Twilight Menagerie

Twilight Menagerie

Mally-chan and hato chiisai

Disclaimer: We own nothing. Nothing at all

YAOI WARNING!!!

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Chapter 21

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When Marik awoke, he found himself in a pet bed with Constantine, and a two live rabbits sitting in the corner, terrified. Marik's eyes widened and he stiffened. Constantine would want him to kill them. When Constantine got up to use the litter box, Marik closed his eyes, feigning sleep.

Constantine flicked his ears, burying his business. "I know you're awake Marik, and it's breakfast time. Kill them." he growled, walking back and laying back down in the pet bed.

"... I'm not hungry...” Marik replied softly, curling up and turning away from the rabbits.

"Too bad, I am. Now kill them." Constantine said firmly. "We've got a big day ahead of us, and if you're not going to eat your rabbit, I will... and I think we know who'll kill them more kindly than the other." he hissed.

Marik shook his head slowly. "Please...” He whimpered. "Please spare them... they're just... innocent creatures... They've done nothing to deserve death...”

"Marik, either you're killing them, or I am." Constantine said calmly. "Choose."

Marik winced and fought back tears. "Fine." He managed to choke out, slowly getting up and moving over to the rabbits. "Shhh... c'mere...” He murmured, reaching out to them. He gently picked them up and gathered them to his chest, nuzzling and petting them. "It's okay...” He whispered, making Constantine roll his eyes. "It's all okay... I'm so sorry...” He positioned his hands on their heads, and with sharp twists, their necks broke. Marik winced and sobbed, slowly laying the quiet bodies down, petting the soft fur. He had killed them... but it was quick and painless, far from the death Constantine would have given them.

"Good boy." Dartz said, and Marik's head snapped up and he stared. Dartz stood there with Rafel and Daisuke, all staring at him. "Rafel, mark them. They're going." He said, and Rafel put a red sticker on the label of the cage bearing their names, so that when the employees came up to crate the hybrids that were being transferred to the new locations, they knew who was going. Dartz moved on, looking over the other hybrids. Marik slowly looked down at the rabbits he had just killed, and backed into the pet bed, looking at Constantine.

"I hate you...” He whispered, before burying his face in his arms.

Constantine chuckled and picked up one of the rabbits, beginning to eat. "I love you too." he cooed amusedly. "We'll be in a new place soon, and we can practice hunting on new animals, I hear there are squirrels there." he mused, flicking his tail. "Mmmm tastes just like that mate of yours... what was his name? Oh yes... Ryou."

"Stop it...” Marik whispered, broken hearted. Suddenly, his head shot up. "Where is it?!" He gasped, looking around. "Where is it?!?"

Constantine flicked his tail. "Where is what?" he said irritably. "What's all this about?!"

"The collar!" Marik cried, stripping off his kimono and looking around for the thing. "The gift!! Where is it!?!"

Constantine laughed. "That silk and diamond thing? I dunno, probably confiscated it to sell.”

Marik's eyes widened. "No...” He whimpered. He didn't even bother putting his kimono back on, he just slowly lay down and curled up...

"Rafel, send this one, too." Dartz said, tapping the glass front of the cage holding a badger. A red sticker was slapped on. Dartz moved to the next cage and looked in at Bakura, who slowly raised his head. "Zaine likes the lion and the skunk. We're sending the lion away, so keep the skunk." Bakura glared and pulled Spunky close when he saw Rafel and Dai. Dartz moved to the next cage and peered in at Kheti and Malik, curled up together. He smiled. He had been planning on sending Malik away and keeping Kheti, but...

"I can't bear to separate these two." He said as Malik and Kheti looked up at him. "Send them both." A red sticker was slapped onto the front of their cage, and Dartz moved on, telling them that he wanted to keep Yami.

"What's happening?!" Malik gasped, eyes wide and ears erect.

Yami growled as Dartz passed. "From the look of things, and sound of things, you two are going somewhere." he said wings puffing up.

Spunky thumped his foot. "Daddy...” he squeaked, growling.

Dust chittered angrilly, obviously bothered.

Rafel chuckled. "You guys are goin on a little trip... to the glue factory." He mused to himself, as he walked with Dartz.

Dartz glanced back at Rafel. "That wasn't funny." He said.

Malik whimpered. "Where are we going?!" He squeaked, leaving Kheti's side. "Bakura! Are you coming?!"

"... no." Bakura said softly, and Malik let out a sob.

"No! Bakura!!" He cried.

Yami grumbled. "Malik calm down!" he said quickly. "You can’t panic or you won’t think clearly. Just stay close to Kheti. Things will be fine." he added. "Everything will be fine."

"You're all going to our new second location." Rafel called back to them. "So you'd better be on your best behavior." he growled, sticking another red tape on Otogi's cage.

Meanwhile...

Syrus whimpered softly, limping after Varon and nuzzling his leg. "S-so... can I be in Marik's crate?" he asked hopefully. "He's really nice, a-and I'm so small we'd both fit inside it easily!"

