Chapter 26- my name is….
Zane walked down from his stands. He was going to have a very serious talk with Jaden and was about to when he spotted a figure coming down from… somewhere. He had white hair, tanned skin, and purple eyes. He knew who this was, Marik Ishtar.
'Maybe I should let him handle this' Zane thought and left the arena, to tell everyone that DA won, obviously.
He approached them and when Alexis spotted him she frowned. She let go of Jaden, because they were in the middle of a hug and glared at him.
He smiled at her, he expected her to act like this.
"What the hell was that?" she asked Marik coldly who only chuckled.
"A little experiment" he said.
She glared furiously at Marik, she was no lab rat, but she didn't want to punch the shadow duelist, so her boyfriend would do. She swung her fist around and hit Jaden in the stomach and he fell to the floor.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!" she screamed at Jaden. Marik was laughing his head off looking at Jaden who was moaning in pain.
"You punch hard" Jaden said. He wasn't upset, he felt like he deserved a little pain for what he did, but still, that was a little much.
Marik started to calm down "he didn't tell you because he didn't know himself."
Alexis starred at Marik "he didn't…know?"
Marik nodded "I just told him to put Obelisk in your deck and that's it." Then his smile grew wider "and you did perfectly."
"I'm flatered" Alexis said in a monotone voice while Jaden tried to get up.
"Now it's time for step 2, follow me please" and he started heading out of the arena. Alexis felt a little bad for punching Jaden, so she helped him up. He smiled at her like it didn't even happen and led her to where Marik was taking them.
They went up a couple of stairs, into a couple of rooms that were passcode locked and finally made it to a room that looked like a doctor's office. Two beds lay next to each other and two very weird machines were next to them. The walls were grey and Marik leaned against one of the walls.
"Please pick a bed and sit down" Marik said and the two of them sat on the beds. They didn't lie down yet, both being very cautious about Marik's next plan of action.
"What are we doing" Jaden asked looking at the weird machines.
Marik's smile disappeared; it was now time to be serious, because this was the crucial part in his experiment. "I'm going to make both of you enter your self-conciseness."
They both looked at him both excited and slightly afraid. "Why the hell are you going to do that?" Alexis asked. She was starting to trust Marik less and less after her little incident with Obelisk, even though nothing went wrong.
"This is starting to sound like inception" Jaden commented and Marik was slightly amused.
"Yes and no." He then turned to Alexis. "I know you are wondering why I let you use Obelisk. It was merely a test to see if you were capable of handling a god which would indicate whether it would be safe to enter your self-conciseness."
"I don't follow" Alexis said confused.
"It's quite simple really; a god can bring out both the worst and best of us, giving us unimaginable power and strength. When I possessed Ra and Slifer in battle city I had a couple of let's say, personality changes."
Alexis nodded "but why did you want me to try?"
"Because like Jaden, you share ties to a very dark figure, the Supreme queen. My job, which I have already gotten permission from your family for, is to take you to the shadow realm and explore different dimensions."
Alexis gulped "is that what I signed up for?"
Marik nodded "yes you did. But the reason for testing your strength is simple, I wanted to make sure before I awaken her inside of you that you could handle it, which you did quite well with the power projected from Obelisk"
Alexis turned to Jaden who was just as shocked as herself, and felt even worse for punching him.
Marik noticed their nervousness "the reason I must awaken both the supreme queen and king inside both of you is very simple. When in the shadow realm, they could easily take over and you being already aware of them will help stop any invasion they try to have on your mind."
"But I have been to the shadow realm before, why didn't you do it to me then?" Jaden asked.
Marik shook his head "Jaden I only took you where duels take place. The shadow realm is a place of endless proportions."
Marik then stood up and activated both machines and both Jaden and Alexis wondered what they were.
"Marik, what are those?" Jaden asked.
"These are a few things I developed because Ishizu is being a bitch about me bringing the millennium key here. These will help you enter the darkest parts of your minds and confront them so are you two ready?"
"No not really" Alexis said.
"Me neither" Jaden said and Marik laughed.
"Too bad" and he pulled a couple of wires from the machine and handed both Alexis and Jaden a set of them. "I'll hook you up, please take your shirts off"
Jaden did what he was told and he took his shirt off, Alexis was a little more hesitant, but decided not to cause any more trouble.
Marik hook up the wires near their hearts, temples and around their arms. He took a step back and looked at his handy work.
"Mark you are seriously an evil genius" Jaden commented and Marik nodded.
"It's what I do best so now let the show begin" and he pulled the switch on the two machines and both Jaden and Alexis fainted.
Marik was monitoring both their heart rates which seemed to be normal right now.
Jaden's mind
Jaden was standing in complete shadows and looked nervously around him. He heard the clanking of metal on the ground, which you couldn't see from the shadows. A figure appeared in front of Jaden, and somehow you could see him.
