A/N: Well it seems that Alexis and Danni are out of commission for this duel! With Jaden on the ropes and the boys getting chocked by Shadow Fog, Riku thinks calling in for help is the best thing to do. Too bad Rika only got part of the message! Will they get to the others in time? And what are the Items of Eternal Light that were drawn on the wall of the Abandoned dorm? All good questions! Let's see if we can find out!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or any other shows I may have borrowed powers, ideas, or anything else from.

The Shadow Duelist Part 2

"Calm down Rika. What happened?" Rose questioned going over to the girls bedside. Rika shook her head and started to get dressed in her uniform.

"There isn't any time for that. The others are in trouble!" Rika announced. Rose, understanding the situation was important, quickly went to change as well. As soon as the girls were in their uniforms they ran out of their room and out of the dorm. They were just a few feet away when they plowed into someone, knocking them all to the ground.

"Ouch! What the hell?" Ouran exclaimed rubbing his head. He blinked seeing both Rose and Rika on the ground next to him. "Rika? Rose? What are you both doing up?"

"Ouran! Riku's in trouble!" Rika exclaimed in fear. Ouran's eyes widened and he suddenly got serious.

"Where is he?"

Jaden: 2000 LP

Shadow Duelist: 4000 LP

"Your destiny is set. Soon my Archfiend deck will finish off all of your monsters. And my Millennium Item will finish off your soul." The Shadow Duelist laughed.

Jaden clenched his teeth. "This match isn't over yet." Jaden retorted drawing a card before sliding it onto his duel disk. "I've still got a few cards up my sleeves. Like this one. Mirage of Nightmare! And I'll throw down a couple of face downs while I'm at it."

"Don't waste my time. Your life points wont last long enough for you to use anymore of your cards. Alexis's soul is gone and soon so shall yours. Soon shall ALL of yours!" He announced drawing a card dramatically. "It's my turn."

Jaden grinned. "Hold on! I think your forgetting something. Mirage of Nightmare lets me draw until I have four cards in my hand."

The Shadow Duelist shrugged. "So go ahead then. You could have four million and it still wouldn't save you from the crushing power of my monster! Allow my Terrorking Archfiend to give you an example! Attack with Locus Storm Barrage!"

Terrorking Archfiend: 3000 ATK/1500 DEF

A swarm of bugs flew out of Terrorking's chest and towards Jaden. "Talk about having butterflies in your stomach. Good thing I played a trap card. Mirror Force. Say goodbye to all your monsters in attack mode!"

Chumley grinned. "Totally licious. If Jaden keeps this up we can finally get out of here. And with Alexis and Danni too!"

Riku looked confused. "What does 'licious' even MEAN?"

The bugs flying at Jaden crashed into the transparent wall in front of Jaden, ricocheting back and hitting Terrorking and Infernalqueen. The Shadow Duelist growled. "How dare you!"

Jaden smirked. "How? Cause I'm daring I guess."

"Let's see how daring you are after this. Using Desrook Archfiend, it allows me to resurrect Terrorking by sending this card to the graveyard." The Shadow Duelist sent his Desrook to the graveyard. "Say 'hello' to a not so old friend."

Terrorking Archfiend: 2000 ATK/1500 DEF

Jaden groaned. "Him again?"

"And now I activate the effect of the field spell card Pandemonium! It's powerful magic allows me to draw a new Archfiend if one of my Archfiend monsters is ever sent to the graveyard. Of course this new Archfiend can't be as powerful, but then my Terrorking is packing more than enough power as it is!" The Shadow Duelist laughed drawing a monster from his deck. "Now let's try this again! Locus Storm Barrage!"

Terrorking opened his chest allowing the grotesque looking bugs to fly across the field towards Jaden.

Jaden narrowed his eyes. "Go Emergency Provisions!" Jaden announced activating one of his spell cards. "This spell card allows me to sacrifice another spell or trap card at get back 1000 life points!"

Jaden: 3000 LP

Shadow Duelist: 4000 LP

Jaden crossed his arms over his face as the attack hit him directly.

Jaden: 1000 LP

Shadow Duelist: 4000 LP

"You still stand?" The Shadow Duelist asked in shock. Jaden slumped a bit before standing up straighter, a grin on his face.

"As long as I got two good legs."

