Croquet: What do you think of this for the fighting scenario, Miss Kaoru?

M.n.K: (she is looking over what's written.) Hmm. . . No, no. That won't do for the story. Wait until she gets back on to her feet to retrieve her sword, then let her strike the enemy when he's about to attack her again. Try that.

Croquet: Yes, ma'am. (he leaves to do the editing.)

M.n.K: Ahem. Now, I know this took me a while for the next update which is now. Well, things have happened lately. But, I've done some touch-up here and there with this chapter and it's now here. Plus, it's almost Valentine's Day and in the next chapter afterward. . . (squeals) Our main protagonist will be fighting for the love of her life!~ Anyway, let's just cut the chase. Let's get this one rolling! Places everyone!

YGO Cast: (Everyone gets into place.)

M.n.K: Alright, let's all get started. Let's keep it quiet. Ready everybody?

YGO Cast: Ready!

M.n.K: Lights, camera, action!

Chapter 13: Big Disaster! Loss of the Millennium Locket & Egypt in Chaos!

The evening had begun to grow late. But, there's a commotion occurring in the secretive walls of the palace.

Dartz, Rex, and Weevil have managed to avoid the palace guards without being spotted. They suddenly burst into their laboratory through the door.

"Oh boy! It's madness back there!" Exclaimed Weevil. "I can't believe what just happened! That Princess found us out!"

Even Rex is in panic mode. "We gotta get out of here! We gotta get out!" He then turned to Dartz. "I think we'd better start packing, your highness!"

As he closed the door, Dartz is looking back into his memory of spotting the Millennium Locket moments ago. He even cracks up a grinning smirk too.

Weevil and Rex, on the other hand, are too busy trying to pack their bags. "Let's see. . . let's just bring essentials, Rex. We gotta travel light."

"Agreed! Pack up all the guns, the weapons, the knives. . . and uh. . ." Then, Rex holds up another item. "How about this picture?" He's holding a photo of him, his partner, and Dartz. "But, I think I was making a weird face in it."

Then, the two heard some really loud, uncontrollable laughter. They looked over and it's coming from their master!

While pounding his fists upon a wall, Dartz is laughing harder and louder like never before!

The two henchmen just stared at the situation rather awkwardly. Practically, neither of them had any idea what's in his mind.

"Oh boy. . ." Sighed Weevil, first.

"He's cracked. . ." Then, Rex. "He's gone nuts. . ."

So, they decide to go up to him and check on him. "Hey Master. . . ! Egypt to Master Dartz!"

"Hey! Get a grip, boss!"

Well, Dartz has managed to calm down from his laughing fit. But then, he furrowed viciously and he grabs the two hoodlums by their necks! Their faces even turned purple!

"Good. . . grip, boss. ." Rex uttered slowly.

Dartz finally spoke out loud. "That insignificant fool, Princess Salvia. . . or Salvio or. . . whatever she's called, is nothing more than that ragged urchin, Serka! She has the Millennium Locket, you two!"

Once he finally releases them, those two hoodlums are surprised! "Eh?!" Rex cried. "You mean that House Gecko?! She's supposed to be trapped in the Sphinx of Wonders!"

"Why that miserable Iris Eyed Silk Moth! I'll run her through!" Shrieked Weevil!

Then, their master gripped them again. By the collar this time. "And you two are going to relieve her of it!"

"Us?!" They asked him together in unison.

The very next morning, things are content as usual. At the guest's apartment of the palace, Serka is looking out into the beautiful garden, which had green lush tropical trees, perfumed flowers, and tranquil ponds with water lilies. Even cheerful herons and storks are grazing in those ponds.

But, even in this bliss, she is completely bewildered and lost in thought. It's because ever since Solomon had declared Yugi's marriage to her as 'Princess Salvia', she is still very unsure about the next step after the occasion.

"Queen. . .?" She thought aloud. "Do they want me. . . to become queen?" Could the Grand Pharaoh really mean what he said? Truthfully, she's born as an ordinary village girl. Unlike Yugi, she's not born into royalty. She's not even a true princess, either.

When she is about to walk back inside, Scorpia bursts out of the Millennium Locket with a cheer. "Huzzah!" Then she sings out loud. "Hail the conquering heroine!" Next, she brings in all of her colorful Scapegoats and Kuribohs together in an orchestra, playing a victory march.

