Disclaimer: I do not own YGO or World of Warcraft. I do own the land of Airlock.
By: Shadowsreached
A Nightly Visit:
Serenity virtually had a heart attack after she looked over from her bed and saw Yugi outside her bedroom window clinging to the drainpipe while looking as if he would die if she didn't let him in.
She got out of her bed and raced over to the window quickly unlatching the lock and allowing Yugi to let go of the pipe and grab the windowsill thus causing him almost fall to the ground before tumbling inside her room with a heavy grunt.
"Yugi!" she cried out silently not wanting to rouse Joey who was sleeping in his room across the hall. "What do you think your doing!?"
"Is Joey here?" He asked promptly a bit out of breath.
"Yes. But how did you get up the drain pipe like that!?" Serenity asked hastily looking over the sill and down at the pavement. "It's impossible."
"You know, I don't really know how," Yugi said standing up and pacing over to Serenity, "I just started climbing."
"You've done this before haven't you?" She accused.
"Bakura taught me." Yugi said smiling guiltily at Serenity. "I didn't ask to be taught though…"
"I'm not surprised." Serenity answered back closing the windowsill silently and coming to sit on her bed.
"But why are you here?" She inquired.
"I need to know if you want to come with me." Yugi whispered his expression suddenly eager.
"Pardon? You know, if Joey catches you here—"
"I know," Yugi said, hushing her statement, "but I just have to to know—"
"Where?" Serenity interrupted.
"To Airlock. It's an area that I want to invite you to." Yugi clarified sitting down on the bed. "You don't have to come, but I thought you would want to."
'Airlock? Where…?' Serenity thought gazing at Yugi as if he had just grown an additional head.
"Where is that?" She asked.
"You have to go through a portal to get there, so I think—"
"Wait! You mean Airlock isn't even on earth!?" Serenity exclaimed finding it difficult to keep her voice down.
"Well…" Yugi started glancing down. "…If you don't want to come…"
'Actually it sounds like fun Yugi, I'd love to come!' She thought privately but at the same time wondering why Yugi thought it would be so easy to convince her to get her out of the house and run away with him.
"What do you do in that place?" Serenity asked climbing onto the bed so she could sit next to him. "Is it dangerous?"
Yugi looked up excitedly, "Oh no! It's safe as long as you pace yourself, I want you to come because I need help with leveling up for the—"
"Leveling up?"
Yugi stopped to explain. "Have you ever heard of the game World of Warcraft?"
"Ya, but I've never played it before." Serenity replied trying to remember how she had heard of the game.
"Well do you know how to play it?" Yugi asked.
"I know the rules; I think Tristan showed it to me."
"Well it's just like World of Warcraft; the only difference is that it's in a different world."
Serenity eyed him doubtfully, "Where is this portal?" She asked.
"In an old house that's not being used by anyone." Yugi stated flinging his hand over to the south and pointing out the window.
"You're seriously thinking I'm going to believe you?" Serenity laughed causing Yugi to put his hand down. "Portals don't just appear you know."
"With everything that has happened to us, how can you not believe it?" Yugi retorted staring at Serenity.
"Well I—"
"C'mon Serenity, it'll be fun, besides we'd come back before anyone knew, just a couple times a day—"
"Are you CRAZY!" Serenity cried out without warning, this time not bothering to keep her voice down. "A couple times a day? I have school!"
Yugi looked around the room widely for a second hopping that her shout hadn't woken Joey. When nothing stirred he looked back at Serenity and put a hand on her shoulder in order to calm her.
"I promise I'm not going to take you away from your work, I only need you to come before and after school. Also, you can come on the weekends whenever you want."
Serenity sighed, "What about homework?"
"Do it and then come."
'That's fair…' She thought, '…if it doesn't bother school then it'll be okay.'
"Why me?" she asked, getting a bit excited about the prospect of a journey with Yugi. "Why not Joey, he's your best friend."
"I considered doing that but then I remembered how his school work was going and I didn't want to disturb his grades or anything." Yugi explained to Serenity who nodded.
"Knowing him," Yugi continued, "He'd just blow off his school work for the portal every day. Besides, you're my friend too."
"Really?" Serenity endured. If Yugi thought that she would be responsible with her grades she had a good feeling about the adventure. "Because what if I blow it off?"
"You won't." Yugi stated gazing up at her, "You can't afford to."
"Do you even know my scores?" She asked perplexed about how he was stating his words so bluntly.
"Ya, I have them."
Serenity lined her brows at him. "What are they?"
"I'm not telling you, I don't want you to know them, that way you'll keep them up."
"What?! You're not my mother! Give them to me!"
"Forget it Serenity, just forget I told you." Yugi said backing up a little from her rage.
"Just tell me if they're good!"
"They're fine."
Serenity stopped her persistence. "Really?" She asked.
"Yes."
"You don't really have them do you?" Serenity challenged hopping that he'd to open up to what they where.
"I do, and I'll tell them to you right before you get your report, that way you'll know that it wasn't a lie."
"Okay." Serenity agreed figuring Yugi wasn't the type to lie. A few minutes passed before Yugi spoke up.
"So, do you want to come?" he asked sliding off the bed.
"What about Joey?" Serenity asked looking behind her. "He'll be worried if he discovers I'm gone."
"I doubt he'll wake up, besides we'll only be gone for a short period this time. If you don't like it you never have to come again."
"Okay fine, but this goes against all my moral grounds." Serenity said getting up to stand behind Yugi. "I've never ran away before."
"You'll probably like it, besides it's not really running away, you'll be back before school." Yugi said.
He walked across the room and opened the bedroom door, peering around at the small hallway in the apartment. He waited for a few seconds more before motioning for Serenity to follow.
When he stepped outside of her room he stopped to let Serenity come up. "You go ahead," He said awkwardly, "I don't want to do anything that might trigger something."
"The alarm system if broken," Serenity explained walking past him and leading the way to the front door. "It should be okay."
She tried the handle quietly and realized that it was locked.
Unlocking the bolt wasn't difficult and soon they were both outside, the door closing softly behind them.
"We can run there, that way you'll get warm." Yugi said noticing how Serenity automatically began to shiver.
He walked down the steps and onto the sidewalk. "Is that okay with you?"
"I don't know…" Serenity said turning her head back up at her apartment with an apprehensive look. "It's cold."
"You said you'd come," Yugi said again, looking back with inviting eyes, "Don't you want to see it? Besides, it's a lot warmer in Airlock, even at night; you won't need to worry about being cold."
"Okay, let's get this over with..." Serenity said jogging down the rest of the steps and stepping up next to Yugi. "We'll be returning home before daylight right?"
Yugi nodded and began to jog slowly running backwards at first to make sure that Serenity would follow.
When he saw that she was he turned around and quickened his pace; soon the two teens were both running down an empty street leaving the small apartment complex in the far distance.
TBC
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