I narrowed my eyes as Otogi let out another diabolical laugh. He was amused by our disturbed looks, probably just as much as he watched Yugi struggled in an unfair match against Ryuji. Wanting to get this over with quickly, I made the first step towards Ryuji's insane father.

"Alright, Mr. Otogi. You have Yugi where you want him," I said coldly. "You are about to have your revenge on Sugoroku. There is no reason for you to imprison us."

Otogi narrowed his eyes.

"I have no idea where you got that information from, but it is no use to you now. I can't let you leave, at least not yet. You five know and have seen too much."

"And you still have time to make sure we don't say anything," I pointed out. "You can still end this crazy scheme. Just give Yugi back the Millennium Puzzle and let us leave like nothing happened."

Again, Otogi tensed up. He put his hand in his pocket, which revealed broken pieces of the Millennium Puzzle. Jonouchi and Anzu gasped while Honda and Bakura's faces paled.

"Tell me, Mr. Otogi," I said coolly. "What do you intend to do once your son loses?"

"What do you mean, 'if my son loses?'" Otogi demanded furiously. "Ryuji will not lose! He will give me the revenge I so rightly deserve!"

"Are you certain? You mean you haven't thought of the possibility that he could fail? After all, you're going up against Yugi Mutou, grandson of Sugoroku Mutou and the King of Games. For it was he who defeated Maximillion Pegasus."

Otogi's eye twitched but said nothing. While he was silent, I continued.

"I know I can't fully understand what pain you went through when you lost at the Devil's Board Game. I know it must have been hard for you, but really think about what you are doing. Is it really worth it? Putting Yugi and Ryuji, who have nothing to do that incident, in a situation like this? Tell me, is putting pressure, and possibly ruining Ryuji's life, worth this small pigment of revenge?"

"Shut up!"

Otogi pulled out a small pistol and aimed it right at my head.

"Say one more thing and you'll have something worse than a broken arm!" he threatened. "And that goes for the rest of you too! Now, come with me nice and quietly and I promise nothing more will happen to you."

We all backed away from him as Otogi took a step closer. I felt my body turn cold, as there was nothing more I could do. Otogi was beyond reason, so madly obsessed with revenge. I guessed the only way for him to see was to try, and fail, at solving the Millennium Puzzle. But from the look in his eyes, I even doubted even that would work.

But before he could make another step closer to us, Otogi stopped all movement. It was like he was frozen in time, his eyes widening. Pulling back his gun, Otogi walked to the wall he originally came out of and pulled a trigger to go to the other side. I blinked, my mind still progressing what just happened.

With the others behind me, I walked over to the door and put my ear against it. I heard Otogi shout, though I couldn't tell what he was saying. I faintly heard Ryuji's voice, and it sounded pleading. I assumed he just lost to Yugi. From the sound of their voices, Otogi was angry at Ryuji for losing. Yugi tried to speak up; most likely to defend Ryuji, but Otogi's screams overpowered his soft voice. Suddenly, there was a few seconds of silence until I heard Ryuji give a loud gasp. I heard something move inside the room and Ryuji crying out to his father.

"Honda, Jonouchi, you need to break down the door!" I immediately ordered, backing away from the door. "Yugi is in danger!"

Without hesitation, Jonouchi and Honda took my word and they tried to kick the door down. But it would barely budge, even with their combined strength. Bakura eventually came to help, but it didn't do much. Anzu and I stood in the back, feeling completely helpless and useless. I felt my arm start to hurt really badly again, making it hard for me to hide the pain. Anzu glanced over at me.

"Roxanne, are you alright?"

I nodded slowly.

"Tell me, Anzu, how is my arm? I...don't want to look."

Looking away, I felt Anzu lift up the piece cloth of Bakura's jacket.

"The bleeding has seemed to have slowed down, from what I can tell," she finally said. "But you need to have this looked at. And you need a new bandage. Unfortunately, I don't see any around."

"...I see. Thanks, Anzu."

Anzu nodded, though there was still a concern look in her gaze.

Suddenly, my nose twitched as I could smell a faint drift of smoke. We all froze for a millisecond.

"Yugi!"

Desperately, Jonouchi told Honda and Bakura to step back and he charged into the door with full force. Though hurting him in the progress, it was enough to make the door fall to the ground.

We all ran inside the room, it being quickly devoured by flames. The giant hologram board that Ryuji and Yugi played D.D.M on was being melted by the flames, circuits being fried and tiny sparks of electricity sparking out. There was a hole on the other side of the wall, the hidden room where Otogi planed on playing the Devil's Board Game with Yugi. Ryuji was pulling his father out of it, his clothes and mask being burnt. He looked up at us.

"Guys, Yugi is still inside!" Ryuji shouted. "He needs help!"