But, to the magician girl's surprise, Serka didn't seem to be the same excited or happy-go-lucky master like she usually was. She stares at her for a short moment with her small monster friends. Then, as they all scurried off, she begins to ponder a bit. "Hmm. . ." Again, she went up to her in a wink, rolling out a red carpet up to her master's feet with a smile. She's even dressed up as a news reporter with a microphone while her clones dressed as paparazzi and cheering fans stand on either side of the carpet. "Serka! Now that you've just won the heart of Prince Yugi, what are you going to do next?"

Still, Serka didn't have the nerve to say anything. She walked past the puzzled locket spirit. When she reached her bed, she plopped on to it with her head, heavily filled with thoughts. She even lets out an exhausted sigh.

All of her friends are seeing this from the outside window. Duke whispered. "Gee, she looks pretty down for a girl who's about to get married." The others agreed. Even Kuribon, Red Eyes, and Baby Dragon.

While Serka is lying there, Scorpia came up to her with a script booklet and whispered. "Psst! Your line is 'I'm going to free Scorpia of the Millennium Locket'. . . anytime. . ."

"Scorpia. . . I can't." Serka groaned.

"Sure you can!" Said the spirit before playing with her cheeks. "All you have to do is go, 'Scorpia, I wish you free'. Easy!"

But, frustrated, Serka moved her hands away and exclaimed. "Scorpia! I'm serious!"

"Eh?" The spirit blinked. "What's got you worked up, girl?"

She got up and said out loud. "Look! I'm sorry! Honestly, I am! But, they want me to be queen! No, no! They want to make this big and important 'Princess Salvia' person, queen! Don't you see? Without you, I'm just a plain old, common street girl named Serka."

Scorpia beamed at her, still. "Oh! Come on, girl! Look on the bright side! You've won!"

"Because of you!" She pointed out. "The only reason I'm worthy of anything is that it's all thanks to you!" Then, she speaks in a soft, yet worried voice. "What if they found out that I'm not really a princess? What if Yugi finds out. . . I'll lose him. . ."

Then, she turns back to the spirit. "Scorpia. . . I. . . I can't keep this whole thing up on my own! I can't. . . wish you. . . free. . ."

Those words seem to startle Scorpia at first. She begins to chuckle a bit, in a nervous way. "Wait. . . wait. Uh, Serka. Come on, now. You're. . you're just saying that. You don't mean it."

But, Serka turned her head in shame. "No. . . I'm sorry. . . I still. . . need that third wish. . ." Even a tear of regret is seen strolling down her cheek.

Scorpia paused for a bit. Finally, she sighed. "All right. . . I understand. . ." Then, she walks back towards the locket, which is lying on one of the cushions. She continues speaking with a slight scowl. "After all, you've lied to everybody else. Hey, I was beginning to feel left out. Now, if you'll excuse me. . . 'Master'. . ." With those words spoken out, she disappeared into her locket.

Serka glanced slightly at this.

Her friends saw it too.

Then, Serka knelt down and picked up the locket. "S-Scorpia. . ." She tried speaking. "I'm really sorry. . ."

Suddenly, from inside the locket, Scorpia turns herself into a pink scapegoat, pokes her head out and blows out an obnoxious raspberry at her! "Grrr!" Serka growled and buried the locket under the cushions! "Fine! If you don't want to listen, then just stay in there!" She yelled with a frustrated voice before crossing her arms.

Joey, Duke, Kuribon, and everybody else gasped slightly at this.

Serka looked up at them. "What are you guys looking at?!"

Well, Kuribon mumbled a bit in a sad way. Then, she slowly walked away from the window to leave her mistress alone.

Seeing this, Serka tried apologizing again. "Wait. . . wait, no! Look, Kuribon, I'm sorry. . . I. . ."

Then, one by one, the boys are starting to leave too.

"Wait! Joey! Tristan! Duke! Come on you guys!" She pleaded again.

Even Baby Dragon and Red Eyes left along with them.

