sorry for another short chapter. Working on where I want to take this but it felt like a good dropping point.

While looking up his name, I realized Siegfried is actually spelt Zigfried, whops. Oh well it's Siegfried now! On with the story! ;)

Chapter Eight

The call came in the middle of the night. Seto had been sleeping fitfully, tossing and turning. He sat up immediately and looked over at his cellphone. He swung out of bed, grabbing the phone and running to his home office. He quickly plugged the phone into his computer, running his trace program before answering.

"What do you want?" He tried to sound gruff and grumpy, like he would had someone from the office called him at this hour.

"Now now Herr Kaiba, is that any way to speak to us?" the voice taunted, Kaiba's blood ran cold. He knew the voice. Shakily he tried to act nonchalant. Keeping the FBI's advice in his mind. Make them think he didn't care about Joey.

"I speak however I want, especially when people are wasting my time." Seto was suddenly glad for

Gozaburo's training.

"Herr Kaiba, even if I were to believe you care nothing for this hmmm, what did you used to call him? Ah yes, Mutt. Even if you didn't care for this mutt, you surely care about your image. Please check your email. We will release this image to the press if you do not see fit to follow our demands."

Seto blinked and clicked a few time, opening his email. Among the emails from Kaiba Corp there was one with an image attachment. He opened it froze. Joey was sleeping on his counter and the photographer had captured the moment just before Seto had kissed Joey. He was leaning it, lips a second away from touching. Capturing the moment right before Joey freaked out and ran out of his condo. How had they gotten that picture? They would've had to have been in the condo with them.

"Now then Herr Kaiba, you will transfer one billion dollars to the following account within the next twenty four hours."

The caller hung up, Seto stared at his phone for awhile. His computer beeped at him, letting him know the trace had completed. Quickly, he called Agent Burns, informing him of the call he just had and that he had a trace on the phone used. Within moments Burns was in Seto's Condo, staring at the computer trace. Seto played back the conversation a few times. Allowing Agent Burns to copy the recording as well as the tracking information.

"Mr Kaiba, you shouldn't have this tech in your home, you shouldn't have it at all. It's illegal."

"Yeah well, after the amount of times Mokuba was kidnapped I programmed my own tracking system. It's a good thing I had it, otherwise we wouldn't know where this guy was."

"And you think you recognized his voice?"

"Yes, he's an old rival, Siegfried von Schroeder. However, I don't think he's working alone. He kept saying we, us… He's definitely working for someone or with them."

"Well, thank you for your help Mr Kaiba, I will take it from here."

"And what am I supposed to do while you run off and do whatever you're planning on doing?"

"Go to work, wait for my call. Hopefully this will lead to us finally catching these people. Good day Mr Kaiba." Agent Burns left, Seto glared at him. Immediately he went into action, ditching his classic trenchcoat look, he dressed down to a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt. Slipping on a pair of sunglasses, he looked at his reflection in the mirror, after a moment he reached up and ruffled his perfect hair, scowling a little as he messed it up. Happy that no one would recognize him he left his condo, making his way to the location he traced the call to. He was going to get Joey out of there, with or without the FBI's help.

Joey glared at Siegfried while he held out a glass of water for him. Joey leaned over and drank from the straw. He was starving, he hadn't had anything to eat since he'd been taken. The most they ever offered him was water. At first he hadn't trusted it, but as time past he knew he needed it.

"It's only a matter of time now Herr Wheeler."

"What, until you kill me? I've seen your face. I know who you are… I know what that means for me." Joey bit out bitterly. "Ah, It is not me you need fear seeing Herr Wheeler. No doubt I will take the fall for all of this. However I assure you seeing me does not mean a death sentence for you or Herr Kaiba."

Joey blinked, there was something about Siegfried's expression that change. "What do you mean? Is someone controlling you?" Siegfried shook his head, taking the cup away and left Joey alone in his cell. 'What the fuck is going on.' Joey wondered to himself. He started fidgeting with the zipties holding his wrists together, he felt the plastic biting into his wrists but ignored the pain and pressed against the restraints. He heard them pop off and his wrists stung. He slipped the tie into his pocket and rubbed his sore wrists.

He bent over and tore the duct tape that was binding his legs to the chair he was on. He was careful to make it look like it hadn't been tampered with so that when Siegfried opened the cage again he could jump up and escape. Plan firmly in mind the blond put his arms behind his back again and closed his eyes. He'd need as much energy as he could muster to escape.

