Stand up and Rescue

The gang didn't make it to their destination until nightfall. And as promised, Kaiba took care of his matters at his company and met up with Yugi and his friends. Mokuba still tagged along because he wanted to see Rebecca after such a long time. Everyone got together and was standing before the smoldering rubble. "Rebecca!" Mokuba cried. "Rebecca!"

"Mokuba," Rebecca responded.

The raven-haired boy gasps. "Rebecca, what happened?"

Just thinking about it made her start crying again. She runs up to Mokuba seeking comfort. "They took my grandpa!" she sobs. "It's not fair! He didn't hurt anyone!"

"It'll be okay," Mokuba promises her as he hugs her.

"Thank you," she says gratefully. "Who would do such a thing?"

The laboratory was burned down, but the Hawkins still had their trailer. Everyone stepped inside to settle down and think things through. Téa came to the table with hot water for everyone's tea. "I still don't get it. Who would kidnap the professor?"

"It had to be Dartz's lackeys," Joey assumed.

"But why?" Tristan asked. "He's just an archeologist."

Something occurred to Kaiba. "Didn't you guys mention earlier that he discovered what he believes to be the ruins of the ancient city of Atlantis?" He knew because he remembered Mokuba and Rebecca talking about it over the phone and watching it on the news last week. "Maybe that's why."

Yugi got an idea and asked Rebecca if he could take back the stone he gave to her grandfather. She takes it off from around her neck and gives it to him. Looking at it, Yugi sees that it's like the Orichalcos Stones Rafael and Valon have.

"So now what do we do?" Téa asks.

"Easy, we find out where Dartz and his lackeys hang out, bust in, and rescue Hawkins," Duke suggested.

"But how?" Mokuba asked. "I doubt they have a direct number or address."

Yugi agrees. "Besides, he doesn't have what they want, which means they'll probably come back."

"Great, so we just sit on our butts and wait?" Joey asked. Duke still liked his idea better.

"If we're gonna stay here, I gotta eat," said Tristan.

"I'm hungry too," Mokuba moaned.

"Great, I'll whip something up," Joey insisted.

"We're not eating anything you cook," Kaiba stated.

While everyone was preparing for dinner, Mokuba and Rebecca stepped outside to talk. Rebecca confessed that she was scared and didn't know what to expect, but Mokuba promised her that he would stay with her. Suddenly, Rebecca was starting to feel a little better. Maybe it was because Mokuba was here with her. Despite what she went through today, she was really glad he was here with her.

Kaiba called the kids inside. "Come on, you two, dinner's almost ready."

"Shall we?" Mokuba asks. Rebecca nods.

Inside, Téa was cutting up lettuce to make salad, Duke was cooking pasta on the stove, and Tristan was setting the table. Kaiba saw Joey's head in the refrigerator. "Why don't you stop stuffing yourself and pitch in?" Joey couldn't answer. He looked at Kaiba and smiled with sausages hanging from his mouth. Disgusted, Kaiba hits Joey on top of his head. "You pathetic mutt," he scorned.

As for Weevil and Rex, they still tagged along for the trip. Instead of joining the gang for dinner, they explored what was left of the lab in search of Duel Monster cards. They didn't have better luck, though. But looking for rare cards was the least of their problems. They really needed to eat and had been starving themselves since they followed Yugi and his friends.

After dinner, Yugi and Rebecca stepped outside. Kaiba and Joey stepped outside as well. "What did you want to talk about?"

"I'm just worried, Yugi. This whole thing is so strange." Though everyone promised her that they would rescue her grandfather, that wasn't the only thing she was worried about. She shows Yugi the message on the Duel Monster card that was left behind. The contents read: "I'll be waiting for you in Death Valley. You'll show up if you ever want to see your friend again, Rafael."

Death Valley was about an hour's journey southwest from their current location. Joey and Kaiba read the message as well. "Let's go," Kaiba immediately said.

"But why you three?" Rebecca asked.

"Because we're the ones these guys want and besides, I've put your family in enough danger already," Yugi tells her.

Rebecca shakes her head and assures the boys that this isn't any of their faults. But it was true. They were the chosen warriors and they had to go. So Kaiba made it clear that Rebecca was not to tell anyone else that they were going to Death Valley. They didn't want to put anyone else in danger. Overhearing their conversation, Weevil and Rex begin to think of another scheme.

Before heading to Death Valley, the trio decides to practice flying. Joey was confident that if Emily could do it, then he could too. After all, how hard can flying with wings be? Extremely difficult. The first thing Kaiba started doing was stretching his wings out so he could get an idea on how to use them. Yugi flaps his wings and tries lifting himself from the ground.

They manage to get in the air, now they just have to try moving around and practice landing. How does Emily make it look so easy? Well, after an hour or so of practicing, Kaiba, Yugi, and Joey all think they've got the hang of it. Now they decide that it's time to go. Yami takes over and is the first to start flying. Kaiba flies beside him and holds the map to Death Valley while Joey trails from behind.

Everyone inside the trailer was asleep, but Mokuba woke up to get a drink of water. He noticed Rebecca and saw that she was having a hard time sleeping as well. Perhaps she needed some company. He sits next to her and says, "I thought sitting next to you would make you feel a little better." She smiles at him and thanks him. Looking around, Mokuba sees that Yugi, Joey, and Kaiba aren't in the trailer. "You haven't seen my brother, have you?"

Rebecca was worried, but she wasn't one to tell a lie for a friend. "Please don't be mad."

"What's wrong, Rebecca?"

She puts her glasses on and says, "I promised I wouldn't tell."

But their conversation wakes the rest of the gang and they want her to come clean. Now that she had let it slip, she had no choice but to tell the truth. "Rebecca, how could you let them leave?" Tristan scolds.

"Take it easy," Mokuba says, defending her. "It's not her fault. You guys would've done the same thing."

Tristan disagreed. "We would've talked some sense into those guys."

"Rebecca did what she did because she knew they wanted to help," continued Mokuba. "Yugi and Joey aren't just doing it for Professor Hawkins, but for Max and Emily too. And my brother went with them because he knows they need him."

"Well, we can't stand here." Duke walks out the door, but before he jumps in his car, he sees a figure coming towards the trailer. It was Professor Hawkins and he was weak and injured.

"My grandpa!" Rebecca cries and runs towards him.

"Rebecca," Arthur groans as he hugs her. "Where's Yugi?" She remembers that he's on his way to Death Valley along with Kaiba and Joey. So it was decided that Duke and Tristan would follow their trail while Téa would stay behind with Arthur, Rebecca, and Mokuba in case those creeps would come back.

Yami, Kaiba, and Joey were still flying through the hills as they were on their way to Death Valley. "Whoever this guy is, I'll bet he wants to duel you," Kaiba assumed.

"Don't worry, Yugi will be fine with his Dragon," Joey assured.

Yami wasn't sure of that. "But he holds the Seal of Orichalcos."

Kaiba smiles and tells Yami, "True, but you have something else entirely. You have Millennia's light and a belief in the Heart of the Cards." Yami smiles back. It seems like Kaiba really has changed.

Weevil and Rex were following the guys by riding a bicycle built for two. They didn't want to miss the show and wanted to find out how Max came to be so powerful with the Seal of Orichalcos.

Rafael was in the valley waiting for his victims to show up. "I'm ready for you, Pharaoh, thanks to my deck and the power it holds." He holds his cards in both hands and spreads his wings out.