After they've walked away, Serka fell down upon the bed, heaving a really heavy sigh. She began thinking of everything she had been through ever since she got the Millennium Locket. All of this pretending had gone too far. If she keeps lying too much, then her life will become even more complicated than it will ever be, and she'll one day have to face something far more disastrous than drowning in a sea or being caught in a subterranean earthquake. Thus, only Ra, Osiris, and Anubis know what will come to her if she does so.

"Oh. . . what am I doing?" She uttered. With another sigh, she said to herself. "Hah. . . Scorpia's right." Then, a thought occurred to her. "I. . . I got to tell Yugi the truth!"

Suddenly, she hears a sweet and familiar voice calling. "Salvia! Oh, Salvia! Will you come here?" It seems to be Yugi's voice.

As she grabs her crown, she sighed one more time, whilst shrugging. "Well, here goes. . ." She begins walking out of the doorway. "Yugi? Where are you?"

Outside, among one of the ponds, there are two unusual herons with. . . human legs on stilts and human arms with paper wings. Plus, their beaks don't seem to be real ones.

One of those two. . . oddly looking herons cleared his throat, tilted his glasses and imitated. "Out in the menagerie. Hurry."

"I'm coming!" Still believing it's really Yugi's voice, Serka answered, simply.

Apparently, one of the real herons; a male one, has spotted the spectacled "heron" and began panting foolishly.

Once 'Princess Salvia' left, the two herons chuckled. Just as they turned around, they come face to face with that silly heron.

Then, the one with glasses raises one of his stilts. "You got a problem, mosquito pecker?!" With that, he uses the stilt to knock that dim bird to the water.

As they left the pond, the second heron muttered under his breath. "Jerk!"

The two 'herons' discarded their costumes, revealing themselves to be Rex and Weevil! They begin racing into the guest chambers, giggling wildly!

When they reached the bed, Weevil reaches underneath one of the cushions and pulls out the Millennium Locket!

"Yes! We did it! We finally got it!" Exclaimed Rex.

"Oh yes!" So did Weevil. As he held the locket, he snickered out loud. "Boy! Master Dartz is going to be happy to see you!"

"Excellent work, my henchmen!" Imitated Rex, with his best Dartz voice.

Weevil grinned. "Oh! Come on!"

"No! Really, on the scale of one to ten. But, the both of you. . . are eleven. . . !" Then Rex switched back to his normal voice. "Aw, Dartz, boss! You're too kind!"

"We're embarrassed! We're blushing, here!" Added Weevil, playing along as he and his partner make their getaway, with the locket, of course!

Later on, at the front of the Palace, everybody in the entire kingdom has gathered there to wait for the Grand Pharaoh. Anyone who's anyone is there and they are all summoned to attend this gathering. They all knew it is something important and everyone is waiting with great anticipation to find out what it is.

Now, Solomon has made his way to the balcony overlooking his citizens with his priests, first grandson, and granddaughter-in-law. Then, after hearing the applause from his people, he announced proudly with a big grin. "People of Egypt! My youngest grandson has finally chosen a suitor!"

While his grandfather is doing his job, Yugi is watching from behind the curtain with a hopeful smile. Then, he heard his name being called.

"Yugi?" It is from Serka. . . or to his eyes, his dear princess, Salvia!

He gleefully ran over to her. "Salvia! Where were you all this time?"

Serka looks up at him, holding her crown. "This is it." She thinks to herself while taking a breath, preparing to speak. "Yugi, there's something I have to say to you."

But, he's hardly having any time to listen! He takes her hand and pulls her up the stairway that leads to the front balcony. "Quickly! The whole kingdom has turned up for grandpa's announcement! Can't you feel the excitement in the air?"

When they reached his spot, Yugi quickly places her crown back on and checks to make sure nothing about his princess is out of place. While doing so, he is so excited about this event, he's hardly listening to what she has to say!

Serka tries to talk to him. "Wait! Wait a minute! Yugi, please! You don't understand! I'm trying to say that I'm. . ."

But, Yugi kisses her on the cheek, turns her around and pushes her out through the curtain. "Good luck!"

Solomon had just begun to finish his announcement by the time she got there. "And now. . . I present to you. . . the one who's worthy to be Prince Yugi's bride and future queen! The strong, remarkable, righteous and lovely Princess Salvia of Babylon!"

