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Chapter 4

The limousine provided was big enough to hold all nine of us plus the driver. Joey was telling everyone how the city is nothing like back home, but we all realized that. Tristan said it was because we were in San Francisco, home of the Golden Gate Bridge, and all the seafood you can eat!

"Guys, we're not on a vacation, we're here to see Pegasus. Remember?" Tea told the guys. Joey then started to complain that the bridge didn't look golden to him.

"Joey the bridge isn't called golden because of the color." said Keily, like it was a known fact to the world. "The bridge was named for the entrance to San Francisco Bay, which was dubbed the 'Golden Gate' by prospectors that passed through on their way to gold fields about one hundred fifty years ago." I finished off for her not even looking up from my book, which I picked back up after getting off the plane.

"The color is actually called international orange, chosen by Irving Morrow, the architect who rejected traditional gray or black in favor of a color he thought best complemented to natural setting." Keily picked up again, we did this a lot so, again I started talking. "The project in 1965 to replace the original lead-based paint took about thirty years to finish and they still work on touching it up."

"The bridge was completed in 1937, making it the world's longest suspension bridge and the highest structure west of New York." Keily finished up with our knowledge of the bridge. "Don't worry, they do that often. It scares most people though, that's why they are two of the smartest kids in our school." Christy said like it was an everyday occurrence.

"Unlike you, Christy, we actually do our work. Not only that, but we did a project on the bridge just last week. You just didn't do anything to help the group effort." I told her, looking at her long enough to glare at her before turning back to my book.

"Okay, well Yug, you seeing all this?" Joey asked, but he wasn't paying attention. Tea asked him if he was alright, to which he replied that he couldn't stop thinking about the things that we found out this week. A gateway between worlds, a world where monsters live, and a super-monster trying to destroy them both.

"The only protection we have against it is Timaeus, but even he isn't strong enough to defeat it. We need to get to the bottom of this before that monster strikes again." Yugi told us, before everyone went back to looking out the window. Yugi sighed a little while later, "Aren't you guys worried about what Pegasus said on the tape. If someone is following Pegasus, what if it's the same biker gang that stole the God card?"

"I have to agree, if it is the bikers and they found Pegasus, we could all be walking into a trap." Tea says in a worried voice. The limo driver drove some more, before parking at an abandoned gas station, proceeded to get out of the vehicle, and walk off. After waiting for a while Joey suggests that we go and check on the guy. The guys went to see if he was in the bathroom, me and Christy just propped up against the car and waited. What's the point, we knew he was long gone. The group then ran back and faced the road to see a gang of motorcyclists coming our way. Christy and I stayed where we were, the others turned and ran our way. Before they can reach us, they were encircled by the biker gang. The bikers then pull out metal poles, when one tried to hit Joey a card hit him in the hand making him fall off the bike and drop the pole. I ran to the driver's seat, starting the engine while buckling up. Everyone started to pile into the limo, but Joey stood where he was. After one of the bikes crashed, Joey ran to the limo hopping in. I put the pedal-to-the-metal, so that we wouldn't be caught in the explosion. When we were far enough, I slowed to a better speed so that we wouldn't have to walk like they did in one of the episodes.

"Who just saved us?"Tea asked, Joey smiled before answering her question. "It was Mai, I saw her. Now, how are we going to find old Pegasus?"

"Well, let's get into town and we can ask for directions." I said, while driving the way I hoped was to civilization. "What we need is a plan. Whoever is after Pegasus knows that we're here and we need to get to him first. But we have to be really careful." Tea said. "But I'm still confused, Joey how did you know that it was Mai."

"It was because she was carrying her trademark card; Harpie Lady. Plus, I got a glimpse of her through her helmet," Joey answered. "Hey there's a gas station. Let's get those directions." He and Yugi ran in, while everyone waited. When they came back, it took us about an hour get to Industrial Illusions.

"That's weird, is this place supposed to be empty?" Marik asked. "I wonder if they are on holiday or something," Joey said. "Then why would they leave the doors open, Einstein?" Marik asked sarcastically. Tea then walked to see if the phone worked, but it didn't. Then metal gates came down, trapping us in the building. A motorcycle from the upper level was heard, when finally a red bike came flying down to our level.

