Rye: And the madness shall continue now!
Bakura: You suck.
Ottawa: You suck more!
Marik: Are their matching pumps to go with that dress?
Ottawa: ...no comment.
Yugi: Enjoy the chapters!
Malik: Same warnings and disclaimer apply!
"What is that thing again?" Bakura asked, slurring his words slightly from the alcohol in his system.
"That would be a Minotaur, though I'm not sure what it's doing so far from Crete, they don't normally venture far from home." Rye whispered, staring at the creature. It's head was that of a bull and it's body was somewhat man-like, though with shaggy brown fur covering it's skin, and hooves instead of feet. None of the other dancers in the club seemed to notice the thing.
"Why isn't anyone screaming?" Marik hissed.
"It has a spell on it, hides it from ordinary humans' eyes." Rye explained. "Since neither I or Marik is normal, and Bakura is part of our group, we can see it."
"Wonderful, now what is it doing here?" Bakura grumbled.
"Creatures like that, Supers with less than human intelligence, are drawn to places where magic is being done in great quantities." Rye whispered. "There can be no doubt anymore that whoever is taking those boys is in fact here."
"So what do we do about that thing, do we just leave it?" Bakura asked.
"No, Minotaurs are sexually starved creatures, and the only reason it would have ventured into this club is to look for a suitable human to rape." Rye replied. "I won't have that, not while we're here."
"So, what's the plan?" Marik asked.
"Ottawa's going to be here in a second with Yami, she'll lure him out because she has a pheromones potion that the Minotaur won't be able to resist, and then we'll capture him outside."
"We're not going to kill him?"
"It's basically an animal, it can't help itself." Rye replied. "We can trank it and have it brought back to Greece, there's a protected area for them out there."
Just then Ottawa and Yami walked into the bar and then Minotaur looked up, nostrils quivering, before following them out the back. Rye raced for the back door, pulling an Aztec blow-gun out of her jacket and hurled it open before aiming a dart at the Minotaur's back. He dropped like a ton of bricks almost immediately.
"The local authorities will be by to pick him up in a few." Ottawa said. "Can we get back to relaxing?"
"I think I'm done with the clubs for today." Bakura stated.
"Let's just walk around then, there's lots to see."
They agreed and began to walk the streets. Rye and Ottawa stopped to talk to some of the local Supers that were friendly with, others were clients and the rest pretty much looked at them and kept going. Marik followed like their shadow as Bakura disappeared everyone once and while, coming back either more drunk than last time or with something shiny that wasn't there before. Yami tailed them all with a bored look on his face, but if you looked at his eyes you could see he was thinking.
'i want to see him again... damn Rye and Ottawa, always cockblocking when they don't need to be around!' He sighed.
"Okay, what's your issue now, primadonna?" Growled a voice from his left making him jump and scream in shock seeing Anubis in human form standing there.
"Whoa..." was all Rye and Ottawa could manage.
Anubis was tall, nicely cut and toned, as are all gods, his skin was a rich coffee with a little cream tone. His hair was black and was cut short, his eyes were a rich brown, that reflected a gold color when the light hit it. He stood in heavy duty black jeans with boots and an open black button down shirt. His full lips quirked into a smirk as he looked at his three stunned Keepers.
"I take it that I did a good job on my human body." He said, his voice dark and rich.
"Damn it if I wasn't allergic to dark chocolate, I'd eat you..." Rye muttered, calmly wiping the blood that was making a slow track down her face from her nose as Ottawa did the same, tittering as she thought of some rather entertaining thoughts.
"So what's his issue?" Anubis asked, jerking her head at Yami.
"What isn't his issue... So the pick up team came and got the Minotaur?" Ottawa asked calmly.
"Yes. We're taking him back to Greece as we speak... though Zeus has no idea how it got here; it seems monsters and other creatures of the supernatural are disappearing all over."
"And the fabric holding time and space it being ripped open without any regard... Damn... We don't even have a solid lead and no one's willing to speak to us because... well they think we're the ones at fault."
"Surely they know that you two are not so foolish as to endanger your own kind for entertainment..." Anubis said, a look of disbelief flashing over his face.
"Yea, well apparently they do." Ottawa growled. "This is getting out of hand, we can't stay here much longer because if this city's as hectic as this, then heaven only knows how everywhere else... And we're limited in magic and potion here... Hermes won't give me my Scythe back and we don't know where Rye's whip is."
"I see... I'll call council and see if I can attempt to either get them back or tell you their locations. Seeing as this is causing trouble worldwide and realm wide, you both shouldn't be limited... And you Yami, you better shape up. You're going to need all the good credit you can get if you want that second chance." Anubis said.
"Yes sir." Yami said, snapping into a formal bow before a god as Rye and Ottawa gave less formal ones, but still showing deep respect. With that Anubis was gone.
"Who was that?" Bakura asked.
"Yea... He was powerful, I could taste his aura." Marik muttered in awe.
"That was Anubis... God of the Underworld, or at least the Eygptian one." Ottawa said. "Damn, I didn't know he looked so hot as a human..."
