"Well I guess we have no choice. But the good news is they may be taking us to Dartz" said Emily. The helicopters took us to a large and too familiar island. The pilot that seemed to be the leader motioned for us to land. We landed just outside the temple on the island.
"We better head inside." said Pharaoh "and stick together."
"I'll catch up. There is something I've got to do." I said
"Didn't you hear me? We have got to stick together." said Pharaoh exasperated.
"I know that I'll be ok." I reassured him "By the way can I borrow some of your duel monster cards? Like say Dark Magician girl, Dark Magician Princess, Crystal Beast Guardian, The Egyptian Princess, and the guardian dragons perhaps? And maybe that useless card Pegasus gave you?"
"If that's what you want but be sure to return them." answered Pharaoh handing me the cards uncertainty.
"Don't lose my card or you'll be sorry" warned Seto. I nodded and watched them run off. I looked down at the cards Pharaoh had given me.
"I'm coming Yugi" I whispered quietly.
I closed my eyes and concentrated on going to the center room. I felt my feet slowly leave the ground. Suddenly I jerked my eyes open looking directly where I wanted to go and I went up like a rocket and stopped in the middle room door. I stepped back and walked to the door that the others should come through
I had been standing there for two minutes when the door opened and Seto and Pharaoh stepped in. Behind them Emily and Sarah stared at me shocked.
"How did you get here before us?" cried Emily.
"I have my ways" I replied, smiling sadly. Pharaoh and Seto looked about as confused as them but I waved it off and pointed at a big door that was opening up.
Suddenly we heard Dartz's voice saying "Welcome to my humble sanctuary. I was hoping you would make it to me. Now who are these lovely ladies? I haven't seen them before."
"Leave them out of it. They have nothing to do with this." Pharaoh growled. "Now return our friends this instant!"
"I'm afraid I can't do that because you see they are already in use, supplying power to the Great Beast." replied Dartz in mock sympathy. "I have been collecting souls for thousand of years, to prepare for this moment.
Pharaoh was stepping forward to duel with Dartz when I jumped over his head doing a front flip to propel myself and landed in front of him.
"What's the mater Dartz, afraid to take on a girl?" I teased "Tell me is your soul strong enough to feed the Leviathan? If it is then mine is too!"
"Tanya what are you doing!" cried Sarah "Get back here!"
"Sorry I can't do that." I called back "I started this whole mess so I'm going to finish it." I turned back to Dartz and smiled.
"So are you ready for a real duel?" I called. Dartz just smiled coldly in return.
"But you don't even have a duel disk!" called Pharaoh.
"Easily fixed" I replied while concentrating on a duel disk and slowly but surly one appeared.
"Sorry to make you wait but I'm a bit rusty." I apologized sarcastically.
"Who are you?" asked Dartz a hint of fear in his eyes. "The only ones who are supposed to have that power in here are the…the..."
"Who, the Atlantians?" I asked raising an eyebrow. Dartz looked surprised but did not respond. I nodded and activated my duel disk.
"Then duel me, unless you're afraid?" I taunted coldly.
"What are you doing? Don't mock him in his own domain!" calls Sarah. I simply smiled as Dartz steamed.
"Fine, I will duel you but you will be sorry you ever challenged me." He cried activating his duel disk. "Then I will take the Pharaoh."
I shrugged "If you can beat me, that is."
I stepped onto the dueling platform and handed Dartz my deck, that I had always secretly carried plus Pharaoh's six cards along with Joey's and Seto's guardian dragons., to shuffle and took his to do the same.
Taking my deck back I said "Draw." I drew my hand and was pleased to see Pharaoh's cards all in it as well as Joey and Seto's. I looked up and smiled at Dartz.
"You first," I said. Dartz's first move was to play the Seal of Orichalcos and The Mirror knights that looked just like Mia, Pegasus, Joey, and YUGI!
"How predictable," I yawned.
"Be careful I don't think you want to destroy your friends souls now do you?" laughed Dartz.