The Shadow Duelist laughed and pulled out his Millennium Puzzle from his pocket causing it to glow. "But your legs are not good. And now with this latest strike on your life points neither are your arms!" Jaden's right arm was nearly completely gone, with a part of his left shoulder missing, and now a small portion of his left leg gone as well.

"Aw man, Jaden's fading fast." Syrus pointed out.

Riku shook his head. "This isn't good."

Jaden looked down at his body and winced. Man…talk about holding on by a limb. "Better make this turn count." Jaden said drawing a card. "Alright! I use the spell card the Warrior Returning Alive which brings back Elemental Hero Avian! Now fuse with Burstinatrix and create Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!"

Elemental Hero Flame Wingman: 2100 ATK/1200 DEF

Terrorking Archfiend: 2000 ATK/1500 DEF

"Now what do you say we turn up the heat in here Wingman! Attack with Infernal Rage!" Wingman fired a large blast of fire at Terrorking creating a large explosion as the monster was destroyed. "Oh by the way, did I mention his super power? Your beasties wont be the only one hurting, you will too! You take damage equal to your destroyed monsters attack points!"

Jaden: 1000 LP

Shadow Duelist: 1900 LP

The Shadow Duelist's legs and right arm started to disappear. Syrus blinked. "Parts of him are starting to disappear now too."

Chumley laughed. "Think that could work on my waistline?"

"This matters not because I have another Desrook Archfiend. I simply discard him to bring back my Terrorking. There is no escaping him. Rise again Terrorking!" Terrorking appeared back on the field and roared.

Terrorking Archfiend: 2000 ATK/1500 DEF

"Man, this guy is REALLY overstaying his welcome. I gotta find a way to get rid of him somehow. But first, I gotta protect myself with Dark Catapulter in defense mode!"

Dark Catapulter: 1000 ATK/1500 DEF

Jaden grinned. "Now come on! Do your worst!"

The Shadow Duelist narrowed his eyes. "You want my worst? You should be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it." He drew a card and smirked. "Especially with this card in the mix! I sacrifice my Archfiend to summon the Skull Archfiend of Lightening!" A large monster baring resemblance to Summoned Skull appeared on the field.

Skull Archfiend of Lightening: 2500 ATK/1200 DEF

"You wanted my worst and now you have it! Every last supercharged bolt!" He shouted as his monster attacked the Wingman destroying him.

Jaden: 600 LP

Shadow Duelist: 1900 LP

Jaden winced. I gotta hang on…for Alexis and Danni…if only she'd wake up. Jaden thought to himself. The knife loving brunette captain was bound to have something to free herself if she was only conscious to do it.

The Shadow Duelist pulled out his Millennium Puzzle once more, it's golden light shining. "Look into my Millennium Item, and feel yourself drifting further into the Shadows. You are defeated. Your life points are all but gone. Soon you will be nothing but a hollow soulless shell!" He said as Jaden fell to his knee breathing heavily and his vision blurred. "Feel yourself drifting…drifting..drifting!"

Jaden looked shocked. I-I can't see anymore. What's happening to me?

"He can't even stand up!" Chumley exclaimed.

"Jaden!" Syrus called out for his friend.

Riku bit his lip. Come on Rika…now would be a great time for a rescue.

"Okay Rika, did you hear ANYTHING else that could help us find them?" Ouran asked. He had taken Rose and Rika back to the control room while Jesse called the other lieutenants down. They were all starring at the girl, while Jesse kept watch on the monitors, hoping to see something.

Rika shook her head. "No…I'm sorry but Riku was too far away for me to get a good message. He just said he was in trouble and something about a dorm."

Mimi shook her head. "What dorm? Slifer, Ra, or Obelisk?"

Rika again shook her head. Rose put a hand on her shoulder. "We don't know."

Dante sighed. "We're going to have to search all of them. But I think we should check the Slifer dorm first. After all Riku is a Slifer."

"Good idea. I'll check the Slifer dorm with Ouran. Dante and Mimi can check Obelisk and Zane you can check the Ra dorm." Nikki suggested.

The others all nodded. Zane looked around before looking at Jesse. "Jesse, pull up Alexis's DAP and call her to let her know what's going on. Danni and Jaden too."

Jesse nodded and got to typing. He frowned as three DAP screens appeared on the computer. "Uh…there's somethin' wrong with this…"

The others went to stand around him. "What do you mean Jess?"