Varon smiled slightly. "Sure... Constantine's getting grouchy, so I was going to have him crated seperately." Syrus smiled and nodded, limping into the box and sniffing it. "hmm...” he said before grinning and quickly skittering, despite his limp, to his kennel and plucking out the soft felt blanket and spreading it along the bottom of the crate. "This'll make Marik feel better...” he said proudly.

"In ya go." Varon said, ushering the meerkat into the crate. Then he put the crate on the small flatbet cart and wheeled it into the elevator. they rode up to the dormitory and the doors opened. Varon's jaw dropped; the dorm was in chaos!

"NO!!! I DON'T WANNA GO!! BAKURA!!! BAKURAAAA!!!" Malik was screaming, fighting against the men trying to crate him. Kheti was watching and shouting at Malik to calm down, and Dust was darting about wildly, shrieking and chittering angrily. Bakura was shouting and cursing at the men trying to crate Malik while Spunky screamed over and over again "DADDY DADDY DADDY DADDY DADDY!!!" Yami was squawking and flapping about and Otogi was letting out the most horrific bloodcurdling screams as the men handled him roughly. Marik was pitching a fit because of everyone else freaking out and Constantine was smacking him around, trying to get him to shut up and eat his meat. And the other hybrids were just raising hell in general.

Rafel growled and snatched Dust out of the air and literally THREW him into the crate, before kicking Malik harshly, knocking him into the crate as well, slamming the lid down and locking it harshly. "ENOUGH!" he growled infuriated. "Constantine, get in your crate... we'll take care of Marik." he growled.

Constantine nodded, climbing into his crate calmly, the entire dorm having quieted since the loud shout.

Yami blinked a few times. "... damn he's loud." he said a bit surprised that someone... was... louder than he was.

The men shoved Otogi into his crate while he was still surprised, locking him in, leaving Marik and Varon with his crate. "Hey Marik." Varon said calmly. "Come on, it's time to go."

Marik was pressed back in the corner of the cage and slowly looked over at Varon. He got up and gave a heavy sigh, then slowly plodded over to the crate. He stopped and blinked. "Ummm... this one is taken." He said, looking at Varon.

Varon laughed. "Nope, you just have company." he said as Syrus waved meekly. "Y-you... don’t mind... do you?" he asked hopefully. "I even brought my best soft blanket... so you'd be comfortable." he said proudly.

Marik blinked, then smiled. "I don't mind." He said, walking into the crate and purring, nuzzling Syrus. "I don't mind at all." And the crate was closed. Soon enough, the crates were loaded onto a truck and were driven away from the Twilight Menagerie, never to return.

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The phone at the pet shop began to ring, but stopped soon. A moment later, one of the men working at the shop came out into the main lobby.

"Miss Rem? Phone for you. It's Mr. Crawford!" He called.

Rem quickly answered an extension. "Hello, Rem here." she said quickly, tending the scraped knee of a bear cub. "Have you and Seto found anything?" she asked hopefully.

"No, Miss Rem... Seto is still in the hospital, they haven't released him yet." He chuckled. "the man is livid. But he nearly kissed me when I brought him his laptop computer!"

Rem laughed. "I see, is there a problem?" She asked, giving the cub a light pat on the back, before he went toddling off to play with the other children.

"Well... I got this... e-mail invitation to check out the grand opening of a... a hybrid brothel...” He said slowly. "Called... The Twilight Menagerie... apparently they have a successful branch near Nagano, and they're opening a new one here in Domino to see how it works out... I looked into it. They're also looking into expanding to Tokyo and Kyoto. They boast having over a hundred hybrids but I have been unable to find out how they managed to attain them... they say that they are willing strays, but I cannot find any shelter that provided the strays... What do you think? Have you heard of this business? Is it even legal?!"

Rem thought for a moment. "Well if the hybrids are strays, and are willing, then yes, it's legal." She said calmly. "Hybrids aren't thought of as humans yet, so they can sell their bodies as they desire. But checking it out might be a good idea." She added. "Be careful though."

Pegasus sighed. "Thank you. I'll let you know what happens." He said, and hung up.

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The arrival of the transfers to the new location was hectic to say the least. The hybrids were all stressed and upset, and many had to go to the bathroom. Constantine himself was roaring loudly for attention, and Malik was trying to keep Dust calm with little luck. But as soon as his crate opened, Dust went flying out and Malik chased him, knocking over the poor employee who had opened the crate. Marik waited patiently, though Syrus was fussing about his full bladder and squirming about.
Syrus twitched slightly. "C'monnn c'monn I gotta goooo!" he whimpered leaning into Marik. "It was fun... riding with you." he said trying to focus on anything but peeing. "I can see why you got along so well with a rabbit... you're so calm and... well, fuzzy." He said smiling warmly.

