine and Ren was astounded by the inside of the sub.

"Mr. Narrow! Hurry, there's something here we want you to see!" Said a tall dark haired professor as he motioned him to come with him.
's father quickly followed the tall professor down the hall.

"Wow, you guys were right," Ren said pointing to the large computers in the room her and Brian were in. "There are computers on board this sub."

"Yeah, but we weren't able to access any data because the computers were broken." Brian said sighing. "I can't tell what exactly missed them up, but most of the scientists believe it to be the work of an electrical object of some sort. Hey, why don't we see what they found, okay!"

"Uh, sure. Okay, lets go." Ren said as they both headed toward the way Ren's father had gone.
Mr. Narrows saw what was in the room he had just entered he couldn't believe his eyes. A boy about the age of eighteen was found in a large oval pod, that hooked him up to several computers that had been down for quite some time.

"Do we have any information on this boy?" Mr. Narrow's asked.

"No sir. What remains to be a mystery is how exactly he survived the explosion impact. You see we've found that this submarine was to be destroyed sometime ago, but I believe that the submarine was only partly hit." The tall professor said just as Ren and Brian entered the room.
"My theory comes from the fact that half the sub is badly damaged. And I'm betting the entrance was probably destroyed from the explosion."

"Who's that?" Ren asked and pointed to the sleeping boy in the pod.

"We don't know yet. If we can get these computers to work, then maybe we can find out who he is, and why he is here." Said the tall professor.

"I want us to build a building near here so we can do further research on this machine and this boy." Mr. Narrow said as he turned for the door. "Come on Ren, we need to get home. Brian, you will be joining us for dinner tonight, right?"

"Yes, of course." Brian said with a smile. "I'll be there six 'o clock sharp."

"Great! See ya Brian!" Ren said as her and her father headed for the stairs to get out of the sub.

"Bye!" Brian yelled in a happy voice and waved.
and her father both boarded the chopper and watched as Brian hopped in another helicopter with some of the other professors. Ren suddenly remembered her email, and the download and quickly looked up at her screen on her laptop. The download had completed and she was now able to install it. Of course before doing so, she scanned for any type of viruses and seeing there were none began to install the download.
helicopter land shortly after Ren had started her installing and Ren was forced to jump out immediately and head for home. Ren ran as fast as she could, hoping to finish the installing process, and soon reached her house and her bedroom.
continued to install the file until it was completely installed.

"Great now whatever it is, I can use it." Ren said as she loaded the file. Suddenly a black box came on the screen and there was a sudden flash as a young boy wearing a white shirt with purple designs and green hair came on the screen.

"Hello! Is someone there?! I need your help!" The boy yelled.
grabbed her microphone so the boy could hear her and quickly spoke into it.

"Yes! Someone is here." Ren said aloud.

"There is? But I can't see you, who is this?" The boy asked in a confused manner.
turned on her digital camera and looked directly into it from it's location on her desk she was sitting at.

"Can you see me now?" Ren asked.

"Yes, but I must ask you a favor!" The boy asked.

"What is it?" Ren asked.

"You see I am not an ordinary person like you. I live in a virtual world. I need you to save my file onto you computer so I can live inside of it." The boy said.

"What?! You're virtual? But how can this be? And who are you?" Ren asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"My name is Noah Kaiba, and I was placed in a pod six year ago because of an accident I had when I was twelve. I am now eighteen and the only home I've come to know is the virtual one my father designed for me. But because of a certain problem my world was destroyed, and only this small file of my mind exists." Noah said without taking a breath.

"But...If your story is true, then you were placed in a pod in the submarine my father found. You're the boy in the pod. And that would explain why I couldn't recognize you." Ren said amazed.

"If your father did find and open the machine, it's probably why you received my distress call. Because before my world was destroyed I set up a back up file to myself that could only be transferred to a computer outside the ship that was connected to the internet. You received my transfer file and downloaded it onto your hard drive. This not only restored me, but gave me a whole new life. I thank you." Noah said bowing. "Tell me, what is your name?"

"Oh I'm so sorry, I'm Ren Narrows." Ren said with a smile.

"Thank you Ren, I am eternally in your dept." Noah said with a relieved smile.