Yoh backed up into the wall, eyes wide and trying to find a weapon, or an escape route. Mentally, he was ranting away at Hao locking him in the room for safety, but ending up making him easy prey for the flesheater!
He grabbed a book and chucked it, Mar-ko batting it away as Yoh threw his type writer next, grinning when it smacked into the monster's head, but he still kept coming. But just as he pinned Yoh to the wall, Hao kicked the doors in and grinned as he said.
"Hey!" Both Yoh and Mar-ko looked at him. One had the look of annoyance and boredom as the other look said that he was insane. "Get away from him!" Mar-ko snarled and spat in Egyptian at Hao. "Oh, yeah? Look what I got!"
Hao gleefully held up a white cat that hissed at Mar-ko who shrieked in fear before turning into a mini sandstorm and flying out the window and away from the guardian. Hao smiled and held up the cat petting her head.
"Thank you, Kathy." Yoh sighed as Hao turned to him and pulled him close. "Come on, we need to see Faust the bastard got to Lyserg."
Yoh paled. He didn't need to ask to know that Mar-ko now had the book of the dead, but he couldn't use it without the Key which they still had and he still needed Yoh as well. Ryu grabbed a light bag and stuffed it with clothes as Yoh tossed on shoes and a robe, since he was only in his pajamas and they hurried down to the car. Pofe drove to the museum and they ran inside.
"Faust! Silva! It's bad! He's gotten Lyserg and Vanstar!" Hao yelled as he ran into the room where Faust and Silva were talking. The taller brunette sighed as he looked to his fellow kinsman and nodded.
"He's also taken over the city, the people are like Zombies. They are searching for you and the others as we speak. It's only a matter of time before they come this way. Do you have the Book?" Silva asked.
"No. The bastard got to Lyserg before we could find him. On top of that he's got an old acquaintance of mine working for him and the greedy bitch will most likely lead him here to get the others he needs and when he's drained the last one dry, he's gonna come after Yoh. We need to get out of the city fast and find another way to kill him. He's getting stronger every time we see him. Kathy's not gonna keep him away." Hao stated, petting the cat in on his shoulder as she purred.
Frankie barked and Faust hushed his dog and looked at Yoh.
"I know you've studied every piece of ancient Egyptian text, art and statue brought in. Did you see anything at all that could be of use?" Faust asked.
"... Yes!" Yoh cried after a pause before he rushed out of the room and down one of the many corridors. He found a large slab of onyx stone littered in hieroglyphics as Faust pulled out his reading glasses and with the others holding torch lights for them they began to read it as fast as they could. "According to the Bimbridge Scholars, the Book of Amun-Ra was supposed to be buried at the base of Anubis."
"That's where we found the Black Book." Lucky stated with distaste.
"Yes, so that means they were mixed up, they mixed up the locations so if the Book of Anubis was found inside of Anubis, then the book of Amun-Ra has to be..." Yoh trailed off, reading through the carvings quickly but efficiently so as not to miss anything.
Ryu sighed as he looked out a nearby window and paled.
"Uhhh, Yoh... I don't mean to rush you, but you may want to read a bit faster... We've got company." Ryu called, eyes locked onto the advancing crowd of zombies covered in blisters and boils caused by the bugs Mar-ko had unleashed beforehand.
Hao growled as he and Silva took off to bolt the doors shut and move whatever they could to block the crowd out. Anything really to buy them some time. Lucky held Minne steady, knowing she was ready to bolt out there like a bat out of hell, but they couldn't risk running into the monster himself.
"Hurry, Yoh!" Ryu hissed as he turned to go get the car ready.
"Patience is a virtue!" Yoh sing-songed as he kept reading.
"Not right now it isn't!" Hao retorted, loading his shotgun quickly. The zombies started banging on the doors and the Americans looked to Hao and Yoh nervously. Hao felt icy sweat roll down his back but he kept his face carefully blank, silently willing Yoh to hurry up.
"I got it!" Yoh cried. Everyone looked at him expectantly. "According to this text the Book of Gold should have been inside the statue of Anubis, but the Book of the Dead was there, so that means the Book of Gold is inside the Horus statue." Yoh rose to his feet, cheeks flushed with victory.
