Chapter 5: Battle and Time Race
Suddenly, a guard stepped in. Goku was about to engage him when he noticed he didn't have a weapon. That is when another person stepped into the light: Joey.
"Joey!" Yugi cheered in joy running over to him.
"Hey, Yug'!" he said in equal joy.
"Man! Am I glad to see you."
"Same here, bud."
"How did
you get here?"
"I picked my way out of the
cell they were holding me in and held up this guy."
"Can I go now?" the shaking guard asked Joey.
"I don't know. What's it like out their, Yugi?" he asked, indicating the number of other guards on the premises.
"Everyone's been knocked out. You can let him go."
"Ok, but you may want to reconsider your career choice," he told the guard.
After he ran off in the opposite direction, Joey noticed Goku.
"Hey, who's the kid with the tail?"
"Hi, I'm Goku," he greeted.
"He's a friend of ours, Joey," Yami explained.
"Well, if he's ok with you, then he's ok with me. Now, let's get out of here."
"Not so fast, my friends," a loud voice from a speaker proclaimed.
"Pegasus!" Joey, Yugi, and Yami said.
"How right you are. I can't let you go that easily. I still want that puzzle."
The lights were suddenly turned on, revealing a large warehouse room with a number of large metal crates. However, the grand piece was a large robotic machine that was two stories tall and about fifty feet wide from shoulder to shoulder. It looked much like a Relinquished with a two legs that had one midsection that held its operator.
"Say hello to Industrial Illusions' latest weapon: The Mecha-Relinquished, designed by the one and only me."
"What the hell?" Joey questioned, "I didn't know your company produced weapons!"
"It does and it doesn't. You see, this division of my company is a bit illegal, so technically it does not exist."
"This could only come from you, Pegasus," Yami said, "This looks like something out of a child's cartoon that you've twisted into a sick weapon of destruction."
"But, Yami-boy, that's what I'm all about. HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"Well, I don't know about you guys," Goku said, "But I'm ready to shut him up."
He charged right for the giant machine when Pegasus pushed several buttons on the control panel. Two mini guns came out of the machine and fired multiple round at Goku, who barely dodged the steam of them.
"HA HA HA HA! Not even you can run fast enough to dodge these bullets."
The guns aimed right at the others, who ran behind the metal crates. As the gunfire ripped through the crates, they dodged behind others of its kind. Goku took out his Power Pole and extended it so it was between the machine's legs. Running to the left, he tripped it, causing to fall back. He thought it was tipped off balance, but it activated a rocket thruster that put it back into a stable position. With that, Pegasus used the control panel to make the machine hit Goku with its large hand. He was thrown several feet into the back wall, barely missing Joey.
"Goku!" he shouted in concerned.
Something caught his attention at that moment. Just below Goku was a rocket launcher, not noticed before because it was dark. Joey smiled, dropped the machine gun, and ran right for it. Pegasus was focusing on hitting Yugi, so Joey had no trouble in retrieving it. He hoisted the weapon on his shoulder and looked through a computerized screen that displayed the target. It zoomed in on the window that housed Pegasus's and his control section and gave a sound indicating the target was acquired.
"PEGASUS!" he yelled.
He only had time to see Joey pull the trigger as he scrabbled to his control panel. The rocket was fired, its recoil almost knocking Joey down. It hit directly at the window and exploded, causing the huge noise to shake the medium sized room. As the smoke settled, Joey jumped in the air in victory, but his mood was spoiled when the smoke cleared. The machine only had a few black powder marks and cracks in the frame.
"Ha ha ha! Perhaps I should have told you this weapon is constructed out of the latest alloys and explosion resistant glass."
"Damn it!"
Joey searched the weapon and found that the rocket launcher housed several more rounds of ammunition. After pulling the trigger again, another rocket was fired and detonated. Pegasus continued to laugh as the smoke cleared, sustaining only minor damage to his weapon as before. Pegasus aimed the mini guns at the teenager and fired. Yugi ran and tackled his best friend as this was happening. In the safety behind the metal crates, the rounds ricocheted off the temporary shielding.
"Give it up. This isn't a Duel Monster's game. You can't win against me now!"
Suddenly, everyone in the room saw a bright light radiate from the back. As everyone turned their attention to it, Goku was charging up a Kamehameha Wave.
"What the?" Joey questioned, "What are you doing, Goku?"