"Me and you both... man, if his aura had been the only think holding me back I'd have... Ahhh!" Rye fainted backwards with blood gushing out of her nose, eyes distant and glassy as Ottawa shook her head and grabbed her ankle before dragging her off down the street.
"Come on... we might as well see what Rye's uncle has to say now that her tentacle monster loosened him up a bit..."
"Sickos." Yami, Bakura and Marik muttered as they went...
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Yugi and Ryou studied the broken pillar at the dig sight they were at, Joey and Malik were given debris duty as Seto was given log duty. They were almost done with their trip, a month and half in Egypt was like a dream come true and what was even more amazing was that the people they had seen many times in the city were a part of the dig!
"Okay... I think I got it!" Yugi called over to Ryou on the other side of the pillar.
"Really?" Ryou came over quickly as Yugi took his note book and showed him the translation. "This is better than I have... let's see, 'Nameless Pharaoh, of heart so pure, awaits rebirth...' Okay so the nameless pharaoh's spirit is waiting for its rebirth..."
"Yeah... it's a rough translation."
"Actually, you were pretty much on the mark." Malik said, looking over the pillar. "Joey didn't do too bad in his guess either. We found some tablets talking about a witch the pharaoh had in his court... um... Speedfeet... or something like that. It said that when the final battle came he went to her to help him fight back the evil that was plaguing their kingdom and in return he gave up his life to protect his people."
"Joey translated all that?"
"Bits and pieces, Malik got the rest of it." Joey said as be brought over another slab with Seto's help and setting it down on the work table where they had similar pieces resting on it.
"A lot of these are worn off..." Ryou said.
"More like chiselled... look this is too rough to be worn with time and the elements, seeing as everything else is relatively smooth and this looks like it belonged inside of somewhere." Seto said.
The nodded and bent over the tablet. Yugi traced the shapes as he wrote them down. Ryou and Joey took that time to make a polymer to pour over it to make cast of the tablet. Many of the tablets wouldn't be able to make to the museum seeing as they were that worn and delicate. As they worked they ignored Tea who was sitting under their little tent, fanning herself and most liking bitch about the weather.
"This is so stupid..."
"What's stupid, Ms. Gardner?" Asked a soft voice as she spun to see one of the ladies in charge of her group. "I hope you are merely taking a small break and not letting your team do all the work for you."
"Of course not Ms. Paw."
"Hmm... I suggest you get a move on then... oh and next time, shoes and shorts, not heels and skirts." Ottawa said, glaring at the younger girl for her lack of proper clothing.
"Yes..." Tea got up and walked away muttering about old bitches and stupid dead people not hiding their shit better.
Ottawa growled as she made to follow, but someone stopped her. She looked at Marik and he nodded at the group of students there, a silent order not to do something stupid and then having Rye reset time again. Nodding her head she walked over to the group and smiled softly as she picked up their conversation.
"... werewolves were messengers of the God, Anubis." Ryou said.
"What kind of messengers?" Joey asked.
"Grandpa said that werewolves were sent as a symbol of death, really. That anyone who ever saw one transform on the night of a full moon they would know that they, themselves, or someone close to them would die. Also they were seen as omens of draught or war. Times where multiple deaths would occur." Yugi said. "I guess Werewolves were the Egyptian version of a banshee."
"Amazing, your grandfather must have been a well of knowledge." Ottawa said.
"Ms. Paw, my grandfather's alive... in fact he's arriving in a few days to help navigate the pyramids to find the nameless Pharaoh's final resting chamber seeing as you keep walking in circles..." Yugi said.
"Really? Then wonderful! I'd love to sit and listen to him! May I see all the work your team's done so far- Huh?"
They all looked as they heard dogs barking wildly as they looked at the distance. Ottawa's inhuman eyesight allowed her to see that there were sand fiends heading their way and they looked to be in a panic of some kind. Mentally cursing she snapped her fingers getting her students attention and called over the barking.
"Please pack up whatever you have and board the buses! It seems a sand storm is forming and it's coming rather quickly!"
Others in the sight began to shout the same things as students quickly picked up the things they had and got on the buses as those running the sight placed tarps and blankets over thier finds to keep them from being lost in the sands. Ottawa made her way to Yami and Rye, Yami looked at her and she sighed.
"Sand Fiends... Rye..."
"I got it. Cover me." She said as she dropped to all fours morphing into a wolf right before their eyes, her fur a brilliant white as she took off into the shifting sands as Ottawa took a sand storm potion and smashed it against a rock to cover up Rye's stunt and the fiends as well as keep the students and other humans from wandering too far. Bakura grabbed Ottawa under his cloak and pulled her onto the bus as Yami and Marik followed.
"She has ten minutes before the spell stops to talk to them and get back here." Ottawa muttered.
"Timing it..." Yami said setting his watch timer to go off in ten minutes before they had to do something else...
Rye: And done!
Bakura: That was a lot of nothing...
Marik: Leave them alone... besides aren't we heading to japan soon?
Ottawa: Soon...
Yami: But doesn't one of the missing boys turn up dead?
Rye: Don't know... REVIEWS!