Everyone walked down the dusty road towards the ruins. The sun was
merciless on their neck and the wind tried to blind them. They walked for
an hour before reaching the ruins. The Ruins of Ra stood there like a bunch
of boulders. They walked among the rocks for awhile. Joey turned around and
saw a door leading down to something. He silently gathered everyone as if
Calli was watching for them. They walked down the corridor into the dark.
They only stopped to turn on flashlights and then continued to descend down
the cold stairway. About 500 steps later, they reached the bottom.
"I'll look over there at that one," Yugi whispered. As he went to go read the hieroglyphic, Joey and Mai separated and went to look at things on the other side. Yami walked straight ahead. Yugi was reading when something caught his eye. It was a symbol of a ring and a jar of water. He read it and called over his friends. "Look at this," he called to them.
Yami started to read, "It says that the Ancient Queen was a caring soul for those of the poor. She did good deeds and magical healings to the sickly. The woman praised her and thought she was a goddess. What's so important about this Yugi?" Yugi pointed down to the bottom of the hieroglyph. Yami looked at it and read, "Before she left she hid two mystical treasures around the city. One was a ring which was given to her by the Pharaoh before he disappeared. The ring became known as the Queen's Gem. It is said to hold powers to protect good and true souls. The second is the Sacred Water. It was what she did most of her healing with and there is not a sickness that can beat it." Joey looked at Yami and nodded. This was what Amber must have been talking about.
"It says she had come into the Ruins of Ra with the items and never came out. They must be hidden here. Now we jus need to find them." Yugi told them.
Mai stood up and walked over to a wall, "Do we have to go out into that storm again?" She leaned her hand on the wall and it started to move. She jumped and ran over to Joey. The wall slowly moved and then disappeared. "I guess that answers my question. Well, what are we waiting for? Lets Go!" Mai headed to the door. She stopped and just stood there. The others came up behind her and saw what she was looking at. She was looking at nothing. There was blackness. "Uh, I think something happened to the stairs over the ages," Mai said calmly. Yugi pushed to the front of the line and stepped past the edge. Something lit-up and his foot was standing on it.
"Ah, I got it! It's so people think nothing is down here. Ok Queeny, we'll play your game," Joey told the darkness. Yugi carefully moved down to the next step and then the next. He soon became comfortable with this and started to hurry. They all walked down the "stairs" looking for something that could be another secret passage. They finally came down to a long hallway. They walked for awhile and decided to take a brake. Everyone sat down and ate some of the small snacks that they had brought. When they were done, they got back up and continued down the hallway. They reached a door with some kind of hand print. Joey saw no handle or anything like one so he put his hand on the handprint.
It glowed and Joey suddenly pulled back with a small scream, "IT BURNED ME! That thing burned my hand. OOOOWWWW!!!" He shook his hand and blew on it.
"Let me try. This hieroglyph says only royalty can open this door." Yami said. He placed his hand on the print. It glowed and then the door opened. They walked in. It was a big chamber with two pillars in it. On both of them were two items.
"The Sacred Water and the Queen's Gem! We found them! We actually found them!" Yugi ran up and looked at the items. He grabbed the things and ran down to his friends. He stopped when the earth started to shake, "Uh-oh. I think her spirit is a bit cranky today." They dashed for the door. Mai and Joey made it past the door but then the earth split and Yami and Yugi fell down into the abyss.
Yami and Yugi screamed, "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! HHHEEELLLPPP!!!!"
Mai yelled after them, "YAMI!! YUGI!! NO!!!!" But it was too late. The darkness ate them and the abyss started to close. Joey watched in horror. He couldn't save them, they were gone. Just like Tea would be in a few days, no, hours. Mai started to cry. She shook uncontrollably. Joey came over and embraced her as they watched the abyss close with their friends inside.
Yugi woke up and looked around. He was in some kind of hidden chamber. He looked for Yami and the items. Yami was sitting up, shaking his head.
"Yami, are you alright?" Yugi asked.
"I'm fine Yugi. I just hit my head. Where are the items? Are they ok?" Yugi looked around and found them, safe and sound.
"There fine. Now lets find a way to get out of here." Yugi and Yami stood up and looked for an exit. They found one and started to run. They ran until they came to a flight of stairs going up. "Is it really this easy?" Yugi asked suspiciously.
Yami shook his head, "I don't know. But I do know we've got to get out of here and fast." Yugi nodded and ran up the stairs. When they reached the top floor, they saw someone standing there. An old lady of the sorts. She turned around and looked at them.
