Tea walked through her door with confidence, determined to do whatever she could to save her best friend. She couldn't stand seeing him in so much pain and she was glad she would have her chance to bring him back, no matter what she would have to face.

As her eyes adjusted to the new environment she saw she was back in the temple. She had been expecting something a bit more challenging and scary...but she was content with the corridors too.

"Hello?" She called out, hoping for an answer of some kind. She wondered if her friends were nearby, or if she'd need to go looking for Yugi alone in this labrynth.

A door behind her opened then and she turned to see Tristan walking through.

"Tristan!" Tea exclaimed happily.

"Tea… so our doors connected huh?" He asked her.

"Looks that way. I'm glad we don't have to do this alone… I wonder if Atem and Joey will be joining us." Tea wondered.

"Yeah. It'd make this easier if they do. Though… I wonder why we got separate doors if we can do this together."

"Yeah… I wonder what 'this' is. I mean… do we go looking for Yugi?" Tea asked.

As she posed this question they heard footsteps fast approaching, and at the entrance to the corridor came Yugi, Atem and Tristan running hurriedly.

"Oh hey! There they are… but…" Tea trailed off.

"Why is there me?" Tristan asked, confused.

"And where's Joey?" Tea asked.

They slowed to a stop before them, catching their breaths.

"We need to do something!" The other Tristan said urgently. Were they being chased?

"What's going on guys?" Tea asked them.

"We could try these doors, but we risk getting injured ourselves." Atem suggested.

"Hey, are you listening to me?" She asked again. She waved her hand before them but they ignored it. Rude… if she had some female friends she wouldn't be being ignored thats for sure.

"Or… you could die now and save yourselves the trouble." A voice sounded from behind them.

A hooded man stood in the doorway, holding in the air someone that appeared to be Tea but… she was standing with them. How are there two of her?

"Ah, there's a second you now!" Tristan said in surprise.

"Hey, put me down!" She exclaimed, pointing at the man threateningly.

"Tea!" They screamed as they each charged at him to attack but as they did she watched him choke the last breath of her out and her body lose its strength. He dropped her to the floor and she crumbled like a rag doll.

Tea's blood froze. Why was the other Tea not moving? What just … was she?

"No…" Yugi whimpered. His voice shook as he stood frozen in despair.

"You bastard!" The other Tristan yelled as he leapt forward to attack the man. He managed a right hook to his jaw and successfully knocked the man off his feet.

"Alright go me!" Tristan celebrated.

"Tristan come back, we have to get out of here now!" Atem shouted as he picked up a barely functioning Yugi from the ground.

"Right!" The other Tristan said and turned to leave only… then they heard the loud crack echoe off the walls and in almost slow motion Tristan fell to his knees as blood soaked his chest.

Tea slapped her hands to her mouth as tears began to well up and the colour in Tristans face left him as he watched his other self fade.

"Yugi! Lets go!" Atem urged and pushed Yugi forward to get him to move.

The world began to tremble then and as it did, their bodies disappeared as did Atem and Yugi. Now they were alone in the corridor again, no blood, no man, no one else there… it was as it was before they approached.

"What just happened?" Tea asked, panicked.

"I think… we just saw what Yugi experienced." Tristan said slowly.

"What?!"

"Remember what he said. You were strangled and I was shot. I think this is Yugi's memories."

"But we didn't die. We've never been here until now, how could Yugi have seen us die when we weren't even here?" Tea asked him.

"I don't know Tea but this is why he's so angry and alone… he wasn't told we were killed he saw it happen."

"Well what do we do about it? How are we supposed to convince him we're not dead? You saw them, they didn't even react to us. It was like we're not here."

As if on queue they saw Yugi, Tristan and Atem enter the corridor again, panting as they had before.

"Is it starting again?" Tea asked.

Sure enough they began speaking, saying the same lines as before.

"I think so. Man this is like a page straight out of groundhogs day." Tristan said.

"But that means…" Tea said. She stopped when her vision became dark, as if blinking and when she opened her eyes she was at the entrance to the hall way, behind held firmly by her neck by the hooded man. His grip was tight on her esophagus, stopping her from drawing even the slightest breath. Immediately she began to panic, gripping at his hands and kicking her legs to get free.

"T-tris-" She tried to get out but it was impossible to speak like this.

"Tea!" Her friends screamed and charged… but it was too late. She felt her energy sap away from her, and the dark stars in her eyes grow until she saw nothing, she heard nothing but the stressed thumping of her heart and then she felt nothing.

"No…" Yugi whimpered, falling to his knees in despair. It was now Tristan noticed that the other Tristan wasn't there… he was the only one there with them… and Tea… his Tea was the one on the ground, not some fake copy of her.

He felt his blood rage as tears formed in his eyes. He couldn't believe this was happening! A memory, fine… but not the real one!