Once she walks up to the balcony, all of the people below applaud, giving her a grand and welcoming cheer!

"Oh boy. . ." The best thing Serka can do is wave and give them her best smile.

Meanwhile, someone is watching the occasion rather spitefully from one of the palace's towers. It is Dartz and he is witnessing this along with his henchmen.

"Ugh!" Weevil groaned smugly. "Look at them! Cheering for that little tarantula!"

But, Dartz smirked. He turned around and held up his prize. The Millennium Locket! "Let them cheer. . . for it won't last long. . ." He rubbed the Locket's Eye of Udjat and awoke Scorpia.

Still pretty angry, she said out loud. "You know something, Serkie? If you've come to apologize, well it's too late for that! Because I'm getting really. . ." As she turned around she is a bit. . . perplexed and dismayed that it's not Serka who rubbed the locket this time. She even had tiny beads of sweat running as she stared nervously at Dartz. "I. . . don't think you're her. . ."

She even picked up her screenplay script book while slowly going up to him for a closer look. "Tonight, maybe the part of Serkie will be played by a tall, dark, and sinister man who can't decide his own eye color."

Then, Dartz grabs her by the neck and tosses her to the floor! "I am your master now!" He even laid his foot on her head to keep her down!

"Oh!" She grunted. "I was afraid of that. . ."

As he held on to the locket tightly, Dartz commanded out loud! "Spirit of the Millennium Locket, Scorpion Magician Girl! Grant me, my first wish! I wish to rule on high. . . as Pharaoh!"

Suddenly, a multitude of dark and ominous storm clouds are gathering everywhere above the Egyptian Kingdom! As a strong and cold gust of wind came swooping by, blowing away the palace's ceremonial banner, everyone can tell that this is a bad sign, spelling out that something terrible is about to happen!

After ducking from another gust of wind, Solomon, Yugi, 'Salvia', the priests, and the rest of the family stood up, making sure the coast is clear.

Solomon asked. "What. . . what just happened?"

"I don't know, but that was rough." Answered 'Salvia'.

Then, what's happening next, is there are some dark green stars dancing all over the Grand Pharaoh! "What. . . what is this? What's going on?" After a short moment, this strange magic begins to swirl around and about him, removing his robes and head-dress in the process! Then, they release him quite roughly.

"Grandpa!" Exclaimed Yugi as he, his family and friends rushed to his side.

Then, everybody looked over to what's really happening! The magic spell contorted the Grand Pharaoh's clothes and fit themselves on to the person they're all shocked to see! The one who believes that the crown of all Egypt will look well upon his head and no one else's, Dartz!

The Orichalcos Magician laughed smugly over his fully accomplished wish!

Solomon snarled spitefully at his ex-vizier! "Dartz! You. . . vile betrayer!"

"You watch your tongue, you old peasant!" Sneered Weevil, wearing fine robes which can represent an official.

"Yeah!" So did Rex, wearing elegant garments too! "That's 'Pharaoh Vile Betrayer' to you!"

Serka as 'Salvia' stood up. "Oh really? Then, we'll just see about that!" She pulls up her waist scarf. But, when she unfurls it, she finds that it's empty! Her important, valuable item isn't there! "Oh no. . . ! The locket. . . !"

Dartz chuckles at her. Even Weevil and Rex. It was clear that those two sneaky henchmen have been waiting for the right time, acting like herons to blend in with their surroundings, thus imitating Yugi's voice. They did that just to distract Serka, and when the opportunity is at hand, they took that moment to get what they're after! The heterochromatic magician even shows her that he is now wearing the locket around his neck! "Heh, heh! Finders, keepers, Princess Salvio!" Then, he points out towards something looming over her and the others!

As they all look up, they can see a large dark cloud, approaching and towering over the palace! Then, as the cloud cleared up, they can see something huge and frightful!

The figure became clear into view against the now stormy sky! It turns out to be a larger spirit monster whose body is made entirely out of volcanic rock and brimstone! It even shaped like a dragon and it had piercing red eyes! That creature is one of Dartz's monsters, Orichalcos Malevolence!