"Mai, is that you?" Joey asked the rider, but he received no reply. When the biker took off the helmet it was Mai. It was sad to see someone that was once their friend, go to the evil side. I really don't want to see what happens when she says it's because of Marik sticking her in the Shadow Realm, since he's here and all. "I hate to say it, but 'told you so'." Joey said with a smile. "So Mai, what brings you to San Francisco?" All Mai did was ignore him again. "Hey, what's with silent treatment?"

"I'm not Mai, at least not the Mai you knew." Mai said, showing us a card. It was the Seal of Orichalcos card with Pegasus trapped in it. "How'd you do that? I thought that you're friends with these guys." Keily asked her, confused.

"Mai, you better start talking." Joey told her, still shocked. "Or else what?" a voice from the upper level said. "Your little reunion with Mai not what you expected it to be? Hey Mai, why are you keeping these guys all to yourself. Why not share the fun with us?" Valon asked.

"Mind your own business, Valon. These geeks are mine!" Mai told him, coldly.

"Mai, we're your friends! I remember saying goodbye to you at the end of Battle City; please tell me this is a joke." Joey pleaded. Tristan and Tea also agreed that it was hard to believe that she would betray them. "I never was a part of your little playgroup, and now, I'm gonna take you apart one by one. And I'm starting with you Wheeler." Mai said, activating her duel disk. "Now say hello to my real friend . . . THE SEAL OF ORICHALCOS!"

The seal formed around them, pushing the rest of the group back. Mai played Harpie Lady in attack and with the seal, her attack rose to 1800. You could tell that Joey didn't want to duel Mai in these conditions, but he really had no choice with the seal on the field. "Hey Pharaoh, quit mumbling to yourself down there. Nothing can break the power of the Seal of Orichalcos. Once its on the field, it doesn't leave until a soul has been captured." Valon yelled from the balcony. "And as soon as Mai takes care of Wheeler. I'll take your soul, Pharaoh." Rafael added.

"Get bag in your cage. Once I'm through with Wheeler, Yugi belongs to me." Mia said, looking at Joey waiting for him to move. Mai then asks Joey when he's going to make his move, but Joey says he can't duel her like this. If he wins she'll lose her soul. Mai told him that she has no soul. The Mai he knew is gone and she traded her soul for power.

"The old Mai was too lonely and pathetic. Now that weaker side is gone for good." Mai told him. "But I like the old Mai, and I intend to get her back." Joey said, activating his duel disk. Joey played a card in defense mode, before ending his turn. Mai summoned another Harpie Lady to the field, eliminating his face down and 1800 of his Life Points.

"I knew beating you would be easy, but I didn't think it was this easy. I play a card facedown and end my turn. My Harpies are waiting." Mai said telling Joey to go. I wish this wasn't so hard for him. I do have to say that Valon is getting on my nerves. He shouldn't make fun of Joey because he's sticking up for a friend. Joey then proceeded to play Rocket Warrior in defense mode and set card facedown, ending his turn. Mai attacked Rocket Warrior with her Harpie Lady and had the other Harpie to attack Joey directly. Joey activated his facedown card, Scapegoat, but Mai Nightmare Tri-Mirror. This allowed her to make more monsters for everyone that Joey had on the field.

"That's not fair. She can't have six monsters in play." Tristan protested. "Actually, she can. Remember the Seal of Orichalcos allows her to have up to ten monsters on the field." I told him. Mai's Harpie Lady attack from earlier, destroyed one of the Scapegoats. She placed a card facedown and ended her turn. Joey drew and summoned Panther Warrior in attack mode. He sacrificed one of his goats to attack one of the Harpie Ladies, but Mai activated a magic card called Harpie Lady Sparrow Formation.

"I don't remember her having that card back in Battle City." Tristan said shocked. "You're right Tristan, her deck is stronger than the last time we saw her." Yami replied. Joey told her that he didn't know what kind of spell those people had on her, but he intended to wake her up before someone was hurt. "I'm not under any spell. I was sick of my life, so I decided it was time for a change." Mai told him, "You wouldn't understand that though. None of you have ever been an outsider like me, all alone."

"I know exactly what she's talking about, but you don't see me trying to destroy my friends." Ryou mumbled to Marik, but you couldn't tell if it was Ryou or his Yami. "Duel Monsters was all I ever had, and so after Battle City was over, I set out to be the best. I dueled against chump after chump to improve me dueling skills. I wanted to make a name for myself, I wanted to be someone. It wasn't too long after that, that the nightmares started. I dreamed of Marik locking me in that hourglass in the Shadow Realm, suffocating me, calling for my friends but never receiving any help. Every night it was the same. I was weak, and no one could help me. I finally reached the end of it. I dueled against Valon and lost."

