For three straight days it rained. Yugi had recovered from his duel with Kaiba, but every night they went to Pegasus' penthouse to be safe from Prince Vlad. Every day more and more reports of missing people came on the news. Pegasus was sure that the missing people were victims of the Prince. Pegasus' men still hadn't found the Prince's hiding place. On the third day Tea had gone to one of her dance lessons and Joey was supposed to pick up Serenity who was coming to visit… But Joey never showed to pick her up, and Tea never made it home.

"Vampires?" asked Serenity.

"I know it's a little far fetched Serenity, but after all the crazy stuff I've seen over the years, vampires don't seem so fictional anymore." said Tristan.

"It couldn't have been the vampires." said Duke "They only come out at night, and Tea and Joey left their homes in broad daylight."

"Unless Prince Vlad's influence stretches further than we thought." said Pegasus.

Suddenly Yugi's cell phone started ringing.

"Hello?"

"Hello Yugi… My name is Prince Vlad."

"… How'd you get my number?"

"Are you kidding? It's the first number on your little girlfriend's list."

"… Where is she!"

"Tonight your friends are going to part of a little experiment… I want to know who is more important to you… You're best friend… or your girlfriend… They're both at two entirely different locations, and waiting with them is a duelist I have arranged for you. At midnight they will both become my eternal servants, if however you are able to defeat one of my duelist's I'll let that person live… So who's it going to be? Your loyal best friend, or the girl you're crazy about? You choose… Oh and you might want to decide quickly because you only have fifteen minutes. He's at the suspension bridge outside the city limits, and she's at the old theater on 666th street…"

After the line went dead Yugi told them everything.

"Let's split up, which one are you going after?" asked Tristan.

"Tea."

"Okay, we'll get Joey!" said Duke.

"I'm coming with you!"

"Serenity this is too dangerous."

"Tristan that's my brother out there!"

"Just put a crucifix around her neck and she'll be fine." said Pegasus.

Yugi and Pegasus went in one car to the old theater, while Tristan, Duke, and Serenity went for the old suspension bridge, both groups were being escorted by some of Pegasus' men. The theater had recently been condemned and was scheduled for demolition. As soon as they got there Yugi ran inside.

"TEA!"

Yugi had the G18 Pegasus had given him at the ready.

"Does it smell like gasoline in here or is that just me?" he thought.

He went into the ground floor of the theater which was filled with spider webs, and there was Tea chained to a chair and gagged on the stage. Yugi didn't make it far before he heard the sound of the doors slamming shut behind him.

"HA HA HA HA HA!"

Yugi recognized that laugh, and it made his blood boil.

"You didn't think I'd stay gone forever did you? You should know by now I'm like a cockroach on steroids."

"Where are you? Weevil!"

"I'm right here Yugi, or should I call you pretender?"

Weevil emerged out of the shadows blocking off the doors. His skin was pale, his hair had turned white, and beneath his glasses Yugi could see crimson eyes. He was a vampire.

"I used to be a champion… But when you defeated me at Duelist Kingdom all those years ago you made me look like a joke, and now I don't get any respect anymore! I'm the butt of everyone's jokes! But wait I forgot… You never beat me… All these years you've been hiding behind someone else… You don't deserve to be the King of Games… Without your little friend you're nothing but a big fat fake."

Yugi pointed his gun at Weevil.

"I wouldn't do that." he said.

Weevil pulled out a lit candle from behind his back.

"The floor is soaked in gasoline… You shoot me, I drop this, and we all go up."

Yugi just stood there for a moment considering the situation. Tea was still chained to the chair, but maybe he could just shoot the lock. Even so Weevil was blocking the only way out. But then Yugi realized something and smiled.

"What happens when that candle burns out?"

"Well let's see, that could take awhile… And don't you have to save your other friend?"

Yugi reluctantly lowered his weapon.

"What do you want?"

"I want to see how I would fair against the "real" Yugi Muto. If you win you and your little girlfriend are free to go… If I win I'll take my rightful place as the King of Games."

"I don't need Atem's help to beat trash like Weevil, even if he is a vampire." thought Yugi.

Yugi activated his duel disk.

"Very well."

"Let's duel!"

"The first turn belongs to me! I'll just lay one monster face down."

"Don't worry Tea. This won't take long." said Yugi.

"I summon Magician's Valkyria!"

(ATK: 1600 DEF: 1800)

"Destroy his face down monster!"

Yugi's Valkyria destroyed Weevil's face down monster, but then Yugi heard a horrible howling noise.

"What the heck is that?"

"That was my Howling Insect. When it's destroyed in battle I can summon an insect type monster from my deck with 1500 attack points or less. And I choose… Atomic Firefly!"

(ATK: 100 DEF: 200)

"Only 100 attack points? Maybe Weevil is planning to sacrifice it for something."

"Now it's my turn again pretender!"

Weevil drew his card.

"… I drew it… Now Yugi behold the card that will seal your doom and my rise to King of Games! The Curse of Nosferatu!"