Serka looked up at the creature in wide-eyed fear! This is not like any of the other monster spirits she has seen around Egypt! But, she knew for a fact that this is a monster that only a powerful sorcerer type monster spirit like Scorpia can control and tame. Talking of which, she can see her, riding on the creature's shoulder.

From up there, Scorpia is looking down at all of the people with a stern expression in the eyes. Suddenly, with a motion signal of her hand, she commands the giant malevolent creature to grab hold of the palace and pull it off its spot on the ground!

Knowing she's going to need help to find out what's going on with the locket spirit, Serka whistled for her friends below.

Joey, Tristan, Duke, and their monster friends heard her after witnessing the whole thing. So, Red Eyes gathered up her 'Bodyguards' along with Baby Dragon on his back so he can take them up to her. Kuribon, however, decided to follow the Orichalcos Malevolence spirit to wherever he'll be taking the palace.

After hopping on to the black dragon's back, Serka began looking out, keeping a close watch on the giant monster.

Duke asked her. "You think now will be the perfect time to explain what's happening?"

"Well, a treacherous magician with turquoise hair has managed to get a hold of Scorpia and is now doing something terrible. That's what it looks like!" Answered Serka.

Now, Orichalcos Malevolence is carrying the palace with everyone in it in his paws and taking it over to a nearby range of mountains.

While they're flying on Red Eyes' back, Serka and her friends have managed to reach Scorpia. She began to try calling to her. "Scorpia! No!" Another shocking surprise startles her, making her gasp slightly!

As Scorpia turns to see her, she has an Orichalcos seal emblem glowing on her forehead too!

"Don't do this! Do not follow orders from that mean man!" Baby Dragon squirmed, desperately.

But, after seeing them in mid-air, she turns her head away sorrowfully, not bothering to make eye contact with them. "Sorry, you two. Well, sorry to you especially, Serkie. . . I got a new master, now." Then, she signals for Orichalcos Malevolence to place the palace on top of the highest mountain there is in Egypt.

Serka watched as she sees Malevolence settling down to the palace's balcony with Scorpia after changing his size. She couldn't believe this is happening! She would never have left the Millennium Locket unoccupied and lose it to someone else's hands in the first place!

Meanwhile, back on the balcony, Solomon is shouting at the Orichalcos Magician! "Dartz! I order you to stop this madness at once!"

Dartz, however, grinned while waving a finger at him. "Ah, but there's a new order now, Solomon. . . my order! Finally, you, your fellow priests, and your family will bow to me!"

"We will never bow to you!" Shouted Yugi, standing his ground!

"I will do no such thing as bowing before a practitioner of dark magic!" So did Atem.

"As priests of this land, we bow our heads and bend our knees before no one, except our gods and our true pharaoh who's meant to be the living Horus!" Same with Seto. The others also agreed.

Weevil scoffed along with his partner. "Well! Now, that's very rude and rebellious!"

"Why am I not surprised!" Exclaimed Rex.

Dartz snarled after hearing their responses too! "If you won't bow before a pharaoh. . . then you will cower before a sorcerer!" So he turns to his new servant! "Scorpion Magician Girl! My second wish! I wish to be the most powerful Orichalcos sorcerer. . . in the world!"

As thunder roared and lightning struck overhead, Serka gasped for what's going to happen next! She yells out to the locket spirit as she is about to raise her wand! "Scorpia! Stop!"

But, too late! Scorpia's wand began to glow and she casts her spell upon Dartz, enveloping him in a green light!

While he's transforming, Rex and Weevil begin announcing out loud to everyone. "Ladies and gentlemen. . . !"

"Please give a warm Egyptian welcome and a big hand for the great Orichalcos Sorcerer Dartz!"

When the transformation was done, Dartz is now wearing an elegant robe and on his head, he is wearing a new jeweled head garment! Also, in his hand, he is now carrying a long, silver magician's staff which bore a newer and bigger Orichalcos stone!

Joey kind of grimaced when he saw this. "Ugh! More like the Orichalcos Magician of greedy freaks to me!"

Everyone stood at their spots, frozen in fear and shock as he floated down to the floor!

Dartz looked at his new self in sheer satisfaction. Then, he looks to his victims, as if he were a rattlesnake spotting his prey with his malicious gaze! "Now, where were we? Ah, yes! Abject humiliation!"

