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Chapter 4
Atem opened his crimson eyes, he had long gotten used to the dark and could now see the candles flickering in the room like they were hundreds of lamps... Even they were to much light for his tired eyes at this point. He had tried to give up on living forever ago, he wasn't sure how long he had been with his Master Dartz, but it definitely felt like an eternity.. His whole body was littered with scars, some older and some so recent they still bled against his mattress that lay on the floor. He had long forgotten a lot of things from his childhood, nothing stuck to his brain anymore, all except him... Yasamet continued to be a lingering dream in his horrifying hell... the thought of him coming to rescue him was the only thing worth living for now, well all expect for one other thing... Right on time the sounds of a newborn's wails flooded his eardrums, he smiled softly and looked over to the dark wooden crib. He stood up on shaky legs and walked over to the crying child, his child, his sweet baby boy Syrus... When the baby boy saw it's mother come into view he stopped wailing and just gently sniffled, small hands pawing at him. The weak teen picked him up and cradled him close, he loved the baby, he really did, but every time he saw that blue hair he thought of his father and sighed heavily.
"Don't cry my child, I'm here for you" he whispered as he kissed his face all over. He didn't get to see his darling sunshine very often.. When he and little Syrus awoke that means it was time for Dartz to come down and take him away. He would feed him, change him, love him.... He was glad that his baby had someone to care for him, but when Dartz came down to see him he brought Syrus with him... making him see all the brutal things he did to his mother...
"Good morning my sweet darling! How is our handsome ray of sunshine this morning?" Dartz announced in a sing song tone, walking over to grab the skinny teen up in a hug and kiss then leaned in to kiss Syrus. Atem had long forgotten what human touch was supposed to feel like and had really stopped fighting his master's cold touch, but that didn't mean he had given up on escape.. Dartz gently took the bouncing baby boy from it's mother and kissed his face several times before setting him back in the crib, then he turned back towards his Atem.
"I saw the lock at the door my sweet fruit... You were messing with it again weren't you?" He asked slowly, his green and gold eyes flashing with anger, making the teen shake nervously.
"No master.. I didn't.." He didn't get to finish before Dartz was apon him, his hand around the small throat in a death like grip.
"Don't lie to me!" He screamed, pushing Atem into the cold stone wall, his hand quickly let go of his neck to grab both his wrists, turn him around and attached him to the hard leather restraints. He didn't fight it anymore, he knew what was going to happen so he prepared himself...
You know the rules, count to ten" Dartz growled against his ear before he moved away from him... All to quickly the stinging crack of a whip snapped through the air and hit the teen's broken skin, tearing open old and healing wounds alike.
"One" Atem grinded out through clenched teeth, tears already spilling from his eyes. Another crack flew through the air, hitting the same mark he had hit only seconds prior, making Atem scream out in pain.
"Two.." He cried, his hands in tight fists and his body shook violently, he could feel the new warm blood trailing down his back, down his naked butt and down his legs. Again the whip snapped against once beautifully tanned skin, hitting a new target this time but the pain brought another scream.
"Three..."
Another whip snapped through the air and hit it's mark.
"Four..."
Another crack of that whip..
"Five!"
His crying screams echoed off the stone walls for the next five hits, blood sliding down his body and onto the floor, his tears running wildly down his face into his wailing mouth. His body was numb to the pain as it finally ended, his ears full of the sounds of that whip cracking against his skin, his whole body shook in pain.
"Good boy, you won't mess with that lock again will you?" Dartz hummed in a dark voice, his hands touching all over the shaking, bloody skin.
"No... Sir" the teen cried, those cold hands making his body shake even more then the whipping..
"Emmm, good answer my pretty pet. I love it when your so subservient" he whispered against his ear, licking his tear stricken face. He quickly turned him around, leaving his hands bound against the wall and kissed him roughly, letting his back hit the wall. Atem moaned into the kiss, his mind a gutter hole spiraling down into darkness.. Some of the pain Dartz gave him had begun to transform itself into pleasure, letting his brain have a reprieve from the torturing pain.
"You like that don't you pet?" Dartz growled seductively into his ear as he bit down onto his already bruised neck, his hand sliding down between the teen's legs to find his hole. Two fingers quickly found there way inside and began to thrust in at a fast pace, his teeth biting every inch of skin he could reach til he finally grabbed those perky nipples. Atem's whole body flexed back against the wall as he screamed out in pleasurable pain, his hips pushing down onto those invading fingers, grinding against him with deep moans. The fingers were moved reluctantly and instead his legs were grabbed and placed around his waist, deep kisses were placed on his lips. In one swift thrust upwards Dartz thrusted his whole cock inside the teen's asshole while he bit into his neck again, Atem's screams of ecstasy rang off the walls as he thrusted back down against the cock inside him. They fucked together til they both came, one in ecstasy and the other in pure disgust. He hated himself for loving the way Dartz could make him feel, he could make him feel pain and then pleasure, disgust and adoration.. He wasn't sure why there were some days that he loved his master's company, when he would grow excited to hear those expensive polished shoes coming down the stairs, when he would smile lovingly at watching him love and kiss on Syrus...