Once their crate was open Syrus was off like a shot, stumbling over himself as a woman picked him up. "I gotta GOOOO!" he wailed twitching. She laughed and carried him over to a cage and gently patted him inside. "There you go little guy." She cooed, stepping over to Marik. "Well hello there... another lion?" She said scratching his ears. "Come on then, we'll put you across from the little guy you were with. That way you can talk!" she said gently tugging Marik out. "Does that sound nice?"

Marik looked up.

"You mean... . I don't have to stay with Constantine?!" He gasped, hardly daring to hope.

"Ummm... the note says that the lions are to stay together." Another woman said, reading a paper stuck to Marik's crate. Marik's eyes widened and his heart sunk into his feet.

"No...” He whimpered as the woman guided him to a larger cage while the other went to find Constantine's cage.

The kind woman smiled and lead Constantine to the larger cage, across from Syrus. "Well at least you can talk to each other." She said as she let Constantine off his leash. "You're so well behaved..." She said scratching both lions on the head.

Syrus stared for a moment, having used his litter box straight away. He limped to the edge of his cage and stared at Constantine and Marik, before offering Marik a friendly smile. "At least you're not completely alone!" he called cheerfully.

Constantine growled. "Shut up rat!"

Marik winced and looked at Syrus. "Beleive me... alone would be much bett-- YEOWCH!!" He yelped as Constantine clubbed him over the head with his paw. Marik slunk into the pet bed and curled up.

Syrus squeaked, eyes widening. "Goodness you're violent!" he called, wrinkling his nose.

Constantine smirked. "Come a bit closer, and you'll see how violent I can be!" he chuckled amusedly, laying in the pet bed next to Marik.

Syrus curled up near the front of the cage, watching Marik despite the blurred vision.

Marik curled up tightly, ducking his head away from Constantine and watching Malik chase Dust past the cage.

"GOTCHA!!" Malik cried in triumph as his fingers finally closed around little Dust. He turned and looked around for Kheti.

Kheti laughed softly and nudged Malik. "Come on then you two… before we get into trouble." she said calmly, motioning to the woman gesturing to their cage. "I'm starving, and it's lunchtime." She added smiling.

Malik sighed and paused, before nodding and following her into their cage, looking at the empty cage next to them... the one Bakura would have been in had they been back at the original Menagerie...

Kheti sighed softly. "He'll be ok...” She said licking his ear as they were shut in. The women hurried off, finally having caged all hybrids. Moments later a cart was pushed in. "In celebration of our grand opening...” The kind woman said smiling. "All hybrids at this facility get the finest meals they'll ever eat!" She shoved two delicious looking steaks with fried potato wedges into Kheti and Malik's cage.

Marik and Constantine got two Royal roast beef platters, Syrus got a salad with bits of shrimp and chopped fried breaded chicken in it. And the other hybrids got meals of equal splendor.

Syrus grinned broadly. "oooh...” he said in awe. "This looks delicious!"

"Excuse me... ma'am?" Marik called to a woman walking by. "Umm.. Syrus over there... his glasses were broken, and... he needs a new pair...”

The woman nodded. "We've been told not to repair his glasses." She explained. "Part of a punishment." She added. "But punishment or not, I did give him a nice dinner."

And Syrus would have agreed were he not ravenously stuffing his face, as though he hadn't eaten in months. He made soft moans of delight before flopping next to the now empty bowl and grinning from ear to ear. "mmmm...” he mumbled, yawning cutely, small little canines visible.

The woman chuckled. "He's so cute."

Marik frowned. "P-Punishment?" He whimpered. "For what? He never did anything wrong...” He turned and glared at Constantine. "HE picked on him and smashed his glasses!"

"Orders are orders I'm afraid." She said softly. "Why not just eat some dinner and rest? You've all had a rough trip."

Marik slowly lowered his head. "Lady... some of us have had a rough life...” He mumbled, and slowly moved over to the giant scratching post in the corner and crawling into the hollow, curling up and lying down.

Syrus frowned and sat up. "Marik... you should eat something...” he said softly. "Please? I don’t want you to get sick... then who will talk to me?" he added ears drooping.

Kheti chewed her steak and nuzzled Malik. "Nice eats hmm?" She said flicking her tail. "Oh mistress would kill me if she saw me eating such a fatty food." she chortled.

Malik blinked, then giggled and looked up as the lady passed. "Excuse me, ma'am?" He called. "Can we have some fresh fruit and veggies for Dust?" And he held up the bunny.

She squeaked. "Aww what a cute little hybrid!" she cooed, plucking a small plate of fruit from the cart. "Here, he can nibble to his heart's content!" she said sliding in the treat, to which Dust ravaged, trilling and chirping in satisfied delight.

Malik smiled. "thank you!" He sang, wagging his tail. When the woman left, he sighed and nuzzled Kheti, licking her face a few times.

Kheti smiled. "Eat your food before it gets cold Malik." She scolded softly, nuzzling him. "It's rare to get a treat of a meal like this and you know it." She added, finishing her last potato wedge and curling up on the pet bed. "You should appreciate it while you can."

Syrus frowned. "Marik... please eat.." he whimpered once more. He didn't like how Constantine was eyeing Marik's food, while he ate his own. "Please?"