With that, he raises his staff and when its magic is ready, he shoots a green bolt of lightning upon Solomon! When its light envelopes the Grand Pharaoh, the magic forces him to bow before him!

When Atem gasped at what that conniving magician did to his noble grandfather, he quickly held his brother so he can try escaping with him! But, when he sees another green bolt heading in their direction, he pushes Yugi away! "Little one! Run!" Then, he took the hit and was forced to bow down!

Yugi is about to escape until he is also hit by Dartz's magic too!

When this happened, Téa turned to her friends as soon as they noticed the trouble when they came in. "Miho! Serenity! Bakura and Marik! We got to help!" So, they all summoned their guardian monster spirits: Magician of Faith, Queen of Autumn Leaves, Fire Princess, Diabound and Egyptian God Slime! They start to attack Dartz all at once! But, to no avail, for he had a protective barrier to shield him!

Then, he attacks the monsters back with a different spell, making them disappear! "Now, you fools shall pay for your meddling! Such rude behavior towards the great sorcerer!" Now, he has Téa, the handmaidens, and Yugi's bodyguards under his power with the same spell he used on Solomon and his two grandsons! He cackled evilly at his work.

"Dartz! You monster!" Shrieked a voice!

The Magician looked over and is seeing Dark Magician along with his apprentice: Dark Magician Girl, Ryou, and Malik running at him, preparing to attack him too!

"You two grab him while my student and I aim for his scepter!" Ordered Atem's spirit monster.

"Right!" So they did as they were told, grabbing a hold of their ex-master!

"Dark Magic Attack!" The two Dark Magicians used their attack to go for the evil practitioner's staff! But, his attack was unfortunately backfired for it seemed that Dartz's magic is stronger than theirs!

After forcing Atem and Yugi's magicians to bow down, Dartz swiped away Ryou and Malik, thus doing the same thing to them! "Now, you see what happens to those who defy me, you weaklings!"

"You treacherous snake!" Seto growled in sheer anger! So, he decides to settle this with some magic of his own! "Kisara? Are you up for this?" He asked her.

"Yes!" She answered. So, knowing what to do, she places her hands upon his Millennium Rod and with her secret hidden powers and a little help from Seto's item, she transforms herself into the infamous Blue Eyes White Dragon!

Then, he commanded. "Kisara! White Lightning Attack!"

"Gladly!" After nodding her head, she blew out a bright stream of light at Dartz from behind!

However, Dartz is quick enough to know that it's coming! He spun around and blocked the attack away with a remotely similar lightning attack! "Same for all of you!" After forcing Seto, Mokuba, Mana, and the rest of the priests to bow down, he reverts Kisara back to normal and shackles her feet with his magic!

"Oh!" She gasped for she never actually wanted to have slave's shackles again! Especially for she's already freed and fed up with life as a slave!

Now that he is done, settling with everybody, Dartz approaches to his most desired victim, the Crown Prince! "Oh, little Prince Yugi. . . !" He croons as he tilts up his chin with his staff. "There's someone that I'm dying to introduce you to."

"Dartz!" Serka called out as she sails down on Red Eyes with her 'bodyguards'! "Get your filthy hands off him!"

However, the vile sorcerer smirked as he points his staff towards her, and he begins to sing. "~Princess Salvi'! Yes it is she, but not as you know her!~" He casts the same forceful bowing spell on her too! It made her fall off from the dragon and kneel on the ground, quite roughly!

"Oof!" She groaned before trying to break free from the spell.

Dartz also brought Yugi over to her spot with his staff's magic. "~Read my lips and come to grips with reality!~" Then, he removes the spell from the young prince as he held him firmly by his shoulder. "~Yes! Meet a blast from your past. . . whose lies were too good to last! Say hello to your precious Princess Salvi'!~"

After that, he forces the 'Princess' to stand up on her feet! With a wave of his Orichalcos staff, he shot a blinding arrow of green light at her!

"Agh!" 'Salvia' made a sharp cry as the light covered her body!

Everybody watched this while the sorcery is doing its work. Then, after a few seconds, a shocking surprise is shown before them! "Oh!"