"That was amazing and beautiful as always my sweet kitten" Dartz chuckled, kissing the teen sweetly on the lips.
"I am yours to do with as you will my master" Atem whispered, his crimson eyes staring deeply into Dartz' eyes.
"Oh how I would love to take you up on that offer kitten but I have to work today, and I need to take Sy with me" the teal haired man chuckled, kissing his Egyptians lips once again. Atem pouted, he hated being alone, ever since he had birthed Syrus the darkness had brought him no comfort, it had only brought horrifying shadows of the damned. He barely noticed Dartz remove the restraints until he was being pulled into his arms bridal style. He gently laid him on the mattress on the ground, leaving feather kisses all across his face to bring some sort of comfort to his lovely teen, he knew those clawing fingernails on his back meant the egyptian didn't want him to leave.
"Come now my darling, I must leave" he sighed as he sadly left the teen's embrace, standing up to go to pick up the child.
"Please don't take my child!!" Atem screamed, trying to stand up, only opening his wounds up further but he didn't care. Dartz sighed heavily, hated seeing his love this way, so scared to be without their child, so fearful he would hurt the child while he was away.. He didn't give the wailing mother another look as he picked up their baby boy and walked out the door, only getting it locked seconds before fists banged on the metal with force. He added the six other pad locks before turning around and walking down the dark hallway, clutching his son to his chest while the mother banged on the door and screamed for what seemed like an eternity.
Dartz walked into his company building, Paradius Inc. with a smile on his face, holding his fed baby boy in one arm and his briefcase and diaper bag in the other one.
"Good morning Mr. Truesdale! And baby Syrus!" The secretary at the main desk chirped happily, giggling and waving at the baby.
"Good morning to you as well Tina, tell me has that Japanese company CEO made it in yet?" He asked with a smile.
"Yes sir! He is upstairs waiting for you!" She replied merrily, clicking buttons behind her desk to open the elevator so he could go up to his office.
"Thank you kindly darling" the CEO stated with as much kindness as she had, no one ever even knew he was a monster...
He made his way up to his office, saying hello to all his happy employees as he passed by, and finally he entered the room, smiling warmly at the five people waiting on him inside.
"Good morning my foreign guests. If you could give me just a second to get ready, I'll get this meeting started soon" Dartz welcomed them, walking around them to his desk. He sat the briefcase on his desk, the diaper bag down on the floor next to the rocking bassinet, which was right next to his desk, where he stuck Syrus.
"Good morning to you as well, please take your time sir. I didn't know you had a son" The Japanese CEO stated warmly, smiling at the bundle of joy gently kicking around.
"Oh yes, he's almost 8 months old" Dartz murmured warmly, thinking about his darling egyptian back home. The other CEO nodded in understanding before the man that had been standing next to him the entire time whispered something in his ear.
"Alright, I'm ready to get this started" the teal haired man stated, sitting in his chair to look at the group in front of him. Two of the men who were bodyguards stood by the door in black suits, the CEO who sat in front of him was smaller and had a head full of long black hair, the man at his right was tall and built with brown hair and striking blue eyes, and finally the woman at his left was a beauty... She was egyptian, with long black hair and gorgeous tan skin just like his Atem used to have.. Atem was still more beautiful then she was though.
"Alright, Mr. Truesdale I've been brought here for what reason?" The CEO asked, his leg crossed one over the other.
"Right into the business, the Kaiba's never disappoint. Please call me Dartz, and well I know you just took over the company this year Mokuba, can I call you Mokuba? So you probably don't know most of your companies co-owners" Dartz replied with a smile, folding his hands neatly on the mahogany desk.
"Co-owners? No, I didn't know about this Mr.. Dartz" Mokuba answered while his eyes peered over at the brunette at his side.
"You mean your big brother didn't tell you about me? I'm highly offended" the pale man sighed dramatically, smirking at the pissed off brunette.
"Can it Truedale.."
"Why are you here anyway Seto, my business is with the CEO of Kaiba Corp. Not with the former." Dartz interrupted with a smile.
"Me and Detective Seto have a meeting with you as well after you are finished with Mr. Kaiba" the egyptian woman spoke, her resolve unnervingly calm.
"Ah, the stone faced Mrs. Kaiba! I wondered if she could even talk! What's it like being married to Seto, Ishizu? It must be hard" the Grecian man laughed, loving the faces they all had.
"How did you know?" Ishizu asked softly, her calm face coming back quicker then the other two.
"There is nothing Paradius Inc. doesn't know about their co-hosts," He smirked, leaning back in his chair to stare at the group, "anyway Mokuba, you are mine first. Paradius Inc. owns a stock of almost every company in the world, we pull companies out of the ground when they are running out of money". Seto scoffed and looked away from the group, crossing his arms over his chest.
"I didn't know a group like that had a hand in Kaiba Corp. stocks. What does that mean for us?" The teen asked in curiosity.
"It means, my dear boy, that while you've been getting your feet wet in this company I've been having to add some amounts of money into your banks to keep you afloat. Normal for any new CEO with a company like yours, truly you're doing great. But every time I add money to you my stock amount goes up" the Greek CEO told the younger CEO with a smile, using his thumb to indicate going up. When the younger Kaiba brother just nodded in understanding but did not speak a single word of agreement or augment Dartz decided to continue.
