Chapter 38 Stranger In The Night

Seven Months Later

Isisa had been in Egypt for about seven months now; she kept in touch with Seto and his brother Mokuba and them with her. She had also kept in touch with Yugi, but only through email. For his mother had banned the phone as well, he was telling her that the Pharaoh was steaming in the Puzzle and will not be out from it in a long time yet to come.

Isisa looked outside her tent near the dig site, the sun was setting as she closed the flap. She could not believe that Ishizu had put her on a mission to find Obelisk the Tormenter one of the three Egyptian God cards. Marik and his Rare Hunters had stolen the other two and now that the one was in the wind, he was going to do anything to get it. Isisa was worried she had found Obelisk right where Ishizu had said she had hidden it.

Isisa had left in the middle of the night on Red Eyes Black Dragon (one of Isisa's horses). He was the only one that has the stamina and the strength to over come the sand duns and cliffs.

She had only hoped that she had reached the card in time. When she entered the temple that held the legendary God Card. Before she entered she stopped at the temple entrance, Blue Eyes appeared and then shook her head and said,

"I don't like this Isisa"

"I know you don't, and I know how scared you are about Obelisk"

"Scared who is scared, I am terrified" crouched the dragon

"Okay, never mind, lets just hope that Obelisk is still here"

"Yea, we go in and then out, okay," said the dragon disappearing

Isisa walked into the temple and walked into the center room, saw that the floor was lifted and checked to see if the card was there. Just then, a sound echoed through the temple, Isisa felt her spine straighten and her hand went to the dagger at her ankle.

"What was that?" asked Isisa to her dragon

Blue Eyes looked at her and then nodded.

"Who's there?" asked Isisa out into the darkness

There was no answer, Isisa walked towards the center again and saw that there was nothing there. Just then Blue Eyes said she felt something, the power of the God Card. Isisa didn't say anything but Blue Eyes read her thoughts and told her to go to one of the minor rooms. Isisa said aloud,

"There is nothing here, lets go home"

She then walked to where Blue Eyes was indicting, she walked to the minor room that Blue Eyes was mentioning, but when she got there the feeling was gone. Isisa had about enough of it, she would tell Ishizu that she could not find the God Card and she would have to find it.

When Isisa returned to camp the coldness of the desert making Isisa feel very cold, she had rubbed down Red Eyes and gave him grain. She was glad that she had taken him instead of Dark Magician, for Dark Magician was having attitude problems and she didn't have time to deal with him. Isisa had told her horse master to ride him and find the source of his attitude. She was not going to stand for any none sense not when she was in a hurry.

Isisa walked to her tent and saw that Lord of D was there waiting up for her.

"Where have you been, Missy?" inquired Lord of D

"What are you my mother?" snapped Isisa back

"You know it is not safe to go out a lone at night"

"I only went for a ten minute ride," she said walking towards her room in the tent

"Yea, ten minutes my foot, it was more like four hours. And look the sun is almost up, it is four in the morning and you are going to be a grouch in the morning"

"Yea and what problem is that" she said while changing

"Well, it is a problem I had to deal with your bitchness"
"Well, sor-ry that I have to do a favor for a friend"

"Who which friend"

"That is none of your damn business"

"Well, it is after all your husband, and your two fathers are paying me to keep you safe, so how am I supposed to do that if you don't tell me who your friends are"

"Well, why don't you leave me alone okay, I am tired, sore and I just want to sleep is that a problem?" snapped Isisa while throwing daggers with her eyes

Lord of D saw that she was not in the mood and said that it was no problem, none at all. He left Isisa alone and walked towards his cot.

When Isisa was asleep, she did not notice that the man enter her room. He walked with great stealth and was as silent as a ninja; he walked towards Isisa who was asleep on the cot. He had snuck into the tent without waking the bodyguard or Isisa herself.

Note: this is the head thief of the horse stealers from the earlier chapters.

[It is like they say, if you want something done right you got to do it your self] thought the thief.

Odion crept into the tent; he had seen the thief venture into the tent a few moments earlier. He wondered what the thief was going in Isisa's tent at this time of the night. He and two other Rare Hunters had walked towards the tent. Odion signaled towards the cot where Lord of D was soundly sleeping. The Rare Hunters went to deal with Lord of D. Odion didn't want to deal with the bodyguard, [It would mess things up and Master Marik needed Isisa, but I don't want to hurt Isisa or have her hurt. Master Marik adored Isisa when she had came to them, he asked so many questions I thought that she would for sure be scared of us]

Flash Back

"Help, HELP!" cried a voice in the darkness

"Odion do you hear that?" questioned a young Marik

"Yes, I do hear," replied a teenage Odion

"Lets go find out," said Marik leaving towards the sound

"Master Marik, Please don't go," shouted Odion

But it was to late Marik had already run towards the voice. Odion raced after him, but when he got there, he could not believe his eyes. There lying one the ground in many of the alarm traps was a young girl no more then twelve years old. Marik was trying to help the girl out of the traps when she collapsed and fell into a heap, Odion then walked towards her and tried to help her up. She then flinched and looked frightened at Odion, but then slowly realized that Odion only wanted to help her and nothing more.

