Chapter 26

Wrapping It Up

A/N: Hey guys! So yeah, remember how I said I'd get back on writing schedule? Yeah, I didn't count on school trying to murder me, and my creativity to blow a fuse. I promise from now on that I will update more often. Now, on to the card games!

Also, this is pretty much just a filler chapter.

As the duel continued, Serenity began to gain more confidence in her dueling. She'd watched closely when Tristan, Kayla, and Duke all took their turns. Each of them were setting up a pretty good defense. Duke had even gained the upper hand by playing a magic card that turned the field into a dice board. In result, Nesbit's remaining monsters were destroyed.

To be safe, Serenity kept her monsters in defense mode, and kept a few useful cards face down.

On Nesbit's turn, his confidence seemed to grow. He drew his card, and seemed please with the result. "Since I am acting as my own deck master," he said. "I call myself to the field." He took a few steps forward, and ended up on the field. "Then I shall play a card known as Recycling Plant. This allows me to revive one monster and fuse it with myself. And I choose Machine King!"

A light flashed on the field, and Nesbit had transformed into a stronger monster.

A/N: Transformers theme anyone? :D

Nesbit's new form had gained additional attack points from magic cards he had lain out, giving him 5200 points. He was stronger than any of their monsters!

But Duke's magic card had come to their aide once again. Nesbit rolled the dice and ended up cutting his attack points in half. But even with the deducted points, he was still too powerful for anyone to attack.

When Duke's turn came, his roll had cost his monster 1000 attack points and a huge chunk of his life points. With his monster destroyed, the dice game card was gone.

Kayla bit her lip, thinking. It was her turn now, and she had three cards face down. At least one of them she knew would help.

Smirking, she flipped the card over. "I activate Swords of Revealing Light. You are unable to attack us for three of your turns." She said. "And then I play Blast Magician in defense mode." She looked over at Serenity. "You're move kiddo."

Serenity nodded and drew her card. She ended up sacrificing her Lady Panther to summon Marie the Fallen One. And through her deck master's special ability, Tristan's face down card and Kayla's Deck Master Ability, Serenity had created Saint Joan and was able to completely wipe out Nesbit's life points.

With Nesbit destroyed, the duel was over. Tea, Yugi, Joey, and Bakura had joined them to celebrate. Serenity threw her arms around Tristan's neck, and a deep blush crossed his face. Kayla smiled and winked at him. She knew that those two had become extremely close.

"So what do we do now?" Tea asked.

"We need to move on and find a way out of here." Yugi said.

Suddenly, a large door appeared before them. "I think that's what we're looking for." Joey added.

"Is everyone ready to go?" Kayla asked.

Everyone nodded, and Yugi led them all through the door. A light flashed, and they found themselves in the parking lot of a storage facility.

Suddenly, a motorcycle drove by carrying both a man in a trench coat, and an unconscious Mokuba. Soon after, a second bike, driven by Kaiba, whipped past them.

"Just when we thought things were going to get easier." Tea said.

"Should we go after them?" Kayla asked.

"Kaiba may need our help." Yugi added. "I say we follow them. But we'll need something fast."

While they were discussing that, Joey was walking over to an old truck part a little ways away from them. The doors were unlocked, but there was no key to start it.

"Let see if Joey still has the magic touch." He thought smiling.

After a few minutes of him being away, Yugi finally took notice when he heard the truck roar to life. Everyone turned in Joey's direction.

"Yep!" Joey shouted grinning. "I still got it!"

"Everybody get in." Yugi said. "We're going after them."

Joey and Tristan took the front seats of the truck while everyone else got onto the bed of it. "Everyone hold onto something!" Joey shouted, slamming down on the gas pedal, pushing the tiny truck to its limit.

His warning had come too late for some. Yugi and Kayla both found themselves flung back in the truck bed. Yugi ended up hitting his head on Tea's elbow, and Tea bumping into Serenity. Kayla had knocked into Bakura, sending them both into the wall.

"Slow down Joey!" Tea shouted. "You're going to get us all killed back here!"

"I told ya to hold onto something!" Joey shouted back.

"Next time, try warning us before you slam on the gas!"

It took Kayla a moment to realize who she'd ended up crashing into. She finally noticed it when he said, "Would you mind please getting off of me?"

Kayla had been around him long enough to notice when Ryo was himself, or just Bakura using Ryo's voice. Bakura was still in control of him, and when she didn't respond fast enough, he growled, "Get the hell off of me!" He'd said it loud enough for her to hear, but quiet enough so no one else could.

Kayla quickly moved away. "Sorry about that." She said, scooting back to her original spot.

The others noticed the sudden discomfort between the two, and turned to face them. Bakura had become aware of it, and only nodded in response to Kayla. He didn't want his cover blown.

Kayla looked out into the distance, seeing a duel in progress with Kaiba and… Jinzo? She blinked a few times to make sure she wasn't seeing things. But sure enough, there was a Jinzo dueling Kaiba.

The next thing they all knew, Joey had slammed on the breaks and jumped out of the truck. The others followed. The only ones that hadn't were Bakura and Kayla.

"Why are we always the ones that end up getting left behind together?" she wondered to herself.

Neither of them made an attempt to move or talk to each other for once.

As Kaiba's duel dragged on, Kayla found herself falling asleep. After a few moments, she gave in to it.