Marik also saw Constantine eyeing his food so he snatched his plate and pulled it away from the larger male with a warning growl and began to eat, not because he was hungry, but because he didn't want Constantine to get to enjoy HIS food!

Syrus giggled at that and got up, and limped to his pet bed, cozying down and pulling his blanket over himself for a nice mid-day nap. "mmm...” he mumbled dozing off.

Constantine growled at Marik curling up in the pet bed and glaring. "Brat."

"Pig." Marik spat back, licking his roast beef, and a moment later, the beef bone bounced off of Constantine's head.

Constantine growled warningly. "Knock it off runt." he warned, curling up for a nap of his own.

"Cruel beast...” Marik snarled back, before finishing off his meal and also curling up.

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Back at the original location, Dartz was knocking on Ryou's door. He poked his head in and chuckled at the sight. Ryou was fast asleep, curled up around his large humping toy. Dartz walked over and pushed the jizz covered thing aside and began to pet Ryou's cheek, softly calling his name.

Ryou moaned softly, lifting his head weakly. "Tired...” he groaned. His whole body ached. He shivered and shook his head slightly. Yesterday had been a mortifying disaster! Heat had hit him hard, and without Dartz around...

Ryou shuddered, blushing darkly. Tuc, Nod and he, had already agreed that that little incident never left the room. Ever.

Dartz smiled. "Hello angel...” He said softly, petting Ryou. "I heard you got a bit frustrated while I was gone." He said, looking at the humping toy and at Tuc and Nod who were curled up together and still fast asleep.

Ryou's blush darkened, his ears shooting up. "A-ah... h-how embarrassing.." he squeaked looking away mortified. "Wh-who told you?" he mumbled bashfully. "I-I wasn't going to tell anyone...”

"Baby, anyone who walked by your room knew! They heard you!" Dartz said, petting Ryou. "But don't worry. You're a rabbit, it's expected. I have a gift for you...”

Ryou blushed more but blinked, ears falling back against his hair. "A... gift?" he asked confusedly. "Why?"

Dartz smiled. "Because I love you...” He said softly, then pulled out a silk collar with a diamond and sapphire pendant... a collar that had been taken from Marik's sleeping body early that morning...

Ryou gasped softly. "Oh... i-it's very beautiful!" he said looking at it calmly. "Wasn't it expensive?" he asked tilting his head to the side. "It... l-looks so... . regal."

Dartz chuckled. "It's perfect for you...” He said softly, and placed it aside. "We'll try it on you after your bath." And he picked Ryou up and kissed him gently.

Ryou smiled and nuzzled into Dartz's arms. "It'll be good to have a bath... I bet I reek... and I'm so sore!" he said softly, blushing. "Stupid spring...”

Dartz laughed. "Shall we bathe your friends, too?" He asked, looking down at Tuc and Nod who were on the floor, after Ryou had pushed them off of the bed when he realized that they were getting their bunny groove on.

Ryou laughed and nodded. "Yes lets!" he said gleefully. "That'll teach them to do such awful things on my bed." he added spitefully.

Dartz put Ryou down. "Bring them into the bathroom then." He said, going into the bathroom and starting the water.

Ryou picked them up and hurried to the bathroom after Dartz. Once the water was full, he hopped into the tub, the water splashing both bunnies awake.

Nod yelped and began furiously paddling towards the edge of the tub. 'Oh that's horrible! Ryou! I just had my fur how I liked it!' She clicked at him.

Dartz laughed at the sight of the furious bunnies paddling around. "I think you had better bathe them, my dear. I think they would try to kill me...”

Ryou nodded and plucked up Tuc first, and began lathering him up. Once finished he dumped water on his friend and let him out of the tub. Tuc looked like a waterlogged cat.

He repeated the process with Nod, and she clicked furiously at him, shaking her feet as she hopped away.

Dartz watched the rabbits run out of the bathroom with a laugh, then turned and began to bathe Ryou. "The selected hybrids have been transferred to the new location, Ryou." He said gently. "I sent the lion away. For your own safety...”

Ryou's ears drooped. "B-but... Marik...” he mumbled sighing. "I wish... th-that you wouldn't have... w-what if he misses me?" he asked as Dartz washed his hair and ears.

"He tried to kill you." Dartz said. "And just today, I watched him kill two rabbits! Just because Constantine was hungry!"

Ryou's ears drooped and he looked down. "I... see...” he whispered sadly. "N-not any of Tuc and Nod's children right?" he asked suddenly, worried. "They'd be heartbroken!"

Dartz blinked, then sighed and looked down. "I sent the two fennecs away." He said. "They took the little rabbit with them. I'm sorry. I forgot to leave a note to have them leave the little fellow with you or the skunk. He's gone."

Ryou frowned. "Well... Malik will take good care of Dust...” he said softly. "I... I'll have to tell Tuc and Nod...” he added sighing.

