Shattered Lives

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Chapter Seven


In Domino:

Solomon had just closed the Shop when the phone rang and it was Tristan and he said “Joey's father has put out a reward for his return, dead or alive.”

Solomon heard the tears in his voice and he said “Listen, I'll let Yami know and he'll tell the others and if I know them they'll make damn sure that he is alright.”

“I've asked some good friends to help make sure that Joey's father isn't able to make that offer good. I only pray that I called them soon enough to stop him.” Tristan said.

Then Yami's voice came on the line and he said “Tristan, when did all this happen?”

“I guess it was a week ago, but I called Valon as soon as I heard and he got here and now Raphael and Alister are here but what if it wasn't quick enough?” Tristan said.

Yami then said “All we can do is to make sure that no one new in Domino knows where Joey is.”

Solomon then said “Tristan, Joey is staying with Seto and his family and I know that Roland won't let anything happen to Joey anymore then he'd let anything happen to either Seto of Mokuba.”

“I pray that you're right because I don't want to lose my best friend.” Tristan said as tears ran down his face.”

Solomon then told him “I'll call and let Roland know and between all of us we will keep Joey safe.”

Tristan then thanked them and then he hung up the phone and he sat there and then he got on his knees and he said “Dear God, will you please watch over Joey and keep him safe, he's my best friend and I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to him. Amen.

When Tristan had hung up, Solomon called the Manor and when he told Roland what Tristan had said, Roland said “Maybe we'd better make damn sure that no one knows that Joseph is here in Domino.”

“What do you mean?” Solomon asked him.

Roland then said “Maybe we need to give him another identity, you know change the color of his eyes and hair and give him another name.”

Solomon then chuckled and he said “That just might do the trick but what if he won't do it?”

Roland then said “I think that he will if I explain things to him. What I'm worried about is that he just might decide to run again to keep the others safe.”

Solomon then said “I hope that he knows that we're all trying to help him and that he won't want to leave.”

Roland then said “What I'm about to say is between us. Since Joey's come here he and Seto have talked and they've told each other what's happened to each other and I really think that they've grown close and I don't think that Joey wants to be alone again. I'll talk to him and pray that I'm right and that he'll agree to be given a new identity.”

Solomon then said “Thanks for what you've done for him. Tristan is so scared that something will happen to him and like Tristan said he doesn't want to lose his best friend ever.”

Then they said goodnight and Solomon hung up and as he turned to Yami he said “Let Bakura and Marik know and keep tabs on any stranger who might come to town.”

At the Manor:

When they were eating breakfast, Joey looked at Roland and he asked “If I go to school using my name then my father will find out where I am and well I'm not ever going to let him do what he did to me again.”

Roland put his fork down and then he said “There is one way to make it so that your father doesn't find you.”

Joey asked “How, by making me someone else?”

Roland then said “We give you another name and change your looks.”

Joey started to laugh and then he stopped and he then said “You're not kidding are you, well what do you have in mind?”

Roland then stood up and he said “Come with me and I'll show you.”

So as Seto and Joey followed Roland to the den, he took out a sketch book and as he showed it to Joey he said “Here are two drawings you decide how you want to look and what name you would like.”

Seto stood beside Joey and as they looked at the drawings and the new names, Joey finally pointed to one of the drawings and he looked up at Roland and he said “I like the name Jacob David Lewis, and this is the drawing I like too.”

Roland took the sketch book and he saw that Joey chose black hair, brown eyes and he would be over six feet tall because of the lifts that would be in his shoes. Roland nodded and then he said “Lets go and get this started and then we'll see about enrolling you into school.”

Seto then asked “What if they ask for a birth certificate and an picture I. D. what does he do then?”

Roland said “Leave that all to me, now lets go get his hair dyed and get him some contact lens and a new clothes to wear.” So today Joey Wheeler ceased to exist and Jacob David Lewis was born....

Joey looked at himself in the mirror and he couldn't believe what he saw, there looking back at him was someone that he didn't know and he prayed that his dad wouldn't know who he was either. Joey got ready for bed and as he laid there a tear ran down his face as he realized that Joey no longer existed and then he cried himself to sleep.

In New York:

Valon, Raphael and Alister walked into Murphy's Bar where Tristan worked and when they asked about where Tristan is, the bartender said “He didn't come in today and that's really weird because he's never missed a day.”

Raphael then said “Can you tell us where he lives, we are old friends and we want to surprise him.”

The bartender wrote down Tristan's address and as he handed it to Raphael he said “Please make sure that he's alright.”

Alister asked him “What do you mean by that statement?”

The bartender then told them “The other day some man came in here and he talked to Tristan and when he left Tristan was really upset and well I figured that whatever that man said well it really did something to him.”

Valon then said “Don't let anyone know that we asked about Tristan, we want to make sure that he's alright and when we do we'll let you know.”

The bartender thanked them and as they walked out of the bar the bartender said to himself “I hope that they can find him before anything happens to him.”

When they got to the apartment, they found the door ajar and Valon pulled out his pistol as did the others and as they quietly went into the door, what they found made their blood run cold, there hanging from the ceiling was Tristan and he had been beaten up badly but he was still alive. When Alister and Raphael cut him down, Tristan opened his eyes and he said in a very low voice “They know where Joey is, I tried not to tell them but the pain was just to much. I'm sorry I should have been stronger.”

Alister called 911 and as they waited for the Ambulance, Tristan described what the men looked like and how when they were beating him they were laughing and saying that after today Wheeler would have his son back and they'd be really wealthy from the money that he was going to pay them.”

Valon then said “We have to find those bastards and make damn sure that they don't get out of here.”

After the Ambulance had taken Tristan to the hospital, Alister, Raphael and Valon drove to the address that Tristan said and they found the men all lying on the floor of the apartment and they were all dead and lying on one of the mens chest was a note and as he picked it up and read it, Valon crumpled it into a ball and threw it and then he said “We have to get to Domino and I mean we have to get there fast. Wheeler knows where Joey is and he's on his way there to finish the job.”

They all ran outside and hopped on their choppers and they drove to the Airport where they rented a private jet to take them to Domino and as they were sitting aboard the jet, Valon called Solomon and told him what was going on and that Joey's father was coming there to find and kill Joey and that if they didn't get there in time then he needed to get hold of Yami and the others and make damn sure that no one finds out where Joey is.”

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