Weevil had played the same terrifying spell card that Kaiba had played. Immediately the color of his Atomic Firefly turned paler and glowed a crimson red, and its attack points increased by 500.

"Next I'll lay one card face down, summon a monster in defense mode, and switch Atomic Firefly to defense mode. That ends my turn."

Yugi drew his card.

"I summon another Magician's Valkyria!"

(ATK: 1600 DEF: 1800)

"Now I'll have both of them attack!"

Both of Yugi's Valkyrias attacked Weevil's monsters, both of Weevil's monsters were destroyed but suddenly a burst of fire flew at Yugi and took 1000 of his life points. Also something had caused Weevil's life points to rise by 1000.

(Weevil: 5000)

(Yugi: 3000)

The Curse of Nosferatu was already taking effect, Yugi started to feel drained. If he didn't stop this soon he would lose at least one fourth of his blood.

"Wha… What just happened?"

"Don't you know anything? Oh I'm sorry; I forgot you're not as good as your old friend the Pharaoh. When my Atomic Firefly is destroyed it inflicts 1000 points of damage to the player that destroyed it. My other monster was Skull-Mark Ladybug, and when it's destroyed I gain 1000 life points. But I'm sure with your friend's help you would have been able to negate my monster's effects or even use them against me. Without him you're nothing but a total fake! And once I defeat you and become the new King of Games the whole world will know it!"

"You weren't there to see it Weevil, but I'll tell you. When I traveled to Egypt the Pharaoh and I engaged in a duel in order to set his spirit free. In order for him to rest in peace I had to defeat him in that duel. I was all by myself against him, and he had the three Egyptian god cards on his side… But I beat them all… He believed in me… And he taught me to believe in myself! And I don't need his help to beat scum like you! I end my turn by playing two cards face down!"

"Good, now I can start ending you!"

Weevil drew his card.

"Perfect! I'm more than aware that since you have two Valkyria's on your side of the field I can't attack any Spellcasters you put into play, so I'll activate this trap card, DNA Surgery! This let's me turn all the monsters in play into insects!"

Both of Yugi's Valkyrias grew antennae and huge insect like wings.

"Now I remove all three of the insects in my graveyard from play so I can special summon Aztekipede the Worm Warrior and Doom Dozer!"

(ATK: 1900 DEF: 400)

(ATK: 2800 DEF: 2600)

"And because of the Curse of Nosferatu they both become vampires and gain 500 attack points!"

(ATK: 2400)

(ATK: 3300)

"Aztekipede, attack and destroy his first Valkyria!"

"Not so fast Weevil! I reveal my face down trap, Magic Cylinder! This card takes your monster's attack and redirects it right back at your life points!"

The blast of Weevil's attack was captured by the magic cylinder and fired back at Weevil.

(Weevil: 2600)

"No matter, Doom Dozer destroy his Valkyria!"

"Sorry Weevil but I still have another trap, and it's one of my favorites… Go Mirror Force!"

The force of Doom Doozer's attack was reflected and destroyed it's self as well as Weevil's worm warrior.

"No! My beautiful vampire bugs! Without them I'm wide open for a direct attack! Wait… No I'm not… I play the spell card Insect Barrier! Since all your monster's are treated as insects thanks to my DNA Surgery trap card you can't attack!"

Yugi saw that his hand was starting to turn pale.

"Oh crud… I've got to end this duel before I lose any more blood. But I need to get by that insect barrier…"

Yugi drew his card.

"Perfect! I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior!"

(ATK: 1600 DEF: 1000)

"No! That's the card that the Pharaoh used to beat me the last time!" thought Weevil.

"As you know Weevil when Breaker the Magical Warrior is summoned I can place a spell counter on him so he gains an additional 300 attack points. But by getting rid of that spell counter and the attack boost I can destroy one spell or trap card you have on the field. And I choose your DNA Surgery!"

Breaker used his powers to destroy Weevil's card and all Yugi's monsters went back to being Spellcasters.

"Valkyrias, wipe out the rest of his life points!"

Both Yugi's Valkyrias attacked Weevil.

(Weevil: 0)

Outside from where he was watching, Prince Vlad growled in anger.

"I should've known that little maggot wasn't up to much."

Back inside Weevil started to laugh.

"I may not have defeated you Yugi… But I can still eliminate you!"

Two huge bat like wings burst out of Weevil's back and he flew up and through the ceiling. Before Yugi could see what was going on it was too late. He rushed to cover Tea as Weevil's candle hit the ground and the whole room erupted into huge blaze, but oddly enough Yugi and Tea were not harmed. Yugi turned to see that his two Valkyria's had not disappeared and had created a magical barrier that was protecting him and Tea from the fire. Breaker came up behind Tea and used his sword to slash the chains that bound her to the chair. Yugi removed her mouth gag and she hugged him so hard she nearly choked him to death.

"Yugi, I just knew you'd come… Oh my gosh are you alright?"

"I'm fine… But right now we need to regroup with the others… Joey's still in danger."