Hey! I'm back! :D Thanks for the reviews guys! I really appreciate that! :) Here's the fourth chapter! And before you say that Mai was the one who dueled Pegasus, I'll say, in this story, Mai didn't get controlled by the Orichalcos, instead, she's still friends with Yugi, Joey, Téa and Tristan. I won't ruin the plot, hehehe. Enjoy! I don't know how to write a duel between Gabriel and Pegasus, -They didn't show the duel between Mai and Pegasus- so, I'll just type the end of the duel. And there will be a duel in this chapter! Between who and who? Figure out! :D
I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! I only own Gabriel and the plot
It was morning and Gabriel found herself in Alister's room -sitting next to each other against their wills-, planning their next move.
"So, just to make this clear, I'll duel Pegasus, seal his soul, then you duel Kaiba?" Gabriel said tilting her head.
Letting out an irritated sigh, Alister nodded for the umpteenth time. "Yes. Did you get it yet?" he asked, looking at his deck, purposely avoiding her gaze.
"But you put it as if it was so easy. Pegasus invented the game! And Kaiba, I don't know about him, but he has good strategies, not to mention he has a corporation!" Gabriel reminded, crossing her arms.
Alister glared angrily at her. "Don't ever mention KaibaCorp in front of me ever again!" he snarled.
In response, Gabriel took a few steps back. She couldn't help but notice that Alister's gaze was shifted to the ground. There was something in his eyes.
Sadness? she asked herself.
"Is there something wrong?" Gabriel asked concerned about him.
Alister shook his head. "Nothing's wrong," he said, getting up and walking out of his room, "Let's go. It's a long trip to San Francisco."
The moment Alister left the room, Gabriel could finally confirm the fact that Alister's grey eyes were filled with sadness.
Before leaving the room, Gabriel looked around the room one last time, noticing a burnt toy soldier next to his computer. With a confused look, she examined it, before taking it and left the room.
When Alister and Gabriel reached the garage, they found Valon and Raphael there.
"Hello guys," she greeted, "You ready?"
"Yep!" Valon exclaimed as they all mounted their bikes.
Raphael revved his, the other three following the older biker's lead, before setting off to San Francisco.
After an extremely long ride, they arrived at Industrial Illusions. Alister and Gabriel jumped off their motorbikes.
Before heading inside, Gabriel hugged Valon. "If I don't come back, know that I've tried my best." she said, hugging him tightly.
He was the only one from her family alive -or it seemed to- and they'll never be apart.
Valon hugged back as tightly. "Ya will win, Gabby. Count on 'at," he said, before pulling away.
"Good luck," Wished Raphael and Gabriel nodded. Alister was waiting for her next to the gates.
Gabriel walked up to Alister.
"Let's go," she said, giving Alister a nod, and they went inside the building.
Before they could go any further, they met a secretary who told them that Pegasus is busy. Gabriel told her that he invited them; the secretary thought that Gabriel was Téa Gardner and in result, she let them see Pegasus.
Gabriel noticed that Alister was surprisingly quiet in the whole ordeal. They took the elevator to the top floor.
Once the elevator's door opened, they got out and entered Pegasus's office.
The found Pegasus sitting at his desk, looking at them as if he knew they're coming. "Nice to meet you again, Gabriel," he said with that smile of his. "What brings you here?"
Gabriel felt shivers run down her spine. She glanced at him before looking back at Alister, who nodded at her direction. Looking back at Pegasus, a confident smirk was on her face. "I'm here for a duel," she calmly said.
"Hmm?" Pegasus cocked an eyebrow, before nodding with a smile. "Alright then," he said standing up and walking towards a door in his office. He entered the room, and Gabriel had no choice but to follow.
Gabriel remembered that she left her duffel bag on her motorcycle. She sighed before getting out her cellphone to dial Valon.
She searched through her contacts for Valon, and immediately called him. "Hey Valon, can you do me a favor and get my duffel bag from my motorbike?" There were a few moments of silence. Gabriel couldn't help but notice Alister smacking his forehead from the corner of her eye. After a few seconds she smiled. "Thanks, Val!" she said before hanging up.