"I couldn't get through that armor before, but now thanks to you, it's been damaged, and I can get through."
"Yeah!" Yugi shouted, remembering when he saw the Kamehameha Wave.
"Go ahead," Pegasus challenged, "No stupid light show is going to bring me down."
"KAMMMEEEHAAAAAMMMEEEE…"
"Bring it on!"
"HAAAAAAA!!!!!"
The large wave of energy shot past Joey and hit Pegasus's machine. Unfortunately for Pegasus, this wasn't like the cartoons, and the attack ripped though the weapon and overloaded the systems. He pushed an eject button on his control panel, but the reaction was too quick. The force of the small explosion threw him out of his machine and made him hit the ground fast. All four of them ran to the incapacitated Pegasus with Joey getting there first.
"All right, Pegasus," he said grabbing his collar, "Now I'm gunna let you have it!"
Pegasus just laughed. Joey held his fist in a position to strike him, but Pegasus just smiled despite his now lowering condition.
"You fool!"
"What?"
"Have you forgotten your sister? I'm supposed to make an important call."
"Ahhhhgggg!" Joey yelled in a shocked revelation.
"That's right! I have to call every hour on the hour to keep your sister alive, and it's been half an hour since I called last."
"What?" Yugi protested, "You ransomed his sister?"
"That's right, Yugi-boy. And now that I'm slipping away, there's no way to save her. Ha ha ha ha ha ha…ha…h…a…"
Yami put his index and middle fingers to Pegasus's neck.
"He's gone."
"NOOOOOOO!!!" Joey yelled pounding his fist to the floor, "DAMN YOU, PEGASUS!"
Joey started to cry when Yugi went over to comfort him (IN A FRIENDLY MANNER!). Yami sighed in distress at the thought of Joey losing his sister. There was no way they could back to Domino City in time to stop Pegasus's assassins.
"The police won't get there in time if we could even get in contact with them," Joey sobbed, "I'm sorry, Serenity…"
"We'll think of something, Joey," Yugi tried to reassure him.
"I know you're trying to help, Yug', but you know, as well as I do, that I've failed my sister."
"I wouldn't count her dead just yet," Goku replied.
As all three if them looked at him, Goku jumped into the air and punched a hole through the roof. As he came down, he called for the Flying Nimbus. The cloud raced down and caught its caller just before he hit the floor.
"Of course!" Yugi said, "The Flying Nimbus can get us anywhere!"
"It can!!?"
Joey wasted no time in getting on the cloud at the mention of that idea, not even bothering to question the logic of the cloud's capabilities or existence.
"Yami, get in the puzzle," Yugi basically ordered him.
"What? More stuffing me in?"
"Just do it!"
As Yami got back inside, Yugi jumped on the Flying Nimbus. Goku ordered it to get out of the fire-catching warehouse and fly to the east at its best speed.
"So, how much longer?"
"About a minute."
Two of Pegasus's guards were on a rooftop of a building adjacent to the Domino City Hospital; it was 8:59. The guard with a suitcase looked at his watch, which displayed that there only ten seconds before the call was to be answered. It passed, and he looked at his cell phone. Nothing.
"That's the signal. Let's do it."
The guard with the suitcase opened it and took out parts for a silenced sniper rifle. After the assembly was complete, he adjusted his scope to get a clear image of Serenity in her hospital bed.
"Better not use the laser sight. Pegasus said she hasn't completely lost her vision."
As the guard aimed, the other one looked on.
"How can you do this kind of work? I mean you've guarded Pegasus's summer mansion, but how can you just kill some girl at his command?" he asked.
"Just the job, I guess. Believe me, once this is over, I'm out of here. Screw Pegasus. That cheapskate can look for someone else with that eye of his. Of course, after I win my prize for this perfect shot."
"KEEP AWAY FROM MY SISTER, YOU SICK BASTARDS!!" a voice came from the back.
Joey ran to the guard with the rifle and punched him in the face. Goku quickly used his power pole to knock the gun out of the guard's hand. The other guard took out his handgun, but Yugi rammed him, knocking him off balance.
"Wow! I'm good at this."
Joey and Yugi got out of the way as Yami came into view with his third eye glowing.
"It's time you be made to face your own tainted ways. Mind Crush!"
With a surge of shadow power, the guards yelled out and fell unconscious to the floor.
"I hope you didn't kill them, Yami," Yugi said.
"Don't worry. They'll be out until the authorities get here."