Hathor
Daniel was only gone for a short amount of time when an airman returned and collected Hathor. When she arrived, she'd been wearing a green overcoat. When she left the room, she was wearing an orange dress. Ryou didn't like what he was sensing from her. Somehow, she reminded him or Zork. He was optimistic with Zork gone that the Thief King could change, that his Yami could become a good person like Yugi's Yami.
Ryou returned to his bed, not liking the presence he was sensing. Something was going to happen, something big. For the first time since he had been here, the men guarding his room left and they did not return. He looked through the door, not seeing anyone around. It was an opportunity he had been waiting for; carefully he began working on the lock, not letting this chance slip by. All that mattered was getting the ring. Once he had the ring and was fully bound to it, they would not be able to take it off him. The Ring Spirit would kill him if they tried to remove it. From what he had seen of the men and woman who worked here, they were good people and would not want him dead. They would do everything they could to save him.
Ryou wandered through the hallways, they were strangely empty. Heading directly for the ring, he would not let anything get in his way. The closer to the rings location he got, the clearer the link became until he could feel the spirit's voice.
"Voice, can you hear me?" He asked.
"Host?" Came the reply. "Did they let you out?"
"No. Something's going on. I'm taking advantage of the distraction to get you back." Ryou replied through the link, not wanting to make any noise in case it drew attention to him. "I don't have much further."
The room the ring was kept in was not even locked. He saw the spirit floating in the air, looking just like him. Though his clothing was from the day the Ring Spirit had tried to get to him. Not the outfit he was currently wearing, which was blue overalls.
"Are you alright?" Ryou asked him.
"No!" The spirit complained. "I can't leave this room and I can't enter the ring. They have some weird force field magic I have never seen before."
Ryou managed to get the ring out of the force field, knocking over whatever had been creating it in the first place. He placed the ring over his head, feeling instantly exhausted as he shared his energy with the depleted spirit. He allowed the spirit to have control. Following behind as the spirit navigated his way through the hallway. The puzzle was locked in a room; it didn't have a force field around it like his ring. The thief placed the puzzle around his neck.
"Oh Pharaoh, can you hear me?" The Ring Spirit asked the puzzle in a taunting tone.
"What are you doing with me Thief?" Yami Yugi came into view, looking like his ancient Pharaoh self.
"You must have felt that the items had been disturbed." The thief replied. "I'm saving your sorry hide."
"You save me?" Atem laughed. "Like that will ever happen. You are my enemy."
"I wish you two wouldn't fight." Ryou replied. Bringing Yami Yugi's attention to him.
"Bakura, are you alright. He hasn't hurt you at all?" Atem asked him.
"No he hasn't. Yami Yugi, we need to the other items." Ryou told him. "Then we can take you back to Yugi."
The Thief King cursed as he used the ring to locate the other items. "They've moved the other items. They are no longer here."
YGO
He ran and hid them as they heard someone walking down the hallway. Even more of the men where dazed then before. The woman looked and acted completely normal.
"What are the women doing?" Atem asked.
"They look like they are getting ready for battle." Ryou replied, looking around the corner. Both where in spirit form and invisible to the people around them and yet they still hid when the woman looked in their direction.
Sam pointer her gun at Ryou's body, as did the rest of the woman. "Mr Bakura, how did you get out? When did you get those?"
"I'm not Ryou," the Thief King replied. "Ryou used this distraction to escape and claim me back as well as the Pharaoh." He held up the puzzle. "But you seem to have removed the other items." He used the ring, the pointers all pointing in the direction of the other five items.
"Can I speak with Ryou?" Sam asked.
The thief glanced at the location Ryou was. He then nodded and handed back control to his host. Ryou almost fell to the ground. The spirit was very weak, weaker then he first assumed. "I'm okay." Ryou told her. "Just feel weak from how much energy was drained from the ring spirit. What is going on? Why are all the men acting like lovesick zombies? Who is that woman that was bought in earlier who claims to be the goddess Hathor?"
Ryou could hear Atem talking. "The true goddess Hathor is my mother. She is the mother to all Pharaohs."
"So if she is the real goddess you would know?" Ryou asked Yami Yugi who nodded that he would.
"Who are you talking to?" Sam asked him.
"The spirit of the Millennium Puzzle, Pharaoh Atem. He was telling me that Hathor is his mother, that he'd know if she was the real goddess or not." Ryou replied.
"So you're not affected in any way, like the other men are?" Sam asked with intrigue.
"I don't think I can be because of the Ring. It protects me from a lot of substances." Ryou replied.
"You're with me while this is going on. Once everything is over, it is back to the cell with you. Those two items go back as well." Sam told him.
The Thief King took control back. "If you attempt to remove either puzzle or ring, he will die. My host is now re-bound to me. The only way to remove either item is by a Shadow Game."
"We'll talk about this later." Sam replied.
Ryou stood aside with Yami Yugi and listened as Sam continued her briefing with the woman, arming them all.
"You will have to do without weapons since you're also a prisoner." Sam told him.
Thief King nodded. Ryou was fully armed already, not that he would inform anyone else.
"Captain Carter." He heard the silent man T call out. All the woman pointed their guns at the large man. "We must speak of Hathor."
"Keep your hands where I can see them Teal'c." Sam told him.