Jesse pointed to the screen showing two blank screens and one showing the ceiling on the Slifer dorm. "The one with the ceiling in it is Jay's, but the other two are Danni's and Alexis. They're both blank."

Rose shrugged. "That's not surprising. It is lights out. They must be sleeping."

Dante shook his head, getting worried. "No way. Danni is the lightest sleeper in the world. If she heard that DAP turn on she'd answer it. Something's definetly wrong. What ever happened both Danni and Alexis are somewhere dark."

Everyone shared a look and Zane took over. "Everyone fan out and look for them. Rika, Rose, you both stay here with Jesse in case Riku say's anything else. We'll find them."

The Shadow Duelist laughed. Look at him suffering. The Shadow Games are a powerful one indeed. Even the ones simply in your mind. If only he knew…

Jaden's deck glowed white for a moment before a glowing ball of light came out floating around Jaden, illuminating parts of the darkness. "KURRR."

"Is that you Winged Kuriboh?" Jaden asked, receiving another "KURRR" in response. "What is it pal? Trying to tell me something? Whoa quit moving around buddy." Jaden asked as the glowing light of Winged Kuriboh flew around illuminating the ground and dueling field showing that they were still in the same courtyard that they had started the duel in. "With that bright light your going to hypnotize me quicker then you help me." Something clicked in Jaden's mind. "Wait…that's it! That's what your trying to tell me! We're not playing in the Shadows! He's playing with my mind!"

Jaden opened his eyes and stood up looking across the hellish looking field at the Shadow Duelist. "Well no more! I got this Shadow Game scam figured out!"

Chumley blinked. "Did he just say Shadow Game scam?"

"What does he mean?" Syrus asked.

Jaden smirked. "I mean, my souls not on the serving plate anymore and neither is Alexis's or Danni's! Let's keep going! My turn!" Jaden shouted energetically, drawing his next card.

The Shadow Duelist winced. What's going on? Why isn't he scared anymore?

"First I'm gonna activate my Dark Catapulter's special ability! It allows me to remove one card from my graveyard for every turn Catapulter was in defense mode! Now, for every card I remove I get to destroy one trap or spell card out in play!" Jaden's graveyard glowed as Avian's card came out. "So since he was in defense mode for one turn, I'll remove Avian and get rid of your Pandemonium card! Now! Storm Shower Blast!" Jaden ordered as a beam of energy flew across the field and destroyed the Pandemonium card.

The hellish field was blown away as it showed the original rocky courtyard with the odd symbols in the ground. Alexis was still in the same spot inside the coffin, with Danni lying on the ground beside it. The Shadow Duelist scoffed. "So what? You still haven't destroyed this!" He held up the glowing Millennium puzzle.

Jaden grinned. "You ought to be careful what you wish for." He chucked Avian's card across the field so it burrowed into the Millennium Puzzle and cracked it, shutting the glow down. "You might just get it!"

"What did you do?"

Jaden's body reappeared as did the Shadow Duelist's. "Jaden got his body back!" Riku announced.

Jaden grinned. "I never lost it. This whole Shadow Game was just a big fake." The three boys blinked in confusion. "It was all just hypnosis, a whole lot of smoke and mirrors to make me think I was loosing my soul! This guy is a complete sham! I mean, he's probably some out of work carnie!" Jaden revealed.

The Shadow Duelist stepped back. "I'm not out of work! I can get my job at the Bear Back anytime I want!"

"Yeah, I'm sure that you could. And I'm sure that that papier-mâché Millennium Item goes over real well with the kiddies."

"No! Be quiet! It's real! I'm real!"

Jaden shook his head. "You're a side show phony."

The Shadow Duelist smirked. "You fool! You forget. The girl."

"Alexis!" Syrus shouted.

"That's right. Imprisoned in a Shadow Tomb. Her soul is festering in the dark recesses of the Netherworld! This proves that Millennium Pendant is real! What do you have to say to that?"

"That you're a big dunce." Jaden smirked. "You see, the Millennium Items were sketched on the inside of this dorm. Yours would be called the Millennium Puzzle. Not Pendant. You don't have Alexis's soul! You probably just electrocuted her like you did Danni! That'd be the only way you'd be able to hold her using a little rope! Now give them back and give back the other kids you snatched!"