Dartz sighed. "I'm sorry Ryou...” He said, lifting the boy from the tub and beginning to rub him dry.

Ryou nodded. "It's alright... I know he'll be ok." he smiled softly. "That's what matters most."

Ryou shook some water from his hair, and began wringing out his ears gently, a cute little show.

Dartz smiled and began to brush and groom Ryou, rubbing him with lotion and tending to his claws. Then, he picked up the collar and placed it around Ryou's neck.

"There we are...” He said, smiling. "It's beautiful."

Ryou blushed and stood to look in the mirror. He bit his lip and blushed more, reading the inscription. "It... it's very beautiful...” he whispered sitting back down and fidgeting with his ears. "Thank you...”

"You’re welcome...” Dartz said softly, cupping Ryou's cheek and gently kissing him. "I love you...”

Ryou nuzzled into Dartz and sighed. "I love you too...” he whispered. Though inside, that wasn't what he wanted to say...

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Pegasus slowly got out of his limo and looked up at the lavish manor called the Twilight Menagerie. He walked in, flashing his invitation, and found himself in a luxurious lobby full of people having drinks and talking. Several others were at computer stations throughout the room. Pegasus picked up a brochure and read it over. It had a section about the computer stations; that was how one selected their company for the night. Pegasus moved over to an empty station and sat down.

'Account Identification Number' The computer asked. Pegasus looked at his invitation and found it, so he keyed it in. 'Welcome Pegasus J. Crawford. Thank you for attending the grand opening of the Twilight Menagerie. Your pleasures for tonight will be half off since this is your first visit with us. Would you like to start making your selection for your hybrid companion now?' He hit 'yes’.

Several options popped up that showed various categories to search. Pegasus sighed and looked over the options. There was gender, age, level of dominance, predator or prey and so on and so forth. Pegasus moved to the search bar labeled 'Species'. He typed in 'rabbit' and hit enter. Three rabbit profiles popped up, two females, and a male jackrabbit. Pegasus sighed and drooped, then tried a new search. 'Bird'. He got a male blue jay. Pegasus tried again. 'Lion.' Two entries popped up, and Pegasus' eye popped out.

"Constantine...” He gasped, recognising the lion. "MARIK!" He clicked on the lion and got his profile, but cursed; both lions had been ordered out... together. And were unavailable. But to Pegasus, the moment couldn't be more encouraging! He had found one of the missing hybrids! But where were the others? He did another search. 'fennec'. And to his delight, Malik showed up! But not only Malik... but Kheti!!! And they came individually or as a pair! And they were available!!! He quickly clicked the 'Order as Pair' button and a moment later, the screen said 'order processed. Number 32'.

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Malik groaned softly when a woman shook him awake. "Come on you two, someone's ordered you for tonight." She said smiling sweetly and waking Kheti as well.

Malik frowned as he was harnessed up and lead to a lavish room. "I'm really hating this." he grumbled. "I'm not getting paid at all... if I was going to whore myself off, the guy'd better damn pay." he said grouchily. "Wake ME up... fucking... fucking...”

Kheti laughed. "Fucking fucking? Well put." She said licking his ear.

"Hey!! What do WE get out of this, huh?!" Malik asked. "I hope it involves cash...” The woman laughed.

"You get room, board, grooming and medical care!" She told Malik, who drooped and growled.

"So this is slave labor...” He snorted as they got into the elevator.

"Now, put your best foot forward!" The woman squeaked. "You represent the company!" And the elevator opened onto the lobby. Malik and Kheti faced several dozen people who all turned to stare. Malik gulped, but calmly walked after the woman leading Kheti and himself, trying to ignore all the eyes on them. They were led down a hall and into a room with a large four poster bed with magenta covers and pillows.

"There you go. Be good you two!" The woman said, unclipping their leashes, then left. Malik looked around, and a moment later, a man walked out of the bathroom.

"MALIK!!" Pegasus called, and hurried over.

Malik's ears perked and he grinned broadly. "Oh Ra! Thank the gods!" he said standing up and hugging Pegasus warmly. "Where've you been?! Oh Ra... things are a mess! You have to get us out of here before Marik goes insane! They say he killed Ryou!" he said shaking his head. "They've brainwashed him! The baby bunnies are hybrids now, and I think Bakura's lost his mind." He added that bit on the end suddenly.

Kheti laughed. "He seems to think his small bunny can talk." she explained, smiling.

Pegasus blinked and stared at Malik, eye wide and mouth open. "What... did you say?" He gasped, searching Malik's eyes. "About... Ryou?" He felt numb, and prayed that he had heard Malik wrong...

Malik looked away. "They say he killed him...” he said calmly. "Drowned him in a bath... because he 'saw', even though he was completely blind at the time, Ryou cheating on him. Ryou was blind... he couldn't defend himself...” he said calmly.

Pegasus slowly removed his hands from Malik's shoulders, and backed away, finally dropping onto the bed and staring in shock at the floor.