Gabriel looked at Pegasus who was already standing on the platform. She stepped on the platform, and crossed her hands. "Should I believe that you won't cheat?" she asked, looking at Pegasus firmly.
Pegasus laughed. "I don't have the millennium eye anymore." he said with a creepy smile.
Gabriel shivered again. "Let's duel!"
Gabriel was standing on her platform with an evil smirk adorning her face. She had the seal on her forehead and a red glint in her sky blue eyes. Pegasus had a strange look in his eyes, he seemed afraid.
Gabriel: 550
Pegasus: 200
"This duel is over!" Gabriel said, as she drew a card. "Now I tribute Shining Angel and The Agent of Creation to summon Athena (ATK: 2600/DEF: 800) in attack mode," Gabriel summoned, and due to the seals effect, Athena 's ATK is now 3100. "And then I attack! Athena, attack his Aqua Madoor!" Gabriel commanded and Athena flew over to Aqua Madoor and slashed him mercilessly.
Since Aqua Madoor was in defense mode, Pegasus didn't take any battle damage. But Gabriel had another monster, and Pegasus was open wide. Her other monster used to be a cute little monster, but with the seal on its forehead and its eyes glowing red, it was more of a scary monster.
"Hanewata, attack his life points directly!" Gabriel exclaimed, pointing at Pegasus. Hanewata flew over to Pegasus and bit him.
Pegasus let out a loud cry and dropped on his knees. The seal glowed brightly before shrinking and surrounding Pegasus. Gabriel walked over to him and knelt down to face him. "You enjoyed trapping the souls of others, so how does it feel now?" Gabriel said, before laughing.
Pegasus looked at her with sympathy. "I see that you've chosen to be evil," was the last thing he said, before collapsing on his face, soullessly.
Gabriel stood up and walked back to Alister. "What did ya think?" she asked him, and he merely nodded.
"Now to get Kaiba," he said and turned around to walk out of the duel room.
"Hey, are we just gonna leave Pegasus laying here so someone can find him?" Gabriel asked
Alister turned his head back to respond only for something to bump into him; specifically, a poofy brown blur.
"Valon! Watch where you're going!"
"Sorry mate! I wasn' lookin'."
Gabriel looked at him and couldn't help but laugh. She also noticed he was holding her duffel bag. "Thanks for getting it, but why did you take so long?" she asked, tilting her head.
Valon rubbed the back of his head. "Ya see, the secretary didn' let me go, an' she said she can duel, an' I agreed to duel her," he said sweat dropping.
Alister huffed. "Lemme guess, you used the seal?" he said.
Valon nodded. "'at's was the only way I can get 'ere-Oye! Don't give me 'hat look, Alister! It only took three minutes-"
"There's no way. Gabby's duel was longer than that. What other mischief happen?"
"The security didn' approve of me," he laughed sheepishly.
Gabriel shook her head. "I don't want to know what happened to them."
Alister rolled his eyes. "I'm going to Duelist Kingdom to duel Kaiba," he said, walking out of the duel room and into Pegasus' office.
"I'm going with you!" Gabriel quickly said, following him quickly.
He stopped at her exclaimation, only to have her bump into him.
"No," he stated, giving a firm look while walking out of the office.
"Can you at least take this duffel bag?" she said, handing him her duffel bag.
He cocked an eyebrow. "Why?" he looked at it curiously, "Knowing Valon, he probably rigged it to explode or something."
"'ey! I wouldn' do 'hat-"
"Yes you would."
Gabriel laughed and opened it to reveal a Pegasus costume.
"You're kidding right?" Alister asked, while glaring at Valon (whom was howling with laughter.)
"You'll duel Kaiba in this costume, he'll believe he's dueling Pegasus," she said, before closing the bag.
Alister shook his head. "Well, thank you I guess," he said before snatching the duffel bag from her. He walked out of the office leaving Valon and Gabriel.
"How did you make that costume?" Valon asked her.
"Well, I was one of the finalists in Duelist Kingdom. I met him, he was a creepy guy nonetheless, but with his permission, I took one of his tuxedos," she shrugged. "I made the face and the wig."