Isisa looked at the two and calmed down a little bit, [I think I am safe for now, just as long as they don't bring me to Akhom and his family again, then it will be smooth sailing from here] thought Isisa as she looked at the two strangers.

The older one with black hair had looked at her closely while the younger one just bounced around, just happy to see someone other then family.

"Lets bring her back home, she needs to be looked at" said Marik looking up at Odion

"Are you sure it would be okay with your father" asked Odion picking up the girl in his arms

"I am sure it will be okay, he even said that we have to help out our neighbors, so if he has a fit we can tell him that" explained Marik leading the way back home.

When the three had reached the living area Ishizu was waiting for them,

"Who is this?" asked Ishizu looking at Isisa

"Oh, we found her hurt in one of our alarm traps. Good thing she missed the Asps nest or it would have been really bad" piped Marik as he danced around Odion who was walking towards one of the spare rooms.

"What is your name child?" asked Odion as he placed Isisa on the bed

Isisa looked at him and said in the smallest voice she could muster.

"Isisa, my name is Isisa and you," she said mustering more courage

"Oh, my name is Odion, and the two younger ones you saw were Ishizu and Marik. Marik is 10, Ishizu is 14, and I am 16. How old are you?" asked Odion as he started to leave

"12" came the answer.

Later, Ishizu knocked on the door and entered with some food and something to drink. She sat the tray down beside Isisa. When Isisa sat up in the plain bed she grimaced as she felt the pain from her back spread across her body, Ishizu noticed this and asked if she was all right.

"You okay?"

"I am fine" lied Isisa while eating some dates

"By the way, my name is Ishizu. What is your name?"

"Isisa Pegasus, can you help me get back to the surface. I need to get back to my family" cried Isisa

"I am sure we can help, we are going to the surface tomorrow" exclaimed Marik from the door way

"Like my brother said we can help you" reassured Ishizu

With this news Isisa smiled, she was glad that she could finally get back to her stepfather.

"Now that we have all that cleared up, why don't you tell me what it is like on the surface" questioned an eager Marik

End of Flash Back

Odion remembered the memory, even the shock of it when he had learned on how Hassan Neffar abused Isisa. Both him and Marik even today still make sure that Hassan and his family stay away from Isisa, even if it was from a distance. They didn't see much of Isisa, but the Rare Hunters had for sure at some of the Duel Tournaments. Marik had noticed that when Isisa dueled, she dueled at an amateur level, but when her counter part, Mistress of Dragons dueled it was a different story. It was at one the many duel tournaments in Cairo did him and Marik find out that Isisa had a very rare dueling deck. Marik had always said that Pegasus must have specially made that deck for her, because there was no other way that Isisa would be winning with her amateur deck. Isisa had been on the Hit List of Rare Cards to Gain for awhile, but it seemed that every time that her name was next on the list Marik had told Odion to put it again on the bottom saying that her cards weren't Rare enough even though they were almost as Rare as the God Cards themselves.

Odion then caught up to the thief and started to follow him at a small distance. When the thief started to draw his dagger, Odion was faster and drew his. With quick thinking maneuver Odion had taken his knife, grabbed the thief, covering his mouth, and with a quick move with his knife, cut across the throat. He then placed the dead weight on the ground.

When he stood up to his full height, he was surprised to see Isisa awake and staring wide eyed at him. He gestured for her to be silent by placing a finger on his mouth. She nodded her response, then threw the covers off her self, and sat on the cot. She then broke the silence by saying,

"I take it this isn't a social call is it?"

"No, You know why I am here?" said Odion bluntly

"I thought it was the Rare Hunters at the Temple of Hathor tonight. The card you are looking for by the way was not there. I was under the impression that you Rare Hunters all ready had it," said Isisa

"Humph, that is for Master Marik to decide. Are you going to come quietly or do I need to use force?" threatened Odion

Isisa stood up and rushed towards the door of the tent room. Odion was ready to catch her long before she tripped over the dead body of the thief.

Isisa mentally kicked herself as she tried to get out of Odion's grasp. She tried to scream, but failed when he had placed his large hands on her mouth. Then all she saw was black as Odion placed a thumb on Isisa pulse and caused her to go unconsciousness.

