Chapter 27 - Legend Of The Dragons

The next day they had just grilled Rex and Weevil about what happened, when they were approached by Rebecca Hawkins. Tea filled Rose in about how they had met her and simultaneously glared at Rebecca's back as she clung to Yugi's arm. Rebecca then explained to him that her grandpa wanted to see him.

"Professor Hawkins wants to see me?" Yugi asked, quite confused. They all went to the museum and met Arthur at the same place they did last time they saw him-when he told them all about Rose's millennium heart. He explained how he thought the monster sightings had something to do with the ancient monsters that were conjured up for battle over 5000 years ago.

"So you think these monsters have come back?" Rose asked him.

"Yes," Arthur said, "But there's more. Ever hear of the lost city of Atlantis?"

"I read a great book about it once," Tea perked up.

"In my latest expedition, I may have discovered that very city," Arthur said, "An underwater world that existed long before ancient Egypt. But what really puzzled me, were the carvings I saw on the walls. Take a look," he handed some photos to Yugi.

"No way," Yugi said, looking through them, "Duel Monsters."

"Precisely," Arthur said, "So these monsters didn't originate 5000 years ago in Egypt, they lived over 10 000 years ago in what i believe to be the legendary city of Atlantis."

"Atlantis was real?" Tea asked.

"Do you know what this means?" Solomon said, "Your discovery could completely re write history!" he said, sounding quite excited.

Arthur explained that there was still a lot he did not know, and Yugi noticed that in one of the pictures it looked like the monsters were attacking the city.

"But some of them aren't, look." Rose said, pointing to the picture.

"Hey you're right," Yugi said, "So if only some of these monsters seem to be evil does that mean that the other monsters are good?"

Arthur explained that he hadn't collected enough evidence to be sure, but he thought that there was a parallel world of monsters that existed alongside the human world. He also explained that in Egypt when the monsters threatened to destroy the world, the Pharaoh was there to stop them, and now that the Pharaoh has returned, the world may need his help again.

"So perhaps this is the evil that Ishizu told us about," Yami said to himself.

"But where do we start professor?" Yugi asked, "Trying to get all these monsters back to their own world? Or should we focus on finding out what that weird motorcycle gang is up to?"

"Unfortunately this is where my knowledge of the situation ends," Arthur said apologetically.

"Hey wait," Yugi said, "I may have a clue," he pulled the shiny green stone out of his pocket. "The guys we dueled against last night left this behind," he held it out to Arthur.

Professor Hawkins took the rock from Yugi and looked at it closely, "Would you mind if i hold onto this stone?" he asked.

"No of course not," Yugi said. Once they were done in the museum they walked outside and Solomon announced that he would take Arthur and Rebecca to the Airport.

Rebecca clung onto Yugi's arm, "Goodbye cutie!" she said. Tea glared at Rebecca and Rose just laughed.

"What's so funny?" Yugi asked, as Rebecca jumped into the cab.

"Oh, nothing," Rose said, composing herself. She could see Yami holding in a chuckle also.

Yugi sighed, "Just when I thought things were getting back to normal, they went and got 10 times weirder," he mumbled.

"Yes," Yami said, "and this time the situation seems more treacherous than ever."

That's when Yugi thought he heard someone calling for help, but the gang brushed it off and told him to get some sleep.

"Did you hear anything Rose?" Yugi asked.

"Sorry Yug, I didn't hear a thing," she said with a shrug. He just sighed and they walked home.

...

Rose was woken that night by lights shining in her eyes. She rolled over and looked at the clock, "What the...?" She climbed out of bed and looked out the window, "What's going on?" she said, staring at the sky.

Right in cue, Yugi came running into her room, "You see those lights too?" he asked.

Rose nodded, "Yep, have any idea what it is?" she asked.

"No clue. But look-there's the monsters." They saw the horde of monsters traveling towards the lights. That's when they saw Solomon standing on the footpath out the front of the game shop. They both ran downstairs and out the front door, to stand next to the old man.

"Grandpa, what's going on?" Yugi asked him as they all looked up at the sky.

"Those monsters appear to be trapped in those lights," Solomon explained.

"Oh no," Yugi said, his eyes widening, "It's happening." He started running towards the centre of the city, without any bother of explanation.

"Yugi wait up!" Rose called out, trying to catch up with him, "What's happening?"

As they ran Yugi explained the dream he had just had where the Dark Magician Girl told him about the dominion of the beasts. He explained how both worlds were in danger of the great beast, as it was taking souls from both sides for its rebirth. They reached the city center and saw the gang standing there staring at the display above them. When Rose and Yugi looked up again a massive eye appeared, and it started sucking in all of the monsters, in an attempt to capture their souls.

"What is that?" Joey asked.

"I don't want to find out," Tea said worriedly, slowly stepping back. She grabbed Rose's arm, as if ready to run and pull the girl with her. Rose wondered if Tea thought she was so stubborn that she wouldn't run if somehow attacked them. Then again, she wouldn't be sure until it happened. The eye then suddenly shot a huge tornado towards the ground-the attack that Tea had been anticipating-and everyone screamed and ran out of the way. It was no surprise how fast Tea pulled Rose away with her to get out of the destructive path of the beast.

Rose then turned around, realising not all of them had ran. "Yugi! Come on!" she called out to him, stopping where she was. Yugi didn't move though, he stayed where he was, right in the firing line of the beast in the sky. Tea had let go of Rose's arm so this time it was Joey who grabbed her, dragging her back to where the rest of the gang was.

"Yugi is still back there!" Rose said to him, trying to pry her arm out of his grip. They reached the rest of the gang, and upon hearing what she said, Joey turned around.

"Yugi!" Joey called out to him.

"Get back here dude!" Tristan yelled. Either he couldn't hear them or he had made up his mind, because he wasn't moving. The tornado struck the ground around Yugi, and the gang could no longer see him.

"Yugi!" Tea called out, "What's he doing?!"

Yugi stood his ground while strong winds gusted around him. He then noticed the card on the top of his deck start to glow.

He pulled it out, "It's that dragon we released!" he said, remembering back to his dream. "I summon Timaeus!" he said, holding the card above his head. The great dragon appeared above them, and upon Yugi's command, destroyed the beast in the sky with one shot.

The gang then ran over, and Rose looked over Yugi's shoulder to the card he was holding in his hand. "Is that the dragon you were talking about?" she asked him.

"Mhmm," Yugi nodded his head. "But that beast isn't gone for good. Timaeus is strong, but not strong enough."

"We need to release the other two dragons," Yami said.

"Then will you be able to defeat it?" Rose asked.

"Let's hope so."


Hey guys! I hope you're enjoying this story so far, i have some great ideas ahead!

I'm afraid i may not be able to update as often as I've started uni again, but I'll try my best!

Always happy to hear what you think!

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