Chapter two: The Shadow Bringers

They were about Joanne's size. Simply put they looked like N.E.O shadow's and Dusk's crossover. Long belted arms, skinny body and wierd almost dance-like moving, but black colour and yellow eyes. They looked really creepy.

''What are those things?'', asked Yugi, who had turned to look at what Joanne had been watching. His voice snapped her out from the trance in which she had been in while looking at the figures. She was going to say that she didn't know, but then the horrible realisation came to her. She had seen a pattern that looked like a broken heart in each of the creatures. No, those things aren't supposed to exist! That's what she thought, but she had to admit that neither did Yugi and Yami, but still they were there. So, she swallowed and said: ''They are Shadow Bringers...''

Suddenly one of them attacked. With the ease of hard training Joanne kicked it away. It was more like a reflex. But this only made them angry. All three of them attacked her at once. She knew she wouldn't win against them all.

''Swords of Revealing Light!''

Three swords made from pure light dropped from the sky and surrounded the Shadow Bringers making them unable to move. Joanne looked at Yugi and saw that Yami had taken control and the pulled card in his hand. She smiled at him. ''Thanks!'' He nodded and said: ''Now let's get away from here.'' So the two -or three- of them ran away leaving the creatures where they were...

After they got a good distance they stopped. Joanne looked around and saw that they were near the entrance of the hospital. She saw that something was wrong. After a while she noticed that there was no one there. No people coming out or going in, no smokers at the smoking area, no one. ''This is a hospital, right?'' Yugi pointed out what she had been thinking. She just nodded and started walking towards the door. Somehow she knew that they would be safe inside.

They walked around inside the hospital for a while. ''By the way, Joanne? What exactly were those things? You seemed to know them'', Yugi said after a while of walking. Joanne folded her arms for the second time that day. ''They were Shadow Bringers, dark creatures who don't hesistate in taking someones life'', she said with a dark tone. Yugi looked thoughtful for a moment before asking: ''Are they common here?'' Joanne sighed. ''No. Actually they aren't supposed to exist...'' Yami who was walking with them looked questioning. ''They seemed existing to me'', he said. ''So why are you saying this?'' Joanne sighed. ''I invented them. That's why'', she said.

Both of the boys looked shocked and were just about to ask something more when all of them heard a familiar voice. ''OI! Anyone there?! Yugi? Tristan?'' ''JOEY!'' Yugi seemed to lighten up when he heard the voice of one of his best friends. ''Yug'? Is that you? Where are you?'' Joanne couldn't help smiling. ''Stay where you are, Joey! Tell us what you see around you, we're coming there'', she shouted. ''Huh? Who are you?'' Joey asked. ''Just do it!'' Yugi said.

''Okay, okay. Umm... I'm outside of a gym of somekind. In front of me I see a wall made of glass...'' Joanne remembered the place and started running Yugi right after her. She took turn to right, then left, then right again. After another left they found Joey. ''Yug'!'' he said with a smile.

After telling Joey what they knew, where they were and who Joanne was they continued walking.