"No and I don't plan to either." I said
"But the only way to win the duel against me is to destroy my mirror knights, unless you forfeit." said Dartz
"Of course not," I scoffed "I said I wouldn't destroy my friend's souls not your dumb mirror knights!" At this I summoned The Egyptian Princess and Crystal Beast Guardian in attack mode. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Sarah and Emily start to glow and smiled.
"Welcome my sisters I hope you brought your game faces!" I called as Sarah and Emily appeared on the field. They looked at me, startled questions written on their faces, but I waved it away.
"I'll explain later. Right now we have a duel to win!" I said
"But you don't even know how to duel! I never got around to teaching you!" called Emily.
"You'd be surprised what you can pick up by just watching and private practice." I said before waving my hand to hold off any more questions.
"Not now girls." I said. Then Dartz, who had been sitting so quietly cut in,
"My turn." he said. He reached over and did his draw then attacked Sarah with Yugi. I saw Sarah flinch but she stayed on the field.
"How can that be!" cried Dartz "My mirror knights have a higher attack points than her!"
"Poor, poor Dartz, you don't know anything do you?" I laughed "Her special effect makes it so that as long as Emily is on the field she can't be destroyed."
"And now it's my turn. I call upon the Legend of Heart! Come forth my Guardians of Atlantis!" I cried holding up the "worthless" card Pegasus had given Pharaoh. Then Timaeus, Hermos, and Critius flew up into the sky and we heard the voice of Timaeus calling out.
"After ten thousand years we have been set free to save Atlantis!" he cried. And in a brilliant flash of light the three guardians returned to their true forms, The Three Knights!
"Welcome oh guardians of Atlantis! I hope your journey here was not too unpleasant!" I called out, smiling. When the three knights saw me they flew down to me and bowed.
"It is our honor to serve you oh princess. We hope the years have not been hard on you." Critius said politely.
"It is time to continue. Would you three please do the honors of disposing of the mirror knights?" I asked gesturing to Dartz's monsters.
"NO TANYA! What are you thinking? You are going to destroy our friends!" cried Pharaoh. I waved him off and signaled for the three knights to continue, which they did bringing Dartz's life points down to two-thousand. I heard Pharaoh cry out for Yugi and Joey.
"What have you done? You've destroyed them!" he shrieked.
"No I haven't, so calm down, They're going to be just fine. The only thing I destroyed was those mirror knights that were causing so much trouble." I reassured him "Trust me I know what I'm doing" He looked doubtful but fell silent. Then Dartz held out five cards.
"Now feel the power of my Orichalcos Knights! I summon Orichalcos Aristeros, Orichalcos Shunoros, Orichalcos Deuteros, Orichalcos Malevolence, and Orichalcos Kyutora" he cried playing them. As the creatures of darkness appear a strange voice called out to me in my mind.
"Finally you have returned to lead us. Give us your command and we will obey. We will destroy this sniveling wimp called Dartz." It called as the Orichalcos Knights knelt before me.
"NO! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" I scream falling to the ground "I WILL NOT LEAD YOU SO LEAVE ME BE! I WILL DESTROY YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MY FAMILY!" I huddled on the ground hiding from the voice that had haunted me for all these years.
"Tanya! What's wrong?" cried Sarah who had been pushed away by the Orichalcos along with Emily, Timaeus, Hermos, and Critius.
"Snap out of it girl!" called Emily.
"Princess what is wrong!" called Timaeus.
"What is the power of the Orichalcos to much for you?" Dartz teased.
"If you will not lead us we will reveal your little secret to your friends." threatened the voice.
"No! I don't care I should have told them long ago." I whimpered, then stronger "I will make you pay for what you have done to my brother!"
"Very well then we will duel but you will be sorry!" It roared in my head. At this the Orichalcos Knights pulled away giving Sarah and Emily room to get to me.
"What happened? We heard you scream at some invisible voice then the knights pulled away. Did they hurt you?" Sarah whispered worriedly.
"No, not physically at least, but we are going to give them much pain!" I growled. Sarah nodded. She and Emily then turned to face the Orichalcos Knights with the guardians at their sides.