Seto stood outside an old warehouse. He had been watching it for a few hours but no one had come in or out in the time he'd been watching. 'This is where the signal came from… he must be in there…'

Seto started walking around the block. He saw a white van pull up as he turned the corner. Peering back around he figured it was either nothing or an FBI surveillance van. He watched it for awhile, seeing no one coming in or out of the van he figured it was most likely the later.

"Good backup, let's see if I can get a look inside." He circled around to the back of the building and peered into the windows as he passed them. "It's empty, what?" he found an emergency door and pulled on it gently, surprised when it opened easily. He slipped into the building, closing the door behind him quietly.

"Where are you?" he thought, making his way from room to room. His phone vibrated in his pocket, scaring the living daylights out of him. He checked that the coast was clear, pulling his phone out of his pocket. He had a text from Agent Burns saying that they were outside the building he traced the call to and had the place surrounded. He realised they were going to storm the place! He slid the phone back into his pocket and picked up the pace. "Please be here…"

He heard someone walking towards him and ducked into the next doorway, hoping the person hadn't heard him. Looking out a crack in the door, he saw Siegfried walk past him. He resisted the urge to pounce. Instead he waited for him to be out of earshot and continued down the hall checking each room he passed. He got to the end of the hall, and the last door. He swallowed hard and opened the door.

"Kaiba, what are you doing here." Joey hissed across the room.

"I came to save you!" Seto pulled out his phone and shot a picture of Joey, sending it to Agent Burns.

"And now you're taking pictures. What the fuck Kaiba get out of here!" Seto ignored the blond and eyed the cage lock.

"The FBI is outside, they'll grab Siegfried and anyone else in the building. Let's get you out of that cage." Joey sighed and ripped the rest of the tape off his legs. "I did have a plan, by the way." Joey muttered, standing up and stretching his stiff joints.

The hear the a loud bang shake the whole building, and many people come stampeding into the building. Siegfried ran back into Joey's prison, yelping when he saw Joey standing up by the door of the cage. Kaiba came up behind him and hit him once across the back of the neck. Siegfried crumpled to the floor unconscious.

"Jesus Kaiba." Seto smirked and dug through Seigfried's pockets retrieving the key to Joey's cage. Agent Burns and his team broke through the room and stared at Kaiba and Joey standing there with Siegfried unconscious at his feet.

"I told you to say out of this Mr Kaiba."

"You're not the boss of me. Besides, I gave you confirmation that he was here didn't I?" Kaiba crossed his arms across his chest, giving Agent Burns a smirk.

"I'll need you to be debriefed back at headquarters Agent Wheeler. Let's go." Joey sighed, following Agent Burns to the van, Kaiba following instride with him.

"Thanks for coming for me Kaiba." Joey whispered, not turning his head.

"Heh, anytime pup." Kaiba watched Joey shake his head, a lopsided smile creeping on his face.

"Man, I could eat an entire horse. I'm starving." Kaiba couldn't hold back, he burst out laughing. "What, I haven't eaten in days literally!' Joey whined, stomping his foot.

Kaiba watched as Joey devoured a cheeseburger in under a minute. Agent Burns had warned his to take it slow, but the blonde couldn't hold himself back. He picked a second burger out of the bag, eating the second slower than the first.

"Now then Agent, you were saying?" Joey swallowed, taking a sip of soda before reporting exactly what happened. When he got to Siegfried mentioning others he worked with Agent Burns started asking question after question with no results. "So you never saw anyone else other than the Siegfried?"

"No, and he alluded to there being others, it almost seemed like he was being held hostage. I think there's something else going on. He definitely wasn't working alone."

"Hm, very well. Is there anything else you'd like to add?" Joey shook his head, finishing off his second burger and picking fries out of the paper bag.

"Very well, go home and rest up. I'll expect a report on my desk asap." Agent Burns stood and left the room. Joey stayed sitting, completely silent except for the sounds of him eating. Seto watched him, finally reaching over and stealing a fry.

"HEY! Did you get kidnapped and have nothing but water for a few days? I don't think so! These are my fries!" Joey swatted Kaiba's hand away causing the CEO to smirk. "Alright fine puppy, just don't go biting my hand off." The blond stuck out his tongue before smiling back at Kaiba. "Don't touch my food and we won't have a problem."