Valon grinned and throw an arm around his sister's shoulder. "Let's get goin'. Yugi's gang will arrive soon."
They walked out of the office to see Alister waiting for the elevator. Gabriel remembered taking a toy from his room and she felt she had to give it to him.
"Hey Alister," she said, waiting for Alister to look at her.
"Yes?" he asked, looking down at her.
"I want to give you something." she said, searching through her jacket pocket until she found what she was looking for.
"Here," she said, handing him the burnt toy soldier.
Alister looked at it before glaring hardly at Gabriel. "Why did you take it?" he said, gritting his teeth, his hands turning into fists.
Gabriel looked at the ground feeling guilty. "I'm sorry," she said quietly.
Alister inhaled then exhaled. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the elevator's ring.
They got in the elevator and Alister pushed the down button. The entire elevator ride was silent. What shocked them both was that Valon was silent.
"Took you long enough," Raphael said, as the three other bikers exited the elevator. He couldn't help but cock his eyebrow at Gabriel's guilty expression; the furious look on Alister's face and really raised his eyebrow at the now quiet Valon.
"What happened?" Raphael asked.
"Will tell ya lateh." Valon said, as they watched Alister getting on his motorcycle and heading off towards Duelist Kingdom.
"Let's get going," Raphael said, jumping on his motorcycle, heading off.
Valon jumped on his, waiting for Gabriel to do the same. "Let's go, Gabby." he said, and set off.
Gabriel sighed before following him.
With Yugi and the others
The gang waited in the limo at an old run-down gas station.
"What's taking the driver so long?" Téa wondered loudly.
"Let's check on the guy," Joey said before getting out of the Limo; the others following him.
They saw no one at the station.
Joey heard a noise—a rumbling sound. The others didn't hear it at first, but then Yugi heard it too. They ran out into the road, where, out of a cloud of dust, a gang of motorcyclists appeared, all dressed in black, with helmets covering their faces. Tristan had a feeling they were not there to rescue them.
The bikers stopped, one said menacingly that kids shouldn't be roaming around these parts.
Joey grabbed Téa and shoved her behind him, asking the bikers if they have a problem, while Tristan told them to move away.
"It's dangerous Yugi, let me take over!" Yami said through the mind link and Yugi agreed.
"What do you want?" Téa demanded.
"I thought I told you to move away!" Tristan shouted raising his fist.
"I think they aren't taking the advice," Yami said, crossing his arms.
"RUN!" shouted Joey startling the bikers and ran towards the limo, the others following -running behind- him.
The bikers rode towards the limo surrounding the gang. They jumped off their motorcycles and each one of them raised up a pipe.
The leader swung his pipe in front of Joey, and Joey had to protect himself by shielding his arm over his face. Before the pipe collided with Joey's face, the pipe was hit out of his hand by a card.
The bikers looked at their leader, before looking back at the gang. Out of nowhere, another biker appeared. She was on a red motorcycle and she wore a red helmet. By the outfit the person was wearing, it was clear that it was a girl. She threw some more cards, and one by one, more of the bikers fell as she passed by.
Joey walked over to one of the fallen bikers noticing a card sticking out of his hand. He looked closely at it and gasped when he recognized the card.
"Harpie Lady?" he said, his eyes widening and took the card out of the biker's hand.
The female biker passed by him, snatching her card from him. "I'll take that, thank you." she said, and stopped her motorcycle.
She jumped of her motorcycle, taking off her helmet revealing wavy waist-length blonde hair and violet eyes. Joey's eyes widened before he smiled.
"Mai..." he said then grinned.
"Can I come with you? There's something I need to check on at Industrial Illusions," she said, walking up to him.
Joey nodded. "Sure, Mai. You're always welcomed," he smiled warmly at her, and she smiled back.
Behind the gas station, a biker rode towards Mai, swinging chain, wrapping it around Mai's duel disk. In response, Mai pulled the chain, knocking him over. His motorcycle crashed into one of the gas pumps, and started a fire.
"That's not good!" Joey exclaimed, pulling Mai with him towards the limo.
As the limo peeled out, the gas station exploded behind them.
On top of a mesa, Valon, Raphael and Gabriel watched the whole thing.