When the light disappeared, it revealed the true identity of Princess Salvia! The spell had turned her back to a girl dressed in a simple patched knee-length dress and having her hair tied in a braid!

Rex and Weevil also announced to Yugi and all of his family! "Or shall we say, Serka the Street Rat!"

They all gasped slightly! They can hardly believe their eyes! This girl is a common Egyptian villager. . . not a Babylonian princess!

Serka, looked at her normal self, sorrowfully before looking up at everyone. She knew she will have her identity revealed sooner than later. "Oh no. . ."

Isis stared at the situation while trembling. "Oh. . . my prediction. . . the vision the gods have shown me. . . it's all coming true!"

"What?!" Seto gasped once he heard her shaken voice.

Yugi couldn't help but stare at Serka. He assumed she was dead but, she wasn't! He would never have thought that she and the 'Princess' he is going to marry are the same person! "Sa. . . Salvia. . . !" He glanced at her. "How. . . ?"

Becoming terribly sorry for herself, Serka went up to him. "Yugi. . . I've been trying to tell you! I'm just a. . ."

Dartz separated the two and sang again. "~So, Salvi' turns out to be merely Serka!~"

Just when Joey, Tristan, and Duke are coming in with Kuribon to help, they are also struck by Dartz's spell! They were reverted back to normal too!

When that happened, Serenity raised up her head. "Jo. . . Joey? Is that really you?"

He only looked at her first before lowering his head. "Serenity. . ."

Miho is equally surprised when she saw Tristan. "Honda-kun. . ."

"I. . . I was hoping you wouldn't see the real me. . ." He uttered too.

Now, the wizard has all of the street urchins and the small monster spirit right where he wants them! He starts demonstrating another dreadful deed in front of the Crown Prince! "~Just a con, need I go on? Take it from me!~"

He creates a green whirlwind and uses it to sweep them off their feet and into the air! He went up to Serka, grips her by the chin and slaps her cheek! "~Her personality flaws give me adequate cause to send her packing on a one-way trip so her prospects take a terminal dip!~"

He then sends them all floating into one of the dungeon towers of the palace!

Desperate, Serka calls out to the magician monster spirit who's watching from below. "Scorpia!"

When Red Eyes and Baby Dragon saw them being shoved inside through the open window, they decide to fly up to reach them!

On the ground, Dartz has prepared one more spell upon the tower! "~Her assets frozen, the venue chosen is the ends of the Earth!~" With one sweep of his staff, he lets the spell activate, sending the tower away into the far reaches of the sky and out of Egypt like a rocket, with Serka and her friends in it, taking them to wherever Dartz is sending them to!

"~Whoopie! So long. . . !~"

"Goodbye!" Said Weevil, waving.

"See ya later, alligator!" So did Rex.

Dartz finished as well. "~Ex-Princess Salvi!~" As Scorpia hung her head in sorrow, he stood over Yugi and his family, laughing maniacally as his power over all Egypt completely transformed its peaceful atmosphere dramatically!

Hearing a loud thunderclap mixing into his malicious laugh, they all look up at that power-hungry sorcerer helplessly. Overlapped by his dark shadow, they all know that he's finally got what he wanted and they're all under his mercy!

Even Serka, trapped in the flying tower with her friends, fell to her knees and lowered her head in regret! She even pounded her fist on the floor! "Oh, Ra. . . ! What have I done. . . !" She said to herself, with her voice trembling. As she can hear Dartz's laugh echoing, she knew this whole mess is her fault! She never knew that by letting Scorpia and the Millennium Locket fall into the wrong hands, she would endanger so many people. . . including the person she loves the most!

M.n.K: And. . cut! Great job everyone! That's a wrap for this one!

YGO Cast: (They all hopped off the set.)

Yugi: Phew! That was an intense one.

M.n.K: It is, isn't it. I ought to thank Dartz later for making everything dramatic in that scene.

Joey: (he drinks a bottle of water.) Can't wait for the next chapter. That will be the climax, wouldn't it?

M.n.K: Indeed it is, Joey and we're getting close! I'm sure you're all excited for what will happen as we are, out there. I'll be working on it and it will be ready before you'll know it. In the meantime, feel free to leave a comment or a review. Positive feedback is always appreciated. I'll see you all next time! ;)