"That means I own a lot more of your company then I had previously, even buying out some of your other company stock brokers. I now own more then 75% of your company".
"75%?! That's not possible! My employees works have told me if a company had gotten that much ownership!" Mokuba gasped, hearing Seto gasp next to him was definitely not an encouraging sound!
"Why the hell are you buying so much of us now!? You've held your spot in the company since father had the company! Even when I started spending to much money you didn't budge! Why now to Mokuba?!" Seto yelled, his hand smacking down onto the desk in fury. Dartz just smirked up at the angry man, finally happy to see his furious business partner he had, had fun working with in the past.
"It's nothing personal Mokuba, truly it's not, but I'm not going to be trying to take over your company. I want a partnership of sorts" the Grecian man replied coolly, looking around the elder brother for the younger CEO.
"A partnership? What would your company have to benefit from Kaiba Corp.? We sell toys and gadgets, and you help companies out of being broke. Not really the same type of companies Mr. Dartz" Mokuba stated with a confused face, crossing his arms over his chest while Seto finally walked back to his spot next to his little brother.
"I want you to make a toy and gadget line for my company, and we will get 80% profit from this line." The other man spoke with authority, but it seemed the Kaiba's weren't having it.
"3 years ago you tried the same deal with another company Mr. Truesdale, and also last year you tried again. Both attempts failed and the company's filed law suits against you for harassment. They won and you backed off with the agreement you were not put in the paper and your company not slandered. You have also tried to have your company make gadgets here in the recent six years, all attempts failing because of the particular gadget." Ishizu threw her file up on the desk so Dartz could look at all her notes with an awed expression.
"No one wants to be followed by satellites Dartz" Seto scowled, opening the folder to show his never finished satellite. Dartz growled and looked up at the two in fury, pushing the files away, they fell off of his desk with a huff.
"What the hell is this about Detectives?! I am not the only one that has tried this technology and it didn't hit off!" He huffed, looking at the group in anger, they were just smirking at him... and he hated being smirked at!
"Well Mr. Truesale there is one company that you tried to get a hold of that was sueing you in harassment charges. They didn't charge immediately but they have now, you broke into the Industrial Illusions satellite and had it pointed at Egypt. The other two companies also had your company's network prints on their satellites and they were also pointed at Egypt. Now why is that? You have no houses or property in Egypt. But about six years ago you were pulled from the country because of an expired visa and charges that stated that you were hanging around a orphanage everyday. Any connection?" Ishizu stated, her voice demanding attention which the whole room gave her. Dartz just stared at her dumb stuck, how had she figured that all out?
"Mrs. Kaiba, and the rest of you as well, I will let you in on something. Six years ago I was trying to get my satellite technology up and off the ground in Egypt, but they also didn't want it in their country but I kept trying... I had a friend that worked in the orphanage, Ms. Raiyne, that was being very encouraging to me. When my visa expired I wasn't even thinking about it and just really stayed at the orphanage with my friend, trying to get my technology approved. When they figured out about my expired visa and that a grown man was staying at the orphanage with no familiar ties they quickly pushed me out of the country, keeping my paper work... I keep trying to get satellites into Egypt so I can yet and see if they are using my technology, it's not right and it's stalking l know... I will pay for the charges and the stalking charge for the country of Egypt if that will satisfy you" Dartz stated, looking into all of their eyes as he spoke these words, showing them he was not lieing to them. The two detectives stared at one another then they picked up their folders then wrote something on a piece of paper.
"We hold you to your word of paying your charges, and we will follow up on these claims, talk to your friend and to the group you had your papers with. See if we can make your story believeable, thank you for your time Mr. Truesdale." Ishizu replied, leaving the room with Seto.
"Business meetings never go as directly planned with the Kaiba's" Dartz chuckled softly under his breath, smiling at the gurgling baby in his bassinet.
"I'm sorry my brother didn't wait to interrogate you until our business was complete" Mokuba sighed, trying his best to smile but the older CEO could see that the young boy was having a hard time with this job.
"Don't worry yourself with it Mokuba. Seto has always been that way in our business meetings," the Grecian man laughed, "but I will quickly pick up where we left off".
"Right, well with your current situation I agree to part of your terms. I will make you a toy line, but none with cameras or satellite access. And instead of 80% I will low ball you at 65%, no more no less." The young CEO spoke with great authority, he was definitely Seto Kaiba's younger brother.
"You will definitely make a great CEO Mokuba, I accept all of your terms happily and even throw something else to you. Once my toy line is ready to hit the shelves I will start selling parts of my stock back to the company at a low price for other cpmpanies. Does that sound like a great deal, Mr. Kaiba?" Dartz negotiated with a friendly smile, a wolf in sheep's clothing luring in the gentle lamb.
"That sounds like a great deal Mr. Truesdale!" Mokuba agreed with a large smile of his own. They both stood up and shook hands, the wolf had once again used his words and charms to get the simple innocent lamb to fall right into his trap.