Early the next morning, probably around seven o'clock, I heard a loud knock my door.
"Roxanne, the first round of the tournament is about to start!" Yugi called out from the other side. "You need to get up now!"
I groaned, putting my head under the covers to block any sound or light.
"Yugi, go away!" I cried, my voice muffled.
"But Roxanne, the semi finals are about to start!" Yugi exclaimed, sounding shocked from some reason. "We may need your powers to see if anything goes wrong!"
"Can it wait? Just...five more minutes!"
"Roxanne..."
"Yugi, I'm tired!"
There was a moment of silence, and even though the door and sheets covered my vision of him, I knew Yugi was sighing to himself.
"Is she coming out?" I faintly heard Jonouchi ask.
"It doesn't look like it," Yugi explained. "She's having one of those 'I'm not getting up until it's noon' moments."
"Do you want me to tell her they're selling free Duel Monster cards again?"
"I don't think even that would get her up. She sounds completely exhausted."
"For once, I can't say I blame her. She did say she would be up in the middle of the night looking for Mokuba. Though speaking of Mokuba, have you seen Kaiba? I haven't heard from him since dinner last night, or Honda for that matter."
"I don't know. Maybe they've woke up early."
"True, I didn't think of that."
Jonouchi and Yugi's voices merged together as I entered into a deep sleep.
When I finally woke up, it was ten o'clock. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, trying to get my thoughts organized. My eyes widened as I remembered my conversation with Yugi.
By Ra, I am an idiot!
Quickly, I got myself dressed and put my Duel Monster cards in my pocket. I ran for the door and tried to open it. But it was locked, as I couldn't even move the knob. I blinked.
That's weird. I don't remember locking my door before I went to bed.
Did my door even have a lock? I studied the door, noticing that there wasn't any kind of lock. I tried to twist the knob over and over again, but it wouldn't budge. I did it so many times, my hand started to hurt. I rubbed my hand, a little panic going through me.
I was locked in and had no way out.
When my hand stopped hurting, I got out my cell phone and called Yugi. But, of course, I got no answer. I called Jonouchi, Honda, Anzu, Ryo. None of them answered, some of them going directly to voicemail. I cursed.
Great, I'm locked in my own room with no way out and have no way to contact anyone. Perfect, just perfect!
I laid back on my bed, calming myself down while trying to come up with a plan. I guess I could try to escape from the window, but I was at least three stories high, or even more. I had nothing with me to break the door down, nor was I strong enough to do it on my own. I guess I could bang on my door until someone hears me, but that could be hours. What to do, what to do...
I stared at the ceiling for what seemed like forever, as if waiting miraculous to happen. Suddenly, I heard someone walking down the hallway. Hope grew within my heart as I half ran, half tripped, to the door.
"Hey, who's out there?" I shouted, hoping they would hear my voice. "Can you hear me? I need help!"
The footsteps came closer and closer. I kept shouting, leading the unknown person towards me with my voice. Finally, their footsteps stopped at my door. I sighed in relief.
"Thanks for coming!" I said thankfully. "I've been trapped here all morning! My door is locked from the outside. Can you by chance pick the lock or break the door down or something?"
There was a long moment of silence. I blinked.
"…Hey, did you hear me? Jonouchi, if that's you behind the door and not answering me, I swear to God that I'll…"
In that split second, I heard the door unlock itself. Slowly, and a bit confused, I reached for the doorknob and turned it. I smiled and opened the door. I was going to thank my rescuer, but I saw no one in the hallway.
Okay that's weird… Did they just run off?
Now finally free, I ran towards the dueling arena. However, when I came down the stairs, I heard a loud crashing sound. Sprinting towards the sound, as a large man came out of a nearby room, pushed me to the ground, and ran off. I looked up to see who it was but they were gone in a split second. Just then, Honda appeared out of the door, holding Mokuba on his back. He glanced down at me.
"Roxanne, are you okay?"
I nodded as I stood back up.
"I'm fine."
I looked towards the direction he ran off to.
"Who was it anyway?" I asked. "I couldn't get a good view of him."
"It was Bandit Keith," Honda explained, intense anger filling voice. "While I was heading back to my room after I found Mokuba, I saw him come in through a broken window in this room."
He gestured towards a completely shattered window, glass all over the place. I was surprised that Bandit Keith wasn't bleeding all over the place, coming in through that.
"When I saw him, I knew he was up to no good," Honda continued. "I tried to stop him, but he pushed me out of the way and ran off."
I groaned. "I know how that feels."
Honda gave a small nod, as he got Mokuba off his shoulders.
"You take Mokuba to Kaiba's room while I go after Bandit Keith. We need to get him before he does anything crazy."
"The others will be alright, he won't hurt them," I said as I took a hold of Mokuba. "Bandit Keith is after Pegasus. He won't harm Jonouchi or the others."
Unless they get in the way.
"Doesn't matter," Honda said, "we still need him under control. Keep Mokuba safe."
My eyes widened. "Wait, Honda!"
Honda was already in hot pursuit of Bandit Keith before I could stop him. I sighed heavily, looking down at Mokuba.
He looked like a zombie, his face paler than usual and his black hair was a complete mess. His eyes where blank, no trace of light in them at all.
I tightened my grip on Mokuba's limp body as I carried him up the stairs. He was pretty heavy for a little kid, as it took all my strength to carry him. When I arrived in Kaiba's room, I gently placed Mokuba's body on Kaiba's bed. I gave a sad look as I made Mokuba close his eyes.
How could Pegasus take his soul and not feel guilty about it?
I quietly closed the door behind me, hoping that neither The Hair Guy nor The Mullet Guy would come down this way and find Mokuba here. I was about to make my way to the duel arena when I noticed someone was staring at me from behind.
He was only there for a split second, as he was gone the moment I turned around to face him. I blinked.
Was that…Shadi? Oh God, what is doing now?
Not wanting to spend another second here, I ran off to the duel arena. Hopefully, I didn't miss much.