"I said I was sorry for my evil side for locking you there. You even accepted the apologies." Marik stated slightly mad. "Just because I forgave, doesn't mean I didn't forget." Mai told him.

"After Valon told me what I really wanted, I realized that it was the smartest decision of her life. Now nothing can stop me." Mai said, playing Harpie Lady Phoenix formation. Seeing as she had six Harpie Ladies on the field, she was able to destroy up to six of Joey's monsters. But Joey only had three monsters on his side of the field, allowing Mai to destroy them all. "That's not all," Bakura added, "The sum of the monsters attack points that were destroyed will be subtracted from Joey's Life Points." Joey was left with two hundred Life Points.

"This isn't far. She has all of her Life Points and Joey's only one attack away from losing. Isn't there anything that he can do?" Christy asked turning to the more experienced duelists. "The only way he could win is if he found a way to break that seal, and so far we really don't know that much about it." I said trying to remember what happened in this duel from the episodes. We heard Rafael and Valon saying things about Joey, but no one really paid them any mind. We then saw that Joey was about to forfeit the duel.

"No Joey, forfeiting is not the answer." Yami told him. "Yeah, if you give up on the duel then you give up on yourself and your friends." Marik said. "Hey, I actually listen to some of the friendships speeches the cheerleaders say."

Yami shook his head, "If you want to save Mai, then you need to keep fighting. Mai is driven by anger, jealousy, and hatred. Joey, you have to remind her what dueling is really about. Trust, conviction, and heart." Joey had a look of understanding written across his face. He then drew, "Mai, it's time to see what true dueling is all about."

I heard all of the gang talking about what Joey should and shouldn't do, when I felt something poke my arm. "Do you remember what happens next?" Keily whispered. "I can remember some of it, but for some unknown reason, it's getting kind of hard to remember the episodes." I whispered back.

"So, I'm not the only one then. I know that I missed some episodes when I was sick that one time, but it seems that I'm forgetting all that we watched. Do you think it has something to do with being dragged here?" She asked. "I don't know Keily, but I do intent to get some answers from Dartz. That is his name, right? I can't seem to remember." I asked, thinking really hard on the man's name. "Yeah, I think that's it." She said.

Joey then summoned the card Fiend Megacyber; he attacked taking Mai down to 3600 Life Points. At least he was back in the game, Tristan cheered. "What happened if Joey wins? Then we'll lose Mai forever, won't we?" Tea asked. "Unless, Joey discovered the secret to ending this duel without either of them losing." Yami told Tea. Joey then placed one card facedown and ended his turn. Mai looked a little hurt that Joey decided to fight back. "Well Wheeler, it's all over now. As soon as I attack your Life points will be gone along with your soul." Mai told Joey.

"Guys, are you dueling in there?" We all turned to see Duke Devlin outside with Rex and Weevil. Why in the world did he bring them along? "Trust me, it's a long story and we don't have time to talk!" Tea called out. "We're trapped inside and you need to find a way for us to get out." Tristan added, before Duke ran off.

"I sacrifice two Harpies in order to summon Harpie's Pet Dragon with a total attack power of 3400 with the effect of the seal and the card it's self." Mai said before attacking Joey's Fiend Megacyber. "I activate my trap card, Compensation Mediation. This card is shuffled together with two cards from your Graveyard and then I choose one of the facedown cards. If it's mine, then your attack is blocked. If it's one of your cards, then the attack continues and I lose the duel." Joey said, handing his card to Mai as she puts the three cards together. She then returned to her side of the field placing the cards facedown. Joey picked the right card, so he is still in the game for now.

"The thing with this card is that the cards you picked from your Graveyard to the top of your Deck." Joey said. Mai could careless, she moved one Harpie Lady to the rear leaving her Pet Dragon in the front line, she then placed two cards facedown. Joey drew, set a card facedown, set a monster in defense, and switched Fiend Megacyber to defense. "You're pretty calm foe someone about to lose their soul." Mai said while drawing a card.