The Shadow Duelist looked confused. "Other kids? I don't know what your talking about. And because of your earlier 'carnie' comment you can find your friend by yourself!" The Shadow Duelist threw a smoke grenade onto the ground. Jaden glared.

"Oh no you don't! Come here!" He ran across the field, causing the snake statues on the side of the rocky circular arena to glow. As soon as Jaden reached the center the lights shot out, a met in the center, eight beams of gold light focused in the air above the symbols on the ground. As soon as they met the Eye of Anubis appeared on the ground.

The Shadow Duelist, feeling the ground shake looked over and gasped. Jaden looked up in surprise. "How'd you do this trick?"

"I-I didn't…"

A swirling black vortex of air appeared spinning around both duelists. "What the..?" Jaden shouted as the black air engulfed them before solidifying into a purple dome of energy, with electrical charges coming out of it.

"JADEN!" Riku, Syrus, and Chumley all shouted.

"Whoa…what's going on?" Jaden questioned looking around at the dome they were now inside.

The Shadow Duelist looked thoroughly scared as well. "What is this place? Where am I?"

Jaden rolled his eyes. "Aw come on. Enough tricks already!"

"What trick? I can't do something like this!"

"Ugh…my head."

Immediately Riku, Syrus, and Chumley all ran around the large purple dome to see Danni holding onto her head sitting on the ground. She shook it once and looked at the boys running towards her. "Danni! Your okay!" Syrus said in relief.

Danni nodded, casting a look over to Alexis to make sure she was alright before looking back at them. "Yeah, I'm good. Alexis should come too soon. She must've been electrocuted a couple times to keep her out for so long. Where's Jaden?" The boys pointed to the large purple dome. Danni looked at it and gasped. "No…"

"What's wrong Danni?" Chumley asked.

Danni pushed herself to stand, wobbling a bit causing the boys to reach out to steady her. She pulled out her DAP and handed it to Riku. "Call Jesse. Tell him where we are and what's going on. Make sure Alexis is alright."

Riku looked at her in confusion. "What are you going to do?"

Danni started walking over to the dome. "To help Jaden." She reached out to touch the dome but got electrocuted and retracted her hands quickly. She sucked in a deep breath and her body gained a red glowing outline surrounding it. She put a hand on the dome, getting electrocuted once again but pushed on, forcing her way into the dome before she disappeared from the boy's sight.

"Don't worry. We'll find them." Rose comforted Rika who was starting to panic about possibly never seeing her twin again. Jesse was tapping his foot impatiently when the screen beeped.

He, Rose, and Rika all whirled around to look at the screen. Danni's DAP which had previously been black was now showing Riku, Syrus, and Chumley. "Jesse?"

"Oh thank god! Your okay!" Rika said practically in tears. Riku, seeing his sister smiled.

"Don't worry Rika, I'm fine. Take it you got my message?"

"Yeah, I did. Woke me up during a great dream too." Rika fawned annoyance.

Jesse shook his head. "Riku, ya had us worried sick! Where the heck are ya anyways? And why do ya have Danni's DAP?"

Syrus, decided to answer that. "Because Danni went into the purple dome!" Chumley nodded behind him.

"Yeah! And there's electricity coming out of it! She was glowing red!"

"Okay…did you guys hit your head?" Rose asked in confusion.

Riku shook his head. "We'll explain later! We're in the Abandoned dorm. Alexis is unconscious, and Danni is helping Jaden in a duel with someone who calls himself the Shadow Duelist. We'd appreciate help as soon as possible."

Jesse nodded. "I'll get the others right now."

"Thanks."

Inside of the dome little black small ghost like things were coming from the sky and towards the two duelists. They started swarming the Shadow Duelist and clinging to his body. "Help! Jaden! They're attacking me! Help!" He called out before one dove in his mouth turning it green.

"What in the…" Jaden stopped and looked down seeing the creatures crawling at his feet.

"Back off you pint sized pests!"

Jaden turned around and saw Danni running towards him, a controlled red aura around herself, somehow repelling the little black monsters. She quickly reached Jaden and put her hands on his shoulder, and closed her eyes causing the red aura to spread to him and repel the monsters. "Danni, your okay!"

Danni grinned slightly, looking tired. "For the most part."

"KURRR."

Both brunette Slifer's looked around. "You heard that too?" Jaden asked looking to Danni who nodded.

"KURRR!"