"So you are the thieves who took the queen's treasure." Her voice was cracked as if she had never drunken water before. She looked Yami over, "Its you! How dare you show up now after all these years! Do you know you put the Queen to her death? Our people had a time of suffering for many of years. You left her and she abandoned us!" The old lady scolded Yami and he just stood there, looking down like it was all true.
Yugi watched for about ten min and then stopped her, "Excuses me. Umm we need to get back to a dying friend with this water. We really enjoyed seeing you but if you could just show us the way out, we will go happily on our way." The old woman glared at Yugi. She walked over to him, "You look a lot like your friend. Are you brothers?"
"No."
"Cousins?"
"No."
"Some type of relative?"
"Well, kinda..."
The old lady looked at him and then seemed to figure it out, "Ah, now I get it. You are the reincarnation of him here. Well, then, that settles why the Pharaoh ran away. He was jealous that our Queen would live forever so he locked himself inside the puzzle and waited till she died. Then he tried to come out but couldn't. Now 5000 years later his reincarnated form comes and finds him. It makes perfect sense!" She hobbled back over to her standing place. "Tell me another reason in why you ran away Pharaoh and I might let you go. Come on, I'm waiting." Yami took a deep breath and started the 5000 years speech. (I'm to lazy to right the speech and I bet you readers are tired of hearing it. X.x) When he finished, the old lady looked at him, "So the Queen knew about it the whole time. She left because she knew you'd never come back and she was that loyal to you. Humph, I never thought I'd say it, but I believe you. You may pass." She tapped her cane lightly on the floor and a door appeared. They didn't say anything; they ran as fast as they could to get out.
Joey and Mai had given up on waiting for Yami and Yugi. They started to walk away, defeated.
"Hey guys! Leaving without us?" Joey spun around to see Yugi waving and running towards them.
"Yugi! You're alive! You're really alive!" Joey ran towards his friend. Tears of happiness ran down Mai's cheeks now.
She looked around, "Hey, where's Yami?"
Yugi looked around too, "He was just with me."
Yugi looked down and saw the items were gone, "He took them! He took the artifacts and ran!" Yami ran down the opposite hallway as Yugi did. He had the Queen's Gifts in his hand. 'Yugi, I'm sorry. Tea just can't have these. They are too precious. It looks like the dream-' He stopped. In the dream Calli said he had run away. He couldn't let that happen, could he? He was fighting with himself and didn't hear footsteps coming towards him. Then something slammed into his side and he fell to the ground.
He looked up and saw Joey standing over him, "Trader! How could you run off on Tea like that? Is this queen that important to you? Look, Tea is now and that queen was then! Wake up from your dream and come back to the present. The queen is gone! Live with it."
Yami sat up and looked at Joey and smiled, "Joey, thank you. You're a true friend. I know I'm being selfish. I guess I just miss her." Joey helped him up. They all nodded and smiled.
"Ok then what are we sitting around here for? Lets get this stuff back to Tea!" They all ran out of the place and into the sunlight. The wind had stopped blowing.
Joey looked at his watch, "Its 1:30 and we've been here since about 7:00 am." So they hurried back towards the city.
When they finally checked out and got to the airport it was 3:00. Yami looked at the plane again and shuddered, "I can ride a Curse of Dragon but being in something with no brain is terrifying. And plus, this thing makes you feel light headed and like you have no legs." he went on and on about how terrible planes were until Mai shut him up. They boarded the plane and were ready to get home.
Back at home, Amber could sense their anxiety to get back. She almost jumped out of the window in happiness, but she contained herself. She walked into Tea's room where Tristan and Serenity were waiting.
"They're coming home! They have the items and are on the plane now!" Amber exclaimed. Tristan and Serenity jumped up and ran over to her. They hugged her and hugged each other. But their celebration was cut short when Calli entered the room,
"They may have the items but I am still here and I challenge you. If you win I'll let them come in peace. If you lose, then, they'll come in pieces."
Amber looked at her rival with eyes that would pierce through a wall, "Fine. If this is how you will be destroyed, then I accept. On the rooftop, now!" Calli gave a little smirk and disappeared in thin air. Amber turned to Tristan and Serenity, "Don't let anyone except Yugi and them in. Ok? I'll be back." With that she disappeared into thin air too. Tristan ran over to the door and locked it.