"Guardians, join hands with Sarah and Emily and all of you focus your powers on The Orichalcos Knights and the Seal of Orichalcos!" I cried. They did this and as they concentrated, a beam of sand, crystal, blue, green, and red lights, formed in the middle of their conjoined hands before shooting out and destroying the Orichalcos knights and Seal, bringing Dartz's life points down to six-hundred. Dartz looked shocked but quickly recovered and drew. He held out the card to look at it and smiled.
"Now let's see how they fare against my Divine Serpent!" he called out whilst summoning it. Then he discarded his hand and his life points went to zero.
"Did we win?" gasped Sarah flabbergasted.
"No." I corrected "Under normal circumstances we would have but The Divine Serpents special ability makes it so that as long as it is on the field Dartz is still in the game. But if it is destroyed he loses."
"You shouldn't know that! How do you know?" objected Dartz. I smiled shrugging.
"You'll see soon enough." I taunted "But first, Guardians attack The Divine Serpent together with Sarah and Emily!" They did and the result was miraculous. The Divine Serpent stood there for three seconds, not moving, and then collapsed, as Sarah and Emily returned to their bodies.
"What! That can't be! How did you beat me so easily?" gasped Dartz.
"Let's just say I know your strategies pretty well, shall we brother." I laughed.
"BROTHER!" yelled my friends "HE'S YOUR BROTHER!"
"No, you are not my sister!" growled Dartz "My sister has blue-green hair and gold eyes!"
"Oh yeah, I forgot about this old thing" I said as I removed the disguise I had put on myself so I could blend in with the human world "That better?"
"Tanesaya?" cried Dartz, pushing the Orichalcos back momentarily. "Where have you been the last ten thousand years?"
"On Earth, hiding." I replied evenly, then turning to the others "Sorry I didn't tell you earlier, but I would you have let me help if I had?" They just stood there staring at me shocked. So I turned back to Dartz, but he was gone! And in his place stood a vortex to Atlantis!
"I guess we're not finished yet." I sighed. Then fixed my eyes upon the carving on the wall that had Mai, Pegasus, Joey, and Yugi on them I, much to the amazement of my friends, began to float up towards them. Once level with the carvings I gently touched them one by one, first Mia, then Pegasus, then Joey, and finally Yugi. Each time I touched one a bright colored orb that floated off to find its body. Mia's zipped off to the medical center she was lying at. Pegasus' zoomed to his private island. Joey's swooshed off to Seto's helicopter, And Yugi's gently absorbed into Pharaoh. I let myself fall gently as Pharaoh and Yugi separated and embraced fondly. They were soon joined by Emily and Sarah and before long Joey came running in to join the fun with Tristan at his heels. I on the other hand stood apart waiting politely for them to finish.
Finally Yugi turned to me and said "What's wrong Tanya you're being awful quiet. Aren't you glad Pharaoh won the duel and that it's all over with?"
"First, Pharaoh didn't duel I did, and second, I would be celebrating if it was over, but it's not, look." I replied coldly, pointing at the portal "It's a doorway to Atlantis and Dartz went through there. I think he is still going to try to awaken the Leviathan." Yugi looked at me surprised but seemed to see better than to ask questions and began walking through the door with Emily, Sarah, Pharaoh, Joey, Seto, and Tristan quickly following soot.
I watched them go and then ran in after everyone was out of sight. Once through I reached into my deck and pulled out The Egyptian Princess, Crystal Beast Guardian, Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician Princess, and Legend of Heart.
I held them out and called "I summon thee come out and fight!" Then I began to glow along with Sarah and Emily but this time we didn't leave our bodies behind. Our bodies changed with us. I flew up next to Dark Magician Girl who was floating in the air observing her surroundings.
"Greetings sister, I am afraid that once again our meeting terms are unfriendly. We have a great battle to fight and we are going to need as much help as we can get." I called her, then turning to Sarah and Emily who were hovering next to Yugi and the others looking confused "Come here Sarah and you too Emily. We need your help!" They looked up and quickly joined me.
"What is it?" asked Emily
"Just join hands and concentrate on what I say, and if you know the words please join in." I said hurriedly "And you too my guardians."