"R-Ryou...” He gasped, completely stunned. "Marik... he... he killed him?!" He looked at Malik. "This can't be! Marik wouldn't... kill Ryou!!! There must be some mistake!!!"

Malik sighed. "I only heard he killed Ryou... and Marik says he did... so... well I don’t have proof he did or didn't...” he said softly. "Ryou could be dead...”

Pegasus slowly leaned forward and let his face fall into his hands. "Oh God... oh God... I... Oh God... He can't be dead... please...” He shook his head, a tear trickling down the side of his face. "You said something about... brainwashing?"

Malik nodded. "They tried to break Ryou and Marik up over and over... they even trapped Marik with another male lion, a real bastard. If Ryou's dead, it's likely HIS fault." he growled slightly. "He beat Marik… raped him... tortured him... ."

Pegasus slowly raised his head and stared in horror at Malik. "What?!" He gasped, scooting back onto the bed and patting it. A moment later, Malik and Kheti hopped up and the man began petting them both. "Are you alright? Both of you?" He asked, looking back and forth between the fennecs. "I was SO excited when I found you!"

Malik nodded. "I'm fine... had a lot of sex recently that wasn't nearly as good as Bakura... but I'm fine." He said softly, nuzzling Kheti.

Kheti snickered. "Hush." she said shoving him playfully.

"So... does this mean you're mounting a rescue team? I'm sorta ready to go home now." Malik added, flicking his ears. "I'd like some nice clothes... a beer or two... yeah... and a hot shower."

Pegasus smiled and leaned over, kissing Malik's forehead. "Be patient, my precious." He said gently, turning and giving Kheti a kiss on the forehead, too. "Shhh... Now that I know where you are, I will see that you get home... but you must tell me... Where are Yami and Otogi?"

"At the other location... I'm not sure where it is... but I know they're there, Bakura too." He said calmly. "How much longer do we have to stay here Pegasus?" he asked anxiously. "I really hate it here, and I think everyone else will agree."

Pegasus smiled and turned, chuckling and giving Kheti a belly rub. "Well... first, Seto has to get out of the hospital." He said, and Malik's ears shot up. "When they took Yami, they shot him with a bird tranquilizer dart. It poisoned him. He's been in the hospital since, and he has NOT been happy, lemme tell you...”

Malik snickered. "Poor thing must be suffering from lack of technology...” he said amusedly. "But I'm glad he's ok." he said calmly. "Something tells me though, if you told him you knew where Yami was, he'd be out of the hospital the same day charging in to get him...”

Pegasus laughed and ruffled Malik's hair. "Malik... now that I know where you are, I hope to have you home within a week." He turned and looked at Kheti. "I will get in touch with your Mistress, my dear." He said with a smile.

Malik growled slightly. "A WEEK!?" he glared at Pegasus. "I want out now! Hell with a week! I've been here already longer than I wanted to be! How long could it possibly take to go home, call the cops and come back?!" he howled furiously. "My poor Bakura is probably getting abused as we speak!"

Pegasus quickly began scratching that perfect spot behind Malik's ears.

"Hush now, Malik...” He cooed soothingly. "Seto gets out of the hospital in two days. Then the police will want to plan how the raid will go. That will take a couple of days as they gather information. But you will be home, soon! I will call Seto, Rem and your sister as soon as I get home!"

Malik growled softly. "You were too late to help Marik and Ryou... take much longer and someone else's life will be ruined too." He warned, sighing.

Kheti sighed. "I'm going to miss that little bunny, he was so sweet!"

Pegasus winced. "What could have driven Marik to attack Ryou?" He gasped, shaking his head in disbeleif. "How did they break them up?" He asked Malik.

"They seperated them... the other lion filled Marik's head with doubts... and... after so long... he finally cracked...” Malik explained. "I guess he thought Ryou was cheating on him... drowned him.."

Pegasus lowered his head and sighed. "Is it wrong for me to want to... put a bullet through that lion's head? Are you SURE?!" He asked. "Is it true?! Or just... rumor."

Malik's ears drooped. "I haven't seen Ryou since he first got there Pegasus... I don’t know." he said softly. "All I know, is that Marik keeps saying he killed him, crying... and everyone else has been saying that he killed a rabbit... he's even killing rabbits to feed the other lion now...”

Pegasus frowned. "Is he being forced into it though?" He asked. "You said that this lion was... brainwashing him...”

Malik nodded. "He kept telling Marik Ryou loved Dartz... he didn't ever... force him to do anything... except stop crying about it." he said calmly. "Marik just bought into it, as far as I know... like I said... I don’t know. The only ones who do are Ryou and Marik... and since Ryou's dead...”

Pegasus sighed. "No matter what happened... no matter what was done to Marik...” The man said. "If he killed Ryou... I will never forgive him...”

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Marik slunk alongside Constantine as they were taken to the room where the man who had ordered them for the night was waiting. When they got there, the man, who was in his forties, eyed the pair over the rim of his champagne glass. The woman left the lions to the man, and left.

"Hmmm...” The man mused, smirking. Marik gulped and tried to hide behind Constantine.