He came over by Tea, "You have become more complicated then ever." They listened and waited in silence. Knowing the stake of loved ones where hanging in the balance.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Ok, this is a cliffhanger yes but I need to think on how this fight is going to end. The next chapter will be up probably by tomorrow. Ok, hope you liked it ^_^. Cya!
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"I'll look over there at that one," Yugi whispered. As he went to go read the hieroglyphic, Joey and Mai separated and went to look at things on the other side. Yami walked straight ahead. Yugi was reading when something caught his eye. It was a symbol of a ring and a jar of water. He read it and called over his friends. "Look at this," he called to them.
Yami started to read, "It says that the Ancient Queen was a caring soul for those of the poor. She did good deeds and magical healings to the sickly. The woman praised her and thought she was a goddess. What's so important about this Yugi?" Yugi pointed down to the bottom of the hieroglyph. Yami looked at it and read, "Before she left she hid two mystical treasures around the city. One was a ring which was given to her by the Pharaoh before he disappeared. The ring became known as the Queen's Gem. It is said to hold powers to protect good and true souls. The second is the Sacred Water. It was what she did most of her healing with and there is not a sickness that can beat it." Joey looked at Yami and nodded. This was what Amber must have been talking about.
"It says she had come into the Ruins of Ra with the items and never came out. They must be hidden here. Now we jus need to find them." Yugi told them.
Mai stood up and walked over to a wall, "Do we have to go out into that storm again?" She leaned her hand on the wall and it started to move. She jumped and ran over to Joey. The wall slowly moved and then disappeared. "I guess that answers my question. Well, what are we waiting for? Lets Go!" Mai headed to the door. She stopped and just stood there. The others came up behind her and saw what she was looking at. She was looking at nothing. There was blackness. "Uh, I think something happened to the stairs over the ages," Mai said calmly. Yugi pushed to the front of the line and stepped past the edge. Something lit-up and his foot was standing on it.
"Ah, I got it! It's so people think nothing is down here. Ok Queeny, we'll play your game," Joey told the darkness. Yugi carefully moved down to the next step and then the next. He soon became comfortable with this and started to hurry. They all walked down the "stairs" looking for something that could be another secret passage. They finally came down to a long hallway. They walked for awhile and decided to take a brake. Everyone sat down and ate some of the small snacks that they had brought. When they were done, they got back up and continued down the hallway. They reached a door with some kind of hand print. Joey saw no handle or anything like one so he put his hand on the handprint.
It glowed and Joey suddenly pulled back with a small scream, "IT BURNED ME! That thing burned my hand. OOOOWWWW!!!" He shook his hand and blew on it.
"Let me try. This hieroglyph says only royalty can open this door." Yami said. He placed his hand on the print. It glowed and then the door opened. They walked in. It was a big chamber with two pillars in it. On both of them were two items.
"The Sacred Water and the Queen's Gem! We found them! We actually found them!" Yugi ran up and looked at the items. He grabbed the things and ran down to his friends. He stopped when the earth started to shake, "Uh-oh. I think her spirit is a bit cranky today." They dashed for the door. Mai and Joey made it past the door but then the earth split and Yami and Yugi fell down into the abyss.
Yami and Yugi screamed, "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! HHHEEELLLPPP!!!!"
Mai yelled after them, "YAMI!! YUGI!! NO!!!!" But it was too late. The darkness ate them and the abyss started to close. Joey watched in horror. He couldn't save them, they were gone. Just like Tea would be in a few days, no, hours. Mai started to cry. She shook uncontrollably. Joey came over and embraced her as they watched the abyss close with their friends inside.
Yugi woke up and looked around. He was in some kind of hidden chamber. He looked for Yami and the items. Yami was sitting up, shaking his head.
"Yami, are you alright?" Yugi asked.
"I'm fine Yugi. I just hit my head. Where are the items? Are they ok?" Yugi looked around and found them, safe and sound.
"There fine. Now lets find a way to get out of here." Yugi and Yami stood up and looked for an exit. They found one and started to run. They ran until they came to a flight of stairs going up. "Is it really this easy?" Yugi asked suspiciously.
Yami shook his head, "I don't know. But I do know we've got to get out of here and fast." Yugi nodded and ran up the stairs. When they reached the top floor, they saw someone standing there. An old lady of the sorts. She turned around and looked at them.
"So you are the thieves who took the queen's treasure." Her voice was cracked as if she had never drunken water before. She looked Yami over, "Its you! How dare you show up now after all these years! Do you know you put the Queen to her death? Our people had a time of suffering for many of years. You left her and she abandoned us!" The old lady scolded Yami and he just stood there, looking down like it was all true.