The noise came from Jaden's duel disk. Both teens looked at his duelist to see a brown fur ball squeezing itself out of the duel disk, revealing the shape of Winged Kuriboh. "Whoa…that's weird. First I hear you, now I'm seeing you! What in the world's going on here?"

"Nice to see you Winged Kuriboh." Danni smiled, causing the little fluffy duel monster spirit to nuzzle her face affectionately.

Jaden scratched the back of his head. "Okay, at least I know if I'm going insane, I'm not going to be alone." Winged Kuriboh looking down at the black monsters still circling around the two Slifers, flew down and made noise at them, frightening them away from the teens. "Way to show them whose boss Kuriboh!" The two teens looked up to see the green hole in the Shadow Duelists mouth was beginning to fill with more of the black creatures. "Too bad he doesn't have a friend like you."

The Shadow Duelists eyes glowed red as the black creatures formed a circle around Jaden, Danni, Winged Kuriboh, and the possessed looking man. "Jaden Yuki. The Shadows crave a soul. Only one shall survive."

"Oh come on now! Red contacts? You really went overboard setting up for this huh?" Jaden commented in annoyance.

"This duel shall continue in the Shadow Realm." The Shadow Duelist replied as his monsters appeared in front of him.

Jaden rolled his eyes. "So your sticking with the Shadow Realm story? Fine. At least we get to finish our match! I play the spell card Monster Reincarnation! Now by discarding one card from my hand, one of my graveyard monsters comes back! And I choose everybody's favorite golden boy, Sparkman!"

Elemental Hero Sparkman: 1600 ATK/1400 DEF

"You remember him don't ya?" Jaden smirked.

"Very well. My move."

Jaden grinned. "Yeah, well don't forget Mr. Tall Dark and Scary that now that you don't have your Pandemonium spell card in play, having an Archfiend out costs you life points per turn!"

Jaden: 600 LP

Shadow Duelist: 1400 LP

"Five hundred life points is nothing compared to a soul. Now, Skull Archfiend attack!" The large monster attacked Jaden's defensive Dark Catapulter causing him to explode.

"Whoa! Your really pulling out all the stops aren't you?" Jaden asked in amazement.

"I now place one card face down and summon the Desrook Archfiend in attack mode to end my turn."

Desrook Archfiend: 1100 ATK/1800 DEF

Danni pushed Jaden's shoulder gently to get his attention. Jaden looked over his shoulder at her and saw both of them were still glowing a red color around themselves. "How are you doing that?" Jaden asked curiously. "It's so cool!"

Danni shook her head. "This isn't the time for that Jaden. I need you to be serious right now. This is a Shadow Duel. There's more at stake here than you think."

Jaden groaned. "Oh come on, not you too! No way you can buy into all of this!"

Danni, an exhausted expression on her face, shook her head. "Jaden just trust me. You can't lose."

"KURRR." Winged Kuriboh seemed to agree with Danni.

Jaden smiled at both of them. "Don't worry you guys. I'm totally still in this duel!" Jaden drew a card and smiled. Alright. They say a good defense is a good offense. But what's really cool about this card is that it can let me have both! "Sparkman I'm putting you in attack mode and arming you with the spell card Spark Blaster!"

Elemental Hero Sparkman: 1600 ATK/1400 DEF

"It has three blasts and lets me change the battle mode of any monster on the field for each of them! And I think I know just the monster to use it on first!" Jaden spoke proudly.

The Shadow Duelist looked indifferent. "So be it. Change the battle mode of my Skull Archfiend. His 1200 life points should make for easy conquest. Unless it negates your effect again." The six balls flew out of the ground and waited beside the Skull Archfiend.

Jaden smirked. "Sorry, not the monster I was talking about. In fact my Sparkman isn't going to use his Blaster yet! He's going to attack your Desrook Archfiend with Static Shockwave!"

Jaden: 600 LP

Shadow Duelist: 900 LP

"Oh…and as for who I'm going to use the Spark Blaster on…it's Sparkman himself! Changing him from offense to defense!"

"Coward! First you have your Sparkman attack my life points and then you have him switch to protect your own. But it matters not. Nothing can protect you from this." The Shadow Duelist spoke as one of his trap cards activated. "The trap card Battle Scarred! With it the 500 life points per turn costs of my Skull Archfiend of Lightening not only it effects me, but you too! And for as long as he's out on the field!"