Constantine flicked his tail shoving Marik away slightly. "Don’t touch me, you can’t just be an ass, then expect me to protect you." he growled warningly. "What'll it be old man?" he asked respectfully, despite the wording.

Then man chuckled and watched Marik whimper and huddle down on the floor. "And here I thought you were partners... a team." He said, beckoning Constantine over with a finger.

Constantine trotted forward calmly. "I thought we were too, but he's just a whiney coward." he grumbled over his shoulder.

Marik frowned and looked away, pouting, and the man laughed again and scratched Constantine's ears. "He looks like he's still a cub." He said. "C'mere, boy...” He snapped his fingers and called Marik over, but the lion backed into the wall and watched the man, warily. The man laughed. "How old is he?" He asked Constantine.

Constantine laughed. "As old as I am at least." he replied flicking his tail. "You want me to fuck him or not?" he added ferally. "Or would YOU like those honors?"

The man blinked and laughed when Marik tucked his tail in, crawled under the desk and hissed at Constantine.

"CAN you fuck him?!" He howled, slapping his thigh in his immense amusement.

Constantine smirked. "I sure can...” he hissed, stalking towards the desk menacingly. "And it'll be one hell of a show."

The man grinned and leaned back. "Then give me a show... I want him on the bed, facing the door."

"MuuurrrrrrrooOOOWW!!" Marik yowled, swiping at Constantine when he got closer.

Constantine lunged under the bed, biting Marik's neck in his powerful jaws and tugging him out, shaking him roughly, as though he were trying to break his neck. He threw him on the bed and snarled. "Face the door bitch." he hissed.

Marik faced Constantine instead, and plopped down, keeping his hind end on the bed. "No!" He snapped, but his head was low and his shoulders were hunched; not at all the way one would carry themselves with confidence or authority.

Constantine slapped him harshly and snarled. "Do it, or I'll kill that new little rat friend of yours!" he hissed warningly. "With that limp, he'd never get away before I broke his scrawny neck!"

Marik glared defiantly at that. "You can't." He snapped, calling Constantine's bluff. "He would never be around you. Maybe you didn't notice on our way in here, but there were two doors labeled 'Predator Yard' and 'Prey Yard'. They're separating us. And even if they weren't...” He got right up in Constantine's face. "I wouldn't let you...”

Constantine smirked. "Like you could stop me...” he hissed smirking. "Like you have a right to stop me... you killed your own lover... you deserve nothing better than a life of misery."

"I don't deny that...” Marik hissed. "but maybe I want to do all I can to atone for that...” The man who had ordered the pair for the night sat looking back and forth between the lions, and found himself wishing that he had a bowl of popcorn available.

Constantine laughed. "Really? You think you can just atone for your wrong? Ha! That's a laugh. No one wants you, no one but me. You'll never be anything to anyone, you're just a heartless killer... a BUNNY killer... your own friends disown you!" he said smartly. "Nothing you ever do will take away what you did, and if you try to undo your wrongs by taking care of that rat, it's only a matter of time before his lifeless body is floating in a tub of water, just like Ryou was!"

"YOU BASTARD!!!" Marik roared, and tackled Constantine, his teeth going for the larger male's neck. "FUCK YOU!!!" The man squeaked and jumped, then grinned, watching the pair eagerly. Hell, this was better than Springer!!!

Constantine smirked up at Marik laughing as he dodged his claws. "Oh? Are you going to kill me Marik? I see Marik the serial killer!" he taunted slashing Marik harshly across the stomach with his back claws. "You don’t KNOW how to live, only how to KILL!"

Marik whirled and pounced, knocking Constantine off of the bed and landing on his chest. "I thought I was too WEAK to be a killer!" He spat.

Constantine chuckled. "You can only kill something weaker than yourself… like that stupid rabbit, AND that meerkat!" he chuckled, flipping Marik to the floor and biting his neck, running his claws down Marik's chest and stomach, cutting him deeply. He held the stance for a long time, chuckling around his mouthful of neck. "But I'm not weaker than you... I never will be... now either do what the man says, or I'll just fuck you here."

Marik whimpered and slowly went limp under Constantine.

"My, you certainly knocked him down a few pegs." The man said, watching Constantine shove Marik onto the bed again, where the golden lion curled up and tried to lick his wounds.

"He deserves it." Constantine replied calmly, preparing for a long fucking session Marik had never seen before.

Marik whimpered when Constantine forced him to bend over and kicked his thighs apart, then growled and bit his shoulder as he thrust in, making the smaller male yowl in pain.

The man sat in his chair, watching, and eventually began to rub the front of his pants, getting off on the rough fucking that Marik was being subjected to. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. He walked over to the bed, unzipped his pants and lifted Marik's face. the lion cringed and whimpered when the man groaned and forced his erection into the his mouth. Marik whined and closed his eyes, trying to block everything out, trying to think of anything but what was happening to him. But the drifting of his thoughts arrived at their inevitable destination... Ryou...