Just then the zombies broke through the door. Hao and Silva hacked at their numbers as they retreated. "Where are we going?" Minne demanded shrilly.
"We sent Ryu to get the car, he'd better get here soon!" Hao replied, shooting another zombie in the face.
Ryu meanwhile ran as quick as he could through the museum. He came upon a group of zombies and almost screamed, but then joined their ranks, chanting and shuffling along with them until he was sure they would not notice him slip away. He bolted to the car and got it started, pulling up just as Hao, Yoh and the rest spilled out of the museum, having lost the zombies.
"Go, go, go!" Hao screamed, vaulting into the car. As they all got in, Anna ran out and spotted them, screaming for the zombies to get them.
"You're going to get yours, Annie!" Hao roared as the car sped off.
"Oh, like I've never heard that before!" He heard Anna taunt behind him. The zombies chased them, faster than human beings should have been. They lost Pofe the first time they turned a sharp corner.
"Go back, go back!" Lucky shouted.
"If we go back we're dead!" Hao roared in reply. "Gun it Ryu!"
The zombies kept after them, pulling first Lucky and then Minne out of the car to be taken back to Mar-ko. The others knew they were dead when three agonized screams rang into the night and then died. Still the zombies pursued them until they nearly overturned trying to avoid crashing into a wall, spilling them out onto the ground. The zombies surrounded them, but did not move.
The silent figures then parted to allow two more through. Anna, the turncoat, and a tall, blue-eyed man with blonde hair. "The creature has fully regenerated." Silva said dully.
"He is all but invincible, and all he has to do is raise Je-ne from the dead, and the end is upon us." Faust added. Hao stared at the man, fury rising in his chest; he knew him, how, he did not know, but he knew this man, and he didn't like him. Protectively he brought Yoh closer to him, feeling his lover tremble slightly.
Mar-ko began to speak, his voice pleasant, and sibilant. "Mar-ko only wants the boy." Anna translated. Mar-ko spoke some more. "Take his hand and your friends will be spared and you will be together, forever."
"For all eternity, bitch." Yoh corrected Anna snippily. Anna shut her mouth and glared at him.
"No way in hell." Hao growled, going for his guns. Yoh's hand on his arm stopped him.
"There's still time, get to Hamunaptra, find the book, he needs me alive for now." He whispered in Hao's ear, brushing his lips just briefly across Hao's cheek. "I know you'll come for me." Hao could find nothing to say as Yoh walked calmly up to Mar-ko and took the 3000 year old monster's hand. Mar-ko smirked at him over Yoh's head and turned to go. He bellowed out one last command
"KILL THEM ALL!" Hao heard Yoh scream just once before the zombies were after them again.
"Here!" Faust called, lifting a hatch in the street. "It's the sewers." He and Silva stood, fighting off the zombies, as Hao and Ryu slipped down the hole. "Go my friend!" Faust told Silva, pushing the taller man back.
"What of you?" Silva demanded.
"They need your expertise now more than mine, I can buy you some time to get out of the city." Faust said. His eyes softened at the horrified look on Silva's face. "I will be with my Eliza again finally, you know nothing would make me happier."
"Go well my friend, may the gods favour your sacrifice." Silva said and then slipped down the hole.
"Where's Faust?" Ryu demanded as Silva pulled the hatch closed. "We're not just going to leave him!" Silva turned and gave them both a grim look.
"Let's not waste the time he's given us." Hao said in a hushed voice. "We've got to get to Hamunaptra, fast."
"And how are we going to do that?" Ryu demanded. Hao smiled slightly.
"I know of someone who might be able to help out."
Ottawa: Gods we're such bitches!
Rye: Everyone's gonna be screaming at us to stop killing off the cool peoples, but sorry! They gotta die or the story wouldn't progress!
Hao: You killed Faust!
Rye: TTxTT Don't remind me!
Ottawa: While Rye's crying her eyes out, plz review! And Hao I'm the one who technically killed of Faust.
Rye: TTxTT We suck...