Jaden: 100 LP

Shadow Duelist: 400 LP

Jaden winced as his life points drained. "This is bad. I wont be able to last another turn." Jaden saw the little black creatures starting to crawl up to them again. He turned to make sure that Danni was okay when he saw the sheer exhaustion and pain in her face. She fell to her knees and grabbed his leg, trying with all her might to maintain the red flickering aura around both of them. "Danni! Hey, Danni you alright?" Jaden asked kneeling down to her.

Winged Kuriboh flew around them both helping to keep the creatures away. "Good work buddy." Jaden complimented Winged Kuriboh before turning back to the brunette captain breathing heavily. "Danni, what's wrong?"

Danni looked up at him, her breathing uneasy. "This red aura that you say is so cool…is what's protecting you from the effects of a Shadow Duel…and transferring it to me."

Jaden blinked in shock before shaking his head. "But it's all in your head Danni. It's not real!"

Danni hung her head and forced a laugh. "I guess I should've expected this. Okay Jaden, let's put it this way. Even if it IS all in my head, this red aura is what's helping keep those black creatures away from us."

"Really? Is that your powers? Shields?" Jaden asked in excitement that he might have actually figured out what Danni's power was. Danni laughed.

"Trust me, this isn't my power. This red aura…is my life energy."

"Your life energy?"

Danni waved it off with her free hand. "Not the time. Just wrap this duel up fast, please?"

Jaden stood up and nodded. "No problems. I'll get us out of here in no time! I still got Sparkman!"

"Wrong! Skull Archfiend, destroy his monster!"

Skull Archfiend of Lightening: 2500 ATK/1200 DEF

Sparkman exploded into holographic pieces. "I place a card facedown and activate the spell card Double Spell! Now by simply discarding one of the spell cards in my hand, I'm allowed to use one of the spell cards from your graveyard. And I select Emergency Provisions! Now I sacrifice one meaningless card and regain a total of 1000 life points. Now your fate is sealed. You haven't got a single card remaining in your hand! Battle Scarred will take the last of your life points next turn. Then you'll join the rest of the students I've taken in the Shadow Realm."

The little black creatures swarmed around the two Slifers. Danni was looking worse and worse by the second. Jaden looked down at her in concern. "If this is your life energy, then how come it's so little?"

Danni glared up at Jaden. "It's not little. It's all I have access to."

"Access to?"

"Not important right now. Too complicated anyways. Just focus. I'll last." Danni assured, trying to smile as reassuringly as possible.

Jaden nodded as Winged Kuriboh flew around the Slifer's to make sure that they were protected seeing as Danni was getting weaker. "Better make this turn count. Cause one way or another it's going to be my last! Here I come!" Jaden shouted drawing his card. "Alright, I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode!"

Elemental Hero Bubbleman: 800 ATK/1200 DEF

"Now Bubbleman will just burst if he's left alone. So if he's the last card in my hand when I summon him, I'm allowed to summon another monster!" Jaden informed. "And there's more! If he's the only one on the field when he's summoned I get to draw two more cards!" Jaden drew his cards and smiled.

"Oh and what do you know, I drew his favorite: Bubble Shuffle! Actually, it's more of a two step. See it works like this, I'll switch him and one of your monsters into defense mode, then I sacrifice Bubbleman and summon a hero!"

"If my Skull Archfiend's counter effect doesn't render your spell card useless that is!" The Shadow Duelist reminded with a fire around the number three ball. "If the fire lands on a one three or a six your spell card is nullified."

Jaden winced. "Aw man, I've had bad luck with this thing." Danni forced a laugh while kneeling on the ground, her arm still tightly wrapped around Jaden's leg.

"N-Never…go to Vegas."

Jaden pouted and 'Hmph-ed' while looking at the roulette spin. The fire landed on a two. "TWO?" The Shadow Duelist exclaimed in shock.

"Alright! Finally I win!" Jaden smiled as both Skull Archfiend and Bubbleman switched to defense mode. "Now, let's give a big Shadow Realm welcome to Elemental Hero Bladedge!" The large golden hero appeared onto the field.

"Shiny hero." Danni muttered looking at the hero.

Elemental Hero Bladedge: 2600 ATK/1800 DEF

"Now, I know what you're thinking. He looks sharp, right? Well he does! So sharp that when he cuts through your defending monster all extra attack points go to you!"