"You bastard!" He screamed as he lunged for the man. He punched him square in the jaw, sending him flat on his back. He wanted to keep punching him but his first concern was Tea.

He crouched beside her, checking her pulse but felt nothing. No… what did this mean? Did she wake up in the real world or was she really gone? Did they only have once chance at this? Could she actually die in here?

"Tristan! Lets go!" Atem called for him.

"Right!" He called back on instinct but immediately stopped. He knew what would happen next. If he stood to leave, he'd be shot in the back. The man had a gun.

He looked at the man as he was lifting himself up and he quickly pounced on him, punching him again in the side of the head and quickly searching his belt for the gun. He found it and took it, standing and backing away from him, gun pointed at him.

"Tristan what are you doing?" Atem asked him, alarmed.

"Now we have a weapon." Tristan called back to him.

"Do you even know how to use it?"

"How hard can it be?" Truth be told he had no idea. He knew the trigger, knew the safety… but he had never held a real gun before. It was heavier than it looked, mostly likely difficult to aim once the trigger was pulled...but if it meant protecting them and avenging Tea then he'd shoot him if he needed to.

Tea drew breath then, choking on the sudden intake of air and rubbing her tender neck as she did so.

"Tea!" They exclaimed.

She looked up at them and then back to the man beginning to get up again.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Tea come here." Tristan said to her carefully, offering her a hand up. She took it and hid behind him still nursing her throat.

"How did you get a gun?" She asked.

"It's his. I took it from him before he could use it on me."

"What is the meaning of this?" The man asked.

"You're not hurting anyone else. So just back off." Tristan warned.

"This isn't how it's supposed to go!" The man said angrily.

"Tristan put the gun down." Yugi said from behind him.

He looked to him and saw that Atem was gone, as was the rest of the corridor. They stood in a void of darkness and only Yugi remained before them. He didn't look afraid anymore, or hurt… merely… blank.

"Yugi if I drop the gun he'll kill us all." Tristan argued.

"No… he'll kill you. That's how it's supposed to happen. He kills Tea…" Yugi said, glancing at her and as he did she felt her throat closing again, slowly though. She struggled to draw in breath and fell to her knees, still trying desperately to breathe.

"Tea…" Tristan as he crouched beside her, his hand on her back.

"And then he shoots you." Yugi finished.

"That's not happening Yugi." Tristan argued.

"Yugi please…" Tea said, tears in her eyes again as she looked up to him.

"We never died…" She pleaded.

"Yugi… none of this ever happened. None of it is real. We're alive, and we're here."

"No… I've seen this play out over and over and over again. You die… you always die. And then I'm alone… and it starts again. Drop the gun!" Yugi demanded.

"Just give me the gun." The man behind them said.

"Give him the gun Tristan." Yugi said.

"It'll be over quickly. Just give me the gun."

"Why prolong this?"

"Enough!" Tristan yelled. He turned the gun towards the hooded man and pulled the trigger. The bullet missed him but it swept passed his hood with such speed that it made it fall to his shoulders to reveal another Yugi beneathe. His eyes were wide in shock, and his body frozen in terror from the near miss.

"Whoa… two Yugi's?" Tristan asked no one quietly. He looked back only, the original Yugi wasn't there anymore, only the one in the robe was left.

"I can breathe again…" Tea said softly as she stood back up once again.

"Yugi… none of this is real. We're alive man." Tristan said to the hooded Yugi gently as he approached him carefully.

He looked at him, eyes still widened but he saw him now.. Clear as day… he was right there before him. Tristan could see his chest rising and falling quicker at the realisation but he was still apprehensive to believe it.

"We're here for you Yugi and we always will be." Tea said gently. She took his hand in hers and smiled at him.

"But… I saw-"

"An illusion Yug. We never had any leads to find you in the first place… while all of this was going down for you we hadn't even left the area. Yugi… we're alive. This is us." Tristan told him.

Yugi blinked as he took it in and then sighed in relief before offering his hand to Tristan. Tristan took it but felt him put something inside his palm and then he disappeared, like a mirage. He wasn't there anymore… it was just he and Tea now alone in the darkness.

"What… where did he go?!" Tea asked worried. "And whats this?"

She opened her palm to see a silver key with a pink gem imbedded in it and Tristan did the same, revealing his own key with a green gem in it.

"We… got keys?" Tristan asked.

"Hey the gun's gone!" Tea exclaimed.

"Oh yeah.. I didn't even feel it drop…" Tristan said slowly.

"What now?"

Before them then where Yugi had once stood appeared a door with no markings on it. There was nothing else around them, no voices… just the door.

"Maybe we passed?" Tristan suggested.

"I think you're right… I think we got through to him and this door will take us to him." Tea said confidently.

"What about these keys?" Tristan asked.

"I'm sure we'll find out. Let's go!" Tea said as she energetically opened the door to a world of light.