"Someone out there likes to crash parties," Raphael said, a frown visible on his face.
Gabriel merely huffed at the blond's statement and folded her arms over her chest.
"Mai Valentine," Gabriel said, walking down the mesa, being followed by Valon and Raphael.
"Ya know 'er?" Valon said, catching up with his sister.
She nodded. "She was one of the finalists in Battle City, she was trapped in the shadow realm when she lost a duel with Yami Marik," Gabriel explained, and crossed her arms.
"How did ya know all of 'is?" Valon asked, tilting his head.
Gabriel laughed. "I participated in Battle City," she said, reaching the end of the mesa.
"Well, its seems that ya 'ad a lot of fun," Valon chuckled.
'If only you knew.' Gabriel sighed before smiling at her brother. "Are we going back to Industrial Illusions?" she asked.
Valon nodded, and jumped on his motorcycle as he reached it. "Yup!" he said.
Gabriel jumped on hers, and they waited for Raphael to ride his. As Raphael got on his motorbike, they set off to go back to Industrial Illusions.
It was night when Yugi's gang arrived at Industrial Illusions.
"Well, I was expecting to see Pegasus waiting for us," said Joey, as he looked around.
"Well, it looks quite empty. Are they on a holiday?" Tristan asked as he looked around with Joey.
"I don't think so. The doors are wide open," Téa said, pointing at the building's doors.
Mai was looking at the place, frowning. "I think someone is inside," she said.
Yami looked up at Mai, and then nodded. "Let's go inside," he said, and headed towards the building. Joey immediately followed him, Tristan and Téa walking behind them, while Mai was focusing on something outside the building.
She heard motorcycle's roar coming from outside, but shook her head and followed the others.
Upon entering the building, security metal gates came down all around the building, trapping them inside.
They heard a motorbike coming from an upper level. They looked up, and suddenly a blue motorcycle came flying down to them and stopped in the middle of the floor. The biker took off their helmet and they were surprised to see Gabriel
"Gabriel!" they all said in unison except Mai, who had already guessed she will see Gabriel there.
"What brings you here?" Joey asked, glaring at her.
She smiled, and showed them The Seal of Orichalcos with Pegasus trapped inside of it.
Mai glared at Gabriel. "You better start talking-" she was interrupted by a voice coming from the upper level.
"Or else what?" appeared Valon, who was watching from above with Raphael.
Joey ignored Valon and looked at Gabriel. "Gab, we're your friends! Remember Duelist Kingdom? Remember Battle City?" Joey exclaimed, noticing that Gabriel's eyes had soften a bit, but then sadness came after it. And then an angry expression washed over her.
Gabriel opened her mouth, but she shook her head and she glared at Joey. "If you were my friends, you would never abandon me. Remember how you abandoned me in Duelist Kingdom, when Mai came?!" she shouted, pointing at Mai who was a little surprised.
"You all immediately became her friends and forgot about me," Gabriel said, looking at the ground. She looked back up at them, with a hard glare.
"And when Pegasus almost trapped my soul, no one cared." Gabriel laughed sarcastically. "And lets not forget what happened in Battle City. I bet no one remembers when Yami Marik trapped my soul in the Shadow Realm. If it weren't for Bakura, I wouldn't be here," she continued, remembering how Bakura rescued her from the Shadow Realm.
They all had their eyes wide, even Valon and Raphael were surprised.
"Gabriel, we didn't know-" Tristan began, but was interrupted by Yami.
"You're right. We didn't care about you a lot," he began, "But now, we feel guilty for what we've done."
Gabriel laughed, she opened her mouth to say something, but then she smirked. She activated her duel disk with a dark laugh. "Well, I don't take apologies. And its too late, Pharoah."
Mai snorted and activated her duel disk. "I'll duel you. But don't cry when you lose," Mai said, walking closer to Gabriel.
"Let's duel!" they shouted in unison.
Chapter 4 is done! =) Flashbacks for Duelist Kingdom and Battle City will appear in later chapters! R&R please. I appreciate constructive criticism, no flames please! Thanks for my beta for beta-ing this chapter! =3