Skull Archfiend of Lightening: 2500 ATK/1200 DEF

"Now go Bladedge! Show em how you got your name!" Jaden shouted pointing at Skull Archfiend. Bladedge flew at Skull Archfiend and cut him to pieces, causing his hologram to shatter.

Jaden: 100 LP

Shadow Duelist: 0 LP

"NO!" The Shadow Duelist shouted as the black creatures started hopping over to him, crawling over and around him, he started slowly disappearing in the pile of creatures screaming in agony. "Get off me! Tell my…kids I…love them!" He shouted before he was engulfed by the creatures.

Jaden blinked and looked at Winged Kuriboh. "Wow…no those are some sweet special effects. So realistic."

"You're an idiot Jaden." Danni breathed as her aura flickered away.

"KURRR!" Winged Kuriboh said motioning to a white sliver inside of the purple dome.

"Think that's an exit?" Jaden asked looking at the duel monster who nodded. He grabbed Danni's arm and pulled her to her feet and helped her to stand. "Good enough for me! Let's go!" He shouted as he helped Danni run away from the black creatures, Winged Kuriboh flying close behind. "Let's make tracks!"

"Are you guys okay?" Dante asked Riku, Syrus, and Chumley. Dante, Zane, Mimi, Nikki, and Ouran had arrived in the Abandoned dorm around five minutes after Jesse had given them the message.

Syrus nodded. "We're fine. But check on Alexis!" The little blunette pointed to the blonde captain still tied up in the coffin.

Zane walked over and felt Alexis's neck for a pulse. "She's fine. Just unconscious. She'll wake up soon. What happened to her?"

"She was electrocuted at least twice." Riku explained.

Chumley nodded. "So did Danni!"

Mimi shot a look over at the Slifer. "Where is Danni,?"

"And Jaden for that matter?" Nikki added on.

"I'd settle for what THAT is." Ouran said pointing to the large purple dome.

"We'll tell you when we find out." Riku replied to his brother.

"That's where Jaden is." Syrus added on.

"Danni too." Chumley chimed in.

All the lieutenants shared a look before turning towards the purple dome once again. Dante shook his head. "This isn't going to be good. We're going to have to alert Kaiba about this."

Ouran nodded and pressed his earpieces. "Ouran to Jesse, come in Jesse."

"I'm here Ouran, what do ya need?"

"Open a line to Kaiba Corp, but don't call them yet. We'll do that when we get there."

"Alright. Got it. Anythin' else?"

Nikki pressed her earpiece. "Wake Nurse Fontaine. We don't know if Danni and Jaden are injured and we need to be sure. Alexis has already been electrocuted twice."

"Alright. I'm on it. Everyone okay?"

"That's what we're going to find out." Ouran replied before cutting off communications. "So…when are they going to get out of there?"

Mimi shrugged. "No clue."

"Hey, look there!" Zane announced pointing towards the dome. There was a small opening that appeared in the bottom of the dome. Jaden and Danni both spilled out of the sliver and onto the ground underneath the circular purple dome.

"Jaden! Danni!" The group called out to the two Slifers. Both of them looked up at the group. Chumley, Syrus, and Riku all went to run over to the two.

"Your both okay!"

"Never better!" Jaden said grinning happily. Danni gave him an exasperated look. The Shadow Dome started to shrink, causing electricity to shoot out. Chumley tackled Syrus and Riku to the ground in an attempt to shield them. Jaden tried to cover Danni, but there was no need seeing as Dante put a shield around everyone with his ring. The Shadow dome exploded into golden flecks of light.

Jaden stood up and applauded. "Awesome! I wonder what he does for an encore? Talk about a magic trick! There were little monsters and vortexes."

"Magic trick? You don't think that was the real Shadow Realm?" Syrus asked.

Jaden smiled and shook his head. "Nah, just mirrors and fog machines. Though I'd give my entire deck to know exactly how he did it. I've never seen anything like it!"

"Are you both okay?" Nikki asked as the lieutenants swarmed the two captains. Jaden blinked.

"Oh, hey guys! When did you get here?"

Everyone face palmed.

Danni snorted as she stood on shaky legs. "Took your…sweet ass time." Danni managed to get out. Her face was pale and she looked as if she was about to collapse at any second. Dante and Mimi quickly went on either side of her to help her stand, but the proud brunette Captain waved them off and stood up straighter, squaring her shoulders. "I can stand just fine. No need."