His face was almost the exact same as Jaden's except he was about 28. He held a demonic helmet underneath his armpit and he wore demonic armor. A red cape billowed behind him and a red orb in the middle of his chest beat like a heart. His face was deadly, producing a cold and eerie presence around him. He was taller than Jaden and scowled at him.
"You must be Jaden" he said coldly and he starred at Jaden. "About time you woke me up"
Jaden gulped, this guy was exactly like the picture he saw, but he never expected him to look so similar and have the same voice as himself.
"You… must be Haou" Jaden said nervously.
He nodded "you think I'm going to hurt you" he said coldly and Jaden didn't feel like lying so he nodded.
Haou started laughing; it was cold and pierced right through Jaden's skin. "Even if I wanted to, it would be against me"
Jaden looked fearfully and questioning at Haou "what do you mean?"
"It means that I am basically here to serve you. Sure I could have taken over your body when you entered the shadow realm, but now that you are aware, it would be impossible."
This seemed to raise Jaden's self confidence in this dark and dreary world. "So, I am…" he didn't finish because Haou finished his statement for him.
"I am here to serve you Jaden, even though it goes against me, I am forced to." His eyes perked up, "I see you've taken a liking in my wife"
This confused Jaden but then he remembered that Alexis was the decedent of the Supreme queen. "Yah I guess I do"
Haou chuckled "well that makes me a little happier; after all I am going to be stuck with you for the rest of your pitiful existence. You might as well make it entertaining."
Jaden nodded and a smile crept up from his face "don't worry I will"
Alexis's mind
Alexis was standing in a on a red carpet that led to a throne of dark stone. There were black columns that lined the wall, but you couldn't see past them. A figure was sitting on the throne with her feet hanging of one end. She looked very bored. She had long blonde hair like Alexis, but she seemed to be around her late 20s or early 30s.
She glanced over to where Alexis was standing and Alexis saw her face, which was almost like her own, except hers looked evil. She smiled wickedly at Alexis.
Alexis was startled by her golden eyes and what she was wearing. She was a in suit of armor similar to that of the supreme kings, except less bulky. She had a purple cape and a red orb in the center that was beating. She stepped off her throne and walked causally to where Alexis was standing.
Alexis was frozen in fear and the figure sensed this and laughed.
'She looks exactly like me' Alexis thought to herself as the figure came very close to her. She was only a couple feet away now and Alexis was shivering in fright.
"Hello….there…I am Alexis" Alexis stuttered out. The figure laughed at Alexis's nervousness. It was cold and an evil presence was defiantly auditable from her tone.
"Oh hello their" she said, amusing herself from Alexis's terror. Her voice was like hers except with more fear and hate. "Call me Akuji (not her real name, but a name that means dead and awake)
Alexis was now very startled by her, her knees shacking. It's not every day you find yourself talking to yourself, especially one that his darker then you.
Akuji crept up behind Alexis and started rubbing her shoulders. It was very awkward for Alexis, but apparently Akuji was taking a lot of pleasure in scaring her.
"So what is my beautiful self-doing here?" she said, trying to act sweetly, but failing miserably.
"I'm here to meet you I guess" Alexis said. Apparently her rubbing her shoulders calmed her a little.
"Oh I think that's all" Akuji said slightly hurtful. "What a pity, I thought we could have a one on one talk for a little while"
Fear crept up Alexis's spine at Akuji's words and she chuckled. "Of course I can always talk to you, because I am a part of you"
Alexis tried to regain her composure but it was a little hard. The metal gauntlets of Akuji were on her and it felt icy cold.
"I can't hurt you girl" Akuji said, "so stop acting like the world is collapsing"
This seemed to both comfort and make Alexis even more fearful of herself. "What do you mean you can't hurt me?"
"tisk, tisk" Akuji said. "I thought I would be smarter than that in the future. I am you, if I try to do anything that could endanger you, I'm endangering myself."
"So you don't want to kill me?" Alexis added a little hopefully.
"Not in the slightest" Akuji said, "of course, given an opportunity, I would love to stretch my legs for a little bit" then she sighed "but alas, I suspect this Marik figure is smarter than that. Oh well"
Alexis sighed in relief 'thank you Marik' she thought.
Akuji then looked at her wrist, "oh look at the time" she's not wearing a watch "I think it's time for you to go"
Alexis nodded "yep I think so too"
Back in the real world
Marik was staring at the heart readers, which hadn't made a single abnormality. Alexis and Jaden were stirring and they both opened their eyes. Mari sighed in relief as he saw that it was their normal eye color, not the gold he feared would come.
Jaden looked at Alexis and smiled.
"Oh that's her" Haou said in Jaden's mind.
Jaden nodded "yep" he said to Haou.
Alexis turned to Jaden and saw his smile, which in turn made her smile, both because she was happy that nothing went wrong, and because his smile was so bright.
"At least you have taste" Akuji said in Alexis's mind.
"Yah I do" Alexis said back.
Marik starred at the two of them, because he knew exactly what was going on.
'Oh boy, didn't expect that'