So that was the big guys full name. Teal'c. Ryou had never heard of that name before.
"Do you not trust me Captain Carter?" Teal'c asked her.
"All the men on this base, besides Mr Bakura are under Hathors control from what I can tell. I hate to break it to you Teal'c but you are a male."
"I'm a Jaffa. The goa'uld I carry within me protects me from Hathors powers. It's only together we may stop her."
There was that word again. goa'uld. "Yami's do either of you know what a goa'uld is? Or a Jaffa?" Ryou asked the two spirits.
"Isn't Jaffa the bad guy from the Aladdin movies?" Atem asked.
"Well yes, but I don't think that is the Jaffa he was referring to." Ryou replied.
"Never heard of a goa'uld before." His Yami replied. Yami Yugi nodding in agreement.
"Why is that exactly?" Sam asked Teal'c to continue. The woman and Teal'c unaware of the conversation Ryou and the two spirits where having.
"It is legend among the Jaffa that the goa'uld larva comes from the Queen goa'uld." Teal'c told her.
"And you think Hathor is one of them?" Sam asked.
"Yes," Teal'c replied. "If I'm correct this base will become her nest. From here, she will populate your world with new goa'uld. I cannot permit this to happen. Captain Carter, we cannot permit this to happen."
Sam handed over her weapon. Glad you're with us Teal'c." Sam replied.
"What of Ryou Bakura, why is he not affected?" Teal'c asked.
"Because of the Ring." Ryou's body held up the item, the Ring Spirit imitating him. "You can't take it off me now without killing me. What is a goa'uld? If I'm going to be any use to you, I need to know what I'm helping with."
"A goa'uld is a parasite that can take over the mind with ease." Janet replied. "They are the ones we believe are responsible for creating those item's you are so fond of."
"I know how the items were created. I was there. No gods where involved. Just priests of the Pharaoh." Ryou's Yami told the woman and Teal'c.
YGO
They split into groups. Ryou going with Sam, Janet and Teal'c. He listened as they spoke about things that were highly classified. He sighed, was never going to get out of here since he now knew too much.
The first person they came across was Daniel. He reminded Ryou a little too much of the shadow victims with his blank stare.
Another woman came running down the hallway. "We've found Hathor in the locker room." She announced.
They left Daniel in the room and headed towards the locker room. Hathor was in a bathtub. A screeching sound heard from the bathtub as the water bubbled. The mind-controlled men surrounded them.
Hathor ordered the woman to be taken away leaving Ryou alone with Hathor.
"Mother," Atem exclaimed. "She really is Hathor."
It seemed that the woman in the bathtub was able to see and hear the spirit.
"Look at you Atem, stuck in spirit form, how did you manage that? You where our last true son. We wish that mother could give you a hug. We were devastated when we heard that Zork had killed you." She then looked at Ryou and the Thief Kings spirit. "Zork and his host, the one that killed our last true son. You look even younger then the last time we saw you."
"Zork is dead." The Thief King spat.
"It's a pity, Zork was one of our stronger children. He was meant to make Pharaoh Aknamkanon, your father his host." She referred to Yami Yugi. "He got bored and instead possessed the Pharaoh's brother. Zork was special, more special than any of our children. When he chooses a new host, he still had control over his old host. It was similar to how we have control over men. We have not had a child like that before or since. He then created these items." Hathor referred to the Millennium Puzzle and Ring. "Gave mortals the powers of the gods. Then stirred up a war, taking control of a young boy who witnessed his whole family murdered. Not even taking full control. Whispering in his ear. Encouraging him to take revenge. We did not participate, but we did have fun watching Zork's host, former host and last true son fighting the war. When it was over, we were very bored."
"What type of god are you!" Atem accused her. "Sitting by and letting a war break out because you where bored! Many people died and you did nothing to stop it. I am ashamed to call you my mother."
"If neither of you are Zork, who are you?" Hathor asked, pointing to Ryou and the Ring Spirit.
"I am the former host of Zork, the boy who watched his family murdered. This is my reincarnation, my descendant." The Thief King replied, spitting in her face.
"It is a pleasure to meet you." She replied to Ryou, kissing his hand. Ryou saw the pink haze come out with her breath. He felt the impulse to follow all her orders. The Ring glowed for a moment and he was back to his normal self. "We see that you are immune to our charm." Hathor claimed. "We should make you one of our children when they are ready." She indicated to the bathtub.
"Those things are really tasty." Ryou's Yami told them. "I used to find them in the tombs all the time. They're nasty little blighters. Would try to eat me, but grab them at the base of the neck, hit them on the head and then roast them on a stick."
"I've never even seen these things before." Atem told the other spirit. Ryou nodding in agreement that he had not seen them either.
"If you want to make Ryou yours you will have to beat me in a Shadow Game." The Thief King claimed. "If you win - Ryou and I will become yours. If we win, you will become ours."
"What about my son, Atem?" Hathor asked.
"He is not mine. I cannot offer his existence." The Thief King told her. He walked up to Ryou, holding him possessively. "He on the other hand is mine to do with what I wish."
"You would become ours willingly if I win. We are your god, or course we will win. We accept." The goddess smiled. Confident that she couldn't possibly lose. "We need an audience for our game."
"I agree." The thief smirked. "I will show everyone that you are not the god you claim to be. That I am above god, just like I am above the living gods."