Yugi watched for about ten min and then stopped her, "Excuses me. Umm we need to get back to a dying friend with this water. We really enjoyed seeing you but if you could just show us the way out, we will go happily on our way." The old woman glared at Yugi. She walked over to him, "You look a lot like your friend. Are you brothers?"
"No."
"Cousins?"
"No."
"Some type of relative?"
"Well, kinda..."
The old lady looked at him and then seemed to figure it out, "Ah, now I get it. You are the reincarnation of him here. Well, then, that settles why the Pharaoh ran away. He was jealous that our Queen would live forever so he locked himself inside the puzzle and waited till she died. Then he tried to come out but couldn't. Now 5000 years later his reincarnated form comes and finds him. It makes perfect sense!" She hobbled back over to her standing place. "Tell me another reason in why you ran away Pharaoh and I might let you go. Come on, I'm waiting." Yami took a deep breath and started the 5000 years speech. (I'm to lazy to right the speech and I bet you readers are tired of hearing it. X.x) When he finished, the old lady looked at him, "So the Queen knew about it the whole time. She left because she knew you'd never come back and she was that loyal to you. Humph, I never thought I'd say it, but I believe you. You may pass." She tapped her cane lightly on the floor and a door appeared. They didn't say anything; they ran as fast as they could to get out.
Joey and Mai had given up on waiting for Yami and Yugi. They started to walk away, defeated.
"Hey guys! Leaving without us?" Joey spun around to see Yugi waving and running towards them.
"Yugi! You're alive! You're really alive!" Joey ran towards his friend. Tears of happiness ran down Mai's cheeks now.
She looked around, "Hey, where's Yami?"
Yugi looked around too, "He was just with me."
Yugi looked down and saw the items were gone, "He took them! He took the artifacts and ran!" Yami ran down the opposite hallway as Yugi did. He had the Queen's Gifts in his hand. 'Yugi, I'm sorry. Tea just can't have these. They are too precious. It looks like the dream-' He stopped. In the dream Calli said he had run away. He couldn't let that happen, could he? He was fighting with himself and didn't hear footsteps coming towards him. Then something slammed into his side and he fell to the ground.
He looked up and saw Joey standing over him, "Trader! How could you run off on Tea like that? Is this queen that important to you? Look, Tea is now and that queen was then! Wake up from your dream and come back to the present. The queen is gone! Live with it."
Yami sat up and looked at Joey and smiled, "Joey, thank you. You're a true friend. I know I'm being selfish. I guess I just miss her." Joey helped him up. They all nodded and smiled.
"Ok then what are we sitting around here for? Lets get this stuff back to Tea!" They all ran out of the place and into the sunlight. The wind had stopped blowing.
Joey looked at his watch, "Its 1:30 and we've been here since about 7:00 am." So they hurried back towards the city.
When they finally checked out and got to the airport it was 3:00. Yami looked at the plane again and shuddered, "I can ride a Curse of Dragon but being in something with no brain is terrifying. And plus, this thing makes you feel light headed and like you have no legs." he went on and on about how terrible planes were until Mai shut him up. They boarded the plane and were ready to get home.
Back at home, Amber could sense their anxiety to get back. She almost jumped out of the window in happiness, but she contained herself. She walked into Tea's room where Tristan and Serenity were waiting.
"They're coming home! They have the items and are on the plane now!" Amber exclaimed. Tristan and Serenity jumped up and ran over to her. They hugged her and hugged each other. But their celebration was cut short when Calli entered the room,
"They may have the items but I am still here and I challenge you. If you win I'll let them come in peace. If you lose, then, they'll come in pieces."
Amber looked at her rival with eyes that would pierce through a wall, "Fine. If this is how you will be destroyed, then I accept. On the rooftop, now!" Calli gave a little smirk and disappeared in thin air. Amber turned to Tristan and Serenity, "Don't let anyone except Yugi and them in. Ok? I'll be back." With that she disappeared into thin air too. Tristan ran over to the door and locked it.
He came over by Tea, "You have become more complicated then ever." They listened and waited in silence. Knowing the stake of loved ones where hanging in the balance.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Ok, this is a cliffhanger yes but I need to think on how this fight is going to end. The next chapter will be up probably by tomorrow. Ok, hope you liked it ^_^. Cya!
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