"Rebecca? What are you up to?" Tea asked walking up to her. Ever since the boys left to find Yugi she went straight to the computer.
"I'm trying to get a lead on these biker creeps" she replied "and so far I've only come across this strange article" She then turned her head to face the older girl "its about a cruise ship that sunk about twelve years ago and boy who saved himself by swimming to an island"
Tea raised an eyebrow "go on..."
"He spent three years on that island! All on his own! And according to this story he did nothing but practice playing duel monsters over and over again till he was rescued!"
"But... what's that gonna do with the bikers?"
"Cause the boy who survived... his name was Raphael..." Rebecca confirmed.
Tea gasped "the guy duelling Yugi?"
Rebecca nodded but her gaze shifted to were her Grandpa was sleeping... but it wasn't him she was worried about. "I thought you were swapping watch duty with Natalie?"
Tea shook her head "she said it's the only thing distracting her from what happened... so I let her continue"
"Oh..."
"Where am I?" Natalie asked herself looking around. For some reason she wasn't in the caravan anymore... but walking across a humid desert... only she didn't feel clammy or uncomfortable... she just felt like normal. 'This has to be a dream...' she thought. Suddenly she noticed that she was in fact in Death Valley... and in front of her was...
"YUGI! PHARAOH?"
At first she believed her eyes were playing tricks, but Yugi was in fact with a duel and not just with anyone... but the blonde biker from before...
"I play the card exchange!" The Biker cried.
"What..." she heard Yugi say "why did her play that card?" this was when she noticed that the Pharaoh was in control.
"Yugi!" she called "just what on earth do you think you're doing! Stop the match!" but her cries fell on deaf ears and he walked towards the Biker and they both exchanged the only card in their hand.
"I think you'll like this one..." the biker mused handing it over, the Pharaoh through him a glare before walking back to where he was before.
"Just what are you up to Raphael?" The Pharaoh demanded.
'Raphael? So that's his name...'
She then noticed a terrified expression on his face.
"No matter what happens you can't play that card!" Yugi ordered.
"Yes but..."
"No buts! That card is evil!"
The Pharaoh threw him a reassuring smile "very well Yugi... I draw!"
"Don't forget my magic card!" Raphael informed him "it takes away five hundred life points when you start your turn!"
'No... He's losing...'
"Don't give up Pharaoh! Yugi!"
The Pharaoh ordered his monster Timeaus and the Dark Magician Girl to attack but that also failed when Raphael activated a card called crystal seal... which trapped the monster into a crystal cocoon.
"You're dragon is now locked away..." Raphael stated" but of course there is one card that can change that..."
"No!" Yugi yelled "He's trying to make you play that card! It's evil and too risky to play!"
"I understand Yugi but that could be the only way to win!" The Pharaoh said sternly.
'What card could they be...' but it didn't take long to figure out when she got a glance at what was in the Pharaoh's hand... it was the Seal of Orichalcos!
"I summon a face down monster in defence mode!" The Pharaoh announced "and with that I end my turn..."
Raphael drew two cards "I activate Rode of Silence! It raises my monster's strength by five hundred and also lets me play my Guardian Kay'est" and a mermaid like creature appeared on the field. "Guardian Grarl! Attack his face down monster!" and the lizard creature did what he was ordered leaving the Pharaoh defenceless. Raphael then order Guardian Kay'est to attack his life points which knocked them down to one thousand and two hundred points... and with that magic card still in effect, the points were now down to six hundred!
"You only have one turn left..." stated Raphael "and you know exactly what you need to do to win!"
Natalie gasped, she could hear Yugi pleading the Pharaoh not to play the Seal of Orichalcos but the Pharaoh wasn't listening... he played the card of sanity which enabled him and this opponent to drawl till they had six cards in their hand... but it was a card wasted, by the look on the Pharaoh's face... he did not have a lot to work with...
"Only the Seal of Orichcalcos can free my dragon!" The Pharaoh told himself "So I can win to duel!" But just as he grabbed it, Yugi appeared and stopped him by arm locking his arm.
"Pharaoh no!"
"Let go!"
"No! You don't know what you're doing!"
"Let go!"
"Listen to me!"Yugi asked desperately "this card is effecting your mind!"
"We're going to lose the duel can't you see that!" The Pharaoh roared "Trust me! It's the only way! Now let me go!" and with that The Pharaoh snatched his arm free.
"No Pharaoh!" yelled Natalie finding her words "please don't do it, it doesn't matter if you lose this duel!" But once again she couldn't be heard... so she sprinted towards him with tears in her eyes "Stop!"
But it was too late, the Pharaoh activated the card... Natalie saw Yugi disappear as the green aura surrounded the field and Natalie was knock back and began falling into a dark pit.
"No!" Natalie screamed, it took her a while to realise she was back in the caravan.
'It was a dream...' she told herself 'but why did it feel so real' suddenly the sound of a car pulling up rang through her ears... and it sounded a lot like Duke's car. Without a moment of hesitation she rushed outside to find the guys in the car and Yugi dismounting his horse... but something wasn't right...