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Pegasus sighed. This was the most difficult part. He'd told Rem... he'd told the police... he'd done all his work, called a few lawyers... mowed the lawn, himself... had three snacks. He couldn't put it off any longer... he was running out of excuses!

He peered in Seto's room. "Seto, I have some... good news."

Seto looked up from the screen of his laptop. "Two more hybrids have gone missing in the last twenty four hours." He said firmly, then sighed and looked down. "I wish they would just let me out of this hell hole already...”

"I know where Yami and the others are." Pegasus said after a moment.

Seto jumped and yelped a choice curse word as his computer toppled off of his lap and fell to the floor; the screen was destroyed. "WHAT?!" He yelped.

Pegasus twitched. "Well I got an anonymous invite to a hybrid brothel." Pegasus explained. "Twilight Menagerie... The branch here in Domino had Malik, Otogi, Kheti and Marik... The other has Yami and Bakura...” Pegasus had a pained expression as he said the last two names.

Seto looked excited, but then frowned. "Wait, who's Kheti?" He asked. "And what about Ryou?"

"Kheti's a fennec friend of Malik's we met on vacation...” Pegasus said sighing.

"And... Ryou?" Seto prompted.

Pegasus choked back a slight sob. "Malik said he was dead...”

Seto froze and stared at Pegasus. "W-What?!" He gasped.

Pegasus looked down. "He's dead... my precious baby bunny...” he wiped away a tear. "Marik drowned him."

"MARIK!?!" Seto shouted. "It... It can't be! He wouldn't have!!!"

"Malik told me Marik admitted it himself...” he said covering his face with his hand, in grief and frustration. "I don’t understand why... he loved Ryou... I don’t want to believe it... God Seto... my baby...”

Seto slowly reached out and covered Pegasus' free hand with his own. He closed his eyes and lowered his head. "God... No...” He breathed. "Why...? Oh God, why?!"

Pegasus shook his head, wiping away a few tears. "We have to get them out of there as soon as possible...”

"why would he... kill him?!" Seto asked, shaking his head in disbeleif. "How could this happen?!"

"I don’t know! Seto... God I just don’t know... I want my baby bunny!" Pegasus said mournfully. "Who knows what they're doing to your bird...”

Seto winced. "We have to go in and get them... now!" He said, and moved to get out of bed.

At that moment a nurse walked in. "Seto Kaiba, if you're out of bed, then I'm going to sedate you and strap you down." She said calmly, as she worked with her back to him.

Pegasus held in a snicker.

Seto glared at the woman's back and slowly slid back into his bed. He glared at Pegasus then and mouthed 'she's a NIGHTMARE!!!'

Pegasus snickered audibly.

"Seto, hush." The woman said smiling as she worked. "Doctors orders, you're to remain in bed. I don’t care who you are, you'll be listening to the doctor."

Pegasus had to cover his mouth at this point.

Seto glared. "I have to go! I have to get the cops and raid a hybrid brothel!!!" He cried. Several people in the hall peeked in, staring at Seto like he was insane.

"Hush up." The nurse replied calmly. "You can play cops and robbers when you're better."

"I AM NOT PLAYING COPS AND ROBBERS!!!" He howled. "We've finally located all of the missing hybrids, and I WANT THEM BACK!!!"

"And you can get them back WHEN YOU'RE WELL." She thundered turning to glare. "Now MISTER Kaiba lay down and be silent!"

Seto glared at that woman, fuming. "How can I lay down and be silent when some of my best friends are being held against their will at a FUCKING HYBRID WHORE HOUSE!!!" There was a gasp from out in the hall as some woman was obviously feeling scandalized.

"The same way you've laid down up until now, unless you'd rather be sedated." She replied calmly, turning back to her work.

Seto stared at the woman, mouth hanging open. "MY BOYFRIEND IS IN THAT PLACE!!!" He screamed on the top of his lungs, and outside there were several shocked cries and the sound of something shattering.

The nurse rolled her eyes. "Hush now, you can help him later." She said calmly, leaving.

Seto sputtered, then collapsed back into the pillows of his bed. "I hate that woman...” He growled.

Pegasus laughed slightly. "I'm sure you can leave if you want Seto, they can’t KEEP you here."

Seto frowned. "Goddammit, you're right!" He announced, and got out of bed. "Now where are my clothes?!"

Pegasus coughed and turned, leaving the room. "You tell me, when you find out...” he grumbled. Seto's ass just wasn't as beautiful as Ryou’s... no comparison whatsoever.

A few minutes later, Seto walked out of his room. "Quick, get in the elevator before she comes back!" He hissed, shoving Pegasus down the hall as he pulled on his infamous coat.

"SETO KAIBA!!!" the nurse shouted angrily from down the hall.

"Oh shit, RUN RUN RUN!!!" Seto howled, and dragged Pegasus down the hall and into the elevator, jabbing the 'close door' button. "HAHAAAA!!!" He crowed in victory as the door closed on the furious nurse. "Now let's go!!!"

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