"You need to see Nurse Fontaine." Mimi told Danni. Danni shook her head.

"What I NEED for you to do is get out of here. No one's allowed here remember? Dante, Zane, Mimi, Nikki, and Ouran, I want you all back in the control room now. We'll get there when we can."

Crowler was walking through the Abandoned dorm with a flashlight in his hand smiling. "Ha! Little Jaden must be beaten and paralyzed with fear by now! Come on Shadow Duelist! I want to here every last detail! Every chattering of his jaw!" Crowler said walking into a room. He noticed a card on the floor and walked over to pick it up. "What's this? It's the Shadow Duelist's Pandemonium card. He would never leave this behind unless…he LOST?"

Alexis's eyes slowly started to flutter open as she looked around her. "Well, well, good morning sleepyhead." Jaden commented. Alexis looked around and saw Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Riku, and Danni all sitting around her.

"Where am I? What are you guys doing here?" Alexis asked.

Jaden smiled. "Hold on, what kinda thank you is that? We're here because we had to find the bad guy, win the duel and rescue the damsel in distress! Or would it be damsels?" He asked looking at Danni.

Danni glared at Jaden. "I helped protect your ass from the Shadow creatures AND I took all the effects from the Shadow Duel. I ain't no damsel in distress."

"Fair enough!"

Alexis blinked and a look of realization came onto her face. "That's right! That stranger dude snatched me! Jerk had to use a taser…three times to make sure I was out."

Jaden nodded. "That's right, we found your card and this." Jaden handed Alexis's card and a picture frame over. Alexis looked at the picture and gasped.

"My…brother? This is the first trace of him I've seen in a long time!"

"That's right. I brought it to let you know we want to help you find him. After all, we can't have you getting locked up in any more tombs searching for him by yourself." Jaden added on scratching the back of his head.

Alexis was about to retort about how she could protect herself when she saw a flicker of emotion in Jaden's eyes. "You really were worried about me weren't you?"

Jaden blinked not sure how to answer when he saw the rays of light shining in the woods. "Uh-oh. Sun's up. Better get back before they notice that we're gone."

"Bye Alexis!" Syrus called out.

Chumley nodded. "Yeah later!"

Riku smiled. "Feel better!"

"See you in class!" Jaden said before turning to walk away. He looked at Danni who shook her head and remained seated by her sister. "Oh and if anyone asks, we were never here!"

Alexis watched them go. But you were here Jaden…and now I still might be able to save my brother too.

"So…you SURE you don't like him?"

Alexis snapped out of her thoughts and turned to stare at her sister. She was about to yell at her when she saw how exhausted she looked. She stood up in surprise. "Jesus, Danni, what happened to you? We need to get you to Nurse Fontaine's."

Danni pushed herself into a standing position and smiled. "Nope, not going to Nurse Fontaine's."

"But-"

"No. I'm fine. Just fatigued. I'll be fine with some food and rest." Danni started walking away, but called over her shoulder. "Besides, I have a promise to keep!"

Jesse was asleep in his chair inside the control room. He had sent Rika and Rose back to their dorm as soon as he got the message from Ouran saying to open communications with Kaiba Corps. As soon as Zane and Dante called Kaiba Corps and alerted them to what was going on everyone left except for him. The blunette was snoring away, and didn't hear when the door opened. He only DID wake up when he smelled food and heard a voice.

"Thought I told you not to fall asleep."

The blunette jerked up and sitting in the chair next to him, eating breakfast, was Danni. There was another plate of food on the console in front of Jesse. "Danni! Ya alright?"

Danni nodded. "I'm fine. I was just hungry that's all. I assumed you were too." She motioned to the plate and Jesse gladly grabbed it, his stomach growling.

"What are ya doin' here? Shouldn't you be at Nurse Fontaine's?" Jesse asked with his mouth full so it was hard to understand him.

Danni continued eating and shook her head. "No, I'm fine. Besides…"

"Besides what?" Jesse asked as he continued eating.

"Told you I'd come back." Danni said looking up at the monitors on the wall. Jesse stopped eating to look at the brunette sitting next to him, eating her breakfast. She had just gotten electrocuted, looked exhausted (why, he didn't know, but he guessed it was because of the all-nighter she just pulled), but she still came back. Jesse smiled.

"Yeah…ya did."