When Isisa had regained consciousness she looked around at her surroundings and heard the sound of the ocean, she got out of the bed and went to the door which she found locked, she could not believe that she had let Odion get the best of her. [Something has got to change, I have to start making a fight and not just letting the bad guys get the better of me] she thought as she walked to wards the window and saw the Alexandria harbor. Just then her door opened and she saw a Rare Hunter enter with a food tray, he didn't looked up at her but just placed the tray on the small table that was in the corner.

Isisa then saw another Rare Hunter at the door, [so this is my jailer] she thought as she backed up to the bed and sat down. Just before the Rare Hunters left, the one who brought the food tray in said that Master Marik will see you after you had your meal. [Well, at least I get to eat before I get to see that brat of a Rare Hunter] she thought at she examined the food. She didn't trust herself with the food that Marik was offering so she didn't eat a crumb of it, she didn't even touch the mineral water that had been offered. When the Rare Hunter returned he entered and saw that she didn't touch her food, he then looked at Odion who was waiting outside. Odion then came in and said,

"Is the food not to your satisfactory?"

"It is, but I am not hungry," snapped Isisa hunger already getting the best of her
"Oh, come now Isisa do you really think that Master Marik would poison you" asked Odion

"Well, I think he does after that duel didn't go over to well, I mean he wasn't able to use The Winged Dragon of Ra or Slifer the Sky Dragon at all and that did cost him the duel" said Isisa looking out the round window.

"Well anyways come, Master Marik wants to have a chat with you" said Odion grabbing Isisa's upper arm and pulling her along.

They two walked down a long corridor that led to the room where Marik was sitting in. When they got there, Isisa saw Marik sitting on a throne like chair, wearing the same purple robe as the Rare Hunters holding the Millennium Rod. He turned when he saw Isisa enter the room and said,

"Welcome, dear Isisa it has been some time since we last seen each other"

"Well, I was hoping for another couple of years to go by before I had to deal with you again," said Isisa tensely

"I am sure. Why there is something different about you isn't there Odion," asked Marik in a not so sweet voice

"Yes, Master Marik I do agree there is something different"

"Yes, the question though is what is different, what would you say" inquiries Marik still looking at Isisa

"Well, I think that the young rose bud has now bloomed, do you agree Master"

"Yes, I think that someone had taken the innocents of our dear Isisa here," teased Marik without mercy

"DO YOU TWO MIND, I AM HERE YOU KNOW" shouted Isisa at her two 'former' friends

"Well, I think we better get down to business then" inquired Marik as he petted the Rod like a cat

"Isisa you know why you are here right or do we have to tell you" said Marik his voice changing into an evil hatred

"Yea I know why I am here and I don't have Obelisk if that is what you are wondering, why don't you go and ask that lovely sister of yours" snapped Isisa

"And why should I believe you, I mean after all you are the sister to the Pharaoh" snarled Marik

"Yea, a Pharaoh that I don't even know the name to" scoffed Isisa crossing her arms around her chest

"Oh, come now Isisa just give me Obelisk and we will act like nothing happened. I mean you would not even use it in your deck. You and that dragon of yours are scared of Obelisk the Tormentor. Does he really Torment you a lot?" laughed Marik

"How many times do I have to tell you, I DON"T HAVE OBLEISK" screamed Isisa

Marik looked at her for a long time, he didn't say a word, not to Odion or to Isisa he just looked at her. He saw that she was scared and he knew that she didn't have Obelisk, but he had to see if it was true what the scriptures said about the holder of the Blue Eyes White Dragon being terrified of the great God Card. He had seen Isisa's fear when she had found out that he had Ra and Slifer and he had also seen the relief in her eyes at the end of the Duel where she had managed to put his God Cards at the bottom of his deck where he could not be able to reach them. [She does have talent I will admit that much, but I still don't think that she is telling the truth] thought Marik as he watched Isisa intensely, just then one of his Rare Hunters ran in saying that they just found out where Obelisk is hiding.

Marik then demanded the Rare Hunter to tell him where it was, when the Rare Hunter said that his sister Ishiuz was holding Obelisk and was about to leave Egypt for Domino. He burst up from his chair and ran out the room, but before he could fully leave he shouted over his shoulder telling Isisa that she was free to go.

Isisa was relieved that she could go, but now she had to go and warn Ishizu that Marik was coming for her. As isisa was leaving the room, Odion said that he would bring her out of the Rare Hunter hide out and back into Cairo where Lord of D would be waiting. Knowing that Odion always kept his word, she agreed and so the two went out of the Hide out.