They all nodded and joined hands as Dark Magician Girl and I chanted "Come my sisters and brothers your help is needed. Our world is threatened so come help us as we retaliate against the Seal!" Soon the guardians were chanting along "Come my sisters and brothers your help is needed. Our world is threatened so come help us as we retaliate against the Seal!" Not long after Sarah and Emily joined in "Come my sisters and brothers your help is needed. Our world is threatened so come help us as we retaliate against the Seal!" We called out as one voice, calling for the reinforcements I knew we would need. Soon we heard a crackling sound and we stopped our chanting to look up and we saw all the duel monsters flowing out of a hole in the sky.
"We heard you call and we answer accordingly. We will fight for our home and reclaim it!" called Dark Magician in answer to our chant. We looked down to see our friends staring up at us in aw. I smiled and waved.
"Ready for the duel of a lifetime you guys?" I laughed, suddenly feeling elated. At that I zoomed off leading the way for thousands of duel monsters and a few confused humans. As I slowed down I looked around for any sign of Dartz.
"Dartz, oh Dartzy boy where are you? Come out come out where ever you are Dartzane." I called mockingly. Suddenly a roar split the hall and we all looked up to see a giant pitch black serpent as tall as a three story building with Dartz sitting atop it!
"I thought you couldn't resurrect The Leviathan without Pharaoh's soul!" called Joey.
"I substituted it with one even more powerful, mine!" cried Dartz as he absorbed into the Leviathan.
"NO, Dartz you don't know what your doing please stop!" I cried out already knowing it was too late. Dart laughed and ordered the Leviathan to attack us!
"Move now!" I cried as I shoved Sarah and Emily out of the way, and pulled Dark Magician Girl with us. The beam zipped passed us harmlessly and hit the wall.
"That was close." said Sarah worriedly "Let's not make it any closer, ok?" Emily and I nodded agreeing and I looked around for a good place to attack from.
"Pharaoh, Yugi, you two have to find those god cards! There our only hope!" I called out to them "Please, we need reinforcements!" They looked up at me and nodded.
"We will!" called Yugi as he and Pharaoh ran off to find the god cards. I nodded and signaled for the other duel monsters to attack as I raised my staff aiming a blow at the Leviathan, even though I knew it was hopeless. I watched the attack bounce harmlessly off The Leviathan's skin and hit the ground along with the other monster's attacks. I frowned grimly.
"If Yugi and Pharaoh don't hurry up and get those god cards we're finished." I thought grimly "Please hurry!"
"Again," I cried "We must keep trying, my friends. Don't give up!" I raised my staff for another attack but before I could launch it Dartz ordered the Leviathan to attack us all! I reversed my staff's direction and used it to brace myself for the attack. I felt a searing pain cover me as I was hit by The Leviathan's black fire. I heard the screams of my fellow Atlantians and monsters as they were hit by the scorching blaze.
"Hang on!" I cried as the flames died down "Is everyone all right?"
"We're fine but I don't think we can take much more of that!" called Sarah urgently.
"Come on Yugi, where are you?" I whispered desperately "We seriously need your help!"
"Come on guys, we can't let this overgrown worm get in our way, try again" I called building up as much confidence as I could. They looked at me, by the looks on their faces I obviously was not covering up my fear very well but they nodded and prepared to attack again.
As quick as I could I built up as much strength as I could muster and sent it shooting out of my staff, but as I had expected my attack, as well as everyone else's, had bounce right off! I looked up grimly as The Leviathan charged for another attack.
"We can't survive another attack like the last one, and this one looks even worse. I have got to protect my friends." I thought desperately "Maybe I can't destroy The Leviathan but perhaps I have enough energy to protect my friends for one more turn, and maybe give Yugi a chance to get back. It's a slim chance but it's a chance." I nodded and charged up my staff to full power as I flew in front of my friends.
"What are you doing!" cried Emily. I looked back at her and smiled, then raising my staff I created the strongest barrier I could muster, using all my remaining energy. I felt the energy flood out and I felt myself fall as voices called out to me, but all I though about that I had bought my friends some more time. Then a familiar and very welcomed voice called out to me.
"Yugi," I whispered, and then everything went black.