Rebecca ran over to him and gave him a hug and mused on how Yugi never loses, but Yugi didn't react... he didn't react at all.
"So how'd it go?" Tea asked "is everything okay?" but once again he said nothing... it was then Natalie noticed that it wasn't Yugi at all... it was the Pharaoh...
"Not quite..." Joey answered "we've got a problem"
"Yugi didn't win" Duke continued and Tristan finished saying he was gone.
"But how could he have lost?" Tea demanded "He's standing right there!"
"That's not Yugi Tea!" Natalie stated shakily walking over to him. She then pulled Rebecca away from him so she could stand in front of him...
"Pharaoh?"
The Pharaoh flinched at her voice...
"Pharaoh... what have you done?"
"They... they got him Natalie..." he slowly replied trying to keep it together, he told everyone what happened, how Yugi sacrificed himself to save him.
"It's..." Natalie began shaking "It's not true..."
"I know it's all my fault!" The Pharaoh told her.
"No..." she cried turning her back on him... it was then she began sobbing "It's not true!" and after everything that has happened to her, the dreams, fainting and now losing Yugi... she snapped.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS!" she screamed in agony and stormed over to him, she then shoved him harshly on the shoulder "HE TRUSTED YOU! I TRUSTED YOU!"
"Natalie..."
"I HATE YOU!" she shrieked and then started to hit his him uncontrollably, The Pharaoh managed to restrain her and pull her into an embrace, hoping to calm her down. But she wasn't going down without a fight as she struggled to break free and continue telling him "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!"
But the Pharaoh wouldn't back down, sure he scored a few good punches but he knew every well he deserved everything she did. Eventually she collapsed on the floor bringing him down with her, and bawled in his chest.
"Natalie..." he whispered not being able to stop the tears "I'm so sorry..."
That seemed to knock Natalie out of her trance and forcefully pushed him away "DON'T TOUCH ME! DON'T EVER TOUCH ME!" and with that she ran back into the Caravan and slammed the door. Rebecca was now crying too with Tea not far behind.
"It doesn't matter..." spoke Joey "what's done is done..."
"I let everyone down" said the Pharaoh "especial Yugi... and Natalie... but my rage took control, he paid for my mistake!"
"You've gotta snap outta this!" Joey snapped at him.
"He's gone... and it's my fault!"
Joey had finally had enough and grabbed him by the shirt "GET A GRIP MAN!"
"JOEY!" Tea scolded as Joey through the Pharaoh to the ground.
"If we're gonna rescue Yugi! We gotta move ahead, not look back!" Joey told him harshly "so pull yourself together! You have to be strong now... Natalie needs you more than anyone right now!"
The Pharaoh slowly pulled himself up and Joey continued to say that they needed to find out who Dartz was and where he keeps the souls. The Pharaoh stared at his hand "this happened because I couldn't control my anger..."
Everyone retreated into the Caravan to come up with a plan, but nothing seemed to follow through... the gang had no evidence to get any help and they couldn't just wander helplessly around.
"There one step ahead of us!" Duke cried.
"Don't give up so easily..." said the voice that belonged to Professor Harkins.
"Gramps you're awake!" Rebecca breathed
"Shouldn't you be resting?" Tea asked him.
"Well..." he began "that's kind of difficult when I have a sobbing Granddaughter in the room..."
The Pharaoh felt a pang to his heart "is she alright?"
The Professor glanced at him "she's hurting, and feels robbed... if I were you I'd leave her be... you're already sporting a black eye... But away! I can help you find the information you need..." he placed his hands on Rebecca's shoulders "your about starting at the ruins for answers..."
"So..." said the Pharaoh standing up "did you dissolver anything more about these thugs?"
"Well" Harkins began "I can't be sure, but based on the inscriptions I found there's a good chance these fellows are descendants of Atlantis! An ancient that was said to have disappeared!"
"But why would they wanna destroy their ancestors' city?" Duke challenged.
"They are probably trying to hide something, the ruins revealed the history of the city and its not a pleasant one..."
"How much of this history do you know?" The Pharaoh questioned him.
"Thousands of years ago, Atlantis was home to the most advance civilisation the world had ever known!" explained Harkins "it truly was a paradise on earth... until one day when a dreadful creature was called forth from the depths of the earth by a evil king..."
"An evil king? Oh no..." whispered the Pharaoh as he remembered the words Raphael told him about the slight chance of him being responsible for the near destruction of Egypt.
"It's said that this king drew power from an evil stone..."
"Its that rock they wear around their necks!" Joey cut in "isn't it?"
"I'm not sure" Harkins replied "that's all I was able to translate..."
Suddenly the door opened to reveal a red-eyed Natalie "there's a high chance that the ruins stated how to destroy those stones..."
"Natalie..." The Pharaoh began but was ignored.
"But from I remember Gramps telling me... there's some copies at Florida where he was doing his research... right?"
"Right!" Harkins confirmed.
"Then that's it! We have to go to Florida!" Joey announced.
"Just one problem... how on earth do we get there?" Duke asked.
Everyone was silence for a while... till Natalie spoke...
"Why don't you just ask Kiba?"
