Chapter 2
"So someone tried to kill you?" Ra asked as Yamino was getting her arm bandaged by Amber. "No, I don't think so. I think they just wanted to scare me, but they probably will try to kill me." Amber rolled her eyes. "That's great," she said sarcastically. Brandon held the knife that the note was attached to up to the light. "I could probably figure out what kind of knife it is if we can get into the science building."
So after dinner they made their way to the science building. Amber tried the doors. "They're locked," she said. "So?" Yamino strode up to the doors and pulled out a paperclip. In a moment the door was open. "You know it's not right to break into places," Amber whispered. Yamino sighed. "Neither is throwing knifes through windows." They strode into the building and raced up the stairs to the third floor.
When they arrived Brandon got out a microscope, a book, and the knife. He looked at the knife under the microscope and flipped page in the book. The others watched as he found out what the knife was made of. "Okay," he said as he finally looked up. "What you have here is a dagger that probably came from an ancient culture. Particularly speaking ancient Egypt." Yamino frowned. "This Egypt stuff just keeps coming up," she groaned.
Ra stepped forward to examine the dagger. "How can you tell that?" Brandon pointed at the blade. "It's made of stained ivory. The Egyptians used to use ivory like this. And also the blemishes on the hilt are where jewels have been pulled from. Someone didn't want you to put the pieces together." Yamino nodded, "Makes sense. They want my Shadow Powers. So of course they'd want to give me as little as possible to go on." They nodded.
"Alright take the dagger and let's go." Yamino headed toward the door. The others followed her. They reached the door of the science building when a shot went off. They looked at each other the unsaid message reaching everyone. They took off toward the shot. The gate of the school was apparently where the shot had been fired.
When they reached the gate a tall muscular man stood there with two hand guns ready to fire. Yamino was the first to see the man. He pointed his guns at them. She tackled her friends to the ground. The shots whistled through the air above Yamino's ear. She sprung up and ran toward the man hoping to buy her friends some time to get away.
The man shot at her. The wind from the bullet blew back Yamino's dark hair. Within a split second the man loosed another shot to the center of her forehead. She leaned backward and began to fall as the shot flew over her head. Yamino was a second to late getting up from the ground. A bullet lodged itself firmly in her chest.
She got shakily to her feet. The man was laughing now. Yamino felt a familiar burning sensation in her chest. Her Millennium Puzzle was activating. She felt the golden eye appear on her head. The Shadow Power lent her strength and speed. The man shot at her head. If she had been as weak as she had been moments before she would have been dead. However as it was she simply moved her head to dodge the bullet easily.
Yamino noticed that both his guns were six shot hand guns. If that was correct she needed him to miss with five more shots. She made it look like she was weakened. He took the bait and shot toward her heart. She avoided it easily. This man was stupid and would be easy to take down once she could get close enough to hit him.
In a fit of anger the man shot toward her twice more. She barely avoided both and yet Yamino had to smile at the man's stupidity. He had only one shot left to kill her. Yamino rushed toward him. He was surprised and shot his final bullet toward her heart. She leaned to the side however she got gun burn on her arm. He went to shoot his other gun. He gasped when the gun went click.
Yamino grinned evilly. She ran and jumped up on to him. She kicked him in the face then punched him in the gut as she came down. The man fell over winded. Yamino lifted the giant man up by the collar of his jacket. The man looked groggily at her. "Who do you work for?" she hissed. The man looked at her. She lifted a fist to hit him again. "Okay, okay," he said weakly. "I'm a new recruit for a man they call the Shadow."
Yamino shook him. "What's his real name?" The man shook his head. "I don't know they never told me honest!" She knocked him out. She sighed to herself, "The Shadow knew I would defeat this man." She frowned.
Her friends ran up to her. "Who was he?" Amber asked. "One of the people who apparently work for the Shadow." Brandon looked down at the man. "Quite at thug." Ra nodded, "I think this time he was trying to kill you." Yamino shook her head, "No I think the Shadow expected me to beat this man. This was just a warning. So when he wakes up I'm going to make him take the Shadow a message."
She reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and pen. She scribbled down a letter which read: To the Shadow, I am the Pharaoh and rightful owner of the Millennium Puzzle so get over it. I'm going to kill you. Come in person don't send another pitiful minion. Yamino slit both the man's arms and attached the note to his right arm. "He'll never be able to hold a weapon again."
Brandon looked down at the man, "That's harsh Yamino." She let go of her Shadow Powers. "Do you think if given the chance he wouldn't kill me? I went easy on him. Now let's go someone would have heard those shots."
The friends ran back to their dorms and jumped in bed as quickly as they could. The next day the man would be gone and the Shadow would have Yamino's note that read exactly as he had known it would.