"I've been involved in some pretty insane duels. They've taught me to keep fighting until the last point is gone. I activate my trap, Drop Off." Joey said, stopping Mai's draw phase. She in turn activated Trap Jammer, canceling the effect of his trap card. She attacks Fiend Megacyber with Harpie's Pet Dragon; she then has one of her Harpie Ladies attack the facedown monster. The monster happens to be Fiber Jar, this card causes them to return all cards from the field, hand, and the Graveyard to then decks and draw five new cards. Mai didn't like that so she activated the trap card, Harpie's Feather Storm. This card deactivated the monsters effect, but Mai ended her turn.

Joey drew, set a monster facedown, and ended his turn. Mai draws then activates Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation. Joey's card id destroyed, but his Life Points stayed the same. He told her that his monster, Neko Mane King, has an attack of zero and that she just wasted he best card. He also said that since his card was destroyed by a magic card that ends her turn. "Joey has more lives than my cat!" We heard Rex say. Whoever knew that Rex was a cat person? "Is your strategy to drag on the duel till I forfeit from boredom?" Mai asked rudely.

"Don't worry about my strategy; you just worry about your own." Joey told her. Joey then drew a card and it left an astonished look on his face. "I'd like to introduce you to my new friend. Meet HERMOS!"

Joey has two hundred Life Points compared to Mai's 3600. "I've found the secret to ending this duel and saving both of us. First I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Fiend Megacyber, and then I play Time Wizard and summon The Claw of Hermos combing the two monsters together." Joey watches as Time Wizard and Hermos combined making a giant hammer with a winged clock face. "I don't really care what that thing looks like, I trust my deck. Now Megacyber, pick up the hammer and attack!" Joey ordered.

Mai activated Harpie Lady Sparrow Formation, but it doesn't have any effect because his hammer has the power of his dragon and his Time Wizard. "I hope Joey knows what he's doing." Tea said. "Of course he doesn't, just look at what happened to his dragon." Tristan said as he slapped his forehead.

"I'm so glad I'm friends with you people. You're not even showing that you believe in Joey! And I wondered why I stayed in Domino." Marik said while shaking his head. "Marik seems right for once, if we don't support Joey, what kind of friends are we?" I said, Marik shook his head in agreement. After he realized what I said, he glared at me. I just smiled back.

"They're right. First impressions can be deceiving." Yami said. Fiend Megacyber pounded the hammer into the floor, making a black hole open underneath. Then, glowing numbers appeared on Mai's monsters, Harpie's Pet Dragon is #1, and the Harpies are #3, 2, and 6. Joey ended his turn after nothing else happened. Mai drew her card, but then her monsters were sucked into the black hole made by Hermos-Time Wizard. "What happened to my monsters?" Mai yelled at Joey, but he was just as shocked as she was. "I have no choice, but to lay one card facedown and end my turn." She said.

Joey drew and attacked Mai directly dropping her Life Points to 1400. He then placed one card facedown and ended his turn. Mai drew her next card, when her Dragon appeared returning to the field. "What just happened?" Bakura asked glaring at the dragon, like it should die just because he was glaring. "It looks like the numbers that appeared represent the number of turns that they will return to the playing field. Unfortunately, Harpie's Pet Dragon was represented with a one meaning that it came first, but since she has no Harpie Ladies on the field the only bonus the dragon has is the 500 boost from the Seal of Orichalcos." I said, but I wasn't totally sure.

"Now that I have my dragon back, attack Wheeler's Fiend Megacyber!!!" Mai shouted. "No Mai, wait!" Valon called out, but it was useless. Joey activated his trap card, Skull Dice. The die rolls a two and Harpie's Pet Dragon is reduced to half the attack, leaving is at 1250. Fiend Megacyber destroys her dragon leaving her Life Point at 450, meaning that she and Joey are almost even. While Mai was mumbling to herself, we saw Valon jump from the balcony with a piece of the Orichalcos that resided in his ring. When the stone came into contact it the seal, it blow up throwing everyone back.

~ciabri

A.N. This is Chapter four. It took my forever to write the duel, but I had to rewatch the episode so that I could put in the important details. I know that I said I wouldn't post this chapter unless I got atleast one or two reviews, but I have three people that have favorited or added to their alert list so I posted this for them. So thank you Lily the hedgehog, snakelover17, and Dawnmist 11. Hopefully I'll get lucky and someone will review. And ya'll are lucky that I'm posting this on my birthday!!! So please just press the little button down there.