On that note, we all ran into the other room. There, Yugi stood over a table, surrounded by growing flames. He was putting together the Millennium Puzzle, which was chained down to the table.

"Yugi!" Anzu cried, running to his side. "Yugi, we need to get out of here now!"

"You guys go ahead!" Yugi replied, his eyes not leaving the broken puzzle. "I need to get the Millennium Puzzle freed!"

"Are you nuts?" Jonouchi exclaimed, trying to free the Millennium Puzzle from the table it was hooked on. "You'll burn to death!"

"But I can't leave the Other Me behind! I can't let the Pharaoh..."

Yugi sobbed as he tried to fix the puzzle while at the same time trying to free it. Every second that passed the flames would draw closer and closer, becoming hotter and hotter.

There wasn't much time left.

I then walked up to the table, taking the chain that attached the Millennium Puzzle and pulling it with all my strength, including using my injured arm.

"You guys get out of here!" I cried in pain. "Get Yugi and I'll take care of the Millennium Puzzle!"

"No, Roxanne!" Jonouchi cried. "You're injured! We're not leaving you."

"Jonouchi, you don't understand! I can take care of this," I said with a grunt. "My life is nothing compared to yours, all of you! I have this under control; just get Yugi out of here! I promise I'll be safe."

I felt the chain move against the metal hook that held it to the table.

"Please, Jonouchi!"

Using my good arm, I pushed Jonouchi towards the exist. With a pleading look in my eyes, I turned to Honda, Anzu, and Bakura, hoping they would understand. Reluctantly, Honda left the room with Jonouchi and Anzu, guiding Yugi away from the now completed Millennium Puzzle. Yugi screamed and tried to resist, but Anzu dragged him away with all of her strength. The only one who stayed was Bakura.

"Bakura, get out!" I exclaimed, my voice cracking. "Get out now before you get burned alive!"

Bakura stared at me, his expression unreadable.

Growling in frustration and pain, I let go of the chain and picked up the Devil's Board Game board. Using the clawed hand that came out of the edge of the board, I put its finger in the hole of the metal hook. I used all of my strength to push it up, making my injured arm hurt worse than I did from pulling the chain. I screamed in agony, pushing myself more and more. In the corner of my eye, I saw Bakura try to help me but I would just yell at him to leave.

I finally felt the hook move a bit, which gave me a tiny bit of hope. But, at this point, the heat and smoke was getting to me and I had a hard time breathing. I coughed.

Just a little more!

My vision began to blur. The pain in my arm, the smoke in the room, the intense heat. It was all too much.

Finally, I got the Millennium Puzzle free, the force making it fly off the table. I threw the Devil's Board Game into the fire and grabbed the Millennium Puzzle in mid air. I then fell the ground, and I found it incredibly difficult to get back up. My head and arm hurt and I began to gasp for air. I couldn't move, my body was in too much pain for it to handle. I felt my eyelids grow heavy. I began to crawl out. I wasn't going to die here! I was going to reunite Yugi and Atem; I was going to get Atem to safety! But soon, I could no longer even crawl. I laid on the burning floor of the Black Crown Game Shop, too exhausted to move.

No...I can't lose!

Suddenly, I felt someone pick up me up and carry me, the Millennium Puzzle still in my arms. I squinted my eyes to see Bakura running out of the burning building, me being held in his arms bridal style.

"Roxanne, hang in there," Bakura said with a cough, as he held me tightly. "You better not die on me! I swear to Ra, if you even think about crossing to the other side..."

His voice cracked a bit. I gave a small tired smile.

"Don't worry. I won't go until Yugi and the Pharaoh are reunited. I won't let my friends down."

Bakura didn't reply, as he was too focused on dogging the flames.

Before I knew it, we were outside the building, the cool breeze of the night rushing to my face and body. Behind Bakura I saw water was being put on the fire and I could hear firemen shout to each other. I heard Jonouchi and the others, including Ryuji and his father. They all surrounded me and Bakura, all giving us concerned looks. I glanced over to see that Otogi stayed in the back, having tears in his eyes and was shaking uncontrollably.

I guess him trying to solve the puzzle and then put his store on fire did make him see.

"W-where is Yugi?" I asked weakly when I didn't see him.

"I'm here."

Yugi walked up to me, his face covered with small burns. I smiled slightly, glad to see him safe. I slowly handed him the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi gasped and took it, tears forming in his eyes.

"Roxanne...you risked your life..."

"It was meant to be," I replied as I slowly felt myself losing consciousness. "It…was either you being almost burned to death or me. And I'm glad that you, and the Pharaoh, are safe now...For I would gladly sacrifice my life to…"

Yugi's violet eyes grew wide. "Roxanne!"

My arm became motionless as my whole world faded into black.